Egyptian Jews' U.S. Reunion

Kosleck in Role
of Dr. Goebbels

Indian Jews in Israel Angered
Over New Marriage Directive

By HERBERT G. LUFT

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The ages were a reversal of the Oc-
Chief Rabbinate has been ac- tober ruling.
HOLLYWOOD — Martin Kos- cused by Indian Jews settled in
The charge was based on the
leck, running the gamut of Nazi Israel with having "reversed" a new directives which required
villains in a score of World ruling which ended a lengthy dis- Israeli rabbis to ascertain whether
War II movies, now has por- pute over their status in regard Bene Israel applicants -for mar-
trayed for the fourth time the to marriage with other Jews in riages had parents and forebears
most sinister of them all — the Israel.
who were Jews and also instructed
Machiavellian Dr. Goebbels. The
The Chief Rabbinate ruled last rabbinical registrars to refer the
actor, in real life a mild-man- October that members of Indian applicant to the district rabbini-
nered, scholarly type, talked Jewry, known as Bene Israel, cal court "where doubts existed."
with me on the set of the were. full Jews and could wed
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim is-
"Adolf Hitler" picture recently other Jews. The Actions Commit-
sued a statement in reply, ex-
completed by E. Charles Straus tee of Bene Israel charged that pressing surprise about the Ac ,
for Allied Artists.
new directives for such marri- tions Committee charge. He said
Born in rural Prussia in 1907
that similar regulations applied
(his father was a native of Rus-
to all marriage applications in
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Society
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sia), Kosleck studied with the
Israel.
Max Reinhardt School and ap- General's Documents
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peared at Reinhardt's famed
BALTIMORE — An extensive
theaters in Berlin, before mak-
ing his motion picture debut at collection of letters, official doc-
APPLICATIONS FOR
the age of 24 in Richard Os- uments and other material re-
lating to the career of U.S.
wald's "Alraune."
Marine Corps. General Charles
When Hitler rose to power,
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it was not before 1939 that he Society. of Maryland.
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his close resemblance to Dr.
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a Nazi Spy," the first movie to phone directories.
be forbidden in the Third Reich.
Becoming an expert on Prus-
sian bullies, he portrayed one
of the World War I variety in
"Nurse Edith Cavell" and a
series of Nazis in such pictures
as "Espionage Agent," "Under-
ground," "Berlin Correspond-
ent," "Chetnicks, "B o m b e r s
Moon," "Nazi Agent," and- Hitch-
cock's "Foreign Correspondent."
Kosleck left Hollywood for
Broadway to play the deaf-mute
in "Madwoman of Chaillot" for
two full seasons and on tour.
It was in TV's Motorola Hour
that Kosleck once more returned
to the screen as badman Goeb-
bels in "Hitler's Last Days."
While he was starring In a
low-budget science fiction film
in New York, Kosleck was
signed for the fourth time to
play Joseph Goebbels, now op-
posite Richard Basehart's
"Adolf Hitler."

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As soon as Zaki Mourad arrived with his wife and daugh-
ters at the International Airport through United Hias Service
assistance, he telephoned Baltimore to speak to members of his
family whom he hadn't seen for several years. Stateless persons
who left Egypt, the Mourads came from Paris to this country
under the special U.S. refugee immigration law. Plans for their
family reunion were arranged through Baltimore HIAS and the
Baltimore Jewish Family and Children's Bureau. Mourad is a
metallurgical chemist. His daughters range from 5 to 15
years of age.

MORTGAGES
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Federbush's 'World Jewry
Today' Immensely Valuable
Compilation of Current Data

