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Three-Day Pre-Camp Orientation Course Planned for Personnel The complete staff of the Jew- urged In register their children ish Community Center Day Camp immediately. will meet for three days of intenMrs. Leonard Kulakofsky, Day sive pre-camp training prior to Camp Chairman, reported today the onset of the camp season. that I he Day ('amp Committee exThese sessions will include sem- pects the program to be filled to inars on camp philosophy, camp capacity before the opening day nielhojls and practices as well as on June 15. Day Camp will opersessions reviewing the various ate from.June 15 to July 10. Fees are .%'i5 for each two week period camp skills. or $00 for the entire four weeks. "lie entire staff lias been care- Full .payment must accompany fully selected from an large num- application in order to insure enber of applicants on Uie basis of rollment. Call the Camp Office, their training, successful previous JA l'!(i(i for further information. experience, and suitability to work with young children. Supervision will he by respective unit super- ' vi.sors who are under the direction <jf the Center professional staff. Counselors are already planning;'! activities and programs for the [ NKW YORK (JTA•--The New coming camp days. There are still | York Times, in a cable from its several openings for campers in ! correspondent in Bucharest, reHie regular Day ('amp and in the j ported Western diplomats there I're-School Division. 'Parents a r e ' hope Hie Rumanian Government "will soon permit the resumption of Jewish migration to Israel on a sizable scale." The hopes are based on a belief that the same "humanitarian consideration" that caused the Bucharest regime to facilitate the migration earlier Kiliar HUG mid Kayim frater- would bring about its resumption," nity won first place awards in I lie tile report said. "Particular concern is felt lor Youth Council "best club" contest at the organization's* Award Night the 14,000 Jews who hart made all held nt the Jewish Community the necessary [(reparations to leave hut were caught by the slowdown," Center. the Bucharest calbe stated. "These ( l u l l 1'rogriiiiiH I'rcieiiled people had already given up their Groups were, judged on the pre- Rumanian citizenship and disposed sentation of club programs by the of their property. Now they are following club representatives. caught hanging in mid-air," one Marcia Fo;;el, Kiliar BB<;; Arlene diplomat .said. < Irossmaif, K I t a n o r I'.oosevelt r.HG; Leslie Smith, Debs; Sandy I'assman, Hohanue ISBG; Steve • Jims, Kayim; Kdwln Sidman, AZA No. 1: Gary Multilek, AZA No. 100 and Douglas Platt, Ronu AZA. Advisors of the winning clubs ore Mrs. Graycu Sucks nnd Mrs. A western ranch-type program Dan Gordman, BUG; Sam Ilor- will ho carried out this season ut wich and James Fnrber, Rnyim. Camp Jay-C-C, (July l!)-AuRU.it. Klcven (let Kovixl Kej H Hi), It was revealed nt a special Kleven young people were camp conference by Norman Batt, awarded the Kovod Key for dis- Camp Chairman. tinguished service in the Youth Mr. Halt stated "The quality of Council ceremonies. They were our staff this year makes it posPhyllis Abraham*!, Justin Green- sible to conduct such a desired berg, Klhel Sabes, Alvin Newberg, program," he said. In addition, Kdwln Sidman, Arlene Grossman, J'eggy Iiiibenstein, Karen Felljnan, Blll.Horwich, Renee KlmnierIIIMII nnd Howard Martin. Koni Meyer nnd Douglas Platt were recommended for Honorable Mention. JKRUSALKM (WNSl An agreeOmaha to Host- 1960 ment under which the West German Government is lo pay the. Hadassah Conference lump sum of S2,-}00,000 to B'nai B'rith for assets seized by" the Omaha was selected to host the Nazis in 1920 was announced here JittiO Missouri Valley Regional Con- Iby Philip M. Klulznick, retiring tercnec of Iladassah on April president of the organization at 21-25 and 20. nt a recent regional | its triennial convention here. nu'etin;;. j Under the agreement, half of the settlement will be paid immediately nnd the remainder by March 31, 10(>2. The settlement covers movable property, including securities and hank accounts seized I-.'psteln-Morgan post of the Jew- by the Nazis. The lump settlement ish War Velerans will conduct rovers all claims of former B'nai Memorial Day services at the Na- M'rilh lodges in Germany. lionnl (•Vmelery nl Offutl Field, Sunday, May ,'fl. Services will be held nl 10:.'!0 a. m.'at the graveside of the late C.tpt. Louis Weiner. , ' Jerome Grossman was elected commander of the Nebraska-Iowa The Irving Cohen Lodge No. Department of the Jewish War 6«8, H'nal n'rith of Council IShiffs. Veterans at their amial convenwill hold u Memorial Day Military tion here last Sunday. Other ofService at Oalthill Cemetery. Sun- ficers are Milton Myles, Des day. May 30 ut 11 a, m. Moines, la., senior vice-commandServices will he conducted by er; Dr. Frank Kpslein, Sioux City, lii obi David Korh and an address- la,, junior vice-commander; Berwill lie made by Kenneth Sacks. nard Fisher, ^quartermaster; RobAn Honor Guard will be headed by ert Katlcman, adjutant, both of *Miiynnr(l Telpner and Jerry Passer 'Omaha;' Hymail Booth, Des will command the firing squad. Moines, judge advocate, and Rabbi '.dills Passer, who Is in charge Albert Gordon, Sioux City, •chop-, "• . . o, .:ir;ingements, and Louis Ka- l a i n . . •• Next year's convention will be tetniaii will decorate veterans' In Dei Moines. •graves with American'flag*.
