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Vol.  42,   No.   28
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The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports
NEW YORK (JTA)—Leaders of tlie American Zionist movement and delegates from aii major American Jewisii organizations gatliered iiere to pay liomage to ttie memory ot the lale Zionist-Revisionist leader, Vladimir Jabotinsicy. Tiie remains of Mr. .Jabotinsl^y and iiis wife, Yohanna were exhumed from their graves in Farmingdaie, I^.I., and brought to the Riverside Memorial Chapel, prior to rein¬ terment in Israel this week.
Several hundred delegates from abroad participated in the funeral procession when the remains were trans¬ ferred from the chapel to the Kennedy International Air¬ port and flown to Paris where Premier Levi Eshkol met the plane.
JERUSAIjEM (.JTA)—Syrians on Ixirder positions fired on an Israeli kibbutz for the second time in two days. Sev¬ eral bursts of automatic weapon fire were directed from the Syrian emplacements toward Kibbutz Ashmora, near the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel No injuries were reported. Israel did not return the tire, and lodged a com¬ plaint with the UN Mixed Armistice Commission.
NEW YORtf (,JTA)—The Novosti Press Agency, an official news service of the Soviet goyernment with head¬ quarters in Moscow, denied this weekend that demolition of the synagogue at Minsk had begun recently while the congregants were attending services in the house of worship.
The denial was made in a letter to the New York Herald Tribune, which originally published the report about the tearing down  of  the Minsk synagogue.
The Herald Tribune, however, replied with an editorial note, stating: "The sources who made the Minsk story avail¬ able to the Herald Tribune insist VnfA the tearing down of the synagogue began without warning while congregants were at prayer.
VIENNA (,ITA)—Karl Siiverbauer, the Austrian for¬ mer Gestapo officer who arrested Anne Frank and her family in Nazi occupied Amsterdam in 1944, and who has been serving since the war as a police inspector here, was acquitted by a disciplinary police court but was discharged from his post.
The police court found that Silberbauer had "only obeyed orders" when he was arresting the Frank family and that he had done so "without malice."
BOSTON (JTA)—Protests voiced by the Jewish com¬ munity here against Soviet anti-Semitism were accepted this week with "appreciation" by the United States Depart¬ ment of State, and rejected by the Soviet Embassy in Wash¬ ington.
A response from the USSR Embassy's first secretary, Anatoli G. Myshkov, stated that "acceptance of your letter is hereby refused." Mr. Myshkov denied there was any anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union.
PHILAPELPHIA (JTA)—The, Jewish Family Service here has received a special $20,000 grant for an experi¬ mental, two-year program for aiding Jewish children who get into trouble with the law.
Jewish children have made up only about one per cent of the total number of delinquents, but the number is grow¬ ing sufficiently to require attention. Under the new pro¬ gram, Jewish children known to the police, but against whom no charges have been brought, will receive special counselling, and the service will be extended also to their parents.
VATICAN DEFENDS POPE PIUS XH IN PAPER DEAUNG WITH NAZI SUUGHTER
ROME (JTA)—The Vatican came to the defense of the late Pope Pius Xn and ills role during the Nazi slaughter of European Jewry with a special 96-page issue of its of¬ ficial publication. dealing with the controversy.
The special issue of L'Osserva- tire della Domenica, the weekend edition of L'Osservatore Romano, contains photograpWc copies of pre¬ viously unpublished documents from various Catholic and Jewish sources designed to refute the charge that the Pope could have done much more than he did to save Jews from the Nazi murder machine.
The charge of the Pope's silence on the holocaust has been revived and widely discussed since the pro¬ duction ot "The Deputy," a play by West German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, condemning this silence.
The special issue deals with the assistance given Jews by the Catho¬ lic Church in all countries invaded by the Nazis. Contributors included Father W e be r, writing about Church assistance to help Jews emigrate; Cardinal Zaiiege of Tou¬ louse; as well as such Jewish lead¬ ers as Rafael Cantoni, former pres¬ ident of the Rome Jewish commu¬ nity;   Chief   Rabbi   Elio   Toaff   of
Rome; and individual Jews relat¬ ing how the Church saved them from the Nazis.
