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Israel Traces History of Arab Attacks
In Factual and Chronological Review

NEW YORK, (JTA)—A spokes- and against Israel in 25 cases.
man for the Israel UN delega- "In March, 1953, the govern=
ticn declared: I ment of Israel formally suggest-
"The government of Israel ed high-level discussions be-
has had occasion several tim.3sween representatives of Israel
in the past few years to draw and representatives of Jordan
attention to situations arising with a view to considering steps
from non-compliance with the that could be taken to bring bor-.
armistice agreements. On July der strife to an end and insure
23, 1953, the permanent repre- a situation of full compliance
sentative of Israel to the United with the armistice agreements.
Nations, in a communication to ! "The government of Israel will
the Secretary-General of the , welcome a call by the Security
United Nations, drew attention Council to the parties concerned
to the fact that, during 1952, for full compliance with the ar -
armistice violations had resulted mistice agreements, and is ready
in 135 Israeli casualties includ- to take all practical steps to in-
ing 60 killed and no fewer than sure this end. The implementa-
3,742 illegal and criminal cross- ; t ion of such a call must include
ings of the border. Egyptian compliance with the
"On June 18 ,
1953, a spokes
long-standing Security Council
-
j..ti resolution of Sept. 1, 1951, call-
man of the Israel Embassy
on Egypt to desist from it.
Washington drew attention to ing
b
the fact that in the period from breach
of the armistice -agree-I
January to June, 1953, there ment by its blockade of the Suez
Canal. It is expected that an
were 97 Israel casualties includ-
ing
26 1953,
killed.
The
situation
since
impartial
consideration
of the
June,
has
not
improved.
situation
must
take into account
Criminal border crossings con- the „ Israel
entire is
background.
of the view that the
tinned apace.
persistent refusal by the Arab
"Passenger traffic in Israel states to discuss peace, accom
was subjected to armed attack, panied as it is by a continuo'is
houses were blown up and con- policy of armistice violation, in-
siderable damage done to lives flammatory threats of a "second
and property with 30 casual- , round,” of diplomatic aggression,
ties including 21 killed. Between economic boycott and blockade,
January and August, 1953, the is a pertinent and central fae-
number of criminal incidents for in a consideration of the se-
was 1,565.
! curity situation in the Middle
"The gravity of the situa- ! East, and hopes that the consid-
tion can well be judged by a eration of the Middle East se-
consideration of the decisions curity problem will result in the,
of the Israel-Jordan Mixed appropriate steps beina taker.;
b
Armistice Commission. In a without delay leading towards!
12-month period from June, real peace- and the reduction of!
1952, to June, 1953, the Mixed tension in the area. In such
Armistice Commission ruled ; steps Israel will be • ready at all
against Jordan in 159 cases times to cooperate to the full."

