Zionist Growth Cited; 68th Annual
Convention to Start Diaspora Action;
Calls for Continued U. S.-Israel Amit

Special to The Jewish News
NEW YORK—Spurred by an in-
creased national interest in Zionist
efforts, as evidenced by the coun-
trywide representation at its ses-
sions, the 68th annual convention
of the Zionist Organization of
America, held at the Waldorf As-
toria Hotel from Thursday through
Sunday, took steps to increase ef-
forts in support of cultural tasks
in the United States and the enroll-
ment of youth in the movement.
The validity of Zionist program-
ming, emphasized in reports of
various commissions, stimulated a
renewed interest in the movement's
chief tasks for the coming year—
to increase efforts for Aliyah and
especially to encourage youth to
participate in Israel's upbuilding;
to advance the fund-raising as well
as the cultural efforts for Israel
JACQUES TORCZYNER
and to assure continued U. S.-
Israel amity.
The U. S. was also urged to en-
Jacques Torczyner of New
York was elected president of courage every manifestation of
intent in the Middle East
the ZOA at the final plenary ses- peaceful
sion on Sunday. He succeeds Rr. and to insist upon Arab-Israel nego-
tiations to translate armistice
Max Nussbaum of Hollywood, agreements
into treaties of peace.
Calif., who completed a third
The
convention
adopted a resolu-
one-year term as president.
Herman L. Weissman of New tion calling for the ratification by
York, noted attorney and Zionist the U. S. Senate of the Genocide
leader, was elected chairman of Convention.
The convention reiterated its
the national executive council, the
ruling body of the organization be- grave concern with the religious
tween conventions, succeeding Tor- and cultural oppression of the Rus-
sian Jewish community.
czyner who held
this office for the
Leon Ilutovich, national secre-
past three years.
tary of the ZOA, reported the larg-
The newly
est increase in the membership of
elected ZOA
the organization as compared with
president brings
any year in the past ten years. He
to his office a
reported an increase in the in-
long record of
come of the American Zionist
service in t h e
Fund, which finances educational
leadership in the
activities on the American scene
American a n cl;
and two major ZOA projects in
world Zionist
Israel—the ZOA House in Tel Aviv,
movements. H e
considered the largest American
is a member of
cultural center in the Middle East,
the presidium of
and Kfar Silver, the agricultural
the World Zion-
high school near Ashkelon, Israel.
ist Actions Com-
Announcing a total ZOA mem-
mittee and chair-
bership to date of 105,000, Iluto•
man of the ZOA
vich also reported that in less
World Zionist Af-
than
one year the ZOA Founda-
fairs Committee
tion has accumulated $1,601,.
Weissman
since 1952.
000 in wills and bequests. He
He was born in Belgium in 1914 announced
substantial progress
where his father served as presi- in all phases of the ZOA pro-
dent of Belgium Zionist Federa- gram embracing publications,
tion until the beginning of the sec-
education, encouragement
ond World War. In 1945 he was Jewish
of aliy- ah, public affairs, activi-
one of the 18 original members of
ties and ZOA projects.
the Friends of Haganah, organized
Congressman Ogden H. Reid,
by David Ben-Gurion.
A graduate of the Solvay Insti- former U. S. Ambassador to Israel,
tute of the University of Brussels, was the guest of honor at a break-
Torczyner has written and lectured fast session devoted to the ZOA
extensively on Zionism and all Foundation. A scholarship in his
problems dealing with the eco- honor was presented for a student
nomic, cultural and political de- in Kfar Silver Agricultural school
velopments of the state of Israel by Dr. Nussbaum.
The following m'e s s age from
and the Jewish people. He is at
present the assistant general man- President Johnson was read:
ager of the RASSCO Israel Corpor-
"I wish to extend my very best
ation.
wishes to you and the delegates at
Among the resolutions adopt- the 08th annual convention of the
ed by the convention was one Zionist Organization of America.
calling upon the U. S. govern.
"As one of the foremcist bodies
ment to maintain its economic of creative Jewry in the United
aid to Israel without denying States, your organization has per-
similar aid to other countries formed an honorable role in our
in the Middle East who do not country's long search for world
employ or threaten to use such peace. .
aid for aggression against Israel.
"During this period when we
The U. S. government was also celebrate our national indepen-
urged to strengthen Israel's dence, I wish to invite the conven-
security and deterrent capacity tion to concentrate on ways
by directly supplying her with through which we can make effec-
the arms necessary to prevent tive our resolve to b r ea k the
military imbalance in the Mid vicious cycle of wars that have af-
East.
flicted mankind. The close rela-
Another resolution exhorted the tion of the Zionist Organization of
U. S. government to make clear to America with Israel and the Near
these Arab states so engaged that East affords opportunity for the
it will not countenance the spite- forging of new ideas and advances
ful diversion of Israel's water re- toward the universal peace we
sources. The convention welcomed seek." •
Joseph Saphir, member of
the recent action of the U. S. Con-
Knesset (Israel puliament) and
gress opposing the Arab boycott of
chairman of the Liberal Party of
U. S. businessmen and firms.
Israel, stressed "with the utmost
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
emphasis that any attempt to
32—Friday, July 9, 1965
bring about talks with our neigh-

