The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, July 01, 1966, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe* Southern Israelite Vr.l. XLI A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Estah*’' 1 1 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1966 0^-9 ^ iQ?*. Committee NO. 28 Yeshiva U. Acts American JewL On Teacher Shortage Rejoins N.C.R.A.C. After 14 Yrs NEW YORK, (JTA) — A pioneering four year college with experimental approaches de signed to meet a critical short age of qualified teachers in Jew ish education will be established by Yeshiva University, it was an nounced this week by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president. The new college is being .made pos sible by a gift of $1,250,000 from philanthropist Jakob Michael, in memory of his late wife, Ema Sondheimer Michael, herself a noted philanthropist. Dr. Belkin said the Erna Michael College of Hebraic Studies will offer ‘‘a distinct de parture from the current pro grams of Jewish teacher educa tion in the United States.” As the first all-day American col lege to provide liberal arts and professional as well as Jewish studies, the new school’s unusu ally broad curriculum will quali fy its students for a Bachelor of Arts degree. The tuition-free college’s other innovations include a full year Extension Asked For War Claims Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chair man of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, warned Chancellor Ludwig Erhard at a confer ence here that, unless all deferred payments due claim ants for indemnification are paid in full by the end of 1968, ‘‘all Jewish organizations will launch strong protests, which I would regard as justified.” Dr. Goldmann also told the Chancellor that the deadline of September 20, 1966, for filing claims under West Germany’s “final indemnification 1 a w,” must be extended. It will be im possible for some claimants, es pecially elderly persons, to pre pare their claims before the September 20 cut-off date, Dr. Goldmann said. As a result of the conversation with Mr. Er hard, he declared, “I am sure the deadline will be prolonged for at least a year. Concerning the deferment of full payments to indemnification claimants, Chancellor Erhard told the Jewish leader that the postponement was necessary due to the German Government’s budgetary difficulties. “I told the Chancellor,” Dr. Goldmann re ported, that those payments are privileged and of a special moral character. I expressed my con cern over the fact that, due to the budget curtailment 1 a w passed by Germany this year, those payments are limited to 40 percent this year.” of study in Israel for all stu dents during their junior year, on-the-job laboratory experi ences, summer sessions in Jew ish educational camps, an inten sive guidance program designed to counteract the trend toward “depersonalization” in American schools for teacher education, and utilization of audio-visual and other new communications tech niques. The Erna Michael College of Hebraic Studies is being de veloped, Dr. Belkin said, in re sponse to a crisis stemming from a vast increase in the number of students seeking Jewish educa tion and a failure of teacher training institutions to supply sufficient qualified graduates. He said less than half of the 800 teachers required by Jewish schools this year enter the field. Many of those who do, he added, lack adequate preparation as scholars and teachers. Jordan’s King Attacks PLO JERUSALEM. (JTA) — Israel political sources welcomed Jordanian King Hussein’s call for integration of Arab camp refugees into the host countries and his announcement of a total break with the Palestine Libera tion Organization. The Israeli sources said that if the Jordanian monarch could implement both stands, such actions could make a major contribution to peace and stabil ity in the Middle East. They noted that Israel has always urged such integration of the refugees and that Israel has as serted its readiness to make a financial contribution for that objective. Israel has consistently viewed integration of the refu gees into the host countries— Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip—as a step toward eventual A r a b- Israel peace. Israeli experts regard the PLO activities as directed not only against Israel but also against the few stable Arab regional forces. They considered King Hussein’s denunciation of the PLO the sharpest and most bit ter attack yet made publicly by any Arab leader. The Israeli sources expressed considerable satisfaction with the United States decision to ask the United Nations to halt aid to refugees receiving PLO military training. WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The American Jewish Committee Monday became a member agen cy of the National Community Relations Advisory Council, co ordinating body of Jewish com munity relations organizations. The number of national ageweies affiliated with NCRAC was thus increased to nine. Announcement of the affilia tion was made by Philip E. Hoff man, chairman of the board of governors of the American Jew ish Committee, and Aaron Gold man, chairman of the NCRAC, at a closing session of the NCRAC plenary meeting. The affiliation followed formal action by the AJC Committee board of gov ernors which ratified an earlier executive board vote, and by the NCRAC’s executive commit tee. The event is significant in terms of organizational relation ships, bringing together all the major Jewish bodies in the field of community relations for con sultation and coordination. Other agencies affiliated in NCRAC are the American Jewish Con gress, B’nai B’rith-Anti Defama tion League, Jewish Labor Com mittee, Jewish War Veterans, National Council of Jewish Women, Union of American He brew Congregations, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, United Synagogue of America, and 79 Jewish com munity councils in cities through out the country. The number of affiliated Jewish community councils was increased from 78 to 79 by the election to member ship of the Tucson, Arizona Jew ish Community Council at to day’s closing NCRAC session. The American Jewish Com mittee, which had been one of the charter members of the NCRAC, withdrew from mem bership in 1952, following a study that recommended a division of functions among the member agencies of the C o u n c i 1—a recommendation the AJCom- mittee felt would limit its auton omy and freedom of action. It was accompanied in its with drawal by the B’nai B’rith-De- famation League, which rejoined the NCRAC last year. Mr. Hoffman, said the Com mittee’s reaffiliation was made possible through