DETROIT EWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
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The Palestine Scene
Flogging Is Ordered
for 2nd -Jewish Youth
Penalty Barred in Britain Is Imposed
on 17-year-old Boy by Military Couri
JERUSALEM (Palcor) — The primitive penalty of
flogging is apparently the established practice of British
military courts in Palestine as evidenced by the sentenc-
ing of two youths here, within six days, to beatings with
birch canes, in addition to prison terms for allegedly
possessing firearms or explosives.
The Jerusalem military court
sentenced 17 year-old Ahron Cohen
to one month imprisonment and
12 strokes with a cane for al-
legedly possessing a "pamphlet
bomb.
On Dec. 12 the Jerusalem mili-
tary court sentenced 16-year-old
Abraham Kimkhin to 18 strokes
with a birch rod in addition to 18
years imprisonment for allegedly
carrying firearms and taking part
in the attempted robbery of the
Ottoman Bank in Jaffa last Sept.
13.
(The British Information Service
in New York says the penalty of
flogging is unknown in the United
Kingdom and is only awarded un-
der special circumstances in some
colonies. Where military law is in
effect, however, the penalty may
be awarded at the discretion of the
local military commander.)
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Jewish, Arab Zones
in Jerusalem Asked
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The ad-
ministrative division of Jerusalem
into two boroughs, one Jewish and
one Arab, with separate municipal
councils and mayors under the
overall control of a four-man ad-
ministrative council, is recom-
mended in a report by Sir William
Fitzgerald, Palestine chief justice,
which was released here this week.
- The report, which is the result
of an investigation begun over
a year ago when the Jerusalem
municipal council failed to agree
on whether to elect an Arab or
a Jew mayor of the city, recom-
mends that the administrative
council shall be composed of one
representative of each borough and
two other persons, neither Arabs
nor Jews, appointed by the high
commissioner.
In addition, the high commis-
sioner would choose the council's
president and would be given the
right to veto the election of the
mayor of either borough. The
members of the borough council
would be elected by the population
of the respective units. Under
Fitzgerald's plan the administra-
tion of the holy places and most
of the old city would be under
the direct control of the council.
The Palestine government has
not committed itself to acceptance
of Fitzgerald's recommendations.
Mt. Scopus, on which the Heb-
rew University is located, would
not be included in the Jewish
borough under Fitzgerald's plan.
In a map attached to the re-
port, which would alsb place a
number of Jewish quarters such
as Talplot and Arnona in the Arab
unit, Mt. Scopus is set off as a
rural area and placed outside the
jurisdiction of any part of the
Jerusalem administration. In gen-
eral, however, the boroughs are
predominantly Jewish and Arab,
respectively.
• • •
Film, Paper Industries
Planned in New Towns
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Two new
towns will shortly be built near
Nathanya, it was announced at a
meeting of Jewish municipality
heads here. The towns, one of
which will be established by Brit-
ish Zionists, will extend over
thousands of acres and will
eventually be joined with Natha-
nya to form a vast Jewih center
along the shore of the Sharon dis-
trict.
'It was also announced prepa-
rations have been completed for
the erection of a huge paper fac-
tory at Nathanyi, which will be
directed by experts from Italy. A
large film industry which will em-
ploy thousands is also to be de-
veloped there. Capital for both
enterprises has al:eady been raised.
According to a report from Hun-
gary, the property bequeathed to
the city of Tel Aviv by the late
J. J. Elek, a prominent Budapest
Jewish industrialist, will total
nearly $4,000,000.
• • •
Jewish Ships to Start
Service to Palestine
BASLE (Palcor)—Regular pas-
senger service, between the United
Kingdom and Palestine, in Jewish
operated ships will begin in Feb-
ruary, 1947 with a sailing from
London to Tel Aviv, it was an-
nounced at a rally of the Pales-
tine Maritime League held on the
Rhine River here. Dr. Chaim Welz-
mann will be among the first pas-
sengers of the new service.
Speaking before 100 Congress
delegates, guests and pressmen
aboard a special chartered Rhine
steamer flying the blue and white
banner of the Palestine Maritime
League, Jacob Shirer of the league
directorate, described its small be-
ginnings and predicted that the
League would play a great part in
developing the Jewish share of the
world's commercial routes. The
league, he said, will require a
budget of $200,000 for 1947.
Isaac Gruenbaum, member of
the Jewish Agency executive re-
called that seven or eight years
ago, David Ben Gurion first spoke
before a meeting of the Jewish
Agency of a Jewish merchant fleet
to inherit the traditions of the
Phoenicians. This was regarded as
visionary, Gruenbaum said, but
achievements since then have in-
dicated that it was more than a
vision. "Jews of Palestine must be.
come a Mediterranean sea-faring
folk again," he added.
