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Annual ConcEcsve Thursday Evomnq Tho Jcwh.h Youtfi Council presents the Twelfth Annual Conclnvo Dance Thursday evening from 9-12 p. ni., at the Fcnluiielle Hotel. Mu;ik: will he provided by Skippy Anderson's Orchestra. Admission in 51.75 per couple, Olid the dunce is semi-formal. Marching in the coronation will be: Larry Schwartz—President of AZA No. 1. Sandra Fii'her—Co-chainnan of the Conclave Dance. Alan Heeger—Past President of AZA No. 1. Ruthie Chudacoff—President of Councilcttcs. Michael Bleicher—Past President ot AZA No. 1. Doris Kaduzlner—President of Debka Deha. Jerry T u r n e r—President of Kayiin. Lois Shapiro-*-Youth Council Officer. Barry Veret—Past President of Kayini. , Marlene Dloogoff—President of Tikvas Ami. Ruth Slavin—Past President of Tikvas Ami. Jiranklin Heri;—Crown Bearer. Stanley Fellman will be mailer of ceremonies. President of the Jewish Youth Council, Richard Fellman, will speak followed by the announcement of the 1953-54 officers for the Youth Council. Following Dick Fellman; .7. Harry Kolakofsl:y, president of the Jewish Federation, will present the Best Club Award Plaques, The 1052-53 Kins nnd Queen of Merit will be crowned by the 1044-45 King and Queen, Mra. Stanford Lipsey and Al dayman. Following the coronation, Louis' Paul, Director of Athletics, will present the Olympic Awards; and Larry Herllck, Director of Youth Activities, will present the Kovod Keys to the most outstanding seniors.
Reception Planned For Rabbi Groner Members of the fceth Israel Synagogue are planning a weekend of Festivities to welcome Rabbi Benjamin Groner and his family to our community, Harry Sidm.'m, president of. the synagogue announced. The Junior Congregation will be host to the rabbi',1; children, Diane, Haphael and Gladys, at Junior Congregation cervices. to be held in the Chapel, Saturday, June 6. A reception and special Mincha services for the rabbi nnd his family will be given Sunday, June 7, jn the social hall. They are motoring here from Chicago and are expected to arrive June 2.
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Report India Bombay (JTA)—The J e w i s h A/lency representatives here lias received a letter from a group of (ifi Indian Jews who returned here from Israel, denying statements made in Parliament that they left the Jewish State because of a "color bar." The letter said: "We, the undersigned returnees from Israel, desire vehemently to eondradict this (Parliamentary) statement. Neither at work nor socially was there any trace of discrimination on account of color or origin. It is indeed contrary to the spirit which inspired the
world, "We regret the controversy attending our return to India. Our return was a confession of failure on our part to come up to the high standards demanded by a pioneering country. As you arc fully aware, there are many of us who wouffl like to be given another chance to take purl in the great work of reconstruction taking place in Israel. Had we the means, many of us would already have been in Israel today." Coronation London (JTA)—Jews of the British Empire will mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth by a Coronation Dinner here on June 10 under the auspices of the Anglo-Jewish Association. Jews from all the Dominions who will attend the coronation a.i representatives of the Empire's Jewish communities will attend the dinner. The Israel Ambassador to the Court of St. James is also expected to attend. Canadians Montreal, Que. (JTA)—Montreal Jewery is now celebrating the 185th anniversary of the founding ot the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel Congregation, first and oldest synagogue in the Dominion of Canada and the first organized effort In the history of Canada. The synagogue, which traces its traditions to the family chapel of Aaron Hart in Three Rivers in 1763, was constituted in Montreal In 17C8. Its members were mostly Sephordic Jews who had come to Canada with the British forces. Its first building was erected in 1777. Its membership in the early years consisted of all the known Jews in Canada. Moss Hart: "The young man who worked so hard to graduate, later wonders what the hurry was." Jack Benny: "The American home is as sound as ever, thanks to the television set." George Jessel: "Men no longer hide behind women's skirts; neither do women."
