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." * 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." * * 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! Sammy Woolf And His Orchestra UN. 4-3174 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. Delicatessen UN. 3-8982 UN. 3-6501 ENJOY LIBERMAN'S SHORT 89c Lb. 12162 DEXTER TO 6-9804 WE ARE NOW CATERING For WEDDINGS, SHOWERS, BAR MITZVAHS, SWEET SIXTEENS, ETC. Moderate Prices. C a n accommodate from 25 to 125 people. Dance floor and piano also available. Serving dinners to- the public on Sundays and Holidays only. See us in our newly beautifully remodeled Dining Rooms. 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