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August 27, 1965 • Page Image 1

…• Argentina Cracks Down on Anti-Semites, but Eichmann Is Released BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—Neo-Nazi Horst Eichmann, son of the late Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, was among 400 right-wing and Communist extremists arrested here in a round-up by Argentine federal police. Many of the right-wing extremists are associated with such groups as the anti-Semitic Tacuara. The arrests came on the eve Neighborhood Changes and Replacements of a parliament...…

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…Purely Commentary 'There's an old story about two good friends who were constantly together, who shared confidences on nearly everything, who became inseparable in their attach- ment. One was tall and the other was a bit shriveled and somewhat deformed. One day, in their intimacy, the taller turned to his friend and said: "We have always shared our thoughts, there have been no secrets between us. But there is one thing I have kept from you an...…

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…500 Jewish GIs in Vietnam Share 1 Rabbi (The following dispatch was cabled to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tuesday by David H. White, a mem- ber of the JTA board of directors, and publisher of the Jewish Herald- Voice, Houston, Tex. White is a member of a three-man interfaith mission, which includes also a Catho- lic and a Protestant, sent by the United States government to study the religious facilities provided for U.S. personnel in South ...…

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…THE JEWISH NEWS 6011#4a HOMEw Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 48235 Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $6 a year. Foreign $7. Second Class Postage Paid at Detroit, Michigan PHILIP SLOMO...…

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…Aft Meeting Summons 50 Leaders to Lansing; Air Hole in Social Issues Over 50 top Jewish leaders of the state met in Lansing Sunday to review informally some of the important social issues facing the American community today, and determine if there were a unique J e wish community contribution which could be made. Detroit attor- ney Mrs. Charles Solovich, Mich- igan chairman of the Anti-Defam- -4on League of Bnai Brith, esided. The morning ses...…

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…Artificial leg. Adoption of a Korean War orphan. To consolidate several debts into one. An add-on room for a family of 6 soon to be 7. cgrench goodie for show inirpose. Four years of college at U. of M. Office and lab equipment for a young dentist. Clean-up, paint-up operation for a flooded basement. 2-car garage for a 1-car-4-bike family. Complete ski outfit. of reducing sessions. FAMILY WEEKEND AT THE WORLD'S FAIR New yellow bus ...…

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…Press Hails Auschwitz Court for 'Fairness' (Continued from Page 1) at the Frankfurt trial, said he would appeal the relatively light sentences given by the court to two of the defendants, both of whom had been deputy comman- dants of the Auschwitz camp. They are Robert Mulka, who was sentenced to 14 years' imprison- ment, and Karl Hoecker, whose sentence called for seven years at hard labor. The Germ an press, on the whole, praised the court...…

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…GermansExpressShock at Protest Against Paths (Continued from Page 1) tion to agree to the exchange of ambassadors with West Germany He said that normalization of re- lations between the two nations was one of the "major tasks" of current West German foreign pol- icy. Karl-Guenther von Hase, the West German press spokesman, expressed regret over the Jeru- salem protests, and added that his government hoped that relations with Israel would now ...…

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…Govt. Professionals in Israel Schedule Strike for Sept. 5 (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM — S o me 20,000 Israeli doctors, engine ers and other professionals employed in government and public enterprises will start a general strike Sept. 5, their coordinating committee de- cided Monday night. The strike will be in p r o t e s t gainst the government's delay in acting on their demands for ad- justment of their salaries...…

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…. 44 iS.,41.4.• Russian Discrimination Top Issue for Jewry, Says World. Jewish VIP (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) BUENOS AIRES—The principal problem with which world Jewry must deal today is the deprivation by Soviet authorities of the cult- ural and religious rights of Rus- sian Jewry, Yehuda Hellman, sec- retary of the World Conference of Jewish Organizations, said here Tuesday at a press conference. Hellman, who is also e...…

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…Novel 'The COmmi ssar' by Vinokur Exposes Violent USSR Anti-Semitism "The Commissar," by Grigory Vinokur, published by Twayne, (31 Union Sq., NY 3), is such a de- vastating expose of conditions af- fecting Jews in Russia that it rates among the most powerful novels of our time. The author was himself a Com- munist in the USSR. He writes from personal experience and his novel sounds almost like an auto- biographical account of sufferings endur...…

