`Daughters from Afar,' Profiles
of 12 Noted Heroines in Israel
W eekly Quiz
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1963, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
Ecumenical Council Document Will
Recommend Positive View on Jews
ROME, (JTA) — Informed more likely that the bishops
Geraldine Stern stems from teach Arab children, to broad-
Why does the Cantor change sources here indicated that will act for positive teaching in
cast
the
"Arab
Woman's
Cor-
a Zionist home in Milwaukee.
his location in the midst of the when the Ecumenical Council any area of Council decisions
Her parents had hosted Dr. ner" to her compatriots.
Friday evening service by resumes deliberations in the on matters of concern to Jews.
An impressive story is that of moving from the center Vatican next Sept. 8, it will
Chaim Weizmann and other
One certainty is that the
noted Zionists, but it was the Huguette Sarfari, a young Tu- "Bimah" to the front rostrom probably consider steps to im- Council will not do anything
Hitlerite persecutions that in- nisian girl who emerged as one (Amud?)
prove Catholic-Jewish relations to endanger the improved Catho-
The first part of the Friday but that it is unlikely it will lic-Jewish understanding which
fluenced her more than her of the heroines in the struggle
home contacts in support of to save Jewish children and evening service in the synagogue issue a specific document con- had been developed since John
adults in North African coun- was not an integral part of the demning anti-Semitism.
Zionism.
XXIII became Pope.
Her deepening interest in the tries and who assisted in their divine service for the evening,
It was suggested it was much
but only a kind of festive in- more likely that the 2,000 Beth Shalom Youth
movement took her to Israel in settlement in Israel.
"From Auschwitz to Hebrew auguration of the Sabbath. Thus bishops would seek to formu-
1949, and there she learned
about the heroism of many Jew- University" is the story of Es- its component parts (the six late proposals for a positive ap- Will Hold Carnival
The U.S.Y. and Pre-U.S.Y.
ish women. The facts she gath- ther Miller, who escaped Nazi Psalms, followed by the "L'Clioh proach to education in its deci-
ered have been incorporated tortures and defied death, who Dodi" poem, and then Psalm 92) sions touching on the position groups of Cong. Beth Shalom
into a book of profiles of 12 came to the Hebrew University, are not chanted by the cantor of the Jews. The Ecumenical will hold a carnival 11 a.m. to
Israeli women, published by who made her mark scholastic- from the same place at which the Council's Secretariat for Chris- 3 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue,
Bloch under the title "Daugh- ally to become an archivist in cantor regularly stands for the tian Unity is known to have announced Mark Shopnick, chair-
regular services. There are some prepared a document on the man. Featured will be games,
the Israel Foreign Ministry.
ters from Afar."
Sarah Kahn is the "American who claim that the movement topic as long ago as last June. food and prizes. The public is
It is natural that her first
The mood of the Council, it invited.
heroine described in this inter- Kinnutznik" who settled in Ein of change on the part of the
Cantor
from
the
central
altar
to
Hashophet,
who
offers
a
strong
was
reported, is against con-
esting volume should be GoIda
Southern Michigan has grown
the front rostrum is an indication demnations of any kind and in
Meir, who also had lived in Mil- defense of kibbutz life.
animals larger than elephants,
that
he
originally
moved
back
favor of an approach of positive judged by fossil remains of
waukee. Under the title "From
Bader Nackar came from Eng-
Milwaukee to Ministry" Mrs. land. Her name now is Trit to welcome the Sabbath as a de- teaching rather than condem- mammoths and mastodons.
sired
guest
and
then
accom-
nation. Vatican circles reported-
Stern has given a good account Chaitayat and she has made her
panied the Sabbath forth to the
of Israel's Foreign Minister.
mark as a _ n Israeli public health front of the synagogue. It is also ly think that while a specific
A GOOD MAN TO KNOW !
statement may be issued on
Also a natural is the ac- nurse.
