Stamps Commemorate Events in Israel Life
The World Yachting Championship, Israel's aircraft industry and the 50th anniversary of Keren
Hayesod are depicted,on stamps to be issued in July by the Israel Postal Ministry's philatelic service.
The three stamps at left show sailing yachts in the 420 class world championship; the aircraft stamp
motif is of the Arava, with a special cancellation out of Lod Airport; and the stamp at right spells out
aliya (immigration), klita (absorption) and hityashvut (settlement), three functions of Keren Hayesod.
Jesuit's Article Relates Moving Incident
in the Central Synagogue of Moscow
"The unexpectedness of a priest
reciting in Hebrew one of the fav-
orite Jewish quotations struck every
one present, and their welcome
and appreciation made it hard for
me to go on."
Father Clement J. McNaspy, a
Jesuit Catholic priest, commented
on his visit to the ancient Central
Synagogue in an article, "A Jesuit
in the Moscow Synagogue," which
appeared in a recent issue of
Liturgical Arts, a quarterly de-
voted to the arts of the Catholic
Church.
"The occasion," he explained,
was the 75th anniversary of Rabbi
Yehuda Leib Levin.
"The ceremony began with some-
thing roughly corresponding to our
solemn vespers- psalms, prayers,
much chanting: then began the
series of tributes from rabbis and
other members of Russia's impres-
sive 3,000,000 strong Jewish coni-
munity," he wrote. "This was par-
ticularly moving since the entire
I country has fewer than 10 rabbis,
none of them young. Rabbi Levin,
in fact, for all of his 75 years was
by no means the eldest among
them."
When Father McNaspy was ask-
ed to speak, he began with a He-
brew phrase from the Psalms,"
'Hineh ma tov u ma na'im shevet
ahim gam yahadr (Behold how
good and how pleasant it is for
brothers to dwell together!')"
"Russian Jews have never had
an easy time of it," Father Mc-
Naspy said, despite the ongoing
Jewish contribution to Russian
life and culture . . . The Soviet
government, whose policy regard-
ing religious persecution has wax-
ed and waned unpredictably, has
been as repressive against Jews
as against other religious minor-
ities, or more so .. .
Nothing's Changed in Three Years
(Editor's Note: Shortly after the
Six-Day War, The Jewish News re-
printed the following piece from
the New York 'limes. By request,
we repeat that item below)
'NO MIDEAST MAQUIS'
In a statement, "No Mideast Ma-
quis," Michel Pierre d'Orleans of
New York wrote as follows in the
New York Times:
As one of the principal members
of the French resistance against
the Nazis, I am shocked to hear
the Arabs compare our movements
to their terrorist acts against un-
armed civilians.
First, France and the rest of the
European countries invaded by
Nazi Germany never intended to
liquidate Germany as the Arabs in-
tend to liquidate Israel. We fought
like men against the German
army. We never murdered children
and women. We never attacked
.planes carrying innocent passen-
gers. Theirs is not a resistance
movement. It is cowardice.
The Arabs are always complain-
ing about the refugees. During the
last 20 years 4,500,000 European
people were forced out of the Arab
countries. Some 2,200,000 Italians
left Libya and Egypt. And 1,700,-
000 French left Algeria, Tunisia
and Morocco. Over 700,0430 Jews
left Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Libya
pied, since the time of Caesar, by
Greeks, Romans, English and other
nations. The only legal government
in Palestine was the Jewish gov-
ernment over 2,000 years ago.
The Western world has never
understood how the Arab countries,
with 85 per cent of its people illi-
terate, millions without jobs, dis-
ease and sickness rampant, could
spend billions of dollars on am-
munition to liquidate a little coun-
try like Israel, instead of using the
money to build schools, hospitals,
homes and industry for their own
people.
Six-Day War Dead
Memorialized by Kin
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Army vet-
erans and bereaved families gath-
ered at the In Zeitim forest Mon-
day to honor the memory of their
comrades and sons who died in two
decisive battles of the Six-Day
War — the capture of Nablus and
the breakthrough in the Golan
Heights.
They were, addressed by Maj.
Gen. Mordechai Gur, commanding
officer of the Northern Command,
who declared that it was the Arabs
who forced Israel to resort to arms
three years ago.
