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Hadassah Backs • UN on Korea Stand;
Will Build - New Jerusalem Hospital
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Resolu-
tions backing the United Na-
tions stand against aggression
in _Korea, and urging immediate
passage by the United States
Senate of the UN Genocide Con-
vention outlawing destruCtion
of ethnic, racial or religious_
groups, were unanimous ly
passed by 2,000 delegates at-
tending the 36th annual con-
vention of Hadassah at t h e
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Examining the question
whether support of Israel in-
valves dual loyalties on the part
of American citizens, Mrs. Moses .
P. Epstein, Hadassah leader,
Who presided, said: "Our first
political loyalties are, must and
• should be to the United States.
In supporting Israel in its strug-
gle for democracy, we act in
our own self-interest. A strong
Israel means that democracy
will continue to keep a foothold
in the Middle East."
Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, leader
of. the Reconstructionist move-
ment, analyzed the fears ex-
pressed by some Zionist leaders,
that the creation of the state
of Israel might result in the
withering away of Jewish life
and values in other lands. Dr.
Kaplan praised Hadassah for
"m a k i n g Zionism a method
whereby American Jews are en-
abled to live in two civilizations,
the American and the Jewish,
by combining the best in each
to enrich both." Zionism, right-
ly understood, can never en-
courage American Jews to segre-
gate or isolate themselves, he
said
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Raise Hospital Funds
Hadassah will raise $3,500,000
within the next three years to
finance the construction of a
new Hadassah hospital in Jeru-
salem. This sum will be raised
outside the regular annual bud-
get for Hada,ssah activities in
Israel and this country. The
Government of Israel has made
available to the organization a
60-acre site in Jerusalem for
the new hospital and nurses'
training. school which will re-
place the six crowded and in-
adequate buildings which now
house the Hadassah medical or-
ganization in the city. The Ha-
dassah facilities on Mt. Scopus
were damaged during the Arab
invasion.
Dr. Eli Davis, director of the
Hadassah medical organization
in Israel, told the delegates that
even if the hospital on Mt.
Scopus were in full operation
there would still be a need for
another hospital in Jerusalem.
He said that 80 percent of the
present hospital's space is oc-
cupied by beds while crammed
into the remaining 20 percent
are operating theatres, labora-
tories, technical services and
kitchens. Dr. Davis reported
that trachoma, ringworm and
infant mortality in the immi-
grant camps have been checked,
but that tuberculosis remains a
major problem.
Approve New Budget
The convention :c on c l u d e d
with the adoption of a $7,035,000
budget and a resolution oppos-
ing the internationaliztion of
Jerusalem and supporting the
plan proposed by Israel for
El Al, Israel Airlines,
Marks First Birthday
El Al Israel National Airlines
Ltd. last week celebrated its first
birthday. The first regularly
scheduled El Al flight left the
main base at Lydda, Israel, at
midnight July 31, 1949, for Paris.
During the first year of opera-
tions, El Al's European division
has flown 179 roundtrip flights,
'carrying 11,000 passengers a
total distance of 820,000 miles.
El Al Airlines carried 79 tons of
freight and 33 tans of mail.
Louis Pincus, El Al's manag-
ing director, at a ceremony held
in Tel Aviv, stated that El Al
will shortly operate Lockheed
Constellations on its scheduled
routes. He also announced El Al
will operate two newly sched-
' uled routes from Lydda to Te-
heran via Athens, and Istanbul
and Lydda to the Union of
South Africa via Khartoum and
Entebbe.
United .Nations supervision of
the Holy Places alone without
any interference in the affairs
of the peoples of Jerusalem.
Mrs. Samuel W. Halprin was
reelected president of Hadassah
for a fourth consecutive term..
Addressing a dinner at the
Waldorf-Astoria which climaxed
the convention, Ambassador Ab-
ba S. - Eban of Israel told the
audience that "democracy must
prove itself" to the masses in...
