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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 26, 1986 Page 17
Through the vears-the ’60s
itizens Rally Around Israel and Its Winning Army
Manta Raises $1,000,000
l! Emergency Meeting
Bv VIDA GOLDGAR
pearly reports from tho Mid-East indicate a series of
h»pns bv Israel s armed forces, American citizens from all
nr* of the country, Jews and non-Jews alike, have taken
steps to support the Jewish State in the critical
200 people attended a
’ meeting on Tuesday. .June
by the Atlanta Jewish
Fund due to the Israel
As a result, over $1 mil-
has been pledged so far to
^•tael. Telegram notice of the
ng went out to the top
krship of the community
the day before announcing
the Jewish community of
sta was going to respond to
Israel's critical need for funds
in its hour of peril.
The meeting had been arrang
ed as a result of a weekend con
ference held in New York City
by the United Jewish Appeal.
Delegates to this crucial meeting
included Dr. Marvin Goldstein,
Max Cuba, Max Rittenbaum, Dr.
Irving Goldstein and Mike Get-
tinger.
Speakers at the conference out
lined the critical financial prob
lems facing Israel. This was even
before the attack by the Arab
nations made the situation that
much more accute.
In New York, the delegates
from all over the United States
heard reports from Israel’s Fi
nance Minister Pinhas Sapir and
from Louis Pinous of the Jewish
Agency who reported on the
critical situation in Israel as of
the day before. Mr. Pincus
agreed to come to Atlanta to tell
this story directly to the Atlanta
leadership.
Immediately a committee was
formed in Atlanta headed by
Milton Weinstein and Sidney
Feldman to handle the special
Israel Emergency Fund cam
paign and telegrams were sent
out announcing Tuesday’s meet
ing with Mr. Pincus. “One of the
most amazing factors," said Mr
Weinstein, “was that practically
every person who received a
telegram, and was in town at the
time, attended the special meet
ing ’’
“The reaction of the people
present," added Mr, Feldman, “is
something that has never before
happened in this community,
even in the period of the cre
ation of the State of Israel.”
Mr. Weinstein made clear to
the group that this special ef
fort for the Israel Emergency
Fund was over and above the
regular campaign of the Jewish
Welfare Fund which was almost
completed and which had raised
to date over $1,000,000. What was
being required of the Atlanta
community was that they re
spond to this emergency situa
tion over what they had already
given He also announced that
“This money for the IEF is in
tended to go completely and only
to the people of Israel in their
hour of crisis." He stressed that
people were expected to increase
their giving and that cash was
expected immediately or with
in the next few days.
Mr. Pincus outlined Israel’s
critical situation even before the
war started because of the great
sums of money the government
was spending for defense, and
thus was not in a position to sup
port the welfare, immigration and
absorption programs.
Jewish communities through
out the world have agreed to back
up not only what they have been
doing before, but to add greatly
to the support of these programs
in view of the government’s
present inability to support them.
Mr Pincus pointed with pride
to Israel’s achievements on the
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1967
NO. 23
•ays of Showdown;
loments of Truth
■►"•I'llmigb Mr. lloroxeitr’ stoni pre-dates the outbreak of hos-
t /eel his dear interpretation of the events tending up
war u-ill help readers form a better perspective of the sit-
By DAVII) HOROWITZ
NniTEn NATIONS (WUP) —
P* ineteen years following the
ths-biacl’ wav in 1916 and the
Ifci of the Jewish State there
tfcnfor been a week, month or
jrthoi ohsrrvcrs did not live
*14* xpectation that some dav,
Stably, this sustained cold
<ir of the Arabs would break
tBBfh tho l T N lines to a full-
tt* showdown between the
!i<t uti'k suddenly emerged
• ttet moment of truth — that
ttttartion of truces, buffers,
tsrires and arguments—-when
pets were moving to the in-
tfcat!? showdown by trial of
tafth.
ftitr all events, which in his-
lt?plunge nations into war with
gteying speed, the hectic week
jffcb began with Cairo’s sud-
i*9 demand for the immediate
jtjWrawal of the UN Emergency
3fes frnm the Sinai Peninsula
9(1 Cara Strip, the prompt rc-
WW of that Force by the Sec-
IpRj-Gpncral. the attack on U
M for complying with this
8>ttp*ctrrl demand, the large-
phi* mobilization by the UAR,
Israel and the other Arab
and, above all, Nasser’s
cement that, with the
,to tan re-occupation of Sharm
STkh, lie would clamp a tight
on Israeli shipping to
from Eilat—all these brought
v close as it will ever come
4e entire region,
ffcwr's sudden move, with an
rmt rallying of the Arabs
1 new-found unity against
|d lelf-imposed enemy, admit-
took the Western Powers
ftemplete surprise. Caught off
these Powers supported
and Denmark in the eon-
of a Security Council
in the absence of U
who had flown to Cairo
»• iltempt to unravel the sit-
As it turned out, the
session only served to
*f a confrontation between
fat and the USSR at a time
■ only Big Power unity could
I a the brakes of a galloping
_ L To retrieve this situation,
r ent do Gaulle came out
■ spot proposal that, as a
is activate a united Council
in the crisis, there should be a
Big Four consultation to confront
the United Nations with their
unanimity. The U. S. and Britain
promptly accented and, after
some wavering, the Soviet Union
decided to say “yes."
