Nehama Lifschitz
Concert Drawing
Growing Interest
NEHAMA LIPSCHITZ
NY 'Vandalism Probed
as Orthodox 'Police'
Get Training Wings
NEW YORK (JTA) — Brooklyn
police said that detectives are in-
vestigating a recent incident of
vandalism at the Crown Heights
Yeshiva in Brooklyn, but so far no
arrests have been made. Vandals
broke into the four-story building
while it was closed for the Sukkot
holiday and left a trail of destruc-
tion in 25 of its 27 rooms.
Mrs. Naomi Benezra, director of
the school, called the vandalism
"malicious mischief." She said
there appeared to be no indication
of anti-Semitic intent, although a
sacramental cover was splotched
with black ink.
The vandals broke about 130
window panes and glass door
panels, ripped out desk drawers,
forced open steel cabinets and a
candy vending machine, tore a
clock from the wait and sprayed
fire extinguisher fluid on the
walls. Pupils' notes and textbooks
and other papers were strewn
on the floors.
Growing community interest is
being shown in the concert to be
given at Masonic Auditorium, Oct.
The vandals did not enter a 85) -
22. by Nehama Lifschitz, the So-
viet Union's leading Jewish singer seat synagogue which occupies
who became an Israeli in March. part of the building.
Miss Lifschitz, who is on a con-
The damage was discovered
cert tour of the United States and when the school reopened Monday.
Police
have been watching the
Canada, is traveling under the pat-
as a public school
ronage of Israel Prime Minister premises as well
next door since Mayor John V.
Golda Meir and Israel U.S. Am- Lindsay ordered stricter surveil-
bassador Itzhak Rabin. The entire lance of religious buildings nearly
tour will be presented by Rany a year ago. Mayor Lindsay issued
Hirsch in cooperation with the his order after a wave of vandal-
ism hit Hebrew schools in Brook-
America-Israel Cultural Founda-
' lyn , and other boroughs.
tion.
I The neighborhood, once predom-
In announcing the concert tour, inantly Jewish, is now mixed be-
William Mazer, president of Amer- tween Jews, Negroes, Puerto
ica - Israel Foundation, called Ricans and other ethnic groups.
upon Americans "to open their According to Mrs. Benezra, neigh-
hearts to this petite but forceful borhood relations have been good.
artist who through her thousands
The president of the Brooklyn
of concerts in the Soviet Union Jewish Community Council de-
brought tears to the thousands of ' manded more police protection for
Russian Jews who heard her sing." synagogues and Hebrew schools in
lie said that she became the voice the city. Sol A. Liebman wrote to
and symbol of the determination Mayor John V. Lindsay and Police
of more than 3,000,000 Jews in the Commissioner Howard Leary that
Soviet Union to remain Jews.
the vandalism at Crown Heights
Mazer anticipated that leaders Yeshiva indicated the need for
of national and community organi- I "more aggressive measures" to
zations would "not only attend her I avoid the repetition of such inci-
concerts but welcome Miss Lif- dents.
The yeshiva is located about
schitz in the same manner as did
three blocks away from the local
the Israeli public."
I police station.
Miss Lifschitz arrived in Tel-
Meanwhile, a first class of 30
Aviv on March 19th, this year, with
Orthodox Jewish men who have
members of her family. She gave
completed 10 weeks of training to
her last concert appearance in the
be auxiliary police was graduated
Soviet Union on February 28, 1969. Wednesday for deployment as a
On April 15, in the presence of Permanent guard for residents and
numerous Israeli luminaries, in-
community institutions of the Boro
cluding Mrs. Meir and Moshe Park section of Brooklyn. It will
Dayan, the artist received a tumul-
be the first such force in the Boro
tuous reception before an overflow
Park Jewish community.
audience at the Mann Auditorium
Rabbi Chaim Auerbach. a yes-
in Tel-Aviv. The newspaper Ilayom
hiva teacher who organized the
described her performance as a
patrol, is also chairman of the
profound experience and that her
Boro Park Coordinating Council,
singing "penetrates the depths of
which was created last June by a
line's soul."
group of "concerned citizens" of ,
Tickets and mail orders are be- Boro Park seeking to maintain the
ing taken at Masonic Auditorium, Jewish identity of the neighbor-
J. L. Hudson's and Grinnell's. For , hood and to deal with street crime.
Each of the 30 Jewish auxiliary
group information call Mrs. E.
police will have a police uniform.
Hoffman. 546 - 9488.
Each received a police shield and
an identity card at the graduation
LARRY SILVERMAN, associate exercises, Rabbi Auerbach said.
professor of speech, art and art The Jewish auxiliary policemen
history at Wayne State University, have been taught first aid, use of
is serving as a jury chairman for a billy club and self-defense meth-
judging of the seventh annual ods. Rabbi Auerbach said they
Kodak Teen - Age Movie Awards would not carry guns and that
here. Silverman, representing the their training had been entirely in
University Film Association, is defensive techniques.
judging the film competition for
the first time this year.
14—Friday, October 10, 1969
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
Former Vice-President of the United States
will address the 15th anniversary dinner of
Oetroit griends of Bar-glan Universit y
Wednesday Evening, December 3, - 1969
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
City-wide committee in formation
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