‘111111111114111111.1111100111,1MINNINIMMISIONS111.....- 14 Israel Bond Drive to Commence on June 8 cr Leaders to Be Honored; Head of ; C•2 Israel Air Force to Be Speaker That evening, Mrs. Max Stoll- man also will be honored by being named Detroit's sixth Woman of Valor, in recogni- tion of her efforts for the Is- rael Bond drives. Gen. Weizmann, a 35-year-old "sabra"—a native of Israel—is the nephew of _ the late Dr. Detroit's 1959 campaign for Israel Bonds will officially commence Monday, June 8, at a dinner at the Sheraton- Cadillac Hotel, it was an- nounced this week by the newly-selected Bond chairman, •Tom Borman. With Brig. Gen. Ezer Weiz- mann, commander of the Is- rael Air Force, as guest Zvi Kolitz, vice-president of Sikor Film Ltd. in Israel, will address two Israel Bond events in Detroit next week. On Wednesday, at noon, Kolitz will speak at a "Golden Key" luncheon at the home of Mrs. David Goldberg, 13155 Sherwood, Huntington Woods, in behalf of the Women's Di- vision of the Bond Organization. At noon on Thursday, Kolitz will speak at another "Golden Abe Kasle Mrs. Helfman speaker, the occasion will be utilized to install Borman as Bond chairman and to honor the retiring chairmen of the Detroit Israel Bond Organiza- tion and its Women's Division, Abe Kasle and Mrs. Philip Hellman. • Folklore Exhibition 31 ZVI KOLITZ Key" luncheon at the home of Mrs. Jack Weinbaum, 12909 Nadine, Huntington Woods, this gathering being sponsored by the Detroit Council of Pi- oneer Women. Kolitz gained international recognition as author and pro- ducer of the first full-length Israel feature film, "Hill 24 Doesn't Answer." The film, which has received world ac- -.1 • T . T ni"pp.'?io rivinpri nn4tirttp rkt (300) riit.tr wing '74t.; nVv4 z7tg, an211770 n'T41,7? 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His book "The Tiger Beneath the Skin" was published in New York in 1947. Born in Lithuania in 1913, Kolitz studied at the University of Florence in Italy and at the theological colleges of Telshe and Slobodka in Lithuania. After graduating from the Naval School in Givitavecchia, Italy, he went to Israel in 1936. During World War II, he was chief recruiting officer of the "New Zionist Organization" in Jerusalem. Each purchase or group of purchases totaling $3,000 in Is- rael Bonds will cover the mini- mum cost of building one small home for a family of . newcom- ers in Israel. The "Golden- Key," which will open the door to that new home, is the symbol of new life and hope for the tens of thousands of immigrants streaming into Israel from East- ern Europe and North Africa. Invitations to the luncheons are by the _purchase of Israel Bonds. The "Golden-Key" luncheons are in advance of the dinner to be held at the Sheraton-Cadillac, Monday, June 8, in celebration of the 11th anniversary of the State of Israel, at which time Detroit Jewry will honor Gen. Ezer Weizmann, commander of the Israel Air Force. • 4 • I Effort to Suppress Judaism in Russia Revealed in Report Made Public at UN Hebrew Corner (Translation of Hebrew column. _. Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit.) ' Last week we travelled to Acre to - visit the Folklore Exhibition. We read a lot about the Exhibi- tion in the press and we had even heard about it from friends who 'had visited it. This is the exhibition of the .folklore of the minorities in Israel: Arabs, Druse, Circassians and other smaller communities. When we reached Acre we turned to a fine, large building on the border of the Old City. "This • used to be a Turkish Bath, built in the eighteenth century. To- day the building has been converted into • a Municipal Museum," the guide, who accompanied us at the Eihibits, explained. ' In the courtyard we saw various implements of farmers and artisans. The guide told us that the exhibits (things) in the exhibition had been collected from 300 people in 65 vil- lages of the minorities. We saw interesting things in the lofty halls inside the building. Here was a Druse house with its furni- ture, utensils and ornaments; in an- other corner we saw a Bedouin tent; and here was an old Armenian weaving a colorful carpet, and Arab girls embroidering dresses with beautiful embroidery. The Exhibition was really very interesting. The best testimony of its success is the fact that since its opening about half a year ago, over one hundred and twenty thousand people have already visited it. he returned to Palestine in 1947 when he started building an air force for the Haganah, the Jewish defense army. This small, undeveloped air force, consisting of Piper cubs, which called itself the Palestine Aero Club, supplied the train- ing and experience necessary for the test that came in the Arab invasion of Israel and the subsequent War of Libera- tion. In 1948, when Israel's inde- Zvi Kolitz to Address Two Israel Bond Luncheons Here Next Week • - Chaim Weizmann, first Presi- dent of the State of Israel. Formerly a Fighter Wing Com- mander and Chief of Opera- tions of the Israel Air Force, he is one of Israel's outstand- ing flying heroes, having dis- tinguished himself as a fighter pilot with the RAF, in the War of Liberation and in the Sinai Campaign. After completing his service with the RAF, at which time he saw action in North Africa, 1n7L? 111/t) n:4t# lylnn zininv.r) n7nL:2 L n4 -0 Ininp, 11i7 ; 1# "P? nxt rains.? 1 7tp niLv'?ion rininvyi : L7 t371tP7 v'Plv ?t i ,n7111 ni"171 trPirY niatpp. ntmn in7'? 1,T4'? inp:1 2 717 Yr,1 17.?"