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New England bulletin., 1949-06-25
MiddIetown Notebook
 By JEAN McARTHUR IN TnyNN

Members and friends of Cross St. AME Zion, who are interested in going to Springfield on July are urged to contact Rev Davage as soon as possible.
 On June 9, the Echoes of True vine will sponsor a program at the Holy Trinity Church in Hartford.
 Vivian Bower. of Albany, N. Y. is spending brief vacation with her aunt, Mrs. Dishmen.
 Myra Brown was the guest of her classmate, Frances McArthur.
 Sally Mitchell, formerly Sally Cooper of Pittsburgh, is visiting her brothers and sisters. ? Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond McRae, Jr. journeyed to New York to at tend the wedding of his cousin. Wilbur Galesby.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Foster and Miss Theadoshia Wilson were guests of MT. and Mrs Gustave Young.
 Middletowners turned out in full force to attend the second dance sponsored by Active Ten Social Club. Socialites from Plainville, New Britain and Hartford joined in to make the dance 8 success. It was unanimously agreed that Louise Hicks, in @ dark brown dress and gray accessories, made a striking picture. Also included among the best dressed was Robert "Boa" Hunter sporting a maroon jacket and light blue pants.
 Dorothy Rufdan and Marian Davidson participated in a piano concert given by the Julius Hartt School of Music. Dorothy played gro The Evening Star, by Shubert, and Marian played "The Flower Song" by Lange.
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25
All About .Ansonia
By Julius Douglas

The Welcome Recreation Center Committee which was recently in corporated, has posted letter to the Board of Aldermen of the city. asking that the city of Ansonia make available to their group a piece of property located on the north-end of Main Street for the purpose of building the Welcome Recreation Center.
 Let's Get On the Ball The Ansonia Branch of the lNAACP is now waging, I'm sorry l to say, an unsuccessful battle for members. Lynchings are still go ing on in the South and Negroes are still discriminated against and imposed upon here in the North. Take the case of the Trenton Six which happened right over in New Jersey, for instance. Remember the fight the NAACP put up to clear James Thomas right here in Ansonia few years back This organization which has been fight ing the battles for Negroes for ov- CT forty years deserves better treatment. At one time the NAACP had over 300 members in Ansonia. | y ship? If not, contact one of these members of the membership drive committee, MT. Leroy Daniels. Mrs. Cousins, Mrs. Randolph, Lily Doug las, Margaret Charles. Louise Douglas, MT. s. Walker, MT. Brock ington, MT. J. Baxter. The NAACP meets the third Monday of the month.
 The report that Rev. M. Hend- erson, pastor of the Clinton AME Zion Church would be leaving soon has been confirmed. Rev. Tender son, who has been pastor at Clin- ton for the past seven months has been transferred to Jamestown. N. Y. We regret seeing him leave and wish him success in his new church.
 Say, have you noticer the grow ing number of proud young fathers here in Ansonia? A few I can re member offhand are Lonnie Thomas, Jr., Mack Stanley, Herb Anderson, Jr., Warren Austin, Ray mond Vincent, Buddy Smith. Con rad Finney, Rether Candy, George Douglas, Fred Washington and and Charles Byrd. Populations increasing, huh!
 Turning to sports I find that the West Haven Sailors have acquired the services of Allen Webb. Web by. who played four. years of high school ball here in Ansonia. is a hard hitting righthanded outfelder. If Webb can hold his own against the fast semi-pro teams the Sailors come up against he will, no doubt, become . great drawing card for the West Haveners. Oops, almost forgot, the Pied l Pipers, an out-of-town dramatic group, will present a comedy show at the Ansonia City Hall Monday, June 27 at s p. m. Proceeds from this show will go to the Welcome Recreation Center Fund. Plan te | attend.
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25

MIR. WALLACE HOOKER S4 Hopkins St., Watbury, Conn
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25

WILLIAM F. JACKSON
 172 DixweM Ave.
 New Haven, Conn. ..
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25
Boys! Girls! Boys!

