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The Hebrew word "Chanukah" means dedication. The Chanukah holiday commemorates the first successful revolt in history on behalf of religious liberty, It is a familiar story—the small band of faithful Jews who successfully rebelled against the despot Antiochus. It is an ancient.story with a relevant message for modern man. •

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Chanukah directs us to a way of life that is built upon dedication. Dedication to the kind of courage displayed by the Macabees. Dedication to ^religious freedom. Dedication to a Jewish heritage and dedication to a Jewish future.

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Terrorist Bomb Hits Dr. L Shapiro to Speak inDesMoines El Al Office in Athens

—Athens (JTA) — A-grenade i J t h d senger terminal of El Al, Is. rael's Airline, In downtown Athens last week by a hit-and' run Jordanian terrorist injured 14 persons and made a bloodstained shambles of the office. Police siezed the guerrilla who admitted throwing the lethal device and arrested a companion. The p o l i c e said the men would be charged with pre—meditatedarmechattack^Thejr added that more c h a r g e s would be filed if any of the . victims died. Doctors at a local hospital dispaired of saving the life of two-year-old George M a s t o s

23 Israelis Die in November Itaids Tel Aviv (JTA)—The government reported that 22 Israeli soldiers and one civilian •were killed during November as a result of enemy activities, along the borders and ceasefire lines and the activities of saboteurs. Seventy-four Israelis were injured of whom 03 were soldiers. The .fatalities were slightly higher In November than in October when 18 Were killed.

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The tally of border incidents for November s h o w e d the: Egyptian front to be by far the ^inost active. There were 342 Incidents there from Nov. 9-29. The Jordanian front reported 169 incidents between Nov. 1629. There were only tea lncldents along the Lebanese,and Syrian frontiers between Nov. 8-29.

after an operation to remove .grenade iragments-f r o m hishead. He was waiting- with his p a r e n t s a n d five-year-old brother for a flight to Canada.' Only the father escaped injury.' All other victims were reported out of, danger. ' Grigorios Lazaridis, an advertising executive, saw a man rim from the El Al office and tackled him a f t e r a brief chase. He was identified as Elias-D c r^g a rBbetianr-asy-atailor from A m m a n and a member of a minor guerilla group. ' The police said he was carrying two other grenades when he was caught. After the capture,'police went to 'a hotel where they arrested Mansur Seifedin, and charged him with being an accomplice. In Amman, a spokesman for the little-known Arab guerilla organization, the P o p u l a r Struggle Front, said, '.'we. did it because El Al is an extension of the Israeli enemy." His said the g r e n a d e incident should serve as a warning to the public not to use El Al. El Al's head office in Jerusalem said that all flights to and from Athens will continue as usual. At the same time, the Israeli Government protested the i n c i d e n t to the Greek Government.; An El, Al spokesman said, "in spite of the vicious numerous attacks, El Al continues—and will continue—toJly on all its routes according to schedule. We do not anticipate any decrease in business. In fact, previous experience has shown the- opposite to bo the case."

Community-Wide Women's Institute Des Moines — Dr. Judah J. followed by buzz sessions and author, scholar "and a panel discussion. social analyst, wil speak at the "TarUcipanis" 7 second annual C o m m u n i t y Members of the Blue Ribbon Wide Institute of the Women's Panel are Mmes. Donald BluDivision of the Jewish Wel- menthal, Matthew Bucksbaum' fare Federation. The Institute and. Irving Wehigart. Buzz sesfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thurs- sion leaders are Mmes. Ronday, Deceme'br 11, will be held ald Daniels, Jack Levensky, Marvin Mazie, Milton Mark, at the Clubhouse of.Tifereth Morris Mandelbaum III, EuIsrael Synagogue. gene Mannheimer, D o n a l d Dr. Shapiro's, topic will, be, Pochter, Gary Fingert, Stan•Yduth-RebcUlon-—What?^J^yJsaacson, JRichard Rern- • stadt, Tom Urban and Louis Why?" His address will be Goldberg. Dr. Shapiro, currently visiting lecturer at Hebrew Union Dr. Judah J. Shapiro College in Los Angeles, Calif., serves leading national and international Jewish organizaOmaha . . . A complimentary tions as a consultant. copy of the newly published He has been national director book "Dynamic Genetic Coun- of B'nai B'rith Hillel FoundaDes Moines — The Young seling for Clinicians" has been tions, secretary of the National Leadership Group of the Jewgiven to the Jewish Commun- Foundation for Jewish Culture, ish Welfare Federation will ity Center Library,,by its au- director of cultural and educa- meet i6r dinner at 6 p.m. Wedtional ^reconstruction of the nesday, Dec. 10, at Rocky's thor, Dr. Henry f. Lynch, _ Dr. Lynch, Associate Profes- American Jewish Joint Distri- White Shutter Inn. , sor" and Chairman of the De- bution Committee (JDC) and Dr. Judah Shapiro, author, partment' of Preventive Medi- the Conference of Jewish Ma- scholar and social analyst, will terial Claims Against Gercine and Public H e a l t h at address the group at 7 p.m. Creighton Medical School, has many, and secretary of the Dr. Shapiro, a visiting lecturer Yivo Center ,for Advanced Jewfocused the book u p o n the at Hebrew Union Gollege in Los deep-seated emotional factors ish Studies. Angeles, Calif.,- will discuss the which are. frequently associHe studied at the College of concept.of the Jewish Welfare ated with knowledge of a ge- the City of New York, Colum- Federation. netic disease in the family. bia University, and the TeachMorton Bookey, president of The copy donated to the JCC ers Institute of Yeshiva Uni- • the Des Moines Federation, Library bears the following versity, and received his doc- will be present to answer quesw r i t t e n dedication by Dr. torate from Harvard Univer- tions from the group. Lynch and Anne J. Krush, a sity. Phil Schneider is chairman : Women of the community of the event. contributing editor; "To the li" -•brary of the Jewish Commun- who plan to attend the Instiity Center, where we were able tute- may make reservations to ferret out much material for through the Federation office, Sloux City Readers the chapter on Special Prob- 244-3144..Cost of the luncheon ,See Page 5 Jems, with your kind assist- Is $1.50..Mrs. David Bear Is chairman, of the event,-. once.

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Vbjections Voiced to Plans for Boston Operations by Jewish Defense League Boston (JTA) Strong objections were voiced by the Jewish Community Council against plans • of the Jewish Defense League to operate in deteriorating areas of Boston for protec-* tion of Jewish residents.

Israeli Forces Half Egyptian Raiders Tel Aviv (JTA)—A large Egyptian raiding party attacked Israeli positions on the east bank of the Suez Canal Saturday night'. According id an Israeli spokesman, they landed under cover of an artillery and mortar barrage but were quickly repulsed and fled back across the canal without inflicting casualties or damthat two Egyptians -were that two Egyptian were found dead on the Israeli bank of the waterway and 4hree-more bodies.were.ob^ served later on the Egyptian side. The Egyptian version of tiie-raidrdiffered"from the Israeli account.'According to Cairo, 130'Egyptian troops occupied and held Israeli positions on the canal's east bank for two hours before withdrawing without casualties. Cairo claimed that its raiders killed "a large number" of Israeli troops and that the latter suffered additional casualties when Israeli Air Force jets mistakenly bombed and strafed their own men.

At a news conference this week, the Council warned that groups like the JDL "serve neither the Jewish Community nor the general community" and that "They invite violence and i n e v i t a b l e counter-violence." The council reacted to a meeting of 75 elderly Jewish residents of Itoxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan, with Rabbi Meir Kahane, director of the JDL, to discuss the mounting street crimes which the Jews b e l i e v e are aimed mainly against them. The residents had invited Rabbi Kahane to meet with them to discuss the problem. Rabbi Mordechai Savitsky said that robberies and beatings had become so frequent in some of the now largely slum areas that elderly Jews were afraid to leave their homes to shop and to attend synagogue

services on Friday evenings. Rabbi Kahane told the meet-. ing that "if the Government • and police" cannot provide necessary safety, "then it is up to Jewish organizations to provide it." The Jewish community council pointed out that Boston police have promised to start "a total enforcement" program with uniformed a n d plainclothes patrolmen. Robert Segal, council executive director, said that Mayor Kevin White planned to make a detailed statement soon on the city's plans to deal with the problem. The council also said that "our hope lies not in spreading rumors, grabbing guns and creating panic, but in the determination of an enlightened citizenry, operating within the framework of order and responsibility and motivated by compassion and understanding."

Report of Dayon Resignation Denied by Defense Ministry

Tel Aviv (JTA)—A report in the current issue of Time magazine that Defense Minister Moshe Dayan resigned in anger, after walking out on a Cabinet meeting where his policies in the occupied territories came under fire, was denied by a Defense Ministry spokesman. The spo k e s m a n said thai if theTimf liory was quoted accurately by the Israeli press, "it was incorrect from beginning to end." According to Time, Gen. Dayan withdrew his resignation only after the personal intervention of Premier Golda Meir. New York—The non-religious -design of the 1969 Christmas^ Time claimed that the situastamp—a Maine snow scene— tion was / precipitatedby- sharpwas"comnienaedT)y"UieAWef^""altackron"Geni."Dayan's policylean Jewish Congress, although of "neighborhood punishment" the organization retained its in the occupied territories, opposition on constitutional "Fearful of losing public sup' grounds to the issuance of any • port in the U.S. and Europe, many Israelis questioned the form of Christmas stamp. ' Last year the Congress pro- wisdom and morality of fighttested the design'of a Christ- ing terror with terror," Time mas stamp depicting a portion said. "Dayan's opponents in of. a religious painting as a the Israeli Cabinet seized on violation o( the church-state the issue to attack the Defense 'separation g u a r a n t e e of the Minister." ___According to the magazine —Krst-Amendment. i:_. '

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account, they scored his plans to settle Israelis in strategic areas, to link the West Bank economy with that of Israel and to impose Israeli law in the occupied territories. Angrily refusing to retreat, Dayan left the Cabinet meeting," Time reported. Time said he went to a Jerusalem hotel where he.wrote out a statement of resignation. But before he could make it public, Premier Golda Meir sent aides to bring him to her office and "under her calm persuasion, Dayan cooled off and withdrew his resignation," Time said. TheJOefense Ministry spokes¥irUt:fi1D "did not leave a Cabinet meeting while in session, be did not send a letter of resignation, to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister certainly did not try to persuade him personally or through one of her aides to rescind a resignation."

News Capsules Luebeck, West G e r m a n y (JTA)—A man who was justice minister in Kiel, the capital of the West German state of Schleswig-Holstein, is under investigation by a court here for alleged participation in the murder of Polish Jews during World War II. Hans Adolf Asbach was accused of participation in the murder of at least 700 of the 1,148 Jews of Brzezanya, Galicia

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Marine Corps Probes Charges of Brutality Washington (JTA)—The Com. mandant or Uie United States Marine Corps, Gen. Leonard Chapman. Jr.. has ordered a formal investigation of charges that a Marine recryit was brutally treated by non-commissioned officers at the Parris

Island, S.C. Marine training Base because he wasrJewlshC The investigation was request*

after a New York Congressman, Mario Biaggi, brought the case to light. Rep. Biaggi, a Democrat, said he Had evidence that the recruit was singled out for persecution and anti-semitic harassment; he is now undergoing treatment for a mental breakKfar Saha (ZINS)-In the down at a New York state hos« town of Kfar Saba, not far pital. . from Petah Tiqva, there lives A" Marine Corps spokesman an Hungarian peasant, recent- said this week that the allegaly converted to Judaism, by tions would be thoroughly exthe name of Abraham Avner amined and that developments Pusti, who has 12 children af- in the investigation would be fectionately known as the "12 made known by the commanding general of the Parris Istribes." Pusti completed his conver-, land base. sion to Judaism on the 27th He added, "the Commandant day of the month of Ab in the does not condone nor will ho past year. Joining him_ were tolerate maltreatment __of_any._ hiswife-Marltia.jiowrenamed -Marine ._whateyfir__hSs__statu_st_i Ruth, and his 12 children. The ;Every case of alleged maltreat-. Pusti, children proudly bear ment reported to him is inves* their new Hebrew names and tigated and appropriate action, are known throughout Kfar including disciplinary action Saba as the "12 tribes." where warranted, i« taken."

