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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
Vol XXXVII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1962
NO. 45
5 Florida Students
Sentenced for Attack
On TEP House
TAIJ.AHASSEE, Fla. (JTA)
Five students were sentenced in
City Court this weekend to clean,
wash and repaint a Jewish fra
ternity house at Florida State
University here, after they plead
ed guilty to tossing several home
made gas bombs at the headquar
ters of the club occupied by Jew
ish students. All five, and a sixth
of the vandals who was not ar
rested, were suspended by the
university administration until
next April as a result of the at
tack.
The attack took place last week
when the group tossed the “Mol
otov cocktails” at the Tau Epsi
lon Phi house. Before City Court
Judge John Rudd, when they en
tered their guilty pleas after being
traced by city and campus pol
ice, they said they had engaged
in a “prank that got out of hand.”
No one was injured as a result
of the attack. The suspended stu
dents range in age from 17 to 19,
and are natives of the South.
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MOBILE, ALA.—Parents of Southern Jewish teen-agers were
told here Sunday that the greatest deterrent to inter-religious mar
riages is a positive Jewish education, both in the home and in the
synagogue.
Addressing a session at the Biennial Convention of the South
east Council of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations,
Rabbi Henry F. Skirball, associate
director of the National Federa
tion of Temple Youth, told the
delegates, “According to recent
figures, one out of every seven
marriages in this country is an
inter-religious or mixed-religion
marriage, between Catholics, Pro
testants and Jews. This figure ’s
higher than that of a decade ago
and promises to rise if certain
measures are not taken to stem
the tide.”
Rabbi Skirball defined an in
ter-religious marriage as one be
tween a Jew and a converted
Gentile, and a mixed-religion
marriage as one between a Jew
and an unconverted Gentile.
Rabbi Skirball pointed out that
“increased mobility, socalled
‘teen-age liberalism,’ the opening
up of once-sectarian fraternities,
the loosening of the family unit,
and religious rebellion have aided
this trend.”
The religious leader told the
synagogue representatives that,
“Here in Southern small towns,
where Jewish youngsters may be
the only members of their faith
in their age group, the problem
can be a particularly aggravating
one.” He added that “the young
Special to Southern Israelite
Samuel Rothberg Plays Impressive
Role During UJA Mission in Israel
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
EDITOR and PUBLISHER, JEWISH NEWS, DETROIT
HERZLIA, Israel —■ Approxi
mately 150 American Jewish
leaders, under the guidance of
Rabbi Herbert Friedman of New
York and Joseph Meyerhof of
Baltimore were in the limelight in
Israel for two weeks, and playing
a most impressive role among
them was Atlanta’s Samuel Roth
berg.
On the eve of his 76th birthday
—a fact about which, while not
boasting, he does not apologize—
Rothberg promptly became the
idol of the delegation.
No matter where they went,
Rothberg was there. Whether it
was in the heat of the Negev, in
the sands of the spot where the
waterworks are being developed,
in the air or on the bus to which
he was assigned, Rothenerg was
indefatigable.
He went to services at the tra
ditional synagogue set up on the
Sabbath at the Accadia Hotel,
and received an Aliyah. It was a
long time since he had recited
the brochot, but he knew them.
At Mission sessions, he spoke
up, describing his experiences,
admonishing his associates to
carry on their historic tasks for
Israel’s redemption.
At one session, in which 20
newcomers told of their experi
ences that led them to Israel,
Rothberg volunteered to be the
"rabbi” and blessed the olim
chaddoshim—the new settlers. On
other occasions, he was the in
spired leader who inspired oth
ers.
So noteworthy were Rothberg’s
activities here with the Mission
that Yediot Aharonot, the Jerusa
lem Hebrew dally, published the
following:
A SURE DEAL
In i voice choked with emo
tion, Mr. Sam Roth be re, one-time
chairman of the UJA and now a
representative of the Jewish com
munity of Atlanta. Georgia, told
the story of his correspondence
with “his senator.”
It took place eleven years ago,
when Israel received a loan of
50 million dollars and a similar
sum was given to the Arabs.
Rothberg wrote to his senator say
ing that he was certain that Is
rael would pay her debt—while
the Arabs would not.
A few months ago. Rothberg
wrote Inquiring about these loans.
The answer he received, which he
remembers by heart, was that Is
rael has paid back both debt and
Interest to the last penny. As for
the Arabs—no answer was given.
Therefore, Rothberg says, a loan
to Israel or the Jewish Agency is
a sure deal.
—YEDIOT AHARONOT
October 25
girl of si: cannot be expected
to live a ie wherein she is not
permitted to date members of the
opposite sex.
“What are her parents to do?"
the rabbi asked. He told the del
egates that it was once felt that
organizations such as the Nation
al Federation of Temple Youth,
which represents the teen-age
branch of Reform Judaism in the
Western Hemisphere, “could stem
this tide as far as Jewish youth
is involved, by merely providing
a social millieu wherein the young
people of the Jewish faith can
meet and socialize.”
“Although there is some merit
to the idea, it will not begin to
solve the problem,” he said, since
“psychologists and educators have
stated that there is a great deal
more to this problem than the
mere availability of suitable
mates.”
Rabbi Skirball stated that
NFTY feels that “the best meth
od to insure the perpetuation of
our people (Jews) is through pos
itive means.
“If our youth enjoy being
Jewish, if they find meaning for
their lives through Judaism, if
they find comfort and strength
as well as directon through the
teachings of our faith, then it is
logical that they will not wish
to surrender this in marriage—
they will wish to give this beauty
and happiness to their children,”
the rabbi added.
Rabbi Skirball stated that
NFTY has "striven to instill this
Idren
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pride in, and love of, Judaism in
our members.
