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A Weekly Newspa per for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
VOL. XXXI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1956
NO. 13
AJP ROUND-UP
The News Picture
By David Horowitz
While the Arabs and Soviets
are stalling Security Council ac
tion in the fear that Dag Ham-
marskjold may finally discover
who the real culprits are, news
from Washington reveals that the
White House will now not object
tf Paris and London sell arms to
Israel. With this news came a re
port from Paris that France has
already delivered 12 Mystere jet
interceptor planes to Israel. The
U. S., however, is still undecided
on Israel’s request for 63 million
dollars worth of jet planes and
other U. S. military equipment.
■ Reason given is that shipment of
U. S. arms now jeopardize the
current U. S. Security Council
move to ease tension in Middle
East. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. as
sumes chairmanship of the Se
curity Counil for the month of
April.
Under the title ‘‘Egypt on a
Rampage,” the N. Y. Times had
this to say editorially last week:
“The rise of Egypt to a position
of primary importance in the
Middle East today is one of the
most dramatic and most disturb
ing developments of post-war his
tory. The importance in this case,”
the Times continued, "lies in the
ability and determination to
cause mischief.” Artd TIME Mag-
agine comments: “The West had
not yet achieved a sense of di
rection. But it was an advance of
i sorts that it had acquired at least
a sense of motion.” Jordan’s king
Hussein made the cover of the
same April 2nd issue of TIME.
Opening its story on ‘‘The Boy
R King,” TIME says: ‘‘Jordan is a
country that has little or no ex
cuse for existence. A chunk torn
from the desert, with boundaries
traced on sand, it has no geogra
phical unity, national identity,
political history or economic via-
H bility. It was created by the
British for the British: an armed
camp at the crossroads of the
world, a watchtower in the center
of oil lands they ruled in all but
fact.” Not a very pretty picture
for the puppet kingdom of Hus
sein son of Abrullah who was as-
sinated by a Mufti-inspired Arab.
Areyeh Ben-Eliezer, Deputy
Speaker of the Israeli Knesset
and Vice-Chairman of the Herut
Party, declared at a press con
ference in New York last week
that “we in Israel fail to under
stand the inaction of the West
ern powers in stopping Russian
penetration into the Middle East.”
Mr. Ben-Eliezer, who arrived in
the States to deliver a number of
lectures, said that “the only
country in the Middle East that
is not for sale to Russia is Israel.
It is our aim to bring about a
real peace between us and the
Arab states,” he added. “This can
only be achieved when both sides
fully recognize the right of each
nation to exist and live independ
ently within its respective nation
al borders.”
Arnold J. Toynbee makes
amends. In an article titled "Man
Owes His Freedom to God” (Col
liers, March 30), British historian
Toynbed repeats time and again
the great debt Christianity and
Islam owe to Judaism: "each
learned their lesson from' the
same source — Judaism,” he in
sists. In his recently-published
history, Toynbee discounts the
historic role of Judaism and
places the offshoots above the
Mother Faith. Is it possible that
Toynbee has discovered his er
ror?
Converts to Judaism Cletas and
Hazel Trinker left for Israel on
the S.S. Zion last Friday as the
new Israeli liner returned to
Haifa on its Maiden voyage. Be
fore leaving, the Trinkers were
the honored guests at a farewell
reception in the N. Y. head
quarters of United Israel .World
Union, 507 5th Avenue. Among
those who came to bid them God
speed were: Dola Ben Yehudah
Whittman, daughter of Eliezer
Ben Yehudah, and her husband
Max Wittman of the Jev/ish
Agency; Dr. M. I. Salomon, noted
surgeon and formerly an Inspec
tor-General of the Bolivian
Army; Jack Ross of the Israel
Government Tourist Office; N. Y.
State Assemblyman Bernard Aus
tin; Julius Haber, author of “An
Odyssey of an American Zion
ist”; M. Ben Tob Messa, presi
dent of the Jewish community of
Aden, Arabia; Rabbi Arthur
Meyerowitz of the N. Y. Board
of Rabbis, and many others. Con
sul-General of Israel, S. C. Hy
man, sent a special message
wishing the newcomers to Israel’s
ranks Godspeed. Jewish Communi
ty Centers and Young Men’s -
Young Women’s Hebrew Associa
tions affiliated with the National
JWB have increased their mem
bership by 120,000 since the end
of World War II.
