The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, June 10, 1966, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextP**e four TO* SOOTHKKN ISIAKLITK Friday, June 10, 1960 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Published weekly by Southern Newspaper Enterprises, 390 Court- land 8L, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, TB. 6-8249, TR. 6-8240. Sec ond clasu postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia. Yearly subscription fire dollars. The Southern Israelite invites literary contributions and correspondence but is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by writers. DEADLINE is 5 P.M. FRIDAY, but material received earlier will have a much better chance of publication. Georgia Press Association NATIONAL EDITORIAL 7 Arts Features Jewish Telegraphic Agency World Press Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb, Joseph Redlich Vida Goldgar, Harry Rose, Betty Meyer, Kathy Wood Nod For Jewish Newspapers Many messages of congratulations and support were re ceived by the American Jewish Press Association last week, through retiring president, Morris Janoff,. Jersey City, in conjunction with the national observance of Jewish Press Week and its convention in Washington. These two messages particularly stand out in recognition for the goals in communications the weekly Jewish news papers are attempting to achieve: I know from my own experience of years of newspaper work how much energy and effort goes into editing a news paper. And you, American Jewish editors, have, I venture to say, a particularly complex and significant assignment. In a language that is not in itself part of the Jewish historical experience, in a country that is virtually a continent, among Jews who are not driven inward by negative or hostile fac tors, you are — valiantly endeavoring to bring everything Jewish close to the heart of American Jews, to deepen their comprehension, to strengthen their ties with Jews elsewhere and with Israel, the central and basic fact in Jewish life and survival. May your hands be strengthened. Sincerely, ZALMAN SHAZAR President of Israel * * * * Am happy to extend my cordial greetings to the annual convention of the American Jewish Press Association. The independent English-Jewish newspapers of the United States uphold a proud journalistic tradition reporting to Jewish communities, large and small, news and views of Jewish in terest. The prominent place these newspapers give to the Isrsael scene make of them an important vehicle for Israel Diaspora, understanding, contributing to the strengthening of spiritual bonds which unite us as a people. LEVI ESHKOL Israel Prime Minister SOUTHERN NOTES Alex Slotin SAVANNAH NEWS Alex Slotin of Augusta died recently. Funeral services were con ducted by Rabbi Maynard Hy man assisted by the Rev. Herman Roth. Interment was in Magno lia Cemetery. Mr. Slotin was a retired merchant. Formerly of Douglas, Ga., he had lived in Augusta for ten years and was a member of Adas Yeshuron Synagogue. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Birdie Greenberg Slotin; a son, Phillip Slotin, Charleston; daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Schlos- ser, Atlanta; two brothers, Is- adore Slotin, Miami, and Paul Slotin, Montreal, Can.; sister, Mrs. Edith Hirsch, Baxley, four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. AUGUSTA NEWS Jay Harry Kaplan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kaplan of Au gusta, observed his Bar Mitz- vah at Adas Yeshuron Syna gogue on June 4. • • • • The Augusta Chapter of Ha- dassah was honored at the Southeastern Regional Confer ence in Atlanta for being the most outstanding chapter in the region this year. • * • • Mrs. Michael Cohen, Mrs. Irvin Daitch and Mrs. Dan Langsarn have become Life Members of Augusta Hadassah. • • • • Mrs. Hill Silver was named the first “Woman of the Year” by the Daughters of Israel, sis terhood of Adas Yeshuron Syn- gogue Jack Levy has been chosen “Boss of the Year” by the Sa vannah Credit Woman’s Club. Gary S. Rosenthal of Scars- dale, N. Y., son of Mrs. Maxwell Rosenthal of Savannah, received his master’s degree from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, on June 1. He has joined the U. S. Trust Company of New York as a se curity analyst. Aron C. Palesfsky, son of Mrs. Ethel Cohen Palefsky and Abram Palefsky, observed hjs Bar Mitzvah on May 28 at Ag- udath Achim Synagogue. Mr. and Mrs. Max Geller at tended the recent graduation and commissioning exercises at the U. S. Naval Officer Cand idate School, Newport, R. I., where their son, Marvin, re ceived his ensign’s commission. Shearith Isrm*lNrSY Will Install June 11 Newly elected officers of the Shearith Israel Synagogue’s NCSY chapter will be installed on Friday, June 11. In an un usual installation ceremony, the youngsters will not only be in stalled but will read from the Torah and conduct the entire Sabbath service. Julius Alembik is the new president of the NCSY. Serving with him will be Larry Miller and Steve Levetan, vice presi dents; Janet Strassburger, sec retary, and Marilyn Rich, treas urer. The service will be conduct ed by Noah Bass, Julius Alem bik, Kenneth Stoltz, Steven Funk, Larry Miller and Isaac Klug. Comment and Opinion Soviet Admission About Jews While Premier Kosygin completed the courting of President Nasser of Egypt with declarations of self-righteou s n e s s that he contrasted with sinister Amer ican plots in the Middle East, a leading Sov iet authority on nationality questions con firmed that the USSR’s nearly three million Jews lack the conditions required for normal national development. This statement ap pears in a long article by Dr. Makhood Sady- kovich Dzhunusov in a journal published in Russia. Dr. Dzhunusov, a Kirghiz by national ity, emphasizes that the Jews of the Soviet Union have not been permitted to develop into a nationality, the basis for self-respect in the collection of nationalitis that is in the Soviet Union, while smaller minorities have. For instance, he cites the Buriats (253,000), the Yakuts (237,000), the Kabardines (204,- 000), the Kalmks (106,000), and others with fewer numbers who have been granted this distinction from which important rights flow under the Soviet system. The conditions es tablished by Stalin for recognition of a group as a nationality (a common language and common territory) no longer apply, states