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VOL, XLVIII , NO. 6 FRIDAY , APRIL 10, 1964 15¢ PER COPY 16 PAGES Organization Leaders Express Concern "1 ,- ' w.:.__ ►-~ ~✓ Over Suppression Of Jews By Soviet WASHINGTON - Five hun­ munlcating official American con­ ference was a resolution tha t ~ r . >.. '(;Y dred leaders of 24 major Ameri­ cern to the Soviet Government, r ecognized th e Soviet t..: n I o n' s can Jewish organizations formu­ MRS. M. DRAZIN look s at the water-soaked books left after the fire and to seek adoption of Congres ­ "heroic resistance to the Nazi lated an extensive program thi s sional resolutions and polirlcal last Sunday at Congregation Sons of Zion was put out. Ar ti cles of onsla ught " and presented the ap­ week to comba t Soviet ant t - party platform planks on the Issue peal to the Soviet Government as value which had been saved had been removed to other places of Semitism. safety. of Sovie t anti-Semitism. "within the framework of our ar­ The group, endlng a two- day Organization of community dent desire to see an end to the emergency conference at the Wll­ cold war and to lessen and hope­ lard Hotel, unanimously expressed support from chur ch , civic, labor Congregation Sons Of Zion and voluntary groups. full y eradicate inter-national ten­ concern at what it called Soviet sions.'' efforts "to cr ush the spirit of So­ The conference received strong In fact, the idea of a meet­ ·ro Hold Services Tonight viet Jews and seve r their ties" support from leadJng Protestant Ing between American Jew 1 sh with Judaism. and Rom an Catholi c clergymen. leaders and Sov iet authorities "on Services will be hel d tonight working in a print shop across The participants in the con­ They Inc luded Albert Cardlnal at Congregation Sons of Zion for the s treet fromthebullding ,helped the hi ghest level " was raJ sed by ference represent a majori ty of Meyer, Archblshlp of Chicago; the Morris B. Abram, president of the first time since the fire which remove sacred scroll s and other 5.5 m111ion American Jews. Most Rev. Eugene Carson Blake , valuable possessions. the Am erican Jewis h Committee, heavily damaged the basement Sovtei suppression of Jew! sh ch 1 e f executive offi cer of the rooms in the synagogue took place The cause of the bl aze ha s not and Lewis H. Weinstein, chairman spiritual and cultural activities United Pr esbyterian Church, the of the National Community Re­ last Sunday. Tonight's services as yet been determined. Most Rev . Patrick A. O' Boyle, Rev . Drazln said that the build­ was the subject of a meeting of lations Advisory Council. Bot h will s tart at 8:30 o' clock and conference leaders with Secre­ Archbi shop of Was hington, and Saturday morning services will ing Is ins ured and that plans w111 s aJd they were prepared to form tary of State Dean Rusk this week. Herman Rei sslg , internatlonal-re ­ a delegation to visit the Soviet be at 6 o'clock. Services will be be made for repairing the damage latlons secretary of the United held on the second floor which to the buil dl ng. Program Provisions Union 10 discuss the pr oblem. The program adopted by the Church of Christ. has been Judged safe and in good The oldest orthodox synagogue Labor leaders al so expressed The 18 point s addressed to ~ condition and for which a perm! t in Providence, the bui lding at 45 conference calls for the following: the Soviet Government embodied An appeal to the Soviet au­ support . I has been issued. According to Rev. Orms St r eet was built in 1892. A major theme of the con- requests for Jewish equallty in Moshe Drazin, temporary lights Ben Formal of 86 Jefferson thorities to take 18 speclf1c s teps the r ellgious, educational, cultural have been Installed and the heat­ Street, the Janitor of the bulldlng to eliminate dlscriminatlon and and economic life of the country. ing has been restored. fought hi s way through heavy smoke restore the cultural and r eligious The program was outlined to the to save the scroll s and other rights of Soviet Jews. C. J. C. Adopts Code convention by Dr. Joachim Prinz, at The fire, which was r eported articles . He was assisted by A national day of prayer In president of the Am erican Jewish 11:30 A.M. last Sunday morning, Morris Lecht of 20 Richter Street every synagogue In the United For School Faculty Congress. caused much damage, destroyed and by the childr en of several con­ States to dramatize the plight of many prayer books and other re­ gregation members. Soviet Jews, the date to be set In The Board of Trustees of Points Are Listed /) ligious materials. Covers of the Ad d 1 t 1 on a I assistance came the near future . the Cr anston Jewish Center, Ten of the points dealt with Blnah were burned and some of from Joseph W, Venable of 152 An extensive c ampaign of In­ upon the recommendation of its freedom of r ellglon, Including the the Torahs were smoke-damaged. Nelson Street who used hi s car to formation in the and Sc h ool Committee, endorsed free functioning of synagogues and No one was in the building when transport the scroll s to another the world over to publicize the and adopted the t:ode of Practice private prayer meetings and the the fire s tarted. synagogue for safekeeping. Mr. Soviet repressions . for Hebrew School Personnel , right to publlsh Hebrew bibles , Several persons, includlngcon­ Venable was working in his print Efforts toenlistthe cooperation according to