32—Friday, December 6, 1968 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Feinbergs Visit JNF Mile of Trees During Israel Visit Dedicate Zuckerman Forest Israeli Emissary Chaim Lazar Seeks Documents and Partisan Data Here for Tel Aviv Museum An appeal was addressed here this week by a distinguished Israeli author, Chaim Lazar, for available documents relating to the Holo- caust and underground move- ments, to be perpetuated in the Museum of Combatants and Par- tisans located at 38 King George St., Tel Aviv. Lazar expressed the hope that former partisans and survivors from the Nazi Holocaust may possess certificates, photographs, letters and other material rele- vant to the documentary collec- tion sought for the new museum. Himself a former partisan, w'ho fought with the underground forces against the Nazis through- out the war in Lithuania, Lazar now makes the museum his ma- jor voluntary activity, supple- mentary to his activities as an author. He lost an arm in one of the battles, and managed to settle in Israel in 1947. Since then he had written a number of books, includ- ing one about the Warsaw Ghetto revolt. Until recently he was a director of Kupat Holim Leumit, the sec- ond-largest health fund in Israel. He was associated on the editorial staffs of Mashkif, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot. Prior to his arrival in the United States on his present mission, he was one of the 150 partisans who were awarded medals by President Zalman Shazar of Israel. The new medal is the ALE11, the initials of the Itur Lohame Hamedina fighters. Lazar explained that the Mu- seum of Combatants and Partisans in Tel Aviv aims to commemorate "the deeds of heroism displayed by Jews in the underground anti- Nazi forces and in the ranks of the Allied Forces during the bat- tles against the murderous Ger- mans. He asserted that Jews re- sisted the Nazi terror in many areas, not in the Warsew Ghetto alone, and declared: "In all occupied Europe, Jewish underground movements and units of partisans organised themselves to fight the most cruel of enemies at the risk of their own lives. They acted within ghettos, in towns and villages, in the mountains and the forests, and even in the depth of Hell—in the death camps of Ausch- witz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Penari, the Covno 9th Fort and others. The uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto, which has become the symbol of the desperate fight of a handful of people against a giant and powerful enemy, has not been Mehler-Tfratnick Vows to Be Said in February MISS JOYCE MEHLER unique in its kind. "Jewish partisans fought in Vilna's forests and throughout White Russia and Ukraine. They organised resistance movements in Belgium, France, Italy, Yugo- slavia. Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania to carry out acts of sabotage against the German enemy, either by hit-and-run or face-to-face warfare. "More than a million and half Jewish soldiers fought in the ranks of the Allied armies: about half a million in the U.S. Army, half a million in the Red USSR army, about 90,000 in the British army and among them the Palestinian Brigade, about 50,000 in the Canadian, New Zealand, Aus tralian and South African Corps and tens of thousands in the Free French army. All along the huge front spread over continents and oceans, Jewish soldiers fought against humanity's enemy—Nazi Germany. Hundreds of thousands fell on battlefields and hundreds of thousands were decorated with medals for outstanding acts of bravery. "Today, after three military campaigns to defend its indepen- dence on the land of her fore- fathers, Israel has become the symbol of courage and valor among the nations of the world. Israel and heroism 'have become synonyms. But in fact, Jewish courage has formed an uninter- rupted chain from the time our forefathers settled in Israel, the land promised them and their de- scendants by God Almighty, over the long and bitter years of exile and dispersion, the Holocaust, to ohs very day. "The symbols of Jewish courage and heroism during World War II are commemorated by the Museum of the Combatants and Parti- sans." Lazar was the guest here of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene I. Pious of Custis Ave., Southfield. Additional infor- mation regarding Lazar's mission are obtainable from Dr. Pious. Lazar plans another visit in De- troit on Dec. 14. Alpha Omega to Feature TV Exec Robert Lurie Robert Lurfe, St. Louis television director, will be a special guest at the champagne dinner-dance spon- sored by the Detroit Alumni Chap- ter of Alpha Omega