Detroit Young Israel Groups Host

Moscow Launches Attack on Rockefeller,
26th Annual Midwestern Conclave
Calls Mapai Standard Oil Ally; Weizmann A f ter participating in a Saturday morning will take
Thanksgiving dinner and .social place at Young Israel of Detroit.
Also Involved in Broadcast from USSR
program on Thursday, delegates Rabbi Samuel H. Prero will

LONDON, (JTA) — The Mos-
cow Radio laid down a propa-
ganda barrage against Israel
and the Zionist movement in
which it blasted Nelson Rocke-
feller, Governor-elect of New
Y o r k, as an instrument of
"international Zionism."
Short-wave broadcasts from
the Soviet capital denounced
alleged shipment of arms by the
West to Israel and Jordan, be-
cause these shipments would

kindle "war passions." The
broadcasts made no reference
to Soviet arms shipments to the
United Arab Republic.
The Soviet propagandists ex-
pressed their concern lest the
Western armament of Jordan
lead to an arms race between
that kingdom and Israel because
of their "existing feelings of
hostility."
The New York governor-
elect was assailed as "a vigi-

Seminars, Workshop Set
for JAI; Conference Sunday

Pennsylvania State Senator
Israel Stiefel, •Philip Slomovitz,
Jerusalem vice-mayor Paul Yaa-
cov Jacoby, Cantor Louis Klein
and Dan Frohman will partici-
pate in the annual Michigan
conference of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund which will be held
this Sunday at the Sholem Alei-
chem Institute, 19350 Green-
field, announces Prof. Samuel
M. Levin, Detroit Jewish Na-
tional Fund President.
Avern Cohn is overall chair-
man of the conference.
Jacoby, a resident of Jerusa-
lem for over a quarter of a
century, and now its vice-

ignation as Jewish National
Fund "Man of the Year 1958."
A series of seminars and
workshops will be held at the
conference in order to permit
a wide exchange of ideas and
experiences of the respective
organizations in the various
communities and in the plan-
ning for future Jewish National
Fund projects. •
For proper accreditation, or-
ganizations and congregations
are urged to register the names
of their delegates with the
Jewish National Fund office,
18414 Wyoming, UN 4-2767.

Israel to Float
New Bond Issue
for Sale in U. S.

lant trustee of international here to attend the 26th Mid- introduce Elijah Stein at the
Zionism" and the broadcasts
w es t e r n convention of the services. All delegates will be
linked his family oil interests
Young Israel Young Adults housed in the Dexter area.
Rabbi Strum will be a guest
with the Zionist movement.
settled down to business today.
at
sabbath services of Young
This was how Moscow de-
The convention, which will Israel
of Oak-Woods, while
scribed the alliance of the
continue until Sunda y, has Schlessel is the guest of North-
socialist Mapai P a r t y and
brought delegates here f r o in west Young Israel.
Standard Oil:
Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati,
On Saturday night, Young
"Weizmann, the leader of the St. Louis and Pittsburgh.
Israel of Oak-Woods will play
conservative Jews, played an
of the movement who host to the convention, when
important role in the World are Officers
attending the parley include
Zionist organization toward the Elijah Stein, national president; Rabbi Sholomo Carelbach, noted
establishment of the State of Rabbi Ephraim Sturm, national Hasidic guitarist, presents a
program of Jewish music, and
Israel. Weizmann's group en-
joyed the support of Shell the director; and Stanley Schlessel, on Sunday morning, there will
youth director. The intercol- be a series of workshop ses-
oil monopoly, which tried to
establish a 1 a r g e oil empire legiate council is being repre- sions at Northwest Young
rivaling the wealth of India. sented by Joseph Lauer and Israel.
The four-day parley will close
Weizmann was associated with Philip Fuchs.
At yesterday's opening pro- Sunday evening with a gather-
the oil companies as a chemist.
"With the leaders of Zionism, gram, Eddie Traurig, conven- ing at 9 p.m., at Young Israel
the British oil monopolists tion chairman, welcomed the of Detroit, which will be ad-
secured a number of industrial guests on behalf of the three dressed by Rabbi Sturm. Enter-
establishment in Palestine, in- Young Israel branches of Metro- tainment again will be provided
cluding Palestine Electric, Jor- politan Detroit: Young Israel of by Rabbi Carlebach.
Members of the convention
dan Oil Exploration Company, Detroit, Northwest and Oak-
c o m in cc include Moishe
the Zionist Central Bank, and Woods.
This evening, Prof. Nathan Grossbard, president; Eddie
the Anglo-Palestine Bank.
Traurig, vice-president; Steve
Lander will speak on "The
"But after World War II,
Problem of Jewish Identity in Tomor, treasurer; Fayge Singal,
when Britain lost her influence
Israel and the Diaspora To- secretary; Larry Singal, Ricky
in the Middle East, the Zionists
Gelberman, Jack Zwick, George
day." A panel discussion will
transferred their allegiance. The
Gelberman, Gabby Weisberger
Rockefeller family penetrated
follow.
This program and services and Phyllis Wasserman.
the world Zionist organization
a n d consequently effected a
c h a n g e in the government
away from Weizmann's con-
servative party, called the Gen-
eral Zionist Organization, to the
reformist, pro-American party,
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
Mapai, which is led by Ben- Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
Gurion."
News-Gathering Media.