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…▪ Gerhard Riegner Worthy of 'Order of Jewish Honor' BY JOSEF FRAENKEL (Jewish News London Correspondent) Theodor Herzl had in mind the bestowal of a decoration upon the best Jews. This order was meant to emulate the pattern of the Le- gion d'Honneur, and to be called "Judenehre" (Jewish Honor). "It will be worn on a yellow ribbon and thus we shall transform our old shame into our new honor," wrote Herzl. Gerhard M. Riegner would have been ...…

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…Sports Oddities By JESS SILVER (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) Irena Kirszenstein of Poland did it again! She set a new world rec- ord in the 200-meter dash at the United States-Poland track meet. Miss Kirszenstein also won the 100- meter dash and long jump. The Polish girl defeated two American Olympic champions in her running victories_ in which she clocked 11.4 and 22.7. She also helped the Polish 40-meter relay team beat the American girls...…

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…Death in the Offing--No Future for German Jewry rection is punished with a long prison sentence. The Jews in East Germany have no economic or even political problems. They live outside regu- lar, working society and seem to have been abandoned politically by the regime itself. "They know that, at my 72 years, they will no longer make a Communist of me," a bearded Jew told me. Their problems are psychological: a sense of claustrophobia or pers...…

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…Drops of Water — The Story of Rabbi Akiba AT THE AGE OF 40, .4A-7,64 was STILL AN /G - NORANT SHEPHERD. RACHEL, H.4v* NEvER /at, 7/ ME To STUDY. HOW CAN/ MARRY You, THE 0.4t/GHTER 0;\ THE 14/EALTHy KALE,' SAWA ? -.AND YOU MCC 60 TOsTz./oY) BUT /MUST /N JERUSALEM. / 11//LL 144/T, START FROM THE FOR YOLR RETuRN / ALEPH BET/ /7 • is//LL TAKE ye:4R/ THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS . Friday, August 27, 1965-15 THE HIGH HOLIDAY PRAYER BOOK SOME 2,4y P...…

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…British Labor Union Asks Swastika Stamp Boycott Cheerful Rabbinical Nuggets By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) Rabbi Akiba, "the father of rab- binic Judaism" was a late starter. He didn't commence his studies until he was a man of 40. One of his younger colleagues mocked at those "who learn when they are old" but Akiba had the last laugh. Ile is the most quoted figure in the Mishna. * * One of the most cheerful charac- ters of...…

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…ONCE THERE WAS A PIOUS MAN ISH H.4SID MI= A chant for Saturday night right after the Havelarah ceremony. A pious man who was poor had a !..)ie and Five sons. The chi/d' en are hungry. 4.14 y) doe you go ro The ermr.,er p'Ke ro ger Tne wife berrowed se, clothes from neighbor. a The man put on The bw-rowed cloth,•5. Then Them :311 prayed For God's 13e1p, The man said ,00d-bye To his Family and went ol- f to find work. and lny rio ✓ c...…

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…Rabbi I. Stollman Given Community Farewell Honors Spokesmen for all groups in the community joined Tuesday night in honoring Rabbi and Mrs. Isaac Stollman, at a farewell gathering at Imperial Caterers, prior to their departure to take up residence in CONG. SHAAREY HOMAYIM: Services 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Satur- Jerusalem. day. Rabbi Goldman will speak on "The Beginning of Elul." Rabbi Stollman's 40 years of . TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m...…

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…Miss Rose Ehrinpreis Betrothed to New Yorker MISS ROSE ERRINPREIS Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ehrinpreis of Lawrence Ave. announce the engagement of their daughter Rose to Dr. Lee B. Reichman, son of Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Reichman of New York City. The prospective bride is a grad- uate of the University of Michigan. Dr. Reichman graduated from Oberlin College, and received his MD degree at the New York Uni- versity school of medicine. An Oct. 9 weddi...…

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…Lynn Lewis Betrothed to M. Kenneth Silk Sharon Mondrow Wed Laurel Bauman Wed to Leonard J. Portner Engagements Mr. and Mrs. Abe Feldman of Onyx Dr., Southfield, announce the engagement of their daughter Paula Frances to Michael Allen Sampson, son of Mrs. Emeline Sampson of -Roselawn Ave. Miss Feldman is a senior at Wayne State University and her fiance, a graduate of Wayne State Univer- sity, is attending the Chicago Col- lege of Osteopath...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 21

