Famous Names in Revolutionized WIZO Movement
By MOSHE RON
Special Jewish News
Israel Correspondent
TEL AVIV—The Jubilee World
Conference of the Women's Orga-
nization "WIZO," which took place
for one week in Israel, did nct
consist only of solemn meetings,
ceremonies, receptions, great din-
ners and mutual compliments, but
also of a dynamic and fierce
struggle over the question of who
will occupy the chief positions in appeared in the persons of Mrs
the world organization.
Hana Bergman (wife of the well-
It has been a struggle between known Israeli scientist at the Weiz-
generations—functionaries of the mann Institute in Rehovot), Mrs.
elder and middle generations. Till Miriam Ben-Porat (one of the lead-
now, Mrs. Rosa Ginossar, the wife ers of WIZO in Israel), Mrs. Jenia
of Prof. Shlomo Ginossar (son of Kanovitz (wife of the late Knesset
Achad Haam), has been the world member and leader of the Pro-
president, and Mrs. Rays Jaglom, gressive Zionists, Dr. Shimon
the chairman of the world organi- Kanovitz) and the dynamic Ayr.
Dinstein (wife of Deputy Finance
zation.
New pretenders for these posts Minister Dr. Zvi Dinstein, and
daughter of the late Zionist leader,
Dr. Arthur Rupin).
After a fierce struggle and long
night sessions, a committee of 45
members found a solution to the
problem with the 44-year-old Aya
"to impute to Mr. Garrett idiotic Dinstein as chairman, Mrs. Raya
remarks that the Jew controls Jaglom as president and the for-
the means, services and owns mer president, Mrs. Rosa Ginossar
the land is downright insulting." as honorary president.
Mrs. Miriam Ben-Porat was
The Center for Black Education
is at 1435 Fairmont in Northwest elected treasurer and Mrs. Jenia
Kanowitz
as vice president. Mrs.
Washington. Over the main en-
trance is a large sign, with Hans Bergman declined to accept
a
post
in
the
world management.
clenched fists to each side of the
Aya Dinstein, through her ac-
name.
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By JOSEPH
POLAKOFF
(Copyright 1970, JTA, Inc.)
newsman do when he is told an
educational establishment is for-
bidden to him because he is not
black? And when the establish-
ment's "director of operations"
refuses to describe his organiza-
tion on the phone to him? And
when its "director" asserts he will
grant a news interview only if he
is paid $500?
These frustrations arose when
the JTA's correspondent here
sought to obtain some details about
the "Center for Black Education"
in Washington and its "director,"
James Garrett, who was the center
of bitter controversy over remarks
attributed to him in his lecture at
Brooklyn College.
Garrett was quoted by a student
reporter at Brooklyn, Victor Roth,
as having told a meeting in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
Series on the college campus that
"It is the Jew in particular who
has kept the black man under
chains."
In the word battle that fol-
lowed, student Roth held stead-
fastly to his accounting that
Garrett had expressed anti-
Jewish sentiments. Professor
Daniel E. Mayers, chairman of
the college's Afro-American Insti-
tute, charged Garrett's state-
ments were totally distorted. He
declared, it was reported, that
Aid Asked for Jobless
Jewish Professionals
BUFFALO, N.Y. (JTA)—A pro-
posal that the Jewish Occupational
Council create national and re-
gional networks of Jewish voca-
tional agencies to help the increas
ing number of jobless Jewish pro-
fessionals to re-locate from over-
crowded areas of the United States
to sections where there was de-
mand for their skills was submit-
ted at a meeting here of the An-
nual Practitioners Conference of
the JOC.
More than 100 experts from 25
Jewish vocational service agencies
in the United States and Canada
examined the growing demand to
such job agencies for help in
placing Jewish college graduates
and 'professional workers displaced
in the current economic downturn,
according to Benjamin S. Loewen-
stein, chairman of the JOC, the
national coordinating agency in the
field of Jewish job services.
Among the growing number of
jobless professionals are enginers,
scientists, .teachers and civil serv-
ice workers, the experts were told.
