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January 20, 1961 - Image 3

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1961-01-20

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ce raids nd ar
g Mohammed
s of
Meanwhile,
fists" whom it accuses of or- general, against discrimination
• Continued froM l'ge 1 •
onday to Pr
tragedy, only five have thus far I ganizing illegal immigration to practiced against Jews in Mo- sent a messa
occo
since
which
the United
dent Nasser
been identified, according to the Israel. Another Moroccan rOcco.
ued.
Republic.
enting o
• e
Moroccan reports, and efforts are newspaper, the pro - Govern- Some 30,000 Jews Have Left
recent Air n "summit" con-
being continued by the Chief ment daily, Al Alam, is re- Morocco 'Illegally' Since 1956
lanca, the kin
ference in
Rabbi of Tetuan and by the ported as saying: "The Jewish
PARIS,
(JTA)—Some
30,000
Jewish community there to iden- leaders who have complained Jews have -left Morocco "ille- again express
JEWELERS
tify the remain der of the to the City Governor should gally" since Morocco attained the hope for Ma s-African co-
Authorized Hamilton
corpses. Those identified have not be listened to. They independence in 1956, the in- operation to "stem the growing
Watch Sales & Service
tide of colonialists and Zionists."
been interred in the Jewish should be brought before com- fluential
French daily Le
18963 Livernois
UN 1-8184
petent courts and charged Monde reported -here Tuesday The arrival of Nasser for the
cemetery at Alhucemas.
OPEN THURS. TO 9 P.M.
Moroccan Jews were reported with sedition and crimes in an extensive review of conference touched off a wave
viewing the future with appre- against the State."
the Moroccan government's
The Moroccan newspapers, ac- policy toward its Jewish popula-
hension. The Casablanca Jewish
community, which met once with - cording to the Rabat dispatch, tion.
the Governor of the city to pro- i "shed no tears for the drowned
The paper said that there were
test the arrests, and which re- Jews." Pointing out that "the two main causes for the immi-
ceived a promise of action on the authorities have allowed decent gration. It listed one as the
matter, was contemplating an- ' burial to the dead," • the news- failure of the Moroccan ov n-
By
other meeting. Some of the Casa-Ipapers charge that the Jews of ment' • to tion po
he
blanca Jewish. leaders were re- Morocco wore "mourning black" other
t
‘un
rac-
ported considering a proposal to ' and offered prayers in their syn- tion"
• •
i
srae has Mo-
set up a strong delegation to ' agogues "for Israel" while Unit- roc Jews.
• •
visit the Royal Palace at Rabat ed Arab Republic President
Mon revi
dis- • •
<>
with a demand for an audience Nassar was in Casablanca
mat'
can
• •
with King Mohammed V and a ' cently, attend' the
Just
Released
Jews
s
J. SPITZER • •
ce. Mor
request for protection for the summit con
• •
by or collec
Jewish lead
Jewish population.
saying rests of
One positive development the Sunday
• •
mo
was the release of 'Rabbi M. the charge is ,` ludicrous in-
sive
organizations
• •
vention."
Wrechner, director of the
e regarded with suspicion by
Meanwhile in Tel

HI-FI

LONG
PLAYING
Neve Chalom Yeshiva, a Swiss
o- Moroccan ai hori • A er

,
, • •
national who was arrested North African
ail
Sec fa •''s t
• •
along with a group of yeshiva ciation cabled an appea
Mo-
marsk co
students. Rabbi Wrechner re- retary General' Dag

el.
rocco
ns, ask
fused to sign a police declara- jold of the United
se
these disabi •
B
with
th
ing
him
to
interve
tion that he had not been ill-
the Paris daily said
treated, and the Swiss consul Government of Mor o "to safe "illegally" leav•
occo at
rights
o
guard
the
element
reportedly planned to take the
the rate
a year. The
Moroccan
Jewry."
matter further. It was reliably
that the deteriora-
In the cable, H
reported that Rabbi Wrechner
of conditions for Moroccan
and the ten students were was requested to use
ence to see to it that Morocco Jews was particularly regrettable
' subjected to torture.
Other reports to Paris from honors the UN Charter, to which because Morocco was probably
the only Middle East or Arab
Casablanca, however, stated that it is a signatory. The message

a boycott against Jewish whole- expressed horror over the death country where Jews could live
harmoniously with the Moslem
salers has started in Morocco as of 43 - Moroccan Jews who per-
The King, Mohammed •
a result of the Arab "summit , ished in the Mediterranean Sea majority.
V, is known for his tolerant at-
$400 OUR SPECIAL $250 • •
conference:" The conference had while "attempting to reach Is-
Reg.

