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fs§nf item, fS Men to fill the top ranking post;; of tin; Men's Division of the l'JliG Philanthropies Campaign, have been named by Alex Wcinstein. gwicrii! chairji'.ais sf the division. Owen Meycrson, Arnold Stern and Dave Wine will serve as majors in tin; campaign and each will head a team composed of seven captains, and the seven w o r k e r s working under each enptain. The appointments ol the majors was made l»i;t Thursday at a m e c t i n ?! attended by past chairmen of the Men's Division who are now part of the Men':; Division Advisory Committee headed by Alvin Abnunson. Mr. Wt'instein noted that the three majors are all men known to the community for their ac-
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complishments in pa.-it campaigns as well as their efforts in a wide variety of community activities. "Adiiitiuiuil Captains and volunteer workers are still needed to insure the s u c c e s s of the. campaign" said Mr. VVeinstein. "Men interested in serving in the campaign are urged to contact one of the three majors." Proportional (Jiving Robert Feinbcrff, G e n e r a l chnirnum of the C a m p a i g n, noted that only by soliciting and cncouraRinf; all men to participate could the division's goal be readied. The concept of "Pro portionni Giving" will be used us a means of encouraging each man in the community to contribute in proportion to his income. Yardstick Kaeh worker will be equipped with a "yardstick of proportional giving" to help each donor evaluate his individual responsibility in this total community effull.'
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ir^ff Mrs. Ben E. KaUow, chairman of the Decorations committee for the Dessert Luncheon of the Women's Division of the 1'JGG Philanthropies Campaign, met recently with her co-chairman, Mrs. Mil* ton Abraham.1!, and the members of their committee to prepare the decorations for the Apiil 19 event. Mrpes. Ernest Ilochstt-t «md Isaac Nadolf are in chaige of arrangements for the city-wide event which will he held at I2.30 p m. in the social hall of Beth Israel Synagogue.
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Washington <JTA> — An attempt is betn;! made by George Horkwell's American Nazi\Party to acquire Hitler's former Miss Gloria Friedman, chair'yacht, now believed moored at, man of the Professional WomMiami, Fla., for use ar> a sea- en's Division of the 1966 Philangoing headquarters. The 85-foot thropies C a m p a i g n, has anpleasure craft, built .especially nounced that a "Spring Tea" will for Hitler, was purchased by be held for the women in the American;; after the war, and division on Sunday, April 17. at brought to the United States. 2 p.m." in the Mousy and Gar--Rockwell liar; been quoted •»'> lien';; Tloom of the• UUICIMUHHstating that he has found some-. Hole!. . one willing to help finance the .. Mrs. Edvard Smith of Knnsar. purchase. City, Missouri, will be the guest Hitler's yacht would again fly speaker. Entertainment will be the Nazi ensign, according to provider! !>y a musics! trio. SowIiockwc-HV plans,' KQCkwell in- venir gifts will be presented dicated lie would seek to spread to all women altendin;;, and exNazism from port to port, in citing door prizes will be given. America and abroad. It was reCaptains serving as hostesses ported here that he is seeking nt the tea include: Mines. Isaan international Nazi crew, in- (lore Daii'iky, D:ivid Crcenborjf, cluding World War II German Alice Hecger, Abe Mozcr, Robert naval personnel who may want S. Nogg: Misses Sylvia Pnrilto keep Nazism alive aboard man, Enid Venger, Vivian WebHitler's yacht. rr.pn anil Juiia Zukrr,
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•Jerusalem fJTAV-In his first major policy speech as Foreign Minister, Abba Eban told Parliament that peace was desired by Israel, and was desirable to all peoples, "but it is not an essential condition for our survival," Outlining Israel's foreign policy on the occasion of the presentation of his Ministry's budget. Mr. Eban delivered a 75-miitutc address covering .every aspect of Israel',1; relations with the world. Debate In the initial debate after his address, former Premier David Ben-Gurion denounced Mr. Eban for his comments about Mr. Ben-Gurion in an interview with a Paris newspaper. .The interview was the subject of an opposition effort to topple Premier Levi Eshkol's Government on a non-confidence motion, which failed. Eban said thai, in recent months- Israel had Riven further study to the possibilities of closer relations with the Soviet Union in the light of the Soviet initiative by seeking'settlement of territorial disputes on a peaceful basis. • He. referred specifically to thf Soviet initiative in arranging for a meeting in Soviet Tashkent between India and Pa-
Jcistan, at which a truce was reached in the fighting over Kashmir. Mr. BciiGurion, in his statement, declared that Israel's statement of willingness to extend the hand of peace to its Arab neighbors was established before Tashkent. He also said Israel must not give up the hope of coming to terms with Communist 'China....'.. ,.-.•_.• - .-
London (JTA)—The extensive, role of American aid to Egypt, although little publicized, has been a significant, factor in the improvement of relations between the two countries, according to a Cairo dispatch in the Sunday Observer. The report noted that Egypt is the largest per capita c o n s u m e r in the world of American surplus food, and stated that more than CO percent of all wheat and flour used in Egyptian cities is provided by the Food for Peace Program, American loaii-'! have
PICTUUKl) AIJOVIC, preparing the decorations-for the April 19 Dessert luncheon of the Women's Philanthropies Division are (from left to right): Mines. Paul Verct, Harold K. Urodkey, M. II. Brodkcy, Hen Kaslotv, Maurice Pepper, Lloyd Itank, Julius Goldncr and Milton Abrahams. McmUwa xA the decoration committee not pictured are Mmes. Edward I). Broilkey and Arthur Greene.
