News from Around the World at a Glance

NEW YORK (JTA)—A Dean
of Yeshiva University defended
the' action of the Orthodox-ori-
ented institution in suspending
the campus newspaper whose
student editors demanded the
right to discuss the issue of
compulsory attendance at morn-
ing religious services.
The student governing board
of The Commentator suspended
publication April 2 rather than
comply with an order from Dr.
Samuel Belkin, University pres-
ident, that the question was not
to be discussed in the news-
paper.
Abraham Shapiro, 20, a pre-
law student and editor of the
paper, said that publication
would not be resumed "until
the restriction is removed. In
the past we had the privilege
of disagreeing with the college
regulations. This is one of the
few times we commented on a
specific religious issue."
The university administration
last month cracked down on stu-
dents who have been skipping
early morning services. Ten
New York residents of the Uni-
versity dormitory were sus-
pended for a week. Stern warn-
ings were given to 30 out-of-
town students living in the dor-
mitory.
The Commentator published
an editorial questioning the
wisdom of enforced attendance
and urging the administration
to allow students "an individual
approach" to worship. Dr. Bel-
kin's order declaring the sub-
ject "out of bounds" for discus-
sion in the newspaper followed.
Dean Simeon L. Guterman;
dean of the undergraduate
school, defended Dr. Belkin's
order, asserting that the paper
"had enjoyed greater freedom
than any other school paper I
have ever known."
He asserted that the problem,
taken out of the school situa-
tion "becomes grossly exagger-
ated," and that "freedom that
a student enjoys, like freedom
in our society, is a relative lib-
erty or right." He added 'that
the interests "of an institution
may override the interest of an
individual student."
Noting that "behavior and de-
portment" of students "are in-
fluenced ; if not governed" by the
Orthodox orientation of the uni-
versity, Dean Guterman said
that "residence in the dormi-
tory presupposes some kind of
religious identification on the
part of a student. A student
knows before he comes to Ye-
shiva University that this is an
institutional requirement. It is
printed in italics in the college
catalog."

Justice Dept. Urged
to Probe Activities'
of Arab Students

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Rep.
Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Republican, urged the Justice
Department to investigate prop-
aganda activities of Arab stu-
dents in the United States.
Addressing the House of Rep-
resentatives, Rep. Keating
charged that the Arab League
has established a coast-to-coast
"propaganda network" in this
country through Arab student
groups. He said there is evi-
dence these activities are di-
rected and financed by foreign
governments and that the stu-
dents should therefore be re-
quired to desist or be regis-
tered as. foreign propaganda
agents.

Gen. Klein Quits „MAT
in Pearson Dispute

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Maj.
Gen. Julius Klein, retired, re-
signed from the Jewish War
Veterans of America with a
charge he had done so because
of "attacks" on him by Column-
ist Drew Pearson which Klein
said included "playing on re-
ligious prejudice."
Gen. Klein, national com-
mander of the JWV in 1947-
1948, heads a public relations
firm with offices in Chicago
and Washington. He has been
criticized repeatedly by Pear-
son for his views on the ques-
tion of German assets.
Gen. Klein said that Pearson
had "persistently identified him
as a JWV past -commander "al-
though he was perfectly aware
that I have always made it a
point to stress that any views I
expressed were purely my own."
He added that the columnist had
sought "to confuse and becloud
an important national issue by
playing on religious prejudice."
The columnist replied that
"Mr. Klein knows full well I do
not deal in religious prejudices."

Truman Given Seminary's
World Brotherhood Prize

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Former
President Harry S. Truman re-
ceived the annual award of the
Universal - Brotherhood Move-
ment of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America. The pre-
sentation, made by Dr. Louis
Finkelstein, Chancellor of the
Seminary, took place at the
movement's eighth annual din-
ner.

the Department of Michigan
Jewish War • Veterans, an-
nounced an informational cam-
paign to bring into the open
the actions of agents of the
Arab League, who are attempt-
ing to force American business
firms in this country to base
their business relationship and
their employment on religious
discrimination.
Commander Epstein stated
that Arab League agents in the
United States "threaten black-
listing and boycott of American
business firms which do not
yield to their threats of no
business unless these firms dis-
charge their Jewish employees
or transfer ownership."
The campaign by the Depart-
ment of Michigan is similar to
that which is being organized
by other JWV units throughout
the United States. This cam-
paign is predicated on the as-
sumption that by throwing light
into the dark corners of con-
spiracies such as this, Ameri-
cans will be encouraged to act
to terminate these despicable
operations.

Formation of the Philatelic
Information and Exchange Cen-
ter of Israel, an organization
designed "to reach and link
philatelists from the four cor-
ners of the globe," was an-
nounced this week.
Organized on the eve of Is-
rael's 10th anniversary, the
need for such a group was felt
because of the lack of a central-
ized body to cope with the ris-
ing interest in philately con-
nected with the land of the
Bible.
Membership, which costs $2,
will include a quarterly maga-
zine published by the Center
and other philatelic literature,
magazines and catalogues is-
sued in Israel; an information
service for specialized prob-
lems; shipment at cost of all
philatelic items; and a refer-
ence library.
Information ell the new or-
ganization and membership ap-
plications may be obtained by
writing the General Secretary,
Philatelic Information and Ex-
change Center of Israel, POB
1003, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israel State Prizes
Given to 18 Scholars

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Eigh-
teen scholars and scientists and
four institutions received Israel
State prizes, granted each year
on the occasion of Independ-
ence Day.
The prizes, for 1,000 ,pounds
each and distributed by Minis-
ter of Education Zalman
Aranne, went to the following:
Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog,
Rabbi J. L. Maimon, Rabbi Jo-
seph Zvi Halevy—for Torah lit-
erature; Prof. Joseph Klausner,
Dr. BenZion Dinur; Prof Yit-
zhak Baer, Dr. Yehezkal Kauf-
man, Dr. Gershom Shalon —
for Jewish studies; Shmuel Ag-
non, Y. D. Berkowitz, Yaacov
Cohen—for belles lettres; Prof.
Martin Buber—for humanities;
MTS. Rachel Shazar—for social
science; Dr. Selig Soskin, Prof.
Bernard Zondek, Prof. Guilio
Racah — for natural sciences;
the Youth Aliyah department
of the Jewish Agency and Prof.
Dinur—for education, and Be-
zalal Art School, Habimah, the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
—for the arts.

