THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, October 5, 1962
Around the World..
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings
from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and Other News-Gathering b Media.
United States
WASHINGTON—An Israeli economic team, headed by David
Horowitz, governor of the Bank of Israel, is completing negotia-
tions with the World Bank here for a $22,000,000 loan to construct
a modern highway network in Israel . The Department of
State has received information that the Austrian government is
now accepting applications for benefits under the 12th amend-
ment to the Austrian Victims Welfare Law providing for com-
pensation for imprisonment in a concentration camp.
NEW YORK—The City of New York paid tribute to Bank
Leumi le-Israel and its New York branch when Commissioner of
Commerce and Industrial Development Louis Broido presented
Dr. Y. Foerder, chairman of Bank Leumi, with a citation on the
occasion of the bank's 60th anniversary and the first anniversary
of the establishment of the bank's New York branch . . • More
than $13,000,000 has been raised toward the $27,500,000 develop-
ment program of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University . . . More than 40,000 cargo tons of specially
designed equipment valued at $9,000,000 is now on the high seas
aboard two Israel-bound freighters as part of a crash program
designed to quadruple the production of chemicals and minerals
from the Dead Sea within the next two years . . Some of the
foremost American experts in accounting have launched a drive
for $1,300,000, of which $400,000 is to be raised in the greater
New York area, to aid the Institute of Accountancy and the De-
partment of Business Administration of the Hebrew University
at Jerusalem . . . At a special conference here, the Farband-
Labor Zionist Order appealed to the White House, the United
Nations and the United States Department of State to intervene
with the government of the Soviet Union on behalf of full
freedoms of religious and cultural life for its Jews . . . World
Jewish Congress headquarters here has received New Year's
greetings from the Romanian Jewish community and from the
Central Board of Hungarian Jews and a cable of thanks from
the Shah of Iran for its message of sympathy on the tragedy
caused by the recent earthquake . . . A special award for indus-
trial doCumentary film was won by the Israel film "S'dom: Life
From the Dead Sea" exhibited in the 1962 International Film
Festival of New York , . . Conditions exist in Israel for the
development of an expanded electronics industry, according to
a study carried out in Israel for the Agency for International
Development of the United States . . . Bank Leumi le-Israel has
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
offering (expected next month) to shareholders of additional
shares on the basis of four new shares for each five shares of
both ordinary and Class A now outstanding.
NEWARK, N.J.—Miffed by criticism which held that the
police here were poorly trained in intergroup relations, Police
Director Dominick A. Spina has requested the Mayor's office
to shift its intergroup relations orientation course from classes
conducted by the National Conference of Christians and Jews to
the State Division of Civil Rights or to a city agency.
Europe
BRUSS'ELS—Some 70 scholars from 14 countries closed a
three-day Conference on Jewish Life in Contemporary Europe
with the creation of a committee to prepare and coordinate the
studies on the situation of the various European countries dis-
cussed during the sessions.
BERLIN—An exhibition of Israeli maps and other documents
illustrating Israel's problems and the achievements of the Jewish
State was opened here by a group of 26 non-Jewish Berlin youths
who returned from a four-week tour of Israel.
FRANKFURT—The decisive role of Martin Bormann, Nazi
deputy fuehrer who was sentenced to death in absentia by the
Allied Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, in the genocide of
European Jewry is related in a new 250-page book, "Martin
Bormann, Hitler's Shadow," by Josef Wulf, published last week.
LONDON—A bill will be introduced in the House of Lords
amending the present humane slaughter in such a manner as to
outlaw Jewish ritual slaughter practice, it was announced by the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the
Humane Slaughter Association.
Latin America
MEXICO CITY—Believed to be the first time that the
President of the Republic participated actively in a strictly
Jewish ceremony, President Adolfo Lopez Mateos acted as god-
father during the circumcision ritual in the home of his personal
friend Jacob Lasky.
LIMA, Peru—A group of 13 young people, five from Peru
and eight from Bolivia, will leave for Israel early this month
for study in leadership techniques in youth organizations on
fellowships provided by the government of Israel.
RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's President Joao Goulart and the
Governor of the State of Guanabara, Carlos Lacerda, have sent
greetings to the Jewish communities of the country and state
on the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
Middle East
NICOSIA, Cyprus—Twenty Israeli factory workers came here
for an official visit with Cypriote trade union leaders as well as
with Minister of Labor Tassos Papadopoulos.
IZMIR, Turkey—Israel has made an offer to the Turkish
government to help this country increase its trade with West
African markets where Israel has already established good com-
mercial relations by the use of Israeli firms acting as agents for
Turkish exporters.
Israel
JERUSALEM—The Hebrew University dedicated its new
Maurice and George Levin Physics Building, endowed by the
Levin brothers of South Orange, N. J. . . . An appeal to the
government of the Soviet Union to restore to Russia's 3,000,000
Jews their rights to cultural and religious freedom and to permit
them to rejoin their families, especially those who are in Israel,
was issued by the presidium and executive committee of the
World Zionist Organization's Actions Committee.
TEL AVIV—Upon his return from a month-long tour of the
five Scandinavian countries, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
declared that his visit had tightened the friendly relations and
understanding between those nations and Israel . A 21-year-old
Chicago girl, Lynne Alison Turner, won a $4,000 grand concert
harp at Israel's second international harp competition.
Catholic Priest in Argentina Charges
Church Hierarchy Idle to Anti-Semitisin
BUENOS' AIRES, (JTA) —
Father Carlos Cucchetti, co-
founder of the Argentine Jew-
ish-Christian fraternity, w a s
quoted in an interview as de-
claring that "we cannot affirm
the Church hierarchy or-
ganizes and incites anti-Semit-
ism but it can be said that the
hierarchy has not adopted steps
to prevent such outbursts gen-
erated in Catholic institutions
and schools."
