German Report Notes Vandalism
of Christian, Jewish Cemeteries
FRANKFORT, (JTA) — The Jewish desecrations were politi-
Federal Bureau of Criminality cal acts. The report, however,
released what was believed to listed only one violation as a
be the first nation-wide report proven "political demonstra-
in modern German history of tion."
desecration of cemeteries.
Cli_ldren under 14 were re-
The report revealed that sponsible for the desecration of
while Christian as well as Jew- nearly 70 percent of violated
ish burial places have been Jewish graves, compared with
violated, proportionately far 24 percent for Christian graves.
more desecrations have taken Adults responsible for such
place in Jewish cemeteries.
acts desecrated more Christian
The study, covering the than Jewish graves, leading
period of Jan. 1, 1948, to May authors of the report to com-
1, 1957, was motivated, the ment that "the Jewish ceme-
bureau said, by the "sharp" tery seems to have a magical
public reaction to the desecra- attraction for children and
tion of the Jewish section of youths."
the Salzgitter-Lebenstedt ceme-
Most of the cemetery dam-
tery last April.
ages done by the children were
ABE SRERE
The report showed that 203 ascribed in the report to "what
of the violated cemeteries were in criminological evaluation
Christian and 171 Jewish. Dam- must be termed 'gross mis-
ages were reported in four chief.' " Other motives listed
cemeteries having both Jewish were profit-seeking, mental dis-
turbances and drunkenness.
and Christian sections.
Abe Srere has been elected
The report noted that nearly
president of Sinai Hospital.
54 percent of all Christian JDC Starts Relief
cemeteries were desecrated and
Other new officers elected by
45 per cent of all Jewish burial Grants to Repatriates
the board of directors of the
places.
VIENNA, (JTA)—More than Jewish community hospital in-
HoWever, it emphasized that 2,000 families of Jews repatri- clude Vice presidents Sidney J.
any inference of greater dese- ated from the Soviet Union to Allen, Max M. Fisher and Nate
crations of Christian than Jew- Poland have received grants S. Shapero; Israel Davidson, re-
ish cemeteries would be in- from the Joint Distribution Com- elected treasurer, and Irwin I.
accurate because• there were mittee, through local Jewish re- Cohn, secretary.
Srere also is president of
only about 1,700 Jewish ceme- lief committees, enabling them
teries in Germany. Propor- to acquire furniture for their United Jewish Charities, prop-
tionately, the report stated, homes. This is the first step by erty holding unit of the Jewish
many more desecrations have the JDC to resume its relief ac- Welfare Federation and is a
past president (1938-43) of the
taken place in Jewish ceme- tivities in Poland.
Jewish Welfare Federation. He
teries.
Why Jews repatriated from was the 1954 recipient of the
A much higher percentage of -the Soviet Union to Poland are Fred M. Butzel Award, con-
desecrations of Jewish ceme- entitled to receive aid from for-
annually for distin-
teries were solved because eign Jewish organizations and ferred
community service..
police investigated such out- long-term residents of Poland guished
He serves on the executive
rages more thoroughly than the are not entitled to such aid, has committee
of the Jewish Wel-
Christian violations, the report been asked by many needy Jews fare Federation and on the
said.
who have never left Poland, it board of the Jewish Community
The more intensive police was reported in Warsaw news- Center.
action was due to charges that papers.
Srere succeeds Max Osnos,
who retires after serving as
president of Sinai Hospital since
its opening in 1951.
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A. Srere Elected
Sinai President
The Detroit Chapter of the
American Society for
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Israel Institute of Technology
cordially invites you to attend its
Twelfth Annual Dinner
in honor of
GENERAL
YAACOV DORI
President of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
First Chief of Staff of Israel's Defense Forces
at Temple Israel
17400 Manderson
Saturday, January 4th, 1958
Cocktails .6:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m.
$7.50 per person — Dietary Laws
No solicitation of funds
Make Your Reservations By Calling
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4325 Leslie
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Midrasha to Administer Tests in
10th Annual Jerusalem Examination )-3
Midrasha, the college of Jew- have been awarded certificates.
ish studies, announces that the Certificate holders are con-
10th annual Jerusalem examina- sidered to have fulfilled the
Hebrew entrance requirements
tion in Hebraic studies will be for the Hebrew University.
given on April 20.
The examination is adminis-
Sponsored by the Hebrew tered in the United States by
University in Jerusalem and the American branch of the
the World Union for Jewish World Union for Jewish Edu-
Education, the Jerusalem exam- cation in co-operation with the
ination was inaugurated in 1948 National Council for Jewish
for the purpose of establishing Education. The Midrasha is re-
a recognized level of Hebrew sponsible for administering the
educational achievement examination in Detroit.
throughout the world.
In previous years, six De-
The examination is adminis- troiters passed the Jerusalem
tered by a Board for Overseas examination. They are: Janet
Examinations in Hebrew spon- Olender, Chaim Toledano, Dan-
sored jointly by the Hebrew iel Elazar, Harry Jubas, Nezria
University and the World Union Zubar and Miriam Cullen.
for Jewish Education, whose
Those interested in taking
chairman is Prof. S. D. Goiten, the examination this year
distinguished orientalist and should contact the Midrasha,
Hebraic scholar. Annual exam- DI. 1-3407, immediately, since
inations have been held in 10 it may be possible to arrange
countries on three continents special aid in preparation for
and more than 1,000 candidates the test.
Molly Picon Coming
for Landsmanshaft
Council Bond Event
Molly Picon, stage, screen
and radio star, will appear in
an evening of entertainment in
the Schaver Auditorium of the
Labor Zionist Institute, Jan. 23,
8 p.m., under the auspices of the
Detroit Landsmanshaften Coun-
cil for Israel.
The program, "Music from
Molly—and Is-
rael", will fea-
ture Miss Pi-
con, who re-
cently re-
turned home
from a visit to
Israel.
According to
t h e program
co - chairmen,
Hyman Lip-
sitz, of Pinsker
Lodge, and
Max Schulzin-
ger, of Tur-
Molly Picon over Verein,
the event will serve to stimu-
late the sale and purchases of
Israel Bonds among all Lands-
manshaften groups and "renew
our close bond with the State of
Israel."
Billed as the "Sweetheart of
Second Avenue," Molly Picon
has toured three continents.
With her repertoire of Yiddish,
English, French and Spanish
songs, she has established her
reputation from New York's
Palace Theater to Johannes-
burg, South Africa.
Admission tickets at a nom-
inal fee are available from any
Landsmanshaften Lodge or the
Israel Bond office.
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Israel's Ambassador to
France on Month's Leave
611ARDIAll SHIM
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News
PARIS.—Yaacov Tsur, Israel's
Ambassador here, left for a
month's home leave Tuesday,
after conferring with Premier
Gaillard, Foreign Minister Pi-
neau and the Foreign Ministry's
director of cultural relations.
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