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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Goings-On
At The
Center

Upcoming Center events include
the Jewish War Veterans splash
party and dance, 8 q. m. Satur-
day; Temple Sholom Sisterhood
supper, $50 D. m. Sunday; Sum-
mer Collegiate splash party and
dance, 8 p. m. Wednesday; USO
swimming meet and dance, z pm.
August IL.
A Center membership party and
dance is scheduled Aug. 4 under
the Craftsmanship of David Guber-
man and Sol Jaffe. The center'S
synchronized swim group will pre-
sent an aquatic show. Jimmy
Whittle's orchestra will provide
dance music. There will be a NOM
inal admission fee for non-mem-
bers, none for members.
The Center's swimming team,
second to Tempe Beach in four
way meet July IA, will compete in
the Arizona AAU-sanctioned Jun
ior Olympics meet at Tucson this
Friday and Saturday.
The Golden Age Club had on
schedule a picnic and splash party
at the Center pool this Thursday.
A card party was to follow.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
On The Screen
ENGEL AGAIN NAMED
PRODUCERS CHIEF
By HERBERT G. LUFT

(Copyrgh Telgraph Agency, Inc)
challenging
forthcoming MCdM
Somebody Likes Me- though the title itself
a
The story Rocky Graziano
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
1000 Plan Sea Voyages
To Israel In Next 2 Months

Five cruise ships will bring
more than 1900 visitors to Israel
in August and September, the Is
rael Government Tourist Office
reports.
The SIS Caronia will leave New
York Sept. z for Haifa. A ship
with 45O pilgrims from Portugal
and Spain will arrive In Israel in
August, when Israel also will well
come the cruise ships SIS Phillipos,
SIS Pace, and SIS Queen Fredrica.
One thousand French boy scouts
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27

also will visit Israel during Au-
gust.
Travel agents have organized
400 group tours from the United
States. To meet the increased
traffic, Israel continues to build
or expand hotels. In Jerusalem,
the first class 1O0-room Kings Ho-
tel opened this month while the
King David Hotel reopened its
southern wing.
Tel Aviv's Dan Hotel will add
100 rooms to it's present 1S0 and
plans to build a 65-room hotel on
Mount Carmel in Haifa.
The U. S. share of tourist traf-
fic to Israel grew from 26.5 per
cent in 1851 to 38 per cent in 1855.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27


Yaacov Cemetery July IL. He was
a founder of Beth Hebrew, fore
runner of Ayn Yaacov Congrega-
ton. Survivors include his wife,
May, and two daughters, Mrs. VIII
liam Film and Mrs. Milton Katz
of Phoenix and two sons, Benand
julius of Cleveland and e i h t
grandchildren.
Conrad Lurie of 1924 w. EARL
DR.. died in Los Angeles July IL.
Services were held at GrimShaw
Mortuary July II with c a n t o r
Maurice Chester of Temple Beth
Israel officiating. Burial was in
Beth Israel Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Elo-
Use, and daughter, Cheryl, and two
sisters, Miss Minnie Lipofsky and
Mrs. Lillian Herman, both of Bar
rington, Ill.
Frances Anne Starr, n ant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Starr of .736 E. Winter Dr., died
at local hospital on July IA. Ser
vices were held at Grimshaw Nor
tuary July Is with Cantor Maurice
Chester of Temple Beth Israel of
ficiating. Burial was in Beth Is
rael Cemetery.
MRS. JOSEPHINE Day, 76, died
at st. Joseph's Hospital on June 4.
Services were held at MERGERS
Mortuary June 6. Burial was in
Chicago on June 8.
She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Michael Fried of 3434
E. Granada Rd., and Mrs. Judy
Fox of 3043 E. Pinchot; a son,
Vince Day, of Chicago; n inc
grandchildren, and four great
grandchildren
Irving J. Okun, SO. father of
Mrs. Raymond Schefman of 126
w. Mcdowell Rd., died in N W
York City July IL. Services were
held in Brooklyn July 13.
MRS. BAILEY COHEN, 90, died
at her home in Chicago July II.
The funeral and burial were held
in Chicago July 1S.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Ann Bali of Los Angeles,
and Mrs. Esther Slate Of Chicago;
two sons, Morris J. Cohn of 1921
w. Flower Circle and Sam Cohn
of Chicago; four grandchildren,
and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Bertha Sawyer, 85, died at
her home in Nashville, Tenn, July
IL. Funeral and burial were in
Nashville July Is.
She is survived by son, Leon
ard Sawyer of 1880 Palmcroft
Way. Sc; a daughter, Mrs. Harry
Blum, of Nashville, Tenn; four
grandchildren, and three G t.
grandchildren.
MRS. SARAH Finkelstein, 81
died July IA at Bethany r t
Home. The funeral and burial
were held in Tucson. She is sur
vived by a son, Emmanuel Finkel-
stein, of Tucson.
Kenneth Cole, 26, of 718 N. Third
Ave-, died in a st. Louis hospital
July 1. Funeral and burial were
held in Duluth.
Surviving are his wife, Jacquel-
inc, and son, Stuart, both of Phoe-
nix; his mother, Mrs. Anna Co
hen; a sister, Mrs. I. Middleman
of st. Louis; and two brothers,
Maurice Cohen of Duluth and STAN
ley Cohen of Florida.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Obituaries

