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Vol. XLIV
The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Esta^ '.o
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IN FUND RAISING
Small (Community Jews
Average More Per Capita
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, August 22, 1969
NEW YORK (JTA) — Jews in
America’s smaller communities
contribute substantially more to
Jewish fund-raising campaigns,
on a per capita basis, than do
those of the larger Jewish com
munities. This is one of the
findings of a preliminary report
on a study of 120 communities
with less than 5,000 Jews pre
pared by the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds.
The 120 Communities, embrac
ing a total Jewish population of
225,000, constitute only 6.7 per
cent of American Jewry but
those communities have contri
buted 10.6 percent of the nation
wide results, according to the
study which was prepared by
Martin Greenberg, CJF research
British Publisher
Plans Edition
Of *Mein Kampf'
LONDON (JTA) — A British
publisher announced last week
that he will publish a limited
edition of Hitler’s autobiography,
“Mein Kampf,” the first to ap
pear in Britain since World War
II, although he admittedly lacks
authorization of the Bavarian
state government which holds
the copyright.
Sir Robert Lusty, managing di
rector of Hutchinsons Publishers,
said only 2,000 copies would be
printed. He said there had been
some private complaints, mainly
from Jews, but “We felt that
with the new generation coming
on there should be — whether
one likes it or not — an edition
available for study by students.”
Sir Robert said royalties would
be paid to the Bavarian govern
ment which confiscated the copy
right after the war and has since
refused to allow anybody to re
publish Hitler’s work. Sir Rob
ert said he has received no com
plaint from the West German
Government and “I am sure they
know we are publishing it.”
Brandeis Study
To Probe Obesity
—And Control
WALTHAM, Mass. — A three-
year research project on the
basic causes and possible control
of obesity in man is being Init
iated at Brandeis University
under a $135,545 grant from the
John A. Hartford Foundation,
Inc., New York City.
Studies of the biochemical
basis of obesity, to be directed
by Dr. John W. Lowenstein, pro
fessor of biochemistry at Bran
deis, will be conducted in part
on a special strain of mice that
suffers from a hereditary ten
dency to become fat. This type
of obesity is similar to one of the
major types found i n humans.
The investigations will include
highly-sensitive measurements of
metabolite and enzyme levels,
and of metabolic and oxidation
rates in normal and obese sub
jects.
Dr. Lowenstein is a graduate
of the University of Edinburgh,
summa cum laude, he received
his PhD. from the University of
London.
CASALS 7 ORATORIO
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The di
rectors of the Israel Music Fes
tival have rejected a demand
by the Chief Rabbinate that they
delete from the program an ora
torio by the world famous cellist,
Pablo Casals on the grounds that
it is Christian in theme and
might encourage “missionaries.”
Mr. Casals will conduct his work,
titled “The Crib.”
director, for the organization’s
national committee on small
cities. On a per capita basis of
contributions, the smaller com
munities run “far ahead” of
larger communities — $42.45 as
against $25.50 in 1966, a per cap
ita figure which soared to $116 in
response to the 1967 Israel emer
gency. The study compared per
capita giving in the small com
munities with per capita giving
of the rest of the American Jew
ish communities.
The data indicated consider
able variations in small commun
ity contributions. In three com
munities, the CJF reported, the
pre-emergency per capita gift
was more than $100 in ten others,
it was between $80 and $100. On
the other end of the scale, 17 of
the smaller communities had per
capita total of under $20 and two
had per capita gifts of less than
$10. In 1966, the data showed,
the small communities averaged
$70 in Israel Bond purchases for
every $100 in contributions.
Small communities which used
full-time professional campaign
direction averaged the highest
per capita contribution in 1966—
$72.50. Those with part-time
professional direction had the
lowest average — $40.20.
Eban Admits
Of Separate Palestine Entity
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No. 34
JERUSALEM (JTA)— Foreign
Minister Abba Eban said that a
possible solution of the Palestine
problem might be the creation of
a politically separate Palestinian
entity. It was the first time Is
rael’s Foreign Minister said pub
licly that the idea of a separate
Palestinian state was supportable.
Mr. Eban told a Montreal
United Jewish Appeal delegation
that Israel would not totally
debar all the Palestinian Arabs
from a separate political destiny.
