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Friday, March It, 1M1
THE 80DTHE1N ISRAELITE
Berlin Awards Pension
To German Who Saved
Jews Under Nazis
BERLIN, (JTA) — A monthly
pension of 200 deutschemarks
($50) has been awarded to a 67-
year-old German sea captain and
his wife, in recognition for their
havihg helped some 400 Jews
escape from Germany during the
Nazi regime, by training them
■ to be seamen and smuggling
them aboard foreign ships in
the port of Danzig, it was an
nounced here by Senator Joach
im Lipchitz,
The sea captain, Gustav Pie-
tsch, was arrested and abused
repeatedly by the Nazis between
1933 and 1938, when he managed
to flee Germany with his wife
and three children. After work
ing several years as a sea cap
tain in Israel, Capt. Pietsch re
turned to Germany and settled
here with his wife.
Obituaries
Mrs. Theresa S. Byck
SAVANNAH — Mrs. Theresa
Sonnenberg Byck, 94, died Feb
ruary 12. Funeral services were
held February 14 at Sipple’s
Mortuary. Rabbi Solomon E.
Starrels officiated. Interment
was in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Byck was the widow of
Moses S. Byck, who with his
brother, the late David A. Byck,
operated one of Savannah’s larg
est printing concerns on Bay
Street just west of the City Hall.
A slogan of the business was
“The City Hall Is Next to Byck’s.
Born at a mining camp in a
small town in Oregon near Baker
City, Mrs. Byck was reared in
New Haven, Conn., and studied
piano both ther^ and in New
York. She moved to Savannah
in 1886. She was one of a small
group of musical people, who,
after years of effort, succeeded
in having the teaching of music
inaugurated in Chatham county
public schools 44 years ago.
Mrs. Byck was a woman of
deep religious convictions, a stu
dent of the Bible and regular in
prayer, to which she largely at
tributed her longevity.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Carlyn B. Heitler and Miss
Mildred Byck, with whom she
made her home; a brother, Al
bert Sonnenberg of San Francis
co, and several nieces and ne
phews. A son, Joseph M. Byck,
died in 1953.
Mrs. Bessie G. Silverman
Mrs. Bessie G. Silverman, 85,
of Atlanta, died March 5. Fu
neral services were held March
7 at Blanchard’s Chapel. Rabbi
Harry H. Epstein and Cantor
Joseph Schwartzman officiated.
I nterment was in Crestlawn
Cemetery.
, Born in Kovno, Russia, she
came to America in 1889. She
lived formerly in Chattanooga,
but had lived in Atlanta for the
past 35 years. She was the form
er Bessie Greenblatt.
Mrs. Silverman was a member
of Ahavath Achim Synagogue,
Hadassah and the Jewish Home.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Sam E. Levy, Atlanta; and Miss
Lilyan Silverman, Miami; bro
thers, Charles L. Greenblatt,
Knoxville; S. R. Greenblatt and
M. J. Greenblatt, both of Miami;
a sister, Mrs. Esther Abelson,
Atlanta; three grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Isadore Barkift
Isadore Barkin, 67, of Winter
Haven, Fla., died there February
28. Graveside services were held
March 2 in Greenwood Ceme
tery, Atlanta. Rabbi Harry H.
Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Schwartzman officiated.
Mr. Barkin, a native of New
Vork City, was a retired mer
chant. He lived in Atlanta 20
years before moving to Winter
Haven in 1930. He was a Mason,
a member of B’nai B’rith, and
a member of Temple Emanuel,
Lakeland, Fla.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Jean Epstein; two tons,
Marvin E. Barkin, Tampa, and
Terry S. Barkin, Winter Haven;
two brothers, Harry Barkin and
Jake Barkin, Atlanta, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Otto Blum, St. Peters
burg.
Dr. Goldmahn Outlines Views * f
On Jewish Position In Russia
Louisiana Court
Rules On
Synagogue Dispute
NEW ORLEANS, La., (JTA)—
The Louisiana State Supreme
Court has ruled in favor of mixed
seating in the Orthodox Chevra
Thilim synagogue here, revers
ing a lower court decision which
banned mixed seating in 1957.
Mixed seating was first in
stituted in the synagogue in 1956,
after a large majority of the
membership voted in favor of it
An Orthodox minority group
brought suit the following year
and secured the decision barring
mixed seating. The courts, which
normally do not rule on religious
disputes, did so in this case, since
the conditions of a trust under
which the synagogue was built
were involved.
Psychiatrist Says
Faith Distinctiveness
Keep Jewry Alive
NEW YORK, (WUP)—Speak
ing from the pulpit of the Bro
therhood Synagogue at Green
wich Village Friday night, the
noted psychiatrist and scholar,
Dr. Hirsch Loeb Gordon, told the
large audience attending the
service that faith and distinctive
ness have kept Jewry and Juda
ism alive these past two thous
and years.