One ot the articles was by Ettori Dellaricia, who recently wrote a series of articles about the Jews of Rome in Giornale D'ltalia, deal- iVig-'with events in 1943. The series was considered a defense of the late Pontiff against the charges in the Hochhuth play.
Dellaricia, in his article, recount¬ ed the story of the Nazi demand for 50 kilos of gold from the Jews of Rome, and declgred that the then president of the Rome Jewish community had confirmed in writ¬ ing the offer of Pope Pius to ad¬ vance a portion ot the gold. The article described other exactions of the Germans culminating in the roundup and deportation of 3,000 Jews. At the same time, Dellaricia wrote, about 4,000 Rome Jews found refuge iji various vonvents and other  Catholic institui ons.
The article stresses that the Rome Jewish community had ex¬ pressed in the "most explicit man¬ ner" the conviction that all that liad been done for Jews by Catho¬ lic organizations in that period would have been impossible with¬ out explicit instructions from the iate Pope Pius XII.
Eshkol Assures de Gaulle That Israel Will Not Obtain Nuclear Weapons
Arthur Katz
KATZ RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF HEBREW SCHOOL
At the annual meeting ot the Columbus Hebrew School held June 30, Arthur Katz, 266 S. Ardmore, was re-elected president of the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, for a third term. Other officers elected were vice presidents: Herbert L. Solo¬ mon, 321 N. Cassingham; Dr. Ben Cohen, 2615 Berwick Blvd.; Sol Zeldin, 2600 Schaaf Dr.; secretary, Mrs. Bernard Yenkin, 104 S. Chest- erfieki; treasurer, Sanford Fish¬ man,'2854 Scottwood.
Elected to serve on the board of trustees were: Dr. B. W. Abram¬ son, Rabbi Stephen Arnold, Rabbi Julius L. Baker, Albert A. Blank, Lazar Brener, Dr. Jerome D. Folk- man, Dr. Marvin Fox, William Goodman, Ben Greenberg, Dr. A. H. Kanter, Dr. M. P. Kanter, Rab¬ bi Kaplan, Louis M. Levin, Ben Mandelkorn, Robert L. Mellman, S. M. Melton, Frank R. Nutis, Dr. Morris  Ojalvo.
Leonard G. Quinn, A. W. Rot)- ins, Mayer Rosenfeld, Samuel Ro¬ senthal, Rabbi Samuel W. Ruben¬ stein, S. J. Sciiionsky, Earl Schwartz, Harry Schwartz, Leon J. Seff, Ben Seiferas, Farrell Shar, Elias Snyder, Rabbi David Stav¬ sky, Aaron Supowit, Arthur Ten¬ enbaum, Philip Waldman, Abe Wolman, Fred Yenkin, Dr. Charles Young, Rabbi Nathan Zelizer.
The following will serve on the board of trustees appointed by Mr. Katz in accordance with the provi¬ sions of the Hebrew School consti¬ tution: Mitchell Cohen, Harold Co¬ vel, Arthur Meizlish, Isadore Ro¬ senwasser   and   Samuel   Schwartz.
The following represent the He¬ brew School PTA: Mrs. Israel Ber¬ liner, Arthur Levy, Mrs. Lawrence Gordon, Mrs. Danel Waitzman and Mrs. Solomon Zeldin.
By EDWIN EYTAN
JTA Correspondent in Paris
(Copyright, 1964, Jewish  Telegraphic  Agency, Inc.)
PARIS (JTA)—Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel as¬ serted here this week that Israel has no intention of equipping itself with nuclear arms, and expressed the hope that atomic weapons will never reach the Middle East.
