Roar of Cannon Marks Start of Israel Maccabiah Kosher Butchers Willing the Goose

1. EL AVIV, (JTA).—The Fourth
International Maccabiah — the
Jewish Olympic Games—opened
at .Ramath Gan Stadium to the
roar of a battery of cannon. The
games were officially declared
open by Israel President Itzhak
Ben Zvi at 3:30 p.m. after a
colorful ceremony.
The. ceremony was begun when
trumpet blasts from all parts of
Israel's largest outdoor stadium
announced the arrival of the
President. As Mr. Ben Zvi took
his position on the reviewing
stand--together with -members
of the Cabinet, diplomats, lead-
ers in national affairs and world
leaders of the Ma ccabiah—the
strains of "Hatikvah" were
heard and an audience of over
50,000 persons rose to sing the
national anthem.

In a place of honor stood the
symbol of the event, the burning
torch, lighted in Modiin, birth
place of the. Maccabees, which
had been brought across the
country to the stadium thin
morning. President Ben Zvi
took the salute of 1,000 repre-
sentative members of Israel's
sports organizations and the
600-odd contestants from 22
other countries, who marched
past the reviewing stand. They
were preceded by a color guard
carrying the flags of the 22 na-
tions. Overhead during the cere-
mony flew formations of the
Israel Air Force.
The 600-man strong foreign
contingent was led by the 120
American athletes who will par-

immigrant U. S. Soldier Visits
Grave of Father, -Victim of Nazis

FRANKFURT, (JTA ► — P f c .
John Franklin of San Francisco ; _
a former displaced Jew now
serving in the United States
Army in Germany, has located
the grave of his. father, who
died of beatings , torture and
starvation while both of them
were prisoners of the Nazis.
Young Franklin, 23. who was
born in Wuerzburg, fled to Hol-
land with his family in 1938.
When that country was overrun
by the German Army two years
later, the mother was sent to
one Nazi camp and the father
and son to another, They sur-
vived until the closing days of
the war when they found them-
selves in Bergan-Belsen.
Then the Nazis, attempting to
keep the prisoners out of the
hands of liberating Allied troops,
packed them into cattle cars and
shipped them into the interior
of Germany. On that nightmar-
ish journey the father secumbed
to brutality and starvation and
was buried in a mass grave
alongside the railroad tracks.
Subsequently the youth and
his mother were rescued and Mi-
grated to the United States
where the boy grew up, was edu-
cated and eventually drafted in-
to the Army, which assigned
him to Germany.

'.fed Hot Mama'
Honored by Friars

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Unique
tribute was paid this week to
Sophie Tucker, the "last of the
red-hot mammas," as she cele-
brated completion of 50 years in
show business.
Four hundred fellow players
and celebrities of the entertain-
ment world attended a luncheon
in her honor given by the Friars
Club—the first occasion in the
club's long history at which a
woman was honored. A testi-
monial dinner . to Miss Tucker
will be held in New York Oct. 4.
The New York Herald Tribune,
in an editorial tribute to Miss
Tucker pointed out that 'it has
been her genius to adapt with
superb skill her entertainment
style to suit the changing mood
of the times over 50 years and
yet to remain always this ini-
Mitable Sophie Tucker."
. It added that the affections
of countless admirers- go out to
her on her golden jubilee, with
the hope that she may be kept
healthy and active for many
years to come."

Grape Festival Precedes
Celebration of Sukkot

GEDERA, (IIP)--A forerunner
of the Sukkot harvest celebra-
tions came in the form of a
grape festival here.
More than 3,000 people partic-
ipated in the. ceremony, which
marked the end of the grape
season and picking of more than
2,000 tons of fruit in this region
alone.
• The majority of the grapes
have been sent to the wine
presses at Rishon-le-Zion. Part;
however, were sold on the local
market. The crop took over
three weeks to harvest.

The father's grave was re-
cently discovered by the In-
ternational Tracing Service and
young Franklin journeyed to the
grave to recite the traditional
prayers for the dead.

Report Jews Killed
In Iraqi Prison Riot

WASHINGTON. (JTA) — Jew-
ish inmates have been killed
and wounded in an Iraqi prison
disturbance which resulted in 36
casualties, according to a report
received here from the Director-
ate General of Public Propa-
ganda in Baghdad.
The report alleged that at the
prison of Kut, "Communist con-
victs" rioted on behalf of "15
Jewish convicts and obstructed
their being taken out from
them." It alleged that the 'in-
mates "attacked the police force
and guards, who were unarmed,
with stones and lethal. weapons
. a number of policemen
rushed to their barracks for
their arms and closed in on the
convicts , The engagement
resulted in the killing and
wounding of a number of con-
victs."
The alleged. Communist lead-
ers were identified as Moshe
Nvim (Koman) , Hezkiel Nahim
(Kochman) , Muhammed R a d I
Shubbak, Akram Huseyn and
Muhammad Abd AlLatif. An. ixx•
vestigation has been undertaken
at the prison, it was reported.
Israel sources have, from time
to time, reported the brutal
treatment of Jews in Iraqi pri-
sons. . Many Jews have been
jailed in Iraq on spurious
charges of "Zionist-Communist
activities" and similar allega-
tions.

