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Page 6 Till: SOUTHERN ISRAELITE January 31, 1^75 Teacher, Scholar, Yeshiva U. Rep., Rabbi N.H. Frankel Dies at 74 This perceptive com munication bv the dynamic principal of Hebrew Academy in Atlanta catches a son’s rare tribute to his father. It is reproduced in full, relating so eloquently to the saga of modern Jewry and the leaders who pace our history. — THE EDITOR * * * Dear Editor: Just ten days ago my father, the late Rabbi N. H. Frankel, passed away in Tel Aviv after a brief ill ness and was laid to rest, per his request, at Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem. His death, at the age of 74, brought to an end an illustrious career of public service which, I believe, deserves public recogni tion via your fine newspaper. My father was born in Galicia and was direct descendant of the Ropshiizer Rebbe whose name he proudly bore. His father, my late grandfather, was a major figure in the Hassidic movement in Poland. He insisted, however, that all his children receive a rich Judaic as well as a secular education. At an early age, my late father was sent to Frankfurt, Germany, to com plete his rabbinic training at the Yeshiva of Dr Breuer, from where he also received his ordination. When Hitler ascended to power my father decided that the time had come to move his wife and the two children to Palestine. His foresight of events to come saved many members of our family who might have otherwise chosen to re main in Germany. In Israel, my late father devoted his energies towards the establish ment of schools and Yeshivot. In 1939 he was sent to the United States on a fund-raising mission. When W orld W ar II broke out my father was unable to return to the Holy Land He then began to enlist the efforts of HIAS in ob taining visas for my mother, my brother Dr. Yaakov Frankel, chairman of the Department of Psychology at Bar llan University; my sister who is the fifth genera tion in my family to be born in Eretz Israel and now serves as guidance counselor in the day school movement in New York, and myself. As a matter of record, we were on the high seas when the Normandy invasion occurred. My father was appointed field director of Yeshiva University in the early 40's and worked for this great instituion of learning more than a third of his entire life time. His greatest joy was to enable deserving students, who were financially experiencing hardships-, to attend Yeshiva University. There must be today several hun dred rabbis in the United States and Canada who completed their studies because of my late father's assistance. In 1968, my father retired from Yeshiva University and he and my mother returned to Israel. He was appointed research director of the rabbinic library of Tel Aviv, a position for which he received no remuneration. At the behest of the Tel Aviv Rabbinate he did re search work dealing with Halachic questions of contemporary nature i.e., the question of Who is a Jew?, the problem with Russian conversions, status ot women and children whose husbands and fathers are missing in action, status of women and children whose husbands' and fathers' whereabouts are not clear ly known (example: Israeli 1 sub marine Daquar which has dis appeared without any trace). More recently,, he began to undertake research work on the status of married soldiers who might have t Moultrie’s Friedlander Dies at 83 MOULTRIE — Louis Friedlander, 83, a pioneer in south Georgia department store develop ment and widely known for his community leadership, died Tues- da\. Jan. 28. He was a native of Lituania, EMPLOYERS WANTED For experienced person nel in all fields. NO FEES INVOLVED In this com munity service program. Please contact Gate City Lodge B'nal B'rlth: 874-3709 CALLING THIS \LIMM! I IIOM \s It KEF RSO\ II It.II S( II (X) I . BROOM 3 V NEW 3 ORk (,R \ I >1 v I I s I \ l I ■: l III) IN HlkM:M. HI MM \SSO< |\ | ION. < •) t.s-4287 after 6 p.m. emigrating to the United States at the age of 15, spent a year in a Baltimore clothing factory, and came to south Georgia at 16 as a walking peddler with a pack on his back. At first he worked out of Pavo, Gu., then opened a small store in Moultrie in 1909, building it into a large department store. He had seven other stores in Georgia and Florida, including Columbus, Thomasville. Douglas, Valdosta and Daytona Beach. Fla. An original organizer of Moultrie National Bank and Moultrie Federal Savings and l oan Co., Mr Friedlander also was & major real estate developer. He served as a charter member of a number of civic enterprises, and was a state director lor 20 years of the Society for the Preven tion of Blindness, His wife. Esther Pearlman Friedlander. died early in 1974. Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the faintly residence, with burial in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Survivors include his sons. Irwin I ricdlnndcr of Columbus. Malvin I riedlander ol Daytona Beach, Herman Friedlander. Richard Friedlander. Malt Friedlander and Jack I ricdf.inder. all of Moultrie, and brothel. Harrs Friedlander of I ake Wales, I la been made impotent. His re search information was made available to rabbis and to scho lars who utilized these data for the purpose of resolving pro blems or guiding the religious courts in the proper dispensation of cases before them. As a result of my father’s urg ing, my brother and I attended and graduated from the Teacher’s Institute of Yeshiva University. Jay, my son, is now attending Yeshiva University and in a real sense, is the third generation of Frankels to attend this great Torah institution. Above all else, however, my parents' greatest joy was in open ing up their home to the needy. I can seldom recall visiting my parents’ home without finding a number of guests who were invited to spend the Shabbat with them. My parents were in Atlanta six years ago to attend the Bar Mitzva of our son, Jay, their oldest grand son. This summer, two more grandsons are due to become Bar Mitzva. He eagerly looked forward to attending them and presenting them, as is the tradition in our family, with Tephillin from Jerusalem. The good Lord, however, had other plans. He needed him more than we, the earthly mortals. As my late father always taught us, you must always subdue your own desires to the will of G-d above. Sadly and lovingly, we once again accept this heavenly decree. — EPHRIAM FRANKEL Dr. Clarence Meyer Dr. Clarence Meyer, 66, of Atlanta died Friday, Jan. 10. Graveside services were held Sunday, Jan. 12, at Crest Lawn Cemetery with Rabbi Alvin Sugar- man officiating. Dr. Meyer was a member of the Temple and a member of the Alee Shrine Temple in Savannah. He served in the Army medical Corps in World War II, and he was an optometrist for forty years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marian F. Meyer; daughter, Mrs. Gayle M. Coolick of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Bernice M. Fein of Chicago. Mrs. Bessie Dunn Mrs Bessie Dunn, 79, of Atlan ta died Friday, Jan 24 Graveside services were held in Greenwood Cemetery Sunday, Jan. 26, with Rabbi David H. Auerbach and Cantor Isaac Good- friend officiating. Mrs. Dunn, born in Poland, was the widow of Hyman Dunn. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Shirley Reisman of Atlanta; son, David Dunn of Dublin, Ga.. ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Bernard SaUberg (iraveside services for Bernard Salzberg, 69, of Virginia Beach, Va., were held Sunday, Jan. 26, at Crest Lawn. Mr Salzberg, a mortgage broker formerly of Atlanta, died Thursday, Jan. 23. He attended the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois and was a past national of ficer of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity. Survivors include his wife, the former Henrietta Miron; daughter. Mrs Ronald Goldstein of Atlanta; son. Steve Salzberg of Chicago and sister. Mrs 1 call Schlapik of Chicago Jacob Goldfarb Funeral for Jacob Goldfarb. 92. of Miami Beach, was held Sunday, Jan 26. at Riverside Chapel in Brookkn. N 3 . with burial in Rudolf V. Kohn Dies; Had Bar Mitzva at 91 Rudolf V. Kohn, who decided to become Bar Mitzva last summer, 78 years after the usual age of 13, died Saturday, Jan. 18. He was 91 years old. Mr. Kohn, a retired clock manufacturer, had requested that his body be donated to Emory University Medical School for the benefit of another person or science. He had stipulated that no funeral service be held. Mr Kohn was born in Vienna and came to this country when he was about 17 years old. He had liv ed in Cedarhurst, L I , N Y. for many years and later in Washington before coming to Atlanta. He was a fine untrained musician and came from a musical family. Although the grandson of a rab bi and a descendent of Salomon Kohn, noted German-language novelist from Prague and strictly observant Jew, Rudolf Kohn had never been Bar Mitzva. His interest in Jewish rituals and traditions heightened during his residence at the Jewish Home, Kohn decided last year that he wanted to have the ceremony which took place at the Jewish Home Chapel. Cedar Park Cemetery, Westwood. N.J. Goldfarb, a retired baker, died Friday, Jan. 24. He was a master baker in Austria, and owned bakeries in New York and Tampa. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Hilda Lincer of Atlanta; sons. Dr. George Goldfarb of Buffalo, N.Y., and Hary Goldfarb of Great Neck, N. 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