Following meetings with French President Charles de Gaulle, Premier George Pompidou and other senior French Government  officials,  Mr. Eshkol,
who arrived her last week for a 12-day visit, told a luncheon given in his honor by the Association of French Diplomatic Correspondents and the Foreign Press Association that Israel will not be the first, country in the region to possess nuclear weapons, "not only be¬ cause these weapons are too ex¬ pensive but also because the con¬ ventional arms now in the Middle East are already deadly and da¬ stardly enough."
While no official communique was issued after the talks between Premier Eshkol and President de Gaulle, it was disclosed in the press here this week that the Arab boycott against Israel, the Egyptian blockade of the Suez Canal and the attitude of certain Western countries to Arab pressures and boycott, were among the topics discussed between the two leaders.
Presideht de Gaulle had assured the Israeli Premier, it was report¬ ed, Ihat "France will not sacrifice Israel fpr the sake of her interests in the Arab world." Constantly re¬ ferring to Israel as "France's friend and ally," President de Gaulle showed himself in favor of
the status quo in the Middle East, telling Mr. Eshkol, reportedly, that any change in the equihbrium in the region could provoke "a ca- tastropic chain reaction." He ex¬ pressed his belief that France "could exert its influence to at¬ tempt to bring about an amelio¬ ration   of   Arab-Israeli   relations."
It was also disclosed that the two statesrnen discussed Franco-Israeli scientific cooperation in a project for extracting minerals and other riches from deep sea waters. The proposed undertaking, it was em¬ phasized in most authoritative sources, is entirely different from, but tomplementary to the recent agreement signed between Israel and the United States for desalin¬ ation of sea water.
Asked at a press conference whether he planned to visit the Soviet Union and meet with Pre¬ mier Nikita Khrushchev, Mr. Esh¬ kol said that he was prepared to meet with the Soviet Prime Minis ter "at any time and in any place, especially in the Soviet Union, would take such an opportunity to try to convince him that Israel is neither an imperialistic nor a colonialistic   state.   I   would   also
ECUMENICAL COUNCIL AGENDA USTEO; DEFINITELY INCLUDES JEWISH ISSUE
ROME (JTA)—The third session of the Ecumenical Coun¬ cil, to be convened Sept. 14, will definitely discuss the proposed declaration on relations between the Catholic Church and Jews and other non-Christians, the Rev. Fausto Vallainc, director of the Council's press office, declared recently in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official organ.
Father Vallainc's article in' the Vatican newspaper listed the full agenda of the third Coun-
ISAAC SINGER AND ELLY STONE APPEAR AT HILLEL IN NOV.
Plans are now being made for the Fall quarter series of the Hillel Sunday Evening Forums.
On November 1, Elly Stone, nationally known folksinger, who appeared at Hillel last year with The Yakims, will return for an entire evening of her inimitable folksongs.
On November 15, Isaac Bashevis Singer, noted author and lecturer will be the featured speaker. Mr. .Singer, who is an outstanding Yid¬ dish writer, has received wide ac¬ ceptance in the general literary field. His recent volumes include "The  Spinoza  Of  Market  Street."
cil session, after an announcement on its opening date had been made by Amleto Cardinal Rigonani, Pa¬ pal Secretary of State, following a meeting  with Pope Paul VI.
According to the press director, "quiet and little known work" had been carried on by the Council's Secretariat during the current in¬ ter-session period. The resumed session, he said, will have to vote on the first three chapters on ecu¬ menism, which were discussed at the last session. "The two known declarations on Jews and non- Christians, and on religious free¬ dom will have to be discussed," he added. The press director also listed the full agenda facing the next session, including 13 proposed points.
Competent observers here point¬ ed out that the agenda is so long that a fourth session of the Council may be necessary. Although the announcement of the Pope's deci¬ sion on convening the third session did not mention its closing date, it is known that the Pontiff is anxious to have the session end in time to permit the participation of the Catholic Church in the Inter¬ national Eucharistic Congress scheduled to be opened in Bombay, India, by the end of November.
