..Appointment of Dr. Judd L. Teller, author and American ex- pert on Middle East affairs, to the post of political secretary of the World Zionist Organi- zation, was an- nounced by Dr. Nahum G o 1 d- man, president of the World Zionist Organi- Dr. Teller zation. In accepting the new post, Dr. Teller resigned as director of in- formation and Publications of the Jewish Agency. He has been associated with Dr. Goldmann since February, 1952, both at the Jewish Agency and as press consultant to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Committee for Jewish Claims on Austria. Dr. Teller's past posts includ- ed that of editor-in-chief of the Independent Jewish Press Serv- ice, American editor of the Palcor News Agency, which specialized in news from the Middle East, information chief of the World Jewish Congress, and director of the Office of Jewish Information of the Amer- ican Jewish Congress. He served for several years from the founding of the United Nations as UN Correspondent for Israel newspapers. He was also a for, eign correspondent for Ameri- can newspapers. Be not greedy for little pass- ing pleasure. It ma y. destroy yoti.—Aesop RussianReception Was Tumultuous,' 5,000 Pound Gift Israel Fund Says Boston Sy'np pony's Silverstein Reopens JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Los By SALLY KORNWISE "Russians bent over to fan- tastic extremes 'to make our stay as comfortable as possible," de- clared violinist Joseph Silver- stein, who recently performed with the Boston Symphony Or- chestra as guest of the Soviet government. Silverstein, 24, spent six days in Soviet Russia, participating in five concerts plus tours of Moscow and Leningrad. Lenin- grad was the first Russian city in which the orchestra per- formed. The inhabitants gave musicians a "terrific welcome," said Silverstein. "There was no difficulty with customs officers: our bags were ,taken directly from the plane to the hotel. Neither Two Community Women Open Their 'Art Corner' Charlotte Schreier and Leah Nelson recently opened their stein discovered. "They are in Angeles area mushroom grower, Art Corner at 15732 N. 7 Mile, the very highest social strata." However, "the highest paid per- son and one who lives the best is the teacher, particularly Uni- versity of Moscow professors." "In general," summed Sil- verstein, "Russian life seems extremely depressing. Judg- ing by our standards, the peo- ple—who were "just wonder- ful"-seem not particularly happy," was his "personal sub- jective opinion." Silverstein also was with the Boston Symphony, performing in Dublin, Edinburgh, Copen- hagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Hel- sinki, Prague, Austria, Germany, France, and England. The son of the, late Bernard Silverstein, instrumental in- structor in charge of the Cen- tral High and All-City Junior symphony orchestras, Joseph began his music training with his father. He continued with Joseph Gingold, Mischa Misha- koff, and Efrem Zimbalist. After utilizing a scholarship at Cur- tis Institute, he was assistant concert-master of the Houston Symphony, first violinist with the Philadelphia Symphony, and concertmaster and assistant con- ductor with the Denver Sym- phony orchestras. He has been soloist with the Detroit, Houston, Denver and Boston "Pops" orchestras. Dec. 16, he will be guest artist for the Music Study Club annual JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN concert here. Traveling with the violinist were we restricted in taking throughout most of the tour was photos," reported the violin- ist, who himself took several his wife Adrienne, daughter of pictures of the Leningrad air- Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shufro, of Detroit. port. who has spent more than a year near Greenfield, to display the in Israel teaching young Israelis works of painters, sculptors and the art of growing mushrooms craftsmen. under glass, forcing a re-open- Currently on display are the ing of Israel's Defense Fund original works of several New last week with a 5,000-pound York and local artists, among contribution. them Katy Keck, Ed Wiener, The American, Israel Karnon, Bill Tendler, Sam Garfinkel and had just seen the first financial Richard Abell. Garfinkel design- fruits of his mushroom experi- ed the studios and furniture for ments in the form of 4,570 the Art Corner. pounds in return for exports. Plans for a series of one - man He added another 250 pounds exhibits are now being formu- to that sum and went to the