4 THE TRANSCRIPT Monday, April 27, 1964!
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright, 1964, Jewish Telegraohic Agency. Inc.)
COMMUNAL CURRENTS: Leaders of the United Jew-
ish Appeal are greatly satisfied with the march of the
UJA campaign this year... They feel that more funds
will be raised throughout the country in the 1964 drive
than in the previous year . . . Pre-Passover giving this
year has been higher than last year in communities
where the campaign has already been started . . . Espe-
cially responsive are the donors of bigger gifts . . .
Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, UJA executive vice-chair-
man, has numerous reasons to give for this increased
generosity . . . He feels that the fact that the national
inaugural conference of the UJA was held this year in
Washington, and not in Miami Beach, has stimulated
greater giving . . . There was not much publicity given
to the proceedings of the Washington conference -- in
fact, publicity was avoided this time -- nevertheless
those invited to the conference were all greatly inspired
by what took place there... And their inspiration has
transferred itself to many "communities all over the
country . . . Rabbi Friedman found the experience of
launching the national UJA campaign in Washington
instead of Miami Beach so rewarding, that he makes
no secret of his sentiment to make Washington the place
for inaugural conferences in the future . . . He also
attributes the greater giving this year to the fact that
three very important Israelis came to the U.S. during
the last three months to address the communities on
behalf of the United Jewish Appeal... They were Louis
Aryeh Pincus, the able treasurer of the Jewish Agency
who made a deep impression in the communities which
he addressed during his tour in January; the eloquent
Deputy Premier Abba Eban, who addressed communi-
ties in February; and the head of Israel's Air Force
Ezer Weizmann who took the communities with his
charm early in March . . . These three guest speakers
have given a strong lift to the campaign in numerous
cities and thereby helped to raise more funds not only
for UJA but also for local and domestic Jewish needs
• . . Another factor is the UJA Young Leadership pro-
gram which has brought much "young blood" into local
leadership. • • Deputy Premier Eban, who has not been
to this country for several years, was very much im-
pressed with the hundreds of new young faces he saw
in the ranks of the UJA leadership during this tour . .
He had never seen anything like that before he left his
post in the U.S. as Israel Ambassador in Washington • • •
An indication of the good response which the UJA
meets now in its campaign was the atmosphere which
marked the Midwest and West Coast regional confer-
ence of the United Jewish Appeal which took place in
the last weeks . . . There are still communities wheie
the UJA campaign will start at the end of the sum-
mer; however, the certainty exists that the 1964 drive
will in total exceed the results of 1963.
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SOVIET ECHOES: The discriminations against the Jew-
ish religion in the Soviet Union--expressing themselves
not only in making difficulties for Jews to bake.matzoth
for' Passover--are best seen from a book published in
the Soviet Union in the Russian Orthodox Church there
... The book, entitled "The Russian Orthodox Church--
Organization, Situation, Activity," has been published in
Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and
Arabic . . . It constitutes interesting evidence of the
flexibility in Soviet official policy when dealing with
an "approved" religion, as compared to the rigid denial
of facilities to Judaism . . . The book shows that the
Soviet Government permits the Russian Orthodox
Church to maintain contact with dioceses, parishesand
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missions overseas . . . A central Church body is permit-
ted to supervise local churches throughout, the 1ISS1¢
and to maintain contact wth non-Orthodox ChrJsLm
communities abroad by correspondence . . . It controls
secondary and higher theological establishments which
include eight seminaries and two higher academies, in
addition to maintaining correspondence course for hun-
dreds of students . . . It publishes a monthly magazine,
Bibles, religious textbooks, se{mons and patriarchal
messages . . . It maintains a candle factory, workshops
for production of church requisites like priests' crosses,
crucifixes for believers, incense and other religious ob-
jects, including icons . . . The book describes in great
detail the considerable network of overseas relations
maintained by the Church, both with its own constit-
uent bodies in foreign countries and with other Christian
churches... Judaism, a world religion with a far hmger
history and traditions and a wider terrestial dispersion,,
is, in contrast, not even a poor relation . . . It is not
permitted to maintain any central organization of any
kind to link the few synagogues still allowed to exist
in the Soviet Union . . . It has no facilities at all for
publishing essential religious literature, and no Hebrew
Bible, or even a Jewish calendar has been published
in the Soviet Union since 1917 . . . It is not permit,ted
to establish any contact whatsoever with branches of
religious Jewry outside of the Soviet Union . . . Its be-
lievers are actively persecuted by the authorities and
pilloried in the Soviet press . . . The book published by
the Church is liberally illustrated and shows, among
other items, Hebrew texts displayed on the walls in a
class room at the Church Academy in Moscow intended
for students attending lectures on dogmatic theology
•.. Since the teaching of Hebrew to Jews is prohibited
in the Soviet Union, it seems that the only way Jews
can learn their own holy tongue would be by studying
for the Russian Orthodox priesthood.
