THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Fr iday, February 6, 1959-32

UN Dismisses Israel Complaint Against
Syrian Incursions; Reaches No Decision

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
(JTA)—The United Nations Se-
curity Council last Friday con-
sidered Israel's complaint
against repeated attacks on Is-
rael territory from Syria, and
particularly the killing of an
Israeli shepherd by Syrian fire
on Jan. 23.
The Council adjourned with-
out making any decision and
without setting a date for an-
other meeting. All speakers urg-
ed full use of the UN machinery
established by the Israel-Syrian
agreement, especially of the
Mixed Armistice Commission. -
Ambassador Abba Eban, head
of the Israel delegation, told the
Security Council that the Syrian
attack in which the shepherd
was killed is "not an isolated
incident." He emphasized that
the body was found in Israel
territory where the entire en-
gagement took place and that
the assault was made by the
Syrians outside of the demili-
tarized zone and in a place
where the frontier is clearly
marked.
Pointing out that the whole
of Israel is a frontier, Eban
said: "Nowhere do men live and
work far from the presence of
hostile guns. If shepherds peace-
fully grazing their flocks can be
killed by foreign forces from
across the frontier, it affects the
physical security of the entire
nation.
"No government can accept
a situation in which the ma-
chine-gun posts of a foreign
country are free to kill its citi-
zens and to surround peaceful
work on its territory with
constant danger. The govern-
ment of Israel will not accept
this position."
There are now only three al-
ternatives for Israel, Ambassa-
dor Eban told the Security Coun-
cil. "One is to suffer the repeti-
tion of such assaults. This is
clearly inconceivable. Another is
to withstand such aggression by
direct action in self-defense.
This could be effectively done,
but it is desirable on the broad-
est international grounds to see
this as a last, not a first, resort.
"The third alternative is to
seek the aid of the organ on
which the members of the
United Nations have conferred
responsibility for international
security, in the hope that its
members will express their opin-
ion in support of the cease-fire
provisions of the General Armis-
tice Agreement."
Eban urged that "an injunc-
tion rigorously binding on the
Syrian forces" be issued by the
UN to observe the cease-fire
along the border. He noted that
this is the third occasion within
a few weeks on which a Syrian
assault has had fatal conse-
quences.
"The attacks themselves, how-
ever, have been of more con-
stant occurrence," he said. "Dur-
ing the period covered by the
complaint of Dec. 4 and the
present complaint, Israel has
submitted 253 complaints to the

Israel Ambassador ABBA S.
EBAN (top) looks directly
at Ambassador Omar Loutfi
(bottom) of the United Arab
Republic as he voices charges
against the UAR before the
UN Security Council.

Mixed Armistice Commission
about penetrations by Syrian
forces, 22 complaints of firing
— and 229 less serious com-
plaints. There has been a far
smaller number of Syrian com-
plaints."
United States delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge said both
Israel and the United Arab
Republic should give strict
orders to their frontier con-
tingents to refrain from fir-
ing except in obvious self-
defense.
But he added that better use
should be made of the UN pa-
cification machinery set up after
the 1949 armistice between Isra-
el and her Arab neighbors—spe-
cifically the United Nations
Truce Supervision Organization
and the Mixed Armistice . Com-
mission.
Soviet delegate Georgi Arka-
dev claimed that Eban had at-
tempted to "exaggerate" the
importance of the incidents. "It
must be kept in mind that the
Israeli shepherds are armed not
like their Biblical predecessors
with staffs, but with machine
guns," he declared.
He charged Israel with "ignor-
ing the UN Mixed Armistice
Commission and said that Eban
had "studiously avoided" any
explanation of why Israel was
"boycotting" this commission.
The impression could not be
avoided that Israel, in present-
ing its complaints to the Secu-
rity Cbuncil, was in no way
interested in maintaining the

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Commander Meets with Ike
"'v"MME N

