Goldmann Hails U.S. Move
To Review Near East Policy
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-1 1
Friday, December 10, 1954
Zackheim Returns 'Trip Money to AZF
Launch Seminary
Campaign Dec. 20
A recent board of directors Abraham Borman for their ef-
meeting of the Zionist Organ"- forts on behalf of the Balfour
zation of Detroit was uniquely ! Ball. Special committees were
highlighted when Maurice H. appointed for youth activities,
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) — The ship League. Lawson noted
Eisenhower Administration's pre- that part of his mission in
sent review of its policy in the Israel was to assure the Israel
Middle East was welcomed as people of the U. S. Govern-
"urgent and long overdue," by ment's "earnest desire" to see
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman Israel develop continuously as
of the Jewish Agency, in an ad- a partner of the free world.
dress here. "There is no justification for
The Zionist leader expressed fears" that Washington is re-
his hope that "this review will serving its • consideration for
result in a policy contributing other and larger countries, the
towards peace and stability in Ambassador insisted.
the Middle East," and pointed
"Israel is not an isolated state,
out that the "present policy, but a member of the free world
however well intentioned, far community, he asserted, and
from stabilizing conditions, add- consideration is given Israel's
ed to disorientation." position when American foreign
Dr. Goldmann addressed a policy is formulated. He ex-
seven-state regional conference pressed confidence that Israel
of the American Zionist Council would play an important role on
which speaks for all Zionist the world scene.
bodies in this country.
Meanwhile, from London, S. Solomon
Tom Borman
His remarks were the .first comes a report from The Times,
made by any Zionist leader on quoting Syrian Premier el Khou- ! The annual campaign, under-
a message from Secretary of ry who declared in an interview taken by the Detroit Friends of
State John Foster Dulles deliv- with its correspondent that there the Jewish Theological Seminary
ered to the Weizmann Dinner can be no settlement of the Pa- of America, gets under way with
in New York last Thursday by lestine question except by force. parlor meeting at :the home of
U.S. Solicitor General Simon E.
The Premier added that an- Samuel B. Solomon, Monday
Sobeloff.
other round of warfare in Pa- evening, Dec. 20, it was announc-
Sobeloff had told the New lestine might be inevitable be- ed by Louis Berry and Mr. Solo-
York Assembly that "in ac- fore the problem was settled. He mon, chairmen of this year's
cordance with the desires of felt either the Western Powers, drive.
the President, Secretary Dulles the United Nations or the Arabs i For the eighth consecutive
is actively engaged in the .eval- would have to use force to bring year, a Seminary campaign is
uation of our efforts in the Israel to a "state of reasonable- being launched at Mr. Solomon's
Near East with the purpose of ness." home.
hastening progress towards
He charged that the West had Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, of
these policy objectives."
combined to deprive Syria of a Temple Beth El, in Rochester,
Dr. Goldmann pointed out large part of her historic terri- N.Y., will be the guest speaker..
that "this type of review was tory in Palestine.
"Between Two Eternities," a film
precisely what American friends
Israel completed an agree- depicting the life of Dr. Solomon
of Israel have been urging for ment this week with Gen. E. L. Schechter, founder of the Con-
many months."
M. Burns United Nations truce servative movemen t, will be
"Mr. Sobeloff's statement on chief providing for its officers ' shown.
behalf of the • Administration to be present on any inspec- ! Tom Borman has accepted a
that we will not seek to increase tion tour of the Israel-Jordan ' co-chairmanship of this year's
our friendship with the Atabs border region which pene- drive. Other co-chairmen include
at the expense of Israel any trates Israel territory.
ij Theodore Curtis, of Congrega-
more than we would seek to gain
The agreement, which ends a tion Bnai Moshe; Sol Eisenberg
favor with Israel at. the expense dispute between Israel and Gen. j and Nathan R. Epstein, of Adas
of the Arabs, if fulfilled, would Burns over his insistence that Shalom; Samuel Friedman and
meet our request for an equitable he could send unescorted UN ob- David M. Miro, of Shaarey Ze-
policy," Dr. Goldmann continued. servation teams into any demi- dek.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Ed- litarized territory without the
Detroit Friends of the Semi-
ward B. Lawson is reported to consent of either party, was nary have accepted a campaign
have assured Israel of the "full reached by Gen. Burns and Gen. quota this year of $80,000 toward
friendship" of the United States, Moshe Dayan, Chief of Staff of a national goal of $2,343,000. Last
a late communique from Tel the Israel Army. year $75,000 was raised here. .
Aviv stated.
Either Israel or Gen. Burns' The annual Letroit campaign
He also stressed the fact that may initiate the sending of ob- is sponsored jointly by Congre-
the U.S. was fully aware of Is- servers into a demilitarized area, gations Shaarey Zedek, Beth
rael's great desire for peace with if the situation calls for it, but Aaron, Bnai Moshe and Adas
the Arab states.
the UN team must be accom- Shalom. These synagogues, to-
Speaking at a dinner given panied by officers of the state in gether with Congregation Aha-
in his • honor at ZOA House by whose territory it is operating, vas Achim, are members of the
the Israel-American Friend- according to the new pact. j United Synagogue of -American,
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!representing the Conservative
movement.
