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Around the World .

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, 'March 31, 1950

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A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and the Israel Service of Information.

Obituaries

Prof. Harold Laski,
56, Dies in London

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MORRIS ROBINS of Cleve- man, vice president of the so-
land died March 20. He is sur- ciety, eulogized. Survived by his
vived by his wife, Rachel; a wife, Miriam; sons, Harry and
Britain's leading labor theore- daughter, Mrs. Julia Good; a Larry; daughters Mrs. Rose
The United States
tician, o n e of the principal son,. Sidney of Detroit; and two Berry; 3 grandchildren.
NEW YORK—Jacob J. Rabinowitz, authority on Jewish law, moulders of Britain's L a b or
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has been_ appointed lecturer in Hebrew jurisprudence at the He- Party, died in London March 24. grandchildren. Burial was in
Cleveland.
brew University in Jerusalem. Rabinowitz, who has written ex- He was 56.
MRS. ROSE JEREFSKY, 71,
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tensively on law, translated a portion of the Code of Mamonides,
JOHN P. BACHER, -3741 Col- of 18928 Stoepel, died March 24.
A noted professor of econom-
which was published last year . .. More than 100 Zionist leaders ics, Dr. Laski lectured in this lingwood, died March 22. Services Rabbi David S. Bakst officiated.
honored Dr. Martin Rosenbluth, American representative of the
were held at Kaufman Chapel, Services were held at Hebrew
Israel Finance Ministry, at a luncheon marking his 40th year of
with Rabbi Moses Lehrman and Benevolent Society. Survived by
service with the World Zionist movement . . . Establishment of .a
Cantor Jacob Sonenklar offic- her husband, Jacob, sons, Hy-
rubber manufacturing company in Israel to produce tires, tubes
iating. He is survived by his wife, man and Frank; daughter, Mrs.
and allied products was announced here by. Arthur Lourie, consul-
Mary; two daughters, Mrs. Aaron Florence Walker; 2 grand chil-
general of Israel, and Cyril F. O'Neil, vice president in charge of
Sherman and Mrs. Albert Son- dren, 2 sisters, 2 brothers.
foreign operations of the General Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron,
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frine; six brothers, Louis and
0. The new company, which will be known as the General Tire
Michael of Montreal, and Harry,
MRS. HELEN ROSEN, 57, of
and Rubber Co. of Israel, will have an approximate capitalization
Samuel, Saul and Bernard,' of 2672 Richton, died March 26.
of $2,000,000, supplied by American and Israel investors.
Toronto; four sisters, Mrs. Harry Services were held at Hebrew
LAKE SUCCESS—Leaders of the Arab League are reported
Pickman, Mrs. Esther Lebowitz, Benevolent Society with inter-
here to be planning to reestablish the grouping as a regional alli-
Mrs. .Gertrude Wolf and Mrs. ment at the cemetery of Cong.
ance within the terms of the United Nations Charter. Such a
Esther Belman. Interment, Nu- Bnai Jacob. Rabbi Isaac Stoll-
move would apparently have the purpose of increasing the pres-
sach Harie Cemetery.
man officiated. Survived by her
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tige and stature of the till-now loosely-knit league of Arab states
husband, Sam; sons, Maurice
and of giving it the appearance of an "official" security instru-
BESSIE FORMAN, 3361 Wav- and Jerry; daughters, Mrs. Re-
ment in that area.
erly, died March 24. Services becca Kitner, Mrs. Hilda Doon-
INDIANAPOLIS—July 3 has been set as the date of the hear-
were held at Kaufman Chapel, chin, Mrs. Lillian Kelman, Mrs.
ing on a writ -of habeus corpus requested by William Dudley Pelley,
with Rabbi Joshua Sperka and Dorothy Saulles; 6 grandchil-
former head of the Silver Shirts, whose extradition has been re-
Cantor Hyman Adler officiating. dren, 2 sisters, 3 brothers.
quested by North Carolina.
She is survived by her husband,
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BOSTON—The triennial convention of the Labor Zionist or-
Louis; three daughters, Mrs. Ed-
NATHAN SILVER, 78, of 9734
ganization of America will beheld here May 26 tq 30. It will mark
ward Fertell, Mrs. Ben Roggin
and Mrs. Milton Gilbert; two Broadstreet, die d March 26.
the 45th anniversary of LZOA.
sisters, Mrs. Ida Tessler and Mrs. Services were held at Hebrew
Anna Beigler. Interment, Mach- Benevolent Society with inter-
Canada
ment at Clover Hill Park Ceme-
pelah Cemetery.
WINNEPEG—Dr. Israel Goldstein, chair-
tery. Rabbi Leizer Levin and
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man of the World Confederation of Gen-
MORRIS D. BRATT, 12087 Cantor Hyman Adler officiated.
HAROLD J. LASKI
eral Zionists, opened the Winnipeg United
