Allied Jewish Campaign Exceeds Coveted Goal V olunteers Acclaim Good Results; Hear Morris Abram Report on Bias Decline An enthusiastic leadership Wed- nesday night acclaimed the high- ly successful results of the 1965 Allied Jewish Campaign when Wiliam Avrunin, executive direc- tor of the Jewish Welfare Feder- ation. announced at the closing dinner meeting, of the drive that a total of $5,158,800 had been as- sured. Sol Eisenberg, co-chairman of the drive with Irwin Green, re- mained most optimistic in his insistence that at least another $100,000 can be secured to boost the total above the $5,250,000 figure. Inspired by Eisenberg's enthusi- asm, campaign workers pledged to proceed this week to reach the several thousand more prospects who could establish an even bet- ter record for the campaign. In his brief remarks, Avrunin indicated that as compared with the 1964 results, when $4,692,000 was subscribed, $5,016,130 had al- ready been reported on Wednes- day evening and at least $142,000 more is securable from pledgers being contacted, thus assuring the S5.158.800 total, with more avail- able if more prospective givers are reached. "The leaders of the 1965 Cam- paign have matched their dis- tinguished predecessors—in gen- erosity, in ability, in dedication," Avrunin said. "They include a large number of younger men and women who, in turn, have been inspired and actively as- sisted by many of the long-time leaders of former years- And the members of the community, at every level, have responded to the needs of the campaign with understanding and coopera- tion." Avrunin also pointed out that while the amount raised is the largest since 1959, the number of Detroit drive, commended the local campaign organization and reported that "Detroit stands high as the leader in UJA's efforts, with higher increases here for UJA than any commu- nity in the land." He added: "What makes Detroit so great is that it recognizes all causes, national and overseas as well as local." He paid tribute to the "great leadership" in Detroit. SOL EISENBERG (left) and IRWIN GREEN Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser, chair- man of the AJC Women's Division, reported a total of $666,852 for her division. Morry Direnfeld re- ported $33,623 for the metropoli- tan division. and Tom Klein an- nounced $26,002 for the juniors. Other reporters, their divisions and totals included: Mercantile, Stanley Winkelman, $385,565; services, Harold Norman, 238,090; mechanical trades, Eugene Ep- stein, $1,254,000; real estate, Au- brey Ettenheimer, $811,820; food, George Keil, $551,094; profes- sional, Dr. Hymen S. Mellen, $796,535; arts and crafts, Harvey Willens, $252,355. The principal address was de- livered by Morris Abram, presi- dent of the American Jewish Committee, who was introduced by Hyman Safran. "Twenty years after the end of contributors, which this year will exceed 25,000, will be the largest since 1957. He commended the campaign staff, headed by Esther Prussian and Sol Drachler, and the plan- ning staff, headed by Sam Cohen, and all the workers for their ef- forts. World War II, neo-Nazis and neo- Eisenberg, who presided over Fascist organizations and parties most of the proceedings at in Western Europe strive incor- Wednesday's meeting, read a rigibly to promote so-called new message of greeting from Mayor European orders that resemble Cavanagh who was detained in nothing so much as the old Nazi Washington and was unable to and Fascist regimes," Abram, who attend the closing drive function. is the U.S. representative on the Irwin Green presided over the United Nations Sub-commission on portion of the meeting during Human Rights, declared. "Although literally scores of which reports were submitted by division chairmen. Max Shaye small-fry fuehrers and would-be duces vie for publicity and pri- called for the reports. Green told the gathering that "no goal is unattainable as long as we put our hearts in the cause to attain it." Max M. Fisher, national chair- man of the United Jewish Ap- peal, major beneficiary in the THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6—Friday, May 14, 1965 members, the conference now rep- resents Jewish communities of all western European nations and Yugoslavia. H. M. Kornitzinsky of Oslo, president of the Mosaiske Troessamfund of Norway, an- nounced the intention of Norway's Jewry to join the Conference. Mazin said that the new status of the Jews of Madrid was not ex- pected to lead to any great changes in community life. He reported that for the past ten years, the Jews in Spain had been treated with complete tolerance. He paid tribute to the moral and financial support of the Joint Distribution Committee to the Madrid commu- nitl, explaining that the synagogue and community center built in Madrid with JDC help was serving as a focal point for revitalizing community life. A special welcome was given to Leo Fischer, the