The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, September 02, 1966, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Southern Israelite Vol XU A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Estabh c ^' • 2 , 0 uVO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1960 New A liyah Representative For Southern Communities utl '*■ NO. 35 Abraham Tooch has been ap pointed regional director of the Israel Aliy a h Center, 805 Peachtree Street N.W, Atlanta. Mr. Tooch, a native of Outd- shoorn, Sou t h Africa, settled in Israel in 1945. He is. a veteran of the War of I n d ependence. Mr. Tooch prev iously serv e d as an emissary in the Jewish Agency in England and South Africa. He has also been an English language broad caster for “Kol Israel” the na tion’s radio network. Mr. Tooch is married and is the father of three “Sabra” sons. In his new post Mr. Tooch will A. Tooch France Seeks Details About Soviet MIG-21 PARIS (JTA) — France has reportedly asked Israel about the possibility of French experts obtaining detailed information about the Soviet-made MIG-21 which a defecting Iraqi pilot flew to Israel recently. The re quest reportedly asked either for permission to examine the ad vanced Soviet jet fighter, or at least for detailed information about it. The MIG is the first to land in a non-Communist or non-Arab country. The request was sent through ‘‘normal official channels, it was reported here. The French apparently are most interested in the MiG’s in dustrial secrets, and want to send a team consisting of an aeronaut ical engineer, an electronics ex pert and a test pilot to examine the plane. (Israel’s position is that the plane is exclusively Israeli prop erty and may be examined only by Israelis, a stand which has evoked political debate in Israel. Many other countries, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, have tentatively approached Israeli authorities about an inspection of the MIG.) Cabinet Studies Wavs To U|> Birth Kate JERUSALEM (JTA) — Pro posals for increasing Israel’s birth rate were forwarded by the Cabinet Monday to a special committee for study. The pro posals which were submitted to the Cabinet by the Government statistician, Prof. R. Baki, call for financial help for families with numerous offspring and other aid, especially in the areas of education and housing. The committee, headed by Min ister of Justice Y. Shapiro, in cludes the Minister of Health, Israel Barzalai; the Minister of Religious Affairs, Dr. Zerah War- haftig; and Israel Galilee, Mini ster without portfolio. The group is to report its findings to the Cabinet within a month. Also on the Cabinet’s agenda are proposals for legislation against abortion. Famous Cantor Dies NEW YORK (JTA)—Funeral services were held here last week for Moshe Koussevitsky, 67. one of the world’s leading cantors, who died in his home in Great Neck, N.Y., after a long illness. His body was flown to Israel for burial. At his death he was can tor of Temple Beth El in Brook lyn, where the funeral services were held. assist individuals interested in working, living and studying in Israel. He will visit various sou thern communities and will be available for personal interviews. The Israel Aliyah Center co ordinates the immigration activ ities of the World Zionist Or ganization of the United States and Canada. It advises individ uals on all employment, educa tional and economic opportunities in Israel. The Center maintains regional offices also in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto. Eshkol Warns , t 0 . is Beady To Defend Against Syrian Threat JERUSALEM (JTA)— As Is rael’s Cabinet this week lauded Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Foreign Minister Abba Eban for the manner in which thpy handled the most recent Syrian crisis, Mr. Eshkol warned the Government and the country that there is no certainty at all that the Syrians will now keep the peace. “There is no way of knowing,” he cautioned, “whether they will keep peace now or will continue the aggressions against Israel as their leaders keep saying they will.” Then the Premier added: “In the latter case, Israel is ready to defend her territory and the lives of her citizens.” The crisis on the Syrian bor der, specifically in the Lake Ti berias area, has lasted from Au gust 15, the day the Syrians fired mortar shells against an Israeli N. Y. School Board Urged To Speed Use of Federal Aid NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish organizations have expressed sharply opposing views before the New York City Board of Ed ucation on plans for use of fed eral funds for disadvantaged pupils attending religiously-spon sored day schools in the city dur ing the forthcoming school year. The Committee of Non-Public School Officials, which said it represented more than 400,000 Christian and Jewish children attending such schools, warned at the meeting that it would ask for a Congressional investigation of the situation if the Board did not act promptly to implement the federal aid program. The Board was scheduled to act on a pro gram prepared by School Super intendent Bernard E. Donvan. but it postponed a final decis ion. At issue is the use of funds provided through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu cation Act of 1965, under which some grants were made to pupils of Christian and Jewish Day American Jewish Committee President in Rumania schools this year. The funds are provided for remedial and enrichment programs for both public and non-public school pupils. The law provides that the pro grams must be implemented “under the control of the public authority,” which in New York City is the Board of Education. Implementation of Title I has