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COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1958
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Ban On Jewish Emigration Lifts Behind Iron Curtain
Hadassah husbands will take over "Kids and Kitchens" TucMiay, the niglit of the 30th annual Hadassah Donor Dinner at Winding Hollow Country Clab. Shown above^ oompletingr last minute arrangements, are Mrs. Oarl Mellman and Mrs. Leo Skilken, while Papa Mellmnn with son Mark and Lee Skilken with du^ht<'r8 Tobl and Rhea in tow practice their chores.
Hadassah Donor Dinner Tuesday
Compiled Prom JTA Reports
A new era concerning mlgra. tion of Jews from behind the Iron Curtain to Israel may Be in the offing. Lastest developments in Rumania and Hungary indicate the Communists are relenting on their policy of non-emigration, onew hich has caused untold tragedy for divided families.
No announcement has been made in either Buctiarest or Budapest, but there seems to be little doubt that bans have been relaxed. ,
NOT A SmOLE Rumanian Jew reached Israel between 1952 and 1955. A '^w arrived in the summer of 1955, but there Have been only a handful since that time.
The recent reversal of policy is Illustrated by the case of a 26-year.old radio technician from Ploestl. When he applied for an
exit permit, officials asked him If he had relatives in Rumania.
He said he had parents, a grandmother and other kin. He was told to bring the passports of all, since tho government wish¬ ed to avoid new problems arising frlm divided families. Exit per¬ mits were issued the entire group.
IDOV OOHEN, leader of the Rumanian Jewish communltfy, gives this  explanation: /
Jewish survivors filled a rieed in post-war Rumania since 90 per cent of the entire population had been wartime supporters of the Fascists.
Virtually the only int'eliectuals who were reliably antl-Fascist were Jews and they were given positions of authority. Jewish Communist leaders blocked the emigration of Jews until 1952, when thel Iberals began to pre¬ vail.
As the Stalinists lost power, a trickle of emigration began. The dramatic_^ shift tills year was made possible by a variety of factors.
THE RUMANIANS were mov¬ ed by pressure of International humanitarian organizations. And after the Hungarian revolution in 1956, Rumanian authorities start¬ ed finding responsible jobs tor the rising generation of Ruman¬ ian Intellectuals.
The Jerusalem PoBt broke the news regarding the new poljcy In Hungary, but said no details in Jerusalem would not reveal how many Jews were expected in Is¬ rael.
Treasury sources In Israel said between 65 and 70 million pounds Would be needed to absorb anti¬ cipated Increased immigration. Most of the money would be I needed to build housing.
AVhile husbands take over Tues. day night, Hadassah women, look¬ ing their loveliest, will sip cham¬ pagne eat hors d'ouevres and have a gray time. Dinner, accord¬ ing to the hospitality ctiairman Mrs. Harold Felnsteln, will de¬ light and please all who attend.
Winding Hollow Country Club, decorated by Mrs. Joseph Haas and her contunittee -to. conform with the theme, "Hadassah's New Horizon," will be filled with wom¬ en who have contributed once again to Hadassah's Medical Or¬ ganization.
MR3. MOSES P. Epstein of New York, a former national president, will be the guest speak, er, A charming and dyncunlc woman who bas traveled exten¬ sively to interpret the alnis and
aspirations of the State of, Israel, Mrs. Epstein will present an up- to-date picture of the Middle East.
ULO MEMBERS working to complete last minute details in¬ clude Mesdames Marvin Gross^ man, Mitchell Goodman, Sam Oppenhelmer, Martin Hackman, Malcolm Robblns, Henry Lewin, Bernard. Schottensteln and Rob¬ ert Stone;
Martin Marks, Martin Adler, Jesse Shapiro, Dan Goldsmith, Donald Kraft, Joseph Baskln, Ernest Simon, Mel Schottensteln, Carl Mellman, Richard Golden, Edward Ghltman, Adeline Ment¬ ser and Gerald O'Koon.
Other workers include Mes¬ dames Lester Neidltz, Jay Gould, Don   Cohen,    Morris    Fleishman,
I Stan MelUon, Moe Hlrsch, Mai Sokol, Herbert Urell, Herbert Calllf, Eugene Stein, William Solomon, Jack Marks and Miss Helen Gruber and Miss Doby Lakln.
CHECKS FOR pledges, plus $3.50 for dinner, may be sent to Donor Treasursers Mrs. Jesse Elsen, 706 S. Roosevelt Ave., Mrs. Sam Cohen, 256 N. GouJd -Ed, and Mrs. Sam Valcov, 235 S Ardmore Rd.
Arrangements for transporta. tion may be made with Mrs Harold Felnsteln, BE. 1-2074.
Completing the program will be selections presented by Cantor Irving Schreler of Tifereth Israel accompanied by Mrs. Harold Edelstein.
Nasser Takes A Licking
BT  EUAHU   8ALPETER
(Copyright, 1998, J. T. A., Inc.) . .JERUaALEIM--Ool. Nasser has recently suffered certain slight set-backs in his imperialist actlv. Ities in the Middle East. His efforts to take over Jordan and Lebanon were foiled, at least temporarily, by the landing of British and American troops in those countries.
