On the Record
. By NATHAN Z1PRIN
.
(Copyright, 1960, Se'Yen Arta Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Facts and Figures
14—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 22, 1950
Israel Is America's Best Eastern Friend
Eugene Epstein Heads
City of Hope Committee
NEW YORK, (JTA))—"Israel
is the best friend America ever
had in the Near East," Jacob
Blaustein, president of the Amer-
Eugene Epstein will head the ican Jewish Committee, said.
program committee for 'the an- upon his return from a visit to
nual banquet for the City of Hope, the Jewish' state.
He expressed confidence that
the vast majority of American
Jewry will continue "to recog-
nize the necessity and the de-
sirability of helping to make Is-
rael a strong, viable, self-sup-
porting state" and will do its full
part in helping achieve that ob-
jective "for the, sake of Israel
itself and the good of the world."
Blaustein called upon Presi-
dent Truman to extend his
"point four" program to Israel,
emphasizing that the people of
Israel are building a real democ-
racy. "For America and the other
free democracies it is of enor-
mous significance to have in Is-
rael not only a democratic form-
The crime rate in Israel is remarkably low when it is con-
sidered what transition the country is going through. In the past
12 months the homicide rate:was one a week. The police during
the year reported 200 stickups and 10,000 thefts. Ninety per cent
of the homicide defendants were Arabs„ The hold-up. rate would
be lower stilrif the police did not count the Arab infiltrees who
Were charged with the theft of cattle, There were over 4,000 such
cases alone. The year shovied a suicide increase. There were 144
suicides and about 100 unsuccessful attempts. Half of the suicides
and would-be suicides were new immigrants. The police record
showed an increase of crime among minors. There were 650
arrests of minors as compared with 250 the year before. However,
there is a possibility the higher figure does not reflect as much a
higher delinquincy rate • as a better police detection system.
Latin-America has a total Jewish population pf 639,500. Ar-
gentina, with a total population of 16,000,000, has 400,000 JewS.
In Brazil the Jewish population is 110,000, or barely a fifth . of one
per cent of the entire population. Uruguay with a • population of
2,500,000 has only 36,000 Jews. Chile has 30,000 Jews and Mexico,
with a population of more than 25,000,000, has 20,000 Jews. The
above-mentioned countries have a total of.some 596,000 ,Jews.. Tri
Cuba there are 11,000 Jews, in Colombia 10,000, in Equador 4,500,
in Venezuela 4,500, in Bolivia 4,500 and in Peru about 3,000. The
rest of the Latin-America• countries count among them about
6,000 Jews. • '
According to latest statistics there are about 3,907 JeWs in all
of Ireland. Dublin alone holds 3,305. A decade ago Dublin's Jew-
EUGENE J. EPSTEIN
ish population was 4,350. In Belfast, north Ireland,. there are
to
be
held Nov. '19 at Bell-Air
1,123 Jews, or a decrease of 161 in the fast three years.
Catering.
The affair, . of which
Clipping Froni Israel
Morris Frumari, vice president; is
Some weeks ago we recorded in this column the story of the honorary chairman, will launch
mysterious disappearance of a mysterious "shofar." The shofar, the 1950-51 fund raising drive
it was said, had been brought to Jerusalem by a Jew who had for the City of Hope.
miraculously escaped death at the notorious Oswiecim death
This drive will be part of the
camp. It was used by the Jews in Oswiecim at a special service campaign to raise $250,000 in the
they held immediately upon the commencement of 'the gruesome midwest area in order to open
tragedy. So sacred did they consider the shofar that they began a 101-bed cancer hospital at the
weaving legends about it even while at Oswiecim. Legend had it City of Hope (formerly Los An-
it was the very shofar Messiah will use on judgment day. When geles Sanatorium) at Duarte,
the ram's horn was brought, to Jerusalem, it was placed in the Calif., next summer thus chang-
museum on Mount Jerusalem. Recently the administrators of the ing its status from purely a
building reported the shofar had been stolen. There was specu- tuberculosis and chest disease
lation aplenty. The leading theory was that it was the work of hospital to a large national
fanatic atheists. Another theory held it .was extremely religious medical center.
elements who removed the instrument since the legend about the'
The local group will meet dur-
shofar was inconsistent with the true MeSsianic concept. The ing the drive every other Thurs-
Religious Ministry was quite disturbed over the incident. Shortly day at members' homeS instead
before Rosh Hashanah the mystery was solved. When the secre- of monthly at the Furniture
tary to the Religious Ministry came to his office some two weeks Club. The next meeting will be
ago he found the shofar on his office desk. Alongside was a note held at the home of Nathan R.
from a. man who said that he had stolen the instrument because Epstein, president, on Warring-
he wanted to have the distinction, of blowing Messiah's shofar on ton Drive, Sept. 28, at 8:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah. But when•he realized that the Days of Awe were
approaching_ he was seized by pangs of conscience. The "thief" Kosins Clothes Given
promised in his letter that he would seek special forgiveneSS from
Vast Remodeling Job
God on the Day of:Atonement:.
Korean Notes
Ben Kosins, president, and
Jewish•DPs 'in Germany are victims 'of the Korean conflict. Harry Kosin s, sales-manager
Since the Korean. war American screening officials in - Germany of Kosins Clothes are inviting
have turned down hundreds of Jewish appliCantS for American inspection of their newly decor-
visas. The excuse is suspicion of Communism. Intelligence serv- ated quarters. The store, on
ice officials are reported asking Jewish applicants why thOy want Griswold St., was done over with
to settle in Amerita instead of - going to Israel . . Korea was re- walls of pickled oak squares, ..nd
cently the subject *of an interesting linguistic study laY . Dr: H. L. features show cases of indirect
Gordon, who.distovered a remarkable Similarity between- Hebrew fluorescent lighting which
and Korean. The words, for father, - mother, brother and sister brings out the natural daylight
are almost identical in both languages. Dr. Gordan cites about 50 colors of suits.