Avivah Offman
Winner for Region
In Bible Contest •
Alfred Munro Elias, an
American statistician, pio-
neered in the application of
formal statistical procedures to
the field of baseball in the
early part of this century. By
1919 his statistical bureau was
made the official record-keep-
ing agency of the National and
International Leagues. (JTA)
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Jewish Leaders in
hrgenlina Reassured
By Govt. Action
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)--
Recent events in Argentina
have shown that the situation
of tim Jews in this country is
serious, but it could have been
much more grave if the Gov-
ernment had not at.ted firmly
against advocates and prac-
titioners of anti-Semitism, Dr.
:Isaac Goldenberg, president
of the DAIA, central body of
organized Argentine Jewry,
told the Jewish Telegraphic
i Agency here. "The DAIA," he
stated, "has found a firm and
very positive attitude in high
Government circles," he said.
Dr. Goldenberg discussed
also the activities of Hussein
Triki, Argentine representa-
tive of the Arab League. The
offensive started by Triki re-
cently against the Jews here,
said the DAIA leader, must be
viewed in the light of infor-
mation in the hands of the
Jewish organization, showing
that Triki had aimed at form-
ing a Nazi-type drive intended
to weaken the position of the
Jews in this country. Itow-
ever, said Dr. Goldenberg,
"Triki has overplayed his
hand, so that he has even been
disavowed by the Egyptian
Embassy here, with which he
had been formerly in close
contact."
• Nevertheless, Dr. Golden-
berg warned, the Arab propa-
ganda did succeed in implant-
ing certain ideas among some
members of the Argentine
public. He had raised "veno-
mous" questions about sending
money from Argentina to
Israel th'rough the United
campaign; and about alleged
Canada Can Learn
From Israel Says
Alberta Premier
EDMONTON, Canada,
(JTA) --- Alber ta's Premier
Ernest C. Manning told a gath-
ering here that Canada could
use some of the spiril of lhe
people' of modern Israel which,
he said, is destined to thrive
"in accordance with the pro-
raise made to Abraham."
Speaking at an awards
meeting of the Jewish Com-
munity Council attended by
almost 600 persons, the Pre-
mier described Israel as a
"nation in a hurry," attribu-
ting this to an "attempt to
make up for the lost time of
centuries." The Premier had
just returned from a tour of
Israel.
Philadelphia Takes
Monument for Jews
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)
An 18-foot bronze sc.ulpture
commemorating the 6,000,000
Jews martyred by the Nazis
has been accepted by the City
of Philadelphia as a gift. The
monument--the first of its
kind in the United States
is expected to be placed per-
manently in a prominent loca-
tion on the West Plaza of City
Hall. Until construction and
improvement work is com-
pleted, it will be temporarily
erected on a city owned plot.
