World's Fair Sets Party for Workers Synagogue Is Set Afire by Vandals in Peabody, Mass.
PEABODY, Mass. (JTA)—State are now under way so that the I scene of the conflagration, and no
on Rosh Hashanah ; Dr. Prinz Protests and
local police and fire depart- sanctuary will be ready for the other cause has been discovered.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Amer- Jewish calendar," Rabbi Prinz de-
ican Jewish Congress, in a tele- clared, "the Fair Corp. has shown
gram to World's Fair President a contemptuous' disregard for the
,\ Robert Moses. protested the deci- sensibilities of thousands of its
sion to hold a party for 30,000 Fair employes of the Jewish faith. Such
employes on the evening of Sept. thoughtless action will be consider-
7, which falls on the second day ed offensive not only by many
Jewish employes of the Fair, who
of Rosh Hashanah.
Rabbi Joachim Prinz. president will not be able to attend the
of the Congress, said in his mes- event, but also by many non-Jews
sage to Moses that the selection who hold a decent respect for the
opinion of their neighbors of dif-
of the date was both "thoughtless
ferent races and religions."
and "offensive."
"By chooSing a date for the em=
ploye celebration that falls on one Israel Chief Rabbis
of the most sacred days of the
Differ on. Kashruth,
but Split Is Denied
UN Will Unveil Panel "
Dedicated by Chagall
to Dag Hammarskjold ,
JERUSALEM (JTA) — While
shops in other'parts of the country
have already received kashruth cer-
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (JTA) tificates from the rabbinate for the
--The United Nations announced sale of meat slaughtered in the
that a stained glass panel by Jewish Marbek cooperative abattoir, tike
artist Marc Chagall will he unveiled Jerusalem rabbinate posted warn-
at UN headquarters Sept. 17: as a ings throughout the city that the
memorial to former Secretary- sale of the meat has not yet been
General Dag Hammarskjold and the . approved here.
15 persons who died with him in a
The latest development followed
plane crash in northern Rhodesia.
The ceremony will mark the third the conclusion of an agreement be-
tween the rabbinate and _Marbek
anniversary of the accident.
The memorial will be unveiled along lines proposed by Ashkenazi
by Secretary-General :LT Thant in Chief Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unter-
the lobby of the Secretariat . man and forestalling . a clash be-
ing in the presence of the artist tween the secular and rabbinic
and Mrs. Chagall. United Nations authorities when a , Supreme Court
staf f members here and abroad hearing on the matter was can-
have contributed 515.000 . to date celed.
for this project. The panel. 15 feet
The Chief Rabbinate Council.
1-ide and 12 feet high. depicts con- meanwhile, issued a statement
ceptions by Chagall on the themes denying reports of a dispute on the
of peace and man.
matter between the two chief rah-
' bks. The statement apparently re-
Chicago Jewish Teachers feWed to reports that Sephardi
Chiet-Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim had
Will Be Excused From
criticized the agreement reached
with Marbek by the Tel Aviv rab-
Rosh Hashanah Session
CHICAGO (JTA)--Jewish teach- binate. which is headed by Rabbi
ers in the Chicago Public School Unterman.
System will be excused from special
Rabbi Nissim is reported' to have
teachers' orientation sessions. to be-,
held Tuesday. the day preceding indicated that he would have pre-
the opening of the school term. he- ferred a showdown on the question
cause the second day of Rosh Ha- of the jurisdiction of the rabbinate
shanah falls on that day.
and the secular courts.
Rabbi Mordecai Simon, - executive
(hrector of the Chicago Beard of
Rabbis. said the agreement on this
FURNITURE
point was• reached in correspon-
RUGS, APPLIANCES,
dence with the office of Dr. Benja-
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min C. Willis, general superintend-
ent of the Chicago Public Schools.
,Rabbi 'Simon said that Jewish
teachers will be afforded a brief
EVERY WEDNESDAY
period of orientation before the
STARTS 11 A.M.
-tart of classes on Wednesday. -
of vockdsiciiiittehr
ment officials are investigating the
cause of a synagogue fire here
which they believe to be the work
of "vandals." The fire broke out at
the Sons of Israel Synagogue here
during Selihot services early Sun-
day morning.
Allan F. Levy, leader of the
Orthodox congregation, told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency that
the fire began on the wooden steps
at the rear of the synagogue, and
spread along the building's back
wall. As soon as the 35 worship-
pers within detected the blaze. the
Torah scrolls were safely removed
from, the Ark, and the building was
quickly evacuated. Firemen suc-
ceeded in putting out- the blaze
before it reached the synagogue's
interior. Levy said that the extent
of damage has still •. not been
estimated and temporary repairs
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
32 Friday, September 4, 1964
' forthcoming High Holy Days serv- Levy also told the JTA that
ices. he had no idea as to who could
Peabody Fire Chief Obrine have been responsible for the fire,
stressed that he is working on the as the Jews of Peabody have
assumption that the fire was start- always maintained "excellent" re-
ed by vandals because inflammable lations with the community's other
materials were found near the ' faiths.
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