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Bonn (JTA)—Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz Lincoln . . . Congregation time has largely been unex- experimenter, is living luxurB'nai Jeshuran, t h e South plored. NEW YORK (JTA)-The New York Times reported from iously in a villa in Cairo, where Street Temple, announces that Rabbi and Mrs. Ehrlich live several other top Nazi war Washington, in a lengthy evaluation that for at least two years the United States government has been'conducting its Mideast Rabbi Irvln S. Ehrlich has as- at 6100 Vine Street, apartment Criminals are also operating at policy on the assumption' that Israel either has an atomic bomb sumed his duties as their'rabbi. 15. high levels, according to Ger- or has components available for quick assembly. The only, basis, •. Rabbi Ehrlich is a native of for the report by correspondent Hedrick Smith was ''reliable' man .press reports. v Bainbridge, Georgia. He resources." , Former "HKs^eneral Oskar ceived his B.A. degree from the Mr. Smith wrote there has been disagreement among senior Dirlewander 'was said to be University of Georgia, and did training Arab t e r r o r i s t s in government officials on whether the evidence was absolutely conSix years of graduate study at Both.former President Johnson and President Nixon reEgypt and to be among those clusive. . the Hebrew Union College-Jewceived intelligence "assessments" that Israel has the capacity to) responsible for President Gaish Institute of Religion in Cinan A bomb on short notice and some senior officials mal Abdel Nasser's personal, assemblo cinnati, where he received a "believe she has already done so," Mr. Smith wrote. He said guard. Leopole' Elein, former the reason the Nixon administration has not developed a fully coBachelor of Hebrew Letters and Gestapo chief of Lublin, is a ordinated national intelligence estimate" which would say flatly a.Master of Arts in Hebrew leading member of President that "Israel does have atomic weapons" is that the government Letters. He was ordained a Nasser's police staff. Karl has been "so sensitive to grave implications of the issue." Rabbi in June by the Hebrew Westmann, a former top SS ofUnion College. According to Mr. Smith, the White House as along ago as ficer is an advisor to the Egyp- 19G8 "had no doubt" Israel could produce an A bomb or warhead " Rabbi Ehrlich has served tian political police. for its French-built surface missiles and that if such a weapon ' student pulpits in Kirksvllle, was not already in its hands it was "within very easy range,"Mo., Cairo, 111., Staunton, Viraccording to "one highly placed source." ginia, and Mansfield, Ohio. He . has been active in youth work JERUSALEM (JTA)—There was no official government re. pnd in Boy Scouting. While at action to the report that Israel has'nuclear, capability. But govthe Hebrew Union College, he ernment sources described the report as "speculative," "un- ' • wrote a Master's Thesis in the field of Jewish Teacher TrainMilwaukee (JTA) — Temple authoritative" and "inaccurate." The sources repeated Israel's contention that it is not a ing, an area which up to this Rabbi Ehrlich Sinai was one of several north shore buildings defaced with nuclear power and will not initiate the use of such weaponry in painted slogans i n c l u d i n g the Middle East. "smash Z i o n i s m , " "Free P a l e s t i n e , " "Support El Fatah" and "Nasser Lives." Other slogans endorsed the New York (JTA)-"It's being hiding in the Republic of South Black Panther leaders Bobby openly stated in South Africa Africa than in any country out- G. Seale and Huey P . Newton, that two secret Nazi centers side of Europe with the excep- a Vietcong victory in Vietnam and Women's Liberation." are operating in the apartheid tion of Argentina." --country." Atlas magazine t e - "The magazine also reported Frank Pauliis, police cliief of , New York. (JTA) — The Heights, said this latest in a i ported in its current issue. One, that more than 40 Arab guer- Fox Point Village, and David Crown Heights Jewish Com- series of "harassment" fire I formed near the end of World rillas—22 Jordanians, 12 Egyp- •Meltzer president of Congrega- munity Council—a storefront bombings might undermine 1 War II, is comprised of former tians, -three Frenchmen, three tion' Sinai, agreed that the operation in this Brooklyn area their efforts of the past few ' SS members, and the other, Iraqtils, three sympathetic Ger- range of subject matter and —and a nearby two-family res-, years and cause a' renewed "" called "The Spider," is a suc- mans, and even some Ameri- the diversity of the buildings idence were fire bombed this flight of Jewish families from ' cessor to the'pre-war rightist can—are being trained in com- indicated the defacings were week. There were no injuries Crown Heights thereby-turning organization called "The Link," mando tactics near Bonn. The not basically anti-Semitic. Mr. but the interior of the store the area into a.new N e g r o | the magazine says. group, part of the Palestinian Meltzer attributed the slogans was heavily damaged accord- ghetto. The aim of the latter seems Liberation Army, is being in- to chronic protesters, not-nec- ing to a Jewish community to be "to unite Nazi sympa- structed in the arts of grenade essarily anti-Semites. The es- spokesman. Mayor John V. Lindsay sped Jewish Scientist f thizers all over the world," the throwing, Molotov cocktail mix- tablishments i n v o l v e d have magazine said, adding: "Re- ing, document faking and radio both * Jewish and non-Jewish to the scene and conferred Imprisoned as Spy with community leaders. He , portedly more Nazis are now communications, Atlas said. owners. ordered intensive, police and Tel Aviv (JTA)-A Jewish fire department investigations scientist, Jean Pierre Selan, to determine who was respon- was sentenced to 18 years imsible. A spokesman for the prisonment on charges of esJewish community said this pionage. This Is the longest was the latest in a series of sentence ever imposed on a about 10 fire bombings in the scientist found g u i l t y on past two weeks. According to charges of endangering the se. ., ,. ,, . . . . . . witnesses, a car .containing curity of the state, officials 1 The head of orthodox Jewry's of the prospective mother and jectlng w a n t o n Interference three Negrp teenagers pulled said. ' • • . • • • -—congregational-body-termed her doctor, -—• - - : j No dotails wore reloased on -..wlUrprcgnancy and birth.