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ISRAEL CHALLENGES
TO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS;
U.N. SPEECH HYPOCRISY; U.A.R. NEUTRALITY RIDICULED
Edward G. Robinson Flying From Hollpfood To Toronto Dinner
Will Be The Star At Herzog Welcome
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Edward G. Robinson, famous star of stage and screen, is flying from Hol-Ij'wood direct to Toronto to Ambassador's Dinner for Dr. Yaacov Herzog, Israel's Envoy to the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Robinson will be the star of this great Community reception tendered by the Toronto Israel Bonds Organization.
The dinner will take place on Thursday evening, October 17th, at Beth Tzedec Banquet Hall-John D. Fienberg, prominent community leader, is Chairman of the Ambasr sador's Dinner.
LAUDS TORONTO
COMMUNITY
The dinner which is the opening event of the 1960 Toronto Israel Bond Campaign will serve as the Ambassador's formal introduction to the Jewish community of Toronto. The Ambassador will be accompanied by Mrs. Herzog who will also be welcomed to Toronto.
In accepting Mr. Fienberg's
invitation to be guest speaker at the Ambassador's Dinner, Edward G. Robinson expressed his great personal gratification at being asked to participate in honoring Ambassador Herzog, as well as in paying tribute to Toronto Jewry which has a world-wide reputation for buying more Israel Bonds than any other city in the world.
WORKER FOR ZION
Mr. Robinson who is equally renowned as an actor, patron of the arts, humanitarian, and devoted worker of Zion, made a special visit to Israel to appear in the film "Israel." This exciting portrayal of Israel's past and present and its economic development made possible with the help of Israel Bonds, is yet another contribution made by Mr. Robinson to the greater understanding of Israel. He has for many years devoted his great energy and artistic gifts to the cause of Israel and returns from each visit to the young State filled with enthusiasm and respect for what is being accomplished there.
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Succot Starts Tonight
The .week-long Jewish Festival of Succot, (Feast of Tabernacles), will begin today, Wednesday, October 5th, at sundown with services in synagogues and temples.
(Becaufee of the Succot holiday. The Canadian Jewish News, this week, appears on the eve of Succot, today, instead of Friday. Our offices will be closed Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7.
The festival marks the gathering of the harvest and also symbolizes the wanderings of the ancient Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land.
The picturesque feature of the thanksgiving observance is the construction of snkkahs/ or booths. Covered with autumnal fruits and vegetables, the suk-kahs are a reminder that the Israelites dwelled in them when they left bondage in Egypt and again later in pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
Say Cairo Breaks U.N. Rules
At Ambassador's Reception
John D. Fienberg RECEPTION CHAIRiMAN
Edward G. Robinson GUEST OF TORONTO
STORM BREWS IN SOUTH AFIHCA OVER "JEWISH VOTE"
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JOHANNESBURG, (JTA.) — The Board of Deputies of South African Jews appealed to South African Jewry to ignore new appeals to them to vote as a community in the forthcoming referendum on establishment of a Republic of South Africa.
CALL TO JEWS
TO VOTE "NO"
Johannesburg, (JCNS) — Both advocates   and   opponents of
South Africa as a Republic continue to woo the Jewish voter. This week both sections placed full-page advertisements in the Jewish Press. The referendum is to take place on October 5.
A stir has been caused by an advertisement in the Johannesburg "Star" calling on Jews to vote against a republic in the referendum of October 5. The advertisement was inserted by The Jewish Democratic As-1 sociation", a body not listed in i
the' Johannesburg telephone directory or in any Jewish directory. It Consists of at most 20 people, former Bundists.
Ttie "Star", a paper with the largiest daily circulation in Soutfi Africa, published the advertisement next to a picture of a JeW blowing the Shofar. The picture called attention to the Jewish celebration of the New Year. The headline to the advertisement was: "Vote "No" CjII goes out to all Jews. ("No"
to a republic).
Dr. Verwoerd's newspaper, "Die Transvaler", called attention to the Jewish Democratic Association's advertisement in a three column story headed: "Unknown organization asks Jews to Vote No." It describes the advertisement as a bitter attack on the National Party.
