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m Sfw Serving Columbus/ Dayton/Centraf a^ Ohio _fflA^ -Oii Vol. 44, Klo. 29 FRibAY. JULY 29, 1966 — 12 AV 5726 80 '*IJ3f*toi*i^r'*^" President Shazar Is Feted In New York NEW YORK, N.Y. — President Zataian Shazar of Israel, and Mrs. Shazar, will be honored at a dtaner in New York City on Monday which will bring together 500 American Jewish community leaders from across the nation, it was announced by Max M. Fisher, general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, and Monroe CJold- water, president of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. The dinner is under the aus¬ pices of both organizations and will be the major Jewish func¬ tion to be held during the Presi¬ dent's five - day stay in New York. Fisher will preside at the dinner and (Soldwater will tatro¬ duce President Shazar. ON AUGUST 2, President and Mrs. Shazar leave for Washtag¬ ton where they will be guests ot President Lyndon B. Johnson who will entertata them at a dinner in the White House that night. The Shazars will stay at Blair House, the official govern¬ ment residence for distinguished foreign visitors and return to Is¬ rael from Washtagton on August 3. In New York, Mayor John V. Lindsay will welcome the presi¬ dent at luncheon today, and on Monday, Secretarj' General U Thant,-of the United Nations, will hold a luncheon at the United Nations ta his honor. PRESIDENT SHAZAB^arriyed in New York yesterday, fromi a five-week visit to South America where he was hailed by the gov¬ ernments and people of Chile, ^^rfail^and Uruguay. "Wfe of the United Jewish Ap¬ peal,"- Fishqr said, "have been privileged to aid the people of Israel to take in one a quarter million refugees and start them on the way to becommg contrib¬ uttag citizens." MR. SHAZAR, who became Israel's third president on May 21, 1963, settled ta Palesttae ta 1924. He played a major role ta the struggle for Jewish statehood and-was a member of the Polit¬ ical Ommittee at Lake Success when the General Assembly of The World's Week Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports President. Zalman Shazar the United Nations dedded on the establishment of a Jewish state ta part of Palestine. He is the author of Israel's Declara¬ tion of Independence and was its first; Minister of Education and Chiltiire, as well as a member of its First, Second and Third Knes- sets, ""PresiaenfShazar is a man of wide interests and has had e long and disttagulshed career ta Sie world of journalism and lit¬ erature. He is the authbr of many worics on historical, po¬ litical and literary subjects. NEW YORK, (WUP)—GamalAdbul-Nasser has bitterly accused the United States of halting Its new aid program to Bgypt because of policy conflicts over Israel, Communist .China and Saudi Arabia. Reporting from Cairo, N. Y; Times correspondent Hedrick Smith last week cited the Egyptian Presldetit as having made the following statement at a mass rally celebrating the eve ofthe i4th anniversary of the 1952 revolution that swept away the Egyptian monarchy: "We wer^ told we were not following the right course and that is why wie are not receiving aid.... We shall not surrender and Wie shall not give in, but our views shall always be ex¬ pressed openly. The freedom we have bought with bur blood we shall not sell for wheat, for rice or for anything." WASHINGTON, (JTA)—"One thousand instances of racial violence, intimidation and reprisal' between 1955 and 1965 make new Federal legislation against racist criminals mandatory, the Antl-Defamatlon League of B'nai B'rith told the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Testifying at a Committee hearing on the Ku Klux Klan, Mayer New- field, a,member of the League's INational Commission and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama, declared that existing state laws against murder and violence are "nullified wlien the state law enforcement machinery falls to function." NBW YORK,' (JTA)—Twelve new Jewish military chaplains have entered the U. S. Armed Forces in time to officiate at Rosh Hashana services for Jewish military per¬ sonnel, it was annoimced by Rabbi Selwyn D. Ruslander, chairman of the National Jewish Welfare Board Commission on Jevirish Chaplaincy and spiritual leader of Temple Israel, Dayton, Ohio. Six of the new chaplains have gone into the Army. Three are assigned to the Air Force and three will serve in the Navy. NBW YORK, (WUP)—The 52nd National Convention of Hadassah will open in Boston on Sunday, August 14, Mrs. l^athan D. Perlman, national convention chairman, an- Dispute Reaches