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Professor Chereskin to Lecture
At Massell Dental Clinic Monday
A noted clinician and lecturer, Professor E. Chereskin, M.D.,
D.M.D., will address members of the dental profession at a clinical
seminar sponsored by the Ben J. Massell Dental Clinic, 18 7th St.,
N.E., Monday, August 15, at 6:30 pm.
Dr. Chereskin, who is professor and Chairman of the Section
on Oral Medicine of the University of Alabama Medical Center,
will discourse on the subject “Oral Reflections of Carbohydrate
Imbalance.”
Designed primarily for the Clinic staff, the seminar will also
be open to friends in the dental profession.
“Dayenu" Cartoon Book in 3rd Printing
Augusta and George Cohen of
Charleston, vice commanders;
Moses D. Goldberg, Charleston,
adjutant, and Louts D raisin
Charleston, quartermaster. 9he
which heard a report by Nation
al JWV Commander Bernard
Abrams on the organisation’s
fight against subversive forces
in the United States.
gia-South Carolina Department,
Jewish War Veterans, being
sworn in by National Committee
man Mack Frankel, Atlanta, at
the July 4 convention held in
Atlanta. The officers include
"Dayenu, by Henry Leonard,” the popular cartoon featured
regularly on The Southern Israelite pages, has achieved still more
acclaim with the advent of its publication in book form entitled,
“Open Your Mouth and Say ‘Oy’” (Crown—$1).
Published just a few months ago, the paperback is already go
ing into its third printing. It contains over 60 of “Dayenu” fav
orites displaying the fine, salty flavoT of Jewish wit at its best
Besides the laughs and chuckles, the collection shows a more im
portant underlying satire on Jewish life as it meets a mechanized
American society. It is a biting visual commentary on the manners
and mores of contemporary Jewish life. That Jews have traditional
ly -learned to laugh at their foibles is what has made “Dayenu,”
despite its barbs, the most popular cartoon in the Anglo-Jewish
press.
Besides being seen regularly by Southern Israelite readers,
“Dayenu’ n^w appears in over 50 Anglo-Jewish publications cover
ing four continents.
Henry Leonard, creator of this cartoon, is the pen name for
two men. Henry Rabin, (left), director of B’nai B’rith Hillel Foun
dations at Los Angles City and State Colleges, conceives the ideas.
The person who actually draws them is Leonard Pritikin (right),
an art ahd advertising director. Together they are Henry Leonard.
Family Honors Rabbi Geffen’s
90th: To Publish His Book
Conn. Rep. Temkin Lauds Kennedy
On Visit With Atlanta Parents
By ELLIOTT SOPKIN
Tuesday, August 2, marked
the ninetieth birthday of Rabbi
Tobias Geffen.
-n During the day Rabbi Geffen
received long distance telephone
calls from his children and
grandchildren, and even though
it was Tisha Bav, it was a happy
day for him. In honor of this
birthday. Rabbi Geffen’s*** chil
dren will publish the Rabbi’s
latest book, which he has just
completed, probably next fall.
Another happy event in the
Geffen family took place in June
when Dr. and Mrs. Abraham
Geffen of New York City were
blessed with the arrival of
Sarah Jane Geffen. Dr. and Mrs.
Geffen have two other children,
both boys.
Rabbi and Mrs. Tobias Geffen
have returned from Minneapolis
where they attended' the Bar
Mitzvah of their grandson, Joel
David Ziff, son of Mr. and Mrs
Samuel Ziff (nee Helen Geffen).
The occasion was practically a
reunion of the Geffen family.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Geffen and
son David attended from At
lanta. Mrs. Lottie Simon and
her son and daughter, Harold
and Phyllis, were there from
Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Raskas and three children came
from St. Louis for the festivities.
Mrs Carl Wilensky and her two
sons rode up the Mississippi
River to Minneapolis for the
happy event. And from New
York, Rabbi and Mrs. Joel Gef
fen also attended the Bar Mitz
vah. At the Sabbath services of
the Bar Mitzvah, Herschel Ras
kas, honor student at M.I.T. par
ticipated by beginning the serv
ice. David Geffen chanted the
Schachris service, and the Bar
Mitzvah read the Torah and
chanted the Maftir after which
his brother Daniel Ziff, chanted
the Musaf service. It was an oc
casion that used the cooperative
endeavors of the younger mem
bers of the Geffen family.
