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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
There Is Still Time

There have crossed desk, recent weeks great
manv words concerning the adverse shift In American
pocv toward Israel None has moved us like the brle1
poemc in adjoining column to the right 1t is not so
much voice from Israel as cry from israel ANA the
crv is one of purest dislluSionment
Here then in vivid words stripped of diplomatic OBJ
uueness and polteness is how the thinking Israeli views
the American policy of toadying to the Arabs we, as
democratic nation turning backs on the only
democratic nation Middle East We are betraymg
its faith in u.s. and we betrayng the spirit OF freedom
which underlay creation of both natlonslSrael
and America IT, by betrayal Israel is lost some great
part of oursef America must be lost, too
And yet needn't be lost for there still tme Ihere
is time for u.s. Jews and Americans and In company
with other Americans who comprehend this peril, to
reawaken the nation and government to what Is at
stake Public opinion still shapes the course OF affairs
in America If we tend to doubt that we need only
TO remind ourselves of how public opinion SO recently
halted the march of named Mccarthy.
Public opinion must-and can-be aroused to the TACT
that our new attitude in the Middle East means not only
threat to sraes security but to own as WE'LL Israel
is dependable ally The Arabs are not and never have
been They sell to the highest bidder, and while today
our price may be high enough to suit them tomorrow we
may be out-bid by ouradversary in the East ,
One thing If, because OF our encouragement tne
Arabs are embodened to wage fresh war upon Israel,
that can we'll be the beginning of the dread Armageddon
which engufs all of civilization For the world OF the
195O's is highly volatile Every little is potential
World War III should remember, historians now
realize that the Spanish Civil War of the 1905 not
lust stray outbreak of hostles but the actual COM
mencement of World War II. ,
In the Middle East today another tragedy is IN the
making Our bleed at the knowledge that America
is party it. 1t must be prevented, and 1T lies within
our help do For the voice of the people goes
not unheeded in nation and among the people,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
The World Over

the Jewish state prepared a state
ment agreeing to release all re-
naming blocked bank accounts Of
Arabs who had left Israel after the
invasion of 1948.
One million Israel pounds having
already been distributed to thous-
ands of departed Arabs, the process
ceSSing will now go on until all the
refugees have received the money
they left behind them.
If the Arab states refuse to feed
or house their own people, refuse
even to sanction UN projects to re-
habilitate them-Israel, the hated
enemy, offers what help she can.
And this in spite of the fact that
not one Arab state has yet agreed
to release the assets left by Jews
in their countries.
This gesture by Israel is purely
unilateral, and as yet it has not
called forth any reciprocal action
on the part of the Arab states.
There is, however, some hope that
in the present more favorable cli-
mate, an understanding may de-
velop amongst the Middle East ma
tons.
| In the meantime, Israel, the
smallest, youngest, most Sorely- tried
of them all, is looking ahead, think
ing creatively and turning today's
strife into tomorrow's striving. In
this was will the race for peace and
security and progress be won.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
Rabbi Will Speak At
Sis+erhood Luncheon

The first regular luncheon meet
ing of the Temple Beth Israel
Sisterhood will be held next Tues
day at 1890 pm. in the Krohn
Auditorium of the Temple.
Hostesses are the Mesdames
Ben Ellis, Morris Mulhauser and
Morris Turken.
Rabbi A. L. Krohn will speak
on "Jewish Women in American
Literature, in celebration of Jew
ish Book Month and the tercen-
tenary. Program chairmen are the
Mesdames Hirsh Kaplan and Carl
Silver.
Luncheon reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. H. w. Gould
at Alpine 2-5312 or Mrs. Henry
Lesem at Alpine 3-9768.
A baby sitting service will be
available at a charge of so cents
per child.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
AVOICE
FROM

