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3f^ Serving ColumbO^jDiayton, XfenSaf and^outhwestern Ohio jCT^ ¦B Vol.44.js|bi32 FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1966 — 26 AV 5726 ,' ;, ¦w ^5i3rtU*i^J3flr* >A The World's Week Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports President Zalman Shazar of Israel, left, Is greeted by President Johnson as he stepped from the limousine oh the South Lawn of the White House las^ week. President Shazar later attended a dinner in his honor at the White House as a part df his U.S. visit. Johnson Reception Act Of Recognition BIT TBCDE B. FELDMAN Obronlole's IVhlte House Oorrecvondent President Johnson gave special recognition to Israel as an emerging nation when he received that young country's third president at the White House last Tuesday. Although the visit was considered to be an Informal one, it proved to be very significant, with Mr. Johnson according great personal attention to President Zalman Shazar. WHEN THX: ISBAIiU President airived at the South Lawn of the White House, President Johnson was there to meet him. The'two Presidents very heartily tshbbk hands and greeted each ¦ other with 'Shalom, Shalom.' Warmly looking at President Johnson, Mr. Shazar said. "I ap¬ preciate this opportunity to talk with you," President Johnson quipped: "Since our last meeting there are many more wrinkles on my face." (There only previ¬ ous encounter had been oh a solemn day — the funeral ot John F. Kennedy.) MB. JOHNSON then invited Mr. Shazar to join him in a walk to his White House office. On the way. President Johnson identified the Truman Balcony nearby and also the Washington Monument, which is visible from the South hawn. They paused along the way in the Rose Gar¬ den and chatted briefly. The two Presidents then spent about 40 minutes in Mr. John¬ son's office conversing on mat¬ ters of mutual interest. When they concluded their conference President Johnson brought his eminent visitor to the West L.ob- by and introduced him to re¬ porters. President Shazar cor¬ dially raised his hands as if to bless newsmen and said, "Sha¬ lom, Shalom to you all." BBFOIUB: lEAVINO, he turn¬ ed to President Johnson and quieUy said: "I'U be at my desk hi Jerusalem for two more years and I want to see you visit me there." later, at Blair House — where he was an overnight guest — President Shazar, an erudite ' scholar and prominent educator, told me: 'I had a long and won¬ derful conversation with your President and I have the feeling that Mr. Johnson enjoyed our meeting." PRESIDENT SHAZAR added that he considered his talks with Mr. Johnson to be one of the most significant events which, occured during his three year tenure in office, (he was elected on May 21, 1963). He declared that if the only thing he had done in his three years was to conversfe at this ttaie with Presi¬ dent Johnson, then that alone would have constituted an his¬ toric event. That same evening. President and Mrs. Shazar were driven in a limousine to the White House, Fifty Marines Uned the driveway to the Mansion. Both President and Mrs. Johnson were at the entrance to greet them on Trude Feldman Greets President Shazar their arrival for a special state dinner in their honor. When President Johnson spotted the photographers, he asked the Shazars to face the cameras, saying: "Look over there, all the world wants to see you." INSIDE THE MANSION, be¬ fore dinner, there was an ex¬ change of gifts. The Shazars tendered wedding presents to Luci and Pat: a pair of modem silver candlesticlcs, designed and made In Israel and also gold, silver and bronze Israeli medal¬ lions which connmemorated the visit of Pope Paul VI to Israel, As a toast during the historic dinner. President Johnson'lifted his glass and said, "L'C3ia-yim" (to life). Saluting President Sha¬ zar, he remarked: "In the tra¬ ditional Hebrew greeting I wel- (cwrilMwd m piqt 41 Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Teen Scene 8 Society 6 Shopping Guide 4 Synagogues .., 4 Sports 5 Real Estate 6 BsmgsamsBsssBiffSfaeBasasxasBSBm WASHINGTON, (JTA)—United States officials were Investigating the-'epntlscatlon last weekend by Egypt of a $100,000 American cargo removed from a Dutch ship accused of dealing with Israel. The cargo, consisting of American- made trucks and excavating equipment, was seized by the Egyptians as the Dutch ship was atteihpting to pass through the Suez Canal. BRVSSBIiS, (JTA)—Rumaniafl Jews, aided by the Rurnnlan Government, have sent 1,058 Torah scrolls to Israel, and will dispatch 1,000 more to Israel in the next months, Dr. Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Rumania, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here. Dr. Rosen is here as the sole observer from his country to the World Jewish Con¬ gress plenary aissembly, currently in session In Brussels. COPHNBAGEN, (JTA)—Israel's Foreign Mhiister Abba Eban, now on an official visit to Denmark, was the guest of the Jewish community here. After being welcomed by Leo Fischer, president of the community, Mr. Eban de¬ livered an address In which he reported on the present situa¬ tion in Israel and the ties between Israel and the Jews of the Dlsapora. Citing the danger of weakening those ties, the Foreign Minister said that in the West Jews are more and more free and sometimes "throw away" their Jewish heritage. To avoid this, Mr. Eban called on Jewish com¬ munities outside of Israel to encourage the study of Hebrew and "the old traditions" and in this way strengthen mutual linKs with Israel. LONDON, (JTA)—Viewing neo-Nazism as "a deadly challenge to Christian and Jew alike" a group of 70 Jewish, Protestant and Catholic leaders from 10 countries gathered at NeWnham College of Cambridge University for a world consultation on steps to combat neo-Nazism. Sir Seymour E. Karmlnski, a Jew who is a judge of the British High Court of Justice, was chairman of the consultation. "The rise which threatens parliamentary institutions and race Trfajypnft.JThe. legacy.LOf. ffi^ every cbunliy' Neoi-Nazlsm does not Indulge in open anti- Semitism but In the subversion of human decency.'; DVSSBLDOBF, West Germany, (JTA)—Horst Guldo Huhn and Karl Jung were sentenced here to seven years and three a half years Imprisonment, respectively for their part in a 1^41 massacre of Ukrainian Jews during the Nazi occupation. In a trial lasting several months four others accused of complicity In the murders were acquitted. JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A possible Strike of El Al, Israel Airlines, personnel was averted here when an agreement was signed between El Al management and representatives of the air crews. The agreement was reached after all night negotiations and calls for eight percent pay Increases while rejecting a workers" request that the pension fund be main¬ tained in foreign currency. JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A statement declaring that post mortem dissections are "forbidden by the Torah in any manner whatsoever," was Issued here by Chief Ashkenazl Rabbi Isser Unterman, Chief Sephardl Rabbi Yitzhak, mem¬ bers ot the Chief Rabbinate Council and fifty other Israeli religious leaders. Another statement signed by 15 doctors called on the Knesset to prevent passage of a pending bill that would give the hospital the right to decide on perform¬ ing a post mortem. The statement said that an autopsy per¬ formed against the wishes ot the deceased is "a great in¬ fringement of hxdlvidual liberty." TORONTO, JTA)—A Torah scroll valued at $1,000 was stolen from a downtown synagogue in Toronto on the eve of the Sabbath. The theft was not discovered imtil a member went to the ark to take out the Torah for the reading cere¬ mony. The synagogue Is called the Anshel Lubavltch. Chancellor Greets The WJC Assembly BRUSSELS, (JTA) — West Orinany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard expressed hope that the dialogue on German-Jewish re¬ lations held here last Thursday night, would be a confrontation that "would clear the air for better relations and better times." The presidium of the Congress, holding its fifth plenary as¬ sembly here, made public today the text of a message received trom Chancellor Erhard prior to the dramatic symposium on German-Jewish relations wliich had been addressed, £imong oth¬ ers, by Dr. Eugene Gersten- maier, president of the Bunde¬ stag, lower house of Bonn's parliament. AFTER EXPBESSINO his hope that the dialogue would aid toward Improvement of Ger¬ man-Jewish relations, Chancel¬ lor Erhard stated in his message: "Jewish citizens have' made a lasting contribution to German life in the past. The German peo¬ ple remember