THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, September 14, . Ben-ururion Stirs li Angry Protests Over Aliyah Remarks to Dan'ish Jews (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) COPENHAGEN—Jewish lead- ers in Copenhagen took strong and public issue Tuesday with an address by visiting Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in which he urged Scandinavian Jewish youth to go to Israel either for settlement or at least for study because he was con- cerned about the future of Jews in countries "where assimilia- tion was so marked.". The Prime Miniser made his appeal to a group of such youth and the responses came quickly. Otto Levysohn, chairman of the "Mosaisk Troessamfund," said he was disassociating himself from the Prime Minister's views. He said "we Danish Jews could never want a happier place to live than Denmark. We have no inferiority complex but rather feel ourselves a proper part of the Danish peo- ple. We are first Danish and then Jewish and this has never His exciting escape from the body-crush- ing , ,valls of the cell of death!!! TECHNICOLOR • TOTALSCOP E F THEATRE Starts Friday Sept. 74 Free Parking involved us in any conflicts." Chief - Rabbi Phil Marcus Melchior also rejected Ben- Gurion's appeal. In a state- ment given wide publicity in the Danish press, the Chief Rabbi said that "irrespective of the fact that the concept of Mr. Ben-Gurion on the question is well known for its radicalism, it is still possible that the quotation of his re- marks has to some degree been misunderstood insofar as it deals with half sentences which were taken from their context and which could be understood fully only in their proper context." He added that "on the other hand, it is unquestionable that the. way in which the problem has been touched on has at the same time affected the essential interests of Danish Jews. What from the standpoint of Mr. Ben- Gurion is of rather secondary importance — namely, the fate of a famous handful of Danish Jews — is from our standpoint primary and trival. When a man of Mr. Ben-Gurion's stature goes into 'this, he as a politician must be aware that it might be necessary that contradictory views be expressed." The Chief Rabbi continued that "we Danish Jews don't us- ually air our patriotism. Why on earth should we shout 'hur- rah' more loudly than all other Danes? But we take an oppor- tunity like this to state that no one, however big he may be or from wherever he may come, has the right or is able to change even one jot of what for 150 years has been the status of Danish Jews under which there has been established a re- lationship in Denmark of which we are all just as happy on the Christian side as on the Jewish side." "There is one thing in par- ticular which I want to point out," the Chief Rabbi added in his press statement. "If Premier Ben-Gurion really claimed that in order to be a Jew every minute of one's life, one has to live in Israel. then according to my view, two questions arise. The first is whether to be a Jew every minute is of imperative ne- cessity and whether Jewish- ness and being a general hu- man being did not equate each other so completely that one at the same time could be Jewish and a human being in other places than in the few Square kilometers which form the territory of Israel." The Chief Rabbi suggested further that one of the conse- quences of the Prime Minister's viewpoint could be that "in the conference Wednesday that he believed that every Jew same way as Jews should have the right to be Jews every min- ute of their lives, the Christians should have the same right for their part. According to this a r g u m en t, Mr. Ben-Gurion should recommend to the Chris- tian part of mankind to emi- grate to real Christian states where they could be Christians every minute." He concluded with the state ment that "the attitude of Dan- ish Jews is and in the future will be the same as in the past. We do not change colors, we do not alter our shields." The statement was given widespread publicity in Copenhagen daily newspapers. The Chief Rabbi was asked by I s r a e l i journalists accom- panying the visiting group why he had chosen to argue with the Prime Minister in the public press. He replied that the Prime Minister's address was "understood here as an appeal to all. Danish Jews to leave Denmark and emigrate to Israel. I was afraid about pos- sible disquiet for Jews as a result and it was my duty to answer." The Prime Minister later visited the Copenhagen Syna- gogue where he was received by the congregation and Chief Rabbi Melchoir with a spe- cial prayer for peace in Israel. In a short address, the Chief Rabbi stressed what Danish Jews had done for Israel. In his reply. the Prime Minister reiterated he hoped that Danish Jews would re- main faithful to Judaism, "even if their situation here is as good as it is." The Prime Minister, Mrs. Ben-Gurion and their daughter had lunch Monday with King Frederick and Queen Ingrid at the Fredensburg summer resi- dence of the royal family. The highly formal luncheon was attended by Premier Otto Krag and Mrs. Krag, Foreign Minister Haekerrup and other Danish ministers. Prior to the luncheon, the Israeli premier spent an hour at the Judaica Department of the Royal Library where Dr. Adelman, the director of Judaica. explained to him old Jewish and Hebrew manu- scripts of the department. The Prime Minister was particularly interested in Danish research into the problem of the number of Hebrews who fled from Egypt in the exodus but did not find any affirmation of his thesis that the total was 600. An official Israeli reception was held in the evening. 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