54 Friday, September 12, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Birarn, Synagogue in Galilee Memoir by Philip Gilbert in Book A voluminous "Radzimir Memorial" book, published in Israel, containing a vast record of achievements by eminent. Jews in the Polish city near Warsaw, contains the memoir by Detroiter Philip Gilbert relating to that community and its eminent scholars. Gilbert wrote the memoir in tribute to the memory of his brother, Shlomo Gilbert, one of the most distin- guished Polish-Jewish poets and storytellers, who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1942. The late Shlomo Gilbert wrote in Yiddish and his works are recorded among the most memorable of the 1920s and 1930s. He was a contemporary and friend of I. L. Peretz, Shimon Dubnow, Sholem Asch and the other greats of that period. Shown is a view of the entrance to the synagogue at Biram in Israel's Upper Galilee. The building dates back to the Third or Fourth Century C.E. Philip Gilbert's memoir originally was published in Yiddish and was translated into English and also He- brew. Shlomo Gilbert lived in Radzimir as well as in War- saw. The Gilbert memoir re- lates about their grand- father, who served in the New Settlement on Golan Heights GOLAN HEIGHTS — Members of a Bnei Akiva settlement group moved into the Golan Heights to establish a new settlement. The site they chose is near Tel Fares, three kilometers west of Rafid. According to the Jerusalem Post, the site was chosen with the support of the Golan Settlement Committee. The settlers, arriving with four old railway cars, occu- pied an empty army bunker in which they set up a syn- agogue and kitchen. Settlers claim the site was chosen because it was 10 Day Schools Open in U.S. NEW YORK — The 1975-1976 school year will see 10 new Hebrew Day Schools established in var- ious parts of the U.S. The new schools bring the total number of Hebrew Day Schools in the United States to 430 with an additional 52 in Canada. It is expected that the enrollment this year will reach 91,000 students, ac- cording to Torah Umesorah, the national society for He- brew Day Schools. r To: The Jewish News Israeli Players Ordered Home 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 Please send a year's gift subscription to: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE FOR:_____ state occasion FROM 0 S10 enclosed ZIP JERUSALEM — Two players with the Beersheba Hapoel soccer team now in Holland were ordered to re- turn to Israel after having been found in the red light district of Amsterdam. The footballers, Rafi Eliahu and Meir Barad, on their arrival in Israel, were also fined by customs in- spectors for attempting to smuggle two color television sets into the country. in the middle of an empty area which had been ru- mored as negotiable for return to Syria should talks on an interim agree- ment to be held with her. The committee is opposed to the return to Syria of any part of the Golan Heights held by Israel. OP Backs Mayor in Light Turnout Oak Park Mayor David H. Shepherd polled 886 votes to 210 for 20-year-old hopeful Michael Clinton in Tues- day's primary election race. Henry Moran, a self- styled faith healer, was eli- minated from November's general election after receiv- ing 40 votes. Clinton and Shepherd will face each other on the No- vember ballot. In one of the lightest voter turnouts in years only 1,180 of Oak Park's 21,000 voters cast ballots. Not one of the 76 registered voters in Precinct 10 at Jefferson School came out to vote. Seminary Names 5 Administrators Russian army, in the Cauca- sus, as a captive of Nikkolai I, as a "Nikolayevsky Sol- dat" as the Nicholas I sol- diers became known. Until he was 18 the Gilberts' father was in the Caucasus with their grandfather. Their father was a musician with a Russian Army Ka- pella — an army orchestra. The Radzimir memorial volume in tribute to the memory of the Radzimiri- ans who disappeared as a community was collected and edited by Gershon Hendl, a member of the edi- torial staff of the Yiddish daily Yediot Ahronot. AZF Event Honors Author Gervasi NEW YORK — More than 100 writers of organi- zations, and representatives of the publishing industry attended an American Zion- ist Federation reception last week, honoring veteran au- thor and correspondent, Frank Gervasi. Gervasi was honored by the AZF for his new book "Thunder Over The Mediter- ranean," published by David McKay Co. The book, a dis- tillation of years of observa- tion and research, under- takes to assess the future of the Middle East not only from analyzing current complexities, but also by examining crucial lessons of the past. Prison Employes Told to Quit KKK NEW YORK — The New York State Correctional Services Commissioner last week ordered "a limited number" of prison guards and other prison employes to quit the Ku Klux Klan by Oct. 1 or lose their jobs. The order came after a six-month investigation of KKK activities at several state prisons. One teacher was dismissed and a guard was reprimanded in sepa- rate incidents. The white-supremacist Ku Klux Klan can cause grave problems among the prison population, accord- ing to the commissioner, Benjamin Ward, who is black. New York's prison population is more than 50 percent black, and more than 60 percent non-white. Sinai Pact Facts Available by Mail NEW YORK — The Israel International Information Council has made available a fact sheet on the Sinai Pact reached between Israel and Egypt, announces Rabbi Rubin Dobin, na- tional chairman of the coun- cil. For a free copy, send a stamped self-addressed en- velope to Rabbi Dobin, c/o Council, Box 11, Lawrence, N.Y., 11559. NEW YORK — Five key administrative appoint- ments have been announced 50,000 Catholics by Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, Visited Israel chancellor of The Jewish JERUSALEM — More Theological Seminary of than 300 organized groups America. Rabbi Joseph A. Brodie of Catholics have visited Is- has been named dean of stu- rael since the start of the dents in the rabbinical de- Holy Year last December, partment, Mrs. Sylvia C. Et- totaling about 50,000 pil- tenberg is dean of grims. educational development, The Tourism Ministry Dr. Neil Gillman is dean of spokesman said that the pil- academic affairs in the rab- grims came from five conti- binical department, Dr. Is- nents, and their visits to the mar Schorsch is dean of holy places in Israel is an graduate studies, and Ruth extension of their pilgri- Sussman is acting registrar. mage to Rome. "Thunder Over The Medi- terranean" provides a de- tailed and comprehensive account of the Yom Kippur War of October 1973; its consequences, and its diplo- matic, political and military background. Iraq Says Israel Should Hold Golan NEW YORK — In an in- terview published Aug. 23 by the Beirut newspaper Al Destour, Iraqi leader Sad- dam Hussein al-Takriti at- tacked Syria for considering a political solution to the Middle East conflict. Hussein said: "I clearly declare that even if the rul- ers in Damascus try to cor- rect their actions — and they shall not do so — our position towards them will remain as it was . . . It is better that the Golan Heights remain in the hands of Israel, because then perhaps, the situation would serve as an incentive to liberate Palestine in the future . . ." 2 Kennedys Hit Palestine Problem WASHINGTON — A re- search archivist at the John F. Kennedy Library in Wal- tham, Mass., has found a 1948 letter from Robert F. Kennedy, and a 1939 letter from John F. Kennedy, both written to their father about the Middle East. Writing from Beirut about a month before Israel declared her statehood, Robert predicted bloodshed and wrote, "I just wish they (the Arabs) didn't have all that oil." John Kennedy's letter criticized the Balfour Decla- ration and British proposals for Palestine. He wrote that he had never seen two groups (Arabs and Jews) less willing to work out a so- lution that had some hope of success. CJF Has Communal Service Program NEW YORK — An inno- vation in recruiting and training staff for Jewish communal services will be launched by the joint action of eight cities and the Coun- cil of Jewish Federations - and Welfare Funds this month. Training will be initiated with a "practicum" which the CJF will conduct Sept. 22-Oct. 1 in New York City. The educational instruc- tions will provide the funda- mentals of the composition, organization, responsibili- ties, and procedures of the Jewish communities.