an annoi.mcement prayer books and other religious gregation members and a man shop at the time. of President Johnson in com- by the president, Sheldon S. texts. Sollosy. Other points included the re­ The Code of Practice has establishment of Yiddlsh publish­ been developed by the Bureau ing houses an d theaters, as well of Jewish Education and the as permission for Jewish wr iters, School Councll to guide schools artis ts and intellectual s to estab­ in their relationship with per­ lish their own institutions for the sonnel and to advance edu­ encouragement of Jewish cultural cational standards In the com­ and artistic life. munity. (Continued on Page 16) Torah Umesorah Director To Speak At School Dinner The new audltorium, library, classrooms, memorial windows and plaques of the Providence Hebrew Day School wlll be dedl­ cated at the school's annual dlnner on Sunday , April 19 , in the audltorlwn. Rabbi Nathan Bulman, director of the school organization of Torah Umesorah, the National Association of Hebrew Day Schools, wIII be the guest speaker at the dlnner. Rabbi Bulman, a graduate of Yeshiva l 'niverslty, has served In rabbinates In A PROVIDENCE FIREMAN examines the area where the fire ls believed to have originated in the base­ Danvllle, Va., Fallsburg, N. Y., ment of the Synagogue on Orms Street. and Newport News, Va. He ls a former member of the Yeshiva University faculty and ls co-founder of the Henrietta Leader Condemns -Anti-Jewish Remarks Kurzer Hebrew Academy In New­ port News, Va . were made in the heat of the mo­ for racial peace and was against JOHANNESBURG - A leader Thomas A. Pearlman, Provi­ of the governing Nationalist Party ment, they were out of pl ace. anti-Semitism. He blamed some of the Jewish members of Parlia­ dence attorney and communal RABBI NATHAN BULMAN and a member of the South African "I have had the personal leader, ls the dlnner chairman. Parliament, has added his voice assurance of our leaders that they ment for the comments that had compiles with the r equirement, been made. Joseph Ress Is the honorary to the condemnation of the "Go to wlll not tolerate anti-Semitism, chairman and Judge Frank Licht of the Providence School Com­ " and other anti-Jewish and I think we can s tate that em­ The New York Herald Tribune, wlll serve as toastmaster for the mittee and all of the school' , remarks made recently by some phatically," Dr. Jonker said. The In a cable from Sunday by affair. teachers are licensed by the stat< colleagues In the Parliament. Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd, Seymour Frledln, its executive The new building contains 13 and city boards of education foe Abraham Jonker, the National­ and the previous Prime Ministers, edltor, reported: "The Jewish modern classrooms, an audi­ secular studles and the National ist leader, sald In an Interview Dr. Malan and Mr. Strljdom, had community In South Africa Is torium , combination library­ Association of Hebrew DB} Schools. In "Sunday Times" here that the all spoken out against anti­ singled out by the m111tant chapel , kitchen facilities, com­ Rabbi Aldva Egozl, principal anti-Jewish remarks had come Semitlsm. apartheldlsts today as the mos t pletely equipped science labora­ from a few Individuals and did not Another Nationalist member of Influential Internal bloc s upport­ tory, offices, a firs t aid room, of the Hebrew Day School, sale reflect the feelings of the National Parliament, J. von S. Von Molte , Ing African desegregation aspira­ and arts and crafts room. the school alms to develop , Party. "If they were manifesta­ who had In the 1930's been a tions. Jews also have been Students at the school receive well educated and well-roundec' tions of anti-Semitism, then they leader of the anti-Semitic Grey­ charged with furnishing, Illegally, an Intensive secular and Hebrew indlvldual with a thoroughly In­ were to be condemned as strongly shirt movement, told the "Sunday funds to Africans to promote their education during regular school tegrated American Jewish per­ as possible," he said. "If they Times" that the Government stood objectives. hours. The school currlculwn sonality. Excellent opportunities are In SEEK IMMIGRANTS the Herald's Classified ads. T EL AVIV - Finance Min­ Origin Of Torah Spa.rks Controversy; I ster Pinhas Sap! r and Moshe MRS. HARRY BORNSTEIN Sharell. chairman of the Jewish Agency executive. last week called 73 OYERHILL ROAD Splits Jewish Community In Britain upon the Jews of Latin America :: WI SHES TO TH ANK All HE R to immigrate to Is rael, asseting LONDON - A theological dis­ withheld the certificate necessary to God." Both Dr. Jacobs and Or, d FRIENDS AND RELATI VES FOR THEIR that Is rael needed that type of pute over the origin of the Pen­ for Dr. Jacobs' appointment. Now Rob Ins on question traditional the New West End Synagogue wants views of faith. g': KINDNE SS DURING HER RE CE NT Immigration. They issued the call tateuch or Torah. the five Books him back as Its minister, but the < ILLNE SS. at a conference of the Association of Moses, has split Britain's Jew­ Unlike Structure In U.S. >- of Latin Am e rican Jews here. ish community and left a synagogue Chief Rabbi has vetoed that move In Britain, unlike the United without a rabbi, too, States, there is a kind of "es­ 9 r------1 The argument has resulted In The synagogue, whose mem­ tablishment" of Orthodox Jews. an Impasse between Dr. Is rael bers Include