-'1 up in front of the Couno41 "indiscriminate abortions a T h e Jewls n l e a d e r AM*™ r • tVl " stressed headquarters about 5:35 a.m. Solan's place of birth, the duterrible danger to the moral isnw tracuuon points out that l h a t ,ltbe i n c r e a s j n g p e r m i s - One got out and tossed a home- ration' of his stay in Israel, or underpinnings of our society." there are three partners in the # siven(JSS i n ms ; m a d e b o m b ^ u g h ^ ^iifor whom he was spying. The ls^ut rjiotn^amely-iather-and „„„„. i l nifc g tt oir -ffi-g dent of the Union of Orthodox seated moral decay which which sped off. The landlord, sion before a three judge Tel Jewish Congregations of AmerJJ"j seems to gnaw on the vitals of who lives above the s t o r e , Aviv district court. But it was ica, made the statement in a l e a r n e d that Selan was J™ our society. We seem to live called in the alarm. considers tl call directed to the medical Community leaders, black charged with espionage^ conif" - for gratification and not for profession and to the young ing the crown of , responsibility. The very fiber and white, who have, been at- spiracy and with an intent to '.women affected by the recent destroy a human embryo of our society is fatally weak- tempting to stabilize the area— jeopardize Israel's security permissive New York State sacrilegious interference with' ened by lending the cloak of once almost entirely Jewish— and with maintaining contact legislation which makes _abor- life itself and akin to murder.; legality to such hedonistic ten- and prevent the flight of Jew- with an enemy agent. He was .tions possible upon the decision Only when there is actual and; dencies," he said. ish families from C r o w n iound guilty on all charges. acute danger to the life of the mother, does Jewish religious • law p e r m i t termination of; pregnancy." ' | The-Jewish leader pointed; out that the RabbinicaLCouncil • of America, at its recent Con-; vention, unanimously passed a resolution admonishing doctors and prospective mothers to be j aware of the moral -gravity of! a decision tordestfoyerabry-f onic life. "Np Jewish authority 1 of s t a n d i n g lias ever pronounced any other opinion in; this matter," Rabbi Kara.slck; stressed, "for tho Bible, the;' Talmud, and our r o l l g i o u a f Snmmermcellnga rarely-draw large crowds. Pictured above, however, is part of the large group codes are quite- explicit ia re-; which gathered at Beth El Synagogue in Omaha last Tuesday. For details, see Sidelines, Pago 7. • Rabbi Karaslc
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New Society Probes Qyesfbus On "Humanism and Jydbism1 He said also that one of the complaints against humanism was that it was "cold, it is ethical but lacks esthetic outlet." He added that "we could start from scratch to provide an esthetic means of expression but why should not humanists have what is already theirs?" Rabbi Friedman said another phase of humanistic Judaism was a person's autonomy as "master of his own life. One cannot defend selfautonomy without respecting another's, but historically, religion has been authoritarian." Rabbi Wine added that the historical problem with religion was that "in the ethical realm one surrenders to God and thus surrenders his right to make any change. Resignation in the esthetic realm is beautiful," he added, "but ethically, resignation is not possible." A vigorous discussion followed on how to create meaningful ritual behavior' in humanistic Judaism. One Birmingham Temple member asserted that "our obsession with experimentation and change has become ritual." The participants decided not to discuss God because they did not know if there was a God arid they felt that discussion on that subject could be endless.
DETROIT (JTA)—Some 90 Jews from three congregations assembled here for the first annual meeting of the Society for Humanistic Judaism to discuss the essentials of their approach to the Jewish tradition. The participants included 20 members of the Humanistic Temple Beth Or of Deerfield, 111., and Westport Congregation in Westport, Conn. The rest were members of Rabbi Sherman Wine's Birmingham Temple. The sessions were led by Rabbi Wine and Rabbi Daniel Friedman of Betb Or. The meeting began with a discussion by the two rabbis .about the meaning of humanistic Judaism, according to the Jewish News of Detroit Members and guests raised the question: "Why ndt humanism without Judaism? Are the celebration of a few holidays enough to make ^difference?" Rabbi Wine replied that Judaism "is a form of religious behavior exemplified in certain distinctive holiday and life-cycle ceremonies. It is the way in which man can choose to dramatize bis relationship to the unchanging elements in his environment. It can be associated with many different ethical systems, authoritarian or humanistic. Humanistic Judaism is the association of Jewish ceremonial with humanistic ethics."
'New Leff ° Denounced by Rabinnical Council Head Rabbi Bernard L. Berzon, newly elected President of the Rabbinical Council of America, has announced the establishment of the Council of Orthodox University Professors to "combat the indifference and hostility among Jewish students to Judaism and the State of Israel, and to fight the negative influence of the New Left on Jewish youth on the campus." Rabbi Berzon, who assailed segments of the New Left as "tactically anarchistic, politically fasfcistic and morally nihilistic," declared that its attraction to young Jews "can be terribly damaging to the American Jewish community and to the cause of Israel." When, a
"Jewish student "cries for the 'liberation of Palestine from the Israeli conquerers'" he said, "he strengthens every hatemonger. We must recognize this as an infection that can spread the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish virus in America." He announced that the new Council of Orthodox University Professors will "develop lines of communication with college ^oiith on the campus. It will publish literature on the compatibility of Judaism with modern life and its relevance to the young Jew and will show the emphasis in our religion on social justice, kindness, love, humanity and to all other things which youth today holds valid."
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Black Americans Appeal for United States Support to Israel "An Appeal by Black Americans for United States Support to Israel" appeared in several major newspaper last fortnight. The full-page advertisement, sponsored by the A. Philip Randolph' Institute, was signed by 64 prominent black citizens, including members of Congress and other political figures, civil rights l e a d e r s , clergymen, newspaper editors and union officials. Bayard Rustln is executive director of the Institute. They declared: "The crisis in the Middle East is a cause of great concern to all Americans — nonJew as well as Jew, black as well as white. Our concern as black Americans is motivated not only by the threat to world peace which is posed by the Arab-Israeli conflict. We are also moved by the ideals of democracy and. social justice, ideals which we have struggled to achieve in this country and which we firmly believe the United States must uphold in the Middle East." They contrast freedom and equality in Israel with repression and persecution in Arab states. Iraq, Syria and Egypt are described as "dictatorial one-party states where the press and courts are rigorously controlled and n o n • Moslem minorities are severely persecuted." Israel's strides toward an equalitarian economic order, which improves the life of Arabs and Jews, are hailed. To view the Arab-Israel conflict as a racial one is "not only uninformed but dangerously misleading," the statement declared. Jews from Asia
and Africa comprise over onehalf of Israel's population, and Israel has "contributed far more than any of its Arab enemies to Uie development of black African nations." The persecution of black Sudanese, supported by the UAR, is cited to expose the myth of a solidarity of "nonwhite people." The ad concludes with an urgent appeal for a "just and negotiated settlement . . . and steps to help guarantee Israel'!
