The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, August 12, 1966, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Textran Eight TBI SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Friday, August 12, 1966 Kerness New Director Of Knoxville Center Konxville’s Amstein Jewish Community Center has announc ed the appointment of a new exe cutive director, Elton Jay Ker ness. Mr. Kerness has been youth director and camp director of the Memphis Jewish Community Center for the past two years. Mr. Kerness will also serve as executive secretary of the Knox ville Jewish Welfare Fund and will work in close cooperation with the Synagogue, Temple, adult and youth organizations in total Jewish community activities and objectives. Holder of a master’s degree in social work from Adelphi Uni versity, Long Island, N. Y., Mr. Kerness also attended the Uni versity of Tennessee School of Social Work in Nashville. He re ceived his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in 1956. Prior to his Memphis pos ition, he was associated with the Newark, Miami and Forest Hills, N. Y., Jewish agencies. Mr. Kerner has developed a new concept on a work experi ence for young teenagers known as the Youth Corps, and this re port will be featured in a future JWB “Program Aids” publication. He has appeared frequently as guest speaker and book reviewer on Memphis TV and radio and is a member of the National Assn, of Jewish Center Workers and the National Assn, of Social Workers. Mr. Kerness and his wife, the former Bonnie Gay Ulger of For est Hills, N. Y., have two chil dren, Paul- David, two years, and Lauren Joy, one year old. OBITUARIES Greenberg Unveiling Unveiling ceremonies in mem ory of Mrs. Anna L. Greenberg of Atlanta will be held at 4:00 p. m., Sunday, Aug. 21, at Green wood Cemetery. Cantor Robert Ungar will officiate. Mrs. Dora Furchgott Mrs. Dora B. Furchgott, 73, former Charlestonian, died in Atlanta July 30. She was a member of a pioneer Charleston family. Her parents were Charles and Clara Rauch- baum Brown. In Charleston she belonged to the historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, one of America’s oldest Reform congre gations. She had been active with the Temple Sisterhood, the Sewing Society and the Charles ton Country Club. Funeral services were conduct ed by Rabbi Richard J. Lehrman on July 31. Interment was in Crest Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include her daugh ters, Mrs. Henry D. Geigerman, Atlanta; Mrs. Irvin Eisenberg, Memphis; sons, Melvin Furch gott, Memphis; Charles Furch gott, Savannah; Maurice Furch gott, Baltimore; brothers, Sam Brown, Charleston; Charles Brown, Stratford, Conn., and Henry Brown, Atlanta, and 11 grandchildren. Joseph David Joseph David, 94, of Tampa died Sunday, July 24. A native of Germany, he had lived in Tampa 31 years and was a member of Beth Israel Syn agogue and the Chessed Shel Ernes. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rosa David; a daughter, Mrs. Milian Hirsch of Tampa; two sons, Julius and Jack David, both of New York; seven grand children and five great grand children. Harry Jacobstein Harry Jacobstein, 79, died July 15 at St. Louis. Rabbi Joe Rosenbloom con ducted the funeral. A native of Louisville, Ky., Mr. Jacobstein had resided in St. Louis most of his life. He was a retired jew eler. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ann Katharyn Jacobstein. and two brothers, Alex of Skokie, Ill., and M. Jacobstein of Atlanta. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Tillie Benjamin Arlen and Mrs. Dorothy Kaplan of Miami; Mrs. Bettie Pearlman and Mrs. Ida Pearlman of Louisville. Office: JA 9-MSZ Morris H. Manheim, Jr. MONUMENTS Berne: TR. 4-S05S Jewish Girl Among Campus Sniper Victims An 18-year-old Jewish girl whom her rabbi said was “loved by everybody” was among the victims of last week’s tragic sniper episode in Austin. Texas, according to a report in the Na tional Jewish Post. Claudia Rutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rutt, was shot down early in the course of the holocaust and was believed to have been killed instantly, just about noon. She was walking down Guadalupe St., which bor ders the campus and is a main thoroughfare of the city. Although planning to enter the university in the fall, she was not enrolled, having graduated from high school this June. Rabbi Louis Firestein of Temple Beth Israel said she had been confirm ed in the temple and was a mem ber of its youth group. The Rutts are an old Austin family. Mr. Rutt operates the Austin Delivery Service. The family has another daughter, Marianne, 15. Joe Robkin Joe Robkin, 62, of Atlanta died Wednesday, Aug. 3. Funeral services were held August 4 with Rabbi Raphael Gold and Cantor Isaac Good- friend officiating. