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VOL. 19 NO. 13
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THE ZIONIST FRONT:
The Iraqui Premier, who claims
to be the spokesman for the Arabs
of Palestine, is due to arrive soon
in Washington . . . And Prof.
Selig Brodetsky, president of the
Board of Deputies of British Jews
and a member of the executive
of the Jewish Agency for Pales
tine, is also due in the United
States soon . . . Zionist leaders in
the United States have received
a letter from Dr. Weizmann con
taining the gist of his latest talk
with Prime Minister Churchill
. . . The letter is very reassur
ing . . . There is a good deal
of grumbling among Zionist in
America as to why the House
Foreign Affairs Committee alter
ed the phrase “Jewish Common
wealth” in the Palestine Resolu
tion . . . Efforts are still being
made to have the word “Jewish”,
inserted before the word “Com
monwealth” in the text, which
now reads: “that the Jewish peo
ple may ultimately reconstitute
Palestine as a free and democra
tic commonwealth” . . . And,
incidentally, Congressman Sol
Bloom, chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, now
admits that .he did not consult
the State Department on whether
it was desirable that his Com
mittee recommend the passage of
the Palestine Resolution to the
Congress . . . Nor did he consult
the State Department on whether
the changes he made in the text
of the resolution should be made
. . . The truth of the matter is
that the U. S. Government now
has a clear policy on the Pales
tine issue, and this policy will not
be made known until Hitler is
defeated ... An understanding to
this effect is said to exist between
the United States and the British
Government with the knowledge
of leaders of the Zionist move
ment . . .
THE JEWISH FRONT:
Negotiations between the Joint
Distribution Committee and the
United Palestine Appeal for the
renewal of a joint drive through
the United Jewish Appeal for the
coming year are now going on
• • . And plenty of bargaining is
being done by both sides . . . The
Zionist, is is understood, demand
a larger share of the funds and
the JDC is definitely opposed to
this . . . Both sides are threat
ening to break the partner-ship,
but it is logical to assume that,
despite the present friction, the
partnership will continue since
the Federation and Welfare Funds
throughout the country would not
like to see the United Jewish
Appeal liquidated . . . Leaders
of the Joint Distribution Com
mittee had a very interesting con
ference in New York with the
delegates of the Latin-American
countries who came to this coun
try to attend the session of the
World Jewish Congress .
Rabbi’s Protest
Carols in School
Kingston, N. Y. (JPS) A pro
test to the Board of Education by
Rabbi Harold Englander of Con
gregation Ahavath Israel, charg
ing that the Christmas story, and
Christmas carols “definitely of a
sectarian character,” were being
taught in Kingston school in
violation of rules against religious
training in public schools, opened
a controversy in the Jewish com
munity here.
Nathan Badian, President of the
board of directors of the con
gregation, published a letter in a
Kingston newspaper, disavowing
Rabbi Englander’s action. Mr.
Badian stated that the Rabbi had
written to the Board of Educa
tion without the approval of the
congregation and that his ob
jections “definitely were not the
views of the congregation nor are
they the views of Kingston’s
Jewry as a whole.” Rdbbi Eng
lander’s resignation followed and
was accepted by the board of di
rectors, but has to be confined by
a general membership meeting.
The Board of Education, mean
while, has appointed a non-sec
tarian committee to study the
Rabbi’s charge.
Jewish Sciendstsfrom
Poland Decorated
In Moscow
MOSCOW, (JTA) Prof. Jac
ob Pamas, well known chemist
who until 1941 lectured at the
universities of Warsaw and Lwow,
has been awarded the Order of
Lenin, one of the highest Sov
iet decorations, in recognition of
his exemplary fulfillment of gov
ernment assignments in develop
ing organic preparations in in
dustry, useful for the Red Army
and to the civilian population.”
Prof. Pamas, who was bom in
Tarnopol, Poland, in 1883, resid
ed in Lwow, until the city was
taken by the Red Arm/. In 1942
he earned the Stalin Prize in the
field of science and was elected
a member of the Academy of
Science of the USSR. He is the
author of many works on bio
chemistry, 120 of which have been
translated into various languages.
He studied in the universities of
Berlin, Zurich, Munich, and was
assistant professor at Strassburg
University. At present he is the
head of the laboratory for physio
logical chemistry at the Academy
of Sciences of the USSR in Mos
cow.
—
J. D. C. SOUTHERN REGIONAL
CONFERENCE CONVENED
A special Southern Regional
Conference called to review pre
sent and future programs of aid
for distressed Jews overseas has
been announced by the American
Jewish Distribution Committee to
be held Sunday, January 14, at
the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta, Geor
gia.
The Conference, the first to be
held by the J.D.C. in the South
east since 1940, will include dele
gates from Jewish communities
in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Florida and Georgia.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, DECEMBER, 1944
American Jewish Conference
Opens; Monsky Warns Against
Usurping Functions of Others
Southeastern
Zionists Held
In New Orleans
The Seventh Annual Confer
ence of the Southeastern Zionist
Region was held in New Orleans
over December 8-10.
Delegates from Tennessee,
Georgia, South Carolina, Mis
sissippi, Florida, Alabama and
Louisiana gathered to implement
in this area the plans and policies
adopted by the national ZOA con
vention in Atlantic City. They
were joined by Saul S. Spiro,
Executive Secretary of the ZOA.