Stoepel, died March 25. Services Survived by his wife, Rose; son,
Israel Campaign. The goal of the Canadian
country and for a time was on were held at Kaufman Chapel, Dr. Samuel C.; daughters, Mrs.
city's drive is $800,000.
the faculty of Harvard Univer- with Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick Harry Davidson, Mrs. Ben Kar-
MONTREAL-125 young pioneers have
sity. He was the author of many and Cantor Hyman Adler offi- noff, Mrs. Jos. Silver, Mrs. Ben
left Canada for Israel since the establish-
important books.
ciating. He is survived by his August, Mrs. Harry Cohen, Mrs.
ment of the Jewish State. Most are set-
Secretary of the Labor Party wife, Lillian; one son, Barry; Juel Gales; 14 grandchildren.
tled at Gesher Haziv, Sassa and Kfar
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Dr. Goldstein
when it acquired control of Bri- one daughter, Reva; his parents,
Masaryk.
JACOB LAVINE of Miami,
tain's government after World Mr. and Mrs. Mayer Bratt; two
War II,. he was thereupon re- sisters, Mrs. David Freedman Florida, died March 20. He is
Israel
survived by his daughters, Mrs.,
JERUSALEM—Transjordam-controlled Ramallah radio, which moved from his office and on and Rose; four brothers, Jerry, Ben Kramer of Detroit, Mrs.
now offers broadcasts in Hebrew, attacked the Egyptian govern- numerous occasions criticized Samuel, Benjamin and Louis. Ben Whalley of Miama, Mrs.
ment for its criticism of the Transjordan policy in Palestine . . . the Attlee-Bevin administration. Interment, Clover Hill Park Max Pressler of Buffalo and a
Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan reported, to the Knesset that the Prime Minister. Attlee paid a Cemetery.
son, Arthur Lavine, of Hender-
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budget of the Israel government for the fiscal year ending March glowing tribute to him when
MRS. IDA LEVINE, 49, of 2979 sonville, N. C.
news
was
flashed
of
his
death.
31 has been met without a deficit. He introduced an interim
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Hailing f r o m a prominent Pasadena, died March 20. Serv-
$33,000,000 budget for the first three months of the new year . . .
ices
were
held
at
Hebrew
Be-
CLARA
COHEN
of Fort Mey-
Mayor Daniel Auster has cabled the UN Trusteeship Council in Jewish family, Laski started out nevolent So c i e t y. Rabbi Leo
ers,
Florida,
died
Mazcl/ 24.
as
an
anti-Zionist
but
in
recent
Geneva that "all inhabitants of Jerusalem oppose firmly any
Goldman officiated. Survived by Services - were held at Lewis
years
defended
the
Jewish
posi-
plan for the City's internationalization . . . The Hashemite Bri-
her husband, Sam; son, Jacob; Bros. with interment in Clover
gade at Latrun told Prince Talal of Jordan that Jerusalem will tion in Palestine.
daughter, Florence; 3 sisters, A Hill Park Cemetery. She is sur-
Accused of Communism, Laski brothers.
never be internationalized . .•. The Hebrew University will open
vived by her brothers, Simon
a model kindergarten after Passover. Two classes, one for chil- consistently denied the charges
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and
Herman Lewenberg.
dren three and four, one for children four and five, will be run but Catholics opposed him bit-
ABRAHAM WOLF, 65, of 2454
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on a modern educational system with equipment used in progres- terly and his hotel was picketed Taylor, died March 20. Services
RICHARD
STEVEN KAPLAN,
sive kindergartens in Britain and America .. .• Loans of 312,000 when he delivered an address in were held at Hebrew Benevolent
Israel pounds were made to farmers who suffered from this New York in 1945 when he Society. Rabbi Isaac Stollman aged 2 years, of 14205 Curtis,
year's unprecedented frost by the finance committee of the Knes- stated that "Socialism and officiated. Survived by his wife, died March 20. Services were
set. Despite this adverse weather, however, 400 more tons of planned economy mean peace." Yetta; sons, Julius, Sidney, Irv- held at Lewis -Bros. with Rabbi
His brother, Neville Laski, who ing; daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bol- Morris Adler and Benjamin Gor-
vegetables were placed on the market in Israel this February
than were marketed last year during the same month . . . 1500 remained an anti-Zionist during ton, Beatrice Evelyn Lipson; 7 relick officiating. Interment, Mt.
Sinai Memorial Park. Survived
Israel farmers will attend a convocation of private agriculturists the years when Prof. Laski was grandchildren.
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
defending
the
Jewish
position
in
during Passover.
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Harry
S. Kaplan and a sister,
Israel,
is
a
former
president
of
. Industrial enterprises are to be established in kibbutzim by