"We did not want that war,"
said Gen. Gur, commander of the
paratroop brigade that captured
East Jerusalem. "The best proof
of it was the shock the country
suffered when Arab armies began
to encircle our borders. With the
Egyptian forces prepared to attack,
all other Arab armies proclaimed
that they too were marching to
destroy Israel."
The general warned that "We
must be aware today that the
enemy still does not want to live
in peace with us. We must con-
vince him that there is no alterna-
tive to living with us but to make
the enemy accept that fact will
cost us sacrifices."
and the other Arab countries. Four
and a half million Jews who had
lived in these countries for count-
less generations left everything
behind. The Arabs took every-
thing. The people left only with the
clothes on their backs.
The Arabs had an opportunity to
place the 700,000 Arab refugees
from Palestine in the homes of the
European people who fled the Arab
countries. Instead the refugees
were put in camps that have cost
millions of dollars contributed by
the nations of the world. This was
the most brutal thing the Arabs
did against their own people.
Palestine was never an Arab
country. It never had an Arab gov-
The wise man reads both books
ernment. Palestine had been occu- and life itself
—Lin Yutang
". . . After a three-week visit to
Jewish communities, a committee
of 20 American rabbis reported:
'Judaism in the Soviet Union is
dying and there are no indications
that it could be saved' . . .
"No memory stands out so sharp-
ly or warmly as that privileged
moment when I could greet thou-
sands of mainly aged Jews in the
Moscow synagogue." Father Mc-
Naspy concluded, "It was a
chance, in a small, personal way
to express the feelings of brother-
hood that we Christians ought to
share with our Jewish brothers but
have often failed to do in the
past."
Australian Govt.
Possibly Shifting
Away From Israel
CANBERRA (JTA)—A possible
shift of the government's sympa-
thies away from Israel is receiving
wide attention here. •
The country, under the current
Labor administration 'and the pre-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Chesed Shel Emes to [old
3Iass Unveiling on Father's Day
He replied: "Our attitude has been
one of strict neutrality, and we will
continue to maintain that position."
He added that Qantas had land-
ing rights in Damascus, Syria, but
that he did not know its policy_
regarding Israel.
officiate.
The burial plots are not in any
special section of the cemetery, in
accordance with a traditional prac-
tice that does not discriminate be-
tween rich and poor, said Rabbi
Rockove.
Narnes of all 50 persons will be
included in the El Mole Rahamim,
which will be recited in the area
where most of the stones will be
dedicated. From there, those in at-
tendance will divide into groups,
moving from grave to grave and
uncovering the markers.
The flat markers will include the
name of the deceased in both Eng-
lish and Jewish, as well as tin
date of death and parents' names
At the time of their deaths, He
brew Benevolent Society provided
funerals at no charge and con-
tinues to maintain the grounds.
The community is invited to
the unveiling, at which Rabbi
Samuel Prero of Young Israel of
Greenfield and Cantor Hyman
The reason the way of the trans-
gresor is hard is because it's so
crowded.
Kin Hubbard.
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vious Liberal rule, has been offi-
cially neutral while leaning openly
toward Israel. But the minister for
external affairs, William McMa-
hon, said in the House of Repre-
sentatives Monday that Australia
will maintain "strict neutrality" in
Arab-Israeli conflicts.
Concurrently, t h e Australian
press has been taking a more re-
served tone in its comments on the
Middle East.
Observers say that even if the
government has not changed its
policy, it has certainly changed its
emphasis significantly.
McMahon had been asked by an
opposition member why Australia
had not protested the Soviet build-
up in Egypt and why Australia's
national airline, Qantas, lands in
Arab countries but not in Israel.
Adler of Cong. Bnai David will
A unique unveiling will take
place Sunday at Hebrew Memorial
Park (Chesed shel Emes) when 50
markers will be dedicated at
graves dating back as far as 30
years.
The graves are of persons with-
out families, or those whose fam-
ilies were financially unable to
purchase a headstone.
Taking place at 11:30 a.m. on
Father's Day, the unveiling will be
the first of two such dedications.
Another 50 markers will be un-
veiled before Rosh Hashana, ac-
cording to Rabbi Israel I. Roc-
kove, executive director of the He-
brew Benevolent Society. The last
such unveiling took place 10 years
ago. Edward Miller, vice presi-
dent of the Hebrew Benevolent
Society has been active in the
project.
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