Reform Rabbis' Failure to Deal With Jewish Issues A Challenge by Boris Smolar on Page 2 VOLUME XXX 111 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle — Alaska—Our 49th State Proper Defining of Term 'Jew' Editorial Page 4 No. 19 loo lnlgoi n stop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, July 11, 1958 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c U.S. Senate Committee Reports Anti-Semitism Growing in USSR Soviet dictator Nikita S. Khrushchev may be even more anti- WASHINGTON (JTA) Semitic than Stalin according to an extensive study of minority problems in the Soviet Union published this week by the Senate Internal Security Committee. The study was pre- pared by the legislative reference service of the U.S. Library of Congress. The report detailed an anti-Semitic trend in the Soviet Union and said it was doubt- ful if this trend will be reversed if pronouncements and actions of Khrushchev are any index. According to the U.S. study, Khrushchev has "a long record of anti-Semitism." The report recalled that as Prime Minister in the Ukraine, after World War II, he issued orders banning Jews from important local offices. He was the first Prime Minister of a republic to close Jewish theaters, schools, and publishing houses. He tolerated an anti-Semitic outbreak in Kiev ade- quately grave to warrant investigation by Moscow. — tiammarskjold Held Responsible for Nasser Whitewash JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israel is seen to be in apparent agreement with the newly crys- tallized Anglo-American criticism of United Nation& Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's attempt to whitewash United Arab Republic President Nasser in the Lebanese situation. It was anticipated that Israel will brief its diplo- matic missions abroad along these lines. According to reports in 'diplomatic circles here, the West is disappointed in Hammarskjold over the UN report which stated there was no evidence that the BAR had interferred in the Lebanese rebellion. The Western Powers were depicted as believing that Hammarskjold wants to avoid a Lebanese blow-up at any price — including a compromise which may soon put Lebanon under Nasser's domination. Western diplomatic sources here assert that the UN chief reportedly has made private state- ments to the effect that sooner or later the entire Arab Middle East will come .under Col. Nasser's domination, in any event. Israel requested that the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization release the re- sults of a ballistics investigation of the bullet which killed Lt. Col. George A. Flint, UN observer and chairman of the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission, on Mt. Scopus May 26. While the report of the incident — in which four Israeli policemen also lost their lives — by Maj. Gen. Carl von Horn, -UN truce chief, indicated that the bullet came from the Arab side, "unless it ricocheted," it is understood that the ballistics tests showed conclusively that the bullet came straight from Arab lines. The original report of the incident was delayed for weeks, in what the Israelis believe was an attempt by the UN Secretary General to save the prestige of Jordan King Hussein. The report said that anti-Semitic practices have gained ground in Russia since the mid-30's. Recent biased expressions by Khrushchev are quoted. A summary is made of anti-Semitic singling out of Jews in some cases and censoring of references to Jews in others. Jews were eliminated from the nationalities mentioned as receiving decorations and honors in a new issue of "The National Traditions of the Peo- ples of the Soviet Union:" "De-judaization . . . destruction of national consciousness and complete assimilation has been the ultimate aim of the Soviet government in its policies toward Soviet Jewry," said the report. The study showed that the outbreak of anti-Semitism in the period 1948-1953 further reduced remnants of Jewish cultural life. Deportations and executions were described. A question was raised about the future of Soviet Jewry. The report cited a concensus that Mos- cow has gone far in denationalizing but not assimilating the remnants of Soviet Jewry. "Organized Jewish communal life no longer exists in its vital form. Nor have guarantees of collective rights, or in fact individual rights, been respected." Jews "have been spurned by the Soviet government and looked upon as 'foreign' and 'suspect,' " the report established. "For the immediate future, it is difficult to foresee any great measure of relief from Soviet dis- crimination and abuse of power and it is equally difficult to foresee any perceptible narrowing of the gap between promise and fulfillment in Moscow's treatment of its non-Russian peoples." The report was drawn from many sources. It dealt with .minorities in the Soviet