PR ICE

adopted a boycott resolution rael to join their relatives," and titudes, Le Monde noted, and :,

This Week Only --No Coupon Necessary
against Israel. Nothing was men- pointed out that these emigrants added that the deterioration
tioned about boycotting Jews in risked their lives "because Mo- was due either to general Mor- •
(Also. Available in Stereo)
rocco had closed- its doors to ocean policies or to the attitude ;

Morocco.
10
of some Moroccan officials.
HEBREW BOOK • •
About 300 Jewish wholesale them."
Moroccan authOritieS have dis- :
traders in the Moslem district of I "This is proof," the cable
& GIFT CENTER

• Derb Omar were reported from stated, "that they cannot con- couraged all emigration, Chris.

Casablanca to be "in a desperate tinue to live under the intoler- tian, Jewish, and Moslem, to •
"The House of Bargains"

provent losses of capital and of • 18294 WYOMING
-
UN
3-0543;
UN
3-1557

situation" as a result of 'the boy- able regime in Morocco. We pro- the country's few professionals
of Curtis
cott. Fear is expressed the boy- , test against limiting the free and technicians.
2)•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
cott will spread and will be ac- movement of Moroccan Jews,
companied by increased anti- and we ask urgent action to
Jewish propaganda on the part improve the situation." The
J message also protested against
of extremists.
Public opinion in France was Morocco's severance of postal
described as sharply condemn- relations with Israel and, in
FRIENDLY...
ing the Moroccan government
for "inhuman" treatment of Arab Raises Issue
You'll like the neigh-
Jews, forcing them to resort to
borly attention you get
leaving the country in a •manner of Jewish Exit
at American Savings.
We enjoy making
Which resulted in the tragedy
friends, and we will en-
of the sinking of the Price.
from Russia at UN
joy serving you ...
The entire press also recalled
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
with condemnation Morocco's re- (JTA)—The issue of emigration
strictions against Jewish emigra- by Soviet Jews to Israel vas
tion, the country's discrimina- raised this week by an Arab
tions against Jews in the King- delegate • at a meeting of the
dom, and Morocco's cancellation United Nations Subcommission
of postal communications be- on the Prevention of Discrimina-
the pleas-
You'I
tWeen itself and Israel under tion and Protection of Minorities.
ing of knowing
ant
the pressure of the Arab League.
The Subcommission is consid-
savings are in-
French politcial circles and ering the issue of the right of
d up to $10,000 by
CURRENT RATE
agency of
public opinion were particularly the individual to leave any
ON ANY AMOUNT
nited States
outraged by the communique is- country, including his own, and
ment.
sued following the Price tragedy, his right to return to his coun-
by the Arab Maghreb Press. In try.
that announcement, the Paris
The Arab delegate was Abdel-
newspapers point out, the Ma- Hamid Abdel-Ghani of the
ghreb PreSs, "without a word of United Arab Republic who said
regret for the casualties, raises that the right to leave one's
further the hostility against the country should be recognized by
n
Moroccan Jews."
American Savings
the state as an individual right
office a short distance
from and not as the right of "col-
Similar r orts
from where you work
Ob- lectivities." He argued that mass
London
or live. It's easy to
• that. "vi nt emigration would bring about
server
save regularly' the -
d serious dislocations . in the af-
h outbursts"
ant
American way, ..
the
roccan a- fected countries.
bro
ss
th
foil
tio
He cited the "appeals" to the
American Savings accounts grow faster because you earn
of
Jews living in the Soviet Union
3;00 and because this higher yield . is paid on any
ndon and other countries of the world
amount large or small. Go to the nearest American Savings
official to emigrate to Israel. He argued
n
air, has that such emigration would also
Ra
Branch—open an account today.
gainst "Zion- tend to perpetuate "the present
st
state of things in Palestine."
On the other hand, he said,
IF YOU TURN THE
A
there was no -impediment to rec-
ognition of the collective right
of people to return to their
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
country as this was "a normal
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
movement."
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