At the dinner on Sunday eve
ning, which was held in the
Minneapolis Talmud Torah Hall,
Rabbi Joel Geffen acted as the
Master of Ceremonies, Louis
Geffen, representing the family,
gave an interesting talk, and
the evening was climaxed by a
beautiful address by Rabbi Tobi
as Geffen. The entire Bar Mitz
vah was an occasion long to be
rememberofl in the Geffen fam
ily
David Geffen is expected back
in Atlanta about August 15, af
ter spending the summer in New
York studying for his Master’s
and Ph.D. Degrees.
Mrs. Isadore Temkin, former
Atlantan, cast one-half of one
vote of the 814 total which
nominated Senator John Ken
nedy at the recent Democratic
National Convention.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Harris, Mrs. Temkin, a
member of the Connecticut
House of Representatives, served
with the Connecticut delegation
at the Los Angeles convention.
A graduate of Agnes Scott Col
lege and mother of three, she
has been a member of the Con
necticut General Assembly since
1958.
Entering politics on the in
sistence of her husband, Dr. Isa
dore Temkin, Mrs. Temkin is fac
ing the electorate for her own
pdsition this year, forecasts “a
difficult but victorious ’ Demo
cratic election in November.”
As a freshman member of the
State Assembly, she serves on
the committee for public wel
fare, humane institutions, labor
and general law. Representing
the township of Tarrington, her
other political activities include
teaching of political leadership
courses: answering numerous
phone requests that range from
information on state laws to re
quests to "squelch” a traffic
ticket; and speaking engage
ments before local civic and
political groups. In addition:
she is a past president and ac
tive member of her local Hadas-
sah chapter; a member of the
Sisterhood, and the Parent-
Teacher Association.
An ardent Kennedy supporter
and a personal friend, she feels
that Kennedy’s “strength Of
character, intellect, and extreme
bravery” will carry him to vic
tory in November. ^‘He was the
only Dem6cratic nominee that
was interested in using the tal
ents of Governor Adlai Stephen
son and Chester Bowles. His
youth is an asset, not a debit,”
claims Mrs. Temkin. As for af
fairs of a Jewish nature, she
feels that "Kennedy, as an astute
student of history, is definitely
pro-Israel.”
Politics does interfere with
AJCC to Form
Bowling Leagues
Bowlers, interested in joining
one of the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center’s bowling leagues,
are urged to attend organization
al meetings scheduled for next
week at the Express Lanes, 1936
Piedmont Rd., N.E.
Women bowlers will meet at
the lanes on Monday, August 15,
at 8:30 p.m. The men bowlers
will meet on Thursday, August
18, at 8 p.m. At these meetings
teams will be formed and aver
ages determined.
Officers of the AJCC Women s
Bowling League are: Jerry Clay-
man, president; Stella Firestone,
vice president; Sherry Maziar,
secretary-treasurer; Diane Sil-
verboard, sergeant-at-arms; and
Cay Cohen, substitute chairman.
Officers of the AJCC Men’s
Bowling League are: Eddie Sil-
verboard, president; Morris Sil
ver, vice president; Henry Clay-
man and Howard Aronin, secre
taries. *
the raising of children, ages 14,
10 and 7, and keeping house,”
says Mrs. Temkin, but “I man
age.” Only when the legislature
is in session, five months every
two years, does she have full-
time help.
Future plans are somewhat
hinged on the Connecticut Dem
ocratic primary in toptember
and the elections in November,
she. admitted in Atalnta last
weekend, where she’s beta visit
ing parents and friends, with her
children, since convention's end.
List Leaders
For Education
Dinner in Sept.
Mrs. Sam Rogkind has accept
ed the chairmanship of the ar
rangements committee for the
annual Jewish education dinner
set for Sunday, Sei>t«nber 11,
at the Atlanta Jewish Communi
ty Center.
The dinner committee officials
also announced this week that
Mrs. Bernard Facher, Mrs. Jacob
Levitt and Mrs. Harold Marcus
have been designated ticket com
mittee co-chairmen.
Additional details for the din
ner will be made public soon by
Mrs. Sam Alterman, Mrs. Jos
eph Cuba and William B.
Schwartz Jr., co-chairmen.
The Jewish Education Dinner
will emphasize the need for
strengthening Jewish education
in our community according to
Sidney Gulden, president of the
Atlanta Bureau of Jewish Edu
cation. He added.
“Jewish knowledge is essential
for understanding, directing and
evaluating both the content and
the form of Jewish life and
thought. There are indications
that American Jewry is becom
ing increasingly aware of this
and that It wishes to deepen the
stream of Jewish education and
make it one of major MUghail*
darthg the coming half ftatary ”