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VOLUME' 26—No. 19

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17100•. 7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, January 14, 1955

Budgeting and
. 'Multiple Drives'
Problem

Anti-Semitism
Gets a Hearing
In Washington

Editorials, Page 4

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Eban's Message to the Catholics

Israel's Kinship With Christian
World Described at Notre Dame

Annual Pre-Campaign Budget
Conference Set for Jan. 23

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The sixth annual Pre-Campaign Budget Conference of.
- the Jewish Welfare Federation will open at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Davison Jewish Center.
The "'conference, which • will have morning and after-
noon sessions, will be presided over by Samuel H. Rubiner,
:president of Federation, and will develop a formula for the
allocation of funds to be raised in the 1955 Allied Jewish
Campaign. The program will follow four categories: over-
-seas and Israel, local (operating), local (capital funds),
and national agencies. •
Presentation of, needs Will be made by Abraham Srere,
phairman of Federation's executive committee, who will
discuss overseas and Israel; George M. Stutz, chairman of
the health and welfare division; Morris Garvetti chairman
of the education division; Jacob A. Citrin, chairman, com-
munity relations division, and Max J. Zivian, capital needs
division chairman.
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These presentations will be followed, in the afternoon
session, by recommendations, discussions and the develop-
ment of the formula which will be submitted to the Fed-
eration's board of governors for approval.

Ike Gets JWV Book:

P r e,s e n t
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER last week conferred with JOSEPH
F. BARR, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans
of the United States, who presented him with a copy of
"Jews in American Wars" by J. George Fredman and Louis
Falk. Commander Barr discussed with the President aspects
of veterans' legislation.

SOUTH BEND,

chairman of Pre-Campaign,
the division in charge of secur-
ing the big gifts for the Allied
Jewish Campaign, Samuel H.
Rubiner, president of the Jew-
WI Welfare Federation, an-
nounced this week. Mr. Fisher
assumes the post held last year
by John Lurie, the 1955 cam-
paign general chairman. Treas-
urer • of t h e Federation, last
year's Pre - Campaign vice-
chairman, a member of the
board of Sinai Hospital and
chairman of the Federation's
finance committee, Mr. Fish-
er gained national prominence
as a result of his having been
selected in Jerusalem as thf
spokesman for the UJA Study
Mission. He reported for the
Mission at the recent UJA
national conference.

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Tercentenary Story at Ivilfuseum:

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IND.—The "essential kinship" of Israel and the Christian world
was stressed Tuesday by Israel Ambassador Eban in an address -before the student body
and faculty of Notre Dame University. This was the first time that an official repre-
sentative of Israel addressed a major Roman Catholic audience in_ the United States.
"An understanding of the spirit of the Christian world ranks high among Israel's
chief aspirations," Mr. Eban said. "We are fully aware that many causes and assets
sacred to Christianity lie within our control and demand our most vigilant reverence.
This consideration has led us constantly, in recent years, to proclaim our readiness to
place under- international influence the Holy Places in Jerusalem which are the cradle
and inspiration • of the Christian Faith."
The Israel Ambassador reviewed - the considerations
which
have .caused the governments of the United States
Named Pre-Campaign
and of Israel to cooperate within the United Nations on
Chairman for 1955
behalf of solutions which respect both the sovereignty and
secular independence o f Jerusalem's popUlation a ri d the
rights of the Christian world to see its Holy Places kept
immune from turbulence. "I am satisfied that this attitude
is now shared by a majority of the members of the United
Nations;" he declared. -
Expressing satisfaction with the fact that he had been
invited to speak before "this Catholic sanctuary," Mr. Eban
said he considers the invitation a reflection of the convic-
tion that "the unfolding of Israel's new career as a nation
is a matter of moment and concern to the Christian world."
"The great issue in this generation is drawn not be-
tween Christia.nity and Judaism or between Israel and the
Christian naton," he stated. "You and we occupy different
areas of tradition, experience and outlook, but • we occupy
them 'on the . same side of that faithful demarcation. Our
differences are not insignificant and we should not be dis-
posed to obscure them. It may well be that those "elements
of our personality which are separate and distinctive are
precisely the most creative elements in our contribution to
MAX FISHER has been named
the common cause.

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"The rise of Israel," he continued, "is a victory of the human

spirit, a triumph of international integrity, a burden removed
from the universal conscience, the addition .of a new voice to

the sympathy of human freedom. This is, then, a victory for
the Jewish people."
Mr. tban noted that "the Biblical struggle of the Jewish
people for freedom had inspired and consoled many subsequent
movements of national independence, including that of the
United States. When Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
were consulted on the emblem of the future American Union,
they suggested that the seal of the United States of America
should represent the Children of Israel fleeing across the parted
waters of the Red Sea on the way to freedom,"

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Rambam Year' Opened in Jeratalem

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JERUSALEM--"Ranibam Year," which marks the 750th anni-
versary of the death of Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, medieval
Jewish philosopher and scientist, also • known as the Rambam
and as Maimonides, opened Thursday at the Rabbi Kook Institute.
Present at the ceremonies were President Itzhak Ben-Zvi,
Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, members of the Cabinet, scientists
and cultural leaders. A special pilgrimage will be made • to the
tomb of the Rambam in Tiberias Sunday.

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The original drawings made by the eminent American Jewish cartoonist, Maurice del
Bourgo, for the Tercentenary Story, the illustrated America n Jew ish history cartoon appearing weekly in The Jewish News, is on display as part of
the "Jewish Life and Culture in Detroit" exhibition at the Detroit Historical Museum. The new, panel will be on view during the final week of the ex-
hibition, the closing date of which Is Jan. 23. At 3 p.m. that day, the Detroit Tercentenary Committee of 300 will hold a report meeting at the Museum.
Honors will be accorded at that, time to Henry D. Brown, director of the Museum; Bartlett •Frost, assistant. director; Robert E. Lee, preparator, and Miss
Barbara FletAson„ public relaerarm secretary, in recognition of their contributions to the exhibition.
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