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evities
EVE MEISTER, local dra-
matic coach, announces that her
annual Parents and Pupils Ban-
quet and Show will be held
May 20, at Kormendy's. Paula
Feldman and Barbara Spinner
will serve as mistresses of cere-
mony. Pupils will offer comedy
readings, dramatic readings,
songs and dances. Al Gross will
be the accompanist. Pupils also
will entertain, at the installation
event of the Jewish Women's
European Welfare Organization
at 2:30 p.m., May 28, in the
Mayfair Room. Phyllis Pullberg
will play the piano, and Doris
Robbins will do Spanish dances.
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THE OPERA WORKSHOP of
the Detroit Conservatory of
Music will present a program
from four operas today and Sat-
urday evening, in the Women's
Federation auditorium. Planned
are the final, scene from "Dido
and Aeneas," first act of '"The
Marriage of Figaro," and parts
from "La Traviata" and "La Bo-
heme." All, except "La Travi. :_.
ata" will be sung in English.
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Soviet Army Organ Attacks
Israel, Ben Gurion and
World Zionist Congress
LONDON (JTA)—The Soviet
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, The annual meeting of the
METROPOLITAN DETROIT
YES,
MUNICH, (JTA) — The Dis-
trict Court in Kiel has rejected
another appeal filed by Prof.
Carl Clauberg, who abused and
tortured -. thousands of Jewish
women in the Auschwitz exter-
mination camp by cruel Medical
experiments, against his contin-
ued imprisonment while penal
investigations are proceeding.
Prof. Clauberg, who is held
in Neumuenster jail, had been
a Russian war prisoner until
late last year. He was arrested
after the Central Council of
Jews in Germany lodged a crim-
inal complaint charging him
with "deliberately and continu-
ously inflicting serious bodily
harm."
Prof. Clauberg, a major in the
SS, was a gynecologist in Upper
Silesia when he approached SS
chief Heinrich Himmler with
the request that Jewish women
in concentration camps be made
available to him for experiments
With an immediate-action meth-
od of sterilization he was devel-
'aping. Hiimmler complied with
his request. •
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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Berg
(she's MOLLY GOLDBERG of
the TV and radio-famous Gold-
berg Family) will sail on their
first trip to Israel today, aboard
the new S-.S. Zion of the Zim
Israel America Line. Gottlieb
Hammer, president of the Zim,
tendered a small farewell party
for the -Bergs aboard the Zion
on Thurs day.
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NATE S. SHAPERO, presi-
dent of Detroit's Cunningham
Drug Stores, has been re-
elected a director • of • the Na-
tional* . Association of Chain
Stores. The association of 130
chain drug organizations re-
cently held their convention in
Hollywood Beach, Fla.
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HERB KATZEN, with the
Peschke Sausage Co. "for the
past year, has been appointed
sales manager of the firm, it
was announced this week.
The current week • is being
celebrated as "BE KIND TO
ANIMALS WEEK," according to
an announcement by the Anti-
Cruelty Association of Michigan,
a non-profit group. The associ-
ation maintains a shelter for
strays, an. ambulance service,
animal rescue, provides new
/lames for pets, inspeCts dog
pounds, helps prevent cruelty to
animals and aids in legal action
against persons cruel to animals.
-Membership is $2 a year, and
snly 25 cents itcr junior mem-
rships. For information, call
1-7188.
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Concentration Camp Film
Rejected at Cannes
As Offensive to Germany
Nazi Who Tortured
Jewish Women Loses
Plea for Release
BRANCH, American Civil Lib-
erties Union, will be held from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., May 26,
at the Central Branch YWCA,
2230 Witherell. The principal
address will be given following
luncheon by Alan Barth, editor-
writer for The Washington Post
and author of "Loyalty of Free
Men" and "Government by In-
vestigation."
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The May meeting of the
BODZIN FAMILY CLUB will
be held in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Bodzin. The club
will be host to several out-of-
town guests. who will be here
to attend the Bar Mitzvah of
Melvin Earl Duchan.
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JOSEPH F. 'KAUFFMAN was
named director of student ad-
ministration. at Brandeis Uni-
versity.
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army organ "Red Star" charged
this week-end tliat "certain Is-
raeli circles," encouraged by
the United States, are trying to
maintain "war hysteria" in the
Middle East. The article speci-
fically attacked Premier David
Ben Gurion, the World Zionist
Congress, and the State Depart-
ment. It marked the first in-
stance of a Soviet press assault
on Israel following the recent
Russian policy statement urging
Middle East peace.
