Pincus Elected to Head COJO; Plight of Jews in Moslem Lands and Absorption Developments Reported at Geneva Sessions (Continued from Page 1) American Association for Jewish Education, educa- tional bodies in various coun- tries, the universities of Is- rael and the Israel ministry of education." He said, how- ever, that the commission does not think in terms of a world master plan for Jew- ish education but in each country tackles educational problems separately in part- nership with the local Jewish community. Additional officers elected to the COJO presidium at the closing plenary session Monday were: David Mann, chairman of the South Afri- can Jewish Board of Depu- ties, Prof. Ady Steg of the CRIF in France, and one additional member, unnamed yet to the executive council of Australian Jewry. The conference heard an optimistic report of a "sur- prising resurgence of inter- est, identity and commitment among American Jews, in- cluding young Jews of col- lege age." Prof. Leonard Fein of Brandeis University cited the growth of depart- ments and chairs of Judaic studies, the "flourishing" of Jewish journalism at univer- sity level, the study of He- brew and Yiddish by un- precedented numbers of Jew- ish people as evidence that "the university campus in the U.S. can no longer be described as a 'disaster' area for Jewish life." Prof. Ady Steg, president of the Representative Coun- cil of French Jews (CRIF), said the situation of Jewish education in his country "was not as dramatic as some described it." Speaking in Yiddish, Prof. Steg said that more and more young Jews examine world and sociological problems in the light of their "Jewishness" which is playing an increas- ingly important role in every- day life. Hebrew University Presi- dent Avraham Harman said that "Israel can play a role as a model and resource in the creation of indigenous Jewish leadership and cul- tural life outside Israel." He "totally rejected" the view that Jewish survival depend- ed on Jewish catastrophe as a binding force. Prof. Nadav Safran of Harvard University's De- partment of Government, criticized Israel for not do- ing enough to encourage Egypt's "liberal forces that are willing to come to terms with the Jewish state." He called for the creation of an Israeli "strategy of peace" to make a concerted effort to help Egypt's liberal ele- ments prevail against con- servative and radical ten- dencies in that country. Pincus. chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Execu- tives, was unanimously elect- ed chairman of COJO at the close of the plenary meet- ing. Dr. Joachim Prinz of the World Jewish Congress, and David Blumberg, inter- national president of Bnai Brith, were elected co-chair- man of COJO. The vice chairmen are: Sir Samuel Fisher, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Sol Kanee, president of the Canadian Jewish Con- gress; and Sion Cohen .mach of the DAIA in Argentina. Yehuda Hellman was re- elected secretary general of COJO. In addition to these of- ficers, Mrs. Charlotte Jacob- son, chairman of the WZO- American Section, Dr. Wil- liam A. Wexler of Bnai Brith and Tibor Rosenbaum of the World Jewish Congress were elected members of the pre- sidium of COJO. Pincus spoke on the prob- lem of' absorbing Soviet Jewish emigres in Israel and the problem of those immi- grants who decided not to re- Sensational Business Deal: Israel Buys 100,000 Tons of Cement From USSR JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is- rael is buying 100,000 tons of cement from the Soviet Union in the first commercial transaction between the two countries since Moscow sev- ered diplomatic relations with Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, it was reported here Wednesday. The first consignment — 20,000 tons — is expected from Russia next month. It will be the largest single shipment of cement ever to reach Israel and will be car- ried in an American vessel which will load the cement at a Soviet port after dis- charging a cargo of U.S. wheat, the report said. The report, carried by the newspapers Maariv and Ye- For Custom Drapery Cleaning, Call DRAPERY CLEANERS "All That The Name Implies" We Also Wash & Finish Drip Dry Curtains Professionally WE DO ALL THE WORK REMOVE AND INSTALL 891-1818 Suburban Call Coiled Reverse Charges diot Ahronot, said the price While Israel suffers short- of the Russian cement is ages of cement and must im- slightly higher than the cur- port large quantities, it re- rent price on the internation- mained a mystery why Israel al market. It was quoted at would go to the Soviet mar- $28 a ton at a Russian port ket for the product. The government indicated and $35 per ton in Israel. But it is not known what price recently that it intended to Israel is paying under the encourage the establishment deal. Payment will be ef- of new cement plants to sup- fected through a third party, plement the Nesher monoply the newspapers said. which has been unable to It has not been disclosed produce sufficient cement for when the deal was made and domestic building need s. whether it was negotiated di- Nesher is required