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Mattapan, Mass, (JTA)—A to wfthold news of the assault tapan, he said, the whites hap28-year-old rabbi who was se- .for fear o£ increasing neigh- pen to be Jews, those too old verely burned when two as* borhood tensions but the story or too poor to have joined the sailant attacked him with an was published in the Advocate, white exotlus to the suburbs. acid bomb in his home here a'Jewish weekly in Boston. It Black families are moving in last month said this week that spurred the Jewish Community as Jewish families depart. He the incident may have been said that real estate specularelated to the tensions between Council of Metropolitan Boston tors, "block busters," both Neto join with rabbis in the DorJews and Negroes in his once chester Mattapan section to gro and Jewish, were trying a!e panic Jewish families into borhood r t city officials to tho need to selling their property. He reRabbi' Gerald B. Zelermyer . help. *ot. m oAr emeeting Protection and other was held with ported that Negroes had sought of Temple Beth Hillel here police officials who to buy his synagogue's quar' Film slurs Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward arc cited for was, the victim ,of two black to provide adequatepromised police ters and that their intermedia"(heir conscious dedication to public service" as they receive theyouths who rang the doorbell •i for congregants, par- ry was a Jew. • William J. German. Human Relations Award of the American of his home, handed him a note protection He asserted that the probJewish Committee nt the AJC's Motion Picture Division luncheon ticularly the elderly. and hurled an acid bomb in his at the Americana Hotel. Sharing the spotlight are 0. to r.) Arnold Rabbi Zelcrmyer said he lems in Mattapan had nationface before fleeing. The note Picker, chairman of the Executive Committee of United Artists considered the • attack on him wide significance and were "as beginning with "dearest rabCorp., Bertram II. Gold, executive vice president of AJC, Mr. bi," contained obscene lan- part of;the spreading malaise important to Jews as the SixNewman, Miss Woodward, producer Mlk; Frankovkh, and Fred guage and ordered him to get affecting most large cities Day War." He said national Goldberg, vice president of United Artists Corp. and chairman of where aspiring blacks confront- Jewish agencies were neglectout of town," he said.

AJC's Motion Picture Division. Mr. Frankovich, who made the "the needs of poor, urban Temporarily.' blinded, b u t ed" establishgd whites, In Mat- ing presentation, was recipient of the same award last year.

Jewish communities." He add-* since fully recovered, the rabed that such- communities bi said he was unable to idenneeded social workers and othtify his assailants. The note er facilities for v the aged-and was destroyed by the acid, he ••..Welcome! the poor but that the Jewish said. The rabbi: said his asagencies apparently felt they sailants obviously knew who he were "a poor investment." was and that they apparently: been watching his home, . Philadelphia (JTA)—A guide- tribute a half billion dollars In had he lives alone, for some line for rabbis on handling dis- "reparations" for sufferings where time. He added this indicated ruptions of their religious of Negroes in America.

For the first time this Former Nazi Gets that the attack was planned services by Black Economic week, the Jewish Press has The memorandum said the but he indicated that he could Development C o n f e r e n c e two agencies had "no reason to think of no-reason why he was been sent to every Jewish Life Imprisonment spokesmen, which urges that believe that any synagogue in family in the Des Moines out, He added he inBonn (JTA)—A 69-year*old such spokesmen be given every Philadelphia may be subjected singled area.

For details of this remain in Mattapan. man was sentenced to life im> • opportunity to speak to con- to such an interruption in the tended to new venture see "Sidelines" Racial Tensions prisonment • for his participagregants has been issued by near future'Vbut that "neverPage 4i The rabbi said that he tried tion in the mass shooting of the Philadelpliia Board of Rap- theless, in response to requests 12,000 Jews in Lida, White Rus, bis and the Jewish Communi- for guidance, we 'want to pro-" sia in May, 1942.

• ty Relations Council, vide you with the following .. The militant black organiza- thinking that.may be helpful Leopold Wiridisch was found tion has d e m a n d e d that in determining the nature of guilty by a jury in. Mainz for churches and synagogues con- your response to such an interhis part in the killing. He was also alleged to have summoned ruption.'' special commando unit to' The memorandum said that New York (JTA)—The Syna- not- to permit an irresponsible "a Sammy Davis Jr. execute 86 witnesses to the); if a black spokesman inter- gogue Council of America de- few to divert" them from "the . massacre.

This was Mr. Win« Visits Western Wall rupted a service to present his nounced this week "calls to real challenge" of ending povsecond trial. The first Jerusalem (JTA) — Sammy demand, the fabbi could choose violence and vlgilantism eman- erty, degradation and- hope- disch's was held in 1967 but a hew 'Davis, Jr., the Negro American to allow him to make his state- ating from various. quarters, lessness "suffered by so many trial trial was required because^o| - entertainer-who is a convert to ment at that point. The rabbi including a small unpresehta- of our fellow citizens." procedural errors; ~. ." .

Judaism,.arrived here Satur- should explain to his congre- tive segment of the Jewish day for a one-day trip. Fie told gants that since the spokesman community." The SCA is the his coordinating agency for hundreds of fans at Lydda Air- had made, the claim that _...._ ,„..„ _„....„ ... Report, asi tears poured down his people had been suffering-form. Conservative and Ortho cneelss, thatTiecbuld not "find grave injusticeTTl was appro- dox rabbinical and congregawords to express my satisfac- priate for him to speak in a tional organizations. ' tions at befng in Israel, the House of God. The statement by Rabbi 1 mother country of my -spirit 1 Alternatively, the rabbi might Solomon J." Shanman, SCA The President of. the State of Israel; Zalman Stia'z'ar,'. and my religion." choose to explain that interrup- president; did not name any transmitted to NASA Israel's greetings for the historical < He visited the Western Wall, - tions were not permitted at that vigilante groups but it appar•Apollo moon flight. The greeting, along with others from met with male and female point in the,service and inform ently was aimed at the Jewish heads of-states was microfilmed for transportation to the soldiers, and returned, to Lon- him of the ppint in the service Defense League, a militant : moon by the Apollo crew.' '' •"• ••! •• don where he is shooting a film. at which he would be permit- group headed by a Brooklyn President Shazar chose a v e r s e from the Book of He told his admirers that he ted to speak.

Orthodox rabbi. The. SCA re- "Psalms in both the original Hebrew version and the English might return in September. cently rejected demands of the A third suggestion in the translation. ' •-,He said thai he had been guidelines would be for the Black Economic Development The greeting read: "From the President of Israel In looking forward to visiting the rabbi to inform the spokesman i Conference for a half billion Jerusalem with the hope for 'Abundance of Peace so long Wall since his conversion in he would be allowed to speak dollars from churches and syas the Moon Endureth.' (Psalms 72.7)" 1955. He placed a note contain-: at the end of the service. If he nagogues as "reparation" for Ing a wish In a Wall crevice insisted on speaking immedi- suffering of the Negroes;' . and told-newsmen: "Like ev- ately, the rabbi should state Rabbi Sharfman said the anCry Jew, my feelings at the that he, the rabbi,' would not tidote to vigilantism and vioWall were deep and personal. contribute to possible disurb- lence was T 'a re-ordering of This is my religious home. It's - ance b or violence in a syna- priorities and reconstruction of great here. A great thrill. It is gogue and therefore would per- our society" and added that a kind of oneness I have with mit the spokesman to present the SCA urged all Americans Israel and the Jewish people." his statement then and there. "whatever their race or faith, eK Gross, president of Scholar at Oxford, Mr. Kaslow the Omaha Jewish Federation it a £r>diiatc ff YnlerUnlver*— 1969 JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES—ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND ' has announced the re-appoint- ' il> .1111 t if Yiilo I iw School< Campaign Report: July 23, I960; nient of; Howard Kaslow as Division Total Regular Emergency chairman of the.Omaha Jewish MEN Cards 1968 196.9 1968 1969 1988 1969 Youth Committee. ' Pacesetters • 144: $286,155.00 $302,825.00 $236,604.00 $323,015.00 $522,759.00 $625,840.00 The Omaha Jewish Youth Initial Gift ..;..,-...,.. 125 46,095.00 -, 47,690.00 13,520.00 18,245.00 59,615.00 65,935.00 Committee is the joint effort Senior Executive M74 27,967.00 29,912.00 13,463.98 19,155.00 41,430.98 ,49,067.00 of the Omaha Jewish Federa24,936.00 31^09.00 Young Executive 112 18,975.00 21,295.00 5,961.00 10,314.00 tion and B'nai B'rith of Omahn General Men . . . . . . . . . 676 12,836.00 16,795.00 • 3,206.50 9,292.50 16,042.50 26,087.50 ; to recommend policies govern1 1,000.00 1,586.37 Misc. Emergency . . . . . 14 1,000.00 ,: 486.37 ing organized Jewish teenag' youth activities in the Omah;i W O M E N '•;;!.•;'••'"• ' • — ' area,,and to effectuate the im Pacesetters . . . . . . . . . . . 296 39,708.00 .48,198.00 . 7,359:00 15,599.00 47,067.00 63,797.00plementation of those policies General Women . . . . . . 1,014 15,651.50 16,523.00 3,392.41 3,939.91 19,043.91 20,462.91 Mr. Kaslow . served as a Young Women ........ 143 1,818.50 3,015.00 li541.50 2,066.50 277.00 948.50 member of the committee un Business Women ..... 201 .