Lord Marks and Sir The Chief Rabbis Is recognized INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS Brodie, the Chief R abbl, and Dr. Barnett Janner, a member of Par­ by the Government as their spokes­ Cl • FIRE • CASUAL TY • LIFE Louis Jacobs , former spiritual liament, has decided to challenge man on religious matters. ..J Dr. Brodie's veto. < • FIDELITY and SURETY BONDS leader of the New West End Syna­ His approval Is needed for the ex: gogue, who has questioned some Whlle the Issue remains dead­ nomination of rabbis to head all t,.J Be Sure! INSURE traditional beliefs, locked the synagogue Is without the synagogues that belong to the J: a spiritual leader. With Dr. Jacobs , an Orthodox Jew, United Hebrew Congregations In zCl has challenged the view that the The synagogue Is one of more Britain, There Is no corresponding < five books were dictated by God than 100 In the London area linked office over Orthodox Jewish con­ ..J to Moses. that the text has been under the United Synagogue. Sir ~ SAMUEL C. RESS gregations in this co1mtry, ASSOCIATED WITH preserved 1mchanged through the Isaac Wolfson, prominent British Dr. Jacobs' position was viewed t,.J Cl ages , and that consequently all the businessman and philanthropist, Is In bc,il Orthodox and Conservative HAROLD HOLT & CO. INC. president of the United Synagogue. ~ rules of the Jewish faith can be Jewish circles here as a challenge ex: 10 Dorrance Street - GA 1-7771 - Res. GA 1-26S2 obtained from an Infallible text. He Is reported to be a supporter to the spiritual authority of the He has argued that modern of the Chief Rabbi. Chief Rabbi. They noted that Dr. L1l .~------research In the Bible, the Tal­ The argument has spread from Jacobs• Interpretation appeared i: ~======:..... mud and other classical sources the London synagogues to many of closer to that of the Conservative of J udaism has made It necessary Britain's 500,000 Jews. theologians In the United States HOUSE FOR SALE to reinterpret this view. The argument In the Jewish than to the strict Orthodox view. The Torah, In this view, Is the community has prompted com­ The Conservative view, which NEAR CRANSTON JEWISH CENTER product of the growth of centuries. parison with the recent dispute Is traditionalist but not literal In A like argument has been raised In the Anglican Church aver ar­ its Interpretation of the Torah, has In the Christian church. It raged guments put forward by the Right developed Its own synagogues and SIX ROOM CAPE In the United States at the turn Rev. Dr, John Robinson, Bi shop Institutions In the United States In of the century. of Woolwich , In hi s book "Honest the past century. INCLUDES DI SHWASHER , DIS POSAL, CEDA R CLOS ET S, BUI LT­ The dispute here has encour­ INS. AIR CON DITI O NING IN UPSTA IR S BEDR OOMS. aged Orthodox Jews to take sides. LOVELY FI N ISHED BASEM ENT. Dr. Jacobs Is called a liberal by some , a r e bel by others and a heretic by still others. FOR APPOINTMENT: 467-6140 Expected to Head College The 43- year-old Rabbi Jacobs left the New West End Synagogue GEORGE GORDON Wi ener of New Yo rk City , Harry ln Bayswater to become a tutor Wi ener of Alabama , and Lt. at Jews' College In London. Ac­ FW1eral services fo r Geor ge Go rd on , 5 1, of 255 Calfo rnla William Wi ene r , who Is stationed cording 10 Dr. J acobs' colleagues Avenue, wh o died on Wednesday, in Korea: a br othe r , Irving A. he was expected to be come prtn­ Wiener of Pawtucket and two clpal. wer e held the fo l lo"-ing day at 292 Elmwood Ave,, Prov., R.I. ~randchlldr en. When that post became vacant the Ma x Sugarman Memori al Chap­ el . Burial wa s In Lincoln Park . two years ago , the Chief Rabbi Now accepting applications Ceme tery. SID NEY M. J ACOBSON for admittance The husband of ~usan (Kesten­ Fune r al service s for Sidney baum) Go r don , he was born in \of . J acobson, 27 , of 602 3 Veni ce For ORGANIZATION Providence on July I , 1912, the Boulevard , Los An geles, Calif. , Inf ormation CALL 421-1020 son of the 1a te Max an d Sarah who died on Apr il 3, wer e hek or inquire within · NEWS - (Horvitz) Go r don. Monday at the Max Sugarman He was the prop rie tor of Gor ­ Memorial Chapel. Burial was in REASONABLE RATES TO LECTL"l< E do n' s Service Station on P in c Li ncoln Park Cemetery. Rabbi Aklva Egozl, dean of the Street. ;alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII@ Mr . J acobson wa s born in Pr ovidence He br ew Day Sc hool, Mr. Gor don wa s a member of P r ovidence on Mar ch 21 , I 937. a wll I de! tver a ser ies of seven Congr egation Shaar e Zedek, the s on of Leonard and Sophie (Wald­ lectures this spr ing at the Ner t.:ntted Comme r cial Tr aveler s , and man) Jacobson. Isr ael Ra bbinical Coll ege in an Air For ce veteran of World War He was gr aduated from Hope Baltimor e. Md. II. Hi gh School in I 955 and fror., The firs t lecture in the ser ies Beside s hi s wife , he is sur­ Bryant Coll ege , whe r e he was a will be delive red by Rabbi Egozl vived by a daughter, Mis s Phyllis member of Sigm a Lambda Pi next Sunday, with the r emaining Gor don of Providence ; a s is te r. Fraternity , In 1958 with a B. S. lectur e s to be given between that Mrs . Jennie Snow of Pr ovidence; degree In accounting, He moved date an d June. and two br other s . Harry Gor don to California In 1958 to do ac­ The lectur es wlll be on of Providence , and Louis Go r don counting work. CLOSED