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AIJGUSTANS IN HAND OF HEALING PLAYLET
Testimonial Dinner May 2 for Former
Georgian, Rabbi Joel S. Geffen
Wide praise came to members of Augusta lladassahas a result or the playet members wrote and pro
duced at the recent Southeastern Regional Confer- enee In Columbus. Shown In the photo above are
Mrs. Joe Slmowltz, narrator, Mrs. Meyer Kriesberg,president; Mrs. M. K Steinberg. Mrs. Ben Bolgla
and Mrs. Irving linger.
Rothschilds’ Remains Removed From
Paris for Transfer to Israel
PARIS (JTA) — The remains of
the late Baron Edmond Rothschild
and his wife have been removed
from their resting place in the
Pere La Chaise Cemetery here and
wore started on the long journey
to Israel where they will be re-
interred. The reburial is being car
ried out in fulfillment * of* «ttae
wishes of the , Baron, who has
been dead 20 years. .
Present at the ceremony in the
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cemetery were members of the
famed Rothschild family, repre
sentatives of the French Govern
ment and French cultural organi
zations with which the late Baron
was associated including the Le
gion of Honor, Ambassador Ya-
acov Tsur of Israel and some
HYMAN MENDEL
Hvman Mendel. 81, founder of
the South's leading wholesale mer-
chantile firms, died in Atlanta
Saturday, April 17.
Funeral services were conducted
April 20 at the Ahavath
Synagogue, of which he was a
fonder and former president. Rab
bi Harry H. F,pstein and Cantor
Jeseph Schwartzman officiated.
1,500 Parisians including Jewish Burial was in Greenwood Ceme-
community leaders. tery.
Eulogies were delivered by Jew- Mr. Mendel had established H.
i ish leaders who pointed out that ; ^ enc * el ^ at t,ie a8e of 19,
. , . . , 'It had expanded since 1890 when
the projects earned out with the . . , . .. . , . , .
\ his establishment carried braided
Baron’s assistance, including the
NEW YORK—In observance of
his tenth anniversary as national
director of field activities and
community education, the Jewish
Theological Seminary is arranging
a testimonial dinner honoring Rab
bi Joel S. Geffen.
Community leaders from many
parts of the United States and
Canada will be on hand. Rabbi
Geffen is the son of Rabbi and
Mrs. Tobias Geffen of Atlanta.
The dinner will be given by
delegates to the eighth annual May
2 meeting of the National Planning
Committee of the Seminary in
cooperation with the United Syna
gogue of America and the Rabbi
nical Assembly of America.
Rabbi Geffen also served as the
Seminary representative to the
Executive Council of the United
Synagogue. He is spiritual advisor
to the National Federation of Mens
Clubs and edits its official publi
cation, “The Torch.”
Delegates at the annual meeting
will consider the progress of the
spiritual statesmanship program,
which according to Conference
Chairman George Kohn of Phil
adelphia is “A wide-scale move
ment to make the moral teachings
of Judaism the indispensable basis
for judgement and action in the
Achim | conduct of personal and commun
ity affairs.”
In convoking this conference,
Daniel G. Ross commented that in
view of the 300th anniversary of
Jewish settlement in America, it
is particularly appropiate to “Con-
RABBI JOEL S. GEFFEN
sider how the Jewish community
on this continent may intensify
creative Jewish living and draw
upon their religious heritage as a
contribution to the democratic way
of life.”
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establishment of wineries at Rish-
on LeZion proved the feasibility
of Jewish settlement in portions
of Palestine other than Jerusalem.
After Baron Guy de Rothschild,
present head of the family, re
cited the prayer for the dead
and services were conducted by
Chief Rabbi I. Kaplan, the Is
raeli national hymn.Hatikvah, was
sung. Then a guard of honor, con
sisting of Israeli sailors from the
frigate waiting in Marseilles har
bor to carry the coffins to Israel,
lifted the coffins and began the
journey.
MRS. ISRAEL ZUKER
Hamilton, Ontario—Mrs. Israel
Zuker, sister of Rabbi A. I. Rosen
berg of B. B. Jacob Synagogue in
Savannah, died recently in Hamil
ton, Ontario, Canada.
She is survived by her husband,
several children, two brothers in
addition to Rabbi Rosenberg, and
two sisters.
wire bustles, parasols and high
buttoned shoes for the horse car
carriage trade.
In 1909, his firm became a
Wholesale place and it was widely
known throughout the Southern
states by several generations of
merchants who bought their goods
there. He was president at the
time of his death of H. Mendel &
Co. as well at theMajettic Manu
facturing Co. which he organized
in 1930.
He was a member of B'nai Brith,
the Mayfair and Progressive Clubs
and Piedmont Lodge, F. & A. M.
He is survived by his wife;
daughters. Mrs. Henry Koplin of
Macon, Mrs. Sol Romm, Mrs. Irv
ing Goldstein, Mrs. Harry Parks,
Mrs. Dorthy Posner and Mrs. Hen
ry Katz, and two sons Simon I.
and Harry Mendel. A number of
grandchildren and great-grand
children also survive.
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DAVID IGNATOFF
NEW YORK (JTA) — Funeral
services for David Ignatoff, well-
| known Yiddish novelist who died
at his home here last week, were
held Feb. 28. Arrangements for
| the funeral were made by the
World Congress for Jewish Cul
ture, Jewish PEN Club, Jewish
j Writers Union and other cultural
1 organizations. He was buried at
the Mount Carmel cemgtery of
the Workmen’s Circle, Jewish
fraternal order.
Born in 1885 in Brusilov, in the
Ukraine, Mr. Ignatoff came to the
United States at the age of 21 and
soon became one of the most prom
inent Jewish authors. He wrote
numerous novels, short stories and
plays and was also the editor of
"Shriften,” literary quarterly
around which all modern Jewish
writers in the United States were
centered. He was a member of the
staff of HLAS for the last 40 years.
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