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Bishop Sees M-E Peace

JERUSALEM (JTA)—A bill Hinging on Refugee Issue
authorizing the Government of
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A
Israel to float a new bond Catholic prelate, described as
issue for $300,000,000 to be an expert on the Near East, has
sold in the United States, Can- reported to U.S. Catholic
ada, South America and a lim- bishops that there is "absolutely
ited number of European coun- no possibility for peace" in that
tries, was introduced in Par- area until the Palestine Arab
refugees are resettled. The re-
liament-
The new Series, to be called port was made by Monsignor
the second Development Bond Peter P. Tuohy to the annual
Series, is actually the third session of -U.S. Catholic bishops.
Monsignor Tuohy is president
bond issue to be launched by
SEN. ISRAEL STIEFEL Israel. The first was floated of the Pontifical Mission for
in 1951 and was known as the Palestine Refugees and national
mayor, served in the Israeli De- Independence Bond Series. A secretary of the Catholic Near
fense Forces during the War of few years later the original East Welfare Association. He
Liberation and played a leading Development Bond Series was is a priest of the Archdiocese of
role in the rehabilitation of launched. T o g e t h e r they Boston but maintains offices in
New York.
Israel's capital after the siege yielded about $350,000,000.
of Jerusalem.
Keynote speaker at the 10
a.m. brunch for delegates rep-
resenting organizations and con-
gregations throughout the state
will be Philip Slomovit z,
founder of the Jewish National
Fund Council and its first presi-
dent.
A musical program will be
presented by Cantor Louis Klein
of Congregation Bnai Moshe,
who will be accompanied at the
piano by Dan Frohman.
Also participating in the
morning session will be Arie
Shoval, a representative of the
JNF youth and education de-
partment. The Jerusalem na-
tive will deal with the necessity
of organizing youth in the U. S.
on behalf of Israel.
Senator Stiefel, the guest
speaker at the conference, was
awarded the degree of Doctor
of Humane Letters by Lincoln
University and also holds two
Doctor of Humanities degrees.
He is chairman of the Demo-
cratic Caucus of the Pennsyl-
vania Senate and assistant pro-
fessor of political science at
Temple University. He partici-
pated in the Syro-Palestinian
Reports on pledges to the Shaarey Zedek $3,000,000
campaign under the famous
development fund, for the building of a new synagogue on
General Allenby. In 1945 he was
Northwestern Highway and 11-Mile Road, were submitted
a war d e d the Distinguished by members of A and B Committees and E Division, luncheon
S e r v i c e Certificate by the meetings last week. Left to right in the upper photo are A and
American Legion.
B Committee leaders: Ivan Meisner, Harry Cohen, Lewis Man-
Sen. Stiefel, who is active in
ning, Dr. Leonard Sidlow, Joseph Jackier, Maurice Schiller,
work for Israel, is currently David Miro, Hyman Safran, Dr. Max Lichter, Max Somberg,
president of the All-Pensylvania Ray Smith, Sidney Moss and Bernie Frant. In the lower photo,
Commission of the Leader Abraham ,Satovsky is shown addressing a campaign meeting of
Woodland located in the heart E Division, the largest in the drive, with more than 800 pros-
of Jerusalem. Some 150,000 pects to call upon. From the left in this photo are: Wilbur
trees have been planted in this
S. Stein, Abe Katzman, Hyman Safran, S. Lawrence Aronsson
forest to date. He received na-
tional recognition with his des- and Rabbi Morris Adler.