right to exist as a nation. For the present this means providing Israel with the full number of jet a i r c r a f t it has requested." ••
Holland Christians Differ on Israel Amsterdam (JTA) — Differences of opinion over Israel among various Christian denominations in Holland emerged here. The executive of the Dutch chapter of "Pax Chrisli," a . Roman Catholic organization headed by the liberal Cardinal Bernhard Alfrink, published a statement attacking Israel and Z i o n i s m . But an important Catholic newspaper, De Tijd, criticized the statement and the. Protestant Synod, by a 38-10 vote, adopted a favorable report on the Jewish people and expressed its support for Israel. The "Pax Christi" statement said Israel's Law of Return, should be abolished and the right of the Palestinian refugees to return to their homes should be acknowledged by Israel; the Palestinians should in turn recognize the existence ol a.Jewish entity in the Middla East. .
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Welcome to Omaha from" Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. Elfont, a graduate of the University of Maryland, is currently a resident in Pediatric Dentistry at the Nebraska Medical Center. Mrs. Elfont (who also carries the title of Dr.) will be affiliated with the V.A. hospital as I am interested in knowing after August 1. A Cytologist, —"who's new in town," so are Mrs. Elfont specializes in elcothers. And this column was tron microscopy. A graduate of American and Georgetown Uniborn, Have you beard of a new versities, Mrs. Elfont received family Joining our community her PhD degree from the Unirecently? Pleaje let the Jew- versity of Maryland last Janish Press know, so that we can uary. spread the news. - The Doctors Elfont are makThis week I did learn about ing their home at 621 North very new arrivals in our town. 48th Street, Apartment 2. We Dr. and Mrs. Charles Elfont welcome them to our communarrived in Omaha last month ity. f
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Letters From Israel Editor's Note: The following tour is excellent. Our guide is excerpts are from a letter , a young Israeli girl. She is written jto Mr. and Mrs. Albert knowledgeable, helpful and a Newman from their niece, lovely person. We also have an Cathy Leeds of Dallas, Texas. academic advisor from N.Y.U. A senior at the University of 1 He has written several books Teias,, Miss Leeds is spending on Israel and is famous for his 2 months in Israel, with a studies oh the politics of the month's study at Tel Aviv country. We also have special University. guides for particular sights. • • • The Israelis couldn't be Never did I dream such a friendlier. They make y o u country could exist. The land, know this is your home. I'm the history, the people—the thinking seriously of completing college here. Young kids APARTMENT ILDG. OWNERS from all over the world are D» Ton Ilayai Trouble With here just looking to meet other Your lterital Property? FOll PKIISONAI, Nl.flVUE people. All is excitement and roil K\rr:itiF.NCi:i> mystery. .MA.NAUKMKNT I have never been happier. CALL Never more optimistic about life and never more secure as HERB WINTROUB in this brotherhood of Israelis. 633-401! or 853-5320 I know it will be a milestone in CAROL GAST C O . my life. R M I Eirott Salts & Management
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New York (JTA) Rabbi Samuel Schrage of Brooklyn, administrator of the city's Neighborhood Youth Corps, the largest youth-staffed anti-poverty program in t h e nation, has been appointed director of the new Neighborhood Action Program in the Bronx, designed as "another step to establish more responsive mechanisms to bring government to the neighborhoods,", according to Mayor John V. Lindsay, who made the appointment. The pilot project will center on the neighborhoods of Washington H e i g h t s , Manhattan; Laurelton and South Jamaica, Queens, and the Grand Conc o u r s e , the Bronx. Rabbi Schrage, - who is 34 years old and who will be earning $23,000 from the city, will have "authority in every area" of those neighborhoods. While Rabbi Schrage will deal with non-Jewish as well as Jewish residents, the chief goals of the new program are the elimination of the "very serious problems" faced by Jews who are willing to remain In integrated neighborhoods but are afraid to.
Sabbath Hearings Are Rescheduled New York (JTA)—The American Jewish Congress has expressed gratification that the New York City Council Against Poverty had agreed to reschedule poverty hearings originally set for the Jewish Sabbath. In a letter to James E. Greenidge, director of the Poverty Council, the Congress had noted that the hearings of appeals on allocations set for two consecutive Saturdays—July 11 and 18—would work' hardship on Jewish Sabbath observers who would be unable to attend. In a reply to Herman Brown, director of the American Jewish C o n g r e s s ' Metropolitan Council, Mr. Greenidge called the Saturday dates "a procedural error" necessitating the re-scheduling of theqpoverty hearings, and said that "consideration will be given to the issue you raise concerning Sabbath observers." The Council Against Poverty, of which David J. Billings III Is chairman, also issued a memorandum to its members, chairmen and directors of delegate agencies and community corporations asking, them to disregard the dates as a ".mistake in judgment.", New dates for appeals will be announced. QjHSINAL OIL PAINTINGS ETCHINGS—PRINTS EXPERT FRAMING RENTAL PLAN EISEHBERG ABT GAUERY 3615 Dodai
