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Friday, Aug. 25, 1972
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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Published weekly by Southern Newspaper Enterprises, 390 Court-
land St., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 816-8249, 816-6240. Second
class postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia. Yearly subscription, $10.00.
The Southern Israelite Invites literary contributions and corres
pondence but is not considered as sharing the views expressed by
writers. Deadline Ls 5 p. m. Friday, but material received earlier
will have a much better chance of publication.
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher
<athleen Nease, Vida Goldgar, Edward M. Kahn, Kathy Wood
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The Jewish Voter
The debate over the direction of Jewish voters in the
up-coming presidential election continues. The traditional
Jewish voters, overwhelmingly Democratic since Franklin
D. Roosevelt, are being sought by both parties. The recent
declaration for President Nixon by Jewish citizens, defined
by the general press as Jewish leaders, has raised much
criticism, and, on the other hand, some support. Sen. McGov
ern’s Jewish Affairs Committee” has said that he will seek
the Jewish vote based on appeals to the traditional Jewish
liberal approach to the need for change.
One of the “leaders” a professor at the Jewish Theological
Seminary, declared for Mr. Nixon. He does not head an or
ganization and so speaks for himself. By the same token,
there is no guarantee that Jewish leaders of organizations,
no matter what side they opt for, will bring their constitu
ency into the booths with the same decision.
It is important that the Jewish vote, if there is such
an animal in a bloc, should be cast in the best interests of
the common weal. Whatever is good for all the people should
be good for sections of the people. If there will be peace
abroad, it will be good for Israel; if there is peace at home,
it will be good for all Americans. Good economic conditions
will favor no particular section of the public but all of them 1 .
Jews as Americans whether traditionally liberal or no,
should not sell themselves to the highest bidder.
—BUFFALO JEWISH NEWS
Chautauqua Film
Wins Major Award
Stand Not Idly By,” a televis
ion public service spot film
produced by the Jewish Chau
tauqua Society, won a gold
medal award at the Fifth
Annual Atlanta International
Film Festival at its closing
banquet, Saturday, Aug. 19.
A polemic against hate, the 60-
second color motion picture was
filmed at Terezin Concentration
Camp in Czechoslovakia. It has
had several hundred telecasts
on networks and local stations.
“The destruction of six million
innocent people by the Nazis,”
Sylvan Lebow, executive
■ jeer, in accepting the
. -d "was the most tragic
evei. history, but nothing is
taught about it in our public
schools. We made the film to
remind people not to forget the
Holocaust and to “stand not
idly by’ to permit such evil to
occur again.”
The film was judged best In
the TV public affairs spot cate
gory. More than 1500 entries
from 30 countries were judged
in the festival, which is the
largest in the country.
The Jewish Chautauqua Soci
ety, educational project of the
National Federation of Temple
Brotherhoods, has produced 20
films for television and group'
showings.
Rosenberg Unveilings
Friends and relatives are in
vited to unveiling ceremonies at
2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, in mem
ory of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ros
enberg and Meyer Rosenberg.
The ceremony will be con
ducted by Rabbi Joseph H.
Freedman of Temple B’nai Is
rael at Oakview Cemetery in
Albany, Ga.
Mrs. Joseph Mothner
Mrs. Joseph Mothner, form
erly Corinne Schrameck, of
Augusta died Wednesday, Aug.
10.
Graveside services were held
in Westover Memorial Park,
with Rabbi Richard White offic
iating.
She was a native of Nashville,
but had lived in Augusta for 60
years. She was a member of the
Sisterhood of Walton Way Tem
ple.
Survivors include two sons,
Samuel Mothner of New York
City and Leopold Mothner of
Augusta; four sisters, Mrs. Rose
Baron, Mrs. Annie Goodman,
Mrs. Ruby Glasser and Mrs.
Mascot Steinau, all of Augusta.
Mrs. Simon Sorentrue
CHARLESTON — Mrs. Simon
Sorentrue. the former Rosebud
Levy, died Saturday, Aug. 12, at
her home in Charleston.
Graveside services were held
August 14 in the K.K. Beth
Elohim Cemetery.
She was a native of Blackville
and a member of K.K. Beth
Elohim Synagogue.
Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. B.S. Goldberg of Augusta;
daughter, Mrs. Maies Triest of
Charleston and a son, Simon
Sorenture Jr. of Washington.
Abram Korn
Abram Korn, 49, of Augusta
died Monday, Aug. 14.
Funeral services were held
August 15 at Walton Way Tem
ple with Rabbi Richard M.
White officiating. Interment
was in Westover Cemetery.
Mr. Korn, a native of Poland,
had lived in Augusta 29 years.
He owned and operated Parts
Warehouse Co.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ellie Mueller Korn; daugh
ter, Miss Helen Agnew Korn;
two sons, Joseph Walton and
Jack Henry Korn, all of Augus
ta.