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Robkin, a salesman for radio station WAOK since its beginning, was bom in Russia and came to Atlanta as a child. He was a member of the Capitol View Lodge F&AM, the Scottish Rite, Yaarab Temple, Elks Lodge No. 78, and the Atlanta Zionist District. Survivors include his wife, the former Ruth Cadden; three brothers, Harry and Max Rob kin, both of Atlanta, and Maurice Robkin, Los Angeles, and a sis ter, Alberta Robkin, Atlanta. Morris Kaufman Morris Kaufman, 73, of At lanta died Monday, Aug. 8. Funeral services were held August 9 with Rabbi Sydney Mossman and Cantor Robert Ungar officiating. Interment was in Crest Lawn Memorial Park. Born in Russia, Mr. Kaufman had lived in Atlanta 55 years, where he was a member of Beth Jacob congregation. He was a retired tailor for Davison-Paxon Co., where he had been employed for 17 years. Survivors include his wife, the former Anna Wershasky; two daughters, Mrs. Morris Fogel, Atlanta, and Mrs. David Shier, Macon; and two sons, H. R. Kauf man, East Point and Robert Kaufman, Atlanta. Communal News BBYO Groups’ Parley Next Week A presiding judge at the Nur emberg Trials, the president of the American Association of University Professors, the presi dents of B’nai B’rith and B’nai B’rith Women, and the chairman of the B’nai Brith Youth Com mission will be among featured speakers at the International Conventions of Aleph Zadik Aleph and B’nai B’rith Girls, to be held August 18-25 at Camp B’nai B’rith, Starlight, Pa. Addressing some 400 partici pants in the 43rd Annual AZA and the 22nd Annual BBG con ventions will be Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Musmanno, University of Wis consin Professor Dr. David Fell- man, B’nai B’rith President Dr. William A. Wexler, B’nai B’rith Women President Mrs. Arthur G. Rosenbluth, and BBYC Chairman Ben Barkin. International BBG president Susan Wilen of Atanta will de liver her State of the Order mes sage on opening night, along with International AZA President Larry Cohen of Oakland, Calif. Attending from Atlanta will be Dale Cohen, Nancy Bock, Lauren Strenger, Susan Teneb a u m , Donna Landau, Philip Hoffman, Stanley Berke, Susan Wilen, Marlene Tenebaum, Lynn Krin- sky and Nancy Guskind. Tampa Tempo Harvey Smith, son of Mrs. B. B. Smith of Tampa, has returned home after a year and a half in Chicago. In September he will at tend the University of South Florida. Shearith Israel Youlh Group The Atlanta Shearith Israel chapter of NCSY (National Con ference of Synagogue Youth) re cently elected the following of ficers for 1966-67: Julius Alem- bik, president; Steve Levetan and Larry Miller, vice presidents; Janet Strassburger, secretary and counselor; Marilyn Rich, treasurer. The youth group has been try ing something new recently in the form of a very informal dis cussion group with Rabbi Moss- man. All who have attended say they found it very interesting and most profitable. Interested teenagers are cord ially invited to attend. The cul- turals are held every Sunday morning between 10:30 and 12:00 in the Rabbi’s study. Israel’s Chief Rabbis Issue Statement \gainst Post Mortems JERUSALEM, (JTA) — A tatement declaring that post nortem dissections are “forbid- len by the Torah in any manner whatsoever,” was issued here to- ay by Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi sser Unterman, Chief Sephardi tabbi Yitzhak Nissim, members f the Chief Rabbinate Council nd fifty other Israeli religious eaders. Another statement signed by 5 doctors called on the Knesset o prevent passage of a pending iill that would give the hospital he right to decide on performing post mortem. The statement aid that an autopsy performed gainst the wishes of the deceas- d is “a great infringement of adividual liberty.” Meanwhile an anonymous roup calling itself “The League f Immigrants and Tourists of he United States and Europe” as distributed posters here hreatening to call on “outside lements” to put pressure on the sraeli Government to bar autop ies. A demonstration against utopsies was held here last reek by over 100 religious zea- )ts in front of the Knesset, srael’s parliament. Congregation B’nai Israel 301 59th Street North St. Petersburg, Fla. 33710 Phone 341-1471 Sat. Aug. 13—9:00 a. m. Sab bath Service Sun. Aug. 14—9:00 a. m. Con servative Service Tue. Aug. 16—8:00 p. m. Board of Trustees Meeting Fri. Aug. 19—8:00 p. m. Fam ily Sabbath Hour SE Delegation to Hadassah Convention Mrs. Morris Cohen of Atlanta, president of the Southeast