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sylvani.i, Dropsle College, Chicago Medical School, the University of Liege in Belgium and many others. Admirul Strauss holds the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and many other top military awards. He was nominated to serve us chairman of the Atomic Knergy Commission in VJ'i'i, nnd served the five years' statutory limit. . .'• .
AnfNewish Campaign in Russia Intensified Magazine Reports New York UTAi -In tin- lust few month-;, "the .Soviet Union's campaign against Jews and .hifi usm hi"! Itilfniifii d ' lcioiihiif; to a report from Moscow in this \wek's issue of Life imfM/mc '1 he fllusti.Hcd icpoit, s.i\s tint, within recent months 'all o\ei the countiy synagogues haie been raided find newspaper m titles haie opjieared a 11 a c 1c i n g Jews as 'thle\fV and 'cm nut s of socialJ/sni." In nil of Ittissln, die Article, Btaleil, on I) IK ho><i are stiidciili at ii m.ilce-shlft >cslil\n tnfiiliiflcd In onn of MOSPOU'M thrm f»jrmBagilfff urn "permitted liny edncntlon In tint traditions »r Judaism nnil only 8,0IW Hebrew prayer IMMIIM have printed Mnoo 1017— Mini only a few hundred were ever dihlriliuted." 1 lfe itpoi Is Hi il !< ws c uinot be of)i< i rs m lie n.iij or go\ eminent uffiiiil. Only one MJUJM MIC H-niuni in Kir u h u h his I MO 000 J e n s nnd m inv who louK ,i ihv off
$22,4Q9,G80 Renai:'! Plan! for Eg;
last I'a.isover were arrested, the story said. In spue of tin- persecutions miinj ,I(ns including j o n n j men in their twenties told the Life roruspondenl that they "feel like J e w s " 'Ihe wiifei \\,m told by a number of Russian Jews, "Maybe one day they will let w go to Israel"
enry Monslty I.oiljje, B'nal I i . Ih, will have Fred Hill, associate .superintendent of schools, as Kiiesl speaker, at a meeting Tiilirs(!:iy, December 37, 8:15 p. m. at 1,7V Ito.ie. Howl.
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Base To Climax Bond Program ady Gala climax of the l<)r>9 State the year's total for Omaha
••ad's first •II "Tanin" al Base In Viin harbor on its ]6-day "iiui'-e to Israel, The submarine, manned )jy a full complement of .")(! officers and men, was fully .timed «ith thirteen 2,000-pound toipedoes and "ready for combat." The day of departure 6tarted at 7-'iO a m. when the Tanin's crew took up stations aboard the vessel while flogmen carefully Inspected the hull in what on Israel stuff office called "a customary precautionary measure." Sister Submarine One hour later, the crew of the sister submarine, the "Rahav," paraded through the British base carrying Israel's navy flag and drew up on the pier facing the camouflaged submarine, As the colors weve raised on the deck, Seaman Yehoudn Halm, a 23-yearold Ycrhnite cook, intoned In the ship's galley an informal blessing for ihe ship's voyage. Commander Yosef Dror, captain of the Tanin, arrived on the pier, accompanied by the commanding officer of the British naval base. After inspecting the Ilahnv crew and a British guard of honor, Commander Pror was piped aboard. Col. Yaval Necman, the Israel military attache, and I.t. Cmdr, Nathan Sofer, the naval attache, assisted at the ceremony. AnolliT Crew In Training Another crew under the command of a lieutenant from Kibbutz fiiii Harod, is being trained in Mngland for Hie final takeover of Il'ih'iv, the refoud submarine ptiifhiicd from Ihe Bntish The CH'W of the K.ihiv, like the ciew of Ihe 'litriin, Is a f rue crosi section of Isinel's population They Include Jews fiom North Africa 1'eisia, Pol.md, nil no-born Isiiiells, and South Africans All of them aie volunteers
of Israel Bonds program for 195!) will be held Sunday night at the Hlrrckstone Hotel when the ninth annual Ilaiinkkuh Festival will be produced by its Greater Omaha Committee. Governor Ralph G. Brooks and Joey Adams, comedian and author, will headline the program, scheduled for 8 p. m, A dessert supper, priced at 6eventy-flve cents will follow the program of information and entertainment. Itcservatlons 1'rgcd General chaiirnan Robert M. Feinberg urged reservations lie made by telephoning the Israel Bonds office, AT 1177 or AT 1093. The office will be open from 10 a. m. until 4:30 p. m., Sunday, Feinberg praised g r a n d marshal Arthur A. Colin and his I'eiiilx-rg corps of vnlunleer workers for their siieresi efforts on BIG (Bonds of the Israel Govcrment) Hay last Sunday. Sales of more than 510,000 boosted
