Around the Trate
A Digest of. World Jewish. Happenings., from Dis-
patches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
News Gathering Media.
'Superficial" Attacks on Israel Branded
`Perilous to Peace' by Ambassador Lourie;
Conference Sifts Canadian Jewish Issues
Addressing the concluding small Israeli democracy will
from the Arab-speaking coun-
session of the 17th regional bring with it neither Arab
tries."
conference
of
the
Canadian
BERLIN—An attack on Israel Prime Minister David Ben-
gratitude nor respect. The
Referring to the charge that
Jewish
Congress,
Sunday
eve-
Gurion's government was broadcast- over the East Berlin Com-
Arab world is still too drunk Israel defies the decisions of
munist radio Deutschlandsencler by S. Mikunis, general secretary ning, at the Shaar Hashomayim with a heady xenophobia."
the United Nations, Ambassador
of the Israel Communist Party, who accused the Israel leader Synagogue', in Windsor, Arthur
Ambassador Lourie pointed to Lourie reviewed the established
Lourie, Israel's' Ambassador to
of "plotting with Bonn militarists who murdered Jews."
the lack of realism in Prof. facts, showed how the Arab na-
LONDON—R. N. Carvalho, president of the Anglo-Jewish As- Canada. called to task Prof. Winnett's contentions and espe- tions waged war against Israel
Frederick
V.
Winnett,
head
of
sociation, appealed to the British government not to commit itself
cially exposed the fallacies of
at the Baghdad Pact 'meting to plans to force Israel back to the Department of Near East his approach to the Arab refu- in defiance of the United Na-
tions, explained how the Arabs
the 1947 partition plan borders . . . A collection of outstand- Studies at the University Col- gee problem. He declared that "resorted to force to prevent
lege,
Toronto,
for
his
"biased"
ing paintings and sculptures will be sent to Israel for the
and "vicious" article "Why the the reason the refugee problem implementation" of the UN de-
tenth anniversary by the Friends of Art Museums of Israel . .
not been solved is because cision of Nov. 29. 1947, and
ar; Bible design and printing in Germany. the U.S., France, Finland, West Should Stop Supporting has
"the Arab states are determined added:
Israel,"
in
MacLean's
Magazine.
>, Scotland and England will be the theme of a special display
to keep it alive."
"To the 100,000 'Jews in
es . during the International Printing and Paper Fair, to be held in
Ambassador Lourie de-
Said Mr. Lourie: "It is for
Jerusalem who, thereupon,
Dusseldorf May 3 to 16.
clared that Prof. Winnett's _ the Arab countries within
over a period of months, faced
0-5
BRUSSELS—Lebanon. Jordan and Lybia ,have refused to article "is as superficial as it
their vast territories, w i t
death by starvation and thirst
is perilous _to peaCe."
participate in the international trade fair opening here in
their great resources of land
os
as a result of Arab siege, to
April, on the ground that the Israel pavilion has been given
Prof. Winnett's article, which and water, and with the abun-
the scores upon scores of fam-
more prominence, but Egypt. Iraq. Syria, Saudi Arabia and Sudan calls for the withdrawal of the dant external aid that is avail-
ilies bereaved by Arab bom-
have decided to vie with Israel and are spending large sums for West's aid to Israel, is packed able to them for this purpose,
bardment while the United
their pavilions . . .
with anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli to do the same for their own
Nations looked helplessly on,
people" that Israel did in ab-
VIENNA—It was reported here that the Hungarian govern- statements.
the charge that it was Israel
ment has cut its annual budget for the support of the Hungarian
which ignored the United Na-
Ambassador Lourie's address, sorbing a million Jewish refu-
Jewish - community by 20 per cent . . .It is reported from Poland a masterfully woven analysis of gees, "half a million of them
tions resolution comes as a
that- the Polish government has indicated its recent tax increases the Arab position in the Middle
particularly bitter jest. The
on passports do not apply to emigrants to Israel and Germany East and Israel's status in the
defiance of the' United Na-
. . Josef Poell, who was considered one of the most savage world, exposed "the incompat-
tions was Arab defiance, and
Nazi war criminals ever tried in an Austrian court, was freed ible ambitions for leadership in
it was Arab action which has
on presidential clemency after serving only four months of a the Arab world"; their "differ-
made it inconceivable that the
20-year sentence.
