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VOL. 33 No. 21
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED SEGAL
BEST HOTEL
Miami Beach, Florida
Some folks who have been
down here like to report to their
friends on the swellness of the
hotel they were in . . . "Yes." one
of them may rapturously exclaim,
"we stopped at the Hotel Extra
vaganza! Some hotel! We paid $35
a day, just for the room, mind
you! Is that a hotel? It's out of
this world!"
From having resided at the
Extravaganza, they feel built up
in the ego. Indeed some of those
Miami Beach hotels do seem as
far out of this world as Gan Eden
which (in case your Hebrew, is
weak) means the Garden of Eden
. . . Paradise, no less. Even I have
liked to loiter in the splendor of
one or another of them.
Indeed, wandering here and
there about this beach, I came
finally to a hotel that I like to
call the best of 'em all. Those who
abide in Gan Eden and who
chance to look down at-this parti
cular hotel, might well say, "Yes,
that sure is some hotel. It's nine
stories seem to reach up to a
heavenly idea."
That is to say, it’s a hotel that
cares about people, far beyond the
purpose of flattering their vanity;
it’s strictly business and yet it is
business that isn’t concerned with
becoming very rich. It cares but
for modest profit. Its processes
have to do with people who have
grown old, have retired, are mod
estly well off and hope to live out
their days in the sunlight down
here, and have wondered how to
do it, considering the high prices
other hotels charge for living in
this sunlight.
On their account I am saying
that the nine stories of this motel
reach up to heavenly heights. The
best hotel!
It’s the idea'of Michael Sossin,
son of a rabbi, who until recent
weeks was president of the Miami
Beach B’nai B’rith. He was for
merly in the automobile business.
I was introduced to him by my
friend and former fellow-towns
* man Siegfried Geismar who, in
retirement here, devotes himself
to a variety of public and Jewish
services.
Well, as Mr. Sossin saw it, there
are many retired people who
would love to live it out in the
sunlight, but they're worried: It
costs so much to live down here,
they've heard . . . high prices be
yond their dreams, even though
they're well enough off to live
comfortably in their northern
communities.
Mr. Sossin disclaims being phil
anthropic; he likes to believe he
was a smart businessman when he
leased the Floridian Hotel on Mi
ami Beach and invited retired
people to come there and be his
guests at low rates.
HONORED
BP w
HhIE iif
Bertram H. Gold, executive di
rector, Los Angeles Jewish Cen
ters Association, who was elected
president of the National Associa
tion of Jewish Center Workers
(NAJCW) at its annual conven
tion in St. Louis last week. Mr.
Gold succeeds Jack Goldberg,
executive director. Camp Wei-
Met, Narrowsburg, N. Y.
Jewish Broadcast
Set for Sunday
“A Garden Eastward,’’ written
by Joseph Mindel, will be pre
sented on the Eternal Light radio
program on Sunday, June 10, 1956
(12:30-1:00 P. M., NBC Network)
it has been announced" by the
Jewish Theological Seminary.
“A Garden Eastward” is an
interesting dramatization of the
Biblical story of Cain and Abel.
The story highlights the feelings
of Cain and Abel toward their
parents.
350 Jewish Families in Fort Lauderdale
Temple Celebrate 20th Anniversary
“It will come as quite a shock to many Jews,
all over the country, to hear that Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, often called ‘The Venice of America,’ not
only has a Jewish congregation, which is currently
celebrating its 20th anniversary, but that, in addi
tion, the Jewish population of this city is now
made up of 350 families, constituting 800 men,
women and children!”
Authority for this statement is Rabbi Marius
Ranson, Rabbi of the congregation for the past 8
years. He made it at a recent membership rally
meeting at the Temple, at which the principal
speaker was Rabbi Irving Lehrman of Temple
Emanu-El, Miami Beach. v
“Jews have lived in Fort Lauderdale for more
than 30 years, and foe Jewish population has
grown with that of the city. There was a period
when so-called ‘restrictive covenant’ signs dis
graced our hotels, but these are now a matter of
the past. Our Jewish people in Fort Lauderdale
are distinguished by refinement, culture and a
high standard of ethicaj Conduct in business and
in social relations, and we enjoy the respect and
good will of the whole population. I am positive
that it is truthful to say that over 99 per cent of
the people of Fort Lauderdale are high minded and
God-loving Christians.
“Twenty years ago a small group of Jews began
to meet for Sabbath worship, and five years later
Temple Emanu-El was dedicated. Part of the land
on which the Temple stands' was donated by a
Christian! Moe Katz was the first president of the
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1956
Enemy of Israel Ntew
Soviet Foreign Head
MOSCOW —> Dmitri T. Shepi
lov. who successfully plotted the
deal that sent Soviet bloc arms to
Egypt to u?e against Israel, has
replaced Vyacheslav M. Molotov
as foreign m'nisier of the Soviet
Union.
Shepilov at 50 is 16 years
younger than Molotov, the dur
able old Bolshevik who first took
over the Foreign Ministry from
Maxim Litvinoff in 1939. Jewish
born Litvinoff fell out of favor
during the days when Russia was
wooing Nazi Germany as an ally.