—A UPI Photo

- JOHN SHAIKEWITZ, national commander of the Jewish
War Veterans, calls on President Eisenhower at the White
House to request an investigation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) on reports that the United Arab Republic
is sending "hate literature" for distribution in the United States

Armistice Agreement but was
attempting to justify its lack
of desire to cooperate with the
Arab states in the established
UN machinery, said Akradev.
The Security Council should
call upon Israel to observe
strictly the provisions of the
Armistice Agreement and to co-
operate with the organs estab-
lished by it, he stated.
In Jerusalem, later, the Israel
Cabinet discussed the Security
Council meeting, but there was
no disclosure of what the Cabi-
net thought of the inconclusive
UN session.
The press took the view
that the Western Powers, par-
ticularly the United States,
had "let down" Israel in the
course of the debate. How-
ever, official circles private-
ly took a more optimistic
view.
These circles held that though
Israel had hoped for more ener-
getic action from the Security
Council, the meeting had actual-
ly served Israel's main purpose
—that of indicating to the world
that she would not tolerate the
Syrian murders.
The powers will have to bear
this warning in mind: if Syrian
provocations continue in the
face of UN inaction, Israel will
take measures to protect the
lives of her citizens in the bor-
der regions.

Survey Reports Trends in Adult
Jewish Education Among Reform

Adult Education Committee
of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, reporting the
results of a recent survey con-
ducted in the field of adult ed-
ucation, notes some interest-
ing statistics and trends among
reform congregations who pre-
sent educational programs for
adult members.
On the type of material
studied, the Bible was by far
the most popular topic, with
Hebrew and basic Judaism
trailing as second and third
most popular. Other courses that
enjoyed some measure of popu-
larity were social justice, Re-
form Judaism, Jewish history,
history of Judaism, customs and
ceremonies, current events, corn-
paritive religion, and prayer-
book.
In the classes there de-
veloped the tendency for a
course to extend between five
and ten sessions, showing the
lack of sufficient interest to
maintain a longer series over
greater stretches of time.
The most popular textbook
was the Bible, followed by Jus-
tice and Judaism (Lipman Vor-
span), Story of Judaism (Barn-
berger), Basic Judaism (Stein-
berg), the Prayerbook, Where
Judaism Differed (Silver), and
Pathways Through the Bible
(Cohen). In all, about 80 dif-
ferent texts were used.
The average size of the
adult classes runs between 10

Hadassah Drafts Resolution Urging
Intensification of Efforts for Israel

NEW YORK, (JTA)—A reso-
lution calling upon the 318,000
members of the Ha d a s s a h
throughout the United States to
intensify their efforts on behalf
of the United Jewish Appeal's
emergency campaign to facili-
tate the immigration and ab-
sorption in Israel of 100,000
Jews who are now leaving Ro-
mania was adopted here at the
four-day mid-winter conference
of Hadassah, attended by dele-
gates from all parts of the coun-
try. .
Yaacov Herzog, Israeli Minis-
ter to the United States, told the
conference that "the new wave
of immigration to Israel poses a
significant task to Jewry's sense
of responsibility, brotherhood,
and historical involvement.
He added that "the problem
cannot be answered by philan-
thropy alone. It calls for dedica-
tion arising from the deepest
springs of Jewish partnership."
Earlier, Dr. Jack Karpas, dep-
uty director general of the Ha-
dassah Medical Organization in
Israel, revealed that Hadassah
scientists in Israel have devel-
oped a new technique for diag-
nosing coronary thrombosis, us-
ing radioactive iodine and a
geiger counter to locate heart
artery clots.
, Dr. Karpas declared that
while it is known that inflam-
matory tissues and abcesses at-
tract radioactive iodine, "this is
the first time that radioactive
iodine has been used on necrotic
(damaged) heart muscle."
He said that while first stud-
ies made on "nine heart cases
and nine control cases not af-
fected by coronary heart dis-
ease have been 100 percent suc-
cessful, work on this technique
is continuing for more extensive
confirmation of the initial find-
ings and refinement of the
method."
Special reports on the Hadas-
sah-Hebrew University Medical
Center were made to the con-
ference by Dr. Eugene Rosen-
feld, consultant to the National
board of Hadassah for planning,
equipping and activating the
$24,000,000 project, and Saul
Horowitz, special consultant on
the medical center, who has just
returned from Israel, where he

