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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Oct. 3, 1969
St. Pete
SENIOR FRIENDSHIP NEWS
By HARRY ROSE
Florence Ganz, president, wel
comed new members at the open
ing meeting, among them Mr.
and Mrs. David Cohen, Isadore
and Helen Book, Morris Lerner,
Maurice Salem and Anabel Ger-
kin. Twenty-two members cele
brated another birthday, for the
day was aside especially for the
birthday boys and girls. Among
them were Bessie Brown, Sara
Levine, Louis Shapiro, Jessie
Zinaman, Alta Cutler, Ida Drop-
kin, Kete Meyers, Ema Heyman,
Helen Simonson, Gertrude Levitt,
Gertrude Lichton, Mexwell Erlich,
Earl Eirkhammer, Dora Kaiser,
Anne Lashof, Ruth Monroe, Mil
dred Cohen, Rose Korn, Belle
Mazear, Sadie Weil, Rosalie Hall,
Benjamin Newman and Fannie
Sternberg.
Anna Kaye was admitted into
Mound Park Hospital, where she
is undergoing a series of tests in
order to pin point her problem.
Molly Brandt, who has just re
turned from a European tour,
writes from New York that she
plans to return on November 1.
Lena Cooperman and Joe and
Jennie Casper have both moved
into the new Knox Apartments
at 103*> Arlington Avenue No.,
Obitu
4
Rosh Unveiling
Unveiling ceremonies in mem
ory' of Ike Rosh will be held at
2:30 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 12. at
Greenwood C e m etery. Rabbi
Harry Epstein and Cantor Isaac
Goodfriend will officiate. Friends
and family are invited.
Sidney Nathan
Sidney Nathan of Brunswick
died Saturday, Sept. 13, at Lake
City, Fla.
He was a retired retail grocer
and a veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Amer
ican Legion, a life member of the
BPO Elks Lodge and a 50-year
member of the Masonic Lodge.
Funeral services were held
Sept. 16 at Temple Beth Tefillon
with interment at Palmetto Cem
etery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Jennie Gordon Nathan; and
a cousin, Mrs. Phil Ringel, both
of Brunswick.
Mrs. Aaron Meyer
Mrs. Minnie Meyer. 69. of Uni
versity City. Mo., died Thursday,
Sept. 18. She was the mother
of Leon Jay Meyer of Savannah.
Also surviving are her hus
band, Aaron Meyer; another son,
Julius M. Meyer; daughter,, Mrs.
Barbara Plapke, all of, Univer
sity City, and eight grandchil
dren.
Max Smith
Max Smith, 79, of Vidalia, Ga.,
died Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Funeral services were held
September 18 in Savannah with
Rabbi A. I. Rosenberg and Can
tor Baruch Erblieh officiating.
Interment was in Bonaventure
Cemetery.
A native of Russia, Mr. Smith
had been a resident of Vidalia
since 1925. He was a member of
the Elks Club, Vidalia Masonic
— Lodge, Congregation B’nai B’rith
Jacob in Savannah and Congre
gation Beth Israel of Vidalia
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Fannie Lipsitz Smith; a
son, Ben Smith of Vidalia; three
daughters, Mrs. Ethel Cohen of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Dane Foskey
of Vidalia and Mrs. Morton
Mooney of Jesup; ten grand
children, two great-grandchil
dren and a number of nieces
and nephews.
especially erected for Senior Citi
zens.
Frances Kellogg will shortly
call rehearsals for the Annual
Show given by the Senior Friend
ship Club each year for the ben
efit of the Jewish Community
Center. It is scheduled for Tues
day, Feb. 10, 1970, at 1:30 p. m.
Manuel and Hannah Marks
will celebrate their 53rd wedding
anniversary on Oct. IQ.
From Down Illness Lane
brighter and happier reports are
being received. Ned Tirk has ful
ly recovered. Manny Ward bat
tled a setback he had last
week but it did not stop him
from assuming charge of the
Orchestra at the Birthday Farly
on Sept. 25. Helen Birkhahn’s
doing very well. Earl Birkham-
mer making wonderful progress.
Ira Cutler’s eyes are improving
and he and Alta plan to return
to their home in St. Petersburg
Beach late in October. Sarah
Freed is feeling much better. Ida
Goldwasser has greatly improved.