•

We Hear Echoes of a Vanished World

outstanding intellectual leader
of Russian Jewry, with Kalman
Shulman, Achad Haam, Bialik,
The oppression and persecu- Lillienblum,
Mendele Mocher
tion from which the Jews of Storm, Peretz, Hillel Zeitlin, as
Russia have suffered, first under his close associates. His mem-
the Czars and then from the oirs, now appearing in "The
Commissars—or their overlords Day," will surely present many
have obscured the identity historic events and notable per-
and character of a great Jewish sonalities.
community which in its heyday
Living in Palestine, now
held a veritable reservoir of liv- Israel, for many years, Mr. I
ing Judaism and vital Hebrew Katz at the age of 78 is still
culture.
an alert and working journalist.
Simon Dubnow's comprehen- Of all the exiles from Soviet he
sive three volume history of the has through the years kept in
flourishing era of old is no closest touch with affairs in the
longer being read, and the glow- Bolshevik domain. He was the
ing panorama of a distinctive first and foremost to warn world
i Yiddish Jewry of the impending doom of
Jewish life reflected in
i made Judaism, Zionism and Hebrew
and Hebrew literature, is
unaccessible to most American culture under Soviet rule.
Jews by the barriers of language.
Converted by "Conviction'
Both Katz's grandfather, a
Nearly all the recent books
about
u Russian Jews living under rabbi in Wilna, and he in St.
the Soviets describe the dissolu- Petrograd came into close re-
tion of the community instead lation with the famous Profes-
of emerging creativeness in Jew- sor Daniel Shwolson, Orientalist
and theologian of the Greek
hsh life.
Outside of the masterly I Catholic Church, whose apostacy
novels,- plays, volumes of poetry I was strangely condoned by the
and essays written in our own elder Katz and other noted
languages, the characteristic, rabbis on the ground that
picturesque a n d enticing life through his interventions with
has been described in a number the Czarist government he saved
of grand autobiographies of il- the lives of many Jews.
Dr. • Shwolson once explained
lustrious leaders of the earst-_
while community. Oscar Gru- his conversation in a humorous,
zenberg, Maxim Vinover, Slios- if cynical manner. He said he be-
berg, Simon Dubnow, Rabbi came a Christian out of convic-
Jacob Maase have written not- tion. Asked how that was pos-
able life stories, several of sible, he explained:
which have appeared serially. in
"I was convinced that it is bet-
the Yiddish daily newspapers.
ter to be a Professor in St.
To Print New Biography
Petersburg than a melamed
Unfortunately all of these (teacher) in Snipeshok!"
vivid and illuminating accounts
This anecdote is not in keep-
of Jewish pride, courage, per- ing with the spirit of unsur- ,
severance - and character remain passed loyalty and sacrifice
a closed book to the largest which characterizes the great
numbers of our English-reading life-stories of a vanished Jewish!
brethren. Only the autobio- settlement, but, as part of Its
graphy of Schmarja Lewin was humor and folk-lore, the story
ever translated into English and clings to the theme.
these books are no longer ex-
California Council Leader
tant.
To the great autobiographies Wins AZA Alumni Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Julius
which have appeared in Yiddish
is now being added the thrilling Bisno, executive director of the
life story of Ben Zion Katz, re- Los Angeles Jewish Community
nowned writer, scholar and pub- Council, has been designated the
licist in the Hebrew, Yiddish and 1953 winner of the Sam Beber
Russian languages, who f o r Award, it was announced by
many years was editor of "Haz- Jacob J. Lieberman, chairman
man" the celebrated Hebrew of the Bnai Brith Youth Com-
daily of St. Petersburg.
mission.
The award is made annually
Ben Zion K a t z, born in
the little town of Daig, Lithu- by Aleph Zadik Aleph, to an
ania, a prodigy among youthful outstanding alumnus of the
sc/olars, rose to become an Brlw 14Qt.4,,xqut4,9x . ganizatim4,.1

By BERNARD G. RICHARDS

An American Jewish Press Feature

Boost Israel Films

HERZLIA, (IIP) — The Israel
Motion Picture Studios, Ltd.,
has reached an agreement with
a group of English . and Ameri-
can investors in order to en-
large its capital and activi-
ties in Israel.
The new agreement will en-
able the production of full-
length feature films in the
country.

`Playing Children' Desecrate German-Jewish Cemeteries
DUSSELDORF, (JTA)
The 47 tombstones were recently

desecration of the Jewish ceme-
tery of Iserlohn was reported
here. The report said that
"playing children" were believed
to be responsible for overturn-
ing 13 tombstones. The per
petrators have not been traced.
At Tauberbischofsheim,
southeast of Frankfurt, where

overturned, the hooligans have
been identified as "some chil-

dren" who, according to local
police, committed the desecra-
tion "for no special reason."

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10—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 23, 1953

The

Distinguished

Statesman

And

World

Leader

ZS

• •

the United Na-

lions, under the distin-

guished leadership of

Trygve Lie as its first

Secretary - General from

1946 to 1953, chain-

pioned the right of ex-

gstence of new nations,

such as the State of Is-

rael . • •

OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION OF

THE MAYOR OF DETROIT

The Honorable

TRYGVE LIE

Will Speak at a

Dinner for ISRAEL

Grand Ballroom--STATLER HOTEL

Sunday, October 25 -- 6 P. M.

DANIEL A. LAVEN, Dinner Chairman

For Reservations Phone

"Committee of

Sixty"

Trygye Lie

Dinner Committee

WO. 2-5091

MAYOR.
ALBERT E. COBO

Chairman

An Honorary Committee

Symbolizing the 60
Member Nations of the UN

