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No. 14
Israel Nods to Eisenhower's
Special Call for Restraint
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The Is
rael Goverment Tuesday respond
ed to President Eisenhower’s ap
peal calling for Arab-Israel re
straint. The appeal was made by
the President last week at a
press conference here.
The Israel response came in the
form of a letter addressed to Sec
retary of State John Foster Dulles,
which said that “Israel’s desire
was for peace.” Ambassador Abba i
Eban was instructed by the Israel
Government to convey the official i
communication, which reads:
“The Government of Israel
has studied with sympathy the
statement of President Eisenhow
er at his press conference in Wash
ington on March 31 in which he
appealed to both sides of the Arab-
Israel dispute to exercise calm and
restraint.
“The Government of Israel, for
its part, fully responds to the spirit
•f President Eisenhower’s appeal,
which is in full accord with its
established policy. It has always
been the desire of the Government
of Israel to have peaceful fron
tiers with its neghbors.
“The reciprocation of this desire
by Israel’s neighbors and their ab
stention from acts of provocation,
violence and illegitimate interfer
ence would lead to the immediate
| elimination of tension and to the
creation of a peaceful atmost-
phere.”
Meanwhile, a Cairo broadcast
relayed here reported that the
Arab League Political Committee
meeting in Cairo voted for “deci
sive military measures” to end the
border trouble, but did not specify
what these measures were
It was learned from diplomatic
sources here that the Western Po
wers have apparently agreed
that any discussion of the Arab-
Israel tension at the United Na
tions Security Concil must be
made on the general security sit
uation and not be restricted to any
specific incident.
Delays in the “Big Three” con
sultation on the Israel-Arab crisis
with respect to Security Council
consideration arose from a differ
ence of opinion as to whether the
Security Concil or another United
Nations organ would be the ap
propriate organ to air the dispute,
it was indicated.
The United States Government
pointed out that the Soviet vetoes
appeared designed to bar any de
cision of an equitable or construc
tive character. The British share
this concern, but see no possibility
of finding an alternative pro
cedure in time to deal with the
present tense situation.
The United States has consider
ed the use of the General Assem
bly’s 14-member peace observa
tion unit but now appears to have
agreed that this course is not avail
able for the immediate future and
that the Security Council must
again be tried.
Southern Communities Joining to Provide
Passover Hospitality for Servicemen
This year, as in the past every
effort is being made to see that the
Jewish members of the Armed
Forces, and dependents, have the
opportunity to observe the tradi
tional observance of Passover—
The Festival of Freedom.
According to General Eugene
Oberdorfer, Area Chairman, JWB
ASD, each military installation in
the Third Army Area is rendering
fullest cooperation to JWB in mak
ing it possible for members of the
A^rmed Forces to observe this
holiday. Also, each local JWB
Armed Services Committee in the
area is receiving excellent cooper
ation from the local community in
extending hospitality to the Armeu
Forces during this occasion.
The Southern Israslite is here
with submitting a list of the Seaer
arrangements being made in the
various communities in Georgia
and Alabama, at which members
of the Armed Forces will be in
attendance:
ATLANTA, Seders at The Tem
ple Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, con
ducting and Standard Club Morris
Mintzer, conducting, in addition to
300 servicemen to be placed under
home hospitality, through the ef
forts of Mrs. Frank Garson and
the Hospitality Committee. Regi
stration will be held at The At
lanta Jewish Community Center,
1745 Peachtree Road, NW, all after
noon, Saturday, April 17, 1954.
SAVANNAH, Home Hospitality;
for details and reservations, please
contact Rabbi Abraham Rosen
berg, Congregation B.B. Jacob,
115 E. 31st Street (Phones 2-4269
and 7-516) — or the Jewish Edu-
aational Alliance, 328 Barnard
Street (Phone 3-8843).
VALDOSTA, Home Hospitality;
for details and reservations, please
contact Rabbi Louis Gorod, Val
dosta Hebrew Congregation, 208
£. Magnolia Street, (Phone 2688J).
COLUMBUS, Seder, Saturday
evening, 7:00 pm, at Harmony
Club, sponsored by Temple Is
rael; Rabbi Alfred Goodman, con
ducting. Also, Seder, Sunday even
ing, at Fort Benning, for Hospit
alized Patients; Chaplain Bernard
Vlussman, conducting. For accom
modations and reservations, please
contact Dr. Dave Berman, Chair
man JWB-ASC, Phone 2-0949, or
Chaplain Bernard Mussman at
Fort Benning.
ATHENS, Seder (Second night)
Sunday, April 18, 1954, 7:pm, at
Georgian Hotel;’sponsored by The
Temple (Mr. Harry Loef, Presi
dent); Rabbi Newton Friedman,of
Macon Georgia, will conduct ser
vices.
AUGUSTA, Seder, (First night)
Saturday, April 17, 1954, 6:00 pm;
at Children of Israel Temple
(Sponsors) Walton Way; Rabbi
Norman Goldburg, conducting. Se
der (Second night) Sunday eve
ning, for Hospitalized Patients;
Chaplain Aaron Schmalberg, con
ducting; for accommodations and
hositality, contract Mr. Sidney Ro
sen, Chairman JWB-ASC, 226
Twelfth Street, Phone 2-3223, or
Chaplain Aaron Schmalberg Camp
Gordon, Ga.
BIRMINGHAM, Home Hospi
tality; for accommodations and
hospitality, please contact Mr. Ben
Roth, at the Jewish Community
Center; phone 54-5619.
