By HAROLD U. RIBALOW
(Copyright, 1963,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Wednesday; Sets
Strikeout Record
Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers
probably has earned more
newspaper space than any other
pitcher this season. Deservedly
so. When he won his 23rd game
of the year, he exceeded the
win total (in one year of any
previous pitcher in the history
of the Dodger club (both Brook-
lyn and Los Angeles). Nap
Rucker and Preacher Roe won
22 games in a single season. No
one ever won as many as 23
Sandy also broke his own earl-
ier record, and the National
League mark, for strikeouts in
one season. At this writing he
has 284 and is likely to hit bet-
ter than 300.
But in spite of his import-
ance to his team—at the club's
ace and stopper—he has been
keenly aware of his responsi-
bilities as a Jew. After he
pitched and won his 22nd vic-
tory, Sandy broke his rotation
by pitching again with only
two days' rest. The reason? He
wanted to make sure that he
wouldn't work during Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The last time a Jewish star
went out of his way to avoid
playing on the major Jewish
SANDY KOUFAX, who will
holidays was in the late 1930's
by Hank Greenberg, who ar- be the opening pitcher for the
ranged not to perform during Los Angeles Dodgers in the
these same holidays, when he first game of the World Series
was the big hitter for the De- next Wednesday, won his 25th
troit Tigers. When Koufax game against the New York
pitched out of rotation, his effi- Mets last Wednesday. He set
ciency didn't suffer, for he gave a record for 300 strikeouts—
up only one run in seven in- being the fourth pitcher since
nings, striking out seven Phil- 1900 to gain that distinction.
lies. He left the game one run He also became the top pitch-
behind, but his club caught the ing winner in both major
Phillies in the ninth inning to leagues.
take him off the hook. The
hook. The game was lost later
when Larry Sherry was the vic-
ngagen2ents
tim of a poor fielding play by
Maury Wills. But it is clear that
DEUTSCH - THOME: Dr. and
Koufax placed religion ahead Mrs. Irvin Deutsch announce the
of the pennant race. He lost no engagement of their daughter,
friends by acting in this fash- Diane, to Joel Thome, son of
ion.
Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Thome of
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Last year, the Yeshiva Uni- Deutsch is a graduate of the
versity basketball team had a Eastman School of Music and
bad season, winning seven and has recently been named a
losing 13 games, against the Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Her
teams the "Mighty Mites" will fiance, also an alumnus of the
meet this year. The 1963-64 Eastman School, is associated
season will feature a 19-game with the Israel Academy of Mu-
schedule and because the squad sic in Tel Aviv. He has served
will be tested and not full of as a member of the Israel Phil-
newcomers, Coach Bernie Sara- harmonic Orchestra and is music
chek expects his boys to im- advisor to "In bal," Israel Na-
prove their record.
tional Dance Theater. An Oc-
tober wedding is planned.
* * *
ALTER - MAGIDSOHN: Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Alter of
Toronto announce the engage-
Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Thome ment of their daughter, Kristine,
announce the Bas Mitzvah of to Bruce Magidsohn, son of Dr.
their daughter, Maxine Alyce, and Mrs. Eliot Magidsohn, of
8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Temple Beth Detroit.
Miss Alter is a student
Jacob, Pontiac.
in the Dental School of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, and Mr.
Magidsohn is a graduate student
in fine arts at Wayne Univer-
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Austria Cracks Down
on Nazi Vet Groups
VIENNA, J T A ) — Interior
Minister Franz Olah cracked
down on war veterans organiza-
tions with a warning that if even
one member appeared at a pub-
lic meeting wearing a swastika,
he would dissolve the organiza-
tion immediately.
He ordered police to allow
only meetings of veterans groups
called to commemorate war dead
and he ordered a strict ban on
military manifestations. Partici-
pants may participate only in
civilian clothing, he said.
Austrian police announced the
arrest of two 16-year-old vandals
of a Jewish cemetery who were
caught trying to sell gold teeth
fillings taken from skeletons in
the cemetery. The vandals,
whose names were withheld, up-
rooted six tombs and three vaults
in the Jewish central cemetery
in their search for loot.
Four little words that will
keep a man on the straight and
narrow: "When in doubt, don't."
Narrow the Gap in Civil Rights Drive, Jews Told
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1963,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
WASHINGTON — Does a gap
exist between Jewish leadership
and the Jewish masses in the
present drive for Negro rights?
