THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, December 29, 1967 Spanish Embassy's Angry PR Man Creates Jewish Issue of Gibraltar WASHINGTON — An angry public relations man in the Span- ish Embassy's information depart- ment in Washington created a Jewish issue over the recent UN ! vote on Gibraltar. Acknowledging that the Israeli delegate to the UN, together with 26 others, including the U. S. dele- gate, abstained from voting on the tion, the Spanish public re- resolu lations department's release to newspapers took exception to re- marks by the Israeli, charging: "It is significant that in spite of abstaining from casting a vote, the Israeli delegate used a generally insulting tone which has stirred up great indignation among Jewish communities in many nations, which remember the protective work which Spain has been carry- ing on in behalf of these minorities in various countries under very dif- ficult circumstances." The release does not quote the actual remarks by the Israeli and the only Jewish protest against him referred to is a telegram from Max Mazin, president of Madrid's Jew- ish community, to Israel's foreign minister, in which Spain's role vis- a-vis the Jews is commended. The release also quotes a compli- mentary reference to Spain made by Pinhas E. Lapide in his book "Three Popes and the Jews," which also was quoted in his UN speech by the Spanish delegate as a re- buke to the - Israeli delegate. Spain was victorious in the UN, whose adopted resolution upheld the principle of an end to colonial- ism and regretted interruption by Death of Mendele Commemorated inOdessa Ceremony (Direct JTA Teletype Wine to The J ewish LONDON — A sprinkling of non- Jewish writers and intellectuals joined a gathering of several hun- Britain of recommended negotia- dred Jews at the Jewish cemetery tions. But the Israeli viewpoint in Odessa to observe the 50th an- was not made known, just as the niversary of the death of Mendele American position was not quoted, Mocher Sforim, the 19th Century and the claim that "Jews of many Russian-Jewish writer who is re- nations are shocked by the Israeli garded as the father of modern delegate's comments" proves not Yiddish and Hebrew literature. Among those gathered at the only an exaggeration but an un- truth, since only a single Spanish graveside, according to reports reaching here Wednesday, were Jewish leader had registered a pro- I Mendele's two surviving grandchil- test. dren one of them a professor at the Agricultural Institute of Odes- 2 U.S. Oil Firms Favor sa, and the other the choir mistress of the local opera company. A Prospecting in Israel valedictory address was given by TEL AVIV (JTA)—One of two the Jewish writer and critic, American oil firms interested in Jeremy Drucker. oil prospecting in Israel has sent Mendele was born Shalom Jacob a representative here, and officials Abramowitsch in White Russia in of the second firm are due early 1836. He adopted the pen name in January, it was reported. Mendele Mocher Sforim, which is The visits developed from a re- Hebrew for Mendele the Book cent trip to the United States by S. Seller. He studied in yeshivot and Malchi, head of the petroleum de- published his first articles in partment of the Israel develop- Hebrew periodicals in 1858 and his first Hebrew short story in ment ministry. The development ministry has in- 1863. Later, he turned to Yiddish dicated it hopes to attract at least one major firm with sufficient means to do oil prospecting over a large area. Fine Custom Tailoring The basis for this is provided by and Ready to Wear. a recent re-division of Israel for , license purposes, which makes pos- Full line of sible allocation of larger areas for Haberda‘l.ry, Tuxedo Sales such prospecting. and Rentals The possible prospecting areas, which have been relatively ne- HARVARD ROW MALL glected, are mainly in northern 11 MILE & LASH ER Israel. One of the American firms is interested also in investment in OPEN THURSDAY Israeli chemical industries, mini- TO 9 P.M. stry officials said. in which language his classic mortals" in the Odessa Jewish stories, "Fishke the Lame, "The cemetery. Adjoining his grave are Travels of Benjamin DI" and many those of the mathematician Abra- others won him fame in Jewish ham Shatunovaki• the surgeon, communities all over the world. He Prof. Isaac Bardach, who was Men- collaborated with Bialik and Rav- dele's own physician; the author nitzky in translating the Penta- Isaac Joel Linetzki; the poet, teuch into Yiddish. Mendele died Shimon Frug; Moshe Lieb Lilien- blum, the Hebrew author and in 1917. He is buried in what is desig- Zionist pioneer; and Elhenan Lieb nated "The Avenue of the Im- Levinsky, Russian-Hebrew author. The Aetna Life Insurance Company congratulates ALAN NATHAN AS MAN-OF-THE-MONTH The Glenn B. Moore Agency of the Aetna Life & Casualty Com- 'any is pleased to announce that Alan Nathan has again re- neated (for the 3rd time) as the Man-of-the-Month for 1967. Since his appointment as a life agent in late 1964, he has quali- fied each year as a Regionnaire -Ind has again qualified for 1967. He also has won honors as the Man-of-the-Year in 1965, again ;n 1966 and is presently our leading candidate for Man-of- hibk. ;the-Year Honors for 1967. 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