54—Friday, May 16, 1969 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Police Foil Alleged Panther Plot to Extort $50,000 Fr om Dr. Prinz NEWARK (JTA) — Police Tues- volved in a Black Panther plot to day announced the arrest of one extort .850,000 from Dr. Joachim man and a continued search for Prinz , former president of the a second who allegedly were in- leading civil rights advocate. Ac- cording to police, the money was being sought to pay for legal aid Afrikaans Daily Urges for "a brother" identified as "the Closer Israel Relations enforcer." His identity was not JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — A leading pro-government Afrikaans daily has urged closer relations between South Africa and Israel and declared that "Israel's sur- vival in the Middle East is a fund- amental part of our own security." The editorial in "Die Vaderland" disclosed. The alleged plotters did not reach Dr. Prinz, who ho is rabbi of Temple Bnai Abraham here. Two men abducted Alfred Whiters, 32. custodian of the synagogue, in his car on Friday, at gunpoint. Police said they demanded Dr. Prinz's ad- dress in Orange. N.J., a suburb. und er threat to kill the custodian. But the custodian refused to give in and he was released unharmed an hour later some distance from the synagogue. Dr. Prinz called the custodian "a real hero" who gave the alleged abductors neither the rabbi's address or telephone num- ber. The police said Ralph Cobb, 20. Jersey City, was arrested there Tuesday on a Newark warrant charging him with threatening to kill and kidnapping. Police said Cobb's car was full of Black Pan- ther literature and posters. Dr. Prinz said he did not know the motives or the two men. hailed the forthcoming visit of Is- rael's former Premier David Ben- Gurion who will open the 1969 Is- rael United Appeal Emergency and Solidarity campaign here this month. "If our fellow Jewish citi- zens would listen to what our im- portant visitor has come to ask— help for the building of Israel— then their contribution is also a contribution to SOuth Africa's secu- rity," the paper said. "Die Vaderland" observed that "Small as it is, Israel controls to an important degree the passage of Russian Communism to the east of our continent of Africa and to our strategic oceans." The editor- ial said that as a result of Israel's control over the Suez Canal, South Africa has gained "a large mate- Oldest Jewish Cemetery rial as well as strategic advant- of California Gold Rush age." The reference was to the great number of ships which by- Era to Be Rededicated pass the shut-down Suez Canal and SAN JOSE, Calif. (JTA) — The call at South African ports en oldest Jewish cemetery of the Cali- route to and from the Indian fornia Gold Rush era will be re- Ocean. "Die Vaderland" referred dedicated at public ceremonies to "past differences" between Sunday in the Gold Rush town of South Africa and Israel which Sonora. The deed to the burial arose mainly from Israel's opposi- ground has been acquired by the tion at the United Nations to the Commission for the Preservation policy of apartheid. But the editor- of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and ial said South Africa understood Landmarks of San Jose. The com- the situation and traced parallels mission holds title to five other in the difficult international situa- Jewish cemeteries in California tions confronting both Israel and and Nevada dating from the 1850s. South Africa. but the Sonora cemetery is the The Jewish community here was oldest. The earliest known burial preparing a welcome for Ben- there dates from Aug. 17, 1853. Gurion who will be .accompani- According to Dr. Robert E. Lev- ed by Gen. Chaim Herzog, one of inson, Jews came to the Gold Rush Israel's top military commentators in the early 1850s and sold food. and a former chief of military in- clothing and mining equipment to telligence. prospectors. They became leaders of local government, and promi- nent among them was Emanuel Premier Meir Denies a member of the first Responding Favorably to Linoberg, town council of Sonora who was Proposal on Diaspora JERUSALEM (JTA) — A report attributed to Dr. Nahum Goldmann saying that Premier Golda Meir had responded favorably to a pro- posal to create a permanent framework for consultations be- tween Israel government leaders and leaders of Diaspora Jewry was denied by the prime minister's office. A spokesman said the re- port was based on a misunder- standing. He said the subject of a permanent consultative body was not raised during Mrs. Meir's re- cent talks with Dr. Goldmann and that consequently the premier could not have commented on it. Dr. Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress and for mer president of the World Zion- ist Organization, said in Tel Aviv that he hoped Mrs. Meir would follow the policy of the late Pre- mier Levi Eshkol in consulting from time to time with world Jew- ish leaders. buried in the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery. The cemetery was pre- viously the property of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. composed of descendants of Sonora's Jewish pioneers. NYC Residential Center for Retarded Gets Grant The Draft, Options Subject of Kit Issued - by Reform Synagogues NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York Federation of Reform Syna- gogues has embarked on a pro- gram to provide young men of draft age with accurate informa- tion on the Jewish point of view on war and peace and oh Selective Service procedures to help them "reach intelligent decisions regard- ing their course of action with respect to the draft." The information has been assem- bled in a kit under the heading "Selective Service and Its Alter- natives" which the federation has distributed to 103 Reform synago- gues in the New York area through its youth activities department. The federation stated that it and its parent body, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, take no official position on the draft "but seeks to help each young man to reach his own well-thought- out position." The kit outlines the procedure for programing a conference on the question and recommends that presentations be made to participating young men by a rabbi, a representative of the Selective Service System and a draft counselor, who would an- swer questions. The kit also contains relevant passages from the Bible, the Tal- mud and other Hebrew sources; Monument Unveilings The family of the late Harry Z. Anne Michalowsky and Barnett Schwartz announces the unveiling Mitock, family of the late Dora of a monument in his memory 1 Mitock, announce the unveiling of P.m. Sunday, May 25, at Work- a monument in her memory 11 a.m. men's Circle Cemetery. Rabbi Gordon will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Sylvia