Jewish Heritage Foundation,
founded recently, with head-
quarters at 2140 Westwood
Blvd., Los Angeles, is attracting
nationwide attention.
Under the direction of the
noted author of a dozen books
on the religions of the world,
Joseph Gaer, the JHF hopes
to provide solution to the prob-
lem that has arisen over Jew-
ish youths' "rapidly drifting
away from Judaism as a way of
life."
"Though half a million Jew-
ish children — 5 to 17 — are
enrolled in Jewish schools, at
least as many more are never
World Scientists
Are .Weizmann
Instltute Guests
REHOVOTH — Six overseas
scientists have arrived at the
Weizmann Institute of Science
to spend varying periods in re-
search and exchange of scien-
tific knowledge.
Dr. Gertrude Perlmann, of
the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, New York,
came at the beginning of March
to spend four to six months in
the Biophysics Department. A
specialist in protein chemistry,
she is working with. Prof.
Ephraim Katchalski, head of the
department.
Problems of metabolic altera-
tion were discussed by Prof.
J. A. Stekol, head of the phys-
iological chemistry and nutri-
tion department of the Institute
of Cancer Research, Philadel-
phia, in a lecture given here.
He was guest of the biochem-
istry section of Weizmann Insti-
tute for three weeks.
The array of visiting lectur-
ing scientists includes four
physicists who have come to
the Institute under the auspices
of its Nuclear Physics Depart-
ment. They are Prof. J. P.
French, of Rochester Univer-
sity,,Ne,w York; Prof. Y. Yama-
guchi; originally of Japan, now
working at CERN, Geneva;
Prof. John P. Schiffer, of Ar-
gonne National Laboratory, Chi-
cago, and Dr. Nicholas Kurti,
F.R.S., a senior low-temperature
physicist of the Clarendon La-
boratory, Oxford.
reached by any aspect of educa-
tion in their heritage," Gaer
stated.
He stated that the JHF's
ultimate objectives are "to con-
centrate on those elements of
our cultural heritage that have
relevance for our time, leav-
ing for the students of ancient
customs and more those ele-
ments that have no immediate
pertinence for us today."
Gaer declared that "JHF
will strive to re-create the
elements of Jewish culture
for our youth in such a way
that they will be acceptable
as culture, and can become
part of the culture of Amer-
ica, when we live and thrive.
To accomplish its aim, JHF
is undertaking to publish a
"Talmud for Family Reading,"
critical estimates of Yiddish
literature, Jewish historical and
philosophical works, books that
will evaluate every facet of
Jewish thinking.
The JHF already is publish-
ing a bimothly magazine, Recall.
It conducts lecture series and
hopes to enter into many Amer-
ican Jewish areas with its
activities—by sponsoring its dis-
cussion programs through an
intensified membership which
is hoped to spread countrywide.
Gaer plans to visit Detroit to
present his program for an
enlarged JHF to local leaders
some time in May.
Pioneer Women's Fund
to Build Graduate Library
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
annual national board meeting
of Pioneer Women, the Wo-
men's Labor Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, voted unani-
mously to undertake the con-
struction of a Graduate Library
School Building at the Hebrew
. University of Jerusalem at a
cost of $130,000.
Israel Treasury Decides
to Subsidize Export .
of Surplus Vegetables
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Despite
heavy reductions in the crops
of cereals, this . year, due to
severe drought, Israel has a
surplus of vegetables, it was
revealed by the Treasury, which
decided to subsidize the export
of surplus vegetables, so that
these may sell abroad at com-
petitive prices. The vegetable
crops turned out to be unusually
plentiful, having been watered
through irrigation.
Camp Witnesses Sought by Bonn
Earthquake Victims The West German authorities, asked to contact Dr. Nehemiah
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who have been seeking wit- Robinson, World Jewish Con-
The first international re-
lief agency on the scene of
the Feb. 29 Agadir earth-
quake, the Joint Distribution
Committee set up a clinic in
the barracks of a Moroccan
Army installation for the
treatment of survivors. In ad-
dition to providing medical
care, JDC provided a $5,000
emergency relief gift, 12 tons
of food, clothing and medical
supplies. JDC receives its fi-
nances from the United Jew-
ish Appeal.
nesses for a mass trial of
Auschwitz concentration camp
officials, also want evidence to
convict Nazis responsible for
crimes in other extermination
camps, in particular Lemberg-
Janovsky, and Przemysl, both in
Poland.
The Central Prosecuting Of-
fice set up by all West German
states, has asked the World
Jewish Congress in New York
for help in tracing witnesses.
In 1942 Przemysl housed 20,000
Jews. A year later less than 100
were alive.
Anyone who was an inmate of
these camps and can testify to
crimes committed in them, is
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MILAN (JTA)—Five young
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about 90 neo-fascist youths at-
tempted to disturb a meeting
here addressed by Sen. Pietro
Calessi, former inmate of a
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ciation of Survivors of Nazi-
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cism."
Police dispersed the crowd
after fist fights developed be-
tween the neo-fascists and mem-
bers of the audience._
gress, 15 E. 84th, New York 28.
The World Jewish Congress'
appeal, also at the request of
West German authorities, for
Auschwitz witnesses, has
brought responses from former
inmates now living in the
United States and Canada and
a number of Latin American
countries.
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Joseph Gaer to Present Jewish
Heritage Foundation Plans Here