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COLUMBUS EDITION RONICLE COLUMBUS EDITION 21\V^ Serving CoiumPus. Dayton and Central Ohio Je""''>'^'^m'^"nitiPR xQA^? OIMO oi f^nninTJo H4.61 .:.v IS HDiH u Vol. 39, No. 15 FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1961 V livjir,iiijn:iiiv on O*yotvd to Am»rle«n ^^ and J*wllK Idull UJFC CAMPAIGN BALL FOR ALL WORKERS IS SET Eichmann Facing His Accusers For Genocide Dance Will Be Held Thursday The 1961 United Jewish Fund and Council Campaign wUl close with entertainment and a danoe Thursday evening, AprU 20, 8 at the Jewish Center, The music will be furnished by Danny Aberman and hia band. All workers and leadera In aU the major divisions of the cam¬ paign arc putting forth major ef¬ forts at this time to bring the drive to a successsful conclusion Thursday, April 20, THIS WIIX. BE a joyous and happy occasion where the main emphasis will be on enjoyment aa the final reports are brought in by all units. Ben A, Yenkin, general Cam¬ paign chairman and Mra, Abe, I. Yenkin, Campaign chairman of Women's Division, are putting the finishing touches on a stretch drive which culminates memy weeks and many months of ef¬ fort. In ardditlon to the campaign re¬ ports all workers who have com¬ pleted theJr assignments will be honored as members of the 100 per cent Club with special awards glveai out, ONE OF THE entertaining features wUl be a musical pre¬ sentation on the part of the Young Matron's, a production which was enlhusdastloally re¬ ceived at the Forerunner's affair. The committee in charge of this affair Includes Allen Gunder- ."(heimer, Jr., and Mrs, Leon Schottenstein, co-chairmen, Mrs, Leonard Wasserstrom, George Nacht, Mrs, Aaron Zaclcs, Mrs. Bernard Yenkin and Gus Bow¬ man, Jr, Assisting the conmilttee on invitations arc: Mrs, Jerome Schottensteln and. Mrs, Harry Groban, Mrs, Howard Sehoen¬ baum Is chairman of the refresh¬ ments, Dancdng and refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to all workers. DANIEL BIVAS FAMILY ARRIVES HERE Members of the Daniel Bivas family are shown as they ar¬ rived In Columbus recently, Thc family Is Egyptian born but after being obliged to leave Nasser's territory In 19B7, they went to Paris where they lived until recently. Left to right are, Mrs, Walter Simon of the National Council of Jewish Women; Vlviane Bivas, Mrs, Daniel Blvas, Dinah BiVas, Daniol Slvas, Albert Blvaa and Mrs. Morris Groner, National Council of Jewish Women re¬ presentative. Family Describes Its Flight From Egypt BY LARKY SOPPEL Chronicle Editor Daniel Bivas was a prominent stock broker In Cairo and a mem¬ ber ot the stock exchange who had his own office in Alexandria. He was treasurer of the Cairo Stock Exchange and Counselor of the Stock Exchange Co. for eight years. Married, he Is the father of three children. The Egyptian born Bivas fam¬ ily is now living tn Columbus, having arrived on March 18, In Sept. 1957 they were obliged to leave Nasser's lair, Eind they went l!o Paris, where they had lived until their arrival here, BIVAS AND his family related the story of their flight, their life In Paris, their trip to Colum¬ bus and their impressJons of the United States to me shortly after their arrival. In 1956, there- were 25 or 26 Jewish brokers In Cairo, When he left in 1957 there were just 18; now there are about six. In Egypt there were 76,000 Jews tn 1948; 55,000 In 1956; 20,000 when he left; and about six or 70OO now, LEAVING EGYPT was not easy. The family was allowed to talte only 50 pounds In cash ($120) and an equal amount of jewelry, Bivas said that he sold his furni¬ ture, his office and most other valuables at no value. Then thc family needed passports to gat to Paris. He was finally directed to a Mr, Hq^is of the Red Cross, who obtained Red Cross passes for him, "We left Egypt stateless after signing a paper which for¬ bade our return," Bivas said, IN FRANCE, he said, "We were treated very well, France has been very kind with all Jewish refugees from Egypt." The girls were given a business college edu¬ cation by the goverrunent and he worked in his field, finance. France also gives allowances to families and the Bivas' were treated like French people with the exception of not bel^g able to vote. The family decided to come to the-U.S. and with the aid of the United HIAS Service and the local Jewish Family Service, the Bivas' were brought here. Bivas Is currently searching for work In some related field to hia back¬ ground His daughters, Viviane, 20, and Dinah, 18 and one-half, have modelled and been super¬ vising secretaries. They too are seeking employment. ALBERT, 16, is a sophomore at Whitehall-Yearling High School. He