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UNIChiefs To SpeakNEW YORK—Dag Hammarskjold, secretary general of the United Nations, and Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, will be among the principal speakers at the American Jewish Committee’s five-day 50th anniversary observance which endshere Sunday.Jacob Blaustein of Baltimore, planning committee chairman, announced that the theme of the Observance is “The Pursuit of Equality at Home and Abroad.” He saidthe meeting, which will bring together more than a thousand communal leaders from 600 communities throughout the country, willfocus chiefly on:Blaustein said that in addition to ference.PROSPECTS for American equality in economic, social, and educational spheres. .Role of American religious institutions in promoting inter groupamity. .United States and the MiddleEast. .Status of Jewish communities inthe United States and throughoutthe world. .Challenge of the half centuryahead in realizing the promise inherent for all Americans of the American documents of freedom.THE AMERICAN Jewish Committee, which was founded in the wake of the Kishinev pogroms in 1906, is the oldest American organ-Rabbi Slapsdag hammarskjoldLEWIS L STRAUSSBeth El Congregation will elect officers at a general membership meeting Wednesday night at the synagogue. Reports will be tfven by congregation committees and ai-A duty-free gift shop was opened at Lydda Airport as a further incentive for “bargain-hunters to visit Israel. French perfumes, Swiss watches, Scotch whiskies, pomortis and other luxury itemsHIRSCH KAPLAN (standing) will be moder left) Mrs. Sidney Pickelner of Phoenix Club \ Maricopa County Health Department superviwCollice Portnoff, Arizona State at Tempe Englis wright, join Phoenix Gazette society editor Magi cussion of “The Role of Women in Modern Soc at National Council of Jewish Women’s noon li Thursday at Jewish Community Center. Mrs. gram chairman.CHARLES NEWMAN, 69, died March 20 in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at Grimshaw Mortuary by Rabbi Carol Klein and Cantor Migdal. Burial was in Beth El Cemetery. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Louise Lipow of 3311 E. Vermont Ave. and SarahNewman of 1708 E. Indian School Rd., a brother, Bernard, also of 1708 E. Indian School Rd., and an-nthpr brother nf Newark N.TTucsonans Answer CTUCSON (JTA)—The Tucson Zionist Council has denied a chargeby the local chapter of the American Council for Judaism that the Zionists evaded a public debate on Zionism on orders from the Los Angeles Zionist Council office.According to the Arizona Post,The Zionif “our group any outside and our acti those for all The Zionijaction by as group want for a debateObituariesWomen's Role In SocietyMrs. Regina Weiser,-90, mother of Mrs. Henry Steinberg of 1301 E. Edgemont, died March 30. She wasa resident of Miami Beach, Fla.Besides Mrs. Steinberg she is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Charles Adler of Miami Beach,Mrs. Max Levy and Mrs. William Levy, both of Wilmington, Del.; six grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren.* * *BERT GETZ, 60, winter resident,died in Tempe March 18. Funeral services were held at Grimshaw s Mortuary on April 20 with Rabbi Carol Klein and Cantor Norman Migdal officiating. Burial was inBeth El Cemetery. He is survivedby two brothers, Charles of 103 W.Palmcroft Dr., Tempe, and Harveyof Mason City, Iowa, and a sister,I Mrs. M. L. Grover of Fort Sill, Okla.* * *MRS. JAC. LEVY, 83, of New Orleans, La., died March 22. She was the mother of Mrs. Phil Taxman of 6529 N. Central who, with her husband, attended the funeral in New Orleans. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Richard King of New Orleans; two grandchildren,and two great grandchildren.* • *
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The Phoenix Jewish News
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Fri, Apr 12, 1957
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