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Vatican Press Condemns Attack on Rome Jews Kumc
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Ito- Ilabhi had met in an emeigeiicy
session wilh the Home .Jewish Jy condemned week-end attacks on Community Council and repie.scntatives of the Union of Italian flu* Jewish quurler of Rome at- Jewish Communities. tempted by fascist youth following "Our patience has limits," the »• political rally, declaring thai Chief Itahbi declared. "II is hard ''t\wy are offensive to tile civil and to restrain all initiative of the Christian conscience f>f K<»mt* and Jewish population which wants to react to fascist provocations," Itu'v." Tin. Chief liablii described flit: '•lii! journal recalled tint Vall- assaults us "fTightening,'' declar<!jnrs denunciation of racial Intol,- ing that it AVHM witfi "NIIIIIU'NH" *»ruiM'« in America in September, tlnit dm Jews of Koine ''have lU'itl, nnil renewed its advocacy of fii'i'ird again tho cries of 'Vfvu II right* for tliosi? found guilty of Unix' nnil 'Death lit the Jews'." In AIIHpcnsloil (if civil anil political Ills Htatfinwit, ICahhi Tonff noted mi'li crimes. that many I.Vycar-itld buys bad "The common law is iuadriiuatc linrtlcipntcd In tint attacks. in cleansing this moral stain," OsA resolution adopted unanimousservalore Itomam) declared. "Since ly at the emergency meeting dethey- pretend 1o net for politico! nounced tlie "vaiidalisttc action by reasons, they should be removed cowdardly descendants of yesterfrniii political rind public life, hav- day's butchers." Tiie resolution ing demonstrated their unworthi- Iliiinked the city police and the )H'5K <lf it." Italian political parlies and orTim attacks on the Jewish quar- ganizations which had .sent mester was the first of such attacks sages complimenting the Jewish 1n years and angered Jews prompt- population for "the prompt defense ly beat haclt tin' hooligans, beating of its dignity and its sacred niemmany of them and overliirning on-ies." their automobiles. The Federal Council ol Italian .'olice, who came to Hie aid Kvaiigclictd churches, a Prolesiant of tlie Jewisl spit-defense light- body, has rcouesled (lie Italian ll.'I'S, IIITCSleil two of the fascist Government to give full and euuaj at lackers, .lews were injured treatment .fur all religions. Tiie in tlie fi| •in<l several of the Council, noting flint religious freeMSD hi HI Invaders ' dom in this country was threat'•"lie a t t a c : came as. tin; cul- ened by restrictive regulations left In'n.'ition of an election rally held over from the Mussolini regime, by the Mnvlmcnlo Sociale Jtah'ano, said thai tlie present government a neo-fascist group. Sinking fn.s- had failed to carry out in full the cisl hymns, gangs of lioodlunis in- constitutional guarantees ot lull vaded the district where most of!i and free et|iialit\' (if leli^ioo, II1UIKI, Ol'gail o f Illl' Vlltic'll!, shai'Jl-
Koine's Je^ys live, shouting "Death 10 the Jews." ' | Jens wenl into action jruincdi-! alcly, counter-attacking the fas-i cists. Police, reserves soon arrived i to hack up the defenders, and the I fascists were routed. | During tlie night, however, after 1 the police patrols had retired, other fascists threw paint on a memorial coinniemorniint,' the martyrdom of the Jews exterminated in the Ardeatine Caw massacres. Among the flowers ndorniiid the nicnmriul, tlie fascists planted, a liludiji'on. symbol of v i o l e n c e . When police came to remove the bludiji.'Oh and the paint-splattered flinvera, new fights broke out. A -wnrniiiK ilml the .lews of Rome mi^ht lake reprisals in the event of furlher attacks was' Issued by Chief fiabhi Klin 'I'oaff. The warliinf,' came after the Chief
Yugoslavia Has 7,000 Jews Vienna (J'l'A) Out of Rfi.OOO Jews who lived before World War 11 in present-day Yugoslavia, <ml> 7,000 remain, nccordiiiK to I)i Jac(|ues Confino, chairman of the Jewish community in Belgrade. Only 10,000 of Hie pre-war Yugoslav Jew's vniMiiied living aflei World War II.' Many of these were saved from annihilation b\ the Nazis when Yugoslav partisan-, liberated them from an island in the Adriatic Sea where they weie '.guarded by Italian fascists, J.atei nhoiil .3,000 of them left Ym,'oKliu'iii, nui.ll o f Ihi'in r.ii.-l.
