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it is now everybody's business to work for and secure a better understanding between man and boy . . ." Edward I. Rasnick, honor- ary president, Jewish Big Brother Association. See Guest Editorial�Page Six """�"� Israel Charges Tampering Leaders Ask CJA Have Top Priority In Fund-Raising Here The executive committees of the Associated Jewish Philan- thropies and the Combined Jewish Appeal of Greater Boston this week issued a call to the community to maintain the Com- bined Jewish Appeal as "the first priority fund-raising medium for basic Jewish communal and philanthropic needs." In a series of resolutions adopted �t the all day planning conference � the third conclave of its kind de- Voted to formulations of immediate and long range plans to strengthen the Combined Jewish Appeal � the two executive committees once again urged the Jewish people' of Greater Boston to grant the over- whelming portion of their philan- thropy dollars to the CJA. Calling for maximum support of the decisive 1955 Combined Jewish Appeal which gets underway in a few weeks, the leaders emphasized the need for still "higher standards of giving, broader coverage in terms of number of contributors" and ac- celerated payment of Combined Jewish Appeal pledges. The All Day Planning Conference again called attention to the grow- ing multiplicity of independent fund raising campaigns which constitute a threat to the central Jewish com- munity organization which should- ers the responsibility of financing a network of 201 health, welfare, edu- cation, and recreation agencies help- ing Jewry at home, nationally, over- seas and in Israel. It reaffirmed the basic principle that "all valid Jewish appeals de- serving the support of the full Jew- ish community belong in the Com- bined Jewish Appeal, except when there is mutual agreement between it and an outside agency that the Continued on Page Three Hearings on Refugee Bill Postponed |VASHINGTON � Hearings on a bill to speed up immigra- tion under the Refugee Relief Act have been indefinitely postponed ' as Congress ap- proaches its summer recess. For the past several weeks, the Senate Judiciary Committee has tried in vain to reach an agreement on amendments to the act. How- ever, either failure to get a quorum or strong differences of opinion among the committee members have obstructed the committee's efforts. During the first session of the 84th Congress, extensive hearings were held on the controversial ref- ugee program. Several Jewish or- ganizations offered suggestions to liberalize the program. As a result of the hearings, a compromise meas- ure was sent to the full committee without recommendations. The com- promise measures were reportedly termed very limited. A special House Immigration Sub- Continued on Page Twelve Tel Aviv May Have Woman As Mayor TEL AVIV � The next mayor of this city may be a woman �� Mrs. Golda Myerson. Israel's labor minister, but weeks may elapse before a final decision is reached. Mrs. Myerson, a former school teacher in the United States, is the leading candidate for the mayor- alty of Israel's largest city. The post will be filled by the new municipal council elected last week. However, it will take a coalition lineup to put Mrs. Myerson over and a deal involving the mayor of Israel's part of Jerusalem may be necessary. One possible barrier in her path is the view of some ultra-orthodox Jews that an ancient Jewish tenet bars a woman from such a post. They cite the Fifth Book of Moses, Chapter 17 Verse 15: ". . . One from among thy brethren shalt thou set as king over thee . . ." The famous 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides interpreted this to signify the choice of only a man as ruler. But the leading 20th Century scholar, Chief Rabbi Abra- ham Izhak Kook, who died in 1935, ruled more liberally that women could vote for members of the Jew- ish-elected assembly in the days of British rule in Palestine and could also be members of the assembly. Mrs. Myerson's Mapai Party is the largest bloc in the 31-member coun- cil, but its 10 seats are short of a majority. The Mapai is counting on the votes of two members elected �B the "religious blox" list of the MRS. GOLDA MYERSON Next Mayor? Mizrachi Party. Observers said the Mizrachi is in- clined to take the liberal, modern view that women can mix in poli- tics. But the religious party is re- ported demanding that in exchange for supporting Mrs. Myerson, a re- ligious leader be chosen in Jeru- salem. The Mizrachi feels that the ad- ministration in the Holy City should not be headed by a representative of a primarily secular party. IMS VOL. X NO. 50 AUGUST 4 ,1955 Price Ten Cents Ike Backs Sobeloff In Appointment Bicker WASHINGTON �Nomina- tion of Solicitor General Si- mon E. Sobeloff to be a United States Appeals Court Judge was again endorsed this week by President