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“Why Don’t You Help My J ews”
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village of Bzou It is tucked away lost its raison d’etre. In the
in a crevice of the Central Atlas
Mountains and it has a popula
tion of about 1,500 people. But
there are Jews living in Bzou
and Bzou has a Jewish problem.
The problem first came to light
in a letter received at the Casa
blanca office of the Joint Distri
bution Committee a few months
ago from someone named Cha-
kib M. Abderrahman. Actually,
the letter was signed “Caid
Chakib.” A caid is a judge. Caid
Chakib is also the Sheikh of
Bzou. He is also the postmaster.
In his letter Caid Chakib stated
that he had heard about the
wonderful work that the Joint
was doing for Jews in Morocco.
“I have Jews in my town too,”
he wrote indignantly. "They are
very poor and they need very
much help. Why don’t you do
something for my Jews?” His
letter then went on to list 16
Jewish families, numbering 130
men, women and children, liv
ing in Bzou, and asked for im
mediate shipment of food and
clothing to them.
Nobody in the JDC office had
ever heard of Bzou, let alone
that there was a Jewish com
munity there. Finally it was lo
cated on the map. Two days
later a JDC staff member made
the four-hour trip from Marra
kech into Bzou.
Bzou is an old settlement, at
one time very much larger than
it is now, and situated on one
of the trails by which the camel
and donkey caravans cross the
Atlas mountains in going be
tween the desert in the South
and the plain cities in the north.
The main auto routes cross the
meantime, however, there are,
as Chakib wrote, still 16 Jewish
families left.
The decline in the fortunes of
Bzou has been particularly hard
on the Jewish population, for
virtually their only occupation
is saddle-making. For centuries
now they have been the tradi
tional makers and menders of
camel and donkey saddles, and
today there are fewer and fewer
saddles to make and mend. Un
like their Moslem neighbors,
they don’t own little bits of
terrace land on which they can
raise some food for themselves.
Many have already left, some
going to Israel, some swelling the
Jewish populations of the al
ready overcrowded m e 11 a h s
(ghettoes) in the larger cities.
But these 16 families still remain.
The first shipment of food, in
cluding a generous amount of
U.S. Department of Agriculture
surplus supplies, has already
been sent into the town by JDC.
A distribution of clothing has
been made for the 87 Jewish
children. Funds for JDC’s activi
ties in Morocco, like other as
pects of its overseas programs,
are provided by the United Jew
ish Appeal.
Eventually all the Jews of
Bzou will leave, seeking an
escape from poverty and lack of
opportunity, seeking communi
ties where their children will get
schooling and have contact with
other Jewish children. In the
meantime, however, the good
Caid Chakib is happy—his Jews
are being taken care of, like
the others in Morocco.
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LONDON, (JTA) — The first
Mayor of Vienna under the Hit
ity of the caravans now follow
NEW YORK CALM
ON YOM KIPPUR
NEW YORK, (AJP) — Yom
Kippur had a paralyzing effect
ler regime, Dr. Hermann Neu-
bacher, has been appointed by
the newly-formed Austrian Air
lines, a firm partly under the
Princeton Student
Clubs Seek to Avoid
Charges of Bias
PRINCETON, N.J., (JTA) —
Princeton University’s dining
clubs, center of a controversy
last year over alleged anti-Semi
tic discrimination in accepting
new members, moved today to
avoid the likelihood of new
charges.
In an unprecedented move, the
Interclub Committee, ruling body
of the eating clubs, Princeton’s
equivalent of fraternities, wrote
to 14 students, now juniors, who
had not been accepted in last
year’s “bicker” and suggested
that either they approach the
clubs on their own or wait for
an approach from the clubs.
The 14, unlike some other
sophomores who failed to re
ceive invitations to join a club
last year, have not taken ad
vantage of alternate eating fa
cilities offered by the University.
“Bicker” has not in the past
been extended to students other
than sophomores.
