Establish Professorship
in Jewish Studies at
Washington University

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`Westernized Anti-Semitism' Seen as
Infiltrating Moslem Arab Countries

Bonds Aid Construction
of
r Industrial Plants

Rabbi Hits 'Barbaric'
Pre-Funeral Visits

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A professorship in Jewish
In his study of changing trends be imported from Europe; 'West-
history and the Hebrew lan-
guage will be established at m'the Middle East, in the Double- ernization' has made the Near
Washington University, St. day-published book "The Arab East self-sufficient in this as in
Louis, according to a joint an- World Today," Prof. M o r r o e some other kind of production.
nouncernent by the university Berger, of Princeton University, "Yet it is significant that the
and the American Jewish Corn- contends that Moslem feelings , wave of swastika - painting on
mittee.
towards Christians improved re- I synagogue - walls in Europe and
The announcement was made cently but "t o w a r d Jews it America in 1959-60 did not
at the annual dinner-meeting worsened."
spread to the Arab world, except
of the St. Louis Chapter of the I Dealings with the events that to Beirut, the Arab city with the
American Jewish Committee. followed the 1956 Sinai Cam- highest proportion of Christians."
Chancellor - elect Thomas H. paign by Great Britain, France
Dr. Berger shows, in a listing
Eliot of Washington University and Israel, Dr. Berger states that of minority groups in Moslem
was a speaker.
this worsening of sentiments to- countries, that, according to 1960
ward Jews "was not a purely figures, the following small Jew-
Brith Rishonim
religious affair since it followed Iish numbers remain: 14,000 in
the establishment of a Jewish I Egypt, 5,000 in Iraq, 6,000 in
Elects Officers
national state in Israel." he adds. I Lebanon and 5,500 in Syria.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Louis
"Zionism has stimulated in the I His study shows that there is
Lipsky was elected honorary
president of the Brith Rishonim Arab world a certain amount of ! a strong Western influence now
of the United- States, an organiza- anti-Semitism of the classical upon Arab communities. He
tion of veteran Zionists whose type to be found in Europe. Is- states that "for many years the
affiliations date prior to 1930, at lam hardly knew this social doc- Christian and Jewish communi-
the or ganization's annual meet
met I trine despite its opposition to ties in the Arab Moslem world
Judaism on religious grounds were the chief agents through
ink here.
I from the very moment the Jews whom Western techniques and
Dr.
Samuel
Margoshes
was
resisted
conversion by Moham- products, tastes and ideas, were
elected president; Dr. S. Feder- !
and
and his successors. As Dr. introduced." Even then, however,
bust and Robert Szold, vice-presi- Sylvia Haim, a keen student tolerance was not equality.
(kilts. Meyer Brown, treasurer; ' of Arab Moslem contemporary
and Morris Margulies, honorary I thouriht
Minorities now find it difficult
Increased activity in the
oi t
t • " -
secretary. Paul L. Goldman, Rose
is to retain communal identity, and construction of new industrial
Anti-Semitic
Literature"),
anti—
Arab
nationalism is playing an
I. IlaIpmii. Rabbi Mordeai Kirsh-
plants
has been stimulated by
1,1 f T1. Dr. Joseph Schechtmen Semitism was a Western importa - linereasingly influential role. Not
Israel Bonds to promote im-
tion
through
the
Westernized
;
only
Jews
but
Christians
as
well
:Ind Louis Segal were elected to
Arab communities: 'The flow of have emigrated from Arab- coun- migrant settlement in the
the board.
Negev. A large proportion of
anti-Semitic doctrine from Europe! tries.
the industry financed by Is-
did not originate in one country !
Frustrations and changes af- rael Bonds in Israel's new de-
Steinberg Produces
nor was it confined to a sinci
le ,
i Moslem lands: velopment towns is based on
decade. In the 19th century it ,. cc conditions in
World War II Epic
The original impetus from the the processing of textiles.
emanated
from
France
at
the
West
has
created
local generators Shown here under construction
Irving Lerner has completed tune of the Dryfus Affair and
on location in the Philippines for for obvious reasons, the Eastern as restlessness and aspiration. is the plant of the Polgat Fac-
producer Joe Steinberg a World (Orthodox) Christians became To a greater extent than ever be- tory, manufacturers of woolen
War 11 epic. To Be A Man," co- the agents through whom the fore in modern times, Arab so-
products, at Kiryat Gat. New
starring Van Heflin. Rita Moreno doctrine was propagated.' With i c t. ie
, , y will be what Arabs make industrial enterprises are
and James MacArthur.
the exacerbation of Arab-Jewish
erected as new development
Director Lerner photographed relations on the Palestine ques-
towns are founded to give im-
the picture on the actual sites tion, Nazi propaganda flooded
Cairo Baal Ha'nes
mediate employment to the
where Filipino patriots waged the Near East and found a large
Rabbi Hayim Kaposi, who immigrants who are now arriv-
guerilla warfare against the in- audience willing to listen to it, i lived in Cairo in the early 17th 1 mg in increasing numbers and
vading Japanese. Budgeted at and a few influential Moslems I Century, became known as Baal are being settled in the Negev.
1 willing to learn the techniques.1 Ha'nes (the miracle worker)
1,200,000 with a shooting sched-
ale extending over ten weeks, Since the creation of the State! after his sight was restored, re-
The world exists only for the
"To Be A Man" utilized the film of Israel in 1948, anti-Semitic 1 putedly in answer to his
studios of Manila.
pray- sake of school-children.—Tal-
I propaganda has not needed to ! ers.
mud

