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Friday, March 27, 1959
Atlanta JWB Mobilization
Rally May 9, Lifshutz tcSpeak
Chaplain Oscar M. Lifshutz,
dynamic speaker and meritorious
combat chaplain, will be guest
speaker at the Mobilization Rally
Dinner-meeting of the Atlanta
JWB Armed Services Committee
at the Progressive Club, Satur
day, May 9, 1959 at 7:30 P.M., ac
cording to Jack Berman, chair
man, and Herbert R. Elsas, Third
Army Area Director.
This meeting will be held in
connection with the Regional
Convention of the JWB Armed
Services Division and will in
clude representatives of seven
Southeastern states. Among other
notables present will be Lt. Gen
eral Clark Ruffner, Commanding.
General U. S. Third Army; Col-/
onel Henschel, national chairman?
JWB—Armed Services Division,
and Ben Sternberg, national' dr
rector, Armed Services Division
The community at large is in
vited to hear Chaplain Lifshutz.
As advisor on Jewish affair* to
Genera] Mark Clark, Chaplain
Lifshutz distinguished himsef in
his work on behalf of Displaced
Persons and refugees durinf the
post-war period. He reestablished
and opened many of the fafnous
synagogues of Austria and res
cued thousands of religiouf vol
umes from Czechoslorakia..
Chaplain Lifshutz had tit dis
tinction of serving as array lia
ison officer for the removal of
Theodore Herzl’s remains to the
newly formed state of Israel.
After a brief return to the U.
S. for duty with the 2ndDiv. at
Fort Lewis, Washington, he re
turned to overseas duty. This
time as the first Jewish chap
lain at combat in Korta, serv
ing with the Second Division, I
Corps, Seoul Area Command and "
later became Deputy Jewish
Chaplain of Headquarters 8th
Army. He was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for his spirit
ual ministrations to the men dur
ing combat. He wears six battle
stars on his Korean ribbon and
is the recipient of the United
Nations Medal, Korean President
ial Citation and Corhmendation
Medal.
Upon his return to the states
he was assigned to the United
States Army Chaplain School as
Executive Officer and later as a
popular member of the staff and
faculty where he taught chap
lains of all faiths. In 1952 he was
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CHAPLAIN LIFSHUTZ
presented the Mordecai Ben Da
vid Award from Yeshivah Uni
versity for his exemplory loyalty
and religious service to the Unit
ed States. In 1951 he received
the Man of The Year Award pre
sented by the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations, which is
an annual Armed Forces award.
After a 3-year tour at Chaplain
School he was returned to Eur
ope where he served in Salzburg
and Munich.
During the revolt in 1956 in
Hungary, he was placed in
charge of the Jewish program
for “Operation Safe Haven’’. His
contributions were lauded by
many national publications and
was awarded the Oak Leaf Clus
ter to The Commendation Meadl
with medal pendant.
He is presently stationed at the
Brooke Army Medical Center at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Chaplain Lifshutz has toured Is
rael several times and arranged
for religious pilgrimages for
Jewish servicemen. His wife,
Miriam is the daughter of the
late eminent scholar and Tal
mudist Rabbi Yehudah Braver
of Kansas City. Mrs. Lifshutz
was chairman of the Youth Ali-
yah program for the military
communities in Europe for the
rescue of Jewish orphans. She
is a graduate of the Mexico City
College and was a journalist
with the Time-Life International
Bureau in Mexico.
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LaGRANGE HADASSAH HONORED—Mrs. Harry EdelSon, presi
dent, is shown with the silver bowl awarded the LaGrange Chap
ter of Hadassah for local civic endeavor and outstanding regional
cooperation. The presentation was made at the recent conference
of Southeastern Hadassah at Macon.
Institute
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Angoff and Rabbi , Agus have
lectured widely and have earned
acclaim as stimulating, humor
ous and warm personalities.
Headquarters for the Institute
will be the newly - constructed
Wanderer Motel, which has made
available a choice of fully air-
conditioned efficiency units suit
able for families with children,
or sleeping accommodations for
single or double occupancy. The
cuisine of the adjoining Crews’
Restaurant, including fish and
fruit plates, will be available to
Institute students in a private
dining room.
