JEWI S H DEWS

Arnold Levin

Corrects the

Record and

.Defends Hapoel

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A Weekly Review j'A

of Jewish Events

2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Michigan, July I I, 1947

VOLUME XI—NO 17

Wit and Wisdom

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David Schwartz's
'Vacation In
The Bible'

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Senator Ferguson Introduces Bill
s
To Lift Immigration Bars for

—Page 2

Jewish State Reaffirmed as Chief
Objective of American Zionists;
Neumann Elected ZOA President

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Page 3

Palestine Can Absorb Millions of
Jews, Ben Gurion and Kaplan Tell
UN Committee at Heated Sessions

—Pages 5, 12

UNSCO1P1 Sees Negev:

members
W h en
o f the United
Nations Special Committee toured the Negev. they are reported
`tO have marveled at the success of the Jewish settlers in making
the desert bloom. American Jewry's $170,000,000 UJA provides
the funds for the United Palestine Appeal to make these activi-
ties possible. The Negev, once an isolated region in southern
Palestine, is a fast-growing area in Jewish Palestine. dotted by
17 settlements established by Jews against great odds.

Newly Organized Latin American
World Jewish' ouncil Condemns
Bias in Issuing Immigration Visas

—Page 6

Herbert Lehman Represents Jewish Groups
In Plea for House Approval of Stratton Bill

—Page 12

Serious Transportation
Bottleneck for European
DPs Being Solved by HIAS

Life in Cyprus:

In tents and barracks, on the

Mediterranean island of ,Cy-
prus, 14,500 Jewish men, woven and children are detained by
the British. While awaiting 6ritry to Palestine, they are prepar-
ing for their new life under extensive assistance programs of
the Joint Distribution Committee, a UJA agency, whose staff of
52, recruited in Palestine, provides supplementary health, edu-
cational and recreational facilities. Top, left, photo shows three
orphans now living in the special. "children's village" set up on
Cyprus by JDC. Top, right, a refugee - lad learns tinsmithing.
Lower photo shows girls learning Hebrew by lantern light.

The serious transportation bottleneck for
European DPs is being tackled with some suc-
cess by HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immi-
grant Aid Society) in its vigorous negotiations
for ships to take large groups of emigrants.
HIAS supervised the sailing of the SS "Johan
De Witt" from Marseille to Australia with 600
European Jews, in ages ranging from six
months to 75 years.
The upper photo (right) shows a group of
children and one of the women in this con-
tingent of migrants.
In the lower photo, one of the mothers is
shown carrying her bundled baby aboard the
"Johan De Witt."
The ship was made available to HIAS after
lengthy negotiations with the Netherlands Min-
istry of Navigation. This HIAS operation obli-
gated the organization to the extent of $168,000,
aside from cash relief disbursements and rail
transportation costs to and from the ship for
those immigrants who had no funds of their
own. Other HIAS representations before the
Netherlands Government yielded 222 berths
aboard the SS "Sebayek" which will leave Rot-
terdam for the United States, and aboard other
ships destined to the near and far corners of
the world where Europe's Jewish refugees hope
to find welcome.
HIAS is a constituent - agency of the Detroit

Allied Jewish Campaign.

