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vicinity and shattered windows Arabs were detained for queshalf a mile away. Cars parked tioning. Restraint Praised Jf near the scene were blown off Prime Minister Levi ESnTtol ; the road and some of them caught fire. Most of the 20 per- visited the scene of the blast and praised self-restraint shown by sons who were seriously injured the, Jewish population. There apparently had been in a barber we're only a few incidents of shop close to the blast site. They Arabs being assaulted by enwere hurt by flying glass and a raged Jews after the explosion. fire which broke out in the shop. Last Sept. 4, when a.series of The a r e a was' immediately , grenade explosions rocked down sealed off by police and 500 town Jerusalem,,killing one Israeli and, wounding 51, bands of Jewish youths roamed the Old: City of, Jerusalem's Arab quarters attacking Arabs and smashing their cars and stores for s e v e r a l hours before .police brought them under c o n t r o l . Prompt sealing-off of East Jerusalem was credited with avoidance ' of similar incidents this time. • Tel Aviv (JTA>-Israel's leftThere were only four absten- . Mr. Eshkol called the explowing labor party Mapam, by a tions when the vote was taken. sion an Outrage", that "revealed vote of 433 to 239, approved po- The balloting was preceded by the true nature of Israel's enelitical alignment with the Israel some emotional speeches by mies." He said responsibility for Labor Party of Prime Minister party members who feared that it belonged to the. Arab rulers Levi Eshkol thus paving the Mapam, which is to the left of who have encouraged terrorist way for an absolute majority Mapai, Rafi and Achdut Avodah, activities. "They failed to defeat in the Knesset (Parliament) for the factions comprising the Is-., Israel on the battlefield so they the first time in Israel's history. rael Labor Party, would be swal- turned to the murder of civilians ' The alignment will have 6T lowed up and lose its unique by hit-and-run tactics." Arab Reaction seats in the chamber. It will identity. also apply outside of the KnesArab reaction appeared dividthe opposition was unable set in municipal councils and in to But overcome the practical arguHistadrut, Israel's labor federa- ments for alignment. Those fation. -••-•• voring the move said that the problems . of the State have priority over the problems of any individual party. They noted New York (JTA) — The that as a member of the alignworld Jewish population was ment, Mapam would have a scat estimated at 13,028,000 at the at the policy-making tables and end of 1967, with 50 percent would not be just giving or withliving in the Western HemisTel Aviv (JTA) — Jeers holding its vote on historic dephere, according to the 1968 ; cisions as in the past. Mapam drowned out the applause for edition of the American Jewformer Prime' Minister David and Labor P a r t y leaders will ish Yearbook. : meet shortly to work out impleBen-Gurion who delivered one The newly published book, mentation of the alignment. of his bitterest attacks on his said that the United States old political foe, Prime Minister 'V „ had 5,800,000 Jews; the SovLevi Eshkol, in an address to iet Union, 2,568,000; Israel, students at the Mann Audito2,365,000; and France, 535,rium here this week :___ 000.'.-'. :. . . Mr. Ben-Gurion branded Mr. Argentina's Jewish popuEsfakol and his advisors "cor-. lation was put at 450,000 as Paris (JTA)—Reports reachrapt" and sajd he was worried was Great Britain's. ' about Israel's future under their ing here from Beirut said that the ousted former head of the leadership. anti-Zionist American Council The former Prime Minister for Judaism, Rabbi?.Elmer Berwas . constantly heckled and ger, has become. a-"nero"-of the shouted down by members of Arab countries where he has the audience but appeared to been lecturing and addressing be unfazed. "I am a lone man," public meetings. he said, "I have no party beRabbi Berger is due in Cairo hind me. I say what I»believe." next week for a series of .lecToronto (JTA)—An Orthodox One of the things he said he tures at the invitation of the rabbi said here that Jewish law believed was that Israel might Arab League, the reports said. permits Jews to donate their ' face another war with the Arabs His speeches denounce Israel hearts or other organs for trans"and there is no surety we will and Zionism and voice unlim- plants but forbids them to give win again." ited support for the Arab cause. their bodies to science-or for a n a t o m i c a l dismemberment "because most schools do notgive the body enough respect." Rabbi N.I. Rabinovitch of Clanton Park Synagogue, who lectures -in mathematics .at. the University of Toronto, said at a university-seminar that donating a heart was a life-saving procedure that took precedence over the Commandment that forbids mutilation of ..the dead. He said there was nothing in J h h f b d 4 h •of kidneys, corneas'or any vital organs taken from a Jewish donor "because t h e r e is no Ambassador Tliitthsik Rabin AjyehLoDbFlncns greater merit even in death than contributing to saving a life." DR. NAHUM GOLDMANN, President of (he World Jewish Congress: HON. YITZCHAK RABIN, Ambassador of Israel lo the United Slates; He said the Torah also.per•nd ARYEH LOUIS FINCUS, Chairman of tbiJtnUh Agency, win bo mits autopsies if they are need. among (be featured