y To irlffsfi Parliament New Yorl:, (JTA)—Tlie prosent criais in Jewish education requires a willingness on the part of curriculum planners and administrators to "scrap all cherished preconceptions and start all over again,1' a professor of history told 250 delegates to the national conference on Jewish Education. Dr. Irving Greenberg, of Yeshiva University, said that the first consideration for the educators to determine is what is the purpose of remaining Jewish. "If Judaism is nothing but democracy or brotherhood, why not practice these in the original form?," lie asked. He suggested as an experiment, the reversal of the current practice by starting Jewish education at 13, or bar mitzvah age, so that the student can begin his Jewish' studies when he is mature. "In fact,' 'he declared, "a good idea would be to scrap the entire bar mitzvah ceremony with its Haftorah ritual, a procedure which has in the past wasted thou-
"Since the synagogue has taken a central role and in effect, the religious school often wags the tail," Dr. Greenber^ said, 'the result is that Jewish education suffers. We must challenge the laymen who now use the synagogue as a comfortable shelter, and adopt an idea proponed by Itabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch—to close the synagogues for 100 years, so we will have to develop the -home." -perhaps we can be a little less radical," Prof. Greenberg added, "and close the synagogues for one year, informing the rabbis that their new function is to tench, resulting in forcing their erstwhile congregants to learn and think."
Waltham, Hoes,, OTA>—An intensive survey by the Institute of East European Jewish Affairs at Brnndeis University here, lists "at least" (S2 functioning synagogues in the entire Soviet Union. The survey noted that, in 1DG0, a Soviet official had stated there were at that time 400 synagogues in the USSR( servpaid for G2 percent of all land ing 500,000 "practicing Jews." reclamation u n d e r t a k e n in An edition of a Soviet informaEgypt since the 1952 revolution, tional handbook, distributed last and the United States has fi- fall, gave the number of synananced the construction of near- gogues in the USSR as 97, Information ly 3,000 miles—02 percent—of all paved roads built in that peThe listing of 62 present synagogues, according to an Institute . riod, the reports said. More than one quarter of all r e p o r t , was compiled' from the health centers. built in the varied'sources, in the-face of c o u n t r y since 1052 were fi- Soviet reluctance to reveal the nanced by the United States, precise number of synagogues and over 3,000,000 E g y p t i a n in the USSR, and despite diverchildren are fed by American gent figures that have emanated from official Soviet sources. volunteer agencies.
London (JTA)—A' total of 40 Jewish candidates from both major parties were elected Vp Parliament, according to results of the nationwide elections here vrtuch gave Prime Minister Harold Wilson a decisive majority in the House of Commons. All of the Jewish candidates were elected in constituencies with little or no Jewish voters, while areas with heavily Jewish populations invariably sent nonJews to Parliament. All Fascist candidates were not only decisively defeated in the balloting but forfeited their deposits in every ense. deposits are forfeited when the candidates receives less than one eighth of the total votes cast in. the constituency.
The report said the listing docs not purport to be exhaustive, because of the difficulty in obtaining accurate information, "it is possible that some synagogues have escaped our net," tho report stated, "hut t t e k number is unlikely to be great." The listing is the initial part of a comprehensive study of the state of the Jewish religion in the Soviet Union, undertaken by the Institute. • The completion of the study about w h i c h information i3 scarce wil ltake many months, said the Institute's director,' Prof. Erich Goldhagen. But in the meantime, he said, "to meet the great need ior knowledge about the conditions of Jews in the Soviet Union, we are communlcat'vnG some o( ctviv {tadmga to the interested public, laymen and scholars alike."