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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Esi~
XXXVI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 186i
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Israel Is Ready for Jewish Spoi
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In Differ
Eichmann Trial On Aid to Religious Schools
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israeli
authorities have announced the
completion of all preprations for
the opening April 11 of the
Eichmann trial here. Accredited
correspondents will receive at
the trial special transistor radios
over which they will be able to
listen to instantaneous interpre
tation of the trial’s proceedings
in languages of their choice—
Hebrew, Yiddish, English, French
or German.
An indication as to the line of
defense which will be taken by
Eichmann’s lawyer, Dr. Robert
Servatius, was seen in his sub
poenaing of two Israelis to ap
pear as defense witnesses on
April 12. The two are Zvi To-
har, chief pilot of the El A1 Is
rael Airlines plane that brought
Eichmann here last May, and
Yaacov Shimony, then El A1
chief of operations.
In summoning these two as
witnesses for the defense, Eich
mann’s lawyer obviously wants
to claim that the holding of the
trial is “illegal” under interna
tional law because Eichmann was
“kidnapped” in Argentina and
also because he committed his
crimes against humanity on non-
Israeli soil during a period when
Israel was not yet in existence.
Against the opposition of At
torney General Gideon Hausner,
the three-judge court that will
try Eichmann granted Dr. Serva
tius’ application for permission
to call Tohar and Shimony. The
court held that the men may ap
pear as defense witnesses, grant
ing both the prosecution and the
defense the right to argue dur
ing the trial “whether the testi
mony of these witnesses is likely
to concern matters that will be
decided during the trial.”
In an interview in the news
paper, “Yediot Achronot,” Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion de
clared, “the heavy burden of the
Nazi holocaust, which the Eich
mann trial will reveal, rests not
only on Nazi Germany. It rests
also on England, France and the
United States, which could have
saved those Jews who fled to
ward Israel but were not per
mitted to land here.”
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Rep
resentatives of two Jewish or
ganizations testified at the hear
ing of the House Subcommittee
on Labor and Education on the
Kennedy Administration school
aid bill in which financial assist
ance to parochial schools is
barred on the grounds that such
Federal aid constitutes a viola
tion of the Constitution which
separates State from Church.
The Jewish spokesmen took
sharply contradictory positions.
Dr. Leo Pfeffer, general coun
sel of the American Jewish Con
gress, warned the subcommittee
members that religious liberty
in the United States would be
endangered by any provision of
Federal Loans or grants to reli
gious schools. However, Rabbi
Morris Sherer, executive vice-
president of the Orthodox Agu-
dath Israel of America, said that
his organization "strongly” fav
ored Federal aid to parochial
schools. He said his organization
deplored the “incorrect image”
of the Jewish position on the
issue as being one of total op
position to such aid.
Dr. Pfeffer said that the Cath
olic demand for federal funds to
support parochial schools repre
sented “the most serious assault
upon the wall of separation be
tween church and state in the
history of our nation.” He added
that if it succeeded, “it might
well mark the beginning of the
end of our public school sys
tem.”
Rabbi Sherer, in the first
Ahavath Achim, Beth El Sisterhoods
Hosts to NWL Meet, April 16-19
“Remember and Fulfill All My
Commandments” is the theme of
the Southern Branch Conference
of the National Women’s League
(NWL) of United Synagogues of
America which will convene in
Atlanta, April 16-19. The Aha
vath Achim and Beth El Syna
gogue Sisterhoods will be co
hostesses.
Mrs. Beryl Koplin and Mrs.
Bernard Gordon are co-chairmen
of this gathering of some 75 dele
gates representing nineteen Sis
terhood branches.
Among the guests who will at
tend the Conference are the im
mediate past president of NWL,
Mrs. Louis Sussman of Belleville,
N. J. and the preaidant of the
Wender, 2914 Nancy Creek Rd.,
N.W., is reservations chairman.
$6 50 will entitle a member to
all Conference functions.
Mrs. Jacob Levitt is president
of the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood
and Mrs. Mark Taylor of the
Temple Youth Convene
To “Look At Its World
Over 250 teenagers will meet
in Atlanta the weekend of April
7 for the Southeastern Federa
tion of Temple Youth’s (SEFTY)
annual Spring Regional Conclave.
The seventy members of At
lanta’s Temple Youth Group will
be their host.
Theme for the conclave is
"Temple Youth Look at its
World.” The convention officially
opens with Friday night services
at the Temple, conducted by dele
gates to the conclave. The ser
mon is to be given by Rabbi Al
fred Goodman of Columbus, Ga.,
followed by an Oneg Shabat at
which the Atlanta Temple Youth
will be hosts.
The program for Saturday in
cludes State meetings. Sabbath
morning services will be con
ducted by Rabbi Meyer Marks of
Knoxville. The sermon will be
delivered by Rabbi Elijah Pal-
mck, Hillel director of the Uni
versity of Alabama.
