April 8, 1960

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every Friday, 101 No. atit Ii Vol. XXXVIII— Ni>. 80 ' FubUnhed Omalia, Nebraska, I'limie JA 13G

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Nasser Fails to

'Renewed Compassion' ^ iiars* TA)—Col Nasser, Urged at Passover ;H U' • l°M United Arab Re,. i iu change India's re„, lationship to Israel, during an of- Time—Abrahams authori".8UIOM!-I

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Arlington, Va. (.ITA)—Ailini:lon County granted n permit for the "American Nazi party" to set up headquarters in a house here. Tha permit allowed George Lincoln Rockwell, Kclf-'slyled fuehrer, the right to liave Nazi offices in the building. Rockwell announced that every Sunday his movement would hold mass rallies in Iho tourist center of Washington, D. C, between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building. In letters announcing the meettugs, Rockwell's literature carries

i: ll the Klo^un: "National Der Welt, Knmpft ' tl (Nazis of the World. United Ranks.) District ties have prepared plans for pio- ficial visit to India. Prime Minister Nehru indicated lie feels that teclion of Rockwell's Nazis. lie cannot ignore Israel's existence and the fact that Israel is "here lo slay." United Arab Republic1 Foreign Edge wood, Md. (WNS)-More Minister Favvzl told a press corthan a dozen swastikas, one bear- respondent here that "there is no ing the inscription "Jew" have likelihood of the United Arab Rebeen painted on the Army chemical center, here. Military authori- public changing its attitude toties are investigating the Incident. ward Israel."

Swasfilcas Painted On Army Chemical Ocular

Tlio 0 m a h a ,) e w i s h Cumin u n i t y w a .s called upon today by Milton R. Abrahams, General Chairman of the Philanthropies, to dedlcato itself during the Passover holiday to "a renewed compassion for hun-

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New Proposes! for Admission to U.S. New York (JTA)--A new bill for admission of refuse™ to the United States, proposed by Kep. Francis E. Walter would, if it becomes law, benefit hundreds of Jewish families from the Middle East and East European countries, James P. Rice, executive director of United Jlias Service, said.. Mr. Rice testified, as representative of United Hlas Service and os an officer of the American Council of Voluntary Agencies, at n hearing before a House Judiciary sub-committee on refugee legislation. Hep. Walter presided at the healing nt which his bill was considered, and predicted earJy committee approval. The Walter Bill would set up a permanent program- for admission Of refugees without any limit or time, and without being charged to any country's quota. They would be admitted on pnrole. The measure covers only those refugees who ere under the mundate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Beth El Concert

Wednesday Night Last minute rehearsals are oocuping the time of those participating in the 2<Uh annual Beth El Concert to be held Wednesday, April 13 at 8:15 p. m. at the Synagogue. Highlighting the event will b« music by the Beth El Concert Choir directed by Cantor Aaron. I. Edgar and the first performance in Omalia of "The Dybbuk" composed and conducted by Eugena Jose Singer. The orchestra for tha dramatic concert will Includd • twelve members of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra.

Hate Groups Have International Ties

Dramatic Club fo Melodrama A-three-act melodrama will be presented by the Workmen's Circle Dramatic Club, Sundny, April 24 at 8 p. m. at the Jewish Community Center. Tho limiirdlntn future of tlio 500-homVless Jewish survivor* ot tlio disastrous Agudlr osirthqualte This Is the annual presentation ol the organization which has been Is In the hands ot tlio Joint Distribution Oonimitteo whoso funds arc supplied by tlio United Jewish active In the community for the Appeal, J,u»t Saturday night they were evicted from the Moroccan Anny barracks In Casablanca last 30 years, Admission to the and told to find other shelter. Here arc shown dtiMtl orphan* in (upper and.lower left) and to the right scenes from a temporary nursery, (upper) »nd cllnlo (loivcr). •. play Is 75 cents.

