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This cartoon and story are reproduced from "A Picture Parade of Jewish History" by Morris Ep-
stein, published by Shengold Publishers, New York, by special arrangement with the author and publishers.
Judah Touro was a living exam-
ple of tzedakah, or "righteous-
ness," in action. He distributed
gifts in such number, and in so
quiet a fashion, that many have
still not come to light. But enough
people were grateful in his own
day for Touro to be provided with
a tombstone which is a biography
in brief. Here are the words, in-
scribed over his grave in the New-
port, R.I., cemetery:
By rightousness and integrity
he collected his wealth;
In charity and for salvation he
dispensed it.
The last of his name, he in-
scribed it in the book of
philanthropy
To be remembered forever.
Judah Touro liked to boast that
he was born in 1775; the year the
American Revolution began. He
lived to see his country grow bit-
terly divided on the question of
slavery and he died in 1854 in his
beloved South _ ern .city; New
Orleans.
His father, who had come from
Jamaica to serve as the rabbi of
the Newport congregation, con-
ducted the first services in the
beautiful synagogue which in 1947
was to be proclaimed by Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman a National
Historic Shrine.
After an apprenticeship in his
uncle's Boston counting house,
Judah was ready for new adven-
tures. In 1802, he went to New
Orleans. The voyage from Boston
took four months and was so
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wearying that Judah decided never
to repeat the experience. He kept
that promise.
He opened a store and traded
in soap, candles and other New
England imports. Keen in business,
he invested his profits in real
estate and ships, and grew very
.wealthy.
At the age of 40, Touro volun-
teered in the Battle of New Or-
leans against the British. Badly
wounded, he was rescued by his
very good friend, Rezin Shepherd,
a non-Jew in whose home Judah
lived for many years.
After a long recovery period,
Touro turned to the main interest
in his life—charitable deeds. He
helped erect the Bunker Hill monu-
ment to Revolutionary War heroes.
He founded the Jewish congrega-
tion in New Orleans. When dread
yellow fever spread in New Or-
leans, he set up a hospital; it still
exists and is known as the Touro
infirmary. He aided the Jews of
China through the Hebrew Foreign
Mission Society.
His interest in Palestine and in
Hebrew was deep. He left a fund
Shroder. Award Won
by Cleveland Project
NEW YORK—A program design.
ed to meet the challenge of the
urban problem by providing
Negro teen-agers with a unique
counseling educational and
vocational service in Cleveland's
Glenville area, and an apartment
residence plan for the aged in
Houston were the winners of the
16th national William J. Shroder
Awards presented annually by the
Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds. •
Announced by William Rosen-
wald of New York, chairman of the
awards committee, the winners
were the Jewish Community Fed-
eration of Cleveland in the large
city competition for its leadership
role in developing a comprehensive
and flexible Jewish community re-
sponse to the urban crisis—in par-
ticular its "Glenville Project"—and
the Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Houston in the small
city competition for its "Commis-
sion on the Care of the Jewish
Aged."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
By BENNET CERF
One of the qualities of Hubert
Humphrey that surprises people
getting to know him for the first
time is his robust sense of humor.
He's ready at all times with a
quip or wisecrack worthy of an
accomplished nightclub raconteur.
The V.P. opened one college com-
mencement address last spring
with "Mr. President— (pause) —
that is generally the way I start
everything I have to say these
days." At the reception that fol-
lowed, he sent the whole crowd
home chuckling when he remarked
with an air of resignation, "This
is the kind of country where any
poor boy can grow up to be Vice
President. It's just one of those
chances you have to take."
* 5 *
A teacher making a guided tour
with a group of school children
picked a restaurant for lunch that
boasted a slot machine in the
corner. The kiddies, of course, de-
manded to know what it was, which
gave the teacher a golden oppor-
tunity to deliver a lecture on the
evils of gambling. To prove that
you seldom get something for
nothing in this world, she inserted
a dime in the machine, pulled the
handle—and you guessed it—bit the
jackpot.
• *
Garrett Ballard, writes from
Denton, Tex., to let you all know
about a private in the Israeli Army
named Solomon Stein, who spent
six months patroling the newly
captured Arab sector of Jerusalem.
Others in his regiment, and numer-
ous replacements were banged and
battered, but Stein never received
a scratch. Decorated by no less a
personage than General Dayan,
Stein was asked how he had man-
aged so successfully. Our hero ex-
plained with a self-satisfied smirk,
"General, a niche in time saves
Stein."
* s *
Jim Davis stopped a would-be
big-shot at a soiree recently. "You
know, I have an unlisted phone
number," boasted the pretender.
Davis asked witheringly, "Why?"
Stop
Me
even finished coloring the second
one."
Now that his wife has taken up
driving, Mr. Wimpfheimer has
named his garage The Half Way
Inn.
• i *
Dialogues:
1. Patient: I wake up every
morning convinced that I've struck
gold.
Doctor: Well, I'll take a lode off
your mind.
2. Cop (catching up with elderly
lady driver he's chased for three
blocks): Didn't you hear me yell-
ing at you?
Driver: Indeed I did, Officer—
but I thought it was somebody
I'd run down.
(C) 1968. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed
by King Features Syndicate.
World Jewish Population
Totaled 13,628,000 by '68
The yearbook's annual Jewish
population figures put the world
Jewish population at the end of
1967 at 13,628,000. More than 50 per
cent lived in the Americas.
Countries with the largest Jewish
populations are: United States,
5,800,000; Soviet Union 2,568,000;
Israel, 2,365,000; and France, 535,-
000. Argentina and Great Britain
both have Jewish populations of
approximately 450,000.
The Jewish population of New
York state is 2,520,155. New York
City has 1,836,000 Jews.
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THE BEST
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for a medal for excellence in
Hebrew at Tulane University, and
money to build the first Jewish
houses in the new section of
Jerusalem.
He never married and he had
no heirs. But he made possible the
establishment of asylums, orphan.
ages, and libraries. Synagogues
and streets are named for him in
New Orleans and Newport.
He left a good name and a QUICKIES:
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heritage of charity.
Home from a weekend with what
she fondly called "her best friend,"
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Up With Modesty; Down a catty Vassarite reported, "A
flash fire destroyed her whole li-
AT LODGE X-WAY
With Minis, Coeds Insist brary. Both books. And she hadn't
NEW YORK — A nation wide
drive among Jewish girls to "raise
moral levels" and "combat the
general relaxation of standards of
modest dress" was launched this
week by Enos Agudat Israel, the
girls' movement of Agudat Israel
of America.
Through mass distribution of cir-
culars and from lecture platforms,
linos Agudath Israel leaders are
urging Jewish girls to "counteract
the effects of the 'new morality'
ON ENTIRE STOCK OF
which has had a devastating effect
in weakening moral sensitivity."
BRAND NAME
In calling for a - return to the
traditional standards of "T'znius"
(modeSty or restraint), the national
• SUITS • TOPCOATS
Orthodox Jewish girl's organiza-
tion stressed that the new modes,
which are "popular even among
• PANTS • RAINCOATS
Orthodox Jewish circles," bear a
major responsibility in the "per-
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missiveness which has engulfed
American youth and plummeted
moral standards to a frightening
• TUXEDOS & FORMAL ACCESSORIES
new low."
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TEL AVIV — A group of Is-
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Wednesday to greet a man who
helped save their lives during the
Nazi occupation of Poland in
World War IL
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