The abyssmal living standards
of Jews in Iran's ghettos (ma-
hales) and the dent being made
in their degradation by ORT
was described recently by Dr.
William Haber, professor of
economics at the University of
Michigan and president of the
American ORT Federation.
Jews in the mahales live in
cave-like dwellings — the en-
trance leading below ground so
that even the shadow of a Jew's
house should not defile the Mos-
lems. The 80-90,000 Jews there
generally have the most menial
jobs, with very little represen-
tation among the artisan class.
Many earn their living as sewer
cleaners or "scavenging". They
can not do other work because
the country's mores are against
manual labor. With this limited
horizon, a good number of the
Jews remain idle.
During the past 10 years, the
Joint Distribution Committee
and ORT have been moving
slowly in the direction of over-
coming the country's resistance
to vocational training, until at
the present time, there are
more than 1,000 enrolled in the
ORT schools, established in the
principal Jewish communities.
The school at Tehran was con-
structed by students and has
one of the finest set-ups in the
country. It has a small campus,
workshops and clasrooms. The
schools also loan money to the
students so that they may set
up home workshops and in their
final year at school, sell the
produce of their simple ma-
chines.
Curiously, he writes in Con-
gress Weekly, one of the prob-
lems was to find places where
the newly-learned skills could
be used in primitive Iranian in-
dustry. An answer to this has
come from the United States
development program for Iran,
and in the work involved in this
growth, ORT graduates find
gainful employment.
A new Jewish community of
4,000 has sprung up near the
Persian Gulf, around the Aba-
dan oil r e f in e r y. Technical
skills are required in the refin-
ery and ORT is at present con-
sidering the establishment of a
school there.
Soon after the establishment
of the State of Israel, thousands
of Kurdish Jews made their
way to Israel. There are no bar-
riers to emigration to Israel and
after a small but steady stream
over tIpr.-. past 10 years, there
has been a recent increase in
the number of Iranian Jews
going to Israel, Dr. Haber re-
ports.
Beth Aaron to Dedicate
Two Sifrei Torah
Two Sifrei Torah, the gifts
of two families to Beth Aaron
-Synagogue, will be dedicated at
sabbath services at the syna-
gogue on Dec. 13.
One of the scrolls was donated
by Maxwell and Sheldon Jospey
in honor of the recent birthday
of their father, Samuel Jospey,
a board member of the congre-
gation.
The second Torah will be
dedicated in memory of Ben-
jamin Zieve, a late member of
the synagogue. The gift in his
name was made by his widow,
Mrs. Frieda Zieve, and her chil-
dren, Messrs and Mesdames
Henry Chait, David Tabashnik,
Gary Rich and Morton Zieve.
Mich. Milk Producers -
Now in Own Building
For the first time in the 42-
year history of Michigan Milk
Producers' Association, it now
has its own office headquarters.
The association, one of the larg-
est co - opera-
tives of its
kind in the
country, re-
cently occu-
pied its new
b uil ding at
24270 W. Seven
Mile Road, just
west of Tele-
graph Road.
The organi-
. Glenn Lake zation is own-
ed by 15,000 dairy farmers in
Michigan.
Open house is scheduled at
the new building on Dec. 13, 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., and on Dec. 14,
12 noon to 6 p.m. A buffet snack
will be served those attending
at that time. Glenn Lake is
president of the Association.
Book of 110 Folk Blues Compiled by Musicologist
The days when people circled
around a piano and hummed
popular tunes may be recap-
tured—as a result of an inter-
esting compilation by Jerry Sil-
verman, Bronx musicologist.
His book, "Folk Blues," con-
taining the musical scores and
....
JERRY SILVER1VIAN
words to 110 American folk
Yiddish Theater Troupe blues, published by Macmillan,
will be treasured by all who are
from Poland Cleared
interested in music.
for U.S. Tour in March Silverman, who was born in
The Polish State Jewish Thea- New York City in 1931, is a
ter has been cleared by the
U.S. State Department for a
visit to the United States begin- Italian High Court
ning next March, it is announced
by the National Jewish Welfare Backs Minority Rights
ROME, (JTA) — Italy's
Board whose Jewish Center
Lecture Bureau, in association Constitutional High Court
with Jerry Hoffman, will repre- threw out restraints on free-
sent the group in this country. dom' of worship by religious
The first Jewish cultural minorities. • The highest trib-
group from Eastern Europe to unal of its kind in the country,
come to this country, the Polish the court held that the consti-
State Jewish Theatre is a Yid- tution adopted in 1947 guaran-
dish-speaking company whose tees all religious communities
first appearances outside of the right of establishing houses
Poland drew enthusiastic audi- of worship and conducting
ences and rave reviews in Lon- open religious services without
don, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp prior permission of the police
and Leipzig. Directed by the or other authority.
The matter was carried to
eminent actress, Ida Kaminska,
the company's repertoire in- the high court by Protestant
cludes works by Sholom Alei- leaders. However, the Jewish
chem, Jacob Goldfaden and community has frequently ex-
pressed its opinion that the
Jacob Gordin.
constitution guaranteed Jews
full freedom of worship.
The court decision set one
Sid Shmarak's
condition — it did not set
aside laws of the Mussolini
regime requiring state author-
ization for a person to act as
a minister of a religious group.
The court asserted that since
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guitarist, a guitar teacher and
a folk singer. Educated in a
Bronx high school, holder of a
B.S. degree in music from the
College of the City of New York
and an 1VI.A. in musicology from
New York University, • he has
made music his career. He has
stated about himself:
"Almost became a physicist
in college. Switched to music
in junior year when it became
apparent where my real inclina-
tions lay. At that time (1951)
and for three years previous to
that time I appeared every Sun-
day on the Folksong Festival of
station WNYC. Began teaching
guitar in 1948 in the Neighbor-
hood Music School where I had
studied as a child. In 1956 I
was elected president of that
school.
"Folk music and folk singing
are my full-time hobbies—and
occupation.
"Crossed the U.S. with a gui-
tar and a bottle of aspirin.
Didn't collect a single folk song
but had a good time singing the
ones I already knew to the
folk.
"I appear often in folk music
recitals around town. Have
recorded in various capacities
for MGM, Riverside and other
companies. Also weddings, bar
mitzvahs . . ."
In his impressive "Folk
Blues," edited and arranged for
voice, piano and guitar, with a
discography, a chart of basic
guitar chord fingering patterns
and a helpful bibliography, Sil-
verman has incorporated many
songs that appear in print for
the first time.
His introduction has special
merit. It can well serve as a
guide for students of music and
may even be used as a textbook.
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Jews Beginning
to Emerge from.
Iranian Ghettos