Zionist Congress Reviews Israel's Progress

Only 6,000 Jews Came From
Communist Lands in 5 Years

forced to suspend the session
after 45 minutes.
The fight occurred after the
Herut-Revisionist leader, Mena-
hem Beigin, demanded that
Israel should "liberate Gaza,"
which he termed a stronghold
of Arab murderers. He criticized
Israel's foreign policy and said
that "fatal mistakes" had been
made, by the Israel government.
He called for a "repulsion of the
conspiracy" to sever portions of
Israel territory as advocated "by
Dulles and Eden." He said that
the Arabs were waiting for an
opportunity to launch attack, on
Israel and that Israel must,
therefOre, occupy the whole of
Gaza area to prevent such an
attack.
Jacob Chazan, Mapam leader,
who followed Mr. Beigin, said
that "he is a criminal against
the Jewish people who demands
war." Whereupon the Revision-
ist delegates reacted violently,
insisting that the Mapam speak-
er retract his remark. Dr.' Gold- .
mann ordered the speaker to
continue with his speech, but the
Revisionists objected. In the
course of an exchange of insults
the Revisionists called the Ma-
pam delegates "Stalinists," and
the Mapam delegates replied
with shouts of "Fascists." Dr.
Goldmann thereupon suspended
the session, to consult with the.
presidium on measures to bring
the Revisionists, to order.
The Congress resumed its ses-
sions the ' next day and Mr.
Chazan noted that he had not
intended to •insult any delegate
to the Congress or any particu-
lar group, but had said and had
meant that any sort of incite-
ment to war was a crime against
the Jewish people.
. Baruch Zuckerman, Ameri-
can Labor Zionist and a mem-
ber of the Jewish Agency ex-
ecutive, urged the creation

of an all-Jewish body, not
connected with the Zionist
movement, to take over the
task of uniting all Jews in
support of Israel. The Zionist
movement, under Mr. Zucker-
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sands of Jews there who are
man's plan, would work for
Reviewing the accomplish- afraid even to apply for permis-
immigration of Jews to the
ments of the Zionist movement sion to emigrate, he said.
Jewish State.
within the State of -Israel, Mr.
"The general picture of im-
Esh-kol said that the incorpor- migration possibilities from
Dr. Federbush, of American
ation of masses of immigrants the Communist countries," the
Mizrachi, insisted that eonstitu-
tional reforms could not revive
from 70 countries in Israel has Jewish Agency treasurer went
changed the face of the country-
the Zionist movement. He
on, "remain dark, since one-
side. New villages have sprung quarter of our people are un-
blamed the widespread view
up, he' noted, long-neglected able to reach us, unable to
that the Diaspora is a home for
fields have been fertilized and live a free national life. Par-
Jews and that there's no prac-
cultivated, tens of thousands of ents are separated from chil-
tical difference between Zionists
and non-Zionists. The dangers
new homes have arisen • and dren and vice versa." He esti-
millions of trees now line thou-. mated that there are now be-
of assimilation are very great,
sands of miles of avenues. Many tween 40,000 to 50,000 families
he said, and urged the Zionist
wells have been dug, bridges in Israel who still await their
movement to carry on more re-
ligious-cultural work.
built, roads constructed, streams relatives. '
diverted and springs discovered, _ Dr. Josephthal told the Con-
Paul Goldman, American left
he added. Mrs. Go'Ida Myerson, gress that 786,000 Jews were
laborite, said that Dr.' Nahum
Labor Minister of Israel, in an brought into Israel since its es-
Goldmann's proposad territorial
address to the Zionist Congress, tablishment as a State. Together
organization of the Zionist
declared that as far as Israel with the natural increase, the
movement would contribute
was concerned it prefers peace Jewish population of Israel has
nothing toward a solution of the
with its Arab neighbors and that grown from 650,000 at the time
"depression" in the movement.
"all that is demanded of the the state was established to the
He proposed intensive Zionist
Arabs is to stop their shooting present' figure of 1,600,000—an
education and teaching of basic
at us and peace would reign." increase of 250 •percent. That fig-
Jewish values among Jews out-
She said that Israel would re- ure, however, he noted, repre-
side Israel.
main courageous and urged the sents only one-eighth of the
Jacques Torczyner, Zionist
great powers to do likewise, in- world's Jewish population.
Organization of America lead-
sisting that
would be
The reduction in the scale of
er, warned that assimilation
achieved only
only if the powers immigration four years ago, he
was gaining ground among
stopped sending arms to the reported, was a direct result of
Jews outside Israel and said
Arabs. She rejected a "peade the economic and sociological
that Jewish day schools are
without our • agreement" - -for difficulties then prevailing in
an important tool in the edu-
"such a peace is like war."
Israel, and the improvement —
cation of Jews: He expressed
-
A -Brooklyn-born 24-year- real or imaginary—in the life of
regret that Ameriean Zionism
old wife and mother stirred the Diaspora. Only with the re-
lacked the intellectual leader-
the Congress by describing newed threat to the security of
ship that it had 20 and 25
life in the Kissufini settle- the Jews in North Africa, did
years ago, and called for re-
ment, opposite the Gaza strip the wave of immigration begin
capturing an idealism which
border. - The young woman, again, he said. He pointed out
"gave life" to . the Zionist
Liora Shof ma n- Borovsky, that in. the period since the last
movement in the past.
settled in the border area to Zionist Congress, 80 percent of
Dr. A. A. Barth, president of
raise her family, till the soil all immigrants to Israel came
the Congress Court and an
from
the
countries
of
North
Af-
an _ d defend the Jewish State.
Israeli speaking as an individual'
The World Zionist Congress, rica and Asia. In the last two
delegate, blamed the State and
by unanimous vote, adopted a years, he stressed, that figure
the people of Israel for organic
manifesto calling on the coun- had reached 90 percent.
troubles of the Zionist move-
. Referring to the situation in
tries of the world to supply
ment. Unless Israel - was pre-
Israel with defensive arms and North Africa where, Dr. Joseph-
pared to accept the Zionist
warning against any attempt thal 'said, there were over 400,- Wisconsin University's
movement as a partner, he
on the Jewish State. The state- 000 Jews, mostly in Morocco. Rising Hebrew Studies
stressed, the movement would
ment warned the Great Pow- He urged his listeners , to realize
never be able to reactivate it-
A"
remarkably
strong
upsurge
ers that if war breaks out they that a tense situation prevailed Of interest in Hebrew studies at self. .He took issue with the point
will be held responsible be- in , those countries and that the the University of Wisconsin, the
cause of their refusal to arm governments of Tunisia and result of a two-year effort by
Israel while the Arab states Moroeco, _which had only re- the American Jewish Commit-
cently achieved, or were about
are being given weapons.
to achieve their independence, tee's Milwaukee Chapter, is re-
Only about 6,000 Jews from had not evolved any steady or ported in the Committee Re-
eountries behind the Iron Cur- firm policy toward Jews resid- porter.
tain came to Israel during the ing there which • could be re-
In less than a year since it
last five years, it was reported garded as hostile. He added that came into existence, the univer-
by Dr. Giora Josephthal, Jewish no one could understand or ap- sity's department of Hebrew
Agency treasurer. Most of them preciate better than the Zion- studies has attracted nearly 150
were aged people who came to ists, the striving for national in- students, including Protestant
join their children, he said.
dependence in the hearts of ministers, Catholic priests and
Dr. Josephthal estimated that others.
- even some Arabs. One class,
there are about 3,400,000 Jews
A clash between the left- composed, largely Of Lutheran
residing in the Soviet bloc coun-
wing Mapam and the right- ministers, is studying Old Testa-
tries. The allocation of permits wing Revisionist delegates ment text in Hebrew.
School officials had told the
to emigrate from these countries, marked a session of the World .
he asserted, follows no rule or Zionist Congress. Dr. Nahum AJC chapter that eight to ten
logic. There must be many thou- Goldmann; who presided, was students in the first semester
and 25 in the second would
make the project -- a success.
Fifty-seven students were reg-
istered last semester and 90 are
studying in this semester.
Courses are being offered in
the Hebrew language, Hebrew
literature from the "Bible to
Bialik," the Old Testament and
Arabic.