Report on Shaarey Zedek Drive

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United States

• ATLANTA—The "Southern Regional Council" has issued
a call for more vigorous law enforcement to halt bombings and
threats in the South.
SAVANNAH—Henry Shonfield, president of the Jewish
Educational Alliance, discldsed that as a result of an anonymous
bomb scare telephone call, unusual security measures have been
established for the institution.
PHOENIX—Reinwald Lewitz, 21, who came from Germany
in January 1957 and allegedly boasted that he had been a
member of the Hitler youth movement, and two other suspects,
18 and 16, were arrested on charge of anti-Semitic violence
against a Phoenix Jewish family and a Jewish nursing home.
CLEVELAND—The National Council of Churches of Christ
in the United States unanimously adopted a resolution request-
ing its international affairs department to conduct an inquiry
into the reported moves in Soviet Russia to destroy the human
rights there and, if justified to make a strong representation
to the Kremlin "to prevent any anti-Semitic movement such as
our civilization has too often witnessed in the past."

Europe

LONDON—Leo Abse, who won a by-election handily as a
Laborite, became the 20th Jew to sit in the current Parliament,
as a member from Pontypool, Monmouthshire . . . The largest
gift by anybody in Britain to the Hebrew University of Jeru-
salem was announced by the Harry and Abe Sherman Founda-
tion whose 100,000 pound ($280,000) gift will be applied toward
the cost of constructing the just completed administration build-
ing. The Sherman Building, as it will now be known, is a seven-
story structure, the largest on the campus, which dominates
the entrance to Jerusalem.
WIESBADEN—Federal German Office of Statistics figures
show that 98 Jewish students were enrolled in West German
universities last year, among them being 21 women, 74 Jews
having studied in West Germany proper, seven in the Saar and
17 in West Berlin.

Israel

'JERUSALEM—A United States Public Health Service grant
of $21,000 for study in Israel on the effect of _cultural, nutritious
and genetic factors in hardening of the arteries was announced
by the Hebrew University—Hadassah Medical School, the study
to be directed by Prof. Henry Ungar and Alexander Laufer .. .
The Israel government has signed trade pacts in Geneva with
Bulgaria and Romania providing for a total exchange of $13,-
000,000 worth of goods . . . The opening of an Israeli consulate
general in Lisbon within the next few days was announced by
Foreign Minister Golda Meir, who described this as an "important
development" in Israel's foreign relations . . The Israel Bond
Organization in the United States was awarded a Hanukah
candelebrum by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, in recog-
nition of the organization's "important share in the development
of Israel." The gift was given by Ben-Gurion to the bond organ-
ization's executive vice-president, Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz • . .
Minister of Commerce Pinhas Saphir told the Knesset that the
government has no intention of devaluating Israel's currency
. . . Widespread concern among Israel farmers was reported
over the continued absence of rainfall which normally comes in
the middle of November to end a lengthy summer dry spell .. .
The Israel government announced a 20 per cent increase in
postal and telephone rates, effective Dec. 1, telephone service
being a government monopoly in Israel.
TEL AVIV—Participants from 17 Afro-Asian countries in
a Histadrut-sponsored seminar here on co-operative movements
were greeted by Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir who told
them that this conference was unique in that it was not "directed
against anybody."