methodol ogy of teaching for s tu­ of Fort Lauder dale, Fla. He was a member of Congre­ dents preparing to enter the fi eld . . . gation Sons of Abraham. of teaching and adminis tration In Besides hi s parents, he Is MAX JAFFE the Hebrew Day Schools of the survived by his grandparents, Mr, United States and Canada, Funeral services for Max Jaffe , SUNDAYS 80, of 29 Powell Avenue, Newport, and Mrs , Julius Llebovltch and Mrs, Sadie Blackman; and a CAMP ADMINISTRATION wh o died on Aprll 4, were held Sunday at the Fowler Avenue sister, Miss Frances Jacobson, The committee on Camping of all of Providence. DINE AT THE WINDSOR the Rhode Isl and Council of Com­ Chapel with Rabbi Theodore Lewis munity Services, Inc. will conduct of Touro Synagogue officiating. • • • MRS. SAMUEL MALKIN MONDAY THRU SATURDAY a special pre-camp season meeting Burl al was In Middletown, The wife of Bertha (Nass) Jaffe, F1meral services for Mrs, on camp administration on Annie (Goldstein) Malkin, 55, of FROM 11 A.M. to 1 A.M. Wednesday, April 15, at the down­ he was born in , the son 666 Blackstone Boulevard, who town Providence YMCA. of the late Abraham and Rose died on S1mday, were held the Directors, board members and (Schwatz) Jaffe. He came to this following day at the Max Sugar­ administrative staff members of country 52 years ago and became the owner of a store and real man Memorial Chapel. Burial was all Rhode Island camps, private In Lincoln Park Cemetery, and agency-sponsored, have been estate business. THE Mrs. Malkin was born In Bos­ WINDSOR Invited to attend. Chairman for Mr. Jaffe was a member and ton on May 13, 1908, a daughter the evening will be Arthur Eisen­ trustee of Touro Synagogue, 377 MAIN STREET PAWTUCKET of the late Isaac and Bessie Gold­ stein, chairman of the Council's Besides his wife, he Is sur­ stein, and had lived In Providence FREE PARKING - PHONE PA 6-9761 Committee on Camping. vived hy two sons, Harry Jaffe for 28 years. She was the wife of New state health and sanitation of West Hartford, Conn .• and Dr, Alfred Jaffe of Providence; a Samuel Malkin, regulations will be outlined and She was a member of Temple discussed at the session by Edgar daughter, Mrs, Edward Prescott Emanu-El , the Jewish Home for Speers, sanitarian for the State of Newport; a brother, Harry Jaffe FARBAND LABOR ZIONIST ORDER the Aged, Women's Association of Department of Health. Aspects of of Fall River, Mass.: a sister, and Miriam Hospital , Hadassah and the federal mllk program for Mrs. Nathan Cohn of Newport, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER the Women's Association of - present - camps will be discussed by Mrs, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Brandeis University. for the third successive year Elizabeth S. Angell, chief of School Besides her husband, she Is L1mches for Rhode Isl and. • • A Tri-Lingual Musical Revue SAMUEL WIENER survived by a daughter, Mrs, Sl'NDA Y CLUBS Samuel Wiener, 59, of 916 Lewis Scolllard of Providence: Sunday clubs will be suspended Carrol Street,' , N. Y., four brothers, John Gold of this week at the Jewfsh Community died on Sunday In Jamaica, N, Y. Sharon. Mass. , David Goldstein Center due to the Chlldren' s Funeral services were held at of Chelsea, Mass,, Nathan Gold­ Theatre Serles presentation of the the Boulevard Chapel , Brooklyn. stein of Newton, Mass., and Rockefeller Players in "Robinson He was the son of the late Abraham Goldstein of Detroit, Crusoe", the final production of William and Becky Wiener and Mich.: a sister, Mrs, Morris the 1963-64 season. the husband of Nettle Wiener, Lichter of Cambridge. Mass., and Sunday afternoon performances Mr. Wiener was a member of two grandchildren. will be at 2 and at 4 P .M., with the New York Bar Association single admissions avallableforthe and was a member of the national Unveiling Notice 1 a s t show only, at the Nathan board of the Coat and Dress In­ The unveiling of a monum•nt in mem• Bishop Junior High School. dustry for the past 30 years. ory of JACK FEINGOLD will toke place on Sunday, April 19 at 11 A.M. in lincoh, Besides his wife he Is sur­ Pork Cemetery. RelotivH and friend, are Featuring "THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN 111" MATH PIONEER vived by three sons, Dr. Stanley invited to attend. A-17 Sunday, May 10, 8:15 p.m. James Joseph Sylvester, a 19th HOPE HIGH AUDITORIUM Century British mathematician, Cast includes : Ben Bonus, Miriam Kressyn, was a pioneer In the development Seymor Rex.site, Mox and Reizl Bozyk of the field of. Invariants, He was Max Sugarman Funeral Home For theatre parties, tickets, or information the first professing Jew to be "THE JEWISH FUNERAL DIRECTOR" Call admitted to Cambrdlge University 458 HOPE STREET, Providence PL 1-00S4 DE 1-7747 ST 1-2960 WI 1-6477 although he was barred from re­ The Jewish Community Center, UN 1-:i:674 ceiving his degree until he was DE 1-8094 DE 1-1636 Re~rved Section ~2 .S0 General Adm . $2.00 58 years of age. A subscription to the Herald MEMORIAL SERVICES was commemorated in solemn c... Is a good gift Idea for the person ceremonies sponsored by ct ty and who "has everything'' else. · ROME - The memory of 332 men and boys, Jewish andnon­ national Government officials I ast _ Jewtsh, who were massacred by week on the 20th anniversary of ::r PORTRAITS the nazts in the Ardeatlne Caves the atrocity. : ::r Speciely pric.cl for C ~ MOTHER'S DAY It's Clean Up Time! v r cliildr•,.