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Atlanta’s Temple Ready for Centennial
Atlanta’s Temple, one of the nation’s oldest
Reformed Jewish Congregations, will celebrate its
one-hundreth anniversary April 21-23. Visitors and
dignitaries from throughout the nationSvill attend.
A special service will be held Friday night at
the Temple in which the sermon will be given by
Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath, president of Union
American Hebrew Congregations.
The Friday night service will also include a
procession by past presidents bearing Torahs into
the sanctuary followed by a special prayer before
the open Ark by Temple Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild.
Members of the confirmation class and youth
group will conduct the Saturday service and the
Junior Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Stephen
Newfield, will present fl special choralogue.
The annual congregational meeting and dinner-
dance is scheduled for Saturday evening at the
Marriott Hotel Herbert Ringel, Temple president
will preside.
Festivities Sunday, April 23, will be open to
the public. They will be featured by an address
by Rabbi Rothschild, depleting one hundred years
of the Temple’s participation in the Atlanta com
munity.
Chairmen for the Centennial weekend are
Elliott^loldstein, Alex Dittler and Joseph Haas.
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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
Vol. XLII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1967
NO. 14
Syria Attacks
Israeli Farmers
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Syria has
renewed firing against an Israeli
tractor team working in a field
belonging to Kibbutz Haon, on
the southeastern shore of Lake
Tiberias. This was the second
attack in two days.
Quiet had prevailed in the tense
area for two days, while United
Nations military observers were
checking an attack by Syrian gun
posts. But then, the Syrians di
rected heavy machinegun fire
at the Israeli farmers, following
through with anti-tank guns. An
Israeli patrol returned the fire.
There were no casualties on Is
mael's side.
The Syrian attacks had been di
rected against tractor operators
cultivating fields which had been
safely worked by tne Israelis for
a long time. The incidents were
seen here as a continuation of
Syrian provocations in the de
militarized zones on the Israeli-
Syrian frontiers, where the Sy
rians have been increasingly try
ing to penetrate lands previous
ly cultivated by Israeli farmeas.
Beersheba Plant
Closes; Government
Seeks New Jobs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
Chorley Works, at Beersheba, one
of Israel’s largest textile plants,
has closed down, dismissing its
200 workers. The firm’s manage
ment said it shut down because
its income was insufficient to
meet the running of the plant.
The dismissal of the Chorley
workers was considered a blow
to the already precarious labor
situation in Beersheba, capital of
the Negev.
At the same time it was of
ficially reported that thousands
of new jobs will be created in
Israel under the 1967-68 govern
ment budget. Most of the funds
for the new jobs will come from
the 300-million-pound ($100 mil
lion) development budget. The
main increase in employment will
be in agriculture and in the con
struction of government build
ings.
Meanwhile, 3,000 more jobless
Israelis registered at the labor
exchanges recently. Many of the
new registrants were Israeli
Arabs.
1,000 Guests, Dignitaries Due
In Atlanta for NCJW Meeting
From all parts of the country,
starting Sunday, April 9, one
thousand guests will arrive in At
lanta to take part in the 1967
convention of the National Coun
cil of Jewish Women at the Mar
riott Motor Hotel.
In addition to the many busi
ness and inspirational sessions
which will feature the week of
activity, the Atlanta section of
NCJW also has arranged a spark
ling and unique program of en
tertainment for the guests—which
will include, among others, such
distinguished figures as U. S. Vice
President Hubert Humphrey and
Avraham Harman, Israel’s am
bassador to this country.
First convention event will be
a buffet supper, followed by the
opening plenary at Theatre At
lanta, where Mrs. Joseph Willen
will make the keynote address.
“Heritage 75,” a dramatic
reading about NCJW history,
using music and photographic
slides, will be presented Sunday
evening, under supervision of
Mrs. Sidney Weinstein, of Essex
County, N. J., chairman of the
GOLDMAN
HARMAN
Tallahassee Election Places Jewish
Commissioner in Line for Mayoralty
SCHRIEBER
PRINZ
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — This
peaceful Southern town which a
few years ago threatened to ex
plode with racial overtones ap
pears to be settling down to cope
with modern problems amicably.