However, the problem was report-
ed to be of differing severity in
various communities.
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In the JTA's first call to the
center, a woman reported Garrett
was absent, but supplied the in-
formation that the center was
opened in October 1969, has "60
students this year," and has open
admission to "anyone who can
read, write and comprehend."
Garrett, she said, was not the
"director" but headed a part of
the program.
Later that evening, she phoned
the newsman as a prelude, she
indicated, to a call from Garrett
himself. Shortly thereafter, a man
who said he was Garrett tele
phoned. He declined to confirm
or deny the statements attributed
to him in Brooklyn or repeat what
he had said in his 45-minute talk
there but, he added, he would
"explain for $500."
"Mr. Garrett" also said he was
tivities on behalf of WIZO has
become one of the central fig-
ure.; in the Israeli organization
of 90,000 members. She Is highly
educated and has great talent
and is the daughter of the late
Zionist leader, Dr. Arthur Rupin,
a pioneer in the field of agri-
cultural colonization. She was
born in Jeruialem, finished her
studies at the Jerusalem Teach-
ers' College and graduated in
education at New York Univer-
sity. She speaks fluent Hebrew,
English, French, German and
Yiddish and is the wife of the
. Israeli deputy finance minister
and mother of three daughters
aged 19, 17 and 6.
Mrs. Aya Dinstein has already
announced her program. She wish-
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Reporter Learns Little From Center
for Black Education, Accused of Bias
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es to arrange a reorganization and
proposes that all institutions of
WIZO must be led by paid and net
a founder and former director
voluntary workers, as has been
of the center but now was its customary up till now. This would,
"spokesman" and taught political
according to her opinion, strength-
education. Asked if he were a en the work in these institutions,
citizen of Washington, he re- as volunteers could only dedicate O
plied: "I am a Palestinian; I a few hours each week to such
have dual citizenship like the work.
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him at the center, "Mr. Garrett" and educational institutions with
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a
budget
of
32,000.000
pounds.
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said that was impossible since the
vocational schools of WIZO train
newsman was not black.
women
for
house-keeping,
fashion
"We don't get any tax money,"
he responded to a question, "so design, art and interior decoration.
WIZO established a net of chil-
we can call our own shots."
dren's homes for orphans and chil-
"Mr. Garrett" said he would dren who are social cases.
request "Frank Smith" to phone
the newsman and added: "Mr.
Smith will tell you about what will AJCommittee Reaffirms
happen to the Jews when they are Anti-Parochiaid Stand
run out of this country."
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Amen-
In another effort to speak with
Garrett, the newsman's call was can Jewish Committee, at its na-
answered by a man who said he tional executive council meeting in
was the center's "director for Houston last week, reaffirmed its
operations" and that his name was official position on religion and
public education originally adopted
"Mr. Jackson."
When the newsman asked to visit in May 1967.
The position stated: "Mainten-
the center, "Mr. Jackson" informed
The Most
him that "only people of African ance and furtherance of religion
Meaningful
descent are allowed to come into are responsibilities of the church,
the
synagogue
and
the
home,
not
the school."
Gift of
Hardly successful at the center, of the public school. The time,
the newsman turned to govern- facilities, funds and personnel of
Them All !
our
public
schools
must
not
be
ment sources, but the center was
unknown to the Washington School used for religious purposes. Pub-
Board, the U.S. Office of Educa- lic funds may not be used for aid to
tion, or the District of Columbia denominational schools."
Bertram H. Gold, executive vice
Board of Education.
Thus, the essential questions president of the AJ Committee,
stated
that the AJ Committee did
stemming from the Brooklyn cam-
pus-controversy remain. Just what not consider backing "public sup-
port
of
at least the nonreligious
is the center and who is Garrett?
portions of parochial day school
education" as previously reported
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TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Leban-
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through the International Red
Cross that it has found no signs of
a Cesna aircraft with three men
aboard that disappeared Dec. 4
while on a cloud-seeding flight
over northern Israel.
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with silver iodide in an attempt
to stimulate rainfall. A sea and air
search by Israeli forces failed to
turn up any clues.
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