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Dr. Max Arzt, vice-chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary
(second from left) visited Detroit to address a private reception in
honor of Louis Berry (center) who received the Seminary's Dis-
tinguished Service Award at a Shaarey Zedek dinner Tuesday. He
is shown reviewing 'plans for the dinner with Rabbi Morris Adler,
who served as chairman, and (from left) Joseph Gendelman, Jack
Shenkman and Stephen Lanyi, associate chairmen.
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National acclaim was given Louis
Berry, one of Detroit's most dis-
tinguished leaders, for his many
years of service to the Jewish I
Theological Seminary of America,
at the testimonial dinner held at
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the Shaarey Zedek Tuesday night.
Rabbi Morris Adler, who was
PARIS (JTA)—Two influential
chairman of the committee on ar- members of the French Parliament
rangements. and Dr. Louis Finkel- i —Diamede Catroux of the National
stein. president of the Seminary, Assembly and Senator Andrew
pointed to the devoted interest Monteil—warned the Arab states
that has been shown by Berry in that, unless the Arab League and
numerous causes, primarily in be- its members cease their efforts to
half of the synagogue and Israel, intimidate French firms dealing
and paid him honor for his dedi- with Israel. they will risk losing
ca: ■ :, n to the community and all the friendship and credit which
t'..s needs. the Arabs still have in this
Rabbi Adler spoke of "the ap- country.
pre-ciation that has accumulated
Both members of Parliament
o,ur hearts for Louis Berry," told a press conference here that
1.r.,c praised him for unselfish de- they are opposed to Arab inter-
votion to the duties he undertakes ference in internal French affairs
in public services. as shown by threats e m a n a ting
Dr. Finkel-stein, who substituted from the Arab League's anti-Israel
for Judge Simon Rifkind who was boycott office against Gen. Pierre
prevented at the last moment from Koenig, one of France's outstand-
coming here for his scheduled ad- ing war heroes.
dress, spoke about the extensive
Gen. Koenig has been re-
program of the Seminary and the
quested in a letter from the
services it renders 800 congrega-
League to resign his presidency
tions, and urged the strengthening
of the Alliance France-Israel or
of spiritual values as the surest
on the
quit his to
means of protecting mankind's
boards of directors of five
status in the quest for peace and
French companies. One of those
security.
is trielle
the et Societe
Referring to comnanies
the tragic position
Financiere Indus-
des 'Pet-
of the Negro. condemning the in-
justices of the centuries during roles, an oil prospecting and re-
operating
in the
fining combine
which there was enslavement. Dr. Sahara
Desert with
the cooper-
Finkelstein said that "Jews too
ation
of
the
government
of Al-
were enslaved by e‘erybody but
geria, which is a member of the
were not slaves because they lived
Arab League.
by the spirit."
Dr. Finkelstein presented an
The threat against Gen. Koenig
award to Berry in behalf of the has provoked a storm of protests
Seminary. He also announced in all over this country. The general,
advance that the honorary degree a Catholic, was commander in
of Doctor of Divinity will be con- chief of all French resistance
ferred in 1965 upon Rabbi Adler. forces during World War II, and
A plaque also was presented to holds the highest French award
Berry by Albert Lakin in behalf for military heroism. the Compan-
of the Harry Keidan Bnai Brith ion of Liberation.
Lo e of which Berry was one of
Appealing to the Arab states to
le charter members.
refrain from further actions. Cat-
Participants in the testimonial roux and Sen. Monteil said that
program included Rabbis Benja- only by dropping such boycott
min Gorrelick, Moses Lehrman and moves could the Arabs "preserve,
Jacob Segal. Cantors J. H. Sonen-
"
klar and Reuven Frankel sang their ties with France.
Catroux noted that the Arab
solos and a duet, accompanied by League itself is "a.legally nonexist- !
Bella Goldberg.
Among the many messages of ent organization," so that, official-
ly, the French Foreign Ministry
greetings to Berry were commenda• "can do little about it." But he
Boycott Blackmail
Attacked by 2 In
r French Parliament
tions from Governor Romney and warned Arab states that, if they
Mayor Cavanagh. -
a deeply moving response ,o boycott French companies, they
In
the encomia, Berry pledged anew would be liable to prosecution and
his wholehearted _devotion to the might also suffer from a "sponta-
Seminary, to the synagogue and neous" counter - boycott . in this
to the community's major needs. country.
The pro-Israel organization head-
ed by Gen. Koenig includes 200
Aleichem's Works Read members of the French Parliament,
more than half of them Gaullists.
Over Swedish Radio
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STOCKHOLM (JTA)—The Swed-
ish Radio presented a program of Swiss Paper Denounces
Sholom Aleichem readings in `Economic Inquisition'
Swedish Sunday. It was the first
ZURICH (JTA) — The Neue
time that the great Yiddish writ-
er's works in Swedish were pre- Zurcher Zeitung, most influential
sented for entertainment as dis- daily newspaper in Switzerland,
tinct from evaluation and com- denounced the Arab boycott
against Israel, which it termed an
memoration.
"economic inquisition." It warned
the Arab boycott office against
sending letters to Swiss enterprises
threatening to boycott them if
they will continue to deal with
Israel.
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