“Our activities are designed to
deepen identification and loyalties
to the faith of our fathers.” He
noted that at camps throughout
the country, such as the new
Camp-Institute for Living Juda
ism at Cleveland, Ga., which is a
part of the Southeast Council,
“programs of study, worship, and
service have shown that Judaism
can be welded into the very being
of our youngsters.
“Although the camps, youth
groups, and regional programs can
do much to Insure the stability
of our community,” he empha
sized, “we are not magicians at
NFTY, and even our vital and
exciting camp programs cannot
achieve miracles.
“The two-week camp program
cannot undo fifteen years of neg
lect and inconsistency, since Ju
daism, unlike many other relig
ions, is a religion of the home.
The parents through example can
mold their children religiously as
in so many other aspects of life,”
he added.
Rabbi Skirball, therefore, urged
parents to “give a positive Jew
ish attitude to your children and
a good education of Judaism. This
can be accomplished through
family worship in the home and
In the synagogue, study in the re
ligious school, and a mutual In
terest with rabbis and teachers in
building a generation of young
sters with a deep commitment to
the dynamic Reform Judaism of
America.”
Here and There
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Walworth Barbour, United States Am
bassador to Israel, and Myer Feldman, White House aide to Presi
dent Kennedy, conferred here last weekend with Israel’s topmost
officials on various problems, including the Cuban crisis and the
Arab refugees, Government spokesmen announced here this week.
Mr. Barbour spent 20 minutes in a talk with Mrs. Golda Meir,
Israel’s Foreign Minister, bringing Israel’s foreign affairs chief up
to date on the development in the Cuban crisis.
Mr. Feldman, who is in Israel “on a private visit,” according
to official interpretation, conferred first with Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion, then with Mrs. Meir. He discussed both the Cuban
situation and the Arab refugee question which is scheduled to come
to a head soon in a committee of the United Nations General As
sembly.
Meanwhile, Mr. Feldman was the guest this week of the Israel
Air Force, witnessing special air maneuvers by some of Israel’s
Southeastern ADL Board to Cite
Two Chattanooga Civic Leaders
P. R. Olgiati, mayor of the City
of Chattanooga, and Dr. Benjamin
E. Carmichael, Chattanooga’s su
perintendent of schools, have
been chosen to reco ve the 1962
Distinguished Service Award of
the Southeastern Regional Board
of the Anti-Defamation league of
B’nai B’rith, Simon S. Weil, Nash
ville, chairman of the board, an
nounced this week.
The Distinguished Service
Awards will be presented at a
banquet in Chattanooga on Sat
urday evening, November 10,
marking the opening of the ninth
annual meeting of ADL’s South
eastern Regional Board. E>r. Car
michael will deliver the principal
address. A J. Koblentz and Jay
Solomon are co-chairmen of the
Distinguished Service Award
banquet to bo Held al the Patfen
Hotel.
"ADL’» Distinguished Service
Awards are presented to indivi
duals and community groups
which have contributed signifi
cantly to improving American
democracy,” said Mr. Weil. Mayor
Olgiati’s citation reads “in recog
nition of a devoted public servant
who through his leadership has
extended to all citizens the con
cept of healthy and progressive
relationships inherent in the
American way of life.” Dr. Car
michael is being cited “in recog
nition of devotion to the highest
principles of the profession of
education, and for his personal
example of integrity and courage
in stimulating new concepts in
democratic living "
Previous Award winners in
clude: Senator Estes Kefauver,
Harvey Branscomb, canchellor of
Vanderbilt University; Dr. Henry
King Stanford, former president
of Birmingham-Southern College;
Mayor William B. Hartsfield and
Police Chief Herbert T. Jenkins
of Atlanta; Ralph McGill, pub
lisher of the Atlanta Constitution;
the eighty Atlanta ministers who
signed the public school manifes
to; Horace Carter, editor of the
Tabor City (N. C.) Tribune; Wil
lard Cole, editor of the Whiteville
(N. C.) News-Reporter; and Wil
liam H. Early, Superintendent of
the Chatham County (Ga.) school
system.
T h e Southeastern Region en
compasses the states of Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Ten
nessee. Southeastern Board mem
bers from Atlanta are William
Breman, Edward Elson, Harry
Elson, Samuel Eplan, Rabbi Har
ry Epstein, Alfred E. Garber, Abe
Goldstein, Dr. Irving H. Gold
stein, Bernard Howard, Ben Hy
man, Donald J. Kaufmann, Sam
Massell Jr., Simon Mendel, Don
ald Oberdorfer, Mendel Romm
Jr.. Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, Dr.
Alfred A. Weinstein and Mrs I.
Vilen.
newest air squadrons.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The United States may grant Israel soma
financial aid to help it buy the Hawk anti-aircraft missiles it has
decided to make available to Israel, it was learned here Monday.
Discussion on how this is to be done is expected to start after
the November 6 elections in the Unied States, according to the
report.
LONDON, (JTA)—Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath told the
House of Commons Saturday that the British Government was In
formed in advance of the plan of the United States to sell Hawk
defense missiles to Israel.
He made the disclosure in a written reply to a question from
Labor MP Roy Mason in which he also said that the United States
had stressed to Britain that the decision did not imply any change
in its general policy about avoiding an arms race in the Middle
East.
LONDON, (JTA)—Voicing concern over the threat to Israel
of Egyptian rockets, Sir Rarnett Janner, Laborite Member of Parila-
ment and president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said
this week that it was “remarkable” that vigorous protests are forc
ing the dismantling of Soviet rockets in Cuba as a threat to the
United States, while no voices have been raised to demand the dis
mantling of Egyptian rockets threatening Israel, which were even
nearer to Israel than Cuba is to U S. shores. He spoke at the 38th
annual conference of the Jewish National Fund, which opened here
Sunday night.