British Jewry Alerted
on 'Grave Situation'
Facing Algerian Jews
LONDON, (JTA) — The "in-
creasingly dangerous situation"
of Algerian Jewry calls for
stepped-up efforts by Anglo-
Jewry to help the French Jew-
ish organizations to cope with
the great influx of Algerian
Jewish immigration into France,
the Board of Deputies of British
Jews was told at its monthly
meeting.
Alderman A. Moss, senior
vice-president of the Board,
presiding in the absence of Sir
Barnett Janner, the president,
noted that the Deputies are
"aware of the terrible incidents
that are taking place in Algeria
daily."
"Emigration appears to be
the only hope for Algerian
Jewry," he stated. "This fact
presents great problems for the
welfare and social organizations,
as well as for the Jewish
religious and educational bodies
in France which need all the
help Anglo-Jewry can give in
order that these new refugees,
arriving now in France, be pro-
vided for, not only materially
but also spiritually."
Moss said that Sir Barnett,
now attending a Zionist con-
ference at Amsterdam, would
take the opportunity, while
abroad, to discuss with other
Jewish leaders the actions that
can be taken to meet the prob-
lem.
Goldmann Views USSR, Algerian Jewish Crises
NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
Nahum Goldmann asserted that
the Jewish people will continue
to demand that the Soviet
Union provide to its Jewish
community the same facilities
granted in the USSR to all
other religious and national
groups. He added, however,
that an effort will be made "to
separate this demand from the
general anti-Soviet propaganda
of the Cold War."
Prior to departure for Europe
and Israel, Dr. Goldmann dis-
cussed the position of Jews in
Algeria and the forthcoming
Ecumenical Council, to be con-
vened by the Catholic Church
in Rome, next October.
As president of the World
Zionist Organization and the
World Jewish Congress, Dr.
Goldmann asserted, regarding
Russia, that "it is difficult to
see the rationale of Soviet pol-
icy toward its Jewish minority."
Citing the facts about Russian
Jews enjoying certain rights
on an equal basis with other
national groups, he pointed to:
1. "The large number of death
sentences against Jews for economic
crimes and the special publicity
given to them.
2. "The refusal. for the first time
in the history of Soviet Russia, to
provide the Jewish community with
matzos," indicating "a policy of
discrimination w h i c h, naturally,
causes considerable concern among
Jews all over the world."
3. "The main complaint with re-
gard to Soviet Jewish policies is
against the undeniable difficulty for
Jews to express themselves as
Jews, religiously, culturally and na-
tionally, despite their status as a
national minority under the Soviet
Constitution."
Asserting that "it is almost
impossible to understand the
motives of such a policy of en-
forced assimilation as is applied
to the Jewish minority in Rus-
sia, "but specifically disassoci-
ating himself from joining the
Jewish issue to Cold War propa-
ganda, he stated:
"Despite the lack of real
progress until now, we do hope
that, from the point of view
of their own interests, the lead-
ership of the Soviet Union will
realize the unfairness and lack
of justification for their poli-
cies, which endanger the sur-
vival of the second largest Jew-
ish community in the world,
and that they will begin to
change this policy."
Dr. Goldmann announced
that a large number of Jew-
ish organizations around the
world represented in the
Conference of Jewish Organi-
zations, have presented to
Pope John XXIII a memo-
randum asking the Ecumeni-
cal Council to adopt "a clear
statement of the Church
against racial and anti-Se-
mitic tendencies and the
elimination from the Catholic
liturgy and Catechism of pas-
sages which inseminate anti-
Jewish prejudices among mil-
lions of Catholic children."
He expressed the "confident
hope" that the Council "will
take positive action to combat
dangerous- anti-Semitic preju-
dices, stating that "such action
would be acknowledged with
deep satisfaction by the Jewish
community everywhere." He
expressed "satisfaction" over
the advance planning for the
Council by theratican under
the direction of Cardinal Agus-
tin Bea.
The Jewish leader expressed
"deep concern over the future
of the Jewish community in
Algeria. despite the rights and
guarantees given them under
the Evian agreement. He ex-
pressed the hope that within
its limited possibilities, the
Jewish community in Algeria
will contribute to the efforts of
the French Government to im-
plement the Evian Agreements
and bring about a new era of
peace and prosperity "to that
unhappy country." "Whatever
may happen in Algeria," he
said, "it is clear that many
Jews will leave and are leaving."
