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/ The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Estah |: '‘ o%uP 0V * t*® 1 NO. 16 ——— K —»— Vol. XLII ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1967 0 6 ° ^ NO. — — nOV^ ‘ o0 ^ /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 —turn to page 8 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 —torn to page 8 Syrian Aggressors Some of the Damage to Israeli Home