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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Jewish Community Elections in Rome
Postponed, Factional Strife the Cause
ROME (WNS) — Conflict be-
tween two groups of Jewish lead-
ers in Rome, each of which has
been accusing the other of mani-
festing Fascist tendencies under
the Mussolini regime, has prompt-
ed the Italian Government to
order postponement of elections
to the board of the local Jewish
community here. The Italian Gov-
. err ment acted on the recommen-
dation of Colonel Charles Poletti,
head of the Allied Military Cov-
ert' mutt in the Rome area, who
is said to have felt that it would
be inadvisable to hold such elec-
tions at a time when feelings
lere running high among the fol-
lowers of each faction.
The status of the Jewish Com-
munity in Rome was fixed by
the terms of the concordat be-
tween the Italian Government
and the Vatican in the year 1933.
Based upon customs of many
decades, the concordat provides
that the Jews are responsible for
raising their own funds for their
charitable and religious organi-
zations. Under this arrangement,
which also applies to Italian Pro-
testants, the president of the
Jewish Community is practically
a government official .with quasi-
Official authority over the Jews.
The two dissident groups are
headed by Hugo Fao and Silvio
Ottolenghi, two prominent mem-
bers of the Italian bar. Fon,
who was president of the Jewish
Community Council prior to the
liberation of Rome by the Allies,
was ousted by the Allied Mili-
tary Government after the lib-
eration of Rome because of its
policy of replacing leaders of all
groups with new men. After
changing the name of the CoutP
cil to "Jewish Commissariate,"
the AMG appointed Ottolenghi as
its head.
Ever since that time a feud
has been going on between the
followers of the two men. Foa
has demanded new elections on
the ground' that Ottolenghi is
not a suitable person for the
office. He has been contending
that, in 1938, Ottolenghi signed
a statement condemning "inter-
national Zionism." He has also
been directing a fierce attack
against Rabbi Israel Zolli, Chief
Rabbi of Rome, for going into
}tiding during the German occu-
pation instead of remaining with
his congregation.
Rabbi Zolli has been claiming
that he went into hiding because
he was facing arrest by the Ges-
tapo which placed a price of
300,000 lire on his head. Otto-
lenghi and his friends claim that
the signing of the anti-Zionism
declaration has been made under
duress and that it was a neces-
sary step in view of the anti-
Semitic propaganda which was
then being conducted throughout
Italy by Fascist officials.
o countermand Foa's claim
Symphony Orchestra to Non-Jews to Have Full and Equal Rights in
Aid War. Bond Drive
Proposed Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine
to leader: hip, the followers of
Henry H. Reichhold, president
UttoLnghi, including Rabbi Zolli, of the Detroit Symphony's board
poiht to what they call Foa's Fas- of trustees, has notified the
cist record. They maintain that Treasury Department that ad-
oit joined the Fascist Party in
1952 and that his failure to des-
troy a list of Rome's 11,000 Jews
dad (oat:lied the Germans, when
the list fell into their hands, to
hunt down many of the Jews
and seize them.
INFORMATION WANTED
Manas and Tony Shane, Ferris
Ave., are sought by their nephew,
Benjamin Wolff, of Tel-Aviv, Pal-
cst . ne. Wolff's parents are Mates
and Rosa Wolf of Jassy, Romania.
Ifs brothers are Mendel, Lipa,
Eli and sister Dvoira.
David Aron Faigelman, who
ot Fzinally came from Kupin, Kam-
anetzpodolsk Oblast, is sought by
Enzaveta Gershevna Oseraner,
n.;ev in Gorki, USSR.
For further information con-
tact Gladys Croll, Jewish SoCal
Service Bureau, Trinity 2-4080.
THE LITERARY CLUB
The Literary Club will present
Mr. Berniker who will lecture on
Current Events on Tuesday, Nov.
28, at 8:30 p.
Mrs. B. Press of 4302 Waverly
Ave. will be hostess and Mrs.
Kaminer will be the chairman.
AWARDED MEDAL
. Lt. (jg) Irving B. Gerson,
U.S. Naval Reserve, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Gerson of the
Belcrest Hotel, was awarded the
Friday, November 24, 1944
HENRY H. REICHHOLD
mission to the Saturday, Dec. 2,
Symphonic Concert will be by
purchase of War Bonds only.
The concert will be under the
direction of Karl Krueger, music
director, with Claudio Arrau,
pianist, and Josephine Antoine,
soprano, as soloists.
Bond purchasers will be en-
titled to as many tickets as the
number of bonds they purchase.
Hundreds of members of the
Women's Associations for the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra are
selling bonds to be exchanged for
tickets.
For more information call the
following phones: Niagara 1354,
Niagara 2519, University 2-8372,
Townsend 2-3254, and Fitzroy
2316.
