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Vol. 33, No. 33
COLUMBUS. OHIO. FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 1955 °Vn'3*3.i?.h*iarJG'
Moroccan Nationalists Issue Statement Assuring Jews of Equal Rights with Moslems
NEW YORK, (JTA) —• The Moroccain Office of Information and Doeumentatidh here Issrued a statement on behalf of the IsUqlal Party of Morocco saying tlvat "there Is no jtistlflcatlon for the fear that In an Independent Mor¬ occo the Jews virould suffer from discrtmination of <my form." The gtatemeiiit, signed by Ahmed Bala- frej, secretary general of the IMIqlal  Party, reads:
"In on attempt to discredit the national movement of Morocco, French colonial circles have ac¬ cused   the   Moslem   population   of
anti-Semitic sentiments towards the Jews. As a matter of fact, no specifically Jewish problem exists in Moiw:ca, where Jewish end Moslem communities have existed side by tUde tor centuries In mut¬ ual tolerance, respect and under¬ standing. Both are victims of a colonial regime which has ruled their coimtry since 1912; both are struggling and making sacrifices to bring about their common national Bspina tlons.
"There is no Justification for the fear that In an Independent Mor¬ occo the Jews would si|ffer from
Hia  MONROE
ALBERT BLANK
, Holiday Appeals for Israel Bond Sales Planned Again
High holiday appeals for th6 sale of State of Israel Development Bonds, the annual nationwide mobilization for aid to Israel, will agabi take place this year, Jacob H. Gilbert, chairman of the Columbus cam- pal^ annoimced. , At this writing, thrte congregations have agreed to participate: Tifereth Israel, Agudaa Achlm ond -Ahavas Sholom. (Laat year all three held appeals, along with Beth Jacob, whose Bo«mi meets Sunday to consider the matter. Agudas Achim, In 1953, was the first Columbus synago^e to Join the national mobilization campaign.) Meanwhile, - at   Tifereth   Israel,
where the appeal last year re¬ sulted in sales of $35,000, plans are bein^ advanced fo ra stlmulM- ing effort. Albert Belm and Ira Monroe are co-chairmen of the Tifereth Israel campaign and they ore 'working with a committee which will meet at Monroe's home Tuesday evening, Aug. 30, and which consists of the following:
Harry Getz, Morris Polster, Mor¬ ris Swedlow, Ray Nateman, Fr^d Roland, WiUlsm SchUf, Mortln Pofster. H. H. Weinberg, Dr. B. W. Abr^unson, Richard Grundstein, Al¬ bert Belm, Sol Myers, Julius Mal- gulls, Sam Oppenheimer, Joe Zox, Grant Brandon, I. C Benls, Jtillus Gutter, Norman Koitz, Chas. Mar- gulls, Morris Paine.
.Alliert Blank will hold an ad- vanced'^sale^ parlor meeting et bis
' home Thursday evening, Sept IS. A member ol the Temple Board and on the tibard f<>r Conruntmlty planning. Blank Is president of Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, The time for the appeal, ss announced through Rahbl Nathan Zellzer and David (Soldsndth, president of the congregation, Is set for the second ., day of Rosh    HoshonEth,    Sunday
yVjrnlng, Sept. 18.'
Ira l^onroe Is a member of the Board of Tifereth Israel, chairman of tte Board of Eduoatlon, and Is on tlie Board of the-Jewish Center
(Matiaaed oa page 4)
RABBI POUPKO AT BETH JACOB NOW
MUton J. Leeman, president of Beth Jacob Congregation, an¬ nounces that Rabbi Solomon Poup¬ ko has arrived in Coliunbus and is immediately assuming the diities as SplrUiual leader of Beth Jacob. Mr. Leeman^tated that the Jewish community of Columbus Is noted for having attracted Intq Its midst some ot the greatest minds In the rabbinate,
Beth Jacob Congregation has gone to great lengths to maintain that reputation foi- the community by choosing and electing Solomon Poupko as Its rabhl.
