Israel Bonds Brim)* Life-Giving' t-75_ Water 8—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 30, 1951 Two Universities, Paper Honored by Seminary NEW YORK, (JTA) — Three outstanding American institu- tions—Harvard University, Yale University, and the New York Times—which this year are cele- brating significant anniver- saries, were honored by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Honorary degrees were con- ferred by the Seminary upon Dr. James B. Conant, president of Harvard University; Dr. A. Whitney Griswold, president Of Yale University; and Arthur H. Sulzerberger, president and pub- lisher of the New York Times. Lewis L. Strauss, president of The hestitute f o r Advanced Study at Princeton, and former- ly a member of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, was the principal speaker at this event. Water will be brought to many parts of the Negev through "Israel Safety Valve for irrigation projects aided by the $500,000,000 State of Israel Bond Issue. The Israel Bond drive is indispensable for industrial and Peace," Hirschmann Says agricultural expansion in Israel and for the absorption of hundreds NEW YORK, (JTA) — Israel, of thousands of newcomers during the next three years. 'Fine' Idea Used to Teach Hebrew to African Youth Yitzhak Rafael, head of the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, who' just return- ed from a tour of Jewish com- munities in North Africa, praised a e educational work of the eren Kayemeth, evidences of which he noted throughout his trip. He related that when he left the ancient synagogue of one North African ghetto, he was startled to hear two young- sters speaking Hebrew. When he asked whether they usually Spoke Hebrew, the reply was that the entire class had sworn to speak only Hebrew and that those who forgot and lapsed into Arabic or French had to pay a fine of some .2 francs for every word uttered in those languages. The fine went into the Keren Kayemeth's Blue Box. t Supreme Court Asked to Settle Religious Adoption Mixup NEW YORK, (JTA)—The United States Supreme Court _was asked to reverse the deci- sion of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in the case of two children orig- inally placed for adoption . as Jewish but later claimed as Catholics. The lower court ruling is being challenged as a violation of the principle of separation of church and state. The action was taken by the Free Synagogue Child Adoption Committee in behalf of Diana and Linda Souther, aged 8 and 7, who were placed for adoption three years ago as Jewish. The mother, subsequently asserted that she was Catholic and that the children had been baptized Catholics and sought to get them back. Goldstein, Justice Polier Head National Congress Striking Israel Seamen Agree to Sail Ships With Libyan Immigrants TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The strik- ing Israeli Seamen's Association offered to provide men to sail immigrant vessels to North Afri- ca to remove Libyan Jews who are being evacuated to Israel on an emergency basis before Jan. 1, when the Arab country be- comes independent. The Jewish Agency accepted the offer and three immigrant vessels will sail for Tripoli shortly. Meanwhile, the union has ap- proached two private shipping lines, the Shoham and M. Dizen- goff companies, and has offered to man their vessels if the com- panies agree to deal with the Association directly, as a trade union. The companies turned down the offer, stating that they were acting on-instructions from the Ministry of Communications. The Histadrut was reported considering the establishment of a separate seamen's union,, in opposition to the Association which began the strike in a dis- pute with the Histadrut over the Association's - demand for au- tonomy within the labor ... federa- tion. "Peace with Israel" Gaining in Germany DUSSELDORF - — (JTA) — A number of organized groups have joined the "peace with Israel" movement organized re- cently by Erich Luet4, Bonn Government press chief, and several other prominent West Germans. These groups include the League of Democratic Stu- dents, the Co-ordinating Board of the Young Socialists of Ham, burg, and a committee of the Berlin Free University. The municipality of Dussel- dorf appropriated 15,000 Duetschemarks for the erectitrn of a memorial to Heinrich Heine in Hamburg. A former Nazi Party member has been sen- tenced to prison for insulting a Jew. The local district court gave Alexander Wrodarcyk a three-week prison term on the complain of the Jew who was insulted. New Sacramento School Honors Jewish Philanthropists Dr. Israel Goldstein, noted Zionist and spiritual leader, and Justice