62—Friday, December 13, 1968
International Synagogue Has a First
THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Cleveland Jewish Leader
Max Simon Dead at 80
CLEVELAND (JTA) — Max Si-
mon, long a leader of the Cleve-
land Jewish community, died Dec.
5 at age 80. Mr. Simon was a
founder and first president of the
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Blame for lieved that Israel must be a Jew- Jewish Community Council, estab-
the continuing deadlock in Am- ish state, not a binational state, lished in 1935, and was a prime
and that efforts should be made
Eban Blames Egypt for Deadlock;
National State Proposal Debated
The first Pidyon Ha-Ben (redemption of the first-born son) to be
held in the International Synagogue at Kennedy Airport, is celebrated
by Arthur Feld (second from right) and Mrs. Feld. Feld is an em-
ploye of the Federal Aviation Agency at the airport and is a member
of the Airport Congregation of the International Synagogue. Michael
Schwartz (second from left) serves as the Kohen in this ceremony,
and Rabbi Eugene J. Cohen, chaplain of the synagogue, explains the
significance to the congregation.
Jews Nix Nixon, Prof Claims in Vote Study
WALTHAM, Mass. — The ma- Democratic irrespective of their
jority of American Jews remain socio-economic status or geograph-
Democrats and continue to be sus- ical location," said Dr. Fuchs, pro-
picious of President-elect Nixon, cessor of American civilization at
according to political scientist Dr. Brandeis University and chairman
Lawrence H. Fuchs who revealed of its politics department.
He also noted a "persistent and
the results of an election analysis.
"A vast majority of Jews endemic Nixon phobia among Jew-
throughout the nation remain ish voters."
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bassador Gunnar V. Jarring's
Middle East peace mission was
placed- squarely on Egypt by
Israel's Foreign Minister Abba
Eban in his most recent talks with
the United Nations envoy on Cyp-
rus. Eban reported on those talks
to the cabinet. He said he had cit-
ed to Dr. Jarring Egypt's refusal
of a suggestion that its foreign
minister, Mahoud Riad, be present
on Cyprus when Eban was there.
The Israeli foreign minister also
referred to Riad's refusal to re-
main in New York last month for
further contacts through Dr. Jar-
ring at UN headquarters and
Egypt's failure to reply to a series
of questions on matters of sub-
stance which Eban had submitted
through the UN envoy.
Eban also reported on the latest
exchange of views between Israel
and the United States on the Mid-
dle East crisis. A U.S. State De-
partment spokesman said last
week that American policy re-
mains the same as enunciated by
President Johnson in his Middle
East statements of June 19, 1967,
and Sept. 10, 1968.
Eban and Minister Without Port-
folio Menahem Begin voiced
sharply opposed views on the fu-
ture of occupied Arab territories
in separate speeches. Eban, who
addressed students here, said that
whoever declares that Israel
would give up none of the occupi-
ed territories, even within the
framework of peace negotiations,
was "unrealistic." He said he be-
to enlist Arab coopefation pend-
ing a peace settlement but not to
integrate Arabs from the occupied
territories into Israel. Begin, who
spoke in Jerusalem, demanded an
end to talk about "returning" ter-
ritories to King Hussein of Jor-
dan. He said Israel could only
"give" Hussein the territories, not
"return" them because they have
already been returned to the peo-
ple of Israel. He discounted the
belief that concessions by Israel
might bring peace.
Gen. Dayan to Talk
at UJA Banquet
mover in the merger of the coun-
cil in 1951 into the Jewish Com-
munity Federation.
He served as federation presi-
dent from 1956 to 1959 and two
years later was elected a federa-
tion trustee for life.
An active Zionist, he was a
founder of the local Israel Bond
Organization. In January 1967, on
his 79th birthday, the Jewish Na-
tional Fund gave him a testimon-
ial dinner and announced that a
10,000-tree forest in his name was
being planted in Israel.
He served nationally on boards
and committees of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds and the United Jewish
Appeal.
General Moshe Dayan, minister
of defense of the state of Israel, German-Jewish Editor
will make his first appearance in
the United States since the Six-
Occupied Territories
Must Be Held—Begin
in Buenos Aires Dead
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Dr.
Hardi Swarsensky, editor of the
German-Jewish weekly Juedische
Wochenschau and leader of the
German Jewish colony in Buenos
Aires, died here Dec. 5 of a heart
attack. He was 65.
Born in Berlin, Dr. Swarsensky
studied at the Berlin, Munich and
Leipzig universities, graduating as
an attorney. During his career in
Germany until 1939, he was a lead-
er of the Maccabi and member of
its world organization. In 1937 he
was named general secretary of
all Jewish juvenile organizations in
Germany and chairman of the com-
mittee for the rescue of Jews im-
prisoned in Nazi camps.
He fled to London in 1939 and in
1940 settled here. He was editor of
a number of books on Zionist mat-
ters.
