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P»!« 26 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE, March 10, 1970
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Leo Frank— Mrs. Gloria Auerbach,
community leader, 35
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it is highly likely that any request
to the newspaper to “stop the
series” would have been met with a
firm and resentful negative
response. We have learned that
one of the surest ways to prompt
the printing of a story or series is to
ask an editor not to do so, unless
there is a compelling reason or
danger in running it.
Secondly, Celestine Sibley is a
talented, competent, journalist. It
was our judgment that inasmuch
as the newspaper had chosen to
run the series, we at least should
wait and see how Ms. Sibley
treated it. Was she going to be
accurate, fair, and sensitive?
I have now read and reread all
five articles, and it is my
considered judgment that with one
exception, Ms. Sibley did, indeed,
provide an account of Mary
Phagan's murder, of Leo Frank’s
trial, and of the events
accompanying both in a
competent, sensitive, and fair
manner.
Any reasonably fair-minded
reader would conclude that Leo
Frank was the victim of the worst
kind of anti-Semitism, and that the
overwhelming evidence suggests
that he was innocent of the crime
of which he was accused. The
courage and principle of Governor
John Slaton and the contrasting
bigotry of Tom Watson, a man
whose expressions of intolerance
was directed against Jews, Blacks,
and Catholics, were highlighted as
they well should be in reviewing
this case.
1 regretted that there was no
mention of the reported death-bed
confession of Jim Conley. It is a
shame that Judge Arthur Powell’s
letter was never published, because
it almost certainly would have
once and for all cleared Leo
Frank’s name and pointed to the
true murderer of Mary Phagan.
None of us want bad memories
to be resurrected. The Frank Case
is among the worst of memories. It
reminds us how mindless bigotry
can surface and can be used to
destroy a man and strike fear and
divisiveness into a community. It
reminds us that public officials and
personalities can stoop so low as to
cause the taking of a man’s life to
further their own careers, using
religious bigotry as the vehicle.
Thankfully, Celestine Sibley did
New York—A new tool that will
enable Jewish children and their
parents to combat the rising
threat of religioqs missionary
efforts posed by the so-called
Jewish Christians is now available
from the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations,
representative body of Reform
Judaism in the U.S. and Canada.
The UAHC, through its
Department of Interreligious
Affairs, has published “Missionary
& Cult Movements,” a seventy-
page, sixteen week curriculum
outline for use by teachers in the
remind us of those things.
Personally, I would still prefer
not to see this 65 year old incident
replayed over and over again. That
part of me which is cynical says,
the prejudice of the bigot will be
reinforced, the rationality of the
logical man will be offended by this
event. The scars will remain with
' those who, young as they may have
been, experienced terrible fear just
because they were Jews.
For me, however, a more
perplexing question remains, one
that is ony directly linked to Leo
Frank, Tom Watson, and the other
principles of the trial. It is this. Just
four years ago, J.B. Stoner ran for
public office in Georgia and
received 74,000 votes. How many
of those 74,000 Georgians would
relish the thought of brandishing a
rope today?
upper grades of Jewish religious
schools.
“The enormous value of this
booklet,” Rabbi Balfour Brickner,
UAHC department director said,
“is that it exposes the distortions
that proselytizers use to confound
Jewish and Christian young
people. The booklet clarifies the
sharp differences between Judaism
and Christianity.
“Whether this phenomena is a
serious threat to Jewish survival or
just a temporary problem is as yet
unclear. What is clear, however, is
the realization that whatever this
latest effort may ultimately mean,
Jewish young people particularly
need to know now what and how
to respond to the blandishments
and confused teachings about both
Judaism and Christianity that
these groups present. In many
instances, the ‘truths’ that these
groups offer distort and confuse
both Judaism and Christianity.
The booklet sets fortn a series of
lessons, each with specific aims
and classroom approaches
designed to demonstrate basic
truths about Judaism and
Christianity, how they are similar
and where they diverge and the
danger that missionary move
ments constitute to the
maintenance of legitimate and
needed interreligious differences.
“Missionary & Cult Move
ments” may be obtained for $2 ■»
copy from the Interreligious
Affairs Department at the UAHC,
838 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.
10021.
Mrs. Gloria Bassel Auerbach,
35, of Atlanta died Friday, March
3.
Funeral was held Sunday,
March 5, at Ahavath Achim
Synagogue, with Rabbi Harry H.
Epstein officiating. Burial was in
Shaare Zion Congregational
Eternal Gardens, Beconsfield,
Montreal, Canada.
A native of Canada, Mrs.
Auerbach was the wife of Rabbi
David H. Auerbach of Congre
gation Ahavath Achim and had
lived in Atlanta since 1970.
She held a degree in Fine Arts
from Sir George University.
Mrs. Auerbach was involved in
every major Jewish organization
and was especially involved in the
Reach to Recovery Program of the
American Cancer Society. She was
frequently called on by Atlanta
physicians to counsel cancer
patients.
Through her involvement in the
Reach to Recovery Program, she
was instrumental in helping
change people’s outlooks on
cancer. She taught both patients
and their fahiilies how to deal with
the illness.
Survivors, in addition to her
husband, include two daughters,
Lianne and Jennifer Auerbach of
Atlanta; a son, Jonathan
Auerbach of Atlanta; her parents.
Sol Cooper
Sol Cooper, 67, of Savannah
died Saturday, Feb. 25.
Funeral was Sunday, Feb. 26 at
Sipple’s Mortuary in Savannah,
with burial in Bonaventure
Cemetery.
Mr. Cooper was a member of
Congregation B’nai B’rith Jacob
Synagogue and Agudath Achim
Synagogue. He was the owner of
Cooper Brothers Realty Co. He
was a^member of the B’nai B’rith
and the HGH Society and a
Cohen, a Descendent of the
Priestly Family of Aaron. He was a
member of Chevra Kadisha and
the Georgia Real Estate Board. He
was the former owner of Cooper
Tire Co. and was a member of the
Jewish Educational Alliance. He
was previously active in the Boy
Scouts of America.
Surviving are six sons. Dr. Louis
1. Cooper of Charleston, S.C.,
Arthur L., Allan L., Edwin D. and
Neal B. Cooper, all of Savannah,
and Frank H. Cooper of Atlanta; a
daughter, Miss Cindy F. Cooper of
Savannah; and three grand
children.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bassel, a
brother. Bob Bassel, and a sister-
in-law, Mrs. Helen Bassel all of
Montreal; and several nieces and
nephews.
These words from Rabbi Harry
Epstein’s eulogy best describe
Gloria Auerbach's unselfish
involvement in helping others;
“Life is mostly froth and rubble.
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another’s trouble —
Courage in your own.”
Marcus Steinberg
Marcus Steinberg, 63, of
Atlanta, formerly of Mattapan,
M ass., died Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Funeral was held Friday, March
3 with interment in the Hebrew
Bolen Cemetery in Mattapan.
Mr. Steinberg's oldest son. Rabbi
Sheldon Steinberg of Toronto.
Canada, officiated.
Mr. Steinberg had been active in
many Jewish organizations in
Mattapan before moving to
Atlanta six years ago. In Atlanta
he was a member of Congregation
Beth Jacob and Congregation
Shearith Israel.
In addition to Rabbi Steinberg,
survivors include his wife, Bess
Steinberg; another son, Earl
Steinberg of Houston; two
daughters. Michela Steinberg of
Atlanta and Marian S. Todd of
Miramar, Fla.; two daughters-in-
law Shirley Steinberg of Toronto
and Cathy Steinberg of Houston; a
son-in-law Bruce Todd of
Miramar; four grandsons and two
granddaughters.
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