THE DETROIIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 30, 1968-5

Young Israel to Break Ground Sept. 12
Egyptian `Chief Rabbi' Labeled
for Senior Citizens' Apartment Building
Collaborator by Jewish Escapee Ground-breaking ceremonies for dent of Independence Hall, an- Besides Norman Allan and Rab-

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the port of Piraeus, Greece. They
were en route to Italy and from
there will join relatives in West-
ern countries, the HIAS official
said. There are less than 1,500
Jews left in Egypt; before the 1956
Suez crisis there were 80,000.
The JTA report from Paris quot-
ing Rabbi Douek stated:
"The 500 Egyptian Jews arrested
in the aftermath of the June 1967
;Middle East war have all been re-
-leased but Jews remaining in Egypt
are deeply resentful of Israel which
we blame for all our miseries." The
magazine, published here, quoted
the rabbi as having said that
"There was never any Jewish
problem here (in Egypt) before
the Zionists came to the region.
Before the war there were 80,000
Jews in Egypt. Our synagogues
were never closed. We were never
disturbed in the practice of our
faith." The rabbi reportedly said
',:that there are now no more than
)2,000 Jews in Egypt and that the
'---.,release of the imprisoned Jews
,Followed his personal intervention
with the ministry of interior. The
magazine said that Cairo Jews are
apprehensive over their future
and many plan to leave. It refer-
red to a Jewish teacher who al-
legedly said he would emigrate
to Canada or Australia but 'never
to Israel because all our misery
came from there.' "
Douek's rale as "Chief Rabbi"
has been challenged by escapees
from Egypt who state he is a tool
of Nasser and has been used
numerous times to becloud the is-
sues involving Israel's position in
the Middle East. One responsible
former Egyptian Jewish leader,
who could not permit use of his
name because it would endanger
the status of other Jews remaining
in Egypt, said Douek acted as a
quisling for many years and that
his statements have been injurious
to the Jews of Egypt.
Accusing the "poseur" as chief
rabbi of being a "collaborator,"
the former Egyptian Jewish dig-
nitary explained that there was
an acknowledged chief rabbi in
the person of the late Rabbi
Nahum Effendi who came to
Egypt in 1925. He paid honor to
the former head of the religious
Jewish communities who, he
said, was treated as an adviser
by King Fuad and after him by
his son King Farouk. He ex-
plained that Chief Rabbi Effendi
was given an official rank of
ambassador.
But in 1948, upon the emergence
of the State of Israel, all of the
rabbis in various Egyptian com-
munities who served under Chief
Rabbi Effendi left the country to-
gether with the thousands who
joined in the exodus. Chief Rabbi
Effendi, the former Egyptian Jew

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explained, remained at the request
of the Cairo Jewish community. He
was mostly shielded in seclusion
until his death, he took a deep in-
terest in world Jewish affairs and
never collaborated.
When Chief Rabbi Effendi
died, the only remaining Jewish
"rabbi" was Haim Douek who is -
branded by the personality we
interviewed as a "collaborator,"
as a "poseur," as an outright
liar.
Shown the report from Paris, the
escapee from Egypt said that there
was not a word of truth in any of
Douek's statements. He said that
while he was in prison on Rosh
Hashana of 1967 only one syna-
gogue was opened for the Holy
Days, but that as of June 5 all the
synagogues were shut tight by the
Egyptians.
Douek, he said, was a peddler,
he served as a "minyan-man" who
was assigned the task of gathering
enough people for minyanim at
Jewish religious services in Cairo,
and he assumed the title of Chief
Rabbi to be able to serve the Egyp-
tian rulers for whom he had
gathered the names of Jews who
later were interned.
Douek's family is secure as a
result of his collaboration, the for-
mer Egyptian added. He said that
Douek had attained a bit of learn-
ing but had never been ordained
in any theological seminary.