4,698.59 " 5,315.25 3,644.50 3,803.25 1,054.09 ' 1,512.50 v der whose recommendation the Omaha Jewish Youth ComMISCELLANEOUS ; mittee^ was, established in, 1966 High School...;,.,,,,. ;1?4 09.25 287.25 118.60 411.30 .207.05 698.61 Men's Organization^, f - jff i.' '•.;«' :• .,•:/:• !i600~0Q !»1,589.00-; 865.00 ,4,680.00 ; 1,465.00 \ Mr.Kaslowianattbrnfe JJ35O.O0 •;-, 2(242,50,, ; .2^117.50 ; Wbrften's OrganSiauoji' * i l\\h, 2,042.50 ^,2,067*50' r^mM''•'• 'Hf t'leadpE * inj • Omaha ,; • J w Total\......•ii^.iXj; 3,010 $455,705.25 $493,162.50 $280,73G,58 $i04,W1.14 $742,441.83 '$897,295.64 Youtli activities during his high S h l year?. A former-Rhodes uoward Kaslow

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Synagogue Council Denounces Activities of Jewish Vigilantes

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THE JEWISII PRESS

Friday, July 25, 1069

Urged to Hlavacek Sees Little Hope Federal Probe Sought Jarring Resume Mission For Early Mid-East Peace To End "Block-Busting1

Zurich (JTA)—Foreign Minister Abba Eban said here this "There is little reason to western ideas. The Arabs adweek that Israel preferred the hope for a quick solution to the here to an eastern culture and . New York (JTA)-A" Brook- reached dangerous proportions status quo in the Middle East lyn rabbi called this week for in at least two sections of to any solution that fell short of problems in the middle east," in view of the cultural gap a Federal investigation of Brooklyn—East Flatbush and peace. Mr. Eban spoke at a was the feeling expressed by there seems to be no way of KMTV n e w s bridging the two societies."

•"block-busting" by real estate Crown Heights. press conference prior to de- John Hlavacek, who returned this Mr. Hlavacek noted that the speculators in large American Rabbi Hecht said he bases parting for London. He had con- analyst, cities and for appropriate state his warning oh the results of a ferred here with the United Na- week from a three week visit continued border fighting iias and local legislation to combat two year study of those sec- tions special Mideast envoy, to Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and become a way of fife for Israelis and that in the major -the- practice which, he said, lions which included inter- Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring. Israel. was "polarizing blacks and views with 513 present and for- Mr. Eban said he had invited In a telephone interviewfwith cities, Tel Aviv, "Jerusalem,— whites into two enemy camps." mer home owners, in an 80- Dr. Jarring to r e s u m e his the Jewish Press, Mr. Hlava- Haifa, etc. there is no indicasaid, "As far as I can see, tion of any tension whatsoever.

According to Rabbi Jacob J. block area. peace-seeking mission. Dr. Jar- cck present Other observations made by situation will conHecht, "block busting" has Crown Heights and East ring's mission, established by the for another 10 years or Mr. Hlavacek included those on Flatbush are mixed neighbor- the Security Council in its reso- tinue longer. Thi> Arab states won't the tremendous growth and hoods, once predominantly Jew- lution of Nov. 22, 19C7, was sus- sit down and talk. Israel Is not building within Israel and the ish, with large enclaves of Or- pended three months ago when prepared any conces- new terrorities. thodox Jews. Italian-Americans Four Power talks on the Middle sions shorttoofmake talks.

As for Israeli attitudes tocomprise the second largest East began in New York under There is littleface-to-face hope of any re- ward France in the light of the" white ethnic group in the UN auspices.

Mr. Eban said he •' Washington (JTA) — Israeli areas.

• -----. - thought the Four Power talks sults from the Big Four talks current French embargo on the Ambassador Yitzhak R a b i n as far as the Israelis, are con- 50 jet planes, Mr. Hlavacek transmitted to President RichEarlier this month a warning and the two power parley be- cerned, nor do they look to the said, "there seems to be no ard M. Nixon, through Secre- against "block-busting" tactics tween the U.S. and Soviet Rus- United Nations for any mean- open hostile feelings toward tary of State William P. Rog- was voiced by Rabbi Zalman sia had reached a "dead end." ingful results."

France. Israel seems to be geters a Message of congratula- Gurary, a member of the Israeli officials believe that Mr. Hlavacek last visited ting the necessary parts for tions on the success of Apollo Crown Heights Jewish Com- Dr. Jarring will resume his the -planes they now have; 11 moon landing from Prime munity Council. He charged mediation efforts in view of the the middle east in 1985 and f f e n c h cars are still very the great change in IsMinister Golda Meir. that speculators had "deliber- apparent failure of the Big Four noted much a part of the Israel street 'Mrs. Meir said: "On behalf ately installed tenants" in talks and the impasse in bila- rael. "Four years ago Israel scene, a n d Israeli freeport of the people of Israel, I send some housing "to harrass and teral talks between the United seemed to be going down hill," stores still carry quantities of he said. "Migration out of the to you, and through youtothe drive out the rest of the block." States and the Soviet Union. country was outdistancing the french perfume." entire American people, our immigration into Israel. Young congratulations and the sense people were leaving in (haves ' of unbounded admiration arouslooking for better things in the ed by the landing of Astronauts west. , Armstrong and Aldrni on the "As a result of the Six Day surface of the moon.

War," Mr. Hlavacek continued, Buenos Aires (JTA) — A "In' paying - homage to the "Israel today is a more cohe- leading Argentine newspaper dauntless courage of these assive country. The people seem charged this week that there tronauts and -their colleague to have a larger sense of pur- was "unconscionable interna(Lt Col. Michael) Collins, as The new terrorities ac- 'tional complicity with- Arab New York (JTA)—Rabbi A. bers, as well as alumni. The pose. well as of those who preceded quired in the war' present a leaders" behind the Security ' them in this journeying into' Bruce Goldman, who has been board will meet Rabbi Sheer's new challenge to the pioneering Council's July 3 resolution censpace, it is now our prayer named as one of two rabbinical office expenses. .Rabbi Gold- spirit of a people who must suring Israel for altering the man said private sources would that they may safely be re- student advisers at Columbia pull together.

There is a new status of East Jerusalem. pay the expenses for his counturned to earth. We offer our University, said that the City sense of patriotism, almost an According to La Nacion, Isselorship. tribute too, to the manner in H u m a n Rights Commission arrogance, on the part of the rael had every right to hold on which your country has seen would Rabbi Goldman said also that Israelis.to survive." continue its planned into the territories it occupied in fit to share openly with the if the human rights commission Mr. Hlavacek sees Israel's the June 1967 war until a final world the problems, the anxie- vestigation of the decision by sustained his complaint that be ties and the objectives involved the university not to extend his' had beer dismissed for his sup- greatest problem now, and for peace with the Arabs is in each stage of this unpre- contract for the coming year. - port of student rebellions at the the years to come, that of achieved. the Arab population cedented adventure.