Security Gouncil UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., i that the air strike took place (JTA) ^ ITie United Nations after evidence indicated that the Security Council met Sunday to Arab terrorists came from Syria. i consider Israel's and Syria's charges and counter-charges of acts of aggression. Separate in¬ quests for a meeting of the Se¬ curity council were made by both countries followtag four acts of sabotage inside Israel by Arab tafiltrators from Syria and Israel's retaUation by attacktag Syrian position from the air on July 14. , In its request last Friday for an Urgent meettag of the Se¬ curity Council, Ambassador Mi^ chael S. Comay, head of the Is-^ raell delegation to the United Nations, accused Syria of "re¬ peated acts of aggression com¬ mitted by Syrian armed forces and by armed satx>teur groups operating from Syrian territory against the citizens and terri¬ tory of Israel ta violation of the Israel-Syrian general armistice agreement." AMBASSADOR COMAVS let¬ ter also complained of "dedara tions by offidal spokesmen ot the Syrian Giovernment contaih- tag threats agatast the people, territorial integrity and political independence of Israel, and open¬ ly instigattag to war agatast Iti- rael in violation of the United Nations Charter and the Armis¬ tice agreement." Mr. Comay ad¬ vised the head of the Security Council that he had been deslg- Planes of the Israeli Air Force, he 'said, were ordered to take "strictly Ihnited action" ta order to impress upon the Syrian au¬ thorities the gravity with which the Israel Government' regarded the "conttaual Syrian violence agatast Israel' and her popula¬ tion. Isntel Expects No Result JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Is¬ raeli officials were reported as not ejcpecting any major result to develop from the Security Council hearing ta New York either from its complaint or from the Syrian complaint. The view here was'that any just and objective resolution in the Council would almost cer¬ tahily be vetoed by the Soviets and that a pro-Syrian resolution had no chance of adoption. The slight importance Israel at¬ taches to the Security Council debate was apparent from the delay with which Israel lodged its coimter-complatat to the Coundl. .jiounced.-thls-weej£.,MQj:e;.thah,,,?,(lS9j3ele8atea^^ to attend the convention to be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, who heads the 318,000 mem¬ ber women's Zionist organization, vsdll deliver her presl- diential address at the opening session the aftemoon of August 14. The overall theme of the 52rid annual convention is "Horizons Unlhnited." (See local story on page 3). U. Thant Reveals He WiU Not Serve Another Term Eddie Kaye 'BITS & PIECES il' SET FOR CENTER An informal musical revue, "Bits & Pieces H," is the ftaal event of the Gallery Players 1965-66 subscription season. This revue, directed by Eddie Kaye, will be presented on Saturday eventag, July 30, at 8:30 pjn., ta the newly refurbiriied, ah: con¬ ditioned auditorium of The Jew¬ ish Center, 1125 CoUege Ave. Gallery Players subscribers will be honored guests at this event. INCLUDED IN the cast ta vo¬ cal numbers will be Joan Aron¬ son, featured singer on the Spook Beckman "Coffee Club" show on Channel 4; Lillian Hu¬ bert, accompanied by guitarists Arnle White and Ted Fisher; Es¬ telle Center ahd Muriel Gunder¬ shehner. Julie VcBel and Sanford Joseph will also be featured. Xn^rTED NATIONS, (WUP) 1 —Secretary Cieneral U Thant has served notice to the UN membership that he does not wish to serve another term as head of the World Organization. The Burniese diplomat's term expires Novemlwr 1. BEPLYINO TO a recent question on his availabUity, U Thant declared: "I believe that nobody should asph^e, generally speaktag, to serve as Secretary- General of the tfN for more than one term because of liie very difficult and kllltag nature of the v/ork imposed on him ... I do not Ijelieve in the concept of ta- dlspensabillty of any person for any particular job. I have said on previous occasions that if the Sfccurity Ctoundl were aWe to find someone to succeed me when my present term expires in November, I shall be very happy to leave my present as signment. I believe the Security Council will be able to ftad some one agreeable to all parties and, of course, acceptable to the Big Powers!" Among the reasons dted by U Thant for his decision not to take another term were both "personal" and "offldal" as well as "political." He said that he win make-up his mind defhiltely as to what course he will take by the end of August when he plans to make a public an¬ nouncement. IT IS FELT here at the UN that only a strong draft by the majority of the membership, ur^ng him to remata In order to avoid a new crisis, can make the Secretary-General change his mtad. But even this Is ques¬ tioned by some close aides here. Should U Thant not accept another term, as It rfow seems, the question of a successor will become a big headache for the been rumored as likely candi¬ dates. These are Dr. Frandsco CUevas Candno, Mexico's Am¬ bassador to the UN, and Chief S.O. Adebo, Nigerian UN Rep¬ resentative here. ((Mritwd M in* <) ^''^^''^^^'°''- '^'^ names have Jews Cut Back Negro Support NEW YORK, (JTA)—Northern Uberals, among whom there are many Jews, have been reductag their ftaandai contributions to the more militant civil rights organizations Sharply, The New York Thnes reported, here. A significant role In this cut-back, theTtaies stated, as a result of a two-week long survey, was the fact that some of the more ex¬ tremist Negro dvil rights groups have been accused of anti-Sem¬ itism and "black racism." Among the civil rights groups whose tacome from northern lib¬ erals hes decltaed recently, the Times reported, are the Congress of Radal Equality, the Student Non-violent Coordinattag CJom- mlttee and the Southern Ctiris¬ tian Leadership Conference, led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ktag, Jr. UNCOLN I^YNOH, assodate national director of CORE, was quoted by the Times as saytag that contributions to his organi¬ zations dropped "significantly" after an official of the CORE chapter ta Mount Vemon, N.Y. made a violently anti-Semitic remark publldy last February. In the Mount Vemon case, Clifford A. Brown,- the educa. tional director of the local CORE chapter, had declared openly durtag a dispute about local school segregation that Hitler had not killed enough Jews. Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Teen Scene 4 Society 6 Shopping Guide 8 Synagogues 8 Sports 9 Beal Estate 5 to represent li in presenting these complatats and ta answerv tag the Syrian charges .against Israel at the (Toundl session. The Syrian complatat charged Israel with "aggression agatast Syrian territory on the after¬ noon of July 14" and said that Israel's move "constitutes a clear provocation to Syria and a threat to the peace of the whole region of the Middle East." IT ASSERTED that the Is¬ raeli clatais that Syria is re¬ sponsible for four tacidents which took place on July 13 and 14 — in which two Israelis were killed and two wounded by Arab explosives — have been denied by a Sjonan military spokesman "and refuted before the Mixed Armistice Commission." Ambassador Comay, ta his communication to the president of the Security Coundl, follow¬ ing the Israeli air attack, said 11 Marc Ghagall Gives French 67 Works PARIS, (JTA) — Marc Cha¬ gall transmitted to the French Republic last week 67 of his wprks„^hich.ar^pai^ pf a series.. known as the" "Blblteial Message" ort which the Russian-bom Jew¬ ish artist has been working for the last 15. years. The 67 works- will :» displayed ta a museum to be built at N'ce on the Rivi¬ era to the artist's spedfications. ITie works include 17 oils and 50 gouaches, acquarelles and drawings of biblical themes. Two famous masterpieces ta the group are "Moses and the Tables of the Law" and "The Oeation of Man." Many of the 67 works have never been on display. THE 19-YEAB-OLD patater signed over title to. the works at a ceremony ta Nice which was attended by a representative of Andre Malraux, Minister of Cul¬ ture^.'Chagall will be the con¬ sultant for the Chagall Museum, which will be built at Cimiez ta a huge park which is part of Nice. A Matisse Museum already has been opened at the site. UJA Dollars At Work In Israel ^Mission' Tours Settlements (aaiTOR'S NOTE: Bilow It a first raport on tha currant UJA Laadanhip Million. Parllclpadno In tha million ara Mr. and Mn. Marvin Glaiiman, Mr. and Mra. SIdnay Blatt and Mr. and Mrt. Barry Zacki, all ol whom play kay rolai In tha UJFC Campaign.) HAIFA — "If the American Jewish community is united on anythtag, it is ta the effort to support the taunigration and ab¬ sorption of scores of scores of thousands of Jews who seek to renew their lives in Israel with the aid of the funds raised by the United Jewish Appeal," Rab¬ bi Herbert A. Friedman, the or¬ ganization's Executive V1 c e - Chairman told the members of the UJA's Young- Leadership Mission last week. The mission is the sixth one the UJA has brought to Israel to survey Jewish resettlement and absorption activities at first hand. The present one is com¬ posed of 86 men and women ta the 