Region of Hadassah, will head the dele gation from this area to the 52nd National Ha dassah Conven tion in Boston on August 14- 17. Also attend ing will be Mrs. Bert Weston, president of the Atlanta Chapter; At lanta group presidents Mrs. Larry Klinger, Mrs. Sv Schwartz, Mrs. Frank Spiegel. Mrs. Sey mour Rappaport, and Mrs. Julius Wenger. Other representatives from throughout the region will be Mrs. Joe I. Zimmerman, Atlanta; Mrs. Abe Rice, Augusta; Mrs. Alan Rubin, Charleston; Mrs. Joel Fleet, Jacksonville; Mrs, S. Karsman, Savannah; Mrs. Lionel Forstot and Mrs. Abe Zalin, Columbia, Mrs. Ben Greenblatt, Columbus; Mrs. Sol Feinberg, Valdosta and Mrs. Charles Levy, Columbus. The convention will open with a presentation of the Seligsberg Fashion Show and will include workshops, plenary sessions and addresses by leading personal ities. LZO Says Youth Little Educated About Jewish Martyrs NEW YORK — The Labor Zionist Organization of America- Poale Zion declared recently that it is “disturbing that the present generation of young Jewry in both the Diaspora and in Israel appears to be as little educated to our people’s martyrdom in World War II as the young Ger mans to German guilt.” In its statement, the Labor Zionists said. “The ‘as sheep to the slaughter’ literature has left its mark on young Jewry despite the known facts of Jewish resis tance and heroism documented so well and depicted so ably by other writers,” said the LZOA statement. “Jewish youth,” declared the Labor Zionists, “must be taught to identify themselves with this tragic period of contemporary Jewish history rather than sim ply playing the role of neutral judges.” B’nai Israel USY-ers To Attend Institute A delegation of twelve members of the St. Petersburg chapters of the United Synagogue Youth will attend the Leadership Training Star, Hendersonville, N. C., Aug. Institute which will be held at Camp Blue Star, Hendersonville, N. C., Aug. 17 through 25. The encampment is sponsored by the Southeast Region of the USY. which includes twenty-five congregations in the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee. The B’nai Israel USY-ers who will attend are: Leslee and Merna Colen, Michael Einstein, Allan Feineman, Marcia Halprin, Michael Klein, Mitchell LeVine, Jeffrey Pincus, Shelley Rosen berg, Yonie Saperstein, Fred Silverman and Sheldon Zimmer man. “FTHOTWTTF” Next at TUTS Figure It Out Once again Municipal Theater will present the Broadway musical comedy success, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” This music al, an outstanding success during Municipal’s Winter Play Season, is returning as the final presenta tion of the Theater Under the Stars 1966 summer season. This is the first time a Winter Play Season show has been repeated during the summer; but audi ences, having seen it, agree that a repeat should be made. Returning in the role of Pseudolus is Danny Dayton, who starred in the role on Broadway. Audiences have seen Mr. Dayton on Broadway in “High Button Shoes,” “At War with the Army,” Among his motion picture credits are “Requiem for a Heavy weight,” and “Guys and Dolls.” Television has kept Mr. Dayton busy with appearances on many of the major television shows including “The Defenders,” “Car 54.” and “The Reporter.” At lantans are fortunate to see him again in the show with which he has been closely attached since its inception. Firm in theirf belief that what Broadway needed was a good knock-opt musical farce, the au thors of Forum decided that their best inspiration would come from the plays of one of the first great playwrights of low comedy, Titus Maccius Platus. The action takes place on a street in ancient Rome. The story begins with the preparation of Senex and his wife Domina for a trip to visit Domina’s ailing mother. Senex tells their num ber one slave, Hysterium, that he is in charge while they are gone, and that he must, above all, keep Hero, their son, away from the neighboring house of ill repute. But Hero, who has al ready fallen in love with one of the inmates of the house, the beautiful Philia, has decided to win her. The efforts of the wily slave Pseudolus to obtain the girl for the young man provides the plot and keeps the audiences in hysterics from then on. Tickets for “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” are on sale at Rich’s, Davison’s and the Howell House, or may be purchased by calling 875-8338. Green Pest Control For Scientific Control of All Household Pests— FULL TERMITE PROTECTION at the most reasonable rates in the city. FREE Inspections PHONE 622-0561 460 ENGLEWOOD AVE. f S. E. Owned and operated by the Cohen Brothers, Bernard - Abner - Joe