However, he argued against any
att empt to delineate Israel’s fu
ture borders before peace nego
tiations with the Arabs. The ex
tent of our control over our own
home is no less important than the
dimensions of our homeland, he
said. That is why most planning
for peace in Israel today seeks
ways to improve our territorial
security without acquiring an
Arab population of 1.5 million
which would be permanently dis
sident and totally committed in
its deeper loyalties to our neigh
bors, Mr. Eban said.
Asked about the possibility of
Soviet intervention in the Middle
East, the Foreign Minister said
Russia clearly had reservations
over direct involvement in the
area. He said he detected a com
mon interest in both the United
States and the Soviet Union to
prevent the globalization of the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
In Brief
LONDON (JTA)—The heaviest
Soviet naval traffic since the Six-
Day War in 1967 passed through
the Turkish straits into the Med
iterranean, presumably headed
for Port Said. Observers noted
that the ships carried unusually
large amounts of anti-aircraft
equipment.
The Soviet ships included the
25,000 ton helicopter carrier,
Moskva, which has two systems
of anti-aircraft missile launchers
and a complement of 30 helicop
ters. Observers reported a crui
ser, a destroyer and a fleet
tanker. Turkish port authorities
said that the expected more Sov-'
iet units.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—An Israeli
officer was killed in the Suez
Canal zone by explosives presum
ably planted by an Egyptian
commando unit that is believed
tc have crossed the canal in the
night. The deceased was identi
fied as Second Lt. Herman Mor-
dechai. The explosion took place
on a water pipeline that runs
parallel to the canal between Is-
mailia and the Firdan bridge.
An Israeli soldier was killed
Sunday when his vehicle struck
a mine on Mt. Hermon in the
Golan Heights. The mine was at
tributed to saboteurs from Leb
anon. It brought to seven the
number of sabotage incidents
from Lebanese territory during
the past week.
A military spokesman said that
incidents along the Jordan River
declined slightly last week to 49
compared to 53 the week before.
But Jordanian regulars partici
pated in only two of the latest
incidents. So far Jordan has not
made an attempt to repair the
Ghor irrigation canal damaged by
an Israeli air raid Aug. 10. The
fields watered by the canal are
reported to be yellowing for lack
of irrigation.
Small arms and mortar ex
changes took place along the
Suez Canal in the night and the
next day. But there has been
no Egyptian artillery fire since
the recent Israeli air raid which
blasted gun positions at Dever
Swair, near the Bitter Lakes,
Israeli observers claimed the
Egyptians suffered at least 30
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A conven
tion of Quakers attended by
Americans and a number of Pal
estinian Arabs on the island of
Cyprus has called upon the Arab
nations to make peace with Is
rael. The deliberations were re
ported by the newspaper Yediot
Achronot which said the conven
tion is sending a report of its
debate to President Richard M.
Nixon, himself a Quaker. The
United States Consulate in Jer
usalem was said to have been
represented at the meeting along
with other diplomats.
According to the newspaper,
resolutions urged Palestinian
Arabs to become a factor in set
tling the Middle East conflict
They reportedly called on the
Arab states to recognize Israel
and on Israel not to demand con
ditions that the Arabs would” re
gard as degrading or that would
put them in the role of a de
feated party.
Rafi Faction Votes Heavily
Against Split From Party
casualties and some of their bat
teries were destroyed. A mortar
shell exploded near Port Tewfik
but there were no Israeli casual
ties.
An Israeli unit came under
mortar attack in the Golan
Heights but suffered no casual
ties. The fire was returned. Is
raeli workers demolished three
houses in Nablus belonging to
suspectc-d saboteurs. The build
ings were dismantled piece-by
piece so as not to damage ad
jacent houses.
LONDON (JTA)— King Hus
sein will visit Cairo soon to dis
cuss with President Nasser the
possibility of calling an Arab
summit conferenece on the Israel
situation, the semi-official Cairo
daily, A1 Ahram, reported. The
visit would follow that of Presi
dent Noureddin A1 Atassi of
Syria, who left Cairo Sunday.
A conference of the countries
actively involved in war with Is
rael was believed more likely to
emerge from the consultations
than a full summit conference.
This would bring together Egypt,
Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
Both Iraq and Syria now have
forces stationed in Jordan.
According to the Times of
London, the Egyptian and Syrian
leaders wound up their three days
of talks in Cairo in apparent
agreement on the use of force
rather than diplomacy to eject
Israel from occupied Arab terri
tories.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Members
of a militant French Zionist youth
group staged a parade and prayer
service on the Temple Mount in
Old Jerusalem Monday in de
fiance of a government ban on
sectarian activities on that site.
