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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry 3io3 ° x j 0
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 19
NO. 37
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L'SHANAH TOVAH TTKOSEVOO
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
from the Staff of
The Southern Israelite
Jewry Ushers in Year 5719
With Rites Sunday Evening
ADOLPH ROSENBERG
GUSTAV OPPENIIEIMER
MARGARET MERRYMAN '/ ( I. 1
SYLVIA KLETZKY
KAREN HURTIG
KATHLEEN NEASE
JENNIE LOEB
Jewry this weekend will
begin the High Holy Day
season, ushering in the year
5719.
Special holiday services are
scheduled in Synagogues and
many centers throughout
the country, with a large
number of Congregations
worshipping for the first
time in new facilities.
Two of this number are in
Atlanta, Ahavath Achim Con
gregation and Shearith Is
rael Congregation will occcu-
py new Houses of Worship
for the first time.
The Temple in Columbus,
Ga., will hold its initial Rosh
Hashonah service in a new
building.
In Atlanta, Beth El Congre
gation, which has plans for
building in the blue print
stages, will hold services in
the nearly-new Atlanta Jew
ish Community Center.
As usual men and women
in uniform have not been
overlooked and visiting rab
bis and chaplains will con
duct special services on bases
whose membership do not
at
have services available
accessible centers.
Branches of the Armed
Forces, in peace times parti
cularly, have an especially
liberal policy of passes and
leaves to enable Jewish per
sonnel to attend High Holy
Day services.
Colorful Rites Mark Dedication
Of New Shearith Israel Synagogue
Eisenhower's Rosh Hashonah Message
WASHINGTON, (WNS)—-President Eisenhower in a Rosh
Hashonah message to American Jews issued the following
greeting: .
“From the earliest time, from father to son, the Jews have
been called to serve the Most High with all their heart and
soul and might. Their fidelity to this call has formed their
community, enriched our nation and strongly influenced all
lands where their faith is observed. _ h .
“It is a privilege to extend annual greetings to those who
are taking part in the Jewish High Holy Days and to wish
each of them a happy New Year.
“The teaching of their ancient belief is filled with truth
for the present day. Its profound sense of justice, nation to
nation, man to man, is an essential part of every religious and
social order. The health of our society depends upon a deep
and abiding respect for the basic commandments of the God
of Israel.” DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
By ADOLPH
In a day of ceremony and
festivities, Shearith Israel Con
gregation last Sunday dedicat
ed a new House of Worship and
prepared to greet the forthcom
ing High Holy Day period amid
surroundings for the first time
in years adequate for the mem-,
bership.
Close to 800 persons were on
hand for the afternoon’s pro
gram, lining the block-1 o n g
street between the Educational
Center, which has subbed as a
Synagogue for the last few
years, to watch the transfer of
the Congregation’s nine Torahs
to the new Sanctuary.
Men, women and children of
all ages,—members of the Con
gregation, neighbors and repre
sentatives of the broader Jew
ish community—were on hand
to see the spectacular and sol
emn parade. R~obi Sydney K.
Mossman, Shearith Israel’s spirit
ual leader, bore the first Torah
beneath a Chuppah supported
by vice presidents of the organ
ization.
Past presidents followed, bear
ing the other sacred Scrools of
the Law.
Next came several score of the
Sunday School children, dressed
in blue and white, singing Jew
ish songs and waving small Is-
reli flags.
The procession halted at the
entrance of the new $350,000
building for a brief ceremony
during which Mrs. Jacob Zim
merman, one of the oldest mem
bers in years of service, cut the
ribbon. Her late husband was
one of the Congregation’s found
ers 54 years ago.
Rabbi Mossman recited one of
the psalms.
The record crowd taxed the
auditorium to capacity, but the
facilities could not be expanded
as they can for the High Holy
Day services since the Social
Hall had already been set up
for the evening’s Dedicaton Ban
quet.
Rabbi Tobias Geffen, rabbi
emeritus, who for more than 40
years directed Shearith Israel’s
spiritual life, opened the formal
ceremony in the Sanctuary with
a prayer he had written in He
brew.
Participating in the program
ROSENBERG
were these Shearith Israel lead
ers, Charles Funk, chairman of
the dedication committee, serv
ing as master of ceremonies;
Edward Krick, president of the
Congregation; Mrs. Moe Horo
witz, representing the Sister
hood; Dr. Hyman Zimmerman,
chairman of the building com
mittee; Michael Hack, architect;
Rabbi Mossman; Harry Harri
son, chairman of the finance
committee; A. Kapiloff, serving
as cantor; and David Funk, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Funk,
representing the Congregation
children.
Morton Weiss, president of the
Jewish Community Council, con
gratulated the congregation upon
the new building in behalf of the
many organizations affiliated
with the Council.
Alderman T. Wayne Blanch
ard represented Mayor Harts-
field on the program. DeKalb
County was represented by
Claude H. Blount, chairman of
the DeKalb Commission.
