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Friday, Jan. 17, 1964
T U E SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Page Five
OBITUARIES
AbeLson Unveiling
Friends and relatives are in
vited to the unveiling ceremonies
in memory of Jake Abelson, at
Greenwood Cemetery. Monday,
Jan. 27, at 11 a. m. Rabbi Ep-
s;ein will officiate.
Mrs. C. L. Froelich
Mrs. Estelle Froelich, sj.tei oi
•\ i Sidney M. Gershon of At
lanta, died Friday, January 3.
Funeral services and interment
look place in Montgomery, Sun
day, January 5, with Rabbi Eu-
: ene Blachsehleger conducting.
Otlier survivors are her hus
band, Charles L. Froelich of New
7oik; mother, Mrs. Clara Loeb
<>1 Montgomery; sister, Mrs. Al
bert Freibaum of Montgomery;
two brothers, Henry Loeb of Cor
pus Christi, Texas, and Bert Loeb
of New Orleans; and several
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Etta Freedman
Mrs. Etta Freedman of Savan
nah died December 29.
A resident of Savannah since
'918, she was a member of Con
gregation B. B. Jacob. She was
a member of the Sisteihood of the
synagogue, Hadassah, and the
Hebrew Women’s Aid Society.
Surviving are two sons, Dr.
Louis M. Freedman of Savannah
.aid Philip A. Freedman of At
lanta; two daughters, Mrs. Max
lialpern of Atlanta and Mrs. Ray
Holtz of Hartford, Conn , and
nine grandchildren.
The funeral was held Decem
ber 31 with Rabbi A. I. Rosen-
1,erg and Cantor A. Renani of-
i i dating.
Interment was in Bonaventure
Cemetery.
Herman F. Goldstein
Mr. Herman F. Goldstein, lluii
Pine Alley Rd., Griffin, Ga., died
Dec. 27, 1963. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Olivia Torbert
Goldstein; two sons, Mr. Louis
W, Goldstein and Mr. Marvin L.
Goldstein, Griffin; one daughter.
Mrs. Victor leiker, Atlantic
Heights, N. J.; one sister. Mrs.
Nat Gordon, Los Angeles. Calif.:
10 grandchildren.
Funeral services was conducted
m the chapel of Haisten Funeral
Home in Griffin Sunday. Dec. 29.
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein officiated.
Interment, Oak Hill Cemetery.
Haisten Brothers Ftinetui 1'n.c-
tors, Griffin.
William Gottleib
w William Gottleib, 79, of Savan
nah died January 3.
He was a retired merchant from
New York and lived with his
daughter, Mrs. 1 B. Gold in Sa-
\annah.
He is also survived by a brother,
H. Benjamin Gottleib of New
York City; two grandchildren and
a number of nieces and nephews.
FYrneral services w'ere held in
New York.
Mrs. Hyman Kaplan
Mrs. Sara Levy Kaplan, form
erly of Savannah, died Decem
ber 29 in Miami, Fla.
Surviving are her husband, Hy
man B. Kaplan; a son, Maurice
Kaplan of Huntington, W. Va.;
a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Kap
lan Kramer of Sumter, S. C.; two
sisters, Miss Sophie Levy and
Miss Rae Levy, both of Savannah,
and five grandchildren
Rabbi A. I Rosenberg and Can
tor A. Ranani conducted the fu
neral on December 30. Interment
was in Bonaventure Cemetery
loe Silver
Joe Silver, ^3, a retired groc-
uyman, died Tuesday, Jan. 7.
The funeral was conducted at
Blanchard’s Chapel with Rabbi
Sidney K. Mossman and Cantor
Robert Ungar offiicating. Burial
was in Greenwoorj Cemetery.
A native of Poland, Mr. Silver
had lived in Atlanta about fifty
years. He was a member of Shear-
ith Israel Synagogue and a past
president of Hie Workmen’s Cir
cle.
Surviving are a daughter, Rose
Silver of Atlanta; sons, Norman
Silver of Atlanta, Marty Silver of
New York and Sidney Silver of
Savannah; two grandchildren and
0 great-grandson
ax Danish
NEW YORK (JTA) — Max D
•’k.insli, editor and author, died
•■re January 11, aged 77. Born
n Russia and educated in this
count! y, Mr. Danish was associ
ated tor 40 years, until his re-
l rement in 1951, with the Intei-
national Ladies Garment Workers
Union, as public relations direc
tor and as editor of the union’s
principal organ, Justice.
He was the author of a num
ber of books, including a history
<0 the ILGWU, a biography of
avid Dubinsky. that union’s
■•.csideiil, and a biography of
Green, late president of the
American Federation of Laboi
i Dan so was, himself, former-
a
member of th
e ILGWU
and
. pa
iticipant m
some ol
the
iiiion
"s early strike
s, in 1909
and
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He icceived
a law de
glee
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918
New York
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Herbert il. Imbach
Hcrbcr! H Imbach, a retired
.or.man. (bed Jumuar.v (>,
Rabbi Stuart. K Davis conduct-
■ the timedi! at the gravesidt
ii Ciest Lawn Cemetery on Jan
uary 8.
