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y SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
Established 1925 •
VOL L
One Section, 12 Pages
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, April 25, 1975
25c A Copy
NO. 17
AJPA To Honor Fifty Years
Southern Israelite Service
The Southern Israelite’s half century of service to Southern
Jewry will be honored May 28 in Memphis.
Occasion will be the thirtieth annual convention of The
American Jewish Press Association.
The Southern Israelite will share the anniversary spotlight with
"The Hebrew Watchman” of Memphis.
Both newspapers were established in 1925. Leo Goldberger,
founder of the Memphis newspaper, now editor emeritus, will be
on hand at the honors banquet, being planned as a Memphis-wide
communal event.
Adolph Rosenberg who joined The Southern Israelite staff in
1940, will represent the Georgia-based publication. He is a former
national president of the AJPA.
Strife In Lebanon:
Lessons For Israel
by EHUD YAARI and
DAVID LANDAU
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Despite the casualty figures (over
100 terrorist dead), last week’s
strife in Beirut between the Palesti
nian terrorists and the Christian
Phalangist Party militia is seen by
seasoned observers here as a
success for the terrorists rather
than a defeat as would at first
appear.
In four days of fighting, the
Palestinians showed once more
that they can take up arms brazen
ly and publicly in the heart of the
capital without the Lebanese army
daring to challenge them. They
showed, too, that without employ
ing by any means all the forces
available to them, they can launch
swift and accurate attacks on
selected targets — such as the
pharmacy store of Phalangist
leader Pierre Jumeil or the homes
of his lieutenants.
Moreover, last week’s violence
showed that the Palestinian
organizations can look to broad
sections of the Moslem leadership
in Lebanon for sympathy and sup
port, while the Phalangists plainly
found it hard to drum up
enthusiasm among other Christian
parlies. The Baathists, the Com
munists and the Partie Populaire
Syrienne were all among those
groups which publicly backed the
Palestinians. (The latter grouping,
a powerful ex-fascist movement,
aided the Phalangists back in the
Concern Grows Egypt May Use
Canal Opening To Resume War
1958 civil war in Lebanon.)
The best known Christian leader
in Lebanon, Raymond Edde, head
of the National Bloc, carefully dis
sociated himself fromthe
Phalangist cause during the
fighting. At the same time, though,
the outbreak of fighting —
triggered by terrorist affront at a
roadblock set up by the
Phalangists during a church ser
vice — showed that there still are
forces inside Lebanon which op
pose the ongoing encroachment of
the Palestinians upon Lebanese
sovereignty. JJierp was a long
standing history of tension and
hatred between the Phalangists
and the Palestinians which preced
ed last week’s events, the observers
here recalled.
This is not to say, however, that
the Phalangists oppose the Palesti
nian terrorists' basic aims against
Israel: merely that they oppose
their activities within Lebanon.
The events showed that at present
the forces inside Lebanon seeking
to curb the terrorists are not
powerful enough to inflict any
really sustained damage upon
them.
The Phalangists’ shooting up
buses or mortaring refugee camps
are not likely to bring about a shift
in the power balance or oust or
even deter the terrorists. Much
more widespread opposition to
them inside Lebanon would be
needed, it seems, before this could
come about.
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Israeli
political and military circles are
taking a serious view of the
possibility that Egypt may use the
reopening of the Suez Canal on
June 5 as a pretext for military ac
tion in Sinai aimed at driving
Israeli forces beyond artillery
range of the waterway. Arab
military commentators have
predicted that President Anwar
Sadat may send as many as five
divisions across the canal before it
is officially reopened to commer
cial shipping, Israeli sources said
Monday.
Sadat would attempt to justify
his move by the need to protect
ships using the canal from possible
Israeli attack. Hisham Abdallah, a
military commentator writing in
the Lebanese newspaper A1 Ciad,
said recently that Egypt’s
economic plans for the Suez Canal
zone would be endangered as long
as Israeli forces remain in the Gidi
and Mitle Passes that are within
artillery range of the canal;
therefore, it is logical to assume
that the Egyptians will open
military action to push the Israelis
f rom the passes, Abdallah wrote.
Israeli military sources say that
the Egyptians have the ability to
move large military, forces across
the canal in a matter of hours
without seriously interrupting
maritime traffic, They are con
sidering the possibility that Presi
dent Sadat may send troops into
the limited forces zone on the east
bank of the canal shortly before
the June 5 opening date and
precipitate skirmishes with Israeli
forces This, of course, would be a
major violation of the January,
1974 disengagement accord.
ZOA Conference Agenda
Plans for the regional con
ference of the Zionist Organiza
tion of America on Saturday and
Sunday, April 26 and 27, at the
Clairmont Rd. Rodeway Inn, will
include the following highlights.