…Susan Ellen Levine Service Group's Election Scheduled for 'Stag Day' Sept. 9 A slate of 33 members-at-large Harry B. Aronow, Herbert A. one candidate, and that such peti- Bride of Robert Paletz and two representatives of the Aronsson, Dr. Abraham Becker, tion along with a written certifica- Top Entertainment Free at Michigan State Fair Shows by top stars of the enter- tainment world will be a big bar- gain at the Michigan State Fair this yea...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 22

…Carolyn Anne Glenner, Gilbert Kanat Marry Jew ish Meals MRS. GILBERT KANAT Rabbi Jacob E. Segal, Cantor Nicholas Fenakel and Cantor Reu- ben Erlbaum united Carolyn Anne Glenner and Gilbert Alan Kanat in marriage recently at Adas Sha- lom Synagogue. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Glenner of Greenlawn Ave. and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kanat of Riverside Dr., Birmingham. The bride's gown of cameo peau de soie was designed by Chris...…

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…Detroiters Plan New Israel City The Theological Seminary Yeshi- vath Chachmey Lublin, which plans re - establishment in Detroit, an- nounces the formation of Kiryat Lublin Israel Development Co., an investment project the purpose Of which is the development of a new city in Israel, to be called ‘.`Kiryat Lublin," Rabbi Moses Rothenberg, dean of the Seminary, announced. The new city will be located on the outskirts of Haifa and will be a memor...…

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…Marilyn judithHencken Wed to New Yorker MRS. ALAN GILBERT Marilyn Judith Hencken became the bride Sunday of Alan A. Gil- bert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilbert of the Bronx, in a cere- mony at Raleigh House solemnized by Rabbis Leon Fram and M. Rob- ert Syme and Cantor Harold Or- bach. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hencken of York Rd., Huntington Woods, wore a tra- ditional gown of silk organza over taffeta, styled with a scoop...…

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…Erlich-Switzer Vows `Schatten Affair': Nancy Kraft Marries Dr. Friedlaender Returns as Chairman Solemnized on Tuesday Frederic Morton's Dennis Alan Schulman of ZOD's Annual Balfour Concert Dr. I. Waiter Silver, Irving Dr. Alex S. Friedlaender will Panush, Sniderman, Dr. Bernard Weston and Noteworthy Novel again serve as chairman of the Reuben Young. MRS. MILTON ERLICH Ivajean Switzer became the bride of Milton Erlich in a candle- light cerem...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 26

…Bond Celebration Honors Mersky At the Berditehev-Keshenev celebration which honored Frank Mersky, president are (from left) Mersky, Louis Bassin, vice presi- dent and chairman of the affair and Probate Judge Ira G. Kaufman, the guest speaker. The affair was in behalf of Israel Bands. Consul. Barmore to Cut Ribbon at Israel Art Exhibit Jacob Barmore, consul general of Israel for the midwest, will cut a blue ribbon in ceremonies mark- ing the...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 27

…Kasrilevke' Freedman-Acherman Neiv York Educator Dr. Chaim Potok Schocken to Publish 'Inside Ben Shahn has illustrated this to turn the tables on tragedy. It is Troth Solemnized Here Appointed Associate Editor of JPS edition of Sholom Aleichem's "In- the story of Reb Yozifl, Kasrilevke's MRS. JEROME FREEDMAN Leah Ackerman and Jerome Freedman were married Sunday at Cong. Beth Abraham. Parents of the couple are Cantor and Mrs. Shabtai Ackerman...…

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…`The Creation' - Israeli Festival Stamps "The Creation" symbolizes the new series of Israeli festival stamps to be issued for the approaching Holy Days. The motif is symbolical on the series of six which are multicolored, including gold. A. Kalderon is the designer. Holy Day Stamps Issued by JNF Congregations throughout De- troit and out-state will again follow the tradition preceding the High Holy Days by cooperating with the Jewish Nation...…

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…Greek-Americans Give to JFK Forest El Al Airlines President Gen. E. Ben Arzi (left), accepts with pleasure a certificate for the planting of 10,000 trees in the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest in the Judean Hills near Jerusalem presenting the certificate is Socrates V. Sekles, chairman of the Greek-American fraternal group Ahepa, whose members resolved at their recent con- vention in Athens to contribute to the forest. Alfred May Appointed Publ...…

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…THE JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 30—Friday, August 27, 1965 LARCO'S Fine Italian-American Cuisine Deliciously Prepared for the Discerning Taste • BANQUET FACILITIES Now: Open Sunday 12 Noon 7525 W. McNichols Rd., UN 2-6455 Pioneer in Navigation Moses Hart, an early 19th Cen- tury Jewish merchant and banker, was one of the pioneers of steam navigation in Canada where he operated steam boats between Montreal and other Quebec towns. ...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 31

