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JERUSALEM — The basic
split in Israel's political life on
the relations between secular
and religious aspects of the
Jewish state flared again
Wednesday in a debate in the
Knesset about the "Jewish con-
sciousness" curriculum in the
public schools.
The debate on Tuesday and
Wednesday found all parties
agreed on the desirability of
increasing Jewish consciousness
among school children, but
sharply divided on the content
and methods of achieving that
objective.
Two women deputies of left-
wing parties—Emma Talmi of
Mapam and Ruth Hetkin of Ach :
dut Avodah—introduced a joint
motion calling for a committee
of inquiry into the way in which
the "J e w i s h consciousness"
policy was to be implemented.
Asserting that they welcomed
the principle ,they said that, in
practice, the public schools
were being converted into syna-
gogues; secular parents were
being "compelled" to subject
their children to religious in-
On the Record
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
When Dr. Jonah Salk of anti-
polio vaccine fame recently
visited the city of Safed in
Israel there was a surprise
Oneg Shabbat for him at the
Hotel Central. In the course
of the reception one of the
guests asked the scientist for
his autograph, but Dr. Salk
turned him down, declaring
that he could not bring him-
self to desecrating the Sabbath
in the. city of the cabbalists .. .
Recently, I handed out orch-
ids to Meyer L. Brown, presi-
dent of the Farband Labor
Zionist Order, for suggesting
at the organization's recent par-
ley in Miami Beach the forma-
tion in Israel of an Education
Bureau, under American Jew-
ish auspices, that would bring
the facts of Jewish life in Am-
erica to our Israeli friends who
are not too familiar with our
climate. On catching up with
recent press clippings I learned
that one of the earliest and
most zealous advocates of that
idea has been Ernest Barbar-
ash, editor of the American
Zionist. Good ideas are often
known to have occurred to dif-
ferent people at the same time.
What is more important is that
a way be explored toward Im-
plementing what apparently is
a good idea.
struction, and prayers were not
being taught in the context of
Hebrew literature but as "sub-
jects in themselves." They
added that the policy was forc-
ing teachers to teach things in
which they did not believe.
The socialist Mapai and the
moderate General Zionists
stoutly defended the new
studies, and stressed that these
were "mast essential" to pre-
serve the Jewish heritage and
tradition for the coming genera-
tions.
They argued also that such
courses were needed as a
bridge between "the past and
the present," between the reli-
gious and secular elements in
Israel's population and between
Israel and world Jewry.
Israel Yesshayahu, Map a i
deputy, commented that Mapam
and Achdut Avodah were "just
as extreme" as the ultra ortho-
dox Naturei Karta. He also
advocated the incorporation in
the new school studies of a
course in the values which
Jewry derived in Moslem exile
as "no less worthy" than values
derived by other Jewish tribes.
Herut deputy Esther Raziel
Naor and General Zionist de-
puty Shashana Persihy paired
off against the left-wing depu-
ties, both arguing for more
Jewish awareness content to
make the studies more effective.
Next week, Zalman Aranne,
Minister of Education, will sum
up the issues.
Einstein Medical School
Gets $500,000 in Grants
NEW YORK, (JTA) — More
than $500,000 was contributed
to the capital funds program
of Yeshiva University's Albert
Einstein College of Medicine,
bringing the total contributions
to $20,000,000.
Preceding the dinner at which
the gifts were announced, the
college held an academic con-
vocation at which five promi-
nent Americans were awarded
honorary degrees as Doctors of
Humane Letters.
The recipients of the honor-
ary degrees were George Alpert,
president of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road; Charles Frost, philan-
thropist and industrialist; Dr.
Samuel A. Levine, clinical pro-
fessor of medicine at Harvard
University's School of Medi-
cine; Abraham Levitt, builder
of the Levittown communities;
and Dr. Abraham White, asso-
ciate dean of the college and
chairman of its department of
biochemistry.
'UM Seeks $40,000,000 In Cash by June 20th*
consular juris-
diction ex-
tends over
Michigan, an-
nounces t h e
appoint-
ment of Mati-
tyahu Dagan
as consul in
charge of
economic af-
fairs for the
midwest.
Dagan h a s
assumed t h e
Dagan duties of the
late Yitzhak Horpy who passed
away at the Chicago Consulate
General last November.
Mrs. Meir Signs
Uruguayan Pact
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
(JTA)—Mrs. Golda Meir, Is-
rael's Foreign Minister, signed
a treaty of commerce and
navigation with Uruguay, and
a payments agreement, pro-
viding for most favored na-
tions treatment between the
two countries. Following a re-
ception in her honor tendered
by the Israel Embassy, Mrs.
