More Than Million Jews Still Wish
To Reside in Israel, Agency Reveals

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, July 28, 1950

ritain Maintains
Arms Shipment
Policy in Egypt

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The Jewish Agency's far-
flung immigration program has
brought close to 400,000 Jews to
Israel in the past two years but
immigration sources are far
from exhausted, according to
an interim report on immigra-
tion issued in Jerusalem by Itz-
hak Raphael, director of the
Jewish Agency's Aliyah Depart-
. anent, and released by the Ali-
yah Department in New York,
Covering the period from
.May, 1949 to April, 1950, the re-
port reveals that despite the
closing out of Jewish DP camps
in Germany and Austria and
the virtual transfer to Israel of
whole Jewish communities in
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Ye-
men, there is no ebb in sight
for immigration to Israel, -•
At the moment there are well
over a million Jews in Europe
and North Africa for most of
whom immigration to Israel is
an immediate desire, for some
an urgent necessity. The larg-
est single community-350,000-
is in Romania. There are 250,-
000 Jews in France, 175,000 in
Hungary, about 80,000 in Po-
land.
Jews Still in Germany
At the beginning of July, 1949
there were still about 52,000
Jews in all parts of Germany.
That number included about
5,000 hard-core cases (sick, in-
valids and old aged per
Of these :about 22,000, including
about 3,000 hard-core cases,
were registered for immigration
to Israel, while .about 9,000. reg-
istered for immigration to other
countries. Of all these people
6,000 arrived in Israel since July,
1949. •
Thirty-five thousand Jews
have already come to Israel
from Turkey but 45,000 there
still await immigration. Out of
one of the largest Jewish com-
munities—Morocco, Algiers and
Tunis in French North Africa
—only 19,000 have come to Is-
rael in 1949. Up to April, 1950,
more than 18,000 have come
from Libya out of a community
of 32,000.
Drama of Yemenites
By far the most dramatic and
complete immigration has been
that of Yemenite Jewry whose
community of some 40,000 was
brought to Israel almost en
masse between May, 1949 and
March, 1950. The immigration
of Iraqi Jews is just beginning,
There are relatively smaller
immigration sources in South
America, Australia and New
Zealand, Indonesia, Philippine
Islands, In di a, Afghanistan,
Aden, Asmara, Eritrea, Scandi-

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Gets Legion Office

navia, Switzerland, Belgium,
Holland, the British Isles, Spain
and Portugal. American Jewry
constitutes a small but valuable
immigration source consisting
mainly of young pioneers and
skilled technicians and profes-
sionals badly needed in Israel.
50 Immigration Centers
The report describes in detail
the myriad activities of the
Jewish Agency's Aliyah Depart-
ment which maintains 50 immi-
grant centers throughout the
five continents.
A special company formed by
the Jewish Agency with Solel
Boneh (Histadrut Construction
Cooperative) and private capital
has established a bonded ware-
house in Haifa exclusively for
the storage of the immigrants'
personal belongings.
The Aliyah Department grants
small loans to enable immi-
grants to clear their luggage
and aids in marketing the per-
sonal property and goods
brought by the new arrivals as
a meansof transferring their
capital. The A.liyah Department
also engages in housing and has
participated with public and
private investors in the construc-
tion of more than 2,000 perma-
nent homes for immigrants be-
tween February, 1949, and April,
1950.

Ilashofar Appoints
Activity Chairmen

Mrs. Albert Silber has been
appointed chairman of the
membership committee of Hash-
afar, Society for Advancement
of Jewish music.
Mrs. Silber is chairman of the
music committee of the Jewish

MRS. ALBERT SILBER

Parents Institute and is a mem-
ber of the music committee of
the Jewish Community Center.
Mrs. Abraham Cooper will be
program chairman of • home
musicales; Mrs. Arthur Robbins,
chairman of hospitality, a n d
Eugene Franzblau, chairman of
community singing.
Hashofar was founded in 1945
to promote and foster the best
in Jewish music. Membership is
open to laymen as well as pro-
fessional musicans.

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LONDON, (JTA)—The British
Government does not now con-
template changing its policy of
supplying arms to Egypt, Ken-
neth Younger, government
spokesman on foreign affairs,
declared in. the House of Corn-
mons. He added that the policy
was under constant review.
The question was raised by
Ian Mikardo, Labor M.P., who
asked that the policy be changed
in view of Egypt's stand on the
Korean situation. The opposi-
tion members of the House
cheered when Mikardo pointed
out to Younger that arms ship-
ments • to Egypt were premised
on their use in collective de-
fense and that Egypt had made
it very clear that it would not
join the collective effort in.
Korea.
Conservative Party leader An-
thony Eden pointed out to
Younger that Egypt is still pre-
venting the passage of oil tank-
ers through the Suez Canal to
Haifa.
In the course of the debate,
Major E. A. H. Legge-Burke,
Conservative, waved photo-
graphs purporting to show Arab
women and children being de-
ported from Israel and demand-
ed that something be done
about it. Laborite Barnett Dan-
ner interrupted to protest the
"rash and wicked" statements
by Legge-Burke.
The recent joint Anglo-
Egyptian army maneuvers in
the Suez Canal zone conclu-
sively demonstrated Egypt's in-
ability to defend the area, the
British-controlled Near East
Arabic Radio declared.
Organized Communist propa-
ganda against the United States
is being conducted in Arab
countries in connection with
the Korean situation, it was re-
ported from Cairo. The propa-
ganda is finding fertile ground
among the younger Arabs, espe-
cially among the Arab refugees
from Palestine.
British observers in the Mid-
dle East, particularly those
connected with British oil in-
terests, are afraid that should
any hostilities develop in the
Middle East, local Arabs may
sabotage and damage the pipe-
lines carrying oil from Iraq and
Saudi Arabia to Mediterranean
ports.
Arab refugees from Palestine
are being told by tfropagandists
that Israel is considered by the
Soviet Government as an "out-
post of American imperialism."
It is under the impact of this
propaganda that the Palestin-
ian Arabs are inclined to be-
lieve that a Soviet invasion of
the Middle East would bring
about a change in the Palestine
situation from which they would
benefit.

