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f H K SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Friday, April 1, 1966 Pare Ten Koffee Klatch by VIDA GOLDGAR One big reason I don’t person ally subscribe to the “Vanishing American Jew" theory is prob ably what I like to call the “Van ishing American Hinterland.’’ Every day I see more and more signs that the hinterland as it was known 20 or 30 years ago doesn't exist anymore as the outpost of American Jewry. This was brought home force fully as a result of my work this year with our Temple Teens. Last month a couple from Rome, Ga., drove the 120 odd mile round trip to Atlanta one evening just to transport six young people to meet with our teen group. Up in Rome, with only 22 Jewish fam ilies, they even have a synagogue with visiting student rabbis con ducting services. With such efforts ■ It sure isf Tint’s why Carmel is America's largest selling Import of Kosher Wines OrtiM ••«*<*» (m Pm—*— Sr CSis# Kmbtnxmlm W !•«•* Ckmrl Hmbk. 1—r Himim Cl—I R«SS« 1 J. 1)«—• CAftmEL CthI Wim C#-. Ut, H.Y, N.Y. The Vanishing Hinterland as they make, wouldn’t surprise me a bit if they soon find their community drawing more fam ilies who just need to see that it can be done. This sort of thing goes on all over the country. It seems to me that the determination of the Jews in the small towns to keep their Jewish identification for themselves and their children usually puts us big city dwellers to shame. Another community example of thi^ Jewish spirit is Fitzgerald, Ga., which can proudly claim Morris Abram, U. S. representa tive to the United Nations Com mission on Human Rights and national pres’dent of the Amer ican Jewish Committee, as a na tive son. Fitzgerald Congregation draws its membership not only from its own town but from Jews of several other small nearby towns as well, pooling their re sources and efforts into a vital, active whole which might well be emulated by the urbanites. When it’s too much trouble for us to drive cross-town, these hardy souls may drive many miles. Fewer in number, they try harder. Today, modem science with its television, highspeed highways and modem automobiles, direct dialing telephones, closed circuit hookups and such, has made many of the former problems of the small-town Jew almost negli gible obstacles. Even so, effort is necessary. In turn, effort requires ideological conviction. These same miracles of mod em science have altered another aspect of the so-called isolated life. Their non-Jewish townsfel- lows are exposed through all communications media to a bet ter understanding of the Jew. Not that this always leads to true Brotherhood, but the door is open for those who care. In one high school with only two or three Jewish students out of 1800, I was amazed recently when the director of a folk-danc ing exhibition started her intro duction with—“The Jewish peo ple have been scattered all over the world for centuries. Customs from many countries make up their heritage ..." With a little more explanation, the music rose fa%El\TJiPiTY" Boutique Sportswear 288 Buckhead Avc., N. 11 000-0000 Watch for our new LOCATION and these children took off on a very spirited Horah, with the on lookers clapping time. And not a Jewish girl in the bunch. A Negro girl yes!A Mex ican girl—yes! Possibly even an Iranian girl. But a Jewish girl?— Not one. Yet, their execution of the Horah might have done any Israeli group proud. And in their study of the origins of the dance, that door of understanding open- Israel Starts Training Police JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel inaugurated a five-month course of training policemen from Afri can countries in general police work, especially in traffic con trol. The first group of Africans, 10 Ethiopians, was enrolled in the course. All are officers in the Ethiopian police corps, several of them being deputy superinten dents of police. One hundred members of the army of Nepal, being trained as parachutists by the Israeli army, staged their first mass jump at their training base “somewhere in Israel." To mark the occas ion, their commander, Major Yaduban, of the Royal Nepalese Army, presented a gift to the Is raeli Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin. The gift was a Gurkha knife in a velvet, pearl- studded sheath. ed just a crack wider. small American towns. Don’t Things are happening in these count them out! cl906 SOJITZm/IDD liouse for BANQUETS nmi fmints 20-525 4 Sales & Executive Business Meetings, Hospitality Receptions. Parties □ 4 exciting new Banquet and Display rooms. 870 Peachtree Street Nf / at Manta Cabana Hotel / 874 5057 W w L mkb Elegant Dining OWL ROOM Lounge West Paces Ferry Rd. at Northwest Expressway Open 5:00 p.m. Irvindale Dairies Again Irvindale Dairies is ready to serve the Jewish community with Kosher milk for the Holidays beginning April 4th Place your order early Wholesale and Retail Phone Tr. 2-7703 484 Plaster Avenue, N. E. (Main Office and Plant) Happy tto c\]/ $ ME 6-1633 ME 6-1634 2299 CHESHIRE BRIDGE RD., N. E. ATLANTA, GA. Full Line of Passover Foods and Wines at Attractive Prices Mogen David Tenth Decanters (2=1 fifth) tax incl. ONLY 59c FULL QUART Covenant Concord Wine MANISCHEWITZ or MOGEN DAVID .19 Full fifths all flavors 11.39 tax incl. tax included 5 LB. BOXES IVTanischewitz Goodmans Streits Matzos $2.59 FULL LINE Carmel or Migdal Imported From Israel WINES CONCORD' ROSE BLACKBERRY CHERRY