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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, July 9, 1965
JAO Alumni Dedicate Athletic Field
In Memory of Jay and Leslie Cohen
Field, The Memory of
Structure Razed by Fire
Atlanta Cantor Visits Shule Site
Of His First U. S. Engagement
Camp Barney Medintz on the
morning of Sunday, June 13
was the scene of the dedication
of a playing field at Camp Barney
Medintz in memory of the late
Jay and Leslie Cohen.
A bronze plaque (photo above)
affixed to a rustic standard of
locust wood was installed bear
ing the following legend—
This Athletic Field fe
named in Memory of our
Dear Friends Whose
Lives Displayed Good
Sportsmanship, Spirit and
Teamwork To All Who
Participate on this
NEW YORK, (WUP) —Arthur
L. Jacobs, managing editor of the
Jewish-Day-Journal, accomplish
ed the "impossible” during his
recent visit to the Soviet Union.
He succeeded in gettingd%n ex
clusive interview with the noted
Soviet - Jewish scientist Lev
Landau, winner of a Nobel Prize
and the man who did some of
the fundamental work in the
oritical physics used for the
launching of the Sputniks and
the other Russian space projects.
While in Moscow, Jacobs met
with some of the chiefs of the
Novosti Press Agency. Present
also were the Soviet Yiddish
writers Aaron Vergelis and
Shloime Rabinovitch. Asked
whom he would like to see in
Moscow, Jacobs replied: "Your
political or writing personalities
mean less to me than one man
and he is Professor Lev Landau.”
"Impossible,” his hosts said.
“He is still broken up and should
Jay and Leslie Will
Serve As a Bless in* And
An Inspiration.
J.A.O. Club
1947 - 1954
Representing the original mem
bers of the JAO club in bringing
about this dedication were Dr.
Bernard Kahn and Robert I.
Paller.
Milton Weinstein, president of
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center, accepted the dedication
jon behalf of the Center and Camp
Barney Medintz.
not be disturbed.'
Some two years ago, Landau
was in an automobile accident.
There was practically no hope of
survival. The Soviet’s leading
medical men and scientists were
summoned working around the
clock. Four times his heart stop
ped and four times his heart
beat was revived with medicines
and massages. “A man-made
miracle was accomplished,”
Jacobs notes in his reports in the
Day-Journal.
Noting his insistence in meet
ing Landau despite his indisposi
tion, Jacob’s hosts finally man
aged to make the “impossible”
possible. The interview was ar
ranged, his Jewish and non-Jew-
ish hosts went along with him.
Greeted by Mrs. Landau—a
typical White Russian blonde—
as he rang the bell to the duplex
apartment near the Institute of
Physics of Moscow University,
Jacobs and escorts were directed
It was with deep regret that
Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s
Cantor Joseph Schwartzman re
cently paid a final visit to the
rubble remaining of B’nei
Yitschok Nusach Arei Synagogue
in Brooklyn earlier this summer.
He was up east attending the
national convention of cantors.
The synagogue, where Cantor
Schwartzman had first served
when he came to this country
from Europe, was destroyed by
fire on the eve of Passover this
year.
The fire broke out near the
Ark, but Cantor Schwartzman
reports that fortunately Rabbi
Nison Telushkin, who has served
the synagogue for forty years,
and a number of congregants
were able to rescue the scrolls
and had time to run out into the
street with them.
It was quite by accident that
Cantor Schwartzman then 20
years old was engaged by the
Brooklyn synagogue. Newly ar
rived from Europe he was given
the address of a nearby synago
gue where he might be able to
officiate for a Sabbath service.
He located the synagogue,
only to find that another cantor
upstairs to a bedroom. There, the
Jewish-Day-Journal editor re
counts, he found Lev Landau
“stretched out on a carpet cover
ed bed.” He found him “a long,
thin man with a chiseled ascetic
face.”
Reporting on the visit, Arthur
Jacobs observes:
“Our discussion brought forth
that Lev Landau was born 57
years ago in Baku where his
father, David, was principal engi
neer; Luba was his mother’s
name. He had a somewhat limit
ed Jewish education but it in
cluded observance of the Jewish
holidays.
“Lev Landau told me: ‘I love
my work and am anxious to get
back to it. But my pains are such
that I cannot even read. They
come hourly. My mind remem
bers everything before the acci
dent, but nothing about the ac
cident or in between. I have had
one dream during my sickness:
I met God, and God said to me,
Go back to earth, you are not a
believer.’
“The talk became more general
and he pleaded with me apolo
getically in his precise way but
was hampered either by denture
trouble as a result of the acci
dent, or lack of muscular coordi
nation. I did get one more ques
tion in as to whether he would
go abroad to the universities to
lecture, such as M.I.T., Weiz-
mann Institute in Israel and he
refused to be specific.
“There are no scars on Lau-
dau’s face which has a tightly
drawn skin, but the tension of
continuous pain is there. With
it all, there is the gentle smile
on his long thin biblically proph
etic face. He has small sensitive
hands constantly clasped to hold
down the pains.
