Leaders Split With WU on 'Zionist Id e o l ogy

Premier Criticized by Sharett,
Goldmann; Defended by Mrs. Meir

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JERUSALEM—Rejection of Zionism by Prime Min-
ister David Ben-Gurion is certain to create confusion and
cause unnecessary pain among Zionists, former Prime
Minister Moshe Sharett told the International Ideological
Conference at the Hebrew University Tuesday.
Discarding Zionist vision and "going to the people
with the Bible" as Ben-Gurion has proposed would not
save Israel from such internal dangers as belief among

Israel's youth that the establish_O-
ment of the Jewish State was adding that Jews in the free
the ultimate goal, Sharett de- world have no right to remain
clared. He asserted that, on the "long distance friends" of Is-
contrary, the Bible alone, with rael. She added: "We cannot
the denial of other values, might become reconciled to the• idea
make the danger worse.
that only a small minority of
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, world world Jewry will live in Is-
Zionist leader, also expressed rael."
doubts about Ben - Gurion's
Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, of New
naive conception, , adding that York, founder of Jewish recon-
"Bible punching" was not a po- structionist movement, urged
litical program.
the conference to undertake the
"Although we are accustomed task of persuading leaders of
to paradoxical statements from the Zionist movement to con-
the Prime Minister, he might centrate not only on Israel's se-
have been a little more cautious curity but also on the existence
this time," Dr. Goldmann said and unity of the Jewish people
when he took part in the de- everywhere.
bate which followed the read-
Dr. Kaplan said that Zionist
ing of papers by delegates from
leadership must be concerned
a number of countries.
"If Ben-Gurion, super-Zionist with the rejuvenation of the
and arch critic of the Diaspora, Jewish spiritual heritage as a
dislikes many Zionists, why binding factor for all Jewish
doesn't he tell them they are communities outside of Israel.
Achievements of Zionism to
bad Zionists instead of reject-
ing the entire movement," Dr. date represent only half of the
goal, he said, and halting of
Goldmann exclaimed.
Mrs. Golds Meir, Israeli Zionist endeavors at this point
Foreign Minister and former might both cancel out accom-
Milwaukee school teacher, de- plishments and endanger the
fended the Israelis' right to a existence of the Jewish people.
State and said frankly Jews He warned it would be a trag-
should not continue to remain is mistake to assume that non-
away from Israel. Israeli Jews would go to Israel
"Jewish youth singing songs on the basis of a decision that
about the Negev in New York there was no hope for the fu-
and Boston will not build up ture of Judaism in their coun
our wastelands," she declared, tries of residence. He said

U. S. Hailed at Moscow Youth
Session by Jewish Delegates

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Two young American Jews
attracted attention in Mos-
cow, at the World Youth Fes-
tival, with their staunch de-
fense of U. S. principles.
Richard Medalie, 28, of Min-
neapolis, preached democracy
to the Russians. He is shown
here, on his arrival by plane
in New York, carrying the
banner he used in one of the
parades in Moscow. This Har-
vard law student said he
found Soviet youths "hungry"
for reports on the U. S. and
thought the Americans had
made an impression at the
festival. The other youth
shown here, George Abrams,
of Newton, Mass., caused a
stir in Moscow when he at-
tracted street crowds by read-
ing excerpts from the UN re-
port on Soviet brutality in
Hungary.

