Split Population of Birobidjan, Russia
Leads to Waning of Jewish Values

NEW YORK, (JTA) -- There
are about 100,000 Jews today
1 i ° v in g in Pirobidj an, Siberia,
Which was officially proclaimed
a Jewish autonomous region
years ago by the Moscow gov-
ernment.
However, Jewish immigration
has dropped considerably during
the last eight years and interest
in the Yiddish language has de-
clined. to a point where the only
Yiddish theater there has been
closed down and the Yiddish
newspaper which appears three
times a week is publishing only
1,000 copies, as compared with
the daily Russian - language
newspaper which has a circula-
tion of 10,000. -

An extensive report on the
situation of the Jews in Biro-
bidjan was published in the
New York Times by its Mos-
cow correspondent, Harrison
E. Salisbury, who visited the
province. While Birobidjan
has grown and expanded since
World War II it must be em-
phasized that its importance
as an area primarily dedicat-
ed to the settlement of per-
sons of Jewish faith has tend-
ed steadily to decline, the cor-
respondent reported.

does not appear to be a very
high Jewish percentage among
the newcomers but the move-
ment of Jews to Birobidjan has
completely stopped."
As far as the knowledge and

Interest of Birobidjan Jews in
developments concerning fel-
low Jews is concerned, the cor-
respondent w a s repeatedly
told by Birobidjan officials
that this interest was no
greater on the part of Jews
than among any other groups
of Soviet citizens.

"Never during question peri-
ods, which uniformly occurred
when this correspondent was
escorted through schools, fac-
tories or other institutions, were
questions asked about Jews
abroad, Israel, Zionism or other
matters of Jewish interest. Of-
ficials said this reflected a lack
of interest on the part of Jews
in such matters," Salisbury said.
All street signs are in Russian
and Yiddish. Most public insti-
tutions and some industrial es-
tablishments post their names
in both Russian and Yiddish.
However, the party and admini-
strative offices early their des-
ignations only in Russian.

Salisbury suggested to Lev Ye- Dr. Schwartz Optimistic
fremovich Vinkevich adminis- In Report on Israel
trative head of the Birobidjan

Provincial goyernment, t h a t
the total population of the
Jewish Autonomous Region is
about 200,000, nearly twice the
population at the last census of
1939. Most of the increase has
been in rural areas. The pres-
ent estimate of the percentage
of Jewish population to the
Whole is "about 50 percent,"
with percentages running a bit
higher in urban than in rural

areas.

At

the present time,

there

Israel Protests Slayings
At Mevoot Betar to UN

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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The
Israel government confronted
the United Nations Security
Council this week with another
demand for action by the world
body to preserve peace in the
Middle East.
The government cabled in-
structions to Abba S. Eban to
lodge a protest with the
Security Council over the latest
border episode which resulted in
the slaying of three Israelis by
Jordan forces at Mevoot Betar.
Israel, on the basis of eye-
witness reports and evidence of
bloodstains and tracks on the
scene, charged that the three
men. were killed on Israel ter-
ritory, after being ambushed by
Jordanian units, and dragged
over the frontier where their
bodies were mutilated.

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provided American Jews con-
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As_ a matter of fact, Israel's
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Morris W. Berinstein of Syra-
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with leaders of the Israel Gov-
ernment and the Jewish Agency
for Palestine.

`Not Guilty'—Butcher;
Set New Trial Date

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Groat last week on a charge of
violating a State kosher law,
Meyer Liebman, proprietor of a
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Anti-Jewish Blurbs
In England Reported
Coming from America

LONDON, (JTA) — Most of
the anti-Semitic literature dis-
tributed in England comes from
the United States, the confer-
ence of leaders of Jewish com-
munities throughout the British
Commonwealth was told here.
The report was delivered' at a
conference devoted to Jewish
defense activities against anti-
Semitism. It was emphasized
that although the Fascist move-
ment in England is losin g
ground to a "remarkable de-
gree," vigilance is still necessary.
The report was presented by
Reuben Liebermanri, chairman
of the defense committee of the
Board of Deputies of British
Jews.
Liebermann emphasized that
t h e Mosley Union movement,
which was engaged in anti-
Jewish propaganda in England
was disintegrating owing to
apathy on the part of the public.
"Mosley himself, who is now
living in Ireland, plays down
now the anti-Semitic angle in
his speeches,"' Liebermann said,
"However, there are still small
groups of troublemakers who are
concerned mostly with the dis-
tribution of pamphlets."

Cananda Permits Entry
Of 3,712 Immigrants

MONTEAL, (JTA) — A total
of 3,712 Jewish immigrants were
admitted to Canada in the year
ended March 31. Of this number
3,027, arrived via ocean ports
and 685 from the United States.
Jewish immigrants formed 2.13
percent of the total number of
immigrants admitted to Canada
during this year.
Immigrants of German origin
formed the largest group ad-
mitted to Canada during the
year, followed in order of size
by those of English, Italian,
Dutch. Scottish, Irish and Jew-
ish Origin.
All of thes groups showed an
increase over the previous year
with the exception of immi-
grants of Jewish origin who de-
creased by 27.1 percent. The de-
crease among the Jewish immi-
grants was greater than among
any other ethnic group except
t h o s e of Latvian, Lithuanian
and Ukrainian origin.

Husband-Wife Team
Score at Law School

LOS ANGELES, (JTA) — A

new husband-wife team scored
university honors here when
both members took degrees at
the University of Southern Cali.;
fornia Law School commence-
ment.
Harold Horowitz, associate
professor of Law, received his
master of laws degree. His wife,
Elizabeth, received her bachelor
of laws. Dr. Horowitz will be an
Ezra Ripley Thayer teaching
fellow at Harvard Law School
next year. Mrs. Horowitz will
take the State bar exams in
October.
Mrs. Horowitz is the daughter
of Dr. Jessie Marmorston, pro-
fessor of experimental medicine
at the Southern California
School of Medicine. In private
life, Dr. Marmorston is the wife
of Lawrence A. Weingarten,
M-G-M producer.

Mrs. Jack Axelrod to Head
AS Sisterhood Choral Group

The , Choral Group of Adas

Shalom Sisterhood, meeting re-
cently, elected Mrs. Jack Axelrod
its new chairman. Assisting her
will be Mesdames Sol Slomovitz,
secretary; Char les Heiman,
treasurer; and Ruth Bartlett,
publicity chairman.
Mrs. Joseph Markel is director
of the Choral Group, which she
organized eight years ago. All
women interested in sin gin g
should call Mrs. Markel, UN.
2-8394. The group is open to

all paid-up Sisterhood members.

Let us go up at once, and
possess it; for we are well able

to overcome it. --Num, 13:30

Hebrew Medical Journal

Inaugurates 27th Year

The current number of The
Hebrew Medical Journal (Harofe
Haivri), of which Dr. Moses Ein-
horn of New York is editor, in-
augurates the 27th year of its
appearance. This volume con-
tains contributions in Hebrew,
with ample. summaries in Eng-
lish that are of general interest
to the Jewish physician as well
as to the laymen,
The section on "Israel .. and
Health" contains a comprehen-
sive, article by Dr. Z. G. Rapha-
ely on some local problems of
psychiatric treatment in Is-
rael.
In the section on "Historical
Medicine," Dr. L. M. Herbert de-
scribes the life and work of the
physician, Rabbi Jacob Zahalon,
a remarkable personality in the
world of Hebrew letters and He-
brew medical writing after the

Middle Ages. His medical ency-
clopedia, "The Treasure of Life,*
published in 1683 is truly an epi-
tome of the medical knowledge
of his day,

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