Around the World .
DETRO IT JEWISH N EWS - 7
Friday, April 15, 1955
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A digest of current worldwide news reported by the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency.
Hebrew Scholar to Talk
At Wayne University
United States
Prof. Hillel Bavli, Hebrew lit-
erary scholar and professor at
t h e Jewish Theological Sem-
inary, will speak
at Wayne Uni-
versity at 8 p.m.,
Wedrfesday.
Prof. Bavli
will address stu-
d ents enrolled
in the course,
"Jewish Cul-
,..tur al Patterns
qn America."
His topic will be
"Hebrew Litera-
r e in Ameri-
Prof. Bavli Ca.'',
The course, offered under the
auspices of the LaMed Profes-
sorship in Jewish Studies, is
directed by Dr. Norman Drach-
ler, and is given in the Kresge
Science auditorium, K i r by at
Second. The public is invited to
attend.
WASHINGTON—Edward J. Corsi, special assistant to Secretary
Dulles on refugee and immigration problems, was fired shortly
after recommending removal of bottlenecks in administering the
arARefugee Relief Act of 1953. A prominent New
York Republican, he was opposed by Rep. Walter,
co-author of the McCarran-Walter immigration
law . . . Corsi traces the conflict to a pamphlet
he wrote for Bnai Brith exposing the law ... James
Hamilton, examiner of the Immigration and Nat-
"ralization Service, has been named Chief Immi-
gration Officer for the refugee relief program .. .
The U. S. will guarantee an Arab-Israel peace
4 if both parties first arrive at an agreement
'4v to live in peace. This is - a prerequisite, to be fol-
'lowed by Arab-Israel acceptance of U. N. recom-
Corsi
mendations on Aiab refugees and boundary mat- •
ters and the Eric Johnston plan for Jordan river development .. .
The House Appropriations Committee has revealed that George V.
Allen, Ass't. Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, declared
in secret testimony some time ago that the State Dept. hopes to
persuade Egypt to relax the Suez Canal blockade against Isradl."
SAN FRANCISCO — The city Beard of Supervisors and the
Mayor have paid tribute to Dr. Rudolph I. Coffee, first Jewish
prison chaplain in the state, who recently retired after 50 years in
the rabbinate.
NEW YORK—According to a World Jewish COngress study
published here, 125,000 Sephardic Jews live in Latin America, out
of a world total of 1,744,883 . . . Dr. Alice V. Keliher, New York
University Professor of Education, has cancelled a speaking en-
gagement at a meeting at the Lake Placid Club in up-state New
York, because the Club practices discrimination. Charles Cogen of
the N. Y. Teacher Guild was also critical, pointing out that the
club "normally bars Jews as guests." . . . Judge Lowenberg of Tel
Aviv told a convention here that Israel has the highest, auto acci-
denb rate in the world. He attributed this fact to Israelis being
catapulted into the 20th century a little too rapidly. On the other
hand, he said that drunken driving is almost unknown . . . "Va-
riety," show business newspaper here, reports that anti-Naii lines
were cut from American films by Spanish censors before release
in Spain . . . Benjamin F. Fairless, chairman of the board of the
U. S. Steel Corp., has told a dinner of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews that those who foster racial and religious
bigotry are a menace to America's national unity . . . The Protes-
tant Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Manhattan held a special
"authentic Passover supper" for members of the parish . . . Dr.
Israel Straus _ s,- one of the world's most prominent neuro-psychia-
trists, died here . . . The Joint Distribution Committee shipped
more than 350,000 pounds of matzoth and other Passover supplies
to needy Jews in Europe . . . The director of the American. tour of
the Berlin Philharmonic has disclosed that the trip was a financial
failure. He attributes this to "adverSe publicity." While the orches-
tra did well financially in sole cities, Detroit was among those in
which it was a poor draw. Nevertheless, a return engagement is
announced for 1957-58.
TRENTON, N. J.—The auditorium of the community center of .
Orot in Israel, will be named for Gov. Robert B. Meyner.
EAST ORANGE, N. J.—Pfc. Howard F. Gersten won third prize
in the "What America Means To Me" .essay contest sponsored by
the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge.
CINCINNATI—The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion has received a .$125,000 gift, establishing a Jacob Ziskind
Memorial Fellowship and Publication Fund for research in the
realm of Jewish life and.jearning.
PHILADELPHIA—Employers .seeking personnel through place-
ment offices of local universities and colleges have been /lathed
by the schools that any questions, verbal or written, about the race,
religion, or national origin of applicants violate the city's Fair
Employment Practices Ordinance . . . Thieves have ransacked Tik-
voh Chandosho Synagogue, which suffered- $2,000 damage in an
attack by vandals in 1952. -
CHICAGO — State authorities, acting on complaints, have
launched a drive to halt violations of statutes governing use of the
word, "kosher," by food purveyors,,
ST. PAUL—The State Fair Employment Practices Commission
'bill has cleared the Appropriations Committe of the lower house
of the legislature.
MIAMI—The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has reached
agreement with representatives of Hebrew University-Technion
with rgard to the school's capital fund drive, to be held in this
community in April 1956.
UNITED NATIONS—Israeli delegate Eban has appealed to the
Security Council for a "clear statement," condemning Egypt for a
policy of "deliberate attrition" manifest in the Gaza strip area in
"steady, accuMulated, relentless pressure and hostility day by day."
Center Begins Registration
For Spring English Classes
Valerie Komives, supervisor of
adult English classes at the
Jewish Community Center, an-
nounces that the spring' term
will begin on Monday, and con-
tinue until June 16. The classes
are held at the D. W: Simons
Centel-, 4000 Tuxedo. Interested
individuals should phone TR. 5-
8450, Ext. 19.
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In 1954, 7,700 pedestrians were
killed in U.S. traffic accidents.
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Israel
JERUSALEM—Press Ben Zvi has received Harry Posner of
Medford, Mass., whO has undertaken brfknance the establishment
of 20 libraries for schools in this city . . . Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi
Herzog was host to some 50 diplomats of U. N. member states and
their families at the seder in his home . . . Local hotels were
booked to capacity at Passover, with more tourists than ever before.
TEL AVIV—After visiting Israel soldiers wounded in an Egyp-
tian attack, Premier Sharett warned that Israel's "patience can-
not be regarded as unlimited." . . . Tourists streamed into the city
for Passover visits, stimulating economic activity.
You couldn't ask for an
easier dish, nor a tastier one!'
Strictly Kosher, the O seal
of approval of THE UNION
OF ORTHODOX JEWISH
CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA,
is on the front of the label.
Europe
LONDON—Israel is seeking clarification of a statement by Sir
Anthony Eden that Britain is willing to guarantee any Israel-Arab
settlement, if it covers the future of Arab refugees, the frontiers,
and development of the Jordan river. Israel fears that the Arab
states, merely by refusing sucha settlement, could frustrate British
moves to insure Israel's security ... The Agudas Israel movement
denies charges by the Board of Deputies of British Jews that it
was partly responsible for the breakdown of negotiations among
British Jewish groups on coordinating their approaches to the
British government in matters involving foreign affairs.
PARIS—Grand Rabbi Jacob Kaplan of France presided over
a mass seder for the Jewish community. Many Jews from the
United States and other countries joined in the public celebration.
South America
BUENOS AIRES—A three-day celebration of the 50th anni-
versary of the Rivera Jewish colony, originally called the Baron
De Hirsch colony, in the southern part of Buenos Aires province,
wa held here this week,
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