Radio Station Assists Israel
Emergency Fund; $5,500,000
Sum Already Passed in Drive
Emma Schaver to Sing at Mt. Scopus
Zimrya Opening Concert Wednesday
Israel's ministry of tourism an-
nounced that it is proceeding with
plans to sponsor the series of cul-
tural events and that the seventh
annual Israel Zimrya festival, the
world assembly of choirs, will open
on Mt. Scopus next Wednesday.
Mrs. Morris L. (Emma) Schaver
of Detroit has been named world
chairman of this year's Zimrya
and has been accorded the honor
of appearing at Wednesday's com-
mencing concert.
Mrs. Schaver will sing the new
song, "Yerushalayim shel Zahav"
—the Golden Jerusalem — and
Paul Zuckerman, (second from right) chairman of the Israel
Emergency Fund, accepts a $1,000 contribution from Radio Station
WCHB and WCIIB-FM of which Dr .Hayley Bell is president. Pre-
senting the check are, (from left) Dr. Wendell Cox, general manager,
and Dr. Robert Bass, operations manager, of the station. Leonard
N. Simons, (right) arranged the presentation.
Support for major relief and humanitarian programs in Israel
during the present emergency, have come from all friends of the
Jewish people and Israel. Hundreds of contributions have been received
from non-Jewish business men, professionals, church groups, labor
organizations and citizens from all walks of life.
On Sunday afternoon, July 23, the Church of God—Great Lakes
Jurisdiction will hold a public rally on behalf of the Israel Emergency
Fund at Temple Beth El. Bishop C. L. Anderson and Rev. A. M. Miller
will lead the appeal.
Zuckerman announced that, as a result of the inspiring com-
mitments of support from the Jews of Detroit, the Israel Emergency
Fund has now passed the $5,500,000 mark. Those who have not yet
made a pledge are urged to send in their contribution immediately to the
Allied Jewish Campaign—Israel Emergency Fund, 163 Madison Ave-
nue, Detroit, 48226.
Sam Fishman, Pioneer Women'sFrankel, Betty Kowalsky, Mrs.
I Hyman Disner and Mrs. Morris
local president; Mrs. Milton Weiss,
who presided; Cantor Reuven I Buch.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, July 14, 1967
Jack E. Steinhardt
SPECIAL AGENT
Man of the Month
IT IS A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT
JACK E. STEINHARDT, Special Agent
Has received the man-of-the-month award as the most outstand-
ing Representative of the Charles S. Yessian Agency for the
month of June.
The award is in recognition of his excellent service to his
policyholders and our agency during the month of June.
EMMA SCHAVER
"Me'al Pisgat Har Hatzofim," the
latter also in honor of the reuni-
fied Jerusalem.
Participating artists in the Zim-
rya this summer will include Stern,
Istomin, Israel Philharmonic, Rose
Trio, Luca Marenzio, Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, Italian
Vocal Sextet and many other at-
tractions.
The Zimrya series this year will
continue through Aug. 31. The 19
participating choirs will come from
C a n a d a, Denmark, England,
France, Greece, Holland, Italy,
Sweden and the United States, and
more than 1,000 singers are expect-
ed to be included in the choral
groups.
Following the liattle of Jerusalem and the capture of the Old City
* * *
on June 7, the Israel authorities made a detailed survey of properties
in the Jewish quarter of the city occupied for 19 years by the Jor- Beth Nehama Completion
danians. All the Jewish institutions, it was discovered, have been
Honors Emma Schaver
destroyed or -defiled, among them: the "Torat Haim" Talmudic Acad-
Completion of the Beth Nehama
emy; the "Ilorvat Beit Yacov" synagogue; the "Istanbul" synagogue;
the "Porat Josef" synagogue and school and the "Tifereth Israel" Emma Schaver Children's Center
in
Rishon l'Zion, Israel, was
synagogue.
celebrated at the annual luncheon
Another 11 synagogues which appear on the Jerusalem Municipal of Pioneer Women, held Tuesday
Map of 1945 no longer exist, having been razed to the ground by the at Town and Country Club.
Jordanians. This catalogue does not include the numerous smaller
Emma Schaver, in whose honor
houses of worship, which dotted the Old Ciity and of which no trace
is now left. A rubbish dump was found on the ruins of a substantial the project was established, was
honored for her role in this
part of the old Jewish Quarter.
effort and her financial aid for
The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives Defiled
the vitally needed children's home.
A few years ago a hotel, the Pan American "Intercontinental," The guest speaker, Mrs. Sidney
was built on the summit of the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem. Leff of New York, national Moetzet
A road had been constructed to the hotel cutting through the ancient Hapoalot vice president, said the
Jewish Cemetery along the middle reaches of the Mount of Olives. establishment of the center for
Graves were bulldozered without any attempt to rebury the remains. children proved especially neces-
It has now been discovered that the soldiers of the Arab Legion sary and vital in the current crisis.
used the grave stones from the cemetery as flooring for their quarters,
Mrs. ,.Schaver, in her response
and to fortify their emplacements. On some of the stones were in- to honors accorded her at the
scribed the names of historically renowned Jewish scholars and luncheon, traced her interest in
personalities.
Israel and the Zionist movement—
What is left of the cemetery is in a state of total neglect, the from the time when as a young-
graves overgrown and the tombstones felled.
ster she sang at affairs at Ahavath
Achim on Delmar in the year of
Holy Places in the Valley of Kidron
the Balfour Declaration to the
Examination of the tomb of Simon the Righteous and the San- current year when she will sing
hedrin Caves in the Kidron Valley close to the city shows them to have on Mt. Scopus next week.
been desecrated and in a state of utter filth. Asked to explain the
Participants in the luncheon in-
reason for such desecration of a Jewish holy site the local Mukhtar
Abu-Mustafa Sheikh Rashad anwered: "The government in charge cluded Louis Levitan, manager of
the
Detroit Israel Bond Commit-
up till now wanted it that way."
tee, who gave the invocation; Mrs.
On capturing Hebron, troops of the Israel Defence Forces found
that the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs (the Cave of Mali-
pelah) was mined. Visiting the Hebron Jewish Cemetery shortly after,
IF YOU sum no
the Israel Minister of Religious Affairs Dr. Z. Warhaftig ascertained
that all the tombstones had been entirely removed and that a local
MIDI DOWN YOU WON'T
resident had turned the site into a vegetable allotment.
FIND A Mat WINS THAN
The mass grave of those murdered in the Arab pogrom of 1929 had
been obliterated. A stone wall was found in the town made of the
tombstones of what had been the Jewish Cemetery. Found mixed into
the cement of the wall were vestiges of human bones. The minister
Milan Wineries. Detroit. Mich.
gave immediate instructions to rebury the remains, and to fence off
the cemetery area.
Jordanians Desecrated Jewish
Holy Sites in Jerusalem; Many
Old City Synagogues Wrecked
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