__.dults Need walls washed? Repairs :,, 2 family groups made? Yards cleaned? C O ther types of cleaning help? :r. l,y •PP"iftlma..t m ;,:, Don't Do It Yourself! :,. DE 1-5946 r /7 / C ':::fabermann HIRE YOUR BUSY SINCE 1938 HANDY MAN TODAY! 1311 WIESTMINSTIER ST, fh,ough the CLOSED MONDAYS Rho ch. Island State Employment Service Ends Saturday TO BE SPEAKER - Benjamin GUEST SPE AKER - Dore " PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES " Geblner. national executive sec­ Schary, national chairman of the STARTS SUNDAY retary of Workmen's Circle and a Anti-Defamation League of B'nal radio news com­ B'rlth, will speak at the Roger mentator. w111 speak at the annual W 1111 ams Lodge B'nal B'rtth concert and meeting of the Provi­ Dinner on Thursday, April 23, at dence area branches of Workmen's the Sheraton-Blltomre Hotel. Circle on SlD!day at the Crown Guest of honor at the dinner Hotel. w111 be Sidney L. Rabinowitz, past ~:·on president of the Lodge and vice­ beautiful Belgrade Lakes·:--~ Joint Meeting To Hear chairman of the New Re­ gional ADL Board, who will re­ - - ceive the B'nal B'rlth Service Development Report Award. AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CAMP OFFERING The guest speaker, In addition JEWISH LIVING AT ITS FINEST .. . By ADL Executive to hi s work as ADL chairman, is one of the nation' s outstanding FOR SOYS AND GIRLS 7 THROUGH 16 Sol Kolack, executive director playwrights and producers. of the New England regional of­ Dedico ted lo the physical and socio! developmenl of young fice of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nal B'rlth, w111 speak at Mon­ N. E. Meet people in a meaningful and hoppy Jewish otmosphere. day's Joint meeting of Roger Wil­ Cantors To liams Lodge and Chapter B'naJ CAM• TUITION B'rlth scheduled for 8 P ,M . at At Temple Emanu-EI ~ Hillel House. The New Engl and Region of the $540 fo, th• UOIOn * bten,lve athletic pr09rom Mr . Kolack, who has been asso­ Cantors Assembly of America will Jwne 2S to Awgust 20, Discuuion groups on Jewi1h topiu 1964. Two or more * ho I d an all-day conference on Water dding, swimming and ciated with the Anti-Defamation compeu hom th• some * booting under safety 11,1pervi1ion League since 1945 . w111 deliver liturgical and vocal studies Tues­ famil y rece ive a $2.5 ,... a report on recent developmencs day at Temple Emanu-El. dwcl lon per camper. * Doily dosse, in Hebrew which should be of great Interest Participants In the program $27.5 fo,4wMk pe,iod,, * Modern comfortable bunlu and Importance to the Jewish com­ will be Prof. Salomon Braslavslcy, 1st period - Jun• 2.5 to Oellclou, Kosh., Cuisine di re c tor of music of Temple * munity. July 23, 1964. Doily and Shabbot Services The program will be preceded Mlshkan Teftla, Boston, Mass.; * 2nd period-July 2 3 to * Jewish songs, folk dancing by a brief business meeting and Prof, Frederick Jager, chairman Aug. 20, 1964. and dramatlu election of officers of Roger Wil­ of the vocal department of the New liams Lodge, and a report by England Conservatory of Music, CA.MP lOWN IS WHERE LASTING F•IENOSHIPS ARE MADE Joseph M. Finkle, chairman of and formerly leading tenor of the For Appl,co t•o n ot1d Brochure , wr ite lo · the nominating committee . Met ropol It an Opera Co.; Rabbi Abraham F. Yanover, Director TOP The proposed slate of officers Pesach Kraus of Temple B'nal CAMP LOWN Israel. president of the Rabbinical and delegates Includes: Peter K, 179 LINCOLN STREET , BOSTON 11, MASS . Rosedale, president; Leo Sonkin, Association of Rhode Island; Can­ OPENINGS Edward S. Goldin and Howard I. tor Leon Masovetslcy, Cantor of HAncock 6-3621 Lipsey. vice presidents; Irving Ttfereth Israel, Winthrop, Ma ss.; IN NEW ENGLAND Kap I an . treasurer: Stephen A. and Dr. Jacob Hohenemser, Can­ Wasser , recording secretary: tor of Temple Emanu-El. PURCHA~ l:Sti Ac. t ::ST: Sl·(oot+ -~------I Martin Lerne r, correspondJng Greetings w111 be brought by Executi\ e Spo t w it h x ,,t iu na.1 Co. secretary: Eric Steiner , financial Rabbi Ell A. Bohnen, spiritual DESIG:S t::SGl:St:t:R: t o Sil.Ml se cretary; William Shechman, leader of Temple Emanu- EI, and from ROUND-the-CORNER ME or EE, 2.5 Yt•ar .'! i n fl,, !d. warden, and Albert I. Gordon, the sisterhood of the Temple w111 CO:STBOI.1.t: R : t o Sl?.000. Mul­ chaplain. host a luncheon. tiple Store Experi l'nce. Mr. Go r don and Mr. Sonkin ISRA EL CRITICIZED to are the proposed District #1 Con­ ROUND-the-WORLD BEGIO:S.-\L SALt:::S MGK. Bue PARIS - President Ha b ib SH.OM. F ood Co ntaine r Sales. vention delegates , with Mr. Goldin Bourgulba of Tunisia declared In and Mr. Lipsey as alternates. Pro­ "We ·ve been there!" PR.O,I ECT E:SGl:St:t.:R k JI .... an interview with a Lebanese new s­ ME some experien ce all phasea. posed Central New England Council paper that "the cancer of this part delegates are Mr. Rosedale , Mr. CALL US FOR FIRST- HAND INFORMATION P RODUCT PL.4.S SIN'G A N AL­ of the world Is Israeli colonial­ Sonkin, Mr. Goldin, Mr. Lipsey l'SIS, 911 .000. MBA and EI\'GR. ism."' it was reported here from Degree. Some market research. and Mr. Steiner, with Mr. Kaplan, Tunis. This, he added, was some­ FREE AND IMMEDIATE Mr. Lerner, Mr. Wasser, Mr. thing that "neithe r the statesman There are many more top poa­ Shechman and Isadore A. Nachbar nor the man in the street can ig­ tiou available th r·ough otw as alternates. CONFIRMATIONS office,. 