If that schedule is adhered to, the third session of the Council should close not later than Nov. 25. thus making the fourth session a necessity in view of what ob¬ servers here call the "far-reach¬ ing" ageijda facing the Council Fa thers.
standing, without giving effect to questions of pride, prior responsi¬ biUty and ceremony," Morris B. Abram, president of the American Jewish Committee, declared re¬ cently in reference to his organiza¬ tion's efforts on behalf of the adop¬ tion of a statement clearing the Jewish people of the charge of dei¬ cide, by the Vatican's Ecumenical Council.
Mr. Abram made the statement in a letter to Rabbi Leon J. Feuer, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. At the recent convention of the CCAR, Rabbi Feuer had stated that the "obse¬ quious appeal for a statement by the Ecumenical Council can only be revolting to the Jewish spirit," and held that such a statement by the Catholic Church is "long over¬ due and should need no special pleading on our part." In his letter to Rabbi Feuer, Mr. Abram as¬ serted :
• "The efforts to uproot from Christian teaching and prayer the age-old charge of the collective guilt of the Jews for the death of Jesus is probably the most import¬ ant step that can be taken for the welfare  of  world  Jewry."
Acknowledging the vaUdity of Rabbi Feuer's position that anti- Semitism is a Christian problem, IWr. Abram emphasized that it nevertheless "remains a problem that very much concerns Jews." He stressed that "in combating prejudice, the victim, though he be in the right, certainly should use all  the  tools  at  his  command  to
discuss with him the situation of Soviet Jewry."
In his discussions with Premier Pompidou, Mr. Eshkol called the attention of the French Premier to the fact that, if private firms were fo give in to Arab threats in the demands for a boycott of Israel, the economy of the Jewish State would be harmed seriously.
During a luncheon tendered by M. Pompidou in honor of Mr. Esh¬ kol, the French Premier, declared: "We know that no Government as¬ pires toward peace as keenly as does the IsraeU Government. That is why we are in favor of main¬ taining a balance ot power in the Midcjje East."
It is "right and proper" for both Christians and Jews to "encourage  assist the discriminator in divest- the  other  in  steps  toward  under   ing himself of his distorted views."
THOUSANDS SIGNING PETITIONS AGAINST JORDANIAN MURAL
World's Fair, (WUP) — Thou¬ sands of visitors to the American- .Israel Pavilion here, Jews ancrnon- Jews, are signing petitions daily protesting the display of the anti- Israel mural at the Jordanian Pav¬ ilion.
A reproduction of the Arab mural has been put on display in the gar¬ den area of the American-Israel Pavilion for all to see and read. There is also an "answer" to it posted nearby. The answer, written by Harold S. CapUn, appears as a parody of the inscription on the Jordan mural.
Available on tables nearby the murals are petition post-cards add¬ ressed to the director of the Jordan Pavilion. Printed on the cards is the following: "I support the New York World's Fair theme 'Peace Through Understanding.' After see¬ ing the reproduction of your mural at the American-Israel Pavilion, it is my belief that it is offensive and contrary to the World's Fair theme. I therefore join with the American-Israel Pavilion in pro¬ testing the display of the mural and ask that it be removed."
Despite these thousands of pro¬ tests and notwithstanding a resolu¬ tion passed by the New York City Council demanding the removal of the mural. Robert Moses refuses to be moved. In a statement released thjj past week by his World's Fair Corporation, Mr. Moses criticized the City Council resolution claim¬ ing that it contains "errors of fact in its 'whereas' clauses. There is no evidence," the statement reads, "that Jordan intended the mural to be  'gratuitously insulting.' "
¦Jhe World's Fair statemertt went on to say that "Fair officials never agreed to take the mural down and have no power to do so. There is no threat whatever of boycott of the Fair or of financial losses due to this mural."
Commenting on the World's Fair criticism of the City Council res¬ olution, Will Maslow, executive di¬ rector of the American Jewish Con¬ gress, declared that "the World's Fair Corporation had erected a 'double standard of fair play and freedom of expression." He branded the Fair's reply to the City Council as "arrogant" and hypocritical."
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