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in 1955 May the New Year bring to all the happy fulfilment of all their
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THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

of Jewish Events

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1955:

An Evaluation

of Community

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Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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Arab Threats, Death Sentences
For Jews, Add Warmongers' Fuel
To Dangers Imposed U on Israel

Leonard Simons Fund Makes
Possible Impressive 32-Page
Guide to Tercentenary Exhibit

Through the generosity of Leonard N. Simons, the
publication of a 32-page impressive Guide to the American
Jewish Tercentenary Exhibition at the Detroit Historical
Museum was made possible this week. The entire cost of
this illustrated brochure, which is being distributed among
15,000 members of the Detroit
Jewish community and an addi-
tional 4,000 members of the De-
troit Historical Society, was cov-
ered by the Leonard N. Simons
Fund of Temple Beth El.
The Guide contains brief ar-
Aides by Philip Slomovitz and
Charles E. Feinberg, chairman
and associate chairman of the De-
troit Tercentenary Committee of
300; Irving I. Katz, secretary of
the committee, and Henry D.
Brown, director of the Detroit His-
,
Leonard Simons
torical Museum. The guide-lines,
to the various panels of the exhibition, reproduced in the brochure,

were prepared by Frank Simons, city editor of The Jewish News.
A floor plan to the exhibit, prepared by Robert E. Lee, pre-
parator of the Museum, also is included in the Guide. The bro-
chure was designed by William A. Bostic, of the Detroit Institute
of Arts.

Send Books to Ponevez Seminary in Israel

The collection of rare Hebrew books from the Library of the
'ate Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, comprising about 500 volumes, will be
sent to the Ponevez Theological Seminary in Israel as a gift from
the Simons Fund.
Rabbi Joseph Kahaneman, head of the Seminary, who re-
cently visited Detroit, expressed his great delight with the ac-
quisition of the books and stated that a separate section will be
set aside in the Library of the Ponevez Theological Seminary to
be known as the "Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer Memorial Section."
Kaddis will be recited annually on the yahrzeit of Dr. E.
Benedict Glazer and his father, Rabbi Simon Glazer, in Israel.
The books were purchased by the Leonard N. Simons Fund of
Temple Beth El, and were given as a gift by Temple Beth El to
the Ponevez Theological Seminary.

Frightening news from the Middle East in the past few days pointed
to increasing war threats for Israel and to undiminished incitation to troubles
by the Arab states. Charges were made in Israel this week that one of the
13 Jews now on trial in Egypt was murdered and that the Egyptians falsified
reports and called his death a suicide. (Detailed story on inside page.)
Other reports of the arrests and the sentencing of Jews in Arab lands is
contained in the following direct teletype reports to The Jewish News from
the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:

LONDON—Three alleged members of a "Zionist Terrorist" group were sentenced
to death Monday in Lebanon by a military Tribunal, it was reported here Tuesday from
Beirut. The report said that two of them were sentenced in absentia and that one of
these two is now in Israel.
Twenty seven others were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from two
to 20 years. Seven of them were sentenced in absentia. They were among the more than
30 persons who had been arrested some months ago on charges that they had planned to
blow up the Iraq Embassy in Beirut and that they threw bombs into the premises of
the Arab Higher Committee.
At the time of the arrests, it was understood that the group was composed of Com-
munist elements During the trial Monday, it was stated that the "gang" was made up
mainly of Arab refugees from Palestine. The defendants were charged with transport-
ing explosives and time bombs to Beirut last July.

Syrian Premier Urges Use of U.S. Arms for War on Israel

The Arab states should take American arms and use them against Israel, Syrian
Premier Faris el Khoury advocated in an interview with the Cairo weekly "El Musaw-
war," which has just arrived in London.
The Syrian Prea.gier said that the Arab states should not "hesitate" to accept the
American offer of arms, since the only condition of acceptance is that they will not be
used for "aggression." "Let us take these weapons and use them in self-defense against
the Jews," el Khoury insisted. "Israel gives us an opportunity for self-defense and an oc-
casion for war each day," he added, assertino- that Israel has attacked Syrian villages,
rustled Arab cattle and diverted the Jordan River.
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"Let us take Ameria:n arms and attack Israel while we can," he continued. "I
guarantee to justify our position before the United Nations and the International Court
of Justice, too," the Syrian. Premier told the correspondent for "El Musawwar." "The
important thing," he lectured, "is to possess the means of attack."
As for his opinion on how to "settle the Palestine problem," el Khoury declared:
"The Palestine problem will not be solved unless Israel returns to the border which is
both just and legal. But Israel will not. This means that Israel ought to be made to
carry out United Nations decisions, either by the United Nations and that's impossible
because Israel was created by the United Nations; or it should be compelled to do so by
force, and that's up to the Arab armies."

Six More Jews Arrested in Egypt

CAIRO—Egyptian police anounk-!ed Tuesday they have arrested five men and one
woman, all Jews, on charges of "Conmunist activities and espionage for Israel."
The Egyptian government announcement said the accused were "Communists"
employed by Isrel. It was alleged that the accused Jews helped Jews get away from
Arab contries into Israel where they were allegedly . trained in espionage and returned
to Arab states in the capacity of "Communist propagandists and spies." This seems a
most obvious attempt of Egyptians to equate Israel with Communism.

Children Stage Impressive Tercentenary Programs : Hundreds of Detroit boys and girls, representing

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all the local Jewish schools, participated in the two impressive celebrations of the American Jewish Tercentenary, last Sunday, at the Mumford High
School Auditorium. The photo on the left, taken at the morning celebration, shows Dr. Norman Drachier, co-chairman of the children's Tercentenary

committee; Sanford Saulkas, of the United Hebrew Schools, who lighted the Hanukah 'candles; Bella Goldberg, director of the Shaarey Zedek choir;
Steven Brown, who played the role of Judas Maccabeus in the play "Freedom Hall" staged by the children of Temple Israel, and Rabbi Leon Fram, chair-
man of the children's Tercentenary committee. The photo on the right shoves Rabbi Jacob Segal, author of the cantata "In Freedom's Light," a most im-
pressive interpretation of the Tercentenary which highlighted the afternoon program; Mrs. Jason Tickton, who directed the Temple Beth El choir; Judith
Dzodin, Saul Maltz, director of the Yiddish High School, and Marsha Cousens. More than 200 children appeared in the two programs as participants in
the plays and as singers in the various choirs. Outstanding among the participantS, in Rabbi Segal's excellent cantata, was Jacqueline Miller, with her

spoken parts as well as her songs, especially her reading of a Maftir to the tune of the traditional cantillations.