25-40 year age group who have demonstrated leadership abilities ta local communal Jew¬ ish activities, as well as leader¬ ship potential ta the broader areas of Jewish life here and abroad. TRACmo THE COURSE Of Jewish history that led to the creation of the State of Israel, Rabbi Friedman credited the success of the effort to establish the Jewish State to the "Eu¬ ropean Jews who originally founded the settlements irfthe. Holy Land, who changed thetf" occupations and ways of Ufe to become heroic pioneers and farmers." Ufe Was Hard. "They conquered the wilder¬ ness and the desert. They re¬ vived the Hebrew language which unified the peoples who came to Israel. TTiey defeated ex¬ tend enemies ta a hostile area to establish the prindple that free immigration is the comer- stone of Israel." Brieftag the mission on the current problems of Israel, Ral>- bi Friedman said: "Absorption of newcomers means creation of opportunities for work, educa¬ tion, trataing of newcomers. Ed¬ ucation is the only system of buildtag a nation and creating a people out of disparate elements! "A STRONO DEFENSE is thp only guarantee of peace in a hostile area. Water Is the key to the future. Water and electric power will decide how many mil¬ lions Israel can absorb," he said. The UJA leader said the mis¬ sion, in inspecting border settle¬ ments and development town^, has a doser first-hand view of the problems of Israel in absorb- ' tag immigration than many resi¬ dents of the country's major cities. THE UJA IS the major Amer¬ ican agency aiding immigrants to Israel, and refugees and dis¬ tressed Jews overseas. UJA aid programs are carried out by its three member agen- des: the United Israel Appeal, which transmits UJA funds to the Jewish Agency for Israel ta Jerusalem, tb receive, settle and absorb immigrants conling to that country; the Joint Distri¬ bution Committee, which aids Jews ta 30 countries, including a spedal welfare program ta Is¬ rael for aged, chronically Ul and handicapped immigrants; and the New , York Assodation for New Americans, - which assists Jewish refugees to the United States. THE UNITED HIAS Service, which provides for.the resettle¬ ment of Jewish refugees to coun¬ tries other than Israel, also bene¬ fits from the UJA campaignr
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Full Text | m Sfw Serving Columbus/ Dayton/Centraf a^ Ohio _fflA^ -Oii Vol. 44, Klo. 29 FRibAY. JULY 29, 1966 — 12 AV 5726 80 '*IJ3f*toi*i^r'*^" President Shazar Is Feted In New York NEW YORK, N.Y. — President Zataian Shazar of Israel, and Mrs. Shazar, will be honored at a dtaner in New York City on Monday which will bring together 500 American Jewish community leaders from across the nation, it was announced by Max M. Fisher, general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, and Monroe CJold- water, president of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. The dinner is under the aus¬ pices of both organizations and will be the major Jewish func¬ tion to be held during the Presi¬ dent's five - day stay in New York. Fisher will preside at the dinner and (Soldwater will tatro¬ duce President Shazar. ON AUGUST 2, President and Mrs. Shazar leave for Washtag¬ ton where they will be guests ot President Lyndon B. Johnson who will entertata them at a dinner in the White House that night. The Shazars will stay at Blair House, the official govern¬ ment residence for distinguished foreign visitors and return to Is¬ rael from Washtagton on August 3. In New York, Mayor John V. Lindsay will welcome the presi¬ dent at luncheon today, and on Monday, Secretarj' General U Thant,-of the United Nations, will hold a luncheon at the United Nations ta his honor. PRESIDENT SHAZAB^arriyed in New York yesterday, fromi a five-week visit to South America where he was hailed by the gov¬ ernments and people of Chile, ^^rfail^and Uruguay. "Wfe of the United Jewish Ap¬ peal,"- Fishqr said, "have been privileged to aid the people of Israel to take in one a quarter million refugees and start them on the way to becommg contrib¬ uttag citizens." MR. SHAZAR, who became Israel's third president on May 21, 1963, settled ta Palesttae ta 1924. He played a major role ta the struggle for Jewish statehood and-was a member of the Polit¬ ical Ommittee at Lake Success when the General Assembly of The World's Week Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports President. Zalman Shazar the United Nations dedded on the establishment of a Jewish state ta part of Palestine. He is the author of Israel's Declara¬ tion of Independence and was its first; Minister of Education and Chiltiire, as