Fridoy, October 18, 1957
JEWISH   WESTERN BULLETIN
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NEW YORK—Egypt's quiet but ruthless despoliation of Egyptian Jewry continues unabated, with no overt protests from pther nations, according to "Egypt ill September 1957," a survey just issued by the World Jewish Confess' institute, of Jewish Affaifsj New York.     ' ^
Using* the Sinai episode as a pretext, Nasser in November 1956 began to eliminate the country*s 45,000 Jews. There werb no specific anti-Jewish laws ^or were there widespread physical attacks. About 1,000 were arrested; many were forced to quit Egypt under threat of detention; many, deprived of businesses or jobs or forced out of the profesisions, had no option but to emigrate. Within two months after Sinai a mass exodus was in full swing. By September 1957 about half of Egypt's 45,000 Jews had left.   • :/  '    ■ ■ - ■
The rapid elimination of foreigners and Jews "soon proved extremely detrimental to the economy," the WJC reports.''This jesulted in certain Jewish' enterprises'^^ bein^ desequestrat-
GUEST SPEAKER AT Bl MEN'S CLUB
Prof. W. G; Dixon, Dean of Social Studies at the University of British Columbia, will be 'the. guest speaker at the next meeting of the Men*s Club of Congregation Beth Israel, on Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 p.m. Prof. Dixon will speak on "Tensions, In Our' Modern Lire".
The meeting wUl begin with^ck-tails and dinner at 6:30 p.m. David Genser is convener, and Vern DeWitt is in charge of the program.
Mr. M. Kantor, president of the Men's Club, extends a cordial invitation to all members and friends to attend.
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ed and returned visas being offered "on a selective basis" to some expelled Jews. To cushion the transition to ,a totally Egjjgtianized economy, "Jewish managers'and employees are forced to teach Egyptians to replace them within a short time. Nasser's assistants are. apparently unimpressed by:«||he fact that f^r every Jew three E|yptians are bemg em ployed and production has declinec oy uuc-ualf.
Hate propaganda, absent in the earlier stages of the Jewish exojBk^ has now become evid^t, accwding to reports by refugees. They state fbiat individuals are abused and cidled ^dirfy-Jews?; d||es, restaurants, stores, libraries ""a&d other places display *?ews are not served here** or **Jews not admitted'* si^n^
GOLDEN AGE CLUB opens new season Monday, October 21, at the Community Centre ... All members are urged to attend and bring their friends or visitors. This club is for Senior Citizens over sixty and everyone is welcome. An interesting musical program has been planned and
refreshments will be served. «     * *
LION'S GATE LODGE No. 1716
B'nai B'rltii will hold its next meeting on Monday, Octqber 21, at 8:30 p.m. at: the Centre. Feature of the evening will be a birthday party for all mem-bei^ whose birthdays occur during October . ..AnnisStukus,.football editor of the Vancouver Sun, will address fee Lodge ... The Fail Frolic will take place Saturday, October 26, at the Schara Tzedeck Auditorium with Ben Stone's Orchestra.
publi,c DtHitiesy liglit and telej^one are being cutoff firom Jewish .dwelling!^ an4 Je^s are accosted by strainers wha> want fo iuiow why fliey are still in Egypt Cynical subterfuge and open blackmail are used by goyernraent officials a.nd army and poUcie ^officer^ to grab Jewish property. Itb^ohe.inst^ the survey states, the Minister of Finance reportedly investigated charges that "high officials of the Conunis-sariat of Jewish Affairs" 'distributed sequestrated Jewish properties "among themselves including about $12,000,-worth of valuable and deposits in Egyptian banks.
Charges of smuggling cjirrency out of Egypt "is another familiar feature of persecution." In June 1957, the survey states, a military court imposed sentences ranging from two to fiVjB years and fines totalling about $2',000,00 on 75 persons, including 28 Jews (25 in absentia) for- allejgedly smuggling currency out of Egyjpt.
"It is an exceedingly profitable matter for Egypt," the:WJC states, "In addition to, collecting the fines, the government acquires a 'legal' right to confiscate the property and bank-
Beth Israel resumes Sunday night services
The Beth Israel Sanctuary will be lit this Friday night for the First Formal. Sabbath Eve Service of the season.
Rabbi Bert A. Woythaler will speak on the subject "The Story of Creation—Fact or Fiction." Cantor Abraham Deutsch will chant the prayers accompanied by ithe Beth Israel Choir under the direction of Sol Pel-man. An Oneg Shabbat, sponsored by the Sisterhood, will follow the services.
As USY, the youth" groups of the Synagogue, have started their activities, they will participate in the services and make this their first USY Sabbath.
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ing accounts of the condemned Jews. There are other pressures reported
by recent arrivals:
The.«Jewfsh community pap» is heavily censored. Recent i^es carry Nasser's picture In ^e spot where flie Ten Conomandments were formerly regularly, displayed. Synagogues are being closed on chaiges of serving Zionist purposes. Public meetings have been banned.
All Jews remaining have special identity cards indicating tibeir re--.li^on.
The survey staties there are no available data on the value of Jewish property in Egypt. Some estimates put }t at about $200,000,000 but the Egyptian holdings of British Jews alone have been estimated ,at more than $250,000,000. Property left by the refugees remains unsupervised unless it is sequestrated by the Egyptians. In many instances houses, factories,' and other premises left by Jews are simply auctioned off as' abandoned property. •
Other" minorities^r-even the^ centuries-bid native ^ Eigyptian Coptic community — have suffered. The Copts, the survey reports, have been reduced to the status of second-class citizens, barred from settlement in newly-developed areas. •
Jews^with .the notkble exception of those holding a Communist state citizenship—are still persecuted. The Chief Rabbi of Egypt has estiniated hat about 5,000 Jews would remain in the pountry. This, the WJC survey points out, would be only slightly more than 10% of Egyptian Jewry a year ago.
Building chairman of Hadassah Bozoar
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ADULT DIVIStON OF CENTRE TO HOID MUSICAL EVINING
The Adult'Division of the ZJopimuriity Centre will hold its iirst musical evening of the season at the Community Centre on Sunday, October 20, starting at 8:30 p.m.       ' ,
In choosing the program, the Committee has endeavored to please every taste and consequently, come up with a mixed bag.
The program will include excerpts from Beethoven's 5th. Symphony and
I Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto Nol 1 in B Flat Minor. Ballet music will come from "Les Sylphides."
Gharona Aron will sing Israeli songs and Jan Peerce will chant Cantorials. Two fine arrangements by Reg. Owen of "Alouette" and "Le Mer" will supply the instrumental brilliance and smooth precision always associated with Ted Heaths kind of music. Burl Ives will round the program with a couple of folk songs and the program will end with the 3rd Movement from Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade.
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