The paper assailed the SeRabbi Charles Sheer, 27-year- university last spring, he would integrating within Israel. "For the most "It would add the hope that old associate rabbi of the River- not accept reappointment un- part," Mr. Hlavacek noted, "Is- curity Council's action "bethis single demonstration of dale, N. Y., Jewish Center was der this cancelled contract but rael is a western society, with cause Security Council mem* bers know peace lies in per* man's capacity to venture into named by five Jewish student that he would seek compensasuading Arabs of the necessity the unknown will bring a new groups as their religious ad- tion for "damages at all levof-recognizing Israel." dimension into the relationship viser. Rabbi Goldman was se- els." He assumed.his new duThe editorial said the short- -' on earth of human beings to lected by the Radical Jewish ties as one of the two Jewish Brooklyn, with close to a milcomings of the 1949 and 1957 one another which may then Union. advisers on July 1. He said open the way to that era of uni- -Previously, religious advisers,. Rabbi Sheer would begin his lion Jews, has the largest Jew- armistice agreements in the ish population of New York's Middle East should be instrucversal peace presaged by the •Jewish and Christian, bad been assignment Aug. 1. five boroughs. Jews came to tive, "United Nations or Four Prophets «f old." named and their salaries paid Brooklyn during the 17th Cen- Power action would be based . by church ami synagogue bodtury although the first congre- on false foundations if both parf O U m O f m e KOf 0 ies approved bythe university, J 7 Jewish Chaplains gation was not established un- ties do not reach a contractual til 1851. Brooklyn has 320 Or- agreement, and negotiations including the Jewish Advisory »-».»..__ :t~» Kl«w thodox, 50 Reform and 30 Con- per se would be impossible Board, made up of alumni. That Prepare tor New synagogues, as well without prior recognition of IsNew York (JTA)—The Na- servative Jerusalem* JTA)—A warning board decided not to renew as several Sephardic syna- rael by the Arabs," La Nacion Rabbl Goldman's c o n t r a c t , tional 'Jewish Welfare: Board gogues asd ycahivoM JTA) ld , crimes of violence and crimes leading was him-fcu&argethat-tne^ new announced that 17.

Jewish- thls-week, military chaplains among youth in Israel, was action .was taken because he entered U.S.. Armed Forces voiced in the Knesset this week, had supported student rebel- recently the in 4ime to prepare by the Minister of Police lions at the university. The New Rosh Hashanah services for York City Human Rights Com, Eliahu Sasson. - ' : ' Jewish military personnel.

He said part of the fblame mission agreed to Investigate : • . •' Eleven of the new' chaplains was due to the fact that since the chargesUnder the new arrangements, have gone into the Army. Three the Six-Day War many young men are carrying weapons- disclosed last week, any, group are assigned to the Air Force most of them legitimately. Mr. of students may name its own and three to the Navy. The Sasson also said that drug-tak- .. adviser and obtain fundstopay total number of full-time Jewing bad begun-among—the •for bis campus services. The ish chaplains in the armed servyouth in Israel and this was Jewish Advisory Board is be- ices and the Veterans AdminFlaky. Tano*»r, Fraifc probably due to outside influ- ing changed into a foundation istration is 56. laVtd, in ogr lit-Stotv ences. . with student and faculty. memlaltariai. Tka F f n a a t

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By MOSIIE RON Tel Aviv—The new Sephardic chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, Owadia Josef, is only 50 years. One of the most distinguished Talmud experts in Israel, he was a boy of 5 when he came to Palestine.. When he was 20, he was made a rabbi and four years later he was a member of the chief Sephardic rabbinate in Jerusalem.

Not long ago, when Rabbi Owadia took over his new high office in Tel Aviv, the new Sephardic chief rabbi declared that if a religious woman wears a wig, her husband could divorce her. The rejUgious women revolted and declared they would not put .up with such an order.

nounced religious women should not enter a synagogue or appear in public with a wig, as this is against the customs of Jewish daughters and against modesty. He appealed to the religious newspapers not to publish a n y advertisements about wigs.

The newspaper Ha'arelz conducted a referendum among religious women about the question of wearing wigs, and the majority of them voiced their opinion against the demand of Rabbi Owadia. Only the wife of the chief rabbi of Tel Aviv.Zipia Goren, has accepted the stand of the SepharChief Rabbi Owadia an- dic chief rabbi. But with this, the matter was not closed.

The management of t h e school of wigmaking in Kfar Habad (the religious village, which is being supported by the Lubavitch ReDbe in New York), London (JTA)—The Times re- opposed Owadia's opinion. The ported from Paris this week director of the school. Rabbi that Jordan was disputing Is- Shmuel Hefer, maintains that rael's claim to the T e m p l e in the Shulhan Aruk there is Scroll, the longest Dead Sea no prohibition of wearing wigs. scroll yet discovered, and will There are some thoughts about contest it at the September ses- it, but not everyone can issue sion of UNESCO in Paris. a ruling in this delicate quesThe scroll was purchased by tion, Rabbi Hefer states. He Israel from a Joidanian anti- pointed out that hundreds of quities dealer in East Jerusa- daughters found work in this lem known as Kando, after pro- religious school in which wigtracted negotiations. The price making is taught. was not disclosed but the WolfIn religious circles, people son Foundation in London con- are afraid that the extreme potributed m o r e than ?80,000 sition of the Spebardic Rabbi toward the purchase and the Owadia in this question may scroll will eventually be known bring about certain changes inas the Wolfson Scroll, the Times the Tel Aviv 'rabbinate and reported. create difficulties in marAccording to the paper, West- riages, divorces and other reern scholars have been trying ligious matters. for years to get the dealer to People arc anxious that the sell the scroll for which he re- new Ashkenazi chief rabbi of portedly asked nearly $250,000. Tel Aviv, Rabbi Shlomo Goren, The Jordanian Government should take over his office and declared the Israeli purchase find together with Rabbi Owainvalid. The Amman authorities dia new ways to make religious say that under the 1954 Hague life easier instead of more difConvention for the protection ficult. of cultural property in occupied territories, the scroll could not ArAUTMENT BI.UU. OWNERS be sold.

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, pute has arised between Israel's civil courts and the chief rabbinate over determination of who is legally a Jew. A Tel Aviv district court has ruled that the circumcised son of a non-Jewish mother is a Jew on the strength of his mother's declaration to. that effect at the circumcision ceremony. ' But Israel's Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, Isser Untermann, protested that the question is a matter of Jewish religious law which can • be defined only by rabbinical courts. He insisted that under Jewish law a Jew is either one who has been born, to a Jewish mother or who has been converted to Judaism.

The court maintained that civil courts have exclusive jurisdiction over declaratory judgments as the religion of a person while the rabbinic courts have the right to deal with the . matter Only in cases of application for marriage or conversion.

JEWISH MILITARY LAY LEADER, Staff Sergeant Raymond M. Koval (right), receives the National Jewish Welfare Board Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy certificate of award from Chaplain Azriel Fellner, Jewish.Chaplain at Elmendorf Air Force Base, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Jewish military and civilian communities of Alaska. Sgt. Koval taught in the Jewish Sunday School and coordinated many events associated with the Jewish chapel activities at the Air Force Base.

Jewish Personnel Soyght for Corporation "Ejceeutive Suites1 WASHINGTON—American corporations are out to undo the "negative image" that their executive suite doors are still shut tight to Jews.

The once unspoken but rigidly enforced "no Jews allowed" policy iri Big Business is now the exception, not the rule, says a New York banking official.

Sanford Kleiner, vice-president of the Chemical Bank of New York, also reports that the "historic underutilization", of Jews in management positions, although much diminished, still persists.

But this, he adds, is because many Jews are still skeptical about entering the field "because of the image that has been created by offending companies and industries."

Mr. Kleiner finds that more and more Jews

are moving into "management pipelines," as major industries, on the hunt for executive talent, have turned affirmative about recruiting Jews. .

Many firms, says Mr. Kleiner, are vigorously encouraging Jews to join their manager ment ranks. .

