THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Friday, December 6, 1968-15
Grand Rapids
News Notes
Dec. 8—Temple Emanuel Men's
Club Business Meeting
—Grand Rapids Jewish Cul-
tural Committee Program
10--Ahavas Israel Sisterhood
Board Meeting
11—Ahavas I sr a el Men's
Club Board Meeting
12—Temple Emanuel Trustees
Meeting
13—Temple Emanuel Adult
Education Service
Flint Women 'Honored
at Community Dinner
Polish Embassy in Washington is Accused
of 'Cynical' Attempt to Exploit Ghetto Film
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WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Em- pices of the Jewish Theological courtesy extended them by the for-
bassy of Poland was charged by Seminary of America in New York. eign ministry in contrast with the
a spokesman for the Conference of
When NBC returned the bor- curt dismissal they received at the
Presidents of Major American rowed historical strips, used as Polish embassy when they request-
Jewish Organizations with "cyn- inserts, the network sent the Pol- ed an audience with the ambassa-
ically attempting to exploit a tele- ish Embassy the complete show dor last week,
vision film on the Warsaw ghetto." as a conventional courtesy. The Mrs. Kaminska Arrives in NYC,
Persons invited to a special NBC official explained that had May Pursue Career Here
showing and party arranged by the footage been borrowed even from
NEW YORK (JTA)—Mrs. Ida
Polish ambassador Tuesday de- North Vietnam the same cour-
Kaminska, director of the nearly
clined invitations.
tesy would have been extended defunct Jewish State Theater of
Polish diplomats had decided to to Hanoi to show the context in Poland, is in New York, possibly
stage a propaganda showing of a which the loaned material had to pursue her stage career in this
National Broadcasting Co. "Eter- been used.
country. She arrived with her hus-
nal Light" program on Nazi atro-
But the Polish Embassy decided
actor-producer Meir Mel-
cities in the Warsaw Ghetto be- to make a big production of the band,
man, a son, daughter and grand-
cause of rising American criticism presentation of the film print to daughter.
of current government-sponsored Ambassador Michalowski. A
She left Poland several months
anti-Semitic policies in Poland.
cocktail reception was scheduled
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Andrej Konopacki, first secretary and invitations issued. Mindful of ago, went to Israel, and arrived
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here
aboard a chartered flight
of the embassy, has publicly taken the growing shock in America over
the position that Poland is "anti- the revival of anti-Semitism, under from Vienna carrying 36 Jewish
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Zionist" and "anti-subversive" but the guise of anti-Zionism, the Pol- refugees from Poland, Czechoslo
Hours: Mon. thru Thurs., 9 to 5;
not anti-Semitic. Polish Ambassa- ish government apparently seized vakia and other Eastern European
Friday, 9 to 4;
dor Jerzy Michalowski invited upon an opportunity to obscure the countries. Their migration was as-
Sunday 10 to 1
leaders of the Jewish community present issue by denouncing Nazi , sisted by United Hias Service.
and press-TV media to the em- policies of the past.
bassy for a party Tuesday.
Herman Edeisberg, director of
The spokesman for the Confer- the international affairs depart-
ence of Presidents voiced "shock ment of Bnai Brith, said that "it is
over the arrogance of the embassy infamous that this same Polish
in exploiting the martydom of the government that defamed the War-
Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto at the saw Ghetto martyrs a few months
4131/....has a better idea
very time that the Peoples Repub- ago as a part of its continuing anti-
lic of Poland is preparing show Semitic campaign should now try
Because they have
trials of an anti-Semitic nature to exploit a film memorializing the
reminiscent of the Stalin era.
Jewish uprising. It is a case of the
The very same embassy, during thief seeking to divert attention
the 25th anniversary of the ghetto from himself by crying "Stop,
at
uprising, issued propaganda dep- thief,' The new-type Nazis are
recating and minimizing the cour- pointing a finger at the old Nazis."
age and heroism of the Jewish
(Warsaw authorities recently is-
freedom fighters. The Warsaw gov- sued a list of uprisings by Polish
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ernment -even made it difficult for patriots against the Nazis. The
Jews in Warsaw to memorialize Jewish revolt in the Warsaw Ghet-
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the martyrs on the 25th anniver- to was omitted.)
sary. The Conference has confi-
The wave of anti-Semitism that
dence that American Jewry will spread
over Poland during the
INTRODUCING TWO NEW
see through the hypocritical at- past year
had its roots in the
tempt to confuse and mislead the secret police
CHILDREN'S HANUKA BOOKS..
that the Russians
U.S. Jewish community," he said.
An NBC spokesman said the net- brought when they took over that
work had borrowed some film foot- country in 1944, according to a
age of the ghetto battle for use in Warsaw dispatch by Nicholas
the "Eternal Light" program, "A Carroll published in the Wash- 0
Record of Remembrance." The ington Post.
The reporter believed that the
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program is produced under the aus-
anti-Jewish campaign, though of-
ficially inspired by the Commu- I o
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nist regime, took hold because
Poles resent the role once played
in the secret police by Jewish
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Communists.
In 1944 the Russians brought
with them not only a police gov-
ernment with a strong Jewish ele-
ment, but also a new police appa-
ratus staffed at the top almost en-
tirely by Jews whose crimes
against the Polish people in impos-
ing Communism are not forgot-
ten," Carroll wrote.
"Hence, it is scarcely to be won-
dered at today, if you scratch a
Pole, you will find an anti-Semite."
A British Foreign Ministry offi-
cial assured student delegates
Tuesday that the British govern-
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Women's Division chairmen
honored at the annual dinner
meeting of the Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council are (from left)
Mrs. Sidney Wolin, Mrs. Asher
Marder and Mrs. Gilbert Ruhen-
stein.
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little shopping. For the next three weeks, our
new men's store in the Tel-12 Mall will be
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to 6 p.m.
ment was keeping a close watch
on the situation in Poland wh,..re
university students and faculty
members, mostly Jewish, will soon
face secret trials for alleged re-
sponsibility for the Polish student
uprising last year.
Goronwy Roberts, minister of
state at the foreign office, received
the group which represented the
National Union of Students and the
World Union of Jewish Students
among others. He reiterated the
government's position on human
rights and religious freedom.
A spokesman for the students
said they were pleased with the
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recent illness. It marked his silver
anniversary on the concert stage.
Stern, now 45, surprised his au-
dience by playing a Brahms sonata
which is normally played by clari-
net or viola, Brahms himself had
arranged a violin version for a
friend, but until Stern found it in
Hamburg a year ago, it was not
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