Dr. Gordon, who is the author
of numerous works including
“The Maggid of Karo,” elaborat
ed on the following five points
which, he declared, are responsi
ble for the survival of Jewry
and the State of Israel despite
all persecution:
1. Unity of God; 2. love of
freedom; 3. sense of justice; 4.
equality for mankind, and 5.
spiritual life.
Rabbi Irving J. Block is the
spiritual leader of the Brother
hood Synagogue, which unique
house of worship in the heart of
Greenwich Village near Fifth
Avenue is also used by the Vil
lage Presbyterian Church under
Dr. Jesse W. Stitt.
The Kiwanis Club of the Vil
lage has voted to present the
“Men of the Year” award to
Rabbi Block and the Rev. Stitt
at a dinner to be held on April 18
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Bishop Pike Charges
Churches Plant Hatred
NEW YORK, (WUP)—Bishop
James A. Pike this week charged
that the seeds of racial and reli
gious hatred are often planted by
the churches themselves by
“what they teach, what they fail
to teach, and what they are.”
Writing in the current issue of
Look Magazine, Bishop Pike de
clared that many people respon
sible for acts of hate are Church
members. “The sad and shock
ing truth,” he said, “is that the
roots of bias reach back to the
pulpit and the Sunday School
class.”
Citing some distorted accounts
of the role of the Jews in the
crucifixion of Christ and address
ing himself to the general prob
lem of discrimination by church
members, Bishop Pike declared:
“It is disgraceful that people are
being barred from neighborhoods
and clubs. . . ”
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Klutznick’g UN “Debut”
Involves Tussle With
USSR Over China
UNITED NATIONS, (WUP)—
Philip Morris Klutznick, appoint
ed US. Minister to represent
America on the UN Economic
and Social Council, made his
“debut” here at the UN last week
in the Commission on Human
Rights on a point involving Com
munist China’s admission to the
UN.
As the Human Rights Commis
sion opened its 17th session, P.D.
Morozov of the USSR complain
ed about the non-presence in the
Commission of "a country as
powerful as China” and demand
ed that consideration be given to
his pleas for the recognition of
a representative of the Central
People’s Government of Chiga.
Phil Klutznick immediately
asked for the floor and declared
that it was “unthinkable” to
consider seating a representative
of a regime which had consist-
antly violated the principles of
the UN Charter.
Thus the issue of Red China
was quickly dismissed for the
time being, and the Commission
went to work on the election of
officers. Ambassador Chandra S.
Jha of India was elected chair
man, succeeding Mario Amadeo
of Argentina.
From all appearances, Phil
Klutznick is enjoying his new
job as a leading U.S. delegate to
the world organization.
Cuban Jewish Refugee
Family Settles In
Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) —
The first Cuban Jewish refugees
to arrive in Philadelphia to live
are a dentist and his wife and
their two daughters. Dr. Raul
Maya asked that no press photos
be taken of the family.
The family left Havana sev
eral weeks ago with five dollars
in cash and hopes for a new
life. The transfer to Philadelphia
was arranged through United
Hias Service and the Committee
for New Americans at the Jew
ish Family Service of Philadel
phia.
The dentist learned that Penn
sylvania law forbids practice of
dentistry to those who received
their dental training outside the
United States and that this ap
plied to him, a 'graduate of the
Havana Dental School, despite
the fact that he did post grad
uate work at Columbia Univer
sity and New York University.
Dr. Maya is seeking work in a
related field.
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
problem of the Jewish communi
ty in Soviet Russia is not one of
discrimination against the Jew
ish individual as a citizen but one
of unequal treatment of the Jew
ish minority as a whole -r— Dr.
Nahum Goldman, president of
the World Zionist Organization
declared at a press conference
here recently.
Dr. Goldmann deplored the
fact that in discussing this issue
at the recent meeting of the UN
Human Rights Subcommission,
too much stress was placed on
anti-Semitism in the Soviet
Union. While it is true, Dr. Gold
mann said, that anti-Semitism
exists and that some of the anti-
religious articles in the Soviet
press manifest an anti-Jewish
tenor, he felt, nevertheless, that
to accuse the Soviet Union gen
erally of anti-Semitism is un
justified and distorts the charac
ter of the real issue.
“The issue is not discrimina
tion of the Jewish individual but
the denial to the Jewish com
munity the same facilities ac
corded other religious and na
tional mjnorities.” he said. “It is
on this issue that all efforts must
concentrate. On it depends the
existence of the large Jewish
community in the Soviet Union
as a distinct group.” He added
that there were signs indicating
that the Soviet leaders begin to
realize the existence of the prob
lem. “ Although one has to be
careful in evaluating the situ
ation, one may hope that a cer
tain improvement may develop,”
he stated.
