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The Southern Israelite
Vol. XU 11
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, May 24, 1968
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Communal Service Workers
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
first central organization for re
cruiting and training personnel
for Jewish communal service,
the Bureau for Careers in Jewish
Service, has created by 30 major
national agencies in the United
States and Canada to overcome a
critical shortage of professional
personnel affecting all of the
major Jewish services.
The organization was estab
lished here with the naming of
temporary officers and a per
manent executive director at the
first meeing of the board of di
rectors. Acting officers are
Howard Rubin, of Boston, presi
dent; David Weingard, of New
York, treasurer, and Philip Bern
stein, of New York, secretary.
Manheim S. Shapiro, for 17 years
an executive of the American
Jewish Committee, was named
executive director.
The new Bureau will be con-
Dr. Goldmann
Sees No Change
In Poles' Bias
LONDON (JTA)— Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, president of the World
Jewish Congress, said here that
the Polish Government has not
been budged an inch from its
anti-Jewish campaigns by world
wide protests or by appeals by
Jewish organizations and by
many non-Jewish bodies and in
dividuals normally sympathetic to
the Polish Socialist Republic.
Dr. Goldmann made this assess
ment at a meeting of the British
section of the WJCongress. He
said it was astonishing that a
regime purportedly based on the
principles of human rights and
safeguarding the rights of minor
ities, should engage in official
propaganda and incite m e n t
against Jews.
“This is disturbing reversion to
the traditional anti-Semitic pol
icies and discriminatory acts of
former reactionary Polish govern
ments,’’ Dr. Goldmann said.
“It is particularly disquieting
because, since the last war, Po
land has shown deep sympathy
and understanding for the ideals
and aspirations of its small Jew
ish community and has given it
aid in maintaining its social and
cultural institutions.
“All we seek from the Polish
Government,’’ Dr. Goldmann said,
“is that it keep faith with its
ideals of social justice and bear
in mind the terrible sacrifices at
the hands of the Nazis, made by
Polish and other European Jew
ries on Polish soil.”
cerned with the total field of
Jewish service, including all
types of social services and fund
raising, Jewish scholarship and
research, the rabbinate and ad
ministrative and other profes
sional personnel of synagogues,
community relations, Jewish edu
cation and Jewish journalism.
Catholics, Jews
Plan to Improve
IJ nderstandinn
NEW YORK (JTA)—Plans to
involve various Catholic sem
inaries and organizations in pro
grams designed to improve Cato-
olic-Jewish understanding were
discussed at a series of meetings
here between the Secretariat for
Catholic-Jewish Relations and
representative organizations of
the Jewish community.
Participants in the sessions
here were the American Jewish
Committee, Anti-Defamation Lea
gue of B’naii B’rith, Jewish Re-
constructionist Foundation and
the Synagogue Council of Amer
ica. Among the topics discussed
ware anti-Semitism in the United
States and abroad, continuing
tension in the Middle East, Cato-
olic-Jewish dialogue on p>opular
and academic levels, and the im
pact of inter-Christian dialogue
and cooperation on the Jewish
community generally and college
campus life in particular.
Glubb Pasha’s Son
Chip Off Old Arabist
LONDON (JTA)— The son of
Sir John Baggot Glubb (Glubb
Pasha), the British general who
organized the Jordan Arab Le
gion and commanded it in the
1948 war against Israel, has be
come the most shrill Arab prop
agandist on the Amman radio,
according to a report published
here in News of the World.
Young Paris Glubb was hired as
a free lance correspondent by
Amman radio and graduated to
political programs, the paper said,
and has become “more Arab than
the Arabs.”
Measure Would Aid
Polish Refupees
WASHINGTON (JTA)— Rep.
Leonard Farhstein, New York
Democrat, has introduced an
amendment to the Immigration
Act to facilitate the entry of
Jewish refugees from Communist
Poland. It would allow refugees
from Communist nations to qual
ify for United States entry with
out first moving to a non-Com-
munist nation.
Of "Delegation"
To America
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
Soviet Embassy has issued a Nov-
osti press agency release here pro
viding details on the members of
the Jewish religious delegation
soon to visit the United States
in fulfillment of a Soviet ar
rangement with an anti-Zionist
organization, the American Coun
cil for Judaism.
The release was written by
Samuel Rozin, Novosti correspon
dent, and included an interview
with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin,
spiritual leader of the Moscow
Choral Synagogue, one of the del
egation.