Meir left for Chile on the next
leg of her South American
tour.
Mrs. Meir attracted popular
widespread interest during her
visit to Uruguay, marked by
immediate assembly of friendly
crowds whenever she appeared
on the street. Cries of "Long
Live Israel" greeted her on
such appearances. The na-
tional radio lauded her visit.
Before leaving for Chile, Mrs.
Meir dined with Foreign Min-
ister Martinez Montero with
whom she exchanged toasts.
In Chile, she was met at
the Cerrillos airport in San-
tiago by German Vergara,
Chilean Foreign Minister, Eli-
zer Durin, Israel Ambassador
to Chile and 1,000 members
of the local Jewish commu-
nity.
President Arturo Alessandri
received Mrs. Meir at a recep-
tion at Government House.
After seeing the President she
visited Congress where she was
greeted by Senate President
Herman Videla and Raul Jul-
liet, president of the Chamber
of Deputies.
Earlier, she was guest of
honor at a dinner given by
Mayor Ramon Alvarez, who
awarded to the Israeli Foreign
Minister the Medal of Distinc-
tion. She was also feted at a
luncheon given by the Jewish
community here and at a din-
ner at the Israel Embassy,
where the host was Israel's Am-
bassador Eliezer Duron.
Poland to Appropriate
Synagogue for Museum
LET'S GIVE ISRAEL'S NEWCOMERS A FRESH START!
GENEVA (JTA) — One of
the oldest and most sacred
European synagogue s, the
famous "Remo" synagogue in
Cracow, founded by Rabbi
Moses Isserles in 1553, is to be
closed as a house of worship
and will be converted into a
museum, according to reports
received here from Poland.
Energetic protests have been
lodged with the Polish authori-
ties by Jews in that country,
the reports state, but authori-
ties have over-ruled the objec-
tions.
The "Remo" synagogue had
been destroyed by the Nazis
during their occupation of Cra-
cow, and was restored to its
original beauty by the Polish
government shortly after its
liberation. The grave of the
founder, the famous Rabbi
Isserles, had, for some reason,
been left intact by the Nazis
in the cemetery behind the old
synagogue.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA)—Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold declared he has
taken a definite stand on Is-
rael's dispute with the United
Arab Republic regarding the
halting of ships carrying Is-
rael-originated cargoes through
the Suez Canal. He implied
also that he favors final set-
tlement by the International
Court of Justice of the Is-
raeli-Egyptian dispute on free-
dom of shipping through the
Suez Canal.
These points were made at
his press conference at which
he was asked whether he had
considered tackling the Suez
issue on his own initiative
under United Nations rules
that give the Secretary Gen-
eral the authority" to initiate
action.
"I have much more than
considered it," he replied. "I
have taken a stand. But, so far,
it is not for publication. In
the first place, the issue is
still in negotiation. Secondly,
as Mr. Ben-Gurion said, the
facts are not sufficiently
known."
At the bottom of the Suez is-
sue, he said, is "a legal issue,"
involving the impact of the
Egyptian-Israeli Armistice
Agreement of 1949 and the
unilateral declaration on oper-
ation of the Canal made by
the United Arab Republic in
1957. There is "little differ-
ence," he added, between the
U.A.R.'s 1957 declaration on
operation of the Canal and
the Constantinople Convention
of 1888 providing for free pas-
sage through the Suez Canal.
Declaring that the U.N. Se-
curity Council "is no court of
law" and that is why he fa-
vors the handling of the Israel-
Egyptian Suez disput by the
International Court of Justice,
Hammarskjold said: "It is up
to the parties to accept arbi-
tration. There is little willing-
ness, so far, being shown by
the parties to take legal action.
The difference between me and
them is—they stress the poli-
tical phase, while I stress the
legal phase." He_ denied that
he had written to Israel's
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion asking him "to lie low"
on the current Suez dispute.
Urge Foreign Ministers
to Act Against Nazism
GENEVA (JTA)—A plea to
the Foreign Ministers Confer-
ence to incorporate in a n y
peace treaty with Germany
clauses to safeguard anti-Nazi
and humanitarian principles
was submitted here by the Asso-
ciation of Victims of the Nazi
Regime, the largest association
of its kind in West Germany.
Germany would, under rules
in the projected treaty, agree to
ban the revival of Nazi and
Nazi-type parties and to ban
parties and groups which resort
to promotions of racial and re-
ligious hatred, according to the
memorandum. The delegations
at the Big Four meeting were
reported to be studying the
Memorandum, but it will not
come up for official considera-
tion.
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