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A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, .from Dis-
patches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
News Gathering Media.
Europe
PARIS—The Joint Distribution Committee commenced pub-
lishing a French-language new quarterly, "Hamore"—"The
Teacher"—to serve Jewish educators, the first issue dealing with
questions arising in teaching Hebrew and Bible . . . The central
board of the World OSE decided to hold a meeting in Israel
within six months. Shlomo Shweitzer was named the Union's
director general . . .
BONN—Ludwig Zind, high school teacher indicted for saying
the Nazis had not gassed enough Jews, has been denounced for
his anti-Semitic utterances by his own student organization. Fran
conia Fraternity at Freiburg University . . . The Social Demo-
cratic Opposition has formally requested an explanation by the
Adenauer government on what happened to the two-year-old in-
vestigation of former Reich Attorney Ernst Lautz who was
charged with responsibility in the execution of Jews and other
political, racial and religious prisoners . . . In January 1956, Dr.
Hugo Gerstenmaier, President of the German Parliament, corn-
menced legal action against Lautz on charges that as prosecutor
under the Nazis he demanded and received death sentences
against many prisoners charged with offenses which even under
the Nazi mockery of laws did not call for capital punishment ..
Thus far the only disciplinary action against Lautz has been to
suspend since January 1956, one-third of his government pension
of 1,300 marks a month. No date has been set for a hearing of
charges against the former prosecutor.
FRANKFURT — It was established here that there is no
foundation to reports that the Social Democratic Party is
planning an amendment to extend filing claims under the West
German indemnification law beyond the March 31 cut-off date .. .
WIESBADEN, Germany—Minister President of Hesse, Dr.
Georg August Zinn, was criticized by his own Social Democratic
Party for pardoning Hans Bodo Gorgass who was convicted
for the mass murder of thousands of Jews and others in the
Hadamar Sanatorium during 1940 and 1941 . . .
BERLIN—Heinz Galinski, head of the Berlin Jewish corn-
munity, took to the air waves to voice a protest against the
continuing propaganda in Germany aimed at undercutting the
restitution payment program to victims of the Nazis. Dr. Galinski
noted that there had been no protest from these same sources
against the payment of "colossal sums" in pensions to former
Nazi officials and even SS men.
GENEVA—The World ORT Union disclosed it had started
a program among Jewish deaf-mute children in the North
African ghettoes to give them a primary education and voca-
tional training.
ROME—Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella, defending himself
against attacks for having invited President Nasser of the United
Arab Republic to visit Italy, denied that the visit would "be
detrimental to Israel" in any fashion .. .
LONDON—Ghana's Black Star Line has been given assur-
ances by Egypt that its ships, which are owned by a corporation
in which Israelis hold a 40 percent interest, will be allowed to
pass through the Suez Canal unhindered, the Sunday Times
reported from Accra, capital of Ghana.
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Tells of Moroccan Integration
By MARGOT KOHLS
High in the snow-capped Atlas
Mountains of Morocco are clus-
tered dozens of small Jewish
villages many centuries old,
where people live much as they
did in Biblical days.
In many villages, the Jews are
desperately poor; in others, they
are quite prosperous by local
standards. The Jews own no
land. They work for the agricul-
tural Arabs as craftsmen and as
field hands. Where the Arabs
are unfriendly, life is hard, and
many Jewish men have grown
apathetic and worn out by their
struggles. In other districts,
warm relations exist between
Jew and Arab.
Rumors that a State of Israel
existed reached the Atlas Moun-
tain Jews about 1952, but large
scale emigration did not begin
until two years later when it
was organized by the Jewish
Agency. About 75 percent of
them moved to Israel.
The "prosperous" contented
type of mountaineers made up
the Israeli settlement to which
I was assigned. They often
talked to me about their home
village. In summer, the men oft-
en worked from sunrise in the
fields, but always at their own
speed. Every religious holiday
or fast interrupted work. So did
ceremonies like weddings, bar
mitzvahs or a boy's first haircut
—for days at a time.
People worked because they
had to make a living, but it was
easy and demands were few.
Food was cheap and three
months summer work in the
fields of the Arabs generally
netted enough supplies for the
whole year.
Adjusting to the requirements
Krupp Says He Would
Fight Another Hitler
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LOUISVILLE—Dr. Franz M. Cross, associate professor of
Old Testament at Harvard University Divinity School, declared
here that Bedouin tribesmen may have discovered another cache
of ancient scrolls and said that he had received word such manu-
scripts had been found by wandering tribesmen in the Qumran
area near the first Jordan site of the first finds ..