In discussing the problem of
Moroccan Jewry, Dr. Goldmann,
noting recent indications of anti-
Jewish manifestations both by
the Moroccan police and the
press, expressed the hope that
the Moroccan Government, which
till now had pursed a policy of
equal treatment of its Jewish
population will continue on this
path and that its leaning more
and more toward the Arab Lea
gue and the strengthening of
Arab nationalist tendencies in
Morocco will not express them
selves in anti-Jewish policies.
In discussing the Zionist Con
gress, recently held in Jerusalem,
Dr. Goldmann said that, contrary
to inaccurate reports in the
American press, his evaluation
of the Congress, was as a whole,
a positive one. ‘‘There was more
unanimity of view and less dif
ference of opinion than in pre
vious years,” he said. “There was
no ideological fight between
Israelis and Diaspora Zionists,
and there was no conflict be
tween Israel’s Prime Minister,
Mr. Ben-Gurion and the Zionist
Movement
“The whole movement was
united in recognizing the neces
sity of continuing and strength
ening the Zionist movement and
the vital tasks It has to fulfill
in -helping consolidate the State
of Israel and create and foster
the ties between the Diaspora and
Israel without which the future
of both would be endangered,”
Dr. Goldmann continued. 'There
was also general agreement on
the necessity to enlarge the
movement and bring in all those
communities and organizations
which are ready to accept Zionist
philosophy and the Zionist
cept of Jewish life with Israel as
its center. There was also unani
mity regarding the necessity of
an ideological offensive' on Dia
spora Jewry, especially in order
to substantially increase the im
migration to Israel from the free
world.
‘The sensational talk about dis*
solving the Zionist organization
and creating a new overall Jew
ish body is based on many fal
lacies,” Dr. Goldmann said.
“First, it is not correct that the
totality of the Jewish people ac
cept the Zionist concept of Is
rael’s role and the Zionist solu-,
tion of the Jewish problem. Also,
there is no reason why those who
do accept it cannot be united
within the Zionist movement
with its great history and proud
record of achievement. To speak
of dissolving the Zionist organi
zation and creating something
new is one of those dilettante
good advices which do not com
prehend the realities of Jewish
life and the tremendous diffi
culties involved in creating such
an overall organization.”
Dutch Condemn
Arab Boycott
AMSTERDAM, (JTA) — The
Dutch Government strongly con
demned this past week Dutch ex
porters who discriminate against
Jews and Israel in order to do
business with the United Arab
Republic. The criticism was made
by Dr. Hepdrik Vanhouten, the
State Secretary, in closing two
days of debate on the issue in
the Dutch Parliament. He said
the Government would consider
measures in the situation.
At a previous session, Dr. Jos
eph Luns, Dutch Foreign Minis-
ster asserted that a Dutch miat-
tive to press the United Arab
Republic to give Israel shipping
unhampered transit through the
Suez Canal probably would not
help Israel and would probably
produce *undesirable complica
tions.
He spoke after Liberal MP’s
expressed anxiety over recent
UAR demands that Dutch ex
porters cease trading with Israel.
The deputies called on Mr. Luns
to reject the UAR demands and
to provide credit facilities for
Dutch exporters trading with Is
rael Israel Ambassador Hanan
Cidor was present in the House
during the debate.
The UAR threat to blacklist
Dutch shipping and to close the
Suez Canal to Dutch tankers if
the firms continued to trade
with Israel or refused to dismiss
Jewish personnel was discussed
by Secretary Vanhouten and
Liberal deputy S. Kortweg. They
suggested that since there were
not contractual relations between
Holland and the UAR, that Dutch
industry should make rts own de
cisions on non-acceptable con
tract terms.
The Van Ommeren Shipping
Company of Rotterdam mean
while yielded to UAR pressures
and decided to terminate arrange
ments with the Zim-Israel Ship
ping Company by which the
Rotterdam firm represented the
Haifa company in the Nether
lands
LYDDA AIRPORT, Israel:—Moshe Kol, yvorld head of Youth
Aliyah, is shown welcoming the 100,000th child to be accepted by
Youth Aliyah since its inception in 1934. She is 12-year-old, Teheran-
born Sharifa Faribash, who said upon arrival at Lydda Airport that
now that she is in Israel, “I will be called Tamara.” The event was
a high point in Israel's observance of the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Henrietta Szold. founder of Hadassah and first administrator
of Youth Aliyah. Hadassah is the official representative of Youth
Aliyah in the United States and that agency's largest financial sup
porter.