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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspa per for Southern Jewry — Establish*' 1
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VOL. XXXI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1958
Alarmed Over Middle East Crisis,
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Calls for Arms, U S Pact for Israel
Emergency Assembly Hears Strident
Call to Action from Three Leaders
by Adolph Rosenberg
A vigorous resolution calling
upon the United States to grant
arms to Israel “without delay,”
and negotiate a “security pact”
with “Israel and such of the
Arab states as are ready to join
in preservation of the peace” was
passed by a special meeting of
Atlanta organizations Monday.
Representing twenty-two local
organizations affiliated with thir
teen major national groups, the
Atlantans expressed “deep con
cern for the maintenance of peace
in the Middle East.”
The resolution viewed “the in
cursion of Soviet Russia and its
communist allies into the Middle
East as a threat and a grave
danger to the peace of that area,
and a special threat to the military
balance between Israel and her
belligerent Arab neighboring
countries.
“It is our trust that American
aid to Israel will continue and
that any economic program for
the Near East will stress the im
portance of cooperation by all
the nations in the Middle East
with a view of bringing about
the end of all blockades and boy
cotts, which defeat and obstruct
the efforts of our Government to
raise living standards and to pro
mote economic stability.
“We urge our government to
use its influence and effort in
promoting an honorable peace
settlement in the Near East.”
“We call upon our government
to inform the representatives of
Arab governments in this coun
try that our country will not
tolerate the abuse and hatred of
American citizens being spread
by the propaganda of these rep
resentatives.”
The session was summoned by
presidents of the twenty-two or
ganizations to hear reports of an
emergency conference held in
mid-January in Washington to
bring the growing crisis in the
Middle East before government
officials and the public.
Sol P. Benamy, Atlanta com
munal leader and president of
the Atlanta Zionist District, re
ported on the Washington con
ference.
He pointed out four primary
sources of danger to the peace
of the middle East and to Israel’s
security, as outlined at the con
ference by Ambassador of Israel
Abba Eban.
These, Mr. Benamy indicated,
are First, the “relentless hos
tility of the Arab world, with
growing self-confidence toward
the renewal of war” and the
“coveting of Israel’s small cor
ner of freedom;” Second, “sup
port of the Soviet Union for
Arab hostility to Israel aggre-
vates the situation hi the Near
East for both Israel and the
U.S.; “Third, “the headlong dis
turbance in the balance of mili
tary power;” and Fourth, the lack
of effective guarantees between
Israel and her neighbors which
would be capable of deterring an
agressor or reassuring the pros
pective victim.
Mr. Benamy also quoted from
the address of Monsignor Louis
B. Khalil, pastor of the Mam-
onite Church, “The loss of Africa
to the influence and ideas of
European civilization and the
capture of this gigantic contin
ent by Moslem leadership as hot
headed and intolerant as that of
the Arab League would be a ca-
tastrophy of major dimensions
not only to France, not only for
Lebanon, and not only for Is
rael, but for the whole of man
kind, and not least for the Is
lamic peoples themselves.”
“There has never been a great
er peril capable of easier relief
by moderate courses,” Mr. Ben
amy asserted. “But the relief will
not happen by itself. It will en
sue from firm and deliberate
action.”
Paul Ginsberg, former national
commander of the Jewish War
Veterans of America, was the
next speaker. He declared: “The
fate of humanity, not of the in
dividual any longer, but the fate
of all civilization lies in the bal
ance trembling.”
He termed the failure of the
democratic world to understand
the true meaning of Communism
•—and the real aims and ambitions
of Soviet Russia as a “most fatal
error.”
“We Jews knew from the out
set that all the claims and state
ments made by Russia were not
true,” Mr. Ginsberg continued
. . . “Jews paid a bitter price
for that knowledge.” The Jews
of Russia who lived there when
the revolution took place were
the first ones to be liquidated.
They were exiled to labor camps
—they dug canals. They were sent
to Siberia, and they died by the
hundreds of thousands because
of the things for which Jews
stood and stand for—respect for
human individuality — was not
and is not wanted by Soviet Rus
sia.
He termed the danger to the
peace and security of the free
world as a danger to the peace
and security of all nations and
particularly “to this country of
our own.” He added.
“We say to our country, we
say to our government and we
say to all Americans, that the
action which so strongly urge
as being necessary to serve and
preserve democracy is the only
right, the only decent, the only
moral action which can be taken.