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Omaha—Ah open house in honor of the doth wedding anMr. and Mrs. Elvin B. Klein Omaha, Nebraska. of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, The bride-elect received her niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Arannounce the engagement of Associate of Arts degree from thur N. Hubin will be held Sattheir daughter, Bari Andrea, to Stephens College, Columbia, urday, August 1, from 7 to 10 Floyd John Freiden, son of Mr. Missouri and her Bachelor of p.m. at the home of their chiland Mrs. William Freiden of Science degree in health' and dren, Mr, and Mrs. Frederick physical education from India- S. Cassman, 3625 S. 94th St. In addition to the Cassmans, na University, Bloomington, Indiana,.-.where she was on hosts will include the couple's Dean's Honor List and was a •"other' 1:1iildf eii, "Mr/-and'Mf s. member of Sigma Delta Tau Ben Miller and Mr. and Mrs. social sorority. She recently, Stanley Rubin of Los Angeles, r e c e i v e d her Master's of California. • No invitations have been isScience degree from Smith College, Northampton, Massa- sued. , * chusetts. Mr. Freiden attended Northwestern University, Evanston, Omaha . . . Mr. and Mrs. Illinois, where he was affiliated with Tau Delta Phi social fra- Michael Skolnik, Toronto, Onternity and was elected to Beta tario, Canada, announce the Beta Beta, biological honorary adoption of a daughter, Leslie fraternity. He is currently a Anne. They also have another third year medical student at daughter, Renee. Grandparents are Mrs. Leonthe University of Iowa Medical Skolnik, Omaha and Mr. School, Iowa City, Iowa, and is ard and Mrs. a member of Phi Beta Pi med- Ontario. L. Morin, Kitchener, ical fraternity. Miss Bari Klein Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sidman, Waltham, Mass., announce the birth of a daughter, Hope, born June 22,1970. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Norman Leventhal, NewThe Midwest Region Confer- ver, Kansas City and Winni- ton Center, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sidman, Omaha. ence of the Union of Orthodox peg, Canada. Mrs.. Iz Elewitz, Conference Great-grandparents are Mr. ! Jewish C o n g r e g a t i o n s of America, Women's B r a n c h , C h a i r m a n , announced that and,Mrs. David Guren, Brookwill be held in Omaha Septem- plans are now being formulat- line, Mass.; and Mrs. Morris ber 13-15, 1970, at Beth Is- ed for the event. Mrs. Robert K. L e v e n t h a l , Chcstnuthill, Ellis, of St. Louis, Missouri, Mass. rael Synagogue. | About SO delegates are ex- President of the Midwest Repected from St. Louis,,Minne- gion UOJCA, Women's Branch, Omahans in News apolis, Duluth, St. Paul, Wichi will preside at the Regional Warren Weiner, son of Mr. I lta, Chicago, Milwaukee, Den- meeting to be held on Monand Mrs. Louis Weiner, placed" day, September 14. Mrs. Sam Berman, Presi- in five divisions in the recent ( Dedication dent of the Sisterhood, is Con- Nebraska Horse Trails Horse I Omaha . . . A monument in f e r e n c o Co-Chairman. Mrs. Show at Ak-Sar-Ben. memory of HARRY LEFKO- Isaac Nadoff is tho Advisor. Mark Sanford, son of Mr. and WITZ will be dedicated Sun- The theme of the convention Mrs. Ted Sanford, has one. of will be: ". . . If Not Now — day, July 26, at 12 noon at tho leading roles in the Omaha Fisher Farm Cemetery. Rabbi When." Beth Israel Sisterhood Playhouse.summer musical will be the convention host. Isaac Nadoff will officiate. p r o d u c t i o n of "Your Own Thing."
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Sharon Nogg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Nogg, has qualified for the State Fair and Candlcligbtlng: 8:30 p.m. Ak-Sar-Ben Horse Show by winSunday: ning first place in a 3 county , Morning Service: 9 a.m. fol- 169 horsemanship class, lowed by breakfast and RabFrankie Weiner, daughter of., SERVICES: . . , ' / . bi's class in "The T w e l v e Prophets." Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weiner, Friday: . . . • was recently featured as the . Mincha: 8 p.m. Sabbath Eve Daily: Services at 7 a.m. and. 8:30 "Cherchez La Femme" of the Service: 8:15 p.m. RabblMyer p,m. •• week in the Sun Newspapers. S. Kripke will deliver the pulpit lesson. Julie Simon, daughter of Mr. Saturday: B'nai Jacob and Mrs. Ervin Simon, was Morning Service: 10 a.m. among the Purdue University \ Mincha-Maariv: * 8:30 p.m. Adas Yeshuron | students to receive the Dis- j SERVICES tinguished Student Rank. Miss i i Morning Service:" iTaM. "Friday: "'" ••-—«•—--- - SimWwas clfed for achieving j Daily: a straight A record for the Evening Service: 8:30 p.m. I Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday: spring semester. Morning Service: 8:45 a.m. WhMtoJk3SL Sunday: Nursery School Registrations Morning Service: 7 a.m. Now Being Taken for SERVICES: Dally: Friday: ••',-. . Services at 6:30 a.m., and Traditional Friday evening 8:30 p.m. service (Kobolas Shabbos) 7:30 p.m. Saturday: | Morning Service: 8:45 a,m., Call: Barbara Cohen Regular Sabbath Services will conducted by Rabbi Isaac Na551-2430 or i doff and Cantor Elchonon Gel- bo held in tho Milton and Corrine Livingston Chapel of Tem- Synagogue Offico, 553-3221 • berg. i The Talmud Class will be ple Israel at the early hour of conducted by Rabbi Nadoff at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and 8:00 p.m. followed at 8:30 p.m. ' by Mincha Sholash Sudos and Cantor Manfred F. Kuttner will oaf date. Maariv.
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Dr. Richard Kaslow and Bride Plan Wedding Trip to Spain Omaha . . , Miss Leanne Penelope Davidson became the bride of Dr. Richard Alan Kaslow, Saturday, July 18, 1970. A reception followed the garden ceremony at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Balano Davidson of Walpole, Mass. and Kennebuhkpcrt, Maine: Ben Kaslow^ of Omaha is the father of the bridegroom. Bridesmaids were Mmes. George L, T i l l i n g h a s t III, Greenwich, Conn.; Charles P. Sovek, Bethel, Conn.; Kenneth Carlson, Walpole, Mass. Miss Heather M a c I v o r , Walpole, Mass., was flower girl. Howard Kaslow, Omaha, was best man for his b r o t h e r . G r o o m s m e n were- Samuel Black, Washington, D.C.; Richard C. Foster,' New York; Dr. Howard McCrum Snyder III, Boston, Mass. The newlywcds are making theit home in New York City at
1212 Fifth Avenue. They will take a delayed wedding trip to Portugal and Spain in' September.
Applications, are now being taken for the Fall session Tifereth Israel Nursery School. The nursery school is open for children 3-5 years, and school is held on Monday, Wednesday, F r i d a y from 9-11:30 a.m. For
of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Krlvosha, won the, first-place trc-phy in individual competition in last week's Show 'Wagon competition. Winners will compete for the grand prize on Aug. 10, at the Pinewood Bowl contest.