Llke to join a club, have good times, earn extra money in your spare time after school? You can belong to the BULL LETIN' BOOSTERS, 8 club for girls and boys who want to sell the NEW ENGLAND BULLE- TIN (the old Connecticut Chron- icle) to friends and neighbors Wen have contests, prizes, free movie passes and parties for members.
 Come i'm and register at the Office, 2S14 Main St, Hartford, and leave your name at the desk. Or, you may register at any of the following places: MR. JULIUS DOUGLAS -. 89 Broad St.
 Ansonia, Conn.
 MIR. ROBERT RAY
 SO1 Hamilton Ave.
 Greenwich, Conn. MRS. GEORGIANA HALLUM
 164 Fairfield Ave.
 Stamford, Conn.
 J. WALTER NELSON
 3O8 Main St.
 New London, Conn.
 MIR. JOSEPH RILEY
 S5 Sumner St.
 Middletown
  MIR. JAMES JONES
 412 Capen St.
 Windsor, Conn. SAMUEL MONROE
 89 Hartford Ave.
 New Britain, Conn. WILLIAM E. JACKSON
 172 DixweH Ave.
 New Haven, Conn. ...
 MIR. RAZSOR Carver Center, Ann Street
 NOrwalk, Conn. MIR. WALLACE HOOKER S4 Hopkins St., Wat'bury, Conn. MIR. J. EDWARD BURKE 30 Brook St., Waterbury, Conn.
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25

MIR. RAZSOR Carver Center, Ann Street
 NOrwalk, Conn. t
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25

Carwin of Old Greenwich. Mari etta Dabney, Ethel l.. Issac, Alys James, Marion Jennings. Jennie Lowell, Esther McCalla and Vivian D. Pratt of Bridgeport.
New England bulletin., 1949-06-25

MIR. J. EDWARD BURKE 90 Brook St., Waterbury, Conn.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
A Temple and a Rabbi

events of signal Importance to the Phoenix Jewish
community will in September. Beth Israel congre-
CATION gets temple and Beth Ell congregation gets
a rabbi
The new s25O,OOO temple is magnificent edfice-
only its physical forma but in of the basic ideas
underlying it's design. A member of community ex-
pressed this idea most cogenty when he said that the
temple is the first religious building he had seen
(which be dedicated to the children because of
it's classrooms, playrooms, etc.
heartiest congratulations to the members
of the Beth Israel congregation May their enjoyment of
their new temple be unbounded.
And congratulations too, to Congregation Beth E and
its new rabbi Harry e. Schectman. We welcome Rabbi
Schectman to Phoenix and wish him long and fruitful
service here May his congregation grow and prosper
under his spiritual guidance.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
The Need Is Great

The involvement of several of our young men IN an
exceptionally unsavory vice scandal makes all the more
imperative the acquisition of a Jewish Community
Center -
That was serious affair-a blight entire com
munity and tragedy to the families in question 1t can
happen agan-uness And the unless is to us, the
adult Jewish citizens of Phoenix
We can what grave need there is for really
ADEQUATE Community Center-one in which welrounded
youth program be devised Such program and such
Center would serve repository for the time
and energy of our young people, This time and energy
if not properly channeled lead to trouble for the
young folks.
Last month The Phoenix Jewish News suggested that
the old Temple Beth Israel at 1872 Culver be converted
into q Center The movement has gained momentum.
petition to that effect going the rounds of the
munity.
Let's all get behind it. Co-ordinaed action the part
of all of us can achieve this top priority goal in
munity life.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
Dafni Praises Grit
Of Israeli People

Reuven Dafni, consul of Israel
for the seven Western states, has
returned to his headquarters in
Los Angeles, following six-weeks
tour of duty in Israel.
In a statement, Mr.. Dafni de-
clared; 81 was amazed and graft
fled by the steadfastness and re-
sourcefulness of the people of Is
rael in these challenging and try
ing days of austerity, mass inn
migration and the tension of deli
cate international negotiations.
Throughout the land one senses an
impressive spirit of high endeavor
and good cheer"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

if l had written nothing at all, :"
said she.
And Stedman replied, "But why
are you so Indifferent to your uni
que vantage ground you a
Jewess of pure stock?"
But the American Jewish poet
ess, like many another intellectual,
shrugged off her Judaism as a
dead ideal with no bearing on
modern life.
Then one day Miss Lazarus read
in "The Century" an article which
angered and Mortified her. One
Madame Ragozin, a Russian jour
nalist, had written Russian Jews
and Gentiles" ga spirited defense
of the Russian pogroms of 1881.
And the poetess suddenly found a
raison d'etre. Here was a place to
begin her work for humanity, an
opportunity to translate h r
dreams into reality. She who had
been seeking her ideal in classic
myths and in tales of the Middle
Ages, found it at last in the pre-
sent and in her own people.
During the few years that re-
NAMED in her short life, Emma
Lazarus wrote and worked on be-
half of her fellow Jews. A new
flame, a new inspiration vitalized
her poetry, so that, in the words
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
Between You and Me
One Campaign : Or Many?