of view expressed by Premier
David Ben-Gurion that only
Zionists residing in Israel should
exercise a real influence on the
development of the State, citing
the example of Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann who spent so much of
his time outside Israel. Finally,
Dr. Barth said that there's no
justification for the "double
Shekel" for Israel Zionist par-
ties, and appealed to the Con-
gress to redefine the Shekel as a
personal testament of identifi-
cation with Israel, a purpose it
originally had.
Andre Narboni, an Algerian
delegate, called for reform
of the system of representation
at the Congress and asked that
North African Jewry be rep-
resented on the Zionist Gener-
al Council. He expressed grat-
itude to Jews of the world
for their assistance in 'trans-
ferring many thousands of
North African Jews to Israel.
M. Carmenian, delegate
from Iran, urged that the
Zionist movement pay more
attention to the 70,000 Jews
in his country whom, he
noted, had proved to be a con-
structive element when they
came to Israel as immigrants.
He criticized the Jewish
Agency for not doing enough
to attract middle class ele-
ments and - intellectuals to
Israel.
Rebecca Sieff, head of WIZO
women's international Zionist
organization, scored the party
system, pointing out that the
220,000 women organized into
WIZO receive only one seat on
the Zionist organization execu-
tive, three on the General
Zionist Council and five at the
Congress—and those with only
advisory status.
Benjamin Ginsburg, Mapam
delegate from France, poihted
out that JeWish youth in various
countries abroad were interest-
ed in general problems of their
native countries and must be
drawn into Jewish life and the
Zionist movement - through prop-
er education.

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HUC-JIR Museum's Newly Acquired
150-Year-Old Passover Seder Plate

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Israel's 'Conquest of the Hills'

Tunisian CamPaign Spreads
Anti-Israel Propaganda

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Through the initiative of the Jewish National Fund, a
large-scale program is currently in progress in Israel to turn
the desolate hills into productive areas, which will be settled
by new immigrants. One of the first steps in this effort is
"destoning"—a slow, laborious but vital process which leads
to the successful transformation of wasteland into producing
units. The "conquest of the hills" program also will augment

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TUNIS (JTA) — An intensi-
fied anti-Israel propaganda cam-
paign in Tunisia conducted by
the Arab League is bringing dis-
quiet in its wake among Tuni-
sian Jews. This despite assur-
ances by Premier Habib Bour-
guiba and his moderate Neo-
Destour leadership and the pres=
ence of a Jew in the Cabinet.
Although Tunisian newspaper
editors have remained "correct"
in their references to Jews, it is
feared that further pressure will
have an effect on them. Mean-
while, more Tunisian Jews have
registered this week at the Jew-
ish Agency office here for im-
migration to Israel.

32 — Detroit Jewish News

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A Passover seder plate, wrought 150 years ago by a Vien-
nese silversmith, is the latest acquisition of the Jewish Museum
on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College—Jewish
Institute of Religion. In the center is the figure of Moses whose
deliverance of the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt
is celebrated during the Passover observance. On his head is a -
special container for the cup of wine for the prophet Elijah. -
Moses is surrounded by other figures carrying vessels con-
taining symbolic dishes eaten during the Seder meal. This rare
and elaborate silver plate is one of 10,000 ritual and art objects
and oil paintings housed by the Jewish M.:Nell/11 at the workl,c