THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, November 18, 1960
Nazi Doctor Who Killed Thousands Speed Irrigation
with Israel Bonds
Faces Probe After Official 'Silence'
BONN, (JTA) — An alleged
"conspiracy of silence" on the
part of scores of leading physi-
cians and West German GOvern-
ment officials to protect Profes-
sor Werner Heyde, the Nazi
euthanasia specialist, will be the
subject of a judicial inquiry.
Heyde, who was a brigadier
in the SS, was implicated in the
killing of 80,000 "mentally sick"
patients in hospitals and nurs-
ing homes during the Hitler re-
gime. After the war, he emerg-
ed as a Dr. Sawade and prac-
ticed medicine without difficul-
ty for several years. He is now
under arrest and awaiting trial.
Evidence given by five doc-
tors to a West German Parlia-
mentary Commission led to the
inquiry. The doctors said they
did not report Heyde to the po-
lice because this would have
been regarded as a tetrayal."
Widespread opinion was report-
ed to the effect that there was
alarm at the thought that many
Auschwitz Evidence
Cites More SS Men;
to Try Camp Doctor
FRANKFURT, (JTA) — The
prosecution office announced re-
ceipt of valuable material from
the Auschwitz Museum in Poland
on the crimes committed in the
mass murder factory. The ma-
terial includes orders of the camp
commander, in which numerous
SS men are named who have
not yet been brought to justice.
At Muenster, it was announced
that Paul Kremer, former Ausch-
witz murder camp "selection doc-
tor," will go on trial before the
Jury Court there next month.
Kremer had been sentenced to
death in the Auschwitz trial in
Cracow in 1947. The sentence
was later commuted to life im-
prisonment and, in 1958, he was
pardoned by Polish Communist
authorities. But the International
Auschwitz Committee has brought
charges against him.
Belgium's Refusal
to Join Diamond Co-Op
May Cut Israeli Sales
JERUSALEM, (JTA—Israel's
flourishing diamond industry may
be affected by failure of Belgian
diamond countries to support an
Israeli plan for a joint committee
to market polished diamonds of
the two countries.
Michael Tsour, director general
of the Israeli Ministry of Trade
and Industry, reported the failure.
He led a group of Israel diamond
producers in negotiations with six
groups representing the Belgian
diamond industry for such a plan.
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leading officials and thictors
knew of Heyde's identity, but
took no action to report him to
authorities.
In addition to Heyde, another
ex-Nazi health officer, Dr. Ger-
hard Bohne, has been arrested
in Duesseldorf on a warrant is-
sued at Frankfurt, charging him
with the murder of 70,000 "de-
ranged persons" during the Nazi
regime. Bohne had not even
tried to disguise himself, offi-
cials said, living openly in Dus-
seldorf under his own name.
`IlantikahinSona
and Story' Sets
Impressive Note
Many books have been pub-
lished for children in explana-
tion of the Hanukah festival.
The newest, "Hanukah in Song
and Story," just published by
Shulsinger Bros., (21 E. 4th,
N.Y. 3). is considerably more
extensive in scope and tells
the story of the Maccabaean
struggle at greater length.
Rabbi Charles Wengrov is the
author of the narrative which
begins in the days of Alex-
ander the Great and continues
unto the time of the rebuild-
ing of the Temple.
The appropriate illustrations
are by Emanuel Schary. Samuel
Bugatch edited the splendid
section containing the music for
Hanukah.
The Hanukah story as told
in this book has the merit of
simplicity. While, in appearance
—it is a 9 by 12 folio—it gives
the impression of being for
very small children, in content
it is suitable for the older
readers, and parents would do
well to use this text in ex-1
plaining the festival to the
youth. Both will learn much
from it.
It is a complete story of
the festival, and it is sup-
plemented by a narrative that
guides the reader in the cele-
bration of the festival. This
portion contains the bless-
ings, in Hebrew, in English
transliteration a n d transla-
tion, the Ma-oz Tzur and the
Al Ha-Nissirn.
Then there are chapters on
home celebrations, with a story
about the dreydl.
"The Songs of Hanukah" sec-
tion of 20 pages adds value to
this impressive book. Included
are the blessings, the Ma-oz
Tzur, H a n e i r o t Halalu, Mi
Yemalel, Al Ha-Nissi m,
S'vivon, Mi Ze Hidlik, Soy Sov
S'vivon, Hanukah Folk Song,
Kemakh Min HaSak, Y'mey
Hanukah and My Dreydl.