this year, to amalgamate its fund
raising activities with the United
Jewish Appeal? What may
happen a few years from now,
when the Hadassah work in Israel
will, in the normal course of .ev-
ents, be taken over by the Israeli
Governments health department,
is different story
AS to the Gewerkshaften cam
paign which is being conducted
in this country on behalf of the
Histadrut, it stands to reason that
the leaders of this campaign will
also not take things lying
down
One thing is nevertheless GER
tain: The smaller Embarrassing
drives for Israel, which flourished
during the past two years, will
have little chance in 1850 !.
Greater coordination and control
in this field is the order of the
day =.
X + 4
BEHIND THE SCENES: The
proposal for the Israeli Govern
ment to launch $250,00O,OO
loan in addition to the funds
raised by the United Jewish Ap-
peal continues to be subject OF
growing discussion behind-the-
scenes both in Israel and in the
United States -.
The proponents of the loan be-
lieve that American Jews will sub
scribe to it as an investment,
while contributing at the same
time to the U.J.A. as philanthrop-
lists The opponents argue that
since the sale of the Israeli bonds
will have to be conducted not
through organized Jewish COM
munity organs, but rather on
commercial and individual basis,
the cost of selling the debentures
will be quite high.
In addition, should the loan not
be as successful as expected, it
may prejudice Israel's credit posi-
bilities in this country How
ever. even the opponents of the
loan visualize an Israeli loan in
the United States as inevitable,
even if it's launching is postponed.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
JWB Head Is Named TO
Help Promote UN DoY

Frank L. We'll, president Of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
and of the National Social Welfare
Assembly, has been named head of
the program committee of the Ma
tional Citizens Committee for
United Nations Day. Announce
ment of the formation of the Citi-
zens Committee was made by Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson.
The nationwide observance of
the fourth birthday of the United
Nations has been set for Monday,
Oct. "a.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
PAY YOUR PLEDGE
TO u. j. A.
CASH MEANS LIFE
The Jewish
Quiz Box
BY Rabbi Samuel j. Fox
Copyright, 1e4s, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)


QUESTION: Why is it custom
ary for the father to bless the
children on Friday evening after
coming home from the synagogue?
ANSWER: An interesting var
iety of reasons are advanced for
this custom. From a practical
standpoint, the busy father gets
his first chance to take note of his
family on Friday night when he
returns from the synagogue to a
restful Sabbath home. At this
point he is imbued with pride over
his family and inspired with the
desire to bless them.
The rabbis say that every man
has an "extra soul" on the Sab
bath and the Sabbath is the proper
time to bestow blessings and hope
for their fulfillment. Some writer's
claim that on the Sabbath Satan is
powerless to interfere with bless
ings so that is the proper time to
extend them.
A most unusual reason is given
by others, who claim that the
blessings are bestowed on the eve
of the Sabbath because during the
week the parents may have
scolded the children in fit of
rage. Blessing them on the Sab
bath would nullify this unintended
harm.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

strengthen the United JeWlSn Ap-
peal in 1850? +. Will the Ge-
werkshaften Campaign for Labor
Israel agree to do it? =. Will
other major Zionist groups abolish
their separate Embarrassing drives
in order to give combined support
to the United Jewish Appeal? !. i.
These questions will now be dis
cussed for weeks and weeks at
public gatherings and by each of
the involved organizations /.
You will hear many arguments for
and against a merger of all major
Zionist drives with the United
Jewish Appeal
However, the most important is
the fact that the Israeli Govern
ment and the Jewish Agency ex-
ecutive seem to favor such move
And they are certainly eager
to put an end to the less important
multiple campaigns for Israel
which have been growing during
the last two years in the United
States
Need one doubt the fact that
the Hadassah will not yield its
position and will reject any plan,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

