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By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
ORLEY AIRFIELD, Paris, France.—By the time this
reaches our readers, your Commentator and wife will
have reached Israel. In fact, we should be preparing for
the Great Yom Kippur Fast in Jerusalem at the hour the
postman delivers your paper to you—the seven hour dif-
ference in time accounting for our earlier observance.
We are on an Air France plane, and the brief stopover
in the French capital is being utilized to continue the un-
interrupted contact with our great community of Detroit
through this column, which hasn't missed a week's appear-
ance in 30 years.
There is an ecstasy abroad. Representatives of Jewish
communities throughout the land are with us—on the
way to Lydda Airport in Tel Aviv. where we are scheduled
to arrive a full day ahead of an historic event—the dedica-
tion of the Tel Aviv Center and the Frederic Mann Audi-
torium which henceforth is to be the headquarters of the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. •
A number of Americans .left earlier. Leonard Bern-
stein, who is to conduct the opening concert (Oct. 2), ar-
rived in Tel Aviv on Sunday, accompanied by Maxwell
Rabb, secretary of President Eisenhower's Cabinet. The
other great musicians who will share in the glory of dedi-
cating a great cultural center—Isaac Stern, violinist;
Arthur Rubinstein, pianist, and Gregor Piatogorsky,
cellist — already are in Israel.
It is a glorious feeling—to know that the road to Zion
is not difficult, that Israel is thriving, that Jews—at least
—are creating a free society for themselves. Soon we shall
see how the ingathering of the exiles has become reality,
how Prophecy has been fulfilled, how. a new nation has
been molded in less than ten years out of immigrant folk
from seventy nations.
Eight years have gone by since we last breathed the
air of the Holy Land. The sensation of going there is the
same. Perhaps it even grows with time, justifiably. After
all, a downtrodden people, having defied the most difficult
obstacles, has proven the truth that people who are de-
termined to attain freedom usually win it, but liberty is
never won by indifference, or phlegmatically. Israel is
neither - sluggish nor apathetic.
With Groin -ko
PHILIP'
SLOMOV I TZ,
editor an d
publisher
of
The
Jewish
News,
and'
MRS. SLOM-
OVITZ, a r e
"Shown on the
first step of
an Air France
plane at Idle-
wildeAirfield,
New York,
enroute to
Lydda Air-
port, Israel.
,
Direct .1TA Teletype Wire
to The 'Jewish News
"UNWED NATIONS — Israel's
Foreign. Minister . Mrs, Golda
Meir conferred for more than
an hour Monday with Andrei A.
Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minis-
ter at the Soviet delegation head-
quarters in New York.
Mrs. Meir was accompanied by
Joseph Avidar, Israel's Ambas-
sador to Moscow who is cur-
rently in New York as member
of Israel's delegation to . the
UN General- Assembly,
Ambassador Avidar's presence
was interpreted by some • ob-
servers here as an indication
that Mrs. Meir intended to dis-
cuss with Gromyko the case of
Eliahu Chazan, an Israeli attache
at the Moscow Embassy who
Israel charges was abducted and
mistreated by Soviet .secret
police.
There was also some specula-
tion that Mrs. Meir might have
raised the question of Soviet
arms - shipments to the Middle
East.
Accountants, Attorneys to Participate
in Federation-Sponsored Tax Seminar
There is amazing excitement emanating from the dedi-
cation ceremony •we will have attended by the time the
DeWind
Honigman
printers' ink has dried on this column. In the midst of the
tense Sinai Operation, people in Israel took a deep interest
The endowment committee of committee are Judge Victor J. serve four categories of need,*
in the great project of the Tel Aviv Cultural Center. The the Jewish Welfare Federation Baum, Martin L. Butzel, Irwin said Justice Butzel; "first, as a
entire world was pressing upon Israel to yield territory will conduct a tax seminar for I. Cohn, Leo I. Franklin, Judge bulwark to maintain agency serv-
that was captured from the Egyptians. But the Israelis did attorneys and accountants, this William Friedman, Morris Gar- ices should a period come when
not forget the great heritage inherent in the Biblical in- Monday at. the Statler Hotel, an- vett, Jason L. Honigman, .Judge current fund-raising efforts —arc
junction: "Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, nounces Justice Henry M. Butzel, Nathan J. Kaufman, David M. inadequate; -ond, to initiate
Miro and Erwin S. imon.
new
•ch cannot
faith the Lord." They flocked to buy tickets for the Oct. committee chairman.
Serving as ex-officio members fin
Adrian W. DeWind, a lawyer
regular e
2 concert — lines forming to secure the cheapest seats
are Judge Theodore Levin, presi-
$37.50. It is looked upon as the event of a lifetime, and and tax partner of the New York dent
,
Jewish WOW!Federation; cial ourth, to am-
_firm ot...::,;treiss, Rifkind,
many couples acqui.,...,; sin le. seats for two —
half-- law
Wexton
and
Garrison
411_
Sari
H.
Rubine
k
,
chairman.,
rprave quality of services.
• other half
seeing the first portion of the cone,-, t and
principal speaker. His tic i s lexecutive committ•f..., Abraham
"The task of helping imple-
the second portion: half a concert, they- QeIt is better than "Tait
STri
an
e,
United
Problems
ment a lasting memorial to an
none! What a marvelous country, where . s uch craving for Giving."
C k harities,
i ' re
J.