Items for this column should be submitted to Mrs. Leo (Estelie) Rosenberg, 701 Mulder Drive, Lincoln, Nebraska; Phone, 489-5813. further information call Mrs. Simon Kominsky, 408-2068.
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The Hadassah Evening Group will have a Pot-Luck Supper and Swim Party at the home of Mrs. Gary Hill, July 26fc6:30 p.m. For reservations call Mrs, Don Marti, 423-6678.
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Let the President Know! The Russian threat to Israel's security remains very real despite President Nixon's statement that it is in the interest of the United States to maintain the balance of power in that region, which means presumably that he plans taking steps to see to it that'Israel receives the weapons she needs to offset this new Russian threat. Rttssian experts and Russian anti-aircraft missiles are stationed just 15 miles from the Suez Canal Zone, within effective range of Israel's planes flying over the Canal. • The consequences of the Russian military escalation and intervention must not be underestimated. The development poiei the most serieus threat to the security and survival of Israel (luce II t i t established as a State In 1M8. The big question now is: How seriously will the Russians take the Nixon warning? Will the Russians continue their escalation? The answers to these questions could tell the difference between war and peace in the Middle East. For if the Russians and the Arabs are convinced that the United States, for whatever reasons, will do no more than issue verbal warnings, war in the Middle East becomes inevitable. It is essential, therefore, that the hand of the President of the United States be strengthened, even against those in our State Department who caution further softness against the Russians and Arabs, even though this policy has manifestly failed. It becomes a matter of urgency that Americans, Christians and Jews, In great numbers let the President know—by wire or letter—that flrmneis Is the only weapoD for America to use at this time. For experience has shown that the Soviet-Arab bloc will net challenge a firm American decision to act in its own interests once that firm resolve is decisively demonstrated.
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American Troops for Israel? to underline the seriousness of the Middle East confrontation, In the critical days which lie senior American advisors emahead for Israel a dormant phasized that they did not see question will have to be faced the need for an American milisquarely by both Washington tary presence on Israel's side and Jerusalem: Does the secu- at this stage to counter-balance the Russian involvement in^ rity of the Jewish state now Egypt. depend on more than AmeriBut the emphasis must be can willingness to s u p p l y off the phrase "at this stage." arms? Does it-In fact now de- Already the question of Amerpend on American readiness ican Involvement has been to Intervene directly on Israel's raised In Israeli newspapers behalf with U n i t e d States and, unofficially, Israeli leaders acknowledge that however forces? efficient their forces might be, At the time of the 1967 Six- they cannot contend with SoDay War, Gen. Moshe Dayah viet power if Moscow decides made it'clear that Israel did to escalate. not want "American' boys to There is a grim recognition spill their blood among the Israelis these days f o r I s r a e l . " T" of what they are up against. Since the war, [• Opinion polls taken In recent Israel's consist-}, weeks reveal the dilemmas ent policy has \ they face. According to the poll been to reject [_ taken by the Public Opinion any suggestions "* Research of Israel, 62 per cent of direct Ameriof the total adult population opcan military aid Llpski poses the s u g g e s Uon that and to i n s i s t only on the right to purchase American pilots should- partic- •• desperately needed planes and ipate actively in the Arab-Issophisticated weaponry, which raeli conflict, 32 per cent favor she can get o n l y from the it and the remaining 6 per cent expressed no opinion. United States. If American public opinion Officially this is still Israel's polls can bo taken as any guide position. And in the recent there is a much more definite White House briefings given view in the United States about direct military aid for Israel— and that view is a negative one. A Gallup • Poll taken in February, before the Russian buildup became known, showed ~ only 1 per cent of the AmeriRabbi Bloch's major propos- can public favoring sending al is that the three national re- U. S. troops to aid Israel and ligious organizations—the Con- 58 per cent saying the United servatives' United Synagogue States should stay out of the of A m e r i c a , the Reformers' conflict. A Louis Harris poll in Union of American H e b r e w 1969 showed that while 44 per Congregations and the Union cent of Americans sympathized of Orthodox Jewish Congrega- with Israel and believed the tions—take over the operation United States should come to of failing temples. If addition- its aid if threatened with deal financial aid does not help struction, only 9 per cent advocated the use of American them, the national g r o u p s troops. would close them down but reEven if we allow for Inactain ownership in expectation curacies In the polls it seems of a re-emergence of commun- fairly dear that after the Vietity interest. nam experience the American "Jews are going to survive public would not support the in large numbers and be cul- despatch or use of Americanturally very productive, very forces in the Arab-Israeli concreative. ;They, will never be- flict, even if the Soviets were come extinct," asserts Rabbi directly backing the. Arabs-IsBloch. But, he adds, "We are raeli conflict, even if the Sogoing to lose half our Jews viets were directly backing the eventually as time goes on" Arabs—as of course they albecause,"the American Jewish ready are. This must be a critical factor problem" of alienation. The an-' i n Moscow's planning. For deBy SAM LJPSKI
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and his advisers in r e c e n t weeks it is the military clout behind the talk which Moscow is weighing. The R u s s i a n s must suspect*there is littla likelihood that President Nixon -would-feel free^to^act in.an_ emergency as a result of the American public mood of warThat certainly is a grim picture—but not yet a totally despairing one for Israel. Questions of direct American support must be faced, but they are still in the future. If tho United States shows its firmness in other ways the question, may not even arise at all. For the p r e s e n t , despite losses, the Israeli Air Force continues to maintain its superiority. The confirmed reports that Egypt is preparing for attempts to cross the Suez Canal in force under the shield of the Russian manned missiles are disturbing because they could force an all-out war. But again the military moves of Cairo will bo dictated by the pressures from Moscow. That is where we are at now: a sizing up in Washington of how far the American 'public is prepared to back tough responses to Moscow; an assessment in Moscow of how far it can push its hostility to Israel' before forcing President Nixon to retaliate. The tragedy of our times would be that having at last expressed the realities of the Arab-Israeli conflict, President Nixon would allow the policy of drift to take over to tho point where he has no choico but to allow Israel to be destroyed or to send In tlio troops. There are still some alternatives left; but they depend on an unambiguous series of moves to help Israel help herself — while there is still time.