Following tradition handed
such wards. His study is the ,first atteMptiat a corivarative study
of the two languages. He . belieVes a more detailed, study Will re- down to them .by . their father,
the late Max Kosins, the sons
veal definite Hebraic influences in the Korean tongue.;
still give every customer per-
sonalized attention to --make
sure the slogan of "Where Fit
Is Foremost" is carried out.
Currently being shoWn is a new
fall line of clothing:
Rep. JaVits..to Address
Mizrachi Women's Parley
NEW Y O R K—Congressman
Jacob K. Javits, Republican-
Liberal member of the Congres-
sional Committee on Foreign
Affairs, will be' a principal
speaker at the silver jubilee
convention of the Mizrachi
Women's Organization of Amer-
ica, in Atlantic City, Oct. 15-18.
Seven Yemenite children are
the principal actors in a new
three - reel semi-documentary,
"A Pair of Shoes," to be pre-
miered at the convention.
Sponsored by the Mizrachi
Women and produced by Peter
Elgar Productions, Elmsford, N.
Y. from a scenario by Marc Sie-
gel, "A Pair of Shoes" was filmed
in color and directed in Israel
by Lasar Dunner of Tel Aviv.
Peron and' Wife Contribute
Prizes for the Maccabiah
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Ar-
gentine President and Madam
Peron have each contributed one
silver cup to be used as prizes in
the forthcoming Jewish "Olym-
pic" games at the Third World
Maccabiah, which will be held
in Israel at' the end of this
month. The original plan of
sending 30 Argentine Jews to
the games cannot be fulfilled,
because of the inability to raise
the necessary funds.
:
Sol Americanized swiftly. He
even aspired to become a boxer
and- in an off moment boxed a
left-over chicken in the butcher
shop. (See photo). He attracted
a crowd, nearly lOst his job but
instead drew the interest of a
woman in the audience who
purchased the chicken just be-
fore the Sabbath. Thus he saved
his job and satisfied his boxing
urge. - : '
"One .Foot , in - America" is
light reading and is entertain-
ing. It is a wholesome story.
The author, Yuri Stahl, himself
an immigrant from Poland,
taught Yiddish, has written and
published Yiddish 'poetry 'and
has lectured - extensively.
From Jacket Design of Yuri's
Book, Showing a "Bas'ar
KAsher" window sign in the
reVerse.
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Right-Wingers Seek
Plebiscite Inclusion
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News
Best Wishes on the New Year
VIENNA—Right-wing elements
in this country are Pressing for
inclusion . in the plebiscite re- ,
portedly under consideration by
the government of "controver-
sial issues like the anti-Nazi
laws and the return of Jewish
property taken by the Nazis,"
according to the right-wing
newspaper, Die Presse.
The government intention, ac-
cording to this source, is to hold
a plebiscite on the Austrian
treaty issue to support. a formal
complaint to the United Na-
tions against Soviet. policy in
Austria. Pro - Nazi • elements
would extend this plebiscite to
cover the anti-Nazi laws • and
the property issue.
Rededieite Jewish Cenietery. .
DUESSELDORF (JTA) -7-- Mu-
nicipal authorities . and.. rePre7
sentatives of Catholic and Prot-
estant churches attended, reded-
ication ceremonies for the Jew-
ish' cemetery:" .t- Dpladert,
strayed during the Nazi regime,
the cemetery was officially
handed over to the Duesseldorf
Jewish community, whose juris-
diction extends - to • Opladerb
SpeakerS at they; ceremonies
vowed to prevent a recurrence
of Nazi barbarism and to main-
tain democracy in Germany.
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Suhrs New Book Shows Comic Side
Of Immigrant Jewish Boy in America
Yuri Suhl, whose "One, Foot
In America" will be pUblished
this week by MacMillan; pas-
' sesses a fine sense of humor.
Ile could have painted a tragic
side of a poor immigrant boy.
But his book instead deals with
a happy; wri-
" b t ious Sol
•l
e n n er r. It is
':replete," with an-
ecdoies and
while .it does
not hide the
tragedies of the
East Side of
New York, it
emphasizes the
human side of
life among im-
, .Yuri Suhl migrants in the
twenties, the housewives ; • the
pushcart peddlers.
Sol---Shloime in his native
city ' • of Pedayetz, Galicia—is
small for his age, but he does
not let it get him down. He gets
a job in a btitcher shop, goes
to night school, takes a liking
to two girls and starts going
"steady" with-one of them.
He even manipulates a shid-
dach—a marriage Match i for
his widowed father, and every-
thing runs along smoothly. His
mother died before he and his
father came to this eounrty and
his f her found it difficult to
earn :1 livelihoad in ordina;ry
purse.; —until • he • became a
sha:41)11:s. Then he, too, pros-
per;. l was work '41 his liking.
of gOvernment but a way of life
that is based on democratic and
humane values," he said.
Lauding Israel Premier David
Ben Gurion as "truly a great
man," Blaustein said that Pres-
ident Chaim Weizmann, with
wham he conferred in Switzer-.
land, authorized him to say that
he wholeheartedly concurs in
the clarification by Premier Ben
Gurion of the relations between
American Jewry and the JeWish
state and with the philosophy
which Ben Gurion developed in
a - statement in Jerusalem at a
luncheon in honor of Blaustein.
The main point of that philoso-
phy is that the allegiance of
American Jews is owed to Amer-
ica alone arid. that the Jews of
the United States—as. a commu-
nity and as individuals—have no
political attachment to Israel.
Blaustein declared that he was
profoundly impressed by the
progress made in Israel since
his last -visit, 18 months ago.
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