The Jewish Farmer, organ of
the Jewish Agricultural Society,
is celebrating its 50th anniver-
sary with a special issue, de-
voted to the history of the Jew-
ish farm movement in the U.S.,
and a review of the activities of
the society ; founded in 1900, to
promote and foster agriculture
among Jews in the United
States. -
Theodore Norman, general
manager of the society, reports
on its activities for 1957, his
annual report forming part of
the special issue. The resources
of the Society, - he points out,
were almost exclusively devoted
last year "to helping established
farmers — some in dairy, but
most of them in poultry farming
—who have been suffering from
depressed prices, rather than
making new settlements. The
society "concentrated," in Dr.
Norman's words, "in helping
these farmers to hold on to their
farms, both by way of financial
help and through technical ad-
vice."
The Jewish Farmer, published
.in English and Yiddish, is the
only bi-lingual agricultural mag-
azine surviving of the many in
existence 50 years ago. At the
time it started publication in
1908, there were already • an
estimated 3,000 struggling Jew-
ish farmers in the United States
trying to eke out a living on
semi-abandoned farms in the
eastern states, or homesteading
in the mid-western states.
According to Dr. Norman's
annual report, last year marked
a halt in the progress of new
farm settlements. The last few
years have witnessed depressed
prices for poultry and egg
farmers, "causing serious hard-
ship to many producers, espe-
cially • to those who had been
more recently settled on their
farms," but the number of those
who had to give up farming was
very small, although some had
to seek outside employment to
supplement their farm income.
The second half of 1957, Dr.
Norman notes, saw distinctly
better prices. For the future,
he visualizes larger farm units,
more highly mechanized; to en-
able the family farmer make a
living.
As compared with the pre-
vious year when 174 farm loans
were granted amounting to
$379.380; 163 loans were granted
in 1957, over half to former DPs
and refugees, amounting to
$483,812, which includes the
sum of $154,870 made available
to the F.H.A. to lend to Jewish
farmers.
Dr. Norman emphasizes that
the most important single ac-
complishment of the Jewish
Agricultural Society in the post-
war period was the establish-
ment of a large number of re-
fugees and displaced persons as
farmers. It is estimated that
about 5% of the 150,000 Jews
who immigrated to the U.S.
since 1945 became farmers.
Chaim Lieberman
Castigates Berger
NEW YORK, (AJP) — The
well-known Yiddish writer and
author, Chaim Lieberman, bit-
terly attacked Rabbi Elmer Ber-
ger of the American Council for
Judaism for having made the
statement that "there is no his-
torical proof that the present
State of Israel was ever the
homeland of the Jews."
Devoting his page-long two-
column feature in the Jewish
Forward to blasting, what he
calls, "the cursed tongue" of
Berger the enemy of Israel and
Jewry, Lieberman delivers a
stinging blow upon the "peasant-
rabbi!" head of both Berger and
the Judaism Council. The Jew-
ish writer compares Berger to
a Russian peasant who went to
the zoo one day and saw a gi-
raffe but couldn't believe that
such an animal could exist de-
spite the visible presence of the
giraffe.
Chaim Lieberman is author of
a number of books in both Yid-
dish and English. His "Strangers
to Glory" (Rainbow Press) was
an indictment of the American
Council for Judaism.
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Rabbi Arm Assumes Buchenwald Guard Admits Cruelties
BAYREUTH, Germany (JTA) followed Sommer, and testified
Presidency of ZOD
At the recent installation
ceremonies of the Zionist
Organization of Detroit,
Rabbi MILTON ARM (right)
assumed the presidency. The
retiring president, MILTON
MARWIL, is shown turning
over the gavel to his succes-
sor. The photograph was
taken in front of a specially
designed Israeli map made
by Dr. BERNARD WESTON
(left), one of the newly-
installed vice-presidents.
Rep. Griffiths Urges
U.S. Aid on Bombings
Martha W. Griffiths, Con-
gresswoman from Michigan,
spoke last week before the
House Judiciary Committee on
behalf of a bill she sponsored,
a n d similar
bill s, which
"would
pro-
hibit
certain
acts involving
t h e importa-
tion, transpor-
tation, posses-
sion or use of
explosives."
Citing t h e
b o m bi n g of
two Jewish
centers in
Jacksonville, Rep. Griffiths
and Nashville, Tenn., and the
dynamiting of a synagogue in
Miami, she said that these were
among 47 bombings or attempt-
ed bombings in the South since
Jan. 1, 1957.
Stating that "no bombing
case has been solved to date,"
she added that "no police de-
partment whether in the North
or South is adequate to cope
with these terrorists."
Cong. Griffiths urged legis-
lation which would permit the
"forces of the national Govern-
ment to lend aid in solving
these bombings."
— Martin Sommer, one - time against him, charged that to-
Buchenwald concentration camp day leaders of the Gestapo and
guard, on trial here charged SS are hack in office in West
with the murder of 53 Jews Germany. The charge was
and other camp inmates, de- made by Josef Ackerman, a
nied having killed any one Munich city official who was
during his service at Buchen- once a prisoner in the Buchen-
wald.
wald concentration camp.
The trial is expected to con-
Testifying in his own de-
fense, Sommer said that he tinue for many weeks, with
had whipped men and women more than 100 witnesses sched-
prisoners on orders, had de- uled to testify.
signed a whipping block which
permitted "more efficient" Judge Kaufman on
beating and at the same time
prevented incidental injury to Board of Judges
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman
prisoners, and denied sundry
other cruelties charged to last week was elected to a
him.
three - year
term as a
His testimony was inter-
member of the
rupted by one of the justices
e x ecutive
who confronted him with testi-
board of the
mony at a trial before an SS
National Coun-
judge in 1943. At that time,
cil of Juvenile
Sommer confessed to brutality
Court Judges,
in handling prisoners and was
at the judges'
convicted by the SS court of
conference in
this and other charges and
Ft. Lauder-
sentenced to serve time in
dale, Fla.
Buchenwald. Later he was pa-
Judge
Kaufman
Judge
K a u f-
roled to serve at the front.
man arranged to have the Coun-
One of the witnesses who cil's 1960 conference in Detroit.
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LOS ANGELES (JTA)—For
the first time in the history
of California, a Jewish leader
has been nominated to a
major state office.
He is Superior Court Judge
Stanley Mosk, who was named
Democratic candidate for state
Attorney General by a tre-
mendous popular vote, well in
front of the Republican nomi-
nee he will face in November.
Judge Mosk 'is a former
president of the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Los Angeles.
He has served on the bench
since his appointment in 1940.
Former Israeli Sergeant
Chosen "Miss Israel 1958"
JERUSALEM, (AJP) — Mir-
iam Hiller Hadar, 21, a former
sergeant in the Israeli Army,
was chosen as the "Beauty
Queen of Jerusalem" and "Miss
Israel 1958." Miss Hadar is ex-
pected to arrive in the United
States on July 13 to participate
in the "Miss Universe" contest
to be held at Long Beach, Cal.
Interested in politics and Bibli-
cal research, Miss Hadar was
in the United States last year
on a scholarship granted by an
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Neu, Jewish. Farm Settlements