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Chief Rabbi Urges Change In Jewish Attitudes on Arabs

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ish Congregations of America, loyalty of its youth thanks to "We must manifest much more its superior educational insticlearly our sensitivity to the tutions and well-d e s i g n e d humanitarian aspects of the youth activities, such as those Arab refugee problem." He pioneered by the National Consaid "we must re-establish, for ference of Synagogue Youth of the state of Israel and for the the Orthodox Union." entire J e w i s h people, the classic, authentic image of the Jew whose hallmark has al- Orthodox Split 1 ways been compassionate iden- On Vietnam War tification with the weak, the Chicago (JTA)—The presineedy, the suffering and the persecuted, w h e r e v e r they dent of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Amermay be." He expressed distress that ica, Rabbi Joseph Karasick, v New York (JTA)—The Ameiv "the'present image of Israel is declared here that "it is no lean Jewish Congress urged not fulfilling the moral quest longer possible to speak - of a repeal this week of New York and yearning of many of our consensus of the Orthodox Jew_Stote laws requiring adoptive young people who feel a void ish c o m m u n i t y concerning parents to be of the same re- when confronted by the pres- Vietnam." ligion as the child they wish to ent rather harsh image of selfThe statement was a deadopt. ' reliance which Israel presents parture from the previously .Stanley Geller, chairman of -'to the world. Deplorably, some solid support by the Orthodox the AJCongress' Metropolitan of them have even joined our Union for the Vietnam policies Council, said that the present enemies and propagate the so- of former President Lyndon B. laws place religious status called Arab $htse." Johnson and of the Nixon AdVanishing Jew above the child's welfare. ministration. On the issue of the so-called Mr. Geller pointed out that Rabbi Karasick told the Nathe religious factor often caused "vanishing Jew," the r a b b i tional Leadership Conference said that "this term must be Unjustifiable, delays In adoption of the Orthodox Union that "all placement. Parents have a con- understood in its dual mean- American Orthodox Jews are stitutional right to determine ing. Some vanish because they vigorous opponents of Comtheir child's religious upbring- lose their identification with munism, in all its variations ing, but when the parental re. _ihe Jewish pe0pie._ We lose and disguises.- All of us4her& lationship ceases, according to others because they are not fore want to stop the tide of Mr. Geller, the state must fo- being born. Our gravest prob- Communist aggression. On this lem today is~the low birth rate there is complete unanimity" cus on the child's welfare. of Jews everywhere." in the .Orthodox community. Mr. Geller urged outright reOnly the "strictly Orthodox However, he added, "we are peal of the laws. But failing that, he proposed a state con- community is not affected by split on whether the war in stitutional a m e n d m e n t that .the lower birth rate. This com- Vietnam can succeed in acwould place emphasis on the munity consistently and ap- complishing this and whether child's welfare and only second- preciably increases in num- this war does not offset all .arily refer to the religious bers," Rabbi Jakobovits said. possible gains by weakening The Orthodox community the unity of the American wishes of the child's original parents. "maintains the allegiance and people." Chicago (JTA) — Britain's Chief Rabbi a p p e a r e d this week to find fault with the Jewish world's attitudes toward Arab refugees, and he called for a greater measure of compassion for. them. -Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovlts to]d (he opening meeting of the national leadership conference of the Union of Orthodox Jew-

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/sraef. Vietnam Analogy NEW YORK (JTA)—Theodore Sorenson, one time aide to the late President John F. Kennedy, denounced here this week the "dangerous and deliberate attempt" by the Nixon Administration to "link American policy in Vietnam with American policy in Israel." , In a Thanksgiving address at KehiUath Yeshurun synagogue, ho said President Nixon "and his aides have explicitly solicited .support for his Vietnam stance from Jewish leaders in this country and from Prime Minister Golda Melr" of Israel. He added that they had implied, "not always subtly, that this country could not sustain its commitments to Israel if it did hot sustain its commitments to the regime in Saigon." ' He cited the "swelling tide of'opposition in this country to further prosecution of the Vietnam war, opposition that may reach the stage of revulsion once the facts about the recently disclosed massacres in Vietnam sink in." , He declared "it would not be in Israel's interest to have the Vietnam and Middle East situations linked in the public mind."

Pro-Israel Union Formed By Jewish Activist Students New York (JTA) — Ten undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Washington in Seattle have formed a strongly pro-Israel Radical Jewish Students Union. Howard Rosmarln, reporting on the new group, declared that thej_founders hoped to make it "a mlUtantly Jewish, mllitantly left-wing organization that can work for socialism as Jews and take onr proper place In the campus left." He cited as one of the problems faced by the.new org a n 1 z a 110 n "the established left, which li whdlly irrational on the subject of the Middle East." - ' He added that the new group

did not intend to be concerned only with Israel and Jewish problems, saying it Intended to become involved "in the struggle against ROTC, corporate recruiting and all the other issues of concern to the* left." But he reported, "we want to do this with a Jewish perspective, as descendants of the first fighters for national1 liberationin recorded history." MR. IRVING BROOKSTEIN thanks his many relatives and friends for the cards, flowers, gifts, contributions to charity and other expressions of good wishes offered during his recent hospltalization. ' . -•