The release sought to give the
impression that Jews enjoy ade
quate religious facilities in the
USSR. It stated that Rabbi Levin
“simulaneously heads the Kol
Yakov Yeshiva and many of his
pupils are now working as rabbis
and ritual slaughterers, in various
cities of the Soviet Union.” Ref
erence was made to supplies cf
matzoh, prayerbooks, and other
religious needs provided allegedly
to Russian Jewry.
Another member of the dele
gation, Rabbi Israel Shvartablat,
55, of Odessa, was identified as a
native of Lithuania who cam
pled yeshiva studies in 1935.
Rabbi Israel Bronfman, of Der-
bent, Daghestan, was also ident
ified as a delegation member. The
fourth delegate is David Stiskin,
cantor of the Leningrad Syna
gogue.
B'nai B'rith Unveils
Memorial Replica
WASHINGTON (JTA)— B’nai
B’rith unveiled last week a rep
lica of the 25-foot-high bronze
memorial to Jewish victims of
the Nazi holacaust it will erect
in its Martyrs’ Forest overlooking
the entrance to Jerusalem. Sculp
tor Nathan Rapoporf, of New
York, designed it in the form of
two scrolls. The six-foot model
will be on display in the B’nai
B’rith building through Decem
ber.
Jewish Book Council
Elects Dr. Nadich
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. Judah
Nadich, rabbi of .the Park Avenue
Synagogue here, has been eleoted
president of the National Jew
ish Welfare Board Jewish Book
Council of America, it was an
nounced at the Council’s 25th an
nual meeting. He suooeeds Hyman
B. Bass. Dr. Nadich was previ
ously a vice president.
Despite Oi
JERUSALEM (JTA) A Prime
Minister Eshkol’s broadly based
coalition Government, created
during the war crisis last May,
is not likely to fall despite ob
jections in certain political fac
tions to the Government’s de
clared policies toward United Na
tions Ambassador Gunnar Jar
ring’s peace mission and the
Nov. 22, 1967 Security Council
resolution, informed political ob
servers said here.
The principal objections stem
from the Gahal, the Herut-Liberal
Party alignment, which is part of
the Government. Although sev
eral other Cabinet members, no
tably Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan and Minister of Transport
Moshe Carmel have criticized
Government policies at internal
party meetings, they are expect
ed to support the Government,
according to informed observers.
Rumblings of dissent, greeted
Foreign Minister Abba Eban
when he returned from his Scan
dinavian tour and were respon
sible, at least in part, for post
ponement of the Cabinet meet
ing at which Mr. Eban was to
report. The official announcement
said the meeting was postponed
because Mr. Eshkol is confined to
bed with a cold.
It is expected that a large ma
jority of toe Cabinet will approve
toe political stand and tactical
moves made by Israel so far. The
Cabinet is expected to reiterate
that Israel will adhere to toe
cease-fire lines until they are re
placed by boundaries agreed to
by both sides under the terms of
a just and lasting peace.
Foreign Minster Eban told re
porters, on his return from Den
mark, that “nothing (has been said
or arranged with Ambassador
JERUSALEM (JTA) — De
fense Minister Moshe Dayan has
told the Knesset that the Egyp
tian Army had been restored to
its pre-June 1967 strength as a
result of re-equipment by the
Soviet Union.
The Soviet re-armament of
Egypt, long a matter of concern
in Israel, is appaiently not lim
ited to equipment but includes
military personnel. Observers
here said that some 2,500 Soviet
officers and non-commissioned
officers have been detailed to
the Egyptian Army since last
June’s Six-Day War and their
number is increasing. As a re
sult, the Egyptian Army is grow-
1 o Policy
Jarring exoept that we have
agreed to transfer contact to New
York. Instead of flying from one
capital to another and then to
Cyprus, Dr. Jarring asked that
we empower our UN Ambassador
to maintain contact with him in
New York so that he can con
centrate his efforts.” The For
eign Minister was met at toe air
port by demonstrators represent
ing the so-called movement fox
a “greater Israel.” Some carried
placards likening him to Neville
Chamberlain and demanding that
he resign.
Sources close to Eban said be
believes toe campaign against Is
rael’s policies, which have been
stated publicly on several occas
ions, is motivated by internal
political considerations and is
totally unwarranted.
Historical Group
Dedicates Building
WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA)—The
new library-headquarters of the
American Jewish Historical So
ciety, on the campus of Brandeis
University, was dedicated here. It
contains toe world’s largest col
lection of manuscripts and printed
material dealing with toe history
and achievement of Western
Hemisphere Jews.