to im- rectly by Israel and the USSR port cement when it falls or through a third party. short of its quotas. Polish Jews See Dim Future, Reports Bnai Brith Delegation GENEVA (JTA) — A Bnai B'rith delegation, headed by David Blumberg, interna- tional president, and Herman Edelsberg, director of the Bnai Brith International Council, arrived here from Warsaw and reported that the Polish Jewish community was discouraged about its future but that the Polish government wanted to im- prove relations with world Jewry. "The leaders of the genu- ine Jewish community, with whom we met at length, were discouraged about the future of their aging and declining community," Blumberg told the JTA. "It is discouraging, too, to report that the leadership of the government - supported Jewish cultural and social association has no interest in But Blumberg stressed that "We opened the door for the first time since the purges of 1968" and noted that "we are encouraged that many important leaders of the Polish government want to improve relations with the Jews of the world." The Bnai Brith president said that the delegation em- phasized to the Polish lead- ers that "We're ready to help remove the barriers that separate us and to devote our efforts to the building of bridges of understanding." While in Poland, the dele- gation met with several high officials, the American am- bassador, Richard Davies, the head of the Jewish reli- gious community in Warsaw, Isaac Frenkel, and with the head of the Jewish religious community in Cracow, A. A. Jewish survival or in the JLkubovitz, and with the other problems that vitally heads of the Jewish Cultural , concern world Jewry." and Social Association. REALTY Herman. J. Gorman, Broker main in Israel and whose number, he said, was "minis- cule" compared to the over- all emigration. He noted that a total of 95 Soviet Jews re- turned to Vienna and 80 are still there, reportedly seek- ing re-admission to the So- viet Union. He said there were also about 400 re- turnees in Rome waiting to go elsewhere. "But these figures should be viewed against 60,000 Soviet olim since Mt. No aliya ever had such a miniscule per- centage of yerida (re- turnees)" he said. Ambassador Shmuel Divon of Israel, speaking about the plight of Jews in Arab coun- tries, said conditions were "particularly deplorable" in Syria where there are some 5,000 Jews "denied all civil rights," He said "the re- strictions placed on them are crippling. They are also subjected to cruel persecu- tions, even dreadful torture on occasions. The right of immigration is totally denied them." In Iraq, where there are some 400 Jews left, the situ- ation has worsened of late, Divon said, culminating in the massacre of the Kash- kosh family in their Baghdad home. "If further outrages are not prevented in time, the tiny Jewish community of Iraq will face total ex Unction," he said. Stanley Abramovitch, chair- man of the COJO commis- sion in Iran, reported that there are presently 10,000 Jewish children receiving a Jewish education in that country. He said that two- thirds of them are in pri- mary schools and one-third in secondary schools. There are 100 Jewish teachers. "All schools in Iran are govern- ment-controlled, but the Jew- ish schools have facilities for 8-10 hours a week de- voted to Jewish education," Abramovitch reported, add- ing, "With all this there is still much to do in Iran." Mordechai Kornhandler, chairman of the Jewish edu- cation committee in Argen- tina reported that 25,000 Jew- ish children there receive a Jewish education but they comprise only one-fourth of the school-age Jewish chil- dren in Argentina. "Jewish education in Argentina is nationally Jewish, Zionist and Israel-oriented," he said. "There are 2,000 Jew- ish teachers in Argentina, 80 per cent of them born and educated in the coun- try" though 60 per cent have had a period of study in Is- rael. Kornhandler said that in Buenos Aires there are 4,500 Jewish children in kinder- garten, 9,000 in primary schools and 2,500 in high schools and special schools. The Jewish school system in Argentina are all supported by the Jewish community with the help of the Jewish Agency and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, he said. Twenty hours a week are devoted to Jewish subjects in Jewish high schools in Argentina. • 8—Friday, July 20, 1973 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Native-Born Rabbi Expelled by Czechs LONDON (JTA) — Dr. He returned to Czechoslo- Ephraim P. Einhorn, a Czech- vakia in 1972 to join mem- born rabbi who is an Ameri- bers of his family. can citizen, was expelled f r o m Czechoslovakia. A Prague radio broadcast said SPECIAL SUMMER Dr. Einhorn was given 48 hours to leave the coun- ADVANCED CLASSES try for activities "incompati- ble with the interests of the $10 JULY & AUGUST state." No elaboration of the charge was given. Mondays at 10 a.m. Dr. Einhorn lived in Brit- For Further Info. Call ain during World War II and was employed by the Brit- LI 6-8040 ish Section of the World Jew- ish Congress. 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