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AZA No. 160 AZA No. 1 per month with a m o n t h l y MIDGET LEAGUE Ig. It. •. f?. I I . p. j l l i T. RlHln 4 , 1 » charge of $2.00 for transportaHortitter Basketball season for. boys Jacoby 7 5 17 C. Rlfkln 2 1 5 Katema » I t Fm*!» • 4 - - J - H - - tion. Katea Tel Aviv—I do riot worry candidates toured every city, "in the fifth and sixth grades Taxman 2. . 0 . 4 Don _... 3 0 4 ScudtJtr 3 0 4 Filhbaln 1 I 5 that I will be dated in writing village, and kibbutz entertainwill begin Sunday, December about the Israeli elections. ing-and harangueing the conTotals 1« I a Total* * IS i a HEALTH CLUB 7, 1:45 p.m. Four teams will The Jewish Community Cen- .They are the quietest in mem- stituency at open-air rallies. compete in a 12-week schedule. Schedule, Sunday, December 7 Parents are urged to attend 9 a.m.—Rayim " B " vs. AZA ter Health Club Committee, ory. "Low-keyed" is the word But now television has led the candidates to concentrate on headed by Leonard Segal and used in the press. the games. No. 100 " B " •the larger cities for their pubSam Kalzman, invite all those Everyone, parties, and can10 a.m. — Weizmann "B" vs. Schedule, December 7 interested to join the Center didates, are for peace. Golda lic appearance. Since everyone, AZA No. 1 " B " 1:45 p.m.—Tretiak's vs. I-Goin Israel does not have a TV 11 a.m.—Rayim "A" vs. Weiz- and take advantage of all fa- Meir is for peace and Moshe set, this election is remote. Van cilities available. Dayan and Yigael Allon and mann "A" 2:30 p.m.—Pred's Men's Wear The Israeli electoral system A single adult membership Abba Eban and Manahem Po12 p.m.—AZA No. 1 "A" vs. vs. National Carpet is $100.00. A family member- rusli, the rabbi who seeks to has its advantages and disadIndependents ship is $150.00 which entitles unseat Teddy Kollek as Mayor vantages. No party in Israel OLYMPIC LEAGUE has promised to rctrivc the two the member to unlimited use of Jerusalem. Boys in the s e v e n t h and VARSITY LEAGUE Of course "peace" la Israel Israelis the Syrians kidnapped eighth g r a d e s make up the Apartment Keepers of Amer- of the club and 50 massages does not always mean the same from the hi-jacked TWA plane. four t e a m s in the Olympic ica won over Borsheims with a per year. thing "peace" means in the A desperate candidate can League. The s e a s o n begins score of 75-74. Chet Stoler's 28 United.States. In the United often offer irresponsible prom.Sunday, December 7 at 3:30 points led the winning team; Israel Court Ponders States "peace" means "get ises in America, but it is too p.m. with Bill Ginsburg scoring 20 Schedule, December 7 points and Don Fiedler scor- Mosque Fire Findings out" and in Israel " p e a c e " risky for a party in Israel to guarantee what it cannot demeans "stay in." 3:30 p.m.—Mayfair Textile vs. ing 18 points. David Jacobson liver. Jerusalem (JTA)—The court Milder Oil led for B o r s h e i m ' s with 33 Even the hippies in TeJ Aviv, trying Denis Michael Rohan who are known locally as the Levi Eshkol, once the prime 4:15 p.m.—Levenson Chemical points. for setting fire to the El Aksa Apartment Kteom Bonl»lmi -wWblf Bros. "Denzigoff Group," t a k i n g minister, complained during l». rt. p. Mosque It. p. in Jerusalem re- their name from the fashion- his term in office, "What has 12 4 it Ren 2 O 4 Sieler Gcrnstcln 2 0 '4 Gln&burg a 4 10 cessed this week and will re- able boulevard along which happened in politics? Can't a SLIM AND TRIM Kirthenb'in 9 0 IB FIMIer 9 0 11 B. Jacobson t 0 13 Conm 2 0 4 convene to announce its deci- they perambulate, are for man m a k e promises anyEXERCISE PROGRAM D.Jaa<b'n 14 3 33 Rostfibtum 2 1 S sion. Since there is no jury peace. more?" * TThe Center Athletic-Departprocedure in Israel, the court Totals 33 9 75 ' Total! 94 • ment will sponsor an exercise The Denzigoff Group is for Mastercraft iwon over Vess will determine factual and juclass to be held three, mornpeace and the legalization of 60/000 Immigrants ings a week. Sessions will be Cola 50-46. Harold Mann and dicial findings. hashish. ' Mr. Rohan's attorney, Yitz- from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Alan Noddle combined with 27 We have from time to time Expected in Israel Monday, Wednesday and Fri- points for the winners. Dick hak Tunik, recommended that' day mornings at the Extension Zacharia was high 1 scorer for the 28-year-old former sheep- had our own dull elections in Jerusalem (JTA) — GovernVess Cola with 13 points. herder, be confined to a men- the States. The Nixon-Hum- ment and Jewish Agency of. Center West, 625 North 90th. Matttrcrart vm ctu tal institution. The lawyer phrey contest of 1968 would ficials e x p e c t 60,000 immi' Baby sitting will be - avail1. n. p. Mann t i ii have put most people to sleep grants to come to Israel in 1Q70 7 0 14- noted that all the medical evi4 3 13 Noddle able for 50c per m o r n i n g . Uxhtrlt 2 1 1 ? KafskM 4 Rlm'ernwn 2 S 4 if George Wallace and Curtis and are adjusting their absorp•There is a $10.00 fee for non- Glnsbur? 1 00 42 Becker Katin 2 2 e dence given at the trial agreed 2 0 4 that Rohan suffered, from par- LeMay hadn't been around to tion machinery to that fore'• members and no charge to Friedman 1 0 2 Ron 2 0 4 Kully 2 0 4 Clerking 1 0 2 stir things up. Dull campaigns cast. The figure was given at a ; Center-members. -••' 3 3 - Jacobson- 1 o a - - anoid schizophrenia and had Sailacn 0 1 1 committed his crime under " usually signal dull candidates. meeting of the joint Govern£iiclis -• 3 1 7 Totals .23 4 SO compulsion of that illness. Another reason, the election ment-Jewish A g e n c y Immi[YOUTH COUNCIL Totals 17 12 46 ~~ lrv Blumkin scored 22 points Schedule, Wednesday Mr. Tunik's contention that in Israel is so low-keyed is grant Coordination Authority -' for Rayim "A" to help defeat December 10 ^ Rohan could not be held re- that since the last election, attended by Deputy Premier ' the Independents 57-47. Bruce 6:30 p.m.—Mastercraft vs. J. sponsible for his-act contra- television has come to Israel. Yigal Allon .who heads the AbJacobson. scored 19 points for • C. C. dicted a statement last week Television has enlivened Amer- sorption Ministry and Louis A. • Rayim and Alton Ruback led 7:30 p.m.—Borsheim vs. Oma- by the prosecuting attorney, ican politics. B v e r y o n e in Pincus, chairman of the Jew, the I n d e p e n d e n t s with 19 ha Trophy Meir Shamgar, that the de- America owns a TV set and ish Agency. ; points. • 8:30 p.m.—Apartment Keepers fendant despite his illness, therefore politics becomes-an- —Instructions were issued to jn0fptfidintt ........ Riyiiti vs. Vess Cola knew perfectly well what he immediate concern to the folks all departments c o n c e r n e d tO. I I . P. t». It. p. Hahdlenwn 3 0 « Clplnko 4 0 » was doing when he set fire to out in viewcrland during Octo- with immigration to. plan their Halparin * 0 13 WjHihcck - 2- 2 - 1 Btrmirtn 1 0 2 Jacobson 9 1 19 AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES activities on the basis of 60,000 the shrine and knew that,, lie ber and November, Kubtck * 3 » Bivmkln 10 3 22 Before television in Israel new arrivals next year. Ckxcuro 0 1 1 Wciruleln 0 0 0 All boys in Kindergarten was violating Israeli law. Jwartz 1 0 2 Waldbaum 1 0 2 •through third grades are inTlchautr 2. 1 5 . Legal observers said that if Total* 21 5 47 Total! 26 5 37 vited to take part,in a f t e r the court accepts the defense Weizmann "A" won easily school activities on M o n d a y counsel's argument, it was over AZA 1 "A" 55-26. Ron and Tuesday afternoons. Fri- possible that Rohan, would not Weiss scored 17 points. Gary "Tlay afternoons are reserved be confined to a mental hosRifkin led the losing team with for boys in third and fourth pital here but would be deportgrades. 9 points. ed to his native Australia. Wtiunam AZA No. 1 Monday and Tuesday activIt. ft. p. li. It. p. Epitein 4 0 > Plllor i 1 3 ities include tumbling, bowlBelmont 4 4 12 Freeman 1 0 2 Crnratona 1 0 2 B. Rllkln J 0 6 ing, basketball, floor hockey, Hale literature Bill Jotepnson 5 0 10 c . Rllkln 3 3 9 wrestling, games, indoor OlymBernstein 2 2 * Baker 2 0 4 Welw I I II pics, baseball and flag foot- Nears Enactment ' Totals U ,7 S3 Totals 1) 4 it ball. Ottawa (JTA)—Canada's long Rayim " B " defeated WeizThose attending vthe Friday awaited bill prohibiting the dismann " B " 49-45 in an overtime program will participate in semination of hate propaganda Coconut Custard game. seasonal sports with formation came closer to enactment when wdnnam Rayim of teams. fy. ft. p. l o . f i . p. it passed its second reading in Bernstein l o t Muskln i 0 6 All children may r i d e the the House of Commons. The Walker 2 0 4 D. Parsow 10 0 20 Rosen 1 O 2 J . Pal-sow 3 3 9 'Mepomnlck * 3 15 Blumkin 4 0 » Center Bus which, will pick up measure, passed by the Senate Richards • 7 4 It Lincoln 3 0 4 and return them to the follow- during the 1969 session, now T»)«l» ) » - 7 45 TofaH 23 3 49 ing locations: goes to the House Committee Each AZA 100 " B " won its first 3:50 p.m.—Pacific Hills Lu- on Judicial and Legal Affairs game of the season over AZA theran Church for further scrutiny. 1 " B " 42r36. Jay Jacoby scored 4:05 p.m.—Temple Israel The bill was easily approved 17 points for AZA 100 and Dav- 4:15 p.m.—Beth Israel Syn- by the governing Liberal Parid Finkle made 11 points for agogue . ; ty aridTthe New Democrats. AZA 1. Fee for this program is $6.00 The Conservatives approved it DeRclou Tasty In principle but expressed concern over dangers to freedom of speech. The right-wi n g Creditists attacked the measure. Minister of Justice John Make Your Chanukph Shopping en Enjoyable Turner assured the House that Experience by Letting Us Help You! the bill "treads wisely and warily" jn a difficult area. Andrew Brewin, & New Democrat, warned that individuals who minimized the danger of hate propaganda were glossing Srine tAlen'i Jrea# over the fact that Canada had witnessed a sustained campaign ^>f racial jjatred since 1963 76th and Pacific . 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SERVICES Friday: 8:15 p.m. i Rabbi Myer S, Kripke will deliver the sermon. C a n t o r Aaron I. Edgar and the Choir will conduct the musical service. '. , Saturday: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Mincha-Maariv: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: Morning Service: 9 a.m. ' D«Hy: Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. • • • BAR MITZVAII THOMAS DIAMOND, son or Mr, and Mrs. Sam Diamond, will become Bar Mitzvah on Friday evening and Saturday . morning, December 5 and 0. - ; : # • • BA§ MITZVAII Mr. and Mrs. Milton Simon announce the Bas Mitzvah of their daughter KATTIY, on Fri, day evening and . S a t u r d a y morning, December 12 and 13. SISTERHOOD The regular luncheon meetIng will be held Tuesday, December 9, 12;30 p.m. in the V Synagogue social hall. A panel of high school stu, dents who spent last summer in Israel and Europe will show slides and speak on their ex' periences. Participants will be Ronald F e l l m a n , Bennett Greenspan, Jeannie Pappenheimer, and. Bob Wolfson. Included in the program will be a demonstration by the Beth El Nursery School children under the direction of Mrs. Alex Katz. The following children will take part: Allison Cohen, Jonl Cohen, Phillip Cohn, Bene Dugan, Marc Feinberg, Lance Meyerson,'Tony N o g g , Amy TNovicoff, Lynn P o 1 a n s k i e, Francine Remer, Steven Wasserman, L a u r a Yampolsky, Gail Katskee, Amy Kronick, Marjorie Singer. Luncheon c h a i r m e n are Mmes. Milton Resnick, A. H. ' Marcus,. Willis Epstein, and Morris Koom. Program chairman is Mrs. Harry Rlchman. Decorations chairman is Mrs. Steven Silver. D'var Torali will be given by Mrs. Jerold Rosen. Reservations may be made with Mrs. J[acob Turek, .5532533. Sitter s e r v i c e will be available.

Candlclightlng: 4:38 p.m. ligious' School and J u n i o r choirs, and trumpets played by members of the O m a h a Symphony Orchestra. Soloists will be R o b e r t Dean, Fred Hole, Ida Gitlin and Dorothy Caskey. Mrs. Esther DuBoff will be the organist. The community at large is Invited to attend. Saturday: 11 a.m. • * * SISTERHOOD The Sisterhood Coffee with Rabbi Brooks will be held Wednesday, December .10, at, 10:30 a.m. at the Temple. •

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FAMILY HANUKAn DINNER A Family Hartukah Dinner will be held Friday, December 12 at 6 p.m. at the Temple. Services will follow at 7.'30 p.m. Mrs. Donald Sturm is chairman of the dinner. Reservations must be made with the Temple office by December 8.

Beffi Israel SERVICES Friday: Traditional .Friday evening service (Kobolas Shabbos) 4:45 p.m. , . Late Friday evening Family service, 8:15 p.m., conducted by Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor Elchonan Gel b e r g and the Choir. Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m. Rabbi Nadoff will conduct the Talmud Class at 4:15 p.m. followed at 4:45 p.m. by Minclia, Sholash-Sudos and Maariv. Sunday: Morning Service: 9 a.m. followed by breakfast and Rabbi's class in "the T w e l v e Prophets." Dally: Services"at 7 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.•

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B'nai Jacob Adas Yeshuron SERVICES Friday: Evening Service: 4:45 p.m. Saturday: ' Morning Service: 8:45 a.m. Mincha-Maariv: 4:45 p.m. Sunday: Morning Service: 7 a.m. Dally: Services at 6:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Organizations SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB In observance of Hanukah, lotkes will be served during lunch at the regular meeting Monday, December 8 at 12 noon at the JCC. Members and all friends are Invited to attend. There win be bingo and cards following lunch. . Luncheon Chairmen are Mrs. Belle Givant and Mrs. Louis Cutler. Hostesses will be Ann Margolin, Bessie Behm,, Bertha Morris, Rose Kuklin and Mrs. Sam Fedman.

QUESTION: Why does Jewish custom insist on lighting the candles in a Menorah? ANSWER: Basically, one really does not need to use a Menorah to fulfill the religous commandment of lighting the Chanukah lights. The Talmud,-in many places speaks of the "Chanukah candle," in the singular/ The basic requirement is to light, one candle each night of the festival. In the observance of Chanukah the dimension of Hiddur Mitzvah is involved (i.e. the glorification of the religious commandment). One is allowed and encouraged to beautify the tradition and to use a progressive number of candles. This still does not insist upon a candelabrum Menorah such as we use. It seems that the figure of the candelabrum came to represent a cardinal Jewish symbol of Judaism because of the candelabrum in the ancient Temple. It may have especially become so because of the seven branched candelabrum on the famous arch of Titus by which the Romas pointed to their victory over Judah. In order to show that the victory was indeed not the Romans' but that the spirit of Judaism has been the victor over many tyrants and conqueters, we still use the candelabrum on Chanukah. Our persistence in our faith and culture surely indicates how victorious the "weak" and "few" were over the "many" and "strong." • QUESTION: What is ihi Kctubah? ANSWER: The Ketubah is the name given to the contract signed by witnesses attesting to the fact that the husband .assumed certain obligations towards his wife for which his estate may be used in payment. The basic idea was to provide the wife with some means of security" in case the marriage was dissolved either by the death of the husband or by divorce. This was a mandatory requirement set down by Jewish law. It is usually read aloud between the two parts of the' marriage ceremony underneath the canopy. The word, "Ketubah," simply means "written," the inference being that the obligation was as binding as a written contract.

