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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1957 NO. 40
1,000 UJA Leaders To Hold
Parley In Israel Next June
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, (JTA) —
The largest group of American
leaders ever to meet in the State
Morocco's Crown
Prince Attends
Synagogue Services
RABAT, Morocco, (JTA) —
Prince Moulay Hassen, Crown
Prince of Morocco, attended the
Yom Kippur services at a syna
gogue here October 5. It was the
first time a member of the ruling
family of this Moslem country
attended High Holy Day services.
In a short address to the con
gregation, the Prince extended his
father’s greetings to Moroccan
Jewry and called for a “common
Arab-Jewish effort to build the
new Morocco.” Prayers were of
fered in Arabic and Hebrew for
King Mohammed V, the Prince’s
father, and for other members of
the royal family.
Last Thursday, the King pre -
sided over a pageant of 4,000 vol
unteer workers rwho built a road
between the sections of Morroco
formerly held by France and
Spain. Among the volunteer labor
ers were a large number of Jews,
many of them students in the
ORT schools of this country.
Egypt's Jews
Still Persecuted
NE WYORK, (AJP) — The In
stitute of Jewish Affairs of the
World Jewish Congress released
a booklet this week in which
it reveals that “Egypt’s quiet but
ruthless despoliation of Egyptian
Jewry continues unabated with
no overt protests from other na
tions.”
The WJC report, based on a
careful survey of the situation,
states that Nasser, “using the Si
nai episode as a pretext, had be
gun to eliminate the country’s
45,000 Jews in November, 1956.
There were no specific anti-Jew
ish laws nor were there wide
spread physical attacks then,” the
report adds. “About 1,000 were
arrested; many were forced to
quit Egypt under threat of de
tention; many, deprived of bus
inesses or jobs or forced out of
the professions, had no option but
to emigrate. Within two months
after Sinai a mass exodus was
in full swing. By September
1957, about half of Egypt’s 45,
000 Jews had left.
The WJC survey, titled “Egypt
In September 1957,” reveals fur
ther that “in addition to German
Nazis, two prominent Swiss, one
Italian, and one Swedish Nazi are
reported to be in Egypt. All in
all, about 2000 former Nazis are
allegedly active in Egypt.”
of Israel will gather in Jerusalem
next Spring when the nationwide
United Jewish Appeal expects
more than 1,000 delegates from
communities throughout the Unit
ed States at an extraordinary
three-day UJA anniversary con
ference to be held in June. Plans
for this spectacular event were
made public by Morris W. Berin-
stein, president of the UJA.
The overseas gathering, Mr.
Berinstein said, “will give Jewish
communal leaders and UJA sup
porters who will be in Israel at
a time when its people are cele
brating their 10th Anniversary of
Independence, the opportunity to
see and assess for themselves the
great humanitarian achievements
they helped bring into being.”
The UJA president pointed out
that the conference will be a high-
spot of the year in which UJA
will mark its o^n twentieth year
of humanitarian effort. “During
the past two decades the organiza
tion has aided more than 2,600,000
persons in need and saved more
than 1,300,000 lives,” he stated.
Golda Meir Appeals
For Peace At U. N.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct.
7. (JTA) — Combining firmness
toward the Arab states with pleas
for Arab-Israel peace, Mrs. Golda
Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister,
today challenged Israel’s Middle
East neighbors to adopt a realistic
attitude and c o n c e d e that the
Jewish State is here to stay. She
enunciated her government’s for
eign policies in her first formal
address to the General Assembly
this session.
“Israel is here, growing, de
veloping, progressing,” Mrs. Meir
declared. “We are an old, tena
cious people and, as our history
has proved, not easily destroyed.”
Addressing the Arab delegates
directly, Mrs. Meir said: “Like
you, we have regained our na
tional independence and as with
you, so with us, nothing will
cause us to give it up. We are
here to stay. Israel will exist and
flourish even without peace, but
surely a future of peace would
Compulsion' Author Levin to Talk
At Atlanta B. B. Dinner-Meeting
Meyer Levin, author of “Com
pulsion,” will be the guest speak
er at a combined dinner-meeting
Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Mayfair
Club under sponsorship of Atlanta
Lodge, B’nai B’rith Women and
Gate City Lodge.