been the target of charges by Jewish and non-Jewish civil lib erties groups that it violates the church-state separation principle in application to children of re ligiously-sponsored schools. Speakers at the meeting in cluded Msgr. Raymond R. Rig- ney, superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic Archdio cese of New York; the Very Rev. Eugene J. Molloy, chairman of the Committee of Non-Public School Officials; Seymour Grau- bard. chairman of the New York board of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith; Dr. David Haber, of the American Jewish Congress; Irving Levine, of the American Jewish Committee; Dr. Marvin Schick, chairman of the National Jewish Commission of Law and Public Affairs; Nathan Saperstein and Rabbi Julius No- vick, of the Committee for the Defense of Religious Education; Rabbi Morris Sherer, executive vice-president of Agudath Israel of America: and Dr Joseph Ka- minetskv, director of Torah Um- (Continued on page 4) Coast Guard vessel marooned on a reef in the lake, until Friday, Aug. 16. Israel sent its air force aloft on August 15 when the Syrian* continued firing to prevent rescue of the Israeli wounded. Israel’s jets knocked out the two Syrian gun posts behind a hill near the eastern shore of the lake. In an ensuing dogfight, Israel shot down two Syrian planes—one be hind the Syrian lines, another into the lake, with its pilot. On Friday, Israel finally refloated its stranded Coast Guard cutter, In the face of Syrian threats to use its massed men and armor near the Tiberias shore. Afterward, Israeli officials con tinued to display at Tiberias the crushed wing and part of the undercarriage of the Syrian MIG-17 which was shot down into Lake Tiberias, together with its pilot on August 15. Israel de cided to display the wreckage as a retort to a Syrian claim that Syrian frogmen had recovered the MIG and the body of the pilot from the lake, despite United Nations and Israel sur veillance. The plane had been brought down close to the northeastern shore of Lake Tiberias where the Syrian border lies 30 feet from the water’s edge. An Israeli spokesman said that small pieces of the wreckage and possibly the pilot’s body might have floated to shore, where they could have been retrieved by the Syrians. Asked if there was any truth in the Syrian claim, an Israeli of ficer replied that, besides the wing and undercarriage salvaged by Israel, there was no plane left, just “bits and pieces.” Israel had avoided any an nouncement concerning the fate of the Soviet-built MIG while it was negotiating with UN of ficials on procedures for the re moval of the Coast Guard cutter. It is the manner in which Israel conducted those negotiati ons, mixing tact toward the United Nations with firm refusal to bow to what members of the Cabinet called Syrian “blackmail,” that earned for both the Premier and the Foreign Ministry today the plaudits of the entire Cabinet. JW V Hears Plea by Javits; Pledges Fight on Bigotry Bucharest . . . American Jewish Committee president Morris B. Abram, in Rumania to see the village and town in which his father had lived before emigrating to the United States in 1904, hears about the present situation of the estimated 90,000 Jews in the country from Rumanian Chief Rabbi Dr. Moses David Rosen. Rumanian Jews enjoy complete religious freedom and carry on the normal gamut of Jewish activities, the Chief Rabbi told the AJC president, using the local Jewish bi monthly paper to illustrate his point, but wartime decimation and suffering left a permanent mark on the community’s internal vigor. Just prior to meeting Mr. Abram, Rabbi Rosen had been in the north ern Rumanian city of Jassy to lead commemorative services for the more than 11,000 Jews killed in a pogrom there in 1941. The former Georgian Is the son of Mrs. Sam Abram of Fitzgerald. Ga., and the late Mr. Abram. ATLANTIC CITY (JTA) — Citing recent actions by the American Nazi Party and the John Birch Society to exploit domestic unrest in bids for power. Sen. Jacob K Javits. New York Republican, told the 71st annual convention of the Jew ish War Veterans here that both the Democratic and Republican parties should do more against in creasing right-wing extremism. He told the 2.000 delegates and guests: * “Condemnation of bigots and racists by responsible polit ical leaders can no longer be enough. It is the duty of both political parties to take the of fensive in combating the radical right's poisonous propaganda that, building on resentments en gendered by the protests of Negroes and unhappiness with the Viet Nam war, can pull this nation apart.” Malcolm A. Tarlov, of Nor walk. Conn., who served as a World War II infantry sergeant, was elected new national com mander of the JWV. Mr. Tarlov pledged a vigorous drive of the JWV against “a new wave of bigotry that is sweeping the country.” At the conclusion of its session, the convention adopt ed a resolution seeking firrr^r Government action against the American Nazi Party, including its listing as a subversive group by the United States Attorney General, denial of postal privi leges, prohibition of Nazi sym bols, and measures to restrain federal and state employes from affiliation with the neo-Nazi group. At an earlier session, strong op position emerged at the conven tion to a resolution “that the Jewish War Veterans endorses the action of President Johnson in increasing our military com mitment in Viet Nam” while sim ultaneously seeking peace. Other resolutions supported the separation of church and state as now defined by federal law; called for increased activity to relieve the plight of Soviet Jewry; and covered a wide range of other issues, including Amer ican support of Israel.