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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1957
WO. 7
Talmadge Letter Urges Dulles
To Protest Egypt's Persecution
WASHINGTON — Secretary
Dulles has been urged to register
strong protest over the Egyptian
persecution of Jews in a letter
from Georgia’s new Senator Her
man Talmadge.
The Talmadge letter follows:
“I have read with grave con
cern reports of the deliberate
campaign of persecution by the
Nasser Government of Jewish
residents of Egypt and, having
satisfied myself as to the complete
accuracy of such accounts, do re
spectfully request to be advised
as to \yhat course or courses of
action the Department of State
and the United States Delegation
to the United Nations plan to fol
low with respect to seeking pro
tection of the person, property
and rights of these unfortunate
people.
“A repdrt on the plight of Jews
in Egypt under the Nasser re
gime, which is fully documented
and can be authenticated in every
detail, has been furnished me at
my request by one of our nation’s
most outstanding and highly re
spected Jewish citizens and lead
ers, Honorable Ben J. Massell of
Atlanta, and I am enclosing a
copy of it for your information.
It is obvious upon reading it that
Colonel Nasser is folllowing the
— Continued on Page 8
Israel s Insistence on Reassurances
Wins Nebulous Nod from Nasser
WASHINGTON — Israel’s in-
sistance on free passage of her
ships through Akaba Gulf and the
Suez before removal of her troops
from Egyptian territory moved a
step nearer realization this week.
Egypt was reported to have a-
greed to such assurances provid
ed Israeli troops were withdrawn.
This action - quite indirect how
ever - was relayed to Dulles who
told Israeli Ambassador Abba
Eban the United States now con
siders Akaba free for all shipping,
including Israel’s and that this
country will support a move to
have U.N. troops or U.N. observ-
General Chairmen Selected for
W elf are F und W omen’s Division
Mrs. Sam P. (Chippie) Alter-
man, Mrs. M. William Breman,
Mrs. Harry M. Gershon and Mrs.
Hannah Weinstein have been
named general chairmen of the
Women’s Division of the Atlanta
Jewish Welfare Fund’s 1957 cam
paign, it was announced this week.
Mrs. Alterman, in addition to
being a long time worker on Wel
fare Fund campaigns, is also ac
tive in many other sections of
the community. She is a member
of the board of the Jewish Com
munity Center, board member of
the Jewish Home, past officer of
Hadassah, vice president and one
of the organizers of the Atlanta
chapter of Brandeis University,
board member of the Hebrew
Academy, past board member of
the Federation of Jewish Social
Services and has also worked on
Red Cross and Polio drives.
Sylvia Breman is a past vice
president of Brandeis Women and
is a charter life member. She is
currently on the board of Bran
deis and the Temple Sisterhood,
has been active in the Council
of Jewish Women and was on its
board for many years. She is a
member of the Community Coun
cil, Temple Sisterhood, Garden
Club, Temple, Council of Jewish
Women, B’nai B’rith Women and
Hadassah. Mrs. Breman has work
ed on the Women’s Division of
the Welfare Fund since its in
ception and served as co-chair
man of the Advanced Gifts di
vision of many years. She is also
active in community drives for
Cancer, Red Cross, March of
Dimes and the Heart Fund. She
studied Braille and transcribes
Braile for the blind school chil
dren of Atlanta.
Rebecca Gershon has lived in
Atlanta since 1922. She first serv
ed on the Council of Jewish
Women, serving locally in many
capacities; regionally as secretary
and president, and nationally as
a board member for two terms.
She has also worked with the
New World Club, served on the
Board of the Jewish Social Ser
vice Federation, served as chair
man of the study committee
which preceded the formation of
the Public Relations Committee
of the Jewish Community Coun
cil, served as one of the first co-
chairmen of the Welfare Fund in
1936. Mrs. Gershon also headed
Advanced Gifts for Women in
1941, was active in the regional
organization of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds, and is currently a member
of the Temple, Temple Sister
hood, Standard Club, Hadassah,
Council of Jewish Women, Com
munity Center, Atlanta Symphony
Guild, League of Women Voters,
Women’s Committee for Brandeis
University; currently she is a
member of the Atlanta Zionist
Council Board.
Mrs. Alfred A. (Hannah)
Weinstein came to Atlanta with
Dr. Weinstein ip 1946. She has
served in various important ca
pacities with B’nai B’rith Women,
Temple Sisterhood and Brandeis
University, Council of Jewish
Women, Jewish War Veterans
Auxiliary and Hadassah. Hannah
has also been and currently is,
active in the auxiliaries of the
Fulton Medical Society, Crawford
Long and St. Joseph Hospitals.
Active in club work as well, Mrs.
Weinstein maintains memberships
in the Standard, Progressive and
Mayfair Clubs. She is past presi
dent of the Brandeis chapter, past
president of B’nai B’rith Women
and was active on the member
ship campaign of the new At
lanta Jewish Community Center.
She holds the Medal of Honor
from the International YMCA for
life-saving work for prisoners of
war in Japanese-occupied Philip
pines during World War II.