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Owner's Representative: American Israeli Shipping Company, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York 4, N.Y. 801 Park Avenue, Cranston Midtown Office : 580 Fifth Avenue , New York, N.Y., 01 4•7600 ; Eves. By Appt. ST 1-4977 Other Offices : Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami Beach , Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto l learning In u,e USSR. He could have further shown that nine per­ cent al the scientists in the Soviet FROM FRIDAY TO FRIDAY Union are Jews. 'Their number Is over 36 thousands. Jou r n a Ii st s make up about eigl>t percent al the THE ONLY ANGLO JEWJSH WEEKLY JN R I AND SOUTHEAST MAS$ The Story total force in theland,andjournal­ ::l lsm Is a mighty arm cl the gov­ a:: Publithed Every Week By The ernment in the USSR. He might Q.. Jevd1h Prt-t1 Publl1hlng Company The Press Missed < Box 6063. Pro,·idence, R. t. 02904 - Teltphone 724-0'200 have named several wen btown • PLA:,CT ASD OFFICE, HERALD WAY. OFF WEBSTER ST .• PAWT.. R. I. 02861 scientists with Jewish names. >- ly leryl S.,ol Why do I tell you all this? g CELIA ZUCKERBERG Managtng .EdUor 0:: STEPHES SISS ...... Advertising Manager ::,acmey L. Rabinowitz ls a famil­ ligious practices. Those that are I am citing the words of Mr. Victor Karpow and the statistics i,.. iar name in the community. His Is concerned can do so the same as Second Class Po1tage Paid at Providence. Rhode Island a I so a familiar face at every other religious groups. The gov­ from other sources to show the So­ O SubscrlpUon Ratet: Flt'leen Centi the copy; By ~fail, SS.00 per annum; outside Sew gathering where community de­ viet Union's point of view. These ...J England, S6.00 per annum. Bulk ralN on requHL ernment does not help them. No < - ---- e I s Ions are made and policies one can expect the government to are the answers the 30 Rabbis re­ 0:: The Herald assumes no financial responslbUlty for typographical erron in advertise- are mapped. The nameofSidneyL. do so. ceived and these wlll be the ~ ments, bnl will reprint that part or th e advertiumenl In which the typographical error Rabinowitz appears on most lists This accounts for the Matzo answers the Conference ot the 24 ucrurs. Advertlsen wUI please notify the managemenl lmmedlalfly or any error which of names of the Board of Directors Presidents of National Organlza­ ~ may occur. affair that we were so upset about, of major organizations and Institu­ and also for the pitiful state of the tl on s convening in Washington, < He D.C., wlll receive, If they receive !!J..l ______FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1964 _ tions. ls also the chairman of Synagogues in Russia that declined the Anti-Defamation League of from 400 to some 90 in the lastten an answer at all . Chances are that B'nai B'rith. years. The government of the USSR the conference will be ignored al­ gAnti-Semitism In The U.S.S.R. Mr. Rabinowitz Is not always Is not Interested In the growth of together. pleased with opinions I express the Synagogue or the Church. There ls a chasm between the ~ Belatedly and under the force of worldwide in- on community affairs, but neither Why are the people descended world of the USSR and the world 1ii digriation expressed by Communists and non-Cam­ am I with his convictions and be­ from Jews so registered in their of the Conference. The two do not liefs. That does not deter me from passports? The word Yevrel, Jew, understand each other. To the i: munists alike, the Soviet Government has moved to holding Mr. Rabinowitz in high appears on their registration. The USSR the Jews are people, and are repudiate some of the cruder anti-semitic aspects of a esteem, and 1 hope that the feel­ secretary answered that nationali­ treated as such, either for good book published in Kiev last year in the Ukrainian lan­ ings are mutual. ties are classified In the Soviet or for bad. The Conference of Jew­ guage. The book, "Judaism Without Embellishment," Apparently disturbed by my Union and not religions. The word ish organizations look at Jews as is so patent an example of racist hate-mongering article on ••A Dangerous Venture'' Jew signifies that a person belongs members of a religion and when that even such prominent Communists as Gus Hall in that appeared here a few weeks to the Jewish people and not neces­ this religlon Is suppressed the fate ago. Mr. Rabinowitz underlined sarily to the Jewish religion. of the Jews ls in the balance. this country and John Gollan, the leader of the British for me an article that was pub­ Mr. Karpow cited st at I s t I c s ' This ls what I was trying to say Communist party, were moved to public protest. This lished In the "Jewish National showing that the Jews are partici­ in my article. This Is why I thought crude piece of virtually Hitlerite propaganda was Monthly", a publication of B'nai pating In the economic and intel­ that the Conference ls embarking published by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and B'rith. That article tells of "A lectual life of the USSR undis­ Story the Press Missed". It ls turbed. on a dangerous venture. We have carried an endorsement as a "profound and substantial no right to talk for the Jews living a story of an Interview some thirty There are 2,800,000 Jews In the work • • • which contains a tremendous amount of In Russia. A community of nearly Rabbis had with