• • •
10,000 Jews Succeed
in Crashing Barrier
JERUSALEM (JTA) — About
20,000 visaless immigrants at-
tempted to enter Palestine during
1946, but only half of them suc-
ceeded, it was reported here.
The report said that seven small
immigrant vessels were intercept-
ed and their passengers deported
to Cyprus, while three persons
were killed and scores injured dur-
ing the attempts to enter Pales-
tine, in addition to the eight per-
sons missing from the wrecked
ship off Sirini island. One woman,
Bracha Fuld, was killed and sev-
eral others injured in Tel Aviv
during Haganah attempts to land
one boatload of refugees.
Only two ships succeeded in pen-
etrating the British land-sea-air
blockade during the year.
Catholic Club Honors
Jewish Boy at Wayne
As an act of goodwill, the New-
man Club of Wayne University,
made up of Catholic students, re-
cently presented to Sandy Elden
an honorary membership in recog-
nition of his work in promoting
better inter-faith relations on the
campus.
Elden, a sophomore at the Uni-
versity, is an officer of the vet-
eran's association and treasurer
of the state union of student vet-
erans.
. .
League Gets Ready
for Allied Campaign
Mrs. N. J. Millman, first vice-
president of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations, has been
appointed head of a committee to
work with the Welfare Federa-
tion in bringing the list of of-
ficers of Jewish organizations up
to date in readiness for the forth-
coming Allied Jewish Campaign,
Mrs. Samuel B. Danto, league
president,. has announced.
Polish Jews'fleeing anti-Semitism are receiving aid from the Joint
Distribution Committee. Their mass exodus from eastern Europe
makes it necessary- for the committee to set up stations to provide
necessary food, clothing and medicines. Upon reaching the American
zone of Austria, as shown above, the wanderers receive JDC, Army
and UNRRA assistance. Funds for the committee's relief, rehabili-
tation and emigration activities are provided by the United Jewish
Appeal.
Stone to Address
Histadrut Parley
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the recommendations of the nomi-
nation committee for 1947.
John Isaacs, c,tmpaign treasurer,
lauded the fine work of the work-
ers and organizations who are
making outstanding progress in
covering their prospects before the
end of the year, and before the
formal opening of the campaign.
"The 250 members of the His-
tadrut in Palestine," he added,
"have pioneered in initiating new
enterprises in Palestine as the op-
portunities and needs presented
themselves, aimed at increasing
the absorptive capacity of the
land.
AWAIT NEWCOMERS
"These are opportunities that
do not wait for formal organiza-
tional machinery to get moving.
We must help the Histadrut ex-
pand its social, economic and cul-
tural institutions and to prepare
the ground for the newscomers.
The lives of our Jewish brethren
are precious; time is precious. We
must come to the formal opening
of our campaign on Jan. 5, with
a substantial, part of our local
quota already raised so that the
money can be immediately trans-
mitted to the Histadrut."
AVC Dance Planned
to Greet New Year
Torah Umesorah Calls
for Increase in Schools
NEW YORK — Two hundred
delegates, representing leading
rabbinical and national organiza-
tions, pledged themselves to in-
crease the number of Jewish all-
day schools in the U. S. at the
third annual conference of Torah
Umesorah recently.
Hugo E. Rogers, national cam-
paign chairman of Torah Ume-
sorah, proposed religious Jewish
education as a positive approach
in combating arlti-Semitism by
teaching children the importance
of their heritage.
Brandeis University
Is Pledged $508,000
NEW YORK—Gifts and pledges
of $508,000 to Brandeis University,
America's first secular educational
institution under Jewish auspices,
were reported today by Julius Sil-
ver, treasurer of the Albert Ein-
stein Foundation, Inc., sponsoring
body.
Silver made public three gifts
to the foundation totaling $255,000.
These were donated as follows:
$105,000 by Mr. and Mrs. Allen L.
Goldfine of New York City; $100,-
000 by Israel Rogosin, of Beaunit
Mills, New York City; and $50,000
by Abraham Shapiro, of A. Shapi-
ro, Inc., Boston, Mass,
Silver described the contributions
to date as "very heartening" in
view of the fact that the formal
Mild-raising effort is not sched-
uled to start until after the first
of next year.
Not quite the least of veterans'
problems—"how to welcome the
New Year without going bank-
rupt"—will be solved for many
Detroit veterans by a $1.49 New
Year's Eve dance at the UAW
auditorium, 5619 Fourteenth street.