BY HENRY LEONARD
Israel Bond funds are
speeding work on the big ir-
rigation project which will
bring water from the Jordan
River to the Negev. As the
giant pipes, 108 inches in
diameter, are laid, a tractor
rides on top to help set them
in their concrete base. Irri-
gation is of decisive import-
ance to the expansion of the
program for the settlement
and development of the Ne-
gev, financed in large part by
Israel Bonds.
Tourism in Israel
Surges; Seen as
Rising Industry
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A "sub-
stantial growth" of tourism in
Israel, resulting • in earnings of
$16,000,000 in foreign exchange
and an increase in the number
of tourists in 1959 to 94,000, as
against 75,000 in 1958, was an-
nounced here in a report issued
by the New York office of the
Tourist Industry Development
Corporation of Israel. The report
shows that, through loans pro-
vided by the corporation, 336 new
hotel' rooms have been con-
structed in• Israel, while 517
existing rooms have been im-
proved.
During the first seven months
of this year them has been a 36
per cent increase in tourism, over
1959, with 72,000 visitors regiS-
tered in Israel for the period.
An announcement by Lawrence
C. Laskey, chairman of the Amer-
ican section of the firm's board
of directors, states that the cor-
poration's sale8 of seve: per cent
debentures in this country has
reached a total of $2,060,000.
According to Laskey, the Israel
Government has granted permis-
sion for ultimate repayment of
the debentures in United States
dollars.
A five-year plan for the Israel
tourist industry, made by a
group of American experts, calls
for an investment of 60,000,000
Israeli pounds ($34,000,000), the
doubling of existing rooms avail-
able to tourists, and a goal of
250,000 tourists a year by 1966.
American Corporation
Acquires Interest in
Israel Paint Factory
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"If God helps, and is willing, and we are
healthy, and all goes well, and we live ,
I'll see you tomorrow at two o'clock."
Cop r. 1960, Leonard Pritlkla
A 31 per cent interest in
Israel's largest paint factory,
Tambour Paints, Ltd., was ac-
quired by Palestine Economic
Corporation, New York, which is
owned by some 10,000 stock-
holders throughout the United
States.
The balance of the Tambour
stock is held by Anglo-Israel
Securities, Ltd., London, and by
a group of Israel investors head-
ed by W. Nehab, who has been
managing director of Tambour
since its inception.
Tambour Paints, founded in
1944, supplies approximately 40
per cent of Israel's total require-
ments in varnishes, paints, enam-
els, marine paints, industrial
finishes and synthetic resins.
Sales last year exceeded $2,000,-
000 including about $250,000 in
exports.
Chief Rabbi of Egypt Dies at 88
After 35 Years of Service in Cairo
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Rabbi
Haim Nahum, Chief Rabbi of
the Egyptian Jewish community
since 1925, died in Cairo Nov.
13 at the age of 88, the Cairo
radio reported. Rabbi Nahum,
who was held in high esteem
by many of the Moslem rulers
of Egypt and Turkey, was an
expert on Jewish and Islamic
history and Semitic languages.
He had been blind for the past
22 years.
Born in Manissa, Turkey,
Rabbi Nahum studied at Istan-
bul and at the University of
Paris and the French Rabbinical
Seminary in Paris, where he
was ordained a rabbi in 1897.
For • several years he taught
Jewish history and law at the
rabbinical school in Istanbul.
He served as Grand Rabbi of
the Ottomon Empire from 1908
until the empire was dissolved
after the First World War. He
To Honor Memory of
Harry Goldenberg at
Meeting on Nov. 30
The fight against cancer will
be strengthened as a result of
a meeting to pay tribute to the
memory of Harry Goldenberg
which will be held 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 at Jericho Temple,
18495 Wyoming. The memorial
is sponsored by a group of
Landsmanshaften presidents, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Ralph Stein, president of the
Detroit Auxiliary of the City of
Hope.
The late Mr. Goldenberg, him-
self a victim of cancer, was
first vice-president of the De-
troit organization. He was active
in the City of Hope from the
time it was still known as the
Los Angeles Sanitarium. His
main concern was soliciting the
support of Landsmanshaften So-
cieties for the institution, which
began as a T.B. research and
cure center.