Jewish section of the City of
ing economic interests" and the
Jerusalem should again be
FRANKFURT—Bonn Justice Minister Fritz Schaeffer, who inconsistency that marks their
cut off from the r e s t of
created a furor in West Germany with his proprsal that restitu- anti-Israelism and their sharp
Judge Theodore Levin, Jew- Israel."
tion to Jewish victims of Nazism be limited to payments of division between pro-West and
9,000 Deutschemarks annually, has ended his campaign and pro-East leanings. The Ambas- ish Welfare Federation presi-
In ; stirring address that fol-
dent, will preside at the 32nd lowed the speech of the Am-
now considers the matter closed . . . The League of German sador declared:
annual meeting of the Federa-
Teachers, an association of 100.000 members, condemned the
"Prof. Winnett's remedy for tion. 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. bassador, Mike Sumner, Wind-
- anti-Semitic statements of a teacher in an Offenburg high school, the Soviet advance is to throw
sor. Jewish leader who headed
demanded he be prosecuted for war crimes and asked for an Israel to the wolves by de- 4, at the Esther Berman Build- the committee on arrangements
ing of the United Hebrew for the conference, reaffirmed
investigation.
priving it of the means to de- Schools. He will report on the
PARIS—Israel Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Moshe Dayan
Canadian Jewry's deep interest
fend itself or to maintain its
community's achievements in
left Paris after a five-day "private stay" in the French capital.
economy. The West should the past year and will outline in Israel's security and reas-
He met unofficially with Gen. P. Ely. French Chief of Staff. and
sured the Ambassador that the
`discontinue its financial and
Maurice Bourges Manoury. former Premier and Defense Minister. military aid to Israel.' Leav-, plans for new community proj- Jews of his country will con-
ects.
BONN—West German authorities are completing indictments
tinue to cement a strong pai-t-
of three former S.S. officials at the Sachsenhausen concentra- ing aside the moral implica-
Nine members - at - large for nership between Canada and
tions of a policy which, if car-
tion camp, all of whom were returned from the Soviet Union
ried to its logical conclusion, the Federation board of gover- Israel in the hest interests of
two years 'ago together with information as to their war crimes
nors will be elected.
democratic ideals in the world.
could mean the annihilation
against humanity. Two of the defendants, "Iron Gustav" Sorge
The United Hebrew School's Sukner thanked his many asio-
of
the
two
million
Jews
of
and Wilhelm "Pistol" Schubert. were arrested shortly after they
choir will sing.
ciates for their aid in making
Israel as a kind of macabre
stepped on German soil, and the third, Martin Knittler, was
The Fred M. Butzel Award the conference a huge success.
companion-piece to the six
picked up several months later.
millions slaughtered by the for outstanding Jewish commu-
Eli Goldin, preSident of the
COLOGNE—El Al Israel Airlines will inaugurate a regular Nazis, Prof. Winnett is in
nal leadership will be presented
Windsor Jewish Community
weekly Tel Aviv-Rome-Cologne flight service on Feb. 22.
at the meeting. Members of the Council, presided at the din-
fundamental error if he be-
ROME—A nephew of Mussolini and a writer were sentenced
lieves that this will win over Butzel award committee are:
ner addressed by Ambassador
by a Rome criminal court for suggesting
Judge Levin, Jerry Bielfield, Lourie. He gave an analytical
in print that the gas those Arab countries which
chambers were a better solution to the Jewish problem than the
are anti-Western, or that it Justice Henry M. Butzel, Mrs. report on Windsor's industrial
creation of Israel. The complaint was made against Vanni
will conduce to stability in Joseph H. Ehrlich, Judge Wil- and educational activities and
Teodorani and Pietro Montagiani by the Union of Jewish Com-
liam Friedman, S a in u e 1 S. on the Jewish community's
the area.
munities of Italy .. .
Greenberg, Mrs. Sidney J. Kar- progress and announced that
"A weak Israel restricted
bel, Abe Kasle, Jacob L. Kei-
Israel
in its ability to defend itself dan, Jack 0. Lefton, Hoke construction will begin soon
JERUSALEM—Israel has appointed 120 more teachers to will be a standing temptation Levin, Gus D. Newman, Dr. on the projected Windsor
Arab schools for the current year. bringing the total number of
$450,000 Jewish Community
to Arab aggression, a prelude
Irving Posner, Milford R. Pre- Center.