Israel Charges New Jordan Attacks

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Two more
acts of sabotage evidently carried
out by members of El Fatah, the
recently organized Arab terror-
ist gang, were committed in Is-
rael early Monday and Sunday
night, an Israeli army spokesman
announced here, after the govern-
ment filed complaints implicating
Jordan with the UN Truce Super-
vision Organization.
Both outrages occurred close to
the Jordanian border, and Israel
has charged that the El Fatah
members operate from a base or
bases in Jordan. UN observers
were investigating the two incid-
ents, and a meeting was scheduled
to be held on the Israeli complaint
by the Jordan-Israel Mixed Arm-
istic Commission.
One of the actions took place

along the railroad running with-
in 200 yards of the Jordanian
border, just outside Jerusalem.
A dynamite charge detonated
by an electric connection went
off under the engine of a freight
train climbing a steep slope be-
tween Beitir and Beit Safafa.
Israel believes that the inten-
tion was to derail the train. How-
ever, only slight damage was
caused to one of the cars, and
the train continued its journey
after a short stop to inspect the
damage. No one was injured in
the blast.
In the earlier action, two time
bombs damaged a fire watchtower
in the Jewish National Fund for-
est near Beit Govrin. Two small
holes were blown in the tower,
which was unoccupied. Israeli mil-
itary observers found tracks of
The speakers were Prof. Morde- three men leading from the tower
cai Kaplan, founder of the Recon- to the Jordanian border, about six
structionist Movement; Dr. Samuel miles away.
K. Mirsky, professor of rabbinics
at Yeshiva University; Dr. Judah HEBREW CORNER
Nadich of Park Avenue Synagogue,
Conservative; and Dr. Louis I.
Newman of Temple Rodef Shalom,
Every day the press publicizes new
Reform.
inventions; most of the inventions are
connected
with the science of war.
Dr. Nussbaum hailed what he
anything is written of other in-
termed "the first break-through Hardly
ventions which help man to live better.
in the solid hostile front against But there exist nevertheless important
inventions and discoveries. One of them
Israel since its establishment 17 is
hydroponics where plants grow in
water instead of soil.
years ago."
How is it done?
Citing recent statements ema-
We visited the religious kibbutz of
nating from a cross section of lead- Hafetz Hayyim known as the pioneer
of hydroponics. At the entrance to the
ers in various Arab countries, kibbutz
there is a shed, containing
foremost among which was that of small ponds. Inside the ponds are
small
gravel
and water and in be-
President Habib B our g u i b a of tween them stones"
red radishes and bushes of
Tunisia, calling for Arab - Israel blossoming roses. A member of the kib-
who works in the shed explains:
peace negotiations, Dr. Nussbaum butz
"In the shed we try to grow many
asserted that "these constitute the plants without soil, only on water and
gravel. There are plants which grow
first breach in the wall of silence very
well by this method. Tomatoes for
and the taboo imposed upon Arab instance reached a height of 2 meters
more."
leaders over the use of the word and
"What is the benefit of this new
peace."
method?" As a rule, plants receive
from
the soil both food and a base of
Senator Jacob Javits was a prin- support.
In the hydroponic method,
cipal speaker at the opening ses- too, the gravel provides the base and
support. The food reaches the plants
sion.
via the water. All the small ponds are
The convention concluded with a joined to one central pond, into which
introduced fertilizers and food ma-
dinner in honor of Dr. Nussbaum. are
terials which the plant requires. From
Dr. Neumann was toast master and there the water is distributed to all
ponds.
Torczyner delivered the principle the Hydroponics
saves a great deal of
addresses of tribute to Dr. Nuss- labor. No ploughing, no hoeing, it
saves
trouble
too.
There are no weeds,
baum.
no root diseases. One more important
Michigan will be represented on thing; since there is no soil. in the
the new national executive com- ponds it is possible to grow by this
plants in saline soils. In the
mittee by Carmi Slomovitz, Rabbi method
far Negev where the soils are saline
this
method
is now being tried.
Moses Lehrman, M. Ben Lewis,
Translation of Hebrew column
Philip Slomovitz and Morris Jacobs.
Published by Brith Ivrith Olamith.

