20—Friday, April 21, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH
Arab School Chlidren in Israel
Pay Visit to JDC's Malben Home
NEWS
Ev idence of Crimes
by Stangl Shown
by Polish Envoy
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
RIO DE JANIERO — A special
representative sent to Brazil by
Poland as one of three countries
seeking the extradition of Franz
Stangl to face war crimes charges
submitted evidence of Stangl's
Nazi activities at a press confer-
ence here Tuesday.
Stangl, who served as wartime
commandant of two major Nazi
death camps, Treblinka and Sobi-
bor. was arrested on March 2 in
Sao Paulo on request of the Aus-
trian government. West Germany
is the third country which has
asked for Stangl's extradition.
Franciszek Refalowski, the spe-
cial representative of the Polish
public prosecutor, showed to the
news conference a document al-
legedly signed by Starlet dealing
with shipment of 52 boxcars of
clothing collected from Treblinka
victims. He said he also had a
letter from a German commander .
which described Stangl as "the
best of all camp commanders."
Stangl has been accused of corn
plicity in the wartime camp kill-
ings of more than 70,000 Jews.
Arab school children from nearby Kfar Kara in Israel make
friends with one of the residents of the Neve Avot old age home
on a visit during National lIe.alth Week. Neve Avot is one of 11 old
age homes accommodating over 3,000 needy aged, maintained by
Malben, the Joint Distribution Committee welfare program for aged,
ill and handicaped newscomers to Israel, with Untied Jewish Appeal
funds. Jewish children also came but this was the first time Arab
A special messenger left Rio
Tuesday to deliver West German
and Polish documents on Stangl's
wartime activities to the Brazi-
lian Supreme Court in Brasilia.
The Austrian petition has been
processed. The supreme court
must decide by May 2 whether
Stangl is to be extradited and,
if he is, to which country.
children visited the home.
Importance of Hal akha in Judaism
Stressed by Harva rd Academician
The pivotal role of Halakha `essence' of Judaism") He pre-
Law). as the "concretization of the fers a "halakho-centric" Judaism in
religious impulse.• in Judaism was which the principle of law is the
stressed by the final speaker in central feature. Law preerves the
the four-part Midrasha Institute Jews' uniqueness, he said.
on The State of Jewish Belief"
To Kant, "Judaism was a statu-
Wednesday evening in the Esther
tory religion": to Hegel, "Judaism
Berman Building.
was a system of positive law"; to
l'rof. Isadore Twersky. chairman Matthew Arnold, "Ilebraism means
of the department of Near Eastern pragmatism. practicality." Recog-
languages and literatures at Ilar- nition of "Ilalakha's pivotal role"
yard University. pointed out that was "a unanimous verdict from all
llalakha, unlike other systems these representations of Judaism."
such as mysticism, "insists upon
Conceding that abstractions and
combining normativeness in action
dogma do exist within Judaism, Dr.
with inwardness in feeling."
Twersky insisted, however, that
Prayer, for example, is "a com-
there is no rigid dogmatization of
bination of two opposites: inner
belief. There is no question of
act and outward action."
God's existence in the rabbinic
In another instance, the act of
writings, for example. but there is
isiting the sick "as a social act"
discussion of the nature of belief
is, according to the Shulhan
in God.
Arukh (Code of Jewish Law),
"worthless unless accompanied
by an attitude of compassion and
the inward act of prayer for the
sick person."
Dr. Twersky. who at age 36
holds one of the most important
chairs in Hebrew literature and
philosophy, Nathan Littauer Pro-
fessor. steers clear from discussing
Judaism in abstract terms (There's
Dr. Tw e rsky said he is !
"agitated by the lack of rever-
ence" for Halakha among mod-
ern Jews and urged that they
"live it, make it meaningful." '
"Halakha as a system," he said,
"leads from thought to habit, from
belief to character, intelligence to
will, mood to medium, image to
reality, eternity to temporality and
too much loose talk about the back to eternity."
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Justice department sources were
quoted as saying that Austria's
request would have precedence for
two reasons. It was the first to be
received, and Stangl has Austrian
citizenship. Austria's charges date
hack to 1947 and are believed to
he the earliest recorded against
him.
All three countries have agreed
to abide by Brazilian law which
forbids capital punishment or jail
sentences longer than 30 years.
The law also bars extradition of
prisoners to countries refusing to
accept Brazilian law in such cases.
The 59-year-old Nazi is being
kept under maximum security in
a police station in Brasilia. Ac-
cording to police sources, he has
admitted taking part only in the
killing of persons defective men-
tally and otherwise in Austria. A
former SS officer, he reportedly
has told his captors he was trans-
ferred
Sobibor for allegedly refusing to
participate in the slaughter of
Jews. Refalowski discounted
Stangl's statments.
Argentine Paper Hits
Silence by Police on
Tacuara Raiders
Labor Leaders Set Up 48 Israeli Scholarships
BOSTON (JTA) — Salvatore rael labor federation, by establish-
ing 48 scholarships in his name
chusetts State AFL-CIO, was hon- for the vocational training of teen-
ored Tuesday at a dinner by 1,200
labor leaders who expressed their age youngsters in H i s t adrut
solidarity with Histadrut, the Is- schools.
Camelio, president of the Massa-
a jtappy [Passover
Cal
to
Symbolizing human brotherhood, teaching us the
values of freedom, the Passover festival inspires us
to have faith in the teachings of our sages, and to
strive to perpetuate the ideals inherent in the
American way of life. On this festival we re-dedi-
cate ourselves anew to the ideals of justice and
liberty for all mankind.
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A HAPPY PASSOVER
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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
BUENOS AIRES—A group of
eight members of Tacuara, the
officially banned Fascist organiza-
tion, broke into a theater here a
week ago, and a fight erupted in
which one policeman was shot
fatally, the Buenos Aires Herald
revealed here Monday.
According to the newspaper,
police authorities have been main-
taining silence on the occurrence.
The Herald said that two men
were arrested but "it is not quite
clear whether they were among
the raiders."
Editorially, the newspaper com-
plained against the fact that Tacu-
ara, while it is banned by govern-
ment order, and is allegedly "link-
ed to murderers, consistently es-
caped prosecution." "The govern-
ment has said that it will not
countenance any form of extrem-
ism," the editorial stated, "but it
appears that some extremists are
more acceptable than others."
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GEORGE E. GOLDBERG
Israel's Exports
Israel exported a total of $87,-
000,000 worth of farm products last
year, some 80 per cent of which
was citrus fruit. Farm products
comprised 20 per cent of the
nation's exports for the year.
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