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The Southern Israelite
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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol. XU 11
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, March 8, 1968
No. Id
US Warns Soviet Union
On Inciting Mass Murder
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
(JTA) — The United States
representative on the United Na
tions Human Rights -Committee
told the Soviet Union that anti-
Jewish propaganda material of
the nature of the “Protocols of
the Elders of Zion” was “the
most spectacularly successful of
all the instruments precondition
ing to mass murder.” He warned
that “at all costs, no matter what
temporary political advantages
the Soviets may gain from this
line, it must be avoided.”
The American representative,
Morris B. Abram, spoke in the
mission opened by the Israel
representative when he con
demned the rehabilitation by the
Soviet authorities of Trofim
Kichko, the Ukrainian author of
the anti-Jewish book, “Judaism
Without Embellishment.” M r.
Abram reminded the Commis
sion that four years ago he had
declared that “this book, issued
by an official organ of Soviet
society, is a damnable instance
of religious hate-mongering, a
vicious piece of anti-Semitid
literature, reminiscent of Hitleiy
Goebbels, Streicher and other-
depraved Nazi authors.?
He recalled the world-wide
protest against “this recrude
scence of anti-Semitism in the
Ukraine where some of Hitler’s
worst anti-Jewish policies found
fertile and long cultivated soil
during the German occupation”!
and said the result had been that
the “Soviet Union, under the
force of world opinion, retreated
from its support of the book.” r
THE DAY AND NIGHT SHELTER IN MONTMARTRE, PARIS,
had to be expanded to accomodate the many refugees from North
Africa. Gifts to the 1968 Emergency Campaign of the Jewish Welfare
Federation ensure the care of 70 little beauties like these in the
Shelter’s nursery. Gifts to your community-wide Federation campaign
help support similiar programs for youngsters here in the United
States and for other assistance programs for children in your own
community.
Nasser Speech Seen as Threat
To Jarring Mideast Mission
Purim in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Col.
Nasser’s, fire-eating speech in
which he pledged the recapture
of territories taken by Israel in
the Six-Day War, may jeopardize
the Jarring peace mission, in
formed sources said here. Offi
cial Israeli circles took a serious
view of Nksser’s statement that
a Middle East settlement could
not be attained by peaceful
means.
In the course of his long
speech, President Nasser did not
mention Ambassador Guanir
Jarring, the United Nations en
voy, but the tone of his speech
was violent and Nasser apparent
ly reacted to the applause of his
audience. His speech, informed
sources said, indicated how, be
cause of internal Egyptian pres
sures, Nasser was liable to spike
attempts at a peaceful solution.
The speech itself, it was said,
was evidence of powerful opposi
tion to Nasser witnin Egypt, an
opposition stronger than had
previously been suspected, even
by Nasser himself. The speech
was described here as a con
tinuation of an intransigent posi
tion and a rejection of any at
tempt at compromise.
By Ben G. Frank
(A Seven Arts Feature)
From Tel Aviv to Kibbutz Kfar
Blum near the Syxian-Lebaruese
border to Eilat in the south, there
will be an March 14 thousands of
Queen Esthers, Mordecais, and
even wicked Hamans.
For in Israel, few holidays
bring out the variety of costumes,
the gala celebrations, the chil
drens’ parties, the ingenious floats
as does Purim, which marks the
deliverance of the Jewish people
from annihilation about 2,500
years ago thanks to Queen Esth
er’s successful intervention with
Ahasuerus, King of the Medes
and Persians.
Even before dawn, thousand®—
young and old alike——line Tel
Aviv’s major thoroteunes to get a
good view. And some apartment
owners charge a slight fee for
choice roof-top seats. Streamers
Ga. State B’nai B’rith Lodges
Conference Mar. 17 in Decatur
Dr. A. J. Kravtin, Columbus
president of the Georgia State As
sociation of B’nai B’rith -has call
ed the 1968 convention for Sun
day, March 17 at the Rodeway
Inn, Decatur, Ga.
Delegates from the eleven
lodges in the State are expected
to make this the best attended
convention in years. Departing
from the usual agenda format,
this year’s convention will fea
ture Seminars and workshops.
The BBYO Workshop will be
conducted by District BBYO Di
rector Ron Cahn, of Atlanta and
will feature the choral group of
Avivah Chapter. District Execu
tive Director Arnold Ellison, of
Atlanta will conduct two separate
workshops on Leadership Train
ing and on Membership Acquisi
tion.
ADL Director Irving Sohulman
will moderate that Seminar and
R8bbi Max Kert and Rabbi
Emanuel Feldman, Hillel Direc
tors at Georgia and Emory Uni
versities, respectively, will be in
charge of the Hillel Seminar, aid
ed by Nathan Jay, of Athens, a
member of the National Hillel
Commission of B’nai B’rith.
