May 20, 1966

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srael Files Toronto (JTA) — "A second ecumenicnl movement, worldwide jr. -extent SiUi iiiiliiriit:r, iiireatons the lives of nil of us," n lending Jewish theolo;;ian told

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a gathering of 500 rabbis and a number of invited Canadian c!'-"r}}}'i!iL'!i here. Speaking an "IJri;rct|iiisite;i of Faith." Dr. Abraham Joshua HeRC'hH. professor of Jewish ethics and mysticism nt the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, told his audience "tlmt ecumenical movement is nihilism." Addressing; the1 (iflth anniud convention of the Rabbinical As(ienil)ly, the association of ConKervutive rabbis. Dr. Hcschel warned that "parochialism lias become untenable. Jews and Christians alike ulmre the same perils and fears. It is no longer tufe for Jews to cultivate nloneness and uniqueness, to refrain from almring cither perplexities or certainties with Christians," Choice Spiritual betrayal on the part of any one group affects the faith of all the world's believers, Dr. Hesche! fiaid. "For all the profound differences in perspective and substance. Judaism is sooner or later aliectcd by the intf'llcctu:i|, m"r;!! uml spiritual events within the Christian society, and vice versa," Dr. Hoschei said. 'We must choice between intcrl'iiilh and inler-nihilism," the Jewish scholar told his listeners. "Cvnicism i."> not parochial. In praying for each other's health and in helping one (mother to preserve our respective legacies, therefore, we are preserving a common lcr;;acy of faith." he said.

Jewish National Fund afforestation project. They left Almagor at 5:S0 a.m. and proec-oded to u spot in the field where work on the project had been started safely last week. Suddenly, their jeep blew up. The explosive is believed to have contained 20 pounds of TNT. The terrorists are believed to have forded the J o r d a n River, which forms the SyrianIsraeli b o r d e r in the area. Tracks leading back to the river shore were traced by Israeli army investigators in the presence of military observers from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. While the area was being investigated, three other m i n e s Arthur Goldberg. U. S. Am- were found not far away, about Imssador to the United Nations, a half mile from the Lebanese will be the guest speaker at the border. These mines were disannual tirothcrhood Week ban- mantled safely by Israeli army quet in Omaha on Thursday, personnel. June 2. HtOfi. Grave Implications Sponsored by the W.C..J, mnre As Israel filed a complaint on than 1,000 reservations are expected f or the S:iO per plate 7:'',l) the Almagor incident with the p.m. dinner at tin- Civic auditori- Syrian-Israel Mixed Armistice um. The dinner is open to the public. Reservations may be made with the NCCJ office. COB Omaha National Bank Building.

Senior Citizens Plan Session At Esther /<. Newman Camp Registration.; are now being taken for the annual camp session for senior citizens nt the Esther K. Newman Camp. The Senior Citizen:; Club, cosponsored by the Omaha Jewish Federation tiiiu tlir Onuiiiu Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, are planning a full program for the May 31 to June 'S session. Among the planned organized activities will be boating, fishing, games. daily prayer services, speakers, movies, arts and crafts and special programs. Senior Citizens from the Julia B. Mayer Center in Des Moines

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will join the Omniums for the camp session. Reservations will be limited and will be accepted ou a first-come-first-s e r v e d basis. Kurther „iiif*-?mmLio!i nbotst the Senior Citizens camping iiKiv be obtuined from Dik Weiner, S-lM.'IOfi or 53G-G-W3

W a r s a w (JTA) — Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban met with Poland's Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki here for a general review of problems of concern to both Poland and Israel and. according to an Israeli spokesman's description, ''international affairs and matters relating to the two countries." (A Jerusalem dispatch said that Mr. Eban explained to Hr.Hapacki Israel's position regarding the Oder-Neis'ie Line, the postwar Polish borders in

'Camp Friends'' Elect Officers Mrs. Robert Levine was elected president of the "friends of the Esther K. Newman Camp" at the 'annual election luncheon meeting Monday, May 15. Serving with Mrs. Levine are Mmes. David Rice, vice-president; Jack Colin, secretary; Norman Hahn, treasurer and I. B. Ziegman, Acknowledgements chairman. Membership in the group w open to all tha women in ths community at *2 per year. Project! U> beautify and improve the grounds at the Esther K. Newmun Camp are provided by the informal "Friend*" or: ganization. ~

