Zionist Congress: Puzzles More Than Realities

The Congress was weak in its
Mapai played its role in its ob-
false thinking is all that American ' Ara b antagon is m to Israel and
Jews, to • I them out, are de- to Zionism is so bitter that it has jections to the naming of two Her- democratic processes.
When Dr. Marcus Levinson, of
of study, gave encouragement to voted to is fund-raising, and that become impossible for Jews to live uth representatives on the Ex-
the visiting Zionists to return to certainly is not news. Indee d, in safety in Moslem countries, and ecutive. The old Ben-Gurion hatred Houston, a ZOA delegate, rose on
Goldmann
their homes and to urge greater philanthropy is not of interest out- their large influx in recent years for Jabotinsky's followers emerged a point of order,
here and there
ere was a threat that squelched him: "in America you
support for the splendid ZOA in-
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tmajority
as u
side the community where it is
can have your point of order," he
stitution in Israel.
distributed. But there are whole- in the country. While the figures the Labor Zionists would withdraw
the voluable but very
The ZOA delegates planted the some communities with creative given are that the Oriental Jews if Heruth were recognized. That, said: and Zionist
from Boston,
26th World Zionist Congress Grove efforts. There is a vast field of cul- equal the Occidentals in point of of course, is a pack of nonsense charming
Rabbi Joseph Shubow, shouted:
at Kfar Silver during their visit tural planning in America and actual population figures. Oriental since many hundreds of jobs held "we
have more democracy in
Mapai are involved.
at the village.
elsewhere. Jews are making great spokesmen have claimed that they by Hadassah
stepped in to form an America than we have here at the
are
now
in
the
majority.
Milton Silberman of Chicago, contributions to science and litera-
an
e Congress."
rutn
to rnth
onithof Mapai.
llsiiagnncaetiw
who was responsible for the set- ture. That's not to be ignored. The
It was a minor episode, but per-
Because they come from lands are
ting up of the Quadrangle at the Israeli press has much to learn.
of oppression where they were inn- who has served on the executive- haps it was major in its implica-
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village, made a strong appeal for
poverished and were held in sub- the distinguished Revisionist Jo- tions.
the building of homes for faculty
In the creative field. Israel re- mission. their low standards also seph Schechtman.
members. "Without proper accom- mains one of the very unique denied them elementary schooling,
Schechtman lundered: he used HEBREW CORNER
modations for faculty we'll have no countries in the world. It keeps and the illiteracy a m o n g large
the term racism in criticizing Ma-
one to train the students," he de-
ti new
up ne frontier settle- numbers of them contributes in pai. It was a slip of the tongue
set tine
The Biblical Zoo
clared.
ments. It provides ably for the orapt measure toward the close to and he apologized. But it caused
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in Jerusalem
country's security. It keeps wel- 900 000 now in Israel who are Prime Minister Levi Eshkol to
Israel's press lends itself to
The Biblical Zoo is the enterprise of
march out of the hall, off the plat-
ill iterate.
man
“mad about it." This person
serious study. Its features are coming
new
immigrants
and
pro-
vides homes and opportunities for
form, in protest. There was bed- one zoologist, University finaroTteirtS,
commendable. but the news sense
Israel, whose n o n ii I a t i 0 n of lam. But the fact remains that is the
the Hebrew
s early as .
of Israel's journalists—they like a new life for them.
`I 400.000 is sli ,intiv larger than
establish e d
1940.
You can not denigrate Israel. It that of Greater Detroit. has 21 Heruth has been and continues to who
that term there—would place them
Today the zoo is situated ,n an area
in the role of amateurs in Ameri- remains the land of miracle s. rinjlv newspapers in six languages: be treated unjustly.
of ground full of natural rocks,ancient
area
ti ttte eezoo efa
B-G. Hadassah. Mapai are in there
and the ty;trceaeve;.
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ca. They lean toward sensations. Where there were deserts there it , - book publishinci record is the
typical
Nahum Goldmann accused them of now arise large cities. New indus- hi - hest in the world nor capita of the alliance of "discrimination." Bible
live, fig and vine.
4,;) t r l h d e .
n d i11,1 Jerusalem
ybeonBeibolireit Loo
thriving on crises. Their greatest tries are being established. There nonulation. But its larcle number Schechtman's hesignation has been
tewhole t,
. z contains almost all the anima ls and
failing is their failure to cover the l is prosperity in the land. and it is of illiterates is symbelic of the rejected by the Zionist Council at a It
v the
world Jewish scene. They will give well earned.
oriental-Occidental nrohlem. It is post-Congress meeting. But Heruth 1 1 ) 3 iir t, c 1:. tLt;ogienri:seatrtitebeeafTingf i:
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viewed as speedily curable. but is continues to demand two seats to animal and bird there is a g clate beT:
unlimited space to debates in the
of l ther Biblical verse in
the
While the frequent shootings accented as proof of the arrival of , which the party is entitled. Mena- Lnetetthe
Knesset while minimizing Zion-
h an ma or bird's name is
1-;
Beigin emerges a much mentioned.
ist Congress debates. They'll play upon Israelis from across the Arab an element with standards lower cheum
r statesman out of his• fracas
In the list of biblical animals and
up a murder. But they almost to- borders constitute a major problem than the Occidentals. The differ- better
he birds there are man' which are not
tally ignore Diaspora Jewish news. involving the state's security, Is- ences have created conflicts he- and Schechtman, although
