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AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JEWISH FAITH
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OL. 24 NO. 42
Dr. Miller Addresses Students Al
Silver Anniversary For Hillel
Dr. J. Hlllis Miller, President of the University of Florida,
stressed “The Importance of a Heritage” in his address before stud-
Ints and townspeople who assembled last week at a special 25th an
niversary B’nai B’rith Hillel service held at B’nai Israel Synagogue,
Eainesville, Florida. He emphasized the importance of Hillel as a
hnsitive factor in Jewish campus life.
I All cultures help make America
Ireat, he stated, for “each group
Ritroduces a distinct element that
Becomes part of our American way
Ks life. Your distinctive heritage
Boes not clash with the cultural
Kattern of 140 million fellow Amer
icans. Differences in democracy
Harmonize and become a melodious
Bymphony.”
I In discussing the growth of
Hillel at the University of Florida,
Be observed with satisfaction, that
Brhe vitality and leadership of
Bour Hillel Foundation is an ac-
Bepted fact. The contrast between
Bhe positive Jewish attitude of our
Btudents at the University of Flor
ida and that which I frequently
Incountered in some other areas
« startling.”
I During his address he discussed
Ihe six year plan for the expan
sion of the University of Florida
Bnd noted that “We sincerely hope
|hat religious campus life will con-
Binuc to expand with the general
|xpansion of our university. The
Bround breaking ceremony of the
Baptist Student Union is a sign
If the times. lam pleased to learn
Brom Dean Weil, Dr. Drosdoff, Hil
§ Chairman for the state of Flor-
Hda, and your Hillel Director, Rab-
B Engel, that Hillel, too, plans to
Brect a permanent Hillel House.”
I Greetings were delivered by
B’lulip N. Coleman before the reg
ular service in which he urged the
Jewish communities of Florida to
Bar in mind the necessity for pro-
Jiiling adequate Hillel quarters to
Bouse the growing student body.
I Dr. Matthew Drosdoff, B’nai
B’rith Hillel Chairman for the
B l ate of Florida, as well as Ben
|ett Kivel, Hillel Foundation Pres
|dent. spoke to the audience about
Billel’s plans for the coming year.
Babbi Gerald Engel, Hillel Foun
dation Director, officiated at the
Jpecial 25th anniversary service.
I A special reception was tender
|d hr. Miller by the B’nai B’rith
B°dge of Gainesville and the
■daughters of Israel following the
Jervice.
I Earlier in the evening Dr. and
Hrs. Miller were guests at a spec
if 11 dinner held at the Hillel House
By the Student Building Fund
Jomrmttee. Guests who attended
Jncluded Dean and Mrs. Joseph
B^ e il, Dr. and Mrs. Drosdoff, and
B lr - an d Mrs. Phillip N. Coleman of
Jacksonville.
I Part of the weekend celebra-
B ion ’ IZFA conducted an Oneg
Phabbat from 5 to 6 p. m. at the
Pj*lel House, Saturday. Students
Participated in a discussion con
porning Zionism on the Campus.
■*uo entertainment included Pales
■J nian singing and dancing. The
of Havdolah candles con
i' 111^11 the Sabbath.
| A weiner roast at Bp. m. Satur-
DR. J HILLIS MILLER
day at College Park was the social
highlight of the weekend. Con
tingents from A E Phi, Pi Lamb
da Phi, Tau Epsilon Phi and Zeta
Bet Tau augmented Hillel’s enter
tainment program.
Sunday morning’s 10:30 lox and
bagel breakfast featured a round
table discussion on “The Students’
Role in Hillel.” Members of the
panel were Dr. Matthew Dros
doff, Mrs. Annabelle Penson, Herb
Sohn, Bennett Kivel, and Al Bress
ler.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1948
400 Synagogues To Be
Represented At
Sisterhood Meet
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More than 800 delegates, repre
senting over 400 Conservative sis
terhoods throughout the United
States and Canada, will attend the
biennial convention of the Nation
al Women’s League of the United
Synagogue at the Breakers Hotel
in Atlantic City November 18
through 22, it was announced to
day by Mrs. Barnett E. Kopelman,
president.
