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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, May 26, 196 1 --
Talks with Hammarskjold, Too
Ben-Gurion to Meet Kennedy in New York
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Wire to
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The Jewish es)
of Europe and the American ceremonies. The wreath-laving
hemisphere.
was followed by a Kosher lunch
OTTAWA — Prime Minister- "In those days, renewed na- for the Prime Minister at the
David Ben-Gurion of Israel tionhood and independence Government House with Gover-
arrived here Wednesday on a were only long-cherished aspi- nor General and Mrs. Vanier.
mission he de s c r i b e d as ration for my people.
Ben-Gurion had arrived at
strengthening the spiritual and
"Mr. Prithe Minister, in the Idlewild Airport Tuesday night
material ties between North Canadian House of Commons enroute to Ottawa. . He was
America and Israel.
weeks ago, you spoke of greeted by Ambassador Avra-
He
He was welcomed by Prime the close and friendly rela- ham Harman, who came to New
.
Minister John Diefenbaker as a tions which have existed be • York especially from Washing-
"gallant and great leader of tween Canada and Israel ton; Ambassador M i c h a e 1
the forces of economy."
since the founding of Israel. Comay, head of the Israel dele-
"You come here as a wel-
Indeed, even on the long and gation to the United Nations;
come guest to a country in
difficult path to statehood, Dr. Binyamin Eliav, Israel Con-
which the Jewish people—
we always felt friendship sul General in New York; and
now 200,000 strong—have
flowing from all segments of Shimshon Arad, Deputy Consul
made a contribution in poli-
General. A representative of
the Canadian. people.
tics, science and the arts,"
"My goVernment and people Mayor Robert F. Wagner was
the Canadian Prime Minister deeply appreciate the interest also at the airport to meet him.
said.
Ben Gurion spent a night of
and good will manifested by
Ben-Gurion was given a gen- the Canadian government and rest at a New York hotel before
eral salute and reviewed a her people in .Israel's develop- flying to Canada.
Accompanying the Prime
100-man Royal Canadian Air ment. On our -part, we follow
Force guard of honor. About with .sympathy - Canada's grow- Minister are Pinhas Sapir; the
100 members of the Jewish ing stature and activity on the Commerce and Industry Min-
community of Ottawa attended world scene and the dedication ister; Dr.' Hahn Yahil, direc-
the arrival and about 50 others to and consistent 'effort for tor-general of the Foreign
caryying welcome .placards in world peace . on the part of the Ministry; Yitzhak Navon, the
support of the visit . paraded Prime Minister and the ipieople Prime Minister's secretary;
it . of and C o 1 o n e 1 Chaim Ben
outside . the hangar.
of Canada • in the spir
1 David; his military aide. Mrs.
A sprinkling of about 100 Canada's noblest traditions.
Arab sympathizers appeared at
"On a personal note, I would Ben-Gurion and their daugh-
the airport carrying - signs "Ben say that I welcome this oppor- ter, Raanana, remained in
go home" and "Zionists are tunity of renewing my acquaint- London.
Meanwhile, the White House
murderers."
ance with you which began with had announced that President
Replying to Diefenbaker's our meeting in Jerusalem some Kennedy will meet with Ben-
greeting, Ben-Gurion declared: years ago. -
Gurion Tuesday afternoon in
"I thank you for your
"It is my hope that my visit New York. The Israel Prime
words of welcome and the may contribute to a further Minister will remain in Canada
kind references to my coup- strengthening of the :friendly until Sunday and will proceed
try and myself. I first visited ties between our two countries. from there on an unofficial
Canada 44 years - ago when I wish to convey . to you, Mr. visit to New York.
I was in transit from the Prime Minister, and through
Ben-Gurion will also meet
United States of America to you to the goVernment and peo- i with UN Ambassador Adlai
the. Middle East as a soldier pie of Canada, Israel's best
wishes for Canada's welfare Stevenson. United Nations Sec-
in the British Army.
retary General Dag Hammar-
"Since then, I : have always a
u m e."-
skjold will be host at his Park
borne with me fond memories
The Israeli Prime Minister Avenue home on Sunday to the
and impressions of this land was driven with an honor Prime Minister.
with its vast physical scope escort to the Canadian Na-
Ben-Gurion's New York
blessed with manifold resources tional War Memorial in the
visit includes also sessions
and material capacity._ In this heart of the capital where he
with American Jewish lead-
land, peoples of varying origins laid a wreath to commemo-
ers. He is slated to address a
had united to build a new na- rate the dead of both world
meeting of the Israel Bond
tion dedicated to • freedom and wars.
Organization's governing
democracy, inspiring it with a
The Arab sympathizers also board Tuesday evening in
deep reverence for the Biblical went to the War Memorial and
heritage, with pioneering and picketed the scene as the Is- Philadelphia. On Wednesday,
dynamic progress and -serving i raeli Prime Minister was en- - he will address a dinner-meet-
ing of United Jewish Appeal
as a link between the continent gaged in the wreath-laying
officers, cabinet members and
top leadership officials at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
New York.
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Establish Schocken Institute for
Jewish Research in Jerusalem
Hebrew Corner
Festival of Light
and of Power
In distant Yemen. Saadya Zadok
sat by a small paraffin lamp. In
front of him stood a very primitive
machine (called Nul) and bundles
of sheeps' wool. Saadya worked very
quickly at the machine and the
bundles were transformed into wool-
en threads.
