Bormans Greet Golda Meir; Detroit
Represented at Dinner in Miami Beach

In the upper photo, Mr. and Mrs. Al Borman are shown with
Golda Meir at the reception preceding the 1966 Israel Bond In-
augural Dinner at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, which ushered
in the "Chai" Year campaign. Mrs. Meir, former foreign minister
of Israel, was the guest of honor at the dinner. Earlier, the Bor-
mans participated in the annual leadership reception for Detroiters
hosted by Charles Grosberg in his Florida home. A total of $650,000
in Israel Bond subscriptions was announced at this leadership
affair by the Detroit delegates.
In the lower photo, at the national Israel Bond board of gover-
nors dinner at the Fontainebleau Hotel, in Miami Beach, are shown,
(from left) : Nahum Shamir, Israel economics minister to the United
States; Detroiters, Mrs. Peter Weisberg and Peter Weisberg, Israel
Bond trustee; Mrs. Jan Peerce, national Israel Bond women's
division chairman, and Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice president of
the Israel Bond Organization.

Dr. Gerson Cohen of Columbia U.
to Open Lecture Series on Pharisees

"The Early Pharisaic Creed"
will be the subject of the first lec-
ture in the 10th annual Institute of
the Midrasha 8:15 p.m. Thursday
at the Esther Berman Building,
United Hebrew Schools.
Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, professor
of history at Col-
umbia Univer
sity, will be
guest speaker.
Theme of this
year's series is
"The World of
the Pharisees.'
Traditionally, the
Bargman Memo-
rial Lectures,
named for the late
Mina and Theo- Dr. Cohen
dore Bargman, have been held on
Wednesday evenings.
This year, however, two of the
four talks will be on Thursdays.
Dr. Cohen served as assistant

professor of Jewish literature
and Institutions at the Jewish
Theological Seminary from 1953
to 1963 and prior to that was both
Gustav Gottheil Lecturer in
Semitic Languages at Columbia
and librarian at the Seminary.
Born in New York City 42 years
ago, Dr. Cohen received his bache-
lors degree from the City College
of New York, was ordained at the
Seminary and received his PhD at
Columbia.
Among his publications are arti-
cles in English and Hebrew and
"The Talmudic Age," the transla-
tion and commentary on Abraham
Ibn Daud's Sefer Ha-Qabbalah,
appearing in "Great Ages and
Ideas of the Jewish People."
Following the lecture, there will
be individual buzz sessions before
the question-answer period. Re-
freshments will be served during
the social hour following.

Joseph Megdell Appointed Chairman
of Flint UJA Campaign for 1966

Joseph Megdell, president of
Yankee Stores, Inc., has been
named chairman of Flint's annual
WA Drive. He headed the drive in
1957 and last year was chairman
of the Initial Gifts Division.
Megdell, first vice-president of
the Flint Jewish Community Coun-
cil, is a member of the National
Jewish Appeal Campaign Cabinet
and the Council of Jewish Feder-
ations and Welfare Funds commit-
tee on campaign services. He is
president of the Urban League of
Flint and in 1962 received its man
of the year and brotherhood
awards. He serves as a director
of Flint Goodwill Industries, is a
member of Bnai Brith and is affi-
liated with Con. Beth Israel and
Temple Beth El.
Named to other positions of lead-
ership in the local drive are the
following:
Initial gifts, Louis Kasle and
Gilbert Rubenstein; advance gifts,
Alfred Klein and Wilbert Roberts;
general solicitation, Dr. Saul Gor-
ge and Jacob Pines; young leader-
ship, Dr. Ira Marder and Michael
Pelavin; women's division, Mrs.
Jerome Arenson, Mrs. Joseph

Megdell, Mrs. Jack Shaprow and
Mrs. Norman Sorscher.
Last year's appeal in Flint
raised $211,000. Funds raised in
the drive support over 50 local
and national agencies and pro-
grams as well as the annual na-
tional UJA campaign for overseas
aid.

