1 6—TH E JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 31, 1950 Leon Kay Named Technion Officer NEW YORK, N. Y.—Col. J. R. Elyachar, president of the Straight Construction Co., engi- neers and builders, was elected president of the American Tech- Jewish Ritual Problems `Acute' in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, ( J T A ) — Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie of the British Empire was welcomed at the airport here by representa- tives of the South African Board of Jewish Deputies and other leading Jewish organizations and institutions. At a meeting with representa- tives of the Jewish press, Rabbi Brodie, who has just completed a tour of Kenya and Rhodesia, reported that the question of shechita—Jewish ritual slaugh- ter—was "acute" in these areas, as was the problem of Sabbath observance. The British Chief Rabbi said that the shortage of trained rabbis in outlying areas in the British Commonwealth could be met by the institution of the system of "rotating rab- bis" among small communities. 6 6 b 6 666 LEON KAY nion Society which supports the Technion in Haifa, Israel's Insti- tute of Technology. He suceeds J. W. Wunsch, head of the society during the past three years. Selection of the new officers wag announced at the annual installation of officers held at the Henry Hudson Hotel. Col. Elyachar disclosed that the organization had joined with two other groups—the Ameri- can Friends of the Hebrew Uni- versity and the American Com- mittee for the Weizmann Insti- tute of Science, in order to ad- vance science, technology and higher learning in Israel. The new group will be known tenta- tively as the American Commit- tee for the U.I.T.—University, Institute, Technion. Other officers include Ben- jamin Cooper, William Ginsberg and M. D. Heyman, New York; Irving J. Fain, Providence; J. D. Farber, Philadelphia; D. Lou Harris, Toronto; Leon Kay, De- troit; Herbert T. Rosenfeld, Los Angeles, and Maurice Spertus, Chicago, vice presidents; B. M. Halpern, treasurer; B. Sumner Gruzen, associate treasurer, and David Tannenbaum, secretary. Today's eight - day Passover observance starts the same day, the 14th of Nisan, that Biblical Israelites began their "Feast of the Unleavened Bread." Lead Memento Spurs `Genocide' Author On Newly-arrived DP children join in the traditional search for the last remnants of "chometz" in preparation for Passover in New York City's Hotel Marseilles, where United Service for New Americans maintains its national reception shelter. The work of USNA, which this year will help resettle 25,000 home- less Jews in the United States, is financed by the UJA. Prof. Rafael Lemkin, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for authoring the UN con- vention against genocide, still has a bullet in his leg, a mem- ento from the battle of Warsaw, reports New York Post column- ist Leonard Lyons. Lemkin found that long arg- uments for the genocide pact weren't as effective in getting the delegates' votes as was his simple statement: "There were 45 in my family. Because of Genocide I alone remain." Once, he heard W in s t on Churchill broadcast about the Nazi destruction of races. "We are faced with a crime so bar- baric that it is nameless," said Churchill. That's when Lemkin originat- ed the word for it, "Genocide." Sincere Best Wishes to the Jewish Community for a HAPPY PASSOVER AETNA SMELTING & REFINING DETROIT LIVE FISH COMPANY HYDRO MFG. CO . 1826 Illinois 9515 Oakland 3046 E. Outer Dr. AMERICAN ARMY & NAVY STORES DEXTER- THEATER INDIAN VILLAGE CLEANERS & DYERS Michael Galsky, Prop. 52 Cadillac Sq. Next to Nat'l. Bk. 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