Unrest in Syria forced him to rush through far-reaching purges and reorganizations in what is now officially "the Northern Prov¬ ince" of bis United Arab Republic. In Iraq, the leader of the revolu¬ tion. General Kassem swiftly purged h i s second-in-command and his cronies who wanted to merge their country with Nas¬ ser's empire.
While it would be naive to presume that Nasser would now give up stirring up trouble In the Middle East, observers believe that be might, at least tempor¬ arily, devote more attention to bis auberslve activities in "Black Africa."
LAST WEEK, this writer gave a brief outline of the means tued by Col. Nasser and his agents preparing the groiuid for Cairo's planned domination of the world's second largest continent. One of the main Instruments through which these means are being put to effect la the Cairo Radio,
Radio is, of coume, the favorite Instrument of all modem propa¬ ganda warfares; the waves of the ether know no boundaries, broafl- casts cannot be censored as they cross the frontiers and jamming is a rather expensive and not entirely  efficient expedient.
BUT BE8n>B8 this universal appeal of the radio waves, they have a special appeal for Nasser's propaganda machinery. First, the
wide masses of African people at whom tills propaganda Is aimed are mostly Illiterate; even could Nasser distribute among them would be of little use, since most his newspapers and pamphlets. It of them cannot fead.
Second, moat of the people to whom Nasser wants to speak are Moslems, and for Moslems the spoken word holds a special spell, more than the written word has for peoples belonging to the Eur¬ opean culture. Actually, Moslem culture of today Is largely a verb¬ al tradition.
OAHU) RADIO today broad¬ casts in not less than 23 lan¬ guages. Including, for example, Swahili spoken by about 25 mil¬ lion natives in East Africa. Each African country receives "special treatment" in Cairo's broadcasts. The listeners are addressed in their native dialects, usually by announcers speaking their mother tongues.
Each broadcast contains refer¬ ences to specific problems of the respective country and direct ap¬ peals to their population. The listeners have very little know¬ ledge of the outside world and therefore can make no compar¬ isons between the real facta and the claims and assertions made over Cairo radio. Thus they eas¬ ily accept Nasser's lies as gospel truths.
ANOTHER FAVOIUTE Instru. ment of Nasser's subversion are the military attaches and the military Instructors and experts dispatched by Cairo. It Is, there¬ fore, not surprising that by the Summer of 1857 there was not a single Arab,country which had not expelled at least one military attache attached to the Egyptian Embassy.
In Sudan, Nasser tried all tricks to prevent Its becoming Indepen¬ dent, Instead of a province of Egypt. After having failed Nasser spared no efforts trying to de¬ stroy Sudan's pro-Western gov¬ ernment, even tried direct aggres¬ sion and withdrew forces only after Sudan appealed to the UN Security Council. In the past three years, a total of seven high- ranking Egyptian diplomats were expelled for meddling In Sudan¬ ese Internal affairs.
IN ETjnOPlA, Nasser is trying to stir up the Moslem minority to revolt against the government and join a planned "Greater Somaliland" under Nasser's dom¬ ination. The Egyptian military attache was expelled from Adl^s Ababa for trying clandestinely to recruit Ethiopian Moslems for training- in Egyptian military camps.
In Somaliland, divided Into British, French and UN-Italian protectorates, Nasser's agents spread the gospel of a Moslem "Greater Somllland," and scores of teachers, preachers and con¬ sular officials from Egypt were expelled and Egyptian subversion denounced by the UN Trustee¬ ship Council.
JHE LIST of countries could be continued to Include practlc. ally all countries of Africa. The local governments there are try. Ing valiantly to combat Nasser's subversion.
However, they cannot do It alone. They need effective help from the West, particularly in the form of radio broadcasts and In the form of aid to establish teachers seminaries, whose grad¬ uates could replace the "teachers" now dispatched—or educated—by Cairo.
Chronicle Makes Change In Rates
The Ohio. Jewish Chronicle this week announces a change In sub¬ scription rates. The present an¬ nual rate has been maintained with virtually no change since in¬ ception  of the  paper  in  1921.
Due to increases in costs of labor and materials and the de¬ sire of the publishers of the Chronicle to provide more com¬ plete coverage of both local and national news, it has become necessary to increase the rate, effective Immediately, to $4.50 per year. Individual copies will be IB cents. The annual subscription Includes 52 Issues plus the New Year Annual,
The publishers of the Chronicle are offering all present subscrib¬ ers the opportunity to renew their subscriptions at the present $3.60 rate  until Dec, 31,  19S8.
During this time any subscriber may renew his subscription, re. gardless of renewal date, for one year at the present $3.50 rate. After Dec. 31, 1958 adl subsorip. tlons, new or renewal, will be $4.60.
Voting Is Topic OF TI Sisterhood
"How Would You Vote; How Will the Issues Affect You?" Is the timely subject of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood meeting of Monday at 12:30 p. m. in the Social Hall of the Temple.
