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Pace Eight
Friday, Jan. 18, 1963
THE SOUTHERN I 8 IA E LITE
Birmingham Memorial Biles
January 23 for Itabbi Meseh
BIRMINGHAM — Members of
Congregation Beth-El will pay
tribute to the late Rabbi Abra
ham J. Mesch, their beloved
community and spiritual leader
for more than a quarter of a
century, with a memorial serv
ice, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan
23 at Temple Beth-EL
Conducting this evening (Ma’
ariv) Service will be Rabbi
Allen Rutchik of Miami Btfkch,
director of the Southeastern Re
gion of United Synagogues of
America, with which Temple
Beth-El is affiliated.
Dr. Lamar Jackson, Pastor of
the Southside Baptist Church,
and former president of the
Ministerial Association of Bir
mingham, will pay tribute to
Rabbi Mesch and his close asso
ciation with his fellow mem
bers of this organization.
Alex Rittenbaum, representing
the Jewish Community Council,
of which he is president, will
also participate in the memori
al service.
Speaker for the special eve
ning service will be Dr. Israel
Goldman, rabbi of the Chizuk
Amuno Congregation, Baltimore.
Itabbi Goldman is a past presi
dent of the Rabbinical Assembly
of America, to whose executive
council Rabbi Mesch was re
cently elected.
The program will also include
Karl B. Friedman, president of
Temple Beth-El; James L. Fer-
mutt, a former president; Rabbi
Milton L. Grafman, of Temple
Emanuel, and Cantor Akiva Os
trovsky. The public is cordially
invited to attend this service in
memory of a man who dedi
cated his life to the service of
his faith, his congregation, and
his community. ^
Charles E„ Nadler
Charles E. Nadler, 82, Mercer
University law professor, author
and lecturer, died December 30 in
Macon.
A lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio,
for 30 years, Nadler also taught
at the John Marshall School of
Law and the Cast School < i Ap
plied Science in Cleveland
Retiring from his law practice
in 1946, he joined the Mercer
faculty and wrote several books
on law
He was a past president of
Temple Beth Israel, director of
the Macon Round Table and the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews. He was a trus
tee of the Georgia Industrial
Home and was founder of the
Macon Legal Aid Society
He is survived by his widow,
a son, two brothers and two sis
ters.
Funeral services were field on
December 31, with Rabbi Harold
Boxing Great Dies at 70
Abel, Golden Age Pass
Gelfman officiating.
By BILL ROBINSON
From ATLANTA JOURNAL
Jake Abel is dead.
Probably the kindest heart the
fight ring ever encountered, his
passing ends the parade of Gold
en Age boxers who brought
international fame to Georgia.
Death came as he would have
wanted it, quietly and at home.
The huge heart that won the
respect of Young 'Stribling, Jack
Britton, Benny Leonard, Ted
Lewis, Gene Tunney and a host
of others failed him at age 70.
He would have been 71 on
Feb. 2.
Although he never really liked
the professional ring, only a few
days ago he talked with Gene
Asher, a former Golden Gloves
and collegiate champion, has
been instructing youngsters at
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center.
“Gene,” Jake said, "I know
I’ve got this heart condition. But
maybe I can help out I couldn’t
do much instructing, but I think
I could tell them a thing or
two.”
And he could have taught
them a “thing or two.” It wasn’t
said with even a trace of pre
tense. None of today’s young
sters—and many of their middle-
aged fathers—could tell you who
Jake Abel was.
He belonged to another gen
eration. And he, more than any
one, was glad to forget it. But
the generation who saw him
fight could never forget the
lean, hawk-faced Jewish boy
who led with a left jab, who
seemed to dance and float
around the ring. Oldtimers com
pare him technically to Strib
ling, who with Abel and Tiger
Flowers, were Georgia’s three
great ring imports to the Golden
Age.
Jake was bom Jacob Abelson
in Russia. His father immigrated
to the United States. The family
finally settled in Chattanooga.
Every member of the family had
to work, of course. Jake's lot
was to peddle papers.
I loved to hawk papers, to
watch the people,” Jake once
told this writer. He spoke in a
gentle voice, hardly larger than
a whisper. But this country is
competitive. It was my crowd,
the youngsters, who gave me the
trouble. There were gangs. I
wasn't aggressive.
