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A Weekly x;fs. s jthern Jewry
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VOL. XXIX
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.r 5, 1954
No. 5
Rabbis Hear Congressional Committees'
Threats to Rights Denounced
LAKEWOOD, N J., (JTA)—
Some 250 Orthodox Jewish rabbis
from 22 states heard Congressional
investigating committees de
nounced this week as threats to
the basic freedoms of all citizens
and to freedom of the pulpit, as a
two-day mid-winter conference of
Rabbinical Council of America
opened here. The conference called
for effective and concerted action
with other religious faiths to com
bat threats to the rights of religious
leaders.
Rabbi Uri Miller, past president
of the Council, urged it to "rally
all religious forces so that, fighting
communism, our threat from with
out .we succumb not to the threat
from within.” He said that the
threat to freedom in America is
real and greater than at any time
in American history.
Will Maslow, director of the
American Jewish Congress Corn-
declared that “the vital working
of democracy can not be sustained
Agreement Is Reached For
Merger Of Jewish Migration Services
NEW YORK. (JTA)—Agree
ment for merger of the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
mission on Law and Social Action,
in an atmosphere in which dissent
is confused with disloyalty or in
which all non-conformity is held
suspect.”
"Invest In Tomorrow" Is Keynote For
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Hadassuh Conference February 21-23
COLUMBUS—With the theme Mrs. Sam Meyers and Mrs. Harry
"Invest in Tomorrow", the South- Goodman are hostesses. Following
eastern Regional Conference of night at the Zionist Public Rela-
Hadassah will convene at the tions Session on “Jewish Survi-
Ralston Hotel here February 21 val." At this session Mrs. George
through February 23, according to Chait of Atlanta, who recently re-
Mrs. Morris Frank, Atlanta,'presi- turned from the first
dent.
Officers serving the region with
Mrs. Frank are Mrs. Jack Levy of
Savannah and Mrs. Jules Banks
of Columbia, S. C., vice presi
dents. Mrs. Henry Sopkin of At
lanta, corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Max Estroff of Augusta,
treasurer, Mrs. Edward Zahler of
Columbia, recording secretary and
Mrs. George Chait, parliamentari
an. Mrs. J. J. Heilman is the re
gion's honorary president.
In speaking of the conference,
Mrs. Frank stressed “Hadassah
conferences are always more than
occasions for getting together and
congratulating ourselves on what
we have done. They are occasions
for reaching out to new horizons
of service, and for planning new
undertakings. Our chief objectives
of the conference will be to set the
Region’s sights for 1954 in terms
of Hadassah’s and Israel’s needs.”
From all indications, the dele- \
gat ion and out of town visitors j
promises to be one of the largest;
in the history of this region. The !
hostess chapter, Columbus, of
which Mrs. William Sherman is
president and Mrs. Aaron Funk
is Conference Chairman, with a |
large local committee, have work- I
ed unrelenting for months for the
comfort and entertainment of the
delegation.
National speakers and delegates
representing chapters in Georgia
and South Carolina will partici
pate in the program. Mrs. Julian
Ansell of Boston, Mass, will be
national advisor and will address
the delegation at the Youth Ali-
yah luncheon Sunday, February '
21st. She will also speak Monday j
Zionist Assembly, will give her
report. The Grand Finale Banquet
on Tuesday, Feb. 23, will feature
Reuven Dafni, Consul of Israel
in New York. Mrs. Dave Gerson
of Columbus is chairman of tickets
American ; for the Sunday luncheon and ban-
j quet, and reservations may be
| made well in advance.
The Columbus Chapter Choral
| Group will present the cantata
j "Seven Golden Buttons,” of which
Mrs. Wolfe Snyder is chairman.
The cantata is based on the Has-
sidie legend with dramatization
and music adapted from tradition
al chants and Hassidic "nigunnin.”
Delegates arriving Saturday
night will be guests at a pre
conference get-together at the
Standard Club. All regional board
members of which all chapter
j presidents are urged to arrive in
time to attend the board meeting
Sunday morning at 9 a. m. The
and the United Service for New
Americans (USNA) into a new
organization to be known as the
United HIAS Service, was an
nounced here this week. This new
organization will also take over
the overseas migration services of
the Joint Distribution Committee.
The development, one of the
most significant in American J
Jewish organizational life in re
cent years, was announced at a !
press conference held at the Coun- j
cil of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds. Edwin Rosenberg,
New York communal leader, who
initiated the merger discussions
16 months ago, revealed that the
board of directors of HIAS and
the executive committee of US
NA had unanimously accepted
joint proposals by conferees of
both organizations in conjunction
with representatives of JDC and
the National Council of Jewish
Women.
Actual technical details of the
merger remain to be worked out
and Mr. Rosenberg disclosed that
the legal aspects of the merger
are expected to be completed by
next June. HIAS, 70-year-old im
migration service, covers its pres
ent budget of about $2,000,000 by
contributions from its member
ship and by grants from welfare
funds throughout the country.-The
approximately $500,000 budget of
USNA the major resettlement
its budget. Meanwhile, the agen
cies will continue to be financed
as at present. ,
Arthur Greenleigh, executive
director of USNA, and Dr. Arthur
T. Jacobs, executive director of
HIAS? have been directed to
work out the organizational and
structural problems of the new
agency. The unified agency will
become operative, Mr. Rosenberg
said, “when all legal, procedural
and operational problems are
worked out.”