By GEORGE FRIEDMAN ("one of the finest," says RabWhat is the future of the bi Bioch), was discontinued afsynagogue in the American ter its attendance sank from Jewish way of life? A recent 150 to "less than 20." The High study by Rabbi Ronald M. Holiday choir no longer exists Goldstein of B u f f a l o , N.Y., for financial reasons. Hebrew while recognizing that "there s c h o o l m e m b e r s h i p has is a conscious effort to main- dropped from 230 to seven. Retain Jewish survival," never- maining c o m munity-oriented theless concluded that "there' activities have been relegated' are p r e s e n t l y many Jews to afternoons arid weekends whose needs - are not b e i n g (many congregants will not T met by the synagogue." venture out at night.) In Brooklyn, New York, synAbout all that remains is agogues are disappearing fast. Rabbi Bloch, strong-voiced Description Many of them are being sold to TWO GARMENT manuchurches, which technically is Hazzan Alvin F. Schraeter, a facturers were talking over against Jewish law. Many oth- core of elderly congregants, a cup of coffee. They were ers are simply being aban- and an increasingly e m p t y discussing the merits of doned, with their stained-glass temple, whose operating budbeauty in women. windows and mogen dovids left get has slumped 60 percent in "Ya know Sam," Irving behind, to be covered with non- half a decade. Rabbi Bloch attributs the deexclaimed, "I can't see what Jewish symbols by appropriateverybody sees in Elizabeth ors of the'premises. Those that terioration to a large extent to Taylor. Take away the fancontinue to be maintained often the "declining." i.e., shrinking, cy eyelashes, the f a n c y serve ever-decreasing congre- American J e w i s h neighborhair-do, let her put on a few. gations. The famous Brooklyn more pounds, and what have Jewish Center, where Richard. censed at the abandonment of you got?1' ••••-:•• -~ -Tucker used to be cantor, has. ^Bf^Xmm!fnif«^S • s w e r r " J e w s don't; need .num- .spite the tough talk which has ~ "My wife!" sighed Irvingr discontinued its Hebrew school. W t a J i r e f l e c t s llilyZ come from President: Nixon «»rs-they °eed intensity." — ,, nm P ^ n , iw.n The reasons for this deterior- Jews as "negligent" and "dereation seem to be two—a lack of lict." As to the possible reInterest by rhany new-genera- "tltnh.of-the BiooRlyn JeWistT tion Jews and the dispersion of . community, he is pessimistic: Jewish communities through "It is absolutely not foreseeProfessor Herman Kahn of the Hudson In- themselves of the impact of the traditional Mosracial integration. able within this decade, and . <. ' , A case in point is Temple and probably not for at least stitute in New York recently attended a seminar lem culture and values. in Israel at which he offered some predictions ' In Judaism, there will be a trend back toP e t a c h Tikvah ("Gate of forty or fifty years." about the future. ward Orthodoxy; in Islam, fanatic tendencies Hope") in the East New York Rabbi.' Bloch proposes first Here are 6ome of his glimpses of the state of and sects may appear, and in Christianity one section of Brooklyn. Founded can expect a turn toward Buddist concepts. All in 1915, it is the borough's old- that temple managements em- the Middle East in the next 30 years: The state of no-war-no-peace will continue for over, the world, in underdeveloped as well as est Conservative temple. Rabbi phasize small congregations in Abraham P. Bloch, spiritual appropriate-sized buildings for a long time. One can expect more than one Is- post-industrial societies, new messianic faith3 leader for 33 years, talked the maximum "personal relation- rael-Arab war in the coming decades, as the and movements may appear and a really capaother day about Petach Tik- ship" and "rapport." Multi- Arabs will again and again try their luck, when- ble charismatic leader of such' a movement in million-dollar buildings — pal- ever they feel strong enough for it. The terrorist one of the neighboring Arab countries may prevah's straits. As recently as eight years aces instead of just places of activities will continue, but will have no crucial sent.a grave danger to Israel, The standards of living and of education in ago, he said, he could count on wor6hip—where there are not impact on Israel, which will learn how to live Israel will go up dramatically, along with tho 500 Saturday worshipers; now- enough congregants to warrant with them. The Russians will probably deepen their sup- per-capita GNP. But the much smaller rise in adays there are 60. Only two the expense are major factors years Va£o, 2400 attended Yom in synagogue failures, he be- port of Egypt. However, a full-scale Soviet in- Egypt and other Arab countries will also protervention is unlikely, since neither Moscow nor duco a huge number of technicians and engiKippur services; now there are lieves. neers, some of whom may be of rather good 500, and the balcony has been "What makes a synagogue is Washington; wants an all-out confrontation. ""closed off. Tie^laTge-adjpining- noHhe-wallrbut~thepeople," --:- Egypt could, by the year 200,.. DtKiome a. [.quality.. This may enable.them .toiabsorh Jtech- _ ' " auditorium has been on the he Insists, Second, says the medium-size power and a serious: threat to Is- noiogies provided by others. sell?ng\h\nt* fnr years — but Petarii Tikvah luader, rahbig rael. But frustration has pushed Nasser to spend But ultimately, it is not a comparison of
has already been broken by vandals, and a 1966 fire cost the temple $90,000. The temple's teen program
ary type of activity" cementing relations with m e m b e r s and attempting to attract the alienated.