The youths, wearing the uniform
of Betar, the youth organization
associated with the Zionist-Re
visionist?. held their ceremonial
in front of the El Aksa mosque,
a Moslem sacred shrine.
They chanted the “minha”
prayer and sang a hymn, but dis
persed quietly when police ap
proached. The leader of the
group declared, “This is the most
holy place of the Jews which is
held by aliens. Let the Temple
be rebuilt.”
TEL AVIV (JTA)— The Rafi
faction voted 39-6 against splitt
ing away from the Labor Party
in secret balloting here. The
vote came after Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan, leader of Rafi,
urged party unity in view of Is
rael’s “grave political and mili
tary situation.”
Gen. Dayan said the agreement
hammered out with Labor Party
leaders over the weekend on pol
icies in the occupied territories
was acceptable to Rafi and that
the faction achieved organization
al gains. Gen. Dayan will retain
the portfolio of Defense Minister
in the new government to be
formed after the October elections,
and an additional cabinet post
will be awarded to Rafi. It prob
ably will be filled by Shimon
Peres, a former Deputy Defense
Minister, who was Rafi secretary-
general before its merger with
Mapai and Achdut Avodah to
form the Labor Party early this
year.
Not all Rafi members were sat
isfied. Ir. addition to the six votes
cast for a split there were six
a b s t er.tions. Some members
claimed the agreement with the
party leaders was a “trip” to si
lence Rafi and a few said they
would resign from the party and
would not vote for it in the elec
tions. But a majority was appar
ently convinced by Gen. Dayan’s
assertion that the Labor Party of
fered the “best prospects” for
solving the numerous problems
facing IsraeL Gen. Dayan bad
praise ioi Premier Golda Meir’s
handling of her job, though he
added wryly, “there can be a bet
ter Premier just as there can
be a better Defense Minister.”
He made it clear that he would
not head a new list should Rali
break away from the Labor
Party and present its own can
didates for election. In any event,
he said, as matters now stand
with the political issues settled
and Rafi representation arranged,
there can be no question at
splitting. ; »
Mr. Peres said in his address
that ne thought Rafi could' win
more Knesset seats with a sep
arate list than the nine allotted
it by agreement with the Labor
Party leaders. Nevertheless, be
said, the present situation is not
the time for a split and national
interests are best served by party
unity.
Massachusetts
Rabbis Propose
Community Courts
BOSTON (JTA) — The
Rabbinical Court of Justice
of the Associated Synagogues
of Massachusetts has recom
mended establishment of
special community courts to
handle disputes between
landlords and tenants and
will sponsor a bill in the
Commonwealth Legislature
for establishment of such
courts.
Pending their establish
ment, the Rabbinical Court of
.Justice has offered to work
with community agencies in
establishing courts to deal
with rent cases and landlord -
tenant disputes. The court
was instrumental a year ago
in settlement of a dispute in
volving 40 buildings in the
South End of Boston.
Under the proposed plan,
the major religious denomi
nations in Massachus e 11 s
would name a panel of 50,
three of whom would be as
signed to each community to
act as an arbitration board.
The board’s decision would
have legal authority.
U. Thant Bids
Observers For
Israel, Lebanon
UNIITED NATIONS, N Y.
(JTA) — Secreta’ry'-General U
Thant disclosed Tuesday that he
had requested Israel and Leb
anon to agree to the stationing
of United Nations observers "in
adequate number” on both sides
of the Israeli-Lebanese boundary
“with the function of observing
and maintaining the SecuHty
Council cease-fire.”
Mr. Thant took the initiative
Saturday when he addressed his
proposals to the permanent rep
resentatives here of the two coun
tries. He acted after another in
conclusive meeting of the Secur
ity Council on Friday to consider
the Lebanese and Israeli crosa-
complaints filed after last Mon
day’s air attack on a gue^yitya-
controlled enclave on the slopes
of Mount Hermon In Lebanese
territory. In that attack, Israeli
planes bombed and stafed guer
rilla bases from which attacks
had been launched on Israeli ter
ritory.
The suggestion that the UN ob
servers be placed on the Israeli-
Lebanese border was made last
week by Charles W. Yost, the
American representative, as the
Security Council discussed the
complaints each country had .filed
after Israeli planes bombarded a
guerrilla-controlled enclave, on
the slopes of Mount Hermon in
southern Lebanon.