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DEC'S San Francisco—"The hippies —our romantic yonnj; -art saying to us parents that our kind Of modernity is old-fashioned and unsatisfactory." a noted Jewish scholar .said here this week, explain:!;;; that the hippies show "an unfamiliar thirst for spirituality and religion." Milton Himmelfnrb. director of the -Jewish Information Service of the American Jewish Committee, who is co-editor of the American Jewish Year Book and a contributing; editor of Commentary magazine, added thai "the.se young people arc telling us that we have foolishly, cleverly, and arrogantly abandoned precisely those values that a human being needs for maintaining his humanity in
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generation ago." Ilimmelfarb continued, "young people, in effect, were telling their elders to become more modern. But now the young are telling us that we went too far. They are telling us to backtrack and recover some of those things that we thought wen? useless ballast, but that we see now were no less essential than those things we retained." On the other hand, Ilimmelfarb pointed out, the New Left is essentially a continuation of the rationalist, radical tradition of the Enlightenment. He added: "But the distinguishing characteristic of the hippie is precisely Romanticism, an outlook and impulse and set of values very different from the Enlightenment and rationalism.
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"What is new today, and unfamiliar, is the hippies' thirst for spirituality, for religion if you will, for a wholeness of experience that is shown in their attendance and their behavior at the lectures of the Indian. Havi Shankar. They are not saying that religion and spirituality, or even that horrible word 'mysticism,' are a lot of baloney. They are saying that they respect those, things and may even want to have them for themselves." Pushbutton Judaism "Our modem Judaism is too unphysical, too uneinStional, too impersonal. No congregation should be as big as many are. And we have literally succumed to the push-button mentality. In some of our syna-
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ptes, A capacity crowd-is expected for the Israel Dinner of State to be liclci this Sunday, December ill, at the Highland Country Club, according to Sam M. Greenberg, dinner chairman. Mr. Grcenberg noied lliut (hose who have not yet made arrangementsr lo attend in.iv malic Iheir reservations today by phoning , i53058.ri or :S-ll-il77. A (i p.m. cocKlail hour will precede the 7 p.m. diimrr. Mr. Greenberg said, "The presence of Omaha Jewry at this Israel Bond dinner will demonstrate our continued concern and support for Israel and her future. Never has our support been more vital than it is now, when Israel faces the serious problems resulting from the hectic days of May and June of this year." HIGHLIGHTS Special guests at the dinner will be Israel General Amos Horev and Israeli soprano, Shosluma Hhoshan. Highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the "Israel Service Award" to each of 12 past chairmen of the Omaha Israel Bond Campaigns in recognition of their dedicated service to Israel through their leadership in the Israel Bond Program.
Paris (JTA>-French President Charles do Gaulle's severe denunciation both of Israel and the Jewish people stirred sharp critical responses this week among the French people, in Israel and in other countries. The official translation of the French President's comments, released by the French Mission to the United Nations, made it clear that his denunciation went well beyond a political attack
on Israel and that he had impugned t h e Jewish people "through the ages" for having "provoked" and "caused" ill will "in certain countries at certain times." He also told the press conference in Paris that, it was "always feared" that once the Jews "gathered on the site of their former grandeur," meaning Palestine,- "they might come to change into a fervent and conquering ambition, the very touching hopes they had for 19 centuries." French Reaction Response in France was immediate and sharp. Many leading Frenchmen, including members of the President's party, The winter convention of the took issue. Former Prime MinCornbclt R e g i o n B'nai B'rith ister Guy Molle.t called a press Youth Organization will be held in Omaha December'25-29. Aveva Halm and Steve Neesman, co-chairmen in charge of over-all convention plans, have announced that more than 300 young men and women will be "I came to Jerusalem at night. participatig in the athletic, cultural and social functions of the The next day when I could see the Holy City, I was astounded. convention. Convention delegates will use The sights and sounds and peothe facilities of the Prom Town ple •=— everywhere there was House, Lewis and Clark Junior something new and exciting and High and the Jewish Commun- profound." Thus describing his introducity Center for their convention activities. Representatives from tion to Israel, Murray Kalis exDes Moines, Lincoln, Sioux City, plained that these first impresSioux Falls, Mason City and Ot- sions also served as the motivatumwa are expected to attend. tion for the creation of the paintBBYO Advisors, Mrs. Mary ings, prints and drawings of Lou Goodman and Arnold Bres- Israel done by him which will on exhibit at the Jewish Comlow are serving as advisors to be munity Center throughout the the convention chairmen. month of December.