Pray for the welfare of the
government, for without a golis-.
ernment people would try to
swallow each other alive.
JERUSALEM (WNS) — Dr.
Leo Kohn, political secretary of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine,
declared here this week that all
citizens in the envisaged Jewish
Commonwealth in Palestine, ir-
respective, of race, religion or
creed, would have adult suffrage
and that non-Jewish citizens
would be eligible for ministerial
offices and public employment.
Dr. Kohn's statement on the
position of non-Jews under the
proposed Jewish State appeared
in a letter to the Palestine Post
by way of reply to a non-Jewish
resident of Trans-Jordan who
asked, in the same issue of the
publication, what guarantees for
the protection of non-Jewish citi-
zens would be available under the
constitution of a Jewish Common-
wealth in Palestine. He stressed
that the Jewish Commonwealth
was not conceived as an exclu-
sively Jewish policy, that a con-
siderable part of its population
would naturally be non-Jewish
and that "the commonwealth is
to be designated as Jewish be-
cause it is intended to be the
national home of the Jewish peo-
ple and, with that end in view,
he opened to any who desire to
settle in Palestine—that function,
indeed, will be its principal "rai-
son d'etre'."
Outlining the safeguards non-
Jewish citizens would have in
the envisaged Jewish Common-
wealth, Dr. Kohn asserted that
non-Jewish citizens would have
the same status as Jews, that all
citizens would be subject to iden-
tical laws administered by a dem-
ocratically elected government,
that there would be a large meas-
ure of local self-government and
full communal autonomy in man-
aging religious, educational and
social institutions, that Jewish
and non-Jewish citizens would
enjoy equal protection of their
nroperty and land, that the re-
ligious rights of non-Jews, wheth-
er residents, visitors or polgrims,
would be safeguarded by consti-
tutional guarantees relating to
such matters as freedom of wor-
ship and protection of places of
worship and that holy Chrkian
and Moslem places would h.. a d_
ministered respectively by eHri-
flans and Moslems.
Dr. Kohn emphasized tic,,; the
envisaged Commonwealth ‘‘ould
not esablish merely a lt,rmal
status of equality between .1 ew ,
ish and non-Jewish citizen., but
that "it will endeavor to
about a greater measure of real
equality in education and .,.and-
ands of life by social legislation
and economic development."
The letter appeared with the
full authority of the Jewish
Agency, which has ?Amid.' and
non-Zionist members.
A judge should feel it. if a
naked sword law bet hi s
( metes and under his feet here
yawned the opening of 111 ii,
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GOODFELLOWS' FOOTBALL GAME
LT. (jg) IRVING B. GERSON
Bronze Star Medal for distin-
guishing himself by meritorious
services as Commander of a boat
minesweeping unit during the
amphibious invasion of Southern
France on Aug. 15.
Lt. (jg) Gerson displayed great
courage and skill in leading a
group of boat minesweepers
through dangerous waters to
clear the inshore beach ap-
proaches of shallow water mines
for the safe passage of the in-
AS PIRIN
itial boat waves. At the first
World's Largest Seller at 011 light of day, knowing that the
beaches were heavily defended
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able and unarmored craft were
well defined targets for enemy
fire, he nevertheless brought his
unit to within 500 yards of the
hostile shore and in the face of
enemy fire effectively cleared the
Window Shade
boat lanes to the designated
WINDOW SHADES
beaches. His resolute and deter-
mined conduct of these sweeping
MADE TO ORDER
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of the assault and the prompt es-
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A judge should be just as im-
partial and careful in deciding
a case which deals with a small
amount, as in one which involves
possessions of great value.
DEXTER BLVD.
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will be
Detroit:
Briggs Sta diem
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citizens of
20,
Football Classic .. g
Fellow
On Saturday, December School Metropolitan Lea ue
the scene of the Annual Goodfellow
the
game between
RTC League Champions.
champion
team and Detroit's
the Catholic
of great sportsmanship
syilpol
As a sports
a megnificent
s
Rare is ... and goodwill among men .
... true charity
spectacle, such a game,
vith
all
its
tradition
and
color,
a ch4ritable undertelcing, this game i
r the
the Goodfellow Fund
As entire proceeds go to
Christmas•"
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unsurpasaed.
be without
Nov
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gam.
magnificent; f fl child shall
e the city?
ting
this
which says, o
as
is suppor
many tickets
Detroit,
officialy,
as
how about Mr. and Mrs. Detroit . and
youth oC to the
be the
turned
of 05.0,
the
Let's rally 'round.
Buy over
guests
zaj
us?
can't
use
with
you
you
Are
can. service
Those men my be your guests •.. the
so that
you
people of Ibichever
Detroit. team may win •• the needy children of Detroit
Hill surely
be the winners.
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