lated by the Misses Schreier and Finance Ministry's Defense Tax Nelson. office. When he arrived, a surprised official told him that the col- lections had been ended long ago. Karnon didn't hesitate for BUSINESS AND a moment. He said, "The Fund PROFESSIONAL MEN can't have a closing date; it is a question of the heart, and Select and Distinctive Gifts now ATTENTION arriving for your Holiday giving. that never ends." The official agreed—and re-opened the De- fense Fund account. Showroom open daily 9-6, or salesman will call at your office at your convenience. Karnon who has been work- ing at the Neve Ilan agricultural school, also recently agreed 'to extend his stay there to direct the growing of his specialty. MO-MAR DISTRIBUTING CO. TO. 8-6618 12154-12th 1 , . T_FE lol owiTz-MARGARETEN Broad Tempting... wholesome.., Met by members of the Lenin- Report 'Solid Support' grad Symphony Orchestra, Sil- verstein noted Jews who spoke of Israel by France PARIS, (JTA) — Calling for Yiddish as being among them. They revealed that during the the development of a more ac- last days of Stalin and through- tive Middle East policy, Maurice out Beria's regime, Jews were Naevelen, for mer Governor treated badly, but expressed a General of Algeria, declared TOPS lir * IN QUALITY AND TASTE for more profits sense of well-being in Khrush- chev's era. The presence of Kaganavitch, Jewish Minister of the Interior, might account for their improved treatment, they suggested. They described atrocities by Russian gentiles, who would "wipe out a Jewish family just to get a cup of salt," during World War days. "A mobbed synagogue" greeted Silverstein when he attended High Holiday ser- vices at a Leningrad congre- gation near the Merinsky the- ater. Among approximately 2,500 attendants, he saw people of all age groups. The congregants, whom he de- scribes as "very curious people, interrogated him on three sub- jects: "How many rooms do you live in?" "Do you have a car?" and "How is it for the Jews in America?" Comments Silver- stein, "the questioners spoke a good Litvak Yiddish, same as my grandmother's; it was there- fore easy to converse with OW MB *NO WA 411••• Mb MID IMO all IMO, M. • says: I • You don't have to be overweight!' Israel Gives $337,000 to UN Children's Fund BROWN KASHA f I- is less fatrbning! Rich in protein and other I wholesome food elements. Roasted ',nutlike flavor of 100% real buckwheat. For tempting, delightful ways . to serve I this Old World favorite. write for my FREE NEW COOK BOOK 1 BUCKWHEAT Phyllis Wolff, Penn Yan, New York S ••• ■ aP • ■ • am. ..... ■•■■■■ ••••• them." The Jewish congregation and nearby Merinsky theater are in an area where many Jews live. WINDSOR CLUB The theater presents Yiddish and Russian plays. "After a tumultuous reception LA SALLE CLUB to our concerts, audiences in- sisted on many encores with LA SALLE RED STRIPE their rhythmic clapping and stamping, like we would do when we want someone to get ROYAL WINDSOR a hit in a baseball game," said the violinist. The orchestra then SARATOGA went to Moscow. WIne, "There, people stood in the WINDSOR CLUB streets, anxious to talk to Amer- – icans." Again, the guests were approached by many Yiddish WINDSOR CLUB speakers. The musician lament- Carbor, ,, i Rec ed the Russians' restricted 0 N SALE AT BETTER sources of news. "They did not •. STORES EVERYWHERE know that Koussevitsky and Rachmaninoff had died.... They asked, 'if the U. S. wants peace, why does she broadcast lies about the Russian government over the Voice of America'?" WINES a CHAMPAGNE, INCI I Musicians are treated very well in Soviet Russia, Silver- FARMINGTON. MICHIGAN STOCK THESE BRANDS here that France is solidly ali- gned with Israel: Noting the existence of what he termed 'cracks in the Arab front, the former French offi- cial asserted that exploitation of these differences could fOrm the basis for a new French policy. Meanwhile, it was made known that the Zionist Federa- tion of France sponsored a meet- ing here on "Israel, France and the Suez Conflict." UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (JTA)—Israel has contributed $337,000 in "matching funds" for activities carried on in its coun- try by the United Nations Chil- dren's Fund, against a total of $99,000 expended for welfare purposes by UNICEF. This was reported here today by Mrs. Zena Harman, who ar- rived here from Israel to attend the annual meeting of the UNICEF executive board. 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