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PAGE 16 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 4, 1986
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ister Shimon Peres and his Cabinet
“to immediately rescind this un
conscionable ruling.”
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The new regulation of the Inte
rior Ministry which is headed by
Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz of the ultra-
Orthodox Shas Party, was disclosed
June 22 at a Supreme Court hear-
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was to symbolize France’s true
friendship for America.
The request that she write a
sonnet to be placed on the base of
this statue came from the chairman
of the committee, her old friend,
William M. Evarts. In the last
week of November 1883, Emma
Lazarus wrote 14 lines that have
become immortal.
Now, the Statue of Liberty bear
ing her immortal words expressing
the soul of America celebrates its
centenary. Then, around Bedloe
Island the winds will sing, the
waves slap and the sea gulls scream.
But, for the millions of immigrants
who passed by the lady holding the
torch of freedom, the lady who
wrote words welcoming the “tired,”
the “poor,” the huddled” and the
“tempest-tost” will not be forgotten.
They will remain as a tribute to
the land of freedom and the memory
of Emma Lazarus a Jewish woman.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of
Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride
from land to land;
Lazarus-
Here at our sea-washed, sunset
gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch,
whose flame
fs the imprisoned lightning, and
her name
Mother of Exiles. From her
beacon-hand
Glows worldwide welcome; her
mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin
cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your sto
ried pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your
tired, your poor.
Your huddled masses yearning
to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tem
pest-tost to me.
/ lift my lamp beside the golden
door!"
Emma Lazarus lived to read that
President Grover Cleveland un
veiled the Statue of Liberty on Oct.
28, 1886. Nine months later, she
died. Duringthe interim, she wrote
her last Jewish poem citing Mai-
monides, Judah Halevi, lbn Ezra
and lbn Gabriol. She was drawn to
her people for faith and comfort.
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ing on a complaint by a recent
immigrant from the U.S., Shoshana
Miller, who was converted to Jud
aism by a Reform rabbi. The Inte
rior Ministry refused to register
her as Jewish.
The ministry told the court that
the designation “converted” was
intended as a guideline to rabbis
who register marriages. Schindler
declared, “This ugly and humiliat
ing requirement flies in the face of
3,000 years of Jewish tradition.
From the earliest days of our his
tory as a people, those who con
verted to our faith were regarded
as fully equal. All were children of
Father Abraham; never was there
a stigma attached to the status of a
convert.”
Schindler added, “I have every
confidence that this latest insult
heaped upon the Jewish commun
ity by a small Khomeini-like
minority will be rejected by Israel’s
Cabinet and repudiated by Israel’s
people.” His reference was to the
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who
established a theocratic Islamic
state in Iran.
The statement by the Rabbinical
Assembly said: The unilateral de
cision of Interior Minister Yitzhak
Peretz to stamp the word ‘convert’
on the passports of converted Jews
in Israel represents a reprehensible
action defying both Jewish tradi
tion and the decision of the Israeli
Supreme Court. We urge Prime
Minister Shimon Peres and the
Israeli Cabinet to immediately res
cind this unconscionable ruling and
to continue to abide by the existing
Law of Return accepting the con
verts of recognized rabbis, includ
ing Orthodox, Conservative and
Reform.”
The statement noted that, “Under
Jewish law, converts are Jews and
in no way should be distinguished
from other Jews.”
Obituaries
Ben J. Massell Jr. dies at 68
Ben J. Massell Jr., 68, of Atlanta,
a leading patron of the arts whose
support was pivotal in saving the
Fox Theatre and who also worked
tirelessly on behalf of the Anti-
Defamation League, died Thurs
day, June 26.
A memorial service was held
Monday, June 30, at the Fox Thea
tre. J he body was donated to Emory
University.
He was eulogized by his nephew,
S. Stephen Selig Ill. Stuart Lewen-
grub, Southeast regional director
of the Anti-Defamation League,
also spoke.
In describing Mr. Massell’s affil
iation with ADL, L.ewengrub said,
“Ben knew and understood as well
as any man I’ve ever met how close
our nation could come to embrac
ing the evils of bigotry. He knew
that silence and apathy brought
that danger ever closer and so he
spoke out in the way he knew best,
through his involvement and sup
port (of ADL).”
Mr. Massell was a former nation
al co-chairman of the ADL Society
of Fellows, a member of the ADL
executive committee for the sou
theastern United States and a
member of ADL’s development
committee.
Mr. Massell’s financial support
of the Fox Theatre was seen as crit
ical in saving the Atlanta landmark
in 1974-75. He chaired the restora
tion committee for the theater.
He headed Massell Investment
Company and was chairman of
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the son of Ben J. Massell Sr., a
Lithuanian native who became the
South’s foremost Jewish philan
thropist and was a leading force in
shaping Atlanta’s growth. Ben
Massell Jr. graduated from the
University of Virginia with a degree
in architecture and lived in New
David Sauers
David Sauers, 69, of Atlanta
died Wednesday, July 2.
Graveside service was held
Thursday, July 3, at Greenwood
Cemetery, with Rabbi Arnold
Goodman officiating.
A survivor of the Holocaust, he
was a member of Ahavath Achim
Synagogue.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Nancy Sauers; three sons, Edward
Sauers and Michael Sauers, both
of Atlanta, and Isidore Sauers of
Knoxville, Tenn.; and two grand
children.
Joseph Ambinder
Joseph Ambinder, 77, of Atlanta,
formerly of Long Beach, Long
Island, N. Y., died Tuesday, July 1.
Services were held Thursday,
July 3, in New York.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Ruth Kupferman Ambinder; daugh
ters, Trudy Seperson of Durham,
N.H., and Ann Goldstein of Dun-
woody, Ga.; three sisters; two
brothers; and five grandchildren.
The period of shiva will be ob
served at the home of Mrs. Gold
stein.
Contributions can be made to
Temple Emanu-El.
York for years before returning to
Atlanta before his father’s death in
1962.
Other survivors include a niece,
Mrs. Cathy Fine of Beverly Hills,
Calif.; and first cousins, Sam Mas
sell, former mayor of Atlanta, Lee
Massell, Charles Massell and Joe
May, all of Atlanta; Farly Berman
of Anniston, Ala., Shirley Solomon
of Savannah, Ga., Howard Mas
sell of Miami and Mary Clair Man
chester of Washington, D C.
Dr. Abraham Center
Dr. Abraham H. Center, 79, of
Savannah died Thursday, May 1.
Graveside service was held Fri
day, May 2, at Bonaventure Ceme
tery.
A magna cum laude graduate of
the University of Georgia Medical
School in 1933, Dr. Center began
his private practice in psychiatry in
Savannah in 1946.
He was a past chief of staff at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Broad Oaks
Hospital and an honorary staff
advisor at Hunter Army Air Field.
He was pivotal in the creation of
the Mental Health Clinic in Savan
nah and was an active staff member
at all Savannah hospitals.
He was a life fellow of the Amer
ican Psychiatric Association and a
diplomat of the American Board
of Psychiatry. He was a member of
the American Medical Association,
the Medical Association of Geor
gia, the Southern Medical Society
and the Georgia Psychiatric Associ
ation.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Bessie E. Center of Savannah; three
sons, Melvin Center of Manhat
tan, Kan., Gary Center of Savan
nah and Larry Center of Nashville,
Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. Dora Wise-
berg of Savannah; and two grand
sons.
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