Mrs. Ida Barsky, .7e, or 321 W..
Portland St., died at local hos
pital June "a. Services were held
at Grimskaw Mortuary June 26
and burial was in Ayn Yaacov
Cemetery. Rabbi EloZor Weiss
officiated.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Benjamin Rosen of Phoenix,
three brothers and three sisters,
all of Boston, two grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Clara Ecker 66, of 901 E.
Mckinley, died at local hospital
June 10. Services were held at
Grimshaw Mortuary June II with
Rabbi Elozor Weiss officiating.
Burial was in Workman Circle
Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
Emanuel, of Phoenix; two sons,
Bernard of Culver City, Calf, and
Richard of Bowling Green, Ohio,
and a sister, Mrs. Sophie Gimplin
of Cleveland.
MORRIS A. GINSBERG, 78, of
3125 w. Comeback, died at local
hospital July IL. He was a men,
Der of Ayn Yaacov Congregation.
Burial was in Des Moines, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife, Ra-
chel, of Phoenix; two sons, Cecil
of Phoenix and Ted of Keokuk. To-
wa. and two daughters, Mrs. Will
liam Gould of Phoenix and Mrs.
BENJAMIN Rosner of Scarsdale, N.
Y; a brother, Louis of Los An
geies, and three sisters, Mrs. Fan
nv Oppenheim of Des Moines,
Mrs. Joe Cohen and Mrs. Israel
Kaplan of Los Angeles; nj n e
grandchildren, and five great
grandchildren.
Joseph Klein, 81, of 1884 w.
Pierce, died at a local hospital
June 20. Services were held at
Grimshaw Mortuary on June Fl
with Rabbi Elozor Weiss of Ayn
Yaacov Congregation officiating.
Burial was in Ayn Yaacov Gene
terry.
Surviving are his wife, Edith;
three daughters, Mrs. Elliot Sud-
er and Mrs. Cecile Klein, both of
Phoenix. and Mrs. Perry Brett
berg of Chicago; brothers Jerry
of Los Angeles and Abe OF Chi
cago; a sister, Mrs. Rose Apple
baum of Springfield, Mass; n d
five grandchildren.
HYMAN ABELSON, 73, of 1884
w. Latham, died at his h m
June 12. Services were held at
Grimshaw Mortuary June Is with
Rabbi Albert Plotkin officiating.
Burial was in Beth Israel Gene
terry.
He is survived by two brothers,
Sol of Akron, Ohio, and Charles OF
Milwaukee, Wis; three sisters,
Mrs. Albert Ruckett of Akron,
Mrs. Joe Stein of San Francisco,
and Mrs. Harry Simon of 1884 w.
Latham.
Sylvan C. CAM of 367 E. Verde
Lane died June 20 at his home.
Funeral services were held at A.
L. Moore & Sons Mortuary. Off
ciating was Rabbi Albert Plotkin
and burial was held in Greenwood
Memorial Park.
Mr., CAM is survived by h j S
wife, Pauline; two daughters, Mrs.
Alan Houle of $50 E. State and
Joan, of New York City; and a
son, Paul, of Phoenix.
MEYER o. ARNOFF, SO, of 1856
N. 3rd Ave-, died in a local hospi-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27