well as a member of its First, Second and Third Knes- sets, ""PresiaenfShazar is a man of wide interests and has had e long and disttagulshed career ta Sie world of journalism and lit¬ erature. He is the authbr of many worics on historical, po¬ litical and literary subjects. NEW YORK, (WUP)—GamalAdbul-Nasser has bitterly accused the United States of halting Its new aid program to Bgypt because of policy conflicts over Israel, Communist .China and Saudi Arabia. Reporting from Cairo, N. Y; Times correspondent Hedrick Smith last week cited the Egyptian Presldetit as having made the following statement at a mass rally celebrating the eve ofthe i4th anniversary of the 1952 revolution that swept away the Egyptian monarchy: "We wer^ told we were not following the right course and that is why wie are not receiving aid.... We shall not surrender and Wie shall not give in, but our views shall always be ex¬ pressed openly. The freedom we have bought with bur blood we shall not sell for wheat, for rice or for anything." WASHINGTON, (JTA)—"One thousand instances of racial violence, intimidation and reprisal' between 1955 and 1965 make new Federal legislation against racist criminals mandatory, the Antl-Defamatlon League of B'nai B'rith told the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Testifying at a Committee hearing on the Ku Klux Klan, Mayer New- field, a,member of the League's INational Commission and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama, declared that existing state laws against murder and violence are "nullified wlien the state law enforcement machinery falls to function." NBW YORK,' (JTA)—Twelve new Jewish military chaplains have entered the U. S. Armed Forces in time to officiate at Rosh Hashana services for Jewish military per¬ sonnel, it was annoimced by Rabbi Selwyn D. Ruslander, chairman of the National Jewish Welfare Board Commission on Jevirish Chaplaincy and spiritual leader of Temple Israel, Dayton, Ohio. Six of the new chaplains have gone into the Army. Three are assigned to the Air Force and three will serve in the Navy. NBW YORK, (WUP)—The 52nd National Convention of Hadassah will open in Boston on Sunday, August 14, Mrs. l^athan D. Perlman, national convention chairman, an- Dispute Reaches Security Gouncil UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., i that the air strike took place (JTA) ^ ITie United Nations after evidence indicated that the Security Council met Sunday to Arab terrorists came from Syria. i consider Israel's and Syria's charges and counter-charges of acts of aggression. Separate in¬ quests for a meeting of the Se¬ curity council were made by both countries followtag four acts of sabotage inside Israel by Arab tafiltrators from Syria and Israel's retaUation by attacktag Syrian position from the air on July 14. , In its request last Friday for an Urgent meettag of the Se¬ curity Council, Ambassador Mi^ chael S. Comay, head of the Is-^ raell delegation to the United Nations, accused Syria of "re¬ peated acts of aggression com¬ mitted by Syrian armed forces and by armed satx>teur groups operating from Syrian territory against the citizens and terri¬ tory of Israel ta violation of the Israel-Syrian general armistice agreement." AMBASSADOR COMAVS let¬ ter also complained of "dedara tions by offidal spokesmen ot the Syrian Giovernment contaih- tag threats agatast the people, territorial integrity and political independence of Israel, and open¬ ly instigattag to war agatast Iti- rael in violation of the United Nations Charter and the Armis¬ tice agreement." Mr. Comay ad¬ vised the head of the Security Council that he had been deslg- Planes of the Israeli Air Force, he 'said, were ordered to take "strictly Ihnited action" ta order to impress upon the Syrian au¬ thorities the gravity with which the Israel Government' regarded the "conttaual Syrian violence agatast Israel' and her popula¬ tion. Isntel Expects No Result JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Is¬ raeli officials were reported as not ejcpecting any major result to develop from the Security Council hearing ta New York either from its complaint or from the Syrian complaint. The view here was'that any just and objective resolution in the Council would almost cer¬ tahily be vetoed by the Soviets and that a pro-Syrian resolution had no chance of adoption. The slight importance Israel at¬ taches to the Security Council debate was apparent from the delay with which Israel lodged its coimter-complatat to the Coundl. .jiounced.