MISS ISRAEL-1959
Rina Issacov, a 19-year-old
beauty from Tel Aviv and the
Miss Israel of 1959, arrived in
New York last week aboard an
111 Al jet-powered Britannia on
her way to compete for the title
of Miss Universe at the annual -
pageant in Long Beach Calif.
Following her arrival, Miss
Issacov was taken on a tour of
New York and appeared on
Dave Garroway's "Today" pro-
gram over the NBC-TV network.
The new Miss Israel is an
interesting combination of the
intellectual and outdoor girl.
She is a student of sociology
and economics at Tel Aviv Uni-
versity, and has just received
her first stripe in the Israel
Army.
Miss Issacov plays the piano
and enjoys concerts and the
theater. She has a doll-like face,
light chestnut hair and dewy,
brown-green eyes.
The Miss Israel contest was
Rina's first appearance in a
beauty contest. Her name was
entered by an anonymous ad-
mirer.
Philadelphia Jewry
to Mark Anniversary
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) —
The celebration of the 60th
year of the Federation of Jew-
ish Agencies of Greater Phila-
delphia will be inaugurated with
the first public exhibit ever as-
sembled on the history and
practice of charity, Abraham L.
Freedman, Federation presi-
dent, announced here.
The exhibit, which will be
held in September, will show
the development of the Jewish
ideal of "tzedaka"—a Hebrew
word meaning both charity and
justice — from the origin of the
Jewish people and religion
through the founding of Amer-
ican Jewish communal services
in Colonial Philadelphia, and
up to the present day.
It will contain many unique
historic and archaeological ob-
jects, loaned by institutions and
private individuals, some of
which will be on public view for
the first time. Included will be
ancient pictures, sculpture, jew-
elry, precious illuminated
manuscripts, Torahs, cuneiform
writings on clay tablets, parch-
ments, and papyrus scrolls.
Name Bienenstok BBC
Hebrew Services Post
LONDON, (WJA) — Erwin
Bienstok, editor of the Jew-
ish Chronicle news and feature
service since 1948, has been ap-
pointed program organizer of
the British Broadcasting Corpo-
ration's Hebrew section, suc-
ceeding L. H. Gottlieb, now
topical organizer of the BBC
European services.
Polish Jew's Future Remains Uncertain
Continued from Page 1
aware of the smoldering re-
elderly Polish Jew in Warsaw sentment against them. They
said. "The Jew has no place in know anti-Semitism has al-
Poland, and the Poles don't ways been latent in Poland,
reached nightmarish propor-
want us." His opinion is voiced
by many, for the life of the Jew tions both during and after
the Nazi occupation and that
in Poland today is, at best, an
it is not wise to flaunt one's
uncertain existence.
Jewishness openly.
The Polish government has,
Jews meeting in the streets
from time to time, eased emi-
gration restrictions to Israel. lower their voices if they want
Two hundred immigrants, most to speak Yiddish.
The word "Jewish" was long
of them from Poland, arrived
in Haifa in June, the largest ago dropped from the Union
of Jewish Religious Communi-
shipment in several weeks.
But all Polish Jews who ties, which had been formed in
wait for the day of possible 1945 to restore religious life in
movement fear the reversal the country. Now the Union is
of policy and the weight of officially recognized by the
government offices slowing government as the "Religious
Union of the Mosaic Religion."
them down.
Most dread the possibility of The word "Jewish" was avoided
being designated important to eliminate any vestige of
enough to be detained in Po- "Jewish nationalism."
All of Poland, however, has
land. Those who once worked
for the government wait even greater contact with the West
longer than the rest for than any other Soviet satellite.
specially needed clearances.
The middle-aged director of a Massachusetts Effects
Jewish-sponsored training school
in Warsaw has been waiting Private Housing Law
two years for a passport.
BOSTON, (JTA) — Sweeping
The workshops of the school, new legislation outlawing bias
alongside the only synagogue in in certain types of private hous-
Warsaw, are crowded with men ing has become effective in
and women learning weaving, Massachusetts.
electrical repair work and small
The new law makes it illegal
machine operations. Some study for an owner or his agent to
to keep busy and others to find discriminate in the sale of rent-
a better job. Some said they als or dwellings containing
were learning a trade "to be three or more housing units
able to do something important and in developments having
in Israel."
more than ten houses.
The traditional reply of Jews
Massachusetts is the fourth
in Poland today, when asked state in the Union to adopt such
how they are, is a simple, "I a law dealing with private hous-
work." The meaning is two ing. The new measure will great-
fold. One is that life is as nor- ly strengthen the powers of the
mal as it could be. The other Massachusetts Commission
is that nothing new has inter- Against Discrimination. The
fered with what he had before. other states are Connecticut,
Polish Jews are continually Oregon and Colorado.
For the Jews this has meant
access to Jewish agencies and
Jewish publications.
At present, the government
has gone out of its way to
demonstrate the cultural free-
dom of Polish Jews. Courses
for the training of actors for
the Yiddish State Theater have
been started. Yiddish books
were displayed prominently at
the recent International Book
Exhibtion in Warsaw's show-
place Palace of Culture.
Despite Western influences,
Jewish Communists exert a
strong hold on the life of the
Jewish community of 33,000.
The bulk of the membership
of the executive of the Social
and Cultural Union of Jews is
active in the Communist Party.
They have limited contact
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Jewry and feel they must solve
the problem of Polish Jews by
identifying the community with
communism. Publicly, they
claim that Polish Jews would
prefer to remain in Poland and
contribute to the state.
The majority of Poland's
Jews, however, look for re-
lief elsewhere. Their eyes are
on either the United States
or Israel.
Among them are 20,000 re-
cent repatriates from the So-
viet Union. They openly admit
they left the Soviet Union be-
cause they felt their chances
of emigration to Israel were
greater in Poland.
Most of the Jews left in
Poland, it seems to observers,
just want to get away.
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3 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, July 24, 1959
Beauty of 19
Is Miss Israel