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Soviet Broadcasts Attack All Jewry:
Israel Disturbed by Wooing of Nasser .

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The broadcast then goes on
to quote from a number of let-
ters allegedly mailed by Jews
from Israel to relatives in the
Soviet U k r a in e, complaining
about life in Israel and about
forcing children of immigrants
from Poland and the Soviet
Union to undergo "the savage
rite of circumcision." One of the
letters quoted comes from an
immigrant Fanya Neyman, de-
scribed in the broadcast as a
"former inhabitant of Kirovo-
grad." The letter was sent by
Mrs. Neyman to the Kirovograd
municipality, t h e broadcast
claims.
"The Israeli government has
been guilty of many armed at-
tacks against neighboring Arab
countries," the broadcast con-
tinues: "The Israeli army, incit-
ed by capitalists of the United
States, Britain and France, at-
tacked Egypt at the end of Oc-
tober 1956. As a result of this
aggression, many towns and vil-
lages were destroyed, thousands
of innocent people were killed
and wounded, and great mate-
rial losses were caused Egypt.
In 1957 the Israeli government
announced its accession to the
Dulles-Eisenhower Doctrine, and
thus handed over the country to
the American militarists.
"Jewish bourgeois nationalists
support aggressive Zionist plans
and openly take sides with the
imperialist states. The present
increase in anti-people's forces
covers various sectors of life.
These forces disseminate the
racist theory of hatred of people
and the superiority of one peo-
ple over others," Ukrainians
were told.

the United States to seek Nas-
ser's friendship are unlikely to
succeed in the long run. They
point out that Nasser's interests
clash with Washington's desire
for stability in the Middle East.
They are of the opinion that any
effort to woo Nasser may cause
grave damage, by undermining
the anti-Nasser elements in the
pro-Western Arab countries.
(The Washington Post said
in an editorial: "A word of cau-
tion is in order in welcoming
the resumption of American
wheat sales to Egypt. More nor-
mal relations with the UAR are
certainly desirable. However, it
is important to avoid giving the
impression that the pendulum
is swinging all the way in the
direction of Nasser. Nasserism
is no more attractive merely
because Col. Nasser is making
anti-Communist noises." Point-
ing out that it was Nasser him-
self who introduced strong So-
viet influence in the Middle
East, the editorial stresses that
"he has been playing the West
and East alternatively, so his
motives must remain suspect.")

de facto recognition to de jure
recognition.
But such steps are usually
taken after diplomatic notifica-
tion and talks among officials of
both countries. There has been
no official word on this score
whatever from the government
at Teheran, and no request has
been made for renewal of ex-
change of diplomatic represen-
tatives between Iran and Israel,
it was stated here.

United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
pledged that the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agen-
cy for the Palestine Arab ref-
ugees would "continue to ex-
ist until we find a solution to
the refugee problem."

Hamm a rskjold made this
promise, which appears to con-
flict with prevailing sentiment
among Western delegations at
the last General Assembly, at a
reception in his honor at the
residence of the Egyptian mili-
tary governor of Gaza.
Replying to various inflamma-
tory addresses by Arab refugee
leaders who referred to the ref-
ugees' eventual return to their
"stolen homeland," the UN Sec-
retary General said: "I know the
truth and the circumstances of
your problem and my feelings
are similar to yours." The Arab
press also expressed the hope
that Hammarskjold's actions
would serve the best interests of
the refugees and that he would
"not betray the trust" put in
him.
Observers here noted that
Hammarskjold's present mission
in the Middle East included—
at his suggestion—a study of the
refugee problem in preparation
for recommendations of a solu-
tion which would not perpetuate
UNRWA and the refugee prob-
lem beyond 1960. His statement
that UNRWA will continue un-
til a "solution is found" to the
refugee problem, was seen as
prejudicing his recommenda-
tions.

