Commerce Dept.
Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration This Sunday
Tries to Aid U.S.
Will Feature 'Last Sabbath' Dramatization
Firms on Blacklist
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
U.S. Department of Commerce
Tuesday made known that many
firms had requested information
on "the nature and practices" of
the Arab boycott, and that the de-
partment has endeavored to assist
blacklisted companies.
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New
York Democrat, who had written
to the Commerce Department on
this issue, said he will press for
early action on his bill and com-
panion measures, seeking to amend
the Export Control Act to include
provisions for resisting the Arab
boycott.
In a letter to Reb. Farbstein,
chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs subcommittee on foreign
economic policy, Thomas G. Wy-
man, assistant secretary of com-
merce for domestic and interna-
tional buSiness, told of difficulties
experienced by American business
as a result of the Arab boycott.
The letter was in response to
an inquiry by the Congressman
on the extent to which Amer-
ican firms have been limited in
their foreign commerce by re-
strictive Arab boycott measures.
The Department of Commerce
said that, because the U.S. govern-
ment does not recognize the boy-
cott, no list of boycotted firms
could be provided. According to
Wyman, the Commerce Depart-
ment receives requests for advice
from firms asked by the Arabs
to provide information on their
dealings with Israel. "Most firms
naturally regard this as an un-
warranted intrusion into their
private business affairs," he
stated.
Wymon said that the majority
of firms respond according to their
own business interests, and do not
advise the Commerce Department
of their final action. However, he
declared, blacklisted firms ask
assistance.
Such cases, he added, are re-
viewed and "then, through the
Foreign Service s we make repre-
sentations against the boycott ac-
tion to the government of the ap-
propriate Arab state." Wyman
noted: "We feel that there has
been success through this type of
approach."
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"The Last Sabbath," a musical
dramatization of a Sabbath serv-
ice, will be presented when the
Jewish community of Detroit marks
the 22nd annual commemoration
of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
this Sunday, 8:15 p. m., at Temple
Israel. The program is presented
annually under auspices of the cul-
ture commission of the Jewish
Community Council.
The guest speaker will be Israel
Consul Jacob Barmore.
Participating in the presenta-
tion are Cantor Harold Orbach of
Temple Israel, who will chant the
solo musical selections. Donald
Burszynski will perform the solo
dance numbers. The dance com-
pany, under the direction of the
well known choreographer, Harriet
Berg, includes Irma Topper, Jac-
queline Davis, Lisa Goodman, Judy
Go o dm an, Irene Rains, Linda
Young, Madeline Goodman, Jerry
Katz and David Thormann. The or-
ganist is Bella Goldberg. Evelyn
Orbach will provide the narration.
Written as a tribute to the vic-
tims and survivors of the Warsaw
Ghetto, "The Last Sabbath" is the
work of Charles Davidson of Mount
Vernon, N.Y. The music, com-
posed in the Hassidic vein, is ex-
pressed in dance as well as in
Hungary Changes
Course, Allows
Rabbi to Visit U.S
Scene from 'Last Sabbath'
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW YORK — Rabb i Jeno
Schuck, chief Orthodox rabbi of
Hungary, who was to have arrived
in New York Tuesday to be a vis-
iting lecturer at Yeshiva Univer-
sity here, had been denied an exit
visa at first but finally obtained
one.
He was scheduled to land in
New York Thursday.
Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of
Yeshiva University, had invited
Rabbi Shuck to lecture at the uni-
versity's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary on the de-
velopment of Jewish religious law
and the history of Hungarian Jew-
ry. The Yeshiva announced Wed-
nesday that a week ago a cable was
received from Rabbi Schuck ad-
vising the university he would not
come here because he had been de-
nied an exit visa.
Wednesday's cable was received
from Rabbi Schuck by Rabbi Her-
shel Schacter, vice president of the
Rabbinical Council of America,
stating that the Hungarian Jewish
leader would arrive late Thursday
afternoon.
U.S.-Born Israeli Cited
for Bravery Under Fire
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — New York - born
Pinhas Prawda was cited for brav-
ery by Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin
in a special ceremony Tuesday. He
had continued to operate his trac-
tor under heavy shelling by Syrian
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gunners.
A second citation was given post-
humously to S. Levi, who was fatal-
ly wounded by a shell from a
Syrian gun whlie driving a tractor
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in the Korazim area north of Lake
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tion ceremony. The citation for
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Levi was accepted by his parents.
and
Prawda, who wears a skullcap
when not wearing his khaki cap,
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at an Orthodox Jewish day school
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and was a member of Bnai Akiva
when he came to Israel for a
year of study. He decided to set-
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him to return. The youth said he
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