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Friday, February U, 1M«
On the inside page of last
week’s Indiana Jewish Chron
icle was a tiny item that sent me
chasing upstairs to see if by
chance I was unwittingly giving
aid to Red China! In the story,
a beauty salon operator warned
her patrons against buying wigs
unless they can be proven not to
Koffee Klatch
Now-Sheitels
by VIDA For Shiksas Too?
contain Chinese Communist hair.
Mrs. Cross, the operator of the
establishment, indicated Red
China has been deriving millions
of dollars from the U. S. wig
trade.
But my "mop” passed muster.
The hirsute adornment — which
decorates my closet shelf more
often than my head—was prop
erly labeled. So no aid or com
fort will the Reds get from me
or my hair!
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ILVER LINING
By RABBI SAMUEL SILVER
(A Seven Arts Feature)
A thousand tributes could not
do justice to the sweetness, the
sparkle and the brilliance of
Rabbi Morris Adler, target of the
shot of that De
troit youngster
who went bers
erk.
The newspaper
articles tell i
about his career*
and his achieve
ments are un
countable. But it
is hard to cap
ture, unless you
were with him, the splendor of
his personality and the sweep of
his Jewishness.
He volunteered for the chap
laincy in World War II, and he
was shipped to an island in the
Philippines called Leyte. Back In
Detroit, he did not wear a beard.
In Leyte he grew one. Asked
why, he replied that the insignia
on his uniform was so small the
GI’s couldn’t see it. He wanted a
larger insignia so that no Jew
ish boy would pass him by. And
those who met him felt the Adler
stamp for years.
For Morris Adler’s warmth
was encompassing. Learned he
was. He handled Hebrew, English
and Yiddish with enviable flu
ency. Eloquent he was. Erudite
he was. But many people are
stuffed with learning and steep
ed in their lore but they lack
laughter. Rabbi Adler always
took seriously his aim to spread
SAVANNAH NVWS
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sol Clark are
vacationing on the Island of
Nevis in the West Indies, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Abrahams of Philadelphia on
their plantation, Morningstar.
Pleasure of visit is doubled, as
Queen Elizabeth is expected to
visit Morningstar during the
Clarks’ stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Levy
announce the birth of a son,
Philip Malitz, on February 9.
The Southern Region of Young
Judaea will hold a District Con
clave in Savannah on March
11-13. Approximately 50 Juda
eans from Georgia and North
and South Carolina are expected
to attend.
Alan Howard Goldberg, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldberg,
has passed the Virginia Law
Bar examination. He attends the
University of Virginia and ex
pects to graduate in June.
Edward Nathan Rabhan, son
pf Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rabhan,
observed his Mar Mitzvah on
February 19 at B’nai B’rith Jacob
Synagogue.
Dr. William Wexler has been
elected honorary vice president
of Leo N. Levi Memorial Hos
pital in Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Levy and
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Melaver
leave this month on a tour of
Israel.
Among students on the fall
quarter dean’s list at Emory Uni
versity are Savannahians Ste
phen Ronald Blumberg, Simone
Broome and Sharon Lee Pollock.
Jewishness, but he did not take
himself solemnly. His jubilance
and jolly nature and wit match
ed his erudition. What a combi
nation! What a wonderful person
to be with!
Distinguished though he was,
nationally renowned though he
was, you will find that Rabbi
Adler always avoided wearing
anyone’s collar. His denomination
was Conservative, but you will
find him criticizing his own
group, when necessary, and hob
nobbing with those of other de
nominations as well. An ardent
Zionist, with a love for Eretz
which was crowned recently by
a long sabbatical there, he always
avoided becoming a “party-
liner.” His mind was always play
ing on any group, on any doc
trine, on any assumption.
A lover of Yiddishkeit, Rabbi
Adler lived his faith in his fam
ily relationships. His gifted wife
and devoted daughter and her
husband felt at all times the
heart-to-heart affection of one
who not only preached idealism
but vividly translated it into
daily living.
A thousand tributes cannot do
full justice to the loveliness and
liveliness to Rabbi Morri Adler.
What a wicked twist of fate that
he should be the target of a de
mented gun-wielder. Those who
knew and loved the rabbi were
not surprised at his concern for
the Bar Mitzvah boy whom he
rescued from danger. For years
that noble rabbi has been bring
ing deliverance to his people.
Once restricted by coet to the
very wealthy or very vain, new
methods have brought the wig
fad into the realm of big busi
ness. So much so, in fact, that
wignapping has become the new
est crime wave. I’ve seen news
paper stories about all variations
of this thievery. One Atlanta
woman lodged a complaint with
the police. Seems a man walked
up behind her and snatched the
wig right off her head . . . sec
ond time it happened to her. One
friend of ours had her new hair
piece stolen from her oar—before
she even had a chance to wear
it! Retail establishments on oc
casion have had their entire stock
cleaned out by daring delinqu
ents.
The Wall Street Journal re
cords that over three million
women now wear wigs, with
another six million sporting
hairpieces. That certainly give
the trend true stature, and ex
plains why wignapping is likely
to become more than “pretty
larceny.”
All this muss and fuss about
artifificial mops these days makes
. them seem like a brand new idea.
But Jews should know better. Be
cause the sheitels, worn by very
pious Jewish married women as
a sign of modesty, have been in
use for centuries. Apparently the
custom has been largely discard
ed now in most of the world.
But here are the facts: Judaism
insists on modest conduct on the
part of the married woman, and
such conduct 1» exceedingly
praised by the sages, while the
reverse is reproved severely.
Among the breaches of the stan
dard of conduct is going out in
public with uncovered head. The
theory being this may attract the
attention of the passersby, and in
a sense is flirting with strangers.
Hence, the sheitel.
If this breach and theory seems
a might stringent today, remem
ber, these rules were formulated
In an Oriental environment.
Anyway, perhaps it’s this sub-
ma’s day that has made wigs par-
conscious throwback to grand-
ticularly popular among Jewish
women. cl 960
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