Fedaye litaith Endanger Peace

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ended. He said he did not feel
a negotiated peace can be made
at this time between Israel and
the Arab nations, but urged the
UN- to mediate and take action
to keep the countries from each
others' throats."
He said "'The pattern of
Egyptian behavior indicated
Israel's fears are not unwar-
ranted," and warned that if
UN troops pulled out of the
Suez area "with no assurances
that the situatio. be changed
from the present, a vacuum
would be created for control
to go to the Soviets."

inet. The main point now in
ruling circles is whether to keep
moderates in the government, in
the hope of improving rela-
tions with the U.S., or make a
frankly leftist regime. The ap-
pointment of Akram Hou-
rani, strong anti-Eastern So-
cialist, as Minister of Defense,
is seen as significant in the
Cabinet shuffle. The "national
front," started by leftist parties,
now includes a majority of the
members of the Syrian Parlia-
ment.

2,000 Cross Into Old City
For Christmas Celebration

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

Nasser Offers Only Vision of
JERUSALEM — The Mandel-
Destroying Israel, Golda Meir baum Gate was the hub of ac-
States in Challenge to Dictator tivity before noon Monday as
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire

to The Jewish News)

CINCINNATI — "If we were
convinced that another strip of
land in the Negev would cure
the eyes of one .Egyptian child
—we would give Nasser that
land," Golda Meir stated here.
Mrs. Meir issued -a unique
challenge to the Egyptian dic-
tator in an address before some
750 persons attending an Israel
Bond dinner in her honor.
Charging that Nasser had no in-
terest in the welfare of his
country, the Israel Foreign Min-
ister said. the Egyptian dictator
offered his people only a vision
of destroying Israel in "a cruel
and savage" struggle rather than
any vision of social or economic
improvement.
Mrs. Meir described the strug-
gle in the Sinai Peninsula as
"a clash of philosoph1es" con-
trasting the Bible, which every
Israel soldier- carried in his
knapsack, with copies of "Mein
Kamp" in an Arabic transla-
tion, found on some of the
captured Egyptians.
The Foreign Minister also said
the Arab states had no desire
to solve their refugee problem,
charging that they felt it was
to their political advantage to
keep these people as they are.

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--.1)anger Seen in

Syria
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

BEIRUT — The New York
Times correspondent reports the
Syrian crisis is likely to end
with the country firmly in the
grip of pro-Soviet elements. He
said up to now the extent of
that influence was exaggerated.
The Cabinet resignation was ex-
pected for weeks. El Assail
wanted to reorganize the Cab-

police, customs and health of-
ficials' sped formalities for Chris-
tian Israelis crossing lines for
the Christmas celebration in the
Old City. A variegated crowd
of 2,000 included men, women
and children; nuns and monks
who were processed faster than
the Jordanian authorities could
receive them. .
Each pilgrim received a Jor-
danian Mar or pound sterling
in exchange for local currency
and this year's was a good-
natured crossing, marked by a
lack of tension. A minor inci-
dent occurred between a French
photographer from • Paris and
an Arab Legionnaire who pre-
vented a close approach and
who shouted: "Go to Port Said."
Otherwise there were no in-
cidents, except for five "Ameri-
can clergymen who were refused
permission because their papers
were not ready, due to late ar-
rival. Throughout the day, mu-
nicipalities and local Israeli
councils provided Christmas
trees from public forests to
Christian citizens, churches and
- schools.
Reports in New York said
that a diplomatic pilgrimage was
cancelled when French and
British diplomats were refused
permission to cross into the Old
city.
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Was Egyptian Chief Rabbi'S

Statement Under Duress?
A statement by Chief Rabbi

Haim Nahoum of Egypt, re-
ported from Cairo, in which he
said that no foreign govern-
ment, especially Israel, was
authorized to speak for the Jews
of Egypt, is believed to have
been extracted from him under
pressure. The 84-year-old Egyp-

Communist Yiddish Daily Challenges
Khrushchev on Jewry and Zionism

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
cerning Jewish nationality, re-
to The Jewish News)
NEW YORK — The Morning lationship as between Jews liv-

Freiheit — Yiddish language
organ of the Communist party
in the U.S. — raises questions of
the treatment of Jews in the
Soviet Union, chides Khrush-
chev, and want to know why not
publish a Yiddish newspaper in
the USSR. These points were
made in an English-language
editorial in the newspaper Sun-
day.
The Soviet Encyclopedia "un- -
fortunately" contains "a num-
ber of distortions with regard
to Jews," the editorial declares.
Only "vestiges of great Russian
chauvinism" could it make pos-
sible for Khrushchev to say
the things he was quoted re-
cently as saying, according to
the editorial.
The editorial quotes Stalin as
telling the JTA in 1932 that
anti-Semitism was a remnant of
cannibalism. However, Khrush-
chev; who says all people have
good and bad characteristics, has
emphasized o n1 y the bad
characteristics of Jews.
Khrushchev's assertion that he
agrees with Stalin that the Cri-
mean settlement by Jews would
be a danger to the Soviet Union
shows "a type of Stalinism that
prevailed during the very last
days of Stalin and has not yet
been eradicated."
Calling for "putting the rec-
ord straight" the editorial says
that, however, is not enough.
There are still questions con-

ing in different countries, and
"consideration will have to be
given the question of Zionism—
not as a kind of bogey with
which to frighten people but as
something that does really exist,
so that we may differentiate be-
tween the kind of Zionists who
work hand in glove with the
leadership in the cold war and
the kind sincerely seeking
friendship with the Soviet
Union."
Soviet leadership faces ques-
tions of reappraisal of an atti-
tude toward the national ques-
tion, toward Jewish nationality,
toward Soviet Jews and Yiddish
culture, the editorial summar-
izes.

