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ZIONISTS ACHIEVE UNITY
CPZ Dissolves;
New Englanders
Win Top Posts
NEW YORK � Dissolution of
the Committee of Progressive
Zionism, settling the internal
conflict within the ZOA, was an-
nounced last Tuesday as the
Zionist Organization of Ameri-
ca closed its 52nd annual con-
vention.
The convention also adopted a
resolution insisting upon the ad-
ministrative autonomy of the Am-
erican Zionist movement in its re-
lationship with the Jewish Agency
executive. The 2,000 delegates at
the parley also adopted a resolu-
tion referring to the incoming
administration for study of the
Rifkind report which recommends
basic structural changes in the
World   Zionist   Organization.
The CPZ, which for the
last two years opposed ZOA leader-
ship and included in its ranks
three former Zionist presidents,
had been opposed to the organiza-
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VOL. IV NO. 42
June 2,  1949
Price Five Cents
Rabbis Differ on
Central Religious
Israeli Authority
Varying reactions were voiced this week in answer to the
recommendation to American Jewry to recognize the Israeli
Chief Rabbinate as the central religious authority for world
Jewry urged by the Rabbinical Council of America.
The call was issued in the form
of a resolution adopted by the 150
delegates attending the 13th an-
nual   convention   in   Atlantic   City.
Moslem Countries
Drive Out Jews
By  MIKE  SHULMAN
American leaders of the United Jewish Appeal were sin-
cerely convinced at the start of 1949 that they were 'over the
hump" in fund-raising campaigns.
Hebrew Teachers College To Hold 20th
Annual Commencement Exercises
The 20th annual Commencement Exercises of the Hebrew Teachers College, 14 Crawford
Street. Roxbury, will be held Sunday June 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the College auditorium. The He-
brew Teachers College is an affiliate of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies.
Highlighting    the    exercises
"We believed that the burden
could be liquidated this year," de-
clared Henry Morgenthau, Jr., who
addressed a meeting of the Busi-
ness Men's Council of the Com-
bined Jewish Appeal last week.
"Cyprus was closed! The DP
camps of Austria and Germany
would soon shut down! Shanghai's
Jews  were  being  aided!
"What we didn't count on once
victory had been won on the battle-
field was the cowardly Arab act
of driving the Jews out o� Moslem
countries." he explained.
The unforeseen, desperate plight
of North African Jews is tragic,
Mr. Morgenthau added. They must
be helped or they will die.
"Despite the suffering of these
tormented people, no Christian
country raises its voice in protest
to the Arab nations, including the
United States," continued the chair-
man  of  the UJA  drive.
Right now, there are approxi-
mately 60,000 Jews living in tents,
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at
which seven students will* receive
the degree of Bachelor of Jewish
Education and one student will
receive a teacher's certificate, will
be an address by Professor Salo
W. Baron, noted Jewish historian
and author who will discuss "New
Horizons in Jewish History."
Lewis H. Weinstein, president of
the Board of Trustees of the He-
| brew Teachers College, will an-
nounce the donations which the
College has received during the
past year, and will reveal the names
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Rabbi Israel Tabak of Baltimore,
was unanimously re-elected presi-
dent.
In an address, Dr. Tabak stated:
"Let those Torah-less Jews who
wish to cling to their provincial
isolationist ideas of yesterday con-
tinue to attach labels to their Jew-
ishness."
Dr. Tabak said "there is no plaea
now for denominationalism tit
Jewish life, which is an evil wa
have inherited from the non-Jew-
ish world."
Rabbi Aaron Decter of Maiden
"regretted" the statement. Ameri-
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Yotiili   i'oi':;cl.*i  ii*  --l'li|�" Tail* � llni:
Piano Technique
Amazes Critics
By NANETTE H. BERNSTEIN
For a half-hour, the Civic Symphony piano soloist practiced.
He practiced walking to the grand piano, flipping back the tails
of his full-dress suit, and seating himself.
Arabs Rule 95%
Of Holy Places
By ELDON SCOTT COHEN
Israel can never accept a solution in Jerusalem which will
endanger the 100,000 Jews of that city, Eliahu Elath, Israeli am-
bassador to the U. S., declared.
DR.   SAI.O   BARON
Commencement Speaker
soloist � he forgot.