PRODUCER Sol G. Siegel and
famed movie director George Gu
kor have left for London to begin
preparations for Lies Girls" the
international picture starring Gene
Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Mitzi
Gaynor. Saul Chaplin is associ-
ate producer on the venture which
will shoot all over continental
Europe, from Paris to, perhaps,
Moscow.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Ayn Yaacov Accepting
Holy Day Reservations

Registration for Congregation
Ayn Yaacov Sunday and Hebrew
schools and reservations for seat
ing at High Holy Days services
may be made at the congregation
office, 333 E. Portland, from to
S D. m. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Ticket reservations al
so will be taken from z to 10
o. m. Thursday.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Reform Congregation
Obtains Own Torah

Temple Sholom, year-old reform
congregation, has received its own
Torah. Plans are being made for
inscribing donor names for the
Torah.
The congregation holds services
at the Jewish Community Center
at $3.50 p. m. each Friday. A nur-
sery service is provided during
services.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Graves+one UnveiIinq

A stone for the grave of Joseph
Wilkins will be unveiled at IL a. m.
Sunday at Beth FL Cemetery. Rab-
bi Elozor Weiss will officiate.
Friends are invited to attend.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
The Southern Jew and The Problem"

should contain shades of opinion and social strata
varied any other part of the country. 1t would
be as inaccurate to view the possible solution of the
problem from the Weltanschauung of Mississippi
sharecropper as it would be erroneous to consider
New Englander. The extent of the contrast is i'm
pressive For example, there are urban centers in
northern Virginia, near the District of Columbia,
and in the Virginia Tidewater area which bear a
striking resemblance to the boom defense towns in
the Far West and northeastern United States.
There is metropolitan Atlanta which runs contrary
to the usual concept of Georgia by voting consist
emily against the Talmadge machine and its
cracker" philosophy. In addition, Miami Beach
and other resort towns in southern Florida could
be considered more as suburbs of New York and
Chicago than parts of the South
This erroneous stereotype would be harmless if
it did not ignore the fact that the hope of any
liberalism in the South must be based these
centerS of potential democratic maturity. This
stereotype discounts the fact that there parts
of the South which have graduated from Mrs
Mitchelrs moss covered Tara and which
gagged in serious ntroSpection about problem that
is complex and fraught with conflicting passions
In the long it is the Southerner, after ALL who
will have to solve the problem and destroy the
heritage of hate which has been passed on to him
by preceding generations.
To avoid this error of generalization and for pur-
poses of Identification, I shall use the term, Deep
South for those sections of southern United States
where an unquestioned tradition of segregation is
still maintained.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

The requests were voiced in
resolutions adopted at a confer
ence of the Cultural-Social Asso-
citation of Polish Jewry, held in
Warsaw and published in the Yid-
dish press there. The resolutions
were also broadcast in Yiddish
over the Warsaw radio, and their
text was confirmed by diplomatic
circles.
Criticism was voiced in the res
olutions Of both the old and the
new Communist regimes in Po-
land. The conference of the Asso-
citation indicated anxiety after
examining the new situation in
the country. I'm this situation. u"
the resolution stated. particular
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
SOUTHERN ATTITUDES TOWARD
INTEGRATION