with deep agony the terrible suffering to which the Jews were subjected under Nazi rule. I^et mutual under¬ standing and mutual respect be fostered by this exchange' of views. I send to the World Jew¬ ish Congress my best regards and wishes for a fruitful confer¬ ence." ISSUED ALSO WAS the pre- dialogue mgssage received trom WUly Brandt, Governing Mayor ot West Berlin, and Fritz Erler, leader of West Germany's So¬ cial Democratic Party. Ihey cabled: "The presidium of the German Social Democratic Party sends heartfelt greetings to the Brussels assembly. W^ particu- lariy waMhie ' thF "deaslori^^ the World Jewish Congress to discuss German-Jewish relations frankly, and we hope that honest discussion will help ftad the right steps which we can take in the future." Goldmann Says W.J,0. Symposium on oennany Is Not Reconciliation Dr. Nahum Goldmann, presi¬ dent ot the WJC, said ta sum¬ marizing the symposium: "The crimes by the Germans agatast the Jews in the Nazi era are ot a different catesgory and, , in their enormity,'are quite out¬ side the scope of what was known until then. But what now? Shall we ignore Germany? But We don't live ta a ghetto. 'nle]^e is Israel which has dip¬ lomatic relations with Gemiany. "This dialogue with the Ger¬ mans started 15 years ago, and not here at the assembly," Dr. Goldmann conttaued. "There are many Germans who want to for¬ get the crimes. But there are also many other Germans who prevent them from dotag so." Referring to the symposium, he said "this is not reconciliation; nobody advocates that; what we are dealtag with and speaking bout is co-existence." DB. JOACHIM PBINZ, for¬ mer president of the American Jewish Congress speaktag as chairman of the Presidents Con¬ ference of Major American Jew¬ ish organizations, said: "The Gentian who does not remember what his own people did to the Jewish people does not command my respect — nor should he be respected by other Germans and by Jews of our generation. Be- i<ween,:Us,r-there-.can -never•)be« (conXnwd on pag* 4) ZION CHAPTER OF B'NAI Bm WOMEN UUNCHES MEMBERSHIP DRIVE THIS MONTH "Getting to Know You" is the theme of the series of member¬ ship parties which will be inaugurated on Wednesday, August 17, by Zion Chapter, B'nai B'rith Women. Mrs. Leon Gross, president, has announced that invitations have been issued to prospective members for two Coffee Hours on flhat date, at 10 a.m. at the homes of Mrs. Max Friedman, 254 Ashbourne PI., and Mrs. Martin Rosen, 2534 Scottwood Ave Women residtag ta the Bexley and Berwick aieas may attend these neighborhood parties by calling Mrs. Friedman at 231- 4537, or Mrs. Roseg, at 231-2430. COLUMBUS and Eastmoor parties are also being planned by Mrs. Harry Bruce, Member¬ ship chairman and vice presi¬ dent of the chapter. Assisttag the hdj^tesses will be the followtag women: Mrs. Mal¬ colm Ftae, Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs. Robert Freedman, Mrs. Martta Marx, Mra, Joseph Schec¬ ter and Mrs. Harry Schwartz. Newcomers to the oommuhlty are especially urged to attend, to become acquainted with theta neighbors, and to leam more about the program of service, ed¬ ucation and philanthropy ot B'nal B'rith Women, oldest and largest Jewish service organiza¬ tion ta the world. ZION OHAPTEB, now in Its 33rd year, has. been joined in its work ta Columbus by Candle¬ Ught Chapter and the most re¬ cently organized Chapter, Twin Rivers. Prospective members may jota any one of the three groups. Membership ta B'nai B'rith Women is open to any Jewess by birth, conversion or marriage, oyer the age ot 18 yeai^. B'nal B'rith Is a true family organiza- (cooHiiiMd on ptqt 4) President Seeks To Calm Argentine Jews BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — President Juan Carlos Onganla, leader of Argenttaa's new mili¬ tary regime, tried to calm un¬ easiness among the Jews ta this country durtag a press confer¬ ence he held last weekend to explata the general policies which guide his new government. Asserttag that his regime would respect all mtaorities and curb extremism. Gen. Onganla said: "The Argenttae revolution condenms all extremism. Our ob¬ jective is to neutralize all types of extremism, particularly Com¬ munism, which are opposed' to the spiritual union of the popula¬ tion and would dissociate from our historical and cultural heri¬ tage as well