-; A lingering problem among corporate personnel staffs, Mr. Kleiner notes, is the need to dispel their "stereotypes" of how Jewish youth wants to earn a living.

"False notions" still prevail that Jews prefer careers in the professions or in, '.'high risk businesses offering speedy rewards," he says, Yet, Mr. Kleiner adds, recent studies have proved "what Jewish agencies have long maintained: that the career goals of Jewish youngsters have become broader and more varied."

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By Be" Gallob The only permanent yeararound School for Converts to Judaism has recorded a steady growth in enrollment "throughout its 15 years from 150 candidates in J854 to an estimated 600 this year at its New York City site. More than 1,800 nonJews in the New York, area are known to have-converted to Judaism in that decade and a half.

-•*:.;\ • ; - The school was started by Rabbi Daniel L. Davis. Classes are held in the chapel of. tHe House of Livtng'iJudaism in . Manhattan. The IQflf cah'Uidates of the school's firsj year were enrolled in four classes. There are now 14 classes. annually, including three this summer.

In 1963, the program acquired a volunteer coordinator, Mrs. Richard M. Stern, wife of a leading Reform rabbi.

Providing^nformation on the backgrounds of the conversion candidates, Mrs. Stern reported that more than 90 percent of the candidates have Christian backgrounds, with Roman Catholics the largest single group. The average age of registrants'is under 30. Between 85 and 90 percent seek conversion out of a desire to marry a Jewish spouse. Generally there have been about CO women to 40 men in the New York program.

Asked about blacks and Puerto Ricans,, Mrs. Stern noted that a religious background from which ali candidates-are asked to fill out has no such categories. She added it was her impression that there had been some candidates-in those .categories in each class during her six years as coordinator.

For the 1964-67 period, 1,467 candidates filled out cards, of whom 1,354 \vere;Christians and 113 non-Christians. There were 744 Roman Catholics during that period, 119 Lutherans, 109 Protestants, two Quakers, two Buddhists, two Mdslems, two Cherokee Indians and one Hindu and one Shintoist.

The conversion'process begins with a mandatory personal interview of the would-be candidate (and of the betrothed) by a Reform rabbi, who < must satisfy himself atjout the- sincerity of the applicant and that the applicant understands both' the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a Jew. Applicants are accepted by the school only on recommendation of a Reform rabbi. Candidates unde.r 21 must have written approval from their parents.

Candidates attend nine weekly sessions, along with their Jewish partners, whose attendance is required. Each session lasts 75 minutes, taught by Re-

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By HARRY GOLDEN

Ratio of Change •'— Fred Evans, a Black Nationalist who-calls himself Ahmed, was- convicted in a Cleveland coiirtroom on seven counts of first degree murder and sentenced to the electric chair.

The state charged that Evans plotted and perpetrated with others the killing of three po—lice*-officers—and -a—coloredcivilian in the disturbances , which rocked the Glenville area last July 23. .

If Evans does die in the electric chair, he will^e the first of the militants to' pay "with his life for crimes during a riot.

While I have no way to test my accuracy, I suspect that roughly 100 people have lost their lives in wots since the first of theni erupted in Watts. .

What is.,','interesting about Evans is that he is willing to accept his fate. In a statement before sentence was passed, Evans said he felt justified in doing the best he could for his people., . , '• "•'.

Martyrs In the late 1960s 1 America martyrdom has become too _ popular a profession to make rife comfortable. Eyans 'has told a judge precisely, the same thing that generations of lynchers caid: That they were acting on behalf of their race or the white man's way of life Qr that they were preserving Southern womanhood." . , It is a tKin defense and while •it workeoVfpr many generations of white jnen, It is .riotiworking for Evanvrior for some white policemen accused of the murder of three/colored boys in the Algiers Motet itfiPetroit two years : a g o / , ^ ; ; : ;. '; Militants The high .^ter mark of the Civil Rights movement was the Mateh on jVasfiington in; 1963.

It denied right af^r, that that the^militarite ,caihe to. and the romance of; tM moyein$nt went out. These,(imi,majits>ar^what the philosopher Eric .Boffer

calls the "hitchhikers of mankind," the ones who join a movement after it has gained impetus and try to divert its direction.

These militants have been successful in obscuring the vast changes which have taken place within the American --society--and--economy^—Clevef-. land itself is governed by a c o l o r e d mayor ' and the NAACP's Charles Evers won the mayoralty in a Mississippi town.Physicists postulate a "ratio of change" which governs the movement and speed,of objects. Which is to,,, say 'no one gets up full s t e a m from a standing start. The ratio of change applies as well to cultural dynamics. .

An example in point was the revolution in F r a n c e last spring. The revolutionists and . the students and dissidents had literally won, but the French people did not want to go as fast as they found, themselves going and the electorate rejected Le Grand Charles.

Lhaye been a foe of what Southerners call "gradualism" for as long as I have been a newspaperman. I have been a foe b e c a u s e there was ho "gradualism." Gradualism was another name for the> status quo of the 1890s. . * No one can get to where the militants want us to go in a hop. skip, and a jump. The parishioners of a church are not going to pay Negroes one half billion dollars In reparations for the centuries of slavery, although it is possible the federal government someday may, by funding special educational and economic programs.

No society, can say its police officers are expendable.

When the kids on campuses call me a reactionary tor these sentiments, I ask what society ever failed to. avenge the killing of peace officers?...-*»*•-.< .

form rabbis and some rabbinic students.

The candidate is presented with the' b a s i c principles of Judaism, a brief history of the Jews, a summary of the Jewish Holy Days, and a description of the major Jewish institutions.

Stress is on the theme that to be a Jew, one must lead a Jewish life.

Students are told JhaLthey are expected — concurrently with the instruction—to attend services at the synagogue of the referring rabbi. They are also told that both the conversion rite and the marriage, if there is one, is to be performed by that rabbi and that the couple, or the individual convert, is expected to join, the referring rabbi's congregation.

There are no examinations.

A $25 r e g i s t r a t i o n fee is charged, which covers,instructional material—three textbooks and a variety of UAI1C and Central Conference of American Rabbis pamphlets. Circumsision is not required nor immersion in a ritualarium (mikBy Mickey Geretick veh). More than half of the week, for the first time, - only what is, but what must, be registrants complete the course, theThis Jewish Press has been sent if Jews and Judaism are to surMrs. Stern reported. to every Jewish family in the vive. No other news media can On completion of the.course, Des Moines area, and from provide this particular service the candidate receives an at- where I sit, that's a very excit- for the Jewish community, and tendance certificate, a copy of ing turn of events. There is a unfortunately, not every Jewish the Reform conversion cere- history of close ties between community can afford to do it mony procedure, and a copy the Omaha and Des Moines .. • of the marriage rite procedure. Jewish communities, and shar- alone.

Newspaperiog is an expensive In the conversion rite, the ing the same newspaper can't business and it takes a sizeable convert is required to state help but bring us even closer.

Jewish community to support publicly that he has given up A few Des Moines families a Jewish newspaper. Omaha his former faith and severed all other religious affiliations; have long been among the reg- Jewry has been fortunate in to pledge loyalty to Judaism ular Jewish Press subscribers. that the local leadership has and to the Jewish people "amid Some Des Moines families have always seen fit to provide this all 'circumstances and - condi- had occasional contact with the vital service. Smaller Jewish tions;" to promise to join with paper through Omaha friends communities have not had that the Jewish spouse to create and relatives. For most Des option—until now.

F.or some time it has been a Jewish home and to partici- Moines Jews, however, this ispate actively in the life of the sue is the first contact with this the feeling of the Jewish Press synagogue and the Jewish com- paper, for some, it may also be that we could well serve the munity; and that, if children the first contact with any Eng- needs of smaller Jewish comare born, they will be raised lish-Jewish weekly. In an age munities in the area. At the of mass communication, this same time, l e a d e r s in Des in the Jewish faith.

Moines wer J voicing their conTwo questions are usually contact is long over-due.

