Urgent Appeal to "Detroit Jewish Community
Inaugurates Campaign for S5,904,000 Goal
Statement by Allied Jewish Campaign Chairman Paul Zuckerman on Page 40
Purim:
Israel's
Faith in
Survival
THE JEWISH NEWS
C~ ETROI -r
Community's
Call to Action
Editorials
Page 4
Vol. XLI, No. 3
A Weekly Review
NA 1–WIGAN
o f Jewish Events
A Salute
to Allied
Jewish
Campaign
Leadership
Commentary
Page 2
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U. S. Asked to 'Democratize'
Immigration Law
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A resolution calling for an increase in the American
annual immigration quota from approximately 156.000 to 250,000 was adopted
here Sunday at the 78th annual meeting of the United Hias Service at Hotel
Roosevelt. More than 1,000 delegates from fraternal, community, religious and
labor organizations attended the meeting.
The resolution also asked for other revisions of the U. S. immigration
and nationality laws "to reflect American democratic concepts concerning the
dignity and worth of the individual." President Kennedy. in a message to the
gathering. congratulated the United Hias Service for "successful efforts in the
resettlement of migrants and refugees whose hardship you have translated into
hope."
Senator Philip A. Hart, Michigan Democrat, chairman of the U.S. Senate
Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees, the guest speaker, called , for new
immigration legislation, emphasizing that the immigration laws discriminate
against immigrants from Eastern Europe. He was presented with the United
Hias Service Award of Honor, an illuminated plaque, in recognition of his
"contribution" of outstanding significance in the field of. migration and
resettlement."
Murray I. Gurfein, president of United Hias Service, reported that "in
1961 more than 30,000 Jewish men, women and children received from United
Hias Service vital migration and related services. Of this number, more than
7,000 migrants and refugees received migration assistance, and thiS was 80
per •.!ent higher than primarily in the United States, Latin America, Canada
and Australia.
"Five thousand of the assisted migrants were from Europe, the Middle
East, North Africa and the Far East, and more than 2,000 were refugees from
Cuba," he said.
A Happy
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The carnival spirit rules this week in our schools and
synagogues, on the occasion of Purim. The Megillah—the
Book of Esther—will be read at Purim services Monday
evening and Tuesday morning, the traditional family Seudah
will be observed in Jewish homes, and merrymaking has
been arranged in all schools.
Detailed story of Purim celebrations on Page 12
Pointing out that "the dilemma of Jews in Cuba is not caused by anti-
Semitism, but by the suddeb and far-reaching economic and political changes
in that country," Gurfein stated that "more than 5,000 Jews have left Cuba since
the emergency arose, and the vast majority of them have been helped directly or
indirectly by United Hias Service."
-He reported that less than one-third of the Jewish refugees from Cuba
who received migration assistance from the agency were still in Miami, while
the large majority are being successfully resettled in 96 communities in 29 states,
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and certain Latin American countries.
James P. Rice, executive director of United Hias Service, stated that the
agency has helped close to 350 unaccompanied children who came to the
United States from Cuba with their parents' consent. Through arrangements
the agency has worked out with local Jewish community organizations, these
children are now living in 37 cities of 22 states, he said. Two-thirds of the un--
accompanied Jewish children were placed in foster homes.
Governor Rockefeller of New York and Mayor Wagner cited the United
Hias Service record in messages sent to the meeting.
Campaign Gets into Motion Alrairch 20.- This Is
How the Pius 'Dollars Will lifeet Our Obligations
GIVE
Regular Fund
ENOUGH
OVERSEAS & ISRAEL, WA 53.6%
TOTAL. AMOUNT REQUIRED
for BOTH!
Special Fund
$4,104,000 s5,904 000 1,200,000
NATIONAL SERVICES 5.5%
LOCAL SERVICES ....40.9%
100% to the
UNITED JEWISH A
APPEAL