ticipate in the games. The
Americans' uniform of white
shirts and red trousers stood out
in the sea of color which flooded
the arena this afternoon. Al-
most half the foreign athletes
had arrived on two ships that
docked past midnight this morn-
ing.
For hours before the games
were opened, the roads leading
to Ramath Gan, satellite town of
Tel Aviv, were choked with cars.
Hundreds of policemen lined the
roads and. were on duty around
and in the stadium to direct the
huge crowd that overflowed the
flag-bedecked amphitheatre,

That Laid the Golden Egg,' Writer Says

In a recent editorial, Yale ness on the part of the kosher
Borkon, editor of the "Jewish butcher that makes kosher meat
Pictorial Leader," Pittsburgh, so costly. Wholesale prices at
Pa., called upon kosher butch- the packing houses are "but a
ers to stop charging "abnormal- few pennies for the pound high-
ly high prices" for kosher meats_ er than for non-kosher meat"
The editorial was titled "Is and the difference would be still
Kosher Meat a Luxury?" but less if the packer "were not com-
should have been titled "Killing pelled to pay off a rabbi." Trim-
the Goose That Is Laying the ming and preparing kosher meat
Golden Egg," Borkon said. The costs "pennies on the pound,"
goose in this case is the tradi- but kosher meat costs 30, 60,
tion-observing public and the and as high as 100 percent more
mythical killer, the kosher than same grade, same quality
butcher.
non-kosher meat, according to
High prices is the reason that Borkon.
month by month more Jewish
Charging high prices is , both
Rabbi Lookstein Heads families break with tradition bad business and bad ethics on
and buy meat in non-kosher the part of the kosher butcher,
Chaplaincy Commission markets. This is an "undeniable for as he causes Jewish families
and indisputable fact," accord- to break with tradition he elim-
Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, ing to Borkon.
inates the need for his prodbict,
Borkon says that it is greedi- Borkon says.
spiritual leader of New York's
Cong. Kehilath Jeshurun, noted
educatiir and
author, has been HIAS Official Denies Signing Away
elected chai r-
m a n of the
Commission on Lives of 'Illegal Returnees' to Germany
Jewish C h a p-
laincy of the
NEW YORK, (JTA)—HIAS did added that "HIAS, never has
National Jewish not acquience in any "tentative been in agreement with a policy
Welfare Board. understanding" reached at a which dictates the arrest of mi-
Rabbi Look- conference in Bonn convened by grant Jews Who are seeking to
stein is a former the German Foreign Office in find permanent homes . .. Our
president of the regard to "Jewish illegal re- society has never advised Jews
R a b binical turnees," Ben Touster, president to travel on "illegal" routes, but
Rabbi Lookstein Council of of HIAS declared this week.
feels it is our sacred duty to
America, which with the Cen-
safeguard them in every way
The
agreement
reportedly
tral Conference of American
from arrest and deportation."
Rabbis and the Rabbinical As- reached provided that '700 Jews
in
the
Foehrenwald
camp
would
He conclUded with the state-
sembly of America makes up the
not be forcibly deported because ment that HIAS will not refuse
commission.
The commission recruits, en- they had illegally returned and aid to any migrant Jews in
dorses and serves all Jewish that emigration would be ar- trouble" and we certainly will
chaplains in the U.S. armed ranged within six months. New not issue such threats to des-
infiltrees hereafter would be pairing homeless p e o p 1 e. We
forces.
jailed and deported.
strive to cooperate with govern-
Touster said that a HIAS rep- thents, but do not use threats to
22—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS resentative attended the parley, Jews in our efforts to achieve
Friday, September 25, 1953
but opposed the policy. Touster amicable solutions of problems."

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Churches of Christ Urge
U. S. to Act on Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
(JTA)—The National Council of
Churches of Christ in the United
States has made public here a
letter to Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and members of
the American delegation at the
United Nations urging the re-
opening of the question of the
internationalization of Jerusa-
lem.
The letter declares:
"We have taken note of the
declaration of the Secretary of
State Dulles (on June 1), `Jeru-
salem is above all the Holy
Places of the Christian, MOS-
lem and Jewish faiths.' We con-
cur with the view of Dulles that
`the world religious community
has claims in Jerusalem which
take precedent over the politi-
cal claims of any particular na-
tion.'
"In this connection we recall
that our government in the past
has supported the recommen-
dation of the General Assembly
for the internationalization of
Jerusalem. We believe the great
majority of the people of our
churches would like to see the
recommendation put into effect.
"We would welcome such steps
as might be taken by you and
your colleagues looking toward
the renewed discussion of this
question by the General Assem-
bly."

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