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Jerusalem (JTA>—American Independener Day was observed here Monday with speeches emphasizing American-Israel friendship and the aid which the Jewish State is receiving fn>m American Jewry find 'he United States Government. Toild Kollek, General Director at the Premier's office who Is In charge of the American grant-inald- received by Israel, said that "the prudent nnd honest manner in which Israel has utilized.American aid has won this country a great deal of goodwill In the United States." Mr, Kollek - had high praise for American ex|>erU and the staff of the- United States Operations Mission which, he said, advised and helped Israel in nearly e v e r y sphere of economic activity. He declared that American experts who vlnlted hero have become among the best of Israel's goodwill ambassadors upon their return home, and he expressed Israel's deep gratitude to- these Americans. The high Israel official stated that, In the last four years, U. S. granti-ln-ald to Israel have totalled J220.O0O,00O. Thesef unds. he said, had been matched by Israeli "counterpart" allocations aggregating 237,000,000 Israeli pounds. American aid, he said, amounted to 23 per cent of Israel's total foreign currency budget In the fiscal year 1932-53, and to 12 per cent during fiscal year 1953-5-1, aiding materially toward Israel's economic stability and Independence.
Claims in Iraq Jerusalem (JTA)—Preliminary s t e p s toward establishment of claims of Jews here who emigrated from Irafj, leaving holdings valued at many millions of pounds sterling in their old homes, were taken here by Primo Minister Moshe Sharclt. The Jews with claims acalnst Iraqi holdings — including real property nnd frozen bank accounts —are among the 100,000 Iraqi Jews wlu canre here In special nirJlfts In 1953, bringing their entire families with them. Mr. Sharctt appointed a special Public Com. mlttee to aid tho Iraqi emigrants In rqepvering their,abandoned as, *pts. The commltteo consists chiefly of banking and local experts.
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Paul Verct, Executive Director of the Omaha Federation for Jewish Service, was select" ed an a member of a Study Mis- »ion of- the United Jewish Appeal, which will survey its programs and activities in Israel and Europe, Jack W. Marer, F e d e r a t i o n president, announced. The Survey Mission will include executives of fifteen communities from the various parts of tho United States.
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Howard Kaslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. lien Kaslow, was elected to high offices in tlie region mill district of B'nal IJ'ritli Youth Orfinni/.jtion. IIo was named president of tho Cornbclt Region of AZA nt tho fonvrntinn held recently in l)cs Moines, In. At the district convention held June 24-27 nt Klklon Lake, Wis., Mr. Kaslow was chosen district secretary. The district, the lnr«>'.it one in the nation, boasts of n membership totalling over 3000. La.it year, ho attended the national HHYO convention and was secretary of a This August, Mr. Kaslow will participate In Betting up tho cultural progrnm at the national convention to bo held at Camp B'nal B'rith, Starlight, Pa. The youngest regional president to take office, Mr. Knslow Is a Junior at Central High School. A member of the Junior Honor Society for two years, he was recently selected by the Kxchangc Club of Omaha as the "outstanding sophomore" at Central. He Is a past president of AZA No. 1 and president of U'nal IVrilli YouIh Council which he helped organize.
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Goldfarb Heads Family Service The appointment of Solomon Goldfarb, of Detroit, as Director of Family Service of thoJ3moha Federation -for Jewish Service was nnnounced by Jack W. Marer, Federation president. Mr. Goldfarb replaces Mrs. J. Lewis Yager, who resigned recently. Staff member of the Jewish Community Centers of Detroit for the past three years, Mr. Goldfarb,specialized In case work and group work services. A World War II veteran, Mr. Goldfarb received his post-graduate training In'psychiatric casework at the University of Michigan, and was a psychiatric social work Interne at the Wayne County General Hospital and Consultation Center of Michigan. The Family Service Department of the Federation gives aid and advice to families and children, cares for transients, serves as an employment bureau, nnd services Jewish inmates In Nebraska state institutions. The department takes care of the casework at the Dr. Philip Shcr Jewish Homo for the Aged and bundles the DP program of the Federation. v In addition, Mr. Goldfnrb will engage In setting up a program of "Parent Education nnd Family Living" in the community. This is a nev development In family agency programs, and has done much to Improve family relationships In many communities. Mr. Goldfarb will also carry certain administrative responsibilities In the annual philanthropies campaign. Mr. Goldfarb and wife, Geraldlne, are now in Om'ahn and are residing at 608 North 50 Street. Mr. Goldfarb may be reached at the Jewish Community Center, JAckson 13G6, Extension 21, .