NEW YORK—Louis Segal, chairman of the Youth Aliyah
Department of the Jewish Agency, reported that more than 500
Americans settled in Israel in 1957, this being the largest figure
since 1951, and added that the number of immigrants in Israel
from the United States, Canada and South America since the
founding of the Jewish State is estimated at 10,000. . The
annual Award of Honor of United Hias Service was voted to Dr.
Juscelino Kubitschek, president of Brazil . . . Zev Winer, director
of Mishan, Histadrut's mutual aid fund, has brought a plan here
that will enable retired American Jews to spend their "golden
years" in pleasant surroundings in Israel, the plan especially
being aimed at settling those in the over-65 age group in sub-
urbs in Jerusalem, Haifa and Holon . . . "No basic changes in the
condition of Soviet Jewry are foreseen, unless the Soviet Union,
in its campaign for co-existence and sympathy in the West,
were forced by Western pressure to permit a revival of Jewish
religious and cultural life and free emigration to Israel," it was,
reported at a meeting of the executive committee of the American
Jewish Congress.
SYDNEY, Australia—German
industrialist Alf r e d Krupp,
whose visit here has evoked
strong protests from both
Jewish and non-Jewish groups,
told a press conference Tues-
day night that some of his best
friends were Jews, that he
would fight if another Hitler
arose in Germany and that he
was trading with Israel through
the West German reparations
pact.
While demonstrators paraded
outside "Krupp also said he
did not fight Hitler because he
would have "stood alone." He
denied that he had backed
Hitler • and asserted that slave
labor had been "forced" upon
his firm. He was convicted as
a war criminal for employing
slave labor and was later par-
doned.
Insisting that what had hap-
pened in Germany during the
Nazi regime was "not my
fault," the industrialist said he
was "disappointed" by protests
which had greeted his arrival
and that his Israel shipments
were "not important." He plans
to remain here for a ' month,
reportedly seeking business for
his company.
Israel
TEL AVIV—An Israel Defense Ministry spokesman said pro-
duction has gotten under way of liquid hydrogen for research
in a variety of physics problems . . . Gen. Moshe Dayan, recently-
resigned Chief of Staff of Israel's defense forces, accepted the
invitation of former Senator Herbert H. Lehman, chairman of the
American Committee for Israel's 10th Anniversary, •to open the
American celebration of the anniversary at the New York Polo
Grounds April 27 . . . Thousands of Israelis flocked to ZOA
House here to see films of the launching of the first American
space satellite, "The Explorer," a film released by the United
States Embassy. It was necessary to present six consecutive
shows to satisfy the entire demand.
JERUSALEM—Surprise and "deep regret" was expressed
here over the statement in the Indian Parliament by Prime Min-
ister Nehru that "voices from Israel" have given "reason for
concern" about Israel reactions in the Egyptian-Syrian union .. .
After a Jordanian complaint, the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice
Commission asked Israel to move an artillery training range
from an area close to the Jordanian border . . • Japan will
advance Israel $10,000,000 in credits over a period of at least five
years. A communique issued here yesterday revealed an agree-
ment for Japan to advance Israel credits toward the purchase
of Japanese machinery.
Israel To Seek Joint
Shipping Line With Liberia
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — An
expansion of Israel - Liberian
diplomatic and trade relations
will be discussed by Israel For-
eign Minister Golda Meir when
she reaches Monrovia, the
Liberian capital, it was -revealed
here today.
She will discuss: the open-
ing of a Liberian embassy in
Jerusalem; the establishment of
South Africa
a joint Israel-Liberian shipping
JOHANNESBURG—A half-block Zionist Center, housing the line, and the possibility of Is-
offices of the Zionist Federation of South Africa, the Board of rael purchasing diamonds from
Jewish Education and other Jewish organizations, was officially Liberia for her diamond polish-
dedicated here last week .
ing industry.
of western-style, fast-paced pro-
duction was not easy for the
villagers. There was a lot of
work to be done in their Israeli
settlement -construction, tree-
planting, cotton raising and har-
vesting and other agricultural
jobs.
But the men had never been
told "quick, quick" before, nor
had they ever had to meet wage
standards — and so there was
trouble. It took much patient
explaining by the male orienta-
tion director of the settlement
—plus concessions, like time off
for prayers—to put the free-
dom-loving mountaineers into
western harness.
