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The Southern Israelite
Vol. XLI
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1 ' % '
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1966
. . . in brief
20,000 at Funeral of Rabb. seller;
Day of Mourning Declared
DETROIT (JTA) — Led by
highest clerical and lay digni
taries of the state and city, in
cluding Gov. George Romney,
Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, and
their official families, 20,000 per
sons Sunday attended funeral
services for Rabbi Morris Adler,
held at his own Shaarey Zedek
Temple, in suburban Southfield.
The rabbi, who would have
been 60 on March 30, succumbed
Friday to a gunshot wound in his
head, received 27 days earlier,
when a young, demented congre
gant fired at horn while the rab
bi was conducting Sabbath serv
ices in his pulpit. He was taken
to Sinai Hospital and had never
regained consciousness. His wife,
Mrs. Goldie Adler, was at his
bedside when he died. His as
sailant, who had turned the gun
on himself, died from his self-
inflicted bullet wound in four
days.
Both Gov. Romney and Mayor
Cavanagh declared Sunday an of
ficial day of mourning for the en
tire state and city. The rabbi’s
remains were laid out in the tem
ple Saturday night and thousands
of mourners passed by the bier
throughout the night and all
morning Sunday.
The services for Rabbi Adler
were conducted by Dr. Louis
Finkelstein, chancellor of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America; Rabbi Max Arzt, pro
vost of the seminary; Rabbi Irwin
Goren, Rabbi Adler’s associate;
Rabbi Mordechai Halpem, of
Temple Beth Shalom, Detroit, a
cousin of Rabbi Adler; and can
tors Jacob H. Sinenklar and Reu-
ven Frankel. Intermnet was at
Clover Hill Park, Royal Oak,
Mich.
Every pew in the 5,000-seat
Shaarey Zedek Temple’s sanctu
ary was filled when the services
were begun at 2 p. m. More than
1,000 other mourners listened to
the services over loud speakers
in other temple halls and study .
rooms. Thousands jammed the
streets outside the magnificent
$4,500,000 temple dedicated in
1962 under the supervision of
Rabbi Adler, following the serv
ices and reciting “amens" that
came over other loud speakers.
500 Automobiles
In Funeral Cortege
More than 500 automobiles fol
lowed the funeral procession from
the temple to the cemetery.
Among the national Jewish or
ganizations represented at the
funeral were the Council of Jew
ish Federations and Welfare
Funds, the Zionist Organization
of America, the Jewish National
Fund, and the Jewish War Vet
erans of the United States. The
Israel Government was repres
ented by Consul Aviv Ekroni of
the Consulate-General in Chicago,
and the B’nai B’rith delegation
was led by Label A. Katz, form
er national president of the or
ganization.
In addition to official delega
tions representing Jewish groups,
there were also delegations rep
resenting Roman Catholic and
Protestant churches. Archbishop
John F. Deegan, Roman Cath
olic prelate of the Detroit dio
cese, lauded Rabbi Adler in his
official mourning pronouncement.
Lewis H. Weinstein, president of
the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds, called Rabbi
Adler “ a giant in his leadership
of our people and our nation.”
Rabbi Adler was not only out
standing among America’s spir
itual leaders, but also a prime
proponent of the ecumenical
spirit in this country, as well as
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Egypt Tells UN All UAR Citizens
Enjoy Political, Civil, Religious Rights
American Jewish Congress Mon
day called on Secretary of State
Dean Rusk to repudiate the “ugly
practice” of excluding Jews from
diplomatic posts in Arab coun
tries, it was reported at a meet
ing of the organization’s Govern
ing Council.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—An Amer
ican youth, Edward Levi, who
crossed over into Syria two years
ago, near Ein Gev, was returned
to Israel this week in an ex
change of prisoners between
Israel and Syria. It was the first
such exchange in two years.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The execu
tive board of Tel Aviv Univer
sity voted here not to accept the
resignation of Dr. George Wise,
who had quit the presidency of
the university, as well as to
refuse to accept “all other recent
resignations." The board’s decis
ion was voted by a ballot of six
to two, the dissenters being Dr.
Ben-Zion Katz, rector of the uni
versity, and Prof. Alfred Klop-
stock, the former rector.
The board called on Dr. Wise,
who had left for the United
States, to return here as soon as
possible and resume his duties as
president.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
JDC Sends Passover
Supplies to East Europe
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Joint Distribution Committee has
shipped 616,500 pounds of mat-
zoh and other Passover supplies
were shipped are Albania, Bel
gium, Greech, Italy, Portugal and
Spain.
JDC also made special grants
to enable needy Jews in Algeria,
Iran, Morocco and Tunisia to
purchase matzoh and other Pass-
over supplies locally. In Poland
matzoh is baked by the religious
community with equipment sup
plied by JDC. Needy Jews there
are given funds to purchase mat
zoh and other supplies produced
locally.
The Georgia State Association
of B’nai B’rith Lodges convenes
this weekend in Atlanta.
On Saturday, March 19, the
delegates and local B’nai B’rith
dignitaries will be feted at a
cocktail party and reception at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Rabinowitz at 1525 High Haven
Ct., N.E. beginning at 9:00 p.m.
Mr. Rabinowitz is a past State
Association president and is
serving as convention chairman.
The highlight of the conven
tion will take place Sunday,
March 20, at 1:00 p. m. at the
Progressive Club. Governor Carl
Sanders of Georgia will be the
speaker and present awards to
several BBYO groups. The entire
community of Atlanta is invited
to attend the luncheon and
honor Gov. Sanders. Governor
Sanders will be introduced by
Rep. Elliot Levitas of DeKalb
County.
