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THE DETROIT JEW ISH NEWS — Friday, November 2, 1962
w' Re-Elect Ben-Zvi
to 3rd 5-Year Term
as Israel President
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — President
Ben-Zvi, elected Tuesday to a
third five-year term, was sworn
into office in ceremonies on
Wednesday.
The 78-year-old Zionist vet-
eran was the candidate of the
parties making up the present
coalition government. He re-
ceived 62 votes from the 104
members of Israel's parliament
who cast ballots. A total of 42
ballots from members of the
opposition parties were blank
as an indication of the convic-
tion of those deputies that a
president should not serve
more than two terms.
The blank ballots were the
means by which the opposition
deputies could express their
opposition to a third term with-
out voting against Ben-Zvi as
an individual admired by all
parties.
The opposition did not offer
a candidate for that reason. The
vote will be in Israel's records
as one of reelection of Ben-Zvi
uncontested and unopposed.
At the reopening of parlia-
ment, three new members were
sworn in to succeed others who
died since the recess was begun.
Mrs. Hannah Landman and
Gideon Ben-Israel, of the Ma-
pai party, are replacing the
late Dr. Giora Josephthal and
Herzl Berger. To succed to the
vacancy left by the death of
Hanah Rubin, of Mapam, the
Knesset gave the seat to Yosef
Kushnir.
Ben-Zvi has received from
Pope John XXIII a gift of a
series of medallions, coined by
the Vatican to commemorate
the opening of the Ecumenical
Council.
They were given to Israel's
Ambassador in Rome. Maurice
Fischer, who headed the Israeli
delegation at the Council's
opening ceremonies. He sent
the mementos to the President.
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Kfar Silver Looks to Detroit
for Uninterrupted Assistance with
Aid of Balfour Concert Funds
Just as an Englishman need for 2,000 years the Diaspora
not constantly tell himself "I Jew has had to remind himself,
am an Englishman"—he accepts "I am a Jew." He must do it;
it naturally—so an Israeli does if he fails he will cease being a
not have to repeat to himself Jew. —Nahum Goldmann
that he is a Jew; he can't help
God gave and God has taken
TEL AVIV, Israel—Hundreds of young Israelis, past and being one. He lives in a com-
present participants in the technical and agricultural training plete Jewish environment. But away.—Job 1.
program of Kfar Silver, the village that was established by the
Zionist Organization of America in honor of one of the most
distinguished world Jewish leaders, Dr. Aba Hillel Silver, on
the Hodiya Crossroad near Ashkelon, look with gratitude upon
Detroit's annual Balfour Concert activities.
There are several landmarks in the Kfar Silver school that
indicate the assistance that has been given by Detroit Jews
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HARRY ABRAM
Detroit Welcomes
New York Presses
Hunt for Killer of
Hassidic Leader
NEW YORK, (JTA) — New
York City police installed a
special telephone, advertising
the number (EV 8-2304) widely,
in a stepped-up effort to appre-
hend the killers who, a week
ago, beat to death Rabbi Ber-
nard Eisdorfer, 55, a prominent
disciple of the Satmar Rebbe.
Police Lieutenant Alfred W.
Dougherty, of the precinct em-
bracing the Williamsburg sec-
tion of Brooklyn where the Has-
sidic scholar had been robbed
and fatally injured, said the
special telephone will be
manned day and night, in the
hope that some information
might be received, possibly
leading to the arrest of the
hoodlums who killed Rabbi
Eisdorfer.
The death has raised protests,
not only from about 10,000 Has-
sidim in Williamsburg but also
from all sections of New York
City. The Brooklyn Jewish Com-
munity Council, declaring it was
speaking "as the voice of the
organized Brooklyn Jewish com-
munity," requested that the city
take "swift action to put at rest
the fears of citizens of the Wil-
liamsburg Jewish community."
The Council also asked that
District Attorney Edward Silver
probe the outrage.
Ten thousand Jews who at-
tended funeral services for the
the late Rabbi Eisdorfer carried
large banners blaming police
and other city officials for fail-
ing to give the residents of the
deteriorated area sufficient pro-
tection against hooligans.
When you come into your
friend's vineyard you may eat
your pleasure's fill, but put
nothing into your vessels. —
Deuteronomy 23.
Israel Minister of Education
ABBA
EBAN
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