Israel Government
To Buy $7,000,000
Tanker From Jdpan
JERUSALEM, Oct. 6, (JTA)—
An Israeli Government decision
to purchase a second huge oil
tanker from Japanese shipyards
was announced here today. It
has also been decided to build a
large shipyard at Haifa, with
the participation of the Japanese.
Both decisions were reached by
the Cabinet committee of eco
nomic ministers.
The new 47,000 ton tanker will
cost $7,000,000, which represents
a saving of $1,500,000 below the
price of the first Japanese tank
er ordered by Israel. The cur
rent world-wide shipbuilding
slump contributed to the lower
price.
The first phase of the ship
yard project at Haifa will cost
an estimated $10,000,000, which
the Japanese will supply 30 per
cent in the form of equipment,
it was learned. There is said to
be a possibility that French in
vestors will join the venture.
Zim Establishes
Kennedy to Press
Anti-Dynamite Bill
B O S T ON, MASS. — Senator
John F. Kennedy (Dem.-Mass.)
said this week the bombing of
a Jewish Temple in Atlanta,
makes it imperative that Con
gress next year pass his federal
anti-dynamite bill.
In a telegram to Senate Ma
jority Leader Lyndon Johnson
(Dem.-Texas), Senator Kennedy
urged that his bill be scheduled
for early action next year.
Since most bombings of this
type seem to stem from inter
state transportation of explos
ives, the Kennedy Anti-Dyna
mite Bill would authorize fed
eral law enforcement officials to
apprehend those guilty of “out
rages such as the dynamiting of
the school at Clinton, Tenn., and
the Temple in Atlanta.”
B f nai B f rith to Honor
Bernard Baruch
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, (JTA)—
B’nai B’rith will honor Bernard
M. Baruch at its 115th annual
meeting in New York next
month, it was announced here
today. The 88-year-old financier
and philanthropist will be cited
for “his imprint on future gen
erations” at a B’nai B’rith ban
quet saluting American youth
November 17 at the Waldorf
Astoria. Mr. Baruch will receive
the B’nai B’rith President’s Med
al from Philip M. Klutznick,
head of the 400,000-member or
ganization.
The three-day annual meeting
will begin the preceding day at
tended by representatives of
B’nai B’rith’s 11 regional dis
tricts covering the United States,
Canada and 33 other nations of
the free world. The testimonial
to Mr. Baruch will also formally
inaugurate a metropolitan New
York campaign to promote the
organization’s multiple youth ac
tivities. B’nai B’rith sponsors a
nationwide vocation counseling
service; the largest Jewish teen
age youth movement in the
world in its B’nai B’rith Youth
Organizations, and the Hillel
Foundations program of spirit
ual and cultural activities for
Jewish college students on the
campuses of 211 universities.
upon this largest city in the control of the Austrian Goverm- Qpypo Service From
world usually referred to as nient, as financial advisor to the
company, it was reported here
as
an “Irish-Jewish Canyon.” A
strange calm hovered over
the Metropoli tan area as
most Jews had taken to their
respective houses of worship. In
City, State and Federal offices,
the Irish had relieved the Jew
ish workers in the same manner
as the Jews relieve them during
Catholic holidays. There was one
exception: At Fifth Avenue at
65th and 62nd Streets the
traffic was jammed. The reason:
Reform Temple Emanu El and
the new Orthodox Fifth Avenue
shull which turned away thous
ands.
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today.
Dr. Neubacher was appointed
to the Mayoralty of Vienna by
Hitler on March 13, 1938, two
days after the Nazi dictator
forced his “anschluss” on the
country. He served in the post
until 1940, when the Nazi gov
ernment in Berlin appointed him
economic coordinator for the
Balkans, with the rank of am
bassador. He served in that post
until the end of World War II.