Lawyers On Study Mission
To Israel Under JNF Auspices
A study mission of the Nation-
al Lawyers Committee of the
Foundation for the Jewish Na-
tional Fund will emplane for
Israel on July 29, it was an-
nounced by Albert Schiff, presi-
dent of the fund.
Colonization Group
to Aid Israel Schools,
French-Algerian Jews
LONDON, (JTA)—The Coun-
cil of Administration of the
Jewish Colonization /Associa-
tion has announced /plans to
mark the 70th anniversary of
the founding of JCA by erec-
tion of a building for a cultural
and recreation center for school
children in Israel.
The building will serve such
children in the Beed Tuvia and
Kfar Warburg settlements, and
the surrounding district, in
which the JCA's postwar col-
onization programs have been
mainly concentrated.
Sir Henry D'Avidgor Gold-.
smid, JCA president, said the
council also decided to provide
a special grant to the Hebrew
University for scholarships for
agricultural students who • are
new immigrants. The JCA also
will provide grants to children
and to Youth Aliyah, the Mik-
veh Israel Agricultural School
and the Alliance Israel Trade
school in Jerusalem.
The JCA also took note of
the problems arising from the
heavy influx into France of
Jewish refugees from North
Africa. The Council decided to
increase its contribution to a
fund set up by the JCA, the
Joint Distribution Committee,
the Central British Fund and
other Jewish welfare groups to
help such immigrants find
permanent settlement.
4 Orthodox Israelis
Stand Trial "for
Kidnaping Youngster
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Four mem-
bers of the ultra orthodox Kom-
meniut Village were charged
Monday with complicity in the
kidnaping of Y o s s el e S'hu-
macher, the child spirited away
from his parents two-and-a-half
years ago.
The charges were filed in
Jerusalem District Court. The
four defendants included Rabbi
Binyamin Mendelson, rabbi of
the village. The case will be
heard by a panel of three
judges, headed by Binyamin
Halevi, president of the court.
The maximum penalty on con-
viction is seven years.
The boy, who is now 10, was
taken by orthodox Jews who
feared he would not receive a
proper orthodox education. Ef-
forts made on three continents
have failed to reveal any trace
of the youngster.
Eleven Organizations
Form U.S. Section of
World Jewish Congress
The establishment of an Ameri-
can section of the World Jewish
Congress was announced in New
York by Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
president of the global Jewish
body. Initially it will consist of
11 national Jewish organizations.
The following organizations
have announced their affiliation
with the new Section: American
Jewish Congress, Americans for
Progressive Israel, Farband—La-
bor Zionist Order, Federation for
Labor Israel (Histadrut), Labor
Zionist Organization of America,
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi, Miz-
rachi Women's Organization of
America, Pioneer Women, Poale
Agudath Israel of America, Zion-
ist Organization of America and
United Zionists—Revisionists of
America.
556 Are Graduated
from Haifa Technion
(Direct
TeletyPe Wire
JTA
to Th e
J ewish News)
HAIFA — A total of 556 grad-
uates of the Haifa Technion were
awarded degrees Tuesday night
at the graduation ceremonies.
Doctorates were conferred on
15 persons and masters degrees
for 79. Fifty-eight graduates re-
ceived engineering degrees and
404 receivde bachelor of science
degrees.
Today it's easy to lose sight of the fact
that our freedoms were not often freely
bestowed. They had to be won. And one
of the earliest fighters for freedom of
conscience in the United States was Jacob
Henry, a Jew.
In 1808, Jacob Henry was elected to
the General Assembly, the legislature of
North Carolina. He served without inci-
dent for one year.
But the following year Representative
Mills demanded that Henry be expelled
from the Assembly. The reason? Mills
charged that Henry had not taken his
oath of office on the New Testament, as
required by law. Reluctantly, the As-
sembly had to try Henry. He took the
floor to reply to the attack upon him.
"Who among us," he demanded, "feels
himself so exalted above his fellows as to
have a right to dictate to them their mode
of belief?" "Will you bind the conscience
in chains," he continued, "and fasten
conviction upon the mind . . .?"
Then, speaking of his own faith, Henry
gave fervent affirmation to a creed as ap-
plicable today as it was then: "I am
bound by the same obligations with my
fellow citizens, nor does any ,man sub-
scribe more sincerely than myself to the --__
maxim, 'Whatever ye would that men
should do unto you, do so even unto them,
for such is the Law of the Prophets.' "
It was ruled that the religious test for
office did not apply to the General As-
sembly. Jacob Henry served his full term.
Little more is known about him, but
Henry's eloquent defense of freedom of
conscience has since become an integral
part of our American heritage.
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