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PANORAMA
by thvid Schwartz
Nordau Foresaw Drug Spread
If Dr. Max Nordau were alive
today, he could sit back and
say, "I told you so."
Or he could say, “Read the
last chapter of my book, ‘De
generation.* ”
Nordau was a physician but
the world knew him as a chall
enging writer, the author of
“Conventional Lies” and “De
generation.” In the last, pub
lished in 1895, he contended
that the spirit of decadence was
growing.-In the concluding chap
ter, “A Prognosis of the Twenti
eth Century,” he presented a
horrendous picture:
“In the place of the present
taverns, houses would be found
devoted to the service of con
sumers of chloral, naptha, ether
and hashish ... A number of
new professions would be
formed—that of Injectors of mor
phine and cocaine.”
There are many more unde
lightful things forecast in this
book Including assassination
Nordau thought literature and
art were also traveling the road
of decadence. Bernard Shaw
challenged his thesis with a
little work, “The Sanity of Art”
and his daughter, Maxa, a paint
er herself, didn’t agree with him
about painting, although she was
greatly attached to her father.
Nordau was the type of assim
ilated Jew that Theodore Herzl
had been. Herd made Nordau
into a Zionist and in the pro
cess, Nordau made Herd more
of a Zionist.
After Herd had written “Das
Judenstaat,” he gave it to a
friend, who after reading it,
tearfully suggested that Herzl
might not be all there. The
agonized Herzl visited Nordau.
“I wish you would read this.
Schiff thinks I am crazy.”
Nordau read it. “Well,” he
said, “maybe you are crazy, but
if you are, theii both of us are.”
Nordau became Herd’s right
arm, frequently presiding at
those Zionist congresses in
Switzerland to whicji good Zion
ists travelled every other sum
mer to sing Hatikvah. If
sometimes, they thought they
didn’t accomplish much they
were compensated by the fresh
air of the Swiss mountains and
it was nice to hear the yodeling.
Nordau had a big white heard
—like a prophet and was an im
patient man, which was also
| OBITUARIES
E. Sawilowsky
Emanuel Sawilowsky, 67, of
Augusta died Sunday, July 12.
Funeral services were held
July 14 at Adas Yeshuron Syn
agogue with Rabbi Maynard C.
Hyman and Rabbi Leon Radin
officiating. Interment was in
Magnolia Cemetery.
A native of Augusta, Mr. Sa
wilowsky was the owner of Au
gusta Shoe Repair. He was a
member of Adas Yeshuron Syn
agogue and John S. Davidson
Lodge, 32nd Degree F & AM.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Rose Cohen; two
sons, Charles Milton Sawilow
sky of Aiken, S. C.; Jack Sa
wilowsky of St. Petersburg,
Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Louise
Simkin of New Orleans and
Mrs. Norman Shapiro of Augus
ta; brother, Sam Sawilowsky of
Augusta; seven sisters, Mrs.
Alton Gillman, Mrs. Herman
Shmerling, Mrs. Nathan Le
vine, Mrs. Hyman Rubin and
Mrs. Hyman Clein, all of Augus
ta; Mrs. Leonard Rahman nad
Mrs. Samuel Rosen, both of Sa
vannah.
Lee M. Sterne Sr.
Lee M Sterne, 72, member of
a pioneer Jewish family in
Southwest, Georgia, died 'in Al
bany July 15.
He was a life-long resident of
Albany and prominent in Mason
ic circles. He was president of
Sterne Company, one of Al
bany’s oldest food brokers.
Rabbi Joseph H. Friedman
conducted the funeral July 17
at Kimbrell-Stem funeral home.
Interment followed in Oekview
Cemetery with Masonic rites
conducted by Albany Lodge 24,
F&AM.
Mr. Sterne is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Carolyn
Gershon of Atlanta; three
daughters, Mip. Joe Weintraub
of Albany, Mrs. Sidney Schochet
of Coralville, Iowa, and Mrs.
Howard Ecker of Chicago; two
sons, Lee M. Sterne Jr., Lubbock,
Tex., and Dr. George G. Sterne,
New Orleans.
He also leaves 6 sister, Mrs.
Carrie S. Robinson, Albany; nine
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
Mr. Sterne was a member and
past president of the Albany
Hebrew Congregation; member
and pastmaster Albany Lodge
No. 24, F&AM; 32nd-degree
Scottish Rite Mason; Hasan
Temple; "Albany Lodge BPOE:
ers, and Louis Du Portail Camp,
Heroes of ’76.
Mrs. Sara Breman
Mrs. Joseph B. Breman of
Asheville, N.C., formerly of At
lanta, died Tuesday, July 14.
She was the mother of M. Will
iam Breman of Atlanta.
