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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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A Weekly Newspa per for Southern Jewry — Esta'
OCT 30 1956
B R ARIES
VOL. XXXI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1956
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Atlanta Post 112, Fulton Masonic Lodge
To Help Legion Create Blood Bank Program
War Threat Recede^ oo iraq, Jordan
Back Down on Troop Move
Dr. Irving Zabner, left, is
shown with the plaque presented
him recently by National Jewish
War Veterans Chief of Staff Her
bert Block of Boston in recogni
tion of the blood-bank program
he is directing as chairman for
the Atlanta Post 112, J.W.V.
Dr. Zabner has announced that
the next Community-Wide Blood
Bank Day in Atlanta will be held
from 9 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4,
at the American Legion Club on
Piedmont Avenue in cooperation
with American Legion Post, No.
1.
Members of the post and of
Fulton Masonic Lodge who have
previously united to sponsor the
Blood Bank day for the Jewish
community, will join in the Nov.
4 occasion with the Legion inan
effort to help the latter develop
a Blood donor program of its
own, Dr. Zabner said.
Free hot dogs and hamburgers
and drinks will be served all day
to donors and a band will furnish
music. The Legion will have its
national prize-winning 40 and 8
train on display at the Club
House. Dr. Zabner urges men
and women between the ages of
21 and 59, in good health, weigh
ing 110 pounds or more to vol
unteer a pint of blood on Novem
ber 4.
Popular T V Singer-Humorist
Star of Atlanta Bond Rally Nov. 5
LONDON, (JTA) — The threat
of war, already ominous in the
wake of a bloody chain of Arab
provocations and Israeli repris
als, receded this week after a
report here from Amman that
the newer — and graver —
threat of an Iraqi troop move
ment in to the shaky Kingdom
of Jordan had been postponed.
Iraqi troops, “for the time be
ing,” will not enter onto Jordan
ian soil but will be stationed
along the Jordan-Iraqi border,
ready to move in the event of an
attack by Israel, according to a
Jordanian Government spokes
man.
Entry of the Iraqi forces had
been planned, with British agree
ment and American acquiescence,
in a move to prevent the collapse
of King Hussein’s regime. The
news brought immediate sharp
reactions. In Jerusalem, Premier
David Ben Gurion announced
that Israel reserved full freedom
of action in the event the Iraq
troops moved. It was pointed out
that Israel and Iraq were tech
nically in a state of war since
Iraq has refused to negotiate an
armistice with Israel. It was also
pointed out that the proposed
troop move followed a demand
by Iraqi Premier Nuri as-Said
that a solution of the Palestine
problem be imposed on Israel on
the lines of the 1947 partition
plan. Egypt also protected loud
ly against the planned troop
move, seeing it as a British-
sponsored Iraqi move to grave
Jordanian territory before Egypt
could move in.
In Washington, Secretary of
State Dulles said that the State
Department had information
confirming reports that entrance
of Iraqi troops into Jordan had
been delayed. Asked if the Unit
ed States would consider it wise
for Iraqi troops to enter Jordan,
Mr. Dulles said that he would
rather not express an opinion on
the merits of the case. He said
that it was extremely complicat
ed and involved, pointing out that
the situation was covered by an
Israel-Arab armistice agreement,
and Arab states' security treaty
and the Bagdad Pact. In that
maze of treaty relationships, Mr.
Dulles said, it was extremely
difficult for a country not a party
to express an opinion. He declar
ed that the United States has
kept informed but has not at
tempted to play a decisive role
in the matter.
A new factor appeared when
Syria, closest ally of Col. Nasser
of Egypt, stepped into the pic
ture. The Syrian envoy in Am
man announced that ‘‘Syrian
heavy weapons have started to
flow into Jordan.” The “flow” be
gan at midnight last Thursday, he
said, and was still continuing
late. He described the weapons
as the gift of the Syrian people
to the Jordanian Army and Na
tional Guard.
In Washington, asked at his
press conference if the United
States were disturbed by this de
velopment, Mr. Dulles said he
could not complain over the fact
that countries with a security
pact help each other, saying
there was nothing wrong in such
arrangements if the objective is
defensive. He added, however,
that the trouble was that aggres
sion was not always easy to de
fine. He made known that the
United States was not ready to
judge if the Syrian munitions
supply to Jordan was helpful or
bad.