MORRIS SWARTZ, 64, of 3767 Wendy.
Kibbutz Hameuchad, with a number of neighboring settlements the ,Board of Jewish Deputies of
Humphrey, died March 22. Sery
jointly owning the businesses. So far $400,000 has been allocated Great Britain.
ices were held at Hebrew Be-
for the import of industrial machinery ... The government has
Agency Pays Tribute
neVolent Society with interment
rechecked its figures on the phenomenal growth of Israel's popu-
at the Cemetery of the Yiddish
LONDON,
(JTA)—The
Jewish
lation in 1949 and 'announced that 239,331 newcomers arrived last
Agency paid tribute to the late Folks Verein. Abraham Bigel-
year, more than 655 persons every day.
TEL AVIV—A group of local and foreign investors have Harold Laski, lamenting the
agreed to erect a champagne-producing plant in Nathanya . . . passing of "a staunch supporter
Dr. David Alkali, president of the Yugoslav Jewish community, of Zionism and a great friend of
was among the last contingent of 400 Jews arriving from Yugo- Jewish labor."
Lowest Prices for Highest Quality
Stressing Mr. Laski's "pride in
, slavia . . . 300 scrolls of the law arrived from Poland and Holland
for distribution among new settlements and needy synagogues. his Jewishness and his frequent Granite and Outstanding Designs
proclamation of his belief in
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Jewish national aspirations," the
Europe
WORKS
statement
recalled
that
Prof.
, VIENNA—About 4,000 Jews were perfnitted to leave Poland
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W.
Davison
con. Lawton
Laski
"challenged
Foreign
Sec-
legally from December through February, it was reported here..
TO. 8-7523
TO. 8-6923
More than 11,000 displaced Jews left Austria for Israel during retary Bevin's policy on Pales-
tine
and
accused
the
Socialist
1949.
MUNICH—Hjalmar Schact, financial expert of the Nazi re- Government of betraying its
gime who was cleared by an Allied War Crimes trial but convicted pledges to the Jewish people."
by a German court, has started a libel suit against Dr. Philip The Agency statement revealed
Auerbach, Bavarian Commissioner for Persecutees, who publicly that Mr. Laski, at the invitation
of President Chaffin Weizmann,
called Schact a war criminal.
PARIS—The Mulhouse synagogue has been rededicated at a planned to go, to Israel in April.
It also noted that Prof. Laski
ceremony marking its centenary anniversary,
declared recently that he was
proud that Foreign Minister
Asia
Moshe
of Israel had
ISTANBUL—Abolition of special minority status for the wel- been one Sharrett
of his students.
fare institutions maintained by the Jewish community was de-
A delegation from the Labor
manded by Moise Cohen, only Jewish member of the Istanbul Zionist Organization of Britain
Municipal Council.
will attend Mr. Laski's funeral.
The World Jewish Congress paid
tribute to him by recalling his
Dr. Silver Asks Accent
Expanded Facilities
"sympathy and profound inter-
On Judaism in U.S.
- -A in both the national efforts
In cherished memory of our in Palestine and Jewish prob-
OF UNEQUALLED BEAUTY
CINCINNATI—(JTA)—Greater dear son and brother, Dr. Morey lems in the Diaspora."
balance in American Jewish D. Miro, who passed away March
A distinct departure from
Rabbi Jacob Katz Dies
life with stronger emphasis on 30, 1949. Sadly missed by his
the usual conception of a
religious institutions of learning
funeral home, the new ad-
"AnnalEMIMPIIr
mother,
Mrs.
Samuel
Miro,
'Rabbi-
NEW YORK, JTA)
as compared with philanthropic
dition to our Chapel is ap-
organizations, was urged by Dr. brother, David, and sisters, Mrs. Jacob Katz, who served as chap-
The Ira
pointed and furnished with
Abba Hillel Silver at Founder's Shirley Golden, Mrs. Mynne lain at Sing Sing Prison for more
exquisite taste, presenting
than
30
years,
died
March
26
at
Day exercises at the Hebrew- Heisler and • Mrs. Lillian Weis-
an atmosphere of dignity
the age of 57.
Unicin College-Jewish Institute berg.
and refinement that is rest-
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of Religion.
CARD OF THANKS
In cherished memory of our
ful and comforting.
Chapel
"The establishment of the
state of Israel makes even more dear husband and father, Mau-
EDISON
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaplan
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itnp.aative the strengthening of rice Berenson, who passed away
our religious institutions, syna- March 29, 1949. "You will always wish to thank their friends and
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gogues, schools and academies live in our hearts." Sadly missed relatives for the many kind-
in the Diaspora," Dr. Silver by his wife, dat,e,,ti ter and grand- nesses shown them on the loss
of their son, Dickie Kaplan.
children.
stated.

Cemetery Memorials

In Memoriam

KAUFMAN