1,500 families, etc.
Greater quantity, however, is
not synonymous with real pro-
gress, although it may facilitate it.
Progress means qualitative growth
and community maturity. / be-
lieve l could give an objective ap-
praisal of this kind of progress.
Yet, since l have participated
rather intensively in our commun-
ity life, the value of my analysis
would be diminished by a charge
of bias on the part of those most
in need of an objective evalua-
ton. l have always believed in
stimulating and not in irritating.
| shall, therefore, give my pic
ture of an ideal Jewish commun-
ity. Let the alert readers who are
genuinely interested in creative
Jewish life and who trust my judg-
ment use my picture as a stand
ard. Let them decide how much
progress Phoenix has made. Let
them do their share to fill the
gaps-if there be any.
THE GOOD Jewish community
has an influential number of in
telligent, conscientious and fair
Jews. They possess a knowledge of
Judaism and its culture. They are
attached to Jewish ideals and in
stitutions. Under no circumstances
do they allow personal desires for
money, honor and social ties to
influence their judgment of what
is right and good for the commune
ity.
The good community has ade-
quate synagogues, led by leaders
who believe sincerely in their in
stitutions ideals. In these syna-
gogues policies are shaped demo
cratically by the members who be-
long because of deep conviction
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
FareweII Message
An Ideal Jewish Community

and not by accident of residence
or acquaintance.
The Rabbis are elected by the
congregations at the recommends
ton of Rabbinical committees
which can recognize ability, schol-
arship, character and sincerity.
Once elected, the Rabbis are the
true spiritual guides.
The congregation knows that
knowledge of selling merchandise
and services is not synonymous
with the knowledge of principles
and human welfare. The intelli-
gent leaders in the congregations
are humble and respectful when
the Rabbis have to disagree with
them on religious and educational
issues.
IN THE GOOD community,
when a Rabbi is three years with
congregation, he acquires ten
ure, in order to free him from de-
pendence on the goodwill of every
self-seeking or stupid or malicious
agitator.
Insecure leadership means two
things. 1t meains eventually con-
gregations and communities led by
politicians kowtowing either to the
most powerful or most likely to
stir up trouble. 1t also means that
good leaders, aside from extreme
self-sacrificing idealists or highest
rungers like the late Rabbi S.
Wise, would leave the Rabbinate
for other fields where they can
serve in dignity and security.
If there ever is a valid reason
for removing a Rabbi, Rabbini-
cal committee is sought to investi-
gate and pass on the validity OF
the grounds. (Both in tenure and
removal of rabbis, teachers, etc.,
the good community follows the
procedure of progressive educa-
tional institutions.)
In the good community there
is mutual respect and cooperation
among the various congregations
and their leaders. The congrega-
tions pursue different paths where
their real convictions differ. They
act jointly, however, on common
social, philanthropic and educa-
tional problems.
They seek to provide good jew
ish education and recreation for
the community, in community
schools and centers, if possible.
They foster a community atmos-
phere of friendship, loyalty to
Judaism and civic service.
The good community strives to
develop mature, informed and
spiritually satisfied individuals.
MAY | ADD that during my
decade interrupted halfway by
| 26 months of Army service) of
serving my congregation and the
community, / constantly strove to
help create the good community.
| believe that if the war-that
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

EDITORS NOTE: Rabbi
Nathan A. Barack of Congrega-
ton Beth Ell resigned recently
and has accepted post at She
boygan, Wis. This article was
written by him at the request of
The Phoenix Jewish News as a
parting word to the Jewish peo-
pie of Phoenix whom he served
sincerely, honestly and ably for
10 years.)
By Rabbi Nathan A. Barach
"WHAT PROGRESS has Phoe-
nix made during the past decade"'
To answer this question put to
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

Soon to take its place on Ame-
rica's Hit Parade is Irving Berlin's
new patriotic song, said to be a
second "God Bless America" It's
title, Miss Lazarus would be
stirred to know, is "Give Me Your
Tired, Your Poor"
A SURPRISE FOR DOROTHY
l remember a column written
by Dorothy T h mps ON some
months ago in the heat of battle
between Israelis and invading
Arabs. The Jews were victimizing
the Arabs, she wrote, and commit
ting all manner of atrocities,
which was not nice of the Jews at
all.
Someone perhaps misled her.
Surely a responsible journalist
would not create such story out
of her own fertile brain!
We can now cease to be con-
cerned about the entire matter.
Even Miss Thompson must be un-
deceived at last.
For news has come of the 10
Syrian soldiers held by the Is
raelis, who were brought to the
border between Syri aand Israel,
for the exchange of prisoners pre-
scribed by the recent armistice
between the two countries.
Twenty-Five of the prisoners of
war refused to cross the border
into Syria. They did not wish to be
exchanged. They did not wish to
be repatriated. In fact, to say it
bluntly, they wished to remain in
Israel!
They wished to join the other
155, 900 Arabs living at peace and
in comfort among their friendly
Israeli compatriots.
After an appeal to the U.N. au-
thorities, they were allowed to re-
main, and the rest of the prisoners
were exchanged without incident.
Dorothy Thompson, friend of
humanity, will be relieved to know
that all is quiet on the Syrian bor-
der.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