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Life NKW YORK, ( J T A ) - Documentary evidence on intensifienrrou by the Soviet Union of its efforts suppress the Jewish religion in Russia were reported at the United. Nations, Data oil widespread liquidation of synagogues and u ban against the banking of innt/.oth ill major cities of the Ukraine, u section with n large Jewlsli population, highlighted the detailed report. The ban was Imposed last. Passover in Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev and in the central Russian cities of Kuibyshev and Rostov. Soviet officials made difficulties for Jews who wanted to bake matzoth in Moscow and Lcnningrad but finally permitted the baking to take place. The report revealed that in Kharkov, the twenty small .Jewish groups were dispersed last September during tliti second day of the Jewish Now Year celebrations. All the Torahs were ronnscated and a policeman told one of the Jews. "You aro eating Russian bread but praying for Israel." This was in line with an article denouncing "the reactionary essence of the Judcacan religion," which appeared in the Lvov Prnvda. The article recalled that when Jews eat matzoth at Passover, they,express the hope that they will eat. It the following year "in Jerusalem, on Israel soil," nnd added: "However, don't the religious Jews know that Israel Is at present an obedient tool in the hands of American, British nnd French imperialists?"
horseback riding activities will be expanded with the addition of many more saddla horses tinder the supervision of Jay Rodgers, well-known wrangler and university equestrian expert, nnd his riding staff. Horseback overnight trips and cookouls will be a feature of the riding program along with trail riding, basic Intermediate and ndvance riding Instruction, attendance at camp and Sidney, Iowa rodeos, plun study in care of the mounts. F.nrollmenls for the first period me nearing capacity, Mr. Unit reported and parents are urged to enroll their campers now. For information call the Camp Office at the Jewish Community Center, JA
Youth Council 'Jay ' Thursday Eve. The Jewish Youth Council will sponsor an informal hop at the Jewish Community Center on Thursday evening, June 4 from 7:.'!0-ll p.m. The dance which is to celebrate the closing of the school year will he open to all teenagers. Music \\ill be provided by the Sabres. Tickets will be sold at the door at fifty cents each.
War College Oroup To Tour Israel Tel Aviv tJTAI—Folly sludenls and faculty members of the United States War Cojlege have arrived in Israel for a tour of the country as part of their Middle Eastern 'orientation course* The group includes Army, JNavy nnd Air Force officers, eight Rovcrnnient officials, and faculty members headed by the commandant of the War College, Lt. Gen. Thom-
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Washington (JTA) The Administration announced today that it had prepared a .series of legislative amendments to the McCarranWalter Immigration and Naturalization Act and had tiansmitted. them to the Vice-President as presiding officer of the Senate and to the Speaker of the Umi.se of Representatives. The effect of the amendments would bo generally to liberalize the immigration laws nnd ease the admission of refugees into the United States. Tile major change proposed was in (he iniinigrutlon quoin system. The Administration p r o p » H a I s would base immigration (|iintas on the l!)50 census Instead of on the census of TittO as under the existing law. Tills, it. was estimated, would increase the annual quota total by approximately 05,000. The- Administration also proposed a change in I he system which would permit the unused quota numbers of one year to be used in the next year. It would also set up separate "quota pools" for F.urope, Asia, and the Pacific area and" unused quota v i s a s would he distributed to persons with preferred .status-those having special skills or close relatives in the United States—without: regard to their country of .birth, Another major proposal was an amendment wliieli would permit the United States lo tal<i> nn ne•
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tive role in World Refugee. Year l>.v opening Its giiti\s "to refugees. Tlik amendment would empower tlm Attorney •fit'iierul to parole Into the United States refugees from Coiniminisl-ciiiitrollfi] countries who had fled to nmi-CoimminiM areas. I'nder thin provision, 10.11(10 persons could )».- paroled yearly and, iijinn proclamation l»y tliii I'resiriml of an extraordinary si I Hal ion, up (o C,H,(H)U could ho admitted In one year. Oilier amendments .submitted provided for revision of court review procedures in deportation cases; overhaul of flip l;iw coverinK naturalization of aliens in the armed forces and authorization of administrative relief in hardship cases. A conference was held in which representatives of all faiths in the United Stales participated, and approved this program.