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alarmist statements from Zion- including American Jewry.
ish, he asserted, warning that
Both Israel and the non-Isra- such a course would lead to Lev-
ists to that effect mrould hinder
rather than help prospects of eli Jewish world must readjust antinism and end in frustration
immigration from the United their attitudes to create a mu- and collective neurosis. He was
tual relationship without which, warmly applauded for his con-
States.
he said, "there is a dim future cluding statement that only as
Ben-Gurion's Speech
The State of Israel, "to safe- for Israel and none for the Jew- bearers of the same responsibil-
guard its security, requires the ish people." He said Jews out- ity and as fulfillers of the same
addition of at least two million side of Israel must overcome the destiny would Israel and non-
more Jews" in the immediate "bogey" of dual loyalty and Israeli Jewry achieve the vision
future, Ben-Gurion told the must realize it was fully justi- of one people re-building its
delegates to the International fied for them to take responsi- center and securing its survival
bility for Israel's welfare, and everywhere.
Jewish Ideological Conference.
"The decisive political prob- to have the courage to reject
2,000 at Youth Rally
lem of Israel is the problem of the notion that loyalty to the
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security and the solution of this nation in which one resides is
JERUSALEM—The Fifth In-
problem does not lie in the or- exclusive.
ganization of a first-class army,"
Branding the theory of the ternational Rally of Jewish
he said. "The survival and peace exclusivity of the state as an Youth participants in various
of the State of Israel will be immoral concept which was educational activities, opened
safeguarded by one thing and gradually being eclipsed, he said here Tuesday with nearly 2,000
one thing alone—large-scale im- that the time had come for Jews in attendance.
migration."
everywhere to openly proclaim
Participants include young
He called the cutting-off of their identity with Israel. The men and women from the
one-third of European Jewry by modern human being, he said, United States, Britain, Canada,
the Bolshevik Revolution and has many loyalties of which he France, Holland Belgium, the
the extermination of most of the is proud and Jews must not be Scandinavian Countries, Switz-
remaining two-thirds by Nazism hyper - sensitive on this point, erland, Italy, Argenina, Chile,
"two appalling disasters." He while Israel similarly must Brazil, Uruguay and other
contrasted these tragedies with avoid overglorification and re- countries.
the "second change, the benefi- member that its history does not
One thousand of the young
cial one of the growth of the begin with establishment of the people are attending various
great Jewish center in the state but goes far back into the summer institutes and another
United States from one million past.
600 are volunteer workers in
to five million." He said the
Israelis, he said, must consider border agricultural settlements.
development of American Jewry themselves the heirs of thou- Speakers scheduled at the rally
was more than a gain of quan- sands of years of history. They included Prime minister David
titative growth because "this cannot select Isaiahs and Macca- Ben-Gurion, Dr: Nahum Gold-
Jewry became in our day the bees and discard those parts of mann, Eliahu Dobkin and Av-
political, material and cultural Jewish history they do not rel- raham Hannan.
metropolis of Diaspora -Jewry."
"Although the ideology of
assimilation struck no roots
in American Jewry, assimila-
tion in practice has been
growing constantly," he stated.
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He refrained from any critical
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edly led to the cancellation
comment on this point. After
JERUSALEM
—
The
French
were press reports indicating
referring to the "growing
division" of the Jewish peo- Parliamentary delegation, that Israel would not take the
ple, the Premier said that "the which came to Israel 'a week initiative to promote a .formal
State of Israel has become the ago expressly to foster a formal agreement because the present
central pillar on which the Franco-Israeli alliance, cancel- tacit and unwritten alliance
unity of Diaspora Jewry led without explanation Tues- was considered satisfactory.
day a press conference at which
Although the French delega-
rests."
delegates had been scheduled
If the Soviet government to summarize results of a week- tion cannot speak for the
French government, its mem-
would permit emigration, at
long tour.
bers have been consistently ad-
least half of Russia's Jews
The cancellation reportedly vocating an alliance during
would come to Israel, Ben-Gu- was decided upon after Premier
rion declared. He added that David Ben-Gurion Monday told their current visit.
entire Jewish people "must pre- Jaques Soustelle, head of the French Group DiscusseS -