ANNISTON, Seder, Saturday
Evening, April 17, 1954, at Beth-
EL 13th and Quintard Streets
Center-Temple Beth-El, sponsor,
Approximately 150 young people
from reform congregations in four
Southeastern states will gather in
Atlanta this weekend for the re
gional conference of S.E. Temple
Youth. ^
Dr. Israel" Gerber of Dothan,
regional director of the Southeas
tern Region of the Union of Amer
ican Hebrew Congregations, will
address the delegates at Saturday
morning services at the Temple.
Miss Eleanor Schwartz, assistant
director of the National Temple
Youth Federation, will give the
sermon Friday evening. A get-to-
7:00 pm. Services will be con
ducted by Irving Bloom. For ac
commodations and reservations,
please contact Mrs. Hyman Gor
don, JWB-ASC Chairman, Phone
5146.
NEED URGENT FOR
HOME HOSPITALITY
FOR SERVICEMEN
Urgent need for home hos
pitality the Passover weekend is
stressed by Mrs. Frank Garson,
in charge of registration for At
lanta.
Approximately 300 members
of the Armed Forces are ex
pected. Public seders are sched
uled at the Temple and at the
Standard Town and Country
Club, though many families will
want to have the service men
dine with them, Mrs. Garson
suggested.
She urged that Atlantans hav
ing room in their homes call her
at Vernon 2375, the J.W.B., Cy
press 8006, or the Jewish Com
munity Center, Emerson 4771.
J.WB. headquarters in At
lanta urged Jewish families in
other cities where home hos
pitality is being planned to come
forward early with offers of
rooms for servicemen.
gether social will follow in the
Temple Hall.
Jerry Davidson, national presi
dent of the Federation of Temple
of the Federation of Temple
Youth, will be the principal speak
er at the banquet Saturday even
ing at the Mayfair Club.
A discussion group on the “Ju
daism I want for My Children”
will be held Saturday afternoon,
to be followed by a free-for all
“Ask the Rabbi” period.
Th convention will end Sunday
noon with a brunch.
For Atlanta Parley Sunday
S. E. Temple Youth Converges
2nd Advance Gifts Group
To Hear Capt. Goldberg
Cautain Joshua L. Goldberg, the
U. S. Navy’s highest ranking Jew
ish clergyman and district chaplain
of the Third Naval District, who
visited Israel at length recently,
will be honored guest and featured
speaker at a special invitation din
ner meeting at the Progressive
Club, April 14, at 7 p.m. under
the auspices of the 2nd Advance
Gifts Group of the 1954 Atlanta
Jewish Welfare Fund Campaign.
Captain Goldberg, the first rab
bi to be commissioned a Navy
chaplain during World War II, was
deeply impressed during his tour
of Israel with the determination of
the people of that new state to
continue to live under a regimen of
austerity in order to permit the
uninterrupted inflow of tens of
thousands of homeless refugees
from Eastern Europe and the Mos
lem countries.
For 16 years Captain Goldberg
served as spiritual leader of the
Center of Israel congregation in
Astoria, New York City. He left
that pulpit to accept a Navy Com
mission and during World War II
he served overseas in five major
engagements.
Captain Goldberg has long been
active in numerous Jewish and
non-sectarian communal and Phil
anthropic programs. He is the
Grand Chaplain of the Grand
Lodge of the Free and Accepted
Masons of New York State and
formerly was the chaplain of the
Department of Hospitals and the
Department of New York of the
American Legion.
A vice-president of the Queens
College Association, Captain Gold
berg has been a member of the
CHAPLAIN GOLDBERG
Board of Trustees of the Jewish
Institute of Religion, as well as of
the Board of Governors of the
Queens Committee for Jewish So
cial Service.
Before entering the United
States Navy, Captain Goldberg
was national secretary of the
American Jewish Congress and an
exective member of the Committee
of Jewish Delegations in Paris.
Captain Goldberg received much
of his early education in Palestine,
as well as In the United States.
He is the author of many mag
azine articles dealing with Jewish
communal affairs and with the
general American scene and has
lectured extensively in many parts
of the United States. He has also
spoken on such nationwide radio
Continued on page 4
Women’s Special Gifts Group
Will Hear Mrs. Hal Horne
Mrs. Hal Horne, national chair
man of the Women’s Division of
the United Jewish Appeal for
1954, will be the guest of honor
and featured speaker at a luncheon
to be held at the Mayfair Club,
Wednesday, April 14, at 12:30 p.m..
under the sponsorship of the Spe
cial Gifts group of the Women’s
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MRS. HAL HORNE
Division of the 1954 Welfare Fund
campaign.
Chairman of the group in charge
of luncheon arrangements are Mrs.
Cohen, Mrs. Jake Friedman, Mrs.
Meyer L. Balser, Mrs, Herbert
J. Kurt Holland, Mrs. J. M. Rosen-
feld.
Active in Welfare work for
many years, Mrs. Home has been
a tireless worker in the UJA cause
since the founding of the Women’s
Division of the UJA of Greater
New York in 1939. She was co-
chairman in 1950 and 1951 and
chairman of the division in 1949,
Continued on page 4
MORE WELFARE FUND NEWS
ON PAGES 4 AND 5
Rumania Arrests
More Jews, Report
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Many Jews,
including rabbis and community
leaders, were recently arrested in
Rumania and some of them have
already been tried on charges of
illegal Zionist activity, it has been
reported here.
Reports, which have been ar-
! riving over a period of weeks re
cently, say that among those tried
were Dr. Miklos Feinfeld, identi
fied as the Chief Rabbi of the city
of Arad, and Stefan Krois, Lud
wig Gardos and Moshe Weiag-
berger, who are otherwise not
identified .The sentence passed on
Rabbi Feinfeld is not known, but
Krois is reported to have been
sentenced to a three-year prison
term while each of the other two
defendants have been sentenced to
12-year terms.