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The Southern Israelite
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
SEP 26 1955
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BIRMINGHAM—The Jewish Community Center here, which in
February of 1956, will observe its golden anniversary, is stll having
trouble locating a new site.
One location was abandoned last year upon advice of technical
experts. The Bromberg site, the current choice, has run into legal
complications. President Hyman S. Miller has asked William P.
Engel to assume the chairmanship of a New Site Committee so that
new sites can be located and checked quickly to facilitate construct
ion of a new Center.
Sample of an embroidered
Torah cover, preserved in Cincin
nati at the Union of American
Hegrew Congregation’s Jewish
Archives. Many years ago, ac-
UJA To Seek
$10,000,000 Cash;
Moroccan Relief
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi
Herbert A. Friedman, executive
vice president of the United Jew
ish Appeal, called on American
Jewry this week to raise $10,000,_
000 in cash in the next six weeks
to finance the immigration into
Israel of 10,000 North African
Jews within 60 days.
On his arrival here from Is-
cording to Jewish custom, an ex
pectant mother would begin a
Torah wrapping in embroidery.
This was usually a work of art
to be presented to the synagogue
upon the marriage of the child
rael and North Africa, Rabbi
Friedman made i mmediate ar
rangements to confer with the
national officers of the UJA for
the nationwide cash mobilization.
Lay Cornerstone For
Belgium Aged Home
ANTWERP, Belgium (JTA) —
The cornerstone for a home for
the aged to accommodate 50 aged
Jewish men and women left with
out family and means as a result
from whom it was made. Jewish
women also embroidered coverf
for chaleh on the Sabbath, con
tainers for matzos on Passover
and delineations of b i b 1 i c a
scenes.
of World War II has been laid
here. The home is being con
structed by the Central Jewish
Welfare Committee with a $90,-
000 grant from the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims against
Germany, and grants from the
Joint Distribution Committee to
supplement funds raised locally.
The edifice will contain a clin
ic, residential quarters for the
nursing staff, a laundry and kit
chens. It is due to be completed
by the end of the year.
VOL. XXX
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1951 -
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No. 38
Holidays Observed in Stra conditions
GI Hospitality
For Yom Kippur
Herbert R. Elsas, chairman of
the Atlanta JWB-Armed Ser
vices Committee, announces that
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center, in cooperation with the
Atlanta JWB-Armed Services
Committee, will register members
of the Armed Forces desiring
Home Hospitality for Yom Kip
pur.
This registration will begin at
1:00 p.m. on Sunday, September
25, 1955, at the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center, 1725 Peach
tree Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia.
Families desiring GIs as guests
are urged to drop by the Center
on Sunday afternoon to call for
these guests. *•
Jews throughout the world
greeted the year 5716 in quite dif
ferent surroundings.
In America ushering in the
High Holy Day season Jewry
quitely attended the synagogue
of their choice in the true tra
ditional spirit of freedom of re
ligion.
Men in uniform either observ
ed the holidays at services on
the post, at neighboring commu
nities or went home on furlough.
Several thousand tourists
crammed into Israel by plane and
sea to celebrate Rosh Hashonah.
It was estimated more than 1,500
arrived on the last two days be
fore the holidays, with most
hotels fully reserved for the
period for the past few weeks.
The food situation in Israel
was described as the “best since
the state was established” in
1948. However, food prices rose
this past week despite efforts
by the authorities to keep them
down.
A report from Moscow said
that more than 2,000 Jews at
tended services in the Great Syn
agogue. Meanwhile there was
evidence of mass arrests of Jews
which indicated Russia after all
has still not deviated from her
anti-Semitic policy.
In Cairo, police guarded the
23 Synagogues as about 20,000
Jewish worshippers ushered in
the New Year.
Peron from Buenos Aire9 had
issued his customary New Year’s
Greetings to his Jewish citizens
on the eve of the uprisings which
eventually spelled his expulsion
from Argentine.
Example of Ancient Embroidery by Jewish Women
Birmingham Center Site Has
Complications: Hunt New One
Highlights Of Recent Parley
For Religious School Teachers
Here’s part of the audience assembled for the first Atlanta Jewish
Teachers Conference held recently.
At the opening session with around 75 teachers from all of the
community’s religious schools were these officials of the Bureau of
Jewish Education, which arranged the conference, and .the co-spon
soring religious schools superintendents: (standing, left to right) Alex
Kaminetsky, Ahavath Achim; Jack Salz, Temple; Irving Fried,
Temple; Rabbi Joseph Cohen, Or Ve Shalom; Sam Roth, Shearith
Israel: (Seated, left to right) William Schwartz Jr., chairman of
School Council of Atlanta Bureau of Jewish Education; Samuel
Rosenberg, Bureau director, and Dr. Sidney Janus, Bmeau chair-
man Special sessions were devoted to all divisions of Jewish educa
tion in the city. (See pages 6 and 7 for other material.)
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