Eisenhower. The President said he was un- aware of the Congressional contro- versy over his nomination of Mr. Sobeloff but thought that the nom- ination was an "excellent" one. Earlier the Senate Judiciary Sub- SIMON t. SOBELOFF Backed by Ike committee hearings on the Sobeloff nomination were indefinitely' post- poned at the request of Sen. James 0. Eastland (D., Miss.) and Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D., S. C). Both South- ern Senators requested "a reason- able length of time" to study Sobe- loff's qualification. The President said at his weekly news conference that he did not in- tend to challenge the right of Con- gress to make a thorough investiga- tion. He also said that he has had a number of contacts with the Solici- tor General and was impressed with his "jusidical type of mind." Other Southern Senators and Continued on Page Two Evidence Is Removed From Plane JERUSALEM � Parts of an Israeli airliner shot down by Bulgarians last week "had ob- viously been tampered with in an effort to remove incrimi- nating evidence," the Israeli Foreign Ministry charged this week. "Israel investigators -gained the definite impression that the El Al airliner had been attacked by a ma- chine gun," the ministry statement declared. "Numerous bullet boles could be distaniguiahed in parts of the plane scattered over a wide area in Bul- garian territory in the vicinity "of the Greek border. "This became clear despite the fact that parts had clbviously been tampered with in an effort to re- move inorkninatinig evidence." There were camflietmig reports from Greece as to wihetlher the plane had been downed by fire from attacking planes. Joel Balki, an El Al executive, was quoted in rep-arts from Saloni- ka as saying the downing of the airliner "obviously was tihe out- come of a murderous attack per- petrated with beastly cold-blood- edness by two Bulgarian MIG-type fighters." But in Athens Ben-Jaeov, Israel's diplomatic representative,, said the Salonika reports were "completely unfounded." Balki was a member of the in- "quiry commission. Continued on Page Ten Gal Reporter Wishes; If Sox Can't Win Pennant, Let Indians BY ROSE-MARIE BROOKS THE RED SOX JUST MIGHT LOSE THE PENNANT . . . There we've said it and while we're not happy, it's all too true. There are other teams besides the Red Sox and there are other big bats besides Ted Williams! How do we know? We met Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians. Al is just the kind of a ballplay- er that makes the Ail-American pasttime the great sport that it ~sQi lA/e Were ^)auina . . , Houston School Probe Merits Our Attention BY ROBERT E. SEGAL We may all take heart from the recent decision of the Na- tional Education Association to call upon America's 1,250,000 teachers to roll up their sleeves for political action. Widespread attacks upon the public schools, insidious and shrewd efforts by self-appointed Minute Men and Minute Wo- men to have key books removed from school libraries, teacher shortages, the inability of citizens in general to upgrade the dignity of the teaching profession and the senseless politi- cal dillydallying over the provision of badly- needed new school facilities are all factors in the public education crisis, deserving the atten- tion of everyone who has the destiny of the nation at heart. Now that the NEA, a venerable and honor- able association of teachers and school adminis- trators, has taken the initiative, even though this bold action probably will draw the fire of professional politicians, we need more than ever to inform ourselves regard- ing the problems with which school people wrestle on our behalf. Symptomatic of the gravity of I inspired attacks by insecure and the school crisis are the politically- i Continued on Page Six SEGAL is � he's young, handsome, a typi- cal proud husband and father, he loves sports, he can hit that long ball (I guess that means a home- run hitter) and he likes to win� what more can anyone ask of a favorite ballplayer? The Cleveland Indians had dropped two out of three games to the Red Sox but the young third baseman felt in good spirits when we met him because the Indians had just that afternoon, taken the series closer, 6-3, and Al had come out of a batting slump to bring ia three runs. "It hurts not to hit and be able to win those games/*'-said Al who looked like an average young busi- ness man, attired in a toast brown Continued on Page Two Hebrew Lesson THE HAGUE � Queen Juliana of the Netherlands has said that she will very probably undertake the study of Hebrew under an ex- perienced Jewish teacher. Queen Juliana made the state- ment to Chief Rabbi Dr. Samuel Rodrigues Pereira during a re> cent visit to new Jewish homes for the aged here. She told of her desire to leant Hebrew when he showed her the Scrolls of the Law at the new institutions, and she showed th� greatest interest in examining them.
