Publication Society Elects Three
Detroiters, Marks Leeser Birthda
Three Detroiters will serve as
national officers of the Jewish
Publication Society of America,
following election on Sunday,
at the society's 68th anniversary
dinner in Philadelphia's Drake
Hotel.
They are Leonard N. Simons,
president of the Simons-Michel-
son Advertising Agency; Judge
Theodore Levin and Philip Slo-
movitz.
Simons was elected . to a one-
year term as a trustee of the
Society, and Slomovitz was re-
elected an honorary vice-presi-
dent. Judge Levin continues as
a trustee of the society until
1957.
The Jewish Publication So-
ciety, established in 1888, is a
non-profit educational institu-
tion which prints fiction and
non-fiction books of interest to
Jewish readers. •
Other national officers elected
are Edwin Wolf II, librarian of
the Library Company of Phila-
delphia, which was founded by
Benjamin Franklin in 1831; Les-
ser Zussman, executive secre-
tary; and • Dr. Solomon Grayzel,
elected to his 18th term as
editor. • z •
Besides the election of offi-
cers, the meeting was the oc-
casion for the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the
birth of Isaac Leeser.
Leeser, who founded the first
American Jewish Publication
Society. in 1845, translated the
Bible into English. This• was the
best Jewish v e r s i on of the
Bible until the present Jewish
Publication Society, issued its
new translation in 1917.
One of the highlights of this
year's dinner was a report that
a new Bible translation would
be undertaken, under the su-
pervision of Dr. Harry M. Orlin-
sky, of Hebrew Union. College.
An impressive mortgage-
burning ceremony was led by
Mrs. Max L. Margolis, a mem-
ber of the board of trustees, in
celebration of the lifting of the
mortgage previously held on
the society's building.
Reports made by the officers
indicated that 1955 had been a
year of achievement for the So-
ciety. Membership enrollment
had increased and book distribu-
tion showed a substantial gain,
with Bible sales ahead of 1954
by 17% and total sales, ahead
by 19%.
Romania Releases Many
Imprisoned Zionists -
fiEr; AVIV, (JTA) — Reports
indicating that many -imprisoned
Zionists in Romania have --been
released were received here.
Among those released were a
Dr. Zisu and M. Benevisti, for-
mer - Zionist leaders in Romania
who were sentenced to life im-
prisonment.
Others reported released in-
clude many Zionnists sentenced
to 20 years' imprisonment. They
included Jean Cohen, Zoltan
Hirsch, M. Moscovitz and Dr.
M. Haber. Telegrams from a
number of released Zionists
have been received by relatives
in ISrael 'during the week-end.
"Israel symbolizes a revolu-
tion the like of which we
ought to herald," he'declared,
analyzing t h e advancements
made by the Jewish State in
the short period of its exis-
tence. "Israel's progress is
nothing short of fantastic," he
said. "It is a country that is
willing to defend itself. That
is more than any other area,.
which is receiving our aid,
has offered."
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"We have no intention of let-
ting the Soviets move into the
Middle East" and urged that
this country call the Commu-
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Arab economic boycott of Israel
and protested against the dis-
criminatism practiced in Mos-
lem countries • against American
Jews. He pointed out that if
one country is permitted to
discriminate against American
Jews, another will be able to
discriminate against Americans
of other faiths.
He emphasized that Israel has
not asked for a single GI to
defend her borders and is ask-
ing only for arms to defend her-
self. The trouble with Nasser
began when Dulles gave him a
pistol- three years ago, he added.
He pointed to the injustice of
giving a pistol as a gift to one
and refusing to sell arms for
defense to another.
Dulle, he said that it is shock-
ing that a note of vital im-
portance from British Premier
Eden to President Eisenhower,
dealing with security problems,
should have been lost some-
where in the State Department.
"Our interest should be in
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Israel Urged by Senator Humphrey
In a stirring address, Sunday
evening, at Royal Oak High
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criticized the Eisenhower ad-
ministration's handling of for-
eign affairs and Secretary of
State Dulles' mishandling of the
Middle East situation, U. S. Sen-
ator Hubert H. Humphrey, of
Minnesota, urged that this coun-
try enter into a security pact
with Israel.
Senator Humphrey advocated
that Israel should be provided
with arms for defense and that
she should be given large-scale
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