a medium-size power. ly in what you are doing," said Mr. Kahn. Actually, the quality gap between Israel and Which Is quite a twist on the part of the High the Arabs will continue in the coming decades Priest of technological and social forecasting, because the latter will find Ut, difficult to rid And quite a challenge for the Israelis of the year
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Side By Mickey Gerelick . You can always count on the # Jewish Press to come through. "Even our mistakes seem towork out well. Marty Shukert and Rabbi Myer Kripke thought it would be a good idea to get college students and members of the "establishment" together to talk things over. Getting people to come to a mid-summer meeting has never been too successful in our. community, but it was worth a try. With the Jewish Press as the sole m e d i u m -for publicity, the meeting was planned for last Tuesday at Beth El. Switching the name lines under the pictures of Marty Shukert and Rabbi Kripke was not planned, but it seemed to call attention to the story. Perhaps correct Identification of the pictures would have worked as well. I'll never know. I do know, however, that more than 100 people attended this unique program, and I think they were glad they came. It was an exciting evening. An articulate panel of. young people participated in the informal discussion, providing provocative c o m m o n t s that challenged and often angered the audience. Amy Brodkey, Marty S h u k e r t and M i k e Kaplan -represented the youth on the loosely structured panel. Dr. Eugene Freund joined Rabbi Kripke on the "estabThe communication gap, was very much In evidence during a heated discussion about Israel. Members of the audience participated freely in the discussion. There was much talk, but little communication. According to the dictionary, "communication is an interchange of opinions." But on the emotionally-charged subject of Israel, there was no interchange, of ideas. I had: the feeling that each side was so engrossed in projecting their particular point of view, they could not listen, with an ear for understanding, "the other side." Yet both sides had valid points to offer.. for everyone involved, but it was a beginning. Perhaps It takes a number of such "confrontations" before there can be .'.'communication.". T h i s meeting, at least, was a first
On the subject of the "function of the university," there was "communication" with a frank and honest exchange of views. Yet so much remained unsaid. More meetings of tins kind will be planned in the near future, and I hope that a larger segment of the community will be present. 1 would hope that the next meeting will bring more 'representatives from other synagogues, more young people and more community leaders. But mostly I hope that future meetings will include many more people who come to listen — really listen — to views other {nan their own. That's what communication is all about. Rabbi Kripke and Marty Shukert are to be commended for initiating the program. The surprisingly large attendance, indicates the interest and concern of' at least part of the community — even during the summer months. The candid views expressed by the participants provided me with some fresh insights to campus thinking. I'm eager to hear more. And next time the Jewish Press will try running the publicity pictures correctly Identified, and Bee. what jdaA of re-, suits that brings.
By CARL ALPERT Haifa—It's a hot summer in Israel, but we try to keep cool. No matter how disturbing the headlines, we find that we can maintain our equilibrium by looking at the lighter side of life as w e l l . There is much to help us. For example, from my endless collection: It Pays to be P a t i e n t . Tel Aviv citizen Dr. Zvi Kenner was kept awake half the night by the r , . . . racket of a wild C a r t A I p e r t party in a neighbor's apartment. He gritted his teeth, but said nothing. Next morning the neighbor knocked _ on his door and presented a big cake, with a card: "With many thanks for your patience." Dizzy Demands. Haiti port employes who work on top of cranes, on high scaffolding,, or in other lofty perches, are entitled to a salary bonus because of the special' circumstances of the heights at which they work. Four men in the port lookout office, located in a closed structure on the roof of the 3-story port management building, threatened to strike if they did not get a
similar "heights" bonus. The New Young Generation. Four-y e a r-old Michal heard her older sisters talking about Ben-Gurion. Upon inquiring as to his identity, she was told that he had been a Prime Minister, long before Golda Meir. "What!" she exclaimed in astonishment. "A man can be Prime Minister too?" A Real Life Saver. Beach front lifeguards in Ashdod have r e n d e r e d exceptional service in rescuing bathers from the waters. An appropriate gift of recognition was awarded to each Lifeguard—a Bible. Only in Israel! The Cook's Face was Red. Leftist kibbutz Merhavia flew all its red flags on May Day, but for the first time in years the kitchen forgot to serve its customary culinary delicacy on that day: bright red borsht. Certainly Not In "Piggy" Banks. The scalloped aluminum one-agora coins of Israel disappear from circulation at the rate of two million a month, and have to be replaced. That is two tons of coins that either remain in the pockets of tourists, or are buried for the edification of the archaeologists of tomorrow. Allah to the Rescue. Following is the translated text of an advertisement which appeared
in an orthodox bulletin in Jerusalem's Meah ^ Shearim quar• tei: "It happens occasionally, God forbid, that there is need for a Shabbas Goy to deal with a fire caused on the Holy Sabbath by a kerosene' lamp or candle, God forbid, and there is no Gentile available. For your . information, a gentile will now be available for such purpose every Shabbas and holiday should need arise, God forbid. May the Holy One, blessed be He,. save us,_ front disaster and(misfortune." The Areiy Fulfills Every Mission. An astonished corporal who happened to be passing through Lydda airport had an envelope thrust in his hand by a tourist, just arrived. It contained a letter of blessing from a dear lady in New York. • a one dollar bill, and a request that the recipient light a Memorial candle at Rachel's Tomb in memory of her mother, The soldier carried out the mission. Back in the Desert Again. One of the biggest single purchases of Matza in Israel last Passover was for the Beduin tribes in the Sinai, who first tasted the food after the SixDay War. They are wild about its taste, and favor the matza because it keeps well under desert conditions.
YoufSi By George Friedman Jonathan Iivny has an LL.B. from the Hebrew University and a diploma in criminal law from Bar-Ulan University. He is a lawyer and former chief military prosecutor for the West Bank. Now 26 years old, he served earlier this month as a member of the Israeli delegation to the United N a t i o n s World Youth Assembly in New 'York.-A Haifa-born sabra, his late father was also a lawyer and his mother spends most of her time "worrying about the state of Israel." , "I'm .very optimistic," he .said about the Middle East during a break in the Assemly sessions. If the Soviet Union retrains from military confrontation "our situation is not so bad." But in the next breath he says he does not e x p e c t peace in his lifetime, thus exposing.the, pessimisticside of his optimism.
