Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1962-06-15

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Vol. 40, No. 24
FRIDAY,  .JUNE    15,    1962
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D«vot«d to American and JmwUh  )d«ralf
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA  Reports
BULGARIAN CHIEF RABBI Asher Haiianel, in prison at Sofia since early this year, when he was convicted of alleged "illegal trading" has been released. However, he was ill as he left jail.
DR. NAHUM GOLDMANN said in Tel Aviv that Jews in Algeria are free to stay or leave, but he doubted whether the Jews had any future there.
DI.SCUSSIONS ON THB relationships between Jews in Israel and the United States began In Jerusalem this week. Some 500 American Jews and an equal number ot l.sraelis held a three-day "dialogue" sponsored by the American Jewish Congress.
FIVE AMERICAN TOURISTS, none ot them Jewish arrived in Jerusalem early this week after being detained by authorities in Jordan. A total of IO persons were harassed, according to the Rev. R. E. Dawkins of the Gos¬ pel Tabernacle, Kansas City, Mo.
THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT handed down a decision barring Christmas and Easter celebrations and the showing of religious movies in public schools, a.s well as use of .school facilities for atter-hours religious classes.
TWELVE MJSMBERS Of the Central Conference of Americans sent a cablegram to President 1 Izhak Ben-Zvi ot Israel supporting his refusal to grant Adolf Eichmann clemency.
THE U.NITED STATES AGENCY for International Development announced appointment of John K. DeVVikle as its representative to Israel. He will nc-efitiate with Is¬ rael future applications for U. S. development loans.
THE UNITED STATES Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant of $68,173 to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to finance a five-year study of the growth of citrus trees.
A DISTINGUISHED BLACK TIE gathering of govern¬ ment officials, diplomats, members of Congress anti leaders of tho Washington Jewish community attended the annual Israel anniversary ball, A highlight of the event, given under the patronage' of Ambas.sador and Mrs. Avraham Harman was the production of an abbreviated performance of the liroadway musical, "Milk And Honey," featuring members of the original cast.
GALA JEWISH NATIONAL FUND PARTY TUESDAY FDR MEMBERS OF HADASSAH
A gala Jewish National ¥^ln<l garden tea will be held for Co¬ lumbus Haddasah at 32:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30 at the home of Mrs. Victor Ringer, 2703 Sher¬ wood Rd.
Entertainment will be present¬ ed by Junior Hadassah girls, A skit entitled "Your Guess Agotart Mine" wlU star Mickey Licdeok, Myra MeUman, Beck>- Schotten¬ stein, Cheri Papier, Diwie Lleber¬ man, Reva Shar and Judy Sett..
MKS. JONAS BENET ot Cin¬ cinnati, former president oi Cin¬ cinnati Hadassah and a former member of the Hadassah nation¬ al board, will bring Columbus Ha¬ dassah members up to date on current affairs in the Jewish Na¬ tional  Fund.
Those attending have been ask¬ ed to bring their Blue Boxes or to make their annual contribu¬ tion to the Jewish Naional Fund. Group workers will be calling to remind the membership ot this affair and to offer trans{)orta^ tion. Anyone not contacted may call Mrs. Richard Golden, BE. 1- lai for transportation or infor¬ mation.
THOSE UNABLE to attend the tea wiil be contacted by Hadas¬ sah workers on the annual J.NJ", door-to-door  collection.
The importance oif J.NJ'. can best be expressed in the words of David Ben-Gurion, Prime Min¬ ister ot the State of larael.
"THE JNF which in the past contributed so decisively to the realization of the vision ol Jew¬ ish independence, and laid the foundation for a sound and pro¬ gressive land regime In the State of Israel, hats since the establish¬ ment of the State embarked upon an extensive and fruitful enter¬ prise of land development through reclamation     to    convert    desert
wastes   into   rich   farmland.
"This task is of tremendous importance to the State opening its gates wide to millions of Jews trom all parts of the IMaspora, for whose absorption, land must be  prepared,
"TO ALL THOSE engaged in Jewish National Fund work, and to all those who lend their hands to it, I extend my blcSsing and best wishes for success in all their undertakings."
Mrs. Malcolm Robbins is presi¬ dent of the Coiumibus Chapter ot Hadassah. Mr. Albert Schiff is national JNF president.
Steve Stellman Tops Class At Eastmoor
Steven Stellman, who won a four-year full-tuition scholar¬ ship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led the senior class at l^stmoor High School during the last academic year with a 3.&411 average, the school   announced   this   week,
Mr. Mayer, Eastmoor prin¬ cipal, described Steven as hav¬ ing a "remarkable capacity for achievement." He added that Steven also distinguished him¬ self in other fields, especially music.
Mr. Mayer said leadership of the Eastmoor senior class this year is an especiaUy notewor¬ thy achievement because it con¬ tains a number ot other ex¬ ceptional students. In the class of 2S3, 21 students won a total ol $54,000 in scholarships and athletic   grants-in-aid.
