THE DETRO IT JEWIS H NEWS — Friday, June 27, 1958-40

East-West Summit Talks Should Include
Israel-Arab Peace Plan, League for
Israel Leaders Urge as Policy for U. S.

Religious Party Quits Cabinet
in Row Over Israel Identity Cards

I the issue. It was noted also
that even without the 11 depu-
JERUSALEM — The United ties,
es, Ben-Gurion could still
Religious Party quit Israel's ' reshuffle his cabinet with a
seek to lend American indus- coalition Wednesday on the I meager majority still at his
NEW YORK — An Arab- can and wish to settle in Israel trial and management skills to issue of state identification of i disposal.
Israel settlement should be part should certainly do so," he said, Israel industry.
the Jewishness of Israel's citi- I The issue of the identity
of the agenda of any East-West adding that although Israel has
A second resolution author- zenship, but the split was not cards was understood to be a
more
to
contribute
in
spiritual
basic one for the religious
summit conference, and the
ized the president of the organ-
United States must let the and cultural terms to American ization to appoint a commission expected to cause the fall of parties because state permis-
world know it will rally to Is- Jews than they can repay in to develop a plan to provide Prime Minister David Ben- sion to any citizen not belong-
ing to any other religion to
rael's defense in the event that financial gifts, American Jews credit aid to American settlers Gurion's government.
register himself as Jewish
it is attacked, Ezra Z. Shapiro, also have some useful concepts for housing, small business and
Moshe
Shapiro,
Minister
of
to
give
to
the
Jewish
state.
president of the American Jew-
industry. The plan will be sub- Religious Affairs, and Z. War- would diminish the Chief Rab-
Among
other
things
American
ish League for Israel, said in
mitted to the membership for haftig, Deputy Minister, called binate's control over issues of
an address at the Biltmore Jews, he said, can save Israel implementation in November.
personal status, such as mar-
from "parochialism and levan-
on Ben-Gurion to convey the riage, divorce and inheritance.
Hotel here.
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unanimous decision of the
tinism."
Dr. Israel Goldstein, co-chair-
The religious parties contend
merged Mizrachi and Hapoel
Also participating in the ZOA Leaders Urge U. S.
man of the World Confedera-
Hamizrachi to leave because that the identity card claim
Pressure to Save Lebanon
afternoon
sessions
were
Judge
tion of General Zionists and
NEW YORK (JTA)—Secre- of a Sunday cabinet vote on runs counter to the age-old
E. Levinthal of Phila-
chairman of the Western Hem- Louis
delphia, an honorary president tary of States Dulles was hailed a new official identity card criteria by which an indi-
isphere Section of the World
by American Zionists for the which gave the option to any vidual's Jewishness has been
Jewish Congress, urged the re- of the League; William Gold- stand taken by him on the Israeli to list himself as determined. . They have pro-
farb,
vice-president
of
the
settlement of large numbers of Cleveland League C h a p t e r; "grave threat against Lebanon Jewish by his own decision.
posed that identity cards
American Jews in Israel as a
should not include the holder's
and its independence," in a
Jerome
J.
Shestack,
president
No
developments
were
ex-
further contribution to stability
of the League's Philadelphia statement by Dr. Emanuel Neu- pected from the departure of religion at all.
in the Middle East.
Chapter and Eleazei Lipsky, mann, president of the Zionist the 11 Religious Party Knesset
The Chief Rabbinate mean-
The gathering, part of a noted novelist and attorney.
Organization of America, pre- deputies until Ben-Gurion calls while issued a directive to all
three-day membership meeting
A proposal to lend Ameri- sented to the national Zionist a cabinet meeting and then its branches in Israel to dis-
of the year-old American Jew-
can
industrial and technical executive council, the ruling reports to the Knesset. The regard the religious designa-
ish League for Israel, also
"know-how"
and development body of that organization, at an cabinet may be convened later tion in the identity cards and
heard talks by Dr. Max Lerner,
of
a
plan
for
credit aid to all-day session in the Carnegie this week to provide an op- to investigate each situation
professor of political science at
American
settlers
in Israel Endowment Building for Inter- portunity for reconsideration individually.
Brandeis University, and Sim-
were among projects submit- national Peace.
of the issue, and thus lay the
The Cabinet vote had backed
cha Pratt, Israel's Consul Gen-
Dr. Neumann announced that basis for continuation of the the Ministry of Interior's de-
ted for consideration to mem-
eral. .
bers of the League Israel, President Ben Zvi of Israel has
cision that any applicant for
Rabbi Goldstein called for co- which concluded three days of been selected by the officers of present coalition.