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Tel Aviv (JTA'i—Two young Israelis were killed early this week on the Syrian frontier, near the Nalial village of Alma(,'or, when a jeep in which they were riding passed over a mine. The site of the incident is about .'i25 yards from the Syrian border, at a spot inside Israel north of Lake Tiberias. The men formed the advance party for a convoy of t h r e e tractors manned by other Israelis engaged in clearing the fields of rocks on behalf of a

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dispute with Germany. Jerusalem also reported that Dr. Rolf Pauls, Bonn's Ambassador to Israel, had been instructed by hi.1; Government to request from the Israeli Foreign Ministry an "explanation" regarding those Rapacki-Eban talks.) Mr. Eban met Mr. Rapacki fur the second time when both participated in ceremonies at the Monument to th* Jewish M a r t y r s commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1!M:t. Mr. Eban laid a wreath nt the base of the monument. Later, he conferred with Polish Minister of Culture Lucian Motika, the two Cabinet members reviewing Polish-Israeli cultural relations. Then Mr. Eban visited the Institute for Jewish History here. Mr. Eban seemed.shaken by hia visit to the aite of the Auschwitz concentration camp, now a V o Lis.h national memorial shrine. There, surrounded by the Israeli Ambassadors and d i p l o m a t i c Ministers to Ura countries beyond the Iron Curtain, the lacaeli Foreign Minister, visibly moiyed,>Iaid flowers at the foot of -the Auschwitz "wall of death" and at tfes ruins at a crematorium at nearby Birkenau.

Washington (JTA) — United S t a t e s Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and W e s t German Defense Minister KaiUwe von Hassel have announced agreement on a controversial deal in which the United States will purchase 20 MM. cannons f r o m the Hhekmifitall Arm.1; Works, despite B'nni B'rilh protests that the German firm refused to compensate J e w i s h slave laborers who were concentration camp inmates forced to work for Rhcinmetoll. A number of the present directors of the firm were directors during the Hitler era, and members of the NdiSi Paty. Defense Department officials

Commission, the Foreign Ministry announced at Jerusalem !ha! it lias instructed Ambassador Michael S. Comay, Israel'.'. permanent representative at thfj United Nation:;, to file a protest with the .Security Council. Mr. Comay was requested by point out in the {{riovancL-s the recent spate of r a i d s by Kl Fatah saboteurs, ninny of them operating from Jordanian territory hut s ti p p o r t e (1 and equipped by the .Syrian Government. The incident, it was said here, could have the gravest implications for Israel. It was pointed out that, three weeks flfjo. wtn-a a series of El Fatah sabotai;:* raids bad been carried through from Jordan, Israel staged a reprisal raid into two Jordianiun villages, blowing up a number of houses that had been used ai bases by El Fatah. It was noted that the latest outrage showed .that this retaliatory raid had. so far, p r o v e d insufficient to w a r n the El Fatah terrorists ajjninst rc-pc-ating t'icir

said the U.S. Army will spend $74.^110.01)0 [or tlio guns, spare parts, technical data, nnd royalties. The gun is the HispanoSuiza K20. and will be mounted on armored command and [>;• c 6 n n a i s a n c e vehicles. The agreement emerged f r o m a. lengthy discussion of a w i d e , range of NATO and AmericanWest German defense cooperation questions. U. S. Army officials said that despite B'nni B'rith protests and charges by American arms manufacturers that similar weaporu were available domestically, the Army has decided that no similar weapon is available in the United States. .

rt Contest Mrs, Dan Katsman, Center Art Chairman, Is pictured with • winning entry in(Uie^first annual J.C.C. art show, four-years eg*. Entrlej are now being .accepted for the current competition. Students in grade school through high school are -eligible to aabmit original works in any art medium. Only work completed wltita the last year will be aeppted. Contestants should bring Iheir works to the J.C.C. anytime prior to May 30. Each tnity abetiM indicate (he artist's name, school grade, aod .the name ef 4fef work.


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