Rostsasshr Chief liabbi Reports
Gorernment Is Fair to Its ...leers

Jews in Romania have
Before the war, there were mittee which sends in excess
more religious and political 800,000 Jews in Romania. of $2,000,000 a year to Ro-
freedom now than they had Now there are only 90,000, al- mania for humanitarian serv-
before World War II, Chief though no accurate count is ices.
Rabbi Moses Rosen said in available, the rabbi said.
The JDC, funded through
Flint last week.
Most who remain are leder- gifts to the UJA, has made
Before the war, there was ly survivors of Auschwitz and possible the operation of 10
strong anti-Semitism in Ro- children of assimiliated Jews. kosher kitchens during winter
But now there is a resur- and 17 in summer, serving
mania, and pogroms were
not unknown, he said. When gence of Jewishness, Rabbi thousands of meals, 80 per
he attended the University of Rosen said. More participate cent of them free.
Bucharest, it was dangerous in Jewish festivals, go to the
He said food packages from
even to enter the campus be- synagogue weekly, change
JDC
are distributed four or
their
names
back
to
Jewish
cause hoodlums often beat up
names. He traveled to 26 cit- five times a year, and a
Jews, said Rabbi Rosen.
Now all religious groups ies to celebrate Hanuka with clothing allowance allows the
recipient to choose what he
have freedom, he told an Jews there.
needs from a store. Pointing
More
than
10,000
Jews
re-
interviewer. But the Jews
have 70 organized communi- ceive money, clothing, food to the suit he was wearing,
ties, 150 synagogues, Hebrew and medical care because of Rabbi Rosen said "You can-
classes and a fortnightly contributions from Jews else- not tell the difference be-
where, among them those in tween my suit and the
ly newspaer.
bought by a Romanian
More than 20 of the 140 the United States.
receiving help from JDC."
He thanked the Flint Jew-
Who's from Flint and who's from Israel? In the top members of the Communist -
Party's
central
committee
ish
community
for
aid
to
the
photo, members of the Flint mission present gifts from the
CARS TO BE DRIVEN
are Jews, Rabbi Rosen said, elderly and needy of Roman-
U.S. to Israeli soldiers.
adding that Jews are drama- ia through the United Jewish
To any state. Also drivers furnish-
ed to -drive your car anywhere.
tists, writers, scientists.
Appeal.
Legally insured and I.C.C. licensed
"There is no discrimina-
Addressing a cap a c i t y
tion. We have all the possi- crowd at Temple Beth El as
DRIVEAWAY SERVICE
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9970 Grand River
end reservations, March 1-3, identity as Jews. And it is Community Council, Rabbi
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has been issued by the Jew- possible for Jews to make Rosen praised the workings
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ish Community Council office. their love for Israel evident, of the Joint Distribution Corn-
Lodging will be at Edelweiss yet be considered loyal citi-
Lodge, CaberFae, in Cadil- zens of Romania."
Emigration also is possible,
lac. Also included in the cost
YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH TRAVELS
is ski lessons, lift tickets and he said. In fact, although "we
GATEWAY to
most meals. For reserva- cannot leave as easily as you
tions, call the council office, in the United States," 300,000
ISRAEL, U.S.A. and EVERYWHERE
767-5922. have left for Israel, 3,000 of
Rabbi and Mrs. Gerald
We 1.1lp you plan your trip,
them laSt year.
Schuster greet one of the
you help us maintain our
Some
years,
more
are
able
Flint Jewish commun-
elderly residents of a Malben ity The
Nursery and Kdgn.Demtc.
basketball teams won all to leave than in other years,
home, supported with funds three games played during but "people who are going,
Eve. 559-7567
Call 557-6750
from the United Jewish Ap-
find a way early or late," he
the
week
of
Jan.
21.
ti
peal.
Senior boys won a game said.
Romanian authorities are
Jerusalem with an awesome against Davison First Baptist ' convinced that people with
by a score of 42-33: the junior religious freedom are loyal,
loneliness for the Israelis.
"The branches of the boys
won against
Dozier
Memorial
CME, 36-12;
and Rabbi Rosen said. In turn,
41;
the Jews are grateful to the
orange trees hang heavy with I the e men's team won against Communist regime for sav-
unpicked fruit and the trucks Bethel Assembly of God, 66- ing their lives during World
stand in Ashdod waiting to be 52
War II.
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emptied. Perhaps the disen-
The next games to be
In 1944, the Nazi occupation
gagement will permit the re- played are: Men's team 9 announced that all Jews
lease of some of the soldiers p.m. Sat. vs. Great Lakes would be killed. However, be-
so that this necessary work Baptist at the YMCA; junior
can be accomplished. If not, boys 7:30 p.m. Monday vs. fore all could be carried
away, King Michael and the
the responsibility will fall to Metropolitan at Central High Communists joined in an up-
semi-annual
the teen-agers and college School; and senior boys 6
rising and pushed out the Na-
clearance
students of the United States p.m. Monday vs. Foss Ave.
zis, thus saving many lives,
to volunteer their time and Baptist at Whittier Jr. High. the rabbi said. Still, 400,000
join with David Gotlib, Brad
perished.
Shapiro and Paula Bloom in
Some view the departure
Hadassah's
bowling
team
trying to help. Israel salvage
high
bowler
so
far
this
year
of
so
many Jews as disloyal-
its economy.
is Toni Nathanson, with a one ti'. Now officials realize, he
The report continued:
game high actual of 200. said, that those who leave do
"The young widows still sit Marla Stone, president of the so for religious and family
and mourn the death of their team, follows Toni with a one reasons. And when they live
husbands. Shiva calls re- game high actual of 197. San- in Israel they still show their
sumed as 30 bodies were dra Kahrnoff leads the league sympathy for Romania, he
Selected Groups of •
with a 504 three-game high said.
identified last week.
Rabbi Rosen said that at
actual, and as of Jan. 24,
"But their hope grows with Team 3.
the time of the government's
the smile of each child and
reorganization, he asserted
with the inspiration of the
himself and spoke to those in
Arts
Judges
Picked
young soldiers and the new
power that "what was good
WALTHAM, Mass. — Six- for the Jews was good for the
immigrants. At the absorp-
tion center in Natanya, Lou teen leaders in the fields of Romanian government."
Epstein approached one of poetry, dance, sculpture and
Selected Groups of
Rabbi Rosen said that eco-
the new Soviet immigrants theater — including both art- nomically Romanian Jews
Selected Groups of
Johnston
and said to him-, 'How do you ists and critics — have been are in worse condition than
as a Russian Jew feel about named as jurors to select the before the war. Then, most
6:7 Murphy
coming to a country that is 1974 Br a n d e i s University of them were middle-class
beset with war?' The young Creative Arts Award winners. merchants. Now, there is no
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man replied, 'I am an Israeli Creative Arts Awards are middle class and there are
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no merchants, he said.
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Mission Joins Hands With Israeli Kin