Unionist Quill Recalled
as Friend of Israel

NEW YORK—Michael J. Quill,
the fiery labor unionist who led
the transit workers strike in New
York two months ago and died
soon after, was lauded at memorial
services last week as a friend of
Israel. as well as a true son of
Ireland.
Among those who paid tribute
at the meeting, attended by 4,000
persons, was U.S. Representative
to the United Nations Arthur J.
Goldberg.
George Bardacke, executive di-
rector of the American Trade
Union Council for Histadrut, said
Mr. Quill was revered for having
long supported the cause of
Israel. Mr. Quill died Jan. .28 at
age 60.

Stamp Club to Show
Movies on Israel

The Detroit-Oak Park Stamp
Club, Society of Israel Philatelists,
will show color movies, "Israel—
An Adventure," at the Tuesday
meeting 8:30 p.m. at the Oak Park
Community Center. At 7:30 p.m.,
junior members and other inter-
ested collectors will see a shorter
color film, "This Is Israel" a hu-
morous travelogue based on draw-
ings by Sasek of the peculiarities
and people of Israel.
All delegates and alternates to
the national convention and the
SIPEX International Stamp Exhibi-
tion at Washington, D.C., are asked
to submit their transportation re-
quirements and room reserva-
tions. Displays for the Society of
Israel Philatelists Lounge at the
exhibition must conform with those
of the government of Israel, Min-
istry of Posts, official government
exhibition display. Theme for this
exhibition will be the geographic
area of Israel. All area stamp col-
lectors are invited to the meeting
and to participate in the auction,
sale and stamp pool following the
activities.

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Pulitzer Depicted on Stamp

Irvin Girer, president of the De-
troit-Oak Park Stamp Club of the
Society of Israel Philatelists, notes
that there was yet a fourth Ameri-
can Jew honored with a commem-
orative stamp.
It was the newspaperman, Joseph
Pulitzer, a Jew who was converted
to Christianity. The other three al-
ready - listed were Rabbi Alexander
Goode, Samuel Gompers and, cur-
rently, Albert Einstein. (See The
Jewish News, Feb. 4).

Georgetown Incident
a Too-Familiar Story

NEW YORK—There was nothing
new in the recent incident involv-
ing two Georgetown University
cheerleaders who led students in
"sieg heil" cheers.
Jesse Silver, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency sports writer, compared the
m u c h-publicized Georgetown-New
York University game to a similar
one 30 years ago.
In February 1936, according to
Silver, after a basketball game
between the same two teams, the
NYU student newspaper called
upon the school to break athletic
relations with Georgetown because
of the anti-Semitism of the George-
town fans.
In the 1966 incident Feb. 5, one
Georgetown student who led in
the offensive cheers wore a Nazi
uniform, and the other the robes
of an Arab. The NYU visitors
were shocked, and many subse-
quently wrote letters of complaint
to Georgetown officials.
Georgetown students have apol-
ogized for the incident, describing
it as one "innocent in origin, but
which had possibly offensive im-
plications." NYU students accept-
ed the apology and said they real-
ized "there was no malice afore-
thought, or anti-Semitism intend-
ed."

Hebrew Corner

Israel Defense Army

TSAHAL (the Defense Army of Israel)
was created (formed) out of the
Haganah Organization which guarded
(the security of) the Jewish Community
even before the establishment of the
State.
TSAHAL consists of the soldiers in
regular service, army units composed of
conscripts, and reserve forces.
Conscription applies to all males and
includes the services of unmarried
women.
Women who declared that they are
religious and do not wish to serve in
the army are exempt from conscription.
Deferment is also granted to students
studying professions in which the army
is interested, as well as to other citizens
where there are personal or economic
reasons for it.
Women serve in TSAHAL in non-com-
batant duties—as clerks, storekeepers,
telephonists, medical orderlies, techni-
cians, drivers, etc.
The obligation to serve in the reserves
applies to males up to the age of 49,
and to women who have no children up
to the age of 34.
The organization of the reserve forces,
who undergo training for one month a
year, enables TSAHAL to mobilize all
the combat units within 24-72 hours after
the order is given.
It is thus possible to maintain a limi-
ted regular army to carry out routine
security functions and to repulse the
first attacks pending the mobilization of
the reserves.
Translation of Hebrew column pub-
lished by the Brit Ivrit Olamit with the
assistance of the Memorial Foundation
for Jewish Culture.

