Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1958-06-27

              SrO^ Serving Columbus and C^ninJ Ohio Jewish Ck>minunity"^/\S
Vol. 36, No. 26
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 27. 1958
Qo   Oevotad t« Amtrlean '^^     and Jawlih l/aaii
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Above are Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Benvenlste, Egyptian refugees who are being resenttled by the Jewish Family Service of Columbus, as they arrived at Union Station last week.. They were met by Mrs. JSauI Bookspan, caseworker of the Jewish Family Service, pictured on the right.
Egyptian Refugees are
Resettled in Columbus
By Jewish Family Service
"We want to live and we want to be free" were the Sentiments of Raphael and Ines Benvenlste, an Egyptian couple, who arrived last week in Columbus. They are being resettled by the local Jewish Family Agency, with tbe assistance of the National Council of Jewish Women.
Columbus is the first community in the United States to receive for resettlement a Jewish Egyptian unit under recent legislation passed by Congress.
The Benvenlstes were brought to this country through the efforts of the United HIAS, the Jewish world wide migration service. Funds for the resettlement of New American families are provided locally and nationally by the United Jewish Fund. United HIAS Is a beneficiary of the United Jewish Appeal. Some background will Indicate
what the program oi Jewish Family Service means to these people and the community. Mr. and Mrs. Benvenlstes, ages 40 and 30 respectively, were born in Egypt and lived there until the recent tragic events took place. Both lost their jobs when the firms where they were worldng were taken over by Egyptians following the events In the Middle Bast. Although born in Egypt, they were Greek citizens and thus were able to go to Greece and from there with visas to this country.
Mr. Benveniste Is a high school graduate and speaks English, French, Greek, Arabic, Italian and Hebrew. He attended the Communal Jewish School and later the Commercial School. He worked for British firms in Egypt as ^ typist and accountant, and, later, as a salesman for plumbing supplies, pipe fittings and accessories and also as office manager.
SIRS. BENVENISTE Is a high school graduate, speaks English, French, Greek, Arabic, and He¬ brew. She has worked for British and American firms and her last employement was as a typist for Universal Pictures in Egypt. Al¬ though Mrs, Benvenlste was bom In Egypt, her citizenship was re¬ voked following the Incidents of October, 1986.
The Jewish Family Service haa provided living arrangements and are helping them to find suitable employment. Everything possible will be done to make their resettlement and adjust¬ ment to America and the eom- 'caotinped on pace 4>
EARLY DEADLINE
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RABBI AT CONFERENCE
Dr. Jerome D. Folkman, rabbi of Temple Israel, and Mrs. Folk- man are at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, attending the meeting of the Central (l^nfer- ence of American Rabbis. Dr. Folkman was to present the re¬ port of the Committee on Mar¬ riage, Family and tbe. HoiAe as Its chairman. He was also to con¬ duct a "Sermon Seminar" at the final session of the convention.
Inspiring Impetus Given to UJA by Overseas Session
JERUSALEM — The first national assemblage of the United Jewish Appeal ever held outside the United States concluded Its historic three-day sessions here Thursday. Nearly 700 American participants in the UJA anniversary conference drew' new enthus¬ iasm tor the tasks ahead from,their Inspiring contact with the people and land of Israel.
The conference had a two-fold significance, for It was held on the soil of free Israel as Israel's people were celebrating their 10th year of independence and came at the half-way .mark of the UJA's 20th successive yearly campaign on behalf of Jews in need through¬ out the world and of Immigrants to Israel.
An emotional high point of the conference came at a spectacular session Wednesday evening when American visitors and several thousand Israelis gathered with the UJA conferees at the Bronfman Amphitheatre of Hebrew University to hear a stirring address by Prime Minister David Ben-Ourion and to enjoy a program of songs and dances by some of Israel's outstanding cultural groups.
Edward M. M. Warburg, UJA honorary chairman, and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, UJA executive vice-chairman, headed the UJA leaders, campaigners, contributors ahd their families and guests who attended the sessions. Some 400 of the UJA visitors arrived by meahs of El Al Israel Airlines in the greatest airlift from New York to Israel ever conducted by an American Jewish organization. ¦
The conferees reported cash proceeds from campaign affiliates of the UJA throughout the U. S., assessed the progress of the first half of the 1958 drive and set plans for producing maximum results In the final phase of the year's effort.