Iran Reported Extending
Recognition to Israel
Press dispatches from Tehe-
ran announcing that Iran has
decided to extend diplomatic
recognition to Israel, puzzled
authorities here. They said they
have received no official word
on the subject, one way or an-
other, from the government of
Iran.
Iran recognized Israel after
its formation in 1948. However,
in 1951, when Premier Moham-
med Mossadegh nationalized the
- country's o i 1 resources and
Israel Cabinet Discusses started on a policy of wooing
the Arab states, he recalled the
Attempts to Win Nasser Iranian envoy from Israel and
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The stated publicly that he had with-
policy of the United States in drawn recognition from Israel.
connection with the rivalry now Actually, Iran never notified Is-
prevaling between Gamal Abdel rael formally about this "can-
Nasser, president of the United cellation" of recognition, so
Arabic Republic, and General that, de facto, Israel still is rec-
Abdul Karim el-Kassem, Pre- ognized by the Teheran Govern-
mier of Iraq—inasmuch as it ment.
may affect the interests of Israel
The two countries carry on Judge
b Kaufman
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—was a subject of discussion at normal consular activities,
Israel's Cabinet meeting Sunday. granting visas to each other and to Get Yeshiva
Foreign Minister Golda Meir recognizing each other's pass-
reviewed the latest Middle East ports. In the view of Israel of- University Award
developments at the meeting.
ficials, therefore, the only
A festival of music, featuring
Israeli circles believe that re- change that could come about
newed attempts on the part of juridically would be a shift from opera star Dorothy Sarnoff and
humorist. Emil Cohen, will be
a highlight of the second an-
nual Detroit dinner on behalf
Guest Editorial
of Yeshiva University, it was
announced this week by John
Deserved Tributes for Yeshiva
E. Lurie, chairman.
The dinner, honoring Juven-
University and Judge Kaufman
ile Court Judge Nathan J.
T.p<<f. ,. iiiimg1 Kaufman, will
By DAVID GOLDBERG
be held at 6
As a member of the President's Council of Yeshiva
p. m., Sunday,
University of New York and as treasurer of the annual
in the Shera-
dinner for Yeshiva University, I take pride in having
ton- C a dill a c
a small share in the honors to be
Hotel.
extended, at the event to be held on
Max J. Etra,
chairman of
Jan. 4, at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel,
the Yeshiva
to Judge Nathan J. Kaufman.
University
Judge Kaufman has shown a deep
board of trust-
interest in all religious activities, and
ees, will be
has encouraged cultural and educa-
guest speaker.
tional movements in our community Other speakers are
Lurie, who
and nationally. He has encouraged himself was honored
at last
supporting efforts in behalf of Yeshiva - year's inaugural dinner, and
University, and we are grateful for Arlene Missan, a student at the
the assistance he has given us in our university's Stern College for
David Goldberg
work to provide support for Yeshiva Women.
University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Proceeds from the event will
There is much talk today of the need to match Rus- benefit the university's cam-
sia's strength by increasing our educational facilities and paign for operating its pro-
by giving our youth the very best possible educational grams and services, including -a
scholarship pro-
advantages. Yeshiva University does just that, and we million-dollar
to provide assistance for
are happy to have a share in the school's development. gram
students.
We are happy also to share in the honors to a good 2,600
The
guest of honor will re-
and able judge who comes forward with encouragement ceive the
Yeshiva University
in behalf of all educational efforts, especially for reli- Award,
a bronze plaque. Judge
gious education.
More power to Yeshiva University, and may the de- Kaufman was recently named
served honors go forth in full measure to Judge Kauf- by President Eisenhower as
man. I express these wishes with a sense of gratitude to one of five members of a Presi-
all Detroiters who are assisting us so generously in our dential committee on juvenile
annual undertakings in behalf of Yeshiva University:
delinquency.

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Aground the World...

A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
News-Gathering Media.