speaks no English but Is learn¬ ing under the guidance of the Scouting Quarters Opened In Israel Israel saw the dedication of Its national Scouting headquarters in Jerusalem, on Sunday, April 9. This center will serve some 25,000 Israeli boy and girl Scouts of all racial and religious groups in Israel, The building of the center was made possible by the contribu¬ tions of Mr, and Mrs, Lewis E, Phillips of Eiiu Cnalre, Wise, Phillips, who is chairman of the board of National Presto Industries, is also vice-chairman of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting of the Boy Scouts of America and a member of its National Council. IN 1955 THE National CouncU, Boy Scouts of America presented its highest honor—^the award of the Sliver Buffalo "for distinguish¬ ed service to boyhood," to Phillips. Mr, and Mrs, Phillips attended the dedication. Abba EJban, Israel's Minister of Education and Culture, was present at the dedication cere¬ mony. DURING HIS stay in Israel, PhUllps spt the cornerstone for another Scout oenter to be built in Tel-Aviv. Mr, and Mrs, PhUUps were guests of honor at a reception In New York, March 29, tendere4 by the IsraeJ Consul General In be- heilf of Israel's Scouting. AMONG THOSE present were: The Honorable Jonah J, Gold¬ stein, chairman of the Greater New York Councils' Jewish Com¬ mittee on Scouting; Rabbi Harry Lasker, director of Jewish Re¬ lationships of the Boy Scouts ot America, who represented Joseph A, Brunton, Jr„ the Chief Scout EJxeouUve; Rabbi Aryeh Lev, di¬ rector of Chaplains of the Jewish Welfare Board and Mrs, Stanley S, Liben ot the natlonaJ staff of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Jetfrey L. Lazarua of Clncln- natii. Is chairman of the National Jewish Convmlttee on Scouting of the Boy Soouta of America. HAILED FOR ATO Baron Edmond de Rothschild of France (right), president of the Israel Bond campaign in Europe, and Samuel Rotiiberg, na¬ tional chairman of Trustees of the Israel Bond Organization In the U,S,, were honored for their leadership In the economic de¬ velopment ot Israel. Both received citations of merit. Baron de Rothschild for his role in the construction and operation of the oil pipeline from Elath to Haifa, and Rothberg for his work as president of the Israel Investors Corporation. The awards were made by the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce headed by Nathan Straus HI. school's French teachers. Mrs. Bivas does not sipeaK Eng¬ lish but she understands it. Mr. Bivas speaks English, French, Arabic, Italian, Spanish and He¬ brew. "AliL THE people we meet are excessively kind," Bivas said. "We are very happy to meet Jewish families which are fraternized." Jews are free here, he explained. In France, a Jew tells the syna¬ gogue not to send liim mail to his home. I wondered how they had come to like the common things of America, the food, the dress, the cars. "What are some of the differences?" I asked. AT THIS THE attractive Bivas girls climbed back into the con¬ versation, "The University (Ohio State) is wonderful," they both said, "But food Is different. You have sugar in everything and you like pepper," Vlviane said. With a slight bit ot Interpreta¬ tion, Mrs, Bivas explained her amazement that she hadn't seen any policemen, "And nobody walks, everybody has his own car," she said. THE GIRLS, having been mod- (Contlmitd on pag* 4} Strategy Is Started By Dr. Servatius JERUSALEM. (.rTA)—Dr. Rob¬ ert Servatius, the Nuremberg war crimes veteran who Is defending Adolf Eichmann, has mapped ou,t a three-part strategy to block the trial of thc former Gestapo official accused of the murder of six million Jews. Eichmann went on trial before a ttu-eo-judge tribunal In Jerusalem's Bolt Haam Tuesday morning on charges of crimes against humajiLty and crimes against the Jewish people. Dr. Servatius, it was learned, charted three moves to contest the right of this court to try his client. THB GERMAN attorney's first action was to challenge the le¬ gality of tho trial, claiming that Eichmann had been abducted from Argentina and brought into the court's jurisdiction in viola¬ tion of international law. To sup¬ port this contention, ho has ob¬ tained permission to call as wit¬ nesses the chief operations officer and the chief pilot of Kl Al, the Israel National Airlines, Yehuda Shimoni and Zvi Tohar, The prosecution countered this argument by citing various legal precedents, including a principle of British jurisprudence that it is irrelevant how a prisoner Is brought into the jurisdiction of a court to answer charges. THB COURT adjourned after hearing these arguments. The court did not sit on Thursday, a day which was marked