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Friday, February 13, 1953 _
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The Southern Jewish Weekly
An Independant Paper Serving American Citizen* of Jewish Faith
this newspaper seeks to serve the Jewish communities of the South with
•n ORTHODOX conscience, a CONSERVATIVE tone, and a REFORM outlook.
Edited and Published by IS ADORE MOSCOVITZ. B.S.J.
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Jacksonville, Florida, Under Act of March 3, 1879
Member, American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Seven Arts Features
and the Chamber of Commerce.
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“The Oldest and Most Widely Circulated Jewish Publication
in this territory”
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The fact that we are not sharply startled by the alacrity
with which Brandeis is developing its facilities is a tribute
to the University's past record; we have come to expect the
highest quality of achievement, and to expect it with incredi
ble speed.
The University, now in its fifth academic year, began its
history in the fall of 1948, when 213 of the nation’s educators
gathered in Boston’s Symphony Hall to pay tribute to the
creation of the first nonsectarian university to be founded
by the American Jewish community. .
The high hopes, even the more daring dreams which we
then held for this, Jewry's first secular educational offering,
have been quickly realized, and before our eyes Brandeis
University has taken its place with dignity on the roster of
American educational institutions.
The 100 acres with which the University began its life
have swelled to 190; its original 13 buildings to 19; its faculty
and student body from 13 to 65 and 100 to 725. Amid impres
sive and historic ceremonies, the University last June con
ferred academic degrees upon the 101 young men and women
who are today the only Brandeis alumni.
The announcement of the opening of the first Brandeis
Graduate School is of a piece with what we have come to
expect from this unique institution. We extend our sincere
congratulations to Brandeis University for its pioneering cour
age, with the knowledge that whatever this institution in
tends to do, it does, and whatever it does reflects with re
sounding credit and dignity upon the American Jewish com
munity.
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In this week's mail Mrs. Ben
Stein, past chairman of the local
chapter of Brandeis University Wo
men, sent us a beautiful letter she
received from Judith Naftulin of
Jacksonville Beach, praising the
school for its wonderful curriculum
and extra activities in promoting a
well-rounded personality. Judith is
in her second year at Brandeis.
This week Brandeis University
announced that it will open the first
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September of 1953.
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WESKLY
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ISRAEL OFFICE OF
INFORMATION
11 East 70th Street
New York 21. N. Y.
February 4, 1953
Editor, Sou. Jewish Weekly
P. O. Box 5588
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Sir:
On April 20th Israel will cele
brate its Fifth Anniversary as an
independent and sovereign State
in the Middle East. This is a
notable landmark in Israel’s brief
history and marks the beginning
of a new phase in its Statehood.
The first few years were de
voted primarily to the acceptance
and absorption of hundreds of
thousands of Jewish immigrants,
a great proportion of whom came
from Moslem lands. Now Israel is
is embarked upon a vast indus
trial and agricultural expansion
program that is changing the
very face of the country.. The de
velopments during the past year
have proven that Israel is capa
ble of carrying out this campaign
and moving forward rapidly to
wards economic self-sufficiency.
The past year was marked as
well by the discovery in large
quantities of important mineral
resources and the exploration for
other resources that are the very
life-blood of any country’s econ
omy.
Public celebrations both in Is
rael and outside of it and particu
larly here in the United States
will attend the entry of Israel into
its sixth year of nationhood.
I am writing to suggest that
you may be interested in marking
this celebration by articles or
photo display, and to assure you
that we stand ready to assist you
in any way possible.
Yours sincerely,
Harry Zinder
Director of Press
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The Abraham
Part of Lincoln
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BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright, 1953, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
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Some 5,000 books have been
written about Abraham Lincoln,
but I think if Abraham Lincoln
had no second name, like the
Biblical Abraham, his fame
would be still greater.
How the single name of Abra
ham of the Bible stands out! Not
the -Rev. Abraham, not Doctor
Abraham, not the Right Honor
able Abraham, not even Mr.
Abraham, but just plain, bare
Abraham. Yet it shines despite
the weight of ages, like polished
silver.
A second name suggests a kind
of privacy, the exclusiveness of a
tie with a single family. Abraham
Lincoln's greatness is based on
his association with the universal.
Abraham Lincoln's character sug
gests something of the Biblical.
Judge Dittenhofer, who was a
delegate to the convention which
nominated Lincoln, noted that
Lincoln liked to tell stories with
Biblical antecedents. Once he was
criticized for naming to the bench
a man who had opposed his elec
tion. He justified the appointment
by citing the incident of Aaron
and the Golden Calf. Aaron help
ed the Jews in the wilderness to
fashion the Golden Calf. Still
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BY BORIS SMOULR (Copyright. c J« w l^) Telegraphic
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M. M. Warburg resulted in over $500,000 in pledges, which is
a 15 per cent increase over the contributions of the same
group last year ... In Cleveland, a goal of $4,860,000 was set
for this year’s campaign as compared with $4,200,000 raised
last year ... In Baltimore, a group of contributions to the
UJA announced pledges which are 20 percent greater than in
1952 . . . Pittsburgh was about to announce a $2,130,000 goal
but as a result of the anti-Jewish turn of events* in the coun
tries behind the Iron Curtain, raised it to $2,500,000 ... In
Miami, a group of contributors which last year gave $480,000,
pledged $580,000 for this year ... All in all, the UJA leader
ship is coming to the great inaugural meeting of the 1953
campaign—which will be held in Miami Beach on February
15—with the expectation that Jewish communities all over
the United States, aroused by the anti-Jewish threat in the
countries behind the Iron Curtain, will gear their campaigns
to meet every possible emergency . . .
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES: The strongly pro-German speech
delivered at the annual meeting of the American Jewish Com
mittee by John McCloy, former U. S. High Commissioner for
Germany, was considered out of place by many who attended
the meeting . . . Some did not hestitate to criticize McCloy
later, in expressing their reaction to his speech after the din
ner-meeting was.over . . . The growth of neo-Nazism in Ger
many cannot be overshadowed by the fact that there are
liberal people there of the Adenauer type ... It is a well
known fact that even in the ranks of Adenauer’s own Chris
tian Democratic Party, some are very strongly opposed to the
idea that Germany should pay reparations to Israel and the
Jews . . . Incidentally, leaders of American Jewish groups
had a private meeting with the new U. S. High Commissioner
for Germany, Prof. James B. Conant, prior to his departure
for Germany . . . All indications point to the fact that the
German Parliament will ratify the reparations pact with
Israel no matter how hard the pro-Arab elements in Germany
work against it ... It was suspected by some that the Aden
auer government might manipulate to postpone submission
of the pact to Parliament until after the forthcoming Parlia
mentary elections ... This, it was feared, could have affected
the ratification of the agreement, since no one can predict
the composition of the new Parliament . . . However, word
received here by interested Jewish groups from influential
groups in Germany leave no doubt that the Social Democrats
and the Adenauer Party will, even after the new elections,
form a majority in the Bonn Parliament and will be able to
force implementation of the agreement ...
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviet campaign against Jews has
brought an unexpected rise in contribu
tions to the United Jewish Appeal . . .
Moved by the growing seriousness of the
position of Jews in countries behind the
Iron Curtain, Jewish communities are now
setting larger goals for the 1953 UJA drive
than for last year ... In Philadelphia a
UJA parlor meeting addressed by Edward
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