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The Southern Israel**
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry —
Vol. XXJ
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1966
‘No Reason For Panic’,
Declares Dr. (roldmann
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NO. 40
PARIS (WNS) — Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, president of the World
Jewish Congress declared here
that while the situation requires
Pontiff Appeals
For Mideast Peace
ROME (JTA) — Pope Paul VI,
troubled by the growing tension
in the Middle East, issued last
week a special personal appeal
for peace between Arabs and
Jews in the Holy Land.
Vatican sources said the appeal
was similar to previous messages
pertaining to the Viet Nam situ
ation. They said the message in
dicated the gravity of the de
veloping Middle East problem as
seen by the Pontiff, on the basis
of private information available
to him in addition to published
reports.
The Papal message was sent to
the Apostolic Delegate in Jeru
salem. It said the Pope “was
praying fervently” that “all men
of goodwill will be ready to re
ceive the divine message of
peace.”
Two Groups Join
In Cultural Move
NEW YORK (WNS)—Two ma
jor Jewish organizations, the Far-
band-Labor Zionist Order and
B’nai B’rith have announced that
they will jointly undertake a
series of projects designed to
further an interest on the college
and university campuses of the
country in the Yiddish language,
literature and culture. Announce
ment of the action, undertaken by
the Farband Foundation and the
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation,
was made by Jacob Katzman,
general secretary of the Farband,
and Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn,
national Hillel director.
Weizmanii Institute
Honors Abba Eban
TEL AVIV (JTA)—An honor
ary fellowship of Weizmann In
stitute has been conferred upon
Abba Eban “in recognition of his
many and brilliant contributions
to the State of Israel as ambas
sador to the United States and the
United Nations, as Minister of
Education, Deputy Premier and
Foreign Minister and for his dis
tinguished services to the Insti
tute as its president from 1959
to 1966.”
watching “there was no room for
panic” over the recent political
developments in West Germany,
where neo-Nazi elements have re
cently gotten a political foothold
in Hesse and Bavaria.
He made this assertion at a
meeting of the European execu
tive of the World Jewish Con
gress where Dr. Henryk van
Dam, general secretary of the
Central Council of Jews in Ger
many, and Dr. Heinz Galinski,
chairman of the Jewish commun
ity of West Berlin, reported on
the situation. Both said there was
reason for concern, but that the
picture had been exaggerated by
the press and other channels of
communication.
Heinrich Heine
Works Acquired
PARIS (JTA) — The Bibli-
otheque Nationale, the French
National Library, disclosed this
week it had acquired more than
2,000 unpublished pages by Hein
rich Heine, the Jewish poet and
satirist, and another 2,500 pages
of letters and documents about
him, from the Schocken Founda
tion in Israel. The Library
spokesman declined to reveal the
price paid for the materials.
The transaction was handled
through Gideon Schocken, a des
cendant of Salman Schocken, the
German Jewish publisher who as
sembled the Heine materials as a
hobby. He fled from Nazi Ger
many with his collection whMh
was later sent by him to the
Schocken Foundation in Israel
Yadin to Describe
Excavations on TY
NEW YORK (WUP)—General
Yigael Yadin, noted archeologist
and Israel’s first Chief of Staff,
will recount the fascinating story
of the Masada excavations (which
he had directed) on the Eternal
Light television program Sunday,
Dec. 4, from 4:30 to 5:00 p. m.
(EST—NBC-TV).
Staged by Hugh Nissenson, the
interview will be preceded by the
showing of a special film of the
excavations made on location in
Israel by the NBC Religious Pro
grams Unit. Masada is the anci
ent Hebraic fortress where, in the
year 73, 960 men, women and
children took their lives rather
than submit to Roman tyranny.
Ninety U. S. Senators Sign
Protest to Soviet Russia
On Anti-Semitic Actions
NEW YORK — Ninety of the
one hundred members of the U.S.
Senate expressed their “staunch
support of the American Jewish
community’s protests against the
anti-Semitic policies of the So
viet Union” in an advertisement
published Sunday, Dec. 4, in The
New York Times.
The advertisement was spon
sored by the American Jewish
Conference on Soviet Jewry
prior to a nationwide series of
protest meetings that will be held
in thirty-two c o m m u n i ties
throughout the United States on
Sunday, December 11. Most of
these meetings will be linked to
gether in a nationwide telephone
hook-up that will feature Dr. Mar
tin Luther King, noted civil rights
leader who will speak from his
home in Atlanta.
The 90 Senators expressed an
“insistent demand that the three
million Jews of the Soviet Union
be allowed to live creatively and
in dignity as Jews.”
Pointing out that “Soviet pol
icy seems to be aiming at the ob
literation of the Jewish commun
ity and Jewish culture” the
statement said that “Jews alone
among all Soviet ethnic groups,
are forbidden schools and other
institutions of Jewish learning
and research, though all are re
quired if the ancient heritage of
the Jews is to be perpetuated.”
The Senators also urged that
the tens of thousands of Jews
living in the Soviet Union be al
lowed to rejoin their families in
the United States, in Israel and
in other countries after the up
heavals and tragedies of the Nazi
era that have marred their lives.
Among the 90 Senators signing
the statement are these from
southern states: Ross Bass (D),
Tenn.; Daniel B. Brewster (D),
Md.; Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D), Va.;
Robert C. Byrd, W. Va.; John
Sherman Cooper (R), Ky.; James
O. Eastland (D), Miss.; Allen J.
Ellender (D), La.; Sam J. Erwin
Jr. (D), N. C.; Lister Hill (D),
Ala.; Spessard L. Holland (D),
Fla.; B. Everett Jordan (D), N.C.;
Russell B. Long (D), La.; John
L. McClellan (D), Ark.; Thruston
B. Morton (R), Ky.; Donald Rus
sell (D), S.C.; Geo. A. Smathers
Columbia Leader Leads
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Democrafs to Victory
COLUMBIA — Hyman Rubin, Columbia, led the Democratic
ticket in the November elections in that South Carolina city. In
his race for Senate Seat No. 3, City Councilman Rubin tallied up
20,829 votes to 14,397 for his Republican opponent.
