Friday, April 23, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Detroit Jews Mourn Dr. Haim Yassky, Killed at Hands of Arabs in Jerusalem Head of Hadassah Medical Organization in Palestine Last Year Spoke in Detroit at Dinner in Honor of Mrs. Ehrlich; Local Hadassah Shocked by News Detroit Jews were shocked to learn of the death on April 13, at the hand of Arab snipers, of Dr. Hahn Yassky, 52, head of the Ha- daSsah Medical Organization in Palestine since 1928, and one of the world's outstanding eye spe- cialists. Dr. Yassky last year spoke in Detroit at the dinner that was given here at Congregation Shaa- iey Zedek, on the occasion of the launching of the drive for the Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The dinner was utilized to honor Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich, chairman of the local committee for the Medi- cal Center. when the Arabs began their assault. One bullet nicked his cheek while another hit him in the leg. A third cart- ridge pierced the vehicle and struck him in the abdomen. Dr. Yassky, realizing he was mortally wounded, asked for an injection of morphine. He then said "Shalom" to his wife and the other passengers in the ambulance, and died in the driver's seat. The other passengers, including his wife, were miraculously rescued. A huge explosion rocked the Jewish Montefiore quarter in Jerusalem, causing a tremendous column of smoke to shoot up that could be seen for several miles around. Heavy shooting by Arabs in nearby areas directed at the sector immediately broke out, but no immediate casualties were re- ported. An official communique dis- closed that 12 Arabs were killed and 15 wounded when Jewish troops captured the Arab village of Lajjun. There were no Jewish casualties. Meanwhile, the Tel wild cheering and rejoicing. Ref sponsible Jewish circles believe that the Arab siege of the Holy City is definitely broken and pre- dict normal communications with Tel Aviv will be established shortly. The convoy was said to have brought in 600 tons of food provisions." Mourned by Leaders Mrs. Harry L. Jones, president of Detroit Hadassah, in a state- ment commenting on the tragic news about Dr. Yassky's death, called the Arab attack on Hadas- sah doctors the most outrageous flouting of all principles of decency. She added that there were so many incidents of shock- ing Arab abuses of elementary humanitarian objectives involving hospitals, doctors and nurses that it is high time that the civilized world expressed its condemna- tion. Mrs. Ehrlich was deeply moved by the sad news. She expressed the hope that the UN would see the justice of the Jewish cause and would help, by its actions, to GREETINGS put an end to murders. To her the death of Dr. Yassky is the most serious loss sustained by the Jewish people since the outbreak RESTAURANT of Arab attacks. The charge that British troops and police were accessories in the 12th. and. HAZELWOOD Hadassah medical convoy mas- sacre was made by top Hadassah Open Passover - Serving officials here. The total number Passover Dishes of Jews who perished in the Arab attach on the 11-vehicle convoy TR. 2-4375 was set at 64, of whom 37 were killed by Arab machinegun fire and 27 were burned alive when the Jewish trucks were set afire Passover Greetings in a "fire bomb" assault. Many of the Jews were mowed down by fierce Arab machinegun fire as they stumbled out of the blaz- ing vehicles. The Hadassah officials said that Briitsh troops and police prevent- WOMEN'S APPAREL ed Haganah reinforcements from reaching the battle scene in time to aid the immobilized Jews by putting two armored cars across a road leading to Sheik Jarrach. Detroit The same officials claimed that Birmingham British police who witnessed the p massacre from less than 100 yards away did nothing to defend the trapped Jews, most of whom were doctors, nurses and hospital pa- tients. Dr. YassiKy was sitting next to the driver of an ambulance HARRY BOESKY'S DR. HAIM YASSKY In his address here, on the eve of the historic UN decision, Dr. Yassky felt confident that the Jewish State will be established 'in Palestine. Fully aware of the grave responsibilities facing Jew- ry with the challenge of a Jewish State, Dr. Yassky said in his De- troit address that he shuddered at the thought of the seriousness of the task even of taking the 20,000 Jews out of Cyprus. Dr. Yassky laid down his life together with 34 other members of Haganah in one of the fiercest Arab attacks Palestine had seen since the outbreak of hostilities, according to the JTA report. Dr. Joseph Injured "An 11-vehicle convoy en route to the Hadassah Hospital on Mt. Scopus was forced to halt out- side the Arab Sheik Jarrach quar- ter of Jerusalem when the lead- ing trucks — carrying food and medical supplies to the hospital and to the Hebrew University— were blown up by Arab-planted mines. As soon as the convoy was stopped, Arabs perched on adjacent rooftops opened up with a blazing barrage that resulted in immediate casualties, most of whom were medical personnel., Dr. Edward Joseph, chief sur- • geon at the Hadassah hospital, was slightly injured. "Haganah members trying to reach the attack area had to battle their way for hours through mined roads. Arab reinforce- ments, however, succeeded in reaching the sector with compara- tive ease. Police offitials, who said that in addition to the 36 Jews killed, 21 were seriously in- jured and three slightly, reported that British troops using heavy machine guns and small mortars beat off the Arabs after six hours of fighting. The British were also reported to have brought many of the wounded to the Hadassah Hospital before they succeeded in establishing a truce. Arab Siege Broken "Several of the convoy vehicles were ablaze„ while many charred bodies lined the road. A high British police official, said to have been fighting alongside the Arabs, was killed shortly before the end of the battle in which the Arabs, many of them behind sandbags and stone walls, sent two armored cars soaked with gasoline in a "fire bomb attack against the sta- tionary Jewish trucks. "Earlier, the biggest Jewish convoy ever to get through to the 100,000 besieged Jews in Jerusalem—consisting of 210 food trucks—raced into the city amid Page Twenty-nine Aviv border area was attacked by an Arab band from Jaffa us- ing mortars, but the Jews replied with still heavier mortar fire and drove the band off. 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