This will be followed by a
luncheon at which the principal
speaker will be Rabbi William
Sajowitz, S.E. Regional Director
of UAHC. Rabbi Sajowitz has
chosen as his subject, "Youth
Must Dare.”
In the afternoon, the young
people will examine closely five
facets of their overall theme,
“Youth Looks at its World.” Di
viding into panel groups, each
with a discussion leader, they
will explore:
“A Look Into Liberal Judaism
in Israel,” led by Shmuel Kehati,
Israeli rabbinical student at He-
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brew Union College.
"A Look Into Reform Judaism
in Other Lands,” conducted by
Sion David, Hebrew Union Col
lege rabbinical student from In
dia.
“A Look Into the Changing
South,” Rabbi Sajowitz, speaker.
“A Look Into the Space Age”
with Lawrence Meyers, of Birm
ingham, the panelist.
“A Look Into Our Congrega
tional Responsibilities,” directed
by Rabbi Meyer Marks.
The groups will then come to
gether and make reports of their
panel findings. The meeting will
conclude with a SEFTY business
session.
“April Showers.” a banquet at
6:30, will highlight the festivities.
Guest speaker will be Rabbi
Samuel Cook, of New York, na
tional director of the National
Federation of Temple Youth.
The guests will depart Sunday,
April 9, after a brunch in the
Friendship Hall of The Temple.
At this brunch plans will be pre
sented for the new S.E. regional
north Georgia summer camp of
the UAHC.
Goals of the conclave are to
instill in Temple youth a com
mitment to the historic ideals of
Judaism and an identification
with synagogues and Jewish life
in America and abroad, the spon
sors relate.
“All will not be work, how
ever.” promises Jill Shapiro of
Atlanta, conclave chairman.
“There will be fellowship and
fun!”
MRS. LOUIS SUSSMAN
Southern Branch, NWL, Mrs.
Leon Weinstein of Birmingham.
There will be greetings from
Mayor Hartsfield, Joe Cuba, Rab
bi Harry Epstein and Rabbi Abra
ham Ohrenstein, all of Atlanta.
Sixteen hours of leadership
training will precede the Con
ference. Fifty delegates will par
ticipate in these workshops. All
other sessions will be open to the
general membership of both the
A. A and Beth El Sisterhoods.
Husbands are invited to the
opening session on Monday even
ing, at which Rabbi Epstein will
speak. This includes a program
by the A.A. Mr. and Mrs. Club
and a reception following in hon
or of Mrs. Sussman.
Husbands will be welcomed to
the banquet on Tuesday evening
at the Synagogue, with an ad
dress by Mrs. Sussman and a
program by the A. A. Sisterhood.
Rabbi Abraham Ohrenstein will
be speaker at a luncheon meeting
Tuesday at the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center. At the clos
ing luncheon on Wednesday in
Srochi Auditorium, Rabbi
Raphael Gold will speak.
Reservations for attending the
Conference meals must be in by
Thursday, April 13. Mrs. William
MRS LEON WEINSTEIN
Beth El Sisterhood. There are 16
Conference committees working
on arrangements.
stand by any Jewish spokesman
before Congress in favor of Fed
eral aid to religious schools,
cited “a network of 251 elemen
tary and secondary parochial
schools” created by American
Orthodox Jews “under extreme
ly difficult financial circum
stances.”
He said that it was the view
of his organization that to deny
to the “tax-paying American
citizens of the Orthodox Jewish
faith” who send their children
to religious schools “the benefit
of their taxes to help defray the
large expense of maintaining the
Jewish parochial school system
for their children is a discrimina
tion which is not in accordance
with basic American ideals.”
He urged that “Federal aid to
parochial schools be included in
any government program of
school support” and said that
such aid had nothing to do with
the principle of State-Church
separation.
“This type of government sup
port will merely return to the
taxpayer the full benefit of his
taxes, to which he is justly en
titled, without compelling him
to endure a system of double tax
ation,” Rabbi SheTer asertad.
Senate Approves
Jewish Governor
Of Virgin Islands
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —The
Senate approved by voice vote
the nomination of Ralph Paie-
wonsky as Governor of the Vir
gin Islands. He is the third Jew
ish Governor of the Islands. Sev
eral Senators of both parties
spoke in the nominee’s behalf.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Min
nesota Democrat, praised the
nominee and said the appoint
ment was particularly popular
in the Islands.
The new Governor’s family
first arrived in the Virgin Islands
from Russia in 1870 and started
a small dry goods store. The new
Governor was born in Saint
Thomas, one of the Islands, 533
years ago and received part of
his education in Brooklyn and
at New York University. The
family controls a distillery which
makes half of the famous Virgin
Islands rum, motion picture the
atres, stores and extensive real
estate holdings.
In this issue, SPECIAL SECTION
SE Region Hadassah Convention
(Pages 13-16)
MRS. RUTH KRAVTIN MRS. HARRY GKRSON
Columbus, Ga., Convention Co-Chairman