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'Between You
. . . a nd Me'
(Copyright, 1965, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
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INFORMATION PLEASE: Who is Dr. David Salten, the newly
appointed executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
of New York? . . This question is being asked from various sides,
since Dr. Salten is little known in the field of Jewish social work .. .
And especially since he will eventually take the place of both Dr.
Maurice Hexter and Joseph Willen, who have been considered for
years as "pillars" of Jewish social work among Jewish leaders
throughout the country . . . The question of who will succeed these
two top executives of the New York Federation has long been a subject
of major interest among Jewish social workers . . . Dr. Hexter is
close to 75, and Mr. Willen is close to 70, and they have occupied
the positions of executive vice-presidents in the Federation for quite
a number of years . . . They will continue to serve in their positions
until Dec. 31, 1966, and will then become executive consultants to
the Federation . . . In the meantime, Dr. Salten, who is 51, will
assume his post as executive director on Oct. 1, 1965, and will be
elected at the end of next year, the sole executive vice-president .. .
Whatever his prerogatives as executive director may be until he
becomes executive vice-president, it is clear that he will have to
direct the largest Jewish Federation and will have to combine the
humanitarian essential of Federation with the broad knowledge of
experience in administration . . . It is obvious that his appointment
will not only affect the million persons Federation serves each year,
but all concerned with philanthropic developments throughout the
country . . . He will have to direct the Federation's annual $22,500,000
maintenance campaign and the current $180,000,000 Building Fund
effort for some 300 institutional projects . . . He will also have to
come in contact with the 15,000 volunteers who help in these
campaigns . . . No wonder that many Jewish social workers and
others are interested to know who Dr. Salten is.
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PERSONALITY PROFILE: Prior to naming Dr. Salten to the
post of executive director, Federation's top leaders were conducting
a nationwide search for the proper candidate for more than 15
months . . . They canvassed many qualified persons for recom-
mendations . . . In the end,_ Dr. Salten was chosen from about 100
candidates who aspired, or considered themselves fit, to enter into
the Hexter-Willen shoes . . . Dr. Salten is not a professional social
worker; he is known more as an educational administrator, currently
being Superintendent of. Schools in New Rochelle, N.Y., previously
holding the post of superintendent in Long Beach, N.Y., and for 10
years associated with New York City Public Schools . . . He was
chosen to the Federation post by the specially appointed committee
on succession, comprising Federation's past presidents and other
community leaders . . . His record of Jewish activities shows that he
has served on the national program committee of the Anti-Defamation
League, and national committees of the American Jewish Committee
He is considered an authority not only on education, but also on
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a broad range of current questions, including integration, mental
health, technological changes, children and youth . . . He was born
and educated in New York, and is considered a man who likes to
bring a fresh point of view and to develop and test plans.
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COMMUNAL CURRENTS: Jewish community studies are now
being conducted or planned, in practically all major Jewish communities
in the country . . . The importance of these Jewish population studies
is becoming more and more evident inasmuch as they bring out facts
which indicate the direction toward which American Jewry is going
• . The possibility of conducting such a survey on a national scale
is now being considered by the Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds .. Encouragement is also being given by the
CJFWF to any of the communities contemplating to initiate their
own surveys on a local scale . . One of the latest surveys now
completed in a major Jewish community throws, among other things,
an interesting light on the extent to which Jewish parents have a
desire to expand their Jewish knowledge . The parents were
asked whether they have participated during the past year in any
kind of Jewish adult education, including study groups, discussion
groups, courses or lectures dealing with Jewish religion, culture or
history . .. About 40 per cent of those interviewed replied "yes" to
this question . . . Another question—asked as a means of some
comparison—was whether the respondents had attended some kind of
general, adult education . . . Only 32 per cent gave a "yes" -answer .. .
Another question sought to establish whether the interviewed Jewish
parents regularly read any books or magazines dealing with Jewish
subjects . . . Only 49 per cent answered that they do regularly read
such material . . . This proportion is considerably higher than obtained
in similar studies in other communities . . . In specifying what Jewish
material they have been reading, those polled mentioned most
frequently their local English-Jewish weekly (25% ); next in order
frequency were various organizational house organs (22%) .
Periodicals considered by the respondents as "serious" publications
were mentioned 14 per cent of the time . . . Yiddish periodicals
occurred 3 per cent of the time.
Senators Williams and Javits Reject State Dept.
Appeal to Abandon Action Against Arab Boycott
WASHINGTON (J T A) — The
State Department made a bold but
unsuccessful attempt to prevent
Senate action against the Arab
boycott by blocking hearings on
the Williams—Javits Bill.
The anti-boycott bill's sponsors,
Sen. Harrison Williams, New Jer-
sey Democrat, and Sen. Jacob K.
Javits, New York Republican, were
asked by high State Department
officials to abandon plans for
hearings because President Nasser
of Egypt might take offense at
The Williams-Javits measure
testimony on Arab boycott tactics. would protect American com-
The officials were Douglas Mac- merce from the Arab boycott
Arthur 2nd, assistant secretary of
State for Congressional relations, practices. It has gained the sup-
and Phillips Talbot, assistant sec- port of 31 senators and hearings
retary of state for Near Eastern are expected to be held this
affairs. They called in person on spring by the Senate Committee
the two Senators with an urgent on Banking and Currency.
appeal that Egypt be spared critic-
Both senators rejected the State
ism by the Senate because the Department appeal. MacArthur and
American position in Cairo might Talbot warned the Senators that
be weakened.
the bill might infuriate Nasser and
cause a worsening of the boycott
situation. They pointed out that
American diplomacy now seeks to
improve relations with Cairo — an
objective they said would be un-
dermined by the bill.
Spain OKs Legal Status
for Jewish Community
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of mere tolerance for the Jewish
MADRID—The Spanish govern- community, which was up to now
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ment has approved a set of bylaws devoid of any legal fra•ework."
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munidad Israelita de Madrid.
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organized Jewish community here
will henceforth be known as Corn-
munidad Hebrea de Madrid.
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Israel's Position in Diamond Race
TEL AVIV—Before World War
II, the diamond cutting (processing)
industry, especially in small stones,
under one-half carat, was confined
mainly to Holland and Belgium.
When the industry ran from the
persecution of Hitler, it settled in
the United States and Cuba. After
the war, some of it returned to Eu-
rope but most of it went to Israel,
where there is now the largest
cutting industry in the world. It
is also the largest source of hard
currency in that country and gives
employment to thousands of per-
sons.
Israel exports some of the finest
cut diamonds, testifying to the ex-
pertness of its workers and their
ability to compete with the rest
of the world for this important
market.
The members of the Diamond
Dealers Club of New York co-
operate with the Israel Diamond
Industry to maintain its high po-
sition in the world diamond busi-
ness.
Pittsburgh Opens Drive
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The
United Jewish Federation here
opened its 1965 campaign with a
dinner at which pre-c amp a i g n
gifts of more than $1,000,000 were
announced by William Stark,
chairman of the drive.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 26, 1965-11
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