destroyer of humanity and its
noblest institutions had not
necessitated my leaving our COM
munity at critical point in our
development, my own contribution
toward the attainment of the good
community would have been
greater than it had been.
l shall always hope that Phoenix
becomes the good community, be-
cause every good community ad-
vances the level of the greater
American Jewish community. And
no leader who has served a COM
munity and worked and lived and
prayed and hoped and wept and
aspired with its members can ever
leave it in heart, even if he leaves
it in space.
May Gods creative spirit per-
meate the community!
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

me ny L HeI hue
nix Jewish News
is both easy and
difficult. 1t is
easy to give a
an
.swer, such as:
In 1881 o u r
|c o m m u n i t y
Numbered about
1900 Jewish IA
Enilies, and to-
|day there are
probably o. e r
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

Jewish affairs
Primarily
on affairs con-
cerning fund
raising in this
country for va
rious causes in
Israel
Will the Ha-
dassah agree to
go out of the
b u S i n e S S of
campaigning &
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

ess Emma Laza-
rus was confid-
ing to Edmund
Clarence Sted-
m a n , t h e
b a n k e r and
poet, that her
writings h a d
not stirred or
awakened or in
fluenced any,
one. "The world
w o u | d h a v e
been as well off
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
The World Deer

of John Greenleaf Whittier, "Her
songs of the Divine Unity repeated
on the lips of her own people have
been heard round the world. Since
Miriam sang of deliverance and
triumph by the Red Sea, the Semi
tic Race has had no braver
singer"
She did more than write in
spired verse, however.
She became concinced that her
people must have some definite
home, and she corresponded with
Lawrence Oliphant, the non-Jew
who had gone to live in Palestine,
in the hope of helping to restore
the Jews to their ancient land.
Here was the true answer, she
thought. "All other suggested solu-
tions are temporary palliations."
=
EMMA LAZARUS, assimilated
Jewess, thus came to treasure the
riches of her peoples heritage, and
to realize that it was precisely be-
cause of this heritage that she was
able to make a worthy contribu-
ton to America.
Her greatest contribution, and
her memorial, is the now-famed
sonnet on the Statue Of Liberty,
whose best-known lines read:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free.
Send them, the homeless, the tenn
pest-tossed to me:
l lift my lamp beside the golden
door"
MISS LAZARUS died at the
age of 38. She was never to know
how many of her fellow-Americans
were deeply stirred by these fer
vent words; she would not have
dreamed that her inspired lines
would today be associated with all
that is noblest and finest in our
American democracy
But the final word is yet to be
spoken or sung - by the
newest generation of the 10th
century America, who knew not
Emma but who will make her
noble phrases ring to the ends OF
the earth.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
By Deborah Jaffa Metz
(The News Own Columnist)
NO BRAVER SINGER

NJ DNANEN OAlNAEN 4.
There was something so timeless
about it.
This particular conversation
took place nearly 80 years ago,
and yet it might have been yester-
day.
In respondent mood, the poet
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19
By Boris Smolar
Copyright, 1949, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

NEW ISSUES: American Jewry
is in for a most interesting season
of lively discussions on internal
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-08-19

MAY | ADD that during my
decade interrupted halfway by
26 months of Army service) of
serving my congregation and the
community, / constantly strove to
help create the good community.
| believe that if the war-that
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Who's Afraid of Big, Bad G. w.?
Hoyos' Coach Is $50 He Soys)

They beat us 1877 last year
and tied us 90 the year before.
How can you say such thing?"
he asked. He also pointed to the
records of this years Maryland
games and, surprisingly enough,
the comparative scores indicate
the teams are of equal strength.
Maryland beat Georgetown, 1877,
and George Washington, 40-l4. a
26-point difference in both cases.
And note that G. w. scored
two touchdowns on Maryland"
added Margarita.
Despite all that. it does appear
that the HoyaS will be favored for
the annual game against G. W.,
the schedule windup for both.
Last year was the first time in the
II times they'd played that the
Colonials won, although there are
two scoreless ties on the record.
For this windup game George
town expects to have three of its
injured players back. They are
Guards Bob Fortunate and Paul
Wintermeyer and Tackle Art
Sheridan. all top grade men. None
were able to make the trip to
Denver last week. .
George Washington, too, will be
strengthened by the return of
several grade A players, particu-
larly Blocking Back Stan Burak
and Guard Dixie Howell.