We Pledge Support to Our New President ... in Our Allegiance to Our Nation The Memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing. —Proverbs 10:7 f947-1R.63 THE JEWISH NEWS I=) "T" 1=2 0 I —T" President Lyndon Baines Johnson President Lyndon Baines Johnson received the pledges of loyalty and assurances of support from all elements in the populations, and leaders of the Jewish religious groups and our national organizations were among those who sent him messages of blessings for his health and for strength to labor for the security of our nation. Spokesmen for Jewish movements recall Presi- dent Johnson's friendly attitude towards Israel and his warm-hearted responses to calls to aid humani- tarian endeavors while he was Majority Leader in the Senate. President Johnson had been scheduled to ap- pear for opening remarks Monday night at the annual "Night of Stars" conducted for the benefit of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. That event altered its program into a memorial tribute to Mr. Kennedy. Instead of the 10,000 scheduled to have attended that event at Madison Square Garden, the huge auditorium was jammed to capacity by 18,000 Jews payin g to the memory of the fallen President. On the "Night of Stars" program, eulogies were delivered by Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz, president of the N. Y. Board of Rabbis; the Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, pastor of Christ Methodist Church, and Msgr. George H. Guilfoyle, representing the Catholic Charities of New York. President Johnson's Role In The Defense of Israel By MILTON FRI EDMAN A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper, Incorporating The Jewish Chronicle Vol. XLIV—No. 14 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 35 November 29, 1963 JFK's Memory Blessed in Tributes by World Jewry Detroit Jewry joined with all elements in the population and with other faiths here and throughout the nation in paying tribute to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, assassinated President of the United States. Religious services in tribute to the deceased President were held in nearly all of Detroit's synagogues. Adas Shalom, Ahavas Achim, Beth Moses, Temple Israel, Beth Abraham and Shaarey Zedek conducted special services on Monday. The numerous special services commenced with the memorial service that was con- ducted in Shaarey Zedek on Saturday morning, and the tribute to - President Kennedy at the services at Temple Beth El and the other Reform congregations on Sabbath Eve. Dr. Richard Hertz has arranged for a special memorial service at Temple Beth El tonight. Rabbi Leon Fram addressed the city-wide memorial service on the old City Hall site Monday morning. There were 1,800 at the Adas Shalom service and more than 1,100 at the Shaarey Zedek that night. Beth Moses and the other synagogues were filled to capacity. The rabbis of the respective synagogues delivered eulogies and appropriate prayers were chanted. The kaddish was recited and the El Molei Rachamim was chanted in several of the synagogues. JFK's Friendship for Jewry and Israel By MILTON FRIEDMAN Jewish News and JTA Washington Correspondent JT,.9. and Jewish News White House Correspondent Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News WASHINGTON — President Lyndon B. Johnson has assumed office with the reputation earned as Senate Major- ity Leader and as Vice President for consistent friendship for the State of Israel. Washington observers compared him, in his attitude toward Israel, with former President Harry S. Truman who first granted recognition to the new State in 1948. Mr. Johnson exerted his power as Senate Majority Leader on behalf of Israel in a number of critical situa- tions. His most memorable pro-Israel action took place in February 1957 when the Eisenhower administration threat- ened Israel with punitiVe sanctions. The White House was then exerting what Senator Johnson considered "one-sided" Continued on Page 6 MICHIG AN Direct JTA Teletype Wires to the Jewish News WASHINGTON—Few heads of state anywhere have ever been so accessible to their Jewish fellow citizens and so informed and concerned over problems involving the Jewish people as was John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. President Kennedy sought to surround himself with the most able, the most talented and the most informed aides and advisors. He appointed two Jews to his first Cabinet—the first time that two Jews had ever served simultaneously in the Cabinet. There were Jewish members on his personal White House staff and through them, as well as through other channels, the President kept informed on Jewish and Israel developments. A member of his staff disclosed publicly that Jewish Telegraphic Agency news dispatches were frequently studied by the President in his desire to be informed of all facets of a given situation. Mr. Kennedy's right as a Roman Catholic to serve in the Presidency was strongly backed by the American Jewish community. He affirmatively asserted minority rights. Before the American Society Continued on Page 2 A Song of Ascent `Much have they afflicted me from my youth up,' Let Israel now say; `Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; But they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. The Lord is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.' The 129th Psalm of David recited during the mass in St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington at the funeral service for President John F. Kennedy con- ducted by Cardinal Cushing Let them be ashamed and turned backward, AU they that hate Zion. Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it springeth up; Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom; Neither do they that go by say: `The blessing of the Lord be upon you ; We bless you in the name of the Lord.'