empire which was termed the "prison house of nations and races." Who Is a Jew' Controversy Continues in Israel; Bell-Gurion Cabinet Faces Rough Time Special JTA Cables to The Jewish News JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Several more meetings between the Israel coalition government leaders and the religious leaders, in an attempt to end the most burning political issue of the day the with- drawal of the United Religious Party from the Ben-Gurion government over disagreement on the defi- nition of who is to be considered a Jew in Israel — ended in failure. Debate on the question in the Knesset was begun on Tuesday. (Detailed reports on Page 32.) It is apparent that the government parties will have a rough time since the opposition parties, Herut and General Zionists, have decided to support the position of the Religious deputies on the "who is a Jew" issue. With the Religious bloc, formerly partners in the Ben-Gurion Cabinet now in the opposition, the Pre• mier faces the largest bloc of votes against him since the State was proclaimed and he undertook to lead the government. Nevertheless, the coalition will still be able to maintain a slim edge.. A Cabinet discussion centered about the "identity card" issue, no decision was reached. Former Minister for Religion Moshe Shapiro and former Minister of Posts Joseph Burg are expected to make detailed statements in the Knesset on the reasons for their resignations. Shapiro told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that there is no prospect in sight for his party's return to the Ben-Gurion govern ment unless the Ministry for Interior orders a -revision in its latest directives for filling in identity cards. Religious leaders oppose "I have been a Zionist for many LONDON, (JTA) the government's allowing any applicant to be registered as a Jew by nationality upon years, and it is a great pleasure to me to see Israel growing his assertion that he is a Jew, or the registration of a child of non-Jewish parent or parents on the statement by the parents that the child is a Jew. so rapidly and playing a leading part in the affairs of the . Shapiro insisted that unless these directives go, the Religious Party will remain Middle East only ten years after its birth," Sir outside the government. It is understood that party leaders have already discussed plan Winston Churchill declared at his Chartwell for their action as an opposition party in the Knesset and for a major propaganda country home. (Continued on Page 32) Churchill Reiterates Interest in Zionism, States Pleasure at Israel's Leading 31.1E. Role — Sir Winston made this statement at cere- monies at which he presented a golden key of the auditorium which bears his name at the Haifa Technion to British industrialist Isaac Wolfson, Israel Ambassador Eliahu Elath and Michael Sobell, president of the British Friends of Technion. Noting that Israel is "faced with great difficulties," the famous statesman added: Churchill "But if you maintain your lead in education and especially technical education, it will go a long way towards improving your position. I am glad that the Tech- nion is taking in students of all nationalities, and I am con- vinced that it will be a great influence for the development of the Middle East, and in the interest of all the people who dwell there." Ambassador Elath, who accepted / the key, said that "the friendly and generous words" of the British statesman "will be received with gratitude by the people of Israel who so greatly respect and admire him." Mr. Wolfson presented Sir Winston with an album of photographs taken during the opening of the Churchill Auditorium and said he hoped that Sir. Winston would be able to visit Israel soon. Establish Synagogue in Israel in Memory of - Mendes-France's Father; Grandson to Attend Ground-Breaking Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TEL AVIV' — Bernhard Mendes-France, 23 - year - old son of former French Premier Pierre Mendes-France, will visit Israel at the end of July to take part in ground breaking ceremonies for a new synagogue which will bear the name of the ex-Premier's father, Tavi David, who died six months ago. The decision to name the new synagogue at Kfar Saba after the elder Mendes-France was announced by Chaim Nachmani, community leader in Kfar Saba, whose associations with the former French Premier date back to 1940 when both were imprisoned in a Casablanca jail. Nachmani was jailed for Zionist activities in Morocco. Mendes-France was detained after escaping from France during the Nazi occupation. The friendship made in Casablanca prison was maintained later through correspondence. When the French leader's father died, Nachmani decided to name the synagogue in his memory. The ex-Premier and his wife will attend inauguration ceremonies for the synagogue.