Besides attending the Jerusalem conference, an inspirational highlight of the UJA leadership gathering in Israel was a 13-day special tour arranged for the visitors. They traveled to many corners of the country to see for themselves how their support of the UJA has helped build new lives for nearly a million Immigrants who have been given a haven in Israel.
VISITOR3 SEE RESULTS THEY HELPED ACHIEVE
Of outstanding Interest were visits to Immigrant absorption centers and new agricultural-Industrial regions under development by the Jewish Agency to provide homes and livelihoods for the in¬ flux of newcomers. The Jewish Agency receives most of Its funds from tbe United Israel Appeal, a major UJA member agency. Also Included were visits to many of the health and rehabilitation centers and faoUitis for the aged, orphaned and handicapped maintained by the UJA-flnanced Joint Distribution Committee.
More than 200 distinguiahed Israelis, including Cabinet members. Supreme Court justices, members of the Jewish Agency Executive and other leaders In Israel's life joined the UJA conferees at the opening session Tuesday evening at the Wise Auditorium of He¬ brew University. Israel President Ben-Zvi welcomed the conferees and Edward B. Lawson, U. S. Ambassador to Israel, greeted his fellow Americana.
Major addresses were given by former Prime Minister Moshe Sharett and UJA's Herbert Friedman. Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog delivered opening and closing prayers. Zalman Shazar, chairmEm, Jewish Agency for Israel, presided. The Kol Zlon Lagola choir presented an impressive musical interlude.
Wednesday was proclaimed UJA Day at the Israel 10th Anniver¬ sary Exhibition In Jerusalem. Acting Mayor P. J. Jacobl welcomed the UJA visitors, who received commemorative souvenirs In the form of copper replicas of 2,000-year-Qld shekels. Those were pre¬ sented by Jerusalem children who were born on Israel's first In¬ dependence Day a decade ago.
At an*afternoon conference session, community representatives presented cash proceeds to the UJA. After that session, the UJA visitors were guests of President Ben-Zvi at a reception at Oan Honasi, the garden of the President.
That evening saw the great outdoor meeting in the Hebrew University's Bronfman Amphitheatre addressed by Prime Minister Ben-Ourion, Dr. Dov Joseph, Jewish Agency Treasurer, and Mr. Warburg. The Gadna Orchestra, the Rinat choir, the Hebrew Uni¬ versity Students Dance Ensemble and the Isracl Army Orchestra entertained.
On Thursday, the conference closed on a solemn note of re- dedicatlon. The conferees gathered at the tomb of Theodor Herzl. Col. Mattatyahu Peled, Commander of the Jerusalem Area, gave a moving talk on the realization of Herzl's dream.
Then the visitors filed in silence through the Military CJemetery, where many of the heroes who died for Israel's freedom are buried. After the El Moie Baolunlm, Avram Harman, member of the Jewish Agency Executive,' delivered the closing address.
NATIONAL JEWISH Hospital at Denver Is landed for its inter-faith chapel and free-care, non-sectarian poli¬ cies—"None May Enter Who Can Pay; None Can Pay Who Enter"—by Dr. Abdelkader Xanu]ui, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship visitor from the Poblio Health Ministry of Morocco. Dr. Laraqoi, shown at right with Dr. Gardner Middlebrook, NJH Research Director at the medical center for tuberculosis and chest dis¬ eases, also praised "cultural nnity" among Moslems, Jews and Catholics In Morocco, and told reporters: "My politics is the patient; public health is above all considerations of race or creed." He described NJH as one of the world's "oatstonding medical centers for treatment, research, education and rehabilitation, which Is making a top contiibution to international Rood health and understanding." "'
NEWS IN BRIEF
CONFERS WITH U. S. JEWISH LEADERS
NEW YORK, (JTA) — West German President Theodor Heuss and a group of American Jewish leaders conferred here for nearly two hours on restitution problems encountered by Jews seeking re¬ dress under West German lejgislation.