Mr. Levin has distinguished
himself during the last quarter
century as a writer on Jewish his
tory in America, Europe and Is
rael. His panoramic novel of Chi
cago, “The Old Bunch,” is re
garded as an outstanding fiction
al work. Among his later works
were “In Search” and “Yehuda.”
He wrote and co-produced the
first feature picture made in Pal
estine, “My Father’s House.”
A native of Chicago and a grad
uate of the University of Chicago,
Mr. Levin was a reporter on the
Chicago Daily News. He has con
tributed widely to periodicals,
being the author of many articles
of non-fiction as well as short
stories.
Reservations for the dinner can
MEYER LEVIN
be made at $3.50 a person
Sidney Parks, JA. 3 2965.
with
The Southern Israelite This Week Spotlights
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
OF FULTON LODGE 216, F.&A.M.
See material on Pages 4,9,10,11 and 12
be better both for Israel and for
her neighbors. We have not the
slightest doubt that eventually
there will be peace and coopera
tion between us. We are pre
pared; we are anxious to bring
it about now.”
Mrs. Meir also challenged the
Soviet Union on its Middle East
policy and specifically named
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Andrei
A. Gromyko. Citing the fact that
Mr. Gromyko has already told
the General Assembly that the
USSR places “much emphasis” on
peaceful co-existence betlween
states, Mrs. Meir said that Israel
stands committed to co-existence
“with all its heart and soul.”
“But,” Mrs. Meir asked, “is the
massive and uninterrupted inflow
of weapons of destruction into
our region, to states that deny
the right of existence to a neigh
bor state, remotely likley to bring
about the desirable end? We be
lieve that that is a question which
answers itself, and we feel entitl
ed to ask Mr. Gromyko whether
the principle he has adumbrated
for all does not apply also to
our part of the world.”
Declaring that there is “a dead
ly spiral” in the Middle East
through the provision of arms to
the Arab states, not only by the
Soviet Union but also by “other”
countries, Mrs. Meir quoted Sec
retary of State John Foster Dulles
to prove her contention that the
armaments race in the Middle
East is “risky business.”
Mrs. Meir pleaded with the
Arab states to shift from an arm
aments race to economic develop
ments. She pointed out that Jor
dan, Syria, Iraq and Egypt have
been spending relatively small
amounts for health and educa
tion but their “defense” budgets
have amounted to at least $930,
000,000 in the last three years.
On behalf of Israel, she assured
the Assembly that the Jewish
State is as much interested in
global and regional disarmament
as are all other countries. How
ever, she pointed out, violations
of the UN Charter in the Middle
East constitute a “basic factor in
the unrest and tension in our
area.” Egypt, she continued, is
operating the Suez Canal “under
an illegal system of discrimina
tion,” disregarding not only a
Security Council decision of 1951
providing for freedom of passage
through the waterway, but flag
rantly violating principles adopt
ed by the Council only a year
ago.
She pointed out that “Arab po
litical terrorism and obstruction”
and “the ramified boycott opera
tions of the Arab League against
Israel” affect even the work of
the UN specialized agencies in the
fields of health, education and
To Arabs
Assembly
agriculture.
Mrs. Meir reminded the As
sembly that Israel has addressed,
through Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold, questions regard
ing Egypt’s and Syria’s insistence
on “maintance of a state of war
with Israel.” The Secretary Gen
eral has received no reply from
either Arab country, Mrs. Meir
said.
Alluding to the vituperative
call issued in the Assembly last
week by Saudi Arabia’s spokes
man who called for the liquida
tion of Israel, the Israel Foreign
Minister said that the Saudi Arab
ian statement ‘Va3 perhaps too
ludicrous to be worthy of notice.”
One of the basic questions re
garding the Middle East, Mrs.
Meir said, is whether the Arab
states “are ready to change their
outlook and policy and to bring
them into conformity with charter
principles — especially those
which concern the independence
and integrity of each member
state.”
