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 JEWISH NATIONALS FUND PLANT TREES I 1 1 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 22100 GREENFIELD RD. Andrej Konopacki, first secretary and invitations issued. Mindful of ago, went to Israel, and arrived OAK PARK, MICH. 48237 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 PHONE 399-0820 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 14240 W. 7 Mile Road at the Lodge X-Way ernment -even made it difficult for patriots against the Nazis. The Jews in Warsaw to memorialize Jewish revolt in the Warsaw Ghet- DI 1-3800 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 Delightful Reading for The Little Ones. program is produced under the aus- anti-Jewish campaign, though of- ficially inspired by the Commu- I o Just Received from Israel . . . KOSHER BUBBLE GUM! nist regime, took hold because Poles resent the role once played in the secret police by Jewish 0 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- IN ISRAELEM FOR ALL OCCASIONSEE ti R D 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. Vemco ELECTRONIC GARAGE DOOR OPENER Cell Evenings Until 353-3284 9 IRV KATZ McDonald Ford "HANUKKAH ABC" "THE GLORY OF CHANUKAH" PRE-HANUKA SPECIALS! Sometimes On Sunday Sometimes on Sunday you'd like to do a little shopping. For the next three weeks, our new men's store in the Tel-12 Mall will be open on Sundays. But just some times: noon 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 Violinist Stern Performs SMUN'S rwi um - yams moo Tel-Twelve Mall (12 Mile & Telegraph) O 0 BAGEL and LOX DISH 25th Anniversary Concert ,491599 DRIVE Sin lei 0 NEW YORK — Sunday evening, Isaac Stern delivered his first re- cital in Carnegie Hall since his 0 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 generally known. ELECTRIC HANUKA SIGNS & MENORAS 99c $395 $495 Values to $8.95 I DO ALL YOUR HANUKA SHOPPING AT BORENSTEIN'S BOOK & MUSIC STORE 13535 W. 7 MILE at Schaefer DI 1-0569 or DI 1-3268 Fa 0