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PAGE 28 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 24, 1986 Obituaries A. DeJongh Franklin dies at 64 A. DeJongh Franklin, 64, of Atlanta died Thursday, Oct. 16. Graveside service was held Sunday, Oct. 16, at Arlington Memorial Park, with Rabbi Alvin Sugarman officiating. Mr. Franklin was a partner in the law firm of Smith, Gambrell and Russell. He received a bache lor of arts degree from the uni versity of Georgia and was a Phi Beta Kappa. He received his bachelor of laws degree from Harvard University. He was ad mitted to the Georgia Bar in 1949. Mr. Franklin was president of the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1955 and general chairman of the National Jay- cees Convention held in Atlanta in 1955. He was a national direc tor of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, a member of the board of directors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, president of the Georgia Association for Mental Health, vice president of the University of Georgia Alumni, and a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation Inc. He was also a national vice president of the American Jew ish Committee and special assist ant to the president during the Carter administration. He was a member of the board of trustees of Big Brothers of Atlanta, the Salvation Army, the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Atlan ta, the Atlanta Jewish Federa tion, the Atlanta Jewish Com munity Center, the Atlanta Chap ter of the Red Cross and the Jewish Home. Mr. Franklin was a member of The Temple. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances R. Franklin; son, Andrew D. Franklin of Boulder, Colo.; daughter, Miss Alice Franklin of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Fred(Eloise) Beerman of Atlanta; step-children, Clark Howell III, Hugh Howell, Mrs. Frances Beaver, Mrs. Mar garet Scott and Mrs. Josephine Nelson; and two grandchildren. Donations can be made to the Nell Marx Memorial Garden at The Temple, or the Salvation Army. Morris Freedman Morris Freedman of Atlanta died Monday, Oct. 20. He was 97. Funeral was held Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue with Rabbi Arnold Goodman and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend officiating. Burial was at Green wood Cemetery. Mr. Freedman was a partner of Comfort Furniture Company. He was a member and trustee of Ahavath Achim Synagogue, a member of Fulton Lodge #216 F&AM, and a member of numer ous other organizations. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Freeda Cohen of Atlanta; sons, Ely Freedman and Jack I. Freedman, both of Atlanta; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Donations can be made to the Jewish Home. An Investment in Peace of Mind The selection of a final resting place is a sacred family duty that sooner or later must be fulfilled. How much better to meet this inevit able obligation now, while members of the family are together—than postpone it until the confused, lonely hour of bereavement. Reservations made before need give one a precious peace of mind that comes from know ing that “one’s house is in order” and that your loved ones cared for, forever, in beautiful surroundings of your own choosing. If you have any questions about Arlington, counselors are available at your convenience. 201 Mt. Vernon Road, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30328 255-0750 inqton yjcmVid parl^ GREENLAW N FUNERAL DIRECTORS Authority on Jewish history dies by Joseph Polakoff Kate Meltzer Green Mrs. Kate Meltzer Green of Atlanta died Tuesday, Oct. 21. She was 88. Graveside service was to be held Friday, Oct. 24, at Crest Lawn Cemetery, with Rabbi Alvin Sugarman officiating. Mrs. Green, a native of Cam den, N.J., was a homemaker. She was a resident of the Jewish Home. She was a member of The Temple. Survivors include a son, Frank R. Green of Atlanta; brother, Abe Meltzer of Atlanta; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Donations can be made to the Jewish Home. Oscar Charles Kersh Oscar Charles Kersh of Atlanta died Tuesday, Oct. 21. Graveside service was held Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Green wood Cemetery, with Rabbi Ar nold Goodman and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend officiating. Mr. Kersh was a member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Harriet Bach Kersh; daugh ters, Mrs. Shelly Colin of Greens boro, N.C, and Mrs. Jill Wein berg of Meerick, N.Y.; sister, Ms. Roslyn Pelton of Planta tion, Fla.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Donations can be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Retired Rabbi Jacob Bernard Agus, who died Sept. 26, at 74, in a Baltimore hospital, was an au thority on the history of Judaism who convinced the British histo rian Arnold J. Toynbee that he was wrong in his anti-Jewish views and caused him to change his mind in tracing the record of Jewry. Toynbee held that Judaism was the “fossil religion” of a people that had withdrawn into itself and had not developed for nearly 2,000 years. After debating with Agus however, Toynbee wrote in “Reconsiderations,” the 12th volume of monumental work, “A Study of History,” that Judaism is a body of belief that had con stantly met Christianity’s chal- Goodman Unveiling The unveiling ceremony in memory of Bernard “Sonny” Goodman will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Crest Lawn Memorial Park, Shearith Israel section. Rabbi Arnold Samian of St. Louis, Mo., will officiate. lenges and had continued to ex pand. Agus was a consultant on that volume. Toynbee died in 1975. Agus, who was born the son of a rabbi in Swislorz, Poland, and came to America in 1927, was graduated in 1933 from Yeshiva University and earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in the his tory and philosophy of religion at Harvard. After being ordained an Orthodox rabbi, he served congregations in Dayton, Ohio, Norfolk, Cambridge, Mass., and Chicago before becoming rabbi at Beth El Congregation in Bal timore in 1950. He served there for 30 years. An intellectual leader of Con servative Judaism, Agus served on the executive committee of the American Jewish Philosoph ical Conference and was a past chairman of the Ideological Con ference of the Rabbinical Assem bly of America. He was a con sulting editor on Jewish religion and history for the Encyclopedia Britannica and a professor of Jewish doctrine at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. He wrote nine books dealing with history, philosophy, religion and bi ography. Survivors include his wife, four children and 10 grandchildren. Meyer W. Tenenbaum Mrs. Estaire B. Ellison Mrs. Estaire Boorstin Ellison of Atlanta, formerly of Charles ton, S.C.. died Tuesday, Oct. 14, after a long illness. She was 83. Mrs. Ellison was a retired owner of Globe Shoe Store in Charles ton. Graveside service was held Thursday, Oct. 16, at B’rith Sha lom Beth Israel Cemetery in Charleston. Survivors include sons, Arnold Ellison and Richard Ellison, both of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Bessie B. Jacobson of Atlanta; four grand children and four great-grand children. Meyer Warren Tenenbaum, 77, of Savannah, founder and presi dent of the Steel Division of Cha tham Steel Corporation, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, after a long illness. Funeral was held Friday, Sept. 19, at Agudath Achim Synagogue, with burial in Bonaventure Ceme tery in Savannah. A native of Poland, Mr. Ten enbaum emigrated to Savannah in 1921. He was a graduate of Emory University and Emory University School of Law. 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