evaluated its building progress.
The conference was told that
present progress in construc-
tion, the Hadassah-Hebrew Uni-
versity Medical Center should
be completed before the end of
1960.
The parley opened with an
address by Dr. Miriam K.
Freund, president of the organ-
ization, devoted primarily to a
plea for Congressional action
against racial and religious hate
and bigotry.
Dr. Freund asserted that the
increasing distribution of hate
literature throughout the Un-
ited States "betrays an apathy
on the part of Americans to-
ward this crucial problem."
Mrs. Alexander M. Dushkin,
chairman of the Hadassah Coun-
cil in Israel, addressing the ses-
sion, paid tribute to Hadassah
members for all they "have
done and are doing" to help Is-
rael.
In discussing the anticipated
arrival of 100,000 new immi-
grants in Israel from Eastern
Europe, Mrs. Dushkin declared
that Hadassah facilities are now
being redied to help meet the
medical and vocational educa-
tion needs of the newcomers.

and 30, with some classes
showing less attendance, and
others °reporting up to 50
students.
Most classes are held on Tem-
ple property, though a number
do meet in private homes. A
great majority of the courses
are sponsored by the Temple,
with the Sisterhoods next in
line, followed by the Brother-
hoods, Married Couples, and
some even sponsored privately
by the rabbi.
The most popular time to hold
class sessions is in the evening,
though there is noted a grow-
ing trend for Sunday morning
and Friday evening classes (fol-
lowing the sermon). Week-day
mornings are also a good time
for the classes, the survey
shows.
There is also growing a
greater acceptance of the re-
treat idea. Most of the spon-
sorship for the retreats come
from the Men's Club and the
rabbi. A variety of themes
are dealt with at the retreats.
Lectures are not as heavily-
attended as they used to, though
they do still hold great sway,
drawing an estimated 37,000
people during the course of the
year. The value of the lecture
lies in its integration into the
total educational program of the
Temple. There was general
agreement that isolated ex-
posure to single lectures are
of little value.
The rabbis themselves were
greatly concerned with member-
ship lethargy ,and insufficient
concern to attend the sessions
regularly. They also commented
on the need for better texts
on a variety of subjects.
The survey team, under the
chairmanship of Rabbi Harry
Essrig of Temple Emanuel,
Grand Rapids, Mich., reached a
number of tenative conclusions
based on the results of the
survey.
They take note of the trend
towards courses of shorter dura-
tion. The need for new and
different educational aids and
texts is stressed. Development
of topics for special-interest
groups is suggested. And finally
attention is directed at the or-
ganizational and financial atten-
tion needed for the growth and
expansion of the Temples' adult
education programs.

600 U.S. Jewish Soldiers
Attend German Tourney

BERCHTESGADEN, Germany
(JTA) — Some 600 members of
the United States Army and Air
Force based in Germany attend-
ed a two-day Torah convocation
here under the direction of
Chaplain George Vida and Chap-
lain Allan Blanc. After the con-
vocation, special low rates were
announced for servicemen and
their dependents for visits to
Israel.

No Tipping Allowed, But ..

Guests of a Bedouin Sheikh on the outskirts of Beersheba
are delighted to visit his encampment where they are received
in his tent, given a cup of minted tea or strong, sweet coffee
and an hour or so of conversation. If that guest is you, however,
don't offer the Sheikh a tip. It's a mortal insult. A package
of cigarettes offered in exchange for his hospitality may get
you a ride on a camel in return.