Je
. Zivian,
individual's interest in his com-
art,. literature stipsedes the tensions of war
Three lliettFOir;ttorneyS will treasurer, Jewish Welfare Fed- munity does not rest lightly on
-
eration.
ond threats from hostile neighbors: :
join DeWind in a technical dis-
*
any attorney or accountant." said
*
"Additional capital funds would Justice Butzel.
cussion of taxation and charit-
rnere is a special thrill,_or.. itJeing, again, on an Air a ble g iving. Jason L, Honigman
• will be occasion to make another will present "Basic Considera-
France plane.
s ho,,,,v.v-yanu when we board an Israeli El Al plane, on tions
in Charitable Giving From
part of the return trip. But we are mindful of the strong the Standpoint of the General !
Bork Smolar's
friendship that has been established between Israel and Practitioner;" 'Living and Testa- 1
France, and we are reminded of an incident that occurred mentary Trusts for Charitable
I
'Between You
in March. It was the Arab News Agency that reported that Giving" will be presented by i
Alpern, and Benjamin E.
the French Embassy in Beirut had warned the Lebanese Robert
Jaffe will speak on 'The Char-
... and Me'
that the Air France offices would be closed in all Arab itable
Foundation."
countries if they plan to enforce . the boycott resolution that
Following a recess for dinner,
(Copyright, 1957,
was adopted against the French air line by the Office for DeWind will summarize with
Je wish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
the Boycott of Israel in Beirut. In Lebanon 'alone, 200 Air "Tax Impacts on Charitable Giv-
France employees would have lost their jobs and Air ing." Time will be allowed for Washington Sidelights
There is a good deal of commotion in Washington over the
France's Beirut maintenance shop would have closed down. questions and discussion by the
The Lebanese knew better:. Air France continues to op- attending attorneys and accoun- forthcoming visit to this country of a former Washington
a released war
tants.
criminal, who is now the wealthiest man in Europe , . • He is Alfred
erate without hindrance.
A
graduate
of
Grinnell
College
Krupp,
the
German
munitions
manufacturer
whose
powerful
It is well to remember that back in 1949, when we and Harvard Law School, De- trial empire created the Nazi weapons most feared by the indus-
Allies
flew on an Air France plane, the French line on occasions Wind was Tax Legislative Coun- during the last war . .. A number of Congressmen have inquired
was the only airline operating between Israel and the sel to the Treasury Department why this Nazi war criminal was granted a visa to this country .. .
European continent. Any wonder that we have a deep- in 1947 and 1948. In 1951 and They were told that it was granted by the State Department, with-
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rooted affection and sense of gratitude for a line that has 1952 he was Chief Counsel to the out outside consultation—not even with C
adhered to common. decencies, for a country that makes a
partnership with another nation that insists that human
rights should be respected and that people should not be
kicked around?
In just a few more hours, we'll tread sacred soil made
even more sacred by a great example to the world—by a
people's determination to live as free men.
Seldom before have we uttered with such piety the
prayer—shehecheyanu ... lazman haze!
. Admits Smuggling Nazi Killer Out of Germany
BERLIN, (JTA) — West Ber-
lin police disclosed that Robert
Kremer, a Jew-baiting publisher
arrested here as a possible key
figure in an international net-
work of Nazis, Arabs and neo-
fascists, has admitted he smug-
gled Franz Rademacher, the
"butcher, of Serbian Jewry," out
of • Germany to refuge from jus-
tice ill Syria.
Foreign Office, was sentenced by
German court in Nuremberg in
1952 to a jail term of three years
and five months for participation
in an order to kill 1,300 Serbian
Jews.
While awaiting a new trial on
appeal from the mild sentence,
Rademacher was released on his
"word of honor," and the Nazi
network provided him with a
Rademacher, former head of Spanish passport. Kremer took
the "Jewish Section" of the Nazi
him out of Germany in his car.
remark-
King Subcommittee of the Ways able thing is that not only do members of Congress resent his
being
and Means Committee of the permitted to. visit this country, but similar sentiments are being
House of Representatives on ad-
Wall treet ... Herr Krupp is coming to'this country fresh
ministration of Internal Revenue from business dealings with the Egyptians and straight from a deal
laws. He has been a member of to build a $3,000,000 plant for Russia . . . The purpose of the visit
the ?acuity of the school of law of is to add.
ess a - n • i nternational industrial conference opening in
Sall
New York University, and is the Francisco, Oct. 14 .
•
author of a number of law re-
view articles on various phases of Eyes on Romania
Federal taxation.
The attitude of the Romanian government toward permitting
Justice Butzel, 1957 recipient reunion of Jewish families—as a matter of human right—is being
of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial
watched in the United Nations . . . Attention is also being paid
Award for communal service, an- in some interested circles in Washington . . The matter affects
nounced, upon retiring from the about 10,000 Jewish separated parents and children ... Either the
Michigan State Supreme Court parents live in Israel .
the children in Romania, or the children
Bench, that h.e would devote him- are in Israel and their and
parents in Romania . . . This pathetic situa-
self "to educational and chari- tion developed after assurances by the Romanian authorities that
table matters." He accepted the children would be allowed to follow their parents to Israel . .
task of implementing and en- The parents left several years ago, but the children are still pre-
couraging trusts, endowments
vented from emigrating . In some eases, children were permitted
and bequests to the Jewish Wel-
to proceed to Israel, but their, parents are still unable to follow
fare Federation • and member . Emigration ,
from Romania to Israel was suspended live years
agencies, The Federation endow- ago and many of . the
parents separated from their . children are now
ment committee and the tax
in desperate situations . . . It has reached a pOint where Romanian
seminar are results of Justice
Jews in Israel — some 150,000 of them—supported by organizations
Butzel's labors.
of Romanian Jews in the United States and other countries
Members of the endowment seek international intervention with are Romanian government rr
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