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ra«« Flee
In Jerusalem
Ancient Library Discovered
In Condemned Structure
Moscow Reports
Rehabilation of
Stalin Martyr
LONDON (JTA)— A museum
in memory of Peretz Markish, the
Soviet Yiddish writer and poet
who was killed during the Stalin
purge of Jewish intellectuals, has
been established in Polonne, Rus
sia, the birthplace of the Jewish
literary figure, it was reported
here from Moscow.
The Markish Museum, which is
part of the general museum of
the town, contains manuscripts
and other mementos of his life
and works. Accounts of the
opening of the museum, which
appeared in the Soviet press re
ceived here described the Yiddish
poet as “tragically lost.” During
the Stalin purges, Markish was
arrested, deported from Moscow,
and never heard from again.
In a related development, a
switch In the doctrinate Soviet
opposition to Hebrew appeared to
be indicated in a lengthy article
in the current Sovietisch Helm-
land, a Yiddish bi-monthly, by its
editor-in-chief. Hebrew has al
ways been treated by the Russian
communists as a “tool of Zion
ism and capitalism.”
Editor Samuel Vergelis de
clared in the article that it was
“silly” to treat Hebrew as a part
of a reactionary paraphernalia.
He wrote that Hebrew is used by
“progressive” Israeli writers
“fighting for a better order of so
ciety.” The fact that Bialik wrote
in Hebrew Vergelis declared,
must not be considered as dim
inishing from his value as a Jew
ish poet.
Israel-Jordan
Armistice Unit Haps
Jordan For Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Is-
real-Jordan Mixed Armistice
Commission last week condemned
Jordan “in the most strenuous
terms” for a shooting affray on
September 3, in which an Israeli
workman was killed near Jeru
salem.
The killing occurred when
Jordanians fired across the Jer
usalem demarcation lines at a
truck transporting workers at the
Orah settlement. The commission
called the shooting “a flagrant
breach” of the armistice and call
ed on Jordan to take “appropri
ate measures” to prevent a recur
rence. The commission also con
demned Israel for firing across
the same lines, presumably after
the Jordan shooting, because ev
idence showed that the Israel ac
tion was not necessarily “an ex
change of fire.”
Earlier in the week Jordan
lodged a complaint with U. N.
Truce Observers accusing Israel
of shooting across the border
near Jerusalem. The complaint
alleged that Israeli soldiers and
“civilians” opened fire on Jor
danian posts a few miles from
Jerusalem. Jordanian troops re
turned the fire.
The incident was the third in
a two-week period in the
usually quiet Jerusalem area.
Earlier this week, the Israel-Jor-
dan Mixed Armistice Commission
censured both countries for firing
in the area.
Schools in Nine
States Ignore
Court Ban
NEW YORK (JTA)—Schools in
at least nine states were disclosed
this week to be retaining daily
Bible readings despite rulings of
the U. S. Supreme Court out
lawing such exercises in all pub
lic schools.
An example was the situation
in Hawthorne, N. J., where the
Board of Education ordered the
town’s six schools to continue
Bible reading and prayer recita
tion observances. At the time of
the June 1962 ruling, 11 states—
besides Pennsylvania—had laws
requiring such exercises. Maine,
New Jersey and Massachusetts of
ficials said they would drop the
requirement but New Jersey of
ficials indicated they would with
hold action on the Hawthorne de
fiance.
Resistance to the Supreme
Court rulings is particularly
strong in the south, site of most
of the states ignoring the ban.
They include Alabama, Delaware,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida. The
last four of these states have in
dicated a hands-off policy and
presumably the practices will
continue in schools in those states.
Idaho and Kentucky are awaiting
opinions from their attorney gen
erals.
In Pennsylvania, public school
officials received a sweeping
order from Attorney General
Walter E. AUessandroni against
all devotional exercises.
Airman’s Wife’s Effort
Brings Chapel for
Naval Base
NEW YORK (JTA)— A per
manent place of worship for
Jewish servicemen has been in
stalled in the chapel of the United
States Naval Air Station at Floyd
Bennett Field, thanks largely to
the persistent efforts of a Jew
ish airman’s wife.
