Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1960-01-08

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VoL 38. No. 2
FRIDAY. JANUARY 8.  (960
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Dented to Aintrlets <nd Jawith  IdMli
SwastiOkas Are Smeared Across Western World Map
W. Germany, New York, London, Paris, Other Spots Hit With Nazi Svmliol
Polic^Arraign Six For N .Y. Mischief
NEW YORK (JTA)—Six bo^, ranging in ages from 10 to 14, were arraigned In Children's Court on charges of malicious mischief In the smashing of three windows at a Brooklyn synagogue and Hebrew school early the morning of Jan, 1.
According to the Police Depart¬ ment, the boys attacked the Yeshiva Mealftah Be'er Shmuel, In the Boro Park section of Brook¬ lyn. Accused of juvenile delin¬ quency, the youngsters were re¬ leased In the custody of their parents,
POLICE SAID they had thrown bottles, garbage cans and stones through the Yeshiva windows "as a New Year prank." Detectives worked through the week-end to trace the perpetrators of this synagogue desecration. According to the police, one of the boys Is Jewish, but not a student at the Yeshiva.
Meanwhile, New York Police Commissioner, Stephen P. Kennedy, issued strict orders to ill police depeirtmental comraand- (ers to see to it that all who attack or threaten houses of wor¬ ship in the city "get the full measure   of   justice — or   mental
GOLDMANN HINTS NAZI UNDERGROUND
^JEEUSALffiM (JTA)—Dr. Na¬ hum (Goldmann asserted that the slmultclneous outbreaks of anti- Semitic incidents In various coun- ~^rles suggested the existence of a hidden Nazi underground organi¬ zation—or that, at least, there was "one hand" coordinating the antl- Semltlc activities.
In an Interview here, he said he had no conclusive evidence that such an organization existed. But, he added, he would urge In forth¬ coming' talks with West Oerman . leaders that they start a vigorous Investigation
pn. OOLDBIANN, who will meet with (Chancellor Konrad Adenauer this month, said he ^•ould also urge concentrated edu¬ cational efforts In West Germany to eradicate antl-Semltlsm among German youth.
For a long time, he said, there have been suspicions that large sums were smugged out of de¬ feated Germany by fleeing Nazis, and that these funds were 'being used to finance neo-Nazi and anti- .   Semitic activities.
He said some benefit might b* (CTfnUntfed  an  p«lt« «)
treatment   If   that  is   what   they need."
(Commissioner Kennedy Issued his orders at a ceremony at police headquarters, swearing In 97 new recruits to the police force. With all of the department's leading conmumders present, (Commission¬ er Kennedy stated:
"TODAV, WE are faced with another disruptive Influence In a democracy. I refer to threats to houses of worship. Sec to It that every member of the force who walks a post Is alerted to this condition.
"I believe that the desecration of houses of worship of any faith Is nothing more than cowardice by some Individuals who seek to sow confualon ahd discord. I am equally certain that these acts will have the reverse effect, and will only Impose upon our people the necessity of cherishing the precious   heritage  of  freedom   of
P In our democracy, men and women of all faiths, I know, will join in combatting any threat to the liberty of any of us who wor¬ ship In peace and freedom. They look td their police as the front line to guard all people In the exercise of their fundamental rights.
"I AM EQUALLY certain that the culprits themselves represent only themselves. I believe these ar^lsolated Instances. I do not think that they represent any group or plan of action. I am sure that they are just Irresponsible Individuals. However, see to it that they get the full measure of justice, or mental treatment if that is what they need."
(Commissioner Keimedy's state¬ ment waa voiced after he had re¬ ceived from Mayor Robert F. Wagner a request for a prompt and complete report on the spate of antl-Semltlc Incidents In New York. The mayor aliso requested the city's (Commission on* Inter¬ group Relations to investigate these "vicious acts" and report "as rapidly aS possible."
"The desecration of a religious Institution," stated the mayor, "Is a shameful and cowardly aot. We cannot and will not- permit a renaissance of Hitlerism, here or anywhere else In the world. We paid too high a price to crus^ it."
Dr. Frank Home, executive of the (Commission on Intergroup Relations, told the Jewish Tele¬ graphic Agency: "We have a num¬ ber of people out in the field now Investigating these matters. We shall report to the mayor just as quickly as we are able to do so."
Elected FeUqiWs
Recently elected Fellows of Braildels University, Waltham, Mass., were these four past presidents of the National Women's Committee. l«ft to right: Mrs^ Louis I. Kramer, Providence, BJ.; Mrs. Irvmg Abrams, Mrs. Harry L. Miclutels and Mrs. Joseph Schneider, ail of Brooidine, Mass. University's Women's Oommittee, numljering more than 70,000 hidies throughout the nation, supports the Brandeis library. It is the largest friends- of-a-Ubrary movement in the world.
