THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 5, 1967-9

Ultra-Orthodox Knesset MP
Demands Session on Autopsies

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire

`Days of David' -- The Story of Ben-Gurion

A number of books have already statesman re, - onstruct an impor-
ish state, the champion of the
been published dealing with the tant chapter in Jewish history. highest ideals in Jewish cultural
life and accomplishments of David Then, "Among the Nations," pre- aspirations. It is the great book
Ben-Gurion. Especially noteworthy sents B-G in his role as negotiator of the year devoted to the great
is the most attractive large vol- with other lands, his association man of Israel.
ume, "Days of David," issued by with statesmen from many lands.
Grossman Publishers (125A E.
Especially significant is the
19th, NY3) which contains the
chapter "Living Desert" which
For Some
most interesting photographs of
presents E.G as the propagator
events in which the former Israel
of the
of
the
aspiration
for
the
revival
Prime Minister figures, excerpts
best buys
of
the
neglected
desert
as
a
from his speeches and writings
on new
livable part of Israel. Here, as
and biographical data relating to
in the next chapter, "Mind and
Pontiacs
the various eras in his life.
Matter," the reader meets Ben-
When Ben-Gurion came to this
and
Gurion the advocate of cultural
country recently, Grossman Pub-
Tempests
programs, the supporter of the
lishers also issued 140 copies of a
idea that scientists must foster
special numbered edition of this
ASK
moral values.
work with detachable signed B-G
In
the
concluding
chapter,
FOR
photographs. They sold at $150 a
copy. The popular edition has been "Struggle for Survival," there is
evidenced the dedication of the
issued at $10 a copy.
great leader to the goal of as -
This excellent work has an
suring Jewry's as well as Israel
AT
introduction by S. Y. Agnon, the
continuing goal as a factor in the
world,
as the perpetuator of the
Nobel Prize winner. The collect-
prophetic ideals.
ed essays and the biographical
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The entire work evidences the
1 block South of 7
data were edited by Ohad
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genius of the architect of the Jew-
Zmora, Mordechai Varkai, Na-
hum Pundak and Israel Stock-
mann. The impressive design is
by Eliezer Weishoff.

