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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 Vol. XLII ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1967 NO. 17 Many Notables Pay Tribute To Adenauer at Funeral BONN (JTA)— Israel’s former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who, over many years, had many dealings with the late Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, arrived here to attend Dr. Adenauer’s state funeral. Foreign Minister Abba Eban arrived a few hours before Ben-Gurion came in, and both were temporary guests at the home of Israel’s Ambassador Asher Ben-Nathan at the Bonn suburb of Bad Godesburg. Although the funeral partici pants included President Johnson and President de Gaulle, the Ger man press focused much attention on the fact that Ben-Gurion had come here for the funeral. Among the first official mourners to ar rive here was Dr. Nahum Gold mann, president of the World Jewish Congress. He laid a wreath of white lilies and red carnations at the foot of the catafalque in the Cabinet room of the Federal Chancellor’s office here which had been occupied for so many years by Dr. Adenauer. Dr. H. G. Van Dam, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, issued a statement on behalf of organized German Jewry, mourning the passing of Dr. Adenauer. On be half of the Council, Dr. Van Dam stated: “Dr. Adenauer had in his time helped the establishment of this central and unified repres entative body of German Jews, and had taken a personal inter est in it.” in brief Attend Book Show Says Israel Is Real JERUSALEM (JTA) — Presi dent Zalman Shazar and Nobel Prize winner Shmuel Yosef Ag- non were among the first digni taries to visit the Lubavitcher Book Fair here. The Lubavitcher book exhibit at the Jerusalem exhibit is being sponsored by Merkos L’lnyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Lubavit cher movement, and by the Lu ba vitch Youth Organization. Greetings from Moscow JERUSALEM (JTA) — Pass- over greetings from Moscow Chief Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin were received by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim and by Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the World Hebrew Union in Israel. Similar greetings have been received from Chief Rabbi Levin in previous years. Compensation Pay Begins in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — Labor exchanges throughout Israel are scheduled to start paying unem ployment compensation to the jobless this week. Registration entitling the jobless to receive compensation went into effect April 3. Thus far, the Labor Ministry said, only 2,403 have registered for these payments. That low figure, in the opinion of some officials, may indicate that unemployment in Israel is not as large as believed earlier. Big Oil Tanker Finally Sails EILAT (JTA)—A 45-thousand ton oil tanker formerly Owned by the debt-racked Somerfin Company left port at Eilat after a four-month tie-up stemming from settlement of demands against the firm. The tanker, which has been re-named Siris, an abbreviation of the name of its new owner, the British philanthropist, Sir Isaac Wolf- son, sailed to pick up a cargo of crude oil for return to Eilat. Knesset Recesses \ For Passover JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Parliament recessed last week for the Passover holiday until May 22. The lengthy session be fore adjournment ' was devoted to "spring cleaning” of fiscal and procedural bills which had ac cumulated during the winter and which were read into law. Hope for Mideast KUSADASI, Turkey (WUP) — Ozer Turk, Govemer of this tour ist resort area, situated on a bay to the south of Izmir, told the editor of the World-Union Press during a visit here that Israel rep resents the one real hope for peace and stability in the Near East and that the Israelis, with their technical and scientific know-how, can become a blessing to all the Arabs once they ceased their hostile attitude towards the dynamic Jewish State. Human Rights Leader Meets Restrictions NEW YORK — Morris Abram, president of the American Jew ish Committee and who has served as a U.S. expert in UN human rights bodies, disclosed here that when he and his wife went out looking for a New York apartment they were told by an agent that “there are some apart ments I cannot show you.” The noted Jewish leader made this revelation as he addressed the Fifth Herbert H. Lehman Human Relations Award Dinner of the AJC at the Americana Hotel Thursday evening, April 20. The special Award went to Nathan Appleman, prominent in dustrialist and philanthropist. In his fiery speech Mr. Abram pointed out that one does not have to go too far from the home base to find violations of human rights. He said the world “is filled with combustibles and that it was the role of the AJC to reduce them.” Urge Kosygin To Make Good On His Pledge NEW YORK (JTA)—A resolu tion calling on Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin to make good on his pledge to allow Soviet Jews* to join relatives in other coun tries and criticizing the continued lack of Jewish religious and cul tural facilities in Russia was adopted by delegates from 101 Reform temples of the New York Federation of Reform Synagog ues. ~'v l Calling on Premier Kosygin to make good his promise with ‘-TURN TO PAOE 5 Soviet Attitude Toward Jews Seen As Undergoing Change NEW YORK (JTA)—The pos sibility that the Soviet Govern ment' might drop the designation “Jew” from Soviet identity doc uments this year, during cele bration of the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, was in dicated in Moscow to an Amer ican interfaith study mission sponsored by the Appeal of Cons cience Foundation. The possibility was. reported at a press conference by Rabbi Arth ur Schneier of New York, Foun dation president and member of the mission which has just re turned. He said also that it was the unanimous opinion of the mis sion that the outlook for the re ligious survival of Soviet Jewry was “dark.” Rabbi Schneier said that the lack of teachers and rabbis and facilities to train them in Russia had made the Jewish religion “pathetically weak and growing weaker.” He said the mission learned that lay members of synagogue councils in Russia were “resigned to the fact that NEW YORK (WUP) — The Soviet Government has agreed “in principle” to allow young Russian Jews desiring to be rab bis to register for seminary studies in Western Europe, it was disclosed here by a group of Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergymen, whose mem bers had recently returned from a visit to the USSR. The group, whose activities are sponsored by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation dedicated to easing the burden of Soviet Jews, presented its report on the new Kremlin decision at the Overseas Press Club here on they will have to learn to op erate under lay leadership” unless means are created for training rabbis. ’ He said there were only three rabbis for the 3,000,000 Jews in the European part of Russia. Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levine in Moscow is 74. Rabbi Lubanov in Leningrad is 86. Rabbi Israel Schwartzblatt in Odessa is 54. Major communities like Kiev, Riga, and Vilna have no rabbis, no replacements being available since their rabbis died. Rabbi Schneier said the prob lem was discussed with Peter Makartsev, member of the Coun cil on Religious Affairs of the Soviet Council of Ministers. The mission suggested to him that since the Moscow yeshiva was not functioning, Jewish students be allowed to study at seminaries in Europe, as Russian Orthodox and Baptist seminarians are allowed to do. The rabbi said that the Soviet official agreed “in princ iple” but said it would be nec essary to comply “with the usual Thursday, April 20. The clergymen who visited Russia included Rabbi Arthur Schneier of the Park Avenue Synagogue; Dr. Harold A. Bos ley, Christ Church Methodist; the Rev. Daniel Flaherty, execu tive editor of the Jesuit weekly America, and Francis E. Dorn, secretary-treasurer of the Foun dation. Rabbi Schneier announced at the Overseas Press Club that the Foundation of which he is pres ident, would make available scholarships for some 25 candi dates for the rabbinate to study in countries approved by the USSR. ^ regulations for such a venture, - though he added there would be “no problem.” The Foundation offered scholarships to some 25 candidates for the rabbinate to study in countries approved by the Soviet Union. V Rabbi Schneier said Makartiev was asked whether mission mem bers might properly invite rep resentatives of religious groups they had met in Russia to visit thgrA in the United States, and specifically if Chief Rabbi Le vine \ could join in such a visit. The Soviet official again said there would be “no problem.” The mission received a “flat dec laration” from the official that the new Jewish prayerbooks, promised for several years, would be ready for the High Holy Days. The rabbi said the mission mem bers were shown 430 plates from which the prayerbooks in 1956 were printed and 50 new plates to replace damaged ones. Rabbi Schneier said paper had to be al located and a printing plant as signed to complete the 480 page siddur. Rabbi Schneier said that there was also a need for prayer shawls. Nothing has been done to provide them, but A. Liepa, the Latvian Republic Religious Affairs Min ister, told mission that the need was being met by “gifts from out side.” Mission members said that this was the first indication that; such gifts, banned until noyf, would be permitted. Mission members found that monuments on mass graves of victims of the German occupation did not mention that the victims were Jews “in contrast to the fact that Jews have the designation ‘Jew’ on their identification cards.” At this point Rabbi Schne ier mentioned the indication “that during this 50th anniversary year of the Russian Revolution, the designation “Jew might be dropp ed from the internal passports.” Soviets to Allow Jews Rabbinical Studies Abroad B'nai B'rith Youth Survey Considers Student Problems CHICAGO (JTA)—B’nai B’rith has announced its Vocational Service Department was under taking a study to discover if Jewish youths make good on the college and career plans they formulate as high school stu dents. * The study reported at the an nual meeting of the B’nai B’rith Vocational Service Commission, held here, was a follow-up of an extensive BBVS survey conduct ed in the early 1960’s of 6,649 Jewish students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. The survey will seek to de termine whether the youths, now in college or earning a living, attended the schools of their choice and entered the fields they hoped for while in high school and how they compare, as Jews, to the general popula tion in successfully completing their career plans. Milton Berger of Philadelphia, chairman of the commission, said the stuejy will enable educational and 'Vocational guidance person nel to understand what factors affect the career decisions of Jewish yduth so that they may utilize this information in their current counseling, t “If we know why Jewish youngsters succeed or fail in college and in their designated professions,” Mr. Berger said. “we can offer more competent guidance to today’s youth who encounter greater problems be cause of the increasing competi tion for college admittance and the growing specialization in the labor market.” Delegation Tours European States BELGRADE (JTA)— A World Jewish Congress delegation head ed by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president, left here last week after a three day visit to Yugoslav Jewish communities as part of their tour of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. Dr. Goldmann, accompanied by Dr. Ladislaw Kadelburg, presi dent of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia, was received by Geza Tikwicki, a member of-the executive council of the Yugoslav Government. He also paid a visit to the chairman of the Belgrade Council, Mayor Branko Peschitz. Earlier, some 70 Jewish leaders from all parts of Yugoslavia at tended a reception for the WJC delegation given by the Yugoslav Jewish Federation. During the reception, discussions were held on such topics as neo-Nazism, compensation for Nazi victims, Jewish identity and Jewish youth. Israel Gets Big GPedits From British LONDON (JTA)—The British Board of Trade has announced that it had guaranteed for Israel an export credit totaling 5,000,000 pounds sterling ($14 million). The credit will go to the Industrial Development Bank of Israel. The Board of Trade stated the loan had been granted after the visit of Israel’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Zeev Shareff “as a guest of the British Govern ment.” Mr. Shareff, in a communique, spelled out the terms of the credit. “The Export Credit Guarantee Department of the Board of Trade,” the communique stated, “is* being established in London by S. G. Warburg Co., Ltd., in conjunction with a consortium of banks. The credit will be avail able for contracts for capital plant and machinery of 1.25 mil lion pounds ($3.5 million) or more.” The Israeli Minister told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that interest on the loan was fix ed at 5% percent, and there was a two-year limit for Israel to make use of the fund, and that the period of repayrr\ent would be 10 years. He said part of the loan may be used for bulk purchases of plant and machinery of a val ue of not less than 100,000 pounds ($280,000).