Birch Society Membership by Police
in N.Y. Concerns City, State, ADL

NEW YORK (JTA) — The issue
of membership by New York City
policemen in the John Birch So-
ciety, which has been charged with
anti-Semitic activities, was revived
again Feb. 24 by actions of Gov-
ernor Rockefeller and Mayor
Lindsay.
Gov. Rockefeller said that as
far as he knew, no members of
the New York State Police were
Birch Society members and that
he would oppose such membership
because the "sole loyalty" of
police "must be to the state."
Mayor Lindsay called up City
Police Commissioner Howard L.
Leary for a report of the activi-
ties, "if any," of city police who
were members of the society. He
acted soon after the newly-ap-
pointed police commissioner said
that he would have no objection
to such membership by city
police if it did not impair their
efficiency.
The Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith criticized the commis-
sioner, contending that, since the
society was on record as regard-
ing the entire civil rights move-
ment as a Communist conspiracy,
policemen who were members
could not carry out objectively
duties involving civil rights prob-
lems.
The ADL also asserted that anti-
Semitism was "inherent" in the
Birch Society philosophy. Birch
spokesmen have estimated that
there are 300 to 500 Birch Society
members on New York's 27,000-
man police force.
The Civil Liberties Union, in
turn, criticized the ADL for its
stand, asserting that, since the
ADL champions civil liberties, the
Jewish organization "does itself a
disservice by cutting off the civil
liberties of others."
Last week an Australian Jew-
ish leader reported in New York
that the John Birch Society has
found a vehicle for its propa-
genda and literature in Australia,
to the concern of that country's
70,000 Jews.
Isi Leibler, member of the Exe-
cutive Council of Australian Jewry
and chairman of the public rela-
tions committee of the Victorian
Jewish Board of Deputies, met with
World Jewish Congress officials in
New York during a brief stopover
on his way back to Australia from
Europe.
"What we are concerned about,"

Mr. Leibler said, "is the coales-
cence of extreme right-wing and
anti-Semitic groups in Australia
around a right-wing journal which
is disseminating John Birch- Society
propaganda and literature."
He identified the journal as the
`Australian National News Re-
view'. "It is sympathetic to the
John Birch line and is reported to
have a circulation of 17,000," Leib-
ler said. He stated than one of the
persons reportedly closely associ-
ateed with the publication is Eric
Butler, national director of the
Australian League of Rights and
a known anti-Semite of long stand-
ing.
Michael E. Kogan, 23-year-old
chairman of the "Jewish Society
of Americanists," told Chicago
Tribune reporter Joseph Zullo
that response to formation of the
John Birch Society group has
been "terrific." Many pledges of
support, some from non-Jews,
have been received, said Kogan.
"Our group will enable Jews
with a conservative viewpoint to
express themselves on the issues
of the day," he said, and will serve
to dispute charges that the John
Birch Society is anti-Semitic, as
the ADL charges.
In Detroit, members of the Birch
Society told Detroit News reporter
Saul Friedman that the ADL is
"more anti-Semitic than the John
Birch Society."
Friedman said two local Birch
Society members agreed that "the
truth was that Jews were behind
the Communists, that they were
behind the plot to enslave white
Christianity."
Detroit Birch Society leader
Chris Panos "often hands out
anti-Semitic tracts to trusted chap-
ter members," Friedman wrote.
When chided for his views he
answers:
" 'I'm not saying it at chap-
ter meetings, but anyone who
knows the truth about it knows
the Jews are behind the Com-
munists and the niggers. The
Jews go talking about six mil-
lion being killed by Hitler. There
weren't that many. And why
weren't any big Jews killed?' "
Robert Welch, in a record played
at Birch Society gatherings, called
physicist Albert Einstein "a Com-
munist first, a fiddler second, and
then a mathematician . . Einstein
was run out of Germany for being
a Communist."

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