"As long as Arabs and Palestinians don't accept a Jewish State in the Middle East there will not bo peace," the young Israeli observed. More American jets for Israel, rather than escalating the conflict, would be "a step toward peace," he contended, as "Russia will back off." But "selling them under the table will not solve the problem—there must be a firm c o m m i t m e n t . " He added: "American isolationism never succeeded in the long run." The six-member Israeli delegation, to the Youth Assembly was chosen by a selection committee of representatives of the Foreign Office, the national studentry and the public, and was thus not hand-picked by the government, Jonathan noted. In fact, he said, an Israeli Arab was sought but none would participate. Contrarily, the Soviet delegation was made up not of youths but of "diplomats who have been around since the ininnimimniiiiiiiinmimmmmmnmnnimimiiiminiiiiiiiiiininiuiniuiiiiiutniiiiittuuiiitmiiiiniiiiiiiiu League of Nations." Jonathan's colleagues, also in their 20s, were Ariel Whine, the delegation head, Englishborn (the only non-sabra in the group) and representing the 40 YEARS AGO Rabbi Louis Kuppin resigned from Bethel Congregation, Ham- World Union of Jewish Stumond, Ind., after the staging of a youth jazz show in the temple. The Polish government, criticized for "oppression" of Polish HELEN A. BERNSTEIN 333-1222 Jews, forbade the creation of a separate Orthodox community in 393-9111 Vilna. . • REAL ESTATE With A Jerusalem Arab magistrate, acquitted of subornation of witnesses and perjury, jumped up and kissed his Jewish attorney. REED DAVIS CO.
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10 YEARS AGO Egypt recalled her ambassador to Iran, after that country formally recognized Israel, charging that the Shah had "sold himself to Zionism at a cheap price." Iran's Foreign Minister said his country In turn would refuse to recognize Egypt while it was led by the "lunatic, ill-balanced mind" of Gamal Abdel Nasser. The platform of the Republican National Convention backed "an end to transit and trade restrictions, blockades and boycotts" and "an end to the wasteful and dangerous arms race and to the threat of an arms imbalance in the area." The State Department expressed "great concern" over the "highly regrettable" Arab discrimination against Jewish firms. The, Soviet Embassy in -London said 20,000 Jews were "attached" to Moscow Central Synagogue, the USSR's largest.
dents; Jacob Levy and Shalml" Barmor, students at the Hebrew University, and Shlomo Cohen and Mrs. Pnina Krindel, students at Tel Aviv (University. The Israelis found the Youth Assembly heavily pro-SWitt, pro-Arab and anti-Israel. They were "rudely rejected" by the Arab delegates, who would not talk with them privately until, Jonathan said, they declared they were "opposed to Zionism." The Israelis nevertheless stayed till the end of the Assembly so as not to "jeopardize our position" with the delegations of the nonaligned Latin American and African nations — "When it comes to really serl» ous business they're with* us.": Asked to name the American politicians most admired in Israel, Jonathan mentioned only President Kennedy ("We were very much e n t h u s e d about -»••' him"). Nowadays, "There are no favorites; There's no one.on.™ the scene." . : But Jonathan Iivny, nonetheless,' has great admiration for •» American freedom of expression and sell-satire. "We saw ••• 'Hair' last.night," he said. "The Soviet delegates "roared at all the anti-American jokes. They didri't see the irony." Printing {or All Occttiont Discount Pric«< ' INVITATIONS NAPKINS PARTY ITEMS SYMPATHY CARDS CALL SADIK RAVITZ 551-8068 Orditfs Taken In Your Home
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Jewish Slumlord' Label Israeli Shoes Refuted by AJCongress New York, (JTA) — The American J e w i s h Congress charged that a "gross libel" had been perpetrated when a black militant student told delegates to the United Nations World Youth Assembly, on a . tour of Harlem, that -"Jews, predominantly" were the exploiting l a n d l o r d s of slum • buildings. • In a letter to Neville Wade, the British youth delegate who asked about the. ownership of the b u i l d i n g s lie saw, the AJCongress said the answer . that slum housing was owned predominantly by Jews "is entirely unwarranted." The letter, signed by Theodore J. - Kolish, s t a t e d t h a t "Un, • doubtedly, some of the slum property in New York is owned by Jews, just as some is owned by members of the many other groups that make up the population of New York. It is plain, however, that the statement " : " that slum housing is owned predominantly by Jews is entirely unwarranted." C o n t i n u i n g , Mr. Kolish stated: "I want you to know ' also that the organized Jewish r community of New York has been among the leaders in the ' fight to correct the intolerable conditions in the city's ghettos." Asserting that he was writing only to correct "the gross libel" wliich was conveyed to members cf the Assembly on their Harlem tour,
Mr. Kolish declared: "It was entirely appropriate for you to see Harlem in its unrelieved horror. You wouldTiardly have had a true picture of our city of of our country if our grave shortcomings w e r e n o t revealed together with our assets. But it is irresponsible and outrageous to suggest that those shortcomings are the work of the Jewish community or of any other small minority of the population."
Seven Jewish Children Killed in Bus Accident New York (JTA)—Seven Jewish children were killed and 42 other children and 10 adults were injured, eight seriously, when a bus chartered by the IDllel School of Lawrence, Long Island, slid off a wet highway and over an embankment last week near Allentown, Pa. Most of the passengers were 11 or 12 years old. The children were taking a two-day tour of eastern Pennsylvania's Amish area and three towns. Parents of the passengers were given the details of the tragedy by Nahuni Gordon, chairman of the school's board of trustees. Many of the parents had tears in their eyes, and some were in states of daze and near collapse.
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The Hillel School Is a twostory modern building that also serves as a summer daycamp for 550 children. The officers of the school issued a statement declaring they were "profoundly shocked" by the "clamity that has stricken the entire community." They praised "the entire community of Allentown of all faiths and their respective religious l e a d e r s who offered the hospitality of home and heart." They-also praised the "allnight vigils" maintained by local rabbis, the services of the school's counseling staff and the three Allentown hospitals, and^ the'"disaster center" set up by Temple Beth El there.
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New Books in the J.C.C. Library THE KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMED By. Peter Still Jewish Publication Society of America ' • This book is one of the classic documents of the slavery period in American' history. Published in 1856, it is the personal recollection of Peter Still, who was kidnapped in early childhood from the doorstep of his home in New Jersey, was a slave for more "than forty years in Kentucky and
New York, NY. . . . Hamegaper, a Histadrut-owned shoo manufacturing firm in Haifa, announced that its export business has more than tripled for 1970, above that of 1969. Orders for $250,000 will be shipped during the course of this year, compared with $70,000 for the previou^ year. Included in the 1970 shipments is a major order from Sears Roebuck and Co. The shQes, of which three Styles are in 'the current catalogue, are now on sale in the retail stores.
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