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Irwin I. Cohn Succeeds Stollman
As Chairman of Israel Bond Drive

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Decline Faces
ews in Italy

Anti-Semitic Propagandist Charges
He Was Employed by U. S. Oil Group

NEW YORK (JTA)—Eustace articles - in "The Broom," an
Irwin I. Cohn, local attorney
and civic and communal leader,
- Jewish survival in Italy is Mullins, a long-time anti-Se- anti-Semitic publicVion, in 1951
this week accepted the 1956
seriously threatened by pov- mitic propagandist, charged and 19'52—before he was hired
chairmanship of this area's State
erty, dispersion, and lack of that the American Petroleum by the APIC. He has also been
of Israel Bond drive.
leadership, it is asserted in an Industries Committee hired him active in the work of the Na-
article in the National Jewish as, an anti-Zionist propagandist tional Renaissance Party and
He succeds Phillip Stollman,
Monthly, published by Bnai but failed to live up to a verbal currently lists himself as execu-
during whose two-year leader-
agreement to pay him $25,000 tive director of the Aryan
Brith.
ship of the Bond organization a
League of America and director
total of $1,750,000 in Bond Sales
Written by David Ben-Mor- for his services.
of the Realpolitical Institute,•
Mullins'
charge,
made
in
a
was realized.
dechay Bligh, Israeli journalist
who spent much time in Italy, statement to the press, was
A native Detroiter, Cohn
Judge WILLIAM J. CODY,
the article discloses that there* branded as "completely prepos-
graduated from the University
presiding
judge of the Wayne
by
the
Committee.
The
.
terous"
is not a single Jewish school in
of Michigan Law School, and
all Italy today. There are scare ; Committee conceded that Mul- Probate Court, announced that
since 1953 he has been president
of that university's Hillel Foun-
ely any Jewish teachers, and' lins had been employed by them he is a candidate for re-election
dation.
although the only rabbinical for about a year, but denied as Judge of Probate in the
training school, at Turin, has a categorically that he had been August Primary election.
He serves as a director on the
dozen pupils, not more than employed "in any capacity at
boards of the Hebrew Free Loan
three of them intend to become any time for the purpose he al-
Association and the United
rabbis, according to Mr. Bligh. leges." Mullins was cited in 1954
Hebrew Schools, is secretary of
as a neo-Fascist by the House
IRWIN L COHN
Sinai Hospital, is a member of
There are only 28,000 Jews Un-American Activities Com-
the Detroit Metropolitan Re-'
left in Italy, the ,author reports, mittee.
gional Planning Commission and' 1r
but they are widely scattered,
Mullins, whose employment
a director of Riverama.
and keenly miss the pre-war
with •the Committee began on
leaders and intellectuals, most
He is 1956 chairman of the Al-
April 27, 1953 and ended on
of whom were the first victims
lied Jewish Campaign's profes-
April 30, 19'54, seeks $50,000 in
of the Nazis. The survivors are wages and damages from the
sional division, and for a num-
Simply by saving oar
ber of years has aided collec-
almost all poor, and cannot af- Committee. He asserted that he
customers
the most money
tions of the United Foundation.
A group of rabbis, educators, ford to raise funds for institu- had been asked to continue his
WE'RE
OFFERING
tions
of
revival.
There
is
prac-
Active in real estate and legal authors and communal leaders
anti-Zionist activities with no
ME -DK- MI TRADE IN AllOWANCES
interests of Federal Department has strongly urged American. tically no anti-Semitism, and direct connection with the
Stores and Wrigley Stores, this Jewry to make wide use of a assimilation is proceeding swift- APIC by John H. Bivins, its
fall he was instrumental in the special "Ritual of Remem- ly.
director. Mr. Bivins, who issued
mergers of Big Bear, Wrigley brance" at their forthcoming
"Democracy,' Mr. Bligh today's statement for the APIC,
and ACF-Brill into a 92 store Passover seders.,
writes, "leaves Judaism free to asserted that Mullins had been
supermarket chain.
The "Ritual," newly-pub- flourish—but it also permits it employed "as one of several
As president of the Book lished in a.foim that - can easily to decline. Italian democracy is economist-writers in a subordi-
Tower, vice-president of the be inserted into the Passover extremely liberal and regards nate capacity."
Washington Blvd. Bldg. and at Haggadah, commemorates the the local Jew as an absolute
Mullins was discharged from
one time, a part owner of the 6.000,000 Jews who perished at equal. The Jewish attitude is a post with the Library of Con-
Tuller Hotel, Cohn has long the hands of the Nazis, as well reciprocal: first of all, the
gress on Dec. 29, 1951 after his
3000 PIES
Jew considers himself - a connections with anti-Jewish
sought adequate downtown as the heroes of the Warsaw
