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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - y>o * a
XXXV ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1960 • NO. 38
Spiritual Leaders of All Faiths
Nix Religious Issue in Elections
Non-Jew Who Acted
For Arabs in Israel
Arrested in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA)—An
American non-Jew who posed as
a Jewish victim of nazism in
order to get a free ride from
here to Israel, then allegedly
turned into an agent for Arab
countries, was held for trial in
United States District Court here
after arraignment before U. S.
Commissioner Joseph Karesh.
The story was told to Com
missioner Karesh by Assistant
U.S. Attorney James B. Schnake,
at a hearing for James T. Moore,
28, formerly a resident of Oak
land, Calif. According to Mr.
Schnake, Moore had “surrender
ed” to immigration authorities
last year, swearing falsely that
he was a Jewish refugee from
Nazi persecution, who had come
to the U.S.A. illegally. He said
his real name was Jacob Itzhak
Mohr. The immigration authori
ties deported him to Israel.
In Israel, according to the U.S.
Attorney, Moore worked for a
time in a kibbutz. Then he al
legedly established contact with
agents for the United Arab Re
public, helping spread anti-Israel
propaganda in the UAR, Leban
on and Jordan. He was finally
arrested by Israeli authorities.
Then, in order to obtain a free
ride back to the United States,
he pretended he was a 'Cffthhltr,
and got a priest to pay his fare
back to Oakland.
JOHANNESBURG, (JTA) —
Forty Jewish men are now in
Leopoldville, capital of the
strife-wracked Republic of the
Congo, having reopened their
businesses there, Rabbi Moshe
Levy, of the Congo, reported
here this week on a stopover
during his return to Eliza be th-
ville, in Katanga. Rabbi Levy
said there were no Jewish wom
en or children in Leopoldville.
He emphasized that all Congo
Jews have been traced, and
none is« missing.
He reaffirmed statements
made in an interview in Brussels
to the effect that many refugees
had returned to Elizabethville
and that local authorities and the
population of the secessionist
province of Katanga were treat
ing Jews there well.
The rabbi sought to correct
here what he termed inaccurate
press reports of his statements
in Brussels. He said that the
statement that he took his chil
dren to Israel and was sending
them to school in Brussels was
incorrect, adding that his family
had been in Salisbury since the
native rebellion aginst European
whites first broke out in the
Congo.
“I went alone to Israel, to
gether with a group of Congo
refugees, to explore the posibili-
ties for settlement in Israel of
Congo Jewish refugees,” the
Congo rabbi said. “I had dis-
cusaed various plans with Israel
officials and with the Jewish
Asmey , and than , went to Brua-
saie to oontact Congolese refu
gees there and to acquaint them
with larael possibilities.” He re
ported that several of the refu
gees decided to go to Israel and
Rogosin Plant
Starts Production
of Nylon Yarn
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The first
nylon yarns are coming out of
the Rogosin Industries of Israel
plant at Ashdod, while produc
tion of polypropylene fibers is
scheduled to start next January
1, it was reported here. Output
of each is expected to be 2,500,-
000 pounds a year. Between 25
and 40 percent of the production
will meet Israel’s domestic re
quirements and the surplus will
be exported.
Israel Rogosin, founder of the
$20,000,000 enterprise, said that
the plant would produce goods
to the value of $12,000,000 in
1961. Semi-processed fibers for
the rayon production and chemi
cals for nylon and polypropylene
are to be imported at a cost of
about $7,000,000 so that the add
ed value accruing to Israel will
be some $5,000,000.
Mr. Rogosin said that under an
agreement reached in 1958 with
the Israeli Government, $9,000,-
000 worth of shares were sub
scribed by Stockholders and the
Government undertook to in
vest $11,000,000. He said he
hadn’t asked the Government to
put any money into the enter
prise but that now he would call
on it to supply working capital
to keep the enterprise working
at full capactiy. He added that
hn own investment Jt»d. bMU.
$6,000,0 00 ana that most of his
shares had been oontributed to
charities in the U.S. and Israel.
were currently preparing for re
settlement there.
“I was also wrongly reported
as saying that I urged Jewish
refugees from Katanga to use
the facilities for resettlement of
fered by South Africa,” Rabbi
Levy stressed. “My efforts have
been exclusively directed toward
resettlement of refugees in Is
rael. I appreciate the South Afri
can Government’s offer of help
to all refugees from the Congo
without discrimination of race
or creed, but I personally have
not been in touch with South
African authorities; and the
statement about this attributed
to me in the Brussels report was
not made by me.
“On my way here I stopped
NEW YORK, (JTA)—One hun
dred .American clergymen, lay
religious leaders and scholars—
including representatives of the
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and
Greek Orthodox faiths — have
issued a statement opposing
“vigorously all attempts to make
religious affiliation the basis of
the voter’s choice of candidates
for public office.” Such practice,
the statement declared, is a “vi
cious practice and repugnant to
all honorable Americans” be
cause it sets “class against class,
race against race and religion
against religion.”