A native of Germany, Mr. Im
bach had made his home in At
lanta for the last 25 years. Sur-
vittg are his wife, the former
ft i Levy, and three daughters,
Mrs. Jacob J Kahn ot Atlanta;
Mrs. Gerda Berkowit/ of Ft
Myers, Fla, and Miss Evletn Im-
bach. also oi Atlanta, and six
grandchildren.
'iabbi♦Walter Plant
GREAT NECK. N Y (WUPi-
i abbi Walter Plant, spiritual
eader of Temple Emanuel since
1955, died early this month fol-
owm ; a long illness. Rabbi Plaut.
in n German.' in 1919, was
.he founder and fir.-t rabbi of
Temple Reth El at Fargo. North
Dakota Later he .-.creed with
Temple Judah at Cedai Rapids,
’owa, before coming to Temple
. nianuel of this city in 1955
Rabbi Plant, whose brother is
t e noted Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther
Plaut of Holy Blossom Temple.
Toronto, is survived by his wife,
tno former Hadassah Yanicli of
Detroit; three sons, a mother,
h.rs Jonas Plant, and his bro
ther. Dr. W Gunther P’aul
’n r> Schacht
NEW YORK (JTA) Funeral
services were held hire January
12 for Henry Schacht, well known
actor on the English and Yiddish
-lage and former high school
teacher of languages, u ho died
.ns weekend at the age of 77.
I r Schacht. who was known pro-
'(s lonallv as Heiirv Sharp, also
pe'eaice m leading roles in
•dins
A member of a theatrical fam
ily which immigrated from Rus
sia, he made his first appearance
on Broadway in 1914. In 1921 he
: laved on the Yiddish stage with
tile prominent Yiddish actor
Boris Thomashevsky in tho pro
duction "Hatikvah” as guest artist.
The Broadway productions in
which he appeared included “Ar
senic and Old Lace,” “On Borrow
ed Time,” “Oh, Men! Oh, Wom
en!” The films in which he play
ing udod “A Song to Remem-
er." A Face in the Crowd,” and
i hors
savannah Man Killed
hi Charleston Blast
CHARLESTON -Aaron Herman
Fine, 48, of Savannah was one of
five victims of a supermarket ex
plosion here on New Year’s eve.
Mr. Fine had gone to Charleston
to .isit his sister. Mrs. Leo Zack.
.uni had taken temporary ^ em-
I loyment. Sixteen persons were
•n,jilted in the fireworks explos
ion
Mr Fine was employed by the
Savannah Fire Department.
His survivors include a daugh
ter Carol Fine; two brothers Ju
lius Fine and Raymond Fine,
another sister, Mrs. Herman J.
Brown, all of Savannah.
Rabbi David Raab and Cantor
Eugene Holzer conducted the fu
neral on January 2, with inter
ment in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Canadian Minister Promises
Parley of Action for Kuss Jewry
OTTAWA, (JTA) — Firm as
surance that the Canadian Gov
eminent would do all that it
could to bring about alleviation
of the continuing anti-Jewish
discrimination in the Soviet
Union was given here this week
by External Affairs Minister
Paul Martin
The Minister spoke at an All
Canadian Rabbinic Conference
sponsored by the Canadian Jew
ish Congress. “The treatment of
Jew m the Soviet Union,” he
said, “is but one example of the
Cohimunists’ failure to rid them
selves of attitudes and actions
with respect to the individual
which can only be considered
backward and wrong.”
"The Canadian Government is
seriously concerned with this
problem and will continue to
make known its feelings on the
subject.” the Minister told the
conference “Let us make clear
that respect for the existence of
fundamental rights and free
doms is essential to the con
solidation of peace and harmony
among the nations of the world.”
Both he and Rabbi Stuart
Rosenberg of Toronto described
the pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI
to Israel Jordan last weekend
,o an historic event. The Cana
dian Minister said it would he a
haibinger of peace for the world
Rabbi Rosenberg said the pil
grimage "showed the involve
ment of the Roman Catholic
Church with humanity and with
the destiny of the Jewish peo
ple.”
Rabbi S. M. Zambrowsky of
Toronto, conference chairman,
.tressed that Canadian and
American Jews were seeking on
ly equality of treatment for
Russian Jews with other na
tionalities in religious, cultural
and educational freedom. He
emphasized that "we Jews do
FORMER ALBANIAN
Veteran Newsman
J. I). Gortatowsky
Dies in New York
NEW YORK Jacob Dewey
Gortatousky, chairman of the
board of Hearst Consolidated
Publications, Inc., died here Jan
uary 13 at the age of 78.