It would be naive to deny the possibility of ex-
cesses in this Deep South. The riots in Alabama,
the firing at pro-integration Negro minister in
Lake City, S. c., the bomb killings in Florida and
the outrages in Mississippi offer picture of what
could become horrible reality. 1t would be easy
to discount the threats of violence, if they were
restricted to rowdy elements who are bent on any
(Continued on Page 81
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED sECAL
RABBI SEGAL"

Recently / was ordained rabbi
by authority of another rabbi.
rabbi Alfred Segal." the en-
velope read. and the letter itself
began. Dear Rabbi Segal." 1t was
from Rabbi Israel Bernstein who
is associated with Rabbi Joseph
Schecter in the United. Orthodox
Synagogue a spacious edifice
with the modern look. judging by.
IFS picture on the letterhead.
Rabbi Segal, indeed! And what
to do about that? Sure enough,
long, long ago, 1 was on the way
toward being a rabbi, at the He
brew Union College, but 1 got off
that road, or, rather, was pushed
off by the faculty, you might say.
And here / am, long later, detour-
; ed back to the same road a
rather venerable Rabbi Segal :.
all of a sudden!
But ! don't want to be a rabbi.
I'm afraid of congregations {.
the way rabbis get stabbed in the
back by members. as I have OBJ
served the way they talk
against rabbis over canasta tables
-. the way a rabbi has got TO stay
on good terms with every shnook
in the congregation. though he'd
rather tell him off.
Yes, it's so much more comfort
able to be columnist- A column
ist, too, has congregation, but he
doesn't have to look at 'em or
meet 'em. He can speak up to
them{in print, and he doesn't have
to worry when that big shot Yiff-
niff swells out with anger against
something the columnist wrote.
Yiffniff can't fire him; the col
umnist just laughs and says to
hell with Yiffniff.
But in schul Yiffniff really is
somebody. He lives high up there
in a big house to which everybody
locks up when driving by. He is
loaded as they say when they
mean how rich he is. Whatever
Yiffniff says in the board meet
inqs of the schul is accepted like
Torah itself more so even than
the Torah the rabbi tries so hard
10 give out.
So Rabbi Segal would be scared
of Yiffniff in the congrega CATION.
Yiffniff always keeps his ears
sharply open for something out
of order in rabbits sermon :.
something in conflict with Mr..
Yiffniff's own interests maybe -.
like a sermon against slums. You
might say this Rabbi Segal had a
social mind, and Sometlme mlshI
feel like speaking his ideas out
from the pulpit, but down there
sits Yiffniff and all the Ylft-
niff breed listening intently.
for something the rabbi might say
not to their likings. So Rabbi
Segal keeps to himself any social
problem that might bother his
poor head.
So l guess I'd better stick TO this
column where no Yiffnitt can ge1
me. You see even at this moment
/ feel so free in this column say
ing what please about Mr.. 4iff-
niff.
Icontinued on Page 81
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

anxiety is felt by the Jewish COM
munal leaders because the leader
ship of the party and the govern
ment have so far failed publicly
to assume a clear-cut attitude TO-
ward the recurring anti-Semitic
incidents. manifestations and dis
elimination"
(The New York Times, in a
cable from Warsaw reported this
week that "Poland's Jewish COM
munities are again living through
anxious days." and tn a the
Gomulka revolution released Ia
tent forces and gave free rein to
anti-Semitism." The cable says
that party newspapers and mem
bers of the Communist party lead
ership "have sought to curb the
anti-Semites, but to little avail.")
While the resolution of the Jew
iSh association went on record as
welcoming Socialist democratiza-
ton" in Poland, alarm was ex-
pressed by the Jews that the tran
sition period has brought "the
growth of irresponsible demagogy
on the part of various elements,
with manifestations of chauvinism
and anti-Semitism."
Decide to Seek Wider Contact
with Jewish Organizations
Abroad
+, The resolution charged that the
Jewish cultural work in Poland.
receiving sympathetic
support from the government, has
not been imbued with the kind of
a spirit (which fully reflects the
cultural needs and national feel
ings of the Jews" 1t criticized the
fact that the teaching of Jewish
history has practically been elini-
mated from the curriculum in
Jewish schools, and that none of
the Jewish holidays have received
recognition" in these schools.
The resolution regretted the
fact that organized Polish JewrY
has not succeeded in establishing
better contact with Jewish organ
Izations abroad. It called for the
establishment of Stable forms of
cooperation" with Jewish groups
N other countries.
At the same time, the resolution
condemned 'the killing of nation
a. cultural and social life of the
Jews in the Soviet Union. It ex-
pressed the "hope that the Soviet
Government will solve this tragic
problem in conformity with the
of Lenin's policy on
1ationalities, by rebuilding the
Jewish social and cultural institu-
ions"
The resolution obviously went
IS far as il could in supporting Is
'ael. while retaining a modicum Of
adherence to the Communist
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
Jews in Poland Fear
Growing Anti-Sel1litisln

