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The .Southern Israelite
Ethel Dolgin, 15 year old Los
Angeles Hebrew day school stu
dent, being presented with a trip
to Israel this summer by Mrs.
Rose L. Halprin, chairman, Jew
ish Agency-American Section, on
Winning the seventh annual Bible
contest sponsored by the Agency’s
Dept, of Education and Culture.
Miss Dolgin was the winner in
the Advanced Hebrew division.
Other winners of trips to Israel
were Brenda Fleschner, 16, of Far
Rockaway, New York, in the In
termediate Hebrew division and
David Bruce Witkin, 14, of Den
ver, Colorado, winner in the Eng
lish competition.
Leon May of Nashville, presi
dent of the Southeast Region of
the Zionist Organization of
America, has announced that the
28th Annual Conference of the
Region will be held in Miami
Beach, May 27-30, Decoration
Day Week-end.
Delegates from the 47 districts
of the Southeast Region will ga
ther in the Fontainebleau Hotel
for a weekend of activities.
Mr. May also announced the
appointment of Sidney Raymond
of Miami Beach, a member of the
National Executive Council of the
ZOA and one of the active leaders
of the Miami Beach Zionist Dis
trict, as chairman of the con
ference.
The conference will commence
with an Oneg Shabbat hosted by
the Greater Miami Districts in
honor of the delegates on Friday
evening, and will end with busi
ness sessions on Monday after
noon. One of the highlights of
the conference will be the grand
installation banquet at the Fon
tainebleau Hotel on Sunday even
ing, May 29.
Southeast Zionist Region
Conference in Miami May 27-30
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Establi* 1 "^
Vol. XLI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1966
US Agrees to Sell
Jets to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A traint” of the United States con-
NO. 21
State Department spokesman con
firmed that the United States
has agreed to sell “tactical” mil
itary aircraft to Israel.
The planes were reported to be
A-4 Skyhawk attack'bombers of
the type now used by Navy air
craft carriers in raids on North
Viet Nam. The spokesman, Rob
ert McCloseky, did not specify
the model or number of the
planes to be provided to Israel.
He said he could confirm that
the United States had agreed to
a military sales arrangement with
Israel to include a limited num
ber of tactical aircraft. He added
that this decision reflected “our
due regard for security” in the
Middle East. He said the United
States intention was “to avoid a
serious arms imbalance that
would jeopardize area stability.”
Recalling the “general res-
Cantors
Taxes
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
U. S. Tax Court held that a can
tor who helps to officiate at re
ligious services can exclude from
tax a part of the compensation
received from the congregation
as a rental allowance.
The court rejected the ruling
of the Internal Revenue Service
that only a rabbi is a minister
of the gospel” entitled to such
tax benefit. The Service had con
tended that a cantor is a min
ister of music” who does not
qualify. The tax court ruled that
a center also has spiritual duties
entitling him to such tax bene
fits.
California Girl Wins Israel Trip In
Jewish Agency Annual Bible Contest
American Jewish Pi, ^ Group
Meets Next Week in Washington
cerning military equipment sup
ply to the Middle East, he re
minded reporters of the “con
tinued massive Soviet sales of
arms to certain countries in the
Middle East which have tended
to intensify the arms imbalance.”
He added that there was no
connection between the sale of
the jet craft to Israel and sim
ilar sales to Jordan and Saudi
Arabia. He said the Israeli trans-
ation grew out of legitimate de
fense needs of Israel.
He said that the conditions
governing the sale to Israel were
the usual commitments under
United States laws pertaining to
assurances that arms still will not
be used aggressively or transferr
ed to a third party.
He said the United States
would continue to strive for
agreed limitations on the arms
buildup in the Middle East.
Newsmen sought a definition
of offensive arms in view of re
ports that bombers were involved.
Mr. McCloskey replied that de
fensive arms might be regarded
as arms supplied to a country for
defensive purposes.
A question was raised about
whether the sale deprived the
Navy of reserve aircraft. Assur
ances were given by Government
sources that the decision would
not have been taken to supply
Israel unless surplus aircraft
were available. Mr. McCloskey
called “erroneous and mislead
ing” reports from Cairo as to the
type of aircraft provided to Is
rael.
It was indicated that the agree
ment to provide the jet bombers
to Israel was reached some time
ago.
Problems of Jewish newspa
pers will be considered in Wash
ington next week when editors
and publishers gather for their
annual convention.
Morris J. Janoff, president,
Jersey City, N. J., announced that
sessions will be held June 2 and
3 in the B’nai B’rith Headquar
ters building.
Congressmen and senators from
the states and areas where the
newspapers are published will be
invited to a special reception
Thursday evening at the B’nai
B’rith center
The editors and publishers
wHT) be guests Friday evening at
a reception at the Embassy of
Israel with Ambassador Avra-
ham Harman, as host.
Later Friday evening, Phil
Slomovitz, editor of the Jewish
News, Detroit, will speak at Adas
Israel Synagogue at special serv
ices honoring the Jewish press.
PHIL SLOMOVITZ
The Southern Israelite’s Adolph
Rosenberg is first vice president
MORRIS JANOFF
of the Association, which last
year met in Atlanta.