The theme of the convention,
which will mark the 30th anniver
sary of the Women’s League, will
be “Am Yisroel Chai The Peo
ple of Israel Lives!” Addressing a
public meeting the evening of No
vember 22 on the subject “The
State of Israel lts Relationship
to American Jewry,” will be Mrs.
Samuel W. Halpern, national pres
ident of Hadassah; Mrs. Simcha
Rabinowitz, national president of
the Mizrachi Women’s Organiza
tion; Mrs. Israel Goldstein, presi
dent of the Pioneer Women ,and
Dr. Evelyn Garfiel, representing
the National Women’s League.
Highlighting the convention will
be a banquet Sunday evening, No
vember 21, at which Dr. Abram
L. Sachar, president of Brandeis
University, will be the main
speaker.
GERMAN COURTS
IMPRISON NAZIS
WIESBADEN, Germany (JTA)
—Three former Nazi party mem
bers were this week sentenced to
prison terms for the murder of
Max Kassel, a Jew, in 1933. Ernst
Franzeb, chief defendant, received
a life sentence, while co-defendants
Johanrr Haas and Ernst Kraus
each received nine-year terms.
Zionists Call Upon Truman To
Undo "Great Injustice"
The American Zionist Emergency Council, speaking for all
Zionist organizations in the United States, this week called upon
President Truman to undo the “great injustice” perpetrated by the
American delegation to the United Nations which brought about
passage by the Security Council of a British-inspired resolution aim
ed at sanctions against Israel. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver is chairman
HIAS Reunites ‘6.1. Bridegroom’
and Ei-WAC Wife
"G.I. bridegroom” Ignacy Frucht is
greeted on his arrival by his wife,
former Staff Sergeant Pauline Roth
of the WACS. Frucht was a slave
laborer during the war. Though the
couple had corresponded since 1938,
it was not until this year that they
met and were married in Paris. Mrs.
Frucht returned to the United States
recently, but her husband was un
able to obtain transportation until
now, when HIAS (Hebrew Immi
grant Aid Society) arranged his
passage.
of the Council.
"Today it is clear to the Ameri
can people that our delegation in
Paris is carrying forward a Brit
ish-engineered program on Israel
which is designed to undermine
the declared American policy,”
the Council asserted, adding that
President Truman “now has a
great opportunity to establish
once and for all that his declara
tions on Israel were sincerely
meant and carefully considered.
We hope he will seize that oppor
tunity.
“During the first weeks of Oc
tober the Arab forces repeatedly
violated the truce by attacking the
Israeli '"line of communications
which supplied the necessities of
life to ’Jewish settlements in the
Negev. Some of these attacks
were carried out in the presence
of United Nations observers. The
fighting which then took place,
and which resulted in a decisive
Israeli victory, was caused by Aral)
attempts to secure military and
political advantages by violations
of the truce. The Arabs were en
couraged to launch their attacks
by the open secret that the Brit
ish and our State Department pro
-1 posed to award them the greater
part of the territory of Israel. The
Government of Israeli had every
right, under the terms of the
truce, to resist the Arab attempt
to cut off communications of the
Negev. Nevertheless, today the
Security Council the world
i guardian of peace and the integrity
of nations— is being called upon
to penalize Israel for defending the
territory assigned to it by the Un
ited Nations and, indeed, for up
holding the will of the nations as
expressed in the General Assem
bly’s decision of November 29,
1947.
“The action of the American
delegation in Paris is particularly
shocking in vi#w of the fact that it
follows by a few days the declara
tion of policy on Israel made by
the President of the United States
—and is irr violent contradiction
to it. In a sudden burst of speed,
the American delegation has
sought to confront the American
people with a fait acompli. It
rushed the British resolution
through the Security Council im
mediately after the U. S. elections,
without affording other delega
tions an opportunity for proper
study or debate. Furthermore, the
State Department evidently in
tends that yesterday’s action shall
serve merely as a prelude to an
all-out anti-Israel offensive, both
in the Security Council and in the
General Assembly. It is apparent
ly joining in the British attempt
to apply the Security Council res
olution not only to the Negev but
to Galilee as well.
“How does one reconcile these
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