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WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Dr.
Isaac Franck, executive vice
president of the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Greater Wash-
ington, has returned to Washington
from a visit to the Jewish com-
munity of the Soviet Union with a
report that overt anti-Semitism
has added to "the government-
directed program of suppressing
and strangulating Jewish religion
and cultural life." He said that "if
this process continues for the next
decade or two, there is a real
danger that the 3,000,000 Jews
of the Soviet Union will be a dis-
appearing people."
Dr. Franck reported "a feeling
that most of the non-Jews in the
Soviet Union don't know what is
happening to the Jewish com-
munity and don't care, and the
Jewish community itself is terri-
fied by Communist informers right
within its synagogues and doesn't
dare speak out."
A paradox found by Dr. Franck
was that the young generation of
Jews, although brought up in
ignorance of their heritage, to-
day "somehow are seeking their
way back to some kind of Jew-
ish identification."
Dr. Franck heard frequent ac-
counts of how respected professors
and government officials unex-
pectedly found ,themselves out of
work once it was learned that they
claimed to be Jewish. He said 95
per cent of Jewish families were
now frightened about having sons
circumcised.
He said that the Kremlin is
slowly changing history to let the
Russians forget that one of the
main evils of Nazism was the
liquidation of Jews. Jews in Rus-
sia felt that protests against Soviet
policies by Jews in the United
States might help alleviate their
plight. Dr. Franck visited Moscow,
Leningrad and Vilna.
Judges Theodore Levin and Wade H. McCree Jr. and Dr.
Samuel Krohn accepted the Jewish Community Foundation project
to fill inner-city high school students' needs.
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Washington Jews Try
viewed the proposal, recommend-
ing the financing, which was ap- to Save Synagogue
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Jew-
proved by the United Jewish
ish Historical Society of Greater
Charities.
Dr. Krohn praised the efforts and Washington and members of Adas
goals of the Higher Education Israel Synagogue are trying to res-
Opportunities Commitee, stating: cue the structure that once housed
"In the belief that education is the national capital's first syna-
one key to what we pray will be gogue.
expanding opportunities, we are
The landmark, built 88 years ago
pleased to be associated with this in downtown Washington, is sched-
endeavor. It is our hope that other uled for demolition to make way
community groups, as well as for a new subway line. The metro-
government itself, will give politan area transit authority of-
tion to the 'college cop-out' and to fered to give the former synagogue
the youngster who can be en- to the preservationists if they will
couraged to continue his education move it to another site. But a
by giving him help with some of spokesman for the Jewish group
the problems of finance and atti- demanded that the transit authority
tude which have blocked this way." move the building as part of the
expense of building the subway
Racist, Anti-Semitic Unit system.
Efforts are being made, mean-
Formed in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (JTA)—A se- while, to place the synagogue, un-
cret organization that is anti-Jew- used by Jews for over 50 years,
ish, anti-Negro and opposes the on the official register of the Na-
Michigan's rivers and streams
present South African regime be- tional Historic Landmarks. It was would reach one and a half times
President
U.S.
Grant
was
a
guest
cause it is "too liberal" is oper-
around the world.
ating underground, according to a at dedication ceremonies on July 9,
report in the leading Afrikaaner 1876.
The congregation moved out in
weekly, "Dagbreek."
The group calls itself "Die Nuwe 1907 and the building was used by
Ruiterwag" (The New Mounted a Greek Orthodox church. In re-
Guard) and has professionals, cent years the church moved and
wealthy farmers and some civil the former synagogue became a
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Launch UJA Cash Collection Drive
Albert. B. Adelman of Milwaukee
has been named for the second
year as national chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal's national
cash collection campaign, it was
announced by Edward Ginsberg of
Cleveland, UJA general chairman.
The drive will seek to redeem
by June 30 the pledges made
earlier, through hundreds of com-
munity campaigns throughout the
country, on behalf of the UJA's
Israel Emergency Fund which is
devoted to carrying out the vast
social-welfare programs on behalf
of 577,000 immigrants the UJA
Saturn in the Bible
The planet Saturn is mentioned
in the Book of Amos while Jupiter
and Venus are mentioned in the
Book of Isaiah.
helped bring into that country, and
for the UJA Regular Campaign to
provide survival, emigration and
other assistance to 300,000 Jewish
men, women and children in 30
other countries.
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