But it was none of his piano
technique that he forgot:
Writing later in the Boston
Globe, critic Cyrus Durgin said,
"Bernard Kritzman is only 15 years
old, but already he has an amazing
piano technique. He can play with
great speed and strength . . . and
at the same time an adult compre-
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It wasn't the tricky Khatchatou-
rian concerto that needed rehear-
sal. Years of devoted piano study
had led up to that like a well-
ordered crescendo. His fingers
would confidently find each run
and quick passage. But these were
the 15-year-old youth's first "tails.'
. . . Would he remember to flip them
back !                   �
And when the spotlight was
turned full force on Bernard Kritz-
man in Jordan Hall � and more
than a thousand faces lifted ex-
pectantly   toward   the   boy   ^^iMemOrifll   Service
New York Post Telis �/hat's
Behind" Lilienthal Attack
In a front-page editorial entitled "Behind the Attack on
Lilienthal," the New York Post charged that "the big brass and
the Republican politics" are fighting to "crucify" Atomic Energy
Commissioner David Lilienthal because he is a "liberal," a
"Jew," and an "independent public official who refuses to play
Washington parlor games."
The editorial entitled 'Behind  the  Attack on  Lilienthal""
states:
New York Hearst and McCor-
mick newspapers, valiantly echoed
by The World-Telegram and The
Sun, with other voices in the wings,
have enlisted in the crusade against
Atomic Energy Commissioner Da-
vid Lilienthal. They are contrib-
uting headlines, editorials and bed-
time stores.
This isn't a  local enterprise.
It is important that the country
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A Memorial Service for the
late Dr. Joshua Loth Liebmun,
spiritual leader of Temple Is-
rael and author of "Peace of
Mind," will be held on the first
anniversary of his passing, at
Temple Israel, 602 Common-
wealth avenue, Thursday eve-
jiing;, June 9th. at 8:15 o'clock.
The public is cordially in-
vited.
He defined the Israeli position as
favoring internationalization of the
Holy Places in Jerusalem,, but
stressed that the Jews of the city
must live under the protection of
their  own  government.
Furthermore, Elath, who ad-
dressed the B'nai B'rith conven-
tion last Monday, pointed out. 9o
per cent of the Holy Places are sit
usted in the Old City of Jerusalem,
now under the control of Trans-
jordan. Israel controls only the
New City, which has few religious
shrines.
The ambassador characterized as
"premature" the charge made by
the Rev. Harry M. O'Connor, direct-
or of Near East Relief, that Israel
has defied the United Nations on
internationalizing  the  city.
Since  the UN  Conciliation  Com-
mission has not even submitted its
recommendations   to   the   General ,
Asembly   as   yet,   Elath   said   it   is
impossible   that   the   Jewish    state
could  have  defied  the UN.
Speaking of the Israeli-Arab
peace negotiations at Lausanne,
Elath admitted that very little
progress had been made so far.
But he added that the talks must
not. be called a failure, because
the Rhodes negotiations also went
slowly  at first.
The ambassador said that tHe?
principal need of Israel today is
"money, money and money" to help
in the resettlement and rehabilita-
tion of immigrants, i. Stly from
Europe, who are- entering the new
state at the rate of 30,000 a month.
To    employ    the    immigrants    as
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"As We Were Saying..."
Two Christian Views
Of State Of Israel
By ROBERT  E. SEGAL
Christians are having a close look at Israel, the 59th country
in the galaxy that men hopefully refer to as the United Nations,
(The bold-face type come from the optimistic among us.)
Some find fault with Israel. Others ar�
inspired.
Recently, in our own town, a religious
leader declared that the State of Israel is de-
fying the United Natfoiu.; and deliberately flout-
ing all Christian public opinion. He sees no
just claims for Israel to Jerusalem and appears
distressed that Israel now rules territory "taken
by force of arms."
At the same time this strong criticism was
voiced there appeared the story of a Christian
layman who had a quite different view of Israel.
SESftL             He is Thomas Sugrue, author of "Such Is the
Kingdom."
We shall examine what Mr. Sugrue has to say about Israel
in a moment.   First, we need to look into the grave charge thai
Israel is flouting all Christian pub-
lic opinion.
A most distinguished statesman,
Aubrey,   S.  Eban,  Israel's  Repre-
sentative to the UN, has placed on,
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