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Boris Smolar's
'Between You
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(Copyright, 1959
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
The American Scene
The "Renault Affair" is now having reverberations in the
United States . . . American Jewish organizations are alerting
communities to the cancellation by the Renault Company of its
contract with the Kaiser-Frazer firm in Israel as a result of
Arab pressure . . . The implications of the severance of business
with Israel by the French car company are clearly stated in the
communications sent out by the Jewish organizations . . . This
may affect the sale of Renault cars in this country, where the
French firm is trying to develop a market . . . Among the Jewish
groups which circulated information on the "Renault Affair" to
their constituencies were the National Community Relations
Advisory Council, the American Jewish Congress, the Jewish
Labor Committee and the Jewish War Veterans . . . Such memo-
randa have been sent by central Jewish religious organizations
in line with their policy to draw attention of the American
public to firms that yield to Arab boycott pressure against the
Jews and Israel . . • All organizations urge American business
firms to resist the Arab boycott by every legal means . . The
Jewish organizations are determined to seek inclusion in the
1960 election platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties
of statements pledging opposition to American treaties sanction-
ing discrimination by foreign powers against U.S. citizens . . .
Such a pledge was given by the Democratic and Republican
parties in their 1956 election platforms but was ignored by the
State Department in signing an agreement with Saudi Arabia
which bars the stationing of American Jewish personnel at
American military bases on its soil . . . A fact sheet on discrimi-
nation by foreign powers against Jewish citizens of the United
States, prepared by the American Jewish Congress, is now being
disseminated to Jewish communities throughout the country.
(Editor's Note: JTA reported from Paris on Nov. 16: "Attor-
neys of the Kaiser-Frazer plant in Israel decided here today, after
a meeting with lawyers of Regie Renault, the French auto firm,
not to file claim against Renault for breach of contract under
Arab boycott pressure. Beyond declaring that 'certain possibil-
ities' were discussed, a Kaiser-Frazer spokesman declined to give
any details on the talks. It was understood, however, that addi-
tional talks will take place. The Israel auto assembly firm had
announced plans earlier to sue Renault for $2,000,000 "damages
arising out of a decision of the French firm to yield to Arab
pressure and end operations in Israel.")
(The latest issue of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Akhbar
which has just been received in New York reports an an-
nouncement by Daumal, head of the French Economic Mission
in Egypt, stating that the French automobile firm of Renault in-
tends to establish an assembly plant of automobiles in Egypt.
The program is to start with small-scale production imme-
diately and to progress further to full capacity.)
Zionist Issues
Is Zionism a political movement today? . • . Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann, president of the World 'Zionist Organization, says "no"
. . . He states that with the establishment of Israel, the Zionist
movement has ceased to be a political body . . . The political
tasks, he stresses, have been taken over by the Israel govern-
ment and quite rightly . . . To make his point clear, he cited
the fact that the political department of the World • Zionist
Executive—the most important department in the Zionist move
ment before the establishment • of Israel—exists no longer . . .
Its functions have become useless now that the Israel government
has a Foreign Office with accredited diplomatic representatives
all over the world . . . What; then, are the functions of the
Zionist movement today? ... According to Dr. Goldmann, they
are to strengthen Jewish affinity and to help emigration of
Jews and their settlement in Israel . . . Some Zionist leaders
of the "old schOol" still like to look upon themselves as political
leaders, but Dr. Goldmann sees nothing wrong in admitting that
the Zionist movement is no longer political . . . He considers
Zionism today as being basically a spiritual movement to keep
the Jewish spirit awake in Jewish communities throughout the
world . . This is important, since there are .marked signs of
growing indifference to Judaism in countries of the free world
and there is suppression of Judaism in Communist countries .. .
It explains why Dr. Golmann would like to see Jewish organiza-
tions in this and other countries join as groups in the world
Zionist movement and thereby strengthen Jewish spiritual
affinity and why he has insisted on introducing basic changes
in the constitution of the World Zionist Organization to be voted
upon at the session of the Zionist Actions Committee in Jeru-
salem next month.
Israeli Problems
The recommendations of an American expert sent by the
United Nations to work with Israel's Ministry of Social Welfare
may change the entire system of public assistance to Israel's
neediest families . . . The expert is Prof. Philip Klein, who •has
also served as consultant to the Joint Distribution Committee
following his retirement from the faculty of the New York School
of Social Work at the Columbia University . . . Prof. Klein found
the Israel welfare system "decades behind the nation's achieve-
ments in other field" . .. He termed it "a survival of the dis-
credited dole system" which "contrasts with the ideals of an
advanced labor state" . . He recommended new standards in
relief payments which would result in quicker rehabilitation of
needy families, lower death rate and less disease . . . His recom-
mendations are now being implemented by the Israel Welfare
Ministry in three pilot areas.
Can't Find Hotel Room, So American Builds His Own
"I'll build a luxury hotel bet- hotel on the Mediterranean
ter than the best in Israel,". said shore near Nerzliya. The esti-
Harry Silverstein when he was mated cost is two million dol-
unable to find a room in a first lars. Silverstein is the owner of
class hotel last Passover. Plans a chain of 17 hotels in New
have now been completed for York, Chicago, Boston, Miami
the construction of a 360-room and other U.S. cities.
Algerians Murder $125,000 U. S. Health Grant Given
to Israel Scientists for Cell Study
1 Jew, Injure 2
ALGIERS, (JTA) — Gilbert
Djian, a Jewish medical assis-
tant, was murdered by Algerian
terrorists last Sunday. He was
shot and killed as he was leav-
ing the home of a Moslem wo-
man in Blida to whose assist-
ance he had gone.
Two other Jews have been se-
riously injured in the course of
attacks by Algerian terrorists
during the last few days. Paul
Pinsit, 37, was wounded by
shrapnel Friday afternoon_ dur-
ing a terrorist attack in the cen-
ter of Algiers. Maurice Louchi
was injured when FLN terror-
ists threw a grenade into a Jew-
ish cafe in the village of La
Fontaine, near Piaret in south-
western Algeria.
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Meeting Airs Problems
of Jewish Community
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A five- Twenty- seven nurses were
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"American Jews should avoid
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rector of the American Council
for Judaism.
In an address at the Touro
Synagogue in New Orleans, the
leader of the Council, long
noted for its anti-Zionist, anti-
Israel position, took issue with
a statement of Dr. Maurice N.
Eisendrath, president of the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations.
(In this statement, made at
the UAHC convention in Miami
Beach, Dr. Eisendrath attacked
Israel for not permitting Re-
form Judaism to function in
Israel.)
Sussman used the occasion to
"demand the separation of ex-
clusively philanthropic causes
for Israel from those which are
political or not philanthropic."
He also called recent pleas
for further unification of the
American Jewish community a
plot "being engineered by the
Jewish Agency . . • to exert
greater control over all Ameri-
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