the First Secre­ Soviet Union. That Is about one per­ factual material, conscientiously and scientifically 3,000,000 people can speak for tary of the Soviet Embassy, Mr. cent of the population. But fourteen itself. The government of the USSR analyzed." Victor P. Karpow, In Washington, percent of all the doctors and eight can not allow Jewish organizations, The disabilities placed upon those who would ob­ D.C. This was the first time that percent of all the lawyers are Jews. a Soviet high official confronted Mr. Karpow might have also who convene for whatever reasons, serve religious ceremonies in the Soviet Union are to change the course of Its policies. many, and by no means restricted to Jews. But in­ a conference of American Rabbis, stated that over seventy-six hun­ and the Rabbis wanted to make dred elected deputies to the nation­ Why we cannot understand this fact ls beyond me. cidents such as the publication of this book and the the most of It. al and local Soviets are Jews. He extensive efforts made to deny matzohs to religious The secretary anended a Con­ could )lave cl ted statistics to show • • • Jews during this and previous Passovers indicate that ference al Disarmament and Peace that seventy-seven thousand stu­ (Mr. Segal's opinions are his special passion and animus are being brought to that held by the Rabbis. and he spoke dents of Jewish descent are in the own. His views are not necessarily part of the Soviet struggle against religion which deals In tbe usual manner that a Soviet colleges and institutes of higher those of this newspaper.) diplomat, or any diplomat for that with Judaism and the Jews. The partial recantation matter, talks at such conferences. , I of the Ukrainian tract suggests that not everyone in Nothing was new, nothing reveal­ authority in the U,S,S,R. feels the same wav. ing, nothing world shattering. But the Rabbis wanted to question the secretary on the position of the Jews In the Soviet Union. And this YOUR MONEY'S ls where our interest ls aroused. This Is why Mr. Rabinowitz un­ derlined the article for me, In the issue of March, I 964. by Leonard Lyons WORTH The questions the Rabbis put to the secretary are not given In the BUILDING NO'Jc: The world's BUSINESS NOTE: "P\mny article. but from the answers we tallest skyscraper wlll be built Girl," the new musical In which· by Sylvia Porter can Judge what the questions were. In Lausanne. starting this fall. Barbara Streisand portrays the No, asserted Mr. Karpow, the The building, In the middle of the late Fanny Brice, Is produced by Jews are not suppressed In the Vaud foothills overlooking Lake Ray Stark. He's Miss Brice's son­ The 1964 Tax Law Soviet Union. There must be a dis­ Geneva, will be 125 stories high, in-law. "She wu a wonder Limits On Insurance Tax Breaks tinction between the Jews and their with the five top floors used for woman.'' says St.ark. "In fact, w.bo religion. As Jews they are citizens shops and restaurants. else can say his mother-in-law was The 1964 tax law has cutdowntwowldely used tax breaks connected of the Soviet Union, with all the du­ TRAVEL NO'Jc: Corne! Wilde not only great butalso$9.60tops7" with life insurance. el es and the privlleges given to revealed this new form of movie FINANCE DEPT.: A Texan who First, taxpayers across the nation have bought or are considering every group in the land. But their criticl!lm: WIide's most recent visited J ackle Kannan' s Rat Fink the purchase of life insurance under plans called "minimum deposit" religion, as well as the religion of film. "Lancelot." was shown on Room left a $50 tip on tbe table. or "financed" or "bank loan" insurance. o t h e r groups, ls neither sup­ a TWA plane flying to N.Y. Be­ Kannon said: "You must be one of The key appeal used to sell this insurance has been that the buyer pressed nor encouraged by the gov­ cause of tailwinds the plane ar­ those big Texas tippers" ... 0 No," can get much higher coverage for his money than through a regular ernment. Religion Is entirely sepa­ rived ahead of schedule - while said the modest Texan, "rm one of insurance purchase because under "financed" and similar purchase rated from the state in the Soviet the film had 10 minutes to go. those small Texas tippers." plans, the Insured borrows the cash to cover his premium costs either Union just as It ls in the United The passengers refused to dis­ ETIQUETl'E NO'Jc: A lady at from the insurance company or a bank. The policy is used as collateral States. The Jews are in the main embark, and sat there to see the the Colony said that the most im­ for the loan. The only money the insured actually pays out of his pocket not concerned with the Jewish re- flnlsh of the movie. pressive gesture she experienced ls the interest on the loan and he gets part of that back by deducting was when she drove to Philadelphia the interest on his income tax return. with Sam Spiegel, the film produ­ Because the interest Is deductible, this plan has worked out so Max Sugarman Funeral Home cer. They went there to see a mat­ that the higher an insured person's tax bracket, the more tax he has inee and then an evening perfor­ saved with his interest deduction and the less has come out of his own m a nee of musicals written by pocket to pay for the insurance - which Is being bought with borrowed COMMUNITY CALENDAR friends of theirs. funds. They entered the dining room 1 The treasury has disliked this practice for years and It finally I Sunday, AprU 12, 1964 al a local hotel, between shows. persuaded Congress to add a provision to the I 964 tax law which wlll 8:30 p.m.