Dr. Simon Federbush, former
Israel is described historically
Chief Rabbi of Finland, who was in an outline of historical data
a member of the Polish Parlia- and of an outline of highlights
ment and was the president of of events since Statehood. Is-
the Mizrachi Organization of rael's economy, educational set-
Galicia before coming to this up, the party differences and
country, has produced a most the non-Jewish elements are
valuable reference work — evaluated. He devotes 82 paral-
"World Jewry. Today" — which lel columns to a listing of Is-
has just ben publishesd by Mas- rael's settlements.
sadah Publishing Co. in Jerusa-
He follows a similar proced-
lem under the sponsorship of ure for the United States and
the World Jewish Congress. It other countries, and the basic
is the first encyclopedic work facts are supplemented by a list
containing data about Jewish of the organized Jewish commu-
communities everywhere.
nities and the addresses of the
Rabbi Federbush, who pres- existing communal groups. The
ently is chairman of the World national educational and • the
Union of Hebrew Language and health agencies are listed and
Culture—Brit Ivrit Olamit—and there is a complete record of
serves on the world executive -all the newspapers published in
committees of the Jewish Con- this country.
gress and the Zionist Council,
By incorporating in this
has compiled facts and figures
about large and small Jewries, volume the study of "The Jew-
ish press of the world," by
about Curacao and Malta as well
Josef Fraenkel, Rabbi Feder-
as the United States and Israel;
about Haiti, Kenya, Rhodesia, bush has added to the merits Egyptian Soldiers
the Fiji Islands and Hadhra- of his important book.
An indication of the thorough- Kidnap Israeli
maut as well as Great Britain,
Canada and the Latin American ness and far-reaching approach
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Israeli
to the objectives of his work officials reported the
countries.
first case
Listing the world Jewish pop- will be found in the section of an abduction of an Israeli by
ulation, Dr. Federbush accounts under Bombay. There we learn Egyptians since the 1956 Sinai
for a total of 12,603,387, divided that Bombay, with a population campaign.
of 16,000, has four synagogues;
by continents as follows:
Egyptian soldiers seized
Europe
3,757,977 that Ahmedabad, in the Bombay Moshe Ben-Shitreet, a member
area,
has
a
Jewish
population
of
America
6,207,434
of the Afikim border settle-
Asia •
1,990,730 150 and has one synagogue; that ment, near the Gaza Strip, while
in
that
area
also
there
are
550
Africa
686,746
Jews in Alibag, • 100 in Mhasva, he was working in the field.
Australia and
Fellow-workers reported that an
New Zealand
60,500 180 members in the synagogue Egyptian military half-track ve-
of
Poona,
a
synagogue
in
Rev-
The immense value of this
hicle crossed the border into the
extensive study is attested to by danda, and there are other Jew- field. Several armed soldiers
ish
communities
in
the
Bombay
the testimonial of Israel's Presi-
jumped out and forced the set-
dent Itzhak Ben-Ziv and by the area.
tler into the vehicle and then
There
are
600
Jews
in
Uganda
special articles by Dr. Nahum
drove back across the border.
about
which
Dr.
Federbush
has
Goldman, on "The Position of
The witnesses rushed back to
written
an
interesting
chapter.
World Jewry;" Israel's Prime
The Jews in British Guiana the settlement to report the ab-
Minister David Ben-Gurion, "Re-
duction. The incident was made
birth of Israel," and Dr. Israel number .30. There are 42 in public after Israel authorities
Goldstein's "Tercentenary of Malta and '70 in the Fiji Islands. were assumed to have been offi-
This is a work that will be
American Jewry," which are
cially informed through United
prefixed to the data gathered by referred to with great interest. Nations Emergency Force head-
It is a most valuable guide for
Dr. Federbush. '
quarters that the settler was be-
As editor of this comprehen• all who need and seek informa- ing held by the Egyptians.
sive work, Dr. Federbush points tion about the Jewries of the cc
out in his preface: "This is the world. Dr. Federbush has ren-
first attempt to give a concise dered a great service by compil- 100 Register for Hebrew
history and an -account of the ing his facts, and the World
GUATEMALA—Some 100 per-
present spiritual, economic and Jewish Congress is to be con- sons, mostly non-Jews, have reg-
gratulated,
for
having
made
its
political situation, the various
istered for a free course in

institutions, press and commu-
nal leaders of all Jewreies in the
world, including inacessible
communities never before dealt
with in any publication."
Dr. Federbush did not limit
himself to figures. He ap-
pended to them historical
analyses of the communities
he dealt with, indicated the
populations of countries that
were affected by Nazism be-
fore and after the holocaust
and traced their historical
significance and the various
influences felt in the lands
dealt with.

publication possible.

P. S.

20,000 Jews in India
India's Jewish population to-
day numbers some 20,000 and
consists of three distinct com-
munities—the Oriental Sephar-
dim, who came during the past
century from Baghdad, Persia
and Afghanistan; the Bene
Israel, native Jews who believe
their ancestors came to India
after the destruction of the
First Temple and Cochin Jews
who record their settlement
back to the fourth century.

Hebrew language offered by the
College of Liberal Arts of the

University of San Carlos in co-
operation with the Israel em-
bassy here.

Rabbi Freehof Honored

JOHANNESBURG — Rabbi
Solomon Freehof of Pittsburgh,

president of the World Union
for Progressive Judaism, was
tendered a' dinner in his honor
here by the South African-
Union for Progressive Judaism,
during his one month visit to
South Africa as a guest of local
Reform congregations.

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