to be found today in Israel. These
animals professor Shulov has brought
dishonored.
So much is happening in Jewish rael's most serious issue is akin tween the Ashkenazim and Senhar- blundered, is not
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to the Jerusalem zoo from other parts
dim. and the charges of discrirnina-
life throughout the world! Yet, the to America's racial troubles.
the world.
The pity is the lack of leader- of According
to professor Shulov's plan
tion threaten • to split the country ship. Nahum Goldmann. brilliant
the Jerusalem z oo should contain spe-
asunder and to cause the emer- as he is, has not shown sufficient cial corners for animals and birds of
country. When this plan is im
gence of "two peoples" amidst one strength to reject Mapai obstruc- every
plemented all the animals and birds
nation.
mentioned
in the Bible will be in the
tion.
even
if
he
has
Hadassah's
•
centre of the Jerusalem zoo. surrounded
Taking up the charge of dis- aid. Perhaps it's time for a change by the international zoo.
Today there are alread , in the Jeru-
,
crimination, a group here has —bit who is there to replace this salem
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Biblical Zoo 500 different vari-
made a demand that a committee giant when we are so poverty- eties of two hundred animals and birds.
of enquiry should be set up to stricken in leadership internation- among them 100 birds ;including an
Eslikol declared Israel s indirect
ostrich): 60 mammals including an
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
study the problem and to, provide ally?
elephant, a tiger and •lionsi, the forty
to The Jewish News)
use of the Jordan River waters
This lack of courageous leader- remaining ones are insects and fish.
-
opportunities
for
the
'colored
TEL AVIV — Gen. Yitzhak Ra-
for irrigation of the Negev is
In the Biblical Zoo there is a special
in our veins, and we population not now available to ship accounts for' the weakening corner for children. It is planned to
bin, Israel chief of staff, declared
"like blood
of the Congress. Perhaps good set up a biblical botanical garden as
them.
The
charge
is
that
while
60
Wednesday that Israel would face
well which will include all the plants
shall act accordingly."
per cent of the children in pri- Zionist communities like Detroit and flowers mentioned in the Bible.
serious threats to its security this
—Translation of Hebrew Corner.
was there Tuesday as a mary schools are Sephardim .(Ori- can mobilize to force improve-
Eshkol
year from Arab countries but that
Published by Brit lvrit Olamit•
ments.
Jerusalem.
'
he believed such threats need not guest of the city of Haifa. Com- entals). only 25 per cent of them
be taken at "their full face value." menting on the conference of the are admitted to secondary schools.
13 Arab League states currently But the fact is that while primary
Speaking shortly before the 13 underway in Cairo, to study diver- education is compulsory. secondary
rirlimrant
,
Arab premiers meeting in Cairo sion of the Jordan River head- education must be paid for. and
issued a communique opposing aid waters. he said that reports from the Orientals are the more impov-
to Israel by other countries, Gen. that conference must be studied erished and are unable to pay for
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Rabin predicted that Israel could carefully. a higher education. A major hope
not count on the ability of Lebanon
He emphasized that Israel's Na- in Israel is that this problem soon
to withstand Arab pressures for a
72/ 171191D71
tional Water Carrier will use only will be solved by increased govern-
united anti-Israel Arab front. His
as much water from the Jordan as ment support for high school edu-
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prediction proved to be accurate.
it was allocated under the plan cation.
Lebanon. which had balked at drawn up by President Eisen-
.1940 nat7J3 -
This applies also to the charge
plans to use its territory for the hower's special envoy, the late Eric
, that, only 8 per cent of the Ori-
joint Arab effort to lower the level Johnston. nearly 10 years ago.
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entals are able to enter univer-
of the Jordan River and thus deny
Ranking representatives of the --
use of its waters to Israel for its 13 Arab states taking a "unified shies.
huge Negev irrigation program,
It is also charged that Occiden-
stand" against all governments aid-
signed the communique Tuesday. ing Israel, mentioned West Ger- tals object to their children's mar-
D"P'IDPZI
-
Rabin told a graduating class of many specifically..
riage with Orientals, that the
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infantry and paratroop cadets that
At the same time it was reported "colored" are, denied housing in
future sect, r.i t y developments
acceptable areas, that employment
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would depend • "largely on what in London that Syria has launched is limited to them. Government
were taken by large-scale engineering projects officials point out to the contrary
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in
the Syrian-Israel border in recent Banias and Hashbani Rivers, both entals and their capacities for ser-
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months and called the Syrian at-
vice are lower than that of the Jews
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tacks serious. adding that there of which feed the headwaters of who had come from Eastern and
the
Jordan
River.
The
Daily
Tele-
was a danger the outbreaks would
Western Europe. the government
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spread to a greater extent than in graph of London said that these bends backwards to assure jobs for
;operations can be seen from Kib-
the past.
Orientals. that there is a great ef-
-
butz Dan, in Israel.
117 171
In Haifa, Prime Minister Levi
fort to solve the housing and edu-
cational problems.