claimed that the advent of the Catholic-Jewish relations, it is
count of the activities of Miri-
There is also the story of a Sabbath brings us that much
am Baratz, described as "Milk- Sabra, of a native born Israeli, closer to the holiest part of the
For Some
maid on the Jordan." The Dina Raskov Cohen, who suc- synagogue--i.e., the holy ark— Benevolent Society
of the
wife of Josef Baratz, with ceeded as a social worker, who which is at its forefront. We
whom she founded the settle- believes in expanded immigra- thus reach our holiest position Seeks Interest of
best buys
ment of Degania, Miriam is tion into Israel and who is opti- in life with the coming of the Community V in Chapel
on new
one of Israel's great heroines mistic about her country's fu-
The Hebrew Benevolent So-
Sabbath.
whose devotion to her people, ture.
* * *
Pontiacs
ciety will hold a brunch Sunday
the colony she helped estab-
Concluding the series of per-
Why are two prayers which at 'Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah,
and
lish, the Zionist idea, the labor sonality stories is the one about begin with the words "Y-Kum 18515 Wyoming, announced Hy-
movement of which she is a the Waraw Mother — about Purkan" (May the Salvation) man Mitnick, fund-raising chair-
Tempest
part, have made her one of Lena Kuchler Silberman who recited after the Torah read- man.
the most loved and admired rescued 100 children, took 70 of ing on the Sabbath morning
Board members and friends
women in her country. It was them to France and then on to
are invited to the event de-
service?
while she .milked her cows Israel where she r e m a i n e d
The order follows a certain signed to stimulate community
that Mrs. Stern conversed "mother" to them.
AT
logical pattern. The reading of interest in the current building
with her to get her story of a
It is an impressive collection the Torah on the Sabbath was campaign for a chapel now
young girl's departure for un- of tales about Israel's heroines, introduced so as to give the con- under construction at 26640
developed Palestine in 1906 matching in many respects the gregation an opportunity for Greenfield, Oak Park. Plans
18650 LIVERNOIS
1 block South of 7
and her tireless efforts to courage of the men who built study. The first and main body will be made for a corner-stone
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help build the land during Israel. .
of text is that of the Pentateuch. ceremony.
the half century that followed.
This contains the basic law and
What makes Mrs. Stern's book Action Guidebook
teachings of our faith. This is
especially interesting, however,
then followed by the reading
is not the selection of names Published to Mark
from the prophetic literature—
of early pioneers like Golda
giving the second aim of the
Meir and Miriam Baratz, but Human Rights Date
Torah reading—i.e., to implant
rather the variety of others,
Thirty-four national organiza- in us the faith that those pro-
in many areas, who chose Israel tions jointly published "The phetic visions seen by the
to be their • home.
Great Question," an action prophets will someday come
Known from Coast to Coast
"The Shepherdess with the guidebook for U. S. communi- true. Following this a prayer
35 YEARS SERVING THE BEST IN
Croix de Guerre' is the story of ties marking the 15th anniver- (Y-kum Purkan) is recited ask-
Anne Marie Lambert, who work- sary of the United Nations Uni- ing the Divine blessing on all the
ed with the Mavis in France versal Declaration of Human teachers and scholars of the
against the Nazis, who was rais- Rights. The worldwide observ- Torah—i.e., those who have de-
ed as a Catholic but who mar- ance will climax on Human veloped and promulgated the
ried a Jew, in - a traditional Jew- Rights Day, Dec. 10, 1963.
next step in Jewish learning—
ish ceremony, who was witness
Announcing the new hand- the Talmud and its interpreta-
to her husband's execution by book on behalf of the Ameri- tion. Since, when seeking Divine
the Nazis, who herself escaped can Jewish Committee, a par- blessings, Jewish tradition in-
death and- helped rescue many ticipating sponsor, A. M. Sonna- sists that they be sought for all
children:
bend, president of the Commit- so as to promote universal good
ADDED ATTRACTION
A highly cultured French- tee, said -that co-sponsorship by and not just the welfare of some,
woman who was willing to this varied and representative a second prayer (Y-kum Purkan-
Party Banquet Rooms
work as a maid in Israel, her group of non-governmental or- May the Salvation) is recited
For All Occasions
talents were discovered and ganizations signifies "nation- seeking blessings for all the peo-
she was given a government wide participation in the UN ple of Israel.