Jewish Educators Gather In Dayton
The midwest region. National (CmmcU for Jewish Education, will hold Its 13th Annual Conference on Sunday, Jan. ID and Monday, Jan. 11, at the Biltmore Hotel, In Dayton, O., according to an an¬ nouncement by Dr. Moses Zalesky, director of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cincinnati and pres¬ ident of the region.
The first .^tl^aaion, on Sunday morning, will feature a panel dis¬ cussion on the subject: "The Tri¬ angle—The Hebrew School, The Synagogue and the Jewish Com¬ munity (Center." Papers will be presented by Jerome L. Hershon of Cincinnati, and Rabbi Joseph Saltzman of Louisville.
AT THE SUNDAY afternoon session, the delegates will hear a report on "The National Study on Jewish Education and its Implies, tions." This study took seven years, and was recently completed by a special commission of the American Association for Jewish Education, The report will be given by Dr. Uriah Z. Engelman, director  of  the study.
The Sunday evening session will be in the form of a dinner, ten¬ dered to the delegates and guests by the Dajrton Hebrew Institute and Jewish community of Dayton,
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at the Biltmore Hotel. The dinner will be open to thd public.
Greetings will be extended by representatives of the Dayton Jewish community, as well as by Samuel J. Btorowsky, general secrotary of the National Council for Jewish Education. The main speaker will be Dr. Abraham G. Duker, president of the (College of Jewish Studies of (Chicago, and his topic will be "Jewish Educa¬ tion in the age of Emphasis on Science."
THE QUEST artist wlU be the singer, Zehava Naamanl, of Louis¬ ville, who has recently returned from a year's stay In Israel, and has brought with her an extensive repertoire of new Israeli songs.
On Monday moiining, Jan. 11, the conference wll be concluded with a business session, which will Include reports of the nominations and resolutions committee, and with brief reports on new develop¬ ments m Jewish education, among them the Pittsburgh experiment of teaching Hebrew on television.
In conjunction With the confer¬ ence, meetings will be held of representatives of P.T.A.'s In the midwest, for the purpose of or¬ ganizing a midwest P.T.A. council.
SAMUEL J. Leibowltz, director of the Dayton Hebrew Institute, Is chalnnan of the conference committee, and Urs. Lionel Fedo- tln of Dayton, chairman ot' the organization committee of the P.TA. council of the midwest re¬ gion.
The following are delegates from tbe Columbus Hebrew School P.T.A., planning to attend the conference: Mrs. Martin Mas-( ser, Mrs. Harold Covel and Mrs. Sarah Groasman, alternate. Dan¬ iel Harrison, principal of the (Columbus Hebrew School and first vice-president of the nildwest region. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Selferas, president of the Hebrew School will also attend the conference.
Hebrew School board members and P.T.A. members EU-e urged and welcome to attend.
HEAVY BAINS
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Steady rains whloh blanketed Israel dur¬ ing the weekend have brought last-minute relief to faAners who were already planning to plow under fields and re-sow winter crops In many parts of tbe coun¬ try.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The swas¬ tika, aymlbol of Nailsm, burst out all over the Western world map— being publicly smeared in New York, daul>ed in London, appear¬ ing in Israel, showing ita face in many cities In Germany, stealthily ¦manifesting.Itself In Paris, Brus¬ sels, Stockholm and Oslo.
The "Incidents" multiplied dur¬ ing the 1960 New Year week-end, comqpoundlng the current state of antl-Semltlc "pranks" following the outrage In Cologrne last Christ¬ mas eve, when a synagogue and a memorial to victims of Nazism were desecrated with the swastika and with antl-Semltlc slogans. ¦ ¦» » » NEW YORK (JTA)—Temple Emanu-El, one of the largest Re¬ form synaglogues^ In the United States, was daubed -with a two- foot high swastika, police report¬ ed. Rabbi Juliua Mark, senior rabbi of the temple, said the desecration was the first in the history of the house of worship. The Nazi emblem was daubed on the outer auditorium wall of the synagogue, which la located dn Manhattan's swank B^fth Avenue. Rabbi Mark said he did not be¬ lieve the Vandalism was the work of an organized group. He de- scrll>ed It to the "chain reaction' started by the (Christmas eve dese- craUon of the recently dedicated synagogue at (Cologne, CJermany. "I Rabbi Mark said he felt It was Ufifortunate that the Incidents wfere receiving such widespread publicity,"and predicted that more such ^Siioljiemts would occur. He laid he felt such vandtUlsnj should not be publicized until after the culprits had  been  caught
Detectives from the Bast Side Manhattan Bureau examined the swastika and the scene before they removed the Nazi emblem. The Bureau decllned\comment on whether any clues to the vandals were todnd, and said the Investi¬ gation Would be continued,
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NEWARK, Njr. (JTA)—Simon Fischer, operator of a butcher shop here, told police he found a large swastika painted iii red on his shop window. The words "cheap Jew" were painted under the Nazi device.
