Center Re-Elects
Jacob L. Keidan
JACOB L. KEIDAN
At the recent annual election
meeting of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center's board of directors,
Jacob L. Keidan was re-elected
president.
Other officers named to serve
with Keidan were George D.
Keil, Samuel Frankel, Maurice
S. Schiller and Harry L. Jones,
vice-presidents; Mrs. Harry E.
August, secretary; and Merwin
K. Grosberg, treasurer.
Elected to the executive com-
mittee a s members-at-large
were Lester S. BUrton and
Richard Sloan.
Israel Opens Shop
for Diamond Polishing
The National Jeweler .M ag a -
zine, in a recent issue, car-
ried the following interest-
ing report, by D. Almog, from
Tel Aviv, regarding new dia-
mond polishing shops in Israel:
The first diamond polish-
ing shop was opened at
Migdal Haemek near Nazaret,
sponsored by the Ministry of
Labor, with some 100 hands em-
ployed at the start.
"Diamond polishing shops
were recently set up in new and
remote settlements at the vari-
ous development regions of the
country as the transportation
costs do not constitute a - deter-
rent in this as they do in other
industries. Some 600 workers
are already engaged in these
plants and their number will be
increased within the year—up
to 1200. The whole diamond
industry now employs about
3000 workers in some 160 en-
terprises of which some 1300
workers are in Tel-Aviv.
"During its peak period in
World War II, the local dia-
mond industry employed nearly
5500 workers, but the cessation
of the War and the rehabilita-
tion of the industry in Belgium
and Germany brought a certain
crisis upon this industry froni
which it emerged only a few
years ago.
"The industry was reorgan-
ized and exports have gradu-
ally increased. It might be
worthy to note the following
figures of diamonds exported,
(in dollars) during the past 3
years and their share in the
total Israeli export.
Year
1954
1955
1956
Diamond
Exports
$15,698,778
$20,616,028
$24,512,957
Total
Exports
$ 84,602,661
$ 87,331,101
$103,755,123
"Unlike Belgium the local in-
dustry relies on the division of
labour and specialization which
enables the shortening of the
training period as well as the
attainment of a higher degree of
skill."
Negev Research Institute
Open, Attended by B-G
BEERSHEBA (JTA) — The
newly established Institute for
Negev Research here began op-
erations with a celebration at-
tended by Premier Ben-Gurion.
A joint effort of the Israel
government and UNESCO, the
Institute is considered to be
the eastern hemisphere's most
scienfic possibilities for con-
coor dinated body examining
scientific possibilities for con-
quering the desert for human,
animal- and plant life.
The Negev institute's official
opening will take place in Oc-
tober with UNESCO delegates
present.
Convert Quotes
Prophets to Nasser
HAIFA, (AJP) — Portuguese
Countess Miriam .Lamel as de
Garcia, who recently embraced
the Hebrew faith under the aus-
pices of the new Israeli Prose-•
lyte movement, curie out with a
warning to Egypt last week by
citing the 'predictions of Isaiah
and Ezekiel.
Pointing out what will hap-
pen to the Egyptians because. of
their negative attitude towards
Israel, Countes de Garcia quoted
the following prophec5,-- from
Ezekiel:
"Behold, I am against thee,
Pharoah, king of Egypt, that
hath said, 'Mine River (Suez)
is mine own. And I have made
it for myself. ! Therefore, thus
hath said the Lord God: Behold,
I will bring a sword upon thee,
and I will cut off from thee man
and beast. And the land of
Egypt shall be desolate and
waste, and•they shall know that
I am the Lord; because he
(Nasser). hath said: 'The RiVer
is mine, and I have made it'."
Countess de Garcia also cited
Isaiah chapter 11, verses 15-16:
"And the Lord will utterly
destroy the tongue of the Egyp-
tian sea; and with His scorching
wind will He shake His hand
over the River, and will smite
it into seven streams, and cause
men to walk over dryshod ..."
T h e Portuguese proselyte
added in her statement that it
is the duty, according to Ezekiel,
chapter 3, verses 18-19, for Is-
rael to warn dictator Nasser
that "'his days are numbered as
well as those of his people and
sympathizers."
Report 10th of U.S.
Jews Are Over 65
BOSTON (JTA)—Some 500,-
000 Jews, about one in ten in
the United States, is 65 years
of age or over, according to a
survey conducted in this and a
number of other cities.
The local survey was con-
ducted by Bnai Brith group
guidance office and the Jewish
Vocational Service of Greater
Boston. Similar studies have
been carried out in Cincinnati
and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The survey also revealed that
Jewish wives outlive their hus-
bands in the ratio of three
to one. Two-thirds of the
women over 65 interviewed in
the local study were widows,
but only one-third of the men
were widowers.
A college education appar-
ently helps senior men hold on
to jobs after 65, the study
established. Although only one
in every three Jewish men
was fully employed after 65,
a full half of those who gradu-
ated from college are still em-
ployed. Two out of every ten
have a part-time job and the
remaining five of each ten are
unemployed or retired.