As the week drew to its hectic
close, the Big Four "brake'’ on
war appeared as the most hopeful
development that the conflict in
the Mideast is still not inevitable.
But this does not mean that war
may not come. Everything now
depends entirely on the Hitler
like Nasser—whether or not he
will begin to halt Israeli ships.
The mood in Israel is that, in the
event Ihe Western Powers will
not back up the Jewish State’s
rights in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jer
usalem may have to go it alone.
The country stands ready for ac
tion.
Nasser says he, too. is ready.
In his report to the Security
Council, released during the
weekend to an eagerly-awaiting
press, the Secretary General de
clared that, in his hurried flight
to Egypt, he had counselled Nas
ser not to force such a showdown
He suggested the restoration of
the Egyptian-Israeli Mixed Arm
istice Commission and the
strengthening of the MAC on the
Syrian line. He also proposed
other measures to put teeth into
the conventional UN Truce Su
pervision Organization headed by
General Odd Bull.
Now all this involves a lot of
home work for the Council whose
fifteen members will also have to
contend with a second irritant—
Ahmed Shukairy’s “Palestine
Liberation Army” of guerrillas
now deployed in Gaza ready to
infiltrate into Israel.
Meanwhile, the steeds of war
may have been somewhat slowed
down. Nasser has given public
and private "assurances" that he
has no intention to attack Israel,
even though he defends his mo
bilization on the ground that the
Israelis were involved in a dark,
devious plot with the %!. S. and
the U. K to attack Syria. Cairo
accepts the restoration of the
Mixed Armistice Commission
which is still stationed in Gaza.
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Mass Meeting
Set for Atlanta
In Israel’s Cause
The entire Jewish commun
ity of Atlanta was invited to
attend a mass meeting in sup
port of Israel scheduled to he
held at 8 p. m. Thursday,
June 8, at Ahavath Achim
Synagogue.
The Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Council and its affiliat
ed organizations emphasized
the need for Atlantans to
“come and demonstrate your
support for the people of Israel
in their hour of peril."
Neo-Nazi Parti/
Fastest-Growing
BONN, (WUP)—The Ministry
of Interior published a report
here which showed figures indi
cating that the rightist, neo-
Nazi National Democratic Party
had made greater gains than any
other West German party during
the year 1966.
Despite these figures—a gain
of 11,000 members in one year—
the Ministry’s report discounted
the importance of the NDP. It
termed it “a party without a
program.”
The report appeared to be
more concerned over the fast
growth of the rightist press with
in the country which "increased
its periodical circulation from
45,900 to 272,900.
As for anti-Semitic acts, the
Report noted a slight decrease.
In 1965 there were 521 incidents
as compared with 449 in 1966.
Kadish Luz, Speaker of the Knesset, greets TSI's associate editor
Vida Goldgar after a briefing session of the American Jewish Press
Association.
Proudest Family
In Israel?
JERUSALEM (JTA)—If there
is a family of the year in Israel,
it is probably Mr. and Mrs.
Rahamim of Haifa. Every one of
their ten children is now in mili
tary service during Israel’s cur
rent crisis.
The youngest child, an IR-year-
old girl, is now in customary
military service. Of her nine
brothers, two are paratroopers,
one is in the Air Force, one is a
tank commander, one is a sec
tion commander of infantry, an
other is a regimental sergeant
major, one is in the air defense
and two are in the infantry
Bonn Steps Up
Prosecutions
NEW YORK. (WUP) — Dr. O.
Karbach, Director of the World
Jewish Congress Institute of
Jewish Affairs, declared here
that the Bonn Goverment is
stepping up its prosecution of war
criminals.
Following visits to Bonn.
Cologne, Dortmund, Hamburg,
Munster and Stuttgart, where he
had long conferences with Ger
man Lawyers and jurists involv
ed in the prosecution of crimin
als, Dr, Karbach this week re
ported to the World Jewish Con
gress the following:
1. Between 400 and 450 public
prosecutors are now involved in
the preparation and conduct of
Nazi trials.
2. The Ludwigsburg Central
Agency for War Crimes has ex
panded its original staff of 11
lawyers to 55.
3. The Central Agency has just
started building a new annex to
its headquarters to cope with the
increased staff and work load,
and
4 Ludwigsburg has amassed
200,000 pertinent Nazi era docu
ments for use in preparation for
trials.
Atlanta Surgeon
Among First
To Volunteer
L)r. Ed Reisman, Atlanta sur
geon. was among the first group
of doctors to volunteer their
services to Israel. The American
contingent, believed at press time
to be en route to Israel, will staff
the civilian hospitals to replace
Israeli doctors who have been
called to military service.
Here’s The Way
To Do Your Part
In answer to numerous and
welcome inquiries from per
sons wishing to make a con
tribution to aid Israel, Mike
Gettlnger, executive director
of the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Council, has requested
that such contributions be
made payable to the Atlanta
Jewish Welfare Fund, marked
“For the Israel Emergency
Fund” and mailed to:
Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Fund
9th Moor
41 Exchange PI.. 8JE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Phone: 525-4825