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Miss Susan Kulcawlea to Be Bride of Ronald G . Wolf son

Omaha . . . Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rosenzweig of Seattle, Washington, Abram Kukawka announce the announce the engagement of engagement of their .daughter, their daughter, Betty Barbara, Susan, to Ronald G. Wolfson, ByRuthSirkls to Prosper H. Ziri. Mr. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan WolfMrs. Rosenzweig are former son. POTATO LATHES ing, add the three last ingreOmahans. The bride-elect attended the dients. Continue cooking and 1 cup of mashed potatoes Miss Rosenzweig will grad- University of Nebraska at Linserve hot. , 1 cup of all purpose flour uate in December from the Uni- coln where she was affiliated versity of Washington, where with Sigma Delta Tau Sorority. PARADISE PONTCHEKES 4 oz. margarine (one stick) she is a member of Omicron She is currently attending the 1 cup of water one egg Nu Honorary. She is the grand- University of Missouri at St. i stick of margarine (4 oz.) salt daughter of Sam Bloom of Louis majoring in elementary 1 cup of all purpose flour . pepper Omaha. education. 4 eggs (Optional—Sesame seeds) Mr. Ziri is the son of Isaac Her fiance is a senior in re-Prepare one cup of mashed Ziri, Casablanca, Morocco. He ligious studies at Washington oil for deep frying potatoes according to package Bring the water to boil. Add is a member of the United University in St. Louis, and directions. Add to mashed po- margarine and continue boiling States Air Force and is sta- has also studied at the Jewish tatoes flour and margarine. until it will melt. Add the flour tioned at Maxwell AFB, Ala- Theological Seminary in New Mix well. Add the egg, salt and and mix with a wooden spoon bama. York City. He recently attendpepper. Mix thoroughly. On a A spring wedding is planned. ed several national conferences until the mixture looks like a lightly greased baking pan of Jewish college youth. The form the latkes, either by drop- ball and leaves the sides of the couple are both members of pan. Remove from heat Beat Miss Susan Kukawka plngthem from a spoon or by a the teaching staff at Congregain the eggs one after the other. pastry bag. Bake in a pre-heattion B'nai Amoona in St. Louis. lia Wolfson of Rochclle Park, ed oven at 400-degrees for The egg should be completely Mr. Wolfson's grandparents New Jersey. incorporated before another about 12 minutes, or until they Mrs. D a v i d Rice, Camp are Mr. and Mrs. Louis PaA June 21 wedding is one is added. When all the eggs are pale brown. are incorporated the mixture Committee chairman, has an- perny of Omaha and Mrs. Ce- planned./ A WHOLE MEAL IN ONE is soft like a paste. Prepare nounced that the Annual Rethe oil for deep frying. When union of the Esther K. NewCASSEROLE the oil is hot, drop spoonfuls man Camp will be held Sun' 4 lbs. beef meat of the paste. They will puff in day, D e c e m b e r 28, at the oil for frying Ranch Bowl. • the oil and become g o l d e n % cup flour Former campers and then: brown: Take them out with a parents are. invited to attend, % cup of diced onions slotted spoon. Put on paper as weU as anyone considering 4 carrots—diced The students of the Hebrew the making of Hanukah pantowels to absorb excess oil. the camp for the coming sea- School will present a Hantikah cakes, and the second and third 2 cloves of garlic Serve hot with warm sauces. 1 can tomato sauce program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, grades will sing. son; salt, pepper and bay leaf All parents are invited to atColor movies of last sum- Dec. 9, in the Clubhouse of I cup of red wine tend. mer's sessions will be shown. Tifereth Israel- Synagogue. 18 small white onions The program for next year, , : The children will tell the - 18 small mushrooms A congregation family Hanurates and the dates of the vari- story of Hanukah through play I can of chick peas ous sessions will be announced. and songs. The fifth grade will kah dinner will be held at 6 Amy Cassman, daughter of Cut the meat into small Children attending will re- present a play entitled, "Dan- p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at Tiferchunks. Dip the chunks in flour Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cassman, ceive camp pennants. Refresheth Israel Synagogue. Richard ' and then fry them in the oil un- was recently chosen Sweet- ments will be served. There Caspe and Ner Bresier, guitar* heart of Chaim Weizmann AZA. Deadline for Des Moines til brown all over. Remove ists and folk singers, wiU prewill be no charge. news items for the Jewish . from pan to casserole. In the sent the program. Mrs. Louis Press is Friday preceding Warren Weiner, son of Mr. : same oil fry the diced onions Hurwitz is in charge of reser-. publication date. ; and carrots. Put all the ingre- and Mrs. Louis Weiner, placed vations. Cost is $2 for adults Items should be sent as dients- (except the last 3) in a in three events.' in the> Ponca and $1 for children. Hills Equestrian Horse Show. early as possible to: casserole. Add water to cover ROHANUE BUG " 1 Mrs. Harold L. Brown - the meat. Cook on top of stove Installation -, of new officers United Synagogue Youth of 4121 Eighth Place until it comes to a boil. Conwill be held Sunday, December Tifereth Israel Synagogue wiU Des- Moines, Iowa 50313 . tiriue cooking in the oven at .7, at ,7:00 p.m. si the Fireside sponsor a Hanukah latke break* Phone: 282-8239 _ > 350-degrees for about 2 hours. Restaurant. Past • P r e s i dent fast from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 : About half-an-hour before servGayle Lerman will be installa.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the ' The Executive Committee of ing officer. • • : ; .. • , ny Bumps into Hanukah," The' Synagogue. Randy Kardon is the Midwest Branch of NationReservations may be made lighting of the candles will bo" chairman of the event. Cost is al Women's League held an all with Annette Ruback, 391-4428 done by the fourth • grade. The $1 for adults and 75 cents for day meeting Tuesday, Decem- and Barb Berg, 556-2378. first grade will demonstrate children. ber 2 at the home of Branch Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marcus, President, Mrs. Morris C. FellOmaha, announce the birth of man." Attending were officers a daughter, Jill Mirium, born and national board members November 19, 1969. Mr. andfrom Minneapolis, St. Louis, Mrs. Marcus also have a son, Kansas City, Sioux City and BLANCIIE E. ABRAHAMSON Omaha. Howard Simon. get them in fabulous vvestroads at Funeral services were held Mr. and Mrs. Albert Okrent Mrs. Harold Kamsler of and Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Mar- Norristown, Pennsylanvia, past Sunday, November 30, 1969 for cus all of Omaha are grand- National Vice-Pfesident, was Mrs. Blanche E. Abrahamson, age 71, of 814 Dillon Drive. Inthe National Advisor. parents. terment was in Los Angeles. Survivors are: Son, Joel; daughter, Zell Stanley, both of Los Angeles; two grandchildren.

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Dr. Ankori to Specik erf Final Aiiss fishbain - Miss Linda Eisensf aff to Be To Be Bride Lecture isi Beth El Series Omaha . . . Dr. and Mrs. June Bride of Steve Luffbeg Omaha . . . The Adult Jewish Education Commute bi Beth El. Synagogue announces that the final lecture in its current series will be held Monday, December 8, 8:00 p.m. at the synagogue. The lecture is open to the public. "Jerusalem, Past ami Present, a Portrait of a Historic City" will be discussed by Dr. Zvi Ankori. A slide presentation will .accompany the lecture. Dr. Ankori holds degrees from Hebrew University^ Jerusalem, and Columbia University. At the present time, he is Professor of Jewish History and Studies at Ohio State University. Dr. Zvl Ankori Members of the Adult Jewish Education Committee include Wayne, Harold Zabin; Mmes. Steven Wekes, C h a i r m a n ; Louis Jess, Norman Pred, SteMessrs. and Mines. Sheldon ven Riekes; Dr. Maurice Sachs Cghen, Arnold Epstein, Jack and Messrs. Manfred Pieck, Molad, Merle Potash, Philip and Richard Wintroub.

Lincoln Lights Student Rabbi Philip N. Krantz will conduct the Sabbath of Hanukah service at the South Street Temple December 5 at 8 p.m. All children present will Join in lighting the menorah. An Oneg Shabbat will follow services. TheTemple Youth Group is planning a Hanukah Party at the home of Dan Allen on December 6. All Lincoln Jewish Items for this column should be submitted to Mrs. Leo (Estclle) Rosenberg, 701 Mulder Drive, Lincoln, Nebraska. Phone, .489-5813. Youth groups have been invited to attend. The Lincoln Bonim Chapter of USY attended the.Regional USY KraiuuT in Minneapolis November 27-30. Delegates included Sidney Abrahams, Jim Berk, Jeanlno Chandler, Mard a Dlenstfrey, Shcrri Dienstfrey, Bob Lynen, Richard Evnen, Bob Goodman, Barbara Grant, Joanne Grant, Jim Keller, Mark Kushner, Marsha ' Misle, Sharon Misle, Susan Modenstein, Betti Pitlor, Son! ' Piflor, Susan Polsky, Leslie Schaffer, Stephle Schaffer, Kay Schuchman, Mark Sweet, Miko Keller and Ethel Zelenski. Mrs. Marvin Dienslfrey and Joseph Goodman accompanied the group.

ed Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Chapter of Lincoln. The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood held a Hanukah Party and Brunch December 2 in the Social Hall. Chairman were Mrs. Leo Hill and Mrs. Abe Novicoff. Assisting with arrangements were Mmes. Bruce Breslow, Robert Chandler, Ben Ellis, Homer Farber, Ben Friedman, Nathan Grossman, Ezo Hill, Leon Keller, Gary Hill, Morris -Lotman, Harry Marx, Leonard Mozer, L o u Orloff, Joseph Schrier, Louis Schwartzman, Adam Smith, Abe Steinberg, Nate Unger and Henry Weisgurt.

JCC Opens West Facility

Recently added io facilities of the Jewish Community Center is "Extension Center West" which is located at 625 North 90th Street. Plans are now being made to keep the Center West open evenings from 8-10 p.m. so that it will be available for college students. The building has a game . room,!ounges-and study areas. Adequate parking is provided, and rooms will be available to college and adult organizations for meetings or other special events. . Further information is available from the Center Activities Sam Simon has been appoint- Office, 342-1366.

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Bennett Fishbain announce the Mr .and Mrs. Leo Eisenstatt engagement of their daughter, announce the engagement of B a r b a r a , to Sgt.. Allen B. Chandler, son of Mr. and Mrs. their daughter, Linda Sue, to Edward Chandler of P a r i s , Steve M. Luttbeg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Luttbeg, California. Miss Fishbain is enrolled at former Omahans now residing the University of Kansas at in San Diego, California. Lawrence. Her Fiance is sta- Miss Eisenstatt was a Printioned at L o e k b o u r n e Air cess in the 1969 Ak-Sar-Ben Force Base, Ohio, for Air Crew Coronation. She attended the Training. University of Arizona where Mrs. Pearl Levinson of Oma- she was affiliated with Alpha ha, and Mrs. Pearl Gorelick of Epsilon Phi Sorority, She is Los Angeles are grandmothers ,; currently a student at the Uniof the bride-elect, Mrs. Maxi- versity of Nebraska at Omaha. mlllian Kazer of Miami Beach, Mr. Luttbeg attended the is Sgt. Chandler's grandmothUniversity of San Diego and er. is currently enrolled in the Creighton University School of Des Moines , , ' . '.,-«._ _ Law. Miss Linda Eisenstatt Grandparents of the brideelect are Mr. and Mrs. Harry are Mrs. Jack Luttbeg and Mr. Eisenstatt and Mr. and Mrs.' and Mrs. Louis Paperny of David P. Feder all of Omaha. Omaha. A June wedding is planned. Mr. Luttbeg's grandparents Des Moines—The dedication of the Rudolph Beerman memorial plaque will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Iowa Jewish Home, 1620 Pleasant. Mr. Beerman was tend. Charge,for the d i n n e r administrator of the Home for SIGMA ALPHA MU will be $5.00 per person. FOUNDERS DAY many years. Members of Sigma Omicron Dr. Leon J. Galinsky of Springfield, Mo., a t former chapter 6f SAM at the Univers- ELECTED Bob Kutler, son of Dr. and president of the Board of Man- ity of Nebraska announce the agement of the Home, will be Annual Founders Day Banquet Mrs. Ben Kutler, has been will be held at the Holiday Inn elected to the House of Dele* the guest speaker. Friends are invited to attend .Motel in Omaha on Sunday, gates of the University of Texas as a representative of the the ceremony, which will be December 7, at 5:30 p.m. All alumni are invited to at- College of Arts and Sciences. followed by a reception. He is affiliated with Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.