nation¬ ally as a remembrance for the Jewish victims of the Naai holo¬ caust. It may explain thc reasons tor its ruling on the first Serva¬ tius motion when It reconvenes, or It may leave the explanation until it prepares the final verdict in the trial, Dr, Servatius is expected to follow this action with two other motions. One will claim the court has no jurisdiction since the crimes complained of were com¬ mitted both outside of Israel's ter¬ ritory and before the State of (Continued on paga A) B. B. Family Awards Night Set Tuesday A pleasant air of excitement, anticipation and tension continues to mount as B'nai B'rith plans for its annual Family Awards Night, to be held next Tuesday evening, April 18, at 8 at Agudas Achim Synagogue. Adding an extra fillip of Interest to this year's presentations, at which time outstanding members of the various B'nai B'rith Chap¬ ters, Lodges and youth organizations receive recognition for their endeavors, is the possibility that Be Sure You Pledge To UJFC This Week some outstanding civic or athletic flgrure, yet undisclosed may make presentation of some of the awarda, SPONSORING THE event, which has become an annual fix¬ ture on the Jewish Community caiendar, is Columibus B'nai B'rith Council, comprising the four major B'nai B'rith units In the Columbus area: Buckeye Lodge, Candlelight Chapter, Zlon Oiapter and Zion Lodge. Continuing the past tradition of this affair, outstanding young Jewish people are rewarded for their achievements In the athletic and scholastic fields, while their seniors are also recognized for Wfork in their own organizations. AS NOW PLANNED the presi¬ dent ot B'nai B'rith Council, Heru^ Lewin, will preside at the meeting. Representatives ot the various lodges and chaptera will mai(e the presentations of awards. Among the awards to be dis¬ tributed will be the men's athletic award by Zion Lodge. Candlelight Cliapter will present the "BBG of the Year" award to the girl who has been most outstanding In participation in the BBG six¬ fold program, moat valuable in terms of service toward her chap¬ ter and has rendered most com¬ munity service, ALL B'NAI B'BITH Girls in CJolumbus are eligible for this honor. The winner will have tier name added to the permanent "BBG of the Year" Plaque and (Continued on page 4) s
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Full Text | COLUMBUS EDITION RONICLE COLUMBUS EDITION 21\V^ Serving CoiumPus. Dayton and Central Ohio Je""''>'^'^m'^"nitiPR xQA^? OIMO oi f^nninTJo H4.61 .:.v IS HDiH u Vol. 39, No. 15 FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1961 V livjir,iiijn:iiiv on O*yotvd to Am»rle«n ^^ and J*wllK Idull UJFC CAMPAIGN BALL FOR ALL WORKERS IS SET Eichmann Facing His Accusers For Genocide Dance Will Be Held Thursday The 1961 United Jewish Fund and Council Campaign wUl close with entertainment and a danoe Thursday evening, AprU 20, 8 at the Jewish Center, The music will be furnished by Danny Aberman and hia band. All workers and leadera In aU the major divisions of the cam¬ paign arc putting forth major ef¬ forts at this time to bring the drive to a successsful conclusion Thursday, April 20, THIS WIIX. BE a joyous and happy occasion where the main emphasis will be on enjoyment aa the final reports are brought in by all units. Ben A, Yenkin, general Cam¬ paign chairman and Mra, Abe, I. Yenkin, Campaign chairman of Women's Division, are putting the finishing touches on a stretch drive which culminates memy weeks and many months of ef¬ fort. In ardditlon to the campaign re¬ ports all workers who have com¬ pleted theJr assignments will be honored as members of the 100 per cent Club with special awards glveai out, ONE OF THE entertaining features wUl be a musical pre¬ sentation on the part of the Young Matron's, a production which was enlhusdastloally re¬ ceived at the Forerunner's affair. The committee in charge of this affair Includes Allen Gunder- ."(heimer, Jr., and Mrs, Leon Schottenstein, co-chairmen, Mrs, Leonard Wasserstrom, George Nacht, Mrs, Aaron Zaclcs, Mrs. Bernard Yenkin and Gus Bow¬ man, Jr, Assisting the conmilttee on invitations arc: Mrs, Jerome Schottensteln and. Mrs, Harry Groban, Mrs, Howard Sehoen¬ baum Is chairman of the refresh¬ ments, Dancdng and refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to all workers. DANIEL BIVAS FAMILY ARRIVES HERE Members of the Daniel Bivas family are shown as they ar¬ rived In Columbus recently, Thc family Is Egyptian born but after being obliged to leave Nasser's territory In 19B7, they went to Paris where they lived until recently. Left to right are, Mrs, Walter Simon of the National Council of Jewish Women; Vlviane Bivas, Mrs, Daniel