heart of the wife of a Bnai Brak
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — Rabbi Shlomo yeshiva - head and later, after sharp
Lorencz, a member of parliament protests, returned the organ to the
from the ultra-Orthodox Agudat ' family in a plastic bag for burial
Israel, demanded Tuesday a spe- with the body.
vial session of parliament and an
Rabbi Lorencz made his demand
immediate investigation of a new in telegrams to Premier Levi Esh-
autopsy incident involving an kol and Knesset Speaker Kaddish
Orthodox Jew.
1 Luz. He also began gathering the
The incident involved removal required 30 signatures from Knes- .
of the eyes of a former New York set members for a special Knesset
rabbi, Moshe Gottesman, for trans- session.
plant of the corneas to another
In New York, some 200
patient at Tel Hashomer Hospital. Orthodox pickets demonstrated
Rabbi Gottesman, 80, who settled in front of Hadassah organiza-
in Bnai Brak after coming here tion headquarters in Manhattan
from New York, died on the eve to protest against autopsies in
of the last day of Passover after Hadassah Hospital.
having been hospitalized. Shortly
Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson,:Hadas-
after he died, a patient with rapidly sah president, declared in a state-
deteriorating eyesight was brought ment issued during the picketing
to the hospital, and the doctors that the Hadassah Hospital was
decided on the cornea transplant. the only one in Israel "that has
Dr. Chaim Sheba, the hospital di- concluded agreements with the
rector, said that "speed in this case rabbinate on this matter."
was essential." Plastic eyes were
She added that one of the
placed in the head of the corpse. , "vicious falsehoods" disseminated
The Burial Society of Jeru- ' by/the pickets was that autopsies
salem, which conducted funeral were performed on 80 per cent
In his introduction, Agnon says
rites for Rabbi Gottsman, dis -
of deceased patients at Hadassah of Ben-Gurion that he "was chosen
covered the plastic eyes, notified
hospital and that the figure was by the Almighty to establish the
the family in Bnai Brak. The
in fact "only 33 per cent" which State of Israel" and that Ben-
family members immediately
she said was "below the minimum Gurion "knew to choose the time
went to the hospital to protest. for institutions of this kind."
and concentrated the tremendous
After lengthy negotiations, a
She also said the hospital did efforts to achieve such a historic
non-Jewish policeman brought the not perform autopsies "against the and enormous task." He adds:
Rabbi's eyes during the Passover expressed objections" of the pa- "What was written in the Bible
holiday to the Bnai Brak Yeshiva. tient's family "or the patient about another David, King David
It was the second such incident himself," except where post-
of the Psalms: 'And David was
in the past month. Previously, hos- mortems are required by law, as successful in all his doing and God
pital officials had removed the in homicide cases.
was with him' — was fulfilled in
OCEANIC 1967-68
David Ben-Gurion."
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"The Long Road • " the first
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chapter in this life story. starts
the biographical sketch. Historic
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photographs and choice B-G
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speeches comprise this sect ion
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san
Review
Fellowship
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which
is
followed
by
another
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Rockefeller Grant. Born in
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phase, a description of B-G as
Brooklyn and educated in New
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were among the 1967 winners of
"Son of His ,People." Here, too,
York,
Malamud
is
53.
APRIL 11, '68-9 DAYS—$325 MIN.-4 PORTS
the coveted Pulitzer Prize, it was
the collected photos and the gath-
earned here Tuesday. They are
Kaplan, born in New York of a ered statements by the eminent
Ports of call: La Guria, Curacao, San Juan, St. Thomas, Nassau,
Bernard Malamud, winner of the Russian-born Jewish immigrant
Trinidad, Port Prince, Martinique, Barbados, St. Blas, Cristobal.
award in fiction; Justine Kaplan father, is 41. He received his early
cited for his biography of Mark education in New York, did gradu- Jews in Iran Decide
S. S. FRANCE ANNOUNCES '67-'68 SCHEDULE
Twain; and Leon Kirchner, profes- ate work at Harvard, and worked
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sor of music at Harvard Univer- as a free-lance writer and as edi- to Form Central
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sity.
tor for a big New York publishing
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Malamud, whose prize was for firm before he started work in 1959 Coordinating Council
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his latest novel, "The Fixer," was on the book which won the latest
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the author, prior to that book, of prize for him; "Mr. Clemens and atives of all Jewish organizations
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in Teheran have decided to form
three other novels and two books NI ark Twain."
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of short stories. "The Fixer"
Kirchner was also born in New a council of coordination as the
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parallels the story of Mendel Bei- York. He studied composition with first step toward creation in Iran
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liss, a Russian Jew, who was ar- Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch of a central Jewish coordinating
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rested and tried in Kiev on a and Roger Sessions. His prize was body.
trumped-up charge of ritual mur- for the composition of a quartet
Ports of call: Nassau,
The action was reported by
St. Thomas, Martinique, Trinidad, Curacao,
Port
au
der. The novel shows the spiritual for strings with an electronic ex- Charles H. Jordan, executive vice
Prince, Barbados, Cristobal, Santa Lucia.
development of a Jew working as tension through the use of a tape chairman of the American Joint
a handyman in the Ukrainian capi- recorder. He is a member of the Distribution Committee, who said
tal. Beiliss was ultimately ac- National Institute of Arts and Let- the decision followed discussions
quitted after world-wide pressures. ters and the. National Academy of between representatives of the Jew-
Malamud had won previously
Arts and Sciences and had pre- ish organizations and the JDC. The
an award from the National In-
viously won other awards, includ- meeting was attended by members
Limited Space Available
stitute of Arts and Letters. two
ing the Naumburg Award in 1954. of the JDC overseas headquarters
JULY 11 agd JULY 17
National Book Awards, a Parti-
staff in Geneva and JDC person-
Ile is 48.
nel in Iran. The meeting was
concerned with the JDC program
See or Call Cruise Specialists Bea Kalt or Harold Kolt
in Iran.
During his visit, Jordan met with
Abbas Hoveida, the prime minister
of Iran, who expressed to the
NEW YORK — The American
civil servants, will have the ef-
JDC official his "warmest apprecia-
4626 NORTH WOODWARD, ROYAL OAK
Jewish Congress Monday charged
tion". for the contribution to Iran's
fect of greatly expanding retire-
the Austrian government with
ment benefits for persons who
JO 6-1490
social progress the JDC had made
LI 9-6733
seeking to increase the retirement
were denied reinstatement info
in its 18 years of activity in Iran.
income of former Nazis while
the Austrian civil service because
of their Nazi affiliations," Dr.
claiming it lacked funds to improve
Prinz said.
pension benefits for Jewish victims
of Nazi persecution.
"These former civil servants and
Dr. Joachim Prinz of Newark, their heirs will be awarded sub-
N.J.. chairman of the commission stantial increases in benefits.
on international affairs of the
"At the same time, we are told
Congress. made public a letter he by the Austrian government that
had sent to Austrian Ambassador benefits and pensions cannot be
Ernst Lemberger accusing the gov- increased for Jewish victims of
ernment of having "chosen to aid Nazism because of the unavail-
those who collaborated in the ability of funds."
crime of the Nazis at the expense
With Uniroyal Masters on your car, you'll never know when you
of those who suffered at the hands
pick up a nail.
of the Nazis."
Fate of German Jews
Because we put a Seal Rite lining in our tire. Seal Rite is a special
Dr. Prinz said the Austrian pro-
compound that covers the inside of the air chamber.
posal for enlarged aid to ex-Nazis Shown in Tragic Opera
When
you hit a nail or a spike, the lining grips the puncturing
DORTMUND (JTA) — The pre-
was contained in a bill which is to
object and seals in the air. Instead of a blowout, you get a slowout.
be submitted to the Austrian par- miere was held here Monday eve-
And it could make all the difference in the world.
liament by the government of ning of an opera "Eili Eili," based
on a poem by Nobel laureate Nelly
Chancellor Joseph Klaus.
ABE PASTERNAK
Sachs, which depicts the tragedy
"The proposed legislation, de-
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PROP.
and ultimate fate Of the German
scribed as a measure to grant
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