It was primarily the patience
and understanding of the orien-
tation directors which made the
total adjustment of the villagers
relatively smooth. They knew
how to adapt themselves to the
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The story of the transition
made by a group of Moroccan
Jews as they hurdled from a
12th Century society to mod-
ern Israel is told- by Margot
Kohls, an Israeli social worker
who is now studying at the
University of Michigan on a
scholarship provided by the
National Council of Jewish
Women.
tempo of living and behavior
patterns of the settlers and to
teach them new ways with toler-
ance, without pressure, hurry-
ing, or hurting existing patterns.
When the villagers first ar-
rived, their temporary homes
were one - room wooden huts
with dirt floors. After only
seven months, the village had
a "new look." Solid new houses
with several rooms and plumb-
ing were filled with furniture
"in the Israeli style." Curtains,
glass-topped tables and bed-
spreads were bought by every-
one. And because of this inter-
est in their new homes, the
people kept them clean.
It was the custom among
these Jews that many girls mar-
ried when they were seven or
eight, although the usual age
was about 14. Women had no
rights and no status. Marriages
were arranged by the parents.
When boy babies were born
there was great rejoicing. Girl
babies were merely accepted.
Boys were all taught to read and
write. Girls had no education.
Yet, there was no groat ob-
jection to the new ways of doing
things in Israel. "It is the law
of the Holy Land," was the
comment. So little girls went to
kindergarten and school with
little boys. And wives who had
never left home except to fetch
water, now were pushed by their
husbands out into the fields to
work beside them to earn more
money for a better life.
After a year in Israel, this
village of Atlas Mountain Jews
has taken giant steps into west-
ern culture. But many ancient
attitudes and superstitions cling
fast, side by side with the new
clothes, furniture and modern
health and work habits.
It will take a long time to
bring the hardy mountaineers
"up-to-date"—just how long will
depend primarily on the con-
tinued understanding and flexi-
bility of our Israeli absorption
personnel.
Know Any Brunettes?
Read This for an Easy $25,000
We get the strangest things
in the mail down at The Jewish
News.
Just the other day we re-
ceived an offer that could retire
us. Some people in Israel are
anxious to give us $50,000.
They are enlisting our aid in
a race against time to locate
a missing heiress to a $20,000,-
000 estate. Before this article is
over, you will know as much
about this as we do, and you
will be as eligible for a $25,000
r e w a r d as we are for the
$50,000.
Here is all that is known
about the heiress.
Her maiden name is Ann-Lise
Goldberg, daughter of Sydney
(Solomon) and Mary. She was
born in Warsaw in 1935. Her
mother was killed by the Nazis
in 1939. At the time they were
living in an apartment at
7 Wiejska st., opposite the
Polish parliament. Her father,
a real-estate broker, died in
1942. She was sheltered during
the war by a Polish family
who raised her as their own
child. Her foster parents were
deported to work camps in
western Germany in 1944. Ann-
Lise moved abroad and mar-
ried, losing all links with her
,foster parents.
She was not heard from
again until in the fall of 1956
her step-cousin recognized her
riding on a bus in Israel. Ann
was recognized by certain
beauty spots and a peculiar lisp
learned from her mother. The
cousins exchanged only a few
words, and it was learned that
Ann was a tourist and planned
leaving Israel in about a week.
The cousin gave Ann her ad-
dress, but has not heard from
her since.
On the bus, sitting next to
Ann was her girlfriend, about
her age. This girlfriend was
seen at noon a few weeks later
(Oct. 1, 1956) by this same
cousin at the Haifa Central
Postoffice. The news of Ann's
inheritance had come through,
but the cousin did not recognize
this link to Ann until the wo-
men had already left.
The description of the girl-
friend is as follows:
She was pretty, with large
eyes, small lips, average height,
accompanied by a dark-corn-
plected man of her own age,
possibly her husband or fiance.
She made inquiries about send-
ing a telegram, but did hot
actually send one or her name
would be on file.
According to certain terms
if the heiress is not located
soon, the search is wasted.
All that is expected of you,
dear reader, is that you inquire
of all your young friends who
were in Israel at the time and
who fit the description of the
witnesses if they remember
such a case. If they do, even
if they can not further aid the
search, you will still receive
the reward, our circular tells
us.
So, snap to it. This reporter,
at least, is anxious for his half
of the cut. Give us a call if
you can help. —N. L.