Edmond Fleg Center Dedicated
BIARSEILLES
The Edmond ish population in all of France in-
Fleg Community Center dedicated creased from 350,000 to approxi-
last month has filed a critical mately 550,000. The sudden in-
need for additional religious, edu- I crease quickly overtaxed existing
rational and cultural facilities in religious, educational and cultural
that city, it was reported by Sam- ' facilities while construction of
uel L. Haber, Joint Distribution new buildings lagged far behind
Committee executive vice-chair- the increase in numbers.
To help integrate the 200,000
boasting the second largest newcomers from North Africa and
Jewish community in France, Mar- Eastern Europe into the life of
seilles has seen its Jewish popula- the French Jewish community,
tion explode from 12,000 in 1955 to and to prevent a breakdown in
over 65,000 today, Haber said. their religious and cultural prac
During the same period the Jew- tices, the French Jews, with the
aid of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee and other national and
Arab Moderate Can See
international Jewish organizations,
undertook an intensive construc-
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Mid East, No Peace Pact
The Edmond Fleg Community
GIVAT-HAIM, ISRAEL (ZINS)— Center is one of about 60 such
A spokesman for moderates among synagogue/centers built in recent
the Arabs, Kadir Yasin, a student years as part of that program.
of political science at Cambridge, The center includes an auditor-
declared at a get-together in Ki- ium, a foyer, snack bar, library,
butz Givat Haim, that future dicotheque, multi-purpose rooms
understanding betwen Israel and for small meetings and Talmud
the Arabs will go no further than Tora classes, and two arts and
the relationship between East and crafts rooms. In recognition of
West Germany.
Charles H. Jordan's deep interest
Israel, he said, has a chance of in the reconstruction of the French
attaining free maritime passage in Jewish community and the role of
the Suez Canal and the Straits of the JDC in developing the synago-
Tiran, but the Arabs would never gue/center building program, the
consent to concluding a peace Marseilles community has dedicat-
ed the main auditorium in Mr. Jor-
treaty with her.
Yasin recently became chair-
man of the Arab Student League
man.
Now
Illarseilles
dan's name. Mr. Jordan was the
JDC leader who met a tragic and
mysterious death in Prague in Au-
gust 1967.
The Marseilles Jewish commun-
ity received financial help in the
construction of the $185,000 Fleg
Community Center from a number
of organizations including the JDC,
FSJU (Fonds Social Juif Unifie),
Central British Fund, and the Con-
ference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany.
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Visas for Three Russians
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign
ministry sources corrected a state-
ment made last week that three
Soviet citizens had been granted
visitors' visas to attend the con-
vention of the Moscow-oriented
New Communist Party.
The ministry said the visa ap-
plications were still under con-
sideration.
The evening newspaper Yediot
Ahronot reported that an Israeli
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organize the rapid routing of mes-
sages and would be granted free
access to the territory in order
to carry out its mission. Subse-
quently, ICRC established three
subdelegations in the Gaza Strip,
West Jordan and occupied Syrian
territory.
The. ICRC • worked closely with
Israeli military officials and per-
suaded the Egyptians to open a
water line tinder the Suez Canal,
making water available to the
desert strugglers. ICRC also was
flying in water by helicopter to
reach the men in isolated desert
groups.
The ICRC achieved a victory
early in August in its endeavor
to arbitrate a dispute between
Israel and Jordan over the return
of Jordanians to the West Bank
of the Jordan river from which
they had fled. The Israelis asked
that the prospective returnees
MI in a form, but when the form
was turned over to the Jordanians
for distribution, it was refused
because of the heading on it
which read "State of Israel." The
Jordanians contended that the
use of the form would be an ac-
knowledgement of the legality of
the existence of the Jewish state.
Through the efforts of the ICRC,
however, the Jordanians agreed
that a form would be distributed
to the 200,000 refugees. The re-
vised form listed Israel, Jordan
and the Red Cross on the letter-
head. Return of the refugees has
begun.
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