pare for this possibility." As- 22-man delegation, that a de
Development Projects in Israel
serting he had greater hopes of
factor Franco - Israeli alliance
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—While
large scale immigration from
public attention was focussed
Russia than from the United already existed.
Ben-Gurion's comment, made on the visiting 22-man French
States, he said: "The Jewish
problem in Russia is becoming after M. Soustelle reiterated the Parliamentary delegation now
more than troublesome even delegation's convicition that a touring Israel, members of
from the Russian viewpoint and formal pact was necessary, led another French delegation, who
it is not impossible that ulti- to speculation that the Prime arrived without fanfare, were
mately, perhaps in the next few Minister did not necessarily reported engaged in discussions
years, the Russians may arrive favor formal alliances for the with top Israeli officials on the
finalization of far-reaching de-
at the only real solution: Open- sake of alliances alone.
velopment projects..
ing the gates for Aliyah to
The projects reported under
Israel."
New _York Rabbi
consideration in talks with
"Had it not been for the rise
economic experts of the Israeli
of Israel," he said, "Soviet Jew- Deletes Letters 'A.D. 9
Foreign Ministry and other
ry would have been sooner or
later condemned to disappear in from Marriage Licenses ministries included French-aid-
the Jewish sense." He added
NEW YORK, (JTA) — A ed programs to decrease sub-
that anti-Semitism, although le- Queens rabbi has informed a stantially Israel's overland fuel
gally forbidden in the Soviet county official here that he in- transportation. costs and to im-
Union, has neither ceased nor tends to continue his practice prove harbor facilities partic-
weakened. This fact, no less of crossing out the letters ularly on the southern Mediter-
than the existence of Israel, en- "A.D." on marriage certificates ranean coast.
It was recalled that during
courages and strengthens Jew- bearing his signature, the Jew-
ish feelings among Russian ish Examiner reported this Finance Minister Levi Eshkol's
visit to Paris last month,
Jews, he asserted.
week.
Goldmann's Speech
(Anno Domino is Latin for France increased a $30,000,000
The future of Israel and the "Year of Our Lord," a Chris- credit to Israel to $45,000,000,
the additional credits being for
destiny of the Jewish people de- tian phrase.)
pend on a mutual partnership,
The weekly said that Rabbi the special development pro-
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, world I. Usher Kirshblum of Kew jects currently under discussion
Zionist leader, told delegates to Gardens Hills Jewish Center in Israel.
Members of the Parliamen
the conference.
received a letter from Dorothy
Stressing that Israel was a Rogers of the New York City tary delegation meanwhile
great mutual undertaking of the Clerk's office recently asking learned first hand about life
in Israeli settlements in the
Jewish people, Dr. Goldmann him to stop this practice.
said that the unique and un-
But Rabbi Kirshblum, who Huleh area in the shadow of
precedented problems emerging has frequently challenged pub- Syrian gun 'positions.
The delegation visited the
from the new and revolutionary lic officials for slighting Jew-
chapter in Jewish history ish sensibilities, still refuses to Gonan settlement, scene of re-
marked by the advent of the acknowledge the "A.D." on peated acts of Syrian agression.
Members also saw the results
Jewish State could be solved marriage forms.
only by such a partnership.
Replying to the city repre- of reclamation efforts in the
He asserted that culturally, sentative, the rabbi suggested Huleh and Alfa areas. The dele-
too, Israel must depend on the that the letters be deleted from gation also visited Nazareth and
non-Israeli Jewish world, if it the licenses. "It is certainly in a Druze village in northern.
was to ward off the danger of order for a Christian minister Galilee.
A third French delegation
provincialism and become a to include 'A.D.' in all his
world center of thought and documents. However, you must also arrived in Israel for a ten-
spiritual values. He cited the recognize that those letters do day visit to study Israeli farm-
"anonymous and automatic as- not belong in any document ing developments.
A spokesman for the Israeli
similation" going on in the "free which has to be filled out by
world," and said that the loss any member not of the Chris- Foreign Ministry said the dele-
of six million Jews murdered tian faith."
gation would include two Mos-
by the Nazis and the destruc-
He concluded, "My act is lem members and that it was
tion of Jewish centers and in- prompted not by a lack of headed by Modeiba Keite, dep-
tellectual fortresses could not reverence for Christianity, but uty minister of French overseas
be replaced by any other Jewry, out of a sense of self - respect." territories.

Controversy Aroused Over Proposal
for Formal Franco-Israel Alliance