It would be Interesting to cern about the void of this servraised about the program. One concerns the sincerity of the know the first reactions of Des ice for Des Moines Jewry. Fiwould-be converts, since only Moines Jewry to this new ad- nally, leaders of the two com10 to 15 percent seek to be Jews dition in the- Friday mail. There munities met to discuss the out of a stated belief or hope will be questions I'm sure. Like possibilities.

In cooperation with the Des that Judaism offers spiritual —"Why was the paper sent?" satisfaction and comfort found and possibly, "Who needs it?" Moines Jewish Federation the lacking in their present religion And now, some of the an- Jewish Press Is being sent to all Des Moines Jewish families -orin living without religion.---• swers. : on an experimental bails. A t — Mrs. Stern's response is that Who needs It? It seems to me the moment, it's an "engage* there is no valid reason for be- • that every Jew who cares about ment." Hopefully, It will believing that love for a Jew is a the future of the Jewish people less honorable and s i n c e r e needs to know about the people come a "marriage" soon.

If permanent arrangements motivation for conversion than and events that affect the lives that of the individual who re- of Jews e v e r y w h e r e . This. do materialize, Des Moines ports he is unsatisfied with the means news coverage from ev- Jewry will receive the Jewish religion in which he was reared ery part of the world, accurate* Press regularly, and the pages will include all the v a r i o u s and wants to try Judaism. ly and r a p i d l y transmitted items of local Des Moines JewThe other question is the de- through the news cables of the ish news. gree to which converts actually Jewish Telegraphic A g e n c y .

As the world gets smaller, move into the Jewish commun- This is part of what the Jewish with men reaching the moon, ity to establish Jewish homes Press offers. the possibility of one newspaand become active Jews; Mrs. Who needs if? ft seems to me per uniting Jewish communities Stern said lack of funds has that all Jewish parents, con- jess than 200 miles apart is cerprevented follow-up studies.

However, she added, based on cerned about the growing prob- tainly within the realm of reavisits to synagogues and other lems of inter-marriage, drugs, son.

And that's why you In Des impressionistic infor m a 11 o n, campus riots and' all the other she believed that converts do jareas which touch the lives of Moines received the Jewish lead steadfastly Jewish lives as " their children, need to avail Press this week. Your part in active and valued .members of themselves not only of news, the experiment is simple. Read their adopted Jewish communi- but of editorial opinions, ex- the paper and react. Let the ties and that women converts change of ideas, to help them members of your Federation who join the synagogue, are cope with the ever-changing re- Executive Committee know how" " usually belter educated and sponsibilitilles of Jewish par- you feel about their contemmore active Jewishly than their ents. This too is what the Jew- plated action to bring the Jewish Press offers. born-Jewish peers. ish Press to Des Moines on a Who needs It? It seems to me basis.

Rabbi Davis has . declared that every y o u n g adult still regular Help us make the Jewish that the program has made a struggling to establish his own Press a better newspaper. Write major contribution "in keeping identity, needs to expose himwithin the household of Israel self to the larger world Jewish us your reactions to what you hundreds of families that might community in terms of news read. We welcome your comments, suggestions and criti- ~ otherwise be lost to us." and views. There is little doubt cisms. We want to provide (fee that the "identity crisis" which kind of paper you want to read. grips so many young American It was on the assumption that Jews is not simply the result Des Moines Jews do care about Published weekly on Friday by of their dismal Ignorance of Jewish life that resulted in the Jewish Federation of Omaha. the Jewish past, it is also the experiment of b r i n g i n g this Second Class PoslaoC Paid result of their a b y s m a l un- newspaper to your mailbox.

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Capitol Spotlight

Little Hope Seen for Success Of llS.4hg$si™ Tcaiks oil Israel to seek greater flexibility irom

By MILTON FRIEDMAN The N i i o n Administration him on tactical and propaganda now has little hope that bilat- maneuvers. This was the aim eral talks with Russia will pro- of Soviet Foreign Minister ijroduce a settlement of the Arab- myko's recent visit to Cairo.

Israel situation that Washing-' Russian conditions are unacton or Jerusaceptable to the United States lem could acbecause they are so obviously cept. The Big impossible for Israel to accept.

•Four talks have Total withdrawal from all ocb e e n recessed. cupied territories is demanded.

But the bilaterMinor b o r d e r adjustments al A m e r i c a nmight subsequently be made So v.iet discus"if the Arabs agree." An insisions arc being dious time bomb is to be found pressed to pre'|n the formula on Arab refuvent miscalcugees; A free choice would allow lation and avert ^ll'Arabs to "return" to Israel a military show- Frledmap "sj < whenever the spirit moved d o w n by the 'them. This "right" could be insuperpowers in the Middle voked years later despite un-East. relenting guerrilla warfare. If An emerging Israeli assess-' any Arab were denied entry, meat Is that American diplo- the Arabs would have a ready mats no longer have any Illu- excuse to justify a new shipsion that the Soviet Union or ping blockade in the Straits of Egypt actually want an honest Tiran or Suez Canal. and fair peace settlement. The In exchange for total, uncondiplomats go on talking because ditional Israeli withdrawal, the there are other considerations Arabs are willing to offer only linked wiUi broader global prob- a temporary cessation of hoslems. A dialogue still seems tilities. They refuse to sign a mutually useful In this chang- peace treaty or to normalize • ing and volatlre world. relations. The Arabs would Some Israelis feel that Wash- merely put the game back ington is learning at first hand where It was Immediately bethat you cannot get' the Arabs fore the six day war. All that to budge and that Moscow is has yet cmergfid-ffSm the fclas uncompromising and rigid Iateral ta'JflTIs a "give and on the Middle East as on Czech- take" proposal. The Israelis would give; the Arabs would oslovakia.

If Washington realizes the take. facts, how can President Nixon On the eve of transfer of biexpect Israel to make all the lateral talks to Moscow, the concessions for an "accommo- Arab-Israeli crisis remains at dation?" Such an accommoda- an impasse. The Russians want tion would amount to nothing to keep the crisis at moderate more than,abject surrender. heat to further exploit the sitIsrael's loud denunciation of uation. A limited war of attrithe Big Four talks may have tion against Israel is useful to inadvertently helped Washing- the Kremlin. This keep Nasser ton achieve a freer hand and a totally dependent while facilimore objective image. Wash- tating Soviet penetration of ington could hardly be the Moslem lands. The talks meanstooge of ihe Jews when Is- while provide insulation against rael insists that only Israelis an American-Soviet showdown and Arabs should decide the touched off by a big Israelifate of their countries, that di- Arab eruption. rect, face-to-face talks are the No reasonable nation could ' only possible solution. expect Israel to accept the U.S.-Soviet Gap p r e s e n t terms. Compliance • An enormous gap remains would mean nothing less than between Washington and Mos- total and unconditional withcow on the Middle East despite drawal from all territories octhe cautious optimism of Sec- cupied in 1967 including the old retary of State William P. Rog- city of Jerusalem and the Go.jers, The bilateral talks'niay_be_ lan Heights. Also, the Arabs shifted to Moscow. But it would geFa bonus "through" unmeans nothing. The Kremlin restricted right of access to has not really tried to make pre-1967 Israel as "refugees," Egyptian P r e s i d e n t Nasser All that Israel might expect more moderate. This will be in return would be a series of apparent in Moscow. The main vague assurances.,Egypt and Russian effort with Nasser is the U.N. would consider Is-

Letters From Israel Editor's note: Sally Simon, waters. The other plants that 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and grow on the rocky terrain look Mrs, Ervin Simon, is a mem- • mostly dead half the time, a ber of the Ramah Israel Com- barely greenr with a lot of munity Program on a 7-week' grayish purple. The plants (and study tour in Israel, The following excerpts are from a let- animals too/ of this land survive the heat and lack of water to her parents— . ter in numerous fascinating I can scarcely contain my- •ways. self because I'm so excited In more ways than one, the about the Negey and about its desert Is teeming with life: the possibilities/Anyone who thinks life of plants, animals, Insects, the desert Is flat and sandy— and the spirit of the pioneer at least this desert—is a nutty and young people who want to product of .children's fairy live. Surely the crime of Gertales. many is buricd^-hcre Is only it is brown, orange, and gray life. rocks, dirts and sands, scatToday we arose at 3:00 AM tered with standstone and lime- and began moving: through the stone, the latter of which often mountains about 4:20. Alter a looks like iron ore because its brief and relatively easy climb surface contains some of the up a mountain, we had Shahrit same oxides. But it is not iron. as the sun came up. Rabbi Copper in various regions may Swltkin, our group leader, said be found, and clay nearly all the Talmud specifically deover. .-.•'• scribed this as a Mitzvab. I The plants range from swamp hope you are able to imagine plants, near springs, to a plant' a fraction of the beauty and which kills part of itself in or- sptfit which generate from us der to conserve water for an- and the environment.