The meeting, held at the President's invitation In his Waldorf- Astoria suite, was said to have discussed frankly the problems In¬ volved. While it was understood that Dr. Heuss could not under German law make policy statements, an aide of the President noted that he had long been Interested and active in behalf of restitijtion to Jewish victims of Nazism.
Present at the tea-and-talk session were; Jacob Blausteln, senior vice president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; Irving Engel, president of the American Jewish Commit¬ tee; Moses A. Leavitt, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distri¬ bution Committee; PhlUp M, Klutznick, president of B'nai B'rith; Frank Goldman, honorary president of B'nal B'rith; Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; Dr. Israel Goldstein; Saul Kagan, secretary general of the Claims Conferenie; Senator Jacob K- Javits, anil others.
SAYS LEBANON DEAL FATAL BLOW TO ARAB LEAGUE
NEW YORK, (AJP) — "The events in the Lebanon have already dealt a grievous and possibly fatal blow to the Arab League," ac¬ cording to "Politlcus" who writes In the current issue of "The Israel Digest" on the "Twilight of the Arab League." "Nasser's determined and aggressive drive for hegemony in the Arab world and beyond," he adds, "has now put an end even to the last vestiges of make-believe." As to the religious war in Lebanon, "Politlcus" has this to say: "One is reminded more and more of another greater and even m6re tragic civil war—In Spain."
Local Pioneers Strive to Protect Israel
Sunday evening. Pioneer Wom¬ en will take over Hunt's cinestage to sponsor Rodgers & Hammer- stein's "South Pacific" In wide screen Todd-Ao, Tickets are J3 per person and proceeds will go to "Protect Israel and Lift Up a Standard for Them In Israel."
There is a feeling abroad, that, with the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the State of Israel, that Israel no longer needs to look to her friends   abroad   for   support   be¬
cause Israel is safe, sound and secure behind her frontiers. It is a vital error on the part of those Jews the world over who think that way.
It is a good thing that tens of thousands of tourists are flocking to Israel during the tenth anni¬ versary year. It is to be hoped that the visitors will see more than the flag waving and gala performances. It is to be hoped they will absorb the richness of the spirit, the charm of the new
Hebrew lore, the clear inflection of one's Jewishness that is tt>e prize gained through Israel's re¬ birth. They may also come across defects, unsolved problems, mas¬ sive obstacles. By establishing his identity with the plus and minus alike, the visitor can rise a notch above the ordinary; by pledging his continued support to the greatest adventure In modern Jewish history he will express his satisfaction with the record of Is- (cuutJnaed on pace <)
YIDDISH WBITEB CASTIGATES RABBI BERGER
NEW YORK, (AJP) — TJie well-known Yiddish writer and author, Chalm Lleberman, this week bitterly attacked Rabbi Elmer Berger of the American Council for Judaism for having made the statement that "there is no historical proof that the present State ot Israel was ever the homeland ot the Jews."
Devoting his page-long two-column feature In the Jewish For¬ ward to blasting, what he calls, "the cursed tongtle" of Berger the enemy of Israel and Jewry, Lleberman delivers a stinging blow upon the "peasant-rabbi" head of both Berger and the Judaism (^uncil. In his column, the well-known Jewish writer compares Berger to a Russian peasant who went to the zoo one day and at^w a giraffe but couldn't believe that such an animal could exist despite tbe visible presence of the giraffe.
FORMER ISRAELI SERGEANT CHOSEN "MISS ISRAEL"
JERUSALEM, (AJP) — Twenty-one year-old Miriam ijiUer Hadar, a former sergeant in the Israeli Army, was chosen 03 the "Beauty Queen of Jerusalem" and "Miss Israel of I968." Mlas Hadar is expected to arrive in the United States on July 13 to par¬ ticipate In the "Miss Universe" contest to be held at lang Beach, Calif. Interested in polttios and biblical, research. Miss Had^r woa in the United States last year on a scholarship granted by an In¬ ternational organization for students of UN countries.
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