THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, February 13, 1959-6

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Exemplary Action:

Detroit Jewry Commended

By BORIS SMOLAR

Editor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Detroit Jewish leadership--one of the best in the
country—has done it again . . . It has shown other Jewish
communities how to react speedily and generously to the
emergency that has now arisen in bringing the Romanian
Jews to Israel . . . The first gathering of about 100 donors
to the Detroit Allied Campaign brought $2,000,000 in
pledges to the 1959 drive . . . Due credit for this exem-
plary action should be given to such Detroit Jewish
leaders as Max M. Fisher, Irwin I. Cohn, Paul Zuckerman
and Judge Theodore Levin . . . From my personal meet-
ings with these fine men I know how they have their
heart and soul in Jewish causes, local, national and over-
seas . . . Detroit has acquired the reputation of a city of
pace-setters in American Jewish philanthropic efforts
also because of such men as Justice Henry Butzel, C.
William Sucher, Leonard N. Simons, A. Alfred Taubman,
the brothers Al and Tom Borman. Joseph 0. Lefton,
Richard Sloan and others . . . Not to speak of the fact that
Detroit is fortunate to have Isidore Sobeloff, one of the
very best executives in American Jewish community
life . . . Sobeloff's expert opinions and advice on com-
munal affairs influence not only Jewish community life
in Detroit. but also Jewish philanthropic planning on a
nationwide scale . . . It is no coincidence that Detroit has
always the largest delegation on the Study Missions
which the UJA sends every year to Europe and Israel
to study Jewish needs there . . . The Detroit Jewish
community is to me perhaps the warmest Jewish com-
munity in the country . . . I have never resided in De-
troit, but I always had a great admiration for the Jewish
leadership there ... Detroit is also fortunate to have one
of the best English-Jewish newspapers in the country,
the Jewish News . . It's able editor and publisher,
Philip Slomovitz, contributes no little to stimulating in-
terest in Jewish affairs, thus enriching Jewish life in the
community . . .

Endorse Katz for President of Bnai Brith

NEW ORLEANS (JTA)-
Label A. Katz, of New Or-
leans, nationally known Jewish
leader and currently chairman
of the Bnai Brith Youth Com-
mission, was unanimously en-
dorsed as a candidate for na-
tional president of Bnai Brith
by the executive committee of
District Grand Lodge No. 7,
which is composed of seven
Southern states.

The resolution endorsing
Katz' candidacy was adopted by
the executive committee at its
meeting held in New Orleans.
Philip Klutznick,
present
Bnai Brith president, has an-
nounced that he will not run
for another
term.
Describing
Katz as "one
of the out-
, standing n a -
tional leaders
on the Ameri-
can Jewish
scene today,"
Robert Banks,
Bnai Brith dis-
trict presi-
den t, said;
that "t here
are few who
possess such
rich and var-
Label Katz i e d back-
ground of top level experience
in Jewish affairs as does Mr.
Katz." He cited as evidence
Katz' membership on the Na-
tional Cabinet of the United
Mr. Smolar's 'Regular Weekly "Between You and Me" Column Jewish Appeal, the executive
committee of the National
on Page 26
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds, and na-
tional chairman of the Bnai
Ben-Gurion Blasts Brith Youth Commission in
which capacity he is serving
Pasternak Book

Act to Check
West German
Anti-Semitism

DUSSELDORF, Germany
(JTA)—The Central Council
of Jews in Germany an-
nounced it would create a
bureau to register and investi-
gate all anti-Semitic develop-
ments reported in West Ger-
many.
The recent anti-Semitic
wave, the Council said, had
not brought about any basic
changes in the general situa-
tion. The political factors in-
volved in the situation had
repeatedly been pointed out
by the Council, the Council
noted. To overcome these fac-
tors, it continued, would re-
quire not only additional leg-
islation but an educational pro-
gram in schools, universities
and in the press and on the
radio. Both children and adults
must be made aware of the
facts of Nazi persecution of
the Jews, it stressed.

The Minister of the Interior
of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr.
W. Dufhues, announced today
that he had set up a special
police unit to study anti-Jew-
ish excesses. He added that
provincial Ministers of the In-
terior were unanimous in de-
manding strong measures to
suppress anti-Semitic out-
bursts.

However, Dr. Dufhues denied
that the anti-Semitism of the
postwar era was in any sense
organized. He said some of it
was very likely the work of
r i g h t-wing ultra-nationalist
groups, but they were rela-
tively unimportant. Noting that
the chief suspect in the recent
desecration of the Dusseldorf
synagogue was a member of
the Communist Party, he said
that it was possible "certain
forces are trying to discredit
the West German Republic
abroad by stirring up anti-
Semitism here."

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Pre-
mier David Ben G u r i on
labelled Boris Pasternak's
novel "Dr. Zhivago" one of
the most despicable books
about Jews ever written by
a man of Jewish origin." He
added that it was "a pity
that such a book should come
from a man who had the
courage to defy his own gov-
ernment."
The Premier said that in
Dr. Zhivago" a man who has
been a Jew and has been
"converted to Christianity
dared ask why the Jews are
unassimilated." He added
that this man "became the
torch bearer of Christen-
dom."

Applebaum to Compose
for Stratford Festival

Louis Applebaum, music di-
rector of the Stratford Shakes.
pearean Festival in Stratford.
Ontario, will compose the music
for the Festival's production of
"Othello" and "As You Like It"
this summer. William Hutt and
William Needles will be fea-
tured in the casts with Irene
Worth, Douglas Campbell,
Douglas Rain and Frances Hy-
land announced as other cast
members.
In addition to other Shakes-
pearean works, the Avon thea-
ter will present a revue, "Off
Limits," and a two-week inter-
national film festival.
The season at the Stratford
Festival runs from June 29 to
Sept. 19.

Austrian Govt. Honors
Vienna Jewish Leader

VIENNA (JTA)—President
Adolf Schaerf announced the
designation of Wilhelm Krell,
executive director of the Vien-
na Jewish community, as a
member of the Austrian Privy
Council. Herr Krell played a
leading role in obtaining con-
cessions from the Austrian
Government in the indemnifi-
cation of the Jews of Austria
for losses they suffered under
the Nazi regime.

ELECT . .

his fourth term. "It is natural won prominence as a national
for Mr. Katz to chair the Bnai debater."
Brith Youth Commission,"
Banks stated that Katz is
Banks stated, "for he started recognized as a leader. He
his Bnai Brith career as a pointed to his having been
teen-ager in the Bnai Brith elected for three terms as
Youth Organization, where he president of the New Orleans
Jewish Welfare Fund, as well
as having served as chairman
Convict Turkish Officer
of the Welfare Fund campaign,
of Espionage in Israel
and to his presently serving as
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Shahap a member of the boards of the
Tan, a retired Turkish Army New Orleans Jewish Federa-
major, was convicted of espion- tion, the Urban League of
age charges in behalf of the Greater New Orleans, and the
United Arab Republic in Tel United Fund, as well as a mem-
Aviv District Court following ber of the Mayor's Committee
his plea of guilty to charges on Housing Improvements and
of having collected information Rehabilitation. He is a former
and photos for Egyptian intel- member of the board of the
ligence agents.
Jewish Community Center.
The court agreed to postpone
imposing a sentence until a
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physician had had an oppor-
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