It is believed that Molotov,
whose wife is Jewish, was re
lieved of his post, so that a more
vigorous pro-Arab and anti-Israel
policy can be carried out by the
new regime.
Shepilov for many months had
looked like the man most likely to
succeed Molotov.
He has been editor in chief
since 1952 of the official Commu
nist organ Pravda. For the last
few months he also has been an
alternate delegate member of the
Presidium of the Communist Cen
tral Committee, the supreme
power in Russia.
Shepilov accompanied Premier
Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita S.
Khrushchev, the party leader,
when they went to Belgrade last
year to make peace with Tito.
Later Shepilov turned up in Cairo
as the guest of Dictator Gamal
Abdel Nasser, and talked for two
hours with Nasser. Soon it became
known that Czechoslovak arms
Temple, serving for ten years. His successors have
been Archie M. Robbins, Abe Markowitz, George
H. Roth, H. G. Schlafer and Julius Ritter, and the
present president, Louis D. Sterling.
“For some years services were conducted by
one of the members of the congregation, Dr. Albert
A. Shapira, a retired Boston physician. Rabbi
Samuel Baron was the,first Rabbi; he was succeed
ed by Rabbis David Gross, David Raab and eight
, years ago, by myself.
“In 1948, under the dynamic leadership of the
president, Abe Markowitz, a campaign for funds
for a religious school buildifig was brought to a
successful conclusion. This was followed by the
acquisition of a rabbinical residence and the con
struction of a religious school building. Three years
ago the Todd Kaufmann Auditorium was dedi
cated, one of the most beautiful buildings of its
type in all America. It was the contribution of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kaufmann of Hollywood, Flor
ida, in memory of their departed son.
“The Sisterhood is even older than the congre
gation. This is the 25th anniversary of the forma
tion of the Sisterhood by Mrs. Mack Katz, its first
president. From 16 charter members it has grown
to over 200.
“Crowning glory of the congregation is the Reli
gious School with a registration of over 135 pupils \
and a faculty of 12 teachers and principal.”'
Rabbi Marius Ranson, ordained at the Hebrew
Union College at Cincinnati, gave up his pulpit of
the Reform Jewish faith in East Orange eight
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Ebcm Protests Egypt's
War Plans
Ambassador Abba Eban, Permanent Representative of Israel to
the United Nations, last week addressed the following letter to the
President of the Security Council:
“I have the honour, on instruc
tions from the Government of Is
rael, to bring to the attention of
the Security Council the follow
ing translated extracts of a state
ment made by the Prime Minister
of Egypt, Colonel Gamal Abdel
Nasser, to a correspondent of the
Cairo Radio at 0730 hours on
Tuesday, May 29, 1956:
"The Palestinian Army raised
by Egypt has become a powerfully
armed and trained force, and the
duty of its soldiers is to take ven
geance for their land and their
people who were driven from it . .
“I was no stranger to the Feda
yeen. I knew them in Faluja dur
ing the war in Palestine. When I
decided to raise a unit of Feda
yeen I was reminded of the Faluja
days and I knew at once that the
sons of that land who have faith
were going to Egypt—much to the
dismay of Israel.
Tito, who is currently visiting
Russia, congratulated Shepilov on
his new post. Molotov has been
critical of Tito in the past while
Shepilov is regarded friendly to
the Yugoslav dictator.
Egyptian Dictator Nasser in a
radio broadcast from Cairo hailed
the promotion of Shepilov as
“helpful in the Arab cause to rout
Israel.”
: Us
ABBA EBAN
in their rights to it would be
worthy to bear the name of Feda
yeen.”
It will be noted that this open
incitement to war against Israel
was broadcast on the very day on
which the Security Council took
up its consideration of the Report
of the Secretary-General's recent
mission to the Middle East.
I am instructed to draw atten
tion to the grave character of the
statement made by the Prime
Minister of Egypt: A call to ven
geance, which a call to war, is
an offense against the Charter of
the United Nations, the Armistice
Agreements and the rules of con
duct among civilized states. The
open admission of responsibility
for the organization and operation
of a military unit whose sole func
tion is terror, murder and sabo
tage in Israel is a confession of
personal complicity by the head
of a government in actions specif
ically and solemnly prohibited by
the provisions of the various in
ternational instruments to which
his State is party.
In view of the foregoing, the
Government of Israel feels bound
to ask whether it is the genuine
policy of the Government of
Egypt to observe the cease-fire as
surance given unconditionally to
the Secretary-General on April
18, 1956, the provisions of the
General Armistice Agreement
with Israel, and the obligations
of the Charter of the United Na
tions."
ALGERIANS ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSINATE CONSTANTINE
RABBI AT SYNAGOGUE DOOR
PARIS, (JTA) An attempt
was made to assassinate Rabbi
Cuedj of Batna, as he was leaving
the synagogue in Constantine,
eastern Algeria. The two men who
made the attempt succeeded in
escaping. The rabbi was rushed
to the hospital, where reports said
his life was not in danger.
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