…UN Commission Rapped for 'Legalistic' Deadlock } JERUSALEM ( J T A )—The re- fusal of the Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission to condemn Jordan for the mine-laying incident in which four persons were in- jured in the Jerusalem area three weeks ago was criticized by diplo- matic sources here as stemming from "fine legalistic grounds." The Israel government assumes that the mine, which exploded un- der a border police command car near Kib...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 32

…New Film Role for Gila Golan HOLLYWOOD—Gila Golan, the "Our Man Flint." Saul David is producing the Israeli beauty who made her screen debut in Stanley Kramer's $3,000,000 CinemaScope "modern- rather controversial movie, "Ship day swashbuckling adventure of Fools," was Miss Golden Globe yarn," scripted by Hal Fimberg of 1965 for the Awards presenta- and Ben Starr, from an original tions of the Hollywood Foreign story by Fimberg. Press Asociat...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 33

…10—ROOMS FOR RENT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Liners and display classified ads accepted from re- sponsible firms or individuals by telephone up to noon Wednesday. For rates and information .. CALL VErmont 8-9364 Friday, August 27, 1965-33 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10—ROOMS FOR RENT 10—ROOMS FOR RENT MIDDLE-AGED woman desires middle- aged woman for companionship. Little fee or rental. Near buses and shop- ping. LI. 5-2547. LARGE well furn...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 34

…17—HOUSES FOR SALE 17—HOUSES FOR SALE 17—HOUSES FOR SALE A CUSTOM residence built to GOLF CLUB 18935 FAIRFIELD Unusual French country house. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, walled sunken garden, modernized kitchen, master suite with bath. Florida room, rec. room with bar. Attic fan, sprinklers. 2 fireplaces. Near Hampton—bus. UN 2-1237 $29,500 your specifications on your site or ours. See the quality construction that can be yours. We have choic...…

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…17—HOUSES FOR SALE 17 — HOUSES FOR SALE Oak Park 4 bedroom-8 room ranch. Central air-conditioning. Separate dining room, built-in double oven, stove, refrig., dishwasher, dryer and washing machine. Paneled 12x20 family room, finished recr. room. Move in condition, immed. occu- pancy. Berkley school district. Near cynagogue. Located on VERNON between Coolidge and Greenfield. Terms. BY OWNER 3 bedroom all brick ranch, 11/2 baths, full basem...…

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…17—HOUSES FOR SALE 18—STORE RENTALS Northlawn-Curtis 2 Flat — 6 & 5 COOLIDGE MALL WANTED OAK PARK PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER Youth activities coordinator, part- time for local branch of National Jewish Organization. Apply in writ- ing to: Northwest corner of 9 Mile and Coolidge. 10 stores under con- struction in this active shopping center. Both flats decorated. 2 nat. fireplaces, 2 modern kitchens, 2 tile baths, full bsmt., gas f u r n a c...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 38

…Menahem IJssishkin's Life Story Is Graphically Told in an Impressive Simcha Kling Biography More than 30 years ago, Mena- The Ussishkin story is told in hem Ussishkin, then the world a new biography — "The Mighty head of the Keren Kayemeth, the Warrior: The Life Story of Mena- Jewish National Fund, was in De- hem Ussishkin," by Simcha Kling, troit. He was given a royal wel- published by Jonathan David (131 come — by the then Mayor Frank E. 23...…

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…Israel's Ambassador to Rome Dies at 62 • ROME (JTA)—Maurice Fischer, the Israeli ambassador to Italy, died today in a Swiss clinic at the age of 62. The career diplomat came to Palestine in 1930 from Belgium, where he was born, and fought in the Free French Forces during World War II. After the establishment of Israel, he served as ambassador to France and, later, Turkey. Before his appoint- ment to the Rome post, in 1961, he was assistant d...…

August 27, 1965 • Page Image 40

…::sh's Thought Provoking Book Goodenough's Posthumous 'Psychology of Religious Dr. Reviews Current Challenges to Jewry Experiences' Points to Religious-Secular Blendings - With his newest analyses of Jewry's position, with emphasis on American Jewry's current status, Rabbi David Polish emerges as a challenger to action who is certain to cause responsible Jewish spokesmen to think more seriously about the prob- lems that face Jewry today. Hi...…

