THE JEWISH NEWS-3
Around the World ..
Friday, July 14, 1950
A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, the Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A million
dunams (250,000 acres) of land
abandoned by Arabs in Israel
was bought last year by the
Jewish National Fund, it was
announced by Dr. Abraham
Granot, head of the JNF, at a
reception tendered to him on
the occasion of his 60th birth-
day. Dr. Granot revealed that
more than $30,000,000 was paid
for this land by the JNF to the
Israel government, Hhich is the
custodian of abariTloned Arab
property.
The JNF director also dis-
closed that his organization this
year invested $20,000,000 in es-
etablishing - n e w settlements.
About 10,000 new immigrants
are at present engaged in affor-
estation projects carried out by
the Jewish National Fund. More
U. S. Donor Inspects
Israel Surgery Room
The United States
NEW YORK—The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United
States and Canada has asked Israel Premier David Ben Gurion
to prevent the importation of non-Kosher /neat from the U. S. to
Israel . . . Sanitary and public engineers are being sought here by
Israel's Ministry of Health . . . Of 13,000 Jews now in Tripoli, 8,000
are waiting to emigrate to Israel and have appealed to the World
Jewish Congress to intervene with Israeli authorities to raise the
monthly quota for Jews from Tripolitania and Cyrenaica to 2,000
▪ . In a letter in the New York Times, Rev. Karl Baehr, execu-
tive secretary of the . American Christian Palestine Committee,
refutes charges of discrimination against Yemenite Jews in Israel.
Israel
JERUSALEM—From the remote mountain villages of-Persian
Kurdistan, 2,000 Jews already have come to Israel, and this figure
will soon be doubled . • . Solemn high mass was celebrated at the
Franciscan Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem last week.
TEL AVIV—A new direct cable link between Israel and the
U. S. via Manila, will be put into operation soon by the Radio
Corporation of America . . . A one-day work stoppage by 2,000
nurses in Israel's public hospitals and clinics, paralyzing all
activities except emergency cases, was called here ... The Afghan-
istan minister in Baghdad told the Arab News Agency his gov-
ernment was anxious to support the Arab states in their attitude
toward Israel . . . An important new chemical invention has been
discovered by President Chaim Weizmann and Dr. David E. Berg-
, man, director of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Although
details were not made public, it is known that the invention in-
volves new methods of cracking petroleum . . A delegation of
Israel journalists left for a visit to Turkey ... A gang of Arab infil-
trees attacked some Bedouin tribes residing in Israel near Beershe-
ba. The Bedouins repelled the invaders with arms supplied by Israel
.. . Three officers of the Israel Air Force will attend the RAF
exhibition in Farnsborough, England . . . The Syrian Ministry of ,
Economy is reported to haVe decided to cease issuing import per-
mits for goods from Cyprus "unless sufficient proof is afforded
that they are not of Jewish origin." . . . The Turkish minister to
Israel presented his
- credentials to President Weizmann at Reho-
voth.
Canada
MONTREAL—The Canadian Jewish Congress expressed deep
concern over the plan of the Canadian Government to admit as
immigrants all members of the Galician Division of Ukrainians
which was formed by Hitler and which participated in the Nazi
extermination of Jews in German-occupied territories.
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LONDON—Israel's re-entry into the sterling bloc is not en-
visaged- at present, Israel circles here said . . . A Mosleyite Union
Movement candidate in a Hampstead by-eleCtion suffered a
crushing defeat by the Conservative candidate .. . A- new effort
to halt the "drift from the land" in Jewish agricultural colonies
in Argentina will be made as a result of a conference here of
leaders of the Jewish Colonization Association and JCA settlers
from Argentina . . . Two Jewish composers are- among four whose
operas will be presented at next year's "Festival" of Britain.
PARIS—Over 9,000 Jews, including 2,500 children under 14,
have left Poland for Israel since last October . . . A French war
crimes court sentenced Elisabeth Beregy to 13 months' imprison=
ment and forbade her to reenter France for 20 years for extortin g
money from Jews , while acting as an agent of the German police.
