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The Southern A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry xxxvi ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1961 ,00 Now U Jewry to Usher in New Year 5722 Sunday Eve Atlanta Begins Orderly School Desegregation School desegregation ovne to Atlanta quietly last week os a handful of carefully screened Negro seniors began their final year of high school with white students. Scores of out-of-state reporters were on hand to cover the event which came off without the vio lence or mob action which char acterized integration in such other Southern communities as New Orleans and Little Rock. The example of Atlanta was noted regionally and nationally with President Kennedy marking the occasion with praise for the community’s historic event. City and school officials alike had carefully planned the details for the occasion in cooperation with civic, communal and religi ous groups. Police authorities had particu lar orders to prevent any out break of violence. So strict was their interpretation that they al most arrested a pair of seemingly suspicious men before the pair could identify themselves as FBI investigators. Five young persons were ac tually arrested at one school and given thirty-day stockkade sennt- ences. Four of these, teen-agers from an out-of-city school, were later released upon order of Mayor Hartsfield. The fifth, identified as a mem ber of the American, Nazi party from Virginia, gave a Seig Heil” salute after his sentencing. He was reported serving out his sentence. The notorious Rockwell crew, which had sent advance notifica tion of intention to be on hand, failed to make the trip when their private bus broke down. The Nazi who did arrive came on public transportation. Meanwhile, as the nine Negro boys and girls went about their class schedules, Atlanta authori ties kept their vigilance against any possible interference from trouble makers. North African Jews Face New Difficulties PARIS (JTA) — The 160,080 Jews of Morocco faced new dif ficulties this week and those of another North African Moslem state — French-controlled and rebbel-tom Algeria — suffered new terrorist attacks. The newest development affect ing Moroccan Jews was a bitter denunciation by the Istiqlal party, the dominant party in King Hassan’s government. The party newspaper, A1 Alam, ac cused the Jewish community of sending a delegation to the World Jewish Congress held in Geneva last month. The paper, which often reflects the government’s views, asserted that the delega- * tion was headed by David Amar, secretary-general of the Council of Moroccan Jewish Communities. A1 Alam described the World Jewish Congress as a “Zionist” body and charged also that re ports of the Geneva meeting were distributed “clandestinely” to Jews throughout Morocco. Call ing for “merciless sanctions,” the newspaper declared that “if the elected leaders of the Jewish community have failed in their duties as Moroccan citizens and prefer to serve Zionist doctrine and Israel, this means that the persons they represent are delib erately and consciously hostile to national Moroccan policy.” The denunciation was inter preted in Paris as indicating that new anti-Jewish measures might be under consideration by the Moroccan Government. Le Figaro, a leading Paris newspaper, said that the situation of Moroccan Jewry might become serious, with unpredicable consequences, if it should be proved that Mo roccan Jews, “even in a private capacity and without official mandate,” attended the Geneva parley. It was reported that many sec tors of Moroccan Jewry had joined the criticism of Mr. Amar with declarations he had no right to expose them to trouble by either attending or sending other delegates to Geneva. However, Mr. Amar vehemently denied he was in Geneva. It was suggested that a mixup might have devel oped from the fact, that while he was not in Geneva at the time, some World Jewish Congress publications listed him as an ob server. Le Figaro said it was likely that when King Hassan returned (Continued on page 4) Jewish congregations the worid over will assemble the evening of Sunday, Sept 10, to usher in the New Year 5722 with song and prayer. Elaborate advance preparations have been made for United States men and women in uniform to observe the occasion wherever their location. In many areas of America, these GIs will be guests in pri vate homes for special hospitality while the doors of all synagogues have been opened wide for their participation. Exploding membership totals in some cities in the United States necessitated duplicate ser vices on Rosh Hashonah evening. The growing totals and shifting population have necessitated con struction of new houses of wor- eship in many communities. In the South, congregations in Montgomery, Valdosta, Ga„ St. Petersburg and Atlanta among others, will be worshipping for the first time in new facilities, some as yet uncompleted. This is the case with Atlanta’s Beth Jacob Congregation, whose mem bers nevertheless will use the new auditorium for the High Holy Day rites. As usual, dwindling Jewish congregations behind the Iron Curtain will also gather for symbolic services, but under con ditions which to say the least do not indicate Soviet approval. How many Morranos (secret observers of Judaism) have been caused by the hostile anti-religi ous policy of the Reds is a figure left to conjecture. Only in the State of Israel will Rosh Hashonah be also observed as a national holiday. Reform groups will mark the New Year with a day of special observances, while Conservative and Orthodox Jews will observe the occasion for two days. The High Holy Day period will come to a conclusion on Septem ber 20 with the traditional day of repentance and of fasting. Yom Kippur services will begin the evening of September 19. THIS ISSUE Schools in San Francisco Open on Rosh Hashonah SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)—The Jewish Community Relations Council informed Jewish parents this week that school officials in the Peninsular school area had uniformly expressed regret that the