as our occidental and Christian system of Ufe. ASKED ABOUT his govern¬ ment's attitude to the credit cooperatives, which had been curbed durtag the first days of the reghne, he said: "There are already cooperatives functiontag accordtag to legal nomas." Most of this country's, Jewish bustaess- men are intrested ta the fate of the cooperatives which had been launched by Jewish immigrants in Argentina. The news cqnference state¬ ment was the second time Presi¬ dent Onganla had addressed him¬ self to Argentina's 500,000 Jews. Two weeks after seizing power he i'eceived a delegation of DAIA leaders tha^^ his regime opposed extremist;: groups and sought to protect mtaority rfehts. ;:bSiI Civil Rights Act Supported The American Jewish Commit¬ tee Monday released its state¬ ment tiled with the House Un- American Activities Committee urging its support of those sec¬ tions of the Civil Rights Act of 1966 designed to eradicate Ku- Klux-Klan type of activity. At the same time Morris B. Abram, president of the pioneer human relations agency, com¬ mented on the two Identical bills (HR15678 and HR 15789) intro¬ duced by HUAC members. Rep. Edwta E. WUlis (D.La.), chair¬ man, and Charles L. Weltner (D.Ga.), entitled the "Organiza¬ tional Conspiracies Act ot 1966." "DESPITE THE good taten- tlons of the framers of these biUs," Abram, also a co-chairman of the recent White House Con¬ ference on CivU Rights, said: "the American Jewish Commit¬ tee hopes that this Committee will reconunend the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1966 as an adequate and effective means of dealtag with the type of overt l>ehavlor which these bUls seek to reach. Even if these bills were tightened so as to conform to minimal constitutional stand¬ ards, there would remata other, harmful defects: to wit, empha¬ sis on assoclational ties; maktag a crime of teacliing and advo¬ cacy; widespread use of the in¬ junction and attendant civil con¬ tempt procedures ta place of the criminal process. "For these reasons, the Amer¬ ican Jewish Committee recom¬ mends as a sound alternative to curb civil rights crimes, the pro¬ posed CIWl Rights Act of 1966 and the proposed Civil Rights Protection Act," Abram stated. FCBTHERMOBE, Abram said, "Experience has demonstrated abundantly that the most effec¬ tive and constitutionally permis¬ sible way of proscribtag particu> lar forms of behavior by an ta¬ dividual or tadividuals deemed harmful to society Is to reach those overt; 'acts undertaken In pursuance of assoclational atans —without regard to the fact of association, 'per se.'" „
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3f^ Serving ColumbO^jDiayton, XfenSaf and^outhwestern Ohio jCT^
¦B
Vol.44.js|bi32
FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1966 — 26 AV 5726 ,' ;,
¦w ^5i3rtU*i^J3flr*
>A
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports
President Zalman Shazar of Israel, left, Is greeted by President Johnson as he stepped from the limousine oh the South Lawn of the White House las^ week. President Shazar later attended a dinner in his honor at the White House as a part df his U.S. visit.
Johnson Reception Act Of Recognition
BIT TBCDE B. FELDMAN
Obronlole's IVhlte House Oorrecvondent
President Johnson gave special recognition to Israel as an emerging nation when he received that young country's third president at the White House last Tuesday.
Although the visit was considered to be an Informal one, it proved to be very significant, with Mr. Johnson according great personal attention to President Zalman Shazar.
WHEN THX: ISBAIiU President airived at the South Lawn of the White House, President Johnson was there to meet him. The'two Presidents very heartily tshbbk hands and greeted each ¦ other with 'Shalom, Shalom.' Warmly looking at President Johnson, Mr. Shazar said. "I ap¬ preciate this opportunity to talk with you," President Johnson quipped: "Since our last meeting there are many more wrinkles on my face." (There only previ¬ ous encounter had been oh a solemn day — the funeral ot John F. Kennedy.)
MB. JOHNSON then invited Mr. Shazar to join him in a walk to his White House office. On the way. President Johnson identified the Truman Balcony nearby and also the Washington Monument, which is visible from the South hawn. They paused along the way in the Rose Gar¬ den and chatted briefly.