Dexter ond Linwood
Between
parking facilities, results of Ghetto Uprising.
good Italian; then, a good Jew; writings had been established.
which are now evidenced by the
-
He
wrote
a
number
of
similar
and
then,
maybe
if
at
all—a
Written by the noted historian
construction of underground
parking facilities in Grand and author, Rufus Learsi, it has Zionist."
Intermarriage, always a large
Circus Park. appeared widely over the past
several years in English-Jewish factor in Italy, is increasing,
periodicals and in the Yiddish according to Mr. Bligh, and
press. Hundreds of Jewish fam- "most of those who intermarry,
ilies throughout the nation have and their children, must be con-
'Presents
sidered lost to Judaism forever."
already begun to add the
I The lack of Jewish young
ual" to their Passover seders.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Inter-
agencies results in many Jew-
In order to stimulate the
nal differences within the Zion-
i youngSters being attracted
practice
and
to
perpetrate
thesh
ist Organization of America
to the large Italian Communist
memory
of
the
Jewish
martyrs
emerged into the open when
Party, and many others—espe-
Louis Lipsky, Louis E. Levin- in this and in future Jewish cially orphans and the children
generations,
the
Seder
Ritual
thal, Dewey D. Stone •and Ezzra
of extremely poor familieS
Shapiro issued a statement an- Committee headed by Bernard are annually. being converted to
United Nations Correspondent
Semel,
has
made
available
this
nouncing that their group--the
Catholicism. 'Jewish children
For Al Hamishmar
"Independent Liberal Zionist new and attractive edition.
who do receive some Jewish ed-
Group"—had decided not to ap-
Presented in both English and -ucation are unable to continue
A Pageant of the historic struggle of the Jewish
pear on the ZOA slate of dele- Hebrew, the "Ritual" is intend- it after Bar Mitzvah.
People for freedom—from the Maccabees, through'
gates to the forthcoming World ed to be performed after the
Against these - influences the .
the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and to the ,War for
Zionist Congress and had filed third of the four ceremonial Jewish leaders are conducting
Independence in Israel—will be presented by the
a separate list of "an independ- cups, just before the door is a desperate struggle, Mr. Bligh
HASHOMER HATZAIR DANCE GROUP, CHORAL
ent groups committed to a lib- opened for the symbolic en- reports.
trance of "Ani Maamin" ("I Be-
eral Zionist program."
GROUP and DRAMATIC GROUP.
These leaders announced they lieve"), the song. of the Jews 577 Immigrants Reach Israel
propose to call, following the in the ghettos and liquidation HAIFA (JTA) — A total of
World Zionist Congress, a con- camps. The music of this stir- 577 immigrants from North
stituent conference for the pur- ring song is included in the Africa arrived at the port of
In the Labor Zionist Institute
pose of establishing an Inde- printed text. Haifa on • Mach 1. They re-
19161 Schaefer at 7 Mile
pendent Zionist Organization in
The newly-published "Ritual" ported that another party of
the United- States, "on the basis is available at a cost of $3 per 300 Tunisian Jews was already
Donation $1.25
Public Invited
• of a more liberal platform and 100: Single copies are available en route to Israel.
a just share of representation at five cents each. Persons wish-
to the Zionist Congress for the ing to order the brochure may
liberal minority group."
write to the Seder Ritual Corn-
Replying on behalf of the inittee, 15 F. 84th St., New York
Zionist Organization of Amer- City, enclosing payment. Copies
• ica, Dr. Harris J. Levine, chair- will be mailed in time for the
man of the National Adminis Passover sederim.
trative Council, said that the
The Learsi ritual will be pub-
lished in Hebrew and English
at the
discussions with the opposition in the Passover edition of The
group "with a . view to their Jewish News, which will appear
return to active participation in on March 23.
the affairs of the organization."

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Leaders Urge Use
Of L earsi itua
For Holiday Seder

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Folk Schools PTA Elects
Harold Berke President

At a recent meeting of the
Parent Teachers Association of
the United Jewish Folk Schools,
Harold Berke was elected pres-
ident. Chosen to serve with him
are the following:
Herbert Moritz and Mrs. Elsie
Harold, vice-presidents; Morris
Gord, Mrs. Helen Horenstein
and Mrs. Doreen Gord, secre-
taries.
Chosen to head PTA commit-
tees were Mesdames Rose Kaye,
program; Renee Shuster, mem-
bership; Evelyn Sarnoff, social;
Zlata Winfield, public relations;
Ann Hearshen, Max J. Bocknek
and Renee Shuster, telephone
squad. School board representa-
tives are Ben Harold, Berl
Hearshen and Morris Gord.

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