Clara Gollobin reported to be
continuing her rapid recovery,
improvement. Moe Levy is re
ported to be making good prog
ress. Ada Marx has returned to
her heme from the north feeling
very well.
aries
Mrs. Max Deich
Mrs. Gussie Deich of Griffin,
formerly of Savannah, died Sun
day, Sept. 21.
Graveside services were held
September 23 in Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, with Rabbi
A. I. Rosenberg and Cantor
Baruch Erblieh officiating.
Mrs. Deich had lived in Grif
fin for the past 15 years. She
was the widow of Max Deich.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Frankel and Mrs.
Sidney Stern; two brothers, Ben
and Sam Sauls and several nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Kate Weinberg
Mrs. Kate Weinberg of Atlanta
died Monday. Sept. 22. She had
reached the remarkable age of
104 and was extremely active.
Born in Hungary, Mrs. Wein
berg had lived in New York and
Florida before coming to Atlanta
about three years ago.
At the Jewish Home, where
she lived in recent years, Mrs.
Weinberg was one of the origi
nators of the Challa baking pro
gram and well loved by residents
and staff alike.
Graveside services were held
September 23 in Greenwood
Cemetery with Rabbi Harry H.
Epstein officiating.
Survivors include two sons.
Jack H. Weinberg of Los Ange
les, and A. J. Weinberg of At
lanta, and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Jennie Ginsberg
Mrs. Jennie Ginsbberg of At
lanta died Monday, Sept. 29.
Graveside services were held
September 30 in Greenwood
Cemetery with Rabbi Emanuel
Feldman officiating.
Mrs. Ginsberg, the widow of
Phillip Ginsberg, was born in
Russia and was a member of
Beth Jacob Svnagogue.
Survivors include two sons,
Max Ginsberg of Atlanta and
Benjamin Ginsberg of Winnetka,
III.
Morris Lefkoff
Morris (Doc) Lefkoff, 69, of
Atlanta, died Saturday, Sept. 27.
Funeral services were held
September 29 with Rabbi Nissim
Wernick and Cantor Robert Un-
gar officiating. Interment was
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Lefkoff owned a drug
store at Capitol and Ormond for
more than 40 years.
CARL ALPERT
Elections Coming
— in Israel
HAIFA—On October 28 citi
zens of Israel will go to the polls
to choose 120 members of the
Knesseth As a matter of fact,
they won’t vote for Knesseth
members at all. Each citizen can
cast one ballot only, for the party
of his choice, and the party
leadership decides who shall be
its representatives in the parlia
mentary body. The composition
of the new Government, Prime
Minster, and other cabinet mem
bers, is determined by the Knes
seth.
A few weeks ago Israel had
what many consider a full-scale
dress rehearsal for the election.
That was the national poll of
members of the Histadruth, the
Israel Federation of Labor, to'
choose the governing bodies of
the Union. The political compe
tition and lineup very nearly
approximated the confrontation
which will take place on October
28.
Over 830,000 members were
eligible to vote, constituting
something like half the voting
citizenry of the country. Obvious
ly, the results of the Histadruth
election should have some rel
evance to the prospects on Oct.
28.
The most conspicuous feature
of the Histadruth poll was the
disappointing turnout. This is a
country which takes its politics
—and its labor politics—very ser
iously, yet 35% of the voters did
not bother to go to the polls. This
is the lowest percentage partici
pation in the long history of the
Histadruth.
The big question mark was:
How well will the united Labor
group fare against the smaller
groups opposing it? The Labor
Alignment was composed of the
long dominant Mapai, its affil
iated Achduth Avodah. the
leftist Mapam, and the obvious
ly reluctant Rafi group of Moshe
Dayan. Surely this was a com
bination designed to steam-roller
all opposition. In the 1959 His
tadruth poll these groups, ap
pearing separately, received 88%
of the votes cast. In the 1965
election, partly united, they got
77%. And in 1969, to the dismay
of their leadership, they polled
only 62%.
Where did the votes go‘> The
“conservative” party of Menahem
Begin, Gahal, rose from 15.2% in
1965 to 17.2% this year. Con
sidering that this is not a labor
party, any support it gets within
the Histadruth is significant.
