Friday, November 2, 1956 — THE D ETROIT JEW ISH NEWS- 12

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Reshuffle of Polish Leaders May Ease Anti-Semitism

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
(JTA) Official Polish anti-
Semitism has been set back and
perhaps squelched as a result of
the Polish-Soviet crisis, accord-
ing to an authoritative source
here thoroughly familiar with
Poland and known for his
friendliness to Jews.
Two Of the old Politburo
members ousted in the reshuffle
of the governing body of the
Polish United Workers (Com-
munist) Party are well known
for their anti - Semitism, the
source pointed out.
These men are Marshal Ken-
stantin K. Rokosovsky, Defense
Minister a n d Commander-in-
Chief of the Polish Army; and
Zenon Nowak, a Deputy Pre-
mier.
A third high official, for
whose dismissal demands are
Dr. Brickner Rabbi Rosenbaum being made now, is Lt. Gen.
Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum will Kazimierz Witaszewski, the
be formally installed as spiritual army's political chief, who was
leader of Cong. Emanu-El at a shown through information re-
special service at 8:15 p.m., to- vealed here as one of the back-
ers of Nowak's anti-Semitic
day.
Installing him and preaching policy.
Nikita S. Khrushchev, 'head
the installation sermon will be
Dr. Barnett R. Brickner, an out- of the Soviet Communist Party,
standing leader of Ref or m • had placed anti-Semitism on
Judaism. The service will be the agenda during his , stormy
conducted in the new sanctuary meeting with the Polish Com-
of Cong. Emanu-El, at 14450 W. munist leaders, the source em-
phasized.
10 Mile, Oak Park.
Greetings -to Rabbi Rosen-
"We have all read that
baum will be expressed by Dr. Khrushchev told the Polish
Leon Fram, president of the leaders that they wanted to
Michigan Reform Rabbinical As- `sell the country to • Americans
sociation and rabbi of Temple a n d Zionists'. Khrushchev
Israel, Detroit; Samuel Rubiner, himself is well-known for his
chairman of the executive com- anti-Semitism. Now he wanted
mittee, Jewish Welfare Federa- to fan the flames of anti-
tion; Samuel Rhodes, president Semitism in Poland. Instead,
of the Jewish Committee Coun- he has been rebuffed on that
cil; Leonard T. Lewis, past presi- issue as well as on others," he
dent of Temple Beth El; and declared.
Mrs. Sidney Katzman, president
The source pointed to one of
of . the Emanu-El Sisterhood.
six resolutions, just adopted by
Benjamin Goldstein, president the Polish party's new central
of Emanu-El, will introduce the committee, opposing the "regu-
speakers.
lation" of the number of Jews
Conducting the service will in party and government posi-
be Rabbi Sanford E. Saperstein, tions.
of Temple Beth Jacob, Pontiac,
That plan for "regulating" the
and Dr. Fram. Other participants
will be Bertram A. Kaatz, A. number of Jews Is a policy ad-
Leon Pierce, Mrs. Milton Rosen, vocated openly by Zenon Nowak
baum, Walter Stark, Ben Weil and backed powerfully by Gen.
Witaszewski.
and Mrs. Maurice Weiner.
"Now a resolution adopted by
Dr. Brickner, the installing
rabbi, is a past president of the officers and cadets of Warsaw
Central Conference of Ameri- Military Academy," the source
can Rabbis and has been spiri- said on the basis of information
tual leader of the Euclid Avenue just_received, "demands an end
Temple, Cleveland, one of the to anti-intellectualism and anti-
largest Reform Jewish congrega- Semitism.
Meetings throughout the coun-
tions in America, since 1925.
Rabbi Rosenbaum, who has try are demanding the ousting
led Cong. Ernanu-El since Au- of Rokosovsky_ who fired 200
gust, previously has served con- Jewish officers in 1949 when he
gregations in Cleveland, Pon- took over command of the Pol-
tiac, and Fort Worth, Tex. He ish Army.
was a combat chaplain with the • Asked whether the down-
27th Division during World grading of official Polish anti-
War II.
Semitism might result in in-
He is a member of the Com- creasing permission for Jews to
mission on Jewish Education of emigrate from P o 1 a n d, the
the Central Conference of Amer- source stated he was not certain
ican Hebrew Congregations.
of such an outcome in the im-
The public is invited to at- mediate future.
tend this service.
"In fact," he said, "it could
that Polish Jews will now be
Emanu-El Sisterhood Sets be
told there is no longer any rea-
Dessert Luncheon, Nov. 12
son for their emigration since
A dessert - luncheon will be antizSemitism will be equated
given by the Sisterhood of Con- with illegality. However, it is
gregation Emanu-El, 14450 W. possible that the government
T=en Mile Rd., Oak Park, on
Nov. 12, in the congregation's
new social hall. The program U.S, Archeology School
includes dramatic readings by Started in Jerusalem
Esta Frank, Gertrude Oberstein,
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Con-
Beatrice Koenigsberg and Bob
Leslie. Mrs. Henry Steppach, struction has begun on the
publicity chairman, urges all American School of Archaeology
in Jerusalem, it was announced
members to attend.
by Dr. Nelson Glueck, president
O - W Young Israel Services of Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Sabbath services of Young Institute of Religion, sponsor of
Israel Center of Oak-Woods will the graduate school in Jeru-
be held at 5:15 p.m., today, and salem.
at 9 a.m., Saturday, when Rabbi
Reporting to the HUC-JIR
Yaakov I. Homnick will preach board of governors, Dr. Glueck
the sermon on "Living History." noted that "religious and poli-
tical extremists" had unsuccess-
Belgian Queen Mother
fully attempted to deny a build-
ing permit for the school be-
Delays Trip. to Israel
BRUSSELS (JTA) — Queen cause the library would be used
Mother Elizabeth postponed her for Reform services for stu-
forthcoming trip to Israel be- dents.
The debate in Israel over the
cause of the current Middle
East situation. The Queen and school, he added, had demon-
her party were due to leave strated the "thoroughly demo-
Oct. 30 for a two-week stay in cratic character of the Jewish

in
Dr. Brickner Here
for Installation of
Rabbi Rosenbaum

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may now allow firmer contacts Union to "right the wrongs turned from the Soviet Union
between Polish Jews and Jews committed during the years said that there is strong anti-
outside Poland, as well as great- preceding 1953," it registers Semitic sentiment in the
er encouragement to Jewish "anxiety in respect to the re- Ukraine, but no anti-Semitism
cultural and religious develop- construction of Jewish com- of any significance elsewhere in
ment.
munal and cultural life."
the USSR. The delegation at-
A report emanating from Tel tended an international confer-
It is reported from London
that the Warsaw radio carried Aviv by members of a Histadrut ence of cooperative movements
a broadcast of a meeting of the delegation which recently re- held in the Soviet capital.
Union of Young Communists in
the Polish city of Wroclaw, at
which a demand was voiced to
curb propaganda inciting the
people in Poland to "all kinds
NOV, 1 4
of anti-Semitic manifestations."
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In New York, a group of pro-
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Soviet American Jewish jour-
nalists and educators, including
leading members of the editorial
staff of the pro-Communist Jew-
ish daily "Freheit" — among
them Paul Novick, its editor—
made public here the text of a
memorandum sent to Soviet
President Klementi Voroshilov
and Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin, "urgently requesting"
from the top Soviet leaders a
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public and authoritative state-
ment dealing with the situation
of the Jews in the Soviet Union.
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Although the memorandum
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recognizes the "tremendous
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efforts" exerted by the Soviet

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