Business sessions begin at
10:00 a.m. Sunday at The Pro
gressive Club and continue until
4:00 p.m. Outstanding features
on the agenda are:
1. A Hillel Seminar, featuring
Rabbi Frank Fisher of the U. of
Ga. at Athens and Rabbi Eman
uel Feldman of Atlanta.
2. A BBYO seminar, featuring
Ronald Cahn, Dist. No. 5 BBYO
(JTA)—Israel won a significant
victory here last weekend, over
staunch opposition, by getting a
favorable vote in the Commis
sion on Human Rights of a prop
osal that all countries should as
sure orphaned children that they
must be brought up in accord
ance with the “expressed or pre
sumed” religious wishes of their
dead parents.
A non-governmental speaker
during the debate, Dr. Isaac
Lewis, of the World Agudath Is
rael, had told the Commission
that, following World War II, at
least 20,000 orphans had been
turned over to Gentiles for their
upbringing, thus being “lost to
their people.”
A hand of oppression and
hope depicts the fourth mat-
zot stressed bythe American
Jewish Conference on Soviet
Jewry todramatizethe plight
of three million Jews in the
Soviet Unionduringthecom
ing Passover seder. The art
rendering by the Israeli-
French artist, Nissan Engel.
GOVERNOR SANDERS
director; Mrs. Girt Bossak, At
lanta and Columbus BBYO di
rector; and, Bernard Spector^
former Southern Regional BBYO
chairman and current Atlanta &
Columbus chairman.
3. An ADL seminar, conducted
by Theodore Freedman, South
eastern Regional director of the
ADL.
4. A report from Arnold Elli
son, Dist. No. 5 executive secre
tary. Mr. Ellison will speak on
By Ruth Gershon
UNITED NATIONS, (WUP)—
The United Arab Republic this
week submitted a report to the
UN Commission on Human
Rights declaring that “under the
Constitution” of Egypt “there is
no discrimination due to race,
origin, language or religion” and
that “freedom of religion is
guaranteed.”
The UAR document, which
forms part of periodic reports
which UN governments have
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NATHAN JAY
B’nai B’rith in Georgia.
5. Nathan Jay, of Athens, the
outgoing president of the State
Association, will give his report.
6. Harris Jacobs, past president
of Atlanta Lodge, will be in
stalled as the new president.
The entire program will take
place at the Progressive Club and
all B’nai B’rith members are in
vited to attend any or all of the
sessions.
been requested to submit to the
world organization on the prog
ress of human rights, appears to
contradict the actual situation in
Egypt where citizens of both
Greek and Jewish origin have
been deprived of their basic
rights.
Reporting on civil and poli
tical rights and the progress
made in this field during 1965,
the Egyptian document cites the
Constitution:
“Egyptians are equal before the
law and they have equal public
rights and duties, without dis
crimination between them due to
race, origin, language, religion or
creed.” (Article 24)
“Freedom of belief is absolute.
The State protects the freedom of
the practice of religion and
creeds in accordance with cus
toms provided this does not in
fringe upon public order or con
flict with morality.” (Article 34)
The UAR report adds that
“there is no trace of discrimina
tion in any form whatsoever in
the UAR as various races and
ethnic groups were combined
together since time immemorial.”
On the question of individual
NEW YORK, (WUP) — A
former German Air Force cap
tain of World War I, said to be
an anti-Nazi who had taken part
in the conspiracy to assassinate
Hitler in July, 1944, has be
queathed $250,000 to the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),
it was revealed here this week by
the Herald Tribune staff writer
Francis Sugrue.
The German, Wolfram von
Piftmwitz, a member of the
Prussian nobility by birth and a
Lutheran by faith, died here on
January 29 at the age of 76. When
his will was filed last week, it
was learned that he had directed
that his estate, estimated at
$500,000, be divided equally be
tween Francis Cardinal Spellman
or his successor “to employ the
private ownership of property
and land, the report cites Article
16 of the Constitution which pro
vides that “private ownership is
safeguarded . . . Ownership is not
expropriated except for public
utility and against a fair compen
sation in accordance with the
law.”
This, too, appears to contradict
the facts as they have been re
ported from the UAR by reliable
newspapermen during the past
decade. Jewish and Greek pro
perties have been expropriated
without any fair compensation.
Another part of the UAR re
port to the UN states that
“freedom of the press, printing
and publishing is guaranteed
within the limits of the law.”
“Within the limits of the law”
may explain the arrest of Egypt’s
most important editors and
writers in recent time.
The document’s only refer
ence to Jews is contained in a
paragraph which states: “Under
the decision of the Council of
Ministers dated 1953, Christian
and Jewish employees and work
ers are given official holidays on
their feasts.”
assets to help needy and deserv
ing people in the community,”
and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society, “for the purpose of as
sisting needy and deserving
Jewish immigrants to the U. S.”
Asked to comment about the
gift, a HIAS spokesman told
Mr. Sugrue that his organiza
tion had known nothing about
von Pannwitz’ will, but he added
that the gift “is a wonderful
windfall for us. We have about a
$250,000 deficit, and this would
just about cover it. This is manna
from heaven.”
Strangely, the former German
captain noted in his will that “all
my blood relations, near or re
mote, shall be excluded from my
inheritance, there being special
reasons for this my direction.”
Georgia B’nai B’rith Convention
This Weekend in Atlanta
Former German Air Force Capt.
Leaves $250,000 To Hias