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Friday, July 11, 1958
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Page Seven
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BY HENRY LEONARD
“Look, Hannah . . we’re invited to attend Dr.
Alpers’ testimonial dinner at $1090 a plate, but
they promise there will be no solicitations.”
IN A LIGHTER VEIN—by Jacob Richman
An AJP FEATURE
God Was No Favorite
The door of the rabbi’s house
opened and in came a middle-
aged Israelite.
“Good morning, rabbi,” said
the newcomer. “I am from Radin
and I have a ‘din-Torah’ with
God.”
“A ‘din-Torah’ with God!” rei
terated the minister. “How is
that?”
“You see,” said the plaintiff,”
I had a wife and 10,000 rubles,
and God deprived me of both
Well, He is the boss. But He did
it in a most outrageous manner.
By right He should first have
taken my wife. Then as a widow
with 10,000 rubles I would have
got another wife with 10,000
rubles. Afterward He could have
taken away my own 10,000 ru
bles, leaving me the 10,000
rubles I got as a dowry. So God
would have a wife and 10,000
rubles and I would have a wife
and 10,000 rubles. But having
lost the money first, I remained
a poor widower and I can’t even
get another wife.”
“You are prefectly right,” ad
mitted the rabbinic judge, im
partially. “But what I don’t
understand is why you came to
me. Haven’t you a rabbi in
your own town, before whom
you could bring your case
against God?”
“You see,” explained the plain
tiff, “our rabbi is a God-fearing
man and he would surely de
cide the case in favor of God.
But you, knowing that you have
no fear of God, I thought you
would be impartial.”
Paying With Advice
A well-known European rabbi
recently came to this land of
the free. He secured a position
in East New York, where he
rented a small private house.
The salary he was to receive
from his congregation was ex
ceedingly penurious, far insuffi
cient to support his rather large
family, and he depended on mar
riage-ceremonies to meet his
budget.
The month of June had ar
rived. Yet there was no percepti
ble improvement in the business
of making nuptial ties.
While bemoaning the fact to
a member of his congregation
one Sunday afternoon, a young
couple came in. From their
nervous, embarrassed look the
rabbi surmised that they came
to be united in wedlock.
It was a good guess. Promptly
the rabbi got out the canopy,
extracted from a hidden corner
a bottle of red wine, and pro
ceeded with the business of
making them man and wife.
When the ceremony was over,
the bridegroom, who wore a blue
flannel shirt and soft collar,
called the ecclesiastic aside, and
whispered in his ear.
“I’m sorry,” he said, apolo
getically, “that I can’t give you
any money for your services. I
am broke just now. But if you’ll
take me down to the basement
I’ll show you how to fix the gas
meter so that you won’t have to
pay for gas.”
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Jewish Hospital
N, Y. Woman Gives
$1,000,000 to
PITTSBURGH, (JTA)—Monte-
fiore Hospital here announced
last weekend a gift of $1,000,000
from Miss Amy P. Frank, of
New York, a former Pittsburgh
er. This is the largest single gift
received by the hospital, the
American Jewish Outlook of
Pittsburgh reported. It will be
used toward the projected con
struction of a new wing, to be
designated as the “Samuel and
Ettie Klein Frank Memorial.”
The Samuel and Ettie Klein
Frank Memorial will house a
new emergency ward, labora
tories, operating suite, a post
operative recovery suite, central
supply department and a pharm
acy. Provision will also be riiade
in the upper stories for another
100 beds for patients, with some
units devoted to chronic care
and rehabilitation. The donor,
Miss Amy P. Frank, is the
daughter of Samuel Frank, who
was born in Pittsburg. Mr. Frank
was a glass manufacturer whose
father and uncle were pioneers
in the field. Mis3 Frank’s moth
er, Ettie Klein, was also born in
Pittsburgh.