The news of Israel's war of libera-
tion reached distant Yemen, and the
Saadya family accompanied by a
number of friends left their home
town by night to get a plane to the
Holy Land. Together with other fami-
lies, the Saadya family arrived at
the moshav of Givat Koah. In the
new houses they found beds, kitchen
utensils, a paraffin lamp and other
equipment. So they began life in
Israel. Saadya the weaver became a
farmer who tills the soil.
One day Saadya saw laborers dig-
ging pits near his field and fixing
very tall masts inside the pits. Saayda
went tip to the laborers and asked:
"What are you doing here in the
middle of the fields?" The laborers
answered: "We are working for the
electric company and we are bring-
ing electricity to your village."
In the evening there arrived at
Givat Koah settlers from other settle-
ments, the director of the Palestine
Electric Company and soldiers of
Zahal (Israel Defense Forces). All
the members of the village put out
their paraffin lamps and the village
seemed as if it were asleep.
Suddenly without any prior notice
all the lights in all the houses and
streets of the village lit up, the
people ran and embraced each other,
switched off the electricity and put it
on again and exclaimed: What a
wonderful thing, a miracle from
heaven!
Saadya who knew better said: "Its
not from heaven, its from the elec-
tric company."
(Translation of Hebrew column,
Published by Brith Ivrith Olamith,
Jerusalem.)
The establishment in Jerusalem of the Schocken Institute
for Jewish Research of the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America was announced in New York by Dr. Bernard Mandel-
baum, Seminary Provost, and in Jerusalem by Gidon Schocken,
chairman of the institute's board of directors. The Institute,
which will be a center for research, is based upon the Schocken
Library and its research institutes. The Schocken Library was
started at the close of the 19th century by the late Salman
Schocken and grew into the largest and most important private
collection of Judaica and Hebraica in the world. Connected
with the library are the research institute for medieval He-
brew poetry and the institute for Jewish mysticism. In 1934
the library was moved from Berlin to Jerusalem where it is
housed in a spacious building at 6 Balfour St., especially con-
structed for it and its two research institutes. The building
was designed by Eric Mendelsohn, pioneer of modern archi
tecture.
Around the World...
.A Digest of World Jewish Happenings
from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and Other News-Gathering Media.
United States
AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Two men charged with painting swas-
tikas over the outer walls of the home of a Jewish resident were
ordered held in $13,000 bail to await action by the Grand Jury.
PHILADELPHIA—Construction of a new building for Gratz
College, the oldest Hebrew teacher-training institution in -the
United States, was assured by a grant of $100,000 by the Phila-
delphia Jewish Federation, raising to $600,000 the total capital
funds earmarked by the Federation for the college.
NEW YORK—More than 250 communal, civic and religious
leaders paid tribute to Avraham Harman, Israel's Ambassador to
the United States, for his "eloquent championship of Israel's
cause" at an Israel bond testimonial dinner, which. resulted in
the sale of over $150,000 in Israel bonds.
WASHINGTON—During the 15-year period, 1945-1960, Israel
received only $1,000,000 in military assistance from the United
States, while Iraq received $46.1 million, Jordan $17.6 million, and
Lebanon $8.7 million. No military aid went to Egypt and Syria.
Africa
CASABLANCA—Two Jewish doctors who served with the
Royal Moroccan Army in the Congo were personally decorated
by King Hassan in a ceremony at Meknes and received directly
from the King medals citing them for "courage and endurance."
Israel
JERUSALEM—Israel will receive somewhat less in American
agricultural surpluses this year ($20 million in 1961- as com-
pared with $30 million in 1960), but the financial terms will be
somewhat better, according to David Golan, deputy controller
of the foreign exchange program here . . . Some 12 years
after its first census in 'November 1948, Israel launched its second
national census with a visit by the director of the Census Bureau
to the residence of President Izhak Ben-Zvi, where he "counted"
the President's household.
TEL AVIV—One Arab infiltrator into Israel was killed and
two others were captured after a clash with an Israeli border
patrol north of the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman announced.
Latin America
SANTIAGO, Chile—Jacobo Schaulsohn, the only Jewish
member of the Chilean Parliament, was chosen provisional presi-
dent of the lower house by the newly elected deputies and will
probably be elected president of the chamber when the new
house convenes.
•
Europe
ROME—Thousands of students attended a series of lectures
at the University of Rome, in which leading Italian historians
discussed the evils of fascism and Nazism, with the object of
enlightening the younger generation . . . An exhibit depicting the
horrors of Nazi concentration camps opened in the Royal Palace
in Milan . . . The Municipality of Rome has established six
scholarships for high school and medical students in honor of
citizens of the city who died fighting the Nazi-fascist regime.
LONDON—The first Jewish war memorial in England was
dedicated to the thousands of Jewish men and women who lost
their lives in the two world wars and have no known resting
place
BONN—Wilhelm Schepmann, the last commander of the
Nazi S.A. Stormtroopers, resigned his post as Deputy MaYor of
Gifhorn after a trade union publication had called his election
by the Town Council "unpardonable" and the Central Council
of Jews in Germany had lodged a protest.
VIENNA—Fifty Arab students at Graz University staged an
anti-Israel demonstration in front of the university, carrying ban-
ners attacking Israel and proclaiming that "the United Nations
has no right to give Palestine to the Zionists."
Asia
TEHERAN—With funds contributed by the American Joint
Distribution Committee, and British and Teheran sources, a
$50,000 health center was opened here to serve underprivileged
Jews.