•-. 'Goldman § New York (JTA)—"One of the most vital problems for Israel's survival is peace with the Arab world and Israel's integration in tho Near Riot as an equal and integral partner," Dr. N a h u m G o 1 d m a n n , head of the world Zionist movement and chief negotiator of tho $822,000,000 reparations settlement between Germany and Israel, asserted here at a dinner tendered In his honor by over 00 leading Jewish organizations and communities. Stating that "Israel has no desire to bo a permanently beleaguered fortress in a hostile Arab world," Dr. Goldmann said that "the real test of Israel statesmanship will bo its nblllty to solve the problems of ILi relations with the Arab, ilybHd." Dr. Goldmann ri c a 11 in his
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speech with "the unfinished business" of the Jewish people and Israel. He said that although the classical Jewish quality of "sliffneckedness," as described in the Bible, "lias been responsible partly for Jewry's survival through centuries of persecution, it has also been responsible for • permanent disunity and an incapacity for joint fiction.'1 Scoring the "fanaticism which is the birthmark of contemporary w o r l d history," Dr. Goldmann said: "JcwS, more than any other people, must combat this trend towards absolutes and a g a i n s t compromise; both in Israel nnd outside Israel, Jewn must strive to set an example in tolerance and good will and do away with the disastrous inclination to carry over political conflicts into personal relationships." •
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Delegates will arrive tomorrow from Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Lincoln, Fremont, Hastings, Grand Island, and Council Bluffs for the "Cornhusker Derby," the annual Spring Convention of the Southwest Regional Council of B'nai B'rith. Members of the five Omaha IVnai H'rith lodges and chapters will join the out-of-town delegates in the two-day conclave to be held at the Fontenclle Hotel. Cornbusker Lodge of Omaha is sponsoring the conention. Highlighting the Convention will be the Supper-Dance, tomorrow night at the Fontenelle Hotel Ballroom, to which the public is invited. Cliff Dudley's orchestra will provide the music, and a buffet supper will be served from 10 p. m. Tickets are $3.75 per person. Preceding the dance, there will be a regional men's bowling tournament at tho Forty Bowl. A bowling tournament for women will be held Sunday morning. Trophies will be awarded for both singles and team events. Registrations for the tournaments may be made at the alleys immediately prior to bowling. After midnight on Saturday, a special meeting of "So-Ho" will be held. "So-Ho" in a B'nai B'rith fun organization. Initiation of new members will be conducted by Samuel Berek of Fremont, founder of "So-Ho." Entertainment and refreshments will bo provided. Sunday morning, delegates will meet to transact regional business and to elect officers. The convention will be closed with a banquet for B'nai B'rith members and their wives. Guest speaker will be Harry Yudkoff of Detroit, Michigan. G e n e r a l convention chairmen are Norman Hahn nnd Louis Katz. Assisting in arrangements are Gerald Bernstein, Norton Garon, David nice, Milt Cackln, Y a l e Richards, Al Friedman, H a r r y Goodblnder, and Harold Zellnsky. Sec schedule of convention events on pace 3.
On Radio and TV This Sunday, over WOW Radio, from 10:30 tp 11 u. in., the Eternal Light will present "Who Saves One Life." It is tho drama-biography of the late Reverend Dr. Joshua Loth Uebman, author of "Peace of Mind." On KOIL;- at 0 a. m., this Sunday, * "Message of Israel" will present Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the Washington, D, C, Hebrew Congregation. He will speak on the "Challenge Facing tho American Community."