The advertisement said that the Government had a shocking record and that no Jew with self-respect could vote for it.
Nassers Peace
One of the great Hassidic teachers. Rabbi Bunam, was wont to say:
"Every sinner can repent. All avenues of turning are open to the sinners—to all sinners—that is, except one, the liar."
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What is true in the relations between individuals is equally applicable to groups of people and nations. It is very hard to grant the right and privilege of return, of repentance to liars. For a liar never actually repents.
He merely smears a new lie on top of the old ones.
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Thus I, for one, refuse to be impressed by Nasser's great speech to the United Nations. I can only regret that the language he used was a Semitic tongue— Arabic—^so similar to our own Hebrew in which God's eternal truth has been proclaimed to man.
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Nasser made an impassioned plea for an East-West rapprochement. He praised both Russia and the United States. He loves them both and he should like them to live in peace and harmony.
This kind of talk reminds me of a janitor in my native city who got drunk every Sunday and then publicly beat his wife to the amusement of all the kids in the neighborhood. After she was disfigured, the drunkard suddenly became obsessed by his love for humanity. He delivered his oration.on peace and harmony among men of all races. For, I failed to mention; our janitor believed in Communism, in "love among nations". It never, however, occurred to him that this abstract love for mankind should* sometimes be translated into kindness for his own wife.
STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS ARAB ENVOY TO ACCOUNT
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Nasser spoke as a "prophet of peace". But, in his let's-have-peace oracle, he cleverly incorporated a passage about "Palestine". Peace for everybody except for his closest neighbor—"Palestine!" As far as "Palestine" is concerned, there is only one solution: liquidation of the Jewish State and the return of "Palestine" to its "rightful owners". He could have asked, at the same time, for the return of Canada and the United States to the Red Indians, which also, quoting. Nasser, is. . a fait accompli that shouldn't be'accepted because of its . retroactive injustice. '
Of course, if Palestine must be returned to its rightful owners, the compairison with the United States and Canada is not^corapletely applicable. For who is the previous owner of Palestine? Is it the Arabs, the crusaders, the Jews, the Caiiaanites? So we accept the biblical and divine promise that it belongs for all times to the Jews? • Was Palestine ever, in the mind of the human race, an Arab country or was it al\yays associated with the Jews? If we go back to the past, we can fall back as far as the kingdom of Judah—for there was never an \Arab kingdom of Palestine. If we reject the past and give up the attitude that the United Nations should re-turn countries to former owners but leave those who are dwelling in them npw—then Israel is there; its elected government is there.
, Nasser is trying,hard to prove that he is a; "neutral," that he's obsessed by the quest for peace. Is he neutral? Does he want peace or is He, in the wdrds^ of Rabbi Bunam, one of thbse pathological liars to whom all avenues of turning are closed?     , ,
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WASHINGTON — The -Department of State made known that it has called Ambassador Mustafa Kamel of the United Arab, Republic to account. for portions of an anti-Jewish address delivered in Washington by the Ambassador on August 29.
William B. Macomber, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, revealed the development in a letter to Rep. Seymour Halpern, New York Republican. Rep. Halpern had lodged a formal protest with the Department against the speech in which Ambassador Kamel questioned the loyalty of American Jewry and urged Arab students in America to inject anti-Jewish and anti-Israel propaganda into c rent election activity.
Mr. Macomber said that "cer tain aspects of the text to which you have referred gave the Department concern, and were brought to the Ambassador's attention." He added that "with respect to possible improper activities of the stud ents," the appropriate agencies of the Justice Department were following the 'situation closely-He said any abuses would be "dealt with promptly."
EISENHOWER'S TALK WITH
NASSER BRINGS NO
SOLUTION OF SUEZ ISSUE
New York, (JTA) — United States Government sources said this week that President Eisenhower was favorably impressed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser but these sources expressed doubt that the two leaders achieved a solution of the.Suez Canal transit impasse.