“The position of Israel has been
stated on many previous occasions
and remains unchanged. It seeks
peace above all. It remains ever
ready to defend itself if attacked,
but it has never had and has
now no aggressive intentions or
designs against the integrity or
independence of any of its neigh
bors.” As a preliminary to peace
in the area, Mrs. Meir went on,
Continued on Page 8
Gastonia Rabbi
Fatally Hurt in
Storm Dimout
GASTONIA — Rabbi Jerome
B. Cohen, 34, was fatally injured
September 30 in an automobile
accident about a month after as
suming his duties as spiritual
leader of Temple Emanuel here.
A thunderstorm had caused
city polwer failure which had cut
off street and traffic lights as
the rabbi was crossing U.S. 74 en
route home from the temple, late
at night. The driver of the other
car, a nurse en route to duty at
Gaston Memorial Hospital, was
slightly injured.
Rabbi Cohen was taken to
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
where he died of brain injuries.
Rabbi Cohen had formerly
served congregations at Closter,
N. J., and at Salem, Ala. He was
a native of Carmel, Pa., and a
graduate of Hebrew Union Col
lege.
His wife and two children sur
vive.
Atlanta Institute of Jewish Studies Opens Term Wednesday Oct. 23
The Atlanta Institute of Jewish
Studies will open on Wednesday
night, Oct. 23, according to Lewis
Cenker, president of the Atlanta
Bureau of Jewish Education.
This is the fifth year of the
Institute and, once again, it of
fers the Jewish adults in our com
munity an opportunity to partici
pate in an exciting learning ex
perience, Mr. Cenker said.
All Institute classes will meet
in the Atlanta Jewish Communi
ty Center on Wednesday nights.
The Fall term of the Institute be
gins October 23 and continues for
nine consecutive weeks through
December 18. Two sessions are
held each Wednesday night — the
first from 8:10 to 9:00 p.m., and
the second from 9:05 to 10:00 p.m.
An assembly of all the students
is held at 10 p.m., when special
programs are presented and re
freshments served.
Irving Libowsky, chairman of
the Atlanta Institute Committee,
reports that “13 stimulating
courses” will be offered during
the Fall term: Advanced, Ele
mentary and Intermediate He
brew; Education; Enduring Ideas
in Jewish Literature; Ethics of
the Fathers; God in Search of
Man; The Jefw and Social Issues;
Jewish Art Today; Leadership
Training; the Lifetime of a Jew;
The Making of the Modem Jew;
Where Judaism Differed.
Members of the Institute facul
ty for the Fall term are: Mrs. Jo
seph Albert, Rabbi Joseph Cohen,
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, Irving
Fried, Maurice Gold, Alex Kam-
inetsky, Joseph Margolis, Morris
Mitzner, Rabbi Jacob M. Roths
child, Jacob W. Salz, Joseph Shu-
chatowitz, David Slavitt and Leon
Steinberg.
The faculty for the Winter term
will include: Rabbi Harry H. Ep
stein, Dr. Joseph Golden, Dr. Jo
seph Glazer, Mr. Arthur Kauf
man, Rabbi Sydney K. Mossman,
Samuel H. Rosenberg and others.
The registration fee for the In
stitute is $3.50 per person for
each term.
A minimum of 10 students will
be required for any course (not
including language courses). The
maximum number of students in
any one course will be limited to
35. Course assignments will be
made in the order of registrations.
Samuel H. Rosenberg, executive
director of the Atlanta Bureau of
Jewish Education and director of
the Atlanta Institute of Jewish
Studies, will be available for con
sultation on selection of courses.
Members of the community are
urged by officials to register early
so as to be assured of the courses
of their choice. Registrations may
be made through the mail, by
calling the Bureau office — JA.
5-4825 — or on the evening of
October 23 at 7 p.m. at the At
lanta Jewish Community Center.
Further information concerning
the courses of study and the In
stitute of Jewish studies can be
secured from the Atlanta Bureau
of Jewish Education.