The $600,000 building, named
for Lee M. Friedman, late Bos
ton attorney whose bequest made
it possible, will have a capacity
for six million manuscripts and
100,000 volumes. The Society is
not part of Brandeis but func
tions as an independent organ-
ziation which collects, preserves
exhibits, publishes and popular
izes material on the settlement,
history and life of Jews on toe
American continent.
ing ever more dependent on
Russian support in all echelons,
they said.
According to these observers,
Russia’s heavy military invest
ment in Egypt and its somewhat
lesser investments in Syria are
part of a long term strategic
move to assume the predominant
roie in the Middle East once
played by Britain.
The large Soviet naval fleet in
the inland sea has already ac
complished this but the fleet
must be supported by an air
force and, the observers think,
the ' 100 Russian pilots flying
under Egyptian colors may be
the backbone of such a force.
Dayan Says Russia Aids Egypt
With Both Men and Equipment
Presidential Candidates Express
Views on Mideast
Democrats
NEW YORK (JTA)—Two con
tenders for toe Democratic Par
ty’s Presidential nomination have
oame out with strong declarations
of support for Israel.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of
New York said the United States
had a “deep moral responsibility”
for the security of Israel and
should sell to Israel toe 59 Phan
tom supersonic jet planes it has
requested.
In Omaha, Neb., Son. Eugene
McCarthy called on the Govern
ment to “reaffirm its moral and
political commitmnt to the con
tinued existence and indepen
dence of the State of Israel by
military assistance if necessary.”
He said that “a clear statement
at this time of our unwavering
commitment to the preservation
of the State of Israel may well
deter another outbreak of war.”
Sen. Kennedy met with the
board of directors of toe Syna
gogue Council of America in
New York. He told toe assembly
that the jet planes were needed
to assure a balance of arms in
the Middle East, in the absence of
an agreement with Moscow to
limit major arms shipments to the
region. Citing the “massive So
viet shipments to Arab states,”
Sen. Kennedy said we should
continue to work for an arms cur
tailment agreement with toe
Kremlin.
The New Yorker said the U. S.
has a “deep moral responsibility
to assure toe existence of Israel,”
saying the world community was
morally delinquent in the 1939s in
failing to save Jews from Nazi
extermination. He said toe sur
vivors of the holocaust must
never be threatened with des
truction again.
Sources close to Sen. McCarthy
said he was moved to take his
position on Israel because he felt
there was vacillation in U. S.
Mideast policies. His belief was
said to be that any confusion as
to U. S. intentions causes a vac
uum that tempts toe Arabs to
belligerency.
Republicans
WASHINGTON (JTA)— Three
contenders for the Republican
nomination for the Presidency
have put on record their views
on Israel and the Middle East,
all calling for supply of United
States weapons to Israel to re
dress the balance of power upset
by Soviet rearmament of the
Arabs.
Former Vice-President Richard
Nixon and Gov. Nelson Rockefel
ler of New York stated their pos
itions in letters to Rep. Seymour
Halpern, the New York Repub
lican who is a leading advocate
of U. S. military aid to Israel,
The views of Gov. Ronald Reagan
were brought to the attention of
the Senate by Sen. George Mur
phy, California Republican.
Mr. Nixon said “toe first urg
ency” for the United States was
not to permit the power balance
to shift to “militant Arab states
bent on a new war” and to see
to it that Israel’s military strength
did not fall to a level, relative to
that of toe Arab states, which
would “invite a war of revenge.”
He also said the United States
must impress the Soviet Union
with the urgency of “keeping
their clients in check.”
He also urged United States
leadership to bring about an ac
ceptable settlement to include
“solid guarantees” that the occu
pied territories “will never again
be used as liases of aggression or
sanctuaries for terrorism,” that
access for ships of all nations be
guaranteed in the Suez Canal, and
that also included must be recog
nition of Israel’s sovereignty. He
asserted it was “not realistic” to
expect Israel to surrender toe
“vital bargaining counters” of
occupied Arab territories “ in toe
absence of a genuine peace.”
Gov. Rockefeller said that he
preferred that “no arms 'be sold
to anybody, by either side” but
that he favored action by toe
United States to do “what it oan
to maintain a military balance.”
Gov. Reagan was quoted as say
ing that “only one tiny nation,”
Israel, has manned “the ram
parts” against toe Communist
drive “to dominate toe Middle
East,” a reference to Israel’s role
in toe Six-Day War and later.
The losers, he said, have since
been re-armed by the Soviet
Union. He said Israel “must be
provided the weapons to match
the Soviet arms now aimed” at
Israel’s heart.