Another factor considered a card who declares himself a
operation of the Israeli govern-
the
ZOA
as
the
first
recipient
of
discussion Sunday at the Ho-
making for continuation was Jew shall be so identified and.
ment, the Jewish Agency and
the Theodor Herzl Award named the fact that the decision of provided he does not profess
tel Biltmore here.
American Jewish organizations
Ezra Z. Shapiro, of Cleveland, for the late founder of Zionism -the Religious Party must be ap- any other religion, will be con-
to provide job opportunities
which is to be awarded annually
and a financial instrument to was reelected president of the - for outstanding service to the proved by the party's leadership sidered of the Jewish faith.
Children will be considered of
one-year-old
organization.
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which met Thursday.
provide low-cost housing or a
A resolution approved by the cause of Zionism and Israel. A
The delay was 'Considered the Jewish faith if both their
low-interest mortgage bank to
resolution
for
the
establishment
service the needs of Americans meeting proposed the setting up of the award was unanimously likely to provide still another parents de c 1 are themselves
of a committee in cooperation
opportunity for negotiations on Jews.
coming to Israel.
with other agencies which will adopted by the meeting.
Reviewing Israel's g r o w t h
since its achievement of inde-
pendence ten years ago, Pratt Pamphleteering Makes Headway
declared that his country, like
the Zionist movement in Amer-
ice and elsewhere, is still in
definition of
ford K. Shipton's "The Hebraic tary laws,
the midst of changes.
Pamphleteering — the great I review of Histadrut activities. Background of Puritanism," Livitical 'defilement, and many
Dr. Lerner hailed the vitality instrument for democracy — Copies of the pamphlet may "Moshe P erlm an n's "Paul other aspects of Torah Judaism.
and idealism of Israel and de- is making headway again, judg- be secured, without charge, Haupt and the Mesopotamian
This series is being edited
clared that "when ideas are ing by the score of brochures from the National Committee Project, 1892-1914," and other by Dr. Leon D. Stitskin who
Israel,
33
E.
67th
phobic and destructive as among that has been published in for Labor
calls attention to the forthcom=
articles.
St., New York 21.
the Middle East Arabs and the recent weeks.
ing 15 additional brochures to
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Communists in Eastern Europe,
be published by Yeshiva Uni-
Frdm. the Jewish Agency's
the
pamphlet
stage
is
In
The Zionist-Revisionist view-
they do not nourish the human Youth Aliyah Department in
the draft version of the re- versity.
point
is
presented
in
a
bro-
spirit but can destroy it. But Jerusalem comes a most in-
vised translation of the Bible
an idea that is life-affirming, teresting pamphlet on the chure by Dr. B. Golany, "State-
United Hias Service has is-
now being sponsored by the
as is true of Israel today, can trends and developments of hood and Zionism." This in-
sued an important "study of
Jewish
Publication
Society
be a creative force in the Youth Aliyah. Written by teresting p amp hl e t, which
of America. At work On the the casework process in its re-
world."
Hanoch Reinhold, this 74-page throws much light on Revision-
revised translations is a com- lation to immigrant adjustment"
At afternoon sessions on the splendidly illustrated book con- ist thinking, inaugurates a
mittee of scholars headed by under the title "The Displaced
and the Social Agency."
"Relationship of Am e r i c an cisely analyzes the "human "Blue-White Pocket Library."
Prof. Harry Orlinsky. The Person
It was written by David Crystal
Jewry to Israel," Dr. Arthur J. and educational mainsprings of In "Statehood and Zionism"
draft
is
of
"The
printed
first
and concerns itself with the
Lelyveld, dire,ctor of the Amer- a program" that has been the author reviews the history
Book of Genesis of the Holy
direction of immigrant adjust-
ican Israel Cultural Foundation, recognized as one of the most as well as the program of
Scriptures,
According
to
the
strongly countered the premise humanitarian endeavors of our the Herut-Revisionist move-
Masoretic Text." It proves ment, a field in which Hias has
ment.
that the Jewish people in time.
the value of the new and specialized for more than 50
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America would yield to a pro-
This book provides valu-
commendable effort of the years.