Steven, 17, is the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stellman, 3019 Templeton Rd,
Roadbed soon will link Arad to the Dead Sea pota.sh works at S'dom. It is 16 miles long.
Bond Chairman Calls For Greater Effort
Dr. B. B. Caplan, Chairman ot the Columbus State ot Israel Bonds Campaign this week call¬ ed for greater effort in behalf of the far-reaching development in the Negev as the new desert town of Arad prepared to receive its first group of permanent settlers.
Dr. Caplan said, "The entire Israel Bond Campaign this year is based on the Negev and to¬ wards this effort we are holding our first comunity-wlde affair which will be the Tribute Dinner to Dr. B. W. Abramson, Sun¬ day at 7 p.m. June 17, at the Deshler   Htlton   Hotel."
FEATUIlED    ENTEiiTALNEB
will be Emil Cohen, noted Jew¬ ish-American   Humorist.
Gen. Chaim Bar-Lev, Chief ot tho Armored Command of Is¬ rael's Armed Forces wtll appear on -the behalf of the State of Is¬ rael to make a presentation to Dr. Abramson.
The dinner is $5 per person, and a few last minute reservations may be mado by calling CA 8- 2474 or 237-6823.
The first contingent of now settlers consisting of 60 Israelis will arrive at Arad later this month. They will be followed by 160 immigrant families, who are to bo brought to the new Negev town Immediately after "andlng in Israel.
THE ARRIVAL of the first in¬ habitants at Arad will mark the culmination of more than a year of careful planning by experts in
industry, agriculture and housing, who predict that Arad will some day have a  population of  40,000.
"The opening ot Arad to settle¬ ment will serve to dramatize the Intensive pioneering' effort in¬ volved in reclaiming the desert and the part' played by Israel Bonds in turning the wasteland of the Negev into a productive area for the future growth ot the entire country," Dr. Caplan said,
"DURING THIS month and the months to come, the enormous tasks of development in the Negev must evoke a new kind of dedicated response trom Ameri¬ can Jewry. Unless the people ot Israel have the means to pro¬ ceed with this herculean effort, thoy cannot succeed in effectively absorbing the present great new wave of immigration.
"What is now transpiring in Arad as one ot the development areas of the Negev that must be settled and made economically viable testifies to the very sign¬ ificant role of Israel Bonds in enabling Israel to move forward in its papulation growth^ and ec¬ onomic progress."
This year the Israel Bond Cam¬ paign Is seeking to obtain $66.5 million to advance every aspect of the development program in the Negev as well aa to finance other vital projects in Israel's program to reach a higher level of economic self-reliance.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADVISORY COUNCII TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON SOCIAL ISSUES
New York, N. Y. -- Tho view¬ points of Jewish leaders through¬ out the United States on major social issues will be expressed by delegates attending the li)th an¬ nual tour-day meeting ol the Na¬ tion Community Relations Advi¬ sory Councii at the Terrace-Hil¬ ton Hotel, Cincinnati,  June  21-24.
The council represents six na¬ tional Jewish religious and civic bodios plus 62 Jewish Community Councils in the United States. Ita headquarters are located at 55 West  42  St.   in   New  York  City.
REPORTS, addresses, resolu¬ tions and workshops are on the agenda on censorship, shared time, school segregation in north¬ ern public s-hools, civil llTjertles and Jewish security. Supreme Court decision on reapportion¬ ment, a reappraisal of the radi¬ cal right and future programs for   the   Jewish   community.
On tho opening day an after¬ noon meeting wili discuss ana¬ lytical appraisal of "shared time."
"Shared time" is a proposal for the sharing of school time of children between the public school  £vnd  the  parochial school.
ONLY ONE Jewish body has expressed   an   opinion   on  shared
time. In a report the American Jewish Congress, a member NC RAC agency, came out in oppo¬ sition  to the plan.
Another meeting Friday wiil be devoted to possible effect of the United States Supreme Court ruling on legislative reapportion¬ ment  on  the Jewish  community.
On Saturday afternoon, Juno 23, at a sabbath Oneg Shabbat, Jcv/ish leaders wiil present their views on the future shape ol the Jewish community on the Ameri¬ can  scene.
VIE'VVS   ON    de facto   public
school  segregation in   the  North
will be expressed by speakers on Thursday.
The Impact of the radical right wiU be the major item on Satur¬ day  evening,
On Friday, four workshops will deal with: civil liberties and Jew¬ ish security, religious liberty and iuterreligious relation^, equal rights and opportunities and community relations aspects of developments in the Middle East.
Among the speakers scheduled to be heard at the meeting are Herbert 'Wise, chairman of the Community Relations Committee of Columbus,  O.
State Department Confirms Report Of Bias In Soviet
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A highly publicised opon letter last month, denying the existence of anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia, and allegedly signed by five prom¬ inent Soviet Jews, has been re¬ futed by the Department of State, Senator Jacob Javits ot New York told the Senate this week¬ end.