ANTWERP—The United Revisionist Party of Belgium • an-
nounced its support of the Herut in expelling Meier Grossman.
GENEVA—A demand that passages in religious text-books
which foster religious hatred be eliminated was made by former
Romanian Chief Rabbi Alexander Sharan, at a UN-sponsored
conference.
VIENNA—Heads of Bucharest synagogues were told that
leaders of Jewish religious institutions "must guide the Jewish
population on the road to productive labor, socialism and peace."
MUNICH—The Municipal Council recommended that school
children be made to visit the site of the Dachau concentration
Camp and the burial sites of victims of Nazism in the area.
HAMBURG—Karl Feitenhansel, founder of the neo-Nazi
"Vaterlaendische Union" has again been released by German au-
thorities after four daysin a Munich prison.
WARSAW—In view of the fact that the "Association of Polish
Writers" is accepting Jewish members, the "Association of Jewish
Writers in Poland" has decided to disband.
Asia
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ANKARA—A trade agreement involving some $840,000 worth
of goods was signed between Israel and Turkey.
ISTANBUL--The first elections in 20 years for officers of local
Jewish councils have just been held here.
German-Printed Bibles
Condemned in lLS.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Jewish Typographical Union
and a number of Jewish pub-
lishers in New York issued a
warning to Jews in the Unit-
ed States not to buy Bibles
and Jewish prayer books pub-
lished by Germans in Ger-
many and Austria for export
to the United States.
The statements reveal that
plates_ of Jewish religious
books confiscated by the
Nazis from Jewish print sho,ps
in Poland are now being used
by printers in Germany aqd
Austria to print Jewish pray-
er books and Bibles which are
being exported to the United
States for sale among Jews
in America. The statements
added that at least three
Jewish bookdealers in New
York are engaged in selling
Jewish prayer books printed
in Germany and Austria. .
World ORT Union
Marks 70th rear
GENEVA, (JTA) — The 70th
anniversary of the World ORT
Union was celebrated at th'e
opening of a three-day annual
meeting of the enlarged cen-
tral board of the ORT at Mon-
treux.
Delegates from ORT organiza-
tions in 30 countries of Europe,
North America, South America,
North Africa and South Africa
and Israel participated in the
sessions.
Poland Sets New Limit
On Passports to Israel
LONDON, (JTA)—The Polish
Government has decided to lirn-
it the number of passports it
issues to Israel-bound Jews, it
was reported from Warsaw. The
number to be issued will be 150
a day until the end of August.
Simultaneously, it was reported
that the government has decid-
ed to intensify its anti-Zionist
propaganda.
JNF Buys Million Dunams in Year
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MRS. CLARA DRUCKER, only
resident of McCar-
mack, S. C., is shown in the
surgery room she donated to
the Magen David Adorn head-
quarters in Israel in memory
of her late husband, Hyman.
Mrs. Drucker was so impressed
with the work of the Magen
David Adorn during her first
visit to Israel last spring, that
she donated an additional
$1000 for ambulance and first
aid facilities at Lydda.
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Israel Refuses to Trade
Bethlehem for Latrun
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israel
has received an informal pro-
posal from Transjordan to open
the Latrun Road in return for
the JeWs opening the Bethle-
hem Road.
The offer was refused because
the Israelis felt that traffic on
all roads which were ordered
opened to traffic under the ar-
mistice agreement must be free.
They pointed out that freedom
of access to Mt. Scopus was very
important to the Jews.
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trootte t s
than 3,000,000 trees were plant-
ed by the JNF last year and 5,-
000,000 trees will be planted this
year. The organization is also
active in reclamation of desert
land in the Negev and in finan-
cing housing projects, Dr.
Granot reported.
The budget of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund for this year is
about $50,000,000, of which $30,-
000,000 has been collected from
Jews in all parts of the world,
notably in the United States.
The remainder is being covered
by loans, including a $6,000,000
loan from Swiss banks and a
$4,000,000 loan from French
b a nk s. The Jewish National
Fund is also\ negotiating a $6,-
000,000 loan with Swedish fin-
anciers, Dr. Granot said.
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