The two Presidents then spent about 40 minutes in Mr. John¬ son's office conversing on mat¬ ters of mutual interest. When they concluded their conference President Johnson brought his eminent visitor to the West L.ob- by and introduced him to re¬ porters. President Shazar cor¬ dially raised his hands as if to bless newsmen and said, "Sha¬ lom, Shalom to you all."
BBFOIUB: lEAVINO, he turn¬ ed to President Johnson and quieUy said: "I'U be at my desk hi Jerusalem for two more years and I want to see you visit me there."
later, at Blair House — where
he was an overnight guest —
President Shazar, an erudite
' scholar and prominent educator,
told me: 'I had a long and won¬ derful conversation with your
President and I have the feeling
that Mr. Johnson enjoyed our
meeting." PRESIDENT SHAZAR added
that he considered his talks with
Mr. Johnson to be one of the
most significant events which,
occured during his three year
tenure in office, (he was elected
on May 21, 1963). He declared
that if the only thing he had
done in his three years was to
conversfe at this ttaie with Presi¬ dent Johnson, then that alone
would have constituted an his¬ toric event. That same evening. President
and Mrs. Shazar were driven
in a limousine to the White
House, Fifty Marines Uned the
driveway to the Mansion. Both
President and Mrs. Johnson were
at the entrance to greet them on
Trude Feldman Greets President Shazar
their arrival for a special state dinner in their honor. When President Johnson spotted the photographers, he asked the Shazars to face the cameras, saying: "Look over there, all the world wants to see you."
INSIDE THE MANSION, be¬ fore dinner, there was an ex¬ change of gifts. The Shazars tendered wedding presents to Luci and Pat: a pair of modem silver candlesticlcs, designed and made In Israel and also gold, silver and bronze Israeli medal¬ lions which connmemorated the visit of Pope Paul VI to Israel,
As a toast during the historic dinner. President Johnson'lifted his glass and said, "L'C3ia-yim" (to life). Saluting President Sha¬ zar, he remarked: "In the tra¬ ditional Hebrew greeting I wel-
(cwrilMwd m piqt 41
Chronicling
The News
Editorial 2
Teen Scene 8
Society 6
Shopping Guide 4
Synagogues .., 4
Sports 5
Real Estate 6
BsmgsamsBsssBiffSfaeBasasxasBSBm
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—United States officials were Investigating the-'epntlscatlon last weekend by Egypt of a $100,000 American cargo removed from a Dutch ship accused of dealing with Israel. The cargo, consisting of American- made trucks and excavating equipment, was seized by the Egyptians as the Dutch ship was atteihpting to pass through the Suez Canal.
BRVSSBIiS, (JTA)—Rumaniafl Jews, aided by the Rurnnlan Government, have sent 1,058 Torah scrolls to Israel, and will dispatch 1,000 more to Israel in the next months, Dr. Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Rumania, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here. Dr. Rosen is here as the sole observer from his country to the World Jewish Con¬ gress plenary aissembly, currently in session In Brussels.
COPHNBAGEN, (JTA)—Israel's Foreign Mhiister Abba Eban, now on an official visit to Denmark, was the guest of the Jewish community here. After being welcomed by Leo Fischer, president of the community, Mr. Eban de¬ livered an address In which he reported on the present situa¬ tion in Israel and the ties between Israel and the Jews of the Dlsapora. Citing the danger of weakening those ties, the Foreign Minister said that in the West Jews are more and more free and sometimes "throw away" their Jewish heritage. To avoid this, Mr. Eban called on Jewish com¬ munities outside of Israel to encourage the study of Hebrew and "the old traditions" and in this way strengthen mutual linKs with Israel.