Defense Secretary Washington (JTA) — Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson praised the morale- activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board a m o n g Jews in the American armed services and said that these activities afford "invaluable assistance" to America's defense program. "The Department of Defense is well aware of the great contribution made by the National Jewish Welfare Board on behalf of those members of tho Jewish faith in our Armed Forces," Secretary Wilson stated in a letter to the JWB. "Your Armed Services Division and its committees throughout the country have been a vita' link between our servicemen and the communities, affording invaluable assistance to the national defense program. We know that we can count on your continued cooperation." Birthplace New York (JTA)—The area of ancient Modln, birthplace of tho Maccabees, Israel's liberator-kings, will be resettled and named for Itzhak Ben Zvl, Israel's recently elected President, it was announced las night by Mendel N, Fisher, executive director of the Jewish National Fund, at a meeting arranged "by the labor department of the JNF in the Commodore Hotel. The meeting was attended by about 2,000 persons. Aliens Washington (JTA) — Acting Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith testified this week before the House Judiciary Committee in favor of emergency legislation requested by President Elsenhower to admit 24,000 aliens above normal quotas in the next two years. He said that enactment of the legislation would be a blow against Communism. Revision Monticello, N. Y. (JTA)—An appeal to President Elsenhower, Congress and the American people to re-examine the procedures used in loyalty investigations to Insure that basic American rights are protected in tho campaign against subversion, was addressed here last night at the opening session of tho four-day 101st annual convention of Ditrict No. 1 B'na B'rith. Units in Now York State, the New England States and Eastern Canada are attending. DP Question Munich (JTA)—The displaced persons question has become a hot political issue in the State of Bavaria as a result of the demand by the Bavarian State-Secretary for Refugees, Prof. Theodor Oboriaender, for extraordinary powers •'til "create order in- Foehreuwald/
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Doris Raduzlner and Alan J. Icegcr, graduating seniors at Ceriral High School, will speak on behalf of Omaha's Jewish high • school graduates at baccalaureate services Wednesday evening, Bt 8 p. m., in the Beth Israel Syna[ogue. Sixty-six Jewish boys and girlj will be honored. Rabbi Sidney Brooks will deIvor the baccalaureate address. Rabbi Myer S. Kripke and Rabbi Benjamin Groner will conduct the services. \ ,The Beth Israel Synagogue Choir, under the direction ot Cantor Ell Kagan, will participate. Dr. Philip Sher, originator ot the annual baccalaureate service, will extend greetings. Richard M. Fellman, president of the Jewish Youth Council will also speak. A reception in the social hall will follow the service. Miss Raduziner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Raduziner and Alan J. Heeger is the son of Mrs. Alice M. Heoger. Benjamin Belmont is being graduated from Benson High School. Central graduates are: William S. Abramson, Bennett Alberts, Myron Max Bear, Murray Belman, Harland David Bercovici, Frankly n Perry Beig, Michael Nathaniel Blelcher, Stanley Burstein, Gerald R. Colnic, Donald S. Dandy, David Dwoskin. Joseph Y. Dwoskin, Gordon Adler Elcwitz, Arnold Lynn Epstein, Alvin Manuel Fellman, Richard M. Fellman, Sol Friedman, Marvin Joe Gilma/i, Gary Lee (Toldstein, J. Martin Graetz, Avrum M. Greenberg, Ronald Jordan Grossman, Alan J. Heeger, Charles O. Hyman, Ernest M. Kaiman. Joseph Donald Lincoln, Calvin E. Linda, Jack I. Moskovitz, Bernard Hyman Newberg, William Novak, Z. Gordon Rips, Frederic Segal, Mason L. Steinberg, Jerome A. Turner, Barton Veret and Warren Sidney Zweiback. Others are: Barbara Jean Bialac, Marlene Dloogoff, Elaine Helen Ehrenreich, Suzette Estrada, Sandra Joyce Fisher, Barbara Jean Frank, Minda Naomi Friedman, Sandra Joy Green. Betty Merle Isack, Phyllis Mae Kaplan, Ossie Katz, Reva Kolnick, Renee Krantz, Shirley Rae Levey, Janice Arlene Levine, Helen Manvitz, ' Marilyn Ann Nearcnberg, Carole Ann Okun, Barbara R. Paperny, Constance Judith Platt. Doris Raduziner, Roberta Rae Resnick, Marldno Faye Rife, San- . dra E. Schriebman, Gwendolyn L, Shapiro, Lois Elaine Shapiro, Gloria M, Shukert and Ruth Max-. ine Slavin. . Leonard V^olk is being graduated from Technical High School.
Ford Foundation Grant in Israel
Jerusalem, (JTA)—Basic scientific research of far-reaching significance for the whole Near East region will be greatly stimulated by the recently announced Ford Foundation grant to Israel, it wal stated here by the Israel Foundations Trustees, a body representing the country's major education-., al and scientific instituKins. "The Ford Foundation's grant of $410,000 for equipment and ai a contribution to the first year's operating expense, makes posslblu the expansion of research projects of vital importance to agricultural development, medical advancement and the social integration ot Israel's diverse population elements. All major Israel scientific and educational institutions will participate and cooperate in tho various projects included in this scientific research program, Theodore Kolleck, chairman of tho Israel Foundations^ Trustees, said.
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