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the government is abetting an
infringement of Jewish religious
law."
The Supreme Religious Coun-
cil also added that the poll of
experts asked by the minis-
terial committee for their
views on the issues in the
disputed regtdations included
seine who were not scholars
in Jewish religious law and
that this was "a deliberate
negation of Torah."
Earlier, Chief Rabbi Isaac
Herzog joined Rabbi Judah L.
Maimon in urging Rabbi Tole-
dano to withdraw his ac-
ceptance of the Cabinet post.
In a letter to the new Minister
of Religion, Rabbi Herzog had
written that he could not give
his blessings on the appoint-
ment, which he characterized
as "not for the good of reli-
gion."
Meanwhile, regulations con-
cerning the registration of Is-
raeli citizens and residents have
been cancelled temporarily
pending conclusion of the in-
ternational survey, Ben-Gurion
announced.
As a result, Ben-Gurion said,
the government will not accept
applications for reconsideration
of registration classification
made earlier in the case of chil-
dren of mixed marriages.

Protests Aroused
by Schools' Ban on
Hanukah Discussion

NEW HYDE PARK,. N. Y.
(JTA)—Jewish leaders of this
suburban community protested
a New Hyde Park Board of
Education ban against discus-
sion of Hanukah in local public
schools if such discussion inter-
ferred with the Christmas sea-
son. .
The board policy statement
declared that "while the Feast
of Hanukah is a religious and
historical fact, it has no super-
sedence over countless other
religious and historical events
and • should not be celebrated
during the Christmas season in
the public schools." This did
not mean, the statement added,
that Hanukah "should not be
discussed in the classrooms at a
time when it would not inter-
fere with the Christmas sea-
son."
The statement was denounced
by Rabbi Andrew Robins, spir-
itual leader of the 700-family
Temple Emanu-El here, as a
"brazen and disgraceful insult
to our religion." The Reform
rabbi, who is on record as op-
posed to the celebration of Han-
ukah in the public schools, de-
clared it was "outrageous" to
speak of Hanukah "in this tone."
George Mintzer, president of the
New Hyde Park Jewish Com-
munity Council, assailed the
policy statement was "unten-
able," asserting that he ques-
tioned "not only its moral prin-
ciple, but also its legality."
Dr. Frank Picciano, president
of the School Board, said that
"no ban has been placed on
discussions" of Hanukah in the
school system. He added that
the supervising principal of the
school district would have the
discretion of deciding when
Hanukah could be discussed
during the Christmas season. He
also said that spiritual leaders
and school board members
would meet early next year to
set policies on holidays.