bors (Arab states) on the basis
of any territorial concessions on
our part or through the settle-
ment of Arab refugees in Israel,
will be formally rejected by the
vast majority of the Israeli peo-
ple." He emphasized that "such
claims made by the Arabs have
no basis whatsoever as far as
the needs of the .nations sur-
rounding us or the welfare of the
refugees themselves are con-
cerned."
Dr. Emanuel Neumann warned
"against the illusion that Col. Nas-
ser has turned 'moderate' in view
of . his recent remarks at the Arab
Summit Conference in Cairo." He
said that "if Nasser's speech was
pitched in a minor key, it was due
not to a change of heart but to a
change of circumstances which
precluded an early attack on Is-
rael." He cited Nasser being
"mired in Yemen with 40,000
troops, Egypt's economic and finan-
cial plight is desperate; he is at
loggerheads with Syria; his trust-
ed friend, Ben Bella, has been
overthrown and, above all, Israel's
deterrent power cools his heated
brows."
Dr. Neumann said that "if some
of our policy makers in Washing-
ton are still inclined to support
Nasser as the 'wave of the future',
they may find him to be a back-
wash of the past. Nothing short of
all-out American and Soviet aid
can save him from the end which
history reserves for ambitious dic-
tators and reckless military ad-
venturers."
Speaking on the problem of
Soviet Jewry, Dr. Neumann refer-
red to Dr. Nahum. Goldmann's re-
cent remarks on the protests of
American Jews against the Soviet
government for its treatment of
Soviet Jewry. He made it clear that
"our purpose is not to stoke the
fires of the cold war by stimu-
lating hostility towards the Soviet
Union but to induce it to recog-
nize Soviet Jewry as a religious
and ethnic community entitled to
all the rights granted to other eth-
nic and national groups within the
Soviet Union."
Dwelling on the world Zionist
and Jewish scenes, Dr. Neumann
favored the merger of the Zion-
ist movement and the World Jew-
ish Congress. "Whatever organi-
-
zational and political considera-
tions may appear to stand in the
way, they are outweighed by the
great beneficial results which
may be anticipated." He urged
that "a joint committee be con-
stituted by these two world bod-
ies, to initiate exploratory
studies of the possibility and a
7t#
basis for a united framework."
Judah J. Shapiro, secretary of
the National Foundation for Jew-
ish Culture and author of many
works on the American
je wish community, urged "the
-
restoration to the Jews of
America of the right to vote." He 0
explained that "while Jews have
full voting rights in the general
society, they have become"—in his
view—"disenfranchized in the Jew-
ish community. It is rare for the
Jew to vote on Jewish affairs, and
we are governed by the few in a
most un-American way," he
charged.
Defending the existence of par-
ties within the Zionist movement, ,ror.r.17.; mix
Dr. Shapiro said that "frequently
complaints are voiced about the
various parties within Zionism, but
notice is not taken that these very
parties make it possible for indivi-
duals to .make a choice of one or
another platform for their adher- nil7r0
ence,. in the best democratic tradi-
tion."
Religion in Israel was the sub-
ject of an animated symposium at
an oneg shabbat session, with rep-
resentatives of all branches of
American Judaism as principal dis-
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