A community-wide meeting will be Held upon the return of Paul Veret, Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Service, from his tour of Israel and Europe as a member of a Study Mission of the United Jewish Appeal, Jack W. Marer, Federation president nnnounced.
Egypt Wants New UN Truce Chief Washington (JTA)-State Department circles Indicated that the United States Government has complete confidence In Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, United Nations truce chief in Palestine, who Is now trying to bring Israel and Egypt together on steps to relax the tension In the Gaza area. The rcafflrmatlon of U.S. support of Gen. Burns was expressed while Egypt Is seeking to have Gen. Burns replaced. Members of the American delegation to the United Nations have emphasized that they see no reason why Gen. Burns should not be continued in his present position, and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold hnd made It clear that he intends to retain Gen. Burns. Meanwhile, the Israel-Egyptian talks at Gaza, hold under the chairmanship of Gen. Burns, are In suspension. They were held,for two days last week but it Is not certain whether they will resume as scheduled. Egypt's Foreign Minuter, Mahmoud Fawzl, was asked over a coast-to-const radlotclevlslon broadcast whether he had requested that the Canadian government withdraw Gen. Burns. He gave an answer which was taken by correspondents who questioned him over the air as a virtual admission that he had done exactly that. -Reports of reactions of Western diplomats in Cairo and Jerusalem were to the effect that the West "deplored" Egypt's efforts to oust Gen. Burns. While the Cairo press was attacking the UN truce chief ns being "pro-Israel," Big Three diplomats in both the Egyptian and Israel capitals were reported convinced that Gen. Burns has ben impartial and that he was still the best possible go-between.
Israel's Coalition Topples As General Zionists Abstain Jerusalem (JTA)—The hand of the murderous past of World War in Europe reached out and brought down Israel's Government ,in the bitter aftermath of one of the most sensational court actions in the young nation's history. At week's end, Prime Minister Moshc Sharett led a new coalition cabinet —without General Zionist participation—which will govern the country until (he general elections of July 20. The Government crisis began with a criminal libel action brought by the State against Malklel Cruemvald, an Hungnrlan Jew, who had published accusations against Dr. Israel Kastner, former head of the Hungarian Jewish Rescue Committee and now a Government official. Grucnwald accused Kastner of having collaborated with the Nazis in the extermination of Hungarian Jews, in
order to save an "elite" of 000, including his own fnmlly. He also accused Kaslner. of having helped a Himmler deputy to escape conviction in n war crimes trial. After an action that dragged on for more than a year, Gruenwald was acquitted on all major count's, the court holding that Kastner was, In fact, guilty of betraying his people. Immediately, the public prosecutor announced that he would appeal the decision of the district court. Government critics Immediately Joined the fray, denouncing the action of the prosecutor In appealing the case, and charging the
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Federation Gets First Sher Grants The Federation for Jewish Service has received the first annual grant from the Dr. Philip Sher Endowment Fund, which will benefit two Federation departments, Jnclc W. Marer, Federation president announced. The fund was established in 1954 by Dr. Philip Sher, honorary president of the Fed'.rctlon. The Dr. Philip Sher Jewish Home for the Aged received the amount of $200.00, an annual grant in sacred memory of Mrs. Philip Sher. The Jewish Community Center received the amount of J200.00 earmarked for conducting "Oneg Shabbats" for Jewish boys and girls at least three times each year, this grant to cover the cxpenso of having cultural programs and refreshments. 7 The Dr. Philip Shcr Prize which was Instituted this year at Brandels University was .awarded to Sidney Hurwitz, a university student. The award Will "be presented annually, to the student submitting the best essay on ''Racial and Religious Mutual Respect" ^ t - a letter to Dr.' Sher, the President of Brandcls University. Dr. A.: L; Sachar said: "Your benefaction has stimulated interest In a very Important field and I know that In future years, you will have endless gratification from what you have done." '