Rabbi Poupko co'mes from an Il¬ lustrious rabbinical family and has received the lilgheat recoiiunen- dations from Dr. Belkln enj^ Rabbi Soloveltchik as a great "talmud chochom," dedicated to the cause ot traditional Judaism. '
OOCNCn- FUND
Until Sept 1, anyone deblrlng to send contrlbutioi)4 to the CoimtUI of Jewish Women, Gltt and Me¬ morial Fund, will plesae send them to Mrs. Al Kah«ji, 235 S- Prexal, FR.6440..
discrimination in any form. Jewish Moroccans will be citizens equal both In law and In faiot with Mos-- lenis. They will enjoy the same rights and win be under the same obligations; their religious liberty will remain untouched. The great¬ est service that cajil be rendered them Is to help them do away with the colonial regime which has ex- pioited cmd repireased them. Mor¬ occo is their cotmtry, Its freedom Is their freedom; who helps the Jewish Moroccans helps Moroccan Independence," the statement con¬ cludes.
Simultaneously, tbe Moroccan. Office of Information and Docu¬ mentation Issued another state¬ ment reviewing tlie rights of the Jews in Morocco. The statement. Issued tmder the title "Bock- grouiid on the Situation of Jew¬ ish Moroccans," reads:
"The Jews, who found refuge In Morocco from Spanish persecution In the fifteenth century, have never lived in Inequality; They liave always hod complete free¬ dom of worship and independence within their communities regard¬ ing courts of justice, police, syna¬ gogues, parochial education and the administration of public bene¬ fit funds. Never have restrictions of any sori been placed upon tA«m. The right to practice their pro¬ fessions and to engage in com¬ merce, both at home ond abroad, was always assured them at a time when anti-Semitism was widespread all over Euroi>e. theirs was a privileged position. More¬ over, they were under the special protection of the Sultan, which even today remains the highest distinction a Moroccan can attain. It Is noteworthy that Kurppeans who ho*e wanted to travel freely and with ease In Morocco hav« dis¬ guised themselves es Jevra to pass protected and unol>served.
"Of extreme significance is the Decree of Februaiy 5, 1864, Issued by His Majesty Mohammed IV:
'It is our order that all Jews residing dn ovir Empire, regardless '>t the situation in which the Al- nlghty has placed -them, should be treated by our governors, admin? Istrators and, other subjects fn conformity with strict Justice; that before our courts of justice they should be on on equal bqsls with any other person; that not even the slightest Injustice niay be done them, nor any unmerited treat¬ ment accorded th?m. Neither the authorities nor any other person shrill do any harm to Jews, either to their person or their property . . . Because such (m Injustice is an injustice In the Heavens and we' cannot -under any circum¬ stances prejudice their rights or those of any other person; oyr dignity Is opposed with all Its might to such proceedings. In our eyes, all men have an equal -right to ask fpr justice . . .'
"Under the Petaln regime in 1B41 and 1942, Jewish Moroccans did not suffer from the discrimi¬ natory Nazi laws, the now exiled Sultan, Mohammed V, being per¬ sistently opposed to such proceed¬ ings. In turn, the Jewish Moroc¬ cans have repeatedly expressed their gratitude for his forceful democratic stand. Jewish Moroc¬ cans live side by side with their Moslem countryinen in the same townsi In tbe some houses, In the game apartments. They are in con¬ stant social and commercial con¬ tact with each other, carrying on their affairs as true partners . . ,"
UJA GROUP REPORTS
ON SITUATION IN
NORTH AFRICA
PARIS, (SPECIAL)-—Despite upheavals and unrest and thc recent outbreak of violence, the medical, welfare' and emigration prograiEw supported by the Jews of America on behalf of their fellow Jews iti- Morocco have suffered no abatement, Maurice Bernstein, Executive Director of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, Ohio, reports. High¬ light of Bernstein's visit to Paris, as part of a study group sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal, was a session on the present situation In North Africa as it affects the Jew^ of that area. Speakers included Jacques Danhan. secretary of the Coimcil of Jewish Commimltles of Morocco; Samuel Haber, American Joint Distribution Committee di¬ rector for Morocco, and AmoB Rabl, director of the Jewfcrfi Agency in Morocco.
M. W. Beckelman. Director-Gen¬ eral of AJDC, presided.
AJDC and the Jewish Agency are constituent agencies of the UJA, which is 0 major beneficiary of the United Jewish Fund of Co¬ lumbus.
Earlier in the day, the study group attended a session o n European countries at which Beck¬ elman and Charles H. Jordan, -As¬ sistant Director-General of -AJDC, and other members of the AJDC staff told of the work being done by the organization on behalf of 27,000 Jewish men, women and children in need of help in West- em Europe.
