Arab Religious Leaders in Israel
Acclaim Vatican Schema on Jews,
Repudiate Other Moslem Criticisms
Insurance Groups Finance $20;000,000 Israeli Housing
NEW YORK (JTA)—A $20,000,.
The equity capital in this trans-
000 housing project for Israel in- action amounted to 81.500.000 and
volving seven major American in- the junior capital provided by the
surance companies, the Jewish I s r a e l Economic • Development
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Moslem ! Hakim of Acre and Galilee, the Agency for Israel, Inc., the Atlantic Corp., was $9.500.000, thus com-
and Christian religious leaders in leading Christian prelate in this Associates, Inc., an American hous- pleting the total investment re,
Israel voiced disagreement with country, stated publicly that he ing company established by a group quired. This type of financing of
Moslems in the Arab countries who - welcomes" the Ecumenical Coun- Of prominent real estate men head- low cost housing for Israel im-
have denounced the declarations cil's declaration on relations with ed by Jack D. Weiler of New York, migrants was originated in 1962
on relations with the Jewish peo- the Jewish people.
and the Israel Economic Develop- by a group known as American As-
ple adopted 'last week by the Ecu-
The practical -effect of the Jor- ment Corporation Ltd., was con- sociates, Inc. and headed by Weiler.
menical Council at the Vatican. danian action is to bar the affect- cluded last weekend.
This was followed by a second and
Among other Moslem reactions out- ed prelates from entering Jordan
This transaction involved $9,000,- third transaction known as United
. side Israel was one reported today to visit the Christian holy places. 000 of 15-year secured notes pur- Associates, Inc. and Intercontinen-
from Jordan. where the Amman and the timing of the ban means chased by a group of insurance tal Associates, Inc. respectively.
government has announced it that the customary Christmas visits companies headed by Aetna Life
The transaction is the fourth one
would blacklist all prelates who , to Bethlehem may be barred.
Insurance Company which took the in the series. In the aggregate.
voted in favor .of the declaration
At Amman, Premier Mahjat Tal- major share. The others include
on the Jews at the Vatican con- houni resisted. however, Parlia- Provident Mutual Life Insurance
clave.
mentary demands for "drastic ac- Co. of Philadelphia; Massachusetts
In a statement by the Moslem tion" against Catholic missions and Mutual Life Insurance Co., Spring-
religious leaders in Israel. the ac- schools in Jordan. Jordanian Cath- field, Mass.: New England Mutual
tion by the Ecumenical Council olics in Bethlehem reportedly sent Life Insurance Co., Boston; Penn
was hailed as "historic." The a warning to Pope Paul •VI that Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Fidelity
Moslems said that those who criti- they might leave the church per- Mutual Life Insurance Co., both of
cize the Vatican action forget that manently if the Pontiff promul- Philadelphia and Phoenix Mutual
the Koran itself had lauded Jesus, gates the decree. which he is ex- Life Insurance Co., Hartford.
who was of the Jewish people. At pected to do at the fourth and
the same time. Archbishop Georges! final session of the Council.
U.S. Histadrut Convention Sets Up
$7 000,000 Goal for '65 Campaign
,
NEW YORK. (JTA)—A goal of
57,000.000 for 1965 was set at the
concluding session of the 41st an-
nual convention of the National
Committee for Labor Israel at the
Hotel Commodore.
The 2.000 delegates from all
parts of the United States and
CaSiada resolved to raise $5,000.000
in cash for the Israel Histadrut
C4mpaign and $2.000.000 in long-
term commitments for the Ameri-
can Histadrut Development Foun-
dation.
The cash funds will be applied
during the coming year • toward
the immediate implementation of
a wide range of medical. cultural
and welfare activities in Israel in-
eluding a special sum of $500.000
for 2.000 vocational training schol-
arships for teen-age youth.
The Foundation, which has ac-
cumulated commitments of $5,-
300,000 in wills, bequests and in-
surance policies. will give basic
financing toward projects envis-
aged during the coming decade.