Colonels Concar, Siege! to Serve
Mr. Silver said each colonel will head a team, of workers which will include a corps composed of majors and captains io round out Top ranking posts in tlie chain the command. of command of the Philanthropies f All Oinalm men are invited AIIIJIIIH who will serve on Mr. Men's Division liuve been filled I to a hreaUfasl'of the PhilanSiegel's team are, Hdward A. Kowith tlie'naming of Louis Canar tliropies Men's Division, Sunsen, Mclvln Tepprr, Albert J'"«I<1and Karl 'Siege! as colonels by day at 9:.'!0 a. in. at the Jewninii, jV.-illmii Tumor, Kiibeu U p Robert If. Silver, Hie Division's! ish Community Center, it \VM pelt and lOIIiot JSrmvn. Mr. CunGeneral Chairman. Hoth men are announced by RolwrJ H. Silar'tt team m II J o r s are Warned well known to the community for ver. General Men's Division Kroliinaii, Jerome (inissman, Hertheir accomplishments iu past Chairman. bert Wiiitroiih, William Stone, drives and civic affairs. (Jeorge. Shafer, G'liarlts Guss, Division Mobill/.m Kach major will announce his Their appointments were announced last .Sunday at a break- c a p t a i n s at a Men's Division fast held at the Jewish Communi- breakfast Sunday, June 8, at. 9:;JO a. in. at the Jewish Community ty Center when the division began Center. Additional officers ar» its mobilization for net ion in tiie needed and every man in Omaha driic. is urged by Mr. Silver to attend Knrollnient for the Jewish Comtlie breakfast. munity Center Day Camp mul Tlie meeting was sparked hy th« Pre-Sehonl Day Camp Is in full appeaK foi the campaign's sueswlnt,' now, Mrs. Leonard Kulakofsky, day camp chairman, announced.
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'Rescue' Squads Operate Cleanup
Tlie enmp this year will 1«? con-, ducted from June Kith to July IIth, Monday through Friday, '.) a, m. to •]:,'!() p. in. The fee for the twe-week session will he $;!!>, four.1 Continued on Page '•••
Ladies' Group Plans Agenda
In ii effort to clenn up nil out-itiindlng cards, Yoiitli Council I'lillnnthriiplfs "Itrsrne" Ni|iiadi under the leadership of I'anl Sbylien, arn personally contacting every high school student wliu lias not pledged or paid his contribution. Deadline for the coniptction u( sijuitd operations Is Monday, June 9.
Mrs. Mike Freeman, President. Federation of Jewish' Women's Clubs, met with the officers to discuss and plan activities for tlie coming year on Wednesday. \Viishini;lun <JTA' Attorney General William P. P.ojjers told a press conference I hat the bomhini; of synagogues in the South was primarily a matter for local authorities and that lie did not think if a |»ood idea to get the Federal CJovernment involved in investigations where the gnvernnu'iit could not. prosecute. He indicated that furlher Federal action tliftn assistance presently afforded local police might shift the responsibility for prosecution away from local authorities. Asked if tlie Justice Department favored legislation that would expand FBI authority to deal with the dynamiters, Rogers did not express « desire for mich legislation.
Other officers are: Mrs. I.loyd F r i e d m a n , first vice-president; Mrs. Harry Sidnian, second vice-' president; Mrs. K'dwln K. Hrortkey, secretary; and Mrs. Robert II. Kooper, parliamentarian.
Half Orders Defied Jerusalem (WNS) -Fire erupted again atop Mt. Scopus when a gang of Jordanians bearing knives and axes attempted to enter tlie demilitarized zone despite halt orders. The gang, consisting of ]20 men, had been turned nway, but their leader laler returned only to be wounded when lie ile/ied Israeli halt orders near the Hadassnh hospital compound. There was also reports of Syrian attack renewals in the Huleh region.
