17 • Israel Air Chief Here for Bonds 117 • Judah Eisenstein, the r trst , . and Greatest Anthologist The Jewish Book Council, at its annual meeting just held, quite appropriately presented its annual award to Louis M. Rabinowitz "in recognition of his generous and discriminat- ing devotion to Jewish litera- ture." Among all the notable large contributors to the major Jew- ish causes and other leading philanthropists, Mr. Rabinowitz stands out permanently as the Jewish Maecaenas of modern times and the outstanding pa- tron of Jewish scholarship and literature. The Yale Hebrew Classics alone will, among the other endowments, serve as a perpetual memorial to his devo- tion to Jewish learning and learning and letters. I may take a certain pride in the munificent gifts which Mr. Rabinowitz has bestowed upon the cause of Hebraic culture, because I worked with him many years ago when he first took part in the work of the American -Jewish Congress and the ac- tivities of the New York branch of the Congress which was called the Jewish Council of Greater New York, and of which he served as treasurer. Mr. Rabinowitz's contribu- tions to the advancement of Jewish scholarship and litera- ture are carried on in the tra- dition of a number of distin- guished forerunners and pio- neers in the field. Some of these men both financed under- takings and themselves pur- sued the craft of research and literary creativeness. Above all, Mr. Rabinowitz follows, perhaps unconsciously, the example of a great path- finder in the advancement of Jewish scholarship and litera- Bachelor Leaves $5,000 to Georgia Home ture, Dr. Judah David Eisen-_ stein who recently passed away at the age of 102. Dr. Eisenstein established a precedent which may never be emulated but will ever after remain a source of pride and inspiration to all those who have at heart the preservation of Jewish identity - and the teachings of Judaism. Judah David Eisenstein wrote and compiled some '70 volumes and his books consti- tute a little library in them- selves of great treasures of Jewish law and learning. He loved to think of the great body of Jewish teachings and commentaries as treasurers of our spiritual values and hence the titles of his remarkable ten-volume Hebrew Encyclo- pedia, "Eizar Yisroel." Then come "Eizer Midrasim," "Eizer Meseis," "Eizer Viku- chem" and among others "Eizer Zichronoth" which is his auto- biography, chronicling not only an eventful and venturous life, but also a wonderful era of the arrival here of the first scholar- ly and intellectual immigrants who attempted to lay the foun- dations of a unified community. Eisenstein was not only a writer but he was also an or- ganizer, a promoter, a traveller, a pioneer Zionist-in fact, the unequalled intellectual pioneer coming here from Eastern Europe. Nominally, J.D.E. retired at the age of 40 from the shirt manufacturing business on East Broadway, founded by his mother, but actually he con- tinued to be interested in various practical affairs, in- cluding some ventures in real estate. The management of his publications alone required, in addition to immense energy, some practical knowledge and experience. Bernard G. Richards ATLANTA, Ga., (JTA) — "Mosky" Yalowitz .was a good friend of the people who lived in the vicinity of his store here. A bachelor, and the last of his family, "Mosky" never appeared to have any special communal interest. When he died, in 1954, people made occasional references to him. Then, last week, it was reported in "The Southern Israelite" here, that "Mosky" did have some communal in- terests after all. Without having said a word to anyone about it, "Mosky" had left almost his entire estate, $5,43'7, to the Jewish Home for the Aged. They're going to put up a plaque at the home dedi- cated to "Mosky" and his par- ents. All of us try to Rabbi Leads Fight to Save Man's Life BOSTON, (JTA) — Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, of Temple Israel here, has taken the lead in a public protest against the failure to commute the death sentence of a murderer who, it is contended, is mentally ill. Rabbi Gittlesohn, who drafted a statement on the subject in which he was joined by seven Casablanca Jews Petition Against Jewish Council Col. Ezer Weizmann, fighter wing commander of the Israel Air Force (shown above with commentator Edward R. Mur- row as they were viewed by millions of Americans on the latter's recent "See It Now" television documentary on the Middle East), arrived in the United States this week to un- dertake a month-long tour of American cities in behalf of the State of Israel Develop- ment Bond Issue. A nephew of the late Dr. Chaim Weiz- mann, first President of Is- rael, Col. Weizmann was for- merly Chief of Operations of the Israel Air Force. He is one of Israel's foremost na- tional heroes, having distin- guished himself in Israel's War of Liberation and previ- ously in the RAF during World War H. CASABLANCA, (JTA)—The Moslem-Jewish association of Morocco—Wifaq—circulated to- day a petition on behalf of its Jewish members calling for the resignation or replacement of the present Jewish Community Council of Casablanca, charg- ing it with inactivity in rela- tion to Moroccan national life and of being the representative of only a minority of Casa- blanca Jews. prominent area clergymen, lauded Gov. 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