The priest was asked by La
Luz, a Jewish fortnightly jour-
nal, to comment on a recent re-
port in the New York Times
quoting Argentine Jews to the
effect that the Catholic Church
is one of the main factors in
anti-Semitism here.
"It cannot be said that the
pulpits in certain churches
are chairs of anti-Semitism,
but certain priests use their
pulpits to disseminate the
ideas from which religious
anti-Semitism emanates," he
replied.
As an example, he cited
Father Vorgilio Filippo, pa-
rochial priest of the Immacu-
late Conception Church who,
he said, frequently used his
pulpit for anti-Semitic attacks.
He referred also to Father
Julio Meinvielle, who, he
said, indoctrinates young stu-
dents with anti-Semitic ideas.
The priest warned of the dan-
ger that Catholic high schools
would become centers of ex-
treme nationalism and anti-
Semitic propaganda and re-
ferred specifically to t w o
schools, the El Salvador and
Champanat Ca tholic high
schools. He said it had been fre-
quently established that many
elements of Tacuara, the Argen-
tine Nazi youth organization,
were pupils or alumni of these
schools.
"I know that the Church
authorities have done nothing
in this regard since they are
not convinced that such propa-
ganda stems from there,"
Father Cucchetti declared. "In
general, Catholic priests are not
anti-Semitic, but neither are
they pro-Semitic. Only a small
sector of priests is actively anti-
Semitic and in their majority,
they are foreigners, particularly
Germans and Spaniards."
Father Cucchetti concluded
the interview by answering a
question as to the "reason-
able possibility of Jewish-
Christian co-existence in our
times" by replying that he
thought there were "excel-
lent" possibilities of this.
Nissim Elnecave, editor of La
Luz, charged in an article in
the current issue of the publi-
cation that the role of the Cath-
olic Church in Argentina in
stimulating anti-Semitism has
Vatican Invites Israel to Attend
First Session of Ecumenical Council
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — The Vatican
has extended to the government
of Israel an invitation to attend
the opening session and cere-
monies of the Ecumenical Coun-
cil opening on Oct. 11, it was
disclosed here Wednesday.
Morris Fisher, Israel's Am-
bassador to Italy, will head the
Israeli delegation to the open-
ing session. The delegation will
include three persons, includ-
ing the Minister of Religious
Affairs.
Similar invitations have been
extended by the Vatican to
other countries with which the
Vatican maintains diplomatic re-
lations. The invitation to Israel
was seen as a goodwill gesture,
since there are no diplomatic
ties between Israel and the Vat-
ican which has not exen extend-
ed formal recognition to Israel.
Since Pope John 23 ascended
to the Papacy, Israeli envoys
in Rome have been invited to
attend functions. Former Am-
bassador Eliyahu Sasson was
awarded the Vatican order of
Saint Silvester.
ARAMCO Ordered to End Bias
Against Jewish Job Applicants
been "overwhelming." He as-
serted that without full support
of certain priests, most of the
Nazi and Fascist organizations
in the country would be rela-
tively inoffensive.
The editor denounced Msgr.
Antonio Plaza, Archbishop of
La Plata, as a virulent anti-
Semite of the typical Nazi-
Fascist sort. He called the El
Salvador, Champanat and La
Salle Catholic high schools in
Buenos Aires "true bulwarks of
anti-Semitism in the educa-
tional and political field."
Senor Elnecave said it was
"no secret" that all the Nazi
and Fascist youth organizations
were spiritually led by priests
among whom he cited Fathers
Julio Meinville; Luis Etchever-
ry Boneo, who, he said, guides
the girls' section of Tacuara;
Justo Oscar Laguna, described
as famed for his anti-Semitic
sermons; Garcia Bieya and Jose
Maria MacKinnon of the Buenos
Aires archdiocese, and Father
Elias Andraos, who was said to
be very active among students
of Arab origin.
The editor asserted that many
high officials in the Federal
Police were intimately connect-
ed with these priests.
Hebrew Corner
First Negev
Settlements
One night during the month of Oc-
tober 1946, the first eleven settle-
ments in the Negev were set up.
The preparations were made in
complete secrecy. The Jewish Agency
and the "Hagganah" built up a work-
ing center in Nir Am and from there
the settlers spread out to the new
settlements.
The "Mekoroth" Water Company
supplied water from various wells.
In the War of Liberation the set-
tlements in the Negev fought against
the Egyptian army. The military
force that drove the Egyptians from
the country came from these settle-
ments.
The young settlements were
ruined. The water pipeline too was
destroyed. Then the suggestion was
made to bring great quantities of
water to the Negev... This is the
"Yarkon-Negev" scheme.
The Negev already yields a great
and important agricultural produc-
tion: peanuts, cotton, potatoes and
barley. They already began to raise
grapes, dates, pomegranets and other
fruits.
In the Negev there is - good soil for
agriculture; there are natural pas-
tures and it is possible to raise cattle.
There is also copper; there is sand
from which earthenware and glass is
made; and mainly there is a great
quantity of phosphate (that will give
us uranium).
Today there are in the Negev
scores of villages, cities and towns.
Translation of Hebrew column.
(Published by Brith Irvith Olamith,
Jerusalem.)
NEW YORK, (JTA) — In a serve as a "catspaw" for Saudi
sweeping decision announced Arabia in barring Jews from
this week the New York State entering the country.
Commission for Human Rights
ordered the Arabian-American
Oil Company (ARAMCO) to
stop discriminating against Jew-
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