Fraternity Dec. 14 at Cobo Hall. Dr. Samuel Krohn, immediate past president of the Jewish Com- munity Council, will be toastmas- ter. George Jes- sel,"toastmaster- general of the USA," will be guest star, and Eric Rosenow and his Continentals will play for danc- ing. Dr. John J. Mames is dinner- dance chairman, and Dr. Eric Bil- Dr. Krohn les is associate chairman. The affair is on behalf of Israel Bonds. Lurie has serve _ d • as Missouri state chairman of the Israel Bond Organization and is a member of its Midwest Board of Directors. He originated the American Jewish Radio Hour and won the Billboard Magazine Award for outstanding radio production. He has served as a member of the National Speakers Bureau of the W.A. Detrbit Women of Alpha Omega is handling the reservations and seating arrangements. For infor- mation, call Israel Bonds, DI 1- Mr. and Mrs. Jules Mehler of Lauder Ave. announce the engage- ment of their daughter Joyce Ellen to Joel Dennis Watnick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Watnick of Alta Vista Dr., Southfield. A KONAKF---Y1F44198 is planned. - - - z _ Wig 1:115tin ,E1• F,MENNECM. GMACE. FOREST 117.317 iniplx MID linDvm rrM1,v -rit r-r OF.DICAT t :04 4:T . THE FOREST TNE PAUL ZUCKERMAN FAMIL Ts-4•71.1.tim t5 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zuckerman dedicated the forest planted in their honor by the Jewish National Fund during their recent visit in Israel. The forest was planted in honor of the Zuckermans at the annual JNF dinner in Detroit last June. <;) A 'Brush With Death ' in Jerusalem Brings Rabbi Donin's Reactions Rabbi Hayim Donin, who is now residing in Jerusalem with his family, and during his sabbatical from Detroit's Bnai David syna- gogue is doing re- search work at the Herzog World Academy, in a communication to The Jewish News described the "grief and som- ber mourning that descended upon Jerusalem" on Nov. 22, when 12 were killed in an Arab bombing. Rabbi Donin Giving the details of the reac- tions to the outrage among Israelis, Dr. Donin stated in his descriptive message: "What did the murderers hope to accomplish? If it was simply to commit an act of mass murder, to indiscriminately kill as many Jews as possible, then their mission this time was successful, the most suc- cessful since the Six-Day War. But if their purpose was to throw fear into the hearts of the Jewish popu- lation, or to create chaos, confu- sion and panic, then they were eminently as unsuccessful as be- fore. If their purpose was to insti- gate Jewish mob violence against the more peaceful and law-abiding Arabs in East Jerusalem, or to disrupt the hitherto harmonious relationship between Arab and Jew in Jerusalem, then they also miserably failed. Arab leaders in Jerusalem also denounced the act of terror, declaring they were ashamed of it, and pleaded that not all Arabs be condemned for the crimes of the few. "But this act of violence did serve to make the average-man- on-the-street question the govern- Savannah Jewish Schools See Upgraded Programs SAVANNAH (JTA)—The Bureau of Jewish Education has reported substantial progress in expansion of the bureau and in upgrading of Jewish school programs, including major changes in the Savannah Hebrew Community School. Representation on the bureau board was broadened to reflect its expanded functions as the citywide educational agency. A grant of $22,000 from the Sa- vannah Jewish Council, an in- crease of 110 per cent over the previous year, made is possible for the bureau to allocate funds to all Jewish schools in Savannah for the first time. An edUcators council made up of rabbis and heads of schools was organized, and several meetings have been held. At the initiative of the bureau, and with its help, Mickve Israel religious school in- troduced Hebrew, in its curriculum in September 1967, and Hebrew is z.1-.*111g..-41141eil- X.?111 During their visit in Israel last month, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg dedicated the Mile of Trees they planted through the Jewish National Fund. FOR THE BEST IN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT ment's policy of providing so many privileges and rights especially for the Arabs of the West Bank, to enjoy a freedom of movement and travel in all parts of Israel and a freedom of the press that they didn't even have when they were under Jordanian rule. For con- trary to Arab accusations at the UN, never in history has a military victory been followed by an occu- pation of so much leniency and benevolence. "The memory of this day will not fade away. 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