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Why is the Torah Scroll raised,
exposing three columns of its
script, and turned around 360
degrees before or after the read
ing Scroll?
every Jew in the synagogue to be
faced directly with the text.
In many synagogues, before or
after the reading, the covered
Scroll is marched around the
ered a special honor to raise the
Scroll, as well as to roll the sides
of the Scroll together or to cover
it in preparation for its return to
the Ark.
The rabbis of old were insist
ent on relating every single Jew
to the Scroll as their covenant
with the Almighty. They wanted
synagogue to be located as close
as possible to everyone. The tra
dition is so anxious to involve
every person in the reading and
with the Scroll that it is consid-
The Southern Israelite
Compiled by Carolyn Gold
Dec. 3, 1976
Home furnishings are badly
needed to provide for the expected
arrival of a new family of Soviet
Jewish immigrants every other
month. In the past two years the
Atlanta community has helped
set up apartments to accommo
date 64 Russian immigrants.
Since May eight such apartments
have been furnished through the
volunteer efforts of the National
Council of Jewish Women and
through community contribu
tions. Anne Birnbaum and Nancy
Pollard are appealing for usable
home furnishing items.
* * *
Faivel Zilberkant, his wife
Aveltina, and their two sons were
one of the first Russian families
resettled in Atlanta in 1974. He
writes about his first two years in
the United States. The big prob
lem was learning English, partic
ularly for those people more than
40 years old. The second was the
problem of a job. Mr. Zilberkant
appreciatively recounts the many
ways that the Jewish Federation
greeted and cared for the immi
grant families: free medical and
dental care, a furnished apart
ment, rent, utilities and food,
free or partial scholarships for
children to attend the Hebrew
Academy, free tuition for summer
camp and AJCC privileges, tickets
to concerts and other entertain
ment. Next week Mr. Zilberkant
will continue his personal account
of life in Atlanta.
* * *
Dr. Jonas Salk, who in 1954
developed the Salk anti-polio
vaccine, has been given the Nehru
Award by the Indian government
for his services to the study of
biological and health sciences and
to the alleviation of human suf
fering. Salk is the third American
to receive the honor. Others were
the late Martin Luther King Jr.
and violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
* * *
The sexual revolution is threat
ening Jewish continuity warns a
Florida Reform rabbi. In an in
terview’ with JTA, Rabbi Her
bert Baumgard stated that the
sexual revolution is intensifying
the problem of assimilation,
causing postponement of mar
riage among young Jewish adults,
and is a significant factor in the
declining birthrate of American
Jewry.
Bob Evans, former CBS News
correspondent, will be the guest
speaker at the new AJWF Sin
gles Group, an outgrowth of Federa
tion’s “Shalom Atlanta” program
for newcomers. Mr. Evans will
speak on the subject “Oil: Is
rael— Will the U.S. Have to
Choose?"
* * *
Gate City Lodge of B’nai
B’rith will celebrate its 107th year
of service Dec. 8. In its early days
the lodge helped provide funds
for needy Jewish widows and
was involved in the founding of
the Hebrew Orphans Home in
1876. The first Atlanta AZA
group was formed under the guid
ance of L.J. Levitas, Harold
Marcus and H.A. Alexander in
1930. During the presidency of
Dr. Irving H. Goldstein, dental
equipment was presented for the
establishment of a dental clinic at
Grady Hospital. The lodge also
was involved in initiating Jewish
activities at the University of
Georgia which developed into a
Hillel program. ADL, voter reg
istration, job placement, flood
relief, and even a bowling league
are all facets of Gate City Lodge’s
activities.
December 1, 1961
A Torah, originally belonging
to the late Rabbi Isaac M. Wise,
was presented to President Ken
nedy by a delegation of 250 Re
form Jewish leaders representing
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations. The Rose Garden
ceremony, arranged by Secretary
of Tabor Arthur J Goldberg,
proclaimed the president as “the
inspired and inspiring leader of
those committed to the moral
mandate set forth in the words of
this sacred parchment.”
* * *
Dr. Simon H. Wender has
been elected to the highest posi
tion on the Council of the Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stu
dies. Dr. Wender is research pro
fessor of chemistry at Oklahoma
University, Norman, and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Wender of Atlanta. He is a grad
uate of old Boys H igh and Emory
University and holds a Ph.D.
degree from the University of
Minnesota. The Oak Ridge Insti
tute is a non-profit education
corporation of 28 southern uni
versities which participates in
and supports the nation’s atomic
energy program.
* * *
Five more Jewish religious
leaders in Russia have been re
moved by the Soviet government
and at least a dozen synagogues
closed down, the New York Her
ald Tribune reported this week.
The orders were issued by the
U.S.S.R. Ministry of Religious
Cults.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
reports from Paris that Lt. Gen.
David Dragunsky, a Jewish officer
w ho is one of the most decorated
Soviet heroes of World War II,
declared in fluent Yiddish that
Russian Jews did not want to
emigrate. He said the Soviet
government “is about to liqui
date the last traces of racism and
popular anti-Semitism” in Russia.
* * *
Attorney-General Robert
Kennedy this week discounted
the significance of the Rockwell
American Nazis and described
its 15 members as "a little mad.”
He conceded that the Nazis were
“unpleasant to have in our midst”
and once again termed the Birch
Society as “ridiculous.”
Two local authorities who par
ticipated in a recent archaeologi
cal expedition in Caesarea, Israel,
will speak at Emory Dec. 3. They
are Dr. Immanuel Ben-Dor, pro
fessor of Archaeology at Emory,
and George Beattie, lecturer and
professor at Georgia Institute of
Technology School of Architec
ture. Their firsthand discoveries
in Caesarea, the chief port of
Rome’s eastern colonies, built by
Herod the Great 10 years before
the birth of Christ, will be the
subject of Sunday’s lecture.
* * *
“Drugs and You" will be the
subject of an AJCC forum Dec. 3
and will be based on Sen. Estes
Kefauver’s inquiry into the drug
industry. Panelists include Dr.
Arthur Richardson, dean of the
Emory University School of
Medicine; Milton Kreuger, ex
ecutive secretary of the Georgia
Medical Association; and William
Wender of Wender and Roberts
drug stores. Norman Shavin,
Sunday editor of the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, w’ill mod
erate.
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