- rr4 7"771:1 . — sr.tt?? 711ntty7 ritPPn 71.440 1p7,1 iitvrin'?" P 7 .1 '411 417 rrnri inw.nz in-)* riM .rpr n -rrinirt n4r,i4 -4 21).1 rrke?pn ,1,127 npp Ininn ,1 "-nr1 NEW YORK (JTA) — Docu- mentary evidence on intensi- fication by the Soviet Union of its efforts to suppress the Jewish religion in Russia were reported at the United Nations. Data on widespread liquida- tion of synagogues and a ban against the baking of matzos in major cities of the Ukraine, a section with a large Jewish population, highlighted the de- tailed report. The ban was imposed last Passover in Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev and in the central Russian cities of Kuibyshev and Rostov. Soviet officials made difficulties for Jews who wanted to bake matzos in Moscow and Lenin- grad but finally permitted the baking to take place. The report gave the following details on - closing of synagogues: 1. In Novoselitsa, in the Ukraine, two buildings that had been used as synagogues were confiscated and turned into club houses. 2. In Olevsk, small Jewish religious groups, which had been permitted since the synagogue was converted into a school in 1949, have all been disbanded in recent months in this Ukrainian town. 3. In Vinnitsa, the synagogue has been confiscated and Jews are now praying in an abandoned building. 4. In Koresten a year ago the Jewish community, having saved a considerable sum for a synagogue, was unable to obtain an official per- mit 'but built it anyway. The build- ing tgas confiscated and an appeal to Moscow was rejected. 5. In Yevpatoriya, in the Crimea, the authorities- confiscated 25,000 rubles raised by the Jewish corn- munity to rent a building for a synagogue. 6. In Baranovichi, in Byelorussia, the great synagogue has been taken over for use by the State Security Committee. Since then the authori- ties have not permitted the rabbi to function and. have forbidden ritual cattle slaughter or any other exer- cise of the Jewish religion. 7. In Tula, 150 miles south of Moscow, • use of the synagogue, which was in a communal apart- ment, was forbidden because a non-Jewish , resident informed autho- rities that he was disturbed by the prayers. The synagogue in Oren- burg, 750 miles southeast of Mos- cow, also has been closed recently. 8. In Rybnitsa, in Bessarabia, there is widespread fear the synagogue will close shortly. In Rakhov, in Transcarpathia, the two synagogues that remained open have been con- fiscated and turned into stores. 9. In Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, the first floor of a synagogue was con- fiscated recently to provide hous- ing for medical students. The report revealed that in Kharkov, the 20 small Jewish groups were dispersed last Sep- tember during the second day of the Jewish New Year cele- brations. All the Torahs were confiscated and a policeman told one of the Jews: "You are eat- ing Russian bread but praying for Israel." This was in line with an article denouncing "the reac- tionary essence of the Judaean religion," which appeared in the Lvov Pravada. The article re. called that when Jews eat Mat- zos at Passover, they express the hope that they will eat it the following year "in Jerusa- lem, on Israel soil," and added: "However, don't the religious Jews know that -Israel is at pres- ent an obedient tool in the hands of American, British and French imperialists?" Around the frP- orld... A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency .arid Other News-Gathering Media. United States NEW YORK — The board of directors of the Palestine Economic Corporation paid tribute to Israel B. Brodie, on his 75th birthday, at a dinner at the Savoy-Hilton Hotel, in recog- nition of his services to Israel and to the Zionist movement .. . The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science presented the retiring Israel Ambassador Abba Eban with a bronze bust of himself by Robert Berks, American sculptor . . . The Congress for Jewish Culture in New York sent a cable to the Soviet Writers' Assembly meeting in Moscow, asking the USSR writers to protest against the suppression of Jewish culture in. Russia . . ..The American Jewish Press Association, at its convention here, pledged assistance to the United Jewish Appeal and commended the contributions of retiring Israel Ambassador Abba Eban "to the stature of world Jewry, and espiecially to the development of a finer and more sincere regard for the Republic of Israel" . . . Prior to his sailing for Israel with his family last Friday, Abba Eban paid formal fare- well visits to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Dr. Ralph J. Bunche and Andrew W. Cordier, Hammarskjold's executive assistant. BOSTON — Lawrence G. Laskey, chairman of the board of the American section of the Israel Tourist Industry Develop- ment Corp., reported that more than $1,000,000 debentures in the corporation were sold in the U.S. Europe THE HAGUE — The new Dutch Cabinet includes one Jew, 62-year-old . Sydney Van Der Bergh, retired major-general in the Dutch army and former paymaster-general, who has been named Minister of War. LONDON — It is reported here that the government and Chamber of Deputies of Lebanon are investigating the conduct of Dr. Charles Malik, former Lebanese Foreign Minister, who fraternized with Israelis at the United States World Fair in New York. The present Lebanese Foreign Minister, Rashid Karami, said Lebanese - representatives at the UN had been instructed to "make it clear" that Dr. Malik's conduct could not affect Lebanon's Palestine policy. Israel JERUSALEM — The Albar Rolling Mills : the first major aluminum factory in Israel, opened at Kfar Saba, a settlement in central Israel, • with a capacity double that of Israel's own alum- inum needs, as a joint venture of Israeli and foreign capital . . . A resolution adopted by the Jewish Agency executive asks the Zionist Actions Committee, which will start its sessions here on May 31, to convoke the next World Zionist Congress in July 1960 . . . The Jewish Agency executive adopted a budget of 235,400,000 Israeli pounds for 1959-60, an increase of 25,000,- 000 pounds over last year's budget. TEL AVIV — A joint Israel-Argentine shipping company is being planned on a parity basis, Rudolfo Garcias Arias, the new Argentine Ambassador, told the Tel Aviv Commercial Club. 4