$20,000,000 Corporation to Provide
Housing in Israel; Backed by Unions

NEW YORK, (JTA) — T h e
Amun-Israeli Housing Corpora-
tion, a company to finance $20,-
000,000 worth of low cost hous-
ing in the Jewish state, has
been organized here. The corp-
oration is sponsored on a non-
sectarian basis by labor and
American businessmen.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission has approved plans
for the floating of a $10,000,000
bond issue which will pay three
percent interest and will be am-
ortized over a 15-year period. The
Israel Government will guar-
antee that at least 10 percent of
the investment will be repaid in
dollars. The corporation plans

MizrIchi Women Seek
I $500,000 for Child Aid

to build 8,000 homes in the
$2,500-$3,000 class.
Among the sponsors of the
project axe officials of the Inter-
national Ladies Garment Work-
ers Union, Hotel and Restaur-
ant Workers Union, William
Green, president of the A.F.L.,
and Philip Murray, president of
the C.I.O. Among the business-
men associated with the corpor-
ation are Nelson Rockefeller,
Beardsley Ruml, and Charles
Silver, president of the Ameri-
can Woolen Company. The I.L.-
G.W.U. has pledged the purchase
of $1,000,000 worth of the bonds
which will be sold in denomina-
tions of $100 to $1,000.

People Make News

JOHANNESBURG, ( J T A ) —
President Luigi Einaudi of Italy
has awarded the Star of Italy to
DR. H. SONNABEND, vice-chair-
man of the South African Jew-
ish Board of Deputies, for his
liaison work with Italian parti-
sans during his military activi-
ties in Italy in 1944 and 1945.
For part of the war, Dr. Son-
nabend was responsible for the
welfare of some 70,000 Italian
prisoners of war in the Sonder-
water Camp, in the Transvaal.
* * *
RABBI TxON FRAM will be
in Cincinnati March 18 to 23,
attending the Institute on Jew-
ish Theology convoked at the
Hebrew' Union College by the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis. Rabbi Fram has writ-
ten one of the preliminary
papers on the fundamental be-
liefs of modern Jews which will
be the basis of discussion by the
rabbis and laymen w h o will
represent Jewish congregations
from all parts of the United
States and Canada.
* * *
Daniel G. Ross, New York at-
torney, was appointed chairman
in charge of arrangements of
the fourth an-
nual conference
of the national
planning a n d
campaign com-
mittee of the
Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary of
:America, to be
held in New
York the week-
end of April 28,
it was an-
nounced by
Abbell of
Ross Chicago, na-
tional chairman of the commit-
tee.
*
PHYLLIS PULLBERG, of 3720,
Calvert, 12-year-old personality
dancer and pianist, won the
March 12 talent contest at the
Halevy Music Center. George
Margolin will be guest master-
of-ceremonies next Sunda y.
Those wishing to compete may
contact Dr. William Klein, TO.
9-1828.
* * *
PARIS—Dr. Vidal Modiano,
president of the Union of Sep-
hardim in France, was elected
president of the CRIF—Repre-
sentative Council of French
Jewry. A leader in the French
section of the General Zionist
movement and a member of the
executive of the World Jewish
Congress, he succeeds Judge
Leon Meiss, who was elected
honorary president.

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
nomination of Morris de Castro
to be Governor of the Virgin
Islands was approved by the
Senate Interior and Insular Af-
fairs Committee.
A native of Panama, Mr. de
Castro has lived in the Virgin
Islands since he was four years
old. He has held various govern-
ment positions, including that of
Commissioner of Finance and
confidential secretary to the Na-
val governors of the Islands. Mr.
de Castro has also served as
president of the Virgin Island
synagogue, Congregation Bless-
ings and Peace.

DALLAS — S. Herbert Kauf-
man, of Harrisburg, was re-
elected president of the Nation-
Federation of

NEW YORK—(JTA)—A quota
of $500,000 for emergency aid to
Jewish child refugees in. Israel
was adopted here this week at
the concluding session of the
Eastern Conference of the Miz-
rachi Women's Organization of
America.
More than 300 delegates voted
the sum for emergency aid after
hearing Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
chairman of the American sec-
tion of the Jewish Agency, warn
that curtailment of immigration
"could be the tragic result" if
funds from the United States
are not increased greatly.
He revealed that funds origi-
nally earmarked for absorption
of new immigrants by the Jew-
ish state were endangered by
"the urgent necessity for Israel
to spend large amounts of
money on rearmament in view
of the armament of the Arab
states."