guest spca&era at (he 701b Anniversary National ed to find answers to medical Biennial Contention of (he Union o l Orthodox Jewish Congregations of puzzles, but the Torah. would America, to be held at Ibe WasMocfoa Htton la Washington, D , C from not. allow: persons to" give a Wednesday, Nowmber 27 through Sunday, December I, 1968.2,009 dele* nose for cosmetic .reasons' begatef are expected to altettd <be fire-day comocalion of tbe national or, ganliatlon aeixlng orer 3,009 iptagofuei throughout tbe United Slatei cause 'that 'would.'not' justify •nd Canada, " '' " - • ,mutilating.the. .dead. ,,;, .;..,','. L JERUSALEM (JTA)-An estimated 500 pounds of explosives hidden in a car parked in one of new Jerusalem's most crowded shopping* areas. blew up last r Friday in one of the worst bomb Incidents since the Six-Day 1967 war. 12 persons were killed and 55 injured. . The m o r n i n g blast in the crowded Machane Yehuda market demolished four shops nearby, damaged dwellings in the
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ed on the terrorist bombing in East Jerusalem markets, Arabs the crowded marketplace. Mayor will not be permitted to work in .Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem, who the Western part of the city and cqt-short a visit to the United tourists will no longer be directStates:and rushed home when ed to East Jerusalem." he heard, the news, praised East Arab trade union leaders of Jerusalem's only Arabic news- East Jerusalem and Jaffa is-' . p a p e r , Al Kuds, which'de- sued a statement denouncing nounced the bombing as an out- those responsible for the bombrage that "shook the founda- ing as "blood-thirsty cowards tions" of the city and "the con- whose aim is to deepen, hatred science of every inhabitant, Arab and remove understanding and and Jew, who desires peace and peace from our region." Meanhates the killing of innocent peo- while, two Arab guerrilla organpled" But Arab notables and civ- izations, El Fatah and the Popuic leaders of East Jerusalem lar Front for the Liberation of have been silent so. far. Palestine, each claimed credit Mayor Kollek warned that if for it. In a broadcast from Beirut acts of sabotage continued, East jheard here, the Popular Front Jerusalem's economy would be said the bombing was "retaliaseriously impaired and many tion for Israeli terrorist actions Arabs would. lose their means of against our people." The group livllhood. "If the terror contin- also c l a i m e d credit for past ues," he said at a city council bomb explosions in Jerusalem, ,meeting, "Jews will not go to Hebron and Tel Aviv:
$200,000 to Date Maurice Gilmore, general chairman of-tke 1968 Omaha Israel Bond campaign, has announced that bond sales to date have well exceeded the $200,000 level. "We are rrtost pleased with the response thus far," said Mr. Gilmore. "Once again, Omaha Jewry has opened its heart to the urgency of Israel Bonds in this 20th anniyer-. sary year for the Jewish State. The next plateau of $300,000 is well within sight," saidMr. Gilmore. ' ^.j .The local Israel Bond Com- • ^"^ J~~" paign will be highlighted by a 20th.anniversary celebration d i n n e r , December 8, at the HigMand CdunTry~ClQbrSpecial" •' d- -i n n e r guest speaker at• the which will honor R o b e r t M. Feinberg will be Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz; vice-president - of the State of Israel. Bond Organization. Discussing.the current Bond
campaign, Dr. Schwartz said, "At the beginning of the year the I s r a e 1 Bond drive under-took to provide a major-part ofour development b u d g e t . But now the share of Israel Bonds is going to' be greater than we imagined. •<• --: -—— : "Israel Bonds have • always been vital This year I s r a e l Bonds are our-only source of uncommitted money, the only means we have of going forward and the only way open to - us to maintain pur development —program in the; face of-bur-terrible burden of defense," said , Dr. Schwartz. Rabbi Rabinovitch said it Morton Richards, chairman would be acceptable for a Jew- of the Omaha dinner, has anish person to be given a pig's nounced that a capacity crowd heart if science developed a is expected for:tJie-December 8 way to use animal organs in- e v e n t . Reservations may be stead of human organs In a made with the Israel Bond Office, 341-1177. transplant.
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Mission Accomplished! AZA Community Service activities usually do not take on the dramatic proportions experienced by 5 members of AZA 1 last Sunday. ' It started out as a simple door-to-door collection of canned goods to be used in Thanksgiving baskets for needy .families, • *» '• Jerry Sadofsky, Sheldon Sadofsky, Bob Freeman, Steve Klrshcnbaum and Steve Chasen approached the house at C035 JVoglworHTAyenue. a t J i p j n , Reacting, quickly to"the_ smell of smoke and" the" screams o r a child,ihcTfodyB were instrumental in bringing the 3 young children of Mrs. Mar. jorie Nelson to safety before the rented frame .house was dcslroycd. ' Assured that the children were safe, and that they could be of no further aid, the boys left the scene of the near tragedy. Their efforts went unnoticed in (he report In the dally newspaper. • '• They obviously collected no canned goods at that address. ••. • •, •<. •• •"••-.•• .' : r But 5 young men more than fulfilled the AZA' obligation for "community service." -