Humphrey Named 11th Century Jew Helps Smithsonian in Ocean Research
will cause both to sink in water.
skin regarding "Judaism as a
The philosophies of an 11th
Weizmann Dinner Century
"Judaism as a Philosophy" is
Jewish mathematician- Philosophy."
The researcher is undertaking based on the philosophic works of
scientist may enable the Smith-
Speaker in N.Y.
sonian Institute and other agencies a project on behalf of the Smith-
NEW YORK — Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey will be
the guest s p e a k e r at the an-
nual dinner of the Weizmann
Institute of Science on Dec. 6 at
the Waldorf-
)Astoria, George
JB ack e r, dinner
chairman, an-
nounced.
year's
This
Weizmann d i n-
ner will cele-
brate the coming-
of - age of the
Weizmann In-
stitute of Sci-
ence: it is 21
years since the
basic plans for
its establishment
w e r e initiated.
The 1965 anniver- Humphrey
sary event will have an inter-
national flavor with the participa-
tion of renowned scientists from
all over the world.
One of the highlights of the
evening wi'l be the presentation of
a citation to Mrs. Herbert H. Leh-
man on the occasion of the endow-
ment of d Research Chair in
Theoretical Nuclear Physics (for
peaceful purposes) at the Weiz-
mann Institute in the name of her
illustrious husband.
* * *
Weizmann Institute
Gets Largest Gift
REHOVOTH, Israel — Probably
the largest single contribution to
a local institution of higher learn-
ing and research ever made by
living donors in Israel has been
announced by the Weizmann In-
stitute of Science.
According to Meyer W. Weisgal,
chairman of the executive council,
the Federmann Family Founda-
tion of Israel is donating the
amount of 500,000 pounds ($166,-
667) over the next five years to
the institute's endowment fund.
Yekutiel Federmann, of Haifa,
head of the Federmann Enterprises
Ltd., expressed the hope that other
residents of Israel would emulate
this example of contributing to an
institution's endowment fund, "in-
stead of financing another edifice
on some campus so that their
names might be given to it."
engaged in underwater research
and exploration to further their
work in unraveling the mysteries
of the ocean and to one day allow
man to comfortably reside beneath
the ocean's waves.
Such a philosophy and scientific
clue is presented in Yeshiva Uni-
versity's "Judaism as a Philoso-
phy," a special publication which
commemorates the 900th anniver-
sary of the birth of Abraham Bar
Hiyya, an 11th Century Jewish
Aristotelian who appears to be the
first to ever de v is e a lineless
sounding device to measure the
ocean depths.
According to Dr. Leon D. Stit-
skin, professor of Jewish philo-
sophy at Yeshiva University's
Bernard Revel Graduate School
and editor of the book, the im-
portance of the work of Bar
Hiyya (also known as Savasorda)
was revealed when a research
scientist from the Smithsonian
Institution contacted Dr. Stit-
sonian Institution about lineless
sounding devices for measuring
the depth of oceans where the
water is too deep for such mea-
surements to be made with con-
ventional sounding lines.
Dr. Stitskin points out that Bar
Hiyya's s o u n ding device is a
round, ball-shaped hollow mass of
copper or lead with as thin a wall
as possible. It is attached to an
iron form of extra weight which
Australian Govt. Donates
to Jewish Appeal Drive
MELBOURNE ( JTA) — The
Victoria State Government has as-
sociated itself, in an unprecedented
gesture, with the current Jewish
Welfare and Relief Appeal with
a contribution of 250 pounds.
The contribution indicated the
state government's recognition of
the important role of the welfare
society in the social welfare serv-
ices provided in the state.
Bar Hiyya, who predated Maimo-
nides by almost a century. Bar
Hiyya was born in Soria, Spain,
in 1065 and died in 1143.
tomorrow
evening
Grand Ballroom
Sheraton Cadillac
Detroit Businessmen's Group, CITY OF HOPE
53rd Annual Champagne Dinner
IT'S
COMMONWEALTH
Aden's 7,000 Jews
Decline to 400
The Jewish community of Aden
which numbered about 7,000 in
1947 is now down to about 400, the
World Jewish Congress was in-
formed by Bentob Messa, leader of
the Aden Jewish community.
Messa reported that the decrease
in the Aden community's numbers
had begun with the attacks on
Aden Jewry at the time of the
establishment of the State of Isra-
el. Since then several thousand
members of the community have
emigrated, a few to the United
States, some to Ethiopia, many to
Britain, and the major part to
Israel.
Despite the exodus, the com-
munity still maintains four syna-
gogues and other communal facil-
ities under the supervision of a
local council of which Messa is the
president.
Most of the community are retail-
ers and sales representatives but
a few are professionals or civil
Servants.
Messa said that the recent in-
cident involving the setting aflame
of one of the community syna-
gogues was part of the terrorism
instigated by Arab nationalist ele-
ments who did not discriminate be-
tween minority groups such as the
Jewish, Indian, Pakistani, or Som-
ali.
"The fame of great men ought
always to be estimated by the
means used to acquire it." — La
Rochefoucauld.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 19, 1965-9
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