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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, April 28, 1967
Savannah's
A. H. Tenenbaum
Dies in Atlanta
SAVANNAH: Albert H. Ten-
enbaum, 60, Savannah Jewish
community leader and industrial
ist, died April 8 in Atlanta.
Tenenbaum, president of Chat
ham Iron and Metal Cbrporation,
was in Atlanta on a business trip
at the time of his death.
A resident of Savannah for 46
years, Tenenbaum had been a
patron of the arts and a leader
in charity drives for a number
of years.
He had been honored nation
ally by various organizations for
his contributions and services to
Judaism.
A member of Agudath Achim
synagogue, he was a past presi
dent of his congregation and had
been named an honorary life
president. -
He was also vice president
and treasurer of Chatham Steel
Corporation and vice president
and treasurer of Chatham Pipe
and Supply Corporation.
Tenenbaum was a member of
the board of St. Joseph’s Hos
pital, a past board member of
the Savannah Symphony, a
board member of the Savannah
Tuberculosis Association, a past
vice president of the Little The
atre Inc., a board member of the
American Red Cross, and past
member of the board of United
Community Services.
Tenenbaum had led the Israel
bond drive and had on several
occasions been chairman of the
annual United Jewish Appeal.
A past president of the Com
munity Hebrew School and of
the Jewish Educational Alliance,
Tenenbaum had received nation
al awards from B’nai B’rith and
the National Council on Joint
Defense Appeal.
In 1952, the Southeastern
Zionist Conference voted to
have Tenenbaum’s name in
scribed in the Golden Book of the
Jewish National Fund in Jerusa
lem, among such names as those
of England’s Winston Churchill
and leaders of other nations.
Tenenbaum was a past dele
gate to the Synagogue Council of
America, and served on a na
tional sponsoring committee for
the Scopus Award, the highest
award presented by the Ameri
can Friends of Hebrew Univer
sity in 1966.
The Martin E. Kirschbaum Jr.
post of the Jewish War Veterans
named him “Man of the Year” in
1956.
He was a member of Clinton
Lodge No. 54, F. & A.M. and Alee
Temple.
Among Other organizations,
Tenenbaum also was a member
of the executive committee of
the Southeastern Chapter of
the Institute of Scrap Iron and
Steel, member of the Industrial
Water Commission the Humane
Society and others.
He was past president of the
Savannah Jewish Council and
past president of the Southeast
ern Region of the United Syna
gogue in America organization.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Rosaline Levy Tenenbaum; a
son, Arnold Tenenbaum; a
daughter, Mrs. Ronald Krono-
witz; two brothers, Meyer War
ren Tenenbaum and Ralph Ten
enbaum; a sister, Mrs. Shirley
Waldman, all of Savannah; five
grandchildren and a number of
nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held
April 10 at Agudath Achim
Synagogue.
Benjamin Dubin
Benjamin Dubin, 76, of Savan
nah died April 13.
Funeral services were held
April 14 with Rabbi Hershel
Brooks officiating. Interment was
in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Dora Gumberg Dubin; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Abram Kantziper; a son,
Sidney Dubin of Kingstree, S. C.,
and four grandchildren.
Atlanta's
Harry Sunshine
Dies at 70
Harry Sunshine, who repre
sented a rare breed of philan
thropists, died in Atlanta April
18.
Mr. Sunshine himself carried
on charity and philanthropy on
a personal level long 1 after many
such activities were supposedly
in the hands of groups and
organizations.
In this way, he was saying
that perhaps organized groups
can tend to become objective and
bureaucratically impersonal. He
preferred to keep his finger in
the action—and so to speak by
the same token he kept his fing
er on the pulse of forces he
wanted to help.
To the extent he schepped
nachas personally when the good
book, whose precepts he believed
implicitly, put the case for
anonymous “seducka”.
But his special way meant that
certain things were done which
gladdened the heart of many of
his fellowmen and gave them a
boost which they would un
doubtedly had missed had they
had to go through channels for
such simple things as a pair of
shoes for a child, or a toy, or a
pair of socks, or a lollipop.
Say what you will about his
way, it meant he could not dis
miss acknowledged need simply
by a massive gift to an agency
which would carry on in good
purpose and intent—but not
necessarily quite the way he
thought wise.
Mr. Sunshine was the per
petual dreamer. He felt he knew
how things should go in this
world and he was usually right
in the high idealism and aspira
tions he had for his fellow men.
In his scheme of things, a Jew
ish paper like The Southern
Israelite would be able to do
magnificent things because it
would have the automatic sup
port of people who believed in
Judaism. And Jewish educational
institutions too would automatic
ally thrive and the teachers not
have to be bogged down in how
to meet a budget and raise funds
and could devote their energies
exclusively to sharing knowl
edge. But the big-givers never
quite came through in the man
ner he dreamed about and the
halcyon status he would have
liked for Jewish papers and
Jewish schools never developed.
Yet, in his way because he was
persistent and determined he
achieved many great things. One
of the most notable in the Jewish
community was the bringing to
gether a New York philanthrop
ist with local promoters of an
all-day Hebrew School in At
lanta. He, through his friendship
with Dick Kaminsky of Fitz
gerald, managed to provide a
considerable financial boost for
the Academy in that way but
more importantly thereby a
morale boost as well.
Recognition somehow never
came to Mr. Sunshine as it does
to some men. But then he never
sought it either and was content
to be in the background when
movements in which he believed
flourished.
The rough thing about a
dreamer is that he may so often
be disappointed while in actual
ity he may be accomplishing
wonderful things. He often is dis
content and disillusioned because
he wants the complete ideal and
is impatient with the small part
which is the most that usually is
achieved.