The keynote address at lunch
will be given by Herman Kop^
len, of Danville, Va. Mr. Koplen
is a vice president of the District
and a past president of the Vir
ginia State Association and also a
former member of the National
Commission for Community and
Veterans Services.
The afternoon business session
will feature the election of State
officers, nominations for District
offices to be filled in June and
also representatives to the Su
preme Lodge Triennial Conven
tion to be held in Washington to
September.
All members of B’nai B’rith
are cordially invited to attend the
business sessions which will
commence at 9:30 a. m.
are set up; names of streets are
changed to fit the holiday and
last minute preparations are made
on the floats. Children are dress
ed in costumes, such, as bears,
monkeys, cowboys, and of course
toe proverbial Queen Esther; and
they all want to see the “Adloy-
ada.”
The parade was given the
name “Adloyada” because there’s
a Talmudic expression that one
should drink “Ad to yada”
(until one known not) the
difference between “blessed be
Mordeoai (ibaruoh Mordeoai) and
“cursed be Hainan (arur Ha-
man).
The parade indeed is magnifi
cent. The floats—many of them
made from papier mache—tell the
story of Purim. There, are giant
paper and wood characters for
Esther, Mordeoai, Ahasuerus and
his court; and scenes of satire de
picting toe latest happenings in
Israel.
A feature of the marching
dance groups which sweep down
the street in the latest of Israeli
folk dances. The parade, which
begins mid-morning usually takes
several hours.
But the “Adloyada” isn’t the
only Israeli celebration for Purim.
Purim costumes appear to the
streets of all towns and cities a
day or two before the feast as
children go. to Purim parties in
schools and kindergartens.
With toe appearance of the
first stars in the evening of March
13, the Scroll of Esther, relating
the story of the miraculous de
liverance of the Jews will be read
in synagogues throughout the na
tion; while to Jerusalem (and
this year even Jericho) which is
one of the “walled cities of the
time of Joshua,” Purim is tra
ditionally celebrated one day later
than in toe rest of the country.
Thousands usually attend Purim
services at King David’s tomb on
Mt. Zion in Israel’s capital. • ■
There also ace outdoor enter
tainment centers for
with magicians, jugglers
acrobats.
Purim is also a time for toog
marches and hikes such j* the
one in the Negev.
Another big parade is the one
held by the architecture students
of the Haifa Techuton, Israel’s In
stitute of Technology. Last year,
for instance, the theme of this
satirical parade was the Chinese
Cultural Revolution, with topical
Israeli events also being satirized.
Tourists, too, axe not left out
of the happy atmosphere.
Ministry of Tourism usually
special Purim gifts such as a
tie of Israeli wine, a chocolate
bar, a miniature Scroll'of Esther
and citrus fruits to various
hotels.
In the kibbutzim, too, there are
childrens’ pasties and huge ftorim
Balls. The costumes are magnifi
cent. At Kibbutz Kfar Blum to
the north — which has its own
guest house — the costumes are
ingenious. Since this settlement is
a kibbutz with many Americans;
it . is not uncommon for someone
to get out the old relic, a tuxedo,
as a oostume. The main hall to the
Cultural House of the Kibbutz is
decorated -and there is mush
dancing. There is the grand
march and home-grown, and we
might add talented, entertain
ment. And the wine flows, too—
ad lo yada.
Yes, Purim in Israel is gay and
joyful. And this year, Purim,
which celebrates the downfall O
tyrant Hainan who witoed to
wipe out the Jewish people, wll
be celebrated one year after to
downfall of mighty Arab arm-id
which sought to drive the Jew**
ish people of Israel into the sea;
We suspect that the excitement
in Israel will be
greater than last Purim.
cxauaiieu^
somewhat
HERMAN KOPLEN
DR. A. J. KRAVTIN
ARNOLD ELLISON
Official Mourning Period
Set For Lost Dakar Crew
A period of official mourning la underway among
Israelis and friends In memory of the crew of the lost
submarine Dakar.
Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan oa Wedneoday ap
peared before the Keneaset and officially declared the
crew as lost Members of the families were present and
later began the week of mourning.
In various Consulates throughout the world, IsrseMs
and friends gathered ter memorial services. One ceremony
of this nature was conducted in tee Southeast General
Consulate In Atlanta with Consol General Zeev Dover
leading tift rites.
Consulate in Atlanta with Consul General Zeev Boaoh
leading the rites. Rabbi Joseph Cohen and Cantor
Goodfrtcnd presided.