These sources said the Suez blockade was extremely complicated   because   of Nasser's
stand linking it with resettlement of Arab refugeesr arid other issues. It was indicated, however, that Mr. Eisenhower included the Suez item on the agenda when the two leaders met for the first time in New
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ilsi^Tibwer-fater told his expires. , Mi*. Eisenhower ex-assoiiiates that be had achieved pressed appreciation for the in-an excellent rapport with Mr. vitation and told Mr. Nasser he Nasser who invited him to come regretted not having stopped in to the United Arab Republic as Cairo last December during his a gues. of honor before or af- Asian goodwill visit.
London Lord Mayor States: Proud Of Jewish Heritage
London, (JCNS) — Alderman Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen was elected last week, the next Lord Mayor of London. He is the City's 633rd Lord Mayor and the seventh Jew to hold the office, which he takes over on
In h.s speech following his,munity in many different electior by the Court of Alder-1 ^i^^^s."
men and Liverymen of the Citv, j Other Jewish Lord Mayors of Sir Bernard said that he stood London were Benjamin Phillips
proudly before them "an Englishman of the Jewish faith.
in 1865; Sir Henry Isaacs, 1889; George Faudel-Phillips, 1896; Sir Marcus Samel, 1902; and Sir
inheriting a family background iSamuel Joseph (father  of Sir eoman service to the  com-'Keith Joseph, M.P.), 1942.
N.Y. Times Opposes Egypt "Council" Seat
NEW YORK, (CJN.) —The New York Times edi-torially demanded that the U. S. Government votes against a seat for Egypt (JAR) in the United Nations Security Council. In its editorial, America's most influential newspaper, states:
"The United Arab Republic is, and has been for a year, a candidate lor one of the non-permanent memberships in the U. N. Security Council. Behind President Nasser's drive for this position is the endorsement of the Asian - African bloc, plus the Charter stipulation that in the selection of these non - permanent members due regard" shall be paid to "equitable geographical distribution." Behind the U. A. R. candidacy, in addition, is the debatable policy of the United States Government to accept regional candidacies when they are authentic.
"We believe these are not good enough reasons. The Charter's Article 23 provides that "due regard" shall also be paid to the "contribution of members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and to other purposes of the organization."
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HOPES U. S. WILL VOTE "NO"
"What has U- A. R. recently contributed? President Nasser controls the Suez Canal. Last April he announced his intention to afford an "uninterrupted navigation for all nations" In spite of this stated posi-ion he has not only consistently refused passage to sraeli ships but— as in the case of the Greek vessel Astypalea last spring — has confiscated Israeli cargoes carried in neutral bottoms. He has done this in disregard of speicific IJriite3"''N^&tiOTk"^*recom as well as in violation of tlie Suez Canal's basic charter.
"The fact that President Nasser has shown a pleasant personalit3' during his visit here has nothing to do with the case. When his Government uses an international canal to carry on a cold war with another member of the U.N., flagrantly violating the freedom of the seas, it disqualifies itself.
"We hope our own Government will wisely and justly take note of this fact and vote against the United Arab Republic when this candidacy comes up."
The Times editorial has created a great sensation in the U. N- circles.
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^ichmann Trial Will Name LeaBing Nazis In Cairo Regime
Lavon Wants His Name Cleared
CANDIDATE FOR OTTAWA MAYOR
Ottawa, (JCNS) — Samuel Berger, one of Ottawa's four elected Controllers, announc-ied his candidature for the seat as Mayor of Ottawa.
He is given an excellent chance to win the contest on December 5 and if successful would give Canada its tenth Jewish chief magistrate. ^
In addition to.his activity in tbe-v|ocal Jewish cbm-muriity, Mr. Berger is :.the Pre^ent/oJF the "Big FoCJr'l footBsll-lrugby) league =-Eastern Canada.
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TEL AVIV (JCNS.) Scores of top Nazis who have taken refuge behind the "S^nd curtain" separating Israel and the Arab countries' will be exposed during the forthcoming trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel. Officials asserted here that t6e trial of the Nazi war criminal, accused of directihgjthe mass murder of six million Jews will.have the widest ppssible scope-In this connection, official.'? have recalled the state-
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Tel Aviv, (JCNS) — A military court of inquir>' has been set up on instructions from Mr. Ben-Gurion to determine the reliability of I he evidence
ment made by Mr. Ben-Gurion, who said after Eich- ,......
mann's arrest:
"Scores and hundreds of Nazis are today serving the Arab dictators and time has come to unmask them."