We should use our influence and
our prestige and every other re
source at our command to tell
the American people that Israel
and its fate is essentially a prob
lem for the security of America
and the free world. Without a
dissenting voice we should un
animously agree that the aspira
tions of the free world to the
Middle East will go down 'the
drain if Israel is allowed to grow
weak in the face of growing Com
munist strength in that area.”
Barney Medintz, president of
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Council, was the concluding
speaker.
A nationa
U.J.A. cabine -adt in
great demand speaker to
Southern Jew*.,, Mr. Medintz
said:
“Israel is the only nation to
day without a security pact of
some sort, without an ally among
the nations — big or small.
“Israel is the only country to
day which has no peace . . .
“Israel'is the only country at
tacked every night. . . ”
He criticized the actions of
the public press where the death
of a Jew merits page eight or
twelve in the newspaper but the
death of an Arab hits the front
page.
“Is not the blood of a Jew
worth the same as that of other
people, “Mr. Medintz asked. He
continued.
“Shabbas in Israel is no Shab-
bas because there is no peace . . .
Israel is the only nation left
with a gun at the throat of its
family. Is it any wonder then
that they wonder if they are
living in the Twentieth Century?
He expressed fear lest war
break out in Israel this summer
and Washington stand idly by
while its milion and a half souls
are liquidated.
The world knows we Jews are
not a fighting people, he con
tinued. But it is to the eternal
credit of the Israelis that they
have taught the lesson that the
Jews can fight — and when they
teach it it is a good lesson . . .
Israel’s only security pact is
with the Jews of America and if
you and I secure in the warmth
Senator Neuberger
To Visit Atlanta
For B. B. Speech *
Richard Neuberger, Demo
cratic senator from Oregon,
will visit Atlanta under the
sponsorship of Gate City Lodge
Sunday, March 4.
He will address a special
meeting which will also be
the occasion for the election
and installation of officers.
His talk will feature a dinner
meeting at the Mayfair Club,
according to Dr. Nathan Blass,
president.
^aience
and prosperity of our country,
fail them we will fail ourselves
as well. . .
We are a generation which has
seen the catastrophy of 6,000,000
Jews killed. The situation is no
more a question of Zionism, or of
Non-Zionism, or anti-Zionism,
but that we all are Jews.
He urged expression of Ameri
can Jewry’s suport through 1,
the UJA Special Emergency
Fund; 2, aid to the Welfare
Fund, and 3 passing of declara
tions and letters by the hundreds
to those In authority.
Sam Levy, former president of
the Jewish Community Council,
presiding, introduced Edward M.
Kahn, executive director of the
Council, who read the proposed
resolution.
It was passed unanimously.
JCS Lecturers
The Jewish Chautauqua So
ciety has announced these recent
assignments:
Rabbi Alfred E. Goodman,
Temple Israel, Columbus, Mid
dle Georgia College, Cochran,
Ga., Feb. 14; Tuskegee Instute,
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Feb 12.
Rabbi Newton Friedman, Macon
University of Georgia, sixteen
lectures between February 5-9.
Ten books of Jewish interest
have been donated to Mercer Li
brary through the JCS. These in
clude “The Maccabees,” "Kohel-
ets,” “The Wisdom of the Tal
mud,” “History of the Jews in
the United States,” “The Jew
in the Medieval World,” and
“Essence of Judaism.”
Scholarship Awarded
To Blind Arab Student
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
first Judah L. Magnes Scholar
ship awarded by the Hebrew
University has gone to a Haifa-
born blind Arab student, the
university announced here.
The student, Fereed Haj, is
majoring in English and philoso
phy and plans to teach at an in
stitute for the blind. The schol
arship, worth 810 pounds a year,
was established in honor of the
Augusta Readying for Hadassah
Conference March 11-13
AUGUSTA—Here are the top leaders reviewing plans for the
forthcoming annual conference of Southeastern Regional Conference
of Hadassah to be held here March 11-13.
They are 1. to r. Mrs. M. K. Steinberg, president, host chapter;
Mrs. Meyer Kreisberg, conference chairman; Mrs. Jack Levy, Savan
nah, President, Southeastern Region and Mrs. I. D. Shapiro, confer
ence coordinator.
“Face the Crisis” has been selected as the conference theme.
Mrs. Abe Rones and Mrs. Irving Unger have been designated
as conference co-chairmen.
Heading the committees arranging convention details are Mrs.
Jake Bogoslawsky, Mrs. Clarence Ehrlich, Mrs. Marvin Estroff, Mrs.