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Jewish "double loyalty." "It
will take great effort to clear
up the mess that.,man has
stirred up," said Dr Golden-
berg. ":"
B. C. Teachers Urge
End of Teaching
Religion in Schools
VANCOUVER, Canada
(JTA).--Delegates to the Bril-
ish Columbia Teachers Federa-
tion convention have urged the
elimination of compulsory re-
ligious exercises in public
schools of the province. Under
a Public Schools Act, schools
must set aside the fir s t :
mimfl, es of each school day.t
a prescribed Bible reading
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temtal of the Lord s Praye
Using such terms as "far
cal" a n d "mumbo - jumbo";;
describe the compulsory eX
cises, the 1,200 delegates n01
that the schools also were
tended by children of Jew
Moslem and other faiths.
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AVIVAH OFFMAN
Avivah Offman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Offman,
an 8th grade student at the
Seattle Hebrew School, was
the regional winner of the
National Bible Contest. She
scored 68V out of a possible
70 points. Avivah also placed
first in the 1962 contest and
was runner-up last year. She
is the granddaughter of Mrs.
Lena Pearl.
Birgitta Lydzinski, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. Lydzinski,
a 9th grade student at the He-
brew School placed second in
the contest.
Avivah and Birgitta partici-
pated in the Hebrew division
of the Bible contest. All ques-
tions were given and answered
in t-Iebrew. This year's contest
was the Fifth National Bible
Contest with headquarters in
New York. Avivah's outstand-
ing record has won her high
}raise.
toronto Agencies
Agree To End Bias
TORONTO (JTA).-- Fifteen
private employment agencies
pledged themselves this week
to ignore biased inquiries
among clients seeking workers.
Dr. Dan Hill, Ontario Human
R i g h t s Commission director,
said the pledge woul d set a
new t o n e in employers" rela-
tions, with employment
agencies.
"It may not completely elim-
inate discrimination but it will
be a big step," Dr. Hill said.
"No employer will be able to
call up and say: 'Don't send me
,any N e g r o e s or Jews.'" The
pledge provides for the prom-
ulgation of a clea r policy of
non-discrimination to all su-
pervisors and interviewers and
for acceptance a n d classifica-
tion of job orders from em-
ployers based on specifications
of fitness, not on race, color or
creed•
Seymour Kaplan On
Church Study Series
Seymour H. Kaplan, A n t i -
Defamation L e a g u e regional
director, is a participant in the
adult study series on "Church
and State: What's at Issue?" at
the Magnolia Presbyterian
Church, April 26 through 29.
The Rev. Dr. John R. Bodo
of the San Francisco Theologi-
cal Seminary is in charge of all
sessions. Issues will include
providing public funds to pa-
rochial schools and celebration
of religious holidays, Bible
reading and prayer in the pub-
lic schools.
Harold ,Meyer
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He is learning to help himself again, to
work again, and so--to live again.
Once his fingers could make music on a vi-
olin. They could hold a child's trusting hand.
But they forgot these skills in the days they
clawed the fences of a Nazi prison camp.
Now--years later--the fingers finally are
leaving the prison and so is the man.
All this is thanks to a remarkable organi-
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Malben is the healing arm of the Joint
Distribution Committee in Israel. It cares for
51,000 aged and handicapped immigrants--
people Israel admitted gladly-despite the
burden they posed.
When Israel was born her people pledged
never to close the immigration gates. Malben
helps make good the pledge with care for
social cases.
For example: Malben aids 26,000 aged to
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Give again to UJA's Special Fund. Today.
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IN ISRAEL--Help immigrants -- new
Give newcomer. initial aid...
' Absorb immigrants of previous
• Aged and lmndicapped immigrants
for renewed usefulness.
• Young people in need of training.
• hnnfigrant farm settlers struggling
nomic freedom.
• UnskiUed newcomers in development
IN EUROPE, OTHER LANDS--Sustain
Help with food, shelter, medical cam
Assist those who can emigrate to free
IN USA--AM and resettl
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