The New York lawmaker, who made puljlic an exchange of let- tors on the subject between him¬ self and the Department, said that the Department has raised three "imperative points" in knocking down tho Soviet claim. He said the  Department   feels:
• That there "is clear evidence ot the resort by the (Soviet) regime to discriminatory mea¬ sures against Jews in access to higher education."
• That "the desecration of ce¬ meteries, closing ot synagogues, dispersing of prayer meetings, arrests ot lay leaders, prohibi¬ tions ot certain Jev/ish religious practices have been well estab¬ lished.
• That the Soviet dissemina¬ tion ot the letter "is a sign of increased sensitivity to charges of anti-Semitism and is no doubt, calculated to counter re¬ cent foreign publicity ot delib¬ erate anti-Semitic actions by tho   Soviet   regime."
SENATOR   J.VVITS,   who   was
specifically nai d in the Soviet letter as one who has made charges of anti-Somitism in Rus¬ sia, told the Senate that he too believes the letter "to be an of¬ ficial Soviet reaction; and, rather
than answering my original charges, it confirms and substan¬ tiates  them."
The State Department labeled as "misleading" some ot the figures ascd in the open letter of last month, citing as an ex¬ ample the Yiddish language pub¬ lication, "Soviotish Hcimland," which the Soviet Governiment boasts ia evidence ot tho absence of   official   anti-Jewish   feeling,
Tne State Department pointed out that, In 1935, there were far more books and periodicals in Yiddish than those published to¬ day, and that their combined cir¬ culation tar exceeded the circu¬ lation of the lone Yiddish publi¬ cation  currently being puWished,
MEANWHOJB, hi Unity House, Pa., 40 A-merican and Canadian trade union leaders adopted a resolution sharply condemning the Soviet Union for its anti- Jewish discriminations. The ses¬ sion was a conference of the ex¬ ecutive committee of the Jewish Labor Committee's Trade Union Council  for  Human  Rights.
Pointtn.g out that Soviet lead¬ ers have attempted to counter¬ act world-wide condemnation of ¦ their anti-Jewish acts "by issuing propaganda denials," the resolu¬ tion stated: "The wave ot arrests, and the meting out of death sen¬ tences for so-called economic crimes, and the second-class treatment accorded Soviet Jews in every facet of Soviet Ute, prove conclusively that the So¬ viets are catering to the lowest form of chauvinist and anti-Se¬ mitic sentiments among the popu¬ lation."
Chronicling
The News
Amusements      4
Editorial 2
Society    6
Sports  . 9, 10
Synagogues    8
Teen Scene 5
U. S. Orders Israeli Cotton Imports Ended
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The ex¬ port of Israeli cotton yarn to the United Stales, which reached some 250 tons during the last year, has been stopped by an order of the U. S. Government as an indirect result of the at¬ tempt to slow down the influx of cheap cotton goods to the United States from the Far ISast, it was iearned  here.
The United States has announc¬ ed it wiil freeze import of cotton goods at tho. 1960-61 level. Since Israel did not export any cotton to the United States in that peri¬ od, the effect is to give no quota to Israel at all, thereby cutting the export ot Israeli cotton yarn to the United States to zero. Ship¬ ments of Israeli cotton yarn to the U. S. constituted about 50 per cent of tho entire yarn exports.
The United States order is a severe blow to Israel's cotton spinning industry, which was al¬ ready reeling, along With other industries in the country, aa a result of tho devaluation of the Israeli currency last February. The cotton a.pinning industry here, using the most modern equipment, employs 5000 workers on three shifts, working day and night. Halt of the production had been  earmar! od   for  export.
FULL EMPLOYMENT NOTED IN ISRAEL; CENSUS UP 82,000
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Israel's economy during 1061 was marked by full employment and a 9 per cent increase in the gross nation¬ al product, on tho one hand, and by the steepest increase in prices in five years and an unprecedent¬ ed rise in the country's trade de¬ ficit, on the other, it was disclos¬ ed here this week in the annual report issued by David Horowitz, givernor   of  the   Bank   ot  Israel.
During the year, when Israel's population increased by 82,000 mainly from mass immigration, the gainfully employed rose 4.7 per cent with the demand tor skilled workers in some sectors of the economy exceeding the supply.
Private consumption, which in¬ creased by 10 per cent during the year, was marked by a high demand for automobiles and other durable   goods.
UJFC Given Bequest From  Frosh Estate
WiUiam V. Kahn, president of the United Jewish Fund and Council reported at a recent meeting ol the board, that the UJPC received a bequest from the  will  ot  the  late  Ray  Frosh,
The funds were placed with the (3oIumbus Jewish Welfare Found¬ ation to be used as deemed advis¬ able by the UJFC and foundation boards.
Such bequests, Kahn explained, are excellent means at making a special contribution in behalf of special and long range communi¬ ty needa while at the same time perpetuating individual and fami¬ ly interests in a personal man¬ ner.