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Title | The Jewish Times |
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Boston Jewish Times The Jewish Weekly Times |
Publication Date | 1955-08-04 |
Publisher | Grand Rabbi Y.A. Korff |
Volume | 10 |
Number | 50 |
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Title | The Jewish Times |
Alternative Title |
Boston Jewish Times The Jewish Weekly Times |
Publication Date | 1955-08-04 |
Volume | 10 |
Number | 50 |
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Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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Transcript | it is now everybody's business to work for and secure a better understanding between man and boy . . ." Edward I. Rasnick, honor- ary president, Jewish Big Brother Association. See Guest Editorial�Page Six """�"� Israel Charges Tampering Leaders Ask CJA Have Top Priority In Fund-Raising Here The executive committees of the Associated Jewish Philan- thropies and the Combined Jewish Appeal of Greater Boston this week issued a call to the community to maintain the Com- bined Jewish Appeal as "the first priority fund-raising medium for basic Jewish communal and philanthropic needs." In a series of resolutions adopted �t the all day planning conference � the third conclave of its kind de- Voted to formulations of immediate and long range plans to strengthen the Combined Jewish Appeal � the two executive committees once again urged the Jewish people' of Greater Boston to grant the over- whelming portion of their philan- thropy dollars to the CJA. Calling for maximum support of the decisive 1955 Combined Jewish Appeal which gets underway in a few weeks, the leaders emphasized the need for still "higher standards of giving, broader coverage in terms of number of contributors" and ac- celerated payment of Combined Jewish Appeal pledges. The All Day Planning Conference again called attention to the grow- ing multiplicity of independent fund raising campaigns which constitute a threat to the central Jewish com- munity organization which should- ers the responsibility of financing a network of 201 health, welfare, edu- cation, and recreation agencies help- ing Jewry at home, nationally, over- seas and in Israel. It reaffirmed the basic principle that "all valid Jewish appeals de- serving the support of the full Jew- ish community belong in the Com- bined Jewish Appeal, except when there is mutual agreement between it and an outside agency that the Continued on Page Three Hearings on Refugee Bill Postponed |VASHINGTON � Hearings on a bill to speed up immigra- tion under the Refugee Relief Act have been indefinitely postponed ' as Congress ap- proaches its summer recess. For the past several weeks, the Senate Judiciary Committee has tried in vain to reach an agreement on amendments to the act. How- ever, either failure to get a quorum or strong differences of opinion among the committee members have obstructed the committee's efforts. During the first session of the 84th Congress, extensive hearings were held on the controversial ref- ugee program. Several Jewish or- ganizations offered suggestions to liberalize the program. As a result of the hearings, a compromise meas- ure was sent to the full committee without recommendations. The com- promise measures were reportedly termed very limited. A special House Immigration Sub- Continued on Page Twelve Tel Aviv May Have Woman As Mayor TEL AVIV � The next mayor of this city may be a woman �� Mrs. Golda Myerson. Israel's labor minister, but weeks may elapse before a final decision is reached. Mrs. Myerson, a former school teacher in the United States, is the leading candidate for the mayor- alty of Israel's largest city. The post will be filled by the new municipal council elected last week. However, it will take a coalition lineup to put Mrs. Myerson over and a deal involving the mayor of Israel's part of Jerusalem may be necessary. One possible barrier in her path is the view of some ultra-orthodox Jews that an ancient Jewish tenet bars a woman from such a post. They cite the Fifth Book of Moses, Chapter 17 Verse 15: ". . . One from among thy brethren shalt thou set as king over thee . . ." The famous 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides interpreted this to signify the choice of only a man as ruler. But the leading 20th Century scholar, Chief Rabbi Abra- ham Izhak Kook, who died in 1935, ruled more liberally that women could vote for members of the Jew- ish-elected assembly in the days of British rule in Palestine and could also be members of the assembly. Mrs. Myerson's Mapai Party is the largest bloc in the 31-member coun- cil, but its 10 seats are short of a majority. The Mapai is counting on the votes of two members elected �B the "religious blox" list of the MRS. GOLDA MYERSON Next Mayor? Mizrachi Party. Observers said the Mizrachi is in- clined to take the liberal, modern view that women can mix in poli- tics. But the religious party is re- ported demanding that in exchange for supporting Mrs. Myerson, a re- ligious leader be chosen in Jeru- salem. The Mizrachi feels that the ad- ministration in the Holy City should not be headed by a representative