Mrs, Norbert Kruger, parlia¬ mentarian of the Sisterhood, will lead ttie discussion. The panel wll include Mrs. Jerome Briers, moderator, and Mrs. Fritz Saeng- er and Mrs. Ashley Molk. All three are from the League of Women Voters. The Issues to be discussed will be the Welfare Levy, the School Bond Levy, Federation Charter Amendment, and Right to Work.
D'Var Torah by Mrs. Leonard Wasserstrom. A dessert luncheon will precede the meeting. Mem¬ bers are reminded to bring with them the pink ticket maked (3) from their meeting booklet, and to sign their name on the reverse side to be eligible to win the door prize.
IN THIS ISSUE
The Arab refugee problem once more is atop the UN agenda. Page 15.
Richard Lewis inaugurates ilia new column, "Travel Talk," on page 9.
Things ore humming at The Center, an usuoL News of Center doings on Page IS.
The bowling bugs have been busy too. And the way the wood has been falling, you'd think you were in a lumber camp. Page IL
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE'S 50TH ANNUAL MEET SET FOR NOV J
Mrs. Simon Lazarus and Justin Slllman, co-chairmen of the Jew¬ ish Family Service 50th Annual Mettlng Planning Committee an¬ nounced that Eugene H. Freed¬ helm, president of the Family Service Association of America, will be the main speakers at the meeting, Nov. 9 at The Jewish Center.
Mr. Freedhelm has served the association ii) the past year as vice-president and for two previ¬ ous years as a member of the FSAA Board. He holds an A.B. degree from the University of Colorado and an L.L.B. from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor ot The Harvard Law Review.
HE IS A PARTNER in the Cleveland Law firm of Hahn, Loeser, Keough, Freedhelm, and Dean, and is the president of the Cleveland Bar Foundation.
Currently,  Mr.  Freedhelm  Is  a
trustee and member of the Ex- evcutive Committee of the Wel¬ fare Federation of Cleveland, a truste ot the Jewish Community Federation, a member of the Advisory Oommitte of the School of Applied Social Sciences of Western Reserve University, a member of the American Law- In stltute and a Fellow In the Ameri¬ can Bar Foundation. . INCliUpEDjOW -the pxogl^O),,, will be a review of 50 years of Jewish F'amHy Service, committee reports, and elctlon of officers for the coming year. Members of the committee include Mrs. Harry Goldberg-ex-of ficio, Raymond Wells, Herman Katz, Dr. E. J. Gordon, Robert Mellman, Robert Lazarus Jr., Mrs. Harry Polster, Mrs. Abe I. Yenkin, Norman Folpe, Mrs. William Papier, and Mrs.   Stanley   Schwartz.
The public is invited to  attend this meeting.
COMEDIAN JOEY ADAMS TO HEAD BOND RALLY AT TIFERETH ISRAEL
Joey Adams, popular entertain er and radio, T-V and night club luminary comes to Temple TIfer¬ eth Israel Sunday night, Nov. 9, to conduct his own diversified show on behalf of the Congrega¬ tion's  Israel   Bond   campaign.
Herman M, Katz Is chairman of the evening and he and Joe F. Kass are co-chairmen of the TIf¬ ereth Israel Bqnd Committee.
WITH A LARGE crowd anti¬ cipated, early reservations are being urged for the appearance of Mr. Adams, famed entertainer, In the Social Hall of Temple TIfer¬ eth Israel, Sunday, Nov. 9 at 8 p. m.
Mr. Katz asks all members to telephone the Temple office (CL. 8-9636) or the Israel Bond office (CA. 1-3653) with their reserva¬ tions as soon as possible.
MR. KASS said that all guests wll be seated at tables in keeping with the night club atmosphere that Mr. Adams finds so con. genial.
Charles Marguiis is In charge of arrangements for the cocktail hour which Is scheduled to pre. cede the start of the program it¬ self. Later in the evening, re¬ freshments will be served by the ladies.
USHERS FOR the evening will be working with Norbert Kruger who will be assisted by Leon Handler and Martin Lleberman. Electronic arrangements are be. ing handled by Sam Oppenhelmer with the aid of H. H. Weinberg and Martin Shanker. Morris Swedlow and Dr. Joe Venook are in charge of the Recording Com¬ mittee.
Louis Sclilezinger was the host
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Joey Adams
last Tuesday night at a parlor meeting with Dr. James G. Heller the speaker. This meeting at his home produced advance comnjlt- ments for the Temple affair.
MEMBERS OF Mrs. Talis' Hqs. pitaiity Committee include Mes¬ dames Reuben Abramson, Gra|it Brandon, Bernard Byrnes, Joe Davis, Milton Glas, Arnold Gross¬ man, Isadore Gurvls, Marvin Gutl ter, Eugene Hameroff, David Handler, Herman Katz, Norman Katz, John J. Lleberman, Harold Lowy, Julius Margulles, Lawrence Polster. Jack Schilling, Sam 8u. bow, Sanford Topolosky, Sam Wasserstrom and Arthur Wester¬ man.
Mrs. H. H. Weinberg Is prfnoip. al aide on the Social Committee (eaathiBad an paga 4)