We walked roughly (someother portion of the plant. The plants in the wadis, where one where) ten miles, yet barely or two flash floods usually oc- tasted Hanegev., One cannot cur in the winter, are for the feel Israel at all in a bus—he sweat a little with iU.. .most.part green,, due, to these •

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raels shipping rights. The Arabs might voluntarily display some tender mercies toward Israel on the question of borders. • Since nothing is • expected from the bilateral talks, grim facts must be faced; Tensions will increase. More Russian arms and advisers will arrive in Egypt. The war of attribution will be escalated. Guns will roar at Suez. The Arabs will seek to turn Israel into another Viet Nam. There will be sabotage, guerrilla raids, minings, and murders. Israel will defend liereslf with the hope of buying necessary arms from the United States.

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By CARL ALPERT Haifa—If the courtrooms of a country afford some insight into unusual aspects .of a nation's life, Israel's courts are no exception — and add some surprises of their , own. My_ collection of interesting cases which have in recent I months come before the judge includes the fol-' lowing: Never on Thursday J u d g e Max Czernobilsky of AIncrt the Tel Aviv District Court agreed not to hold hearings on a particular case on Thursday because one of the defendants. Rabbi Y. Idelman of the Bnai Brak Yeshiva, told the court he had made a vow some years ago not to utter a \yord on that day of the week.

High Finance When the Bank of Israel provided its late-working employees with lunch checks worth one Israel Pound (28 cents) a month, the Income Tax authorities claimed this was added income and insisted, on deducting i n c 6 m e tax. Both sides were stubborn. The case came to courtffind only-thepersonalintervention of David Horowitz, Governors of the Bank of Israel, and Zeev Sharef, Minister of Financet prevented a long drawn out legal battle. The compromise agreed upon: Nine cents worth of the lunch ticket is taxable! , The Jewish Problem The defendant stood before the dock in Tel Aviv District Court. The charge: selling elephants without a permit. Yaaicov Zamir had been found guilty in the Magistrate's Court and fined Two Pounds. He "appealed, and began" to harrangue the judges reading from a 188-page prepared defense statement The j udges quickly ascertained that the charge pertained to sale of plastic elephants by a street vendor. The red-faced prosecuting attorney withdrew the misleading charge, but the judges retained the Two Pound fine for illegal sale of plastic toys, ' Pedestrian Bites Car An automobile proc c e d i n g along the costal road swerved suddenly to avoid hitting a pedestrian who was recklessly crossing the road at an illegal spot, and the car smashed into: a concrete fence. The pedestrian, Rafael Yitzhak, of'Kfar Hanagid, was fined IL.250, or alternative of 50 days in jail.

The Ways of Love In Tel Aviv, 31-year-old Meir Guatta sued 24-year-old Malka At t ay a for IL.8,000 alleging breach of promise to marry him.

In Haifa a young man sued his former fiancee who had

broken off their engagement.

He asked IL.10,000 compensation for the mental anguish and for the thousands of pounds he had spent on her during their courtship.

Moshe -Kalati promised a dowry of IL.40,000 to Mordechai Ozen if he would marry his daughter, and paid half. The couple married, but separated some time after the wedding.

Ozen sued for the balance due him. The Supreme Court ruled that he had fulfilled his share of the bargain—he had married the girl, and could therefore collect the full dowry.

A teacher in Kiryat Tivon received a check in the amount of one million Pounds from her Tel Aviv fiance to finance their wedding. When he m a r r i e d someone else she: decided to cash the check.-it bounced, and the police took.over.

The Peacemaker Yaacov Gibiy, of Haifa, came across two opponents in the midst of a violent quarrel. He intervened, quieted them, and finally patched up a p e a c e agreement. For this, he was fined IL.15 in court, because in so doing he had pretended to be a police officer. , -," Next case!, ' ' ;; -'- .

Czechoslovakia: Gathering Clouds

By JIM COLLINS Anti-Semitism ..continues to motivate a small, but dangerous minority "in Czechoslovakia which constitutes a political "underworld" irrespective of whether the Czechoslovak nation is led by Antonin Novotny or Alexander Dubcek.

• • . It'has grown more vociferous since last Aug. 21 wheh Warsaw pact troops moved into the country, and it made some further headway recently after the demonstrations in -Prague's Wenceslaus Square which followed the Czech victory over the Soviet ieehockev leim ._ ;•„ The vandalism ill the course of these demonstrations may well haye been organized by provocateurs.

Whether the Incidents were pre-planned or not,,they furnished (he occupiers with a welcome opportunity to tighten still further their grip on the country and to start in earnest what they had come to achieve last August: The relmposltion of a, totalitarian Communist regime, stripped of all ambitions of a "human face" and a ''human heart" and sustained by a police state presided over by a puppet Government. * : , The extent to' which this target will be-reached in the immediate future can so far not be defined. The Government continues making concessions to the occupiers in a great many'flejds, but ' it also continues to indicate its determination to proceed wftn the reforms of the January, 1968 program. ,' Whether liberalization of the Communist regime can be obtained when it is accompanied by the re-imposition of censorship on the press and other publicity media remains to be seen.

The fact that Czechoslovakia now is receiving less attention in the press of the Western countries justifies at least in some minds the apprehension that the world may be heading back, if not to the cold war, then at least to a luke warm equivalent of it.

To devote, in these circumstances, attention' to the fate of the Czech Jewish community may appear petty to some. rOthers who __. have a. knowledge^ of the East European scene, a?e inclined to take the view that what is at stake is not merely the future of an estimated 10,000 Jews in the Czech and Slovak federal states.

Their destiny will be closely, linked with that of the three million Jews in the USSR and the hundreds of-thousands of Jews still in' Hungary, Poland and Rumania.

• , / There is no need to inquire about the reaction.of the Czech Jewish community to recent developments in their country. The answer to that- question can be found in facts.

Since last August, about one third of the Jewish population has left the country and a good many of the 10,000 still 1 here are • living in an atmosphere of mounting concern.

V The gathering clouds of anti-Semitism are causing at least as much concern to gentile reformers in Czechoslovakia as to the less vocal Jewish leadership of the country. An outstanding example has been supplied by "Listy," the valiant official organ of the Czechoslovak Writers'Union.

• In a .classically courageous piece of Czech journalism, the _. meetings atmosphere reminiscent, of the hysterical outbursts bf-enthusiastic hatred during the advent of Fascism; a W tJie^ontimious stream to editorial desks, of anonymous letiers'^'tHfeatetting pogroms and terror in^the near future." ... , : ,' '

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Synagogue Activities Caudlelighting: 8:30 p.m.

Beth Israel | | Temple Israel \ SERVICES Friday: • Traditional Service, Kobolas Shabbos: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m.

Rabbi Nadoff will conduct the Talmud Class at 8 p.m. followed at 8:30 p.m. by Mincha, Sholash Suedos and Maariv.

Sunday: Morning Service: 9 a.m. fol-' lowed by breakfast and Rabbi's class in "The Twelve Minor Prophets."

Daily Services at 7 a.m. and 8:30

Beth El SERVICES .- .

Friday: 8:15 p.m.

Cantor Aaron I. Edgar will conduct the musical service.

Rabbi Myer S. Kripke will deliver the pulpit lesson.

Saturday; Morning Service: 10 a.m. ' Mincha-Maariv: 8:30 p.m.

Sunday: / , Morning Service: 9 a.m.

Daily: Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Downtown Kilparrick Store to Be Closed Announcement was made this week of plans to close the downtown Kilpatrick's store, early this fall.