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Israel Chief of Staff Warns of Threats
to Security in
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French Making Overtures to Cairo?
8200-Million Loan to Nasser Ie Seen

PARIS (JTA) — Former French
Premier Edgar Faure returned
last week from Cairo, where he
spent three weeks as President de
Gaulle's unofficial representative
to Egyptian President Nasser.
According to press reports,
Faure was entrusted with nego-
tiating further French efforts at
rapprochement with the Nasser
government. L'Aurore, a daily
newspaper, reported that negotia-
tions involved a French loan of
$200,000,000 to help the Nasser re-
gime in its current balance-of-
payments squeeze.
Also listed by the newspaper
was reported French approval
for Egypt to step up its activi-
ties in former French territories
in Africa, where Egypt hopes
eventually to replace Israel's in-

fluence.
A third element of the new nego-
tiations, the newspaper said,
would be an invitation to Nasser
to visit Paris next summer for a
welcome by President de Gaulle.
Faure met with Nasser and pre-
viously met with other Egyptian
leaders. The former French pre-
mier was received by President
de Gaulle before going to Cairo,
and met with the French president
again on his return.
The French press indicated a
belief that France was eager to
replace United States influence in
the Middle East and to serve as
a counterbalance to Russia's in-
fluence in the area.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40—Friday, January 15, 1965

The existence of a color problem
in Israel is incontestable. The bat-
tie against the "two nations in
one" danger confronts Israel more
seriously than the threats from the
Arabs.
A young British Jew, Michael
Selzer, is spearheading a drive in
behalf of the Sephardim. He has
distributed a pamphlet, labeled
"Danger," among Congress dele-
gates, warning against discrimina-
tion by Ashkenazim against Seph-
ardim. He is gaining a hearing,
although charged with exagger-
ating his claims.
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The Congress was exciting only
behind the scenes, in the major
planning committee that decides
on the composition of the World
Zionist Executive. It's a political
battle that emerges as a person-
ality fight, and as a struggle for
party domination.,

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