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NKW VOICK (WVS)— Organized iintl-St'inlllsni Is losing ground In the fulled Slntes 11 was declared here liy Herbert II. IOIirnmmi, newlyjdected president of the American Jewish Committee, who simultaneously took note of the. disturbing recrudescence of antl-.loivlsli manifestations In (f
Officers Elected By Beth Israel Dan Gortlinnn, newly installed president-of the Beth Israel Synagogue, Board of Commissioners, announced the following exneutivo personnel: Maurice Kntelman, vice-president, in charge of properties: Harold Zelinsky, recording secretary; Arthur Gould, treasurer, nnd Henry • Apnel. financial secretary. Mr. Gordman, at n meeting held in the synagogue, Wednesday, May '20 named the following chairmen if standing committees: Hoard of Education,. Rabbi M. Poliakoff, chairman and'Dr. Ilaskoll Morris, co-chairman; George Shapiro, conservation; Irving Epstein and Max Fromkln, legal advisors; Alfred Frank, office manager; Mrs, Sam Herman, nursery school; Harry Sidman, conslmclion; WiUkim Milder and Harry Sidman, cemetery supervision; Harold Zolinsky, dues revision;. Krnest Ilochsler, membership; Sam Ilnlm, >ledge redemption; Hyron Raznick, insurance; Mrs. Max Fromkin, youth commission; Izadore Kleivith, HIIIf; Sam Mourn, memorial plaques; Sam Freed, Sunday norning Minyan; Mrs. Sam Katzman, publicity and good and welfare; Morris Kutler, ushering; Alex Sand and Martin Kolm, religious committee; Mrs. Alfred Frank, calendar clearance. Other members of the synagogue board include! Mrs. Henry Appel, sisterhood president: Mrs. Sidney Knlelman and M r s . Iza:lore Klcwitz, sisterhood representitives; Mrs. Harry Lewis, P-TA president and her appointee, Mrs. ^iaiu Shyken; Dr. A. Greenliery,' ledication ceremonies; Maurice Katzman, ex officio; Mrs. Norman Pit lor, Norman Hnhn, Hymnn Fercr, Rernard White, M^rtx Marcus, Myron Tarnoff and Ben Ru!jin, board memberji,Ht l \ r " v •
Meeting with Jewish newsmen for the first tim« in his capacity HS president of the committee, Mr. Ehrmann said that, with the exception of Ciormany, there in no appreciable anti-Semitism in th» Western Kuropean countries. Ha noted thai anti-Semites in Germany are becoming growingly arrogant but that the West German Government was taking nil possible measures to curb them. At the same time he reviewed the Jewish situation in Morocco, Tunisia and the Soviet Union. Apropos Israel, he pledged the American Jewish Committee to giving nil possible aid to the Jewish stale, which ha called a haven for Jews nnd a bastion of democracy.
U. S. Infer-Refigious Tensions Discussed NKW YORK (JTAI-Inter-religious tensions resulting from conflict over separation of church and stale loom as the greatest singlo domestic issue now facing the Jewish community of the United States, it was reported by the American Jewish Congress at its national administrative committed meeting. • , The report cited n "growing awareness by all major religious groups in the counlry of the need to discuss their differences'frankly mid publicly." It noted the problem was now one of "primary concorn" lo agencies and orgnntzalions dealing with group relations. The report stressed that the major sources of inler-rellgious conflict cannot he discussed only at. a "summit" meeting of top religious leaders, but niusl also lie met at the local level by n free e\chan;',e of views. The report, listed four major areas affecting churcli-stiile relations and religious liberty in which Protestants, Catholics and Jews differ: ] . Sectarian practices in the public schools, including Christmas celebrations, and efforts to obtain public support for parochial schools: 2. Censorship of hooks and films; ;i. "Blue" Jaws prohibiting business on Sunday; 1. Hiith control, therapeutic abortion; artificial insemination, divorce and ndonl Ion across religions