Recreation facilities on Jekyll
Island include a world - famous
beach, freshwater swimming
pool, nine - hole golf course, surf
casting and freshwater angling,
beautiful walking trails, a mu
seum, and sight-seeing trips to
points of interest on the sur
rounding islands and Brunswick.
Infformal beach and sports clothes
are worn throughout the Insti
tute.
Tuition for the Institute is
$25.00 per person. Tuition scho
larships are available upon appli
cation. Total overall cost per per
son for the “Institute Vacation"
is about $65.00 for the four days,
including tuition. Attendance will
be limited to the first j65 men
and women applying to keep the
group small enough for full parti
cipation and sociability.
Additional information, appli
cations for admission, tuition
scholarships, and motel reserva
tions, can be secured by calling
Dr. Rose Lahman at Trinity 4-
7724 or Trinity 4-3694.
Beth Jacob Lists
Delegates to Orthodox
Parley in Memphis
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman and
Ben Golden, Spiritual leader
and President, respectively, of
Congregation Beth Jacob will
lead a delegation of eight repre
sentatives of the synagogue to
the 14th Annual Convention of
the Southeast Region of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con
gregations of America, which
will be held in Memphis, Tenn.,
April 3-5.
The convention of the South
east Region of the Orthodox
Union, national body of tradi
tional synagogues, will have
representation from over 60
congregations in nine South
eastern states, with an expected
attendance of over 600 delegates.
The delegates from Beth Jacob
in additon to Rabbi Feldman and
Mr. Golden are: Sol Abrams,
Jack Berchenko, Cyrus Polan,
J. J. Green, Rev. Philip Rosen
blatt and M. M. Krieger.
Delegates to the Union’s
Southeast Regional Convention
will participate in workshops
and discussions on a wide range
of synagogue and communal
topics. They will hear an out
standing group of local and na
tional Jewish leaders and de
termine policy on questions of
regional development, youth ac
tivity, religious education and
community organization. Among
the speakers from Atlanta will
be Rabbi Emanuel Feldman,
who will speak on “This Chang
ing Jewish Scene” and Dr.
Henry J. Climo, Atlanta psy
chiatrist, who will speak on
“Torah and Psychiatry.”
Cantor Rosenblatt will con
duct Mussaph service on Sab
bath mqrning.
Hosts for the 14th Annual
Southeast Regional Convention
of the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America are
the Baron Hirsch Synagogue,
Congregation Anshe S’fard and
Congregation Beth El Emeth.
Rabbi Seymour Kutner of Mem
phis is president of the South
east Region and Sam Margolin,
also of Memphis, is convention
chairman.
Officers of Alabama B’nai B’rith Assn.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala—At the recent convention of the Alabama
State Association of B’nai B’rith Lodges in Tuscaloosa, congratula
tions were given to Dr. I. E. Capilouto of Montgomery, second vice
president of the Association, by Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, National Di
rector of the Hillel Foundation of B’nai B’rith. Shown (1. to r.) are
Adolph Solomon of Gadsden, president of the Association; Richard
Barnett, outgoing president; Dr. Shapiro; Dr. Capilouto and David
Savler, president of Emanuel Lodge No. 103 of B’nai B’rith.
Other officers elected include first vice president Joe Ziff of
Jasper, third vice president Ben Keyserling of Huntsville, Abe Kap
lan of Birmingham, treasurer, and Jesse B. Burk of Gadsden, secre
tary.
\ More than 100 delegates from all over the state attended the
weekend convention with some of the meetings being held at the
Hillel House on the campus of the University of Alabama.
“The temple’s closed in the
summer, so ... we LET him.”
Copr 1958, Leonard Prltlkln
"THE GROUP"
Cordially Invites Jewish
Single Adults (over 29)
*
To Attend
“OPEN HOUSE”
ON
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30
8:00 P. M.
AT THE
Briar cliff Hotel
This is your opportunity to meet
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