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TOI IODTHIIN I8IABLITI
Friday, October 17, 1968
The Southern Israelite
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WE ARE NOT ALONE
Atlanta’s turn in the abominable series of un-American
synagogue bombings came last weekend. In a growing atmos
phere of lension heightened by the open disrespect for law
and order invited by our state officials, it was inevitable
that what took place should occur.
Nashville, Jacksonville, Miami and now Atlanta. Where
will it happen next? Need there be a next time?
The needless bombing of the Temple is a crying testi
mony for the awakening of public opinion against the out
laws who thrive on hate and bias and bide their time for
psychological moments to strike cowardly at our sacred in
stitutions.
Fortunately the blast in Atlanta has echoes throughout
the country, awakening authorities even on the national
level to the imperative of moving in consonance to put a
stop to such outrages.
Sagely the Atlanta Jewish Community has recognized
that this indignity is not solely ours to bear and forces of
goodwill have rallied side by side to stamp out the perpe
trators of such evil.
The reaction to a week-long sequences of rapid develop
ments is heartening, inspiring ^reat hope that at long last
adequate action by the authorities is being taken.
We rest secure in the knowledge that the repugnance
of this evidence of lawlessness is not felt by Jewry alone.
The blast at the Temple was loud enough to set in mo
tion a wave of indignation that can once and for all sweep
the bigots and lunatics responsible into the trash heap where
they belong.
BOMBING
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covered the Social Hall floor,
mixing with the plaster and silt
loosened by the blast.
The Sanctuary proper escaped
serious damage, though the beau
tiful stained-glass windows were
shattered on the north wall. Sev
eral panes in the cupola atop
the Temple dome were broken.
The Altar and the Ark remain
ed untouched, as did the candles
still left in the Menorahs from
the Sabbath services.
Horrified officials from the
Jewish community were early
on the scene to view the dam
age.
Barney Medintz, president of
the Jewish Community Council
and a vice president of the Jew
ish Community Center, offered
the facilities of the nearby Cen
ter to the Congregation for tem
porary use.
This offer was accepted and
transfer of documents and rec
ords began the following day.
A Sisterhood luncheon meeting,
scheduled Monday for the Social
Hall, was transferred to the Cen
ter.
Rabbi Rothschild and Board
Members began soon after the
blast to plan for a special prayer
service of the Congregation,
which they expected to hold the
evening of Friday, October 17, in
the Sanctuary itself.
Structural engineers declared
the rear of the building unsafe,
since the blast shifted steel sup
ports, though the Sanctuary was
believed safe for use.
Meanwhile a spontaneous out
pouring of sympathetic messages
began from the public at large.
Many non-Jewish Congregations
offered their church facilities to
the Temple and the Atlanta
Public Schools offered use of any
school building in the city. The
Temple's Educational classrooms
had been used several years ago
by the Public School when one
of the school buildings was de
stroyed by fire and classes had
to be conducted elsewhere.
In New York, President Eisen
hower took time out from a poli
tical visit to New York to con
demn the dynamiting and to re
quest complete reports from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
FBI investigators were on hand
Sunday to help Atlanta police
sift the rubble for evidence.
Demolition experts from the
U.S. Army came too to help.
Georgia’s Governor Marvin
Griffin, in an early reaction, call
ed the bombing part of an at
tempt to discredit the South. He
demanded that the culprits be
ferreted out.
Police later in the week ar
rested several men on suspicion,
unearthing huge supplies of
anti-Semitic literature in the
home of one.
One man was reported to have
stated that the bombing was
planned last May in Atlanta.
Police hoped the arrests would
lead to the master organization
responsible for the previous
bombings of Southern syna
gogues.
The Atlanta bombing was
the most severe to date. A subse
quent bombing was reported in
Peoria, Ill., but it was not
thought related to the Southern
incidents.
The Jewish community reac
tion was that the bombing was
not an attack o^ Jews alone, but
on law and order and the demo
cratic values of the entire com
munity.
The initial shock among Jew
ish citizenry was somewhat
ameliorated by the wide-spread
feeing of sympathy and support
spontaneously brought forth
from the non-Jewish communi
ty.
