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Friday, October 3, 1947
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
r'aee Five
COUNCIL HEAD GREETS EUROPEAN STUDENTS
Mrs. Joseph M. Welt (right), President of the Na
tional Council of Jewish Women, welcomes (I. to r.) Miss
Deborah Levy of Portugal, Miss Mariana Fischerova of
Czechoslovakia, and Mrs. Cecylia Bitter of Poland.
South African Jewish Leader Finds Refugees
Strengthening American-Jewish Life
Australian Minister Denies There Is
Discrimination Against Jews in Australia
SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA) — A
statement denying that there is
discrimination against Jews in
Australia was issued here by Ar
thur A. Cal we 11, Australian Mini
ster of Immigration and Informa
tion, prior to sailing for Australia
after a visit to the United States.
“3efore leaving for Australia,”
the minister said. “I want to clear
away mis-apprehensions due to
statements by leading officials of
the Hebrew Immigration Aid So
ciety, that there is religious dis
crimination against Jews in Aus
tralia. There is no discrimination
in Australian law against any peo
ple of any religion, and under the
Evian Conference decisions of
1938, tht Australian government
undertook to receive 15.000 victims
of Nazi tyranny at the rate of 5,000
a year. Less tl*an 7,000 such per
sons, practically all of. Jewish
faith, arrived in Australia before
the outbreak of war, leaving 8,000
still to be admitted.
"First-comers were mostly Ger
man and Austrian Jews. As the
war proceeded, about 2,000 Jewish
people sent to Australia from Great
Britain for internment as enemy
aliens were released for permanent
residence in Australia, and most
of them, like the first-comers, are
now naturalized citizens. Two
thousand more came from the
Straits Settlement and the Far
East. Since the war concluded,
landing permits have been issued
to some thousands of Jewish peo
ple in Europe who are close re
latives of Australian citizens, and
more than 2.000 of them have now
arrived and have settled in Aus
tralia.
"The Australian government de
cided some time ago that landing
JOHANNESBURG, (JTA1—Re
cent Jewish refugee immigration
from Europe to the United States
should help to invigorate Ameri
can Jewry, and deepen the Jewish
content of its life, it was stated
here by Joseph Milne, well-known
South African Jewish leader, who
has just returned from a two-and-
a-half months' visit to America,
where lie established contact with
all major organizations.
American Jewry was beginning
to lose some of its original vigor
through assimilation, Mr. Milne
declared, "and in the younger
generation particularly, many
were drifting away from Jewish
life. The Naz.i persecutions, and
the destruction European Jewry in
the war. have re-kindled a
stronger jewish consciousness, and
brought many young people into
the fold of Jewish activity who
were previously taking no part in
Jewish life. With this awakened
Jewish consciousness, the immi
grants who have been coming over
from Europe will act as a Jewishly
stimulating force. Some of the
great European Yeshivahs are
now re-establishing themselves in
America. Seme of the famous sur
viving rabbis and teachers of
European Jewry are in America.
All these will strengthen American
Jewish life.
"In general,” said Mr. Milne.
‘‘American Jewry is an integral
part of the American scene. They
are Americans, and they share in
all aspects of American life—trade,
industry, professions arts and poli
tics. American Jews fought
throughout the war. and in every
way pulled their weight as Ameri
cans. Many of the refugee immi
grants were most useful in the war
effort. Their specific talents, and
knowledge of European languages
and conditions, proved invaluable.”
Brith Abraham and
Anti-Nazi League
Unites Against Bias
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Non-
Sectarian Anti-Nazi League has
inaugurated a joint program with
the Independent Orders of Brith
Abraham to combat bias, Prof.
James H. Sheldon, administrative
chairman of the Anti-Nazi League
announced. Hie new project will
be carried on by a joint committee
of the two organizations.
The particular purpose of the
committee will be to fight cases
involving economic and civic dis
crimination against Ameircans be
cause of race or religion and the
new committee will work In con
junction with the League’s Anti-
Discrimination Department. One
initial phase of the prpj^pt will in
volve the exposure of a number of
fake “v fteran” organizations
which have been - attempting to
organize recently discharged sol
diers along religious and racial
lines, and in some instances into
political groups connected with Na-
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OHIO YOUTH ELECTED
AZA PRESIDENT
SHOKAN, N. Y.—Myron Teitel-
aum. Lima, Ohio, was elected
resident of the Aleph Zakik
Aleph, boys’ unit of the B'nai
Brith Youth Organization, at a
national camp convention here
(Aug. 29-Sept. 1).
