Jerusalem Mayor Confident 'U. S. Keeps
Pledges Everywhere'; Asks for Continued
American Aid to Israel Through UJA, Bonds
Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusa-
lem, on his visit here last week-
end, renewed the call for Ameri-
can Jewish aid to Israel through
the United Jewish Appeal and by
the purchase of Israel Bonds.
Addressing the Israel Bond din-
ner at the Shaarey Zedek Satur-
day night, he gave credit to UJA
for the vast settlement program
made possible by provisions for
large-scale migrations into Israel,
and to Bonds for having encour-
aged economic projects in Israel.
At the same time, • he appealed
for new links by American Jews
with the Holy City of Jerusalem,
by providing for many facilities
that are urgently needed there.
Kollek indicated, in comments
on the world situation preceding
the dinner, at a private reception
in his honor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Zuckerman, in
Franklin, that the Israelis are
keenly aware of America's prob-
lems. Asked about Israel's atti-
tude on the situation involving
Vietnam, he said there is a strong
feeling for the American position
and that "Israel is certain that
the nations of the world recognize
the determination of the United
States to keep its word whenever
and wherever it is pledged."
While he had come here pri-
marily to appeal for continued
purchases of Israel Bonds — indi-
cating the great measure of eco-
nomic support thereby provided to
Israel—Kollek expressed apprecia-
tion for the historic United Jewish
Appeal efforts.
He recalled his visit her e 15
years ago with Israel's Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion, when
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.he Israel Bond activities first were
introduced in this country.
Joseph Holtzman, who c
for pledges, similarly recalle d the
early Israel Bond activities and
took pride in the fact that Detroit
Jewry, by purchasing $800,000
worth of Bonds at the first appeal
4athering, set a record for the
Otintry.
Paul Zuckerman, who gre eted
the gathering in the name of
• the Jewish Welfare Federation,
similarly review ed the Israel
Bond activities here and pled ged
continued aid in tasks in Israel's
behalf. He welcomed Mayor Kol-
lek by reviewing the many mu-
tual interests between him and
Detroit Jews in encouraging eco-
nomic projects in Israel.
A feature of the dinner was the
presentation of a memoria l in
tribute to the late Mina Elizabeth
Bargman by Phillip Stollman to
her sister, Mrs. William S. Re veno,
who responded with brief remarks.
Stollman paid honor to the com-
munal accomplishments of the
late Mrs. Bargman.
Greetings to Mayor Kollek were
extended in behalf of the cities of
Detroit, Southfield and Oak Park
by, respectively, Detroit Corpora-
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Presentation of posthumous award in memory of Mina Elizabeth
Bargman, at Israel Bond dinner, from left: Mayor Teddy Kollek of
Jerusalem, Phillip Stollman, who made the presentation, Mrs. Wil-
liam C. Reveno, sister of the late Mrs. Bargman; Joseph Jackier,
president of Bargman Foundation, and Paul Zuckerman.
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tion Counsel Robert Reese, Thomas
C. Rowley, president of the South-
field Common Council, and Coun-
cilman Merton Colburn of Oak
Park. Others who brought greet-
ings were Councilman Ed Connor
in behalf of the Detroit Common
Council, and former Governor G.
Mennen Williams. Governor George
Romney came to greet the Jerusa-
lem Mayor but was unable, due to
another engagement, to remain for
the dinner. The mayors were at
the mayors' conference in Dayton.
There were recollections . of
early Detroit Bond efforts by
Louis Berry, who introduced
Mayor Kollek.
The opening and closing prayers
were given by Rabbis Richard
Hertz and Leo Y. Goldman. David
Safran, chairman of the Detroit
Israel Bond Committee, presided.
Mrs. Frank Barcus led in the sing-
ing of the national anthems, ac-
companied by Mrs. Norman Allan.
The meeting was not without its
levity. Governor Williams, who
opened his remarks with "Shalom
Haveirim," recalled that when he
arrived in the Jewish portion of
Jerusalem a number of years ago,
he was greeted at the Mandelbaum
Gate by a group wearing green
polka dot bow ties — made of
cardboard. He took off his own tie
and presented it to Mayor Kollek.
At the Zuckerman home, t he
host and the Jerusalem Mayor re-
called that both had practiced
wrestling. They took off their
jackets to display their skills
again, and Kollek momentarily
threw the taller Zuckerman for
a loss.
When the cities' officials brought
their greetings, they presented
Mayor Kollek with medallions,
resolutions and keys to their cities.
Kollek, in turn, presented them
with Jerusalem medallions.
Mayor Kollek's hosts here in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Louis Berry,
at the Sabbath Eve dinner.
Stollman. Provides for _Jerusalem
Sleighbo-rhood Garden Development,
Kollek Asks More Holy City Ties
During his visit here last week-end, Jerusalem's Mayor Teddy
Kollek made known an act of generosity by Phillip Stollman. When
Stollman was in Jerusalem two weeks ago, he took a long walk with the
Holy City's mayor. Kollek showed him many neglected areas ancr
pointed out the need for recreational provisions, for cleanups and for
the city's beautification.