It seems to be headed toward
having a Jewish mayor next year
or'the next.
It underwent an election earlier
this year with a run-off involving
a Jewish candidate and not even
a ripple of anti-Semitism.
This is the observation of Gene
Berkowitz, elected by the citi
zenry to the Board of Commis
sioners.
He emerged top man in the vote
coufrt- among the nine candidates
who sought two posts on the
board, leading the incumbent by
500 votes.
The incumbent was backed by
the mayor and the “in group but
never a word of- anti-Semitism
entered the race, Berkowitz de
clares.
Later, as one of the two can
didates with the highest number
of votes, Berkowitz won hand
ily in the run-off.
He and the other new commis
sioner will take their turn in the
mayor’s office when the time
comes. The post is filled by al
ternation among the commis
sioners.
As a commissioner, he will have
national council’s program de
velopment committee.
Actual business sessions will
begin Monday morning.
Monday afternoon’s speakers
will be Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, as
sociate professor of human re
lations at New York University
(and a native of Albany, Ga.) and
Hyman Bookbinder, assistant di
rector of the Office of Economic
Opportunity.
VP AND MRS. HUMPHREY
Ambass ador Harman will
speak at lunch on Tuesday. He
will present a certificate to Coun
cil for its contribution to the
John Dewey School of Education,
and for its contribution to the
cause of education in Israel in
general. In addition, a panel con
sisting of Dr. Daniel Schrieber of
the New York Board of Educa
tion and Dr. Eliahu Erell of the
Department of Education of Tel
Aviv University will discuss “In
struction of Deprived Children.”
At 8 p. m. Aaron Goldman of
the National Community Rela
tions Advisory Council and Dr.
Joachim Prinz, Chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations
will explore “Participation of
Sections in the Jewish Com
munity.” Mannhein Shapiro,
NCJW consultant on communal
affairs, will charge the delegates
at this evening meeting.
Business meetings and voting
for national officers will occupy
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Charleston Will Host
Southeast UOJC
COMMISSIONER BERKOWITZ AND FAMILY
a broad opportunity to help guide
the destiny of this community’s
civic and governmental destiny.
In private life, Mr. Berkowitz
manages a linen supply firm, af
filiated with Apex Linen in At
lanta.
He is a past president of the
Tallahassee Chamber of Com
merce and has been widely ac
tive in Jewish affairs, particu
larly with the Temple here,
having served on its board.
He and his wife the former
Irene Gross have three children,
Ellen 16, Lynn 14 and Brian, 11.
A native of Newark, the 41-
year-old city commissioner, has
lived in this community of 60,000
Since shortly after his discharge
from WWII. His hobbies are golf,
tennis—and politics.
Rabbi Abraham I. Rosenberg
of Savannah will be among the
guest speakers who will address
the 22nd Anniversary Convention
of the Southeast Region of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con
gregations of America to be held
this weekend, April 7-9 in
Charleston, S. C. Rabbi Rosen
berg, who is spiritual leader
of Congregation B’hai B’rith Ja
cob, 5444 Abercom St., will speak
on the Jewish Community in the
South on Saturday evening, April
8.
George Kaplan of Atlanta will
address a session on Adult Educa
tion on Sunday, April 9.
Featured among the nationally
prominent speakers at the Con
vention will be Joseph Karagict,
national president of the UOJCA;
Dr. Samson R. Weiss, executive
vice president of the Orthodox
Union; Rabbi Zev Segal of New
ark, N. J., vice president of the
Rabbinical Council of America;
Rabbi Albert B. Schwartz ot
Perth Amboy, N. J., chairman
of the Religions Committee of the
Rabbinical Council; Moses M.
Berlin of Brookline, Mass., presi
dent of the New England Region
of the UOJCA; Saul Bernstein,
UOJCA Administrator and editor
of Jewish Life magazine; and
Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, associ
ate director of the National Con
ference of Synagogue Youth.
Representatives of synagogues
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee will take part in
the three-day conclave.