TORONTO (Special) -- The
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds opened its
four-day general assembly here
with a plea to American Jews
to increase their financial sup-
port of Israel.
The 25th anniversary meet-
ings, attended by over 750
delegates, heard a report by
Moses A. Leavitt, executive
vice-president of the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee, that ?ver,
700 Jews have arrived in Vienna
- from Hungary in need of care.
Leading a call for greater aid
to Israel, Rabbi Herbert A.
Friedman, executive vice-chair-
man of the United Jewish
Appeal, stated that Na. heavy
flow of immigration had created
a new emergency in the Jewish
state.
During the tense days of
fighting during the recent cam-
paign against Egypt, Rabbi
Friedman said, immigration con-
tinued, with thousands of new
immigrants arriving during the
period.
Avraham Harmon, a member
of the Executive of the Jewish
Agency, stating that Egypt had
been readying a "knockout blow
To . Be Free, See T hat Others Are
Free' Firestone's Goodwill Plea
A number of Michigan's most
distinguished industrialists par-
ticipated in the annual dinner
of the Detroit Round Table of
Christians and Jews, given in
honor of the 1957 Brotherhood
Week chairman, Harvey • S.
Firestone, Jr., chairman of
Firestone. Tire and Rubber Co.,
Nov. 15, at the Masonic Tem-
ple.
In a stirring address, in which
he upheld the principles of
inter-faith amity in the ad-
vancement of which the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews Was established ; Fire-
stone emphasized that "if we
want to be free, we_ must see
to it that others are free." He
declared that "we can defend
our rights and freedoms best
by defending the rights and
freedoms of others."
Dr. Robert M. Frehse; di-
rector of the Detroit Round
Table, who reported on the
accomplishments of the good-
will movement locally, pre-
sented Firestone with an hon-
orary degree of Master Build-
er of Brotherhood.
Dr. Frehse pointed out in his
report that the aims of the
movement are being , attained
through education. He told of
activities in Detroit through
representatives of 50 schools,
organized in the Junior Round
Table.
Dr. Richard C. Hertz gave
the invocation. Other Jewish
leaders on the dais were Al-
fred Nay, Leonard N. Sim-
ons, Judge Charles Rubiner,
Dr. Huldah Fine; Mrs. Rob-
ert Coggan, Boris Joffe and
Julius Chajes.
Participants in this impres-
sive gathering included Judge
Joseph Moynihan, general
chairman of the Round Table;
George Romney, of American
Motors; William F. Hufstader,
of General Motors; Dr. Ever-
ett R. Clinchy,. national presi-
dent • Of the Conference of
Christians and Jews; William
T. Gossett, of the • Ford Motor
Co.; Fr. Leo J. Trese, Dr. Her-
and the eve-
bert B.
ning's soloist,
soloist, Lucia Turcano,
who was accompanied by Ada-
lyn•Venman.
to destroy Israel and its people"
called on the United Nations to'
"remove the threat and actuality
of Egyptian aggression in the
Middle East." .•
At a session presided over
by Abner Bregman, chairman of
the United Hias Service Board,
it was announced that , assur-
ances had been received for
10.0 families of Hungarian Jew-
ish refugee.
Bregman stated that in addi-
tion to Jews seeking to migrate
to Israel, agreements were cur-
rently being drawn up for im-
migration of several thousand
North African Jews to Canada
and Brazil.
At Saturday night's session,
Harry L. Lurie, a former
CJWFW executive director from
New York, predicted that within
2)5 years all communal organiza-
tions in the U.S. would corn-
bine religious and secular activi-
ties.
Because of the decrease in
the foreign born making diverse
cultural backgrounds, a common
core of Jewry will rise in its
stead, Lurie said.
His comments were made at
a dinner, at which the fourth
annual William J. Shroder
Awards; named for the first
CJWFW president, were pre-
sented to the Jewish Com-
munity services of Long Island
and Jewish Vocational Service
of Milwaukee.
Establishment of a fellowship
in honor of Lurie was an-
nounced by • Sidney Hollander,
of Baltimore, a former Council
president. The fellowship will
go to a promising youth to con-
tinue social work studies. -
Also presented were the first
Edwin" reosenberg Awards for
constructive leadership in com-
munal service. These went to
Myer Finkelstein and Bernard
L. Frankel, both of Philadel- tor.
phia.
Other assembly sessions dealt
with problems facing communi-
ties in campaigning, budgeting,
leadership, perSonnel and corn-
munity relations.
Appeal for Mid-East Peace
Delegates issued an appeal to
the world to bring about a just
and lasting peace in the Middle
East. They emphasized that
"such a peace with justice—and
justice with peace—will be of
momentous and enduring value
to all peoples of the area, and
to all mankind."
In resolutions they urged
world Jewry's support of Israel,
praised the Jewish state for its
role as "the bulwark of demo-
cracy in the Middle East," called
THAT
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FINEST
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DRINKS
once more revision of existing
CAN BE
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MADE WITH
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CJFWF Meetings in Toronto Urge Increased Financial Aid to Israel