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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Frtiay, May 14, 1965
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Jewish
Telegraphic
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World Press
7 Arts Features
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher
Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb, Joseph Redlich
Vida Goldgar, Harry Rose, Betty Meyer
VOTING—
Imperative or Altermative?
Voters of Atlanta and other areas in Georgia will have
to go to the polls again next week to resolve several run-
over races in the election for the state’s reapportioned Legis
lature.
A new General Assembly will result from decades of
bitter resentment over the old system which literally disen-
franchized voters in large and urban areas. Aided by the
courts of the land, this inequity has been corrected and The
Southern Israelite is proud to note the part Jewish leaders
have taken in correcting this injustice.
Now of course comes the payoff. While voters stayed
away from the polls previously because they felt their ballot
did not count, they were just as apathetic a fortnight ago
when the opportunity presented itself to take advantage of
the new-established equality of citzenship within the demo
cratic frame-work.
Jewish voters were perhaps as apathetic, if not more so,
according to astute observers, than non-Jewish voters and we
have been raising the greatest hue and cry over the inequi
ties.
We trust that this sad situation will be rectified next
week and that all Jewish eligible voters will take the trouble
to go to the polls if they reside in the districts which have
contested run-offs. Their votes can be the difference between
having excellent or mediocre representatives in the Georgia
House.
The makings of a new day in Georgia is inherent in the
complexion of the legislators who have already been named
in the recent election. The heretofore disenfranchized negro
citizenry will have inspired representation in the lower
chamber. They have been represented for at least two years
quite capably in the upper chamber. At least one Jewish
leader will take his place in the House and two others could
emerge in the run-over election. Even so they will still have
to face Republican opposition, though this can be a minimum
factor. Nevertheless, the Republicans too have already cap
tured several seats and doubtlessly will improve their tenure
on turning the state into a wholesome two-party area.
Again, we urge every one of our readers in the contested
districts to turn out and vote and so participate in carving
out Georgia’s new visage. It is an imperative—not an alterna
tive.
Georgia Press Association
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
a&Gl I a # c 6 t 5 n
TALMUDIC TREASURES
COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED BY J. L. FRIEND
A Sage of the fourteenth century, Rabbi
Israel al-Nakawa has this to say: “If you
train your child when he is young, you will
enjoy rest and peace later on. You will not
have to worry about his going astray and
forming habits which are hostile to the well
being of society. Do not be discouraged if
your child is dull; continue training and cor
rect him. Try to induce him to like education
and learning. You may have to cox him with
sweets and toys and eben with higher re
wards, but in the end he will come to love
it for its own sake.”
Heinrich Heine, the greatest lyric poet
Germany had produced, a Jew and a man
with great vision and a champion of human
rights, saw in the Jewish home and family
“a haven of rest from the storms of anti
semitism and blind hatred that raged round
the very gates of the ghettos, a fairy palace
in which the bespatted objects of the mobs
derision threw off their garb of shame and
resumed the royal attire of freedom and no
bility. The home of the Jew was the place
where he was at his best ... a king in his
own palace.”
The Talmud refers to parents as God’s co
partners in creation, hence the extreme care
which which they must be respected by their
children. The duty extends beyond the
grave: the memory of departed parents must
be cherished in many ways. He should un
der no circumstances insult them or display
anger towards them. On the other hand a
parent is forbidden to be burdensome and
not too exacting. A parents is forbidden to
beat his grown son. The father especially
exercises authority over the children during
their minority, which ends with the boy at
the beginning of the fourteenth year and
with the girl at the beginning of the thir
teenth. Anyone who beats his grown chil
dren is said to deserve excommunication, be
cause in so doing he transgresses the divine
command as stated in Leviticus XIX, 14: “You
shall not place an obstacle in front of the
blind, but you shall revere your God.” A
grown son, if enraged by his father, is likely
to strike back.
Savannah News
The Bureau of Jewish Educa
tion sponsored a regional teachers
institute in Savannah April 27
led by Rabbi Hyman Chanover
of the American Association for
Jewish Education, a national or
ganization for co-ordination, pro
motion, and research in Jewish
education.
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Former Savannahiian Joseph B.
Cramer has been elected presi
dent of the Sarasota (Fla.)~"Bar
Convention-
chaplain at the prison.
Later Sunday morning, visitors
will be taken by a group of At
lantans in private cars for a tour
of Callaway Gardens, where they
will have lunch, and a return
trip by Warm Springs. They will
see the Polio Founadtion facil
ities and the museum and cot
tage memorializing the late
FDR.
Other features planned for the
visitors during the convention in
clude a tour of residential areas
and shopping facilities for the
wives of the newsmen, and a
conducted tour of Stone Moun
tain as guests of the State of
Georgia Stone Mountain Memor
ial Foundation.
Another highlight wiD(! be a
“mint julip” cocktail party at the
home of Dr. Nathan Blass, chair
man of TSI board.
Association. Cramer, who prac
ticed law here until 1954, is mar
ried to the former Joan Rabhan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Rabhan of Savannah.
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Officers for the Sisterhood of
the B’nai B’rith Jacob Synagogue
were announced by Mrs. Albert
Yellin, chairman of the nominat
ing committee. These officers will
be installed Tuesday, May 4:
Mrs. Ramon Rosenzweig, presi
dent; Mrs. Aaron Levy, Mrs. Syd
ney Alpern, and Mrs. Irwin
Reed, vice presidents; Mrs. Ger
ald Erlich, recording secretary;
Mrs. Walter Lowe, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Harry Yellin,
financial secretary; Mrs. Albert
Yellin, treasurer; Mrs. A. I. Ros
enberg, chaplain; Mrs. Marvin
Arkin, auditor; and Mrs. A. E.
Rabhan, parliamentarian.
Mrs. Becky Dinerman was
honored at a surprise party in
honor of her 80th birthday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs
Hank Fishel. Other hosts and
hostesses were Mrs. Dinerman's
other children, Mrs. Sam Shenk-
man, Joe, Dave, and Max Diner-
man.
Sincerest Congratulations Upon the Fortieth
Anniversary of The Southern Israelite
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Gentle Readers....
You are cordially and personally invited to a dinner at 7
o’clock, Thursday evening, May 20, at the Jewish Community
Center, marking the 40th Anniversary of The Southern Israelite
and The Hebrew Watchman of Memphis. Special Guests will be
members of the American Jewish Press Association in Atlanta
for their 22nd Annual Convention. Principal speaker will be
Detroit’s Jewish News Editor Phil Slomoitz.
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