In keeping with the spirit of
the times, the conference was
in the nature of a war time emer
gency gathering without any of
the frills and merrymaking which
customarily are part of such
functions. The conferees, observ
ed Hanukah with a special Seudah
and”tWW'b“ ’ttfas a special Friday
night services dedicated to the
cause of Zionism as well as an
Oneg Shabbat.
Rabbis Samuel Lerer of Mont
gomery and J. L. Holzman of
Pensacola were guest speakers in
New Orleans congregations at
Sabbath services on Friday even
ing, December 8, and Rabbi Syl
van Schwartzman of Augusta ad
dressed the Oneg Shabbat on Sat
urday afternoon.
Sessions were held in the Jung
Hotel through Saturday evening
and Sunday. These were dedicat
ed to a variety of subjects, such
as Youth, Public Relations, Mem
bership, Fund Raising and Pro
gramming. Miss Daphne Robert
of Atlanta was guest speaker at
a luncheon on Sunday and dis
cussed “America and Palestine.”
Miss Robert is a member of the
Executive Board of the American
Palestine Committee.
Socialist Party in France Demands
Restoration of Property to Jews
By VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK
PARIS, (JTA) —A demand for
immediate government action to
redress the wrongs committed un
der the Vichy racial legislation,
by restoring property to the form
er Jewish owners and suppressing
racialist propaganda conducted by
the beneficiaries of the despolia
tion, was published this week in
Le Populaire, official organ of the
French Socialist Party. The de
mand is considered to represent
the position of the party.
“Victims of the racial laws,” the
article points out, “are still suf
fering which is a scandal in it
self from the spoliation of
which they have been the object.
Are they going to be allowed to
be additionally injured and
threatened by the profiteers of
this spoliation? Hie government
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DR. FELIX A. LEVY
In the afternoon, Christian lead
ers of New Orleans were tender
ed a tea, at which Miss Robert
and Dr. Carl Herman Voss, Exe
cutive Director of the Christian
Council on Palestine, were guests
of honor.
The closing session of the con
ference featuring an address by
Dr. Felix A. Levy, Rabbi of Con
gregation Emanuel, Chicago, 111.,
and chairman of the Committee
on Unity for Palestine. Dr. Levy
is a distinguished scholar and
former president of the Central
Conference of American Rabbis.
One of the earliest supporters of
the Zionist cause in the reform
rabbinate, Dr. Levy has acquired
a national reputation as a speak
er of force and brilliance.
All conference arrangements
were in the hands of Dr. Sydney
Jacobs of New Orleans.
Delegates from Jacksonville
were: Harry Katz, William Sil
verman and Andre S. Bialolenki.
has a word to say and we await
it.”
The paper charged two or
ganizations “The National In
ter-Corporative Association of
Commerce, Industry and Artinsan
ship” which was formed to pro
tect the interests of those who
acquired Jewish property under
the Vichy regime, and the “As
sociation of Administrators of
France” which was established to
defend those appointed by the
Vichy government to administer
seized Jewish property with
attempting to block the restora
tion of property to the rightful
owners. It accused them of main
taining a clandestine press and
with publishing tracts and circu
lars containing “all the most au
thentic slogans of Hitlerism.”
By MAXINE BADER
PITTSBURGH, (JTA) Oppo
sition to establishment of the
American Jewish Conference as a
permanent organization “which
shall function, supervise or direct
the activities in areas which are
not the special responsibility of
established, well-recognized and
responsible Jewish organizations,”
was voiced this week by Henry
Monsky, president of the B’nai
B’rith and co-chairman of the
Interim Committee of the Con
ference, addressing the organiza
tion’s second session, which open
ed at the William Penn Hotel
here.
Mr. Monsky, who was instru
mental in the establishment of
the American Jewish Conference
last year, warned the 480 dele
gates, representing 60 organiza
tions, that an attempt by the
Conference to take over the duties
of long-term Jewish bodies “is
fraught with grave danger to the
Conference. It threatens to des
troy its integrity and solidarity,”
he continued. “It disregards cer
tain basic principles and funda
mental understandings which
must be respected if the Confer
ence is to survive and perform
its important tasks.”
An indication that groups with
in the Conference who favors en
largement of the scope of its
activities do not plan to force
through a decision to the effect
was seen in the address of Dr.
Israel Goldstein, another co
chairman of the Interim Com
mittee. Declaring that he shared
the view of those who believe
that nothing related to Jewish
interests should be excluded from
the scope of the Conference, such
as American Jewish affairs, Dr.
Goldstein added that “since it
is apparent that it cannot be had,
we have no right to force it by
majority rule.”
Monsky Lauds Work on Overseas
Relief and Palestine
Organizations
Outlining his reasons for op
posing extension of the Confer
ence’s activities. Mr. Monsky said:
“Does anyone imagine even the
remote probability of this Con
ference, as presently consituted,
developing the capacity to take
the place and perform the func
tions of such agencies in Jew
ish life as the Joint Distribution
Committee, the United Palestine
Appeal, the National Refugee Ser
vice, HIAS and other overseas
agencies, most of which for a
quarter of a century or more have
built up a recognized tradition of
magnificent service to our strick
en brethren throughout the world.
These same principles apply to
the defense agencies.
All of these organizations,” he
continued, “deal with combined
budgets of upwards of 50 millions
of dollars annually. They have
built up tremendous machinery,
facilities and community support,
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