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Activist Rubin
Now In Israel
TEL AVIV, (JTA) _ Prof.
Vitaly Rubin, a leading Moscow
Jewish activist, arrived in Israel
with his wife June 18 after a
four-and-a-half-year struggle to
leave the Soviet Union. Rubin,
an expert on ancient China, said
he will continue to serve as a
watchdog on Soviet compliance
with the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
Rubin, 53, was greeted at Ben
Gurion Airport by his twin
sister who emigrated to Israel
five years ago. He said he was
happy to be allowed to return to
the country which “I regarded as
my homeland for so many
years.”
The world does not seem to
understand that the Soviet
Jewry emigration movement is
one of the most important
events in contemporary history,
Rubin declared. He said that as
the turn of the century heralded
the fall of the Russian monarch,
the present Jewish movement
signifies the approaching down
fall of Soviet imperaiism. He
stressed that the fate of the free
world is bound with that of
Soviet Jewry.
Rubin has a chair waiting for
him at Hebrew University and
has been invited to lecture at
Columbia University and other
American schools.
Grocers Co-Op Tribute
Boosts Israel Economy
More than 700 persons were
on hand June 18 when Samuel
Weissman, president of
Associated Grocers Co-Op,
received the Prime Minister's
Silver Medallion for his efforts
in behalf of Israel Bonds. Consul
General Astar made the presen
tation.
Friends and associates of Mr.
Weissman, most of whom were
not Jewish, purchased 8600,000
in Israel Bonds in his honor.
Associated Grocers Co-Op
consists of over 360 independent
grocery store owners in the
State of Georgia.
The honoree received a special
“Book of Honor" with memem-
toes of the evening, and scrolls
with signatures of sill attending.
Hillel Tells Summer Plans
Atlanta Hillel-Federation is
sponsoring the first of several
parties planned for summer at 9
p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Hillel
House. This will be a “Welcome
to Summer” beer party.
Hillel continues its regular
Shabbat dinners at 6:30 p.m.
each Friday, followed by 8 p.m.
services. Saturday morning ser
vices begin at 9:30 a.m. with
lunch at 12.
Planned for Sundays are a
variety of outings, including
canoeing at Stone Mountain, raf
ting, swimming at Lake Lanier.
There will be cookouts at 6:30
p.m. Sunday nights.
Israeli dancing continues at 8
p.m. Sunday nights at the
ADL And WSB Renew
‘L 'Chayim ” Radio Series
Jews in America, in Israel,
and throughout the world will be
the theme of the 1976
“L’Chayi m-To .Life” radio series
to be produced by WSB Radio
and .the Anti-Defamation Mordecai Sheftall, a Jew born in
League of B’nai B’rith. This Georgia, off to a prison ship.
-special summer radio series,
now in its fourth year, will be
heard on Sundays at 10:30 p.m.
beginning July 4.
The initial program, coin
ciding with the holiday Bi
centennial Weekend, will be
“Jews in Early America.” It will
feature a discussion of Jewish
personalities and contributions
to America in the pre-
Revolutionary, Revolutionary
and post- Revolutionary periods.
Special guests, Janice
Rothschild Blumberg. William
Rothschild and Betty Cantor
will be interviewed by Aubrey
Morris of WSB Radio and Stuart
Lewengrub, ADL director.
The panelists will discuss
little known facts about the Jews
involved in Columbus’ voyage
of exploration. According to
Mrs. Cantor, “few Americans
know that of the ninety
members of the crew, six were
Jewish, ineluding Luis de
Torres, chosen to be the ship’s
^interpreter. De Torres is believ
ed to be the first European
settler in the new world.”
Peter Stuyvesant’s reception
of Jewish immigrants in New
Amsterdam will be contrasted to
the welcome accorded them by
General Oglethorpe in early
Georgia.
Mrs. Blumberg and her son,
William Rothschild, researching
and writing about the experience
of Jews in Georgia, found “when
land grants were made, one in
seven went to Jews.”
During the program Mr.
Rothschild will describe the
Savannah Jewish community’s
support for the rebel cause.
Temple Singles
Temple Singles has planned
an outing to Stone Mountain
Park for Sunday, June 27, with
cars leaving the Temple parking
lot at 11:30 a.m.
Cost of $7 includes a
buffet meal, tax, tip, transporta
tion, admission to the park and a
dessert stopover on the return
trip. Price is the same for non
members for this event so
friends are urged to join the
memberhsip.
AMUC building in the Coke
' Lounge. All other activities are
at Hillel House.
Tuesday nights have been
designated as gardening nights
with interested persons gather
ing at 7:30 p.m. to start and tend
a garden.
ISRAEL BONDS HONOREE Sam Wetesmann stands at right
of the Prime Minister's Silver Medallion awarded to him. With
him, left to right, are Consul Levy Elad, Israel Investment
Authority; Rabbi Harry H. Epstein; Consul General Nahum
Astar, Minister Ze’ev 8her, Mr. Weissman, and Dr. Marvin C.
Goldstein, Atlanta Israel Bond chairman.
“They were so unified that the
British Governor Wright, who
had conquered Savannah,
wanted to ban all Jews from
Georgia.” The British hauled
Kalish Bar Mitzva
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Kalish
of Atlanta cordially invite
relatives and friends to attend
the Bar Mitzva of their son,
Louis, at 9 a.m. Saturday, June
26, at Ahavath Achim
Synagogue.
Fine Bar Mitzva
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fine of
Duluth, Ga., cordially invite
relatives and friendB to attend
the Bar Mitzva of their son, Hal,
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 26,
at DeKalb Community College,
Fine Arts Building, in
Clarkston, at services of
Congregation Beth Shalom.
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Rothschild found documents of
the British referring to Sheftall
as a “very great rebel.”
Lewengrub points out,
“Georgians can be proud that
the first Georgia Constitutions
of 1777 and 1789 contained
strong language of freedom of
religion. It was for this freedom
that Jews had come to America.”
‘Jewish * Show
For Assad
PARIS (JTA) — Syrian Presi
dent Hafez Assad attended a
special ballet performance
Thursday night, June 17, in his
honor at the Elysee Palace. If he
knew what he and his group
saw,it must have been a strange
experience. <
The show was the ballet
“Gisele,” based on a ballad by a
German Jew, Heinrich Heine;
with music by a French Jew,
Adolphe Adam; the
choreography by Jean Sinelli, an
Italian Jew, and danced in the
main role by Paris Opera star
dancer Dominique Khalfouni, an
Algerian born Jew.
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