Early Deadlines

Because of New Year's
Day, the offices of The Jewish
News will be closed on Tues-
day, Jan. 1, necessitating the
following changes in our
deadlines for the issue of
Friday, Jan. 4:
All local copy must reach
The Jewish News by 3 p.m.,
Friday, Dec. 28.
Display and classified dis-
play advertising should be
in our offices at 3:30 p.m.,
Monday, Dec. 31. The liner
classified advertising dead-
line will be unchanged, re-
maining at 11 a.m., Wednes-
day.

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tian chief rabbi is frail and
totally blind. Two weeks ago he
was reported to have been un-
der house arrest, after rebuking
Nasser.
Rabbi Nahoum is reported to
have prayed for his country
and to have said that "we de-
nounce the brutal Anglo-
French-Israeli aggression against
our dear motherland Egypt."
A Cairo broadcast heard in
London quoted the Egyptian
Jewish community as denying
to have any connections with
Egypt- or Zionism and stating
that "Egypt's enemy is our
enemy."
Arab activities in Colombia,
reported by the World Jewish
Congress, accuse the Jews of
Palestine of "barbarian aggres-
sion and diabolical intentions
against Christianity and the
Holy Places."

PEARL PELAVIN, 24080
Blackstone, Oak Park, died Dec.
23. Survived by a son, Irving;
four daughters, Mrs. David B.
Rosenthal, Mrs. Ruben Pacer-
nick, Mrs. Louis Greenfield and
Mrs. Larry Goodman; four bro-
thers; two sisters and 10 grand-
children.
* * *
CHARLOTTE W E I N BERG,
20484 Cheyenne, died Dec. 24.
She is survived by sons, Syd-
ney and Morton; daughters,
Nanette, Mrs. Jack Geller, Mrs.
Lillian Levin, Mrs. C. Stoller
and Mrs. •Sam Siegel of Sag-
inaw and two qiQi- ers.
* * *.
JOSEPH GRUSBERG, 9120
12th, died Dec. 17. Survived by
his wife, Yetta; and a sister,
Mrs. Frieda. Williams.
* * *
DAVID DANZI G, 16600
Turner, died Dec. 18. Survived
by four sons, Benjamin, Eman-
uel, Harry and Meyer; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fred Erlebacher and
seven grandchildren.
* * *
SIMON AXELROD, 3780
Glynn, died Dec. 20. Survived
by his wife, Ann; mother, Mary;
two daughters, Mrs. Charles
Zamek and Edith; a brother,
and three sisters.
* * *
SARAH TRUNK, 21700 Gard-
ner, Oak Park, died Dec. 21.
Survived by three sons, Wil-
liam, Reuben and Joseph; three
daughters, Mrs. Paul Brickner,
Mrs. Sam Dan and Raizel
Schwartzberg; 11 grandchildren
and 21 great grandchildren.
- * * *
HARRY LEVINSON, 2955
Monterey, died Dec. 17. He
leaves his wife, Roslyn; a son,
Stanley and three brothers, Al,
Tom and Herman Levinson.

Bond Sales Soar;
May Pass '52 Stun

NEW YORK, (JTA)—State of
Israel Bond sales in the United
States have totalled $51,000,000
thus far in 1956. The year's ag-
gregate sales are expected to top
figures for 1952, the first full
12-month period of the drive,
when sales totalled $52,500,000.
These figures were announced
by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, ex-
ecutive vice-president of the
Development Corporation f o r
Israel, the body in charge of
the bond drive.

Abraham Feinberg, presi-
dent of bonds, announced that
plans for the 1957 campaign
will be formulated at a meet-
ing of the board of governors
of the Israel Bond Organiza-
tion, Jan. .5 and 6, at the
Savoy Plaza Hotel, New York.

Recent events in the Middle
East have elicited enthusiastic
responses from American
Jewry, Dr. Schwartz declared,
pointing out that in November
—after Israel had launched its
at - ill =a-
427,000 as compared to sales of
$5,274,000 in October.
Leading Jewish communities
throughout the country are res-
ponding far more actively to
the bond drive than they did a
year ago, Dr. Schwartz said,
citing Los Angeles, up 71 per-
cent; Chicago, 45 percent; Phil-
adelphia, 68 percent; Miami, 47
percent; Baltimore, 32 percent;
and Washington, D.C., 100 per-
cent.