Dr. Neubacher will receive a
salary of 20,000 shillings a
month—4,000 shillngs more than
the monthly salary of an Aus
trian Cabinet member. The new
airline, AUA, has been formed
by the government in coopera
tion with some private financial
backing in this country and in
collaboration with the Dutch
and Scandinavian Airlines. A
number of anti-Nazis in Austria
as well as in the Netherlands
and in some of the Scandinavian
countries are understood to be
preparing to protest Dr. Neu-
bacher’s appointment.
U.S. to West Africa
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The es
tablishment of the Seven Stars
Line to provide fast, frequent
and dependable frieght service
between the United States and
West Africa, was announced here
today on behalf of the Zim Is
rael Navigation Company by
the American-Israeli Shipping
Company, U.S. representatives
of the Zim line.
The new service, employing
both Israel-flag and chartered
vessels, will be inaugurated by
the “Clivia” which starts load
ing for U.S. ports on October
24th at Lobito, Portuguese An
gola, the announcement said.
The “Clivia,” also loading cargo
at Luanda, Matadi, Douala, La
gos, Takoradi, Abidjan and Mon
rovia, is due in New York about
November 21 and will sail for
West Africa on or about No
vember 28. Subsequent sailings
will be made by the “Dagan”
and the “Lealott," the former
ship offering space for refrig
erated cargo.
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Neo-Nazi Editor
Sentenced in Germany
BONN, (JTA)—A Bonn court
has imposed a suspended five-
month sentence on the editor of
a neo-Nazi magazine for falsely
declaring that the leader of the
Social Democratic Party in West
Germany had promised, if elect
ed Chancellor, to send German
troops and arms to Israel to help
the Jewish State.
The court convicted and sent
enced Otto Karl Duepow for also
writing in the pro-Arab “Deutsch
Afrika Orient Information” that
Erich Ollenhauer, the Social
Democratic Party chieftain, was
married to a Jewish woman and
that their daughter had volun
teered to serve in the Israeli
Army. The prosecution had
charged that the statements
were liberlous.
OBITUARIES
RICH UNVEILING
Friends and relatives of Mrs.
Charles (Mary Siegel) Rich are
cordially invited to attend the
unveiling ceremonies in memory
of Charles Rich, Sunday, Oct. 26,
12:00 p.m. (Central Time), at
the Khesseth Israel Cemetery
in Birmingham.
GORDON UNVEILING
Friends and relatives are cor
dially invited to attend unveil
ing ceremonies in memory of
Mrs. Dave (Miriam Kantor)
Gordon, Sunday, October 26, at
3:00 p.m., at Greenwood Ceme
tery. Rabbi Sydney K. Mossman
will officiate.
Mrs. David Glassman
Mrs. David B. Glassman, 78, a
long-time resident of Atlanta,
died October 11 in her home
town of Savannah. Funeral serv
ices were held October 13 at
Blanchard’s Chapel. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Schwartzman officiated. Inter
ment was in Greenwood Ceme
tery.
A native of Russia, Mrs. Glass-
man came to the United States
in 1900. She moved to Atlanta in
1906 and lived here until recent
months.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph L. Angel, Atlanta,
and Mrs. Morris Cutler, Balti
more, Md.; three sons, Sam J.
Glasman, Macon; Harry Glass-
man, Atlanta, and Fred Glass-
man, Savannah.
MRS. KATIE CLEIN
Mrs. Katie Clein, 87, of 260-
14th St., N. W., died October 9.
Funeral services were held Oc
tober 10 at Blanchard’s Chapel.
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein and
Cantor Joseph Schwartzman of
ficiated. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery.
Mrs. Clein was a member of
the Ahavath Achim Congrega
tion and was active in the Sister
hood of the Congregation and
the Hadassah.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
H. S. Valensky, Atlanta, and a
sister, Mrs. Esther Katzoff, Oak
land, Calif.
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oj
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OFFICE
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RESIDENCE
TR. 2-6504
1679 WESTVIEW DRIVE, S.W.
(Opposite Westview Cemetery)
Atlanta, Georgia
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