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Citizens Rally Around Israel and Its Winning Army
Atlanta Raises $1,000,000
At Emergency Meeting
By VIDA GOLDGAK
As early reports from the Mid-East indicate a series of
triumphs by Israel’s armed forces, Ajnerican citizen^ from all
parts of the country, Jews and non-Jews alike, have taken
concrete steps to support the Jewish State in the critical
period.
Some 200 people attended a
special meeting on Tuesday, June
6, called by the Atlanta Jewish
Welfare Fund due to the Israel
crisis. As a result, over $1 mil
lion has been pledged so far to
aid Israel. Telegram notice of the
meeting went out to the top
leadership of the community
only the day before announcing
that the Jewish community of
Atlanta was gping to respond to
Israel’s critical need for funds
in its hour of peril.
The meeting had been arrang
ed as a result of a weekend con
ference held in New York City
by the United Jewish Appeal.
Delegates to this crucial meeting
included Dr. Marvin Goldstein,
Max Cuba, Max Rittenbaum, Dr.
Irving Goldstein and Mike Get-
tinger.
Speakers at the conference out
lined the critical financial prob
lems facing Israel.. This was even
before the attack by the Arab
nations made the situation that
much more accute.
In New York, the delegates
from all over the United States
heard reports from Israel’s Fi
nance Minister Pinhas Sapir and
from Louis Pincus of the Jewish
Agency who reported op the
critical situation in Israel as of
the day before. Mr. Pincus
agreed to come to Atlanta to tell
this story directly to the Atlanta
leadership.
Immediately a committee was
formed in Atlanta headed by
Milton Weinstein and Sidney
Feldman to handle the special
Israel Emergency Fund cam
paign and telegrams were sent
out announcing Tuesday’s meet
ing with Mr. Pincus. “One of the
most amazing factors,” said Mr.
Weinstein, “was that practically
every person who received a
telegram, and was in town at the
time, attended the special meet
ing.”
“The reaction of the people
present,” added Mr. Feldman, “is
something that has never before
happened in this comm>i>' u ”
even in the per*
ation of the Stat
Mr. Weinstein
the group that
fort for the Isi 4
Fund was over
regular campaign
Welfare Fund whL*» was almost
completed and which had raised
to date over $1,000,000. What was
being required of the Atlanta
community was that they re
spond to this emergency situa
tion over what they had already
given. He also announced that
“This money for the IEF is in
tended to go completely and only
to the people of Israel in their
hour of crisis.” He stressed that
people were expected to increase
their giving and that cash was
expected immediately .or with
in the next few days.
Mr. Pincus outlined Israel’s
_ before, the
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finest *1 ooiittO 3Vcr,u£ * Et
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communities through
out the world have agreed to back
up not only what they have been
doing before, but to add greatly
to the support of these programs
in view of the., government’s
present inability to support them.
Mr. Pincus pointed with pride
to Israel’s achievements on the
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The Southern Israelite
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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol. XUI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1967
Days of Showdown;
Moments of Truth
Note—Though Mr. Horowitz’ story pre-dates the outbreak of hos
tilities, we feel his clear interpretation of the events leading up
to the war will help readers form a better perspective of the sit
uation.
********
' By DAVID HOROWITZ
UNITED NATIONS (WUP) —
For nineteen years following the
Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and the
birth of the Jewish State there
has never been a week, month or
year when observers did not live
in the expectation that some day,
inevitably, this sustained cold
war of the Arabs would break
through the UN lines to a full-
scale showdown between the
parties. ,
Last week suddenly emer&^d i
as that moment of truth — that/
exhaustion of truces, buffers,
armistices and arguments—when
events were moving to the in
evitable showdown by trial of
strength.
Like all events, which in his
tory plunge nations into war with
a dizzying speed, the hectic week
which began with Cairo’s sud
den demand for the immediate
withdrawal of the UN Emergency
Force from the Sinai Peninsula
and Gaza Strip, the prompt re
moval of that Force by the Sec
retary-General, the attack on U
Thant for complying with this
unexpected demand, the large-
scale mobilization by the UAR,
by Israel and the other Arab
states—and, above all, Nasser’s
announcement that, with the
Egyptian re-occupation of Sharm
El Sheikh, he would clamp a tight
embargo on Israeli shipping to
and from Eilat—all these brought
war as close as it will ever come
to the entire region.'
Nasser’s sudden move, with an
apparent rallying of the Arabs
to a new-found unity against
their self-imposed enemy, admit
tedly took the Western Powers
by complete surprise. Caught off
guard, these Powers supported
Canada and Denmark in the con
vocation of a Security Council
meeting in the absence of U
Thant who had flown to Cairo
in an attempt to unravel the sit
uation. As it turned out, the
Council session only served to
create a confrontation between
the West and the USSR at a time
when only Big Power unity could
step on the brakes of a galloping
war. To retrieve this situation,
President de Gaulle came out
with a spot proposal that, as a
step to activate a united Council
Mass Meeting
Set for Atlanta
In Israel’s Cause
The entire Jewish commun
ity of Atlanta was invited to
attend a mass meeting in sup
port of Israel scheduled to be
held at 8 p. m. Thursday,
June 8, at Ahavath Achim
Synagogue.
in the crisis, there should be a
Big Four consultation to confront
the United Nations with their
unanimity. The U. S. and Britain
promptly accented and, after
some wavering, the Soviet Union
decided to say “yes.”
