THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, June 20, 1958-6

10,000 Jews in Lebanon Subject
of World Jewish Congress Study

The situation in which the
10,000 Jews of the Lebanon
find themselves today is the
subject of a study issued by
the World Jewish Congress' In-
stitute of Jewish Affairs in
New York.
Under the French mandate,
the Jews of Lebanon—of whom
there were 5,666 in 1944 —
acquired French cultural and
linguistic habits. Their position
was good and, as a result, many
Jews moved from such Syrian
_ towns as Damascus and Aleppo
and settled in Beirut.
The Lebanese capital, where
the majority of the Jews live,
has a .well - organized Jewish
community, two large syna-
gogues and three Jewish
schools with a total enrollment
of about 1,300 children.
Although there were some
anti-Zionist demonstrations, it
was not until the Arab on-
slaught against Israel in 1948
that the Jews of Lebanon suf-
fered attack upon their persons
and liberty.
In 1948 bombs were thrown
into a Beirut synagogue and
into the homes of some Jews
who refused to contribute to
the Arab cause. A mob attacked
the Jewish quarter in Beirut
and anti-Jewish demonstrations
occurred in the South, but
Christian elements assisted the
Jews, and the police, in both
Beirut and in the South,. inter-
vened to restore Jewish prop-
erty that had been seized by
the mob. Some anti-Jewish
measures were taken by the
government: all foreign Jews
were ordered to leave Lebanon;
30-40 members of the commun-
ity were placed in a concentra-
tion camp; Jews were forbid-
den to travel abroad, and some
Jewish officials were dismissed
from their posts. These anti-
Jewish measures were re-
scinded when ac t iv e Arab-
Israel hostilities terminated in
• the defeat of the Arab armies.
Since then there have been
sporadic anti-Jewish incidents.
In 1950, for example, a bomb
exploded in the Alliance
school in Beirut causing three
casualties. In 1952 the only two
Jewish officers in the army
were dismissed and some Jews
were arrested. The following

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year some members of the com-
munity were arrested and
charged with smuggling goods
into Israel. In October of that
year 26 Lebanese Jews and
several non-Jews were arrested
on charges of maintaining con-
tact with Israel and giving that
country military and economic
information. In 1954 stiff sen-
tences were meted out to 14
persons for "espionage" on be-
half of Israel.
The Maccabi and the Jewish
boy scouts were dissolved be-
cause their training allegedly
endangered the security of the
Lebanese state.
Since then Lebanon has been
the only Arab country in the
Middle East "with a stable and
practically unmolested Jewish
population." The Lebanese
Jews occupy important eco-
nomic positions, mainly as busi-
nessmen and professionals, but
a few are employed in govern-
mental offices and in educa-
tional institutions.
But the economic lot of the
former Syrian Jews — a large
portion of the community — is
worse and they have not been
granted Lebanese citizenship
because of Syrian pressure.

Returns to Israel

Israel's Minister of Health,
ISRAEL BARZILAI, will leave
the United States for his home
today. During his participa-
tion in the World Health Or-
ganization Conference of the
United Nations, at Minnea-
polis, he told of the reduc-
tion of polio in Israel by
90% since the introduction
of the Salk Vaccine. Dr.
Jonah Salk accepted an in-
vitation to visit Israel
shortly.

Hadassah Closes Israel Pilgrimage

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
Hadassah 10th anniversary pil-
grimage to Israel ended for-
mally this week, with many of
the 400 American women Zion-
ists and their husbands ex-
pressing the desire to return
there again.
The pilgrimage closed, after
a month of touring, with a re-
ception for the delegates at
the home of Foreign Minister
Golda Meir.
A highlight of the visit was
the dedication of the Henri-
etta Szold-Hadassah School of
Nursing, at the Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical
Center here.
The 1,500,000 pound school
is one of the first of a series
of buildings completed at the
medical complex. It will train
150 student nurses.
At the dedication ceremony,
a bust of the late Miss Szold
was unveiled. Among the chief
speakers were U.S. Ambassador
to Israel, Edward B. Lawson,
Israel Health Minister Israel
Barzilai and Hebrew University
president, Prof. Benjamin
Mazar.

Dr. Miriam Freund, Hadassah
president, presented at the
ceremony scrolls of honor to
two of the original groups of
nurses to come to Jewish Pales-
tine in 1918. They are Mrs.
Madeline Lewin Epstein and
Mrs. Ray Malin-Cutler.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schiller
and Mrs. Gertrude Feiler are
Detroiters in the group of Ha-
dassah pilgrims.

