THE Nathan's favor, he still had not collected by 1791. In 1787, Nathan had to announce his bankruptcy; he continued as an aucti- oneer in New York. Simon and Grace Nathan are the great-grandparents of Emma Lazarus, Jose- phine Lazarus, Maud Na- than, Annie Nathan Meyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Robert Nathan and N.Y. State Supreme Court Jus- tice Edgar J. Nathan Jr. Editor, Jewish Currents SIMON NATHAN marked intellectual gifts" who left "a few unpublished poems and intimate family letters." A patriot in '76, she could write about the War of 1812, ". I am so true an Ameri- can — so warm a patriot that I hold these mighty Ar- mies — and their proud-ar- rogant-presumptuous and over-powering Nation as beings that we have con- quered and shall conquer again. . . ." In 1782, Simon Nathan was the first president of Georgia Picks Jew as Its Police Chief SAVANNAH, Ga. (JTA.) — Savannah has a new pol- ice chief who holds two mas- ters degrees from Michigan State University, is working on his doctorate and is Jew- ish. His name is David Ep- stein and he is the second Jew to hold the office of pol- ice chief in the history of Wthis bastion of the Old South. The first was Charles Garfunkle who served from 1903-1907 and whose son, Benjamin M. Garfunkle, served as Mayor Pro Tern in the late 1960s. Chief Epstein came from Iowa City, Iowa, where he was chief of police.' The local Jewish commu- nity, meanwhile, is celebrat- ing the 100th anniversary of the Mickve Israel Syn- agogue which still serves the congregation' that claims to be the oldest in the South. NEW YORK — A "just- in-case" pool of volunteer workers to assist the state of Israel on 'a civilian level, if that nation should be en- gaged in war again, is being organized by American and Canadian trade unionists and businessmen, said Al Bazel, executive director of the new group. Bazel recalled that when the Yom Kippur Arab at- tack on Israel in 1973 forced sudden mobilization of that nation, 14,000 Americans offered to take civilian in- dustrial jobs to replace con- scripted Israelis. But there were inadequate prepara- tions to utilize such volun- teers. To eliminate such diffi culties in any future emer- gency, Americans and Can- adians with Trade Skills for Israel (ACTS) has been or- Jewish Agency Budget Approved at $502 Million JERUSALEM (ZINS) — According to Treasurer Ar- yeh Dulzin, the Jewish Agency's budget for 1976/77 has been approved at $502 million as compared with $473 million the year before. Dulzin noted that the new budget is based on an ex- pected immigration of 35,- 000 whose cost of absorption alone would be $90 million. • American of Martinsville • Broyhill • Lane • Dixie • Serta-Spring-aire • A Complete Line of convertibles and dinette sets Special orders Accepted NAT phone MARGOLIS FURNITURE 2930 (305) 561-0600 N. Federal Hwy. Ft. 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Revolutionary Financier By MORRIS SCHAPPES Simon Nathan was a prominent and patriotic merchant, an active com- munal leader and a progeni- tor of a distinguished line of writers, jurists and other public figures. Born in Frome,- England, he was a trader in Spanish Havana before coming to New York in 1773. In 1776-77 he was a merchant in Jamaica, British West Indies. When the British found out he had been ship- ping canvas, cordage and powder to the American rebels, he fled, abandoning his property. First he went to the French colony of New Or- leans but by 1779 he was in Williamsburg, Va. In March, 1780, he was thanked by Gov. Thomas Jefferson and the Council of Virginia for advancing $52,000 in specie to that state. In June, 1780, when Jef- ferson announced that 500 men at Fort Pitt needed clothing, Nathan provided another $5,000 in specie. Going to Philadelphia, Nathan was enrolled in Capt. Andrew Geyer's 3rd Co. of Pennsylvania Mili- tia. 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