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Weizmann Group Sets
19th Annual Meeting
The 19th annual conclave of the
Chaim Weizmann Society will be
held 6:30 p.m. Monday at Oak
Park Community Center.
Joshua Joyrich will serve as
master of ceremonies and conduct
the candle-lighting service. His
talk,- "A Life Dream Fulfilled—
Partly," will be based on his re-
.cent tour in Israel.
Sarah Silver and Beatrice New-
mark are hostesses, and Morris
Silver is president of the group.
Refreshments will be served in
celebration of the 19th annual
journal publication, and admission
is free.
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-Hadassah, including its affiliated youth movements
B'nai Zion, The American Jewish League for Israel
for
U.S. Delegate to the 28th World Zionist Congress
Slate #5 stands for service to all the people of Israel
without regard to their political party affiliation.
Slate #5 represents more than half the registered
Zionists in the U.S. It combines the strength of:
Hadassah — For sixty years the name Hadassah has been synonymous with medicine, child
rescue, land reclamation and education on behalf of the people of Israel; and with Jewish
education for adults and youth, public informcition and the strengthening of Zionism in the
United States.
B'nai Zion — oldest fraternal organization in America, sponsors projects in Israel and promotes
American-Israel friendship and education programs on U.S. campuses.
The American Jewish League for Israel was founded in 1957 by Jewish leaders because they
opposed affiliation with an Israeli political party. Members include • leaders in UJA, Israel
Bonds, the Weizmann Institute, Hebrew . University.
DON'T BE MISLED!
The Zionist Organization of America is bombarding the press and deluging the homes of
- Zionists with" mail carrying misleading statements about our position as Non-Party
Zionists.
THE'FACT— IS:- That we' are'theonly Zionist group%in—the U.S.:, composed -of
only and -lioCaffiliated with any ; patirreaf party- .'in Israel.
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The ZOA is circulating - misleading interpretations of the Congress Tribunal decisions on
election procedures , as adopted by the Area Election Committee of the American Zionist
lederation for the U.S. delegation to the forthcoming World Zionist Congress.
THE FACT IS: The ZOA protested postal elections. The Congress Tribunal
upheld mail ballots saying: "Indeed, when carried out properly, this system even
has advantages over the ballot box."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
War Survivor Records Experiences
in Documentary Novel on Partisans
By CHARLOTTE DUBIN
Twenty-five years ago, as he
lay recuperating from war wounds
in a Russian hospital, young Hy-
man Shenkman dreamed that he
would see his brother once again.
He never did—the Nazis saw
to that—but Shenkman has brought
his imaginings to life in a book,
"Partisans Against the Nazi War
Machine," published by Jonathan
David (68-22
Eliot, Middle Vil-
lage, NY 11379).
The Livonia
businessman calls
his work a docu-
mentary novel —
part fact, part
fiction, part re-
collection of his.
own - experiences.
As it occurred
in reality, the two Shenkman
brothers in the book are separat-
ed by war; as in Shenkman's long-
ago dream, they are brought to-
gether again after the war.
The 192-page novel follows the
two men in their individual roles
of resistance, one serving in the
Russian army, the other with the
partisans.
Li k e the hero David, 21-year-
old Shenkman was aboard the
last train into Russia before
the Nazis took over his home-
land in 1941. A native of Vilna
—"the Jerusalem of Lithuania"
—Shenkman lost his parents, as
well as his brother, to the war.
But be was reunited with a sis-
ter who now livRs in Israel.
With the help of an aunt, Sarah
Sonar, he came to the United
States and Detroit in May 1949.
He married here and has a 17-
year-old son.
Shenkman, who lives on Alta
Vista Rd., Southfield, credits his
wife Seats with providing the
"moral help" in his writing, which
took more than a year.
Why did he write it? "The idea
came to me in the late 1960s. At
the time, great public figures came
to speak at Michigan State Univer-
sity, yet (American Nazi leader)
George Rockwell got an audience
four times as large. When I heard
some students applaud him, I de-
cided to do something about it."
Shenkman founded the short-
lived Anti-Nazi League — short-
lived partly because the reason
for its founding, George Rockwell,
was shot and killed by a disgrunt-
led disciple, and the Nazi Party
fell apart.
But the league also fell apart
because two "factions emerged—
those - who believed neo-Nazitm
could be fought only by legal
means and those who felt other-
wise. Shenkman describes himself
as a dove on the issue, yet he in-
sists that extremists must be sup-
pressed in the interests of demo-
structure in the system for Congress elections."
The ZOA protested what it calls a "secret inter-party agreement" on the distribution of
nothing to prevent parties from making agreements among themselves without
participation of all parties."
The Tribunal requested that there be a redistribution of the 45%. A new distribution has
the organizations in the .American Zionist Federation.
been agreed on by more than 80% of
that "fr.om now on the appellants refrain from
requests
FINALLY -- The Congress Tribunal
making public accusations liable to harm the entire Zionist Movement." The ZOA has broken
'this injunction of the Tribunal.
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The
cracy "by legal means—if pos-
sible."
Shenkman, who himself was
saved by Russian farmers,
staunchly defends his literary
portrayal of the Russians in fa-
vorable terms. "Don't forget this
was written about a time when
the Russians were the only ones
who stood up to the enemy."
He maintains that there was
little anti-Semitism in the Rus-
sian army, but concedes there
were few Jews "and anyway we
were fighting a common enemy."
Despite evidence that partisans
in Poland and other East Europe-
an nations were intensely anti-
Semitic. Shenkman insists, based
on his own experience, that most
Poles were friends of the Jews. "I
looked up to the partisans. They
were my hero figures. For every
medal an army man received, a
partisan deserved three."
Shenkman answers criticism with
"I wrote it as I saw it."
Writing this book did not re-
quire dredging up 20-year-old
memories, for "these memories are
engraved on my heart," said
Shenkman. "It is worse to try and
wash them out. Those who do try
become frustrated."
Shenkman said his book is being
sold in New York, Chicago, Los
Angeles, Toronto and Montreal—
proof, he feels, that the reading
Public still wants books about the
Holocaust.
"I just wish there were more
books for children that wouldn't
turn them off," be said. 'If we
teach our children ancient history,
why can't we teach them what
happened to their parents? My
son is well read on the subject.
try to emphasize to him the resis-
tance by the Jewish people I think
it has brought him closer to me.
"When I was president of the
Anti-Nazi League, I once got a
phone call threatening my life,"
said Shenkman. "My son, who was
14, told me, 'If anything happens
to you, I'll take over.' It was the
ptoudest moment in my life."
3,500 Terrorists in Jail
JERUSALEM (ZINS) — Of ap-
proximately 5,100 prisoners in Is-
raeli jails, 3,500 are Arabs sen-
tenced for terrorist acts, it was re-
ported by Minister of Police Shiomo
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The ZOA protested the decision that 45% of the U.S. delegation be allocated on the basis
of organizational membership, and 55% be popularly elected.
THE FACT IS: The Congress Tribunal upheld this procedure. The relevant
ruling reads: "In the United States the American Zionist Federation is based on
cooperation between organizations. There is nothing wrong with reflecting this
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