As the week drew to its hectic
close, the Big Four "brake” on
war appeared as the most hopeful
development that the conflict in
the Mideasf is still not inevitable.
But this does not mean that war
may not come. Everything now
depends entirely on the Hitler
like Nasser—whether or not he
will begin to halt Israeli ships.
The mood in Israel is that, in the
event the Western Powers will
not back up the Jewish State’s
rights in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jer
usalem may have to go it alone.
The country stands ready for ac
tion.
Nasser says he, too, is ready.
In his report to the Security
Council, released during the
weekend to an eagerly-awaiting
press, the Secretary General de
clared that, in his hurried flight
to Egypt,she had counselled Nas
ser not to force "Such a showdown.
He suggested tlje restoration of
the Egyptian-Israeli Mixed Arm
istice Commission and the
strengthening of the M£C on the
Syrian line. He also proposed
other measures to put teeth into
the conventional UN Truce Su
pervision Organization headed by
General Odd Bull.
Now all this involves a lot of
home work for the Council whose
fifteen members will also have to
contend frith a second irritant—
Ahmed Shukairy’s "Palestine
Liberation Army” of guerrillas isp
now deployed in Gaza ready to It
infiltrate into Israel.
Meanwhile, the steeds of war
may have been somewhat slowed
down. Nasser has given public
and private “assurances" that he
has no intention to attack Israel,
even though he defends his mo
bilization on the ground that the
Israelis were involved in a dark,
devious plot with the U. S. and
the U. K. to attack Syria. Cairo
accepts the restoration of the
Mixed Armistice Com mission
which is still stationed in Gaza.
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The Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Council and its affiliat
ed organizations emphasized
the need for Atlantans to
“come and demonstrate your
support for the people of Israel
in their hour of periL”
Neo-Nazi Party
F astest-GrowinQ
BONN, (WUP)—The Ministry
of Interior published a report
here which showed figures indi-'
eating that the rightist, neo-
Nazi National Democratic Party
had made greater gains than any
other West German party during
th^ year 1966.
DespiteXthese figures—a gain
of 11,000 members in one year—
the Ministry’s report discounted
the importance of the NDP. It
termed it “a party without a
program.”
The report appeared to be
more concerned over the fast
growth of the rightist press with
in the country which “increased
its periodical circulation from
45,900 to 272,900.
As for anti-Semitic acts, the
Report noted a slight decrease.
In 1965 there were 521 incidents
as compared with 449 in 1966.
Kadish Luz, Speaker of the Knesset, greets TSFs associate editor
Vida Goldgar after a briefing session of the American Jewish Press
Association.
Proudest Family
In Israel?
JERUSALEM (JTA)—If there
family of the year in Israel,
5 probably Mr. and Mrs.
Rahamim of Haifa. Every one of
their ten children is now in mili
tary service during Israel’s cur
rent crisis.
The youngest child, an 18-year-
old girl, is now in customary
ihilitary service. Of her nine
brothers, two are paratroopers,
one is in the Air Force, one is a
tank ‘commander, one is a sec
tion commander of infantry, an
other is a regimental sergeant
major, one is in the air defense
‘and two are in the infantry.
Bonn Steps Up
Prosecutions
NEW YORK, (WUP) — Dr. O.
Karbach, Director of the World
Jewish Congress Institute of
Jewish Affairs, declared here
that the Bonn Goverment is
stepping up its prosecution of war
criminals.
Following visits to Bonn,
Cologne, Dortmund, Hamburg,
Munster and Stuttgart, where he
had long conferences with Ger
man Lawyers and jurists involv
ed in the prosecution of crimin
als, Dr. Karbach this week re
ported to the World Jewish Con
gress the following:
1. Between 400 and 450 public
prosecutors are now involved in
the preparation and .conduct of
Nazi trials.
2. The Ludwigsburg Central
Agency for War Crimes has ex
panded its original staff of 11
lawyers to 55.
3. The Central Agency has just
started building a new annex to
its headquarters to cope with the
increased staff and work load,
and
4. Ludwigsburg has amassed
200,000 pertinent Nazi era docu
ments for use in preparation for
trials.
Atlanta Surgeon
Among First
To Volunteer
Dr. Ed Reisman, Atlanta sur
geon, was among the first group
of doctors to volunteer their
services to Israel. The American
contingent, believed at press time
to be en route to Israel, will staff
the civilian hospitals to replace
Israeli doctors who have been
called to military service.
Here’s The Way
To Do Your Part '
In answer to n
welcome Inquiries from per
sons wishing to make a con
tribution to aid Israel, BOke
Gettinger, executive director
of the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Council, has requested
that such contributions be
made payable to the Atlanta
Jewish Welfare Fund, marked
“For the Israel haernatJ
Fond” and mailed to:
Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Fund
9th Floor
41 Exchange PL, 8JL
Atlanta, Ga. UNI
Phone: 5Z5-482S