Funeral services were held
July 16 at Temple Beth Ha-
Tephila in Asheville.
Mrs. Breman was the former
Sara Barnard and the widow of
Joseph B. Breman. She was a
member of Temple Beth Ha-
Tephila. She was bom in Chi
cago in 1877 and lived in Atlanta
from 1912 to 1922 before moving
to Asheville.
She is also survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Coleman Zagier
of Asheville and Mrs. Estelle
Goldman of Rochester, N.Y., and
a sister.
Benjamin G. Glass
Benjamin G. Glass, 79, of At
lanta died Tuesday, July 14.
Graveside services were held
July 15 in Greenwood Cemetery
with Rabbi Harry H. Epstein
and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend
officiating.
Mr. Glass was retired from the
federal government. He was
bom in Atlanta and was a mem
ber of Shearith Israel Congrega
tion.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Bessie Rosenberg Glass;
two daughters, Mrs. Rosemary
Berman of Atlanta and Mrs.
Sylvia Jurofsky; son, Sam N.
Glass; two sisters, Miss Fannie
Glass of Atlanta and Miss Grace
Glass of Washington; two -bro-.o
thers, Perry Glass and Hyman
Glass, both of Miami; eight
grandchildren.
Theodore Newman
Theodore ‘Teddy” Newman.
82, of Atlanta died Monday,
July 20.
Funeral services were held
July 21 with Rabbi Harry Ep
stein and Cantor Isaac Good-
friend officiating. Interment was
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Newman was a retired
Tenth Street grocery owner and
past president of the Associated
Grocers’ Corp. He was a mem
ber of Ahavath Achim Congre
gation, the Progressive Club and
the Masons. He was a native of
Poland.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Sophie Haims; son, Her
man Newman of Atlanta; daugh
ter, Mrs. Edith Waronker of At
lanta; sister, Mrs,. Rose Alper of
very important in a Zionist
Congress. The Bible said, “For
Zion’s sake, I will not be silent,"
and that was one part of the
Bible the delegates always kept
and it was necessary to cut short
the speech making and Nordau
was the man for that.
Nordau was also impatient 1
with the pace of Zionist devel
opment after the promulgation
of the Balfour Declaration. He
proposed that immediately
600,000 Jews from Europe be
moved to the Jewish homeland
to make it a factual reality.
But the Zionist leaders boasted
of their practicality. The organ
ization didn’t have the money
for that and besides you couldn’t
dump people like that, they said.
But who knows? Maybe the
impractical would have paid off
in the end. Instead of taking
Nordau’s advice Jews were ad
mitted only in driblets for some
twenty years.
Perhaps if the 600,000 had
been transported, the six million
Jewp who perished later might
have been saved.
, When Hitler came to power,
there were only 400,000 Jews in
the Jewish settlement of Pales
tine. If there had been a million,
the story might have been diff
erent.
Ben Franklin had Poor Rich
ard say, “Now I have a cow,
everybody bids me good mor
row.”
There is a big difference be
tween having 400,000 and having
a million people. The differ
ence might have been big
enough to avert the tragedy
which later occurred.
Copyright 1970, JTA
AUGUSTA NEWS
Mrs. Richard Hirsh of New
York City, the former Elsie
Solomon Tunkle of Augusta, has
returned home after visiting her
daughter and son-in-law, Nancy
and Jerry Lezotte. Mr. Hirsh
also Visited in Augusta.
• • • •
Arden Levy, 8-year-old daughr
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice
Levy appeared on the Art Link-
letter show on July 8. The Levy
family, former residents of Au
gusta who have been making
their home in North Hollywood,
Calif., have returned to Augusta.
Dr. Levy is now associated with
the Medical College of Georgia
in research and medical educa
tion.
S.C. Municipal
Group Memorializes
Late Abe Cohen
A resolution in memory of the
late Abe Cohen of Clio, S. C.,
was adopted at the annual meet
ing of the Municipal Association
of South Carolina, held in
Charleston. The resolution
stated.
“The late Abe Cohen, although
not holding a public office at
the time of his passing, devoted
his best efforts toward effici
ently carrying out the responsi
bilities and duties of good gov
ernment. The death of this loyal
and faithful citizen of South Ca
rolina has created a tremendous
loss in his community and our
state.
“Now, therefore, be it resolved
that the Municipal Association
of South | Carolina in 30th Con
vention assembled, go on record
in expressing sorrow and sad
ness at the passing of this ded
icated public servant, and be it
further resolved that copies of
this resolution be forwarded to
Mrs. Cohen dnd to the Tdwn
of Clio to be recorded in the
permanent records of the Town
Council”
Mr. Cohen, who died on July
23, 1969, is survived by his wife,
the former Betty Mark, and a
Fifth District
Republicans
Favor Israel
A resolution upholding the
State of Israel was passed by
delegates to the Fifth District
Republican Convention.