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NEW YORK, (JTA) — A
French film about German con-
centration camps has been re-
jected for screening at the
Cannes Film Festivalapparant-
ly because the Festival Selec-
tion Committee felt that it might
be offensive to the Germans, it
was reported by Variety, show
business trade newspaper. The
report said that although the
film, "Nuit et Brouillards"
(Night and fog were admittedly
"done in an objective and
aesthetic sense, rather than in
one of condemnation," the Min-
isterial officials evidently felt
it would be best to eliminate
it "to _prevent any difficulties
with Germany."
Taking strong , exception to
the withdrawal of the film, a
German newspaper, the "Frank-
furter Allgemeine Zeitung" was
reported by Varieity to have
questioned "the wisdom of the
German Embassy in Paris in
asking that the picture be
yanked" from the Festival. The
German newspaper said "When
will we come to understand
that there can be no common
ties between us and the rest
of the world "until and unless
we join the international con-
cepts of morality. If there is one
thing the rest of the world can-
not forgive, it is opportunism
on questions of humanity.
"The forward to 'Night and
Fog' states specifically that
there is no' intent to identify
;la entire people with the con-
centration camp crimes. This
sentence contains an unspoken
challenge for us.- We should
finally make our positions quite
clear."
The film will be shown at
Cannes; but onside the Fes-
tival framework.
Tunisia Assures Citizens of Right to Leave for Israel
TUNIS (JT•) — Tunisian
authorities have no intention of
interfering, with Tunisian Jews
who want .to emigrate to Israel,
official circles told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency. These same
circles emphasized that Tunisia
is a free country and Tunisians
are at liberty to enter or leave
the country at will.
The statement was made in
the wake of remarks by -Bechir
Ben Yahmed, Secretary of
State for Information, who told
a press conference that the
Tunisian government h cip e d
that "Tunisian Nationals" --
meaning Jews — would not
"have - their bodies in Tunisia
and their hearts elsewhere."
The reassurances of'freedOM, of
emigration • have net served to
lessen to any great extent the
fears aroused by Ben Yahmed's
statement.
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The Secretary declared that
"in the creation of Israel nearly
1,000,00, 0 people were chased
from their homes and their
country." He asserted that the
government's attitude toward
Israel would have been the
same even if the subsequent
immigrants to - that state had
been Moslems or Buddhists, in-
stead of Jews.
Although he also declared
that Tunisia was an Arab and
Islamic state, Ben Yahmed re-
peated Premier Habib Bour-
guiba's stand opposing dis-
crimination against any citizen
or group of citizens on grounds
of religion.
Habib Bourguiba, Premier of
Tunisia, r e c e i v e d Zechariah
Shuster, European, director of
the American Jewish Commit-
tee, and told him that he con-
siders the Jews a constituent
element of the Tunisian nation
and that they are contributing
to the building of pie new
regime. No consideration, he
stressed, would be allowed to
change the sittption ire which
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Jews are accepted as partners
in furthering the state:
Investigation by the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency here of
French press . reports that a
Jewish school in the town of
La Goulette had been sacked
by Tunisians, has -established
that .no such incident took
Place.
In Casablanca, the emigra-
tion of Moroccan Jews to Israel
is an "anti-nation-al" act, Hadj
Omar ben Abdel Jellil, a leader
of the nationalist Istiqlal Party,
told a Jewish audience. He
stressed the Istiqlal pledge of
full equality of rights for
Moroccan Jews,, which the party
adopted at its last congress.
Addressing a meeting of
Jewish Istiqlal members, Hadj
Omar, a founder 'and executive
member of the party, said that
taking Moroccan capital out of
the country must also be re-
garded • as an "anti-national"
act.
He and Andel Khalek Torres,
leader of the Istiqlal Party in
Spanish Morocco, urged the
Jews to join in the "national
tasks" of building • a Morocco
based on democracy and econo-
mic and social progress. M,
Torres pledged that under the
Istiqlal there would never be
a ghetto for Jews.
In • Paris, a series of con-
ferences to seek a rapproche-
ment among Christians, Mos-
lems and Jews has been or-
ganized by the "France-Orient
Committee."
A communique issued by the
group said .: "We' must find a
way to bring -Christians, Jews
and Moslems together—all- those
who say they are the descerx-
dants of -Abraham." Speakers
will include Edmond Fleg and
Father Roger Brau, whose topic
will be "For A Conciliation
Between Christians and Jews,"
and Stanislaus Fuget, speaking
on "The Debt Owed to the
Jewish World." •
Israel President Ben-Zvi
Wins Congress' Wise Award
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
American Jewish Congress' Ste-
phen S. Wise Award for service
to Israel was presented to Pres-
ident Itzhak Ben-Zvi at a cere-
mony attended by members of
Parliament and the Cabinet, by
both Chief Rabbis, members of
the diplomatic corps and dele-
gates to the World Zionist Con-
gress. Dr. Israel Goldstein, pres-
ident of AJC, made the presen-
tation.