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JEWISH AIR FORCE TRAINEES lift their voices In the singing of "Maoz Tzur" as they use religious and Hanukkah supplies provided by the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy-of the National Jewish'Welfare Board (JVVB) in their outdoor observance of the Festival of Lights at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

ChonukaBi lit Suburbia. By BEN G.FRANK WESTFIELD, N. J.—To the more than 800 Jewish families in this suburban town—only a 40-minute drive from New York City—> Chanuka means many things. Like thousands of Jewish families throughout the United States, Chanuka in this suburban town means lighting candles; giving the children gifts; holding parties with delicious latkes; special meetings and events; Temple services and programs. More over, this Jewish community—again like other communities—at Chanuka-time also reacts to Christmas celebrations. Herbert Ross, past president of the B'nal B'rith lodge here and active.in the Jewish community, put it this way: "Chanuka has grown out of proportion to what it really is, a minor Jewish festival. Today it is celebrated here as a major Jewish holiday because it seems to be a reaction to Christmas celebrations." Westfield, with a total population of more than 30,000, is not the mbst-commited nor Is it the least-commited Jewish community for a suburban town. And there may be Jews in town who have Christmas trees in their homes. Interestingly, everyone assumes there are Jews who have the trees In their homes but nobody knows anyone who docs. Thus, Westfield.Jewry prepares for Chanuka. The activities are many. And though young don't hear the words, "Jewish survival," it becomes evident that this community like others believes that in the suburbs you have to celebrate a holiday to its fullest. As'bne Westfield Jewish community member put it: "In the large cities, with large concentrations of Jews, you may be able to take a holiday in stride. But in the suburbs, you have to go all out-ror else you're dead." .

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Years Ago at By PhiUp Slomovitz, Editor god-damned Constitution . . ." Detroit Jewish News "During the following two days Mrs. Mobile's telephone This is the 20th anniversary rang Intermittently. More.often of the Peekskill Affair. Peek- . than not there was silence at skill is a small town in New the other end of the wire (this York' state's Westchester Coun- later became a typical Peekty i'At the time of the incident skill "cold war" technique to i t had a population of 18,000 harass and induce fear in nervwhich swelled to 50,000 because ous ^people). On occasion, unof the influx of Jewish vaca- identified men's voices would tioners. A c o n c e r t was ar- tell her: "The boys are out to ranged for the famed Negro get you." singer Paul Robeson, and then By Aug. 27 an atmosphere of the trouble started. There was violence of a shameful nature violence had been built up and and Jews and Negroes were as- had taken the form of open insailed in our free American en- timidation not only of known vironment as if this country Communists but of all suspecthad turned either into a Mu- ed of adherence to democratic principles. What happened at nich or a Kremlin. the concert grounds is best deThe American Civil Liberties scribed by statements of eyeUn|on was asked to make an witnesses: . investigation. ACLU issued a "The first Robeson concert lengthy report in January of 1950, and we- quote the se- was supposed to start at 8:30. quence of events from it: . From 7:30 on, it was imposOn Aug. 23, the Peekskill sible for us to enter the concert Evening Star, the city's only grounds. The road had been daily paper, reported that Paul blocked in both directions. As Robeson, "an avowed disciple we waited in line, a man wearof Soviet Russia," was about to Ing a.d$eglbnnaire's cap came give a concert to raise funds over and opened the door of and said to my hus^2'for_iheJ)enefit of the Harlem our car, J1 Chapter of the Civil Rights Con-. band : Park--your car over gress," an organization "cited here," pointing to the roadas subversive by former United side. "We're going to get these States Attorney General Tom goddamned Jews . . . "We got near the entrance at Clark." The Star devoted a long edi- about 8:20, When we got there torial to the story. The edi- we saw one man being mauled torial, among other things, spe- and punched by two other men cified when and where the con- wearing Legion caps and in 4he cert would be held (on private concert ground, we saw groups property in Cortland, five miles of people struggling. "At least half the concertfrom Peekskill). The editorial ended with the following para- goers who got into the picnic ground were women and chilgraph. "The time, for tolerant si- dren. When the attack started, lence that.signifies approval is the children were pressed torunning out. Peekskill wants no gether on the inside and the rallies that support iron- cur- women in a close ring around tains, concentration c a m p s , them. The men formed a circle blockades and NKVD's, no with their arms linked, like a matter bow masterful the de- buffalo circle, to protect the cor, nor how sweet the music." women and children. I saw the veterans throwing sticks and The same issue of the Star stones and rocks and anything carried a long signed letter by they could lay their hands on the Commander of the Ameri- inside this circle and L saw can L e g i o n chapter of Ver- them charge repeatedly to try planck. a suburb of Peekskill and break the line of men depopulated largely by Irish-Cath- fending the women and chilolics, who some 20 years ear- dren. ..•:... lier had engaged in a number "The attackers numb e r e d of violent encounters with a local Ku Klux Klan. The latter about 450 or 500 inside the grounds and of course there pointed out that: - "Quite a few years ago a were hundreds more out on the similar organization, the Ku highway. "I-heard cries like these all Klux Klan, appeared in Verplanck .and received their Just about us: "After this the Jews are,goreward. Needless to say they have never returned. I am not ing to get out of here and stay intimating violence in this case, out! but I believe that we should "The Jews are all Reds and strive for the same result. they started t h i s , - a n d now "If we^-pf this area, have not they're getting what's coming . forgotten the war, then let us to them." • The l o c a l chapters of the cooperate with the-American Legion and similar veteran or- Jewish War Veterans joined ganizations and vehemently op- their fellow Legionnaires in the pose 'their appearances. Let us demonstration. The report does leave no doubt in their minds not show why they did this, but that they^are u n w e l c o m e from other sources it is known that they acted for^public rearound here." Every issue of the Star on lations" reasons. The report the next four days contained does indicate what not infrenews reports, editorials and let- quently happens when integrity ters on the concert. On Aug. is traded for "public relations." "Witnesses testifie that the 26, the Star carried a letter by Mrs; Mary Mobile, wife of a Jewish War Veterans w e r e local businessman and a jion- booed, hissed and insulted even while they were participating Comraunist, saying: '", . . if the assembly is in the anti-Robeson parade and peaceful and no o v e r t act that members of the crowd against our government is com- standing on the edge of the mitted, he and the people who road shouted at t h e s e unicome to' hear him have the formed Jews, "Dirty Kikes," right to be protected . . . These "Jew bastards," etc. No concert was, of course, rights, I might remind you, are granted to all our people under held, and the Legionnaires conthe Constitution of the United sidered this a major triumph. Many automobile drivers in the States . This, according to the report, locality . carried placards on, fs what happened to Mrs. Mo- their windshields r e a d i n g , "WAKE UP, AMERICA;, bile: PEEKSKILL DID!" Roving "On the evening of the 26th, bands visited the numerous Mrs. Mobile's telephone rang. A man's voice said: "You dirty red bitch. . . . Get out of PeekWhy the Yellow Pages? s k i l l . . . !" Upon her protest that she Try** was concerned with preserving the Constitutional rights of all citizens, (he' .anonymous icajler continued: 'To ;heU; with; th?j

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summer resort colonies in the area shouting: "Kill the Jew nigger-lovers!" and s i m i l a r epithets. On Sept. 2, the Star reported that Robeson was returning to Cortlandt to give his concert, and that veterans were planning to stop it. What happened on Sept. 4 la again best recounted in the words of eyewitnesses: "By 2 o'clock there were thousands upon thousands of people inside the c o n c e r t grounds. The police were in force way up Red Mill Road. As cars approached the area,' the police would ask them: "Concert or parade?" Those who said concert were routed towards the concert grounds. /Those who said parade were routed in other directions.- it seemed Ut me that the police at tliis point were doing a pretty good job. They were trying to separate the concert goers from the spectators. That made me feel that perhaps there wasn't going to be trouble after all. "When we got near the concert grounds, a lot of women who were being held back by state troopers, started hooting and jeering at us, shouting: "Red," "Jew bastards," "Go back to Russia," "Go back to Jew City." At 2 o'clock the c o n c e r t opened with the National Anthem. Then there was an invocation by a Methodist minister from New York. A f t e r that came a piano r e c i t a l two pieces were played. Then a soprano sang. After that Paul Robeson sang. He sang a chanson, then "Go Down Moses," then some Negro work songs. It was then that Howard Fast appealed for funds and people came around with collection boxes. Then Robeson gave his last group of songs—I forget what they were, but he finished, if I remember with "01* Man River." The concert ended about 3:25 or 3:30 p.m. , . . "When we got on the highway, the police routed us up Locus Ave. When we got to Locus Ave. there were no more bluecoats but there were a couple of s t a t e troopers. A stalled bus stopped in front ot us. As we came up close to the bus. I saw a man with a stone in his hand haul his ami back to throw the stone at our car. A state trooper saw him and clipped him in the back of the neck and: knocked him Tight across the road. There were lots more men standing about. All of -them had stones and they threw, them at our car. I shouted, "Duck" and those stones volleyed in. A half brick came through the front side window and landed in the car. The two windows in the back were broken with smaller stones. Because I had ducked, I didn't get hurt at all, but, two of my guests were badly cut with flying glass." The owner of Hollow Brook Country Club where- the. concert was held is a Mr. Szego. On Friday night, Sept. 1, two

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at the first concert was deliberately withheld. 8. Preparations to police tha second concert appeared ado. quate and therefore there was reason to believe that the concert goers would be protected, 9. These preparations were largely a sham insofar as tha Westchester C o u n t y polico were concerned and left the concert goers undefended. 10. The location of the veterans' parades was deliberately provocative. The county authorities did not insist that the parades be held elsewhere. 11. The evidence indicated that at least some of the state troopers honestly tried to preserve law and order w h i l e county police fraternized with the rioters. 12. There was strong indication that the v i o l e n c e was carried out according to plan. 13. Terrorism spread over the whole area and included threats against private individuals, against their safety, lives, property and business.. On the basis of the findings, the six sponsoring _ organiza^! lions'urged that where a meeting is likely,to arouse a mass demonstration protest and disturbances of the peace,, tha the right to hold the meeting should not be curtailed, but tha opposing forces should be prohibited from demonstrating at Based upon the evidence the the same time and place, adeinvestigators reached the fol- quate police protection should be given, and those who com-, lowing conclusions: • 1. There was no evidence mit acts of violence or disturbwhatever of Communist provo- ance should be promptly ar- ' rested. •• cation on either occasion. 2. The unprovoked rioting was This report is quoted at some fostered largely by anti-Semi-: length because of its signifitism, growing out of local re- cance as a lesson for our time, sentment against the increas- because it is a chapter in ing influx of Jewish summer American history.that teaches residents from New York. us a great deal. It's a sad 3. The local press bore the chapter, but it has its admonii main responsibility for inflam- tions, ing, possibly through sheer irThe lesson to be learned is responsibility, Peekskill resi- that when bigotry sets in it dents to a mood of violence. threatens; that Jews and Ne4. Robeson's concerts were groes stood together for justice not an intrusion into Peekskill and they stand together for but w e r e private catherinfis common decency today;. that held five miles outside of Peck- any attempt to divide our popskill which were disturbed de- ulation is criminal in itself. liberately by invading gangs Incidents l i k e the one in from nearby localities. Peekskill 20 years ago should T e r r o r i s m was general not be forgotten. There is' a against all who advocated free- duty to perpetuate good wil| dom of speech, freedom of as- and cooperation and constantly sembly and preservation of to remind both our peoples of the friendship that is not to be constitutional rights. 6. The evidence proved be- broken, of racism not to be tolyond question that the veterans erated in the ranks of either intended to prevent the con- of us. certs from being held. Let history speak — through 7. Effective police protection the facts we have just related! days before the concert at approximately 3 a.m., a car drove slowly past his home. A volley of .22 rifle bullets was fired into the front wall of his house. On Sunday night, Sept. 4, kerosene-filled bottles were lobbed onto the roof of his house, through one of his windows and against the house side. Later that night, a kerosene-filled pan Was p l a c e d against the house and set in flames. . Although anti-Semitism and Negro-phobia were less marked at the second riot than the first, transcripts made by radio reporters at the second riot record a new and fearsome epithet, "White Niggers," shouted at Jews seen associating with colored people. Moreover, busses and houses were plastered w i t h stickers reading " . . . COMMUNISM IS TREASON. BEHIND COMMUNISM STANDS-THE JEW- THEREFORE, FOR MY COUNTRY— AGAINST THE JEW!" According to unimpeachable testimony, the stickers are identical in color, type-face and border design to similar s i t c k e r s rnailea to this country by Einar Aberg, the Swedish anti-Semite. These stickers normally come from Sweden in small lots and are sent out to a haphazard mailing list. They are received along with other anti-Semitic literature.