Citing the creation of approx
imately 50 countries, including
Israel, out of colonies and trust
territories of the former British
Empire, the resolution said “ .. it
is in the interest of the entire
world that all nations recognize
the right of these individual
countries to exist and be free
from aggression.”
Noting that “since the creation
of Israel . . . there have been
forces determined to obliterate
Israel as a country,” the resolu
tion continued
‘“Whereas, we believe the Is
raelis have as much right to
live in peace and be free from
aggression as do other free na
tions such as South Vietnam and
Cambodia,
“NOW THEREFORE, we, the
delegates of the Fifth Congres
sional District of Georgia, do
. urge the Congress of the United
States to support the right of
Israel to exist as an independent
nation ...”
The resolution commended
Fifth District Congres s m a n
Fletcher Thompson for his ef
forts and recommended that he
continue same to assure that
“the people of Israel will be
fully supplied with arms and
weapons necessary for their own
defense . . .. ”
The resolution concluded with
the recommendation to Thomp
son that he continue to use his
influence in the support of a
lasting peace in the Middle East
“wherein the rights of gll na
tions to exist shall be recognized,
and their right to live in peace
with their neighbors shall be
preserved.”
SAVANNAH NEWS
Among those Savannahians
named to the spring quarter
dean’s list at the University of
Georgia were Myra Scherr,
Jodie Center, Lynn Patricia
Cranman, Lynne Kantsiper,
Marilyn Beth Oppenheim, Mur
iel Susan Rabhan, Marilyn Rud-
ikoff and Frieda Doris Schon-
thal.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Friedman
of Savannah Beach announce
the birth of a daughter, Tayve
Golda, on June 24.
Tampa Topics
Mr. and Mr*. Jerome Wein
berg cordially invite their rela
tives and friends to attend the
Bar Mitzva of their son Cliff on
Friday, July 24, at 8:00 pun. at
Temple Schaarai Zedek.
Dr. Hans Juergensen has been
awarded the second prize Na
tional Stephen Vincent Benet
Narrative Poetry Award for his
poem “David.”
Eileen Chemoff, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chemoff,
was elected president of the Jun •
ior Exchangettes at Plant High
School.
Dr. Irving M. Essrig has been
elected Chief of Surgery at St.
Joseph Hospital.
Miss Mary Friedman was elec
ted Lady of the Year by her
sorority, Delta Phi Epsilon. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert J. Friedman.
Barbara Shine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shine, was
elected president of B’nai B’rith
Girls, and Mark Rippa, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rippa is
new president of Tampa Bucca
neers AZA. ,
Roy Cohen, son of Mr. end Mrs.
Joseph Cohen, has been elected
president of the Temple Youth
Group of Schaarai Zedek.
Elinor Ross, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Rosenthal, has
made her debut with the Metro
politan Optra.
Atlanta Seeks
Symphony
Season Backers
The Women’s Association of
the Atlanta Symphony Orches
tra began its annual season
ticket Telethon Monday, July
20, from their Telethon Head
quarters on the Mall level of
Phippe Plaza on Peachtree Road.
The sales effort which hopes to
sell $10,000 in season tickets by
August 3 will be contacting 6,000
prospects in and around Atlanta
with a volunteer staff of 40 peo
ple panning the telephones for
the two week period.
Mrs. Charles Moon, Jr., vice
president of sales, and Mrs,
Reeves Smith, chairman of the
Telethon, head a volunteer staff.
They will be emphasizing dis
counts available now for ticket
buyers and other ticket holder
privileges. The Atlanta Sym
phony Orchestra season which
this year emphasizes Romantic
Composers, begins in September
with a performance of Beetho
ven’s Ninth Symphony under '
the baton of Music Director and
Conductor Robert Shaw.
Anyone wishing tickets or in
formation may call the box
office at 892-2414.
Southern Notes
Miss Barbara Ellison, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Elli
son of Atlanta, was graduated
cum laude from Brandeis Uni
versity. Attending graduation
exercises from Atlanta were her
parents and relatives, Dr. and
Mrs. Joseph Conrad, Mrs. Mau
rice Rich and Mrs. Sam Ger
shon. Barbara is presently do
ing graduate work at Columbia
University Teachers College ma
joring in language and literature.
• • • •
Miss Sue Ruben of Lima, Ohio,
will arrive in Atlanta in early
August to attend graduate school
at Emory University. Miss Reu
ben graduated from Ohio State
University where she majored in
speech and hearing -therapy.
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237-2612.
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