Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1955-07-08

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Vol. 33, No. 27
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 8,  1955
Devotftd to American and Jawiih Idaali -
NEW YORK . . . Marking the first time in history that Israel will (mrticip.Ttc in tho World Jamboree of International Boy Scouts, nine Israeli Boy Scouts including Moslem ancl Christian youths, arrived in New York City aboard the S.S. Jeriisi^iem, cnroute lo Ningara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the site of this year's international gathering of scouts. The Israeli scouts were wc'lconicd by a delegation of American BoyScouts who presented them with an American flag and in turn received an Israeli flag f i-oin thc boys from the Near East. The Israeli scouts were selected from among 5,000 Israeli Boy Scouts to represent their country. The Israelis included a Catholic scout leader from Nazareth and a 15-year-old Moslem from Tira in the triangle section of Israel. This photo, taken aboard ship shows the Americans making the flag presentation to Zwl Keren (scoutmaster) while the others look on. The American Zionist Council is coordinating the scouts trip throughout the stales. ..      ,   . -
United Jewish Fund's Campaign Continues
Herbert S. Levy, chairman for the 1055 United Jewish Fund cam- pnlgn. stated thin week that, although thc drive had resulted In con¬ tribution.-! which ilro over thc $52,000 mark, thc effort Is far from finl.ihed. "The total of funds raised thus far Is still almost $20,000 short ot what wc iichicvcd lost year. There lire still about 30fl prospects to be 8et?n. I know that many of these people have be<'n away from the city or not at home when volunteers called on them. I mn hoping that the workers will continue their 'fforts until every person in Columbus • man. woman, young adult and junior—hns been given an opportunity to respond to our call for the support of 42 beneficiary agencies. Aa I have s.ald before, it Is hard, after the climax of the campaign has be<.'n passed, to continue plugging away, sometimes making three or four call.l before contact has been made with tlic prospect who. In most cases, ha.-! every desire to contribute but, this we mu.st do!" Troy    Feibel.    president   of    the
Israel to be Governed by New Coalition Cabinet Until July 26
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The hand of the murderous past of V^orld War II Europe reached out and brought down Israere Government, in the bitter aftermath of one of the most Benaationah court actlonB in the young nation's history. At week's end, Prime Minister Moshe Sharett led a new coalition cabinet - without General Zionist partici¬ pation—which will govern the country until the general elections July 26.
The Government crisis began with a criminal libel action brought
by the State against Malkiel Gruenwald, a Hungarian Jew. who had published accusations against Dr. larael Kastner, former head of the Hungarian Jewish Rescue Comnilttee and now a Government official. Gruenwald accused Kast¬ ner of having collaborated with the Nazis in the extermination of Hun¬ garian Jewa. in order to save an "elite" of 600, 5icluding his own family. He also accused Kaatner of having helped a Hlmmler deputy to escape conviction jn a war crimes trial.
Vaier, lhe lifeline of kraera ¦grjeultural irowlh, ii being carried to all parti of the parched Negev with the aid of funds derived from the Bale of Slate of IbraCl Oevelopmeot Bonda. Amtdal the cactui of the Negev Jeeert, IiracI Bond dollars are making poisible the conalrucllon of water reservoir lank* tuch k8 this Dear new farming village*, of which 420 have been cttabliahed alnce 1949. The unk water U used for homa conauhiplion and comet from deep^wcll water prpjecla, which ar< being built and maintained with Israel Bond aid.
After an action that dragged on for more than a year, Gruenwald was acquitted on all major .counts, the court holding that Kastner Was, in fact, guilty of betraying his own people. Immediately, the public prosecutor luinounced he would appeal tho decision of the district court,
Government critics Immediately joined the, fray, denouncing the action of the prosecutor in appeal¬ ing the case, and charging the Government with "covering up" for Kastner.
Two non-confidence motlonfl on the issue—one by tho right-wing Herut party and the other by the Communists- were beaten in the Knesset. But the General Zionists, although they were members of the coalition in the Cabinet, abstained from the vote. Their explanation, offered later, was that they had not been consulted by the Attorney General.
PromI.er Sharett, however, de¬ clared that the issue was not whether Kastner wnj3 guilty or In¬ nocent. The issue, he said, was the breach of collective responsibility by the General Ziohlsta In view of their membership In the Govern¬ ment coalition. When the General Zionists refused his demand that they resign, Sharett submitted his own resignation — thus bringing about the fail of tiie entire Cabi¬ net.
Prea. Itzhak Ben Zvi, after con¬ sultations, called on Mr. Sharett to' form a neyr Government He did so by reccHiBtftutlng the old coalition —minus the General Zionists, l^e new Goverliment list was sub' milted to the Knesiset for approval before ItB final adjqummf^t, and the Knesset. accorded Its confi¬ dence vote. The final taUy~-66 for, 32 a^nst, and! 8 abstentlomi.
