Truman Deplores Anti-Semitism's 'Grave Challenge'
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Former
President Harry S. Truman de-
clared in an impromptu address
here Monday that anti-Semitism in
this country was "as grave a chal-
lenge" as denial of rights to Neg-
roes and that it was time "that we
face up to the offensive treatment
accorded to the Jewish people here
and elsewhere."
He spoke at a United Jewish Ap-
peal luncheon.
He emphasized that he did not
mean "to minimize the seriousness
of the problem of the Negro in the
United States" but that Americans
must realize that anti-Semitism where historic reforms are under
continues to exist in one guise or consideration, the problem of anti-
another in institutions of higher Semitism had to be tabled for lack
education and that discrimination of agreement." This was under-
and exclusion was not uncommon stood to be a reference to the draft
"in some of our large business in- declaration on Christian-Jewish re-
stitutions in our professions of law, cations which the second session of
medicine and other fields." the Ecumenical Council failed to
He criticized supporters of equal take up, postponing action until
rights for Negroes who fail to pro- the third session this fall.
The UJA announced at the lunch-
test against anti-Semitism. "Where
were these people all the time that eon that a scholarship fund for sec-
discrimination and exclusion were ondary education had been set up
practiced against our Jewish citi- in Israel in Truman's name. He was
zens in so many insidious ways?" given a silver-bound Bible made in
he asked. "Even at the Vatican. Israel.
Duke of Edinburgh Hails British Welfare Board
Fascists in Bit
of Mess: Who
Expelled Whom?
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to the Jewish News)
LONDON.—Colin Jordan's Brit-
ish National Socialist movement
was in total disarray Tuesday after
Jordan and party secretary John
Tyndall exchanged announcements
that the other had been expelled.
Jordan said Tyndall had been
dismissed as secretary for associ-
ating with a rival organization to
"the detriment" of the National
Socialists, but Tyndall announced
that it was not he but Jordan who
had been expelled. Tyndall said
Jordan was ousted by a unanimous
decision of an emergency council
made up of the entire administra-
tive staff of the organization's
headquarters.
Tyndall said Jordan was ex-
pelled on grounds of "woeful
neglect of his duty as the leader
of the movement and undigni-
fied conduct in public detrimen-
tal to the good image of National
Socialism."
Tyndall was once engaged to
Francoise Dior, a relative of the
famous fashion designer, and Jor-
famous fashion designer and now
Jordan's wife. (After a wedding in
she subsequently denounced Jor-
dan publicly as a "typical member
of tha bourgeosie" instead of the
"true Nordic" she thought she had
married.)
Both of the neo-Nazis served
prison terms in 1962 for training
and equipping members of their
tiny party to display physical force
to promote political "nds, a viola-.
tion of the British Public Order
Act.
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to the Jewish News)
LONDON — The Duke of Edin-
burgh praised Monday night the
work of the British Jewish Wel-
fare Board, declaring that there
was a great need for such agencies
and that in this respect "non-Jews
can learn a great deal from the
Jews."
The duke, who was guest of
- honor at a dinner given by the
welfare agency, said he was "im-
pressed with the remarkable
scope of the Jewish Welfare
Board's activities." Discussing
the philosophy that education,
health and other social needs
are "the business of the govern-
ment," the duke said the wel-
fare state left ample room "for
voluntary bodies to care for spe-
cial cases."
Sir Isaac Wolfson said that the
philosophy of the agency could be
summed up in a slight paraphrase
of the biblical saying "I am my
brother's keeper." Sir Seymour
Karminski, a former president of
the Jewish Welfare Board, noted
that not all Jews are affluent and
that there was "great need in
some cases." He added that "we
are justly proud that very few
Jews are in prison and even less
in rehabilitation schools for of-
fenders."
He reported that the board's re-
habilitation school for Jewish girls
"has ceased to exist for the simple
reason that there are no Jewish
girls in such schools any more."