The following set of principles
Ws put forth by the signers as
guides to voters this year:
Exclusion of the members of
any faith from public office
violates the Constitution; the
bearing of the religious views of
a candidate upon his decisions
in public office is a public mat
ter; an office holder who can
not reconcile the responsibilities
of his oath of office with his
conscience should resign; voters
should not support a candidate
solely because no one of his
faith hat «ver*heen elected to a
over in Leopoldville and con
tacted the Jews who remained
there, and reported to them the
cordial reception the Jewish
Agency accorded me and the
possibilities of immigration and
assistance which the Agency
was prepared to render to Congo
Jews,” the Congo rabbi reported.
(From Bulawayo, Rhodesia, it
was reported this week that an
other group of Jewish refugees
from the Congo left for Israel.
This is the third group of refu
gees that proceeded from Rhod
esia to Israel for permanent
settlement there. Altogether,
about 60 Congo Jews emigrated
to Israel from Rhodesia since
t h e turbulent developmenis
started in the Congo.)
should seek to influence or domi
nate public officials for its own
advantage; no religious group
should be given special advant
ages by the State or be allowed
to use state agencies to restrict
other faiths; candidate’s faith
should be viewed In its best
light, rather than its worst.
All the Jewish signers are
connected with constituent agen
cies of the Synagogue Council of
America, which is composed of
rabbinical and congregational
representatives of the three
branches of American Judaism—
Reform, Orthodox and Conserva
tive. The signers include;
Rabbi William F. Rosenblum,
former president of the Syna
gogue Council; Rabbi Maurice
N. Eisendrath, president of the
Union of American Hebrew Con
gregations; Moses I. Feuerstein,
president, Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations; Rabbi
Bernard Bamberger, president,
Central Conference of American
Rabbis; Rabbi Edward S. Sand-
row, president, Rabbinical As
sembly of America; Rabbi Chas.
Weinberg, president, Rabbinical
Council of Amefrca.
Also, Rabbi Jay Kaufman, vice
president, Union of American
Hebrew Congregations; Herbert
Berman, recording secret ary,
Synagogue Council of America;
Rabbi Sidney L. Regner, execu
tive vice president, Central Con
ference of American Rabbis;
Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, executive
vice president, Rabbinical As
sembly of America; Rabbi Israel
Klavan, executive director, Rab
binical Council of America; Rab
bi Morris Adler, Detroit; Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg, Englewood,
N. J.; Morris Laub, director.
Joint Commission for Social Ac
tion, United Synagogue of
America.
In a television broadcast Mon
day night Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon said that it would
be "tragic” if the upcoming
Presidential election were de
termined in whole or in part, on
the basis of the religious issue.
He called upon Senator Kennedy
to agree to g “cut-off date” for
all talk about religion in the
campaign. “As far as I am con
cerned,” Mr. Nixon said, “I will
refuaa to discuss religion.’* He
added that he had no doubt that
Sen. Kennedy would put the
constitution above his faith.
(Senator Kennedy said in
California that he had watched
Mr. Nixon bn television Monday
night and that he wished all
political debate on the religious
issue could be cut off “right
now.”)
Holiday Kit to
Small Towns
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Jewish
families in small comm unities
and isolated areas who are un
able to obtain a rabbi or student
rabbi to conduct High Holy Day
services will receive special
assistance and guidance this year
from the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations so that
they may condtfdf their own, H
was announced here this week.
The groups are being offered
a unique High Holy Day kit by
the New Congregations Depart
ment of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations. This aid
is being offered only to those
groups who do not reside near
one of the Reform Uynples
The kit contains mimeographed
material describing steps on
how to conduct a service, prop
er use of the Union Prayerbook,
High Holy Day sermons, direc
tions and music for blowing the
shofar or ram’s bom, a sample
children’s religious service, and
guidance on the organization of
committees to handle the various
phases of worship details. In
addition, the folder includes a
list of religious materials such as
prayerbooko, altar cloths, kid-
dush cups, shofars, Torah cov
ers and music, and where these
objects may be obtained for the
conducting of the service.
President Eisenhower's
Rash Hashonah Message
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—President Eisenhower has
isued from the White House the following Rosh Hashonah
statement through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, extend
ing his greetings to American Jewry:
“During tht Mason of the Jewish High Holy Days it
is always a pleasure to extend greetings to my fellow citi
zens of the Jewish faith.
“1 know this is a time of deep meaning for them. In
the honored tradtUm of their ancient faith, they are led
to specal acts of contrition, thanksgiving and prase. Sus
tained by the creative and moral power of their fathers’
God, they enter their new year with confidence.
This is my last opportunity to extend greetings on this
occasion, but as a private citixen I shall continue to remem
ber these Holy Days each year with warmth and respect.
'‘DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER”
public office.
Also: No religious organisation
All Congo Jews Traced, None
Missing; Businesses Reopened