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Study Finds Gup Among Jews On issye of Block Anti-SemitIsm New York (JTA)—A major study of opinions of Jews and Negroes in New York City's five boroughs has disclosed a deep generational end educational gap among Jews in their assessments of N e g r o antisemitism. This study, is. financed by a $109,000 Ford Foundation grant. ' The survey, made by Louis H a r r i s " and Associates and sponsored by the Sarah Lawrence C o 1J e g e Institute of Community Studies, was based on interviews with 2,486 adult residents. Another major finding was that Negroes indicated much more commitment to integration than Jews believed, and that they were "far less intent on pressuring white so-

ciety," and p a r t i c ularly in "tearing it down" than Jews feared. Another f i n d i n g was that while Negroes showed "some real hostility toward Jews," the Jews consistently underestimated favorable Negro views about Jews and g e n e r a l l y viewed anti-Jewish f e e l i n g among Negroes "as worse han it is in reality." Nearly'70 p e r c e n t of the city's Jews said they believed that Negro-Jewish relations had become worse in recent years, and two-thirds thought the C i t y Administration had "gone too far in the direction of giving in to b l a c k demands."

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The Chanukah Story his father asking for help, wind-, ing up the letter with the sentence. "Send me a hundred dollars." The father couldn't read, so an acquaintance read the son's letter to the father with the concluding sentence, "send me a hundred dollars," in an unsympathetic, cold tone. The father was indignant.. "What nerve! Just tells me to send him one hundred dollars. I won't!" The father went about "boil-. Ing" about his son's letter for a week, then showed it to another friend, who read the words, "send me a hundred dollars," in a soft, pleading, agonized tone. "Well, said the father, "now that he talks that way, I'll send him the money." What all of this comes to is we don't even like.the dictatorial tone. • In the case of Antiochus, it was far more than tone. He set out arrogantly, tyrannously, to remove every vestige of JuThe Chanukah story has its daism. He forbade Jewish worgreat appeal* not because it is ship, set up idols and even a ' so Unusual but because it is so pig in the temple and he had usual. It could have happened a huge army support him and ' as it did 2,100 years ago or 100 a whole belt of victories to give years ago and it could happen. him courage.' How can you go against a force like that? tomorrow.. It's the old story of one-of It took a weak old man to do those dictator guys with the the job! In a little obsqure God complex. The Book of farming town named Modin, an Maccabees says of Antiochus old man named Mattathias that he bad no regard for God said he would be darned if be end regarded himself as God. would worship the idol set.up No civilized person likes a by Antiochus, and he raised dictator. We don't even like the a banner of resistance, and to-called benevolent dictators, young and old, forgetting the generation gap, joined and the If there are such things. It recalls a Yiddish story fight of the old man won out. . about a young fellow who was And so we light the Chanuin financial trouble. He wrote kah candles!

'By David Schwartz • •• Everyone has his favorite holiday. The cantor and choir put on their supreme performances on Rosh ' Hashanah a n d , . Yom Klppur and | j - come like that. ].] But who can say •which is the more i m p o r tant? Slmchas Torah, one of the so I calledle.s g e r | holidays, has be- Schwartz come • a great favorite lately in Russia. Jews there who apparently had forgotten they were Jews somehow seem to gather in Moscow - and other Russian cities on that joyful day and dance in the "streets'to honor the Torah. It may be that Simchas Torah trill prove the savior of Judaism in Russia. The Soviet can suppress fasting and praying but how can they suppress dancing? Such is the power of

When asked whether. Negroes 'tended, to be anti-Semitic, 41 percent of the Jews said no, 38 percent said yes, and 21 percent said they were unsure. A markedly lower percentage of belief in Negro anti-Semitism was found among Jews living in Manhattan, those unaffiliated with a synagogue, those aged 21 to 34 and those who had attended college.. The most apprehensive Jews were the Orthodox, those over 50, those with less than $10,000 annual incomes and those with no more than an eighth-grade education. The study found that the better-educated, more a f f l u e n t Jews.: "clearly s h o w e d an awareness of d i s c rimination against blacks" and were prepared "to go a long way toward making accommodations with blacks, for'they have become convinced real injustices exist."~""However," the study found; "a larger group" of Jews "did not see it this way at all. They do' not recognize that discrimination -exists." The findings also indicated that Negroes were "critical of .Jews in the money area and they also suspected that Jews control more of their economic life than other groups." They also viewed Jews "as generous and as an oppressed minority" and to the extent that they singled out Jews for criticism it was often "because they are whites who happen to be in a position of authority."

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TORAII DISTRIBUTION IN ISRAEL: Dr. Moses Rosen, right, Chief Rabbi of Rumania, presents a Torah Scroll to Louis D. Horwitz, Director-General of the Joint Distribution Committee, in recognition of the role played by JDC in transferring gome 3,000 Torah Scrolls from Rumania to Israel. Mr. Horwitz, In -turn, presented the Scroll to the rabbi of one of the Tel A v i v _ synagogues. In this latest distribution some 100 Sifrel torah were presented to 25 synagogues located in the greater Tel Aviv area. —v.

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us. Our blows s h o u l d be at cisive. He makes three points: their main arteries, their prinSuch a solution is necessary, Haifa—A new spirit is taking cipal e c o n o m i c enterprises, because Israel is already subhold In Israel. If the Arabs their defense centers. They will ject to a continuing war. There thought that bombs in apart- quickly learn that this kind of is no peace in the Middle East ment houses, boobytraps in-" war does not pay for them. today. tended for children, and sneak • * * Such a solution is possible blows on the civilian fronts Engineer's. Arbeli, writing because, despite Russian aid, would, strike terror into the hearts of the Israelis they were in llayom, carries the same the Arab armies are still no mistaken. The reaction is quite thought a step "further: We match for Israel—today. Such a solution will be worth the opposite. There is a grow- must " strike into the very ing feeling that the time has hearts of their cities. We must while because, if it is strong come for Israel create in their midst a great and smashing, it will bring to strike back feeling of insecurity. Despite down the existing hostile govtheir defeat in the WDay War, ernments in several Arab and hard. Reports from they have again taken the of- states. It will p r o v e to the Washington that fensive, and they see Israel leaders of the Palestinian t h e r e is an sitting by meekly absorbing Arabs—who today refuse to negotiate with us out of hope that American tend- their attacks. their salvation will yet come ency to reach a Israel's reply- should come political agree- from i n d e p e n d e n t , under- from Cairo—that such hopes ment with the ground guerilla units, he sug- are futile. Israel must be ready Soviet Union re- gests. And just as the Arab to afford them honorable conditions on which to build a new garding the MidCarl Alpert dle East— and states disavow the. action of basis for peaceful neighortheir guerrilas, so the Israel at the expense of Israel—have Government cannot be held liness. given a new impetus to the responsible for the action of Dr. Galai does not advocate proposals of the local activists. the Israeli commandoes. The occupying more territory; that Recent expressions of opin- Arabs will get the point mighty would only bring us more probion can be summed up in the fast. lems. What we musf do is utfollowing representative views: terly to smash and destroy the • • • Arab military machine, someA carefully reasoned, logi- thing we did not do in the 0' Chava Etzfoni, of Tel Aviv, cally thought out presentation Day War. We defeated armies wrote to the editor of her daily by an historian likewise re- in the field, we occupied conpaper: The Arabs think they flects a popular view. Dr. siderable territory, we crip"will wage a war of attrition Shmuel Galai, Lecturer in His- pled an air force—but the war against Israel. We must not tory at Tel Aviv University, was over too quickly to bring wait to be worn down. Occa- develops his thesis in an article about the more sweeping intersional retaliation is not enough. in Haaretz. Any long drawn nal collapse which is necessary We must strike bard, and de- out confrontation can not be in to end the continued threat of stroy the economic and mili- Israel's favor, he says. The aggression. tary basis of these countries only solution must be one that * • » which are bent on annihilating is quick, but thorough and deThis, then, is the growing mood in Israel. The Arab' goal is clear. They want nothing short of the complete elimination . of Israel from the map. Concessions and yielding on some territory will not satisfy By CHAIM POTOK them. Any Israel offer to com• Reviewed by: Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, promise is viewed by the Arabs Executive Vice President, Rabbinical Assembly only as a sign of weakness. It Published by: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ($6.95) strengthens their intransigence In 1946 Ludwig Lewishon predicted that when the great American Jewish novel was finally written its hero would be a student and heightens their acts of hos-«r graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and tility. Hence the growing feelthat the dramatic conflict would revolve around his struggle to ing in Israel: If even the Unitreconcile modernity and tradition. ed States is going to let us A generation later, the central dramatic conflict confronting down, we should delay no longthe narrator-hero of Chaim Potok's second novel, The Promise, er to assure our security—and focuses on Reuven Matter's ambivalence as to whether he should survival. remain to complete his ordination as a rabbi at Hirsch University, or follow the example of so many former students of this thinly disguised fictional version of Yeshiva University and transfer to Zecharia Frankel Seminary, an equally thinly disguised substitute for another seminary. In The Promise, we again encounter the major characters of New York (JTA)—The AmerThe Chosen, Potok's deservedly popular first novel: Reuven Mai- ican Jewish Congress, in a rester and his father, the pious but enlightened Talmud scholar, and olution adopted by its governDaniel Saunders, by now a graduate student in psychology at ing council, called for "an imColumbia University, and his father, a hassidic Rebbe. mediate and total withdrawal In The Promise, Potok again demonstrates that it is possible of American troops from Vietto write compellingly and excitingly about Jewish sons who are nam" beginning with "a cesconflicted about their ideological tensions with their fathers but sation of all offensive military' do not despise them; about Jewish families that are not the epitome of vulgarity and cultural barbarism; and about the process operations." The r e s o l u t i o n of growing up as something more than an endless.obsession with charged that there had been "no real progress" toward masturbation and pornographic fantasy. The basic conflict in the novel remains the dilemma faced peace despife the limited reby both Reuven and Daniel, about retaining their loyalty and re- duction in the American milimaining within the traditional community and its observances; tary commitment and despite while accepting and assimilating the best of modern culture and the "rhetoric of hope." its methods of scientific inquiry. . The American Jewish ConThe theme of the enlightened youth who loves the tradition gress resolution called on the •which he can no longer embrace in full but is bound by love and United States to take the initianostalgia for his parents and the harmonious serenity and joyous tive in disengagement and not piety of the traditional shtetl way of life is a familiar one in to.be bound bythe Saigon govJewish literature. ernment in any course of acEver since the Enlightment, tens of thousands of sensitive tion, It proposed a three-point and bruised youths have found themselves trapped between their program; cessation of all ofhaunting memory of the spiritual integrity of a parochial com- fensive military operations; munity and the lure of the wide world of Western culture; the immediate and total withdrawcompassion and warmth and consistency of the parental home al of American- troops, and and the' house of study are often the price they must pay for the pressure on Saigon to take doubt and despair they acquire. Potok handles this theme with steps immediately to form a great sensitivity. While not oblivious to the horrors of religious truly representative governfanaticism, no matter how sincerely motivated, he writes of ment. those who engage in it and those who suffer from it with consistThe resolution* declared that ent empathy and understanding. ;•• . .^ .............. only by immediate withdrawal TJia Trtpmlw TJia Trtpmlw it a current current selection selection ooff tths h s Jewish Jewish book book club. club. TThe h e "can the tragedy that is VietCommentary Commentary Library. Lib For F information infmatio write write tto; o 263 East E a t 5SU» 5SU street, s t t H e w Xork, H X k K. K V. 10022. . . ••. , • nam be brought to an end." . . . , , _ , . . . . . • . . •