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Life Insurance is
To Present Sefer Torah
my Profession.
to Israel Religious Ministry
May I be of Service?
An all-Jewish parade will
march up on Fifth Avenue in
HOWARD SAVIN
New York Sunday morning, to
Res. UN 4-7225
mark the presentation of a
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Sefer Torah to the religious
ministry of Israel by the Radio
SUN LIFE OF CANADA
City Synagogue of 110 W. 48th
St.,
New
York.
Hebrew and English. The
author of the article, the late
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Dr. J. L. Katznelson, traces
the history of the disease in
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general as well as in Jewish
literature, with special refer-
ence to the Talmud.
A comprehensive treatise on
"Irrational Medical Beliefs in
Jewish Law" is presented by
Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits,
Chief Rabbi of Ireland, in the
section "Medicine and Religion."
Superstitious, occult and scato-
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logical cures are discussed, but
Grand River
it is pointed out that„ Jewish
law tended to give the accepted
claims of magic and the occult
virtues the benefit of the doubt.
Medicine in the Zohar and
other Cabbalistic works is the
topic of discussion by Dr. Jacob
Rabin. In his essay the author
seeks to furnish a clear picture
of Cabbalistic thinking pro-
cesses. He cites the Zohar and
the Book of Raziel and the
views expressed therein about
the structure of the human
body, its movements and de-
fects, and its relationship to
the soul.
A biographical sketch of Dr.
Judah Loeb Katznelson, noted
Jewish physician in Russia
prior to the Revolution and
outstanding figure in modern
Hebrew literature, is presented
in the section "Personalia."
For more information com-
municate with Hebrew Medical
Journal, 983 Park, New York
28.
Trees are Israel's Silent Army Guarding the Soil,

Hebrew Medical Journal Publishes
Symposium on Medicine, Judaica

The current number of the
Hebrew Medical Journal
(Harofe Haivri), of which Dr.
Moses Einhorn, of New York,
is the editor, inaugurates the
31st year of its appearance
with a volume containing con-
tributions in Hebrew with
ample summaries in English
which are of general interest
to physicians as well as laymen.
The section "Historical Medi-
cine" features an article on
Hemophilia which appeared
originally in Russian in 1884.
Because of its unusual interest
it is reproduced here both in

Koffman Quartet
at Stratford Aug. 2

The Jazz concerts arranged at
the Stratford, Ontario, annual
festival will include the appear-
ance, on Aug. 2, of the Moe
Koffman Quartet.
The leader of the group,
Toronto - born Morrie "Moe"
Koffman, began his musical edu-
cation 20 years ago at the age
of 9. His first teacher was Ger-
shon Berul from whom Moe
took a violin lesson a day for
a dollar a week. Later he
switched to the clarinet and
saxophone and left school to
study full time at Toronto's
Royal Conservatory of Music.
He played with various bands
around the city including Benny
Louis, Rudy Spratt and Leo
Romanelli and in 1949 won the
Jazz Unlimited award as Can-
ada's top alto sax player.
Looking for bigger opportuni-
ties than existed in Canada at
that time, he went to New York
and during the next four years
toured with such bands as Sonny
Dunham, Buddy Morrow, Jimmy
Dorsey and Tex Beneke. He
also did free-lance work with
musicians such as Wild Bill
Davidson, Buck Clayton, Cutty
Cutshall and George Wettling.
After six years away from home,
he returned to Toronto.
Last year he recorded his first
album for Jubilee label in which
he included a "simple" twelve-
bar composition of his own en-
titled "The Swinging Shepherd
Blues." Much to his surprise,
"Shepherd," a jazz tune, has
become one of the top numbers
on the hit parade and the album
a best-selling record.
The Moe Koffman Quartet in
addition to the leader consists
of drummer Ron Rully, bass
player, Hugh Currie and guitar-
ist Ed Bickert.

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New Bifocal Contact
Lenses Demonstrated

Dr. Irving P. Filderman, a
Memphis Jewish optometrist, re-
cently demonstrated a new type
of contact lens at a contact lens
clinic, held in Memphis.
The innovation permits con-
tact lenses to be used as bifocal
glasses. Rather than having the
reading portion on the bottom,
with the distance lens on top,
the new contact lenses have dis-
tance vision in the center, with
the outer edges giving reading
vision. This solves the problem
that had until recently prevent-
ed the use of contact lenses for
bifocals—the rotation of the
lens while in the eye.
The lenses have been tested
on 65 persons who report that
they experience no discomfort
after having worn the devices
for five months.

Defending the Crops, Subduing the Desert, Creat-
ing Agricultural Self-Sufficiency.

PLANT TREES IN ISRAEL
IN THE NAME OF
YOUR LOVED ONES

Honor family and friends by planting trees in their names
. . . Perpetuate the memory of family and friends .. .•Cele-
brote Bar Mitzvah ... honor any happy event, or the Tenth
Anniversary of the State of Israel, by planting trees in the
forests and fields of Israel!

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