Mr. Sunshine, who was 70, had
built a 4-store department store
chain in Atlanta. He told close
associates “Life in America has
given me more than I’ve ever
been able to give it.” For years
he went about the, business of
repayment through gracious
philanthropy in many directions.
During the depression, he took
farm products in exchange for
clothing and shoes and often
gave the products to Atlanta's
destitute families.
He made a practice of giving
every baby he heard about a
first pair of shoes.
Men and women patients in
Grady Hospital have been given
robes and pajamas. One year he
send pajamas and housecoat sets
to every little girl in the hospital.
He gave away as many as
10,000 lollipops to ease the pain
of children at Grady.
Many Atlanta school patrol
boys and girls wear yellow rain
coats given by Mr. Sunshine.
He passed out thousands of
quarters to servicemen during
World War II and entertained
hundreds of them in his home.
When he learned a new inter
faith chapel at Ft. Benning Re
ligions Center needed a Torah
for use by Jewish soldiers, he
arranged to donate one. It was
done in honor of an old friend,
Sen. Richard B. Russell.
Mr. Sunshine was a member
of Ahavath Achim Congregation
and active in the Synagogue in
dozens of ways.
He leaves his wife, the former
Lily Shemper of Mississippi.
Also surviving are a son Philip
Sunshine; two daughters, Mrs.
Barron Levin and Mrs. Leonard
Bernes; his 99-year-old father,
Ben Zion Shine; two sisters, Mrs.
Carl Harris and Mrs. Eva Spec-
tor, all of Atlanta, and two
brothers, Philip, Atlanta, and
Robert Sunshine of Dallas, and
several grandchildren.
Rabbi Raphael Gold and Can
tor Isaac Goodfriend conducted
the funeral on April 19 at Green
Lawn Chapel. Burial was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Frank Gunsberg
Mrs. Jean Gunsberg, 61, of
Tampa died Saturday, April 22.
Funeral services were held
April 24 with Rabbi Samuel M.
Mallinger officiating. Interment
was in Beth Israel Cemetery.
A native of Cheboygan, Mich.,
and former resident of Detroit
and Hollywood; Fla., she had
lived in Tampa nine months.
Survivors include her hus
band, and a daughter, Miss
Marsha Gunsberg, Tampa; her
mother, Mrs. Ethel Rich, and a
sister, Mrs. Nellie Duffy, Detroit.
Jacob Javetz
Jacob (Uncle) Javetz, 82, of
Savannah died April 10.
Funeral services were held
April 11 with Rabbi A. I. Rosen
berg and Rabbi Isaac Aisenstark
officiating. Interment was in
Bonaventure Cemetery.
A native of Poland, he had
lived in Savannah for 50 years
and was the retired owner of J.
Javetz Meat Co. He was a mem
ber of Congregation B’nai B’rith
Jacob and the HGH Society.
Survivors include a son, Abe
Javetz; a daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Horowitz; five grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Noted Journalist Will Speak
To Hadassah in Charleston
Dr. Ruth Gruber Michaels, a
distinguished American author,
journalist and an eminent au
thority on Israel, refugee prob
lems and international affairs,
will be the guest speaker at
the Southeastern Region of Had
assah Conference in Charleston,
S. C. May 7-10 at the Francis
Marion Hotel.
Dr. Michaels has made 13
trips to Israel as foreign corres
pondent for the New York Her
ald Tribune. She has written 10
books, four of which are on
Israel. Her latest book in paper
back, “Israel Today: Land of
Many Nations” was hailed by
critics and she has contributed
many articles to national per
iodicals such as Look, This
Week, Reader’s Digest, The Na
tion and others. In private life
she is married to Philip Mich
aels, an attorney and is the
mother of two children. Dr.
Michaels will speak at the open
ing night banquet on Sunday,
May 7.
Another distinguished quest
speaker at the opening banquet
will be Zeev Boneh, Consul Gen
eral of Israel for the Southeast.
Mr: Boneh assumed his post in
the early part of 1966 and brings
with him a wide background
of service to Israel.
Dr. Raymond A. Moore Jr., as
sociate professor in the Depart
ment of International Studies at
the University of South Carolina,
will be one of the panelists in
the Zionist and American Af
fairs Plenary Tuesday night
chaired by Mrs. Charles Weiner,
national board member of Had-
Mrs. Sophie Finn
Mrs. Sophie Shumsky Polten-
son Finn, 88, formerly of Tampa,
died Friday, April 21 in Spring-
field, Mass.
A writer, Mrs. Finn’s works of
prose and poetry were published
in the Jewish press and had re
ceived several awards.
Born in Russia, she had lived
in Tampa for 12 years, moving
to Springfield when her hus
band, Rev. Gedalia Finn, died in
1954. In Tampa, she was active
in work of the Jewish commun
ity and in Springfield was one
of the founders of a Hadassah
chapter.
Survivors include two sons,
Hyman Poltenson, Syracuse,
N.Y,., and Morton Poltenson, De-
Witt, N.Y.; three daughters, Mrs.
Sadie Tabackman, Springfield;
Mrs. Pearle Aaron,- Long Mea
dow, Mass., and Mrs. May Cone,
Kendall, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Ida
Nager, Los Angeles; seven
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Boneh
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assah. Featured with Dr. Moore
at the plenary will be Abraham
Tooch, a native of South Africa,
who is currently director of the
Israel Aliyah Center for the
Southern Region.
Mrs. Max Schenk, national ad
visor for the conference will
participate throughout the four
day deliberations.
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