Parley Assails Spring Valley, N. Y. (JTA) — The proposal by some Reform rabbia to ordain women as rabbis was termed hero "a blasphemous attempt to transform the rabbinate to a social service agency." The attack on tho proposal was made at the 13th annual conference of tho Rabbinical Alliance of America, an organization affiliated with tho Orthodox rabbinate. Addressing the delegates, Rabbi C. U, Llpschit;., national director of tho Rabbinical Alliance, took Issue with Dr. Darnett Brickncr, president of tho organization of Reform Rabbis, who described women as having "special spiritual and emotional fitness to be rabbis." Rabbi Mendel Feldman, president of the Rabbinical Alliance, told the delegates that "the trend towards the Synagogue, Temple and Church, in these trying days,
"Tlie Federation Board unanimously agreed that It would be to Omaha's advantage to have Its Executive Director observe first hand the various programs sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal in Israel and Europe," Mr. Marer said. The UJA, he added, In our community receives its support from the Jewish' Philanthropies Campaign. "We felt, too, that Mr, Veret will be able to see personally, and to bring bnck to Omaha and the neighboring •communities a concrete picture of the achievements made possible through the United Jewish Appeal funds In Israel and in Europe, as well as essential Information on the present-day needs and the tasks faced by the United Jewish Appeal agencies In the year ahead," Mr. Marer stated. In Israel While In Israel, tho group wiil meet with President Ben-Zvl, and members of the Israel government and the Jewish Agency. They will participate in the official opening of the gigantic 66-mlle Irrigation pipeline which will bring water into tho arid Negev, the southern triangle of Israel. Tills pipe was constructed with UJA funds. During his stay In Israel, Mr. Veret will visit Kibbutz Ramat Zvl, a settlement In the valley of Jezrecl north of Ain Harod, which is named after the late Henry Monsky. The mission will also survey immigrant villages and new settlement developments; agricultural and Industrial programs. They will study the needs'of the immigrant population and the progress made In their absorption Into Israel's economy, In Europe Ih France, the group will' tour refugee, child-care, old-age and rehabilitation programs maintained by the Joint Distribution Committee, which also receives Its funds from the United Jewish Appeal, Plans Include a review of JDC operations in other European centers. The Study Mission includes directors of the following communities: Akron, Atlantic City; Colum. bus,'Dayton, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville; Memphis, Norfolk, Omaha, San Antonio, Trenton and Youngstown. Julius Blsno, former Omahan, who is director of the Los Angeles Jewish Community Council, will represent his community on this survey. The group Is scheduled to leave New York City Sunday, July 17, on El-AI Israel Airlines, and will return to the United States on or about August 11.
Tourist Visas
Jerusalem (JTA) — American tourists wishing to visit Israel will no longer need. to obtain Israeli visaa In tho United States. The Cabinet decided that visas will be granted to tourists here an arreplete with tensions and anxie- rival—and gratis. The new decree , ties, poso a serious threat of dilut- will go Into effect as soon as It is ing- traditional 'Judaism of. its ra- pubUhcd In the Official Gazette,.
Government with "covering up" for Kastner. Two non-confidence motions on the issue—one by tho right-wing Herut party and the other by the Communists—were beaten In the I tlnnni Ainm/mle " (Continued on P o m 21
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