The memorial wing, in accord
ance with the donor’s wishes, is
to be dedicated not only in
memory of Miss Frank’s par
ents, but also her two brothers
and her sister, who were also
born in Pittsburgh. Her older
brother, Laurence W. Frank,
was engaged in the steel busi
ness and was one of the found
ers of the Duquesne Steel
Foundry in Coraopolis, later
known as the Continental Foun
dry and Steel Company. Her
younger brother, Edgar K.
Frank, was a cotton converter
in New York, while Gertrude L.
Frank, her only sister, also lived
in New York until her death
last year.
Jewish Industrialist
Gives $1,000,000 to
University of Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile, (JTA) —
The dedication ceremony of a
building for the Department of
Architecture of the University
of Chile took place here June
29 in the presence of the Presi
dent of Chile, Carlos Ibanez del
Campo, Cabinet members and
other notables. The land on
which the building stands, as
well as a large part of the ex
penses connected with its con
struction, were donated by the
Salomon Sack Foundation estab
lished by Jewish industrialist
Salomon Sack.
Mr. Sack, who was present at
the ceremony, was lauded by
government leaders for his gen
erosity. The Chilean press, in
expressing appreciation of Mr.
Sack’s action, estimated that his
gift amounts to about 1,000 mil
lion pesos, the equivalent of
$1,000,000.
Speaking at the ceremony, Gil
Sinai, president of the Federa
tion of Jewish Communities in
Chile, stressed the contributions
which the 74-year-old Mr. Sack
made to the country as well as
to the Jewish community. An
immigrant from Russia he came
to Chile as a young man some
60 years ago, and started as a
worker in a factory. He accu
mulated his wealth later in the
metals industry. For many years
he served as president of the
Jewish Community in Santiago
and of the Federation of Jewish
Communities.
I)e Gaulle Reiterates
Friendship For Israel
PARIS, (JTA)—Zionist circles
in this country received with
pleasure last week new evidence
of Premier Charles de Gaulle’s
friendly sentiments toward Is
rael.
Gen. de Gaulle, responding to
a gift of a book “The State of
Israel,” sent him by the author,
Andre Chouraqui, said in a let
ter: “This book is testimony of
what a courageous people, ani
mated by a strong faith in its
future and by a strong will, can
achieve.” He also expressed good
wishes for Israel’s continued
prosperity.
An Israeli team of parachutists
placed fourth in an international
jump contest at Le Bourget air
field here. Competing against
top military and civilian jump
ers, the Israeli team came in be
hind a French military team, a
French civilian unit, an Ameri
can group and ahead of Spain,
Britain, Austria and West Ger
many.
OFF THE RECORD—by Nathan Ziprin
A Remedy
Some weeks ago in this column
and other publications this writ
er took exception to the pessi
mistic view of Jewish life that
is so current now among many
Jewish leaders and intellectuals.
He was of the opinion that the
clinical approach was a fallaci
ous one, that the pessimists were
victims of jaded thinking and of
a decadence whose roots lie else
where, and that they were com
pletely ignoring the historic
dexterity of our people. We held
what while there was no sense
in lulling ourselves into belief
of impregnability, there was
neither any reason to permit
ourselves to be persuaded that
we were decaying surely and
irrevocably.
Judging the reaction from the
letters that came in on the sub
ject the issue sems to be one of
grave concern at least to the
readers of this column. Among
the letters was one from Moyshe
Starkman, scholar, author and
publicist, who wrote that while
he was not among the “prophets
of doom” he thought “most Jews
born in America are not to be
entrusted with Judaism, because
most American Jews are ignora
muses.”
Observing that it has “become
natural” for American Jewish
leaders and executives “not to
know the Aleph Beth” and to
be cynical about Judaism, its
customs and laws, even while
“receiving high salaries” from
Jewish organizations, Starkman
says that he “is convinced, on
the basis of historic experience,
that just as Eastern-European
Jewry was saved by hassidism
at a critical juncture, so hassi
dism can lead many of the
American ‘natives’ to the path
of Jewish romanticism and to
dedication to total Jewishness.
