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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 Vol. XLIII Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 5, 1968 Gives First-Hand Account Of Oppression by Soviets NEW YORK (JTA) — A New York rabbi, who returned re cently from a visit to the Soviet Union, reported here that there was only one synagogue left in Leningrad to serve 300,000 Jews. Rabbi Jacob Goldberg of the Fort Tryon Jewish Center, also told a mass Hanuka rally that the last known minyan, held as a consequence of synagogue.shut- c owns in the Soviet Union, was forcibly halted by Soviet of ficials in Leningrad a few months ago. The rally followed a Hanuka torchlight parade through New York City streets in protest Gen. Bar-Lev Not Expecting Soviet Action TEL AVIV (JTA)—The possi bility that Israel may same day . y ave 10 fi&ht "foreign armies” from outside the Middle East — Soviet foroes by implication—was raised by the new Chief of Staff of Israel’s armed forces, Maj. Gen. Chaim Bar-Lev, in his first press interview since assuming his new post. But the veteran of last June’s Six Day War declared that, while Israel’s army is sufficiently train ed and experienced to meet the most modem armies in the world, he did not “envisage any inter vention—physical and active by a foreign power against us ” Such power, he said, will con tinue to train and equip the Arab nations, “but there is a long way from this to an actual fighting force.’’ Gen. Bar-Lev met the press following a morning of military parades at army posts all over Israel, which marked his take over of command from Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, retiring Chief of Staff. Both military leaders is sued orders of the day to their troops. Gen. Rabin, in his final order, warned that “it cannot be • said with certainty that the June war was the last war.” He cau tioned further that security can not be achieved “simply by of fering a hand of peace, but first and foremost by being prepared for war at all times.” Gen. Bar- Lev, in his first order of the day, noted that, while the Arab states are “still licking their wounds, they are already talking of a new round, apparently having not given up their ambition to des 7 troy Israel.” The new Chief of Staff elab-’ orated on this subject at his press conference. He also discussed the problem of increasing Arab terrorist activity, and said that it was “certainly a possibility” that Israel would retaliate, against such acts by taking countermea sures “across the borders.” He disclosed that some 700 terrorists have boon captured by Israeli se curity forces since the June war. Governor# to Make Good Will Tour WASHINGTON.. (JTA)—Gov. John Vol pc of Massachusetts will lead a delegation of governors of various states on a goodwill trip to Israel in January. Gov. . Volpe is chairman. The others are Gov ernors Warren P. Knowles, Re publican of Wisconsin; Calvin Rampton, Democrat of Utah; Tim M. Babcock, Republican of Mon tana; Ralph M. Paiewonsky, Democrat of the Virgin Islands; James A. Rhodes, Republican of Ohio, and Hu left C. Smith, Dem ocrat of West Virginia. They will tour Israel from January 25 to 31. against the abuse of Jews in the Soviet Union. The parade and rally, one of 18 such demonstra tions in American cities on Hanuka eve, was sponsored here by the New York Jewish Com munity Relations Council’s co ordinating committee on Soviet Jewry, and the American ^Jew ish Conference on Soviet Jewry. Rabbi Goldberg’s report bore out an earlier charge by the Conference that more than 450 synagogues in Russia have been systematically closed by Soviet officials over the last 10 years. Only 60 synagogues remain in the entire country to serve the Soviet Union’s 3,000,000 Jews. The closing of the synagogues compelled the growth of private prayer gatherings which are now being systematically re pressed, the Conference said. Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference, said that the mass rallies and demonstrations demanded that “the USSR re move the disabilities and in equities which block religious and cultural development of -Russian Jewry, and accord them the necessary communal facili ties available to other religious and cultural groups; to permit thd reunion of families split by the holocaust of World War II; and halt the virulent anti- Semitic campaign of initimida- Jion carried on since the Six- Day War.” Outside New York, rallies and torchlight parades in which thousands participated were held in Newark, N.J. San Jose and San Francisco, California, Balti more, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Norfolk, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Trenton, N.J., Waterbury, Conn., Miami, and Minneapolis and St. Paul. Meet Justice Douglas JERUSALEM (JTA) — United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was received here by the president of Israel’s Supreme Court, Justice Simon Agranat. Justice Douglas also met with Aharon Becker, secretary general of Histadrut, Israel’s fed eration of labor; and David Hor owitz, Governor of the Bank of Israel. Extremist Threats To Heavy Guard No. 1 *9 1-5 nkol WASHINGTON (JTA)—Prime Minister Levi Eshkol has a heavy itinerary for his eight day visit to the United States which he is making at the invitation of President Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol will spend the January 7-8 weekend" as house guests ait the LBJ ranch in Texas. It was reported in Jerusalem that Mr. Eshkol will visit Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Lon don after his talks with Presi dent Johnson. There was no of ficial confirmation of that re port. Mr. Eshkol was due to arrive in New York on January 4. He will be feted at the United Na tions at a luncheon given by Secretary-General U Thant and will be tendered a dinner by major Jewish organizations in New York City on January 11. He will confer in New York with Gov. Rockefeller and will