Samburg announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Oakview Cemetery. Rabbi Lehrman and Cantor Klein will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to at- tend. ▪ s The family of the late Barnett Jacobs announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 1 p.m. Sunday, May 18. at Chesed shel Ernes Cemetery. Rabbi Gorrelick will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. • * • The family of the late Rose Zam- ler announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday, May 18. at Machpelah Cemetery Rabbi Lehrman and Can- tor Klein will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * • • The family of the late Morris and Yetta Gross announces the un- veiling of a monument in their memory 10:45 a.m. Sunday. May the text of a resolution on Selec- 25, at Chesed shel Emes Cemetery. tive Service passed at the last bien- Rabbi Schnipper will officiate. nial assembly of the UA.HC; a Relatives and friends are asked sermon titled "Can a Jew Be a to attend. Conscientious Objector?" delivered by Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson of Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, N.Y.; The Family of the Late and a bibliography of publications containing official government HARRY ZAUSMER material and divergent views on the draft and conscientious objec- Announces the unveiling tion. of a monument in his memory 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Swiss Govt. Donates May 25, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Syme the Milk So JDC Can will officiate. Relatives Make kosher Cheese and friends are asked to attend. GENEVA — In administering to the welfare needs of Jews on three continents, the Joint Distribution Committee sometimes gets itself involved in unusual activities. One such operation was the conversion of a small ocean of Swiss milk into a mountain of kosher cheese for consumption in Jewish schools and old age homes in Zagreb, Casa- blanca. Tunis. Tel Aviv, Tehran and a number of cities in between. The project began some 10 months ago when the Swiss govern- ment donated to JDC approximate- ly 175 tons of powdered milk and cheese for its feeding programs and food parcels benefiting close to 60,000 needy Jews in Europe, Israel and the Moslem countries. The Family of the Late AVRAM BUD CHARLIP Announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 11:30 a.m. Sun- day, May 25, at Clover Hill Memorial Park. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late SHARON MONDROW POLLOCK Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday, May 25, at Chesed shel Emes Cemetery. Cantor Adler will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. MAX KAINE Announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Rosen- baum will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late ANNA PODOLSKY Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 12 noon Sunday, May 18, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Gone- lick will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late RUTH GOLDBERG Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 2:15 p.m. Sun- day, May 25, at Clover Hill Memorial Park. Rabbi Syme and Cantor Orbach will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late DORA HEIDEMAN Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18 at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Gorre- lick will officiate. Attend. ance of relatives and friends would be greatly appreciated. FLORENCE LEVIN Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Chesed shel Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Goldman will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. Relatives and friends are. asked to attend the un- veiling of a monument in memory of ETTA DUBBS Beloved wife of Harry H. Dubbs, 1 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Hebrew Memo- rial Park, 14 Mile and Gratiot. Rabbi Goldschlag will officiate. The Family of the Late , died May 6 at age 74. Mr. Caplan was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1905. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and the Columbia Uni- versity School of Journalism. In 1934 he edited The New Palestine magazine and in 1940 was appoint- ed editor of the Congress Weekly, the post which he held until his retirement in 1966. The magazine 'became 'a-di-weekly in 1959. The Family of the Late Informed of JDC's policy of NEW YORK (JTA)—The Eden- providing kosher cheese, the wald Center. a residential treat- Swiss officials offered to provide ment center for mentally retarded, instead enough fresh milk to emotionally-disturbed children has make 44,000 pounds of kosher been given a grant of $885,000 in cheese. Thus it was that under federal and state funds for a new the supervision of a "mashgiah" residence building. designated by JDC and a repre- Tht Edenwald Center, a pioneer sentative of the Swiss rabbinate, for 40 years in residential treat- some 250,000 quarts of milk was ment of mental retardation, is af- turned into 44,000 pounds of filiated with the Albert Einstein kosher cheese, divided into five- - College of Medicine of Yeshiva pound loaves. University. Located in the Bronx, In addition to the kosher cheese, it now serves 64 retarded but edu- JDC also received 22,000 pounds of cable boys and girls from 8 to non-kosher cheese from the Swiss 17 years of age. government. This JDC distributed to the Tunisian Comite de Solida- Samuel Caplan, Ex-Editor rite, a government welfare agency, and the Moroccan Entre'aide, a of 'Congress Bi-Weekly' Lena Kraft Age 86 NEW YORK (JTA) — Samuel nongovernmental welfare agency. Lena Kraft, a life member of the Caplan, retired editor of Congress Jewish National Fund Women's' Bi-Weekly, a magazine published The Family of the Late Auxiliary, Jewish Home for Aged by the American Jewish Congress, and Yeshivath Beth Yehuda, died May 9 at age 86. Mrs. Kraft, 29549 Stella ma r. Southfield, was a member of Cong. Beth Achim and its sisterhood, as well as Mizrachi. Born in Lithua- nia, she lived in the Detroit area 55 years. Surviving are two sons, Allen and Alex; a daughter, Mrs. Harry (Sarah) 1:11en,ssink for gr n dren and one great-grand Sunday, May 25, at Chesed shel Ernes Cemetery, Section 23 B. Rab- bi Schnipper will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to at- tend. The Family of the Late SEYMOUR J. COHN SAMUEL P. BAKER ABRAHAM LONDON Announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 12 noon Sunday, May 25, at Clover Hill Memorial Park, Rabbi Groner and Cantor Son- enklar will officiate. Re- latives and friends are asked to attend. Announces the unveiling of a monument in their memory 2:30 p.m. Sun- day, May 25, at Clover Hill Memorial Park. Rabbi Groner will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend.