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Friday, March 17, 1M1
TBI SOUTHBIN I8KAILITI
Beth Jacob Invites Public
To Ground Breaking Rites
A Description of the New
The entire Atlanta community
is invited to participate in the
Formal Ground Breaking Exer
cises tor Congregation Beth
Jacob’s new building, Sunday,
March 19 at 2 p.m.
Maurice M. Krieger, chairman
of the Ground Breaking commit
tee announces that the special
program for this occasion will
’ include Charles O. Emmerich,
newly elected chairman of the
DeKalb County Commissioners,
greetings from Rabbi Emanuel
Feldman and Dr. Irving Green
berg, president of the Atlanta
Jewish Community Council, and
musical selections by Cantor
Philip Rosenblatt and the syna
gogue choir.
The exercises will take place
on the property at 1855 LaVista
Road, N.E., where the new Sanc
tuary and Administration Build
ing are rising from the ground.
In the event of inclement
weather, the ceremonies will be
held at the LaVista Woman’s
Club, adjoining the building
site.
Beth Jacob Synagogue
Here is the fulfillment of a
cherished dream—a place of
worship combining all the fea
tures necessary for the conven
ience of a modem and growing
community.
The structure combines the
reverent with the modern-prac
tical. Tbwering high into the
sky, the sanctuary appears at a
distance as two hands clasped
and raised in eternal supplica
tion. Twelve elongated windows
cased in modern lattice-work are
built into a twelve-sided circle,
symbolizing the twelve tribes of
Israel. On the upper facade of
each window, in bas-relief, is the
additional symbol and color of
each of the tribes of Israel.
In the Jewish mystic tradition,
the circle is a sign of infinity
and eternity, for just as a circle
has no beginning and no end,
A Short History Of Beth Jacob
There is a beginning to every
thing; an idea, a faith, a peo
ple. Bind these together with a
house of worship and a people,*
a faith and an idea ^become a
community that grows together
for the well-being of all.
Congregation Beth Jacob, or
ganized in 1943, conducted its
first services for the high holy
days in “temporary quarters”—a
rented grocery store. To the hand
ful of dedicated worshippers, who
were the founders, it was indeed,
a sanctuary of the Lord—a place
of worship where believers could
exalt G-D.
Having been a people without
a “home,” Congregation Beth
Jacob became a reality, fulfilling
the dire need of Jews—conscious
of their identity—for a synago-
With Atlanta Congregations
AHAVATH ACHIM
Harry H. Epstein, Rabbi
Raphael Gold, Asst. Rabbi
Joseph Schwartxman, Cantor
Daily services 7:15 a.m., 5:45 pan.
Friday evening 8:15 pjn.
Saturday: Morning 9:00 ajn.
Junior Congregation 10:30 jum.
Afternoon 5.-00 p.m.
Sunday: Morning 7:30 ■ m
Minyonaries-service 8:45 am.
breakfast 9:30 am.
Congregation Family Seder
Second night of Passover
Saturday, April 1 7:15 p.m.
ANSHI S’FARD
H. Tara toot, Hon. President
Dr. Leon S. Rosen, President
Daily Minyan Services 8.-00 am.
6:00 pm.
Daily Rel. Law Studies 5:00 p.m.
Friday night services 6:00 p.m.
Saturday:
Bible Study 8:30 am.
Services followed by a Kiddush
Bible Study 5:00 pm.
Services followed by Sholnsh-
Seudos
Sunday services 8:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
BETH EL
Abraham Ohrenstein, Rabbi
Friday services 8:30 pm.
Saturday services
CSV and Adult 9:00 am.
Junior Congregation 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Services
and breakfast 8:30 a.m.
Adult Study Group
Morningside School 10:15 a.m.
Sunday, Mar. 19, Adult Study
Group, “Historical Aspects
of Judaism” led by Rabbi
8:00 p.m.
Daily Evening Services 6:35 p.m.
BETH JACOB
Emanuel Feldman, Rabbi
Philip Rosenblatt, Cantor
Dally Minyan Services 7.00 a.m.
Friday night services 5:30 p.m.
Saturday services 8:30 am.
Junior Congregation 10:15 a.m.
Sunday services 8:15 am.
followed by Breakfast sponsor
ed by Beth Jacob’s Men’s Club.
Teenage Service and
Brunch 9:30 am.
Teenage Special
Activity 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday Hebrew and
Bible Class 11:00 a.m.
OR VE SHALOM
t Joseph Cohen, Rabbi
Friday services 7.-00 pm.
Saturday services 9 00 a.m
THE TEMPLE
Jacob M. Rothschild, Rabbi
Friday evening services 8:00 pm.
8atnrdky services 11:15 am.
Congregation Passover Seder
March 31 4:90 pm.
SHEARITH ISRAEL
Sydney K. Mossman, Rabbi
Tobias Geffen, Rabbi Emeritus
Robert Cngar, Cantor
Daily morning services 7:00 am.
