Coleman-Robbins Vows to Be Held in November JWV National Convention THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS to Draw 4,000 to Florida LETTER BOX HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—More than 4,000 veterans of the Jewish faith will gather at the Hotel Diplomat here next week for the 73rd annual national convention of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli am- bassador to the United States, will be guest speaker at the National Commander's Banquet Aug. 24. Editor, The Jewish NewS: On Aug. 12, 1952, 26 Jews— One of the panelists in a discus- distinguished writers and intel- sion on "The Spirit of Judaism lectuals—were murdered in Rus- and the Urban Crisis" will be De- sia. This was not merely another troiter Shirlee Iden, national edi- of the many liquidations under tor of the JWVA Bulletin. the Stalin regime, but a deliberate DAVID. I. ROSEN, representative attempt to annihilate the surviving cultural leadership of the Soviet- of Invesfors Diversified Services for this area, is distributing shares Jewish community. Although Stalin failed to elimi- of a new, growth-oriented mutual nate secular Judaism, Soviet pow- fund, IDS New Dimensions Fund, ers have not seen fit in the 15 Inc. years since his death to permit ro■o■woo viswomaam ■ restoration of the cultural vitality and creativity that Russian Jews so well expressed. (Needless to say, Jewish religious life lies in a state of enforced stagnation.) Meanwhile, even minorities de- ported under Stalin as traitors— the Volga Germans, for example —have undergone complete and official "rehabilitation" and enjoy a network of institutions to strengthen and transmit their na- tional identification. Soviet Jews want Jewish cul- ture. In the latest census of 1959. 474.000 of the 3,000,000 Russian 12 NOON TO 5 P.M.! Jews - d e c l a r e d Yiddish their mother tongue; many others con- skier it a second language. The figure is extraordinary when one realizes that there has been per- mitted no formal Yiddish instruc- tion in the USSR since the '40's. Jews, especially the younger generation, overflow auditoriums when the infrequent Yiddish "concerts"—a few songs or skits by a decreasing number of aged actor s—are performed. The small editions of Yiddish books (none from 1948-1959, and only a dozen since then) are eagerly snapped up, as is the sole Yid- Were 90, now 45 dish journal now published. Yet even under Stalin in the '30's, hundreds of books and scores of magazines were published. We fervently hope that the visit of Moscow's Rabbi Levin heralds a change of heart on the part of the Soviet leaders. Restoration of Jewish culture and religion in the Soviet Union, in this International Human Rights Year, would clearly Were 125, now 62 show the world that the martyr- dom of the 26 was not in vain. Sincerely yours, MAURICE W. MEZOFF Executive Director The Center for Russian Jewry Suite 8001, Empire State Bldg. New York, N.Y. 10001 Do Soviets Recall Martyrdom of Jew Under Stalin. Rule? iiiinwo∎ oammo.no4momo MISS SHIRLEY COLEMAN Mrs. Rose Coleman of Mansfield Ave., announces the engagement of her daughter Shirley Ann to Joel Lawrence Robbins, son of Mrs. Bessie Robbins of Washburn Ave. and Mr. Ben Robbins of Los Angeles. A Nov. 17 wedding is planned. Mrs. Rose Zimmerman of George Washington Ave., Southfield, an- nounces the engagement of her daughter Deborah G. to Samuel V. Johnson, son of Mrs. Esther John- son of Santa Rosa Ave., and the late Mr. Jesse W. Johnson. Miss Zimmerman, daughter of the late Edward L. Zimmerman, is a grad- uate of Wayne State University. Her fiance, also a WSU graduate, is stationed at the Ft. Holabird, Md., army base. French Jew Predicts Govt. Will Warm Up to Israel PARIS (JTA)—A French-Jewish leader predicted here today that a great change will take place very shortly in French policy toward Is- rael. Salomon Friedrich, president of the France-Israel Committee, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agen- cy that the men responsible for French foreign policy are con- cerned about developments in the Arab world and said that the re- cent bellicose statements by Pres- ident Nasser of Egypt and Presi- dent Boumedienne of Algeria have made them "take notice." Friedrich had just been received by Prime Minister Maurice Couve de Murville and three other French ministers, Rene Capitant, Philippe Decharte and Roger Frey. He said that the issue of the 50 Mirage jets sold to Israel that France has embargoed is coming to a head and that "friendship be- tween France and Israel will be saved" despite French support of the Arabs in the recent United Na- tions Security Council debates. 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