Set Stage for Tercentenary
Women's Pageant on Feb. 14

WorldPuhlk Opinion Shocked by Executions

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strip area. The MAC condemned Egypt for the killing of an Israel farmer and the
wounding of another by Arab infiltrators from Egyptian territory.
Condemning Egypt for the second time within seven days, the MAC underlined
that despite Egypt's responsibilities under the armistice agreement to prevent infiltra-
tion of Israel territory, the marauders have not been halted and Israel citizens have
been killed. After assessing the blame on Egypt, the MAC called on the Arab state to
prevent further breaches of the border.

Profound Shock Expressed Over the Executions

The United States Government and leading Senators and Congressmen were among
those who addressed advice to Egypt to avoid extreme penalties in the Cairo trials on
the grounds of humanity and moderation, informed sources here disclosed.
Israel Ambassador Abba Elan had conferred on this matter with Undersecretary
of State Herbert Hoover, Jr., and Deputy Undersecretary Robert D. Murphy. Israeli
circles in Washington expressed profound shock at Egypt's rejection of counsel for mod-
eration from so many quarters.
The London press also expressed surprise that the Egyptian government had ig-
nored "a considerable volume" of international appeals for clemency. It is understood
that the British and American diplomats in Cairo submitted their governments' pleas
for a humane attitude.

•.
....
Plans are in full swing for the pageant, "The Pair of Silver
Candlesticks," to be presented by the Women's Tercentenary Com-
mittee at Temple Israel, at noon Monday, Feb. 14. The script
committee, whose personnel is setting the stage for this impres-
sive show and is guiding the staging under the direction of Harry
Goldstein, with Karl Has in charge of the music, includes, from
the left: Seated, Mesdames PHILIP BERNSTEIN and HARRY L.
JACKSON; standing, Mesdames IRVING SMALL, president of the
League of Jewish Women's Organizations; JOSHUA S. SPERKA,
author of the script; GEORGE RUBIN and NATHAN SPEVAKOW.

Choirs, Soloists to Feature
Tercentenary Concert FA 20

Morris L. Schaver, chairman
of the music committee of the
Detroit Tercentenary Committee
of 300, announces that the Ter-
centenary music program will be
held on Sunday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.
•at Mumford High School.
The program, under the direc-
tion of Dan Frohman, will in-
elude a combined chorus of 125
voices comprised of members of
the Halevy Farband Choral
Society, Music Study Club Wom-
en's Chorus, Shaarey Zedek
Male Chorus and Workmen's
Circle Choral Society.
The singers will be supported
by an ensemble of 20 members
of the Detroit Symphony Or-
chestra.

Mr. Frohman, a nationally-
known radio concert and opera
baritone, is recognized as one of
the outstanding choral directors
in the country.
• The program also will feature
solo numbers by Emma Lazarus
Schaver, the internationally
known Detroit soprano and Can-
tor Jacob H. Sonenklar of Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek.
In keeping with the Tercen-
tenary theme, the program will
feature music by outstanding
American Jewish composers.
Since all Tercentenary pro-
grams have been made possible
by the Special grant from the
Jewish Welfare Federation, ad-
mission to the concert is free.

Sephardic Community Schedules
Tercentenary Celebration on Sunday

In commemoration of the
Spanish-Portuguese Jews, who in
1654 formed the first Jewish set-
tlement in the United States,
the Sephardic Community of De-
troit will present a Tercentenary
celebration at 2 p.m., Sunday, in
the D. W. Simons Center, 4000
Tuxedo,
Jerome S. Varon, of Pontiac,
will be guest speaker. He will
outline the historical back-
ground of the Sephardim in
America. Mrs. Harvey Sibrack is
chairman of the afternoon.
The program will feature a
group of songs by Mrs. Malke
Shaw, who also will lead in
community singing.
The entire community has
been invited to attend the cele-
bration, at which Oriental deli-
eacies will be served.
Detroit's Sephardic Commu-
nity had its start in 1917 when
Jacob Chicorel arrived here and
with several of his countrymen
conducted the first Sephardic
service in Detroit, in his home.
The Sephardic Jews came from
Spain and Portugal, where they
developed a language, known as
Ladino, a combination of the

old Castilian Spanish and He-
brew, which eventually included
a mixture of •Greek, Turkish and
French.
Ladino is still spoken among
Sephardic throughout the world,
including the 85 families in De-
troit, many of whom are recent
arrivals from Serbia, Yugoslavia,
Greece and Italy.
On Rosh Hashanah, the Se-
phardic community rents a hall
and conducts its own rituals,
which are marked by an oriental
chant, always in a minor key.
Conducting the services here
is Jacob Chicorel, who reads the
language fluently and has a
strong voice to carry out the de-
mands of the service. Chicorel
studied with Solomon Algazi,.
chief • cantor of Imzir, Turkey,
and was a student at the Alli-
ance Israelite ,U riiv e r s e l l e in
Turkey. He speaks English, Tur-
kish, Greek, Italian, French as
well as Ladino.