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Israel Welcomes Population Explosion By ELIAHU SALPETER Jerusalem The other day we went to-pay our respects to the mother of a new-born Israeli citizen in the maternity section of a Tel Aviv hospital. Having been misinformed about visiting hours, we waited 49 minutes outside a glass partition in the entrance lobby of M a t e r n i t y I, while young nurses Inside distributed delivery carts, with plexiglass cribs full of screaming little angels, to the rooms of eager mothers. After only five minutes in the lobby the elevator across the hall discharged one of t h o s e four-wheeled stretchers, bringing a new mother from the delivery-room to the ward. Five minutes later a n o t h e r new mother arrived on a stretcher; ten minutes later a third; then a fourth and a fifth. It seemed like an old movie comedy. The elevator kept coming and the stretchers rolled. In those 40 minutes I counted seven mothers brought down from the delivery r o o m s . And this was only Maternity I; there is a Maternity II in that hospital and maternity wards in other hospitals. Early Years ;. "Things are slower in the afternoon," the head nurse said, but admitted that she could not remember such a baby boom since the early years of statehood when there was an influx of immigration from Yemen, Iraq and other oriental countries. - But tills is nothing compared to what goes on in some towns near the Israel occupied Arab territories. "Our women cannot compete with Arabs" the head nurse told me. ^Undoubtedly there has been a baby boom in Israel since the Six-Day War and it is a competition. While statistics show that the boom is not as spectacular as might be inferred, the rise in the Jewish birth-rate' in the past fifteen months is more "titan significant.

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It marks not only the end of or a decade of notable decline, but also a sociological change. A considerable proportion of

the new babies do not come from lbw-i nc o me or oriental Jewish families where four or five children are c o m m o n . Much of the boom is accounted for by third (and even fourth) children of well-to-do, middle class and professional families where two children were the accepted average until recently. Many younger couples broke the "two-is-enough" b a r r i e r before the June, 1967 war. But now it has become fashionable to have three. Many mothers who. had their second as long as ten years ago, now have their third. David Ben Gurion began urging "internal allyah" y e a r s ago. The former Premier has made Israelis conscious of the need for more babies. But the real push was given by the SixDay War. Though casualties were relatively small, nature has a way of replenishing the losses after every war and this is no exception. But even when the balance was restored, the birth rate continued to climb. Parents Explain • Israeli parents explain it this way: no matter what the future borders are, when peace finally comes t h e r e will be more Arabs living in Israel than before the war. And with their high birth rate, they could change the ethnic face of Israel In several years. Before the 1967 war the gross birth rate was 21.S per 1,000 among Jews and 44.9 among Arabs in Israel (compared to 19.4 hi the U.S. and 41.6 in Egypt), while the gross death rate was 6.6 per thousand for Jews and 6.2 for Arabs (compared to 9.4 in the U.S. and 14.8 in Egypt). A young mother gave me a more personal* reason: "Hardly a week passes without several of our boys getting killed by the Egyptians or Jordanians." She said, "In ten years by oldest will be in the Army and two •years later "-my second. One should not even think of such things, but I feel I should have . a small one at home, near me, when I wait for the letter or phone call from the big ones in uniform.'''".«•. '*'"•. •

Friday, Dec 8, 1B«9

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Bridging the Gap in Boston day night plenary session and people unless federations recto participate in all assembly ognize and correct their dismal failure to nourish research workshops. However, the primary aim and experiments in Jewish edof the students-to convince- the ucation. This failure was most graphCJFWF that Jewish education must become the first priority ically demonstrated during the in domestic, federation alloca- silent vigil, where o)ie student tions—was so earnestly and held a sign which asked, in Heforcefully e x p r e s s e d that brew, "Who among you can CJFWF was,, impelled to recon- read and understand Hebrew?" Indeed, few of the delegates sider its position.The crux of the student de- seemed to indicate any undermands centered on what they standing of the sign as they described as the low quality of filed by. While the .federation acceptJewish life in America. Stuocnts claim that Jewish ed in its resolutions the stulife in this country cannot sur- dent demands for participation vive unless there are compre- in local decision-making and to hensive attempts to formulate consider Jewish education to creative, pedagogic techniques be a top priority in federation to enable contemporary Jew- planning, how much these afish young people to understand firmations will mean remains traditional Jewish concepts in to be seen. their own terms. The power of CJFWF is The second major demand of limited to resolutions; only lothe students was for democrat- cal federations control actual izations. They argued that allocations. To gain actual only through an actual student representation in local federavoice can the federations be • tions and to convince them tomade to understand the ur- redirect their allocations will gency of the necessity for re- be primary projects of local form in Jewish education, for Jewish radical groups during it is the Jewish students who the coming year. It is not now have suffered under present clear how many promises systems of Jewish education. made on the national level will Substantially increased polit- be implemented locally. All in all, students came ical agitation on behalf of Soviet Jewry was also called for. away with mixed feelings: satImmediately -after the con- isfied over delegates assent to ference opened, it became ap- the need for student participaparent to the student radicals tion in federations, to a higher that their gloomy estimation priority for Jewish education, of adult concern for Jewish ed- to support of student actions ucation was not entirely accu- groups for Soviet Jewry, and rate. Most delegates listened to limited, specific support for eagerly to the students. Dele, 'burgeoning radical groups. gates generally accepted the However, CJFWF's failure to claim that federations should commit itself to finance a founno longer.function without stu- dation whose scope would meet dent representation. the enormity of the problem in Perhaps the greatest sur- Jewish education caused the prise to the activists lay in activists to reflect on the enortheir discovery that- a small mity of their task: altering a minority of delegates had been •Jewish community whose phif i g h t i n g unsuccessfully for lanthropic traditions, rooted in' Philadelphia fJTA)-The As- these very reforms over the .decades of precedent, refuse sociation for Jewish Children past years. to be changed overnight, rehas announced the successful gardless of how pressing is the Students confronted the delecompletion of a program it un- gates in five basic ways: per- need to change. dertook eight years ago to. re- sonal contact; participation in settle 13 Jewish refugee chil. dren from Cuba who were sent all workshops and discussions to the United States by their of the conference; distribution parents for "safe-keeping" af- of printed literature, including ter the Castro revolution, Irv- radical Jewish publications; an Jerusalem (JTA)—Israel's ining Schwartz, president of the address to a plenary session; Association) said the young- and a silent vigil, after the fant television services is already experiencing some of the sters were entrusted to its care address of Louis A. Pinctis. In no way did the students troubles that beset its much by the United Mas Service of New York and the Hias Coun- oppose. federation allocations older counterpart in the United to Israel. It was only the do- States. They involve the quescil of Philadelphia. tion of where to draw the line The youngsters ranged from mestic priorities which were between public service and perJO to 17 ye'ars of age when they called into question. Concerned sonal opinion. arrived in this country. All Jewish Students argued that The Israeli Broadcasting Auhave since been re-united with services such as hospitals and their families—five . in Phila- welfare agencies which arc thority, a quasi-government delphia, five in other parts of now largely the domain of the body, was expected to exercise • (he U.S. and three in South Federal Government and the stricter supervision over what . America, Mr. Schwartz said. . general community and which is broadcast following an alFive are attending college, now mostly serve non-Jews, no leged breach of the rules laid helped by agency scholarship longer merit s u p p o r t of the down for TV performers. The Incident Involved a popfunds and several others are bulk of the domestic, Jewish ular stage and TV personality, in trade schools or are era- philanthropic dollar. The Jewish radicals asserted Dan Ben Amotz, who runs a » ployed in business. The last of • the group haifjust left to enter that Jewry in the U.S. will not highly personalized interview , college, Mr! Schwartz reported. flourish as a creative, religious show on Israel's only TV channel. On a recent show, he critized Defense Ministry policies >in the occupied territories, esThe resolution was adopted, pecially the policy of punishing Greenfield, Park, N.J. (JTA) . »-The 47th national convention with only two dissenting votes, suspected terrorist collaboraof Agudath Israel of America after the convention was told tors. Mr. Ben Amotz also in- overwhelmingly adopted a res- that "the preponderance of terviewed a local rabbi on the olution expressing support for Jewish names associated with controversial subject of SabPresident Nixon's "intensive the anti-Vietnam activities do bath TV. efforts to achieve an honorable an untold harm to the Jewish The Broadcasting Authority peace is Vietnam.", , people In this country." claims that he violated the The convention was told that rules on two counts—first that The resolution declared that "Orthodox Jews overwhelming- • "Orthodox Jews who are tra- an interviewer should keep his Jy have fullest confidence that ditionally committed to a deep personal opinions off the air, , the American Government is patriotic sense of loyalty to the and second, that a subject such counteract as Sabbath TV which is under leaving no stone, unturned in government, must 1 a sincere quest to end the war the effects of the damage that judicial consideration, should Jn Vietnam andjo bring adjust the JWoratorium and thejnili- not be discussed, especially as end lasting peace to that war tants are doing to the Jewish it involves" the Broadcasting Authority itself. 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By HAROLD GOLDBERG Editor's Note: Harold Goldberg, a graduate student at Brandeis University, was one of the 300 committed • young radical students who [participated in the recent Gen-eral Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Wei' fare Funds. i Unprecedented partiicpation < by committed Jewish activists Jn the annual conference of : the Council of Jewish Federation and Welfare F u n d s (CJFWF) not only altered the tone of the four-day gathering, but marked a new departure Jn the positive, Jewish radl. cal movement. Previously, Jewish students limited their anti-Establish' ment Thetoric and programs to local concerns. Typical tar— • gets of committed student radicals have been an individ- lial federation, a B'nai B'rith • chapter, or a l o c a l Jewish ilumloard. , But in Boston, Jewish student* challenged n nationwide Establishment in A m e r i c a n Jewish life—(he CJFWF. Fun- damental Issues of natlonal-not local-import were discussed. The Jewish Activist League (JAL) at Brandeis University originally stirred up interest among students on its own campus in participating in the CJFWF conference. Subsequently, a broad-based coalition called C o n c e r n e d J e w i s h S t u d e n t s , (CIS), brought together by JAL, consisting of representatives from Boston and New York colleges, met with initial defeat in its petition to the CJFWF for per, mission to address the Thurs-

Jewish Children From Cuba Aided

TV Taboos Cause Trouble in Israel

Orthodox Jews Voice Support for Nixon

Adult Readers Respond

About Those Questions . , . Being a Jew in today's world Is like . . . "A privilege our people have not enjoyed for centuries. We have a nation to represent us that gives us world-wide status. Many of our people have distinguished themselves in almost every field. We are no longer second class citizens." Male, over 50. "To think you have equal rights, but indeed you are a second class citizen." Female, over 30. . * * * Being an American in today's world is like . . . "To see a bubble burst." Female, over 30. "Being a German in 1944." Male, 24.