But you had to fight. I found
my hands quick, my feet quick.
Suddenly I was in a gang and
the champion. As such I had to
defend our honor.’ In those days,
the gangs didn’t fight collective
ly. We nominated our defender.
I was nominated. My first as
signment was a tough 16-year-
old bully of a rival gang I won."
Jake came up in the day of
the club boxer. He was a rank
ing welterweight by the time he
was 20. Perhaps his proudest
moment came in London right
after World War I. Jake had be
come champion of the Allied
Expeditionary Forces in a ring
tournament which included such
golden names as Harry Greb,
Mike O’Doud, and others.
The Prince of Wales, later to
become King George V of Eng
land, singled out Abel as his
favorite fighter.
A special golden trophy was
presented Jake. Inscribed in
Latin were the words:
“Non Ma rebus Soloum Sed
Corde”—“Not with the hands
alone, but also with the ^eart.”
Perhaps Jake’s most memor
able fight came in Atlanta. It
was in 1919, in a hot summer
loft above an Auburn Street
store. His son-in-law, Ben Rab
inowitz, recalls:
"Jake stood and slugged it out
in the best club-fight tradtion
for 40 rounds that night before
finally whipping a Greek fighter
form Chicago who fought under
the name of Terry Nelson. It
was one of his longest fights.”
Funeral services were held
on January 11 in Blanch
ard’s Chapel with Rabbi Dr.
Harry H. Epstein and Cantor
Joseph Schwartzman officiating.
Burial was in Greenwood Ceme
tery.
Jake attempted to leave the
ring on several occasions and
did before his retirement.
During one of these periods,
he operated a haberdashery
store. During another he operat
ed a lanudry pick-up and de
livery route. He liked to tell
about the horse which pulled
the laundry cart.
“Blind as a bat—and couldn’t
see a bit. But he knew the
proper stops as well as I did and
didn’t need to see.”
A year after he left the fight
ing game for good in 1921, he
married Chamye Bressler, re
membered for her long-time
leadership with the Atlanta Ha-
dassah Chapter and Ahavath
Aehim Congregation Sisterhood.
Jake was a member of a family
of nine brothers and sisters. His
wife was one of eleven children.
He operated the old Wilinont
Hotel, across from Rich’s, where
the Kress Store now stands, and
in 1930, he acquired the Jeffer
son Hotel. At one time he was
president of the Atlanta Hotel
Men’s Association.
Jake himself was a great
worker for communal causes
and a consistent worker in be
half of Zionism. He was a life
member of the Atlanta District,
ZOA, and held membership in
Fulton Lodge F4AM, B’nai
B’nth, the Scottish Rite, Shrine*,
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews, Jewish War Vet
erans Post 112, American Legion
an<^ the National Hotel Men’s
Association. He was active in
Congregation Ahavath Achim.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Ben
Rabinowitz, and a son Hirschel
Abelson of New York City and
four grandsons, Irvin, Hal, David
and Barry Rabinowitz, all of
Atlanta.
He also leaves two brothers,
Morris and Samuel B. Abelson
of Chattanooga; three sisters,
Mrs. Annie Levin and Mrs. A.
N. Levy, also of Chattanooga;
Mrs. Samuel L. Eplan of At
lanta; several nieces and ne
phews.
Mrs. Yetta Orentlicher
Mrs. Yetta Orentlicher of At
lanta died January 5 in Boston.
Funeral services were held at
the Agudas Achim Synagogue in
Brocton, Mass., where she lived
before moving to Atlanta.
Surviving are five children.
Abbot Orentlicher and Mrs. David
Gershon of Atlanta, Mrs. Louis
Scovell of Boston, Prof. Herman
Orentlicher of Betl.esda, Md., and
Norman Orent of Scarsdale, N.Y.;
16 grandchildren ,.nd five great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Orentlicher was a mem
ber of Mizrachi Organization,
Over 50 Club, Hebrew Academy
of Atlanta. Agudas Achim Syna
gogue of Brocton, Mass.; and
Temple Ernes Emunah. Chestnut
Hill, Mass.
Ben H. Wiseberg
Benjamin H Wiseberg, -Atlan
ta civic and youth leader, died
January 10. He was 52.
