Builder Conducts One-Man Campaign
to Keep Memory of Six Million Alive
of a recurrence of the Holocaust
NEW YORK (JTA) — A Polish-
born Dallas contractor, whose par- is a matter of concern to all free
ents were murdered in the Holo- , men, Schonfeld reported, the
caust, has helped create and I Lewis offer of such help extends
finance permanent memorials to to "any public institution that is
the memory of the Six Million in prepared to install" such a
more than a dozen synagogues, memorial.
I Lewis designed, built and donat-
throughout the United States.
Paul Lewis is so fearful that the ed not only a memorial for Cong.
memory of the Holocaust may Beth Israel in Mesquite, Tex., a
fade away that he is devoting his Dallas suburb, but also the com-
life to keeping alive the memory plete synagogue building, which he
of the Six Million for all time, ac- presented to the community on
cording to Gabriel B. Schonfeld, Nov. 27, 1960.
The contractor has encountered
educational director of Beth El
Synagogue in New Rochelle, N.Y. opposition to his efforts, Schonfeld
He reported on the'one-man effort reported, adding that "apparently
in the current issue of the United there are people who feel that
Synagogue Review, the publication 1 keeing alive the memory of the
of the association of Conservative tragic chapters of history stands
congregations. I , in the way of positive and creative
Lewis began his effort in 1959 I efforts in life."
when he donated a monument to I The contractor understands, the
his home synagogue, Shearith report said, that he cannot alone
Israel. He has expressed the carry on such memorializing effort
hope that every new synagogue indefinitely and that he hopes that
structure now in the planning every community will ultimately
phase will include a place for create its own permanent memo-
such a memorial, and he has rial program. While construction
pledged not only to help in crea- of synagogue monuments constitu-
tion of the design but also to tes his main approach, he also en-
share in the cost. Because he visages other methods, according
feels that the potential danger to the report.
Why Aren't Jewish Prayers Allowed
on Temple Mount?-Query in Court
Continuing Polish
Jew-Baiting Reported
12—Friday, April 18, 1969
U. Thant Fails to Stop East Jerusalem
Status Change, Due to Start May 23
LONDON (JTA)—The chairman
of the Association of Polish-Jewish
Ex-Servicemen said there was no
future for the remaining Jews in
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He said the last official informa-
to The Jewish News)
Poland.
tion he had on the subject from
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—Sec- Israel was a note from Israel's
S. Frisner, who spoke at a
memorial meeting marking the retary General U Thant has re- ambassador to the UN on March
26th anniversary of the Warsaw ported to the Security Council that 25, 1969, which said that the Israel
Ghetto uprising, said the revival he was unable to prevent Israel government's position remained
of officially inspired anti-Semitism from implementing a law that that of July 1967 shortly after East
by the Warsaw regime had would change east Jerusalem's Jerusalem was captured from Jor-
astounded the Polish people them- legal status by requiring local dan in the Six-Day War.
selves as well as the outside world. businesses and professionals to
The law in question was passed
According to Frisner, the Polish obtain Israeli licenses. The law by the Knesset on Aug. 14, 1968. Ita
anti-Semitic campaign which be- goes into affect on May 23.
implementation would disregard
gan over a year ago was still con-
The legal status of East Jerusa- the Security Council's resolution
tinuing even though the struggle lem was the subject of a Security passed three months earlier. It was
for political power which prompt. Council resolution of May 21, 1968, originally intended to be put into
ed the use of Jews as scapegoats which declared changes in it null effect several months ago. FolloW-
appears to have diminished.
and void and called on Israel "to ing a Jordanian call for a Security
Frisner said the Polish govern- desist forthwith from taking fur- Council meeting on the issue, the
ment's use of anti-Semitism was ther action which tends to change Israel government announced last
unique in light of the fact that the status of Jerusalem."
February that the law was post-
hardly any Jews remained in Po-
The resolution requested the sec- poned until May 23, but there was
land—"It is anti-Semitism without
retary general to report to the no evident intention to rescind it.
Jews." The meeting was address-
ed by Alderman Michael Fidler, Security Council on its implemen-
chairman of the Board of Deputies tation.
Thant reported to Padma Baha-
of British Jews, and by Sir Barnett
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seeking to raise ;120,000 for a Pol-
ish-Jewish martyrs monument in
Britain.
WE DO OUR
Meeting on Drug Use
HAMILTON. Ont. (JTA) — More
than 100 Jewish adults and teen-
agers attended a meeting at the
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1 forbidden any Jew to visit the site Jewish Community Center here to
to The Jewish News)
because they might inadvertently listen to reports on medical and
JERUSALEM—Israel's supreme step over the "Holy of Holies" legal aspects of the use of mari-
court opened hearings Monday on where, according to the Orthodox, juana, LSD and the amphetamines,
a request to permit Jews to pray the Holy Ark was kept in the an- the drugs most commonly used in
in groups on the Temple Mount in cient Temple. Police do not enforce this community, according to Wil-
East Jerusalem. site of the Mosque the rabbinate's ban but they do liam Morris, president of the Coun
of Omar and the Al-Aksa Mosque enforce the ban on public prayers. cil of Jewish Organizations of
and reputed site of Solomon's Tem-
Five of the supreme court jus- Hamilton. The meeting was spon-
ple.
tices are hearing the case, presided sored by the Committee on Con-
The suit was brought against the over by D'et/ffrlion -Agranat, pres- cern for Drugs of the Jewish Social
government by 15 complainants,; ident of the court. State Attorney Services of the CJO.
among them Shmuel Tamir, a ! Zvi Barniv, the only party heard
Before you blame an author for !
Knesset member of the Free Cen- , Monday, asked the court not to
ter faction. They have requested ! intervene in the matter because it his obscurity, look into your own
an order on the government to is one of state policy. Further mind to see whether it is quite I
show cause why Jews should not hearings have been set for next clear. The plainest writing becomes
illegible in the dusk. —Goethe.
be allowed to hold prayer services week.
on the mount.
The government permits indi-
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The Israeli Chief Rabbinate has
Sammy Davis Wil Visit
Israel to Perform for
Troops in Camps
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Sammy Davis
Jr., the American Negro entertain-
er who adopted the Jewish faith,
will visit Israel in July to give a
benefit performance for wounded
Israeli soldiers and to perform for
troops in Israeli military camps.
Davis' plans were disclosed by his
New York attorney, Leon Charney,
who is arranging the tour. He said
the entertainer refused to consider
any payinent for performing in Is-
rael because "when I come to my
homeland I don't want to make
money there. - He will visit Israel
with an entourage of 14 American
celebrities including former world
heavyweight champion Joe Louis.
Passover Food to Cuba
Received on Time
MONTREAL (JTA) — More than
six tons of Passover food supplies
and 1,400 bottles of wine sent by
the Canadian Jewish Congress
(United Jewish Relief Agencies of
Canada) to needy Jews in Cuba
arrived safely in Havana in time
for the holidays, the CJCongress
reports. The CJCongress shipment
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vidual Jews to visit the site but
has barred groups, to avoid
offending world Moslem opinion.
The temple compound is regard.
ed as a holy site by Moslems sec-
ond in importance only to Mecca.
included over 8,000 pounds of mat-
zo meal. This and other Passover
foods were purchased in Britain
and shipped directly from London
to Havana because of a longshore-
men's strike in New York which
threatened long delays in the ship-
ment of the foods from their nor-
mal sources in the United States,
the CJCongress said.
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