In making the announcement, Stanley Krum, Managing Director of Kilpatrick's, n o t e d that future efforts of the Kilpatrick organization will be concentrated in thejr Westroads and Center shopping center locations, and that personnel from the downtown store will be transferred to the shopping center stores,..

SERVICES Friday: 7:30 p.m.

Sabbath Services will be held in the Milton and Corinne Livingston Chapel. Cantor Manfred F. Kuttner will officiate.

B'nai Jacob I Adas Yeshuron SERVICES Friday: 8:15 p.m.

Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m.

Mincha-Maariv: 8:30 p.m.

Sunday: Morning Service: 7 a.m.

Daily: Services at 6:30 a.m. and 8:15 p.m.

BAR MITZVAn The Bar Mitzvah of JEAN CLAUDE FLATOWICZ. son of Mr. and Mrs. Hercz Flatowicz will be observed S a t u r d a y morning, July 26 at 8:30 a.m.

Jeff Cohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cohn, received first lace in the 50 free style, 5C utterfly and 100 free style at the Junior O l y m p i c s (long course) championships held in Grand Island July 19 and 20.

He broke the record in the 100 free style with a time of 1:06.6, and is eligible for the Regional Seven events to be held in Madison. Wisconsin and the National Junior Olympics in San Diego, Calif.

• • * Aveva Hahn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hahn, has been placed on the Dean's List at Brandeis University for both semesters of her freshman

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LOUIS HILLER Funeral services were held Monday, July 21, 1969, for Louis Hiller, age 88.

An active member of B'nai B'rith for more than 50 years, Mr. Hiller also served as treasurer of Temple Israel for many years. A past president of the Rotary Club, Mr. Hiller was the founder and past president of the Omaha Better Business Bureau, and served on the board of directors of the Boy Scouts.

Survivors are: wife, Zerlina; son, Richard Hiller; daughter, Mrs. Edward (Marjorie) Rosen; 4 grandchildren; 1 greatgrandson; brother, Morton Hiller; sisters, Mrs. S. S. Jacobs, Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs. Lester Kirschbraun, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Friday, July 25, 1069

The Jewish Quiz Box QUESTION: What is symbolized by the Mcnorah (candelabrum) that is usually found in the synagogue?

ANSWER: This is the representative of the Menorah which was ordered for the Tabernacle and the Temple of Old (Exodus 25:31). Some claim that the Menorah symbolize the Torah. Tho seven branches were representatives of the first seven Hebrew words of the Book of Genesis which make up its first verse ("In the beginning the Almighty created the Heavens and the Earth.")

The 11 knots represent the first 11 words that make up the first verse in the Book of Exodus. The nine ffower symbols represent the nine words that make up the first verse in the-Book of,Leviticus. The height of the Menorah, which was about 17 hand breadths, represents the 17 words which make up the first "verse of the Book of Numbers. The 28 bowls represent the 28 words which make up the first verse of the Book of Deuteronomy.

Thus, the number combinations on the Menorah represent the opening verses of the first five books of the Bible which are often referred to as the Torah..The Menorah, which sheds light is thus a symbol of enlightenment which the Torah gives to man.

There are some who claim that seven branches of the Menorah represent the seven days of the week with the tallest branch representing the Sabbath.

QUESTION: Why is the offering of prayer considered to be a ANN SILVERMAN fulfillment of a Divine commandment when man uses prayer to Funeral services were held seek the benefits of the Almighty for his own good?

July 18 for Ann Silverman. InANSWER: Even though prayer is a tool which man employs terment was at Beth El Ce- to seek good for himself from the Almighty, it is not just a volimetery. tional matter on the part of man, but rather a fulfillment of a Survivors are son, Robert K. Divine requirement. The exercise of prayer, is a demonstration of Siiverman; daughter/ Mrs. faith on the part of man. On the one hand, it symbolizes that ha Danny (Marge) Fogel. San Die- is helpless without the Almighty, and on the other it symbolizes go, Calif.; brother, Abe Levey, that he has faith that the Almighty can help and will help him.

Los Angeles, Calif.; sister, The Rabbis point out that prayer is a means of servitude to Mrs. Charles A. (Belle) Adel- God, i.e. "the service of the neart," meaning that man shows'his man, Los Angeles, Calif.; 3 submission to, his dependance on, and his faith in God through grandchildren. the means of prayer.

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Miss Schmidman Co-Produces Summer Play at the Old Market Miss JoAnn S c h m i d m a n , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Schmidman, is co-producer of Harold Pinter's play, "The Birthday Party," now showing at Magic Theater as a second summer stow in the Old Market. ... .

The Birthday Party is a tragi-comedy exploring four human conditions. The moods of anguish, pain, laughter and silence are performed in the small theatre by the cast's six young'members. Miss Schmidman is also one of- the cast.

• Magic; Theatre is a non-profit educational foundation backed In part t y Omaha businessmen and the Nebraska Arts Council.

Miss Schmidman said that she had' planned the theatre for Vk years before it started last May. She described the theatre as "Three-f o u r t h s Thrust." The acting and improvizations are p e r f o r m e d Wkf the Yellow Poges?

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"Omaha is intellectually ready for this type of theatre and we hope that the interest will continue," Miss Schmidman said. ' The building, a 100-year-old physical plant was restored from a former potato warehouse by the company and has retained the Old Market flavor.

Miss Schmidman, a senior at Boston University T h e a t r e School worked with Omaha Junior Theater two years, Northwestern University Theatre, and Theatre at Seven Springs, Connecticut. • •m.

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Births Editors's Note: This column of Louis Schwartzman, Jack SingLincoln Jewish news has been er, Nale Unger, Dave Breslow, added to the • Omaha Jewish Charles Sherman, Ray Suffum, Press in an effort to serve the Frand Ullman, George WilLincoln Jewish Community. liams, Nathan Simon, Morris The column Is being coordi- Elsberg, Paul Gaiter, Henry nated in Lincoln by Mrs. Leo Wald, Don Marti, Nathan Mo(Estelle) Rosenberg. T h o s e zei*, Sam Mozer, Richard Sewith news for the column gal, Marvin Dienstfry, Ben should -contact Mrs. Rosenberg Iiloch, Morris Zolot and Simon at 701 Mulder Drive; phone Kominsky.

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Mr. William Schwartzman of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Good- Oakland, California is visiting man of Dallas, Texas, announce his m o t h e r, Mrs. Louis the birth of a daughter Lisa Schwartzman and family.

Rachel, born June 23, 1969.

They also have, a daughter Lori.

Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goodman, Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sig- HADASSAH man, Sioux City, Iowa.

The Omaha Chapter of Hadass-h will hold its Summer Mrs. Joseph Goodman and Board Meeting on Monday, Mrs. Leo Rosenberg are chair- July 28, 9:30 a.m., in the Hosmen for the fund-raising proj- pitality Room of Bishops' Westect, Hadassah Botique, to be roads. Mrs. Ted Sanford, presheld during the ChannuKa Sea- ident will preside at the all-day son at the Gateway Shopping meeting.

Center. There will be several Mrs. Maurice M. Bucksbaum work-shops heJd during the of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Presisummer and fall to make dent of the Missouri Valley handmade articles.

Region of- Hadassab, will be a Their committee assisting in-' special guest at this meeting elude: Mmes. Harry Breslow, and plans for tiie coming Abe Cohen, Julius Goldberg, year's activities will be finalIrwin Goldehberg, Julius Misle, ized.

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Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Itesnick, Storrs, Conn., announce the birth of a son, Jason Robert who was born July 13, 1969.

Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Kahn, Grand Island, Nebr. and Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Resiiick, Springfield, Mass.

land where Mr. Belman has accepted the position of General Counsel for Investers Overseas Development Corp.

10-YEARS AGO Mrs. Marvin Taxman was elected president of the Women's Division of the National Conference of Christians and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baben- Jews. dure, Kiamesha Lake, New 15 YEARS AGO ' York, announce the birth of a Dr. and Mrs. J. Milton Mardaughter, Maria Ann. Omaha. Great-grandparents ar Grandparents are Mr. and wedding anniversary.

