The Arizona post., 1954-04-02

between YOU and ME
BY BORIS SINCLAIR


By BORIS SINCLAIR
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MISSION GERNIANY-I wonder whether the three Off
cas of the League of Bnai Birth have done
the right thing by going Germany the guests of the
Bonn Government The ADJ has engaged in COM
batting anSemtism Germany for this matter in
other European country This has been the work of other
Jewish organizations And these organizations have
the fall the Naz regme-sen their representatives
to Germany than occasion to study the situation
there Never have such representatives there how
ever guests of the West German Government. This
is with the World Jewish Congress- the Amer
lean Jewish Committee, the Board of Deputies of British
groups engaged watching the inter
national Why the ADJ, whose activities after
limited the American scene, should send its officials to
Germany guests of the German Government will be a
puzzle many Jews in this country including members of
the Bnai Birth The ADJ has sufficient funds to finance
independent trip of it's officials to Germany if it wishes
study the extent to which antiSemitsm is still prevalent
there But when sends them the guests of the Ger
Government it risks preudcng in advance the opinion
about their findings 1t stands to reason that the ADJ
should the send its officials guests of
ernment.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS: The editors of "WhOs Who
In World JeWry which is being prepared in this
try, have addressed to three questions Because of
their Importance relay them to readers of this column
since they indicative of certain moods The first ques
ton is whether believe that biographies of who
decline to be included a Jewish Who's Who should
omitted regardless of the Importance of such
question whether only biographies of
identify themselves with Jewry should be included
question about the inclusion of biographical
sketches outstanding Jews in the countries behind the
Curtain The first two questions seem basic to
quite number of important men-especially
in WashingtOn-whO prefer not to be listed as Jews
remember the of famous in the world OF
who filed libel against publisher for listing
him in Jewish Who's Who claiming he was no longer
that he baptized by his parents in his early
childhood The remarkable thing that in his later
this very person very attached to Israel and
became a close friend of DIR. Chain Weizmann The
issue thus sshOuld who insists denying his Jewish
be Exposed" a by being "mmOrtazed" such
i'm q Jewish reference book AS to the Jews of import
the Soviet Union and in other countries they
tanIy be ignored in Jewish Who's Who which aims
a listing important Jews through the world
However, problem is whether they will not suffer Gin
cOnveniences in their countries of residence contacted
biographical data. 1t is weLknOwn
want their Jews to maintain contact whatsoever with
Jews abroad
THE VOICE OF ESRAEL-Amercan Jewish organizations
being criticized that their leaders
and delegations rarely patrOnze EA Israel Anes when
flying Israel On the hand, these organizations
urge strong Jewish support of Isaes economy
while the other hand they themselves arnes other
than EEAI which is part of IsraePs The incOn
sstency especially noticeable with regard to Zionist
which go way adopt resolution pIedgng
help IsTaeFS economic development Personally,
trip to Israel tried three separate airlnes
must say that plane comfortable
than either of the other planes The American Jew
who flies to Israel visitor does patrOnZe the Israel air
lne This is borne by that always
get a EI,AI plane unless he makes reservations
well Tens of thousands of American Jewish
tourist expected to fly this summer to Israel