“We realized he was ebhaust-
ed. We went down to the living
room where Mrs. Landau had a
true Russian spread of cakes,
candy and coffee. She contnued
where her husband had left off
. . . As we were talking, their
only child, Igor, came in. He is
also six feet tall, lean like his
father, with the same shy smile,
but blue-eyed and fair-complex-
ioned. At 18, he is majoring in
both physics and chemistry and
is three years ahead of his group
in both.
“Mrs. Landau told of Lev Lan
dau’s love of Shakespeare, his
passion for English poetry, his
interest in painting an dsculp-
ture, but mostly of his love of
teaching.”
was to officiate that Saturday.
Passing a beautiful neapby~syna-
gogue where severaf hundred
worshipers had begun a service,
Cantor Schwartzman decided to
go in.
Immediately questioned by a
man who asked why he came
into the synagogue carrying a
bundle under his arm, the cantor
answered, “This is a gown and a
t a 1 i s that I wear when I
Rabbi and Mrs. Menahim M.
Goodman, formerly of Knoxville,
where Rabbi Goodman served as
spiritual leader of Heska Amuna
Congregation, will observe their
25th wedding anniversary this
Sunday. At 6:30 p. m. on July 11,
1965 Rabbi and Mrs. Goodman
will be honored by the Anshe
hood and Men’s Club with a ban-
Motele Congregation, the Sister-
quet in the social rooms of the
Anshe Motele Synagogue, 6520
North California Avenue, Chica
go, where Rabbi Goodman has
been serving as spiritual leader
for eight years.
What makes this silver wed
ding anniversary so unique is
that 25 years ago, it was at the
Anshe Motele Congregation (then
located on Chicago’s West Side)
that Rabbi Goodman had his
“Aufruf,” for Mrs. Goodman’s
father, Rabbi L. Kaplan, now
dean of the orthodox Rabbinate
of Chicago, was the spiritual
leader, and it was at that time
Mrs. Goodman was bora and
there she received her early re
ligious training.
Many of the people that at
tended the wedding of Rabbi and
Mrs. Goodman at Congregation
Anshe Motele will be present at
the silver wedding anniversary
celebration and Rabbi Kaplan,
father of Mrs. Goodman, who was
“Misadichdushen” (officated) at
; 1—
worship.”
Determining that the newcomer
was a cantor, the questioner, who
was the president of the synago
gue hurriedly conferred with the
rabbi. Then, to Cantor Schwartz-
(nan’s delight, he was told, “If
^you make the services brief, you
can officiate.”
After a brief trial, the presi
dent and his committee asked
Cantor Schwartzman to remain
as permanent cantor.
It was these nostalgic memories
that were evoked by news of the
tragic fire. Authorities indicated
that the fire was deliberately set
by vandals; Rabbi Telushkin
speculated that the intention was
to destroy the worshipers during
prayer.
the wedding will preside at the
silver wedding anniversary.
Since coming to Anshe Motele
from Minneapolis where Rabbi
Goodman served after leaving
Kfcoxville, Rabbi Goodman has
made it the fastest growing orth
odox synagogue in the West
Rogers Park area of Chicago and
was responsible for the building
of the Rabbi L. Kaplan Hebrew
Educational Center which ad
joins the Synagogue.
Rabbi Goodman is also depart
mental chaplain of the JWV of
the State of Illinois and recently
received a citation from the
Combined Jewish Appeal of
Greater Chicago for his outstand
ing work. He also serves on the
Board of Goverors of the State
of Israel of One Hundred One
and, important executive civil and
religious local organizations. Mrs.
Goodman was recently honored
by the Chicago State of Israel
Bond office with a presentation
of 12 gold charms depicting the
12 tribes of Israel for her work
in the sale of Israel Bonds. She
has been honored by local or
ganizations as the most “popular”
reviewer of current books, and
is acting principal of the Rabbi
L. Kaplan Hebrew Educational
Center, and is on the faculty of
the English department of a
North Side High School under
the Chicago Board of Education.
FOR A LIGHT HEADED
SUMMER - RESTYLE
New as tomorrow, but as romantic as
yesterday—the two sides of summer’s
coiffeur coin—the geometric straight
look or the soft gentle yet bouffant
curve. Our highly trained staff will be
sure to please you.
Wigs restyled — Manicures
Hear Ye,
Hear ye!”
w. prou My
announce the
appointmen/
of a talented culinary
artist to our staff
JOHN PISKOR
Master Chief
formerly of the Progres
sive Club where he dis
tinguished himself with
his gastronomical cre
ations
PARLIAMENT HOUSE Motor Inn
In the Heart of Downtown Atlanta
Convenient to Business, Shopping and Expressways
70 Houston St., N. E. 525 - 4201
Swimming Pool of Course
Jacobs Of Day-Journal Finds Lev Landau
A Man Of Courage and Simplicity
Former Knoxville ltabbi, Wife
To Observe 25th on July 11