Mrs. Rita Fajardo, wife of build
er third class Sidney Fajardo,
campaigned for the past two
years to have a synagogue erect
ed at the base. When she learn
ed that a new interdenomination
al chapel was being built there,
she immediately urged her hus
band to seek official permission
for a synagogue to be included
in it.
Airman Fajardo submitted the
request through the necessary
chain of command and ultimate
ly got approval from the Navy.
The synagogue, which is housed
in a special hall inside the chapel
was dedicated last week.
Mrs. Farjardo’s efforts won fi
nancial support from Protestant
and Roman Catholic groups at
the base. All of the construction
work was done by the service
men during off-duty hours.
Jewish War Veterans
Tell President They
Oppose Aid to Nasser
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Na
tional Commander Daniel Heller
of the Jewish War Veterans of
the U.S-A, informed President
Kennedy that while the JWV sup
ports restoration of House cuts
in the Foreign Assistance Bill,
the organization is unalterably
opposed to any further aid to the
United Arab Republic because of
President Nasser’s aggressive mil
itary expenditures.
Mr. Heller in a letter to Pres
ident Kennedy cited, Nasser’s
August 11 statement that the
UAR economic structure was now
so “strong” that he could divert
“12 per cent of our budget on the
armed forces.” Nasser went on
to announce preparations for war
against Israel.
Commenting on State Depart
ment claims that the United
States must continue massive aid
to Nasser because America al
legedly enjoys new “influence” in
Cairo, Mr. Heller asked: “'What
evidence Is there that we have
such Influence and that It has
been effectively used?”
JERUSALEM (JTA)— A val
uable library of Judaica com
prising about 1,500 volumes was
discovered here recently during a
routine inspection of a condemn
ed structure in the run down
Nachlat Shiva Quarter, earmark
ed for demolition.
The library was assembled
more than a century ago by Rab
bi David ben Shimon of Egypt,
who died here many years ago,
and was inherited by his son
who became chief rabbi of Egypt
and took them with him to Cairo.
Subsequently the books were
taken to Morocco and later sent
back to Jerusalem to the Yeahiva
of Rabbi Amram Abu Rabiah in
the Old City.
During the Mandatory period,
when that Yeshiva building was
closed by the British authorities
as unsafe, the books were turn
ed over to the Committee of the
Moroccan Community. In the in
terim, however, many of the
books became badly damaged due
to their having been stacked in
damp closets where vermin de
voured many of their pages.
Through the assistance of the
American Jewish Joint Distribu
tion Committee here, the library
has been recently installed in the
Porath Yoseph Yeshiva which
will resore it and place it in a
special reading room. This Yesh
iva was forced to abandon its
30,000-volume library when it
evacuated its former quarters in
the Old City in 1948.
Among the rare books in the
Ben Shimon collection is a hand
written commentary on the Kab
balah by Jonah Hegirondi, a book
on Jewish thought entitled “Aha-
vat Cham” by Shlomo Algazi pub
lished in 1647 in Constantinople,
“Binah le’Etim” by Azaria Figo,
published in Lemberg, Poland, in
1527, and responsa by Joseph
Caro, printed in Mantoa, Spain in
1790,
Syria, Iraq Plan
Israel Battle; Nasser
Otters Troops
LONDON (JTA) — Syria an
nounced jointly with Iraq last
week plans for a "battle of des
tiny" against Israel. The plan
was listed as one of the objec
tives of tightening of economic
and military ties between the
two countries.
(In Washington, the United
States announced a new long
term dollar credit of *6,850,000 to
Iraq for purchase of wheat, to
bacco and poultry.)
The agreement followed an
eight-day visti to Syria by Iraqi
President Abdel Salam Aref. The
announcement said the “battle of
destiny” would be carried out
through a joint arm commission
to advance the “military and de
fensive cooperation” of the two
countries.
At the same time, Egyptian
President Nasser told army forces
returning from Yemen that Egyp
tian armed forces were ready to
help any Arab country against
Israel. He said that his forces
were ready to shed blood against
Israel, regardless of differences
among Arab states.
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