GEN. MOSHE DAYAN
Day War as guest speaker at the
JERUSALEM —Menahem Begin, annual national conference of the Harris
Leader
the Herut Party leader and cabi- UJA in New York at the New York
of AJ Committee
mmittee Abroad
Co
net minister without-portfolio, told Hilton Hotel, this week-end.
NEW YORK (JTA)—Harris Ber-
a student meeting here Tuesday
The conference will mark the
that the occupied Arab territories UJA's 30th anniversary and will lack, member of the American
Jewish
Committee's board of gov-
are as much a part of the historic celebrate Israel's 21st year of in-
ernors and chairman for many
Jewish homeland as Israel proper dependence.
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
and should not be relinquished be-
cause the Arab population will ex-
ceed the Jewish one.
Begin, a staunch advocate of an-
nexation, declared that no other
nation in the world ever relinquish-
ed part of its homeland because of
a so-called demographic problem.
He said, "Our nation whose very
soul has been bound up with the
land of Israel down through the
ages and through every danger
cannot do that. Jericho, Hebron
and Nablus are part of the home-
land just like Jaffa, Lydda, Acre
and Nazareth.
He said the demographic prob-
lem could be solved by maintaining
a large Jewish majority, partly
by immigration.
Rosten Relates
Nostalgic Story
of Ellis Island
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Leo Rosten, Look magazine
columnist, who has gained fame
with his H*Y*M*A*N*K*13*LtAeN
stories and his most recent literary
success, "The Joys of Yiddish,"
is the author of 'an interesting es-
say, "Not So Long Ago There Was
a Magic Island" in the current
issue of Look.
Rosten's essay is a nostalgic
piece about Ellis Island. In it he
recalls his arrival with his mother
at Ellis Island at the age of three,
when it took days to be released
and for his father, who was then
in Chicago, to be able to borrow
the $25 necessary to pay expenses
for their permission to be admitted
to the U.S. It then took them an
additional 29 hours to get to Chic-
ago by train.
Interestingly illustrated, the Ros-
ten piece is a fascinating portrayal
of Ellis Island of the past which
is•now the Statue of Liberty Na-
Gen. Dayan, Henry Ford II and
Louis A. Pincus, chairman of the
Jewish Agency for Israel, will be
the principal speakers at the Sat-
urday evening banquet session.
Yule Song Protester
Drummed Out of Band
PHILADELPHIA — A rabbi's
daughter was ousted by the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania marching
band last week because she re-
fused to march to Christmas car-
ols during the Thanksgiving pa-
rade.
A member of the Quakeretts, a
wing of the band, Sherry Parker
refused to show up for the parade,
saying she objected to the musical
program, which had no Hanuka
songs. The band's five man execu-
tive committee, all students, held
a hearing and decided to oust the
peotester.
Dayan's Daughter Pledges
Four Babies for Israel
TEL AVIV — Mrs. Dov Sion,
better known as Yael Dayan,
daughter of the defense minister,
made -a unique pledge last week-
end. She promised former Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion that she
would bear four babies for Israel.
Mrs. Sion said she made the vow
when Ben-Gurion -acted as god-
father at the circumcision of her
first-born. B-G has been crusading
for an increase in the Jewish birth
rate to offset that of the Israeli
Arabs which jeopardizes the Jew-
ish majority.
Mrs. Sion appeared at a func-
tion to raise funds for a barren-
ness clinic at a government hos-
pital.
Anybody amuses me for once. A
new acquaintance is like a new
book. I prefer- it, even if bad, to.a
Disraeli
years of its foreign affairs commit-
tee, died Dec. 3 at age 70.
He frequently represented the
AJCommittee in its meetings with
foreign officials overseas and in
the United States. As a result of a
mission to Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and Peru in 1965, the AJCommittee
expanded its community services
program in South America. He
also recommended the establish-
ment of AJCommittee programs
in Mexico and Central America
which were subsequently estab-
lished.
Widow of Zionist Leader
Israel Hacohen; Age 87
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW. YORK—Mrs. Baya. Haco-
hen, widow of Israel Hacohen,
veteran Zionist leader and Hebrew
scholar, died Monday at age 87.
Her remains will be flown to
Jerusalem, accompanied by Dr.
Mordechai Hacohen; a son, man-
ager of the Fifth Avenue Branch
of the American Bank and Trust
Company and active in Zionist
affairs.
Mrs. Hacohen, a native of Tar-
nopol, lived in Vienna and Jeru-
salem until her - husband's death 15
years ago, when she settled in the
United States.
Yetta Bloomfield
Yetta Bloomfield, a member of
several communal - organizations,
died ,Dec. 5 at age 74.
Mrs. Bloomfield, 18471 San Juan,
was born in Austria. She belonged
to the Jewish National Fund Aux-
iliary, Pioneer Women, Hebrew
Ladies Aid Society and Hadassah.
Surviving are a son, Harry; two
brothers, Sigmund Rohlik and
Julius Rohlig; two sisters, Mrs.
Celia Cohn and Mrs. Peter (Tillie)
Gran; two grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.