Compare Notes on Miami UJA Gifts
15 Jews Freed
By Soviets; Claim
German Origin
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
FRANKFURT — Fifteen Ger-
man Jews who survived the
Nazi regime and years of im-
prisonment in the Soviet Union
have been freed among Ger-
man prisoners of war and -war
criminals whom the Russians
have. released in recent months.
Pre-campaign chairmen of the trade and professional divi-
All were released because
sions in the Allied Jewish Campaign get together in Detroit
they claimed German citizen-
to compare notes on how well their divisions did in Miami at
ship rather ,than because of
the nation-wide launching of the United Jewish Appeal. Left
hardships they suffered. Some
to right: Sol Eisenberg, mechanical trades; Paul Zuckerman,
have been in continuous cus-
Tom Borman, food; Wilfred B. Doner, arts and crafts; James
tody for 20 years.
Wineman, mercantile; Irwin I. Cohn, professional division.
Several of the released Jews
_report that many Jews from
Eastern and Central European
countries remain in Soviet cus-
today. Fifteen were arrested
and imprisoned by Soviet au-
thorities for a variety of rea-
sons. One was arrested while
travelling through the Soviet
Union en route to Iran. Another
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sephthal, of Jerusalem, treas-
was arrested for "sabotage,"
urer of the Jewish Agency, that
Beach
which
included
Sidney
shortly after the Red Army re-
"mounting Egyptian military
Bertin,
Abe
Shif
f
man
and
leased him from a Nazi con-
superiority ultimately will ex-
and
Henry
Wineman.
centration camp.
press itself either in full-scale
Division leaders and work- aggression against Israel or in
A third was arrested in East
a hit-and-run aerial attack that
Berlin in 1946 on charges of ers are now moving ahead to
establish a solid base of gen-
will decimate us by the thou-
"espionage." One of the Jews
erosity to assure success of
sands."
is a former head of the Corn-
the general solicitation when
"Does anybody think that
munist party in Hesse who was
the Detroit campaign formal-
Egypt is getting Communist
an acquaintance of Noel Field.
ly opens on Wednesday,
arms in order to fight the Com-
He was arrested and sentenced
April 4.
munists?" he asked.
to life imprisonment in the
The outpouring of gifts at the
In light of this, he stated,
Vorkuta Labor Camp.
two-day national conference Israel must spend $50,000,000
here came in response to a beginning immediately "f o r
Vienna Orthodoxy Quits
warning from Dr. Gioria Jo- non-military preparations in be-
Jewish Community Council
half of its civilian population."
VIENNA, (JTA)—The Orth-
He listed the following needs
Lesser
Gets
Zionist
odox representation in' the Vi-
for which, he pointed out, Israel
enna Jewish Community Coun-
is shy of funds:
Press
Relations
Post
cil walked out of the council
1. Stockpiling a food and
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.—The
and threatened to pull some 600
fuel in the event Israel is
appointment
of
Allen
Lesser
as
Orthodox Jews out of formal
cut off or its internal com-
membership in the Vienna Jew- director of information was an-
munications are disrupted, as
ish Community in a dispute nounced here by I. L. Kenen, in the case of Jerusalem dur-
executive direc-
Over a new community group
tor of the ing the Arab invasion of 1948.
it charged was more interested
2. Building of auxiliary
American Zion-
in promoting socialism than Ju-
power
stations and their dis-
ist Committee
daisth.
persal throughout the coun-
for Public Af-
According to Austrian law, if
fairs. He will try to augment existing facili-
a Jew formally quits the Jew-
be in charge ties, and
ish community he is no longer
3. Construction of air raid
of press rela-
considered a Jew for legal pur-
shelters by the thousands in
tions and publi-
poses.
cities, villages and agricul-
cations.
Lesser, who tural settlements, many of
3
Detroit Jewish News
was formerly the latter in tense frontier
Friday, March 2, 1956
director of pub- areas.
Dr. Josephthal, who also is
lic relations for
Bnai Brith, is a head of the Jewish Agency's
IF YOU TURN THE
Lesser journalist and Immigrant Absorption Depart-
author. He has been active in ment, pointed out that the $50,-
UP SIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
Jewish communal affairs for 000,000 civilian protection pro-
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
many years and served as editor gram is in addition to Israel's
of the Jewish News of Newark, "acute need for $50,000,000
N. J., and as editor and publish- Worth of defensive weapons,"
er of Cross-Section, U.S.A., an asserting that "while UJA dol-
independent weekly newsletter lars are not for arms, we hope
dealing with events of interest that they will come to us in
to the Jewish community.
generous amounts for the vital,
He also served as editor of humanitarian safeguarding of
the Menorah Journal, literary civilian lives, especially of our
quarterly, and as managing edi- recent immigrants."
The Israeli leader cited in ad-
tor of the Contemparory Jewish
Record. During World War II, dition his country's urgent need
Lesser served as chief of the of giant UJA support for the
European Inteligence Section of resettlement of its newcomers.
"With tens of thousands of
the U.S. Office of War Informa-
men, Women and children now
tion.
An authority on American coming to us from Tunisia and
Jewish history, Lesser is the Morocco," he declared, "we
author of "Weave a Wreath of need all your help in this crit-
Laurel," a group of short biogra- ical hour to carry on our his-
phies of American Jews; and toric mission of refugee rescue
"Enchanting R e b e 1," a full- and absorption."
length biography of Adah Isaacs
Menkin, famed American actress
of the nineteenth century.
FOR THE BEST
He has contributed to a num-
DEAL YET . . .
ber of periodicals, and is a con-
tributor
to
the
Dictionary
of
a'weviewit
American Biography and to the
ON THE BEST
publications of the American
Jewish Historical Society. Les-
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Detroiters Move Ahead For
Allied. Campaign; 'Giant UJA
Support' Asked at Parley
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presented by the Italian consu-
late in Jerusalem, is intended
to be the nucleus of a library
which the Italian government
will establish at the University.
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