Daily Evening Services 6:40 pm.
Friday Night Services 6:20 p. m.
Late Fri., night services 8:00 pm.
Opening of Ark, Jerome Elli
son and Manuel Ellison. Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Ellison will
be hosts at reception follow
ing services in honor of the
Bas Mitzvah of their daughter.
Barbara.
Sat., morning services 9:00 am.
Junior Congregation 9:30 am.
Saturday Eve. Services 6:15 pm.
Sunday morn, services 7:55 am.
Tallis & T’fillin Service followed
by Breakfast and Bible
Study 8:30 am.
Congregation Passover Seder
March 31 6:30 p. m.
Gov. Vandiver Proclaims
March 19, Child’s Day
For Youth Aliyah
Georgia Governor Ernest Van
diver has proclaimed March 19
as Child’s Day for Youth Aliyah.
According to Mrs. Henry Cap-
lan, president of Atlanta Chapter
Hadassah, the day will be mark
ed with special ceremonies in
various parts of the country,
highlighting the importance of
Youth Aliyah. A personalized
token gift from the children of
Israel to the fifty governors of
the United States will be pre
sented on that day to symbolize
the tie between the youth of
the two countries.
Mrs. Israel D. Shapiro was re-»
cently presented with her sec
ond “Ima” by Atlanta Hadassah.
“Ima” is the Hebrew word for
"Mother” and says Mrs. Caplan,
"this award is just what it im
plies. It designates Mrs. Shapiro
as a Mother in Israel.’ Knowing
of her intense love for children,
for Israel and for Hadassah, her
husband could think of nothing
that would please her more than
to present Hadassah a check in
her name for $600, which cares
for a Youth Aliyah child for one
year in Israel.”
For twelve years Child’s Day
for Youth Aliyah has been ob
served in America, jointly spon
sored by Hadassah, Pioneer
Women, and Mizrachi Women.
In the U S. Hadassah is the offi
cial representative of Youth
Aliyah, the international agency
for the rescue of homeless Jew
ish children and their rehabilita
tion in Israel. Since 1934, Hadas
sah has contributed more than
$38.5 million.toward the agency’s
work.
gue in a rapidly expanding Jew
ish neighborhood.
Interest mounted in the Con
gregation and things began to
move in rapid succession. As
testament to the determination
of Beth Jacob, a building, to
gether with lot was purchased at
562 Boulevard, N.E., an apart
ment house that was remodeled
to suit the congregation’s needs.
Just a year after Beth Jacob was
organized, the congregation
moved into its first building.
They dedicated themselves to the
ideal that this synagogue should
be a source of pride to Judaism,
to the community and to them
selves. They were never disap
pointed.
Enthusiasm in the new con
gregation began to mount and
what followed was a spirited,
dynamic growth. The passing
years saw progressive change.
The congregation grew larger
and so it moved to larger quar
ters. But concurrently—the popu
lation shift—a common pheno
menon in our country—infected
the spirit of our community too.
Beth Jacob Congregation—which
had become a bulwark of Juda
ism in the South—knew it had
to resort to bold, imaginative
planning if it was to retain ita
high standing in the total com
munity
There followed a long, care
fully planned survey and it is to
the credit of the congregation
that in spite of delays and dis
couragement their spirits were
not crushed but remained stead
fast and optimistic . . . There
was hope . . . There was faith.
This hope, this faith was jus
tified. A beautiful five acre tract
was purchased on LaVista Road
near Briarcliff Road, a neighbor
hood where a large percentage
of Beth Jacob congregation lived.
It became vividly apparent that
this neighborhood — with its
dense Jewish population—needed
a synagogue to administer to the
religious needs of the communi
ty, for the closest synagogue is
three miles away.
so it it with our G-d and out'
Torah. Our unusual circular
sanctuary will symbolize the
eternity of our faith and the
never ending truths of Judaism.
in the center of the circle will
be the striking sunken Bimah,
in keeping with the Psalmist’s
prayer “Out of the depths have
I called unto Thee, O lord." As
the hub is the key point of a
wheel, so will the center Bimah
be the spiritual hub of our sanc
tuary. Upon it will the Torah be
read, the Shofar will be sounded,
and the cantor and choir will
lead Congregational worship. Be
cause of the central position of
the Bimah in the sanctuary, the
people will be transformed from
a passive audience into an ac
tive congregation, from mere
listeners into participating wor
shippers.
Eight classrooms make up the
ground floor, enough to accom
modate the needs of our children
in their studies. A large social
hall, an ample stage and dress
ing rooms, a beautiful kitchen-
all of these asure Congregation
Beth Jacob of sufficient space
to meet the greatest demands.
Not the least in the architect
ural planning—executed by the
firm of Barker and Cunningham
—is provision in the plan for
physical expansion. The large
site is more than adequate for
any eventuality that may arise
in the anticipated growth of
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