The most infamous of these is a former aide of Dr. Goebbels who is described here as a spider - like weaver of the Nazi web centere<l in Cairo. He is Dr. Johannes Von Leers, an expert i)ropagandist of the Nazi school w^ho acts as an adviser to the U.A-R. leaders. A convert to Islam Leers is known now as Professor Amin Omar Von Leers and is said to have organised-the Middle Eastern branch of a Nazi "underground
railway", by which several Nazi fugitives have escap- ^^^yor of Haifa to Mr Tom
Alsbury, Mayor of Vancouver.
More Israeli Trade With Canada
Vancouver, — With the arrival here of the Israeli vessel Nahariya, trade between Canada and Israel has begun to develop on both Canadian coasts.
To mark the arrival of the first Israeli ship, the master, Captairv Zeev. Hillel, presented a silver-bound Bible fi-om the
ed piinishment.
/From his five-room apartment at No. 52 11th Street, in the Maadi quarter of Cairo, Von Leers is also directing far-flung operations,:especially the spreading of anti-Jewish incitement and'propaganda,
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Moscow Chief Rabbi's Oreetings
j:.ondOn^(j6NS)\ — ta^erwnal message of greetings for the New Year has been recei^ved here by the Agudist World |bcecutivefrom\ Chief Rabjji Levine, in his capacity as President and Rabbi of the Jewish community of Mos--
cow.
Rabbi Levine stated in his letter that the Yeshivah in Moscow wa^s growing and that the synagogues in Russia were filled foTcapacity on RoshHashana.
The Agudist Executive has also received warm messages from the Rabbinates of Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw, asjNvell as, amongst others, from the Jewish com-Viunities of Helsinki, Barcelona .and Shanghai.
given by two unnamed officers in a case which five years ago led to the resignation of Mr. Pinhas Lavon, now Secretary of the Histadrut, as Minister of Defence in the Government headed by Mr. Sharett.
Mr. Lavon has accused certain people of having "staged" the whole affair in order to get rid of him in 19.55 and bring back Mr. Ben-Gurion from his retirement at Sde Boker.
This week he met Mr. Bcii Gurion and asked for full official rehabilitation. It appears that this was refused pending receipt of the findings of the court of inquiry. When these are received the Prime Minister will decide whether to appoint a new court to consider the grounds for rehabilitating Mr.
Lavon. The latter states, however, that he is not prepared to co-operate with such a court unless Mr. Ben-Gurion first declares.him the innocent victim of his subordinates.
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TOLEDANO GIVES UP FRENCH CITIZENSHIP
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JERUSALEM, (JTA.)— Rabbi Yaacov Toledano, Israel Minister for Religious Affairs, disclosed this week that he had sent a personal letter to' President Charles de Gaulle of France, asking,perinission to give up his French, citizenship. Such==per-mission is required' by Frenqh law.
Rothschild To Lead U.J.A. Mission
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Marvin J; (Bud) Rothschild has been appdinted to lead the 1961 Toronto United Jewish Appeal Study Mission tpjsrael, according to a statement released by Max Tanen^aum, Campaign Chairman. Mr. Rothschild will head the delegation, of 25 men who have been invited byr^the State of Israel and the ^Keren Hayesod to constitute a delegation from Toronto for the-fifth consecutive year,, to-observe and study deyelopmehts in Israel. :;^~■Vy^._;•^•■
Each y^r for the past five years, a selected group of campaign leaders have been invited to give them an opportunity to see' the progress made in Israel through the use of funds
raised by the United Jewish Appeal. The Mission has reported back to the community, in a public meeting, their first-hand observations of Israel's growth.
Mr. Rothschild was originally a.member of the 1959 Study Mission. He.has been closely associated with the United Jewish Appeal campaign and was elected chairman of ihe Israel Study Mission Club whose membership comprises theTJast four missions- to Israel. Ori hjs appointment Mr. Rothschild, stated.:,,- y.: ■  - .
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