THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Frida y,August 22, 1958-6

B. Isaacs' Stories Warmly Praised by Israeli Critic
ADL Quotes Soviet Statistics
Isaacs, superintend-
"Do you remember the last ly announces: 'This is a holy
Showing Liquidation of Jewish Life ent Bernard
emeritus of the United He- scene in the fruit store? There place.'

Soviet statistics 'highlight the
steady destruction of the civil
rights of Jews, who are being
progressively squeezed out of
educational, economic, political
and social life in the Soviet
U n i o n, the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith reported.
This manifestation has been
accompanied by a nation-wide
anti-Semitic campaign in the
Soviet press and the continuing
repression of the religious life
of Jews, the League added.
The League's report, "Anti-
Semitism in the Soviet Union
Today," made public by Henry
Edward Schultz, its national
chairman, marks the tenth an-
niversary of the arrest of 450
Jewish writers, artists and in-
tellectuals who were shipped to
Soviet labor camps in 1948. Of
these, one group of 24 were
executed on Aug. 12, 1952. The
others have disappeared leav-
ing no trace and have either
died or been liquidated in the
work camps.
A key to the systematic ex-
elusion of Jews from Russian
life comes to light from latest
Soviet figures on Jewish mem-
bership in the Soviet " parlia-
ment now in the possession of
the League. Whereas in 1937
Jews constituted 4.1% of the
total membership, in 1958 Jew-
ish membership d r o p p e d to
3/4 of 1%.
Other statistics obtained by
the League reveal a consistent
effort by Soviet authorities to
degrade Jews in various fields
of Russian life, scientific, edu-
cational and war services—"as
if Jews did not exist there."
Equally significant, the report
deClared, are statistics in the
field of Soviet higher education.
Noting that the existence of a
quota "system against Jewish
students in Soviet universities
and technical and academic in-
stitutes has been widely re-
ported since 1955, the League
said there is good ground for
the belief that the barring of
Jewish applicants has been ex-
tended. This is due in part to
the increase in competition in
recent years for admission to
Soviet institutions of higher
learning.
With respect to religious re-
pression, the League noted, the
Khrushchev regime is continu-
ing in full force the old Stalin
policy of severely restricting the
number of synagogues available

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Ben-Zvi Thanks
U.S. Congress for
Israel Sympathy

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM — The Presi-
dent of Israel, Itzhak Ben-Zvi,
paid tribute Tuesday to the
U.S. Congress for its long
record of sympathy for the
revival of Jewish people in its
ancient homeland and the re-
building of the state of Israel.
The Israeli statesman's re-
marks came in his reply to
U.S. Ambassador Edward B.
Lawson, at a ceremony in
which Lawson presented to
President Ben-Zvi the greet-
ings of both Houses of Con-
gress on the occasion of the
tenth anniversary of the Jew-
ish State.
This long-standing support,
Ben-Zvi said, was founded on
a spiritual bond between our
peoples, both of whom are dis-
tinguished by their love of
freedom and democracy, by
respect for honor of the in-
dividual and by their untiring
efforts for peace."
He asked the Ambassador to
convey his appreciation and
profound thanks for the mes-
sage of friendship and encour-
agement that the United States
Congress had seen fit to ad-
dress to Israel on the occa-
sion of its anniversary.

Italian Premier Seeking
Nasser, Ben-Gurion Meeting

brew Schools, whose published
short stories in Hebrew have
been widely acclaimed in Israel,
in this country and in other
English-speaking land s, last
week was ac-
corded one of
the most envi-
a b le tributes
in .a feature
article in Yed-
i o t Achronot,
(Latest News)
one of Israel's
leading daily
Hebrew news-
paper s,in a
. special article
B. Isaacs by G. S c h o f-
man, the leading living Hebrew
short story writer and critic.
Commenting on Isaacs' most
recent short stories, Schofman
write, under the heading "The
B. Isaacs Stories":
"I have always been preju-
diced against our brother au-
thors, in America. It has always
seemed to me that there was
something lacking in their writ-
ings. I had a feeling that the
`hustle and bustle' which is char-
acteristic of American life had
dried the sap of the growing
saplings. I entertained these
prejudices until I came upon
the writings of B. Isaacs (`Blin-
Shnei Olomot,' published by
Histadrut Ivrit in New York
and `Omas Mocher Tapuzim'
published by Newman in Tel

is Izzie, the fruit dealer, the
"This scene is indeed very
Irish woman who talks about touching.
"Yes, Isaacs knows the sec-
her husband the drunk, and the
clergyman who is thumbing ret of good writing, yes, he
through the daily papers. Izzie knows."
comforts the woman, quoting
from the Bible. Towards the
end of the conversation he of-
arc . se co.......0,
fers her some fruit and vege-
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ten only by one endowed with
extraordinary insight, Isaacs
succeeded in depicting the life
of our people in the New World
with all its nuances.
"Read the stories 'In the
White Mountains,' The Win-
dow,' She Did Not Come' and
others. Above all, read 'Amos
the Orange Vender' where a
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Armin-
tore Fanfanh Italy's Premier,
will attempt to arrange a meet-
ing between Israel Prime Min-
ister David Ben-Gurion and Col.
Abdel Gamal Nasser, President
of the United Arab Republic,
the Israel daily, Haboker, said
in a report from its Rome cor-
respondent.
The report says that Premier
Fanfani decided to make the
effort after his meeting with
Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's For-
eign Minister, last week. He
was understood to have told
Mrs. Meir that Italy would not
look favorably on any Israel
action aimed at preventing Jor-
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