Warn Algerian Jews
Against Retaliation
ALGIERS (JTA)—A resolu-
tion demanding an end to in-
discriminate terrorist attacks
which are striking down in-
nocent bystanders,. but at the
same time cautioning against
retaliatory violence by the
friends and relatives of the
victims, was adopted by the
Council of the Algerian Jewish
Committee for Social Justice
meeting here.
The resolution followed re-
ports that a high percentage of
those killed or injured by a
bomb explosion at a casino
near Algiers last week were
Jews and that many Jews were
among the victims of terrorist
attacks in Constantine.
Top Box Office Rating
"Gunfight at the O.K. Cor-
Hal Wallis' opus of how
Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster)
and his gambler pal Doc Holli-
day (Kirk Douglas) wiped out
the cattle rustling Clanton gang
in post Civil War days, has
swept into first place in box
office ratings.
ral,"
Danny Raskin's
LISTENING
Stories in a Lighter Vein
By SHIN FEY SAMACH
It is told that Mr. and Mrs.
Tzemach,quarreled frequently
Once Mrs. Tzemach was heard
to shout to her husband: "If it
were not for my money, where
would you be now?"
Tzemach is a meek man. He
barely speaks above a whisper.
Meekly, this time, he was heard
to reply: "A bochur."
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IF ALL THE friends he made
during his .11 years with the
Jewish Community Council
since leaving the Navy had
known about and been at the
reception given recently for
Walter Klein, the Jewish War
Veterans Memorial Home on
Davison, where it .was held,
would have cracked at the mor-
tars . . . As it was, so many
didn't know about it and the
reception was still a jam-packed
affair . . . Finding it necessary
to resign as associate director of
the Jewish Community Council
to enter private business, Wal-
ter is well-noted for. his tre-
mendous work in cementing
public relations between local
Jewry and all other races and
creeds in Detroit . . . The re,
ception, held under the auspices
of the JCC and the JWV Gold
Star Parents for whom he con-
tinues to give so much of his
time and energetic affiliation as
president of the JWV Memorial
Home Association, was a heart-
felt mark of gratitude .. . with
a sizeable sum of money being
contributed to the Memorial
Hume Association in Walter's
name.
"HYPNOSIS" show that went
off so well on Channel 9 re-
cently, has been receiving ac-
claim galore from folks all
over the state asking for more
. . . Letters in the hundreds
have been pouring in to CKLW-
TV and the Detroit Hypnology
Society has been working fever-
ishly to answer all the ques-
tions regarding hypnosis .. . In
his first experience before the
television cameras, clinical hyp-
notist Sol Lewis of the Lewis
Clinic reacted as. a seasoned
veteran, doing his half-hour bit
as moderator of a panel com-
posed of trained hypnotists . . .
The demonstrations shown dur-
ing the program also included
a fine bit by hypnotist Iry
Korens, likewise a member of
the society.
*
Aunt Sadie arrived here on a
visit from Oshkosh and imme-
diately began inquiring about
relatives. "And Rivka, how is
she, has she kept her girlish
figure?"
Uncle Abe, who is known to
have an appreciation for good
investments, promptly replied:•
"Kept_ it? She has doubled it."
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*
In this era of the avalanche
of "honorary degrees," this item
from Leonard Lyons' column in
the New York Post is worth
quoting:
"John Steinbeck refused to
cut short a trip to come home
and accept honorary degrees.
-
In referring to the fact that so
many degrees are commonplace
now, he mentioned the story
told in Sicily about a rich man
who had to sign legal papers—
and confessed he couldn't read
or write. 'Just sign an X,' the
lawyer -said. The man signed an
X, then added a second X—ex-
plaining: 'That second X stands
for "Doctor" '."
Many stories are told about
the X as a substitute for a
name. In Israel, a newcomer
who refused to mark an X next
to his name and used a circle
instead explained: "I've changed
my name." Another used three
X's and said one was for the
first, one for the last and an-
other for the middle name.
MUSIC! ENTERTAINMENT!
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Labor Zionists Agree
to Territorial Groups
NEW YORK (JTA)—A reso-
lution favoring the establish-
lishment of a democratically
constituted Zionist Federation
in the United States was
adopted by the Labor Zionist
Assembly at a special meeting
of its executive committee here.
The establishment of such
territorial Zionist Federations
in all countries was voted by
the World Jewish Congress last
year in Jerusalem. Since then,
negotiations for setting up a
group in the U.S. have been
going on among Zionist groups.
Various proposals brought up
to date will be discussed at a
meeting of the World Zionist
Actions Committee meeting
July 11 in Jerusalem.
The object of the proposed
Federation is a broadening of
the Zionist base, which, while
neither impinging on the au-
tonomy of the various groups
nor upon their specialized areas
of activity, would provide co-
ordination and central direction
in the fields of work which all
have in common.
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