Haber, reporting on the work of AJDC In Morocco, announced the completion of a new tuberculosis center . for 100 adults in Ben Ahmed, near Casablanca, and the opening this fall of a kindergarten for 500 Jewish children In Fez. He said that the medical programs of AJDC now care for 35,000 children, the majority stricken with trach- otna (a blinding eye disease), scalp rln^orm and tuberculosis Ojn- sMerable headway In counteract¬ ing these diseases has been made, he said.
Thlrty^housand children are now receiving nourishing food In AJDC-supported schools and kin¬ dergartens Including 1,500 who at¬ tend the ORT school. He added that the summer camp and holiday programs sponsored by AJDC are continuing despite the tension and unrest In the country.
Thes tudy tour ended with a visit to AJDC-supported installa¬ tions around Paris. Members of the group first saw the ORT school, where 600 yoimg men and women are taught such skills as welding, machine operation and rtpair, sewhig and clothes design¬ ing; then visited a summer colony for 95 uiider-prlvileged French Jewish children.
Before coming to Paris, the group spent 11 days in Israel In¬ specting (he work o#AJDC and the Jewish Agency, several days in Rome to view AJDC activities in Italy, then visited the Jewish Agency transient camp near Mar¬ seille, France, where emigrants from North Africa are gathered before leaving Israel.
Memorial jpiagp^,' For Veterans
(^pltol Post 122, Jewish War Veterans, Is preparing a memorleil plaque In tribute to oU Jewish veterans of CSolumbus, whether or not they were members of thc Post.
The following preliminary list has been prepared. Omissions should spuld be reported to Alvin Solove, 14€ S. Casslnghain Rd., DO. 2063.
Abe A. Abraham. Samuel Amdur. Maurice Boragenskl. Sidney Basch. Samuel L. Bayer, Nathan H. Bender. Abe Benjamin. Joseph Block. Maur¬ ice Bloom. Millard ir. Bornsteln. Her¬ man Brody. David Bronstein. - Juilua H. Cohen. Jacob Cohen. Al¬ fred S. Cooper.' Samuel Danzlger. Abe Edelman. Wm. Edelson. Edward Fish¬ er. Frank Plshman. Morris Flox. Marvin FrankUn. llarry Prledllerg, Irvln B. Furman.
Martin Gitlln.' Robert P. Gitlln. Ir¬ vln (jodDfsky. Dave Gold. Max Gold¬ smith. Samuel Greenbaum. Morris Greenberg, Richard L, Greene, Louis M.  Greensteln.   .
Myron    Halms.    Harry    Harnett, M.  Harris. Morrlr Howltz.  Hy-
:yr, L.oui8
man Josephson. Arnold Katz. Maxwell ICrtuner. Morris N. Leasure, Frank Levin, Bernard Lleberman, Herman Lieverman, Milton H. Loeb, Morris Lubeach, Alvln Malerson, Herbert V. Marx. Harry J. Mltzen. Arthur Mohr, Wm. Monett
Harry Pallet, Joseph Paine, David Pastor, David A. Peiros. Abe Poling. Nathan Rlnkov. Isaac Rosen. LQUlB Rosenbaum. Nathan RosenlHium. Jacob Rosenberg, Sam Rosenberg, Louis Rosenthal  Isadore H.  Roth.
Hyman Schlonsky. Max D. Schmertz. Abe S<diusterman. Moritz Schwartz. Harry Shamansky. Harold I Shuman. Isaac Slegel, John Silver, Joaeph Sll- verberg. Adolph Simmons. Julius Snl- der. PhlUp Solomon. Sanford Soom- sky.   Al Sugarman.  Samuel Swerdlow.
Edward B. Tarches. Wm. D. Topo¬ losky, Maurice Topson, Sidney Tyro¬ ler, Herman Waltzman. Wm. Weis- gold, Louis Wirson, Jack Wlnten, Bert WoUnan. Walter Vaco, Robert Zucker-
GOLDEN AOf: (xinra
nONIO TOUORROW,.
Golden Age Club has a picnic this Simday at Shelter Houae No. 4, north of Griggs Dam, on the east bank of the river. A bus will leave the Center at 10:1S a. m. and return to the Center at 4 p. m. Members must provide Ihelr own traospoz4iitIon to the <%iiter and home, end must bring their ovvn food. Cold drinks cmd dessert vrlll tie fuirnlshed.
Sxtra cars are needed and meni¬ bers are osked to provide samei