As Temple members reeled
from the jolt of what had hap
pened, they rallied confidently
behind the Congregation leader
ship and went forward with
plans to rebuild and enlarge the
Educational facilities. The cam
paign to raise $750,000 for the
purpose was not expected to be
halted by the dynamiting.
Meanwhile, several anonym
ous and threatening calls had
been reported. Whether these
were related to the bombing or
were the efforts of cranks, was
not immediately known.
A threatening call was re
ceived at the home of Rabbi
Rothschild Sunday night. The
rabbi’s house and home of the
Congregation president have
been placed under constant
Dr. Plotkin to Visit Atlanta
Next Week for Israel Bonds
Dr. Arieh L. Plotkin, one of
Israel’s foremost political scient
ists, will visit Atlanta next week
to participate in the current local
Israel Bond Campaign, it was re
ported by A. J. Weinberg, Chair
man of the 1958 Bond Drive.
An expert on Middle Eastern
affairs, here in connection with
a research project on Israel’s
economic and political problems,
Dr. Plotkin will address a sec
ond wave of meetings in antici
pation of the forthcoming dinner
in honor of Mayor William B.
Hartsfield, Sunday, Nov. 9, at the
Progressive Club.
Following the pattern set by
Dr. James G. Heller this week,
Plotkin will speak at three meet
ings on successive evenings. On
Monday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m, he
will address a group of commun
ity leaders at the home of A.J.
Weinberg, 10 Chatham Road,
N.W. The following evening he
will be at the home of Sidney
Feldman, 1771 Merton Road,
N.E., at 8 p.m. On Wednesday
evening, Dr. Plotkin will be at
the home of Mr. Ben Golden,
2761 Ridgewood Road, N. W.
Still a young man, Plotkin
emigrated to Palestine from Ger
many when he was fourteen.
After receiving his primary and
secondary education in Haifa,
he attended Hebrew University
in Jerusalem and took post grad
uate work in government at the
University of London. His studies
LEVIN-SCHIFF
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Levin
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Elsie Carol, to
Mark Richard Schiff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen A. Schiff of New
Hyde Park, New York.
The bride-elect, a graduate of
Henry Grady High School, is
now attending Oglethorpe Uni
versity.
The bridegroom-elect, a grad
uate of Great Neck High School,
is now a member of the senior
class at North Carolina State
College where he is majoring in
textile chemistry. He is a mem
ber of Mu Beta Psi, honorary
musical fraternity; Scabbard and
Blade, honorary military frater
nity; and Sigma Alpha Mu, so
cial fraternity.
Mr. Schiff recently received
the Armed Forces Chemical
Association Medal for an out
standing R.O.T.C. student in the
field of chemistry. After he re
ceives his degree he will serve
in the United States Army as
lieutenant.
Wedding plans will be an
nounced at a later date.
MANTLER-THAL
Nancy Braunfield Mantler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Braunfield of Fairfield, Conn.,
became the bride of Aaron Thai,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thai
of Dayton, Ohio, October 12 in
the Ellman Chapel at the Aha-
vath Achim Synagogue. Rabbi
Jacob Rothschild performed the
ceremony.
A reception was given at the
Standard Town and Country
Club following the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Thai left for a
wedding trip to Mexico, after
which they will reside at 2731
Arden Rd., N. W., Atlanta.
Mr. Thai is vice president of
J. P. Allen and Co.
guard.
Threats were likewise received
by the Atlanta newspapers.
A wireservice staffer had re
ceived a phone call shortly after
the blast, saying “This is Cap
tain Gordon of the Confederate
Underground. This is the last
time we will bomb a vacant
building. More explosions are
coming.”
The Atlanta newspapers were
quick to condemn this act as
contrary to the high ideals of
the Confederacy. The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution added
$5,000 to the reward offer.
By week’s end, the figure had
reached close to $15,000, includ
ing $2,500 from the Atlanta Jew
ish Community Council.
Another $2,500 was added by
Post 112, Jewish War Veterans.