At 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon,
there will be an Oneg Shabbat
featuring an informal discussion of
current events and ZOA policy led
by Judge Alfred H. Kleinian of
New York.
At 9 p.m. Saturday evening, the
following committee sessions will
meet. Ways and Means, chaired by
Charles Kimerling of Bir
mingham; Resolutions, chaired by
Judge Nelan Sweet, Miami Beach;
Nominations, chaired by Harry
Jaffe of Birmingham.
Past regional president Leon
May will preside at the business
session beginning at 9:30 a.m. with
reports by Maurice Pilsk and
Harry Branton. Marty Patrick,
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new regional director, will be
presented.
Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein,
national president, will address the
Sunday luncheon at 12:30 p.m.
With a change of location, Sun
day evening’s session will begin at
8 p.m. at the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center. Judge Kleiman of
the Criminal Court of New York
City, will deliver the main address.
Jewish Home Launches Drive For
Volunteer Members to Meet Def icit
by ADOLPH ROSENBERG
skyrocketing inflation $15, $25, $50 or up to $200,
' With
costs adding unexpected pressure
on the budget, Jewish Home of
ficials have launched a campaign
seeking broader public support to
offset a projected deficit exceeding
$50,000 for 1975.
The move, it is hoped by Hyman
Meltz, campaign chairman, will
produce several hundred persons
whose individual contributions will
add to the sums already in the of
fing from some 1500 current
volunteer members.
Mr. Meltz explained that per
sons willing to assist in the
program can drop a check in the
mail to the Jewish Home
Volunteer Members, ranging from
write making a pledge.
At a recent session of the Atlan
ta Rabbinical Council, Mr. Meltz
was assured participation of all
congregations in the campaign.
Already, he noted. Rabbi Harry
Epstein has sent out a communica
tion to members of Ahavath
Achim Congregation, with splen
did results so far.
Follow-up person-to-person
calls will be made to prospects, he
noted. Other congregations will
place specific emphasis on the
needs, he said.
Another broad effort will be
rnade by some twenty volunteers
who will man phones this Sundav
Jerusalem: Israel's 27th Anniversary
by DAVID LANDAU andGIL SEDAN
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli
youths captured the top prizes in
Israel’s annual International Bible
Quiz held here April 16, a
traditional event of the
Independence Day celebrations.
In another event, pianist Arthur
Rubinstein delighted a standing-
room-only audience at the
Jerusalem Theater with a perfor
mance of Beethoven's Emperor
Concerto, accompanied by the
Israel Broadcasting Symphony
Orchestra. Afterwards, the
orchestra performed Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony. The concert, a
benefit arranged by Mayor Teddy
Kollek for young music students in
Jerusalem, was broadcast live on
television and radio.
Both events stressed the cultural
and educational themes of this
year's Independence Day
festivities, a sharp departure from
the heavy emphasis on military
pageantry in past years.
Apart from the formal recep
tions honoring Israel’s 27th birth
day, most of the celebrations in the
capital were impromptu affairs.
Young and old gathered in the
streets and parks of the city sing
ing and dancing before bon-fires.
Performing troupes, hired by the
municipality, provided free enter
tainment for crowds in the central
square. Independence Day parties
were held in many private homes.
This year's Bible quiz drew 24
contestants from 14 countries. But
they were outclassed by the Israeli
youngsters. Ephraim Korngut, a
16-year-old student at the Bnci
Akiva High School in Jerusalem,
won first place.
The runner-up was Yaacov
Hildesheim, who lives near Haifa.
Shmuel Toledano, an Israeli, tied
for third place with Heidi Veltzer,
of South Africa. Shoshana
Bockler, of Argentina, came out
fifth. All five youngsters won IL
1000 scholarships provided by the
government and the Jewish Agen-
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in a day-long telethon, using the
Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federa
tion facilities.
Mr. Meltz pointed out that the
Jewish Home facilities are
available for whoever needs them
not only in Atlanta, but Columbus,
Macon, Augusta, Columbia,
Charleston and in many other
places in Georgia and South
Carolina, without regard to “abili
ty to pay."
There are full-board residents,
residents who cannot pay and
others under medicaid. Each
receives the same optimum of care
and attention, with full confiden
tiality about payment, Mr. Meltz
said, adding, “The program is
fabulous and wholesome, with
things going on for the entertain
ment, morale and general atten
tion of the individual residents, in
accordance with ability and in
terests.
“Truly, it is a community ser
vice and I hope every family will
make a special effort to participate
in the program by becoming a
sustaining annual — or even a one
time — participant. Every member
gift helps us in meeting unexpected
and regular extras which the
volunteer members have supported
in the past.”
“Act now, please," he conclud
ed.
Mr. Meltz’ wife is also an active
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