Asia not only as the agent of
their freedom, but also as the
instrument of their welfare. "Is-
rael, looking out beyond the
frontiers of its own democratic
Friday, September 1, 1950
Egypt Holds Stand
On Israel Shipping
NEW YORK, (JTA)--Discus-
sions held in Cairo between U.S.
Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey
and the Egyptian Foreign Mini-
ster may result in relaxation of
restrictions imposed by the
Egyptian Government against
tankers passing through the
Suez Canal in a northerly direc-
tion.
The restrictions, however, will
be stringently maintained for
Israel-bound shipping, it was
emphasized.
The American Merchant
Marine Institute, which earlier
had registered a complaint
against the Suez Canal regula-
tions with the Egyptian Ambas-
sador in Washington and with
the State Department, was in-
formed today that the restric-
tions were instituted to "pre-
vent the shipment of arms and
war material to Israel."
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Afghan Jews Face New Terror Reign
TEL AVIV — (JTA) — Reports
reaching here from Afghanistan
indicate that a new wave of ter-
ror has been unleashed against
the 4,500 Jews living in that
Moslem country.
The reports state that Jews
living in Kheirat, Kandahar,
Gahazani and other towns have
been -driven into the walled
Kabul Ghetto. In addition, Jews
have been forbidden freedom of
travel and have been ordered
not to trade in a special list of
commodities. Instead of mili-
tary service, the Jews must pay
a special war tax.
he reports indicate that Af-
ghan Jewry is eager to migrate
MRS. SAMUEL HALPRIN
revolution, asks itself whether
its achievement may not have
wider significance than we ever
suspected ourselves," he de-
clared.
"By our example we proclaim
the capacity of a democratic
system, even in the least prom-
ising and abundant conditions
to assure to a nation. its effec-
tive defense, its cultural revival,
its social progress and the full
dignity of constructive achieve-
ment. I believe that this is our
chief service to democracy."
He said that Israel's foreign
poliby "has fixed ideals, but it
has no fixed dogmas except that
decision on each issue shall be
taken on their independent
merits. The one thing that a
member of the United Nations
should never surrender is its
own freedom of judgment. In
such -freedom of judgment Is-
rael has twice affirmed its sup-
port for the efforts of the Se-
curity Council to restore inter-
national peace and security in
Korea."
4th Century Synagogue
Unearthed in Israel
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The polio-
myelitis wave in Israel is reced-
ing. The number of cases re-
ported throughout the country
in August was. 130, as compared
with 247 cases discovered in
July.
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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Pro-
fessor Eleazar Sukenik, world-.
-renowned archaelogist, h a s
completed excavations of the
oldest synagogue ever dis-
covered. The synagogue was
found in Yaffieh, near Na-
zareth, and dates back to
the fourth century, C. E.
The synagogue's half - de-
molished floor still retains a
beautiful mosaic bearing the
symbols of Israel's ancient
tribes. Prof. Sukenik said
that the newly-found syna-
gogue is one of the most "re-
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is "bigger and more beauti-
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Registration at the Wayne
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the Jewish Community Council,
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College of Education, reached a
total of '79.
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pants are teachers in the De-
troit public schools. Community
influences on the public school,
discrimination in housing, rec-
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major topics of discussion.
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Britain Protests
LONDON, (JTA)—Britain has
protested to Egypt against the
introduction of additional re-
strictions on ships passing
through the Suez Canal to Is-
rael.
A Foreign office ,spokesman
said the British Ambassador in
Cairo, Sir Ralph Skrine Steven-
son, handed a letter of protest
to the Egyptian Government on
Aug. 12. The new restrictions of
which Britain complained were:
1. Refusal of port facilities to
ships on an Egyptian black-list;
2. The stipulation that a ship's
master would have to give a
written guarantee that the
cargo would be used in the
country of unloading. T h e
guarantee would be counter-
signed by an Egyptian consular
official at the port of unloading.
to Israel, but the Moslem gov-
ernment forbids it. The entire
community is in a state of
health that has been described
as "disastrous."
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