H o w Black Is Black? In 1660 Boston reported the arrival and arrest of a Jew n a m e d Solomon. He was caught in the town of Wenham, Massachusetts, on his way to New Hampshire and Maine. His crime? He had profaned the Lord's Day by traveling on a Sunday. Who was Solomon? Xll we know is that he was described as a "malata Jue." But was he actually a mulatto? THe Englishmen of that day thoughtvof the Jews as a darkskinned people. . / In 1665, three years before Solomon was hauled before the magistrates in Wenham, a re.spectable Portuguese Jew on Jamaica, a landowner, was referred to as a "black Jew." It is by no means improbable that the term mulatto was occasionally applied to SpanishPortuguese Jews, especially by people who had .never seen a Jew before. , The New Englanders had come from old England where, before 1655, no Jews had been allowed to dwell for nearly 400 years. Even'after 1655, there were only a handful, and they were secluded in an obscure corner of London, Although Solomon of Massachusetts may well have been a white man of Spanish-Portuguese origin, this is not to imply that there were no genuine" mulattos among the Jews ofthat generation. Jews in the West Indies and in Dutch Guiana fathered many mulatto children who were reared in the Jewish faith. No later than 1664 the London Jewish charities were supporting a mulatto Jew and they continued to provide for him until his death four years later. Perhaps by 1668 they had tired of maintaining their mulatto client over a period of years and found it cheaper to ship him off to distant Massachusetts. -But?- if so, he - returned a l m o s t immediately

from inhospitable New/England only to die hnd to-'require burial by his coralgionists. This is by no means improbable, for the;Jfabbi" of the London Jewish community was a man named Solomon Franco who may/well be identical with a Jew of the same name who was/the first of his tribe to laijd in North America and spent a few weeks atiBoston in 1649. • \ Solomon the mulatto—if he was one—would have been the first Jewish Negro in North America.

'Mein Kampf to Be Published in Italian Rome (JTA) — Some Jews here are worried about the forthcoming Italian edition ot" Hitler's autobiography, "Mein Kampf," which they fear could be damaging even though the volume will contain a preface by the noted Jewish historian, Prof. Max Horkheimer, of Frankfurt, himself a victim of Nazism. ' The unabridged Italian translation will be published by Longanesis, a publishing house which says the book is intended for historical research, and •notes that a British edition of "Mein Kampf" was published recently by Hutchinson in London. But Jewish Circles here say that unlike the very expensive London edition, the Italian version will be within the price range of most books and available td a large section of the public. • These Jews claim that political life in Italy has been ",ra. dicalized" and much pf the population Is susceptible to demagogy from various sources.' They are not convinced that Prof. Horkheimer's p r e f a c e would prevent the misuse oly anti-Jewish and other nazLslo? gans contained in the book.

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Friday, Dec. S, 1969

The Keepers of Israel

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If children are eating supper ed the area. The hours pass, with their parents in the dining s l o w l y and uncomfortably, The sun sets early at Neve hall or watching television in lights are turned off in the Ur. Earlier, it seems, than it the clubhouse when an attack houses along the frontier. And Should. As night descends swift- begins, they must be taken out- suddenly . . . . ly and suddenly, the tension side—the most dangerous thing Suddenly an explosion rips rises perceptively. to do—in order to reach the through Die stillness of the valDuring the daylight hours, the safety of the bunkers. ley. Shells land in the cotton kibbutzniks go a b o u t their The parents know this and fields which Neve Ur shares chores and the children scampneighboring Kibbutz Gesher unheeded across the lawns. their faces reflect the private with er. Israeli artillery answers But as the sun moves west- picture each one has: running Jordanian fire. The night comes, ward, brows furrow and face to the sound of artillery, car- alive. muscles 'tighten as Kibbutz rying the children to safety beMen grab rifles and run to Neve Ur anticipates another low the ground. They seem relieved when the their assigned places in the long night. youngsters' bedtime approaches childrens' bunkers as other kibParents squint at the setting and they walk hand-in-hand to butzniks crowd into their shelautumn sun as they meet their Uie childrens' houses to pre- ters. children at the end of the day's pare them for sleep. . Huddled underground, no one work. On one hand, it is a picture Mothers hasten to bundle their that has been repeated tens of speaks. Heads turn to look at offspring in sweaters and hur- thousands of times in tens of familiar faces, faces that seek ry them off to their homes. thousands of places: children to reassure each other. What There is no frantic rush, but lined up in front of washbasins will lay in ruins above? How nobody tarries either. Parents brushing their teeth; children many hours of labour will be are anxious to get the children begging for one more bedtime destroyed by a falling shell? Just as suddenly as it began, indoors—just in case . . . . story; children in gaily pat- the artillery stops. There-is . . . . Just in case the Arabs" terned pajamas and furry slip.. across the river decide to start pers, clutching stuffed animals * silence. v In their concrete nursery, the shelling Kibbutz Neve Ur. . and dolls. babies wail at the instriision During the daylight hours, Then the familiar scene ends, things are generally quiet. Oc- the picture changes. What hap- that disturbed their rest. Comcasionally a mine explodes — pens next happens now, In Is- forting arms cradle crying inhidden death planted in the rael, to the children of the fron- fants and gently rock them back to sleep. night by Arab infiltrators who tier. The all-clear siren sounds and manage to slip across the borAll washed and cleaned and der. But no one has yet been ready for bed, the youngsters the parents slowly climb out of killed by a mine at Neve Ur laugh merrily as they race the earth and go home to try and, just to make sure this down flights of steep steps. and retrieve their lost sleep. record holds, several times a Down . . . . down . . ...'down The people are tired—tired of day Israeli army patrols criss- into the earth, into the bunkers the tension, tired of sleepless cross the Geld with .their mine where they sleep. nights that rob them of their detectors. Every nigbt they do this; ev- strength. But this kibbutz in Families gather together at ery night they s l e e p under- this valley on this border is the end of the work day. ground. Some of these children home—and so they hold Uieir This time of day—these few have never slept a b o v e tiic ground and no one thinks of hours that kibbutz families tra- earth. leaving for safer territory. ditionally spend together—are Whitewashed walls are deco-. He will not suffer thy foot usually the most tranquil. At rated with gay pictures of anikibbutzim inland and along the; mals and f l o w e r s . Parents / ' t o Ue^moved; Mediterranean coast, families smile gently at babies sleeping he that kecpelh tbee will not slumber. * . relax and enjoy each other. But in their cribs lined up against at Neve Ur^ and the other" set- the concrete walls. Will the Behold, he that kcepeth Israel tlements along the frontier, the night to come be as peaceful? shall twilight hours are the forbidneither slumber nor sleep. ' The older children—not much • ding time of day that ushers In the. night and the terror it oider,' to'be sure', for the eldest child at Neve Ur is only ninecould bring. E x c e p t for the-children's sleep in bunks which are actuhouses,'Neve Ur's shelters are ally shelves bolted into the walls not located directly underneath and held by heavy chains. The lights are turned off and b u i l d i n g s and can only be Washington (JTA) — At reached by outside entrances. the parents file out—with a hurried backward glance as if to least four Jews were sereassure themselves that the cretly hanged in Iraq within children are tucked in and safe the last month and seven —safe, ten feet underground. others were either killed in A young mother—and all th'e prison or died there of malmothers are young—who has treatment or torture, WashNew York (JTA)—About one just sighed in relief having put ington Post correspondent in four of 173 teenage students her children to bed in the safeAlfred F r i e n d l y reported at the T e m p l e Israel High ty of their shelter now feels from Jerusalem^ E l e v e n School of Miami—CG per cent the t e n s i o n return as she Jews have been publicly, x ~" of the total enrollment—report- watches her husband silently hanged in Irag since last ed they had experimented with shoulder his rifle and walk off January as alleged spies for drugs,: according to a study into the night. I s r a e l and the United made by the temple's assistant Patrols States. rabbi, Steven B. Jacobs'. A reFor some, the long work day Mr. Friendly said he obport on the study was published has ended; for others, it has tained his information from in the current issue of Dimen- just begun. The men assigned well informed sources in sions, the scholarly publication to patrol the blackness beyond Jerusalem who have the of the Union of American He- the barbed wire are the same names of the Jews most brew Congregations, the cen- men who spent the day tending recently hanged and those tral agency for American Re- their cattle and their cotten unwho died'in jail, The infor.. form synagogues. der the gruelling Beit Shean mation was p a r t l y conRabbi - Jacobs carried out sun. Sleep must be put off, fafirmed by newspaper re"some preliminary data collec- tigue must not threaten—there ports in Beirut which antion in terms of drug involve- is work yet to be done. nounced the execution in ment" among the 82 male and Along the barbed wire perimBaghdad of eight members 91 female students, with the eter of the kibbutz s t r o n g of an alleged Israeli spyhelp of Dr. Phillip Mann, a searchlights i l l u m i n a t e ^ the network, • teacher in the high school de- area.. Beyond, everything is Mr. F r i e n d l y said that partment and a member of the black. In the distance can be "Israeli analysts b e l i e v e , Mia mi University educational seen the lights of the .other valthat Iraq has been deterrdd -psychology department. The ley settlements—other kibbut-. by adverse world reaction students responded anonymous- zim with barbed wire and from making further public ly to a questionnaire prepared search lights and c h i l d r e n fanfare of its hangings. Its by the two Educators. asleep.in bunkers. , new technique, it is thought, Rabbi Jacobs also reported Will terrorists who strolled is that whenever the Govthat the information indicated this village by day sneak across ernmerit has political scores that "the majority of students the border by night to bring to settle and wishes to make are experiencing a m b i v a lent death to Neve Ur? an end to adversaries, it feelings about the use of drugs The men on patrol walk quietadds a few Jews to the and that there is considerable ly,-eyes trying to pierce the group being hanged in ormisinformation being dissemin- still night, ears straining to jjerjto pretend that" the sen^ - ated-br the; home; school and catchr the faintest- soiindttiat^ tences were for espionage^'*" peers." . ••:..••....: ;• . -.•••' : . may mean danger has infiltratBy Mara Kocb

More Jews Die in Iraq

Miami Students High in Drug Use

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Her bed is a bunk bolted into the concrete walls, held fast by heavy chains. Overhead, ducts bring fresh air from above the earth. She is part of the new "Israeli Underground"—a whole generation of youngsters growing up thinking it is normal to sleep in bunkers every night. . -

Sidelines By Mickey Gereltck Sometimes no matter how hard you try, things don't work out as they should. Take the business of raising children. At best, it's a. difficult business. Parents make mistakes along the way and must accept the blame for their mistakes, I have, and I: do. Only In one area have I been completely successful in the training of ray offspring, and it took years of bard work. But a startling turn of events this week may upset all (hose years of hard work. And there doesn't seem to be anything I can do about It. It really has me upset. Everybody has pet peeves, and mine has always been "pushy children." You know the kind I mean—the kid who always wants to be first—for a piece of cake, for (the line at the movies, for a, chance to speak, etc. I always found this t r a i t particularly annoying, and I vowed that when I had smy own offspring to mold and to train, they wouldn't be pushy. Our first two blessed-events were boys. I was young and strong enough then to carry 'out my plan with vigor. Number three child was a girl, and I was getting older and weak-

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er by then—but that's a whole different story. Back to the boys. • When tliey were" jusf"tddd« lers, I saw how effective my training was. I remember once when I announced, "Bathtime, boys, who wants to be first?" Both boys were happy to relinquish the lead position to the other. They still fought over who would get the first piece of cake, but they were learning. ."".;•• The same pattern continued throughout their childhood. In any given group situation,.! could always depend on my two to be among We last. ,; They were always the last to get to school in the morning, the last to come home in too afternoon; the last to turn in school assignments; the last to go to bed at night and the last to get up in the morning. * They never pushed' to be among the first to volunteer to do the dishes or mow the lawn or shovel the.,snow. In most everything they did, they were consistent about staying toward the rear of the line. That's what you call training. These boys have learned not to be pushy. They consist* ently let the other fellow go first. I thought nothing could change this pattern which took 20 and 22 years respectively to establish. Then they started picking birthdays out of capsules in Washington this week. Guest who got picked to be among the leaders of the draft line? Where does a mother go to protest the government under* ,inining-^her"iralning-of-chU' i d j { i f h i l ' dren? •