-thls-weej£.,MQj:e;.thah,,,?,(lS9j3ele8atea^^ to attend the convention to be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, who heads the 318,000 mem¬ ber women's Zionist organization, vsdll deliver her presl- diential address at the opening session the aftemoon of August 14. The overall theme of the 52rid annual convention is "Horizons Unlhnited." (See local story on page 3). U. Thant Reveals He WiU Not Serve Another Term Eddie Kaye 'BITS & PIECES il' SET FOR CENTER An informal musical revue, "Bits & Pieces H," is the ftaal event of the Gallery Players 1965-66 subscription season. This revue, directed by Eddie Kaye, will be presented on Saturday eventag, July 30, at 8:30 pjn., ta the newly refurbiriied, ah: con¬ ditioned auditorium of The Jew¬ ish Center, 1125 CoUege Ave. Gallery Players subscribers will be honored guests at this event. INCLUDED IN the cast ta vo¬ cal numbers will be Joan Aron¬ son, featured singer on the Spook Beckman "Coffee Club" show on Channel 4; Lillian Hu¬ bert, accompanied by guitarists Arnle White and Ted Fisher; Es¬ telle Center ahd Muriel Gunder¬ shehner. Julie VcBel and Sanford Joseph will also be featured. Xn^rTED NATIONS, (WUP) 1 —Secretary Cieneral U Thant has served notice to the UN membership that he does not wish to serve another term as head of the World Organization. The Burniese diplomat's term expires Novemlwr 1. BEPLYINO TO a recent question on his availabUity, U Thant declared: "I believe that nobody should asph^e, generally speaktag, to serve as Secretary- General of the tfN for more than one term because of liie very difficult and kllltag nature of the v/ork imposed on him ... I do not Ijelieve in the concept of ta- dlspensabillty of any person for any particular job. I have said on previous occasions that if the Sfccurity Ctoundl were aWe to find someone to succeed me when my present term expires in November, I shall be very happy to leave my present as signment. I believe the Security Council will be able to ftad some one agreeable to all parties and, of course, acceptable to the Big Powers!" Among the reasons dted by U Thant for his decision not to take another term were both "personal" and "offldal" as well as "political." He said that he win make-up his mind defhiltely as to what course he will take by the end of August when he plans to make a public an¬ nouncement. IT IS FELT here at the UN that only a strong draft by the majority of the membership, ur^ng him to remata In order to avoid a new crisis, can make the Secretary-General change his mtad. But even this Is ques¬ tioned by some close aides here. Should U Thant not accept another term, as It rfow seems, the question of a successor will become a big headache for the been rumored as likely candi¬ dates. These are Dr. Frandsco CUevas Candno, Mexico's Am¬ bassador to the UN, and Chief S.O. Adebo, Nigerian UN Rep¬ resentative here. ((Mritwd M in* <) ^''^^''^^^'°''- '^'^ names have Jews Cut Back Negro Support NEW YORK, (JTA)—Northern Uberals, among whom there are many Jews, have been reductag their ftaandai contributions to the more militant civil rights organizations Sharply, The New York Thnes reported, here. A significant role In this cut-back, theTtaies stated, as a result of a two-week long survey, was the fact that some of the more ex¬ tremist Negro dvil rights groups have been accused of anti-Sem¬ itism and "black racism." Among the civil rights groups whose tacome from northern lib¬ erals hes decltaed recently, the Times reported, are the Congress of Radal Equality, the Student Non-violent Coordinattag CJom- mlttee and the Southern Ctiris¬ tian Leadership Conference, led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ktag, Jr. UNCOLN I^YNOH, assodate national director of CORE, was quoted by the Times as saytag that contributions to his organi¬ zations dropped "significantly" after an official of the CORE chapter ta Mount Vemon, N.Y. made a violently anti-Semitic remark publldy last February. In the Mount Vemon case, Clifford A. Brown,- the educa. tional director of the local CORE chapter, had declared openly durtag a dispute about local school segregation that Hitler had not killed enough Jews. Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Teen Scene 4 Society 6 Shopping Guide 8 Synagogues 8 Sports 9 Beal Estate 5 to represent li in presenting these complatats and ta answerv tag the Syrian charges .against Israel at the (Toundl session. The Syrian complatat charged Israel with "aggression agatast Syrian territory on the after¬ noon of July 14" and said that Israel's move "constitutes a clear provocation to Syria and a threat to the peace of the whole region of the Middle East." IT ASSERTED that the Is¬ raeli clatais that Syria is re¬ sponsible for four tacidents which took place on July 13 and 14 — in which two Israelis were killed and two wounded by Arab explosives — have been denied by a Sjonan military spokesman "and refuted before the Mixed Armistice Commission." Ambassador Comay, ta his communication to the president of the Security Coundl, follow¬ ing the Israeli air attack, said 11 Marc Ghagall Gives French 67 Works PARIS, (JTA) — Marc Cha¬ gall transmitted to the French Republic last week 67 of his wprks„^hich.ar^pai^ pf a series.. known as the" "Blblteial Message" ort which the Russian-bom Jew¬ ish artist has been working for the last 15. years. The 67 works- will :» displayed ta a museum to be built at N'ce on the Rivi¬ era to the artist's spedfications. ITie works include 17 oils and 50 gouaches, acquarelles and drawings of biblical themes. Two famous masterpieces ta the group are "Moses and the Tables of the Law" and "The Oeation of Man." Many of the 67 works have never been on display. THE 19-YEAB-OLD patater signed over title to. the works at a ceremony ta Nice which was attended by a representative of Andre Malraux, Minister of Cul¬ ture^.'Chagall will be the con¬ sultant for the Chagall Museum, which will be built at Cimiez ta a huge park which is part of Nice. A Matisse Museum already has been opened at the site. UJA Dollars At Work In Israel ^Mission' Tours Settlements (aaiTOR'S NOTE: Bilow It a first raport on tha currant UJA Laadanhip Million. Parllclpadno In tha million ara Mr. and Mn. Marvin Glaiiman, Mr. and Mra. SIdnay Blatt and Mr. and Mrt. Barry Zacki, all ol whom play kay rolai In tha UJFC Campaign.) HAIFA — "If the American Jewish community is united on anythtag, it is ta the effort to support the taunigration and ab¬ sorption of scores of scores of thousands of Jews who seek to renew their lives in Israel with the aid of the funds raised by the United Jewish Appeal," Rab¬ bi Herbert A. Friedman, the or¬ ganization's Executive V1 c e - Chairman told the members of the UJA's Young- Leadership Mission last week. The mission is the sixth one the UJA has brought to Israel to survey Jewish resettlement and absorption activities at first hand. The present one is com¬ posed of 86 men and women ta the 25-40 year age group who have demonstrated leadership abilities ta local communal Jew¬ ish activities, as well as leader¬ ship potential ta the broader areas of Jewish life here and abroad. TRACmo THE COURSE Of Jewish history that led to the creation of the State of Israel, Rabbi Friedman credited the success of the effort to establish the Jewish State to the "Eu¬ ropean Jews who originally founded the settlements irfthe. Holy Land, who changed thetf" occupations and ways of Ufe to become heroic pioneers and farmers." Ufe Was Hard. "They conquered the wilder¬ ness and the desert. They re¬ vived the Hebrew language which unified the peoples who came to Israel. TTiey defeated ex¬ tend enemies ta a hostile area to establish the prindple that free immigration is the comer- stone of Israel." Brieftag the mission on the current problems of Israel, Ral>- bi Friedman said: "Absorption of newcomers means creation of opportunities for work, educa¬ tion, trataing of newcomers. Ed¬ ucation is the only system of buildtag a nation and creating a people out of disparate elements! "A STRONO DEFENSE is thp only guarantee of peace in a hostile area. Water Is the key to the future. Water and electric power will decide how many mil¬ lions Israel can absorb," he said. The UJA leader said the mis¬ sion, in inspecting border settle¬ ments and development town^, has a doser first-hand view of the problems of Israel in absorb- ' tag immigration than many resi¬ dents of the country's major cities. THE UJA IS the major Amer¬ ican agency aiding immigrants to Israel, and refugees and dis¬ tressed Jews overseas. UJA aid programs are carried out by its three member agen- des: the United Israel Appeal, which transmits UJA funds to the Jewish Agency for Israel ta Jerusalem, tb receive, settle and absorb immigrants conling to that country; the Joint Distri¬ bution Committee, which aids Jews ta 30 countries, including a spedal welfare program ta Is¬ rael for aged, chronically Ul and handicapped immigrants; and the New , York Assodation for New Americans, - which assists Jewish refugees to the United States. THE UNITED HIAS Service, which provides for.the resettle¬ ment of Jewish refugees to coun¬ tries other than Israel, also bene¬ fits from the UJA campaignr |
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Date created | 2008-12-03 |