This Week in History
(From the files of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
40 Years Ago This Week: 1930
New York markets supervisor John R. Shea was suspended on
charges of extorting money from Brooklyn and Queens kosher butchers.
Morris Waldman of the American Jewish Committee said the anti-
Semitic outbursts that "seriously impair Romania's prestige and credit"
would not have occurred but for that government's "reluctance to
suppress illegal anti-Semitic propaganda out of a mistaken emphasis
upon liberty of the press and assembly."
American-Jewish playwright-producer David Belasco included the
Jewish actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Ada Isaacs Menken among the
50 best performers ever. Russian-English composer Albert Coates
included works by seven Jewish composers—Mendelssohn, Mahler,
Schonberg. Bizet, Ravel, Saint-Saens and Gershwin—among the 50
best musical works.
The Labor Department, responding to complaints by the American
Jewish Committee and the National Council of Jewish Women, removed
racial classifications from naturalization applications.
George Jessel, "well-known American-Jewish actor." arranged to
present the family of the late star Jacob P. Adler in a Broadway play
repertory.
Zionist Revisionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky, in a three-hour
speech in Prague. attacked the World Zionist Organization for not
demanding enough British protection and not protesting the Palestine
goveinment's policy toward Jews.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, commending a Catholic anti-pornography
drive in New York, pledged "earnest and even enthusiastic support to
any movement which will again make of the theater a place of enchant-
ment and beauty rather than a cesspool."
14—Friday, August 7, 1970
Milestone for Ahavas Israel,
New Facility in Grand Rapids
On Aug. 24 of last year ground- servatism, and in January 1947
breaking ceremonies took place at joined the United Synagogue of
the corner of Michigan and Leffing-
well for the new Ahavas Israel
Synagogue.
Now — not quite one year later—
on Aug. 16, the Torah Scrolls will
be moved from the old synagogue
at 44 Lafayette NE to the new
NEW YORK—The American Jew-
ish Committee has called on the
presidents and chancellors of all
major colleges and universities in
the United States to use their in-
fluence to stop the sponsorship of
college or university functions at
clubs that have exclusionary mem-
bership policies.
In a letter to 600 administrators
of four-year colleges with enroll-
ments of more than 2,000 students.
AJC President Philip E. Hoffman
stated:
"We know that colleges and
universities, through their alumni
associations, resour ce develop-
ment groups and other affiliates
of the institution, sponsor many !
social and fund-raising functions
during the year. The decision of
an institution such as yours not
to sponsor any type of function at
a club which has exclusionary
membership policies based on race,
religion or ethnic origin, would he
of tremendous value in our efforts
to eliminate such barriers from all
phases of American life."
Several university presidents
have a l r e a d y requested their
constituent units to refrain from
using discriminatory clubs in the
cours e of eir activities, o -
man added, citing specifically
John G. Kemeny, president of
Dartmouth College, and Gaylord
P. Barnwell, president of the
University of Pennsylvania.
"Despite our efforts and those
of other organizations and in-
dividuals who agree with our be-
liefs that discriminatory barriers
are basically violative of the demc-
cratic pattern of American life.
there are still a substantial num-
ber of social clubs which retain
these restrictive membership poli-
cies," he said.
The AJC's current effort to en-
list the help of colleges and uni-
versities is part of a continuing
program.
"In the past, the American
Jewish Committee has urged civic,
community and charitable organ-
izations not to use the facilities of
discriminatory clubs. When such
Aug. 11 — Bnai Brith Women
Board Meeting, 8:30 p.m.
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membership and strength, plans
were formed to build a new and
larger synagogue at 44 Lafayette
NE. This structure was completed
in stages from 1949 to 1953. In the
ensuing years, -the need of the
site.
The new facility includes a sanc-
tuary and chapel, social hall, ad-
ministration offices, meeting
rooms, library, eight classrooms
and youth activities center. There
is paved parking for 250 cars.
Building chairman is Henry Pest-
ka, assisted by Philip Rotenberg,
president, and Morris Kleiman, im-
mediate past president.
Following the Torah moving
ceremony, the following officers
will be installed for 1970-1971:
President, Philip Rotenberg; vice
presidents, Hyman Berkowitz, Sid-
ney Mossman and Henry Pestka;
secretary, Mrs. Sidney Muskin;
and treasurer, William Schanker-
man.
Past President Morris Weinstein
will conduct the installation.
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that is, the polarization of the area the Soviet Union could be deterred
into an Arab world that is com- from bringing about . . . a con-
frontation as the result of a clearly
expressed policy on the part of the
United States to protect and de-
fend its interests in the Middle
East and Southern Europe. You
may be assured of our support to
this end."
functions have been announced, we stronger with time and Soviet mili-
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STILL THE WORLD'S LARGEST
Senators Advise
Nixon to Insure
All Lands' Integrity
bers and their friends to suggest
to the sponsoring organization that
the affair be transferred to a site
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Seventy-
where no one, because of his race.
color or ethnic origin, would be one of the Senate's 100 members
subject to embarrassment," Hoff- have signed a letter to President
Nixon advising him that "peace
man explained.
efforts by the United States should
be pursued with all possible vigor,
Ex-ARAMCO Chairman so that the integrity of every coun-
Favors Imposed Peace
try in the (Middle East) area
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The for- within mutually recognized and
mer chairman of the Arabian- secure borders may be realized."