Holiday

Inier-Faith Services In Bombed Temple Gadsden, Ala. (JTA)—Demonstrating this city's devotion to freedom of worship, leaders of the Protestant and Catholic faiths Joined Jews at Temple Beth Israel here at an Interdenominational religious service. The Temple's spiritual leader, Rabbi Saul Rubin, hailed unified community action against nntl-Scmilic and other hate groups throughout the country. Temple Beth Israel was attacked on a recent Friday night, when the house of worship was crowded, by a 16-year-oM youth who threw

a fire-bomb at a window, and then followed this outrage by shooting at fleeing congregants. Two of the congregants were Injured, one seriously. The attacker, Jerry Hunt, Is under arrest here, charged with assault with Intent to murder.

On WOW Friday

An hour-long, star-studded program devoted to tho theme of freedom and antl-dlscriminatlon in the theater will be seen on television station WOW-TV, Friday, April 8 at 8 p. m,, Millard Hosenberg, chairman ot the Omaha Anti- Defamation League committee announced. The program is produced by the Mr, and Mrs. Gerhard Spies Public Affairs Department of CBS placed first and Mr. and Mrs. News In cooperation with the Lloyd Friedman, second, at the Anti-Defamation League, recent Tournament Bridge' nlglit held at the Jewish Community Heletz Fields Yield Center. The next session will be hold New Oil Gushers Thursday, April 14, 8 p. m. at tho Tol Aviv (WNS)—A new oil Center. Sheff Katakeo, tourna- gushor In tho northernmost part ment coordinator, roported open- of tha Heleti oil f ield3 was reportIngs aro available for playorg in- ed here. It was Indicated that the teresWd In participating. Tha tea oil fields extend to the'north as well as to tho south. i« seventy>fiv» per parson.

Genier Bridge Group

Each yenr around the globe families ro-oxninlno tlio traditions of tho Passover Sodcr /« they prepare for the event. The Jewish Community Center, (affiliated with the Nations! Jewlnh Welfare Board) provides cultural And spiritual Inspiration In tho tlno holiday guides In Its library. • .•

dreds of thousands of Jews In need throughout the world." Mr. Abrahams suld. holiday aid Is toeing provided by the UJA agencies to 600,000 people in 26 countries throughout the world. The humanitarian organizations supplying Passover assistance av<» the United Israel Appeal, which remits funds to the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the Joint Distribution Committee which operates internationally. "In Israel," M\\ Abrahams declared, "345,000 needy immigrants are receiving supplies for their Passover tables from the Jewish Agency. This is a reflection of a concerted effort we are making this year, through a 19G0 Special Funn, to heip the 'one immigrant in every three' still not absorbed Into his new home in Israel."

Brussels (WNS) — Existence of "international connections" bo. tween Nazi, Fascist and anti-Jewish groups in many countries was disclosed here at- a patley on antiSemitism attended by Jewish leaders of twelve countries in Europe. Convened under the aegis oC tha European executive of the World Jewish Congress, the conference examined the spate of anti-Semitla incidents following the Christmas evo swastika daubings in Cologne, Germany, and the law machinery n the countries where the outbreaks occurred. The parley called for a combined effort by the Jewish communities to "collect all information on the composition, activities and interrelations" of the hate groups. It stressed the need of revising of education media so as to eliminate instruction which fosters prejudice and to give an aocurato appraisal of the disastrous effects of religious Intolerance throughout history.

Ex-0mahan Elected to Norfolk School Board Mrs. Arnold Robinson, formor Omahan, was elected'to the Novfolk (Nebr.) school board, Wednesday. The wife of a Norfolk businessman, she is the first woman to hold this post since 1,920. Mrs. Robinson, tha former Margaret Rundell, daughter of Mp. and Mrs. Jacob Rundell, is a graduate of Central High School. Sha studied at the University of Omaha and receiver her Wasters Degree at tha University of Ohio, at Columbus. She is tha 4aughter-itt-law oi Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson of Norfolk and the mother of four children.


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