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Indianapolis Indiana Jewish Post (Newspaper) - October 19, 1962, Indianapolis, IndianaRacial tension revenge and a Yeshiva is ablaze new York a the violence and destruction inherent in racial and religious tension manifested itself in $80,000 Worth of damage in a Brooklyn Yeshiva from a fire set by a vindictive 12-year-old negro boy. The school Yeshiva Machi Zikeli torah of Belz. Is in a neighbourhood which had been largely jewish but in which Many negro and puerto rican families have moved. There has been considerable tension Between the groups. Since Midsummer there have been about a a Lesee incidents Between negro and puerto rican boys and students of the Yeshiva. Nine youngsters have been arrested for vandalism since August. About four blocks from the school the 12-year-old lived. He and three Small girls had been arrested earlier for throwing a bottle through the school window. Though questioned about it. He maintained his innocence and he was released. Bitter the boy was bitter about it however. Thus he stole out of the House on yom kippur night and Brek into tiie school. After ripping some books in the school Library he set fire to the building. The fire which damaged the Dean s office two classrooms and education Parapha Nalia totalled $80.000 Only about $50,000 is insured. Rabbi Maximilian Gruenberg the Yeshiva s Dean had a premonition that trouble might develop while the school was closed for join kippur. In anticipation of More vandalism he had written police commissioner Michael j. Murphy and mayor Robert f. Wagner asking the police to keep a close watch on the building. Murphy replied that the matter had been referred for a appropriate Wagner sent a personal reply that the school had a my police watch Bat pole claim to have watched the school closely. Passing radio israeli my ratio High Israel s ratio of doctors is one to every 410 residents whereas the average in the Middle East is one to every 5,000, according to a committee report of the world health organization. Editorial opening for Chicago edition of National jewish Post. Applicant should be journalism school graduate. Some experience preferred. Salary $40005000. Write or Call. G. M. Cohen National jewish Post 611 North Park ave. Indianapolis ind. Melrose 4-1307 cars detectives and police youth personnel were said to have watched the building. The heartsick Dean said that past vandalism had been so intense that vertical steel bars of a Fence had been ripped with such Force that their Concrete bases had split. He said there were too Many broken locks replaced to even remember. He pointed out destruction on typewriters mimeograph machines books desks and other school equipment. He said would want to Trade the City for another far away in another area. Still the school doggedly resumed classes As Best it could and tried to achieve some semblance of order. Four of the scheduled classes were held the Day after the fire while the older boys went to a nearby Yeshiva. The school accommodates about 200 boys. Worst Lyom perhaps the worst loss was the schools list of some 10,000 benefactors. Still through publicity in the local press. Rabbi Gruenberg said that several people had been in touch with him to donate Small sums toward repairing the damage. The boy meanwhile appeared in Brooklyn family court As a juvenile delinquent charged with arson and burglary. He was sent to Kings county Hospital for psychiatric study with judgement reserved pending the doctor s report illegal Sale of religious articles is reason Russia is believed planning closing Moscow synagogue Moscow a russian government circles Are buzzing with the report that authorities May close Down Moscow scentral synagogue a to avoid illegal trading in religious articles a Zeev Katz reports in the israeli daily Haartz. The inspector of religions called on the synagogue president recently and told him he had received Anonymous letters from worshippers concerning Black Market deals in religious articles within the synagogue. He indicated georgian jews were chiefly Active in this Trade. Moscow chief rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin confirmed that Black Market deals were going on in an interview with Theodore Sha bad in the new York times. Rabbi Levin said however that the problem was intensified because foreign visitors were leaving religious articles in the synagogue in the mistaken belief that the synagogue is Short of them. These articles he said Are falling into the hands of profiteers and their Selling of them is giving the government ammunition to attack the synagogues. The government apparently is making it difficult for the synagogue to get religious articles to distribute to its congregants on its own. Hie synagogue has applied for permission to print Moscow Yeshiva said to still be open Moscow a despite reports to the contrary the Moscow Yeshiva has not been closed Zeev Katz reports in the israeli daily Haartz. According to Katz there Are five students presently in the Yeshiva four from Moscow and one from Riga. Eight students from Georgia were not allowed to return to the City after they had gone Home to vote in soviet elections. The students Are mostly old one of them is a father whose daughter is a teacher in a state j school. The students Are trained to fulfil All communal positions As cantors circus Muizers and ritual Slaughter ers As Well As savants. They must even know How to repair the torahs. A prayer Book but that permission has not yet been granted although a year has passed since the original request. However a non jewish worker has already been engaged to manufacture tall Isim. All congregants who wish these must submit a formal written application Israel s Rinat choir to tour u. S. The Rinat choir of Israel under the direction of its Young conductor Gary Bertini will participate in the Celebration launching the drive for the new cultural Center in Washington nov. 29 before president and mrs. Kennedy and 5,000 other leading dignitaries before embarking on a tour of the East and Middle West. In the United states for the first time under the auspices of the american Israel cultural foundation and its constituent the music Alliance the 40-voice choir will undertake the journey in the interests of Good will Between the two countries. To the synagogue committee to insure against these tall Isim falling into the hands of the profiteers. The government has a number of ulterior motives for issuing the dictum about the profiteers besides attempting to get justification to close the synagogue. Haartz sees it As an attempt to drive a wedge Between the jews of Georgia and Moscow by directly accusing georgian jews of being responsible for the Black Market dealings. In addition the russian press is always eager to discredit religion in any Way it can to further the ideals of the communist ideology. It quickly pounces upon any indication that houses of worship Are in some Way involved in illegal or anti religious activities. Earlier this year for example trud the soviet Trade Union newspaper accused the synagogue of being used by israeli diplomats As a Means of distributing zionist literature and gathering a espionage and other slanderous As a result of that incident jewish Lay leaders implored the congregation not to have an Contact with the israelis. Here also the congregations president asked the congregants to avoid any illegal transactions involving religious articles. The rabbi has also admonished the congregation on this figures highly in soviet professions although jews comprise Only 1.1 per cent of Russia s total population they represent 15.7 per cent of All soviet doctors 10.4 per cent of All jurists 8.5 per cent of All writers and journalists and 3.2 per cent of All University students. Georgi Kornienko. Soviet embassy counsellor in Washington d.c., in giving these figures said that nearly 500,000 jews have higher specialized education. 33,529 Are scientific workers and 7,623 hold local positions with the soviet government. There Are about 2,268,000 in the soviet uni men s club federation sets pilgrimage Date to Europe and Israel new York a the National federation of jewish men s clubs will sponsor its third annual pilgrimage to Israel and Europe departing March 4, 1963. While in Israel the federation will present two Sifredi torahs one of which will be Given to the newly dedicated synagogue of the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Why does the Post and opinion carry More advertising now than at any time in its history the answer is simple. Our advertisers get results i Huba

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