Mr. Gortatowsky — known to
the newspaper fraternity as “Gor-
ty” -was born in Albany, Ga.,
|N c< 7. 1885. He attended North
Georgia College and started as a
iiib reporter for the Atlanta Con-
-1 itution.
After a year in Atlanta, Gor-
U.towsky returned to his home
tow n to work for the Albany Her
ald. Then he worked for Macon
Telegraph, the Atlanta Georgian
and the Birmingham News.
Seven years after he started
. a cub reporter, the Atlanta
Constitution summoned the 25-
vear-old Gortattowsky to be its
managing editor.
Gortatowsky criticized the
Hearst feature and comic service.
Hearst officials told him that if
he knew' so much about a syn
dicate should be operated, he
heiild come to New York. He did.
He is survived by the widow,
the former Sarah Overand of
Louisville, Ky ; two sisters, Mrs.
E. J. Davis and Mrs. Florence
Neal, both of Albany, and a bro
ther, I. C. Gortatowsky, also of
Albany.
Services were held January 15
at the Campbell Funeral Home
m New York.
Bernard E. Trafl
Bernard Iwmis Traft, 52, of
Springfield, Mass., brother of
Joseph Traft of Savannah, died
January 5.
Also surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Helen Traft; a daughter,
Sharon Xraft; a son, Jeffrey
Traft; his mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Traft, all of Springfield, and a
sister, Mrs. Dorothy Weisman of
Hartford, Conn
iii>t want any part of the Cold
Wm.” and regretted that the
Sox i< t Ambassador to Canada
had declined an invitation to
to attend the conference and
had refused to meet a CJC dele
gation,
Michael Gehber, CJC presi
dent, expressed satisfaction with
the response to the Congress' in
vitations to the conference. He
said that “it is fitting that Jew
ish rabbinical leaders in Canada
should raise their voices against
the Jewish persecution in Rus
sia.”
B. Z. Goldberg of New York,
a noted Jewish journalist and
author, said it was "nonsense”
for Russia to pretend that the
treatment of Russian Jewry was
an mi m il affair and added that
‘‘the conscience-of the world
will l ‘t be stilled by that atti
tude ” Blaming Jewish condi
tions m Russia today on Stalin
and I remier Khrushchev, he
said Soviet Government policy
was contradictory in that it
sought to assimilate Jews while
simultaneously discriminating
against them.
Six approaches to the problem
were approved at a closed
session of the conference and
committees named to deal
with them Under the pro
gram. representations will be
made by conference representa
tives to the Soviet Embassy in
Ottawa to stt'K to rase existing
(list ra matwi'x anti-Jewish con
ditions In another move, a spe
cific request will be made to
the Canadian Government to
bring the problem before the
United Nations Human Rights
Coma .- ion at its meeting in
New Y rk m March as an urg
ent matter.
A national dav of prayer will
be arranged for Russian Jews
and efforts will be made to send
a Canadian rabbinic mission to
Russia to observe the conditions
of Russian Jewry at first hand.
Finally, ihc Rabbinic Conference
will be kept in being until con
ditions for Jews in Russia are
ameliorated.
Following the conference, a
mass meeting was arranged by
the Ottawa Jewish Community
Council. An overflow erod'd
heard reports on the situation
of Russian Jewry from a panel
made up of Mr. Goldberg, Rabbi
Rosenberg. Rabbi Walter S.
Wurzburger of Toronto, and
Rabbi Zambrowski.
The importance of Ottawa as
a nation’s capital was reflected
in the recent selection by Soviet
officials of the city for publica
tion of a full-page advertise
ment in the Ottawa Citizen, un
der the heading "Is There A
Jewish Problem?” which sought
to refute widespread criticism
of the Soviet Uniort on the issue.
Ily Bessin, president of the
Jewish Community Council of
Ottawa, and ’a member of the
national committee of the Cana
dian Jewish Congress, promptly
characterized the paid advertise
ment as an "apology” contra
dieted by "m o s t authentic
sources." The advertisement ask
ed and answered a number of
tendentious questions as follows.
"Is there a Jewish Problem
in the USSR?” Is there a Jew
ish question in the USSR" 7 How
do Jews live in the USSR? Can
Jews speak their own tongue
in the USSR? Does the Soviet
Union have theatre and concert
teams performing in Yiddish?
Can Soviet Jews choose a pro
fession at wish? Is there equali
ty of citizenship of all nationals
ties in the USSR in the eyes of
the law and courts of justice’
Is it true that the 1961 and 1962
trials of the USSR currency
regulations violators were di
rected against Jews? How do
matters stand as regards religi
ous worship for Jews in the US
SR” What do foreign visitors
say about the position of Jews
in Russia? How do Soviet Jews
assess misinformation about their
life? How does Soviet law pro
tect the rights and interests of
national minorities, including
Soviet Jews?”
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