Acculturation-Integration Symposium Texts Published by Histadrut Institute Distinguished educators a n d noted political experts joined in a symposium sponsored by the American Histadrut Cultural Ex- change Institute, and the texts of the discussions have now been published by the new Histadrut Institute (33 E. 67th, NY 21) in a volume entitled "Acculturation and Integration." Edited by Dr. Judd L. Teller, these texts include exchanges of views on liberation, immigration, language problems, cultures in transition, minorities in politics. Israeli, American and African experts participated in the discus- sions during which the problems of integration were thoroughly aired. African and Israeli experi- ences were contrasted with those in the United States, and the status of the Negro was `Foreign Legion' Serves Israel Commercial Fleet National Myrtle Award Winners HAIFA—Of a total of 4,858 em- ployes on Israeli ships, 1,715 or 35 per cent are non-Jews, accord- ing to an announcement by the Zim Shipping Line. Of the 514 on the luxury liner "Shalom", 165 are non-Jews. There are 120 non-Jews out of a total of 142 workers on the liner "Nili." Among the 102 sea captains em- ployed by the Israeli fleet, 43 are non-Jews. Israeli's commercial fleet now numbers more than 100 ships which employ a staff consisting of members of 40 nations. In this "foreign legion," Chinese are in the first place, followed by Span- iards, Italians, Dutch, Greek and other nationalities. analyzed in frank fashion. Dr. Teller made important com- ments on the status of Yiddish in the course of the discussions on language. Participants in the symposium included Dr. Nathan Glazer, Mayor Navi of Beersheba, Dr. Abraham G. Duker, Daniel Patrick Moyni- han, Ben-Zion Ilan and others. Sidney Shevitz of Detroit chaired one of the sessions. Another ses- sion chairman was Dr. Albert B. Sabin. Reform Jewish History The World Union for Progres- sive Judaism. Ltd., will issue on Jan. 16 "The Growth of Reform Judaism: A Source Book of Ameri- can European Developments 1871- 1948," by W. Gunther Plaut, pub- lished in 1963. This second volume of sources on the history of the Jewish Reform movement carries forward the account begun in Rab- Labor Zionists Expand bi Plaut's "Rise of Reform Juda- ism." Community Action The book will be distributed by Programs in U.S. the Union of American Hebrew NEW YORK—Expansion of com- Congregations. munity action programs on the American scene is being under- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS taken by the Labor Zionist Or- 14—Friday, December 24, 1965 ganization of America-Poale Zion. In his announcement, Hy Faine, national LZOA president, said that a new national committee has PARIS (JTA) — The Associa- been established to implement a labor Zionist program of action tion of Jewish Repatriates from and to recommend policy positions North Africa urged French Jewry in the American Jewish commun- to make possible greater participa- ity. The committee includes many tion by the repatriates in the work top Jewish communal workers and and responsibilities of Jewish in- stitutions and organizations in laymen. Judd L. Teller, author and his- France. torian, will head the committee The association, holding its an- charged with intensifying the ac- nual general assembly here, repre- tivity and broadening the scope of sents the majority of the 100,000 the Labor Zionists in the American repatriates from Algeria and thou- Jewish and general community. sands more from Morocco and Dr. Teller is executive vice chair- Tunisia. Its goal is to maintain man of the American Histadrut close contacts among the Algerian Cultural Exchange Institute. newcomers and to further their The committee, known as the integration into the French com- Community Action Committee, munity. has chosen five issues on which The meeting was held against to develop positions by the LZOA the backdrop of expert Jewish in the community. The areas are: opinion that the integration of Negro-Jewish relations, Soviet the 100,000 Algerian Jews into Jewry, the Vatican Council and the French community has been interfaith activities, the relation- one of the most successful in ship of Germany to the Jewish history. people and priorities in the af- Thanks largely to the work of fairs of the Jewish community. Included in the work of the com- the Fonds Sociale Juif Unifie, the mittee will be the sponsoring of major French Jewish welfare forums in synagogues and com- agency, and the American Jewish munity centers and other public Joint Distribution Committee, the meetings to air these issues facing repatriates have been integrated the American Jewish community. both c u l t u r ally and socially. Members of the committee in- Former Algerian Chief Rabbis clude former Detroiter Joseph David Ashkenazi and Rahmin Edelman, program director. Far- Naouri are serving as presidents of the association. band-Labor Zionist Order. N. African Jews Dr. Mary I. Bunting, president of Radcliffe College and former member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (left), and 'Am- bassador James M. Nabrit Jr., deputy U.S. representative on the UN Security Council, on leave from his post as president of Howard University, are shown with Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, national presi- dent of Hadassah, after receiving the organization's Myrtle Wreath Awards for outstanding contributions in their respective fields. The awards were presented at a Hadassah luncheon in New York, at- tended by more than 1,500 Hadassah leaders. Other recipients of Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Awards were Dr. Oscar I. Janowsky, pro- fessor of history at City College of the City University of New York; Mrs. Esther Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor; and Ed Sullivan, TV personality and newspaper columnist. All were honored for outstanding professional achievements. (See local story, Page 19). For Some of the best buys on new Pontiacs and Tempests ASK FOR • • France Seek Greater P articipateon • SAUL BEACH The association is a member of Speakers representing newly- formed communities called on the National Union for Indem- French Jewry to provide seats for nification which represents most the repatriates on the governing repatriate organizations. bodies of French Jewish organiza- Andre Narboni, former president tions and pledged in return to of the Algerian Zionist Federa- I work for maximum cooperation tion, brought greetings from Is- with those organizations. rael and from North African Jews Pierre Attal and Maurice Ayoun, who have settled there. He also attorneys specializing in compensa- called for closer ties between re- tion claims, reported on current patriates now living in Israel and French legislation for indemnifica- France. tion for Algerian Jews for private and commnual property abandoned • in the former French territory and "DEXTER CHEVROLET • explained current legislative pro- • • IS THE BEST PLACE 0 • jects in that field. • • :•••••••••••••••••••••••4 • 800 Technion Graduates Form U.S. Alumni Group NEW YORK (JTA)—Alumni of the Israel Institute of Technology, located in Haifa, who are present- ly in the United States, established a new organization to be known as the Technion Alumni Associa- tion in the United States. More than 300 people partici- pated in a luncheon-meeting at the Statler-Hilton Hotel which initiated the new group, and which will be affiliated with the Technion Alum- ni Association in Israel. 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