Bnai Brith Educator
Japanese May Build
Says Adult Education
Israel Fertilizer Plants Misses Jewish Pupils
TOKYO, (JTA)—The Japan

STEUBENVILLE, W. Va.-
American synagogues are far-
ther advanced in adult educa-
tion techn i-q u e s than the
nation!s churches, says Bnai
Brith's director of adult Jewish
education. But, he says—
Only one American Jew
out of 20 has ever read the
entire Bible—even in Eng-
lish.
Only one in 40 can sign his
name in Hebrew.
The "best Jewish books"
rarely sell as much as 5,000
copies.
Synagogue programs of
adult education attract less
than three per cent of the
congregants.
Rabbi Simon Noveck, of
Washington, cited these illustra-
tions as a warning "against the
loss of one of the most historic
character :traits of the Jew—
his love of learning and his
intellectual curiousity."
Addressing a joint meeting
of Bnai Brith's Pittsburgh and
West Virginia councils, Dr.
Noveck suggested one simple
The United Jewish Appeal, in its 20 years of existence, approach to offset the lack of
has aided many refugees from Hitler's Europe and other lands- organized adult study: "Set
of oppresSion to reach the haven of Israel's shores. Shown
aside a regular period for some
above are three generations of Polish Jews who have been form of it at every meeting of
reunited in Israel through UJA funds.
an organized group."

Plant Association said it has
ordered an export mission to
visit Israel this July to explore
the possibility of building two
fertilizer factories there.

JWV Wages Campaign 4,000,000 of U.S. Jews
`Regarded Basically
Against Arab Boycott
Commander Ralph Epstein, of Within the Synagogue'

Israel Organizes
Philately Center

NY Board of Education
to Allow Yiddish Clubs

NEW YORK (JTA) — The
New York Board of Education
has taken a positive attitude
toward the introduction of Yid-
dish language study in the
municipal high schools, it was
announced at the opening sesi
sion of the International Con-
ference on Yiddish Studies, tak-
ing place at Columbia Univer-
sity.
A communication from the
Board of Education was read
at the session by Prof. M.
Weinreich, of City College. It
said that the Board of Educa-
tion has no objection to organ-
izing clubs for the study of
Yiddish in junior and senior
high schools, if there are stu-
dents interested in such studies.
The policy of the New York
Board of Education has been
to establish clubs of students
seeking to study a foreign lan-
guage. If the clubs prove suc-
cessful the foreign language is
introduced in classroom instruc-
tion. The communication was
addressed to S. Dingol, chair-
man of the Committee for
Studying Yiddish in Municipal
'Schools.

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More than four million Amer-
ican Jews—about 80 per cent
of the total Jewish population
in the United States—are "re-
garded as basically within the
synagogue." About 60 per cent,
or 3,000,000 Jews, are formally
affiliated with the synagogue
and are divided about equally
in their adherence to the Ortho-
dox,. Conservative and Reform
branches of Judaism.
Enrollment in both Jewish
day and Sunday schools has
doubled during the past decade,
growing from 231,000 to a cur-
rent total of approximately
490,000 students. The sharp in-
crease took place during the
period when the Jewish -popula-
tion in this country grew only
by about•15 to 20 -per cent.
These major developments
were reported in the annual
American Jewish Year Book.
Analyzing the reasons for the
growth of Jewish education, the
Year Book report said popula-
tion increase was' only one fac-
tor and that another significant
cause was "the enrollment of
children from groups within the
Jewish community which only
recently had evinced no interest
in Jewish education."

Hed Ha-Kvutzah
Contains Several
Essays and Stories

The 70-page 5718 issue of Hed
Ha-Kvutzah, the annual Hebrew
publication issued by Kvutzah
Ivrith, the Detroit Hebrew cul-
tural organization, has just
made its appearance.
It is edited by Bernard Is-
aacs, Meyer Mathis, Morris No-
bel and Aaron Toback and is
available by writing to "Hed,"
18975 Robson, Detroit 35.
Included in this volume are
a number of important essays
and short stories.
The contributors include Ber--
nard Isaacs, Aaron Toback, Dr.
Moses Zalesky, Morris Nobel,
and Movsas Goldoftas.
The annual publication of the
"Hed" is made possible by Irv-
ing Palman, in memory of his
father, 'Jacob Kopel, who was
a devoted member and support-
er of the Kvutzah.
The president of the Kvutzah
is Joseph Katz. The chairman
of the distribution of books is
M.– Michlin.

Menorah for Sen. Lehman

The Fruit of 20 Years of Effort

"A Light Unto the People" ..., the inscription on this
menorah presented to Sen. Herbert H. Lehman on his 80th
birthday by Dr. William Haber, president of the American ORT
Federation. The menorah was produced by students of the
ORT vocational school at Strasbourg, France. Sen. Lehman is
the honorary president of the World ORT Union, with which he
has been associated for 40 years.

DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS—Frid ay, May

Yeshiva College
Paper Banned in
Religious Issue

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