Ground Broken for Center in France;
NEW YORK—A ground-breaking
ceremony in Aix-en-Provence has
launched the construction of the
60th Jewish center to be built in
France since the end of World
War II, it was announced by Sam-
uel L. Haber, executive vice chair-
man of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee.
Half of the cost of the center.
which will come to about $180,000,
will he borne equally by the JDC.
with United Jewish Appeal Funds,
J DC Helping Train I 50 Youth Leaders
and the Fonds Social Juif Unific
(FSJU), the French Jewish fund-
raising agency, Ilaber said.
In addition, close to $15,000 has
been made available from funds
allocated previously by the Con-
ference on Jewish Material Claims
Against Germany. and more than
$27,000 has been 'contributed by the
Central British Fund for Jewish
Relief and Rehabilitation. The re-
mainder is being raised by the
Jewish community of Aix-en-
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Friday, July 17, 1970-15
Provence, which numbers some ters in 11 countries. Much of the
1,500 members, Haber added.
I rebuilding, he said, was made
The United Foundation Labor
Aix-en-Provence is a univer-
possible by the technical and finan- Participation Committee includes
sity town containing a large
cial assistance of the .1DC and the 21 leaders representing all ele-
number of Jewish students and
Claims Conference.
ments of organized labor.
is famous for its annual music
While it was possible to replace
festivals. Turning over the first
brick and mortar destroyed during
spade of earth was the French
the war. Ilaber observed that the
Jewish composer, Darius Mil-
European Jewish communities
haud.
have been unable thus far to re-
REMEMBER
Ilaber noted that Western Eur- : place virtually an entire genera-
ope today, 25 years after the Holo- , tion of Jewish leaders and corn-
THOSE
caust, has nearly 100 Jewish cen- munal workers annihilated by the
YOU LOVED
Nazis.
The shortage might be met to
WITH A
a limited extent by bringing in
professionals from other countries.
MEMORIAL
GIFT
appearance of neighborhoods, us-
Haber said, but it was more im-
ing capital budget funds for ni•n•
portant to train local people
TO THE
lighting, park benches and repairs.
In France he continued, the
Rabbi Schrage , who will relin- FSJU and the .IDC have launched
AMERICAN
quish his directorship of the Neigh- an intensive program to train 159
CANCER
borhood Youth Corps on Sept. 1 Jewish community , youth leaders
to devote full attention to the between the ages of 18 to 25 from
SOCIETY
Neighborhood Action Program, the largest centers—Paris. Lyons,
will report to Lewis M. Feldstein, Marseilles. Bordeaux and Toul-
executive assistant to the mayor ouse. ('curses have been started
C
for neighborhood government.
in all five cities with FSJU and
Mayor Lindsay, elaborating on JDC sharing the costs.
the importance of the action pro-
gram, called it "an innovative ef-
fort that recognizes the individu-
ality of each neighborhood of our
city," and added: "Sam Schrage
knows our city's communities, is
sensitive to their needs, and, most
Has a better price for the car with a better idea
important, is able to get things
done."
Rabbi Schrage is a farmer as-
sistant executive director of the
New York City Youth Board.
Rabbi Schrage to Head Neighborhood Action Program
NEW YORK, (.ITA) — R a b I, i
Samuel Schrage of Brooklyn, ad-
ministrator of the city's Neighbor-
hood Youth Corps, the largest
youth-staffed anti-poverty program
in the nation, has been appointed
director of the new Neighborhood
Action Program in the Bronx, de-
signed as "another step to estab-
lish more responsive mechanisms
to bring government to the neigh-
borhoods," according to Mayor
.John V. Lindsay, who made the
Schrage appointment on the recom-
mendation of Marvin Schick, his
assistant for intergroup relations.
The pilot project will center on
the neighborhoods of Washington
Heights, Manhattan; Laurelton and
South Jamaica, Queens, and the
Grand Concourse, the Bronx.
Rabbi Schrage, who is 34 years
old and will be earning $23,00.1
from the city, will have "authority
in every area" of those neighbor-
hoods, Schack told the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency.
Schick said that while Rabbi
Schrage will deal with non-Jew
ish as well as Jewish residents,
the chief goals of the new pro-
gram are the elimination of the
"very serious problems" faced
by Jews who are willing to re-
main in integrated neighbor.
hoods but are afraid to.
Of the six neighborhoods in-
Israelis Told U.S. Aware volved, three—Crown Heights, East
Flatbush and Washington Heights
of Responsibility to Her —are predominantly Jewish.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The U.S.
The action program will also con-
government and the American pub- centrate on improving the physical
tic are aware of their responsibil- -
by to strengthen Israel, Arthur
Burns, chairman of the U.S. Fed-
eral Reserve Board said.
He spoke at Lydda Airport prior •
to his departure for home follow-
ing a short visit.
lie also said, "Israel has - made
great strides forward in her econ-
omic development but there were
some indications causing concern"
because of the strain on the econ-
omy caused by the war effort.
While in Isrfiel, Burns held talks
with the governor and senior of-
ficials on the Bank of Israel and
was awarded an honorary doctor-
ate in philosophy by Hebrew Uni- I
versity.
Hal Shinsky
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German, 19, Admits
Damage to Synagogue
BONN, (JTA)—The West Ger-
man police announced that they
had arrested a 19-year-old German
who had admitted that last month
he had broken into a Munich syna-
gogue. desecrated Torah scrolls
and caused other damage.
A police spokesman said no poli-
tical motives or anti-Semitic senti-
ments were involved. He also said
the young man was not connected
with the burning of the Jewish
Home for the Aged in Munich last
February in which seven men and
women died.
German Jewish community lead-
ers, on the other hand, have con-
tended that only anti-Semites would
have caused the outrage at the
synagogue and other acts of van-
dalism of Jewish religious institu-
tions.
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Committee Named
to Pick Glueck Successor
NEW YORK—The board of gov-
ernors of Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion has
appointed a committee to help se-
lect a new president for the 95
year-old scholastic and seminary
arm of American Reform Judaism.
Board chairman S. L. Kopald
Jr. of Memphis, who will serve
as committee chairman, has ad-
dressed a letter to all members
of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, as well as a
number of laymen, asking their
suggestions for a successor to
Dr. Nelson Glueck.
Dr. Glueck has asked that he be
relieved of his duties as presi-
dent of HUC-JIR, efective July 1,
1972. He will, upon his retirement,
retain the title of chancellor.
Glueck, the world-renowned bibli-
cal archeologist, has been presi-
dent of the college-institute since
1947.
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