- Sisterhood - Men 's Club, Cranston J ewish Center. Combined Mtg. for dinner with the authors and sharply limit the plans. In general, the law bars an interest deduction Monday, April 13. 1964 directors. She suddenly wanted to for loans used to buy or carry life insurance under a plan which in­ 10:00 a.m.-Bureau o r Jewish Education, Modem Hebrew Literature Course 10:00 a .m.-Women's Ass'n. ~1iriam Hospital - Corfee Hour powder ber nose . . . Spiegel said, volves systematic borrowing of the increasing cash surrender value 10:45 a.m.-Board Meeting ''Just a moment.please-.~• andwben of the policy. 1:00 p.m.- Cranston Chapter or Hadassah. Regular Meeting be returned he handed her a key. 1:00 p.m.-Lad. Aux. Prov. Hebrew Sheltering Society, Regular Meeting ·niere are certain exceptions which will allow the interest to re­ 8:00 p.m.-Lad. Aux. Lt. Leonard Bloom •284 .JWVA, Hoard ~eeting He'd rented a suite for her, Just main deductible - for instance, if the Interest doesn't exceed $100 a 8:00 p.m.-Redwood Lodge •35. Hegular Meeting to powder her nose. year or If the policy Is taken out In connection with a trade or a busi­ 8:00 p.m.-What Cheer Lodge •24, Knights or Pythias, Board ~leeting MUSIC NO'Jc: Ira Gershwin's ness. But the general objective clearly ls to knock out the tax deduction 8: 15 p.m.-Slsterhood Cong. Shaare L.edek, Board ll.-leeUng gesture was even more spec­ (Continued on Page 12) 8: 15 p.m.-Lad. Aux. Heback-Winston •406 JWVA. Regular Meedng tacular - concerning his wife, 8:30 p.m.-Lad. Ass'n. Prov. Hebrew Uay School, Board ~leeting Lee, wbo fotmd a used Rons-Royce Tuesday. AprU 14, 1964 which had "L.G." on the door. 1:00 p.m.-Pro.v. Chapter Senior Hadassah, Board Meeting 1:30 p.m.-Sisterhood Temple Beth David, Hegular ~leeting Gershwin refused to let ber buy 8:00 p.m.-Sisterhood Temple Beth Am, Board Meetinf It: "I can't have my wife drt~ 8:00 p.m.-J-:vening Group or Hadassah, Regular Meeting around town In a second-hand car.' !II 8:00 p.m.-CraMton-Warwick Chapter B'nai B'rith \\"omen, Board :\leetlng a new Iii 8:00 p.m.-Temple Emanu-EI, Board :\1 eetlng 'The next day he bought her article about Rabbi Hauser and Rolls. WHAT HAPPENED TO Wednesday, April 15, 1964 MEMORIAL PAGE? wish at this time to congratulate 9:30 a.m.-Bul'eau or Jewish Education, Hebrew L"lpan LllEAM DEPT.: Arthur Murray you on a wonderful write-up on a 1:00 p.m.-Lad. A11'n. Jewl1h Home for the Aged, Board Meeting tells of the man who confided to his most remarkable man. We regard 1:00 p.m.-Sla1erhood Cong. Sons o( Jacob, Regular Meeting psychiatrist: "l have terrible Dear Sir: 1:30 p.m.-United Order of True Sisters, Inc., Membenhip Tea I am Interested to know what him with the highest esteem and 6:00 p.m.-lsrael Bondi Stag Dinner, Sheraton-lllllr\lore dreams in which lturnlntoaftsh." happened to the Memorial Page have felt his loss more than he 8:00 p.m.-Bureau of Jewi1h Education School Council Meeting 1be doctor assured him that lots in the Herald which I have not knows. Our loss has been your 8:00 p.m.-Touro Fraternal An'n., Board Meeting ol. people have that kind ol. dream. 8:00 p.m.-Roger Williama Lodge B'nal B'rith, A D L Program seen since last October I 963. gain and I, for one, am glad he "But doctor," the patient sighed, 8:00 p.m.- Union of Orthodox Si1lfrhood1, Combined Meeting 0 has received the recognition de­ 8:00 p.m.-Hope Chapter B'nal B'rith Women, Regular Meeting 1 can't swim." Yours truly, served while he can see It. 8: 15 p.m.-Slaterhood Cong. Mlahkon Tflloh. Board Meeting HISTORY NO'Jc: At Harry S. Laser Frank Thank you for your trouble. 8:30 _p.m.-Cranston-Warwlck Chapter B'nai B'rlth Women, Regular Meeting Truman's 80th b(rthday dinner In 29 Buswell Street Best wishes for a prosperous Thursday, April 16, 1964 Wasblngton May 8, a cbeclc w111 be Boston, Mass. and good year. 12 :00 noon-ltrael Bonda, Women'• Division, Luncheon presented to Wesantnster College • • • I remain, f~ : ::::~°:ra~j'!,11~ht!!~t:t!:. ~O:rdciti!:.8rn~ for Residents, J H F A In Missouri. 1be cbeck wlll cover Very truly yours, 8:00 p.m.-Temple Beth El, Combined Campalan Meetlna: the setting i., ol. a Truman chair RABBI HAUSER (Mrs.) Catherine Lehman 8: 15 p.m.-Women'• American ORT, Rerular Meetlna: In American history. 87 Division Street Friday, Apll 11, 1964 NEWS DEPT.: Jules Peltfer, Dear Sir: 1:00 p.m.-Unlted Order ol True Sllten, Inc., ftesular Meetlna: • • • We are interested in your Amsterdam, N.Y. (Continued Oil Pap 13\ ORGANIZATION Excellent cppornmltles are In the Herald's Clustfled ads. (JI NEWS JOINr MEETING Israel! Anny Major Ell Bar­ Lev will speak at a Joint meeting of the Jewish War Veterans, De­ partment of Rhode Isl and, and the Dept. AUX!llary on Wednesday at 7:30 P .M. at the Jewish Com­ mWtlty Center. :i: Department commander Irving [Tl [ Levin and Department AUXIiiary Mn. w ;mam Salobu,9 ~ president Mrs. Irving Levin will (n••= Miss Dona Fish•r) r conduct the meeting. The Insurance program of the Departmentand the 2~~~~:::::=::::::::::::::::::::~~~=====:::=::::::::::::::::~~=====::::::::::::.::·c blood program of the Auxiliary ;:i f will be discussed. ~ Major Bar-Lev will present a -< talk on current affairs and con­ > ditions In Israel. 'O Refreshments will be served PROVIDENCE CONCERTS :