It was a "family reunion"
for the Flint delegation who
visited Israelis on a just-
completed mission.
Richard Krieger, Rabbi and
Mrs. Gerald Schuster, Mr.
and Mrs. Burton Bloom, Mrs.
Benjamin Epstein, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Epstein, Hy Klein,
Mrs. Philip Silberman and
Allan Wilhelm, an editorial
writer for the Flint Journal,
participated in the mission.
Hy Klein, chairman of the
Jewish Community Council's
community relations commit-
tee summed up the feelings of
the group:
"The Israelis are looking to
us for support, and when we
visit them in Israel it is a
feeling of family reuniting. It
is a need they have to see
that they are not alone, but
that they are joined in unity
by the Jews of the world.
There is also a need that we
have to identify and under-
stand this joint struggle for
Jewish survival. We owe it
to ourselves to be in Israel
with them. We owe it to them
to be in Israel with them."
The mission took along
items contributed by the peo-
ple of Flint. These included a
skin graft expander for the
Central Burn Hospital in
Beersheba, donated by Dr.
Eugene Becker. Many sol-
diers who survived the tank
battles suffered severe dis-
figurements; medical serv-
ices and supplies may help
give them a chance for a
normal, healthy life. The
Jewish War Veterans Auxili-
ary, the Asher Marders, Leon
Roskys, Jack Stanzlers and
others contributed a suitcase
filled with woolen hats, ther-
mal underwear, gloves and
face masks for the use of
Israeli soldiers in the snows
of the Golan Heights.
The mission reported that
a feeling of hope is returning
to Israel, "but the hotels still
echo in emptiness, and the
shopping areas are not bust-
ling with the crowds of past
years. This awareness fills
the streets of Tel Aviv and

Community
Calendar

Feb. 3—Tween Bowling, 2:30
p.m., T own and
Country Lanes
5—Temple Sisterhood
Board, 12:30 p.m.
—Executive Commit-
tee Meeting, Noon
—Bnai Brith Lodge, 8
p.m., Howard John-
son's East
6—Cong. Beth Israel
Sisterhood, 12:30
p.m.
—Community Relations
Committee, 8 p.m.,
Temple Beth El
7—Cong. Beth Israel
Board Meeting, 8
p.m.

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Beth Israel Sisterhood will
hold a luncheon meeting
12:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Beth Israel. Lee Hunter of
Channel 12 will speak on
"Behind the News". Esther
To Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Price is luncheon chairman, Charlson (Nancy Leavitt of
and a babysitter will be in Flint) of St. Davids, Pa., a
attendance.
son, Seth Meyer.

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