THE JEWISH NEWS-19

Friday,

March 17, 1950

Amer-icon Experts Plan
Tel Aviv Water Supply

Rabbi Scores Christian
Efforts at Conversion

TEL AVIV
(ISI) —American
water experts have completed
NEW YORK—(JTA)—Speak- plans for supplying this city
ing before a group of ministers with water sufficient for a pop-
of the Reformed Church of ulation of half a million. Under
America, Rabbi William F. Ro-
senblum of Temple Israel, at- the new plan, 53,000,000 cubic
tacked efforts by Christian re- meters of water will be provided
ligious leaders to convert Jews yearly instead of the present
to Christianity.
5,000,000.
Rabbi Rosenblum suggested
that since "there are so many
WHY WArr
hundreds of millions of Chris-
tians who do not practice what
For Special Pickup Days
they profess" missionary efforts
We Pick Up
"might more profitably be di-
ANYTIME
rected to their salvation" rather
than to the conversion of Jews.
and give 3 day Service!

For Passover

LAND (rLAKES

SWEET RITTER

—

Shirt's Beautifully
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BELLE ISLE
LAUNDRY

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for a richer, more enjoyable Passover

N:, Temple Broth-

erhoods at the
close of its 13th
biennial con-
vention. Harold
Dubinsky of St.
Louis was elect-
ed first vice-
president a n d
chancellor of
the Jewish
Chautauqua So-
ciety the NFTE's
Kaufman major national
educational project. Approxi-
mately 350 delegates and visitors
from 60 Reform Temple brother-
hoods in 26 states and Canada
attended the convention, to
plan methods of increasing the
American Jewish layman's in-
terest in his faith and congre-
gation.

make ii MANISCHEWITZ all the way

DORA MANDELBAUM, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mandel-
baum of 2923 Pasadena, has
received a bachelor of science
degree in pharmacy at the De-
troit Institute of Technology.
Miss Mandelbaum was senior
representative to the Student
Council and assistant editor and
art director of the Institute
yearbook.

Iraq, Agency Prepare
For Jewish Migration

JERUSALEM, ( JTA ) — T h e
Iraq Government has set up a
special commission to assess the
value of property of Iraq Jews
who wish to leave that country,
unconfirmed Bagdad dispatches
reported.
According to these reports
Jews wishing to leave must sell
their property at prices fixed by
the commission.
Meanwhile, despite the fact
that neither the Israel Foreign
Office or the Jewish Agency has
received official notification of
the Iraq Government's decision
to permit the Jews to leave the
country, the Agency is •already
making plans for the migration
of Iraq Jews and their absorp-
tion in Israel.

Greece to Take Over
Salonika Jews' Hospital

ATHENS, (JTA) —The Greek
Government has informed the
Jewish community of Salonika
that the Baron de Hirsch Jew-
ish Hospital in that city will
requisitioned since the building
has now been evacuated by Brit-
ish troops leaving Greece.
The hospital, the largest in
northern Greece, will, according
to the government, be used as
a general public hospital "and
will admit all Greeks, conse-
quently all Jews."
Jews in Salonika have been
using a well-equipped dispen-
sary and clinic since the Baron
de Hirsch Hospital was taken
over by the British. The Jewish
community planned to use the
hospital as a shelter for needy
Jewish families in Salonika. Ef-
forts are now being made in
Athens to prevent requisition of
the hospital by the government.

An enlarged passanger shed .
For 1950 returns, the Census
which enables. simultantous op- Bureau will have 1,500 electric
eration of entry and exit ser- punches handling 1,000 cards
vices was opened at Haifa Port. daily.

Peak of the Passover holiday...
the Manischewitz Matzo you love
—finer, fresher, more crisp and
delicious, the way Manischewitz
has baked it for over 60 years.
Enjoy the entire fine family of
Manischewitz Passover Foods.

handy form to place your Passover order for the complete assortment
of Manischewitz Matzos and other fine Manischewitz products

...MATZO
.-ECG MATZO
-WHOLE WHEAT MATZO
...THIN TEA MATZO
.-MATZO MEAL
_MATZO FARFEL
...CAKE MEAL
...CEREAL
....POTATO STARCH
...ALMOND MACAROONS*
....CHOCOLATE MACAROONS*
...COCONUT MACAROONS*
.....GEFILTE FISH

...BORSCHT
...COFFEE

...COCOA
...STRAWBERRY PRESERVES
-CHERRY PRESERVES
...RASPBERRY PRESERVES
-GRAPE PRESERVES
....PEACH PRESERVES

..-FRUIT CUTS
...HONEY CAKE
...CHOW MINTS
...MA RMAL JELLS

._ CHOCONIBS
....ALMONIDES
...KAVETAS

..CANDY BEEHIVE
'--CANDY FLAVORITES
....CANDY GARDEN FRUITS
--PARADISE CANDY
-RASPBERRY CANDY
.-.COCONUT DELIGHT
-.FANCY CHOCOLATE
-VIENNA BON BONS
.--SOURETTES
....APPLE SAUCE
......APPLE JUICE
...PRUNE JUICE
._SALT
_PICKLES
...DILL TOMATOES

-.PEANUT OIL

-MAYONNAISE)
--CANNED BEEF
--BLACK PEPPER
--WHITE PEPPER
-CINNAMON
.GINGER
-..PAPRIKA
-.SOUR SALT
--HORSERADISH
--CLEANSER

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*delicious with Manischewitt

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