Arab teachers to 1,000. Since 1950, Israel has published 15
to a new convulsion which
gerson, Samuel J. Rhodes, Da-
Arabic textbooks. There are 30,000 Arab children in government- will certainly solve no prob-
Goldin reported that Wind-
vid I. Rosin, Samuel H. Rubi-
supported schools and an additional 8,000 in missionary schools
lem for the West. Moreover,
ner, Abraham Srere, Melville S. sor's Jewish community has
. . . Three Israeli attorneys are returning to Moscow to resume
three synagogues, two schools
Western abandonment of the_ Welt and Julian L. Zemon.
testimony- in the Israel oil companies' suit against the Soviet
with 11 teachers, has purchased
oil trust for breach of contract during the Sinai campaign . . .
$300,000 worth of Israel Bonds
Four hundred pounds of medicines, mostly anti-biotics, were
in appeals headed by J. D. Gel-
sent by Israel as a gift of the Red Mogen Dovid to flood victims
ler as chairman and contributed
in Ceylon . . . UN Emergency Force headquarters have been
$1,075,000 in nine years' fund-
raising efforts.
transferred from Naples to Beirut . . . In the absence of an
extradition treaty between France and Israel there is no legal
Ambassador Lourie was intro-
basis for the surrender of Joseph Janovici, wanted by the
duced by Morris Tabashnik.
French authorities to answer charges of fraud and currency
Preceding the dinner, the
manipulations . . . The Israel Cabinet approved a budget of
Ambassador was guest at a •
1,166.000,000 pounds for 1958-59 . . . Trade Minister Pinchas
reception in his honor at the
Saphir will make a six-week tour of Japan, Burma, Thailand,
Prince Edward Hotel, given
Ceylon and - other far eastern countries . . .
by Mayor Michael Patrick and
attended by 160 leading Wind-
United Nations
sor citizens of all faiths.
The UN Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination
At the three-day conference,
and Protection of Minorities. a unit of the Human Rights Com-
delegates from many communi-
mission, has taken preliminary steps towards the eventual out-
ties discussed Canadian Jewry's
lawing of racial and religious discrimination in employment
problems, including the educa-
over the world and in assuring the right to practice religion
tional and religious needs, kash-
freely in all countries . . . The UN Technical Assistance Admin-
rut supervision, care for the
istration has fixed a budget of $188.000 for expenditures in
aged and many other, issues.
Israel in 1958, the largest item in the budget. $38,000, to be
Conference participants in-
used to aid Israel's industrial development, David Owen, execu-
cluded a number of Windsor
tive director of the UN technical assistance board, announced.
leaders and representatives from
a score of communities. Major
United States
addresses were delivered by
DENVER—Announcement was made here of plans to build
Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, of
a new Jewish Community Center at a cost of $1,500,000 . . .
Toronto; Saul Hayes, of Mon- -
NEW YORK--The Arid Zone Research Institute at Beer-
treal; Prof. Jacob Finkelman, of
sheba has a number of openings for qualified American chemists
Toronto; Rabbi Samuel Stoll-
and engineers, PATWA (Office for 'Professsional and Technical
,man, of Windsor; and other
Workers of the Jewish Agency) announced here ... The National
prominent Canadian leaders.
Conference of Jewish Communal Service announced plans for a
Mrs. Aaron Gershenson (right)_ welcomes (from left)
An impressive .feature of the
five-week summer workshop in Israel in cooperation with the
Mrs. Henry Wineman, honorary Women's Division Allied Jew-
conference was the Friday eve-
Jewish Agency, to conduct a study of the social welfare institu-
ish Campaign chairman; Mrs. Lewis B. Daniels, chairman;
ning session of readings from
tions in Israel . . . It was reported at a. Zionist Organization
and Mrs. Eugene J. Arnfeld, pre-Campaign chairman, to the Sholem Aleichem by Abe Ber-
leadership conference that ZOA members in Metropolitan New
Women's Division pre-campaign fund raising event at her
nicker.
York sold $2,950,000 Israel Bonds during 1957. • . The Com-
home. • Women attending the meeting raised $210,000 and
Conference sessions were di-
mittee for the Promotion of Arab:Hebrew Rapproachement and
more than 50 per cent of them increased their last year's
vided between Shaare Hasho-
Understanding was formed here within the framework of the
pledges, Mrs. Arnfeld reports. Max Varon, Consul of Israel in
inayitn Synagogue and Prince
Union for the Protection of the Human Person .. .
New York, was the speaker.
Edward Hotel.
Europe
To Make Butzel .
Award at Annual
Federation Meet
Good Beginning for Women's Drive