JWV Selects Irving Goldstein
For “Man of Year” Award
The Jewish War Veterans, At-
I lanta Post 112, will hold its an
nual banquet and dance Sunday
night, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Progressive Club.
Dr. Irving H. Goldstein of At
lanta has been elected to receive
the annual “Man of the Year”
award, which will be presented
at the banquet, according to Irv
ing Singer, commander.
Principal speaker at the ban
quet will be Reuven Shiloah,
Minister Plenipotentiary from the
I * State of Israel to the United
States. Mr. Shiloah is in charge
of the Embassy at Washington.
Mr. Singer said “for the p^st
twenty-nine years Dr. Goldstein,
t through many mediums, has con-
1 tributed his services in the promo-
I tion of better relations between
? t all persons, regardless of religion,
t I working in dental clinics and giv-
p E ing free dental services to the
needy; leading drives which cul-
manated in the presenting of three
dental ambulances - one for the
United States Army, one for the
Canadian Army, and one for the
Israeli Army; headed drives which
raised $300,000. to establish a den
tal school in Israel; and a short
time ago completed a lecture tour
which took him to London, Paris,
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa.
“Dr. Goldstein is a well known
dentist in this community, having
been chief of staff of the Morris
Hirsch Clinic for twenty-nine
years and recently appointed chief
of staff of the Ben Massel Clinic.
He is a Past Worshipful Master
of the Fulton Masonic Lodge, Past
Georgia State President of the
B’nai B’rith, Past President of the
American Dental Inter-fraternity
Council, Past President of the Al
pha Omega Dental Fraternity.
“Dr. Goldstein has been active
Men’s Advance Gifts Group
To Hear Hirschmann Sunday
Ira Hirschmann, nationally
known writer and authority on
Israel will be the guest speaker
at the annual dinner of the
Advance Gifts division of the
1956 Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund
Campaign to be held at the Stand
ard Town and Country Club this
Sunday.
Under the leadership of Louis
Aronstam, Meyer L. Balser, Abe
Goldstein and Thomas Makover,
the group’s committee met at the
office of the Welfare Fund on
Wednesday to make final arrange
ments for the dinner meeting and
to review final reports before the
meeting, which is one of the ma
jor events of the year in the cam-
Khrushchcv Says
Stalin Planned
Anti-Semitic Plot
NEW YORK, JTA)—The charge
that Stalin attempted to blow up
the “Jewish doctors’ plot” of
January 1953 to major proportions
and convert it into a huge anti-
Semitic trial involving high So
viet officials was made by Nik
ita S. Khrushchev, head of the
Soviet Communist Party in an ad
dress at the recent Communist
Congress in Moscow, it was re
ported as the contents of Khru
shchev’s sensational anti-Stalin
address became known through
diplomatic channels.
Khrushchev also charged Sta
lin with deliberately ordering the
murder of two prominent Jewish
generals of the Red Army, Gen.
A. Yakir and Gen. Jan Gamarnik.
The latter was a brother-in-law
of the late Chaim Nachman Bia
lik, Jewish national poet. In
stating that Stalin was personally
responsible for the mass execu
tions of Soviet army and navy of
ficer sand industrial managers
the Soviet party chief declared
that Stalin had attempted to blow
up the “Jewish doctors' ” anti-
Semitic plot to major proportions
in order to move against Nicolai
Bulganin, the present Premier,
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
and other highly placed Soviet
officials.
After Stalin’s death and Lavrenti
Beria’s execution by the present
leaders of the USSR, it was an
nounced that the “doctors’ plot”
had been concocted by officials
in Mr. Beria’s Ministry of State
Security. The doctors, most of
whom Were Jews, were released
at the same time that the gov
ernment publicly announced their
vindication.
