1954 Stephen Wise Award Winners Around the World . . A digest of current worldwide news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Recipients of the 1954 Stephen Wise Awards as announced by Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the American Jewish Congress, which grants the annual awards, were: Elmer Davis (left), news analyst and author, for his "courageous de- fense of civil liberties;" Louis Lipsky (right), vet- eran Zionist leader, for "dedicated service to the Jewish people;" Prof. Franz Boehm (center), dis- Britain Continues To Handle German } Interests in Israel Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALP.M—B ritain will continue to represent German interests in Israel for the next several months, until the prob- lem of German-Israel relations will come into shape, now that Germany has again become a sovereign nation, it was stated here Tuesday. Israel's interests in Germany. are taken care of by the Israel Purchasing Mission in Cologne. The possibility of establishing diplomatic relation's with Ger- many is for the time being not being discussed here, since it is understood that the West Ger- man government will not press Israel for establishment of such relations and will be satisfied to have Britain continue to take care of Germany's interests here. Tunis Opens State Positions to Jews Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TUNIS—A number of Jewish youths will be given training in various branches of the Tunisi- an police force, it was learned here last week end. Previously, no Jews were admitted to po- lice force posts. At the same time, Tunisian Council President A. Tahan Ben Ammar issued instructions that applications by Jews for posts in the new Tunisian administra- tion be proceSsed as quickly as possible, and that where the ap- plications are considered satis- factory the posts should be made available to them. 28 — DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 13, 1955 tinguished German Christian Democrat who played the decisive role in Jewish material claims on Germany, for his "untiring efforts to combat anti-Semitism and to make his fellow- Germans aware of their obligations to the Jew- ish people," and to Yale University (coat of arms, extreme right) for promoting Jewish schol- arship through its publication of Judaica Series. Threat to Jewish Family Life, Education Needs, Reviewed at Conservative Rabbis' Convention The foundations of Jewish home life in this country are being threatened as never be- fore by divorce, intermarriage, indifference, ignorance a n d immorality, it was reported at the 55th annual convention of The Rabbinical Assembly of America, h e 1 d at Hotel Mo- raine, Highland Park, Ill. Another s i g- nificant report delivered at theafisr convent i o n of the nati onal7t: association of 600 spiritual leaders a f M- ated with Con- servative Juda- ism, d i s close& that while there has been a noticeable in- crease in reli- Rabbi Halpern gious education for Jewish youth everywhere in the nation, the severe shortage of certified teachers and principals poses a grave danger to the future of American Jewry. The 300 rabbis who attended the convention re-elected Rabbi Harry Halpern of the East Mid- wood Jewish Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., to his second term as pres- ident. Jewish Family Life Threatened In line with the Rabbinical Assembly's long-range interest in strengthening Jewish family life, which was demonstrated last year when the group adopted the revised Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) and made provisions for the estab- lishment of a National Beth Din (Jewish court), one of whose functions would be to undertake a practical program of marriage counseling, Rabbi Reuben M. Katz of Freeport, Long Island, chairman of the Assembly's Commission on Marriage and the Family, expressed the con- tinuing concern of the rabbis who deal with daily problems of congregants. "The foundations of Jewish home life in this country are being threatened as never be- fore by divorce, intermarriage, indifference, ignorance and im- morality," Rabbi Katz said. "We are aware that there are trends damaging our traditional home life and the:' disturb us deeply. To conteract them, we need positive action on our part in order to keep the ideals of Jewish family life alive and apparent to our people, partic- ularly at this time." Strides in Jewish Education Several convention sessions were devoted to an appraisal of the status and future of Jewish education in America, as a part of the tenth anniversary of the United Synagogue's Commission on Jewish Education. Rabbi Josiah Derby, of Rego Park, Long Island, chairman of the Commission, reported that a re- cent survey on the accomplish- ments of Jewish education in Conservative congregations re- vealed that there has been an overall increase in religious edu- cation for Jewish youth every- where. "The major problem confront- ing Jewish education today," he said, "is the dearth of teach- ing and administrative person- nel. Unless more adequately trained personnel are made available, there is a graire dan- ger that the excellent progress that has been made will come to a halt, if not receive a dam- aging setback." The convention pointed to the "tragic error being committed by America and her allies in en- couraging sabre-rattling," by the Arab League against Israel. The Rabbinical Assembly, in other actions, decried the "in- humane and senseless" McCar- ran-Walter Immigration Law and endorsed the Lehman Im- migration Bill; called for Fed- eral aid to states for construct- ing public schools, but added that such funds should not be made available to those states practicing segregation; and called for full and speedy im- plementation of the Supreme Court decision banning segre- gation in the public-schools. President Eisenhower was praised by the rabbis for the "restraining influence he has exercised upon those in our country who would solve the present international impasse by a resort to arms." Solicitors Turn in Pledge Slips Erect Jew Halifax Mayor United States NEW YORK—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, just back from Israel, proposed a 3-point plan to solve the Palestine problem: (1) for- mation of a volunteer border patrol with members from nations not directly involved, (2) reconsideration of the Johnston plan for regional development of the Jordan River valley, (3) acceptance by Israel of 100,000 Arab refugees if the Arab states will absorb the remainder .. . The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies here honored Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Salk, parents of Dr. Jonas Salk, with a scroll naming them "Jewish parents of the year" ... Jewish leaders joined their Protestant and Catholic counterparts in a statement aimed at arousing the American people to "a greater level of moral concern over the relation of American abundance to world needs." ... The National Community Relations Advisory Council called for the creation of local Jewish community rela- tions councils representing all Jewish organizations and groups "for the protection of equal rights and opportunities and the cre- ation of conditions for vital Jewish living." CHICAGO—$100,000 was presented here to Histadrut to build a cold storage plant in Israel. The sum was raised at a testimonial dinner for Patrick E. Gorman, secretary-treasurer of the Amal- gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America. PHILADELPHIA—The local Allied Jewish Appeal and the Fed- eration of Jewish Charities have appointed committees to explore the possibility of merging the two organizations. LOS ANGELES—An attempt to burn down the Beth Aaron Synagogue here was blocked when an alarm was turned into a nearby fire station. MINNEAPOLIS—Two local Jewish couples who moved to Jonesboro, Ark., where there are only 18 Jewish families, are ac- tively developing Jonesboro's knowledge of Hebrew, Jewish music, and the Torah. United Nations Israel has seven Iron ore deposits, one of which may contain as much as 15,000,000 tons, according to the latest UN survey of world iron resources . . . The U. S. Government was criticized for lacking the "liberal spirit" in its immigration legislation in an address by Arthur Greenleigh, executive director of United HIAS Service, at a conference of non-governmental organizations inter- ested in migration. Israel JERUSALEM—Premier Sharett hailed the bond between Is- rael and the British people in a ceremony marking the planting of the 250,000-tree Queen Elizabeth Coronation Forest. Funds for the planting were raised by British Commonwealth Jews . . . Letters received here from Romania state that—the Romanian Ministry of Interior has begun accepting applications for exit visas from Romanian Jews who wish to join members of their families in Is- rael . .. Israel is working for admittance to the Middle East re- gion section of the World Health Organization, a UN affiliate, by asking every state with which she has diplomatic relations to vote for her inclusion in the Middle East region, rather than the Eu- ropean region, where she was placed last year because of Arab attitudes. Europe BONN—The West German government has approved importa- tion from Israel of $2,800,000 in citrus fruits, peanuts, peanut ker- nels, and eggs—the largest authorization to date for imports from the Jewish state. COPENHAGEN—King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid of Den- mark attended a concert of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, currently touring Europe. LONDON—Britain will continue to tell Iraq of its opposition to an Iraqi regulation forbidding British Jews from landing by plane on Iraqi soil, even when in transit to another country. FRANKFURT—Dr. Gerhard Peters, German chemical manu- facturer who sold postassium cyanide to the Auschwitz extermina- tion camp, knowing that it was being used to murder masses of Jews and other people, is facing a German court here for the seventh time on war crimes charges. Although sentenced to six years imprisonment, he has not served, and his case has been re- opened on his own petition because of "new evidence." PARIS—It was announcd that nearly one-third of the French survivors of Nazi concentration camps have died since the war, and the death rate among those remaining is alarmingly high because of their sufferings during incarceration . . . Ugly scenes occurred in Tunis when several Jewish shopkeepers failed to dec- orate their windows in honor of the French Tunisian agreement giving Tunis greater home rule. TURIN—Vandals painted red swastikas on a monument lo- cated next to the Turin Synagogue, honoring Jews murdered by the Nazis. GENEVA — The first Nansen Medal was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt for her services to the humanitarian cause of aiding refugees. The award was also given in consideration of President Roosevelt's efforts in the same field. ROME—Jack Augenblick was sworn in here as president last week. However, he had been elected village president of South Orange, New Jersey, not president of Italy! The village charter re- quires the president to be sworn in within ten days of election, and Augenblick took the oath at the American Embassy here. Latin America RIO DE JANEIRO—A meeting of some 5,000 persons marked Israel's seventh independence anniversary. Chief speakers were James G. MacDonald, first U. S. Ambassador to Israel, and Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist Council. UJA Film Starring Fredric March On WXYZ-TV This Sunday Evening Screen actor Fredric March has the starring role in the mo- tion picture "None Shall Make Them Afraid," a new United Jewish Appeal documentary film, which will be shown at 7:15 p.m., Sunday, May 15, on WXYZ- TV, Channel 7. The United Jewish Appeal is the major beneficiary of funds raised through the Allied Jewish Campaign. Produced in Hollywood, the film is the dramatic story of the Jewish plight in tension-ridden North Africa, where more than 70,000 have applied for emigra- HALIFAX, N.S., (JTA)—Leon- ard A. Kitz, 39-year-old combat SAM D. JACOBS, (left) chairman with Harry Barnett of veteran, has been elected Mayer of Halifax, becoming the first the Steel Section, Mechanical Trades Division, and HARVEY Jew to hold that office. Kitz led WILLENS, chairman of the Arts and Crafts Division, turn in the field of five candidates with solicited pledge slips at . a recent Allied Jewish Campaign re a plurality of 2,000 votes out of a port rally. Compiling results is IDA LEVINE. total of over. 16 ;000. tion to Israel, - 1 "None Shall Make Them Afraid" depicts life in a typical North African ghetto, then shifts to Israel for the final "home- coming" of the new immigrants: The film takes the viewer to the ghettos of Morocco and Tu- nisia, where thousands of Jews eke out a bare living amidst un- describable misery and hard- ship. For many of them the UJii is the only ray of hope in an otherwise dark future. The camera then follows the migra- tion route to Israel and the sub- sequent final resettlement in the young Jewish state.