MIn this area, the Semina r
rabbinical g r a d, u a te s includ e
Rabbi Morris Adler, Milton Arm
Benjamin Gorrelick, Jacob Se
By BORIS SMOLAR
gal and Moses Lehrman, of De
(Copyright, 1954, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Ine.)
troit; Philip Kieval, Flint; Her
man G r o s s m a n, Kalamazoo
WA Convention
Gershon Winer, Grand Rapids.
The United Jewish Appeal comes to its annual convention The Seminary is the producer
thiS week-end with an unprecedented record of carrying on two of the Peabody Award-winning
campaigns in one year. . . . One was the regular UJA drive; the Eternal Light Radio program.
other was the campaign to raise $65,000,000 as a consolidation loan
for the Jewish Agency to help meet Israel's short-term obliga-
tions this year . . . Both campaigns, conducted simultaneously, are Bat Galim's Release
expected to yield a total of about $120,000,000 in cash. . . . This Is Demanded at UN
is the greatest sum ever raised by the UJA since the peak year
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
of 1948 when giving was highest because of the emergencies that
to The Jewish News
the Jewish world faced at that time . . . The sum raised in that j UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—The
year was about $147,000,000 .. . Considering the downward trend j United Nations Security Council i
in fund-raising during the last five years, the United Jewish Ap- Wednesday in effect gave Egypt
peal hag done an excellent job this year in stimulating American i one more opportunity to re-
Jewry to give for two purposes at the same time . . . The $65,- ' lease the Israel freighter Bat
000,000 for consolidation. of loan campaign came from about 135 Galim which had already been
communities and saved the Israel government about $7,000,000 in I
ordered released by the Israel-
interest . . . Of course, some of these communities will deduct the i Egyptian Mixed Armistice Com-
money they advanced for the loan from their regular annual' mission.
allocations to the UJA during the next five years . . . However, it
After a two-and one-half hour
is also hoped that many of them may increase their allocations session during which exhaustive,
next year in view of the grave situation of the 250,000 Jews in preSentations of argument were '
Morocco .. . At least 30,000 of these Jews must be moved to Israel voiced by Abba Eban for Israel
immediately while increased aid must be secured for the remaind- and Omar Loufti for Egypt, the
er to alleviate their plight on the spot.
Council adjourned subject to re-
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j call "as soon as justified." The
WA Construction
;United States and Britain are
is conducted by the "United Jewish Appeal, Inc.," a New bringing pressure to bear upon
York corporation . . . The corporation consists of 14 members, Egypt for release of the vessel.
divided equally between representatives of the Joint Distribution Sir PiersOn Dixon, British
Committee and the United Israel Appeal . . . Each year represen- delegate, made a statement
tativs of the JDC and UIA designate campaign officers and a which was considered important
campaign cabinet to lead the Appeal • . . They also elect an by a number of delegates. He
executive committee of 54 members and an administrative corn- answered all of Egypt's argu- I
mittee. of 18 members, one-third of whom are nominated by local ments about Egypt's alleged!
communities . . . The basic formula governing fund distribution ! right to stop Israel shipping by
between JDC and UIA has been in existence since 1951 and will ' reaffirming very clearly Brit-
remain so through 1958 under an existing agreement .. . It pro- ; ain's adherence to the princi-
vides 33 per cent to the JDC and 67 per cent to the UIA on the ,' ples of the Security Council's
first $55,000,000 . . . From all sums over $55,000,000 the JDC gets ! 1951 resolution which makes no •
121) per cent and the UIA 8719 per cent . . . Ten percent of the : distinction between Israel-owned .
funds for each campaign may be re-negotiated in the event that shipping and any other shipping
some unusual emergency ,arisea which may make re-negotiation but merely clarifies the right of
necessary . . . The JDC,`fit.4bill its •iriciS;'-inade in 1951 a grant - of ' atlr•shippinet6 'freedom of Pas-
$[:250,000 to the World ORT Union : sage in the Suez Canal.
Between You and
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Zackheim,
who
had been award-an
Israel Bond project, and for
ed round trip
transportation
to
Israel, announced that he was , annual "Z" Day.
donating the cost of the trip to
the American Zionist Fund.
JACOB LICHTER of Cincin-
Additional contributOrs to the nati, president of Southern Fire-
Balfour Ball are:
proofing, Inc., has been elected
Dr. Herbert J. Bloom. Bernard, Brown; tt:
the
board of governors of
Sol B. Edelman, Di.
D Elmer P. Elias, Sam-
_
uel Engelbert, Dr. L. Gladonyi, Irying Hebrew Union College—Jewish
Goldberg, Moe Goodman, Morton E. Har,..
ris, Ben Hoffer, Dr. Martin M: Jacobs-, , Institute of Religion.
Joseph J. Karbal, Charles S. Lapides, •!
Lewis H. Manning, Herry Nest, Felix
Rosenberg. 'Dr. Samuel Rosenthal, Robert
Maurice Scholnick, Mrs, Nathan Schrei-
ber„ Richard A. Serlin, Dr. Louis Shi0-
vitz, Alex Sklar, Louis Tabashnik, Meyer
Weingarden and Sons, George WeiSwas-
ser and Saul Zuieback.
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A vote of thankS was extended
to Samuel Feldstein and his co-
chairmen, Harry Cohen and
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