A native of Atlanta, Wiseberg
had lived in the area all his life.
He was a salesman for the
Bryant Lithograph Co., vice
president of the Druid Lions
Club, treasurer of the Druid
Hills High School Activities Club
and one of the founders of the
Druid Hills School Hall of Fame.
Graveside services were held
on January 11 in the Decatur
Cemetery with the Rev. A1 Har
ris and Rabbi Stuuart Davis offi
ciating.
Mr. Wiseberg is survived by
his wife, the former Mollie Belle
Cooke of Stockbridge, and a
daughter, Mrs. David C. Schaefer
Jr. of Atlanta.
Miss Ann Goldstein
Miss Ann Goldstein of Augus
ta died in Langley, S. C., on Jan
uary 7. Funeral services were
held on January 8, Rabbi Arthur
Fine and Rev. Herman Roth of
ficiating. Interment took place on
Magnolia Cemetery.
Miss Goldstein was a daughter
of the late Herman and Katie
Goldstein, and a sister of the late
David Goldstein.
She was employed as secretary
Canadian
Protests
TORONTO (JTA)—The Cana
dian Jewish Congress indicated
today it planned to express form
al opposition to the broadcast of
a taped television interview with
Quebec’s fascist, Adrien Areard
J. S. Midanik, community re
lations committee chairman of the
Canadian Jewish Congress, said
that the organization recognized
the right of the Canadian Broad
casting Corporation to interview
whoever it wished to, but that it
questioned “the wisdom of reviv
ing Areard at this time. There is
no news value in bringing him
here since he hasn’t been heard
of for almost 20 years.”
He added: "What is the point
of having him air t/.c anti-Semitic
lies he has been repeating all his
life?’’ Arcand led 10,000 follow
ers of his National Unity Party
before he was interned for five
years during World War II. He
now lives in semi-retirement 40
miles from Montreal
MONTREAL (JTA)— Protests
against the withholding from
some Jewish parents- of statutory
grants available fer children at
tending recognized independent
high schools were lodged by the
Canadian Jewish Congress here
with Paul Gerin-Lajoire, Minister
of Youth in Quebec, and the Prot
estant School Board of Greater
Montreal.
According to the CJC, the Prot
estant School Board is disclaim
ing responsibility to parents of
children living outside Montreal
and Outremont, on the grounds
that Jewish taxes in those areas
are paid to a neutial school panel
and not to the Piotestant school
panel.
Affected are parents in several
suburbs, whose children attend
Sisterhood Sabbath
Jan. IS at Temple
Special Sisterhood Sabbath
services will be held at the Tem
ple at 8 p m. Friday, Jan. 18
Taking part in an original wor
ship service written by Sister
hood members will be Mrs. Har
old Abrams, Mrs. Stuart E. Davis.
Mrs. Edward Elson, Mrs. Sig
Guthman, Mrs. Norman Heller,
Mrs. Louis Hertz and Mrs. Wil
liam Weiller.
Mrs. Sol Blaine, president, will
deliver the sermon.
Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Fred
Beerman, vice president, have
prepared a special tribute to the
National Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods on the occasion of its
current golden anniversary.
Chatauqua Lecturers
The Jewish Chautauqua Socie
ty has announced the following
lectures:
Rabbi Harold L Gelfman, Tem
ple Beth El, Macon, Wednesday,
Jan. 30, at West Georgia College,
Carrollton, Ga., “Tinvards Relig
ious Maturity.”
Rabbi Gelfman, Sunday, Mon
day, Feb. 24-25, Ft. Valley State
College, "What Every Christian
Should Know About Judaism,"
and "Religious Foundations for a
Better Society.”
Rabbi Joseph S Gallmger.
Temple B’nai Israel, Florence,
Ala., January 17, at Young Har
ris (Ga.) College, speaking on
"What Every Christian Should
Know About Judaism.”
at Langley Bath Mill, and was a
member of Walton Way Temple
and the Adas Yeshuron Syna
gogue. She was also a member
of the Temple Sisterhood and Ha-
dassah.
She is survived by a sister. Mrs
Dora Pinzer of Jacksonville; and
a number of nieces and nephews
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