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The Southern Israelite
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Vol. XLII ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1967 0 6 ° ^ NO.
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/I Happy Passover to On V nd All
Interfaith Unit on Marriage r~ n t~ nn j-J anA
NEW YORK (JTA)—A new Marriage and Familv. All three Will vlllllUl Y T WCIXWl I VJ
Atlanta Temple Into 2nd
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A new
interreligious commission on sex,
marriage and family life has
chosen a rabbi, a Catholic lay
man and a Protestant minister
for its first slate of national of
ficers, it was announced this
week at National Council of
Churches headquarters.
Chairman of the Interfaith
Commission on Marriage and
Family Life is Rabbi Mordecai
L. Brill, chairman of the Syna
gogue Council of America’s
Committee on the Family. Wil
liam Maughan, Catholic layman
is vice-chairman. Secretary -is
the Rev. William H. Genne, co
ordinator of the National Coun
cil of Churches’ Commission on
Marriage and Family. All three
work in New York City.
The new commission has a
membership of eighteen special
ists appointed by the Synagogue
Council of America, the U. S.
Catholic Conference and the Na
tional Council of Churches, Mr.
Genne said. Its purpose is the
formulation and promulgation of
common Protestant-Catholic-Jew-
ish policy on “the complex prob
lems bound up in sexuality,
marriage and family life,” he
pointed out. “We hear so much
about the difference between re
ligious groups in this area that
we need to affirm the 90 percent
of our stands on family life on
which we agree.”
Bert Parks, one of Atlanta’s
most famous sons, will return
here to act as master of cere
monies for the congregational
banquet and dance honoring the
100th anniversary of the Temple.
The banquet and dance, part of a
three day celebration, will take
place at the Marriott on Satur
day, April 22, at 7:00 p. m.
Parks, known for his many ap
pearances on radip, television, and
the stage, was once a member of
the Temple. In fact, he was in
the confirmation class of 1930.
HERBERT RINGEJL
Congregation President
His mother, Mrs. Aaron Jacob
son, and a brother, Allen Jacob
son, still reside in Atlanta.
Herbert Ringel, president of the
Temple, will act as toastmaster
of the event. The invocation will
be given by Rabbi Richard J.
Lehrman. Greetings will be ex
tended by Sam Massell Jr., At
lanta, vice-mayor; Bernard How
ard, president, Atlanta Jewish
Community Council; Rev. Joseph
L. Bernardin, Auxiliary Bishop of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta; Rev.
Bevel Jones, president, Greater
Atlanta Council of Churches; and
Dr. Harry H. Epstein, rabbi,
Ahavath Achim Congregation.
Ceremonies commemorating the
one hundredth anniversary of the
Temple will begin on Friday,
April 21, with a special service
entitled “The Joy of Our Yester-
RABBI ROTHSCHILD
Spiritual Leader
days.”
Participating in this program
will be Mrs. Jacob M. Rothschild
and Mary Jane Sherman. Both
are great-granddaughters of for
mer rabbis of Atlanta’s Hebrew
Benevolent Congregation. Miss
Sherman’s great grandfather was
rabbi at the Temple for 51 years
from 1895 to 1946. Mrs. Roths
child, wife of the present rabbi
and great-granddaughter of Dr.
E. B. M. Browne, rabbi from
1877 to 1881, and Miss Sherman,
the newly elected president of the
Temple’s Youth Group, will kin
dle the Sabbath lights.
The service will be conducted
by Rabbi Rothschild and Rabbi
Richard Lehrman. Mr. Maurice
Eisendrath, president of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega
tions, will give the sermon.
AJPA Reveals Plans for Historic
Convention in Israel May 25-June 4
A delegation of American news
papermen will travel to Israel the
latter part of May for the 24th
annual convention of the Amer
ican Jewish Press Association.
The group, led by President
Adolph Rosenberg, of The Sou
thern Israelite in Atlanta, will
combine a concentrated program
of business sessions, sightseeing
and investigative reporting.
Result will be an examination
of important aspects of ‘ Israel-
1967” emerging through a series
of articles to appear in news
papers belonging to the America)
Jewish Press Association.
Plans for the AJPA convention
were announced jointly this week
in America by Mr. Rosenberg and
in Israel by the Israeli Govern
ment.
In announcing the decision. Mr.
Rosenberg said, “This will be . a
historic occasion for American
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ADOLPH ROSENBERG
AJPA President
MOSHE KOL
Israel Cabinet Member
A Bloody Nose for
Where It All Began
It was an idyllic scene. Spring
in the Galilee. Bright sunshine on
the green fields still moist from
the recent rains and on the placid
waters of lovely Lake Tiberias.
Yet as the tractor driver from the
village of Ha’on drove his tractor
northwards towards Ein Gev and
entered parcels 51', 52 and 53 of
the village fields his face was set
and gr ; m. These very plots had
been cultivated by the villagers
for years past without interfer
ence and were not among those
whose cultivation had been dis
puted by the Syrians. But when
the seasonal ploughing had start
ed some days earlier, the Syrians
had opened fire. Would there be
further attacks? Not for long was
he left in doubt. At 9:45 a. m. the
rustic calm was shattered by Syr
ian heavy machine-guns. Prepar
ed by the previous attacks, their
fire was returned and under this
cover the tractor withdrew and
was replaced by two armoured
tractors. At 10:22 Syrian tanks
opened fire, directing their shells
also against the neighbouring vil
lage of Tel Katzir. They quickly
withdrew however when their
fire was answered by Israel Arm
our and one of their number went
up in flames. So at 11:10 the Syr
ians opened up with heavy mor
tars. Protected by the high es
carpment dominating the Israeli
fields below they felt they were
now safe from retribution. But
they were reckoning without the
Israel Air Force for whom the
tdwering ridge was no obstacle.
150 Syrian mortar shells were
concentrated on the living quar
ters of Gadot village miles North
of where the tractors continued
their plowing. Others showered
down on Ein Gev and Tel Katzir
as well as around the tractors
which were hit by shell spjintems.
Twenty-year-old Israeli 2nd Lieu
tenant Israel Gelberson was hit
and later succumbed to his
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Syrian Aggressors
Some of the Damage to Israeli Home