All major Jewish organiza-
tions and every Con gr essman of
Jewish faith is deeply involved
in work for passage of President
Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill and
other steps to promote integra-
tion.
Washington representatives of
such groups as the American
Jewish Committee, Anti-Defama-
tion League of Bnai Brith,
American Jewish C o n g r es s,
NCRAC, Jewish War Veterans,
and rabbinical organizations are
spending much time on civil
rights. Jewish members of Con-
gress are busy drafting legisla-
tion and perfecting strategy.
Yet there are still some Jews
writing their Congressmen and
organizations that Jews should
slow down on backing the Negro
revolution. Their reasons range
from fear that non-Jewish white
elements will be annoyed to
degrees of conservatism and to
arguments that anti-Semitism is
noticeable among Negroes. Such
views, voiced from both North
and South, are relatively few
and far between. But they keep
cropping up.
Rabbi Joachim Prinz is one
of three religious leaders who
spoke at the great Aug. 28
March on Washington and later
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met with President Kennedy.
This month, after assessing re-
sults of the March, Rabbi Prinz
reported to a meeting here of
the American Jewish Congress
national governing council. He
is president of the American
Jewish Congress.
Rabbi Prinz warned that "a
profound gap" must be closed
"between the religious leader
who preaches civil rights and
the congregation that does not
follow."
On the role of the Jewish
community, Rabbi Prinz said:
"The Jew brings to the civil
rights struggle a three-fold ex-
perience. We, too, have a mem-
ory of slavery. We, too, lived—
for a thousand years and more
during the Middle Ages and
again under the Hitler regime—
in the ghettoes of segregation.
We, too, have been given a proc-
lamation of emancipation, and—
in the death of six million Jews
—we, too, know the failure of
such proclamations to guarantee
real freedom.
"The American Jew, like his
Christian neighbor, must act—
where he lives, where he works,
where he sends his children to
school—to demand an end to
segregation and the beginning of
a decent chance in life for his
Negro fellow-American."
Sen. • Jacob K. Javits, New
York Republican, made similar
comments at ceremonies mark-
ing the 200th anniversary of the
Touro Synagogue—the nation's
oldest synagogue—in New Port,
Rhode Island.
Sen. Javits said that "the ac-
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the ability to understand that
the security of one minority is
no greater than the security of
any other minority, just as the
denial of liberty to one Ameri-
can threatens the liberty of
every American. It is this iden-
tity of interest between the
Negro minority and other min-
orities in the United States
which gives this 1963 civil rights
revolution strength and effec-
tiveness . . . to eliminate these
injustices from American soc-
iety."
The Senator pointed out that
"not everyone has to march or
to picket or to demonstrate in
order to make an effective con-
tribution to this fight. But nei-
ther can anyone remain aloof—
every American must speak his
conscience and act its dictates
on this racial crisis. Silence has
been the greatest weapon for
the demagogues. It has caused
mankind's darkest hours—as no
Jew of modern times can ever
forget."
The dynamism of the Negro
revolution is helping not only
the Negro but also the Ameri-
can Jew to find himself in terms
of Judaism and social justice.
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Fashion Festival held recently,
Norman Allan presented his
"Star of Israel" diamond crea-
tion to Mrs. David Zack, win-
ner of the prize donated by the
Allans. The event was the
highlight of the season for
the Israel Bond Women's Di-
vision.
Shragers Mark
Gold Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Shrager of
Los Angeles, formerly of De-
troit, recently celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary at a
dinner party given in their hon-
or in Los Angeles by their chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Shrager,
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Byer of Los
Angeles and Dr. and Mrs. Hyman
Ross of Detroit. Their nine
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren joined in the
celebration.
Guests from Detroit included
Mrs. Rose Barris, sister of Mr.
Shrager; Julius Berman, Jack
Bechek and wife and Morton J.
Bechek and w i f e, brothers of
Mrs. Shrager; niece and nephew,
Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Ross and
their three children and Mrs.
Morris Braverman. Friends
from Phoenix were Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Kosowsky and Mrs. Dora
Roth from Israel.
Mr. and Mrs. Shrager were
married in Detroit where they
lived until their move to Los
Angeles in 1944. They are plan-
ning a trip to Israel in the near
future.
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Koufax as a Jew Koufax to Pitch