Sponsored by 42 chapters of the YMHA Club Sets Up
American Veterans Committee, the
dance is planned to provide a Little 'United Nations'
fitting welcome for the New Year
PHILADELPHIA,
Despite
at a tariff that vets can afford. the decision favoring New York
Leonard Edelman is chairman of as a permanent site for the United
the affair.
Nations, this City of Brotherly
Love already has a miniature
Nations backing democracy
First in Regular Navy United
and understanding among all peo-
ples.
Under the banner of the
YM and YWHA of Philadelphia, an
affiliate of the National Jewish
Welfare Board, the International
Club holds weekly meetings where
10 languages are spoken with
ease. Many of its members have
personal experience with the hor-
rors of Hitler's Europe and the
Nazi purge. The meetings blend
serious discussions of economics,
current civic affairs and cultural
problems with social activities.
Friday, December 27, 1946
This Week's
Recipe
•
Sweet and Sour Meat Balls
1 lb. ground meat
% cup water
% cup Manischewltz Matzo meal
1 grated onion
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
Mix together above ingredients,
then roll mixture into balls of
about 2 inches diameter. Next pre-
pare following ingredients as di-
rected.
• cup sugar, 1 pt. boiling water,
• tsp. salt, 'A, tsp. pepper, 1 cup
canned tomatoes, 1 onion, chopped;
1 tbsp. chopped green pepper, 1
tsp. citric acid.
Melt sugar in saucepan until it
turns light brown. Very carefully,
pour in boiling water, add salt,
pepper, tomatoes, onion, green
pepper, and citric acid. When this
comes to a boil put in meat balls
and cook them for 1% hours. This
recipe makes 8 to 10 balls.
Mrs. Welt Raps Views
of Acheson on Relief
WASHINGTON—Mrs. Joseph M.
Welt of Detroit, president of the
National Council of Jewish Wo.
men, in a telegram to the State
Department said United States
support of the continued allocation
of relief supplies on an interna-
tional basis was essential to world
cooperation.
Addressed to Under Secretary of
State Dean Acheson, the mesage
took issue with Acheson's recent
statement of Administration policy
in which he favored allocation of
relief by individual nations fol-
lowing the dissolution of . UNRRA.
Local Histadrut Starts
Special Radio Hour
A special five-minute news broad-
cast on Palestine events is being
sponsored by the Detroit branch
of Histadrut for 10:30 a. m. each
Sunday over WJBK, Louis Levine,
chairman of the radio committee,
has announced.
The program, arranged through
the cooperation of Harry Wein-
berg who is giving up part of his
radio time for Histadrut, will fea-
ture current news from Palestine
not usually available in the daily
press.
Histadrut also has a regular
weekly program over the Altman
Jewish Hour at 9:30 p. m. each
Saturday and. 12:30 p. m. every
Sunday over WJLB.
JDC-Sponsored
Jewish women who survived Mt-
lerlam in Europe are training for
new careers in more than 350
reconstruction projects sponsored
by the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee which is financed by the
United , Jewish Appeal. These
women above are making nets
which 101 be used by fishermen
in augmenting Europe's depleted
food.stocks.
Looking Back Through The Years
First rabbi ever assigned to the
peacetime United States Navy as
a chaplain, Lt.. (j.g.) Samuel So-
bel, now stationed at Pearl liar-
bor, has been in the naval re-
serve since July, 1945, and served
for almost a year at Camp
Elliott in San Diego. A native
of Greensboro, S. C., Chaplain
Sobel has academic degrees from
Yeshiva College and Columbia
University and was ordained by
the Jewish Institute of Religion.
ilia last pulpit before entering
the service was in Cumberland,
Md., at the Ber Chayim Con-
gregation. '
Events as compiled from the files of the Detroit Jewish Chronicil
30 Years Ago
Israel Zangwill flays British toleration of Russian anti-Semtism .
Persons desiring to affiliate themselves with Temple Beth El are
asked to contact Adolph Freund, secretary, of Virginia Park.
20 Years Ago
Louis Marshall celebrates 70th birthday anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron DeRoy of the Whittier Hotel have left for
a trip around the world.
10 Years Ago
David Frankfurter sentenced to 18 years at hard labor for murder
of Swiss Nazi leader.
Jacob Levin was selected honorary chairman of Mizrachi's 25th
anniversary celebration.
5 Years Ago
Hamilton Fish advocates lend-lease aid to Palestine's army.
Dr. and Mrs. Leo M. Franklin are honored at testimonial dinner
at the Hotel Statler upon the rabbi's retirement after 43 years of
service to Detroit Jewry.
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