-- Egyptian Jewish Population Is Reported Reduced to 2,500 The ancient and once flourish- psychologically by these ex- ing Jewish community in Egypt, pulsions and decided to leave, still which today numbers about 2,500, others had planned to leave for is being further diminished under some time but only recently were the effects of a new harassment able to acquire shipping space, technique, according to a report always in short supply over the to the foreign affairs department summer months. Of those who left, of the American Jewish Commit- about 100 have come through Fiance. tee by its European office. Of the 2,500 Jews remaining During the past three months, the report states on the basis of in Egypt — 1,800 in Cairo, the balance in Alexandria — the interviews with recent arrivals in Paris as well as with relief majority are either stateless or of foreign nationality and so agency officials, about 150 Jews require residence cards. The new left Egypt. Some were expelled, technique of the Egyptian gov- others apparently were affected eminent involves the expulsion of those Jews who are both state- less and have properties under sequestration. As a stateless per- son seeks renewal of his resid- ence permit, the expulsion order follows. Papers given to expelled Jews under the new technique have dif- fered from those usually carried by Jews who decide to leave Egypt. Expellees' papers are now carry- ing a stamp reading. "Must leave Egypt by . . ." with a reference to a specific date. At first some of the persons ex- !FIFA and Xerox Join in Transmitting the News The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Xerox of Canada combined forces in a demonstration last week of electronic methods of transmitting and distributing news. The JTA-Xerox News Center was set up on the main mezzanine of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal equipped with a 100-words-per-minute teletype and a Xerox automatic copying machine. News was transmitted hourly from JTA headquarters in New York to the Montreal center where the copy was taken off the teletype, put into the Xerox and duplicated in quantities. Within minutes, copies of the JTA news dispatches were in the hands of delegates attending the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in session at the hotel. Use of the combined Xerox-Bell System facilities thus permitted JTA to keep the 2,000 men and women attending the session fully informed of world news developments of special concern to them, some of which had a bearing on their deliberations. While JTA news is transmitted to Canadian newspaper subscribers, this was the first time that the JTA itself had printed and distributed news bulletins in the Dominion. Dr. Roth Enthus iastic on Encycl Judaica English edition. But the Nazis put an end to that encyclopae- dia; the few sets that still exist are collector's items. "The new Encyclopaedia Ju- daica," Dr. Roth said, "will be the fulfillment of that youthful dream of Dr. Goldmann; my own humble efforts to pay a debt to the scholars who preceded me. We have assembled a magnificent group of about 500 scholars as editors and contributors; as chair- men of our editorial boards, we have Professor Benzion Dinur of the - Hebrew University in Jerusa- lem and Professor Alexander Alt- mann of Brandeis University in the United States. Heading our Edito- rial Council is one of the world's greatest archaeologists, Prof. Wil- liam F. Albright of Johns Hop- kins University. As honorary chairman of our international com- mittee we have Ambassador Ar- thur J. Goldberg, Permanent U.S. representative to the United Na- tions, and as president of our Encyclopaedia Judaica Research Foundation, the sponsor of the new encyclopaedia, we have Jim Novy, friend and intimate of Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson." Pointing to the old Funk and Wagnalls set in his book-lined study, he remarked: "When that was published, we had had no Jewish Prime Minister any- where. No professing Jew had occupied a really high political place in any country. Since then there have been many." Dr. Roth added: "We have a new scene today--David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol, the statesman and scientist that was Chaim Weiz- mann . . . the old encyclopaedia was centered on Central European Jewry and one thinks of how Jews the world over, particularly in your America, have contributed to civilization since 1900." By SHIMON BEN HALEVI JERUSALEM—"It will be from 'A' to 13,' from aleph to tav, the most comprehensive work of Jew- ish scholarship ever produced in our more than five thousand year history." Dr. Cecil Roth, distinguished scholar, Oxford Don, one of the world's most noted Jewish his- torians, thus re- ferred to the new Encyclopaedia Ju- daica, of which he is chief ed- itor. He stated: "The man be- hind the Encyclo- paedia is Dr. Na- hum Goldmann, the president of both the World Zionist Organiza tion and the :,.. World Jewish R .' Congress, one of the greatest Jew-. ish activists of our time, but a Dr. Roth man of culture and scholarship, a man who, too, was nurtured on an encyclopaedia, an encyclopaedia destroyed by Hitler." Dr. Roth explained that Dr. Goldmann, during 1926 to 1933, was editorial director of an en- cyclopaedia prepared in the German language under the ed- itorship of the renowned his- torian and philosopher, Dr. Ja- kob Klatzkin. Ten volumes were published in German; two in Hebrew; progress had been made in the preparation of an "And -then: Think of Pissarro, the impressionist, w o n d e r f u l painter. He deserves his place in art history. And is it known that he was a Jew, born in the West Indies? He is only one of the many great Jews who has emerged on the world scene in . our century. "The Jewish artists . . . Chagall and Jacob Epstein, Modigliani and Zorach, Lipchitz and Mane-Katz, Soutine and Ben Shahn, will give us some of our finest, certainly the most beautiful, pages of our new Encyclopaedia. The museums of the world, the great private collections, are making available to us the right to reproduce the work of these great artists; and color photography and the tech- nical skill of modern printing, will enable us to produce four color plates that will make every owner of the encyclopaedia an owner of a great treasure of Jewish art." "Our Encyclopaedia will sum up the cultural life of a generation —a tremendous generation. It will meet a great need if successful and"—his eyes glistened through spectacles as he stood on