The next morning Mayor Kollek received from Stollman, un-
solicited, a generous check for the establishment of .a neighborhood
garden in Jerusalem. Since the gift was given to an Israeli cause,
outside the U. S., it is not tax deductible.
Mayor Kollek pointed out during his visit here—he arrived in this
country from Israel two days before the Detroit Israel Bond dinner—
that Jerusalem needs new ties with American Jews, that there is need
for the city's beautification, for modern synagogue structures, for im-
proved school facilities. He expressed the hope that there will be a
number of Detroiters who will establish links with Jerusalem, perpetu-
ating their names in the Holy City by providing for some of the city's
urgent needs. "The 200,000 Jerusalemites-196,000 of them are Jews—
need American Jewry's links and we hope the needed institutions, the
synagogues, gardens, recreational and other areas, will be set up by
you," he said, in his appeal to the Detroit Jewish community.
Levenson's Memoirs
Due Off Press Sept. 9
"I was raised," Sam Levenson
says in "Everything But Money,"
to be published by Simon and
Schuster on Sept. 9, "in a section
of New York that was called a
slum by sightseeing guides and
a depressed area by sociologists.
Both were right . . . I never felt
depressed or deprived. My environ-
ment was miserable; I was not."
Home, as he describes it in this
memoir of his boyhood among
the "privileged poor," was a
cramped New York tenement in
East Harlem which he shared
with his parents, his six older
brothers and his sister. "Ours, he
says, "was a life of plenty: plenty
of relatives, neighbors, boarders,
janitors, cats, dogs, cockroaches,
hugs, slaps, books, music, wed-
dings, illnesses, politicians, super-
stitions and junk." There was also
plenty of. hope, ambition, energy,
family pride, discipline, and faith
in education as the key to free-
dom.
More than just providing a lov-
ing recreation of his childhood,
Mr. Levenson also points out what
has been lost in today's home and
he makes some provocative and
long overdue observations on
what's wrong wtih the current
state of the family union.
In his family there were two in-
destructible rocks of emotional
security—his father and mother.
In the Levenson home child psy-
chology, as we know it today, was
practiced in reverse. Two parents
easily outnumbered eight children.
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12—Friday, June 17, 1966
Rabbinical Group Deplores Attacks
on Heschel's State ment on Soviet Bias
NEW YORK (JTA) — The ad-
ministrative committee of the Rab-
binical Assembly, the international
association of Conservative rabbis,
issued a statement here rejecting
criticisms of Rabbi Abraham J.
Heschel made by leaders of other
Jewish organizations, and declared
that the assembly was "dismayed"
by those attacks.
Dr. Heschel, who is professor of
Jewish ethics and mysticism at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, had been charged with
"demagoguery" for voicing an opin-
ion decrying the inadequacy of the
protests by American Jewish or-
ganizations on behalf of Jews in
the Soviet Union.
In his critique, Dr. Heschel had
named specifically the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations,
of which Dr. Joachim Prinz is
chairman. A retort had been is-
sued by Rabbi Israel M I e r,
chairman of the American Con-
ference on Soviet Jewry.
Noting that the Rabbinical As-
sembly is a member of the groups
headed by Dr. Prinz and Rabbi
Miller, the Rabbinical Assembly
declared Tuesday that it was per-
turbed over "the harsh language"
used against Dr. Heschel and "de-
plores the attacks on the personal
integrity of Dr. Heschel, who has
been a prime mover in awakening
the conscience of American Jewry
about the condition of our brothers
in the Soviet Union."
"We restate our profound con-
cern over the plight of Soviet
Jewry which we assume is shared
by all Jews, and we fervently hope
that the entire American Jewish
community will join in intensifying
efforts which will lead to conthrtie
ing improvement in the state of OUT
fellow Jews in the Soviet Union,'
the statement said.
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Rare Judaica Given
to Theological Seminary
NEW YORK (JTA)—A valuable
collection of Judaica, comprising
some 5,000 volumes, many of them
extremely rare items, was present-
ed to the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary of America Tuesday by the
Brooklyn Jewish Center.
Formal presentation of the col-
lection, which was assembled by
the Brooklyn congregation over
several decades, was made by Dr.
Benjamin Z. Kreitman, spiritual
leader of the congregation; Dr.
Israel H. Levinthal, rabbi emeri-
tus; and Emanuel Cohen, president
of the Center.
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancel-
lor of the Seminary, and Dr.
Menahem Schmelczer, librarian,
who accepted the gift on behalf
of the Seminary, said that the
institution particularly welcomed
the valued gift at this time in
view of the fire last April 8 which
destroyed some '70,000 volumes
in the seminary library.
Among the unusual items in the
collection contributed by the
Brooklyn congregation are Abra-
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