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Jacob
M- Toledano, former Chief
Rabbi of Tel Aviv, was sworn
in Wednesday as Israel's new
Minister for Religious Affairs
after a three-day debate in the
Knesset marked by two de-
feated motions of non-con-
fidence in Premier Ben-Gurion's
coalition government.
The confirming vote was 60
to 2 with 38 abstentions. The
two opposition votes were cast
by the Communist party.
Abstaining were four parties,
including the National Religious
party which had vigorously
sought to persuade Rabbi Tole-
dano against accepting the post
left open by the resignation
last summer of Moshe Shapiro.
Shapiro r e s i g n e d, as did
Minister of Posts Joseph Burg,
in the dispute over the issues
of self identification by Israeli
citizens as Jews for registry
purposes. The other abstaining
parties were Herut, General
Zionists and the ultra-orthodox
Agudas Israel. -
Rabbi Toledano, whose ac-
ceptance of the post brought
him a flood of protests and
pressure from' orthodox circles
in Israel and abroad, pledged
that he would quit the cabinet
if and when it takes any
decisions "contrary to Jewish Herut Parley Rejects
religious law."
`Policy of Appeasement'
Meanwhile, the office of Pre-
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The fifth
mier Ben-Gurion released a list national convention of the Herut
of 15 Israeli rabbis and per- Party of Israel concluded here
sonalities and 30 rabbis and with the adoption of resolutions
Jewish figures abroad who opposing a policy of appease-
have been asked by a cabinet ment by the government of
committee studying the ques- Israel, demanding the conclu-
tion for their opinion on how sion of bilateral agreements with
to register a child of mixed the Western Powers rather than
parentage whose mother re- seeking guarantees, and a reduc-
fuses to accept conversion to tion and even elimination—if
Judaism though she and the possible—of military adminis-
father . request that the child tration in the Arab border areas
be considered Jewish.
of Israel. • '
Among the Americans are
The delegates also voiced their
Associate Justice Felix Frank- opposition to the Soviet plan to
furter, of the U.S. Supreme "exile Russian Jewry to Bii.obid-
Court; Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, jan." The resolution asked free
of Cleveland; Profs. Saul Lieb- emigration for Russian Jews.
erman, Abraham Heschel, Mor-
Menahem Beigin was re-
decai Kaplan and Louis Finkel- elected by acclamation leader of
stein, all of the Jewish Theo- the right-wing party. In his ac-
logical Seminary of America; ceptance speech, Beigin warned
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the 500 delegates against over-
honorary president of the optimism in the forthcoming na-
Religious Zionist Organization tional election campaign.
of America; Rabbis Aaron Kot-
He said that though the party
ler and Chaim Heller, orthodox will go into the campaign with-
Rabbi Menahem M. Schneer- out partners, it will not attack
son, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the General Zionists, also in the
Rabbi Soloman Freehof, of opposition. It will concentrate
Pittsburgh; Prof. Harry Wolf- all its fire on the parties of
sohn, of Harvard University; the left, he pledged.
former - Judge Simon Rifkind
and Aaron Zeitlin and H. Lei- Social Security Chief
vick, writers.
Heads Brandeis U. School
Before the vote on confirma-
WALTHAM (JTA) — Charles
tion the Knesset . rejected 60 I. Schottland, whose resignation
to 30 a non-confidence motion as United States Commissioner
proposed by Herut, the Reli- of Social Securit ywas accepted
gious Bloc and Agudas
"with regret". by the White
Rabbi Toledano, apparently House, has been named dean of
unmoved by the political ex- the Florence Heller graduate
citement and the heavy pres- school for advanced studies in
sure campaign against his social welfare at Brandeis Uni-
acceptance from or th o d ox versity.
sources both inside and • out-
Singer Eddie Fisher has set
side of Israel, took the oath up two music scholarships at the
of office and received th& con- university in the name of Eddie
gratulations of the entire Cantor, the man who gave him
cabinet.
his first chance in show busi-
The final effort by religious ness. The scholarships, to begin
leaders to induce Rabbi Tole- next fall, will be a $2,000 annual
dano to reject the appointment award in modern music and a
came only a few hours before $4,000 four-year award for
the confirmation in the form of classical music.
a resolution by the Supreme
Religious Council.
Gift Plane Sent by B-G
The resolution declared that to President of Liberia
until the basic assumptions of
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Pre-
the disputed registration regu- mier David Ben-Gurion is send-
lations were dropped and the ing a Piper Cub to Liberian
ministerial committee for study President Howard Tubman.
of the regulations was abolished The presentation of the per-
and "particularly in view of sonal gift will be made to the
the Premier's statement in Liberian Ambassador in Israel.
the Knesset against the status Several months ago, Ben-Gurion
and authority of the Chief presented a similar gift to Gha-
Rabbinate, a rabbi who joins nian Premier Kwame Nkrumah.

Russia Only Holdout in Planned
Increases of Trading with Israel

LONDON, (JTA) — Eastern
European countries, with the
exception of the Soviet Union,
are planning to increase their
purchases of Israeli citrus fruit,
Barclay's Bank "Overseas Re-
view" reported.
The authoritative trade jour-
nal said that Poland is be-
lieved to have placed orders
for 104,000 cases of Israeli
oranges. Yugoslavia has order-
ed 40,000 cases of fruit and
Romania 10,000, while negoti-
ations continue between Is-
raeli growers and Hungary
and Bulgaria. The USSR, which
unilaterally broke an oil-f or-
citrus agreement two years ago,
is not expected to buy Israeli
fruit. Exports from Israel to
the Communist countries of
Europe, the review said, total-
led $8,600,000 in the first seven
months of 1958.
Trade with the United States
will also increase, the review
stated. A first shipment of
asbestos cement pressure pipe
will soon be shipped to the
U.S., the first time this prod-
uct has found a market-in the
U.S. Cement products will be
shipped shortly to Hong Kong
and Burma, it was reported.
A major increase is expected
in Israel-German commerce, ac-

cording to the publication.
Negotiations are under way for
the sale of 100,000,000 Israeli
eggs to West Germany, while
some industrial products are
expected to be shipped by the
Israelis to Germany. At the
same time, Israeli film im-
porters, anticipating a lifting
of the anti-German film ban,
have already made down pay-
ments on German - produced
movies.

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