He told police he thought the vandalism, was the work of juven¬ ile pranksters. Police began an Investigation.
• •   • HABTFOBD,   Conn.   (JTA)—A
swastika was found painted on the front of the King Philip School, at West Hartford. The school, a public elementary Insti¬ tution, Is In a section of West Hartford heavily populated by Jews.
e * * TEL AVIV (JTA)—A non-Jew¬ ish, Swiss cook employed at Lydda Airport, near here, was arrested and accused of painting a swastika on the apron of a Jewish co-worker. Formally charged by police with "attempt¬ ing to Infuriate the pubilc," he was released on ball.
• *   « LONDON  (JTA)   —  Swastikas
were daulied during the night on the offices of'the Jewish Chroni¬ cle, %nd on the walls of Woburn House In which are located the of¬ fices of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, police, reported.
The Nazi emblem also .was painted on the front of WUden- stein's Art Gallery here, and on the house of the caretaker of the Gamet HlU synagogue in Glaa gow. The vandals also painted on the house of the caretaker, a Methodist, "Jews CJo Home."
The facade of the Nottlng Hill Synagogue, located across the street from the headquarters of the fascist -Union Movement headed by Sir Moaley, was aim¬ ilariy desecrated. The European headquarters of the World Jewish
(Congress here, were found painted with red swastikas.
PARIS (JTA)—Swastikas were found painted on a row of Jewish-V cwned houses next to the. Jewish quarter. The vandalism was be¬ lieved to be the work of yotmg hooligans who are members of various right-wing groups with pro-fascist  Ideologies.
* *   • BRUSSELS   (JTA)—Swastikas
and anti-SemlUo slogans were found smeared recently oh -the wall of the Great Synagogue In Antwerp. The aynajrogue waa one of five damaged by the Nazis during the war. and re-built sev¬ eral years ago.
* »   • STOCKHOLM   (JTA)   — The
swastika, and an anti-Semitic slogan were found to have been painted on a buUdlng in thla cltjr occupied by a Jewish family. The slogan, partly hi English, read: "Jude Away—Jew Not (Christian."
* *   * OSLO (JTA) — A 12-lnch-hlgh
swastika was foimd to have been carved at the front entrance to the Palmira Chemical Factory here. The plant Is owned by Jews. The facade of an office of a Jew¬ ish businessman. In the downtown section of Oslo, was also found dlsflg^ured with the swastika,
* «   * VIENNA   (JTA>-=5!he  outburst
of antl-Semltlc^widallsm reached Vienna with the discovery that the citys only synagogue was smeared. A night watclunan found the word "Jude" In letters 18 Inches high In white paint near the door of- the Selt^nstettengasse Synagogue.
Police said that an apparent attempt to smear another biilld- Ing, which houses the main office of the Vienna Jewish commimity, was Interrupted by pedestrians.
The words "Out With The Jews" were found on sidewalks at Neu- stlft In Walde, a suburb of Vienna.
* '   • BONN (JTA)—The West Ger¬ man government, In Its first offi¬ cial statement on the wave of antl-Semltlc Incidents whloh have followed the (Christmas eve dese- craUon of the (Cologne synagogue, charged that the incidents were part of "a planned action to de¬ fame the federal Republic Ih the eyes of the world."
Tbe statement did not contain ai^r Indication as to the source of the alleged plot to smear the West German Republic.
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NEW YOHK (JTA)—The Syna¬ gogue (Council of America called on Christians and Jews to be pre¬ pared with firm leadership If the "sickness" of the current world¬ wide spate of antl-Semltlc Inci¬ dents should continue.
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BONN (JTA)—A 22-year-old carpenter, Ludwlg Vogel, has been arrested tn Schelnfeld, near Nuern¬ berg, on suspicion of haying painted swastikas .and antl-Jewlsh slogans on the walls of the local court building, the Nuernberg public  prosecutor  announced.
Vogel was reportedl to hau registered with the right-wing Deutsche Reichs Party last Octo¬ ber, but had not yet retelve^ his membership card. The DBP ia under fire in connection ijvlth the Christmas eve deseoratlo* of tbe Cologne Synagogue by two of its memhers.
Vogel confessed to Irving'paint¬ ed the swastika and the slojans— "Down with the Jews," "Gennany Awake," aad "Dirty Jews'—on the court building walls. Re sald.^ he did 80 because of bis "anti-' Semitic conviotloins." Ho is 'ihe \ I fourth DBP member under arrtot In. connection with the spUrt et antl-Semltlc Incidents,, started Vr the Cologne aynagogue desecra-\ tlon.