F^und,    concurri'd    in    Mr.    Ij*^vy",s .Stat I'men t:    "ScVfrrtl    people    have callt.'d   mt-   and   lilso   the   office   to compljiin  that no one has yet con- i t.ictcd  them. Investigation  rt'Vf!alcd j that  the aolicitor had  accidentally . mi.s.scd   Lhe   pres pec t.s   whOH).-   gift.s , were   Immediately   and   enthusios- tically   acceptfK^i.   Any   person   who I wi.shcH Lo make a contribution can ' do   .so   by   calling   the   offici-,   CA. 1-51S1 or sending such gift directly to  the   United  Jewish   Fund.  55   E. , State St.. Ooiumbus 15, O.
"it is still possible," said Mr. I Feibel. "for us to match last year's | resulLH. To do so requires con- , scientious work on the part of the I solicitor and generous giving on | the part of the givers. We hope tliat we will have both until the job li! done."
iMi^ftMrs.   FeilM^I   and   Levy   puld tribute   to   the   chairmen   of  the variouN divlsionH    for    the    fine work they havo done. /'EX-ery     single    division,"     they said,   "has   done  a  wonderful  job. The men  in  the Special  Gifts  Di¬ vision,  under the chairmanship  of Bill    Kahn,    assisted    by   Herbert; Schlff.  Sam  Schlonsky,  Jack  Sher '¦ and   Joseph   Skilken   as   co-chair- i men, have raised close to $431,521, I which   is   about   2Vj%   better   than the amount given by thc same con¬ tributors  last year.
"The Men's General Solicitation | Division, chaired by Irving l>ack- ' l"itz, assisted by Melvin Furman. David Goldsmith, Alvin Kahan and Myer Mellman, has thus far raised $15,969, which represents a 27% increase from the same givers last year,
"The women of Columbus, head¬ ed by Mrs. M. J. Leeman, assisted by co-chairmen Mrs. Ben Kahn and Mrs. Hariiy Getz, raised $67,- 615 this year, an increase of 5%. "T h e Young Adult Division, headed by Bernard Yenkin, assist¬ ed by Morton Glnoburg, Adele Goldman, James Herman and Alan Klein, raised $1,306. which is al¬ most double what the same Individ^ UJuls gave last year.
"Tile Junior Division, composed of high school and junior high youngster^p gave $1,834, reprecent- Ing a 26% Increase from the same group lost year.
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VISIT ISRAEL
I/CKt anyone think that la^t w(-ek's article, ref'-rring to those who have visited Israel recently, way complete. Troy Felbel. president of the llnifd Jewish Fund, stated that among others, wlio have visitfHl that country are Dr. and Mis. B. W.-Abram- S0.1, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gaiser, M"orris Horowitz. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Katz. Mr. aii^ Mrs. Jrxob Krakowitz, Mrs. Louis Marlt, Mr, and Mra. Abe Mendel. Rabbi and Mrs. S. W. Ruben¬ stein. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sher, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Siegel. and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sllbei-steln. Rabbi Harry Kaplan is at pres¬ ent en route to Israel,
Mr. Feibel stated: ''We know this list is probably still incom¬ plete. Wc are happy that these and other people among the conununity's leaders have had the opportunity to observe, at first hand, the conditions which eatabii-ih the needs for which we campaign annually as well as the great achievements made possible by the contributions of the Columbua Jewiah people."
NEW PHONE EXCHANGES TO  START  SUNDAY
Some 75,000 additional telephone numbers In Columbus hove been clianged, and the new directories can be uaed effective midnight to- night   .
Eight Columbus exchanges which have been revised are:
JE^ferson to AMherat 3, JOrdan to BRoadway 9, KLondlke to AX- minster 4, LAwndale to AMberst 2. LUdlow to AMherst 8, Randolph to BRoadway 4. WAlnUt to AX- minatcr 1, and UNiyerslty to AX- minater 9.
JVnzitACHI MEETINa
Columbus Chapter, Mlzrachi Women, will hold Its regular meet¬ ing Monday, 1 p. m., at the Agudas Achim     Synagogue.
Zionist Election Meeting
Dave Gaiaer, president of thc Zionist District of* Ooiumbus, announces that thc district's election meeting will be held Tues¬ day, &:30 p. m., at the Jewish Center. It will be the annual elec¬ tion of offlcjem of the Zionist District
Dr. B. W Abramson and Jacob H. Gilbert, delegates to the annual convention ot the Zionist Organization of America held tn Washington in June, will report on the proceedings of tho con¬ vention.
The meeting Is open to the entire memtiershlp of tho District, urged by Mr. Gaiser to attend and participate In the discussion pf the plans that will be formulated by the officers who will be elected at the meeting Tuesday.
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