EDITORS NOTE: The follow
ing is an excerpt from an intro
duction by one of ISraePs famous
poets and editors to a special is
sue of his magazine (GilyOnOt-Tel
Aviv) devoted to the American
Jewish Tercentenary)
WE ARE ISOLATED between the
desert and the sea and surrounded
by bloodthirSty foes who seek t.
destroy us. The shadow of our lso-
lation has been thickening ever
since United States policy took a
definite turn against us in its search
for the friendship of the Arab
countries. The result has been not
only an adverse effect on our in
ternational position and our secur-
ity situation, but also a shock TO
our faith in America.
So many of us naively believed
that the aid and the support given
us so generously by the leaders of
the American nation stemmed di-
rectly from the spirit of freedom
and democracy for which America
is famous, from the heritage OF
jefferson and of Lincoln, of Emer-
son and Whitman. So many of us
saw in the United States not just a
great power whose interests hap
pened to coincide with ours, but a
true friend, whose friendship de-
rives from her very essence, as a
nation deeply STEPPED in democratic
tradition and in the love of free
dom.
THE DISILLUSIONMENT is deep
and bitter: if such is the case, what
then is the difference = especially
where we are concerned - between
that totalitarian regime in the East,
whose needs justify every means
no matter how terrible and inhu-
man, and the Western democracy
led by America?
1t may be that the Jews of. Amer
lea have not quite grasped the full
significance of the New Look in their
country's Middle East policy. But
we here-even though we do not
often say it outright-have a very
clear idea what it means: it means,
if the policy is pursued, the ultimate
abandonment of the state of Israel
its sovereignty and the lives of its
citizens to Arab cutthroats, Arab
princelings, Arab dictators and
Arab chieftains, who hope at the
price of our blood to insure the
continuance of their backward and
oppressive rule. This policy is a
deliberate, calculated, cynical sell
out.
Our only dependable ally, today
as always, is the Jewish people
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29

rehearsing told of the contributions
our people had made to our coun-
try, the outstanding figures of our
past who had grown to greatness
in the fertile American soil, and
the strength which had come to us
as a people out of the American
democratic tradition.
Ali this was ours to project and
to enact. It was task for the en-
tire Jewish community-and the en-
tire community, to be sure, was
represented that night So varied
group it was, and all were intent
on a single Job to be done!
"How good and pleasant it is" )"
I paraphrabed the familiar song,
for brothers to work together in
unity"-good enough, and pleasant
enough, we hope, to encourage
many united community effort in
the years to come.
ISRAEL WOULD welcome race
with her Arab neighborS," says Mrs
Golda Myerson, IsraePs minister of
labor, I'm the building of hospitals
and in the development of social
and economic progress. But" she
adds, I'VE do not wish to be driven
into new armament race with tine
Arab states"
Here is an example of the posi-
tive thinking with which the lead
erS of Israel face their problems.
Competition with their neighborsi
Even that can be healthy, they say
if it is directed into creative chan
nelS.
Rather than dwell on the harm
done them by the Arab invasion OF
! 1948 and the hatred and violence OF
subsequent years, they try in q
positive way to lessen the tensions
between themselves and the Arab
states.
1t was, for example, during the
very moments early this month
when Haq'S Fadhil Al-Jamah was
making one of his violent attacks
on Israel before the UN Genera
Assembly that the government o.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29

patterns and skilled hand carving
add up to an unusual and striking
collection.
This is Israel's first exported fur
niture.
Tel Aviv, more specifically Tir-
zyah Woodworks, is its place of or
igin. Aaron Kanner, 20 years ago
a newcomer from Austria, is the
owner of the factory, and Heinz
F'enichel, once famous in Berlin
for his Ufa Film Co. stage sets, is
the designer.
The work of 100 skilled craftsmen
went into this collection, whose
quality and price compare favor
ably with those of top American
designs.
Buyers of decorator type furni-
ture will find much beauty and
touch of the unusual, in Near
East Contemporary, the furniture
made in Israel
AN OLD SONG came to mind
that Sunday night when the first
rehearsal for Phoenix American
Jewish Tercentenary pageant sbe-
gan. One hundred or more men,
women and even children had
gathered together to set to work
on a rather ambitious and certainly
significant undertaking. We were
to portray to the community at
large the 300 year-old history OF
the Jews in America; and the mag
nificently- written pageant we were
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
Immigration Wave Seen

TEL AVN (JTA)-Former Pre-
mier David Ben Gurion, address
ing a convention in Beersheba of
Israeli farmers who recently ar
rived as immigrants from Morocco,
called upon them to make plans
to absorb the expected wave of
new immigrants from the North
African country.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
Candidates to Be Topic

The seasons first meeting of
the Hadassah current events dis
cussion group will be held at >8:15
pm. next Monday at the home of
Mrs. George Ramras, 48 w. Linger
Lane, one block north of Northern
Ave. Topic will be "The Candi-
dates and What They Stand For".
Mrs. Matthew Ritchie is chairman.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29

- 4bs 80
Company of New
York City. An i'm
ported collection
it is described as
modern in mood,
but rich with an
cient dignity OF
design and cont
mental elegance
Of detail"
Exotic woods
lavish use o
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29
Arqen+ines Honor Herzl

BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)-Jewish
leaders from all parts of Argen-
tina, and thousands of Jewish resi-
dents of the city of Eva Peron,
capital of Buenos Aires province,
participated in a ceremony re-
naming a street in the city for
Theodor Herzl, founder of the
Zionist Movement.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-10-29

- N-.-~' FNVvN t'OVUUonietJ
NEAR EAST Contemporary Is the
newest name in furniture, now be-
ing shown and distributed by the
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
British Envoy
Praises Army

LONDON, (JTA)-The fine
training and discipline of the
Israeli soldiers must bear
fruit it it is ever put to the
test" Sir Francis Evan, Brit
iSh Ambassador to Israel, de-
clared at a reception tender
ed in his honor by the Zion
iSt Federation of Britain.
Sir Francis told the as
sembled Zionist leaders that
from the moment he stepped
on IsraePs soil he felt at
home. He said he had been
surprised during his %
months of service in Israel to
find no bitterness against
Britain and stressed that he
had never met anything but
the greatest friendliness in
the Jewish State.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Arab Uprisings
Shake US. Policy
In Middle East

WASHINGTON (JTA) ....
The effectiveness of a United
States policy for the Middle
East based on winning the
friendship of the Arab states
and arming them to aid in
defense of the non-Commun-
ist world was challenged
when military uprisings un-
seated two of the Arab dicta
tors whose friendship the
State Department had been
attempting to win and the
stability of the entire Middle
East was rocked.
Veteran authorities on the
Middle East warned that a
new and more intense period
of crisis may be approaching
for the Middle East.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Israel 0kaYs
UN-S Sponsored
Jordan Talks

JERUSALEM (JTA)- The
Israel Government informed
the UN this week that it ac-
cepted the invitation for di-
rect Israel-Jordan talks eX-
tended to both governments
by UN Secretary General
HammarSkjold.
Israel urged the Secretary
General to start the talks as
early as possible. Mr.. Ham
marskjold indicated, if Jor-
dan refused, he will set date.
Sometime, perhaps not in
our generation, there must be
peace in the Middle East but
there are too many unreSolV-
ed problems to bring it about
noW," he declared. For that
reason, he said, the confer
ence did not aim at initiating
any peace talks. He indicated
that he had asked that the
agenda be considered within
the framework of the confer
ence "to present a sterile
argument" as had developed
at the Panmunjom negotia'
tiOnS.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

better something of the ten
sion which exist between that
country and Israel.
Despite the danger of ar
rest as a friend of Israel, she
achieved what no one had
done before her-She crossed
Jordan into Syria using an
Israeli visa. In Damascus she
further investigated Arab at
titudeS.
Guests will have a Stimula-
ting afternoon, assures Mrs.
Alex Weiss, chairman for the
luncheon. 1t is one of the ma
jor functions of the WOmen'S
Solicitation Division of which
Mrs. Maurice Margolis is gen.
eral chairman.
Reservations for the lunch
con should be made thru Mrs.
Weiss or Mrs. Hyman D.
Goldberg.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Israel Society
Opens Office

WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The America-Israel Society,
formed last month by leaders
in all walks of American life
to further cultural relations
and goodwill between the
people of the us. and Israel,
opened it's national headquar-
ters in the Hotel Willard. The
Society, of which Governor
Theodore McKeldin of Mary
land is president, plans to
open local chapters in New
York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago and other cities.
Among the projects eventu-
ally to be undertaken by the
Society will be exchange fell
lowships and profesSorShipS
for scholars, teachers and sci
entiStS as we'll as artists. In
a formal statement marking
the opening of the headquar-
terS here, F. Joseph Donohue,
chairman of the Society's
board of directors, declared:
"The America-Israel Socie-
ty has been brought into be-
ing by a group of American
leaders of all faiths and in
many lines of endeavOr who
believe that there is need for
a non-Sectarian, non-pOlitical,
all-incluSive American organ
iZation to work for the fullest
interchange of ideas and cul-
tural materials between the
oldest and the youngest of
the worlds preSent-day DEM
ocracieS. We hope that the
Society will help Americans
to a fuller appreciation of the
culture of Israel, and encOur-
age the people of that nation
to a better understanding Of
America and its way of life"
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Ben Gurion At
confab About
Middle East