OPEN 7 DAYS
post. Anne Marie, who receiv- drive for human rights pro-
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ed the Croix de Guerre from gress."
20231 JAMES COUZENS
The guidebook highlights this Discover Nazi
deGaulle, who possesses the
Within Walking Distance of Northland
Legion d'Honnoeur and Medal question: "Can the rights of Chief Who Planned
FREE PARKING
AT GREENFIELD
of Resistance honors, now is man be made secure?" America
„somilh.
in the Israel Foreign Office must continue to answer "Yes," Genocide in Minsk
COBLENZ, (JTA) — A one-
states "The Great Question."
French department.
Serving mostly among the Even though freedom and time Nazi said to have been
• Yemenites, caring for their equality have suffered some George Heuser's superior at
babies and their aged, is an serious setbacks hi the U.S.A., Minsk during the Nazi occupa-
English Jewish woman, Dr. our affirmative replies in the tion- of that city will testify at
Pearl Ketcher. She is the sister past "have insured the survival the trial of Heuser and 11
of Moshe Pearlman, who organ- of our free nation. Today they other former Nazis in the war-
ized Israel's public information help insure .the survival of man- time slaughter of some 35,000
Jews in that Byelorussian city,
services. There were 10 children kind."
In line with the current U. S. it was announced here.
in her family and of eight sur-
He is Dr. Johann Kunz, deputy
viving seven live in Israel. Her emphasis on equality of oppor-
story is part of the bridging of tunity for all Americans, the police chief at Graz, Austria,
2,000 years of history in the 48-page manual spells out speci- who had been sought for some
PURE BEEF
settlement of nearly all of the fic programs to wipe out dis- time without success because of
Plump, Juicy
Yemenite Jews in Israel. Dr. crimination in employment, edu- a mixup with a namesake, Dr.
Bursting with Flavor
Ewald Kunz, a former Gestapo
Ketcher's services are part of cation and housing.
Enjoy Superior
member who meanwhile died in
the great Israel saga.
In her chapter " 'The Dybbuk' JDC Aids Israel's
Wilno Kosher Salami
Bonn. 'Heuser has testified at
to 'Barn Yesterday' " Mrs. Stern
the lengthy trial here that Dr.
and Bologna too!
tells about two actresses in the Chronically Sick
Kunz drew up a plan for the
At Leading
two plays in Hebrew—Hannah
Delicatessens,
City officials in Tel Aviv have mass annihilation of Jews in
Marron and Hannah Rovina.
asked Malben, the JDC program Minsk.
Supermarkets and
The Israeli women in Mrs.
The completion of the trial,
for
handicapped
immigrants
in
Restaurants.
Stern's book are not all Jews.
which _started last November,
There is a chapter devoted to Israel, for assistance in develop- was expected to be further de-
an Arab woman, Antoinette ing a program and facilities for layed by plans of Egon Geis,
Khoury, who, with her moth- care of the chronically ill, it has Heuser's defense attorney, to fly
er, had the wisdom to be been reported by Theodore D. to Minsk to interrogate more
Feder, JDC director for Israel.
among the Arabs who remain-
The Tel Aviv authorities have witnesses.
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SALAMI
asked
JDC-Malben to convert 80
rescue her father's library of
Twice as many people attend
Distributed in Detroit and Michigan by:
9,000 volumes in many lan- beds in one of its nearby homes concerts as see major .league
for
the
aged
into
an
annex
for
JULIUS
POLLAK,
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stayed
on
to
ap-
guages. She
ball games.
ear on Kol Israel Radio to long-term patients.
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