mutual accom modation of the Committee poli cies with those of the NCRAC through a series of negotiations. "The NCRAC present policies provide for fruitful consultation while assuring the autonomy of each of its member agencies,” he declared. NCRAC chairman Goldman termed the reaffilia tion of the Committee “a most welcome and gratifying asset to cooperative endeavors among Jewish community relations agencies.” Mr. Hoffman said that in join ing the NCRAC his group was “pleased to be entering into a cooperative relationship with other Jewish organizations pur suing similar general objectives of better human relations, human rights and human freedoms. The times challenge us all to use our knowledge, judgment and re sources as wisely as possible in taking advantage of the enorm ous opportunities now open for the furtherance of those object ives.” Mr. Goldman said “All of us .... in LONDON: SHUKAIRY ASSAILS HUSSEIN LONDON, (JTA) — Ahmed Shukairy, chairman of the Pale stine Liberation Organization, which is recruiting and training Arab refugees for war against Israel, has called for the destruc tion of the present regime in Jordan, according to a Beirut dispatch this week to the Times of London. Shukairy’s open call for the unseating of the Jordanian Gov ernment, headed by King Hus sein, was a response to the King’s recent announcement that he would band the PLO in his kingdom, and would forbid Arab refugees to join the PLO. King Hussein at the same time, pro posed that all Arab refugees be absorbed in the countries and areas where they are now main tained—Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM, (JTA) — An agreement for a concert tour by the Israel Philharmonic Orches tra throughout the Soviet Union in November was signed this week in Moscow by the orches tra’s director, Itzhak Heftel, and the Soviet official concert agency. DAYTON, O., (JTA) — The University of Dayton announced here this week it is offering two courses dealing with the life and works of Dr. Martin Buber in its third term. The courses will be conducted by Dr. Alvin Reines, professor of philosophy of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Re ligion, at Cincinnati. ROME, (JTA) — Pope Paul received this week in a 50- minute private audience Rabbi Abraham Hershberg, Chief Rabbi of Mexico and president of the Union of Latin American are engaged in a common cause, that of making equality of op portunity, freedom of opportun ity, freedom of conscience and equal justice under law realities in American life, of improving relationships among groups in our free society, and of fostering creative Jewish living. We in the NCRAC regard voluntary co^ operation among independent Jewish organizations as vital to the attainment of that common cause. The wisdom of our joint judgments will be enhanced by the wise counsel and large re sources that the American Jew ish Committee can contribute to our processes.” brief Rabbis. Rabbi Hershberg said that the Pope extended greetings to world Jewry and pledged that the work of understanding be tween religions started by the recent Second Vatican Ecumenic al Council would be continued. At the end of the audience, the Pope again assured the rabbi that friendly relations with the Jewish people “who had suffer ed such terrible persecution,” re mained his particular care. Humphrey's Talk To Jewish Editors Draws Arab Blast WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey’s recent comments to a Washing ton convention of the American Jewish Press Association have been denounced in a Cairo “Voice of Palestine” broadcast to the Near East by chairman Ahmed Shukairy of the "Pale stine Liberation Organization,” who also confirmed military collaboration of his organization with Communist China. The text of Mr. Shukairy’s re marks, delivered at a “Palestine Liberation Army camp” in Syria, was received here re cently. He commented on Vice- President Humphrey’s descrip tion of the PLO as a threat to Israel and to peace, and said that he wanted to confirm Mr. Hum phrey’s statement because “we and our army are a threat to Israel.” “The Liberation Army and the PLO are proceeding with determination,” he boasted. “We receive arms from the Chinese People’s Republic. The PLO has military officers being trained in the arms of liberation and the experience of the Chinese. Your brothers are there (in Commun ist China) and we greet them.” N. Y. Mayor Cancels Dinner for King Faisal of Saudi Arabia NEW YORK, (JTA)—Mayor John V. Lindsay cancelled this week an official dinner and re ception for King Faisal of Saudi Arabia after an avalanche of pro tests fell on New York City Hall in reaction to the King’s anti- Jewish and anti-Israel remarks at a press conference in Wash ington. The Mayor acted after hours of intensive discussions between city officials and the State De partment, including a reported meeting in Washington between the Mayor and Secretary of State Rusk, who urged the Mayor not to cancel the event. High Gov ernment sources depicted the White House as anxious about a possible affront to the mon arch. Gov. Rockefeller cancelled plans for a routine courtesy call on the King at his New York hotel suite. New York City Hall was inundated by hundreds of telegrams and telephone calls, most of them strongly protesting the planned honor for King Faisal. Replying to questions at the press conference, the King de fended the Arab boycott of U.S. firms trading with Israel, declar ing that Jews throughout the world supported Israel and that “we consider those who provide assistance to our enemy as our own enemy.” He bristled when a reporter asked him whether Saudi Arabia considered Presi dent Nasser’s Egypt or Israel as the greater enemy, declaring he regretted the question and that despite differences, the Egyp tians “remain our brethren.” While asserting that “it has never been our aim to extermi nate Israel” and that Jews were always recognized as “co-citi zens” of Arabs in Palestine, he declared that “Zionist aggression occupied the country, threw out the Arab people, many of them becoming refugees.” He stated that “the Jews had been guilty of “violation of every human right” of the Arabs in Palestine and had denied them “the right of a person to his own home.” Virtually every Jewish organi zation protested those remarks and praised Mayor Lindsay for cancellation of the planned hon or. They included the National Community Relations Advisory Council, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defama tion League of B’nai B’rith, the American Jewish Congress, the American Zionist Council, Hadassah, the Zionist Organiza tion of America and others.