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ySOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry mum. Established 1925 \ PER VOL. LI One Section, 32 Pages Atlanta, Georgia Friday, November 28, 1975 25c A Copy NO. 48 3,000 U.S. Leaders Hear Challenges at Miami Assemblage by VIDA GOLDGAR "•OTTt MIAMI — Reflecting to a degree the pall caused by the United Nations Resolution equating Zionism with racisrjn and the sad news on Friday of yet another terrorist attack in Israel, 3,000 Jewish leaders from throughout North America sought inspiration and guidance during five days of deliberations in Miami. The 44th annual general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, largest ever, heard a call for streamlining of Jewish organizational structures; a plea for “a new quality of integration and services” for Jewish educa tion; and an urging for the end of the “melting pot” phase of American ethnicity. It was Raymond Epstein of Chicago, retiring president of the CJFWF, who opened the sessions Wednesday night say ing, “I am calling for a streamlining of our present structure. But I am not suggesting a central voice for American Jewry. I am proposing a responsible involvement and accountability so that the right voice is heard at the right time on the right subjects." In his appeal for greater and more effective and more coor dinated leadership, Mr. Epstein said: 1. We must consider -gur overlapping structures so as to yet thinys accomplished most economically. 2. We must improve Israel- Diaspora communications for both national and local Savannahans — Jews and Non-Jewish - Rally Affirms Zionism as Religious SAVANNAH — Savannah Jewry, which for more than two and a quarter centuries has en joyed remarkable relations with the citizens of the broader com munity, met with non-Jewish friends Sunday, November 16 for a giant rally and forum in voked by the U.N. Anti-Zionist Resolution and crowded the Jewish Educational Alliance to overflow capacity. Sponsor was the Savannah Jewish Council, with Ehud Lador, Consul General of Israel for the Southwest, making the main talk, according to Murray Bono, SJC president. The following is the resolution adopted that evening. "We the assembled Jewish com munity of Savannah, Georgia, together with other concerned citizens of our City, hereby express ourselves with respect to that por tion of the United Nations Resolu tion of November It), 1975 which characterized Zionism as racism; ''We condemn that portion of the Resolution as false, malicious and itself an expression of racism and antisemitism. "We affirm our support for the State of Israel and its people, and for the principles of democratic self determination which are enjoyed equally by all of its citizens without regard to race, creed or religion. “We affirm Zionism as a bahw religious principle, exfiressing the .ov-uno* Bicentennial Emphasis In This Issue . BENJAMIN NONES <1757- 1826). From a miniature at tributed to John Ramage (c. 1748-1802), owned by Miss Miriam Goldbaum, New Orlen. From Hannah R. Lon don, Miniatures of Early Americans. Raphael Moses ... .. Page U Colu m bin Jewry ■ . . Page III Benjamin Nones - ■ ■ Page n unity of the Jewish />eople and their right to a national homeland in Israel, a right acquired by Holy Covenant more than 5,000 years ago. “We affirm that Zionism, as an in tegral part of Judaism, is fundamen tally opposed to any form of racial discrimination. We commend the position taken by our own country and the other nations which associated with us in strongly opposing the U.N. Resolu tion. In /Hirticular, we commend President Ford and Ambassador Moynihan for their courage and honesty in speaking out against the immorality of the resolution. “We commend the congress for its speedy and forthright condemnation of the U.N. Resolution. In particular, we commend imr own Congressman, Bo Ginn, and Georgia's Senators Herman Talmadge and Sam Nunn for their participation in the action taken by Congress. “We note, as much in sorrow as in condemnation, that the United Nations, which was conceived as a force for morality and humanity m the world, has been subverted and reduced to a ixilitical playground. The ashes of World War II, out of ichich the United Nations was created, included those of 6 million Jewish martyrs who were slaughtered by the worst expression of racism in the history of the world It is unthinkable that the United Nations, born anil chartered to guarantee that such malignant racism would nei<er again stride the earth, should now become the iwry instrument of that malignancy's I'ebirth. In 191,H. in one of its most moral and humane acts, the United Nations recreated the State of Israel and thereby provided a home for a Jewish community decimated by Hitler's tyranny. Thus was Zion, as a haveti against racism, given a new - Pack JE A; Principle birth by the very organization which last week sough t to characterize it as racist This action slanders the United Nations more than it harms Israel It also slanders and demeans the memory of those millions of men and women who fought and diet! so that a world organization for peiwe and brotherhood might be establish ed. “We support the re-appraisal by our country of its relationship icith the United Nations in the light of that organization's apparent aban donment' of the principles upon which it was founded. 'We seek the support of all people in sustaining Israel as an ally of our country and a strong force for democracy in a troubled Middle Fast. “We humbly pray that the mis guided action taken by the United Nations last week represents only a temporary eclipse of those enduring principles of humanity upon which that organization was founded and which are so sorely needed in the world today. ” organizations. 3. We must develop more effective national planning for the Council mol its member Federations with synagogal bodies and with other national and overseas Jewish agencies. 5. We must explore improve ment in the delivery of national sendees to our communities in the field of Jewish education and culture — essential ingredients in our search for greater Jewish identity, greater Jewish commit ment, for the preservation and sunival of our children as Jews. Making an unscheduled emergency appearance before the assembly, Israel’s Am bassador to the United States Simcha Dinitz told the group of that morning’s raid on a border kibbutz, where three Israeli's were killed. The Ambassador noted that the terrorists, like others before them, had been ' armed with hand grenades and axes . . . axes “in order to cut off the heads of their victims as proof’ of their kill. Dinitz also indicated his government had no criticism of Sadat’s coming to visit “our best friend the U.S. We would rather he came here than to Moscow or Peking.” But noting the rate at which the Soviet Union and other countries are- supplying arms to Israel’s enemies, he add ed, “We find ourselves surround ed by a growing military might. We expected Sadat to ask for tractors, not tanks, irrigation systems, not missiles.” One of the most urgently needed concerns, according to the Ambassador, is increased American visitation to Israel. He suggested that “this summer be a summer of pilgrimage of the youth of America to Israel.” A goal of one million Jews going to Israel from every corner of the United States was suggested by Dinitz, who added, “Just ^s we will be fortified by you, you will be fortified by us.” In a dramatic crescendo, Dinitz insisted, “The defense of - TURN TO PAGE 27 1 Silent Sam ” Rothberg Slips Away at 89 Samuel (Silent Sam) Rothberg died Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the age of 89. He was an extraordinary per sonage and a leader in many communal, civic and realty fields, a close friend and a former member of The Southern Israelite advisory board. He often rose at Jewish oc casions and introduced himself as "Silent Sam” Rothberg. Ex actly how he acquired this anomolous nickname, or when, is not precisely clear. He was anything but silent at public meetings and did n« *. hesitate to rise and express himself, sometimes with rare enthusiasm and endorsement of the movements for which the - TURN r<) PAGE 28