CCNY Is Aided
By Former Student
NEW YORK, (JTA) — City
College of New York has a gift
of $200,000 from David Aranow,
an alumnus of the class of 1914,
it was announced here this week
end at exercises dedicating six
new buildings. Dr. Buell G. Gal
lagher, president of CCNY, said
this was the largest single con
tribution ever made to the college
by an alumnus.
out of the Balkans. His book
“Life Line To A Promised Land,”
written out of those experiences,
was one of the most influential of
its kind. —
In 1946, he was appointed Spec
ial Inspector General of the Uni
ted Nations Relief and Rehab
ilitation Administration, and in
this capacity headed a mission to
Turkey which completed nego
tiations for $10,000,000 worth of
food for Italy and Greece. He al
so negotiated for the immigra
tion of thousands of DP’s to Pales
tine, and made a special inspec
tion of DP camps in Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Italy
for the then Secretary of State,
James F. Byrnes.
In 1949, Mr. Hirschmann made
a special trip for the State De
partment to Yugoslavia where he
conferred with Marshall Tito.
His report to the State Depart
ment helped formulate present
U. S. government policy toward
Yugoslavia. It was during this
year that he received the One
World Award.
All in all, Mr. Hirschmann has
made twelve trips to Israel, most
of them on diplomatic missions.
On his latest trip, last year, he
had the opportunity to confer with
Moshe Sharett, then Prime Min
ister of Israel, and also with
Prime Minister Nasser of Egypt,
and gained a fund of inside in
formation about the situation as
it was then developing, which is
especially pertinent today.
A man of diversified interests
and wide experience, Mr. Hirsch-
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National AJC President
ToAttend Region Parley
The Atlanta Chapter of the
American Jewish Committee will
be host to the first Southeast
Area Conference of the Ameri
can Jewish Committee April 7-8
at the Biltmore Hotel.
Irving M. Engel, Southern-born
national president of the AJC,
will be featured speaker at the
dinner, Saturday night. Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, will be luncheon
speaker on Sunday.
Robert H. Ferst, Atlanta, is gen
eral chairman of the conference,
expected to draw members from
Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Aiding in planning the confer
ence are the Atlanta Chapter of
ficers, including Morris Abram,
president; Louis Regenstein Jr.,
vice president, and De Jongh
Franklin, secretary-treasurer, and
Seymour Samet, Miami, area di
rector.
Mr. Engel himself is a native
of Birmingham. He graduated
from Yale Law School, where he
was one of the editors of the
“Yale Law Journal.”
He has practiced law in New
York City since 1924. He has lec
tured on real estate and taxation
for the Practicing Law Institute,
the American Bar Association
Dalton Polishes Welcome Mat
IRVING M. ENGEL
and N. Y. University'Law School.
He is the author of “Income
Taxes and Real Estate” and “Jus
tice Black After Seven Years.”
He has served on several na
tional and international commis
sions concerned with protecting
worldwide human rights.
IRA HIRSCHMANN
paign.
Having headed up sdme of the
most important Middle Eastern
missions undertaken by this gov
ernment during the last eleven
years, Mr. Hirschmann is one of
the few Americans who can speak
with intimate knowledge of the
tangled skein of relationship un
derlying the present ominous sit
uation in the Middle-East. During
World War II, Mr. Hirschman
served as Special Attache of the
U. S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey,
and special representative of the
War Refugee Board set up by
President Roosevelt which help
ed bring thousands of refugees
Prize At Book Show
LONDON, (JTA) — The En
cyclopedia Talmudical published
in Jerusalem, has received a prize
in an international book show
sponsored here by the National
Book League. Seven volumes of
the 25-volume encyclopedia have
already been published.
in all local community organiza
tions and has dedicated himself
to the development of the Demo
cratic belief decreed as the foun
dation of this country.”
The public is invited.
For State B’nai
DALTON — The Jewish com
munity here which literally grew
into overnight maturity with the
chenille industry will join with
the local Lodge members in en
tertaining delegates expected for
the April 14 - 15 meeting of the
State Association of B’nai B’rith
Lodges.
Abe Kamine of Savannah will
head the delegates expected for
the weekend program. The con
vention chairman is Paul Tenen-
baum, Dalton’s own, who is cur
rently president-elect of the As-
B’rith Meet
sociation. Convention chairman is
Jack Frank. Lester Goldberg is
president of Dalton Lodge.
Hillel students at the Universi
ty of Georgia will stage a pro
gram at the Saturday evening en
tertainment. Business sessions
will be held Sunday morning and
evening at Temple Beth El.
One of the youngest Jewish
communities in the South, Dalton
Jewry developed with the boom
ing chenille industry during the
war years.