WASHINGTON (JTA) Jews in formally request
ed fe Polish regime take
Seit in the country from official
They also formally reqe Wladv
saw Gomuka allow emigration Israel without restrictions a we'll
as closer contacts with Jewish groups abroad
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28

Road building in Israel moving
assistance Of funds provided through the sale Israel Development
Shown here Israeli wOrkmen preparing rOdbed which four
utilizing vehicle that gind gravel onesp
1872 Iae roads have
than oO including the recently completed highways from Besba
DmOnah and from SdOm Beersheba This facilities
has brought about intensified flow Of industrial and agricultural
ties to local markets throughout the and the north for
shipment to countries in parts Of the world
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
rHE SOUTH NOT OF ONE PIECE

AS usually happens in affairs OF such emotional
intensity, excesses and misunderstanding are
common on all sides Some liberals teno 10 con-
denim the South in general for the deploraoe racla
prejudice practiced against the Negro Every resi-
dent below the Mason-Dixon line is viewed as d
character out of a novel by Faulkner or Caldwell,
. man dedicated lust to hatred of the Negro, Jew
ond Catholic. and vegetating in an atmosphere OF
suspicion and demagoguery This attitude would
overlook the existence of many cultural and eco
nonic levels in the Southern states Logically, II
is to be expected that area OF seventeen states
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-28
BY GERALD I. WOLPE
Spiritual Leader of Synagogue Emanuel.
Charleston. s. c.

Charleston. S. c.
What shall be the role of the Jewish Peo-
pie in American life? Reconstructionism
maintains that American JewrY must apply
the ethical tradition of Rabbinic and Pro-
phetic Judaism to the solution of American
social problems. This is not always an easy
task. as the following article makes clear in
connection with the problem of desegrega-
tion. Nevertheless. if not left TO the individ-
ual but undertaken by the organized Jewish
community. much can be accomplished.
though not without calculated risk. Rabbi
Wolpe's discussion of the problem should re-
suit in stimulating both thought and action.
EDITORS
The extreme variety of reactions to the Su-
preme Court decision of May II, 1854 has labeled
it as one of the most controversial legal decisions
in the history of American Jurisprudence. The de-
csion to declare segregation in public schools un-
has been praised as a monumental
step forward in the battle for the realization OF the
American principle of racial equality. 1t has also
been damned as lamentable demonstration OF
faulty decision based on sociology rather than law
The vitrozation of this reaction has demonstrated
that the decision has managed among other things,
to cut through the shell of polite theorizing about
the evils of segregation and has placed the matter
in brutal relief before the attention OF the country
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

mothers. We have also been cele-
bFating each famous American
Who has done something fer our
country. We have a grocery store
IN which We use to work enc
and two problems, making change,
and accounts IN arithmetic We
have been making reports on fam
Gus American Negroes and also
singing Negro music.
We have a special program ev-
cry morning Our program chair
man is Floyd Henry Cooper: Cur
rent news. Gloria Nelson, Lunch
monitors. Leslie Jordan and Jan
ice Eubanks: First aid monitor.
Gayle Honeyeutt. Our bulletin
boards have the Negroes in sport
IN music, In literature and in bus
mess.
We are busy studying fractions
The members Of the Honor roll
are: Leslie Jordan, Gloria Nelson.
Mary Gray. Queen Esther Brooks.
Dorothy Williams. Janice Eubanks
and Frederick Duhart.
News reporters for the class
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24
CAPITAL Hill School