TEL AVN (JTA) - David
Ben Gurion, former Premier
of Israel, left his retreat in
the Negev and came to Tel
Aviv to confer with Defense
Minister Pinhas Lavon on
problems of IsraePs security
arising from the revolutions
which took place in Egypt
and Syria during the last few
days.
Minister Lavon and leaders
of Israers armed forces en-
phasized in public statements
that the Israel Army is pre-
pared to guard the borders of
the country against any dan
ger that might flare up as a
result of the instability of the
neighboring Arab countries.
The Arab League, Mr.. LaVon
declared, is only an artificial
name" which means nothing
but hatred for foreigners and
for Israel. The League has
proved its inability to solve
even internal Arab problems.
He contraSted this situation
with that in Israel where de-
mocracy exists and the "Pre-
mier nominates the Army
Chief of Staff and not vice
versa as in the Arab cOun-
tries.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

grants in Israel. HadaSSah
has been working with prom
inent educators to devise spe-
cial study courses, both for
beginners and advanced stu
dents, for its membership.
Hadassah will encourage
American Jewish parents to
visit Israel, and to send their
children to that country for
one years study following
their high school or college
graduation. Mrs. Shulman
emphasized that the new pro-
gram is in addition to the or
ganiZation's present pro
grams in Israel and the Unit
ed States. HadaSSah current
ly maintains comprehensive
medical, social welfare, youth
rehabilitation, vocational edu-
cation and land redemption
programs in Israel, and pro-
jects designed to preserve
Jewish education, traditions
and scholarship, and to pre-
serve the American way of
life, in this country. Hadas-
sab spends more than $9,OOO,-
900 annually on it's programs.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

president, submitted a presi-
dental report in which she
called upon 100000 members
to take the initiative in i'm
plementing a new program
which provides for: the fos-
tering of a creative Jewish
life in America; the deepen
ing of a sense of identified
ton with Israel throug h
strongly-knit spiritual and
cultural ties; personal parti-
cipation in the development
of Israel as a democratic
stronghold in the M i'd d | e
East; and the study of He
brew.
HadaSSah'S national board
and boards throughout the
country, have voluntarily un-
dertaken to learn Hebrew in
the coming year. She added
that the board members have
pledged themselves to learn
1000 Hebrew WordS-the lin
guistic goal of all new immi-
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe
Dayan that if necessary, the
army can mobilize a force of
250,000 military personnel.
While this figure is believed
to include civilian militia and
Women's units, it is seen as
reaSSuring evidence that Is
rael has a large and modern
defense force to protect the
country.
Developments of the last
week in Egypt and Syria re-
fleet "the basic instability of
the Arab States in the Middle
East" and point up the fact
that the State of Israel re-
mains the Western worlds
only reliable and dependable
ally in that critical part of
the world, Mrs. Samuel W.
Halprin, Hadassah leader told
the organizations annual
Mid-Winter Conference.
Mrs. Halprin decried "the
myth promoted in some quar-
terS that the United States
must pin its hopes for the de-
fense of the Middle East on
the Strong men of that area"
She maintained that the fall
of Brig. Gen. Adib Shishekly
in Syria and the shaky status
of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ma
guib in Egypt constitute "un-
deniable evidence" that the
Arab States are "a the mercy
of feuding military rulers.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

Edward Warburg, general
chairman, hailed the response
as an assurance to ISraepS
people that the friends of
freedom do not intend to let
them stand alone in this time
of sustained tension and dan
ger"
In the principal address be-
fore the gathering, DR.. Abba
Hillel Silver said the new
state wants peace with its
Arab neighbors, wants to CO.
operate with the Arab world
in the economic development
of the Middle East, seeks to
achieve the highest standards
of social justice and public
welfare, desires to strengthen
it's free institutions, seeks
friendship with the free
world, wishes to be economi-
cally self-sustaining, wants to
maintain freedom for its for
eign policy, desires to remain
a haven for the oppressed,
seeks to develop a high level
of Hebrew culture and is de-
termined to make good"
Loan Campaign
Delegates heard Of tn e
unique effort to float a five
year loan of $75,OOO,OOO for
special financing of refugee
settlement and absorption,
More than 70 communities
have pledged a total of $65,'
350,000 and the full amount
is expected by the end of the
month. The loan will serve
not only to relieve the f1nan
cial stress but to retire some
STE, 100000 in short e m
loans which carry high inter.
est and impose a staggering
burden on ISraePS economy
Actually two drives are being
conducted simultaneously.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

a contribution of $18 or more.
Jeanne Daman, Belgian un-
derground heroine of World
War II recently returned
from a tour of Israel and the
Middle East. On a recent
journey from France to Is
rael, she was in charge of 63
children whom she brought
from North Africa for reset
tlement in Israel.
After seeing her charges
safely in Israel, she under
took a seven weeks tour of
the country which took her
to immigration camps, agri-
cultural settlements and the
urban centerS. 1t was an Oc-
casion to renew acquaintance
with many BelgianS whose
lives were saved in Brussels
by her ingenuity in thWarting
the GeStapO. She also took a
trip to Jordan to understand
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Argentine Poper
Reverses Former
Anti-SemitiSm