Blvas, Dinah BiVas, Daniol Slvas, Albert Blvaa and Mrs. Morris Groner, National Council of Jewish Women re¬ presentative. Family Describes Its Flight From Egypt BY LARKY SOPPEL Chronicle Editor Daniel Bivas was a prominent stock broker In Cairo and a mem¬ ber ot the stock exchange who had his own office in Alexandria. He was treasurer of the Cairo Stock Exchange and Counselor of the Stock Exchange Co. for eight years. Married, he Is the father of three children. The Egyptian born Bivas fam¬ ily is now living tn Columbus, having arrived on March 18, In Sept. 1957 they were obliged to leave Nasser's lair, Eind they went l!o Paris, where they had lived until their arrival here, BIVAS AND his family related the story of their flight, their life In Paris, their trip to Colum¬ bus and their impressJons of the United States to me shortly after their arrival. In 1956, there- were 25 or 26 Jewish brokers In Cairo, When he left in 1957 there were just 18; now there are about six. In Egypt there were 76,000 Jews tn 1948; 55,000 In 1956; 20,000 when he left; and about six or 70OO now, LEAVING EGYPT was not easy. The family was allowed to talte only 50 pounds In cash ($120) and an equal amount of jewelry, Bivas said that he sold his furni¬ ture, his office and most other valuables at no value. Then thc family needed passports to gat to Paris. He was finally directed to a Mr, Hq^is of the Red Cross, who obtained Red Cross passes for him, "We left Egypt stateless after signing a paper which for¬ bade our return," Bivas said, IN FRANCE, he said, "We were treated very well, France has been very kind with all Jewish refugees from Egypt." The girls were given a business college edu¬ cation by the goverrunent and he worked in his field, finance. France also gives allowances to families and the Bivas' were treated like French people with the exception of not bel^g able to vote. The family decided to come to the-U.S. and with the aid of the United HIAS Service and the local Jewish Family Service, the Bivas' were brought here. Bivas Is currently searching for work In some related field to hia back¬ ground His daughters, Viviane, 20, and Dinah, 18 and one-half, have modelled and been super¬ vising secretaries. They too are seeking employment. ALBERT, 16, is a sophomore at Whitehall-Yearling High School. He speaks no English but Is learn¬ ing under the guidance of the Scouting Quarters Opened In Israel Israel saw the dedication of Its national Scouting headquarters in Jerusalem, on Sunday, April 9. This center will serve some 25,000 Israeli boy and girl Scouts of all racial and religious groups in Israel, The building of the center was made possible by the contribu¬ tions of Mr, and Mrs, Lewis E, Phillips of Eiiu Cnalre, Wise, Phillips, who is chairman of the board of National Presto Industries, is also vice-chairman of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting of the Boy Scouts of America and a member of its National Council. IN 1955 THE National CouncU, Boy Scouts of America presented its highest honor—^the award of the Sliver Buffalo "for distinguish¬ ed service to boyhood," to Phillips. Mr, and Mrs, Phillips attended the dedication. Abba EJban, Israel's Minister of Education and Culture, was present at the dedication cere¬ mony. DURING HIS stay in Israel, PhUllps spt the cornerstone for another Scout oenter to be built in Tel-Aviv. Mr, and Mrs, PhUUps were guests of honor at a reception In New York, March 29, tendere4 by the IsraeJ Consul General In be- heilf of Israel's Scouting. AMONG THOSE present were: The Honorable Jonah J, Gold¬ stein, chairman of the Greater New York Councils' Jewish Com¬ mittee on Scouting; Rabbi Harry Lasker, director of Jewish Re¬ lationships of the Boy Scouts ot America, who represented Joseph A, Brunton, Jr„ the Chief Scout EJxeouUve; Rabbi Aryeh Lev, di¬ rector of Chaplains of the Jewish Welfare Board and Mrs, Stanley S, Liben ot the natlonaJ staff of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Jetfrey L. Lazarua of Clncln- natii. Is chairman of the National Jewish Convmlttee on Scouting of the Boy Soouta of America. HAILED FOR ATO Baron Edmond de Rothschild of France (right), president of the Israel Bond campaign in Europe, and Samuel Rotiiberg, na¬ tional chairman of Trustees of the Israel Bond Organization In the U,S,, were honored for their leadership In the economic de¬ velopment ot Israel. Both received citations of merit. Baron de Rothschild for his role in the construction and operation of the oil pipeline from Elath to Haifa, and Rothberg for his work as president of the Israel Investors Corporation. The awards were made by the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce headed by Nathan Straus HI. school's French teachers. Mrs. Bivas does not sipeaK Eng¬ lish but she understands it. Mr. Bivas speaks English, French, Arabic, Italian, Spanish and He¬ brew. "AliL THE people we meet are excessively kind," Bivas said. "We are very happy to meet Jewish families which are fraternized." Jews are free here, he explained. In France, a Jew tells the syna¬ gogue not to send liim mail to his home. I wondered how they had come to like the common things of America, the food, the dress, the cars. "What are some of the differences?" I asked. AT THIS THE attractive Bivas girls climbed back into the con¬ versation, "The University (Ohio State) is wonderful," they both said, "But food Is different. You have sugar in everything and you like pepper," Vlviane said. With a slight bit ot Interpreta¬ tion, Mrs, Bivas explained her amazement that she hadn't seen any policemen, "And nobody walks, everybody has his own car," she said. THE GIRLS, having been mod- (Contlmitd on pag* 4} Strategy Is Started By Dr. Servatius JERUSALEM. (.rTA)—Dr. Rob¬ ert Servatius, the Nuremberg war crimes veteran who Is defending Adolf Eichmann, has mapped ou,t a three-part strategy to block the trial of thc former Gestapo official accused of the murder of six million Jews. Eichmann went on trial before a ttu-eo-judge tribunal In Jerusalem's Bolt Haam Tuesday morning on charges of crimes against humajiLty and crimes against the Jewish people. Dr. Servatius, it was learned, charted three moves to contest the right of this court to try his client. THB GERMAN attorney's first action was to challenge the le¬ gality of tho trial, claiming that Eichmann had been abducted from Argentina and brought into the court's jurisdiction in viola¬ tion of international law. To sup¬ port this contention, ho has ob¬ tained permission to call as wit¬ nesses the chief operations officer and the chief pilot of Kl Al, the Israel National Airlines, Yehuda Shimoni and Zvi Tohar, The prosecution countered this argument by citing various legal precedents, including a principle of British jurisprudence that it is irrelevant how a prisoner Is brought into the jurisdiction of a court to answer charges. THB COURT adjourned after hearing these arguments. The court did not sit on Thursday, a day which was marked nation¬ ally as a remembrance for the Jewish victims of the Naai holo¬ caust. It may explain thc reasons tor its ruling on the first Serva¬ tius motion when It reconvenes, or It may leave the explanation until it prepares the final verdict in the trial, Dr, Servatius is expected to follow this action with two other motions. One will claim the court has no jurisdiction since the crimes complained of were com¬ mitted both outside of Israel's ter¬ ritory and before the State of (Continued on paga A) B. B. Family Awards Night Set Tuesday A pleasant air of excitement, anticipation and tension continues to mount as B'nai B'rith plans for its annual Family Awards Night, to be held next Tuesday evening, April 18, at 8 at Agudas Achim Synagogue. Adding an extra fillip of Interest to this year's presentations, at which time outstanding members of the various B'nai B'rith Chap¬ ters, Lodges and youth organizations receive recognition for their endeavors, is the possibility that Be Sure You Pledge To UJFC This Week some outstanding civic or athletic flgrure, yet undisclosed may make presentation of some of the awarda, SPONSORING THE event, which has become an annual fix¬ ture on the Jewish Community caiendar, is Columibus B'nai B'rith Council, comprising the four major B'nai B'rith units In the Columbus area: Buckeye Lodge, Candlelight Chapter, Zlon Oiapter and Zion Lodge. Continuing the past tradition of this affair, outstanding young Jewish people are rewarded for their achievements In the athletic and scholastic fields, while their seniors are also recognized for Wfork in their own organizations. AS NOW PLANNED the presi¬ dent ot B'nai B'rith Council, Heru^ Lewin, will preside at the meeting. Representatives ot the various lodges and chaptera will mai(e the presentations of awards. Among the awards to be dis¬ tributed will be the men's athletic award by Zion Lodge. Candlelight Cliapter will present the "BBG of the Year" award to the girl who has been most outstanding In participation in the BBG six¬ fold program, moat valuable in terms of service toward her chap¬ ter and has rendered most com¬ munity service, ALL B'NAI B'BITH Girls in CJolumbus are eligible for this honor. The winner will have tier name added to the permanent "BBG of the Year" Plaque and (Continued on page 4) s |
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