The IL group presented = Val
sntine and Patriotic assembly on
Tuesday SenIa Humphrey an
nOuneed the program and partlei-
pants we're Leon Alexander Ed
gar Carroll. Beverly cul0erson,
Shirley Edwards. Ramona Fran
er. Louise Gardner. Margaret
Gordon. Roger Harms, Howard
jackson. Linda Jones. Jack Nor
RS. Ronald Nelson. Mildred Peter
son. Beverly Stanton. May Alice
Steele. Len Wilson. LaveFnsl VIII
lisns and Charles Yerber-
Poems. a choral reading. songs.
: rhythmic exercise and dramaii-
zstion Of the story Red Hen and
Valentine were featured on the
program
Jack Arthur Morris grandmoth-
er vas : guest al the assembly
which vas followed by . party
Al which punch and cookies were
prepared and served by Layenal
williams mother. Valentine cards
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

were made and exchanged and
each child took home a Yalen-
tine for mother.
Charles YarbeH has perfect at
tendance for the entire year. Pu-
pills who had perfect attendance
during the month Of January we're
entertained with a party By the
teacher A similar entertainment
IS planned for all children attend
ing school every day in February.
First year pupils Of Mrs. v. b.
ThompSon's room are endesyoTing
10 improve their reading ability
by utilizing all materials and
scoring high on vocabulary tests
On a recent test. pupils scoring
from 95 10 100 per cent we're Pa
trieis White. Patric S. Herndon,
Sylvester Adams. Dan Simpkins,
Phyllis Ellison. loretta Dyer. Lee
Autry Wright and Lawrence
Thomas, from unit 2 in the text
Pun with Dick and Jane, unit
3 pupils scoring from 90 To 100
percent we're Paul Phifer. Robert
Cans. Whonda Jean Wade, Wanda
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

Fay Caldwell Floyd Major. Rob
ert Honeyeatt Leon Major, Claq=
oia Barber.
Pupils showing improved prog
reSs in the text Guess WhO." are
Venderine Amos. Charles Coleman
and Gilbert Ann Crutcher. Bar
bara Green. Linda Sue Atkinson
and George Parker
The students exchanged Vslen-
tines In class. enjoyed their party
played records. sang songs and
cut and made Valentines for their
parents. After reading the story
entitled The Letter" from the
supplementary text Tags and
Twinkle the pupils wrote let
tiers 10 their parents and sent
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

them ia TIE local post office. AL
parts Of a letter we're included II
their letters. Lawrence Thomas.
played the role Of the postnan II
collecting the letters 70 be mailed
A film entitled a Letter 70
Grandmother was an interesting
experience for the class. Best
letters were written BY Esther
Webber. Patricia A Herndon. Pa
tire S HerndOn, Lawrence Thom-
as Taretha Dyer, Lee 4. Wright.
Dan Simpkins, Patricia White and
Phyllis Ellison.
The 81 grade has decorated its
room for all Of the famous Ameri-
cans. and holidays in February.
We have made Valentines for our
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

SP-
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24
Portland
Simmie Davenport

oImmIe Davenport
Mrs Jessie Block died Sunday
at her home here Funeral sery-
ice vas held at Monticello with
Jones funeral home In charge .
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Spencer Is
visiting her sister in Houston,
Texas Mrs. Mary King was
a visitor Saturday Mr.. and
Mrs Bill Young were Dermott
visitors last week Mrs. Willie
Knapp attended a ball game Tues
day mite al Hamburg. Her daugflt-
er. Mary Dean, is a member Of
the team. Portland reports losing
one and winning two,
Arkansas State press., 1956-02-24

are: Gloria Nelson. Queen Esther
Brooks. and ROnnie Ferguson