Mrs. Meir to Retain Israel Cabinet Post 'Jerusalem (WNSi -Mrs. CJulda, Meir, who repeatedly indicated she would not .u(cpl leappomtuK ul is I'oieign Mmistei in the new cuihtinn Cabinet to be fomud by Premier David Ben Gurion, w.is icpoitetl to h.ue ngned to accept the portfolio pio\tiling there is no top mteifeieiice in the aiea of her lulhonty as Foreign Minister
and Council Bluffs to $KM,500. Afimy to Ccmtiu't "We still have a great many persons to contact. Unless w« reach all prospects, we cannot go over the lj;200,000 mark," Feinberg asserted. He and women's chairman, Mrs. Aaron Rips, asked for more volunteers to complete the solicitation program during the next few days. Adams, national president of the American Guild of Variety Artists is receiving acclaim from newspapers throughout the country for his efforts to revitalize the entertainment industry. He also will take part In Philadelphia's Chanukah Festival of Stars December 20. Gov. Brooks on accepting the invitation to speak, stated "the gal« lunt struggle of the people of Israel for economic self-sufficiency has won the heart of all Americans." „
11 of Israel-Bound Group Die on Deserl Tel Aviv (WNfi). -After a long journey six Jewish families from in Hindi ntifii d At ib countrj have
reached Israel, where they were temporarily settled to Ilerzliah. Whn (he .six families started their trek to Israel some months ago, they counted .')7 souls, but eleven perished on the way while negotiating treacherous desert land that, was scorched by a burning sun. After reaching the shores of the lied Sea and landing in one of the North African countries, the wanderers were carried to. Israel by plane together with the religious objects they carried .vith them on the way. Within days; after their arrival, the family heads went to work on orange groves in.. Israel.
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Interndtionnl Farm Youth V.x(11 n i f e I V o t L i m ill eliiri d ,ts s h e i h'itt'd iboiii In i f o u r month1t u p i h r o i d i l u i u i ; i s t o p o w i .i< M u n u i p i l A n j i o i t i n i o u t e t o hei h o m i in A n Ii \ , >,i hi ' J I H I h o u m i l s o l mill s ' i | n i i t 'ii n ' I fi din hi i h o m e i \ ipin I ' I d in I M u l is . h e hi i i n ' i m i l o p ' d in its v n i i i h i |<it i l l l \ i \l< rifled t o in i d m in ; i l o i n ol <i ,i u i i l t u r il
London, (JTAi • 'i'lie Ilriiauit automotive concern .lias promised .settlements there. JJlie, Vistlng N'eiKlilMirx to invest $'J2r'V)0,<KH) in a new plant "It uas just like visiting the for construction nnd assembly of Itenault cars in Kgypt, the Cairo neighbors" she explnined as -.he described iier friendly hosts, of the ]{;i(lin reported. lienmill receiidy cancelled ;i •simillarity of food, dress anil living contract for assembly of its I.J.ui- in gfiieral. Miss .Sliepard:i'in lived on four phine eats at the Kaiser-Fra/er p|ant in Haifa, Israel, in order' to different types of farm settlesecure removal of it;; name from ments ranging from the-communthe Arab boycott of firms doing al-type kibbutz to tlie moshava, which .seemed to her "the nearest business with f.srael. <From Jerusalem it was re- thing to a farm as we know it in ported that several Israel Minis- Nebraska." Among her many experiences tries were .studying the possibility of establishing; ii Govenimenf- among the Israeli families, she was owned automobile plant to help impressed by. the modern home fill tli« (;ap created by the cancel- convenience!) and her conversation lation by lienault of assemblies in was .sprinkled with-praise for the latest farm equipment and the apIsrael. plication of scientific' research. The 22-yeiir-old daughter of Mr. School Official Is and Mrs. Haymond .Shepardson,
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Israel's First Sub1 Hanukkah Festival Sunday