Justine Wise Polier were elected, respectively, president of the American Jewish Con- gress and the national Worn- .en's Division, at AJC's national convention in New York last weekend. Over 1,500 delegates attended. Mrs. Samuel Green, of Detroit, was elected a national executive committee member. Elected to the national adminis- trative committee were Rabbi Morris Adler, William Cohen, Mrs. Barnett Dickman, Mrs. Harry Frank, Dr. David Gaber- man, Henry Nathan, all of De- troit; and Rabbi Harry Essrig, of Grand Rapids. SACRAMENTO, Calif, (JTA)- The Sacramento Board of Edu- cation voted recognition of the benefactions of Mrs. Fannie Weinstock Bonnheim, 92-year- old resident of Berkley, and her late husband, Albert Bonnheim, by naming a new school to be built here after their son, who died at the • age of 16 while a Sacramento High School stu- dent.. The Bonnheims established the Joseph Bonnheim scholarships at the University of California in memory of their son. More than 800 students have been aided by the scholarships. The new school will be dedicated next September. though placed in the very heart of the Middle Eastern tinder box is a safety valve for the peace of the Middle East, and may be regarded as the most dramatic demonstration of the superiority of democracy over all other forms of government, Ira A. Hirschmann declared upon his return from a trip which took him to Yugoslavia and Is- rael. Mr. Hirschmann is na- tional chairman of the newly organized Foundation of the Jewish National F u n d. The Foundation was estaLLshed to derive funds from living legacies, bequests and insurance to in- crease the Jewish National Fund's income. Judge Is "Man of Year" Choice Of Baltimore Advertising Club BALTIMORE ( . JTA) — Judge Joseph Sherbow of the Supreme- Bench of Baltimore was named as "Man of the Year for 1951" by.the Aditertising Club of Bal- timore. The club's citation hails Judge Sherbow for "a long and distinguished record of service to his city and state" and des cribed him 'as "a valuable citiYeri; in hun'clied good causes." COPR X It's Here ; For Wet Damp ; Leaking Basements. You read about in "Life" maga- zine. Apply it yourself. WINNIPEG, Canada (AJP),--A resulted in a raging disputeover dispute over the serving of kashruth. The d i s p u t e began several shrimp in the dinning-room of swank Jewish country club here weeks ago, according to Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, when the board of directors of the Glen- dale Country Club banished the Dr. Granot Warns of non-kosher seafood from its Problems Facing JNF dining room following a strong plea from a local rabbi. TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Important No sooner had the governing tasks still face the Jewish Na- board acted, the Rabbi report- tional Fund in the field of land ed in an article appearing in redemption and afforestation, the • Montreal Jewish Standard, Dr. Abraham Granot told a press than a prominent local attorney conference at Nahalal, which is attacked the move as "hypo- celebrating the 30th anniversary crisy." Maintaining t h a t kashruth of the establishment of the first JeWiSh settlement in the Emek. was "an all-or-none alternative," He revealed that the organ- the lawyer demanded to know ization is now negotiating for whether the country club main- the purchase of a large stretch tained a kosher kitchen to be- of land in Jerusalem from gin with. The issue has now be- foreigners. The JNF, he report- come one of the foremost topics ed, now possesses 3,000,000 dun- in Jewish circles here. ams of land and its current bud- get is nearly 13,000,000 Israeli ARE YOU INTERESTED pounds. IN ESTABLISHING A Dr. Granot appealed to the Jews of the world to continue MODEL CITY IN their aid to the JNF for land re- demption. He pointed out that ISRAEL? 30 years ago the Emek was un- Why do we need such a thy? cultivated and infested with Who is eligible? malaria, while today 42 Jewish How will it be established? settlements flourish in the area Call Louis Rabinowitz and cultivate 400,000 dunams 18491 Wisconsin (100,000 acres) of land. He ex- pressed the hope that the UN. 2-7613 swampy Huleh region will flour- . For Consultation ish similarly within five years. ' Insured SAVINGS ACCOUNTS "your neighborhood savings institution" American Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 12246 DEXTER at Cortland 439 WOODWARD at Lamed 6060 W. FORT at Military TO 9-6611 WO 2-7601 VI 3-7600 Agents For Sale of United States Savings Bonds and State bf Israel Bonds THE 35th JUBILEE DINNER EBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY J. 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