be a guest of Mayor John Lind say at a performance of th< Metropolitan opera. He also will Premier to Follow Cabinet Guidelines JERUSALEM (JTA)— Israel’s insistence on direct peace nego tiations with the Arabs, and her refusal to withdraw from occu pied Arab territories until a peace treaty is signed, will be convey ed by Prime Minister Eshkol to President Johnson when they nv’et. in Texas January*? and 8. These were the guidelines laid down for the Prime Minister’s American visit at a Cabinet ses sion here and announced in a communique signed by all Cab inet members. The communique also express ed hopes for improved relations between Israel and the United States and Canada. Great Britain was not mentioned in the com munique because there has been no official announcement of the Prime Minister’s intention to visit there on his way home from the U.S.A. Finance Minister Sapir will be acting Prime R^inister dur- ingf Mr. Eshkol’s absence. address a meeting of the Over seas Press Club. The dinner honoring the Prime Minister will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and invitations have been extended by Edward Ginsberg, chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Max M. Fisher, UJA president; Abraham A. Feinberg, president of the Israel Bonds Organiza tion, and Samuel Rothberg, cam paign chairman. The Prime Minister will have much heavier police and Secret Service protection than he re ceived for his 1964 visit because of indicationstof possible violence by Black Power extremists. The Federal Bureau of Investigation nas opened a probe of new state ments by the Student Non-Vio lent Coordinating Committee which advocates attacks on Pres ident Johnson “to make him afraid to leave the White House.” 33 of 46 Meetings Of Security Council Considered Mideast UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA) — The Middle East crisis dominated the deliberations of the Security Council in 1967, with — 33 of its 46 sessions during the jfmder de Gaulle year devoted to events in that . „ . part, of the world, the United Na- Sees Self in Hole tions reported. The busiest months were June and November, when the Security Council held 17 and 12 meetings respectively on the Middle East. In 1966, the Coun cil held a total of 70 meetings, of which 28 were concerned with the Middle East. The composition of the Secur ity Council charged, as a new slate of non-permanent members began a two-year term. They are Algeria, Hungary’. Pakistan, Par aguay and .Senegal, which re placed Argentina, Bulgaria, Ja pan, Mali and Nigeria. The pres ident of the Council for January is Ambassador Agha Shahi, of Pakistan who replaced Chief Adebo, head of the Nigerian del egation. The presidency rotates each month among all members of the 15-nation body. The first foreign official guest of the President since emergence of the new SNCC extremist line, is Mr. Eshkol. In the issue of the SNCC publication urging violence against President John son the Black Power Group re affirmed its “political opposition to Zionism.” The FBI has cautioned the New York City Police Depart ment and other local security agencies to guard against pos sible SNCC attempts to embarass President Johnson by extremist demonstrations against Mr. Esh kol, who makes a convenient target as the head of a nation now under heavy fire from left ist supporters of Arab extremism in the United States. Additional security measures have been set up both in New York and at t! LBJ ranch in Texas. White House, sources said it was possible that officials of such executive agencies as the De partments of State and Defense, might go to the U3J ranch dur ing the Eshkol visit. The visit is taking place a month earlier than scheduled, at the request of the President. The talks are expected to cover a wide range of such matters as arms sales to Israel, economic questions and political matters. • Police Parade Through Old City Of Peacemaker PARIS (JTA) — President de Gaulle asserted here in his tra ditional year-end address to the naltion that, on the strength of his past policies, he would ultimately be able to bring peace to the Mid dle East as well as to'Viet Nam. Without menltaoning either Is rael or the United States by name, but referring to his policies of op posing Israel’s role in the Middle East and the American role in Southeast Asia, he declared that the warnings he had issued to both .Israel and the USA had proved justified by events. All sides are now coming around to his views, he stated, and “all signs indicate, therefore, that we shall be in a position to contri bute moslt effectively to interna tional solutions.” In his address to the nation, which was televised, Gen. de Gaulle avoided all the harsh terms he had previously employed, eith er against Israel and the Jews or against the U. S. role regard ing Viet Nam. POLICE HONOR—For the first time in celebra tion of “Israel Policemen’s Day,” Arab and Jew marched together through the Old City of Jeru salem. Also taking part were all those policemen who once worked under Jordanian rule and now serve in the Israeli Police Force. - Arab Terror Stalks Wide Israel Area TEL AVIV (JTA)—A mortar attack from across the Jordan River, aimed at Kfar Ruppin in , the Beisan Valley, and a two- < hour exchange of fire later be tween Jordanians and Israeli forcep on the West Bank, about 10 miles north of Damiyah Bridge, ended a New Year wekend in whiah terrorists activities were otherwise centered on the Gaza Strip and the town of Gaza. Ac cording to a military spokesman, there were no casualties on the Israeli side of the latest incidents. In the Gaza Strip^ the military governor imposed a curfew, later lifted, after two persons wbre in jured by hand grenades thrown near a movie and a coffee house in the town of Gaza. One person was fatally injured when police were forced to fire into a mob that was beginning to riot out side the labor exchange at Ral- fash, in the southern Gaza Strip.