American Oil Co. told the House
The "increasingly overt interven-
Foreign Affairs Committee that a tion of the Soviet Union on behalf
U. S. imposed settlement might be of the United Arab Republic" and
the only answer to the Mid East other "events," the senators wrote,
crisis.
"place the situation in a more
Robert L. Brougham, who re- grave and even broader context
tired as chairman of the board of than before."
The reference was to June 1,
ARAMCO three months ago, said
in testimony before the Near East when 71 senators addressed a let-
subcommittee of the House For- ter to Secretary of State William
eign Affairs Committee: "Left to P. Rogers urging the immediate
their own, the parties to the dis- sale of 125 Phantom and Skyhawk
pute will dissipate the chance for jets to Israel. Two other senators
peace by pursuing the unrealistic lated signed that letter, and three
and elusive targets of 'direct nego- others sent their own messages,
tiations' and 'complete evacuation for a total of 76.
before agreement of other issues.' "
The senators' letter to Mr.
Brougham and Harold B. Scott, Nixon stated that "strategic inter-
director of the U. S. Bureau of In- ests of the United States and its
ternational Commerce. were the allies are being challenged" by the
last two witnesses in the subcom- Soviets' Mid East buildup. "Under
mittee's two-week round of hear- these circumstances," they con-
tinued, "we believe that your tele-
Brougham warned that the pro-
vision statements on July 1 were
important expressions of United
Israel politics of the U. S. are
hurting not only American busi-
States policy intentions with re-
ness interests, but chances of spect to the Middle East—which we
peace. Ile said that Israeli in•
support." President Nixon said
transigence and U. S. military
then that the Mid East situation
support of Israel have pushed
was "more dangerous" than that
the Arabs further into the Soviet in Vietnam and that the United
camp.
States will "do what is necessary
"It is ironic," Brougham assert- to maintain Israel's strength" suf-
ed, "that both Israel and the So- ficiently to "deter its neighbors
viet Union seem to have been dili- from attacking."
The senators added: "We believe
gently pursuing the same goal;
pletely dependent on the Soviet
Union for protection, on one side,
and an Israel that is fully identi-
fied with the U. S. on the other
side."
Brougham said that peace be-
comes less likely every day, be-
cause the Arabs are growing
America.
As the congregation grew in
Flint
facility.
congregation for a complete edu-
These ceremonies will mark the cational and cultural, as well as
culmination of 80 years' service to
religious, facility culminated in
the Jewish community of Grand
the plans for the synagogue center
Rapids.
at the Michigan and Leffingwell
A small Orthodox group which
gathered for religious services in
1890 unknowingly formed a basis
for the first Orthodox congregation
in Grand Rapids. In 1892, this nu-
cleus of about 15 families founded
Temple Beth Israel.
The congregation met in a small
store at 50 Bridge St.. and later
in a home on Ottawa St. In 1903,
they were able to purchase prop-
erty and erect the first permanent
sanctuary at 438 Ottawa.
A second Orthodox congregation,
10 Years Ago This Week: 1960
Ahavas Achim, came into exis-
West German investigators expressed amazement at finding a tence in 1911 and grew sufficiently
"complete file" on Adolf Eichmann's wartime activities buried in the so that in 1921 it was able to pur-
Library of Congress and warehouses. The Knesset agreed to permit chase the former Methodist church
Eichmann to have a non-Israeli attorney, and cleared Dr. Robert at Scribner and Second Sts.
Servatius of Nazi affiliation.
The Depression brought about
Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic Presidential candidate, urged
efforts to create a merger of the
the Arabs to recognize that "Israel is here to stay" and that she could
two congregations, and con•
not take in all the refugees.
solidation was accomplished in
Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir told the Knesset that only a
spring 1937. On July 18, 1937,
few of the 9,236 applications for Soviet Jewish emigration had been
Cong. Ahavas Israel finally came
approved, although many were "compassionate cases."
into being. At this time, the syna-
The liberal Rome paper "Paese Sera" criticized the late Pope Pius
gogue on Scribner St. became
XII for not speaking out on the arrest and deportation of Roman Jews
the official home of the newly
in 1943.
formed congregation.
The new curriculum for West Berlin elementary school children
At the end of World War II, the
aged 10 and over included courses in the danger of Nazism and anti- membership decided to make the
Semitism.
change from Orthodox to Con-
College Presidents Asked to Curb
Functions at Clubs Practicing Bias
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