The 6,432 vote margin in this Senate race gave Mr. Rubin an
edge in the Democratic sweep of Richland county. The victory
overcome a strong Republican challenge for 15 offices.
Mr. Rubin has long been a leader in both the Jewish and
general communities in Columbia and as State Senator is expected
to continue his efforts for the welfare of his city and state.
Is A More Lenient P olicy Toward
Israel Upcoming In Soviet Union
(D), Fla.; John;Sparkman (D), Ala.
Herman E. Talmadge (D), Ga.;
Strom Thurmond (R), S. C.; John
G. Tower (R), Tex.; Joseph D.
Tydings (D), Md.; Ralph Yarbor
ough (D), Texas.
The text of the statement fol
lows In part:
“The plight of Soviet Jewry
has long been a concern of the
United States. We therefore con
sider It fitting, as United TTIntli
Senators, to register our
support of the American Jewish
community’s protest against the
anti-Semitic policies of the So
viet Union . . . and put forward
the insistent demand that the
three million Jews of the Soviet
Union be allowed to live crea
tively and in dignity as Jews.
“The facts are well known.
They have been ably presented
by the American Jewish Confer
ence on Soviet Jewry. Soviet
Jews are prevented from living
out their lives freely as Jews—
even within the framework of
Soviet law and practice. Thus,
the Jews, alone among all So
viet ethnic groups, are forbidden
schools and other institutions of
Jewish learning and research,
though all are required it the
ancfrnt jwrit-e
TO De pe/penuatea. aimmity, waa
Jews, alone among all SmM re
ligious groups, am forbidden the
right to have any form at na
tionwide federation of congrega
tions or of clergy.
“Soviet policy seems to be aim
ing at the obliteration of the Jew
ish community and Jewish cul
ture. This must be vigorously
protested—not only by those who
value and revere the ancient Jew
ish tradition and civilization, but
also by every person who respects
the fundamental human right of
a group to live in peace and se
curity.”
PARIS (WNS) — A possible
softening in Soviet policy toward
Chattanoogans to Hear Yiddish-American
Artists Present “Fiddler on Roof ” Hits
CHATTANOOGA— Lillian and
Jan Bart, outstanding husband-
and-wife vocal duo, who have
been featured on the concert stage
in many countries, will appear at
the Jewish Community Center in
Chattanooga on Tuesday, Dec. 13,
in behalf of State of Israel Bonds.
This was announced by Dr.
Samuel Binder, chairman of the
Dinner event.
Jan Bart, who is a foremost
lyric tenor, humorist, raconteur
and recording artist, has been a
distinguished show business per
sonality for more than thirty
years. Lillian Bart whose career
started at Radio City Music Hall,
has joined her husband in con
certs throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe, Australia
and Israel.
Jan Bart has appeared on top
radio and television programs,
and his recordings in seven lang
uages have sold in the millions of
copies. He has performed in
LILLIAN AND JAN BART
major night clubs, hotels, and
theaters throughout the world.
A native of Europe, Mr. Bart
came to this country in 1930, after
having received a scholarship in
Music at the Warsaw Conserva
tory. He began his career in 1935
as a successful contestant on the
Major Bowes Amateur Hour, and
traveled with units of the show
for more than four years. He then
joined the Eugene 3nd Willie
Howard touring company, which
took him all over the world.
Mr. Bart is the author of a
best-selling book entitled, “I Lost
a Thousand Pounds.” He is also
a composer of popular songs and
a member of the American So
ciety of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, and has formed his
own recording company.
Since the establishment of the
State of Israel, Lillian and Jan
Bart have visited the country fre
quently, and have devoted much
time and energy to the Israel
Bond program. In recognition of
his efforts in behalf of Israel, Jan
Bart has received the America-
Israel Friendship Award.
Israel and toward emigration of
Jews from the Soviet wishing to
become reunified with family
members in Israel was seen here
by Jewish circles following a
statement by visiting Soviet Pre
mier Alexei Kosygin bearing on
emigration, and an assertion by
Pravda in Moscow that the So
viet Union was interested in les
sening tension in the Middle East.
Mr. Kosygin made his state
ment on emigration in reply to
a reporter’s query whether the
Soviet Union intended the per
mit Jews to leave the country
for reunification with families
abroad. The Premier replied “we
will do everything to enable this,
we will make it easy, we will
open the road for those who want
to leave.”
Taking note of the fact that
“many people in the world have
already raised this question,” the
Soviet Premier added: “Some are
speaking about anti-Semitism in
the Soviet Union. Others speak
about reunification of Jewish
families. I have to say to you
that there is no anti-Semitism in
the Soviet Union. That is pure
imagination and not a very bril
liant way of struggle against the
Soviet Union.”
From Moscow meanwhile it
was reported that the Community
party newspaper carried an arti
cle urging easing of tensions and
peace in the Middle East. The So
viet Union, said the newspaper,
“is interested in lessening tension
and securing the peace in the
Middle East.
At the same time Pravda open
ly counselled Syria to tone down
its calls for a “war of liberation”
against Israel accusing King Hus
sein of having whipped up the
tension in that area of the world
However Israel too did not es
cape criticism from Pravda but
of relatively minor nature.
In Israel, where the news of
the two developments was re
ceived with interest, there was »o
official reaction. However, in
formed sources preferred to
withhold comment to see what if
any action Soviet authorities will
take to implement the emigration
policy.