Headquarters Scenes i-n
Sisterhoods Art Calendar Bavaria Votes $28 Million
Full - color illustrations o f For Year's Indemnifications
MUNICH, (JTA) Expendi-
scenes at the Union House of
Living Judaism-Berg Memorial
in New York City, the national
headquarters of Reform Juda-
isin, are featured in the Na-'
tional Federation of Temple
Sisterhood's Art Calendar for
the Jewish ; Year 5717, which
begins at sundown on Sept. 5.
The illustrations are repro-
duced from "Within These
Walls: Union House of Living
Judaism .- Berg Memorial," a
filmstrip describing a visit
through the building.
Bnai Brith Man to Get
`Handicapped' Trophy
WASHINGTON, D. C. — For
the second time since the na-
tional "Handicapped Man of the
Year" trophy • was created in
1951 by the President's Com-
mittee on Employment of the
Physically Handicapped, a
member of Bnai Brith will re-.
ceive the distinguished 'award
at the opening session of the
eleventh annual meeting of the
committee, May 17, at the De-.
partmental Auditorium here.
Receiving the fifth annual
trophy that'morning from Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
who will make the presentatiOn
in behalf of President Eisen- -
hower, will be Dr. Arthur- , S.
Abramson, member of Con-
course Lodge of Bnai Brith,
Bronx, N. Y. The trophy • will
be awarded to Dr. Abramson, a
paraplegic as a result of wounds
received in the Battle of the
Bulge during World War II,
"for his work in medicine to-
ward restoring seriously handi-
capped persons for useful
work."
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Meyer Passow Will Direct
Bnai Brith Israel Program
Meyer Passow, of New York,
has been appointed director of
the Israel pro-
gram of Bnai
Brith, it was
announced, b y
Morris Alexan-
der, of Chicago,
chairman of,
the .Bnai Brith
Israel Commit-
tee. The ap
pointment fol
lows a recen t
re.or•a n i z ation
Passow
and expansion of the committee,
which channels the efforts of
Bnai Brith members of behalf
of many projects in or for
Israel.
Israel-USSR Soccer Games .
In July, Israel will meet .Rus-
sia at, soccer in the Soviet Union,
and also in Israel as part of the
play-off for the right to take
part in the Olympic Games.
Jewish News
Stamp Collector
By HENRY B. STERN
This week, with all the news
from New York about FIPEX
(Fifth International Philatelic
Exhibition), we are going to
quote from a letter from a
"cousin and fellow-collector,"
Sherman Schochet, of Laurelton,
N.Y. Mr. Schochet wrote:
"Went to FIPEX today. They
had some terrific exhibits and
displays, including an exhibit
case with the famous One-Cent
British Guiana stamp (Minkus
World-Wide Cat. No. 12, $50,-
000). Unfortunately I forgot my
glass cutter.
"Enclosed is a First Day Cover
of the new 3c FIPEX commem-
orative stamp. It is signed by
the engraver of the stamp . .
no kidding. The Post Office had
a display wherein they demon-
strated the process of printing
the stamp. The engraver was
one of the. lecturers and auto-
graphed covers afterwards. This
cover will undoubtedly be valu-
able in the future—but not as
valuable as if he had signed a
blank check. However, it is a
limited edition. I checked with
a doctor and he said that the
engraver couldn't possibly sign
more- than a ' thousand covers
before writer's cramp set in.
"The engraver said.. that k
took him 85 hours to enagrave
the stamp.
"FIPEX is tremendously dif-
ferent from other stamp shows
. .. both as to quantity and•qual-
ity of exhibits. In one section,
the U. S.. Post Office Dept. ex-
hibited some $1,000,000 worth
tures of $28,600,000 for indem-
nification purposes in the cur-
rent 'fiscal year, which began
on April 1, were approved by
the budget committee of the
Bavarian Legislature after it
had been told by Finance Min-
ister Friedrich Zietsch that to-
tal payments made by Bavaria
in the entire postwar era
amount to $64,000,000, of which
$28,000,000 were disbursed dur-
ing the past year. These figures
apply to non-Jewish as well as
Jewish • victims of Nazism.
of stamps."
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