However, he added, "We had last
year 82 unmarried mothers and
only nine of them came from
homes which could be described
as unsuitable."
NEIN
Rare Find Sheds New Light on Origin
of Zohar, Book of Jewish Mystics
A 13th - Century Judaeo - Arabic f
manuscript that discloses new in- 1
formation on the origin of the
Zohar, the fundamental book of
Jewish Cabalism (the system of
Jewish mystical philosophy), has
been found and translated by Dr.
Abraham I. Katsh, director of New
York University's Institute of
Hebrew Studies.
The document is part of the
Baron David Guenzburg Collection
of the Lenin Library in Moscow.
It is a Midrash, a collection of
commentaries on the Scriptures,
that has not previously been made
available to biblical scholars.
This Moscow manuscript,
covering the book of Genesis,
is not mentioned in current ref-
erence works or catalogues.
"There is no Midrash compar-
able to it in range of thought
and variety of subject matter,"
Dr. Katsh says.
The document records the words
of Rabbi David ha-Nagid, leader
of Jewish community in Cairo
from 1228 to 1280. Rabbi David
became nagid, or leader, at the age
of 16. He was a grandson of Moses
Maimonides, outstanding Jewish
philosopher of the medieval period.
Zoharic references are made in
the manuscript, Dr. Katsh says,
indicating that Jews in the Orient
knew of the ohar and made exten-
sive use of Zoharic writings in the
first half of the 13th Century.
Prior to Dr. Katsh's discovery,
Gummy
scholars have stated that the oldest
Zoharic quotation appeared in a
book written in Spain in 1281.
"This Midrash sheds an en-
tirely new light on the genesis
of the Zohar and seriously modi-
fies the hitherto-held view that
it was first circulated in the last
20 years of the 13th Century by
the Cabalist Moses ben Shemtob
de Leon," Dr. Katsh says. "It
appears that the Zohar in its
rudimentary form was by 1281
already well known to Rabbi
David and to others in Egypt."
Dr. Katsh said that he is unable
to determine the exact date when
the Midrash by Rabbi David WAS
written, but "considering Rabbi
David's youthful brilliance there
is good reason to ascribe an early
date for this work. We must also
consider that he must have
preached his sermons for many
years before an effort was made to
collect them in the form o a
manual."
The Judaeo - Arabic manuscript
also gives new data on the cultural
and educational status of the Jew
ish community in Cairo during the
13th Century. It shows how the
Arabic language was used as the
working tongue of the Jewish
people living in Egypt.
Terminology used in the Koran,
when common to Islam and Juda-
ism, was quoted frequently by
rabbis in their sermons and in
their religious writings.
KRAFT
WHIPPED CREAM CHEESES THAI SPREAD LIKE A CHARM
Israel Gives $10,000
to UN Fund Aiding
Costa Rica Victims
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
—Israel contributed $10,000 to-
ward a special fund established
here by the United Nations for
aid to sufferers from a recent se-
vere volcanic eruption in Costa
Rica.
The fund was established two
weeks ago by the UN in response
to appeals for aid to Costa Rican
victims filed here by the delega-
tions from Spain and Costa Rica.
Michael S. Comay, Israel's perma-
nent representative here, notified
Secretary General U Thant that
his government is making a $10,-
000 contribution to that special
fund.
PIMENTO
N1.110•10 CRUM 0 ,11111 1.h •IMetITOS
Canada 'Is Reviewing
Immigration Policies'
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Can-
adian government has undertaken
an "intensive review" of its immi-
gration policies and procedures to
aid immigrants to develop new
skills "essential for successful set-
tlement in Canada," Rene Trem-
blay, Canada's minister of citizen-
ship and immigration, announced
here.
He was the principal speaker at
the annual meeting of the Jewish
Immigrant Aid Service of Canada.
The meeting re-elected Joseph
Ain as president of the JIAS.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 15, 1964
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