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) -
The extreme rightWing Ali
ANA Liberatador a NaciOnal-
iSta, which in the past has
participated in anti-Semitic
campaigns in various parts OF
Argentina, announced that in
keeping with President Juan
Peron's anti-discrimina t i O n
policy it was hereafter oppos-
ing all anti-JeWiSh campaigns
as inconsistent with the ma
tional policy of freedom for
all races and religions.
Meanwhile, the DAIA, cen
tral representative body of
Argentine Jewry, complained
to Mayor Jorge Sabate that
the hospitals were discrimin-
ating against Jewish medical
students, in contraVentiOn OF
Article XVIII of the nation
al Constitution and of PreSi-
dent Peron's policy. Mayor
Sabate informed the DAIA
and the Association of Jew
ish Doctors that all hospitals
have been ordered to change
their policy in this respect.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
NEWS DIGEST

n 1l1OlOo1 PsACt III
the Near East patterned after
the NATO treaty was pro-
posed to the American Chris
tan Palestine Committee ma
tional conference by a prom
inent church authority, DR..
Walter Van Kirk, which
would guarantee both Arabs
and Israel against attack by
either. England launched
its 1854 UJA in London with
contributions of almost $2,-
100000 or one-fourth of its
goal at a dinner for 1000 at
which Golda Myerson was
speaker. Israel Defense
Minister Lavon asserted that
the perverse activities of the
Arabs, meeting no restraint,
have actually developed into
permanent war.
Neo-NaZi leader Otto Rem
er, who fled from Germany to
escape arrest, is in Egypt in
an official capacity as advisor
Henrietta Sold Award
for humanitarian service will
be conferred posthumously
by Hadassah on Monnett Da-
Wis, us. Ambassador to Is
rael until his death in Decem-
Der. East Germany will
appoint ministers to Egypt,
Syria and Lebanon. Poll
cies regarding the selection of
immigrants to Israel will be
relaxed shortly.
Plans for the first interna-
tional conference to provide
economic aid for Israel were
made by the Israel Bond Com
mittee to seek to raise S75,-
100000 in bond sales during
1854 DR.. Ralph Bunche
has been asked to study the
three plans proposed for the
Jordan River waters for in
formation of the u. N. Secre-
tariat. Incidents on the
Egyptian Israel border con-
tinue to increase and Israel
has made further protests to
the Mixed Armistice Commits
sion.
Ohio State Supreme Court
affirmed the right of the Eu-
cid Ave. Temple in Cleveland
to build a synagogue in
BeachWOod Village, previous
ly denied on the grounds it
would damage nearby prop
erty values. A pledge OF
S15O,OO0, the largest yet re-
ceived, was made to the He
brew University to build the
main reading room of the Ii,
brary by Mr.. and Mrs. Nath
an Katzin of Chicago. Elk
pecting to reduce the debt by
S26,OOO,OOO by June, a period
of 18 months, Israeps debt
will then stand at $406,000,
600.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05

the Cabinet in this matter. A
Foreign Office spokesman
merely said that the pro
found upheavals in Syria can
not but cause the Israel Gov
ernment grave concern and
cause the nation to be on
guard"
A great deal of satisfaction
is being derived by all Israelis
from the statement by Army
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
S12,9OO,OOO Pledged
For UJA Campaign

MIAMI BEACH (JTA)-Sm of $12,9OO,OOO was pledged
for the United Jewish Appeal in contributions from more
than 600 top communities at the closing session of the ma
onaI conference Many of the represented
substantial increases gifts made year ago.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Belgian Heroine To Be Guest
At Women's GA Luncheon

Popular CJA Embarrassing luncheon is the "Cha" Qife)
Luncheon by the WOmenS Division of CJA which
place March IL at at the Sahara Ranch
pOrtaOn will be supplied request All the the
community invited to the luncheon thereby
The Arizona post., 1954-03-05
Hodossoh Emborks On
More Intensive Program

NEW YORK (JTA)-Plans for Hadassah work in Israe
the United States mapped out at the fOuray
here.
At the opening session Mrs. Rebecca Shuman national