Mrs. Louie Babendure, Fre20 YEARS AGO mont, Nebraska, and Mr. and Dorothy Rosenberg was electMr. and Mrs. Murray Joel Mrs. Dave Goodman, Kansas ed president of the Sigma Del-ta Tan Alumnae Chapter.

Belman, Washington, D.C., an- City, Missouri.

25 YEARS AGO nounce the birth of a son, Owen Great-grandmothers are Mrs. Wolcott, born July 18, 1969. Rose Burstein and Mrs. Rose Harold A b r a h a m s o n was They also have another son, Babendure, Los Angeles, Cal- elected Aleph Godol of AZA No. . John Chase.

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Edward E. Milder were marGrandparents are Mr. and ried.

Mrs. William Wister Haines, South Laguna, California; and MRS. MEYER C O L N I C Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Belman, thanks her many friends and Omaha. Great-grandparents relatives for the cards, floware Mr. and Mrs. Tuckerman, ers, gilts, contributions to Santa Barbara, California. charity and other expressions The Belmans w i l l leave of good wishes.offered during Washington August 23 to make her recent hosplttllzaUon. their home in Geneva, Switzer-

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1 tsp. salt 7. To serve: Unmold by dipdash pepper ' ng mold-into hot water and dash garlic salt " jsening the edge with a knife, 4 pats butter or margarine then turn on a serving dish. ; (optional) Garnish with slices of bard4 pieces of aluminum foil—12' boiled egg, radishes or lettuce. . inch square Yield: 4 for lunch, or 8 for 1. Preheat the oven to 400 dinner's first course. degrees.

2. Clean the fish. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, pepper, and garlic salt.

3. Place, each slice on a piece -»f foilrlfyouxare to—put-a-pat- "~A~city-Wide "Senior-Citizen cf butter on top. Fold the edges picnic will be held Wednesday, cf the foil so you form a tightly Aug. 6, at Elmwood Park. All secured bag. members of the' JCC Senior 4. Put the "bag" in a baking Citizens club are invited to atdish. Pour water around the tend. Bus transportation win be bags. Place the pan in the oven provided from the Jewish Comand bake for 40 minutes. Serve munity Center, leaving prompthot. ly at 10 a.m.

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Tourists Increase Israel's Revenues

Jerusalem (JTA)—Minister of Tourism Mosne Kol announced this week that Israel enjoyed a slight increase in revenues from tourism during the first three months of 1969 compared to the same period of 1968 which was Israel's peak tourist year.

Kol said that the tourist trade netted Israel $17.1 million in the first quarter of this year compared to $16.0 million last year.

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MAS Reports Marked Increase in Refugee Aid

Under Fire The Jewish settlements in the Beisan and Jordan Valleys ..which had hitherto lived in rel, ative calm, and had not suffer..ed any molestation from their Arab-neighbors. on the other• side of the Jordan, for the .past 2 years have been engaged in a veritable war for existence. , Not a;day* or night passes without their .being under heavy shelling{;'frdm positions on the other side of the J o r d a n.

While the attacks are ostensibly launched by terrorist bands, it is clear that they have the active support of Jordanian regular forces and of Iraqi divisions 'stationed in Jordan.

The children in these settlements have slept in underground shelters every night during the last two years. With work in the fields often disrupted, there has been a constant flow of volunteers from all parts of the country to these settlements, to help repair the damage to buildings, and to assist settlers 'with, their agricultural'work in the busy season.

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New York (JTA)-6,538 men, women and children from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Cuba were resettled by United Hias Service in 1968, "a year of crisis and tragedy" for Jews, Gaynor I. Jacobson, Hias executive vice-president, said in the migration agency's' annual report. The agency aided a total of 62,400 Jews during 1968, according to Harold Friedman, Hias president.

Jacobson reported that from March, 1968 when Polish Premier, Gomulka'said Jews who regarded Israel as their homeland were free to leave, until the end of 1968, 2,887 Polish Jews reached Vienna "and more than half of them requested Hias assistance in rejoining their families and finding permanent homes in the West." He added that the Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia last August led to the flight between then and the end of the year by s o m e 4,000 Czech Jews to western countries. He said more than 1,800 registered with. Hias in Vienna and other field offices in western Europe.

USSR Family Reunion He said that the situation,of the 3,500 Jews in Iraq, 4,000 in Syria and an estimated 1,500 remaining in Egypt led to renewed Hias efforts to obtain the right of emigration for them. He reported that Hias

Russia Resumes Arms Shipments to Syrians Washington {JTA) — The Soviet Union has agreed to resume arms shipments to Syria .after a four months suspension, the Lebanese magazine, "AsSayyad," reported this week in Beirut— -'7 The resumption of shipments was arranged during the recent visit to Moscow of Syrian President Norueddin A t a s s i , the magazine reported, adding that Chinese Communist weapons have been arriving in Syrian considerable quantities.

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Friedman said that Hias sueceeded in locating 1,050 persons in the United States the Soviet Union, Israel, Australia and in more than 30 other European and North and South American countries. He said total Hias expenditures in 1968 were $2,432,817. The agency, he said expected to help some 56,000 men, women and children, including some 6,270 refugees and migrants who will be helped to find new homes in the United States. Canada, Australia, Latin America and western Europe. Total outlays for the 1969 program was estimated at $2,558,000. r—:—

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He was~i one of the first clergymen to call for an end to the Vietnam War and unilateral withdrawal of U.S. troops. He also has spoken out on student rebellions, saying he was "totally" opposed to suppressing the students and declaring that the problem was that "we haven't listened to them."

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Jerusalem (JTA)—Legisla-/•'•--tion to change the name of Israel's basic unit of. currency from pound to shekel has been approved by the Knesset. But the new name will not become official for several years, until the present slock of currencyis exhausted and new bills are printed, the Bank of Israel said. The Israel pound, also known locally as lira, is worth -r about 35 cents at current rates of exchange.

The shekel was originally a ' weight and later a coin used ' in,,ancicnt Israel. It was said to have been based on a coin, minted in "Babylon, the- c e n t e r ~ " of commerce in the region. In 1897 the shekel was adopted by thefirst World Zionist Congress in Basle as the unit of contribution to the Zionist movement.__ The word shekel has also crept into the English language as / slang for money. , /

Liberal Civil Rights Views Voiced by Southern Rabbi congregational disagreements, Rabbi Frank told the Washington Post that "freedom of the pulpit is something you' have ' to fight for all the time."

He recalled that he used his J958 Yom Kippur sermon to attack Virginia's "massive resistance" to school desegrega* tion, enraging the local White Citizens .Council.

While "serving as rabbi of Temple" Beth El here, some three dozen members left his congregation because of his stands. But total membership W a s h i n g t o n (JTA)—The has increased from 100 families White" House announced this to more than 500 arid the temweek that Eugene S..Cowen— ple has been enlarged. who is a Jew and a strong supRabbi Frank said that "the porter of Israel—has been ap- vast majority of good people" pointed* special assistant to in a congregation will defend a President Richard M. Nixon to rabbi's right to speak fearlesswork on Congressional liaison. ly whether they agree or dis-" Mr. Cowen, 44, served for agree. Unfortunately," he addmany years as administrative ed, "the good people often re• assistant- l(J•Sen; Hugh Scdtt; main quiet-while those who disPennsylanvla Republican. The agree with you are vocal and new appointee is regarded here threatening" but he had as a liberal and proponent of learned not to be afraid.- • • - • He said that whenever he had progressive, social legislation. found himself hesitating on an .

Jje i s a native of New York : ';City, fl graduate of Syracuse issue on which he felt he ehoukL '*University,.rand lives witli his act, or when he felt 'ws knees ; . mte and1 two children In Sil- tremble!', he would pulL from, his desk 9 statement of prinver Springs, Md.

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Children at Kibbutz Asbdod Yaakov In their shelter daring a shelling barrage.

.Alexandria, Va. (JTA) — Eleven years in a southern pulpit has left Emmet A. Frank with .the .conviction t h a t a southern 'congregation will support -u rabbi who speaks out for what he believes is the truttWeven on the explosive is. sue of civil rights of Negroes.

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