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PITTSBURGH, (JTA) — A
Pittsburgh rabbi has called on
his colleagues to educate their
congregants that pre-funeral
visits to bereaved Jewish fam-
ilies are "un-Jewish and bar-
baric."
Rabbi Mordechai S. Chertoff
said that "the practice of plac-
ing a body on exhibition,"
either at the chapel or in the
home "is a gross violation" of
Jewish tradition, and "despite
its widespread character, it is
of recent and alien origin and
in total disharmony with Jewish
concepts and traditions."

Hospital Director
Shatkai Dies in Israel

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Dr. Jos-
eph Shatkai, the director of Bel-
linson Hospital here, vice presi-
dent of the World OSE and
founder of OSE in Israel, died
May 27 at the age of 71. He was
also a Mapai member of the
Tel Aviv Municipal Council.
Born in Tarnopol, Poland,
Shatkai came to Palestine in
1942 where he became active in
the field of public health. He
was a member of the central
committee of Kupat Holim, the
workers health fund. and hon-
orary treasurer of the Israel
Hospital Directors Association.

Louis Margolis Dies

Louis Margolis, 19916 Robson,
president of the Margolis Furni-
ture Company of Hamtramck,
died May 30. He was 75. Mr.
Margolis was a charter member
of Temple Israel, a member of
Pisgah Lodge of Bnai Brith, the
Hamtramck Board of Commerce,
Histadrut and the Zionist Or-
ganization of America. He was
a past president of the Israel
Club of Detroit.
1 Mr. Margolis is survived by his
wife, Lily; four sons, Irwin, Her-
bert, Nathan and Arnold; two
daughters, Mrs. George Zalman
and Mrs. Max Garland; a
brother James of Miami Beach;
14 grandchildren, and nine great
grandchildren.

Rabbi Danglow Dies

MELBOURNE, Australia,
(JTA) — Rabbi Jacob Dang-
low, senior Jewish chaplain in
the Australian Commonwealth
and spiritual leader of the St.
Kilda Hebrew Congregation in
this city since 1905, died here
May 22 at the age of 81. Rabbi
Danglow, who held the rank of
colonel and served in both
world wars and the Korean con-
flict, was buried with military
honors.

Hillel Foundation
Formed at Technion

Regular activities of the Hillel
Foundation at the Technion, Is-
rael Institute of Technology, in
Haifa, started on the new campus
at Technion City last week, and
meetings will now be held
weekly on Sunday evenings.
At the opening meeting Prof.
S. Irrnay, acting vice-president of
the Technion, greeted the assem-
bled students. Dr. Yaacov Cohen,
Hillel Director in Israel, de-
livered the first of a four-part
series of talks on "science and
religion in the life of the
people."

Pittsburgh Federation
Raises $1,601,083

PITTSBURGH, (JTA) — The
United Jewish Federation of
Pittsburgh wound up its 1962
campaign by raising a total of
$1,601,083, according to Joseph
M. Katz, chairman of the drive.
The final results show a 13 per
cent increase over last year's
drive resulting in additional gifts
totaling $200,000.

An Internal Revenue man is
writing a book titled: "How We
Made $1,800,000 Off the Fellow
Who Wrote a Book About Mak-
ing $2,000,000 in the Stock Mar-

ket."