of a primarily secular party. IMS VOL. X NO. 50 AUGUST 4 ,1955 Price Ten Cents Ike Backs Sobeloff In Appointment Bicker WASHINGTON �Nomina- tion of Solicitor General Si- mon E. Sobeloff to be a United States Appeals Court Judge was again endorsed this week by President Eisenhower. The President said he was un- aware of the Congressional contro- versy over his nomination of Mr. Sobeloff but thought that the nom- ination was an "excellent" one. Earlier the Senate Judiciary Sub- SIMON t. SOBELOFF Backed by Ike committee hearings on the Sobeloff nomination were indefinitely' post- poned at the request of Sen. James 0. Eastland (D., Miss.) and Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D., S. C). Both South- ern Senators requested "a reason- able length of time" to study Sobe- loff's qualification. The President said at his weekly news conference that he did not in- tend to challenge the right of Con- gress to make a thorough investiga- tion. He also said that he has had a number of contacts with the Solici- tor General and was impressed with his "jusidical type of mind." Other Southern Senators and Continued on Page Two Evidence Is Removed From Plane JERUSALEM � Parts of an Israeli airliner shot down by Bulgarians last week "had ob- viously been tampered with in an effort to remove incrimi- nating evidence," the Israeli Foreign Ministry charged this week. "Israel investigators -gained the definite impression that the El Al airliner had been attacked by a ma- chine gun," the ministry statement declared. "Numerous bullet boles could be distaniguiahed in parts of the plane scattered over a wide area in Bul- garian territory in the vicinity "of the Greek border. "This became clear despite the fact that parts had clbviously been tampered with in an effort to re- move inorkninatinig evidence." There were camflietmig reports from Greece as to wihetlher the plane had been downed by fire from attacking planes. Joel Balki, an El Al executive, was quoted in rep-arts from Saloni- ka as saying the downing of the airliner "obviously was tihe out- come of a murderous attack per- petrated with beastly cold-blood- edness by two Bulgarian MIG-type fighters." But in Athens Ben-Jaeov, Israel's diplomatic representative,, said the Salonika reports were "completely unfounded." Balki was a member of the in- "quiry commission. Continued on Page Ten Gal Reporter Wishes; If Sox Can't Win Pennant, Let Indians BY ROSE-MARIE BROOKS THE RED SOX JUST MIGHT LOSE THE PENNANT . . . There we've said it and while we're not happy, it's all too true. There are other teams besides the Red Sox and there are other big bats besides Ted Williams! How do we know? We met Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians. Al is just the kind of a ballplay- er that makes the Ail-American pasttime the great sport that it ~sQi lA/e Were ^)auina . . , Houston School Probe Merits Our Attention BY ROBERT E. SEGAL We may all take heart from the recent decision of the Na- tional Education Association to call upon America's 1,250,000 teachers to roll up their sleeves for political action. Widespread attacks upon the public schools, insidious and shrewd efforts by self-appointed Minute Men and Minute Wo- men to have key books removed from school libraries, teacher shortages, the inability of citizens in general to upgrade the dignity of the teaching profession and the senseless politi- cal dillydallying over the provision of badly- needed new school facilities are all factors in the public education crisis, deserving the atten- tion of everyone who has the destiny of the nation at heart. Now that the NEA, a venerable and honor- able association of teachers and school adminis- trators, has taken the initiative, even though this bold action probably will draw the fire of professional politicians, we need more than ever to inform ourselves regard- ing the problems with which school people wrestle on our behalf. Symptomatic of the gravity of I inspired attacks by insecure and the school crisis are the politically- i Continued on Page Six SEGAL is � he's young, handsome, a typi- cal proud husband and father, he loves sports, he can hit that long ball (I guess that means a home- run hitter) and he likes to win� what more can anyone ask of a favorite ballplayer? The Cleveland Indians had dropped two out of three games to the Red Sox but the young third baseman felt in good spirits when we met him because the Indians had just that afternoon, taken the series closer, 6-3, and Al had come out of a batting slump to bring ia three runs. "It hurts not to hit and be able to win those games/*'-said Al who looked like an average young busi- ness man, attired in a toast brown Continued on Page Two Hebrew Lesson THE HAGUE � Queen Juliana of the Netherlands has said that she will very probably undertake the study of Hebrew under an ex- perienced Jewish teacher. Queen Juliana made the state- ment to Chief Rabbi Dr. Samuel Rodrigues Pereira during a re> cent visit to new Jewish homes for the aged here. She told of her desire to leant Hebrew when he showed her the Scrolls of the Law at the new institutions, and she showed th� greatest interest in examining them. |
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