The Independent Liberals, a
centrist party with strong intel-
lectualist support, rosed from
4.4% to 5.7%. A party of re
bellious former Rafi members,
led by Ben Gurion, received
3.73%. A scattering of seven
other small parties accounted for
the balance. What all of them
have in common is opposition to
the Establishment of Mapai.-Labor
Alignment.
What is the relationship be
tween strength in the Histadruth,
and appeal at the general elec
tions? In the 1965 national Knes
seth elections the Mapai-Labor
group added another 33% of
votes on top of its Histadruth
total in that year. Its leftist
Mapam partner, then running
alone, lost 20% of its vote in the
general elections. Gahal, drawing
strongly on non-Hista d r u t h
members, fared 150% better than
in the Unoon vote, and the In-
depeer.dcnt Liberals did 80% bet
ter.
Furthermore, the religious bloc,
He was a native of Atlanta and
a member of Shearith Israel
Synagogue.
Survivors include daughters,
Mrs. Robert Saparow of Atlanta
and Mrs. Herbert Mershon of
Haverhill, Mass.; sons, Dr. Har
old J. Lefkoff and Joe Sarge
Lefkoff, both of Atlanta; sister,
Mrs. Addie Arnold and brother,
Frank Lefkoff, both of Atlanta,
and eight grandchildren.
which usually pulls a steady sup
port of around 15% of the total
in the national election, did not
take part in the Histadruth poll,
except for a small splinter group.
What worries the Labor leader
ship is that non-participating
35%. Did they stay home be
cause they confidently felt Labor
would win anyhow, or was this
a demonstration of lack of faith
in the Labor Establishment?
The morning after the election,
a chastened Labor leadership
looked at its control whittled down
to 62 % and published a state
ment: “True, we, lost votes ....
We accept the public’s verdict
and draw our conclusions from
it ... . We shall learn our les
son . . . . ”
A sharp, bitter campaign has
SA VANN AH NEWS
Martin Sussman has been elect
ed president of the board of di
rectors of the Hebrew Commun
ity School, with Bernard Hirsch
serving as vice president.
Hymie Epstein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Epstein, has been
awarded the Henry W. Center
Scholarship Grant of the JEA.
He plans to major in journalism
and business advertising at the
University of South Carolina.
Kathy Cranman ad Sharon
Seeman were elected sweethearts
of AZA 1621 and 206, respective
ly. Sweetheart candidates for
1621 were Marsha Pike, Laurie
Raskin and Jeri Wald man. Can
didates for 206 were Irene Gold
berg, Amy Rosen and Jane Slo-
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Lori.
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Barry V7ein-
stein ot Atlanta announce the
birth of a son, David Harris. Mrs.
Hilda Weinstein is the paternal
grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boxer of
Statesboro announce the birth of
a daughter, Deborah Allison.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Javetz
have a new daughter, Lainie.
The Alan Ratners of Vidalia
have named their ,new daughter
Jami Ellen. Mrs. Ratner is the
former Arlene Richman.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Segall an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Shannon Jill.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Danis an
nounce the birth of a son, Rich
ard Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnet Mondel-
son of Charleston have a new
son. Mrs. Mendel9on is the form
er Jane Mirsky.
Gerald Freedman, 18, has been
elected president of the Gechee
Judeans, a youth group sponsor
ed by the Jewish Educational Al
liance. Other officers are Richard
Barnett, vice president; Allan
Lipsitz, secretary; Alan Siegel,
treasurer, and Richard Forstot,
chap Iain. Stanley Rosenberg
serves as group advisor.
Rabbi Boruch Taub has joined
the staff of Congregation B’nai
B’rith Jacob as youth director.
He also served as rabbi and teach
er at the newly dedicated Beth
Israel Synagogue of Vidalia.
A native of Toronto, Can., Rab
bi Taub is a graduate of Ner Is
rael Rabbinical College in Toronto
and is a candidate for a master’s
degree in education and admin
istration from Loyola College in
Baltimore. He and Mrs. Taub
have a son, Shimon Ezriel.
now begun. The differences which
separate the varienjs parties, and
the issues about vbich they feel
so strongly, will be discussed here
In the near futurt.
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