In a joint statement, the new
general chairman asserted:
“The Women’s Division is de
termined to ’take its proper place
along side of the men in meeting
the present emergency. Its lead
ers are detremined to do all they
can to raise the maximum for the
rescue of lives during 1957 —
over and above the needs of the
regular campaign for continuing
services in the fields of health,
welfare and rehabilitation.”
ers stationed in the Gaza Strip to
keep it from being used as a base
for Egyptian commando raids.
These latest developments were
being seriously considered by Is
rael though there was no indi
cation she would accept them.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials have
warned that the United States
would go along with a move to
apply sanctibns against Israel un
less Israel accepted the new plan.
Israel was reported to be wait
ing for absolute guarantees so
that previous violance would not
recur.
The move for sanctions against
Israel found severe critics in the
U.S. Senate where a stream of
Senators and Representatives took
the floor to speak out against anti-
Israel sanctions.
Republicans and Democrats ad
vanced similar arguments against
sanctions although Democrats
aimed their fire at the administra
tion for allowing the Middle
East situation to deteriorate to
the present impasse.
LONDON — Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd told Commons Mon
day that Britain would oppose
any attempt in the United Nations
to impose sanctions on Israel for
demanding adequate guarantees
to accompany the withdrawal, of
troops from Egyptian territory as
ordered by the General Assembly.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Air
Force sources made known this
week that President Eisenhower
failed to get Saudi Arabia to end
its restriction against the station-
Israel Tabs 1,600
Immigrants In Day
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Nearly
1,600 immigrants arrived in Is
rael February 3 aboard three
vessels, the S.S. Jerusalem, S.S.
Zion and S.S. Phillipo Grimani.
Among the arrivals were some
200 Egyptian Jews and many
Hungarian Jewish refugees.
ing of U.S. Air Force personnel
of Jewish faith at the Dhanran
Air Base.
The United States agreed not
to station persons at the base who
would be “objectionable” to King
Saud. It was pointed out by high
officials that President Eisenhow
er was embarrassed by the re
quirement but decided renewal of
the lease was of greater impor- .
tance than raising an issue of re
ligious equality.
UNICEF Elects Israeli
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.,
(JTA) — Mrs. Zena Harman, of
Israel, was elected first vice-
chairman of the United Nations
Children’s Fund for the year
1957. She was chosen without op
position at the year’s first meet
ing of the executive board of
UNICEF. Mrs. Harman has been
very active in the work of UNI
CEF for several years.
Ike Reported
Telling Saud Israel
“Is Here To Stay”
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Washington correspondent of the
Cairo newspaper A1 Abram,
which has attacked the Eisen
hower Doctrine, reported in his
paper Monday that President Ei
senhower told King Saud during
their talks that Israel “is here
to stay.”
The Arab correspondent said
the President added that “the
U. S. will not stand idle and see
Israel disappear, and the Arabs
have to know that clearly.” The
correspondent wrote that Mr. Ei
senhower also told King Saud the
U. S. will not, however, permit
Israel to expand or to commit
more “injustice” against the
Arabs.
Shearith Israel’s Rabbi Geffen and his Wife
Schools Close Sunday, Feb. 24, for
Jewish Education Day Institutes
For the first time in Atlanta,
two days are being set aside and
dedicated to Jewish Education -
Sunday and Monday, February 24
and 25. Outstanding professional
and lay leaders will discuss spe
cific aspects of Jewish education
involving the teacher, the parent,
th^school committee member and
the community leader.
Recognizing the importance of
this community-wide educational
project, the Jewish religious
(Sunday) schools will hold no
regular sessions on Sunday morn
ing, Feb. 24 so that all religious
school teachers will be able to
participate in the morning work
shops.
The American Association for
Jewish Education, the National
Jewish Educational Service Agen
cy, is cooperating with the At
lanta Jewish community and is
sending Rabbi Hyman Chanover,
the Director of its Department of
Field Services and Personnel to
act as consultant and to partici
pate ip the different workshops.
The Atlanta Bureau of Jewish
Education, through its School
Council Committee headed by
Mrs. Joseph Cuba, is acting as
coordinator for this educational
undertaking. The rabbis and
school directors of our communi
ty have planned the workshops.
All sessions will be held at the
Ahavath Achim Educational Cen
ter, 250 Tenth St., N.E.
The first session on Sunday
morning, Feb. 24 is especially
planned for the religious (Sun
day) school teachers and will be
gin at 10 a.m. The subject for
discussion will center on the in
terests and abilities of specific
age groups and how these in
terests and abilities can be re
lated to specific subject matter
in the Sunday school. Rabbi Hy
man Chanover will be the over
all consultant for this session
which will be divided into four
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Rabbi Tobias Geffen, dean of the Southern Orthodox rabbinate, who will be tendered a testimonial din
ner Sunday, Feb. 17 (see pages 2, 3 and 4 for other details) is shown with his beloved wife at the recent
formal dedication of the Atlanta Jewish Community Center. They were caught in this informal pose by
the Atlanta Journal photographer as they read the special prayer in the program Rabbi Geffen had com
posed in Hebrew in honor of the occasion. t