The agreement specifies that
HIAS and USNA consolidate in
the new agency all their respect
ive functions and services includ
ing immigration, resettlement and
naturalization. The transfer by
JDC of its migration activities to
the new organization does not af
fect the JDC’s normal relief and
rehabilitation program in Europe,
the Moslem countries and Israel,
Satisfaction over conclusion of
the agreement was expressed by
Ben Toustcr, president of HIAS,
and by Walter Bieringer, president
of USNA, who participated in the
conference with Mr. Rosenberg,
H. L. Lurie, executive director of
the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds, said the
I merger would be welcomed with
great enthusiasm by the member*
of the council.
opening business, session will take ; agency in the United States, and
MRS. RAE FRANK
. , . president
place from twelve noon to one
o'clock.
Some of the local entertainment
will include a Champagne Hour
from five to six, to which all dele-
the estimated $1,500,000 budget of
the JDC’s migration service are
covered by allocations from the
United Jewish Appeal.
For 1955, the new organization
Southern Israelite
Columnist Writes in
Congress Weekly
Anita Engle, exclusive Israeli
columnist for The Southern Is
raelite, is the author of an ar
ticle appearing in the current
issue of “Congress Weekly."
The material in “Congress
Weekly,” journal publication of
the World Jewish Congress,
deals with an “American Ex
pert in Israel” and his view's on
increasing the acreage of the
Jewish State plant devoted to
open range.
Her Southern Israelites ma
terial is slanted from the point
of view of a woman in Israel
and her pen scans the horizon
and records “penoramas” about
th everyday events in the lives
of her family, friends and
neighbors.
gates and visitors are invited as will be expected to develop a uni-
j guests of the Columbus Chapter, fied plan of fund-raising to cover
Georgia B'nai B'rith, Boy Scouts
Sponsor Rededication Rites
MRS. JULIAN ANSELL
. , . advisor
The Georgia Association of B’nai
B’rith Lodges and the Boy Scouts
of America will join here in a
city-wide ceremony at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7, on the
State Capital grounds to mark the
beginning of the observance of
National Boy Scout Week.
Highlight of the celebration
will be the presentation to the Boy
Scouts by the Georgia B’nai B’rith
Association of a plaque bearing
the words of Emma Lazarus’ poem,
similar to that affixed to the base
of the Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor. This plaque will be
attached to the base of a ten-foot
replica of the Statue of Liberty
The words of Emma Lazarus’
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Z.0.A, Chief to Atlanta
Dr. Irving Miller, national Pres
ident of the Zionists of America
will be in Atlanta on February 18
to address a city-wide rally.
He will speak at a dinner meet
ing at 8:15 p. m. at the Mayfair
Club.
The dinner will honor the long
devoted service of Sol P. Benamy
to the cause of Zionism, accord
ing to Dr. Sydney Janus, president
of the Atlanta Z. O. A. District.
Mr. Benamy is chairman of the
directors of The Southern Israelite.
Conservative Synagogue Women Of
South Slate Parley In Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM—The Sisterhood
of Temple Beth-El will be hostess
to the Annual Spring Conference
of the Southeastern Branch of the
National Women’s League of the
United Synagogue of America on
February 28, March 1, and March
2.
This will be the first conference
to be held in Birmingham. It is
which the Boy Scouts presented expec ted to attract about fifty
to the State of Georgia three years
ago, and which now stands on the
Capital grounds.
delegates from Florida, Georgia,
Tennessee, South Carolina, and
surrounding communities of Ala
bama.
James Permutt, Mrs. Herman
Gotlieb and Mrs. Emanuel Brody.
Mrs. H. B. Wernick of Tampa,
Southeastern Branch President is
expected to attend many of the
sessions.
Mrs. Leon E. Weinstein is presi
dent of the local Sisterhood.
Plans are under way for various
workshops to discuss the aspects
of Conservative Judiasm, as it af-
fects the home, the synagogue,
j and the community.
REUBEN DAFNI
, . principal speaker
Dr. Irving H. Goldstein, State
President of the Georgia B'nai j
B’rith Association, will make the |
i presentation. Mr. W. C. Wardlaw, j
; Jr., President of the Atlanta Area
I Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, will accept the plaque
and in turn present it to Governor | The National President, Mrs. j
Herman Talmadge, who will re- Emanuel Siner, of Kefr Gardens, j
ceive it for the State of Georgia. \b^ : ’ speaker at the i
fbanquet to be held on Monday j
The project was undertaken for I night, March 1, at Temple Beth- !
the purpose of stimulating greater < El. Her theme will be “Strengthen-
understanding among the people Home Through the Syn-
of Georgia as to the wide gap a £° gue -
which exists between America’s i Local members on the steering
traditional concepts of democracy | committee include” Mrs7 Eugene
and our present immigration laws. I Zeidman, Mrs. Sam Sundock, Mrs.
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NEW DESERT RAILROAD
IHAHA
(IIP) — A
cross-coun
try mil line
that will
link this
Roi/wayt
align seaport city with Israel's
HuiiciniTiost outpost of Elat
is underway with hronced Is
raeli workers laying an iron
tract over the desert from
Beersheba Vo the South, where
minerals being unearthed in
the Negev with the aid of Is
rael Bonds will he loaded and
tr&n:. . . *o processin .cen
ters in the North. Making
possible the growth of the Is
rael Railways are appropria
tions from Israel Bonds which
enable the purchase of addi
tional rail equipment.