August 20, 1965 • Page Image 1

…16% of Jewry in Israel Current World Jewish Population Is Reported Now Totaling 13,121,000 Terrorism in L. A. End to National Shame HE JEWISH NEWS M OI r Echoes of Tragic Era of Nazism Editorials Page 4 - :■611.11.3 VOLUME XLVII—NO. 26 JERUSALEM (JTA) — The number of Jews in the world at the end of 1964 was 13,121,000, according to figures released here by Israel's Cen- tral Bureau of Statistics. Of the total Jewish population, 16 pe...…

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…Purely ommentary C Was It a Mere Insurrection? Unless political capital will be made of the shocking events that took place in Los Angeles, officialdom, on a national and states' basis, must study the issue seriously to prevent recurrence of the horrors that have created fright in the hearts of Americans. The Negroes who rioted, who pillaged and plundered, who shot to kill and whose losses are far greater morally than those whose stores we...…

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…FCC Approves JTA Safeguards in Transmission of News Johnson Greets U.S. Maccabiah Team WASHINGTON (JTA) — Safe- guards sought by the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency for its basic inter- national news transmission system were incorporated by the Federal Communications Commission in its order permitting the merger of Press Wireless, Inc., into ITT World Communications, Inc., a study of the Commission's Memo- randum Opinion and Order estab- lished t...…

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…THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 48235 Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $6 a year. Foreign $7. Second Class Postage Paid at Detroit, Michigan PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor an...…

August 20, 1965 • Page Image 5

…Murder of 5 Israelis Again Disrupts Peace; Syrian Attacks Trigger Need for Protection (Continued from Page 1) The Damascus radio, heard here, reported that Syria has warned the United Nations Security Council that a threat to security and peace had developed because of Israeli "attacks." Dr. Hassan Muraywed, the Syrian foreign minister, de- clared in Damascus today that his ministry had sent to the UN details of the "aggression on the Syrian ...…

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…PART 3 .&/e/mter/4 PRESENTS The Future American Jew Not many of these children read Look Magazine — and if they did, they wouldn't believe it. Look Magazine said the American Jew was vanish- ing, but most of these chil- dren were too busy to read the article. They were busy being Americans — being Jews — being good kids. They•go to a private school where the classes are small and the attention is individ- ual. Hebrew Language and Jewish ...…

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…Demonstrations Continue in Israel Against Germans (Continued from Page 1) temporarily until Israel's new em- bassy is completed at Bad Godes- berg, a suburb south of the capital. The Israeli envoy is expected to present his letters of credence to President Heinrich L u e b e k on Tuesday or Wednesday. He made his first visit to a West German official Tuesday, paying a courtesy call on Dr. Karl Car- stens, state secretary of the foreign minis...…

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…Committee Reports Neo-Nazis' Membership Losses But 'Currency and Prestige' Gains The American Jewish Commit- tee, in a report on neo-Nazi activi- ties in Europe coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the end of Hit- lerism, concludes that the hun- dreds of neo-Nazi parties and splin- ter groups organized throughout Europe in the late 1940s and early 1950s have lost members and strength during the past decade, but their racist ideas and polit...…

August 20, 1965 • Page Image 9

…(WHEN WE STOP FOR LUNCH WE'LL TAKE THE EXCURSION BOAT THROUGH THE LOCKS WHEN WE GET TO THE SOO. I'LL HAVE THE CAR CHECKED. IT'S A GOOD IDEA, JANIE, WHEN YOU'QE CN A TRIP OF THIS LENGTH. ` WHEN yo CHECK MY OIL, WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FAN BELT AND WATER, PLEASE, ? (GEE, DAD, Tit BET THESE. ARE -THEN' BIGGEST LOCKS IN THE WORLD / - _I WELL,THEY ARE NE LONGEST AND BUSIEST INTHE. WORLD. MORE TONNAGE PASSES THROUGH HE-RE INTHEAUERAGE- EIG...…

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…Weekly Jewish Quiz Is it true that some Jewish weddings in Europe were per- formed on the cemetery, and if so, why? This was done in some European communities only for a specific purpose, i.e. when a plague befell the community, in order to halt it. The reasoning behind this practice is traced to a verse in the Penta- teuch (Numbers 17:13) where the Bible tells us how a plague was stopped when Aaron, the High Priest, "stood between the dead a...…

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