(In Detroit, another million
dollar year is almost a cer-
tainly, as 8960,000 is collected
with several large pledges
still pending, states Man-
fred Minzer, Jr., resident
manager here.
(Detroit, he 'indicated, is
running better than 12 per-
cent ahead in total sales,
while there has been an in-
crease of 40 percent in the
number of bonds issued, in-
dicating wider participation
than in previous years.)

Since the beginning of the
bond drive, in the spring of
1951, Dr. Schwartz reported, a
total of $273,000,000 in Israel
B o n d s has been purchased,
showing faith in Israel politi-
cally and financially.
Moshe Shapira, Israel's Min-
ister for Religious Affairs, has
arrived here to aid the bond
campaign. While pleased with
the military gains in the clash
with Egypt, Israel seeks hot
victories, but peac e, he de-
clared.

University of Georgia Hillel
Group to Have New Home

ATLANTA (JTA)—The Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundation at the
University of Georgia, at Ath-
ens, is acquiring a former fra-
ternity house as its headquar-
ters. The brick building now has
accommodations for 40 men, and
dining and recreational facili-
ties. It will be remodeled before
Hillel occupancy. State Bnai
Brith groups are raising -$50,000
to pay for the purchase and re-
modeling of the property.

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Obituaries

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CY FELDMAN, 14308 Curtis,
died Dec. 18. He leaves his
wife, Hilda; three daughters,
IVin:"-Eugene Stataingeft -Mts.
Samuel Roth and Mrs. William
Denenberg; three brothers and
five grandchildren.
* * *
EUGENE STONE, 15666,K en-
tucky, died Dec. 19. He leaves
his wife, Malvin; and two bro-
thers, William and Eugene
Steinberger, both of New York.
*- * *
J 0 SEPH NEUMANN, 8700
Kenberton, Oak Park, died Dec.
20. He leaves his wife, Tillie;
two sons, Seymour and Phillip;
a daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Bis-
geier, on Pontiac. three brothers;
four sisters and five grandchil-
dren.
* * *
SAMUEL LIBOWITZ, 1930
Ewald Circle, died Dec. 20. He
leaves his wife, Julia; a son, Ber-
nard Liebow; two brothers, two
sisters and two grandchildren.
* * *
ANN N. LEVINE, 18690 Steel,
died Dec. 21. She leaves her
husband, Herman; a son, Dr.
Leslie Levine; a daughter, Mrs.
Marvin Cornfield; three bro-
thers, a sister and three grand-
children.
* * *
MORRIS BORENSTEIN, for-
merly of Detroit, died Dec. 16,
in Beverly Hills, Cali f. He
leaves his wife, Zelda; two sons,
Samuel, of Detroit, and DOnald
A., of Los Angeles; a daughter,
Mrs. Gertrude Winton, Of Bev-
erly Hills; four grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren.

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MAX BERKOWITZ, 3160 Sec-
ond Blvd., died Dec. 20. H e
leaves a son, Charles Berk;
three brothers, Abe, Morris and
Mike Berk; and three sisters,
Mrs. Russel Fishman; Mrs. Rose
Segal and Mrs. Rita Glazer.
* * *
LEON ZIMMERMANN, 2297
Ewald Circle, died Dec. 23. Sur-
vived by his wife, Stella; and
two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Ja-
cobson and Mrs. Bernard Silver,
of Van Nuys, Calif.
* *
ROSE SILVERSTONE, 11501
Petoskey, a sister_ of the late
Mr. Henry Levitt, died Dec. 22.
She leaves a sister, Mrs. J. B.
Laskey.
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WILLIAMS BERK, former
Detroiter, died D..e c. 20, in
Miami, Fla. Services and inter-
ment in Miami. He leaves his
wife, Sylvia; two sons, Harold
and F r e d; a daughter, Mrs.
Loraine Friedman and two
grandsons.

Dr Plias Solomon Dies

Dr. Elias L. Solomon, rabbi
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
New York. honorary president
of the United Synagogue of
America, died Dec. 20 at the age
of 77.
He was one of the most dis-
tinguished leaders in the Con-
servative rabbinate. During. his
50 years in the rabbinate, he of-
ficiated at more than 6,000 wed-
dings.
Dr. Solomon was well known
in Detroit. He spoke several
times at the Shaarey Zedek, was
guest speaker two years ago at
a dinner in honor of Dr. A. M.
Hershman and officiated at. the
funeral of Mrs. Hershman last
year.

Portrait of Joseph G. Brin
Hangs in University Library

BOSTON (JTA) — A portrait
of the late Dr. Joseph G. Brin,
who -Vas—a- professof at
University and associate 'pub-
lisher of the Boston Jewish Ad-
vocate, was unveiled in the
Chenery Library of Boston Uni-
versity. The portrait was exe-
cuted by Dan G. Fox, Boston
artist, Old was commissioned by
friends interested in perpetuat-
ing his memory at the univer-
sity where he taught from 1944
until his death in 1952. He had
been assistant professor of
speech and then professor of
semantics at the „university of
which he was a graduate.

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