The memorial program, with
Harry Kaminer as chairman,
will be addressed by A. C. Bi-
tinsky, president, Lachowitcher
Society; Isadore Sosnick, presi-
dent, Ezras Achim Synagogue;
Ben Goldberg, vice-president,
Business and Professional group
afifliated with the Detroit Aux-
iliary. Rabbi Hayim Donin, will
be the principal speaker. Ac-
cording to Kaminer, the mem-
ory of other officers of the
local Auxiliary who passed
away in recent years, also will
be honored at the meeting.
The committee of presidents
arranging the memorial meet-
ing includes Sam Belkin, Odes-
ser; A. C. Bitinsky, Lachowitch-
er; Frank Mirsky, Berditchev-
Keshenev; Hymie Friedman,
Korostishever; Sol Rubin, Tur-
over; J. Lipowicz, Bialostoker;
Morris Silver, Chaim Weizmann;
Sam Moskot, Sinai Farein; Mrs.
Pauline Flashenberg, Yiddish
Folks Farein; Mrs. Jacob Zel-
des, Turover Ladies Auxiliary;
Nathan Wiss, David Horodoker.
All friends of the City of
Hope, and those who knew the
late Harry Goldenberg, are in-
vited to attend.
settled in Cairo in 1924 and
became Chief Rabbi of Egypt
the following year.
Although not a Zionist, he
knew most of the leaders of the
movement, including the late
Theodor Herzl and Dr. Chaim
Weizmann. He wrote a number
of books, including "Jewish Life
in Babylonia Between the Third
and Eighth Centuries" and
"Karaite Literature in Turkey."
2 Candidates in Line
to Succeed to Post of
Egyptian Chief Rabbi
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM—Two candidates
are in line to succeed to the post
of chief rabbi of the Egyptian
Jewish community vacated by
Rabbi Haim Nahum who died
this week in Cairo, the Cairo
radio reported Wednesday.
The broadcast listed the can-
didates as Rabbi Haim Douek,
secretary of the Egyptian chief
rabbinate who was Rabbi Na-
hum's assistant, and Rabbi Shmuel
Ozer, chairman of the Cairo
Synagogue.
A report appearing in the Cairo
daily, El Ahram, stated that a
majority of the Egyptian Jewish
community would prefer to invite
some noted Sephardi rabbi from
abroad to become chief rabbi
rather than to elect one of the
two Egyptian candidates.
Aaron Lebedeff,
ActOr, 87, Dies
Aaron Lebedeff, one of the
best known Yiddish actors, died
in New York Nov. 8 at the age
of 87.
Born in Russia, Lebedeff
came to the United States in
1920. He became widely known
for his original song composi-
tions which he sang in Yiddish
and in English.
Producer of a number of
shows, he appeared in several
of them in star roles in the
1930s.
He was well known in De-
troit, having appeared here
numerous times, and had a
large following among Yiddish
theater-goers.
Isadore Freed Dies;
Famous Composer
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L.I.,
(JTA)—Isadore Freed, a corn-
poser and teacher in the field
of Jewish. sacred music,_ died
here Saturday at the age of 60.
Born in Russia, he came to this
country at the age of 3. He
was a founding faculty member
of the School of Sacred Music
of the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion.
Israel Levenson Dies
Israel Levenson, for many
years a well-known merchant in
the Michigan Avenue business
area, who has been making his
home in Miami Beach for a
number of years, died Nov. 10
in Florida.
Funeral services were held at
Kaufman Chapel on Sunday.
Surviving him are a son, Max;
two daughters, Mrs. Harry B.
Keidan and Mrs. Fred Sims;
two brothers, Nathan and Mor-
ris; four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. •
Mrs. Jennie Silverfarb Dies
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Mrs. Jennie Silverfarb, 75, of
17536 Roselawn, a native of Rus-
sia who came to this country in
1905 and had lived in Detroit
since 1916, died Saturday after a
prolonged illness.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at the Hebrew Benevolent
Society Chapel.
She is survived by two sons,
Louis and Grant; a daughter,
Frieda; two brothers,. Aaron and
Benjamin Kaplan of Israel; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Miriam Simons of Los
Angeles, and two grandchildren,