4c/m. Strauss Will Receive Beth Israel Annual Award One of America's most diilinguished public servants, Ailjiui.i] Lewis L. .Stiauss, will reeeiw.- On' cnVPted humanitarian award (if Brlh Israel .'.ynagoguc at tlic congregation's annual citation dinner Sunday night, March 20, IDCO Announcement was made by president Don Gnrdman and KHIIIII Benjamin Groni;r of Belli Isi.icl In n joint statement, they s-ud "Admlrnl Strniuis follows ' in the fnotsteps of our distinguish! d recipients in the past, including'former President Harry S. Truman, JKddle C'nntor and George Je.ssel." I-ewis Uchlcnslein Strauss, who has served as Chairman of Hie U.S. Atomic Knrrjiy Commission, us Secretary of Commerce in I'resident Kisenhower's Cnblnet and is now President of the famrd Institute for Advanced Study at Trineelon, lias devoted his lifetime to civic, philanthropic anil religious activities. He is pant president of Temple Kinnnn-I-:i in New York.-In July, lifiS, he was awarded the Medal Of Freedom, the nation's highest peacetime award, at special White Jloii.sc ceremonies, lie has received honornry deRroes from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NYU, Columliia, (lie University of Perm-
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lleverly Sheparilsiin, young Nebraslian eiitting grapes in an Israel Vineyard. She arose at l:.'',0 a. m. to pick grapes at Kfnr M-'ieeabi when she arrived at the height of the harvest season where much to her surprise even the climate seemed .similar to her home .state except for Hi .sun's Intensity in the morning. She cooked nt Ihe home of her Nahalal host, whose' family was enchanted with her America apple pie. She also treasures the memory of going into the'orchard of the 25-acre farm to pick lemons for a lemon cream pie "The food in Israel is very good," she said as she complimented all the fruits and vegetables included in the meals.
prominent Ansley ranchers, Miss Shepardson, who has been closely identified with 4-II activities, was particularly interested in farm life and spent much time at Kfnr Mac- Misa Shepardson chuckled over cuhi, Kiryat Anavirn, Gevlm, Na- the disappointment of her young friends when she could not demhalal, Negba and Gedcra.
them synonjmous with her >oung compdtnots and also then goodnatured laughs over the Americans' Bermuda shorts, (The Isr.iol girls wear short shorts and the 'Beimudis" is consideicd n man's stjle) But iill-m-.ill, she noted the gnls diess much the same as in this country T.MIIIIIRH Arniinil the riresldn Her social life included dates with young Isiachs, visits to the cities, swimming In the seu and there were "many memorable evenings around settlement .firesides devoted to conversation, song and food." She was on nn excursion on Ihe fateful October night when three .students met death at the site of an old land mine which exploded. Miss .Shepardson compared the young Israelis' lour of military duty to the college period of Americans, in as much as it is the time when they "^row up and become adults."
The Jewish Press will be received in the mail on December -. 1M instead of December 2."). Due to the earlier publication date, news contributors are nuked to have their news releases in the p r e c e d i n g .Thursday.
Another of her observations Included the Sabras, the native oorh, who are especially notable for.; their wonderful pride in their c o u n t r y . "
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She was particularly Impressed by the.relationship between teachers and their charges and had tha • occasion :to teach a class in English oil her visit to one schcibl.. i : ; Children's Itespcct For : Teachers "The children have great respect for their teachers,": she pointed out. "The youngsters aro con«. sidered individuals, are guided to think through their lessons in their search for the right answers and are never forced into anything." . She added her amazement "over-" the assimilation of the different cultures that, have become* a part of tlie country's melting pot and staled the people of Israel are striving for peace with their Arab neighbors and the opening of free travel in tlie Middle-East. .- ... "However," slit- went on to sny, "there is no fear among tlie people who accept everything as a way of life to which they .have become accustomed. They must keep up their- defenses because the country is small." ' • A graduate of the University of; Nebraska, she visited a former .schoolmate, Miss Tamnra Gil of Tel Aviv, a cousin of Mr. and Mra. . I.eo Hill of Lincoln. As a result of her many experiences, Mis.s Shepardson said Bhd hopes to bring a truer understanding of Israel and her people to Nebraska. ......... . -..