While "A Handbook of
Dealing with problems under
able documentation for. edu-
gram of mass immigration to
JPS
and should encourage
Diplomatic Hebrew" can not
investigation and with method-
Israel, citing the importance to cators, sociologists and
the
of
additional
support
be classed as part of the
ology and procedures as well as
American Jews of this country's friends of Youth Aliyah who
undertaking.
pamphleteering idea, we in-
with representative cases that
wish to share the "wealth of
democratic values. "Those who
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clude this interesting bi-
are clearly analyzed, this book
human experience accumu-
Deserving of comment is the will serve case workers every-
lingual 120-page book in this
lated by an a/1-embracing
review because it propagates 1958 Technion Yearbook pub- where, especially in relation to
Want Israel to Be
educational enterprise" aver
an important need. Dr. lished by the American Tech- immigrants and in other social
23 years—a pro-
a
period
of
Tourist 'Winner'
Lawrence Marwick, head of nion Society. Several articles service procedures as well.
that
has,
to
date,
gram
the Hebraic Section of the in this volume are of major
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JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Pro- trained and directed thous-
Library of Congress, Wash- importance. The scientific fea-
posals that the Israel govern- ands of youth leaders cared
One
of
the
most impressive
ington, D.C., is the author tures of this Yearbook are im- brochures, published by the
ment hold free lotteries for for and placed more than
pressive
and
instructive.
There
handbook
this
interesting
tourists, and grant "rain insur- 85,000 youngsters drawn from
of
Theodor Herzl Foundation, is
which contains Hebrew-Eng- are articles by Jacob R. Sensi- "Science • in Israel," the text
ance" guaranteeing that tourists 70 countries, in hundreds of
bar,
James
Franck,
David
San-
lish and English-Hebrew vo-
will not lose precious days due settlements and children's
of a lecture delivered before
cabularies, abbreviations and noff, Prof. Ernst Bergmann, the Theodor Herzl Institute by
to inclement weather, were of- Villages in Israel.
Theodore
von
Karman,
William
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fered to stimulate world tourist
a bilingual list of interna-
Fondiller, Laura Fermi, Prof. William L. Laurence, science
traffic to Israel during the nor-
tiona/ • organizations.
"The Periodization of Ameri-
Harold S. Urey, and other editor of the New York Times.
result
of
many
mally slow winter season.
It was as a
• Describing his experiences in
can Jewish History" by Prof.
The proposals were made at a Jacob Rader Marcus is the requests from scholars, official world famous figures. Of added Israel, and the rapid growth
interest
is
the
article
on
Hein-
forum held by the Government text of the author's presiden- Government agencies, trans-
of scientific efforts in the Jew-
Bern Dibner.
Tourist Office to explore meth- tial address delivered at the lators and others, received by rich Hertz by
ish State, Laurence stated that
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ods of increasing tourist traffic annual meeting of the Ameri- Dr. Marwick, that he under-
Yeshiva University of New in Israel he saw "something
during the off season. Lottery can Jewish Historical Society. took the preparation of this
that had taken European science
tickets would be distributed by In it, Dr. Marcus describes the important handbook. It offers York has begun issuing a series and institutions 300 years to de-
of
brochures
on
"Studies
in
To-
travel agencies in the United emerging "American" Jew as "precision of expression and
velop" materializing in less than
States, at the Brussels Fair and being "more assimilated, cul- analysis" and utilizes the very rah Judaism." The first in the 10 years.
series,
"The
Philosphy
of
Pur-
in numerous cities on several turally, than was his father, latest material on Hebrew-
He outlined the progress at-
pose," by Dr. Samuel Belkin,
continents, under the plan. It yet in many respects as good, English terminologies.
in Israel by the Weiz-
tained
president of the university, pur-
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was also suggested that three
mann Institute. Technion and
better Jew."
a
if
not
sues
the
popular
level
of
the
drawings be held for a grand
The Publications of the
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unique insights of Torah Juda- the Hebrew University and he
total of 1,000 prizes.
Margaret L. Plunkett is the American Jewish Historical So- ism's philosophy, drawing upon paid high tribute to Israel's
Since Israel boasts that tour- author of an essay reprinted ciety are always of genuine
ists to this country "travel with from Industrial and Labor Re- interest, and the latest number the reservoir of Jewish tradi- scientists.
"I want to see the Weizmann
the sun," it was recommended lations Review and published has many features, including: tions and taking into account Institute and the Hebrew Uni-
that the government offer "rain in pamphlet form under the Dr. Marcus' "History Periodiz- the intellectual and scientific versity supported by the Amer-
insurance." The insurance would title "The Histadrut: The Gen- ation" essay, Dr. Abraham A. judgments resulting from inde- ican people, particularly by
pendent thinking.
guarantee tourists one cost-free
- Labor Neuman's "Visions and Vision-
Dr. Belkin discusses the die- American Jewry," he said.
day for each day lost due to eral Federation of Jewish
excellent
aries
in
Jewish
History,"
Clif-
in Israel." It is an
^mi n

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