The future of American Jewry,”
in the opinion of Starkman, “will
not rest in the hands of the
grandchildren of our ‘Conserva
tive’ and ‘Reform’ Jews since
their grandchildren will already
have been merely of ‘Jewish
descent.’ The grandchildren of
the Lubawitcher and their like,"
he says, “will still have inherit
ed something from their fathers
and grandfathers to be Jews and
not ‘interfaithers’ of a quasi
cloister-Jewishness.”
As an avowed hassid, I am the
last man to object to the injec
tion of piety and niggun into
our lives, individual and com
munal. But I am wondering
whether we have the climate
for niggun in a community that
has been seared. Niggun, up
lifting, soaring, romanticism, if
you will, are products of a way
of life. When we have develop
ed a Jewish life indigenous to
Amrican soil, there will inexor
ably follow forging of tale and
song and niggun.
HE MEANT THEM TOO . . .
It is said of the Baal Shorn
Tov that when he once came
upon a group of Jews in the
synagogue who had been fever
ishly concentrated for hours on
a talmudic tome, he remarked
DBB Oney Shahbat
On June 13, Daughters of
B’nai B’rith held an Oneg Shab-
bat at Dana Bisen’s house. The
program began with the lighting
of the Sabbath candles and a
prayer. Then discussion was led
by the religious committee, based
on articles from the Shofar, a
BBYO newspaper.
The girls debated such sub
jects as: restricted areas, coun
tires that have persecuted Jews,
effects on children who are un
prepared to accept Judaism, and
what they will do to prepare
theirs.
—JEANNE FRANCO
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“they are so absorbed in learn
ing that they have seemingly
forgotten that there is a God in
the world.” This is something
worth pondering by the religi
ous fanatics who last week con
verged upon the White House in
a demonstration that will be re
membered as a black leter day
in the history of the Jewish
community of America. They
came to blaspheme Israel, but it
was God they blasphemed and
the Jewish name.
AUGUSTA NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. A. Gillman and
Mrs. Sidney Fishman and chil
dren, Jack and Florence, have
returned from a trip to Miami
Beach. While there they visited
Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Gillman
and children of Coral Gables.
Rcba Kriesberg, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Myer Kriesberg,
celebrated her 9th birthday on
July 2 at a swimming party at
the YMHA Community Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Garten are
spending a few days in Jackson
ville visiting their son and
family, Dr. and Mrs. Leonard
Garten and children.
Sheila Bogo is spending a few
days in Leesville, S. C., visiting
Sylvia Shapiro.
To Transfer Asch
Remains to Israel
LONDON, (JTA) — The re
mains of Sholem Asch will soon
be transferred to Israel and a
cultural center containing the
Asch archives will be built at
Bat Yam, a Tel Aviv suburb, it
was announced this week by
Dr. S. Levenberg, Jewish Agen
cy representative.
The announcement was made
at a ceremony marking the first
anniversary of the death of the
noted Yiddish author. Members
of the Asch family attending the
ceremony heard an extensive
survey of the writer’s literary
activity during a half century of
writing. The survey was pre
sented by Dr. Levenburg and
Dr. J. Mattlis, British author.
MRS. EUGENE M. CARL
Mrs. Eva Moldow Carl, 50, of
Atlanta, wife of Eugene M. Carl,
died July 4. Funeral services
were held July 6 in Blanchard’s
Chapel. Rabbi Emanuel Feld
man officiated. Interment was in
Grc. nwood Cemetery.
Born in Atlanta, Mrs. Carl
was a member of Ahavath Ach-
im Congregation and the Sister
hood there. She was a member
of Hadassah, Mayfair Club and
Progressive Club.
Surviving also are a son, Rich
ard M. Carl; a daughter, Mrs.
Jerry Rittenbaum; mother, Mrs.
M. J. Moldow; three sisters, Mrs.
Macy D. Glenn, Mrs. Ralph Hill
man and Mrs. H. J. Aronstam,
and a brother, Sidney Moldow,
all of Atlanta.
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