opening day of the fall se mester would coincide with the first day of Rosh Hashonah in many school districts. Declaring also that the school officials had said that it was “not administratively feasible for them to change their dates this year,” the JCRC added that “steps will be taken to assure that admin istrators in this area are at least aware of dates on which num bers of children are likely to be absent.” The JCRC pointed out that Rosh Hashonah next year will fall on a Saturday “which will present no opening day prob lem for that year.” The organization made it plain that it fcatf not intervened to seek changes that would require that school calendars conform with re ligions Holy Day* because this “might itself be a Violation at the principles of church-atate aspeie tion.” It was explained that the ques tion was not the operation of school on Rosb Hashonah, “which they do every year,” but rather “that the opening and ragiatsa- tion day of school is of a qpeefal significance to children and it, would seem administratiaaly sound and courteous to ahdd scheduling such, a special casion for * day on which a num ber at students will be unable to att President Kennedy’s Rosh Hashonah Greetings WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Kennedy extended through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the following Jewish High Holy Day greetings: “I am happy to extend to millions at oar fellow ettisens of the Jewish faith, now celebrating Rosh Hashonah, my warm greetings and every good wish for the New Year. “In every celebration of ending and beginning there is both the remembrance of tribulation and the anticipation of good. There is, took, the knowledge that suffering most make both a people and a man more certain of the right, while triumph brings with it the command to respect the right. “This is the hard wisdom of the centuries, marked again with the turning of each new season. We In the United States have found our way as a free people because we have gathered in our own traditions the experience of many peoples and lives. We have learned that tolerance and cooperation are the ways to true national strength. Americans of the Jewish faith have given to their country a great gift in this regard. “I know that all Americans, of every faith, join with me in this greeting and wish for an abundant and peaceful year.” In Oakland, ecroes the Bay from San Francisco, rabbit urged parents to keep Bw children out of school On ttm. opening day after negotiations with the Oak land school board for a change in die opening date failed, In other sections of, the. East Bay area, changes were made it the requests of Jewish spokesmen. In San Leandro, the school opening was postponed. Michigan Official ‘Regrets’ Elections On Rosh Hashonah New Movement Said Bringing Thousands Of Argentinian Jews Back to Religion NEW YORK, (WUP)—A new, independent religious Jewish movement—supported mostly by prosperous laymen and which is under the spiritual leadership of a Rabbi Zeev Greenberg in Buenos Aires—has struck root in Argentina and spread through out the Latin-American states. Established under, the, name “Shuba Israel" (“Return, O Is rael’), the new institution has already succeeded in bringing thousands of unaffiliated and faltering Jews beck to the tra ditional fold of Judaism. This week, two of its found ing members, Jose Masn and Moises Cheuke—both Sefardim originating from Aleppo, Syria, families—arrived in the United States as a delegation to cofer with leaders here who are sup porting the “Shuba Israel” move-' meerrt. Among these leaders are J. A. Samuel, New York busi nessman and a founder of thej Torah Umesorah, and B. Teitel- baum, head of the Transudameri- ca Export-Import firm. The U S. office of “Shuba Israel” has been set up in Mr. Teitelbaum’s office, 156 Fifth Avenue. Interviewed by the WUP re-* porter, the delegation spokesman declared that the greater majori ty of. Latin-American Jews have completed drifted from the fold and the danger of assimilation is great, “Shuba Israel,” he added, has embarked upon an educa tional program with the view of bringing these “lost" Jews back to the pristine ideals of the Torah-faith. Basically Orthodox, “Shuba Israel” is not as rigid as the Orthodox groups in the United States. “Our objective,” declared the spokesman, “is to return to the original sources of the Old Testament without depending on erroneous or arbitrary transla tions. Our Torah,” he added, “was wrongly called “Old Testa ment,’ but this name was given to admit the New Testament, which we do not recogize.” In discussing the new move ment, Mr. Samuel complained that out of the 500,000 Jews in Buenos Aires, only a fraction is Jewishly-inclined. His reference to “Jewishly inclined,” undoubt edly pointed to the question of whether one Jewish in the sense affiliation. DETROIT, (JTA)—Michigan's Secretary of State James Hare issued a statement expressingjrf* ficial “regret" tor fixing thfc year’s election date “On a- day that coincides with Rosh Ha shonah.” He announced official ly that persons who frisk to ob serve the Jewish New Year may apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot. * “ * In his statement, Mr. Hare de clared: “Unfortunately, when the September 12 date was set for the election, the religious signific ance of this date this year was overlooked by the Legislature.” He added that the September 12 election date was fixed without taking into account that the Jew ish holidays do not fall each year on the same dates of the common calendar. ‘In any case, the right to an absent-voter ballot on re ligious grounds is a basic one, and all who plan to observe Rosh Hashonah may apply for their ballot now,” he stressed The Detroit Jew Hi News pub lished- the text of the official ap plication for Absent Voter’s Bal lots in order to enable local Jews to clip thfe text and file it with the City Clerk. Tbe^ application makes K clear that <be applicant’s request for an Absent Voter’s ballot is due to tbs feet that he “traditionally” * “egnnot attend the polls be- ; of synagogue cause of the tenets of my reli gion.”