Max Estroff, Mrs. Jack Fink, Mrs. Leonard Shapiro, Mrs. Jerome
Shapiro, Mrs. Joe Sfmowitz, Mrs. Maurice Steinberg and Mrs. Leonard
Tanenbaum.
Some of the conference highlights are a pre-conference hospitality,
Saturday night; National film showings Sunday afternoon; HMO Med
ical Center, Monday luncheon; buffet supper Sunday night; banquet
at Adas Yeshuron Synagogue Sunday night.
Welfare Fund Developments
Men’s Division Leaders
One of the outstanding Men’s
Division organizations in recent
years was announced this week
by Stanford Makover, A. J.
Weinberg and Morton L. Weiss,
General Chairmen of the At
lanta Jewish Welfare Fund 1956
campaign.
Named to head Advance Gifts
I are Louis Aronstam, Meyer L.
Balser, Abe Goldstein and Thomas
Makover as co-chairmen.
Advance Gifts II will be head
ed by Sidney Feldman, Elliott
Goldstein, Bernard Howard, Na
than Lipton and Barney Medintz.
Leading the Special Gifts Di
vision will be Sol P. Benamy,
Irving Kaler, Merton Levin, Hy
man Meltz, William B. Schwartz,
Jr. and Philip Shulfcafer.
General Solicitation will be
headed by Harold Frank, Harold
Friedman, Harry Glassman, Per
ry Morris, Eugene Oberdorfer II,
Mendel Romm, Jr., Sidney Saul
and Mark K. Taylor.
Named as special Colonels
were the Rev. P. S. Clein, Sam
H. Hirsh and Lee, Meyers. These
men have been named to these
posts because of their outstand
ing campaign activity in the past
and their excellent record in ob
taining contributions.
Physicians and Dentists will
again be headed by Dr. Nathan
Blass, Dr. Marvin C. Goldstein,
Dr. Irving L. Greenberg and Dr.
James Kaufmann.
M. William Breman will head
the Scrap Metals Division and
will organize a group of leaders
in that industry to carry its cam
paign activity. Aiding as co-
chairmen will be Bernard W.
Cohen, David Koplin, Max Lon
don, Max Rittenbaum and Sam
uel L. Eplan. 9
“The readiness with which
those asked to serve have res
ponded, and the enthusiastic co-
Division leaders to head up the
1956 Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund
campaign were named this wek
by General Chairmen Mrs. Frank
Garson, Mrs. Abe Goldstein, Mrs.
Louis Smith and Mrs. I. M. Wein
stein.
Heading up Advance Gifts are
Mrs. M. William Breman, Mrs.
Philip Schwartz Mrs. Simon Se-
lig Jr., Mrs. S. J. Steinbach, Mrs.
Harry K. Stern.
Topping the Special Gifts di
vision will be Mrs J&ke Fried
man, Mrs. Abner Lichtenstein,
Mrs. Harold Marcus, Mrs. J. M.
Rosenfeld.
Guiding the General Solicita
tion group will be Mrs. George
Chait, Mrs. Bernard Gordon, Mrs.
Harvey Jacobson, Mrs. E. M. Man
ning.
At the helm of the Coverall
Division will be Mrs. Henry L.
Caplan, Mrs. Bernard Howard,
Mrs. Henry Meyer and Mrs. Hy
man Morris. The Coverall Divis
ion is a special group within the
operation which they have prom
ised us, has encouraged us tre
mendously,” the campaign chair
men stated. “We feel that, to
gether, as a team, we can spark
the campaign and get the com
munity to give generously toward
the needs represented by the
agencies in the Welfare Fund—
especially to meet fhe emergency
situation facing the Jews in Is
rael.”
campaign organization that con
ducts an intensified house-to-
house canvas within a single
day’s period.
The Business and Professional
Women’s Division will have as
its co-chairmen Mrs. Adalbert
Freedman, Mrs. Ed Krick and
Dr. Rose Lahmao.
Co-Chairmen on the Institute
are Mrs. Joseph Cuba, Mrs. Her
man Hey man and Mrs. Philip
Shulhafer. The Institute is a
special, group responsible for or
ganizing the Institute for Work
ers — a training seminar.
The co-chairmen added: “The
Women’s Division functions
through the year guided by a
Women’s Service group made up
of the leadership of the preced
ing year. As a result, our organi
zation is smoothly functioning by
the time campaign opening date
rolls around. Women’s Division
leaders feel we have an alert and
agressive group that will produce
a successful job.”
Women's Division Leadership