the article, and it is wrong always to demand the fulfillment of the same condi tions before granting acknowledgement as a nation to any group. This is a justification for Jews, though they live in comparatively small groups in the various republics and districts of the USSR, and primarily in urban centers, for being permitted to be given privileges granted to other national ities there . . . Our State Department . . . has steadily refused to avail itself of a strong counter-argument against life in Kosygin’s back yard, namely, Soviet religious, economic and social persecution of its Jews now prac tically admitted in Dr. Dzhunusov’s article in terms of nationality barriers. It is time for our Government to strike back at the Soviet Union not only with competing aid to relieve human needs but also with a pow erful case in point of the sordid political system that exists there—namely, the vicious treatment of its Jewish citizens. —JEWISH ADVOCATE, Barton A Bankrupt U. S. Policy One might almost credit Rep. Seymour Halpem (R,NY) with the question of the century when he asked the American Jewish Congress delegates in convention: “Why should our men give their lives to battle MIG-21s in the Far East while our taxpayers help purchase MIG-21s in the Middle East?” He was referring of course, to purchases made by Egypt’s Nasser from Russia with money made possible through mis-used American economic aid. Let us be frank about this matter. No one has any objection to Egypt getting surplus foods and other help from the U. S., if that country uses our aid to improve the condition of its people. We would very much like to see standards of living rise in Egypt and in other nations throughout the Arab world. But the Egyp tian practice of changing butter into bullets challenges the very morality of continuing any aid. In actuality, it puts a double drain on the American taxpayer. For our State De partment, in order to implement its policy of balance of influence between contending Arab forces, must then supply military aid to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. We are not, at this moment, passing judgment on this bal- ance-of-influence policy. But we do find it costly and, while we are not arming Nasser directly, his subversion of our aid means that we are arming the entire Arab world. Yemen, where Nasser has committed 70,000 troops to the destruction of the legitimate ruling power, the Inman, Egyptian soldiers with Soviet weapons (purchased with divert- JEWISH FAST OF TUMMUZ July 6, Tuesday TISHAII B’AV July 26, Tuesday CALENDAR •ROSH IIASIIONAI1 Thursday and Friday September 15-16, •YOM KITPUR September 24, Saturday •HOLIDAY BEGINS SUNDOWN PREVIOUS DAY ed U. S. assistance) are fighting Yemini troops whose weapons are manufactured in the U. S. . . . This is indeed the product of a bankrupt policy of statesmanship on the part of our nation. —B’NAI B’RITIl MESSENGER TALMUDIC TREASURES Collected and Translated By JACOB L. FRIEND The biblical command: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” is universal and applies to everybody, irrespective of color, belief or creed, but especially is it extend ed to the stranger, with the additional re minder “for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Leviticus xiv, 34). This is a most comprehensive rule of moral conduct in Jew ish life. The Babylonian Talmud in vol. Sab bath 31a, relates a story that once a heathen came to Hillel the sage and asked him to teach him the Torah while he stood on one leg. Hillel the sage was known for his gen tleness and patience, said to the mocking heathen: “What is hateful to yourself don’t do to your fellow man. This is the whole Torah, the rest is commentary. Go and study it” • Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into friend. • It is easy to acquire an enemy, but dif ficult to acquire a friend. • A man has three friends: his sons, his wealth and his good deeds. • Get thee a companion, one to whom you can tell your secrets. In choosing a friend, go up a step. * * * * * Two loyal friends At the end of a war two men were part ed who had previously lived in the same country and were both great and intimate friends. One was left in one kingdom and the second in another. It so happened that communication between the two lands was forbidden, the two friends remained in touch with each other, and one of them, visiting his friend by stealth, was captured and sen tenced to die as a spy. The man implored the king who had decreed his penalty: ,e Your Majesty, give me a month respite, so that I may place my affairs in order lest my fam ily be impoverished: at the end of the month l will return to pay the penalty.” The king said: “And who will be thy su rety?” The man answered: “Call in my friend, and he will pay with his life for my life, in the event I do not return.” To the king's amazement, the friend accepted the condition. On the last day of the month when the penalty was to be carried out, when the sword teas about to descend, the first friend returned, ascended the gallows, and placing himself at the hands of the execu tioner declared to his friend: “Here I am, my friend, let me die.” The king, who was pres ent at the scene of the intended execution, was beyond words and extremely touched by such deep friendship displayed, pardoned them both, asking them to include him as a third in their remarkable friendship. ***** Friends better than wealth A rich man promised to leave to each of his ten sons the sum of one hundred Dinars (ancient coin, about US$11.00). But when his time to die came he dicovered that he pos sessed only nine hundred and fifty. To each of his older sons he left a hundred Dinars apiece, and, calling in his youngest son, he said: “I have only fifty Dinars left; 30 I need for burial expenses, and only twenty I can leave to you. But in addition I shall leave you a letter of recommendation to my ten best friends.” The older sons went their way, and the youngest spent little by little the few dinars bequeathed to him. When only one dinar re mained, he invited the ten ' friends of his father to a meal. They consulted together and said: “He is the only one among the ten sons of our friend who still cares for us, and he is poor. Let us aid him in his distress.” They established him a dairy, and soon he prospered more than his brothers. He said- 'Indeed, my father left me more than all my brothers together.”