Meanwhile, British Royal Air
Force jet fighters arrived in Jor
dan to reinforce British air units
already stationed there, it was
reported from Amman. The dis
patches said that a British Em
bassy spokesman in the Jordan
capital would not say how many
planes were expected.
Officials here, meanwhile,
stress that RAF Hunter jets re
ported flying from airfields in
Jordan are not now based in that
country. The Hunters flew in
from bases in Cyprus, and ac
cording to one source, such flights
have occurred often in the past.
This same source insisted that it
was almost unlikely that the Jor
dan Air Force would be supplied
with these modern jets.
Gen. Burns informed the Coun
cil that in the 21 months ending
September 31, 1956, Israel-Arab
fighting along the^various bord
ers resulted in a total of 617 dead
and 915 wounded. Of that total,
Israel suffered 121 dead and 632
wounded; while the Arab casual
ties totalled 751, including 496
dead. Of the Qualqilya raid, he
said: “The casualties resulting
from this incident are the high
est since the Gaza' incident in
April, 1956.”
Israel Plans Early
Polio Innoculation
Four of the community’s ma
jor men’s organizations have join
ed forces to present “A Night in
Israel” featuring Jan Bart, the
popular singer and humorist in
the auditorium of the Atlanta
Jewish Community Center, Mon
day, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. in behalf
of the current local campaign for
State of Israel Development
Bonds.
In joint announcement by their
respective presidents, the Atlanta
and Gate City Lodges of B’nai
B’rith, the Jewish War Veterans
Post 112 and the Atlanta Zion
ist District have called on their
members and friends to attend
the November 5 function. In the
current issue of Atlanta Spokes
man, the presidents, Irving Kaler,
Ben Rabinowitz, I. A1 Singer, and
Ben Golden urged support of this
activity as a demonstration to
Israel of their organizations’ de
votion and interest.
Jan Bart is currently starred
in a weekly television program
on Station WATV in New York
City. Alumnus of the “Borscht
Belt” which has produced such
stars as Danny Kaye, Milton
Berle and Jackie Gleason, his
powerful tenor voice has won
the acclaim of critics and column-
Istl all over the country. Coup
ling this talent with a natural
wit and flair for story telling,
Jan Bart is generally considered
one of the entertainment indus
try’s rising stars.
A staunch worker for Israel,
Bart has been cited by Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion and
other key government figures
there for his many services to
Israel’s cause — notably his re
cord sales of Israel Bonds in prac
tically every American Jewish
community.
Memphis Beckons
To S E Zionists Nov. 2-4
MEMPHIS—The Southeast Re
gion of the Zionist Organization
of America which includes Ala
bama, Georgia, Tennessee, Miss
issippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida will hold
their 19th annual convention at
the Hotel Dinkier Andrew Jack-
son in Nashville, Tenn., Novem
ber 2-4 according to Seymour B.
Liebman of Miami Beach and
President of the Southeast Re
gion. Mr. Jack Speller and Mrs.
Wm. Kirschner of Nashville, Tenn.,
have been appointed convention
Co-Chairmen.
Gil Rappaport, Executive Di
rector of the Southeast Region
has announced that included in
the program will be such noted
personalities as Dr. Julius Mark
of Temple Emanu-El in New York
City; the Hon. Nahum N. AstaT,
Israel Consul to the Southeast
Macon Preparing for S. E. Temple
Sisterhood Convention Nov. 17-19
United States; Mortimer May, im
mediate past national president
of the Zionist Organization of
America, and Dr. Sidney Mark,
national executive director of the
Zionist Organization of America.
The Convention delegates will
witness the Southern Premiere of
the new film “ZOA in Israel.”
Public relations sessions deal
ing with the current situation
in Israel and the Middle East and
also business sessions and election
of officer for the year 1956-57
will be part of the convention
agenda.
The Nashville Zionist District
under the leadership of Bill Robin
and the Nashville Chapter of Ha-
dassah will be host to several
parties and social events in honor
of the out of town delegates and
their wives.
Convention reservations are be
ing handled by the Southeast Re
gion Office of ZOA, 1370 Wash
ington Ave. JE. 1-1371 and by
Mrs. Wm. Kirschner, 3811 Whit-
land Avenue, Nashville, Tenn.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Salk
vaccine innoculation of all Israeli
children between the ages of 6
months and 3 years is expected to
begin sometime between the end
of November and the beginning of
1957, it was made known here
Batches of the vaccine produced
in the Ministry of Health’s Jaffa
virus laboratory have already been
shipped off to the United States
and Denmark for inspection and
the innoculation program will be
gin when the test results are vali
dated.