Jewish Calendar
•ROSH HASHANA
Sept. 9, 10
Saturday, Sunday
•YOM KIPPUR
Sept. 18, Monday
•SUKHOY
Sept. 23, 24
Saturday, Sunday
•IIOSHANA RABBA
Sept. 29
Friday
•SHEMINI ATZERET
Sept 30
Saturday
•SIMHAT TORAH
Oct. 1,
Sunday
•MANUKA
Dec. 1 - 8
Friday - Friday
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applying for exit visas could
neither practice their profess
ions in Russia nor leave to
practice in Israel. She declared
that “to penalize the educated
was one of the causes of a slave
system” and called the new
Soviet policy “a uniquely ab
horrent violation of human
rights, making a mockery of
Soviet protestations that there
is no anti-Jewish policy in the
USSR.”
Sharp criticism of the new
Soviet policy was issued by the
National Conference on Soviet
Jewry, the Greater New York
Conference on Soviet Jewry,
and the Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry. Calling the
ruling “blackmail and ran
som,” Richard Maass, NCSJ
chairman, denounced its “cal
lousness” and said it proved the
Soviet Union was “determined
to break the spirit of Jews who
wish to emigrate to escape dis
crimination.” He said the civil
ized world “must unequivocally
condemn the selling of Jewish
bodies and brains by Soviet au
thorities.” Maass urged Presi
dent Nixon to name immediate
ly a committee to investigate
the “discrimination and plight”
of Soviet Jewry. The two of
ficials asked the US. govern
ment, the UN and other inter
national agencies to join in
demanding “an end to these
violations of human rights
and decency.” Rabbi Israel
Miller, president of the Amer
ican Zionist Federation, con
demned the “continuous ha
rassment” of Jews in Russia
and called the exit fee in
creases a further indication
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flood and must be repaired and,
in some instances, rebuilt.
In aU, the CJF ascertained
that it would require grants
from Federations throughout
the United States in the amount
of $2,101„396 over a two-year
period to help put the commun
ity back on its feet again.
Individual Assistance —
$462,000. This included emer
gency assistance for 300 families
in the amount of $75,000 which
covered aid for families for
clothing, housing, furnishings,
educaction and minor repairs; to
fill the gap not met by govern
ment aid and the initial Red
Cross assistance, now largely
ended. In addition, 150 families
received supplementary assis
tance for one year which came
to $387,000. This covered supple
menting social security, old age
insurance, unemployment com
pensation, medical aid, nursing
aid, and other special needs.
Business and Indnstry Needs—
— $150,000. This amount is to
cover the interest on $2 million
loan from local banks by the
local federation. The Federation
is granting small business loans
(whose needs cannot be met by
government aid) up to $25,000
per loan. In the first seven days
of the program 30 loans totaling
almost $500,000 were granted.
Continuation of Jewish Com
munal Services — $1,324,396.
This covers an estimated two-
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of efforts by the Soviet gov
ernment to deter the free im
migration of Jews. Declaring
that the new policy “particular
ly attacks Jewish intellectuals,
Bertram H. Gold, executive
vice president of the American
Jewish Committee, said the
new policy was one of “hold
ing people for ransom” and a
“new and cynical form of ha
rassment.” He said the AJCom-
mittee had called on President
Nixon to convey to Soviet
leaders “the outrage of the
American people at this viola
tion of fundamental human
rights.’
Louis Pincus, chairman of
the Jewish Agency executive,
appealed to “all men of consci
ence in the world to raise their
voices in protest” against the
Soviet plan “to impose ransom
payment of thousands of rubles
upon Jewish academicians wish
ing to emigrate to Israel.” He
asked “all enlightened nations
and all governments to lend us
their full support in this hu
manitarian struggle.”
Sen. George McGovern (S.D.),
the Democratic Presidential can
didate, said in Washington he
was “deeply disturbed” by the
news and he called it a case of
the Soviet Unions’ holding Jews
“as hostages of the state.” He
dismissed the Soviet argument
that the higher exit fees were
to “repay” the government for
the cost of educating such Rus
sian Jews. He said, “It is clear
that the Soviet Union has been
more than adequately recom
pensed for the costs of their
education.” He said if the So
viet Union was “genuinely in
terested” in better relations
with the U.S., it would end the
restrictions “imposed against
all Soviet Jews who wish to
emigrate.”
Copyright 1972, JTA
year deficit-financing program
for the following institutions:
Jewish Community Center,
Temple Israel, Temple B’nai
B’rith, Ohav Zedak Synagogue,
United Hebrew Institute and
Talmud Torah, United Orthodox
Synagogue, Wyoming Valley
Jewish Committee, Emergency
personnal and related costs, and
a contingency fund.
Institutional Restoration —
interest and principal for five
years totaling $460,000. Five of
the above institutions will re
quire repairs in the amount of
$1,905,091. It is expected that
they will receive 30-year loans
from the Small Business Ad
ministration to repair their
buildings so that they can again
operate. With the impoverish
ment of many of their members,
they need help to handle the
repayment in the first years.
The national assistance will pay
interest and principal for the
first five years. These figures
assume the passage of pending
Federal legislation.
The Wilkes-Barre Federation
is allocating a total of $295,000
which will be in addition to
$671,197 Which will be provided
by local residents in fees to
the community center, syna
gogues, and schools.
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