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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, July 25, 1958
The Southern Israelite
Published Weekly by Southern Newspaper Enterprises, 390 Court-
land St., N.E., Atlanta 3, Georgia, TR. 6-8249, TR. 6-8240. Entered
us second class matter at the post office, Atlanta, Georgia under the
Act of March 3, 1879. Yearly subscription five dollars. The Southern
Israelite invites literary contributions and correspondence but is not
4o be considered as sharing the views expressed by writers. DEAD
LINE is 12:30 P.M., TUESDAY, but material received earlier will
have a much better chance of publication.
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher
Oustav Oppenheimer, Margaret Merryman, Sylvia Kletzky
Karen Hurtig, Kathleen Nease
JUBILEE OF A JEWISH FARM JOURNAL
Jewish farmers in the United States today constitute a
tiny percentage of the total American Jewish population.
Yet many of us who are not farmers preserve a special in
terest and affection for them because of the historic idealism
of the Jewish back-to-the-land movement, because the move
ment to convert Jews into agriculturists represented a de
sire to make Jewish life healthier, a desire which reached
its climax in the great Jewish agricultural pioneering effort
in Palestine which laid the foundation for the establishment
of the State of Israel.
In this country the Jewish Agricultural Society, estab
lished through the philanthropy of Baron de Hirsch, has been
doing a magnificent job in aiding the Jewish farmer in all
sorts of ways ever since the Society was established at the
beginning of this century. It has given, and continues to give,
them financial assistance by way of loans. It employs exten
sion agents who visit farmers and give them counsel when
called upon. It has offices to which farmers and farm seekers
can come. It maintains an employment service for those seek
ing work on farms. It has conducted extensive educational
campaigns through meetings and through personal contact.
An important part in the educational work of the Jew
ish Agricultural Society has been played by its monthly
magazine, “The Jewish Farmer,” which it publishes in Eng
lish and in Yiddish. This magazine is now celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of its existence with a special issue de
voted to the history of the Jewish farm movement in the
U.S.A. and a review of the activities of the Society. This im
pressive aniversary issue contains some very interesting in
formation on Jewish farm activities in New Jersey, Connecti
cut, New York State, California and the mid-West.
At the time “The Jewish Farmer” started publication in
1908, there was already an estimated 3,000 struggling Jewish
farmers in this country, trying to eke out a living on semi-
abandoned farms in the eastern states, or homesteading in
the Middle West. They had little or no previous farming
experience and labored under difficult conditions. “The Jew
ish Farmer” became a teacher and guide to these immigrants
and continued its work successfully over the years when
thousands of new arrivals, most of them with hardly any
money, gradually overcame hardships to achieve success.
On its fiftieth anniversary we extend to “The Jewish
Farmer” and the Jewish Agricultural Society our heartiest
congratulations and our hope that they will be able to carry
on in the future their activities which have redounded to
the credit of all American Jews.
NCRAC REELECTS
HARNEY MEDINTZ
Barney Medintz, chairman of
the Community Relations Com
mittee of the Atlanta Jewish
Community Council, has been
reelected a national vice presi
dent of the National Community
Relations Advisory Council.
His election took place at the
fourteenth annual meeting of
NCRAC held in Boston earlier
this summer, according to Mor
ton L. Weiss, president of the
Atlanta Council. Mr. Medintz
himself formerly headed the
Council, in addition to numerous
other communal groups. With
Edward M. Kahn, he was a dele
gate to the Boston conference.
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ISRAEL AND LIBERIA
OPEN EMBASSIES
JERUSALEM, (AJP) — Israel
and Liberia have agreed to ex
change resident ambassadors.
Hanan Yavor, First Secretary to
the Israel Embassy in Ghana,
has been appointed to represent
Israel in Monrovia.
TO PUBLISH DIARY OF
BOY VICTIM OF NAZIS
J E R U SALEM. (AJP) — The
diary of a 16-year old Dutch
Jewish boy, whose story closely
parallels that of Anne Frank,
will soon be released by Yad
Vashem—the authority for per
petuating the memory of the
victims of the Nazi holocaust.
Written in Hebrew, the diary
covers two notebooks.
MINNESOTA RABBI
HEADS ETHICS GROUP
ST. PAUL, (AJP)—Governor
Freeman has named Dr. W. Gun
ther Plaut, Rabbi of Mt. Zion
Hebrew Congregation here, to be
chairman of the Governor’s Com
mittee on Ethics in Govern
ment which is composed of 12
distinguished citizens. Rabbi
Plaut succeeds Dr. Charles G.
Turck, retiring president of Ma-
calester College.
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What the Press Is Saying
An AJP Digest of Contemporary Opinion
MRS. ROOSEVELT UNHAPPY ABOUT DAG
The more I read about the situation in Lebanon, the less happy
I am about the attitude of the Secretary General of the UN. And
it is interesting to note that our own State Department and Military
people have voiced some misgivings about Dag Hammarskjold’s
optimism that a compromise should be worked out in Beirut. It
seems to me that any compromise is tantamount to defeat of the
government ... I think that it is high time that the thought of
compromise with Nasser and Syrian infiltration comes to an end
and that we declare in the UN that we intend to support the Le
banese Government . . .
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, N.Y. POST
A SURVEY—FOR WHAT?
If there is any doubt in anyone’s mind as to the sorry state
into which Jewish life in America has fallen, it should be dispelled
by the announcement last week that the Council of Jewish Federa
tions and Felfare Funds is about to understake a year long survey
of Jewish cultural activity . . . Lest anyone suspect us of being
cynical, we hasten to point out that the Council has always ex
hibited a positive genius for being at least 10 years behind the times.
Therefore, we can assume that if they have finally arrived at the
point where they feel this problem of “cultural lag” deserves study—
“auch en vai" to Jewish life’ ... So often, when pushed to the
wall, the best way to avoid taking action is take a survey instead.
JACK I. FISIIBEIN, TIIF, SENTINEL, CHICAGO
SURVIVAL WITH LINKS TO HERITAGE
Premier David Ben-Gurion’s warnings, made at the Hadassah
ceremonies in Jerusalem, that world Jewry cannot survive without
an intimate link with Israel, poses serious questions. Is it possible
that Jews in the Diaspora are unable to generate sufficinent spirit
ual power to carry on their independent existence without draw
ing upon Israel’s cultural contributions? Is Israel in a position to
provide the power for the entire people’s survival? Ben-Gurion may
have instigated a controversy much more controversial than his
previous ones involving the status of Zionism with his declaration
that religion plays an insifnificant role in the life of the Jewish
people. He may have started a serious debate with his renewed
criticisms of Zionists. The wise leader of the Israelis may have ex
aggerated impending dangers to Jewry’s survival to a degree that
will again make him the target for many attacks in a number of
Jewish ranks. Surely, American Jews will not subscribe whole
heartedly to his pessimistic interpretation of our position as an
entity in world Jewry . . .
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, THE JEWISH NEWS, DETROIT
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Public Invited
to the
51st Annual
Workmen’s
Circle
Annual Fish Fry
and Picnic
Sunday, Aug. 3
MASTERGRILL
North Fulton
Chastain
Park
$1.00 A PLATE
Served 12:30-3 p.m.
Good Food . . .
Good
Fellowship . .
Good Fun...
To Reach Mastergrill by
bus, take GARDEN HILLS
BUS which leaves down
town Atlanta every hour on
the hour. Get off at the
Mastergrill in North Fulton
Park.
BY CAR — Go Piedmont
Ave., turn right on Roswell
Rd., then first left on to
Powers Ferry Rd., then
right on West Wieuca Rd.,
straight to Mastergrill.