Other officers elected to lead the
13.000 members of AZA were Louis
Lederman, Pittsburgh, vice-presi
dent; Dick Brownstein. Portland,
Oregon, secretary; and Earl Pol-
luck, Sioux City, Iowa, Junior
Commissioner of the B'nai B rith
Youth Commission.
BARS CITIZENSHIP
TO GERMAN BORN
BUENOS AIRES. (JTA i— Jews
residing in Argentina who were
born in Germany are barred from
obtaining Argentine citizenship
under recent rulings of the courts.
The courts insist that they are to
be lumped with other Germans
who are forbidden to become citi
zens under a wartime order aimed
at German and Japanese as enemy
aliens.
SISTER OF FOUNDER
OF STERN GROUP
ARRESTED AFTER 5 YEARS
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —Hannah
Stern, 25, sister of the late Abra
ham Stern, founder of the dissi
dent Stern Group, was one of the
two alleged women terrorists ar
rested during tfo week-end in a
cafe by Criminal Investigation Di
vision officials, it was reliably
learned here today.
Described by the police as “top-
grade terrorists,” the two women
were seized in a routine check in a
Jewish sector of Jerusalem. They
reported to have attempted to
flee, but, were apprehended at the
entrance of the cafe. Hannah
Stern has been on the wanted list
of the Palestine police for the
last five years. The other woman
seized with her was not identified.
Writers Favor World
Yiddish Cultural
Congress in U. S.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — More
than 200 Jewish writers, actors
and cultural leaders issued a dec
laration under their signatures,
proclaiming a drive for a world
Jewish cultural congress to be held
in the United States at the end
of this year.
The congress will seek to raise
a million dollars for Yiddish cul
tural activities in Europe, it wa*
announced last night at a confer
ence at the Capitol Hotel here,
held under the chairmanship of S.
Niger, noted Jewish literary critic.
A series of Jewish cultural confer
ences will be held in nine cities
in the U. S. and Canada in pre
paration for the projected cultural
congress, it was announced at the
conference by Mr. Jacob Pat, who
reported on the activities of the
organizational committee which is
preparing for the congress.
Prof. Brin Named
Dean of Public
Relations School
permits can no longer be issued on
compassionate grounds and that
all persons admitted to Australia
in the future must be persons sub
stantially of European origin or
descent. There will be no dis
crimination In regard to race and
religion. The agreement recently
signed by me with the Interna
tional Refugee Organization for
the acceptance of Australia of
12.000 persons a year from the
British and American zones in
Europe specifically provides that
there will be no such discrimina
tion.
“Certain Jewish organizations
which want to send people to Aus
tralia as religious groups have been
told that they cannot occupy, as
their proteges, more than 25 per
cent of the berth in any ship. Be
cause of the limited amount of
shipping available (which amounts
to 6,000 berths this year and 15,000
next year) most of the space must
be reserved for citizens of the
United Kingdom who want to make
their homes in Australia. The
number of British people registered
for passage to Australia is more
than 400.000.
BOSTON, (JTA) — President
Daniel L. Marsh of Boston Uni
versity has announced the ap
pointment of Professor Joseph G.
Brin as Assistant to the Dean of
Boston University School of Pub-
lice Relations.
Dr. Brin was for many years ac
tive ns managing editor and later
as editorial writer of the Jewish
Advocate. He Joined the Boston
University faculty in 1944 and at
tained the rank of Professor of
Speech and as Director of the Of
fice of Speech Counseling. He will
continue to be professor of speech
and speech counselor to the Uni
versity's 25,000 students.
Brin holds two degrees from
Boston University and also honor
ary degrees from other institutions
to speech education. He is the
author of four text books, the lat
est being “Speech and Human
Relations.’*
HUNGARIANS ON TRIAL
FOR AIDING NAZIS
m
BUDAPEST, (JTA)—The trial
of a group of civilians charged
with aiding the Nazis to extermi
nate Jews in Hungary the occu
pation of the country opened in
Kiskunhalas this week. The Hun
garians are also accused of robbing
the bodies of the murdered Jews.
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