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Brig. Haim Bar-Lev, 43, lias been named Chief of Staff of Is rael's armed forces, effective in January, l'JGS and will be pro. moted to Major General, He Will succeed Maj, Gen, Yitzhak Rabin, who, reliable sources said, will be appointed Israel Ambassador to the U n i t e d States. General Bar-Lev, f o r m erly Brotzlawski, was born in-Austria in 1924, spent most of his childhood in Yugoslavia and came to Israel with his hamily In 1039 at the age of 15. He studied at the a g r i c u l t u r a l School at Mikveh I s r a e l and later joined Palmach, the famed shock troops of Haganah, the Jewish defense force, prior to establishment of the State of Israel. The young Bar-Lev rose rapIdly through the ranks. Israel's war for independence in l'JUi found him a battalion commander in the Negev repulsing Egyption attacks from Sinai. During tlie Sinai campaign of 1950 ho commanded the armored brigade that routed the Egyptians at El Arisli and Rafah. During lnst June's Six-Day War, General Bar-Lev served as Deputy Chief of Staff. The g e n e r a l studied at military schools in Britain and France and at Columbia University in New York where he earned a master's degree in business administration and economics. He is married and the father of a son and a daughter.
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conference in Paris in the name of his Democratic and Socialist Federation to denounce de Gaulle's Mideast policies and his attack on Israel. Mollet charged that de Gaulle smelled the oil of tlie Middle-East" and that he was otherwise uninterested in the future of peace in the area or in "the fate of a martyr-nation." The French press of all shades of opinion, except the Communist, continued to assail Gen. de Gaulle and to repudiate the position he had taken on Israel, Israel Reaction President Charles de Gaulle's bitter attack on Israel was denounced by a special Cabinet (Continued on Page 2)
The 28-year-old artist will b9 honored at a reception Saturday, December 9, at 8 p.m. at the J.C.C. on the occasion of the opening of his one man show. The community, is invited to attend the opening night reception and meet the artist who is currently Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Department of Art at Midwestern College in Denison, Iowa. The exhibit at the J.C.C. will be open daily to the community at no charge, starting Sunday, December 10.
Local B'nai B'rith Groups to Hold Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, December 13, has been set as B'nai B'rith Day at the Red Cross Blood Center. Donors will be accepted from 12 noon until 5:45 p.m. According to Mrs. Max Sacks, Over-all Chairman, B'nai B'rith Blood Day is, an annual event designed to help replace blood used by members and their families and friends, B'nai B'rith will again serve corned-beef sandwiches to all donors. Mrs, Sacks notes that "it only takes a short 45 minutes to give a pint of life—and it's so painless." Further information about the blood program is available from Mrs. Sacks, 55B-1802. Appoint-
ments to give blood may also be made with Mrs. Sacks. B'nai B'rith members who are assisting with the drive include: Mmes. Sam C o o p e r , Dclmnr Klein, Arthur Parilman, Rodney Shkolnick, S e y m o u r Steinberg, Sidney Klopper, Marvin Abramson, Myron Marko, Harry Richman, David Cooper, Milton Katskee, Edward Altman, Milton Mintz, R i c h a r d Wright, Frank S e k a r , Jack Noodell, L a r r y S a d o f s k y , Charles Fisher, Marcel Kahn and Miss Ida Gillcr. Messrs. Harold Garber, Max Sacks, David Cooper and Dr. James Wax, s.
Murray Kalis looks over some of (he Israeli art which will be included in his Oiicllau Art Shaw at the JCC.