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times Jewish organizations sup
ported the troops by raising money
for needed supplies of equipment
as was reported on December I,
1944: “Atlanta Hadassah
Launches War Bond Campaign
For Two Ambulance Airplanes."
And sometimes the personal
efforts and sacrifices of men-in-
arms were reported. The issue
dated September 18, 1944, carried
a story headlined, “Lt Milton
Romm Is Wounded in France.”
Romm, now an Atlanta
businessman, was reported to be
recovering nicely, however, and
“hankering for a good piece of
Georgia watermelon "
MASSELL
Other individuals, in other
situations, also appeared on the
pages of The Southern Israelite
and occasionally, reports became
genuinely prophetic.
On January 16, 1948 this paper
reported the election of Sam
Massed Jr., as president of the
University of Georgia’s chapter of
the Phi hpsidom Pi fraternity and
commented, "Sam Massed is only
twenty years of age and only a
freshman in the Lumpkin Law
School, but certainly predicts to be
a very active citizen of promising
assistance to his community.”
A mere twenty-two years later.
The Southern Israelite revealed
the extent to which its unwitting
prophecy was fulfilled. On January
9, 1970, under the headline
"Massed Sworn In," was the re
port, “Sam Massed, sworn in on
the evening of January 5 as the
first Jewish mayor of Atlanta,
closed his inaugural address with a
ringing 'Shalom.'
MEIR AND FBAN
The activities of other
personalities were also reported,
including some who -were only
visiting Atlanta rather than living
here. Noted Jewish communal and
political leaders frequent Atlanta,
often helping in the effort to raise
funds for Israel and other Jewish
causes.
The June 10, 1949, issue
reported Golda Myerson, Israeli
14 Minister of Labor, Housing and
Public Works, speaking on behalf
of the Jewish Welfare Fund The
following year a similar visit by
Aubrey S. Eban, chief delegate
from Israel to the United Nations, t
was reported.
Both Myerson and Eban have
visited Atlanta several times since
then, but under different names:
Golda changing her last name
from Myerson to Meir and Eban
altering Aubrey to Abba.
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footnotes to the tale of Atlanta’s
Jewish life The real stpry is one of
continuous growing prosperity
stretched across half a century oc
casionally interrupted by emergen
cy of tragedy.
One of the symptoms of the
growing affluence of the Atlanta
Jewish community is the growth of
its Jewish Welfare Eund pledges. In
1944, for instance, the Atlanta
JWE goal was $175,000. By 1971,
that figure had increased around 40
times to $7,500,000. E.ven with in
flation, the increase is an indication
of healthy growth.
The erection of new Jewish com
munal and congregational homes
is also an indication of Atlanta
Jewry’s growth in affluence and
spirit. The Jewish building boom,
sometimes referred to as an
“edifice complex” began as early
as 1931 when The Southern
Israelite reported “Atlanta’s
Magnificent New Temple
Dedicated" and noted “with most
of its members having moved to
the northside of Atlanta, the con
gregation began to plan for a new
larger Temple in a more suitable
location
The Temple was the first Atlan
ta congregation to move north. In
the next 20 years almost all of
Atlanta’s Jewish population would
also shift its focus from
Washington Street on the
southside to various northside
locales, now stretching into Sandy
Springs and beyond
The Southern Israelite covered
the entire lifespan of some
buildings, reporting happy births
and both happy and untimely ends.
JEWISH HOME
On the happy side, this paper
reported on February 10, 1950,
“Ben Massed Donates Property
for Home for the Aged in Atlan
ta.” By 1957, TSI headlined “Ap
prove Addition to Jewish Home;
To Double Capacity.” Continued
growth in the need and use of the
Jewish Home ended the career of
the building on 14th Street, hut it
was a happy ending as TSI
reported on April 30, 1971:
"Atlanta Formal Dedication Sun
day for Jewish Home,” a beautiful
new building on Howell Mill
Road.
On January 15, 1937, this paper
headlined "Mayfair Club Io Build
New Home," and for 25 years told
of parties, meetings and other ac
tivities which took place in that
structure On December 13, 1963,
however, The Southern Israelite
reported tragedy: “Atlanta's Love-
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