American Jewish Committee Reports Anti-Semitic Efforts
Rejected Despite Increase In Hate Group Activities

Organized anti-Semitic an d that some unwary conservatives
pro-hate efforts are being in- were being "taken in" by fascist
creasingly rebuffed" and rejected
despite an increase in the activ- and anti-Semitic propagandists
ities and literature of thes e very much the way that some
groups, Dr. John Slawson, exec _ unwary liberals were hood-
utive vice-president of the Amer _ winked, in the 1930's, to support
ican Jewish Committee, declare d causes which later turned out to
in an address at AJC's 48th an be inspired by the Communists.
Dr. - Herman A. Gray of New
nual meeting in New York.
Dr. Slawson told more than -York University, in a report on
500 leaders of American Jewry problems arising out of the pro-
that "we are experiencing the posed rearming of West Ger-
strange phenomenon that an in- many, declared that the outlook
crease in the hate-group effort for democracy in Germany de-
is accompanied by a decrease in pended to a large extent on
whether a revival of the tradi-
the effect produced."
Secretary of State John Fos- - tional military caste can be pre-
ter Dulles, in a message to the vented.

A panel on the Near East
heard Marcel Franco of New
York report that technical as-
sistance and economic aid were
the crying need of all countries
in that area. Several speakers
expressed strong disagreement
with the U.S. State Department
policy of sending arms to Arab
nations under the present un-
settled conditions, and urged,
instead, that aid be limited to
technical and economic assist-
ance.
Both Communist and Arab
the American Jewish Committee, League propaganda are making
reported to the meeting that "at relentless assaults against de-

meeting, expressed "great sat-
isfaction with the steady prog-
ress we- have made as a nation
in the protection and further-
ance of the fundamental rights
of all our citizens," in the last
50 years.
President Eisenhower said in
a message to the convention
that "in these times efforts on
behalf of religious freedom
rightly deserve the ardent sup-
port of men of good will
throughout the world."
Irving M. Engel, president of

the present time, there is no evi-
dence that violence which is tak-
ing place in various parts of Film Stars to Highlight
North Africa is directed against Reform Parley Pageant
Jews or any other religious
group, as such."
Mr. Engel cautioned: "Jews
are worried about becoming
scapegoats in the future. Anti-
Semitic cartoons and hate-mon-
gering stories about 'Jewish Zion-
ists' in league with 'French op-
pressors' have been coming from
Cairo and European centers to
newspapers in North African
cities. It is felt that this propa-
ganda fanning the religious fa-
naticism of Moslem masses, may
provoke physical assault on
VANESSA BROWN (left) and
Jews."
JEFF CHANDLER are among

Adlai E. Stevenson also ex-
pressed deep concern over civil
and religious liberties which
he insisted, are "indivisible,"
in a message to AJC stated:

The panel on "Anti-Semitism's
Political Plans" heard George
Trosk and Joseph Flom, both of
New York, report that hatemon-
gers today were making use of
"front" techniques first perfected
by the Communists. They warned

the Hollywood film stars being
featured in a pageant which will
highlight the 43rd biennial as-
sembly of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations, Feb.
13 to 16, in Los Angeles. The
beginning of the convention, to
be attended by Reform leaders
throughout the nation, will be
heard in Detroit over "Message
of Israel" at 10 a.m., Feb. 13,
over station WXYZ.

THE TERCENTENARY STORY

Copyright, 1954, by American Jewish Preen

mocracy's defenses in North
Africa and the Middle East, Mr.
Engel stated in his report.
Civil liberties and human
rights are safe only in a society
that has learned to tolerate dis-
sent, Judge Learned Hand told
the annual dinner session of AJC
at which he was presented with
the American Liberties Medallion
for "exceptional advancement of
the principle of human liberty."
Soviet Russia was charged with
persecuting 2,500,000 Jews and
with eradicating Jewish com-
munal and religious life, in a
resolution adopted at the con-
cluding session.
Irving M. Engel was reelected
president of the AJC. Beside Mr.
Engel, other of-
ficials named
were: Judge Si
mon H. Rifkind,
chairman of the
A J C national
executive com-
mittee; Ralph
E. Samuel
chairman of the
a d m inistrative
committee, and I. M. Engel
Fred Lazarus, Jr., chairman of
the
new national advisory
council.
The session also adopted a
statement declaring that "des-
pite some slight improvement of
Arab-Israel relations, the refusal
of the Arab countries to recog-
nize Israel is a reality and the
continuation of the Arab block-
ade and boycott still threaten
the peeace and stability of the
area."
Other important actions taken
at the final session were resolu-
tion which:

1. Called for the prompt establishment
of an impartial Presidential commission
of distinguished citizens to re-examine
the entire loyalty-security program.
.
2. Asked Congress to make major re-
visions in the Refugee Relief Act of
1953 and the McCarran-Walter Immigra-
tion Act in line with the recommenda-
tions, of President Eisenhower's State of
the Union message.
3. Roundly condemned the Austrian
government for delaying indemnification
of Austrian victims of Nazi persecution
and breaking promises during negotia-
tions, and called upon the Austrian gov-
ernment to produce new proposals to
settle all claims.
4. Endorsed five major proposals re-
cently submitted by AJC officers to the
governments of the United States, France,
and Tunisia, and which were designed
to insure equal rights for all inhabitants
of Tunisia and Morocco regardless of re-
ligion or origin.
5. Called for the West German Army to
be placed under democratic civilian con-
trol and suggested that voluntary demo-
cratic groups in the United States ex-
plore e program of cooperation with
similar groups in Germany to strengthen .
democracy in that country.

22. Jews Serve the South

To* by DANIEL ELAZAR

14itistrations by AUR ICE del BOURGO

Hadassah to Build $500,000
Nursing School in Israel

NEW YORK, (JTA)—The con-
struction of a $500,000 Henrietta
Szold School of Nursing in Jeru-
salem, in commemoration of the
tenth anniversary of the death
of the founder of Hadassah, was
voted by leaders, of the organiza-
tion attending the annual mid-
winter conference of Tiadassah.

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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 4, 1955

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