Following the dedication rites,
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Israel Youth Orchestra
Wins First Prize
In Music Contest
THE HAGUE, (JTA—The Na
tional Youth Orchestra of Is
rael won first prize n the third
World Music Contest sponsored
by Queen Juliana of Holland.
The contest was held at Kerk-
rade, Holland.
Israel Ambassador Hanan Ci-
dor accepted, in behalf of the
young Israeli musicians, the first
prize—a fine hand crafted lyre
studded with ivory, gold and
silver.
Haifa Technion Doing
Research in Missiles
For U.S, Air Force
HAIFA, (JTA)—The Israel In
stitute of Technology is carry
ing out research in missile de
sign and crystal changes in
rocket materials, it was reveal
ed here this week. The research
es are being undertaken under
contract in behalf of the United
States Air Force. In the past
various departments of the
Technion have successfully car
ried out U.S. Air Force research
contracts.
Atlanta Bureau of Jewish Education, AJCC Offer
Opportunities for Learning and Recreation
Institute of Jewish Studies
The Atlanta Bureau of Jew
ish Education this week an
nounced the opening of the fall
term of the Atlanta Institute of
Jewish Studies on October 15.
Ten wekly sessions will be
held every Wednesday night
from 8 to 9 p.m. and 9 to 10
p.m. All classes are held at the
Atlanta Jewish Community Cen
ter and the two-hour sessions
are followed by a social hour
and refreshments.
Mrs. Edward Reisman, chair
man of the Adult Education
Committee of the Bureau, “in
vites the community to avail
themselves of this opportunity
to increase their knowledge of
Jewish life. Fourteen different
courses are being offered in a
variety of subjects by an out
standing faculty. The winter
term and faculty will be an
nounced at a later date.”
Registration for the Institute
can be accomplished the eve
ning of the first session, Octo
ber 15, at 7 p.m. at the Atlanta
Jewish Community Center, or
by calling the Bureau office at
JAckson 5-4825. Samuel H.
Rosenberg, executive director of
the Bureau, “urges early regis
tration to insure the student
getting the course of their
choice.”
The fee for the Institute is
$3.50 per person for the entire
evening which entitles the adult
to take two courses. The Hebrew
courses are held for two-hour
sessions.
The following courses are of
fered for the First Hour Ses
sion from 8 to 9 p.m.: "Book of
Deuteronomy,” a study of the
fifth book of the Torah which
is a profound ethical and reli
gious document, will be taught
by Mr. Shimon Gottschalk; “Is
rael Today,” a course that will
deal with the achievements of
Israel in the past ten years and
its immediate problems, Mr. Ben
Ronn is the instructor; “Jewish
Religious Conflicts,” taught by
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, will
deal with the main internal reli
gious conflicts which have agi
tated the Jewish people; Mr.
Leon Steinberg is the instructor
for the course, “Modern Jewish
History” which will center on
the cultural, economic, and poli
tical forces that have shaped
the destiny and role of modern
Jews; “Pleasures of Jewish
Reading,” a discussion of cur
rent popular books on Jewish
themes will be led by Mrs.
Esther Mossman and Mr. Eli
Socoloff; Rabbi Jack Rothschild
will teach “Religions of the
East and West” which will deal
with the development and
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AJCC Announces Fall Program
The Atlanta Jewish Communi
ty Center this week announced
the opening of registration from
Sunday, Sept. 21, through Sun
day, Sept. 28, for Center mem
bers from “5 to 85” in an ex
panded fall program.
Opportunities to explore new
interests and to make new
friends through the creative and
constructive use of leisure hours
is available in a variety of cul
tural and educational classes,
hobby groups, lectures, and
health and physical education
activities, according to Meyer
Balser, president.
The adult program of the
Center is designed to attract
the interests and talents of men
and women who would like to
register for ballroom dancing,
Israeli folk dancing, modern
dance, drawing and painting,
enameling, drama workshop,
bridge, Jewish cooking, World
Politics, American Foreign Pol
icy, and a new lecture and dis
cussion course dealing with
facts everyone should know
about the law. Information con
cerning fees, instructors, and
dates of classes, can be secured
by contacting the Center or
dropping in during registration
week.
An innovation at the Center
is a lecture series, “Psychiatry
for the Layman,” with promi
nent Atlanta psychiatrists dis
cussing the following topics:
Psychiatry and Child Develop
ment, Psychiatry and the Teen-
Ager, Psychiatry and Courtship
and Marriage, Psychiatry and
P a r e n thood, Psychiatry and
Golden Age, and Psychiatry and
Religion. Each lecture session
will be followed by a period
during which questions submit
ted by the audience will be ans
wered by the guest speaker.
The series will take place on
six consecutive Tuesday evenings
beginning October 28 through
December 2, and will be mod-
arted alternately by Dr. Salmon
Koff and Dr. Joseph Skobba.
Series tickets are available at
the Atlanta Jewsh Community
Center for the public at $4.50,
half price to Center members.
Single admission price will be
90 cents for the public and 50
cents for members.
Health and physical education
activities are offered each age
group in the Center through
physical education program and
recreation facilities. Swim in
struction, basketball, gym, ten
nis, and fencing are some of
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