THE .-DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, April 3, 195 9-30
Elizabeth Taylor,
Born Protestant,
Becomes Jewess
HOLLYWOOD, (JTA)—Act-
ress Elizabeth Taylor, who
learned to speak a passable
Yiddish as the wife of the late
Mike Todd and who is expected
to marry another Yiddish-speak-
ing entertainment celebrity,
Eddie Fisher, in six weeks, was
converted to Reform Judaism.
The raven-haired beauty, who
was reared as a Protestant, re-
portedly had been considering
`Builders of Israel' Drive
Headed by Eddie Cantor
WIESBADEN, (JTA) — For
An intensified campaign to the first time since the division
help provide immigrant housing of Germany, the West German
in Israel through the enroll- Republic and the Communist
ment of Builders of Israel was regime in the East are cooper-
announced by the State of Is- ating in the acquisition of evi-
rael Bond Organization.
dence relating to an alleged war
A Builder of Israel is a mem- criminal, Dr. Otto Schweins-
ber of a special group of men berger, who is out on bail here
and women who purchase one on war-crime charges.
or more $3,000 Israel Housing
Officials of the Hesse Minis-
Bonds. Each Housing Bond rep- istry of Justice received photo-
resents the cost of one $3,000 static copies of testimony al-
housing unit for an immigrant legedly proving that Dr.
family.
Schweinsberger halted legal pro-
Plans for the special drive ceedings in 1942 against an
were outlined by the distin- army official accused of par-
guished entertainer and humani- ticipation in the murder of '75
tarian, Eddie Cantor, who is na- Jews.
Dr. Schweinsberger was ar-
tional chairman of Builders of
rested last December, after he
Israel.
had booked airplane passage for
Cantor announced that his 'Cairo, following the war-crime
daughter Marilyn Cantor, her- charges made against him by
self an outstanding television
the East German Committee for
and radio performer, is leaving
German Unity.
for Israel on Monday, to study
After. his arrest, the public
conditions there for him.
Marilyn Cantor has worked
closely with her father in the
Israel Bond drive for several
years. She has visited communi-
ties throughout the United
States in behalf of the Israel
Bond campaign, and plans an
extensive. tour of American ci-
ties upon her return from Israel.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
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East, West Germany Work Jointly in Case Against Nazi War Criminal
the conversion for several years.
Her conversion, however, caught
the film colony by surprise.
The conversion was an-
nounced by Temple Israel, of
which Rabbi Max Nussbaum, a
leading Reform rabbi and Zion-
igt, is spiritual leader. A spokes-
man for the temple said that
the announcement was made at
Miss Taylor's request and that
conversions normally are not
announced.
Rabbi Nussbaum, who con-
ducted the ceremony, said that
the death of Mike Todd in a
plane crash in 1958, apparently
intensified the 27-year-old act-
ress' desire to become a Jew.
He said she had been ,studying
Judaism for t.11 -13ast six months.
S he was a good pupil," said
Rabbi Nussbaum. "She has a
good understanding of Jewish
life, and has read extensively
in Jewish history."
Her agent, Kurt Firings,
quoted Miss Taylor as telling
him that her conversion "has
nothing to do with any future
marriage plans. This is some-
thing I've wanted to do for a
long time."
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor,
the actress' parents, attended
the conversion ceremony, at
which she took an oath to up-
hold the standards of Judaism.
Lawson Back in U • S •, •
Lauds Israel's Progress
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
To The Jewish News
NEW YORK — Edward B.
Lawson, retiring U.S. Ambas-
sador to Israel Tuesday told
ship news reporters aboard the
U.S. liner Constitution that
"Communism has never made
any progress in Israel."
Lawson pointed out that the
Israelis are more immediately
concerned with the threat of
Nasserism than Communism.
He said in Israel "they watch
Nasser rather than Kruslachev."
The ambassador lauded Is-
rael's progress in development.
He said there had been "very
definitely an improvement in
agricultural production, both in
methods and results."
UJA Sends Young Leaders
to Israel on Study Tours
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
United Jewish Appeal an-
nounced that young leadership
groups from various Jewish
communities ' throughout the
country are scheduled to make
comprehensive study tours of
Israel during the spring.
Janeway Named to Firm
Cornell Janeway has been
named vice president in
cahrge of operations of Jane-
way Engineering Co. Previously
he headed the research and de-
velopment section of American
Brake Shoe, at Rochester, N. Y.
prosecutor at Frankfurt
charges accusing him of
dering Jews and publicly
doning Nazi crimes.
Until his arrest, he was
filed prosecutor for the Hessian Min-
slan- istry of Justice. He has been
con- suspended from that post and is
being kept under police sur-
chief veillance.
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