The program, described to the
“Jerusalem Post” by Professor G.
Mer, acting director-general of
the Health ministry, should be
completed by the Middle of May,
1957. Prof. Mer pointed out that
in Israel polio rarely occurs in
children over three.
TV Drama to Tell
Story of First
Jewish Chaplain
NEW YORK (JTA) — “With
Charity for All,” an historic Civil
War drama of Rabbi Arnold Fis-
chel, the U. S. Army’s first Jew
ish chaplain, will be presented on
the “Crossroads” series Friday,
Nov. 9 on the ABC television net
work. J. Carrol Naish stars the
heroic rabbi who, aided by arous
ed soldiers of varied faiths, fought
from the battlefields to Washing
ton for the right of Jewish troop
ers to be ministered to by chap
lains of their own faith.
The drama depicts the story of
the Rev. Dr. Arnold Fischel, an
English-speaking rabbi from Hol
land, who had emigrated during
the war and was assigned the task
of obtaining official recognition of
other English-speaking rabbis for
the chaplains service after the
soldiers had written of the tragic
lack.
MACON — Two outstanding
leaders in Jewish life will be
feature speakers at the twenty-
second convention of the South
east Federation of Temple Sis
terhoods, scheduled here for No
vember 17-19.
Miss Jane Evans, dynamic ex
ecutive secretary of the National
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods,
with offices in the House of Liv
ing Judaism, New York, will
speak at the dinner on opening
night, and the following day, at
a luncheon, Dr. Joseph Narot of
Miami will bring a significant
message.
Meeting in conjunction with
the women will be the Executive.
Board of the Southeast Council
of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, of which Myer
Sigal, of Macon, is president. Mrs.
Sam Mohr, of Atlanta, is regional
president of Sisterhood.
Registration will begin at noon
Saturday, following morning Tem
ple services. Headquarters for
the convention will be Hotel
Dempsey, and all events, includ
ing workshops and exhibits, will
be held there, with the exception
of Temple services and the Sun
day evening buffet. The latter
will be served in Temple Beth
Israel vestry, followed by serv
ices, and a local Sisterhood show.
A big turnout is expected in
Macon by the steering committee,
composed of Mrs. Marvin Coddon,
Mrs. Nathan Gans, Mrs. Myer
Sigal, Mr. Sigal, and Charles E.
Nadler, Temple president. They
report much enthusiasm from
Sisterhoods all over the region,
who are looking forward to the
inspiration along with the fun and
festivity of being together to
share Sisterhood experiences.
The tentative schedule of events
follows:
Saturday, November 17—10:30
Columbus Training Institute
For Conservative Sisterhoods
a.m., Temple service; 12 noon,
registration; 7:30 p.m., reception
and dinner.
Sunday, November 18 — 10 a.m.
to 12, SEFTS Business Meeting;
12:30, luncheon; 2:30 to 4, Sister
hood workshops; 4 to 5, Religious
School workshops, followed by ex
hibits. At 7 p.m., buffet supper,
Temple service, and local Sister
hood show.
Monday, November 19, 9 a.m.
to 12, SEFTS Business session,
followed by luncheon and in
stallation of officers.
Macon extends a cordial invita
tion to all the Sisterhoods to come
to the “heart of Georgia”, and
urges all delegates to make their
reservations as soon as possible.
COLUMBUS—A training course
in leadership and ethics will be
conducted on October 24 and 25
by Mrs. B. I. Trieger of New York
City who is National Womens
League director of field work and
extension activities. •
Mrs. Trieger has supervised
similar institutes in other parts of
the United States and Canada.
She will be accompanied to Co
lumbus by Mrs. Howard Rivkind,
St. Petersburg, regional president
of the National Womens League.
The institute will take place at
the Shearih Israel Synagogue be
ginning on October 24 at 10 a.m.
for registration and will continue
until 12:30 p.m. at which time
luncheon will be served. The
institute will reconvene until 4
p.m. At 8:30 p.m. an open forum
will be held. Refreshments wi*l
be served. The Institute will re
sume the following day, October
25 at 10:00 a.m. and continue until
12:30 pm. A luncheon will be
served.
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