Aerial -Piracy Explored
by World Legal Group

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

BUENOS AIRES-The problems
arising from the increasing incid-
ence of aerial piracy and the
strengthening of the human rights
machinery were the major topics
of discussion at the 53rd confer-
ence of the International Law As-
sociation, which convened here
Wednesday. Several hundred dele-
gates are attending including two
from Israel.
The Brazilian delegate, Haroldo
Vallado, proposed the establish-
ment of a working group on aerial
piracy, the most recent occurrence
of which was the hijacking of an
Israeli airliner on July 23 by Arab
terrorists who forced it to fly to
Algiers. The aircraft and its pass-
engers and crew are still being
held there.
Prof. John D. Humphrey, of the
Canadian delegation, proposed the
designation of a United Nations
High Commissioner for Human
Rights to strengthen implementa-
tion of existing human rights cov-
enants. Dr. Nathan Lerner of Is-
rael suggested broadening Prof.
Humphrey's proposition to include
not only existing covenants but
other documents presently under
consideration before UN bodies.

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Independence Hall, a 216-apart-
ment building for senior citizens,
sponsored by the Young Israel
Council of Metropolitan Detroit
has been set for 10 a.m. Sept. 12,
at Elwood Park downtown.
Norman Allan, chairman of the
hoard, announced a federal allo-
cation of $3,024,000 was awarded
by the U.S. De-
partment of
Housing and Ur-
ban development
to Independence
Hall, Inc., to pro-
vide modest in-
come rental
units.
Allan said that
Smith and An-
drews has been
named general
Allan
contractors a n d
that the project should be ready
for occupancy in about 18 months.
More than 150 applications have
been received, and it appears that
all the units will be rented before
the building is complete, Allan
said.
The site, on urban renewal land
in Elmwood Park, has been ac-
quired from the city's ,department
of housing. The 72 efficiency units
and 144 one-bedroom apartments
will be rented for $76 to $126 per
month. In order to qualify, one of
the parties involved must be at
least 62 years of age.
Each unit will have kitchen faci-
lities, and there will be a kosher
snack bar as well.
Each apartment offers special
facilities for the elderly, such
as grab bars in the bathrooms
and doors of wheel-chair width.
All hallways have handrails, and
elevator doors are timed for de-
layed start.
Attorney David I. Berris, who
handled all legal affairs for both
the Young Israel Council and In-
dependence Hall, pointed out that
in accordance with federal regula-
tions the facility will be nonsec-
tarian. However, Young Israel will
be permitted to make units avail-
able to its own community.
Bus- service will be available in
front of Elmwood Park, and there
will be a community hall within
the building.
Rabbi Samuel H. Prero, presi-

nounced that despite the move to
the suburbs, there has been a
genuine desire on the part of many
older people to be in the-core city
near to the downtown shopping
centers.
The architect, Jude T. Fusco,
has designed a structure of rein-
forced and precast concrete, with
laundry facilities and incinerator
chutes accessible from each floor.
Fireproof vaults will be available
for storage space for each apart-
ment. Kitchens have full-height re-
frigerators, large single sink, cook-
ing top oven and cabinets all de-
signed for the needs of elderly
people.
Landscaped parking also is in•
corpated into the design of the
building, and the city of De-
troit will provide a 15-acre park
immediately adjacent to the
building.
Jack Davidson and Mrs. Lucia
Reis of National Housing Consult-
ants and Management, Inc., of
Cleveland served as consultants to
this project.

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Israelis to Attend Parley

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

TEL AVIV — Israel will partici-
pate as an observer in the con-
ference of Asian members of the
-International Labor Organization to
open in Tokyo Monday, it was an-
nounced Wednesday. The Israel
delegation will be headed by
H a n o c h Lev-Kochav, director-
general of the ministry of labor.

bi Prero, Robert Sosnick serves as
treasurer, and Millel L. Abrams as
secretary. The other trustees of
Independence Hall are Harry L.
Blitz, Sanford Eisenberg, Dr. Jacob
E. Goldman, Rabbi Ernest E.
Greenfield, Morris Karbal, Jerome
W. Kelman and Phillip Stollman.
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