DR. ADIEH L. PLOTKIN
interrupted by the Israel War of
Independence, he was not able
to complete his work in London
until 1951 when he was sent to
this country to do additional
graduate work at Princeton Uni
versity where he was the first
Israeli to be admitted to the
Woodrow Wilson School. While
working for his Doctorate, Plot
kin became a member of the
faculty at Princton in the gov
ernment department. He is a
member of the American Acad
emy of Political and Social
Science, the American Political
Science Association and the
American Society of Internation
al Law.
While still in his teens, Plotkin
was active in the Haganah, then
an “underground” organization.
Reform Group Opens
Fifth Year For
Converts’ Courses
NEW YORK, (AJP)—The fifth
year of courses for the Prepara
tion of Prospective Converts to
Judaism, held under the joint
auspices of the Association of
Reform Rabbis of New York
City and vicinity and the New
York Federation of Reform Syna
gogues, began on Tuesday even
ing, September 30, at the Union
House of Living Judaism, 838
Fifth Avenue.
JEWISH CALENDAR
♦HANUKAH
Sunday, December 7
(First Day)
Sunday, December 14
(Last Day)
•PllRIM
Tuesday, March 24
‘PASSOVER
Thursday, April 23
•SHAVOUS
Friday, June 12
♦ROSH IIASHONAH
Saturday, Oct. 3
•Holiday begins precedieng
evening.
SH ERR UN YE ILING
Friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend the
unveiling ceremonies in momory
of Joseph Sherr, Sunday, Oct.
19, at 2:30 p.m., at Greenwood
Cemetery, Section C. Rabbi Har
ry H. Epstein will officiate.
WOLFF UNVEILING
Friends and relatives are cor
dially invited to attend the un
veiling ceremonies in memory
of Annie and Jacob Wolff of
Bainbridge, at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 26, in Greenwood Cemetery,
Shearith Israel section. Rabbi
Sydney K. Mossman will offi
ciate.
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With the formation of the offi
cial Israel Defense Force, he
was one of the earliest volun
teers, serving as an officer in
the Intelligence Corps. He is
still an officer in the Reserve.
Beth Jacob Junior
Congregation Begins
Beth Jacob Junior Congrega
tion, directed by Cantor Philip
Rosenblattt, will begin regular
services Saturday mornings on
October 18.
Classes in the Hebrew Institute
will be geared towards familiar
izing students with the Sabbath
service.
“INHERIT THE WIND’’
IS GREAT THEATRE
“Inherit the Wind,” the cur
rent production of Theatre At
lanta, opened Monday for a
week’s showing at the Women’s
Club Auditorium.
Based on the famous “Monkey
trial” and Darwinism, the pro
duction, which plays through
Saturday evening, is one of the
finest amateur productions ever
staged locally, comparing favor
ably with the Broadway produc
tion of the same play.
Beryl Goldberg, the new dra
ma director at the Atlanta Jew
ish Community, turns in an out
standing performance in the role
inspired by William Jennings
Bryan. Others in the cast too
perform superlatively and space
devoted to other subjects in this
issue prevents individual atten
tion.
The play captures a special
magic worthy of the most dis
criminating of theater goers.
—A.R.
Atlanta Art Assn.
Exhibits Woodcuts
of Evelyn Marx
A group of fifty colored wood-
cuts by Evelyn Marx, Cincinnati
artist, is currently on exhibition
at the Atlanta Art Association.
The one-man show will re
main on display until Novem
ber 1.
Miss Marx who is related to
Mrs. Reuben Crimm of Atlanta
has exhibited widely in numer
ous art centers, including the
Clossen Gallery in Cincinnati
and the Deluth Tweed Art Gall
ery.
Her prints have been pur
chased by several galleries in
cluding the Rochester Art Me
morial Gallery, the Cincinnati
Art Gallery and the Royal Mu
seum in Copenhagen. One of her
woodcuts, "Night Voices,” has
been purchased for distribution
by the International Graphic
Arts Society, a print-of-the-
month organization.
Fashion Show, Tea
Oct. 20 for CJW
The Atlanta Section, National
Council of Jewish Women, will
open the 1958-59 season at 1 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 20, at the May-
fair Club.
Mrs. Max Goldstein, president,
has announced that the program
will feature a combination tea
and fashion show.
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