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Boris Smolar's
Confrontations' Study Outlines Issues Affecting Jewry
As part of "The Great Society" Open Society," the initial and the elude Henri Baruk Irving Y a se,
series of volumes dealing with so- 'subsequent essays devote them- Heinrich Guggenheimer, yid
cial and religious problems, Bloch selves to the perplexing situations Miller and Abraham Carmel. The
Publishing Co. is distributing -"Con- that have created numerous de- latter, a noted convert to JudaiSm,
frontations with Judaism," ---a sym- bates. - writes on "The Proselyte—a Bless-
posium edited by Philip Long- •• One of Israel's leading writers, ing or a Curse?"
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worth. It has been published by Eliezer Livneh, discusses "The
(Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.)
Anthony Blond Ltd. of London.
"Test of Israel." Raphael Loewe
IF YOU TURN THE
PARIS MOODS: Jews in France are nervous following the turbu-
A group of prominent laymen deals with "Judaism in a Secular
OILTOCI. (1
lent strikes and demonstrations. And they have a good reason to be. deal with issues related to Jews Age." •
French Jewry is nervous because of the anti-Semitic tendencies that and Judaism in this important • -Woman's r status is outlined in
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were brought out into the open by young Gaullists during the student study of Jewish issues and prob- "The Ideal Jewish Woman a n d
FIN-0 A FINER WINE THAN
unrest in Paris and also because of the intense hatred which General lems related to current challenges. Contemporary Society," by Rose-
de Gaulle displayed against former Premier Pierre Mendes-France-
Commencing with Arthur Cohen's mary Friedman.
a Jew—whom he considers his major political opponent.
" T h e Jewish Intellectual in an
Other participating authors in-
Young Gaullists have tried to convert the student demonstrations
into a "Jewish issue." Their propaganda centered on blaming "the 12—Friday, June 2T, 1968
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jew" Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the student leader, for the student unrest.
Cohn-Bendit is of Jewish parentage, but does not consider himself a
Jew. The ugly propaganda of the young_ Gaullists reached such pro-
portions that groups of non-Jewish students in Paris found it necessary
to display banners reading "We Are All Jews."
President de Gaulle, in making disparaging remarks - about Mendes-
- France in his public declaration during the general strike, did not
refer to him by name. However, everybody knew whom he meant. To
Gen. de Gaulle. the name of the Jewish statesman is anathema; not
so to the liberal elements in France, nor to the organized non-Com-.
munist labor unions. Opponents of the Gaullist regime would like to
see Mendes-France as head of a new . government in France. The
Catholic-led Democratic Labor Federation has even issued an appeal-
, calling upon Mendes-France to assure the premiership of a new gov-
ernment that could unite the French nation under :a "democratic"
regime.
'Between You
. and Me'
view from the terrace . .
What bothers the Jews in France now is the fact that among the
Gaullists who have shown their strength in the huge demonstration on
the Champs Elysee, there are quite a number who, by their references
to Mendes-France as a Jew, are serving the purpose of the anti-
Semitic elements in the country.
Jews in France cannot forget that an opinion poll last year found
44 percent of the French public in agreement with General de Gaulle's
remark about Jews being a "dominating elite." Nor have they forgotten,
that only two years ago a survey found roughly 20 per cent of French-
men anti-Semitic "to a serious degree," about half of these openly so. .
Many Jews in France are far from taking easy a report revealing
that one of the French intelligence services checked last year on Jews
working in defense and atomic installations, and that government
authorities quietly investigated alleged "undue Jewish influence" in
communications media. Unofficial sources had it that the police services
looked with more than their usual routine interest into the activities
of Jewish organizations.
There are, of course, many Gaullists who bear no anti-Jewish
feelings. Many disagree even with General de Gaulle's present nega-
tive stand on Israel. However, there is no question that there is hidden •
antagonism today against Jews in the ranks of the rightist parties in
France. Jews are, therefore, awaiting anxiously the results of the new
parliamentary elections in the country which are scheduled to take
. place on Sunday, June 23. They are not exactly alarmed but they are
apprehensive.
JDC BLITZ RELIEF: The American Joint Distribution Com-
mittee added a glorious chapter to its history during the turbulent I
days of the general strike in Paris. There are thousands of Jewish
refugees in France today—many of them old and sick—who depend
on relief. Hundreds of them are being fed hot meals in JDC-sponsored
kitchens. while others are receiving aid in cash from Jewish philan-
thropic organizations financed by the JDC. During the strike—when
no autobuses. no subways, not even taxis were running—these needy
Jews could not reach the soup kitchens. They had no means of trans-
portation that could bring them to the kitchens or to relief offices.
Owners of private cars, even if they wanted to help them, could not do
so because they had no gasoline to run the cars.
The JDC office in Paris lost no time in taking care of these
refugees — the majority of them from North Africa. It mobilized
women auxiliaries, who either by foot or by -using cars from people
who still had some gas left, undertook to deliver food and cash to the
needy Jewish refugees residing in remote sections of the city. This was
at a time when general welfare work in the city was completely para-
lyzed. Some of the JDC employees volunteered to walk miles to deliver
aid to the refugees daily.
As the general strike was going on, the JDC office in Paris suc-
ceeded in securing a "mini-bus" for delivering food and cash aid. It
also succeeded in obtaining from the authorities gasoline—on a pri-
ority basis—to keep the mini-bus in operation. The bus brought en-
velopes with cash to the penniless refugees in various districts of the
city. With all the banks in Paris closed, the JDC succeeded in arrang-
ing with an American bank in Paris to provide the necessary funds
on an emergency basis.
Incidentally, not a single Jewish welfare institution was closed
in Paris during the general strike, despite the fact that the personnel
belonged to the striking unions. By explaining to the unions the nature
of their work, the employees were permitted to perform their functions.
The JDC office has remained open all the time and was in touch with
all Jewish welfare offices in the city.
THE STUDENTS 'OCCUPATION': There - are 3,500 dues-paying
members in the Jewish Students Union in France, and many thousands
more who are not paying any dues. When the students' demonstrations
started in Paris, some of the Jewish students rushed to occupy the Con-
sistoire, the central office of the Jewish religious community.
The "occupation" did not last long, however. Only 15 Orthodox
students remained in the building, while the non-religious had left it.
The demands of the few Orthodox students have been reduced to asking
for the removal of the microphone and organ from the synagogue.
Earlier, the students demanded re-organization of the community and
questioned the validity and vitality of the Consistoire as it is now. They
also demanded participation in the Consistoire's decisions.
A group of about 100 Jewish students attempted to "occupy" the
Edmond Fleg Jewish Students Center. The administration of the Center
pointed out to them that what they actually wanted to do was to occupy
their own hoUse, and they were welcomed to it. They then left the
Center. The Jewish Students Union complains that the community is
not doing enough for its members. The issue remains open even though
the "occupation" of Jewish community offices by the striking students
fizzled out.
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