Bnai Brith Women List Chairmen
For Annual Fall Fund Campaign

JOSEPH JONES, long an
active member of the Jewish
War Veterans and a leader in
local veterans activities, was
named senior vice-commander
of the Detroit District Associa-
tion at its last annual election
meeting. Jones is a past corn- .
mender of Charles A. Lamed
Post of the American Legion,
the largest Legion Post in the
state. He also serves as a
member of the executive com-
mittee of the Department of
Michigan, American Legion.
He is a member of Laurence
A. Jones Post of Jewish War
Veterans, established in mem-
ory of his brother.

Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
Women's Council will sponsor
Its annual fund-raising cam-
paign, which will culminate in
November, in support of Aid to
Israel, Leo N. Levi Memorial
Hospital, Anti -D e f a mation
League, National Jewish Hos-
pital at Denver, Hillel Founda-
tions, Bellefaire Children's Home
in Cleveland, Bnai Brith Youth
Organizations, veterans' affairs
and Bnai Brith Vocational Bu-
reau.
Mrs. Louis Manning, president
of the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
Women's Council announced the
following fund-raising commit-
tee: Mesdames Samuel Gutter-
man, general. chairman; Alfred
Lakin, tickets; Louis Manning
and Leonard Farber, ads.
Miss Gertrude Landorf, me•
moriams and darlings; Mes-
dames Sam Gold, ad book edi-
tor; Ellis Fisher, program; Ellen
Goldberg, finance chairman;:

Youngsters Enioy Directed
Vacations at Camp Northwest

Louis Benson, arrangements;
Samuel Bank, arbitration; Ber-
nard Bliefield, publicity; Sidney
Eldelmen, secretary.

Mrs. Landau Heads
Women's Nominations

Mrs. Maurice A. Landau heads
the nominating committee of
the Women's Division of the
Jewish Welfare- Federation.
Sixteen candidates are to .be
selected for the 48-member
board. They are to be voted upon
at the Division's annual meet-
ing in September.
Members of the nominating
committee include Mesdames
Perry P. Burnstine, Lewis B.
Daniels, Herbert Frank, Leonard
Kasle, Nathan H. Schermer and
Richard Serlin.

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Youngsters from four to 12
years of age are discovering
the merits of directed city va-
cations at the Jewish Commu-
nity Center's Camp Northwest,
day camp at Schulze School.
Among the days' activities, as
shown in this panel of pic-
tures, are (top) campers re-
porting to counselor SOL RIT-
TER in their "bunk" to start
the day: (center) , LYDIA
SCHAEFFER, WYNNE GOLD-
STEIN, NANCY SCHAEFFER,
KAREN BLIER, JUDY STERN-
BERG, enjoying a game • of
"Sorry," during a . quiet rec-
reation p e r i o d; (bottom)
Counselor WALTER GOODMAN explaining boxing rules to
combatants STEPHEN AUGUST and JERRY RUBIN and their
seconds, JERRY GELFAND and SANDY LEWIS. At the lower
right, batter PHILIP LEVY is ready to face any pitcher.
Other features of the day camp program are swimming,
hobby hour, crafts, music, story-telling, hiking and dramatics.
Every Friday afternoon the campers hold an Oneg Shabbat, and
once a week the children have an all-day outing at Camp David-
son near Pine Lake.

Columbia U. to Pay
Religious Counselors

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Colum-
bia University announced the
adoption of a new policy where-
by the University will assume a
substantial part of the expenses
of religious counselors of the
three major faiths on its staff,
who conduct interfaith work at
Columbia.
The senior religious counselor
in point of service is Rabbi Isi-
dor B. Hoffman, who this year
celebrated the 15th anniversary
of his appointment at Columbia.
His fellow counselors are Father
John K. Daly, counselor to
Roman Catholic students, and
the, Rev. Samuel J. Wylie, Prot-
estant counselor, both of whom
are aided by associate counse-
lors Alfredo Moreno and the
Rev. Donald W. Herb, respec-
tively.
Dr. Grayson L. Kirk, vice
president and provost of the
University, stated that in the
past the entire expense of the
counselor's work, including the
salaries of secretaries and office
costs, was borne by religious
agencies. Under the new pro-
gram, Columbia will supply all
the funds for clerical assistance
as well as contributions toward
office expenses.

'Plus Giving'

Grocerywoman' s Spare

Cash All Goes to U JA

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A lady in her seventies, who
works 16 hours a day in her
husband's grocery store, set a
new standard of giving to the
United Jewish Appeal in Ports-
mouth, Va.
Each business day during the
year, Mrs. I. Glickman put her
spare cash in her "knipple," or
nest egg. When the fund-raising
meeting took place, she contrib-
uted $700, far in excess of what
she gave in 1949. This was gen-
uine "plus" giving, for her hus-
band's 1950 gift also represent-
ed an increase over the previous
year.

Israel May Receive
Arms Aid From U.S.

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Israel
has been named among strategic
nations which might be willing
to receive U. S. arms aid, gov-
ernment officials said following
President Truman's report to
Congress which asked millions
for the arming of nations whose
security is vital to the United
States. The officials said that
the entire foreign aid program
will be immediately reviewed,