LONDON, (JTA)—Viewing neo-Nazism as "a deadly challenge to Christian and Jew alike" a group of 70 Jewish, Protestant and Catholic leaders from 10 countries gathered at NeWnham College of Cambridge University for a world consultation on steps to combat neo-Nazism. Sir Seymour E. Karmlnski, a Jew who is a judge of the British High Court of Justice, was chairman of the consultation. "The rise which threatens parliamentary institutions and race Trfajypnft.JThe. legacy.LOf. ffi^
every cbunliy' Neoi-Nazlsm does not Indulge in open anti- Semitism but In the subversion of human decency.';
DVSSBLDOBF, West Germany, (JTA)—Horst Guldo Huhn and Karl Jung were sentenced here to seven years and three a half years Imprisonment, respectively for their part in a 1^41 massacre of Ukrainian Jews during the Nazi occupation. In a trial lasting several months four others accused of complicity In the murders were acquitted.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A possible Strike of El Al, Israel Airlines, personnel was averted here when an agreement was signed between El Al management and representatives of the air crews. The agreement was reached after all night negotiations and calls for eight percent pay Increases while rejecting a workers" request that the pension fund be main¬ tained in foreign currency.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A statement declaring that post mortem dissections are "forbidden by the Torah in any manner whatsoever," was Issued here by Chief Ashkenazl Rabbi Isser Unterman, Chief Sephardl Rabbi Yitzhak, mem¬ bers ot the Chief Rabbinate Council and fifty other Israeli religious leaders. Another statement signed by 15 doctors called on the Knesset to prevent passage of a pending bill that would give the hospital the right to decide on perform¬ ing a post mortem. The statement said that an autopsy per¬ formed against the wishes ot the deceased is "a great in¬ fringement of hxdlvidual liberty."
TORONTO, JTA)—A Torah scroll valued at $1,000 was stolen from a downtown synagogue in Toronto on the eve of the Sabbath. The theft was not discovered imtil a member went to the ark to take out the Torah for the reading cere¬ mony. The synagogue Is called the Anshel Lubavltch.
Chancellor Greets The WJC Assembly
BRUSSELS, (JTA) — West Orinany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard expressed hope that the dialogue on German-Jewish re¬ lations held here last Thursday night, would be a confrontation that "would clear the air for better relations and better times."
The presidium of the Congress, holding its fifth plenary as¬ sembly here, made public today the text of a message received trom Chancellor Erhard prior to the dramatic symposium on German-Jewish relations wliich
had been addressed, £imong oth¬ ers, by Dr. Eugene Gersten- maier, president of the Bunde¬ stag, lower house of Bonn's parliament.
AFTER EXPBESSINO his hope that the dialogue would aid toward Improvement of Ger¬ man-Jewish relations, Chancel¬ lor Erhard stated in his message: "Jewish citizens have' made a lasting contribution to German life in the past. The German peo¬ ple remember with deep agony the terrible suffering to which the Jews were subjected under Nazi rule. I^et mutual under¬ standing and mutual respect be fostered by this exchange' of views. I send to the World Jew¬ ish Congress my best regards and wishes for a fruitful confer¬ ence."
ISSUED ALSO WAS the pre- dialogue mgssage received trom WUly Brandt, Governing Mayor ot West Berlin, and Fritz Erler, leader of West Germany's So¬ cial Democratic Party. Ihey cabled: "The presidium of the German Social Democratic Party sends heartfelt greetings to the Brussels assembly. W^ particu- lariy waMhie ' thF "deaslori^^ the World Jewish Congress to discuss German-Jewish relations frankly, and we hope that honest discussion will help ftad the right steps which we can take in the future."
Goldmann Says W.J,0. Symposium on oennany Is
Not Reconciliation Dr. Nahum Goldmann, presi¬ dent ot the WJC, said ta sum¬ marizing the symposium: "The crimes by the Germans agatast the Jews in the Nazi era are ot
a different catesgory and, , in their enormity,'are quite out¬ side the scope of what was known until then. But what now? Shall we ignore Germany? But We don't live ta a ghetto. 'nle]^e is Israel which has dip¬ lomatic relations with Gemiany.
"This dialogue with the Ger¬ mans started 15 years ago, and not here at the assembly," Dr. Goldmann conttaued. "There are many Germans who want to for¬ get the crimes. But there are also many other Germans who prevent them from dotag so." Referring to the symposium, he said "this is not reconciliation; nobody advocates that; what we are dealtag with and speaking bout is co-existence."
DB. JOACHIM PBINZ, for¬ mer president of the American Jewish Congress speaktag as chairman of the Presidents Con¬ ference of Major American Jew¬ ish organizations, said: "The Gentian who does not remember what his own people did to the Jewish people does not command my respect — nor should he be respected by other Germans and by Jews of our generation. Be- i |
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