Europe

PARIS — A complaint by the Union of Jews for Resistance
and Welfare that other Jewish groups were boycotting it re-
vealed that the French Jewish community would not cooperate
with Jewish Communists on any program, until they denounced
Soviet liquidation of Jewish cultural institutions. . . . Prof. Rene
Cassin, vice president of the French Council of the Constitution
and president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, was the object
of a vicious front page attack in the anti-Semitic publication
"Aspect de la France," and the magazine said of Prof. Cassin:
"He is a fit representative of the blindness of the Third Republic,
a leading contriver of the catastrophe of 1940 and a protagonist
of deceit, disarmament and civil war."
ROME — A call from the Italian Jewish community to the
authorities to exercise "great firmness" in dealing with attempts
to re-awaken Fascism marked the 20th anniversary of the promul-
gation of Mussolini's laws "for the protection of the Italian race"
which led to the murder of 8,000 Jews of an Italian community
of 45,000 within five years. . . . Dr. Sergio Piperno, president
of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, conferred with Dr.
Giovanni Riza, new director general of the department of re-
ligious affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, and the two men
reviewed various problems of mutual concern to the community
and the department. . . . The Israel Monthly Review, a publica-
tion edited by the noted author, educator and Zionist, Prof.
Dante Lattes, received a special subsidy from the office of the
Premier of Italy, under a program of support to publications of
top cultural value.
ATHENS—The first organized Greek tourist party left for
Israel for a two-week visit. The 30-member party includes senior
government officials, university professors and leading non-Jew-
ish citizens of Athens.
FRANKFURT — Otto Schweinsberger, suspended public
prosecutor in the Hesse Ministry of Justice, who is charged with
condoning the murder of 75 Jews during the Nazi regime when
he served as a judge, was released from jail, having been arrested
when it became known that air passage to Cairo had been booked
in his name in Munich . . . Thirteen citizens of the mountain
town of Koppern in Hess have been indicted on charges of dis-
turbing the peace after attacks on a Jewish baker, Kurt Sumpf,
and his family. •
LONDON—French diplomats in Israel were the only non-
Israeli Christians in that country who were not allowed to cross
into Jordan territory to participate in Christmas services in
Bethlehem, it was revealed here, a dispatch from Jordan-held
Jerusalem having indicated that the Amman government drafted
a list of 2,000 Christians stationed in Israel with permission to
cross the lines, the French having been excepted . . . Marian
Machniak, a Pole convicted and sentenced to death by a Polish
court in 1950 for murdering Jews during the Nazi occupation
of Poland, was found hiding in Warsaw, having broken jail
before being sentenced . . . The agreement for the sale of the
Haifa Refineries by British oil companies to a firm controlled
by the British financier, Isaac Wolfson, will be signed here
within a few days, the purchase price being between $2,800,000
and $4,200,000.
BONN—The Upper House of the German Parliament voted
to extend the deadline for filing individual claims for restitution
by victims of the Nazis to March 31, 1959, the Lower House
having passed the measure last week.

Canada
MONTREAL — More than $105,000,000 was raised in the
Canadian Jewish community for local, overseas and Israel needs
during the years between 1933 and 1957, the Canadian Jewish
Congress reported. -

United States

NEW YORK — The Committee for Jewish Claims on Austria
urged the Austrian government to comply fully with its obliga-
tions towards victims of Nazi persecution under the Austrian
State Treaty and stressed that the treaty came into force more
than three years ago . . . It is expected that the construction
of a $250,000 synagogue at the International Airport for use by
travelers to and from the United States will be completed and
ready for use by the end of 1959. The American Committee for
Liberation announced that, according to a Moscow broadcast

monitored by Radio Liberation, the Kremlin had told the Arab
peoples that Nelson Rockefeller is a "vigilant trustee of inter-
national Zionism."

Israel

TEL AVIV — Israel will shortly place orders for two
freighters to be built in French shipyards, construction costs to
be financed by a French loan to Israel. The two ships will be
operated by a new company in which both Israeli and Swiss
capital has been invested.... Dr. M. Silber, Justice of Israel's High
Court, was awarded the Tel Aviv municipal Bialik Prize for
Jewish students for his study of "The Law of Personal Status
in Israel."
JERUSALEM — Some 530 physicians arrived to settle in
Israel in the past two years, the Ministry of Health disclosed,
more than 450 of the newcomers being from Eastern European
countries, with Poland having supplied 350 of the doctors. . . .
The Jewish Agency announced that a new immigration transit
camp has been established in Greece. . . . Israel is prepared
to lend technical assistance to Liberia to aid in the development
of citrus growing and other agricultural programs, it was an-
nounced following a conference between Israel Agricultural
Minister Kaddish Luz and John Cooper, visiting Liberian Min-
ister of Agriculture and Commerce . . . The Israel Post Office
will issue a special stamp to commemorate the 100th birthday
anniversary of Sholem Aleichem in 1959 . . . President Itzhak
Ben-Zvi and Premier David Ben-Gurion cabled their congratu-
lations to Gen. Charles de Gaulle on his election as President
of the French Republic Israeli agricultural experts expressed
fears today that the unseasonal delay in winter rains this year
may _result in severe curtailment of Israeli crops in some areas,
due to water shortages, and the Chief Rabbinate proclaimed spe-
cial days of prayer and supplications, in regard to the drought and
also the damage caused by this year's swarms of locusts.