Dr. Sol Stein, the committee's
executive director, told dele-
gates that during this
year
$3,488,000 had been raised to
establish new institutions to aid
newcomers to Israel. In a mes-
sage to the convention, Israel
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol ex-
tolled "the direct bond between
scores of _thousands of friends of •
Histadrut in the United States
and Canada, who are linked or-
ganizationally and spiritually to
the pioneering labor movement
in Israel."
President Johnson, in a message
to the delegates, lauded the efforts
"to encourage the development of
a democratic state characterized
by a strong and free trade union
movement • declaring -that efforts
of "Histadrut, in Israel >have been
in keeping with the American be-
lief that free men everywhere
have mutual ideals and aspira-
tions.
"Israel," the President said,
"has become an example in the
ways of free society to the emerg-
ing nations of the world."
Joseph Schlossberg. 90-year-old
dean of the Jewish labor move-
ment, was re-elected president of
the National Committee for Labor
Israel, and Rabbi Jacob J. Wein-
stein of Chicago, was named na-
tional chairmari.
Resolutions demanding that the
new Soviet leadership revise anti-
Jewish policies in Russia, and pro-
testing the continued activities of
West German scentists in Egypt's
weapon production,
were adopted
at the convention.
The delegates hailed the assist-
ance of the Johnson Administra-
tion to Israel. but criticized the
State Department's policy "of
treating Nasser as a loyal ally to
the free world and as a force for
stability in the Middle East."
The resolution added that "as
long as Nasser and his Arab allies
can with impunity threaten Israel.
aggressors everywhere feel em-
boldened
in threatening their
Histadrut Hospital's
1 Nurnd
Suica
ses E
Thei
rg r 2- Week Sfri
e k
JERUSALEM. (JTA) — Surgical
nurses in two hospitals of Kupat
Holim. the sick fund of the Hista-
drut. ended a ten-day strike today
and returned to their posts. They
walked off their assignments in an
effort to obtain higher pay but
many remained at their posts for
emergency operations.
Do not talk while you eat.— Ta
anith 5.
the total of these four transactions
was $60,000,000 and accounted for
12,000 housing units designed to
accommodate new immigrant fam-
ilies. Weiler. on behalf of the
Atlantic . Associates, indicated "that
the continuing interest shown by
American insurance companies has
greatly heartened investment-mind-
ed realtors who are concerned with
the problem of financing large-
scale immigrint housing. This pat-
witro
kosbe
tern has made it possible by virtue
of creating rental housing to ex-
pand the utilization of available
funds for absorption of Israel's
newcomers."
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peaceful neighbors."
Israeli Industrialist
Fails Again—This Time
as.an Egyptian Agent
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — An industrialist
born in the old city of Jerusalem
who has had a checkered career in
Israel commerce was charged Mon-
day with espionage on behalf of
Egyptian intelligence.
The suspect. Shmuel Baruch.
studied textile engineering in Man-
chester. England. for several years
and married there. Returning to
Israel. he tried to set up plants
several times. When he proposed
building a plant for production of
silk and other fine textiles in
Kiryat Gan. he received a grant
of 600.000 pounds 1$200,0001 from
the Israel development budget - and
built a 120-spool plant.
For a variety Qf reasons. the
plant failed to make money, and
Baruch obtained new investment
funds, mainly from England, but
the enterprise continued to foun-
der. He made a final attempt by
turning the plant into a coopera-
tive enterprise, but this also
failed and heavy losses forced
closing of the Plant.
Baruch asked to be declared a
bankrupt. but instead he was
charged, with receiving money
under false pretenses. He was nev-
ertheless allowed to go abroad to
seek additional funds. He was ar-
rested last week while trying to
leave Israel again, and police said
they found him in possession of
documents of a highly secret na-
ture and security value.
He was said to be cooperating
with police.
Tell your husband
you made them yourself.
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If a man Intended to perform a
good deed, but was prevented, he
is regarded as though he had ac-
tually carried it out.--Kiddushin.
For every affliction, silence is
the best remedy.—The Talmud
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