new president of the Copenhagen Jewish commu- nity, and to Dr. Lavoslau Kadel- burg, the newly elected president of Yugoslav Jewish communities, as delegates present for the first time. Fritz Hollander, head of the Swedish Jewish community, re- ported the progress of negotiations on heirless property left in Sweden by victims of the Nazis. on a straight-forward anti-Jew- ish campaign, the anti-Semite today is more likely to hide be- hind other issues and justify his attitudes on other grounds, for publicly to attack Jews, qua Jews, is still to put oneself out- side the pale in a postwar Europe where the Jew has, for a quarter of a century, been the arch-symbol of the horrors Hit- lerism visited upon all the con- tinent." He pointed out that there has Abram reported that "While America's home-bred neo-Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell and Britain's Colin Jordan make great claims for their World Union of National Socialists, for example, "There is no evidence that old-time Nazi and Fascist groups and ideologists are pay- ing any attention." Tracing the history of major neo-Nazi and neo-Fascist political parties in Western Germany, Aus- tria and Italy during the past de- cade, the AJC's European office has found these either stagnating, as in Italy, or having lost member- ship and relevance. Only in Italy, does the neo-Fasicst Movimento Sociale Italismo, MSI, have any potential for possibly influencing events on the political scene, while West German rightist groupings do not even make up a viable political party at present. been a noticeable increase in xenophobia and sharpened racist attitudes in Western Europe. "It is axiomatic that any over- all increase in racism will inevi- table affect the Jew," Abram said. "At present, though, because of this development, other min- orities now draw much of that WATCH FOR OPENING OF SPITZER'S New Store in the DEXTER DAVISON SHOPPING PLAZA IF YOU TURN THE e. t UPSIDE DOWN' YOU WON'T FIND A FINER WINE THAN •Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich. ADAS SHALOM AND ITS AFFILIATES Present its Thirteenth Annual GALA Joann Freeman Julius Chajes Conductor Piano Soloist FESTIVAL OF JEWISH MUSIC Directed by CANTOR NICHOLAS FENAKEL Thursday Evening, May 20th, 8:00 p.m. Introduction by Rabbi Jacob E. Segal Featuring • The Adas Shalom Synagogue Choir • Joann Freeman, Concert Pianist • Julius Chajes, Conducting The Adas Shalom Chamber Orchestra • Sisterhood Choir Rose Mash, Conductor • The Golden Age Club Choir of the Jewish Community Center Conducted by Cantor Nicholas Fenakel • Sidney Resnick, Baritone Soloist ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 7045 Curtis—UN 4-7474 LI J.N.F. Phone UN 4-2767 fire once directed against the Jew, for centuries the classic 'outsider' on the European scene. On the positive side, THE MEN'S CLUB OF European Leaders Hear Prediction of Equality for All Spanish Jews BRUSSELS(JTA)—A prediction that the Spanish government would soon follow its recognition of the Madrid Jewish community with similar legal status for the Jews of other Jewish communities in Spain was made here by Max Mazin, president of the Madrid community. He made the prediction at the closing session of a two-day meet- ing of the Standing Conference of European Jewish Community Ser- vices. The meeting was attended by representatives of Jewish com- munities of 13 countries and direc- tors of major Jewish international welfare organizations. Dr. Astorre Mayer, president of the Milan Jewish Community and chairman of the conference, announced that Mazin would henceforth be the representative of the Council of Spanish Jew- ish Communities. The Council is comprised of Jewries of Ma- drid, Barcelona, Ceuta and Me- tilla. It will shortly include a community being formed in Malaga. Dr. Mayer also announced im- portant conference changes, in- cluding the fact that with two new macy, the fact is that radical right-wing political parties and in- ternationals that first came back onto the European political scene in the late 1940s and early 1950s not only have been held in check but have lost ground since then." Abram said that in the last few years radical right groups have been carrying on two major anti-Semitic campaigns, one cov- ertly and the other quite openly: The covert campaign designed to prevent adoption by the Ecu- menical Council of any declara- tion which makes clear church opposition to traditional anti- Semitic charges of Jewish respon- sibility for the death of Christ; and the constant drive of the neo- Nazis to try and demonstrate that the murder of 6,000,000 Jews by the Hitler regime is nothing but "a fable." On the whole, Abram declared, "Rather than carry 4 Donation $1.00 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 18414 Vilie OFFICE HOURS: MON. THRU THURS., 9 TO 5; FRIDAY, 9-4;SUNDAYS 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. G AVE.