the ten-ace of his Jerusalem apartment overlooking the Judean hills, and modestly, almost wistfully, said —"I am confident that it will be successful." pelled were placed under house arrest and escorted to the pier because they would not get book- ing prior to the deadline imposed for departure. With the easing of the shipping shortage, this is no longer necessary. In some cases the expulsion orders have come as a relief, as in the case of Jews who wanted to leave but whom Egyptian sequestration officials had refused to allow out. With the issuance of expulsion orders, the Ministry of Interior seems to have over- ruled the sequestration officials. Recent arrivals from Egypt have confirmed to AJC officials in Paris that known patterns of Egyptian attitudes toward Jews are continuing. According to these arrivals, there is no pop- ular feeling against Jews despite diatribes against Israel both by the government and the Arab League. Nor, the report continues, have Jewish community properties in Egypt been affected in recent years. In Alexandria, for example, when the Jewish -community sold its hospital to the government several years ago for nearly a quarter-million dollars, this sum was turned over to the Jewish com- munal authorities. The Alexandria community con- tinues to own apartment buildings and other real estate. It maintains a Jewish old-age home with 50 places that are generally filled; a refuge with 30 rooms for those without the means to rent lodg- ings; and title is retained to modern school buildings, built originally to accommodate 2,000 students, as well as to synagogues and grounds. The number of synagogues is too large today for the size of the Jewish community but daily serv- ices are held in them, in rotation, so that no question of abandon- ment should arise. Only 37 Jew- ish children attend school in the buildings, along with 600 Moslem children, with teachers and a director furnished by the Ministry of Education, with only one Jewish religious teacher in attendance. But the community is willing to meet a deficit of several thousand dollars a year, in order to assure retaining title to the school, which abuts the ground of the main synagogue. "The pressure on Jews is as in- dividuals," the AJC report points out. In addition to expulsion, other harassments e xis t: government bodies and many nationalized in- dustries will not hire Jews while private employers are afraid to; Jewish businessmen live in con- stant fear that their businesses will be sequestered; businessmen hav- ing to deal with the authorities — and all do — must use an Arab intermediary. The older Jews, the report con- tinues, seem to wish to live out their lives in the land and sur- roundings to which they are accus- tomed. But while there is no discrimination reported against Jews in schools and universities, and Jews can apply for business licenses and gain entry into the liberal professions, the feeling among Jewish youth is that there is no future for them in Egypt. A person wishing to leave Egypt, the report explains, must give up his citizenship, should he still be an Egyptian national, and become stateless. In principle; the report states, based on conversations with recent arrivals in France, the Egyptian Government does not confiscate the assets of those who leave the country but rather sequesters or "freezes" them. However, refugees consider the distinction theoretical, and doubt that they will ever be allowed to regain control of these assets. The saint who works no cures has few pilgrims at his shrine. — French proverb. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 38—Friday, December 3, 1965 -•AMPIEREMPEIREMMORIMPINIMINEMIERWINIP71 B-G, Eban Write Introductions for New Book on Art Harry N. Abrams announces a major new title for publication in 1966. "Art Treasures of Israel" by Jacob Baal-Teshuva will join Abrams' impressive series of books on the great art of Europe, America and the Orient. The richly illustrated book on Israel will contain 60 colorplates and 200 black-and-white photo- graphs of treasures from the an- cient archaeological world; from Jewish folk art and ceremonial ob- jects; and from the extensive col- lection of great painting and sculp- ture now housed in modern Israel's 37 museums. The book will be divided into three main divisions: Archaeology and historical sites, Jewish cere- monial art and modern Israel as a repository of world art. The author, Jacob Baal-Teshuva, is known for his book "Art Trea- sures of the United Nations" and the documentary "Mission of Israel." He is a native-born Israeli and has acquired two special in- troductions to his forthcoming book on Israel art—one by former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Abba Eban, Israel's Deputy Premier. Dame Myra Hess, Renowned Pianist LONDON (JTA) — Dame Myra Hess, the world-famous Jewish pianist, died here last weekend at age 75. Generally regarded as the finest woman pianist of her time, she was a brilliant virtuoso and an interpretive musician. She helped many young composers by playing their previously unknown composi- tions. Born in London, she was the youngest of four children of the late Frederick Hess, an Orthodox Jew who had taught Myra and his other children Hebrew and Jewish tradition. Dame Myra made her debut at 17 in London's Queen's Hall in 1907. Her success was imme- diate. Critics could not say enough in praise of her sensi- tive, gentle technique. Making her United States debut in 1922, she received consistent critical acclaim and returned more than 30 times until rheumatism in her hands forced her to retire in 1961. In 1939 Dame Myra turned down a U.S. tour to stay in London and organize the now famous series of noontime concerts held at the National Gallery throughout the blitz and until the war ended. Two years later she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire. Bridge Champ H. Harkavy SAN FRANSICSO — Well- known U. S. bridge instructor and tournament player Harold J. Hark- avy of Miami Beach died Monday at age 50 while competing in the Winter National Bridge cham- pionship. In 1963, Mr. Harkavy won both major national team champion- ships, the Vanderbilt and Spin- gold. He held many other titles. Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery Stops Itch—Relieves Pain For the first time science has found a new healing substance with the as- tonishing ability to shrink hemor- rhoids and to relieve pain — without surgery. 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