American Jewish Historical Society Sets Up
Research Grants; Seeks Preservation of Old
Caribbean Sites; Simon New Council Member
By Jewish News Special
Correspondent
CHICAGO — The American Jew-
ish Historical Society has estab-
lished a special $2,500 fund to pro-
vide research grants for students
working towards the doctoral level,
to enable them to do research and
studies in American Jewish histor-
ical subjects, the association's re-
tiring president. Philip Sang o
Chicago, announced in his presi
dential message here.
The four-day sessions held at th e
Sheraton-Chicago Hotel elected Dr
Abram V. Goodman of Laurence
LI., as presi lent. Five pion-
eer leaders
completed 20 years' membership
on the executive council — Philip
Klutznick, Dr. Goodman, Maurice
Jacobs, Dr. A. L. Sachar and Dr
Moshe Davis — were elected to
honorary membership on the coun-
cil. Dr. Sang. in recognition
of his many years' service and as
retiring president, was honored
with life membership on the board.
Leonard N. Simons of Detroit
was named one of the new mem-
bers of the executive council for
a three-year term.
A major task undertaken by the
association seeks assurance that
synagogues and cemeteries and
other historic sites in the Carib-
bean islands. many of the spots
now in danger of being completely
obliterated, will be preserved. The
need for speedy action to prevent
further di ,, - ,— , —rance of all vest-
iges of historical records, monu-
ments and historic buildings was
outlined in two addresses, by Rabbi
Simeon J. Nla , lin, who was rabbi
of the Curacao congregation for
five years before assuming his
rabbinic posts at the Chicago KAM
Congregation. and former gover-
nor of the Virgin Islands, Ralph
Paiewonsky.
Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, director
of American Jewish Archives in
Cincinnati, told the AJHS execu-
tive council that "on a universal
level there is an increased inter-
est in American Jewish histori-
American Jewish attainments will
be issued. Under the joint direc-
tion of Rabbi Karp and Dr. Moshe
Davis, the society, together with
the Institute of Contemporary
Jewry of the Hebrew University,
the recent publcations of the AJHS
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Officials,
of the Departments of State and
C ommerce have urged a Senate
subcommittee not to propose new'
legislation against the Arab boy- ,
cott of American firms trading
with Israel. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce K. N. Davis, Jr. and
Roger P. Davies, deputy assistant ;
Secretary of State, appeared be-
fore the Senate international h.'
nance subcommittee.
Davis said the Arab boycott had
not weakened Israel and that U.S.
action against the boycott was un-
necessary and undesirable. He
said if Congress enacted new
restrictions on Arab trade tactics,
all this would do would be to close
pro fitable A
Amer-
ican business and industry. A 1965
law calls on American business.;
men to refuse to cooperate with
the Arab boycott but it imposes no;
mandatory restraints on trade with I
Arab countries. Davis said the non- I
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Friday, May 2, 1969
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New Mystery in Dakar's Disappearance
TEL AVIV (JTA—A further my- tian coast. This led to the conclu-
stery was added to the riddle of sion that the Dakar deviated from
the disappearance of the Israeli her course by from six to 10 de-
submarine Dakar which vanished grees. He said the buoy was ap
with all hands in the Eastern Medi- parently trapped at 600 to 1,200
terranean more than a year ago. feet below the surface.
Admiral Abraham Botzer, com-
mander of Israel's Navy, said that
Everybody is now so busy teach-
examination of a buoy from the ing that nobody has any time to
Dakar that was washed up on a learn.
—Agnes Repplier.
Gaza Strip beach several months
ago indicated that the submarine,
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en route from Britain, might have
deviated from its course to Haifa
by 40-60 miles. He said the buoy
however gave no clues to possible
causes of the Dakar's disappear-
ance nor did it provide evidence
to warrant a new search for the
craft and her 69 officers and crew.
O
Admiral Botzer said the buoy
was examined by experts from the
Israel department of fisheries and
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the Arab boycott but insisted that
U.S. legislation could not generally
be expected "to be a decisive fac-
tor in eliminating a foreign Gov. 1
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that the law should not be stren-
gthened.
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JERUSALEM (BINS) — Rumors
that Israel is experiencing a slack-
ening in tourism due to the secu-
rity situation in the country are
unfounded, according to a spokes-
man for the ministry of tourism.
Compared to the last three
years, the number of tourists in Is-
rael during the first three months lost some 60 miles from the Egyp-
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of 1969 was considerably larger.
During January-March 1969, 70,893
tourists visited Israel; in 1968, it
was 64,754. American tourists
headed the list, with 36 per cent.
From
England came 11 per cent;
mandatory law should be left as
France 9 per cent; Scandinavi4
it is.
5.3
per
cent; Canada 4 per cent,
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He conceded that the 1965 law
had not "significantly" weakened Holland 3 per cent; Germany 3
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per cent; Switzerland 2.5 per cent; ,
South Africa 2.2 per cent. Forty '
per cent of all the tourists during
the first three months of 1969 were
pressed concern over the limited
number of academicians who are
devoting themselves to research in
Jewish subjects.
Addressing the 67th annual con-
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Scholarly papers were presented
at the sessions by Barnet Hodes,
Dr. Goodman, Mrs. Perry Kallison,
Dr. Joseph Kage, Dr. S. Joshua
Kohn and Thomas Kessner.
Anti-Boycott Task Meets Opposition
cal studies." Ile said that in Jewish Welfare Board Commission
many universities students now on Jewish Chaplaincy. The others
are saying that "if we can have were Adolph Marix, who corn-
Negro history courses, why not
Jewish courses."
Dr. Marcus nevertheless ex-
vention banquet. Dr. Oscar Handlin
of Harvard University discussed
the value of relating monuments
of the past to current scholarly
approaches and urged "reaching
out into the past without falsifying
it." For that purpose he called for
deep study of Jewish realities and
of adherence to facts in order to
assure historical truth in academic
research.
Important publication tasks by
the AJHS Society were outlined by
Dr. Bertram Korn of Philadelphia
and Rabbi Abraham Karp of Roch-
ester, N.Y.
It was announced that Dr. Korn's
"Early Jews of New Orleans" will
will be issued in Hebrew transla-
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