Omahans Tour Israel
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Under tlie chairmanship of Di Albert .Weiss, a professor at tiie Kolfirade- University, the Jewish community of the country Is Well organized, .said Dr. Coufino. He M'fHirled thul (i vigorous cuiiurnl lirogruni, with Kroat emphasis on Vidill.sh literature, is conducted tliroui;hout the country undej' the auspices of the Federation of Jewish Coniinunitics. Jews in Hie country who are in n't'Mi receive Kovenmient a id. T h e Air. mid Mr«. Hurry i(u!al,of«l;,\, promhient Oninlin ci\li Icad• Joint Distribulioii Committee also conducts :i program In Yugoslavia ero, mot with the. Israel Minister nf Commerce and Industry, I'inlinn for the aid of the iujfil, ill and or- Mnplr <c.) In Jeriiiuleni. Tim Oninliu riinplo nro on u t»nr of developmunt project* flnanrcil with tlin iild of Israel ltond*.
Tiie Jewish Youlli Council Philanthropies Campaign is expected to mr-et its goal of $1,000 if all Youth Council members who have not pledged, will donate "their fair share," co-chairmen Justin Greenberg and Phyllis Abrahams, reported, As of the beginning of this week, $880 bas been pledged and paid to tlie Philanthropies Campaign, with Stl.'iO donated by Youth Council members. The Youth Council announced a gift to its campaign, made by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Greenberg, of Tucson, Ariz., former Omniums in honor of their grandson, Justin Greenberg, a co-chaiuman. "We are very grateful for this contribution and want to express our appreciation," said the cochairmen.' "We hope this gift will spur our members to go beyond the goal of $1,000." A mascot in tlie form of a huge eiepe paper elephant made by Council members, has been placed in the Jewish Community Center lobby. Attached to the figure is a biiiometer to record the campaign standings of the organization's Viiilous participating units. Designers of (lie e 1 e p h a u t were Sharon Frank, Nancy Brodkey, Buddy Marcus, Justin Greenberg, llelcne and Henec Franklin.
K.irl Mefie! Cunnr cess made by prominent Omahans who spoke of the urgency and need of funds. K l n i r r <fross, I'ldlantlirople* ficnenil Clialrniiin, stilled that only by soliciting mnl ciicoiinigln^ allmen to participate, could the division's goal lie readied. .'..;•"Tlie proper and fair contrihuliun to tin's cause," Mr. Gross, assei-ted, "is one given according'..' to one's means, and that is important," • '.,•'-.'•. Dr. ffreeiibi-fK lirges Effort ,, Dr. Abe Greenberg, past president of the Federation, urged all workers to make a concentrated effort towards a successful cam.paign. He said that Omaha Jewry wants to do its "fair share" and that tlie General Men's Division •'. solicitation is the memis byWhich this can bo accomplished. ' The current European' crisis and Its effect upon Jews in Franc* and North Africa was pointed out in a talk hy Paul Veret, Jewish Federation Executive Director. Mr. Veret said that financial aid is needed desperately to .resettle Jews affected.
Marks Picked for Democratic Post
Kphraim I.. Marks. Omaha at-, torney, was elected Douglas County Democratic chairman at th<J'— parly's post primary convention held in tlie city auditorium. '....' Mr. Marks is a member of tha Jewish Federation Board of GovSaturday Voting ernors and past president of th« Omaha Zionist Council. He was In La. Disturbing also a former deputy county atBaton.ftouge (WNSI-Tlie Jew- torney and a past coniinulidei of ish community of Louisiana is the Omaha •American Legion Post deeply disturbed over the signing of a bill by Governor Karl Long under which primaries are to bo b( Id henceforth on Saturday instead of Tuesday. Tlie change, it is feared, will deprive many religious Jews of" the right to vote. F.olh Orthodox, Conservative and Reform leaders made the Jewish position known to the Legislature before passage of the- amendment. Several legislators indicated they weie not iiwaie of the issue when thy voted for the amendment
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Pool Improvements Halt Swim Program The swimming program at Ih9_' Jewish Community Center.will ha suspended from June 8 to June 18 to make way for tlie installation of a new filtering system. Itegulin* swimming activities will be icMimed at 8 a m Monday June 16.