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SINCE 1908 ...THE VOICE OF SOUTHWEST JEWRY
VOLUME LXV
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HERALD-VOICE
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MARCH 4, 1971 -7 ADAR, 5731
NUMBER 47
1971 U. J. C. at half way mark;
Finish by month’s end expected
The basic pattern of giving at
the start of the 1971 United
Jewish Campaign drive continues
as the final weeks of the fund
effort reaches the critical stage.
More than half of the prospects
have been solicited — there is the
last half of the list which must
be seen. All prospects cards are
in the hands of the volunteers.
Much effort and a great deal of
footwork will bring the total
solicitation list on the honor roll
of the largest humanitarian fund
drive ever undertaken by the
Jewish community of Houston
Campaign chairman Bob
Hecht has pointed out a
difference in the solicitation in
1971 than in previous years. “It
has been customary,” he said,
“to include in the first returns of
the Campaign the “large gifts”
division and this group makes up
the larger part of the annual
total. In 1971 more than
$300,000 is not included in the
total and this small group of
donors will be contacted in the
next ten days.
“The figures as you go to
press show the following results.
In 1970 just over 3 800 cards
returned a sum total of
$896,094. These same prospects
in 1971 have given the Campaign
a phenomenal total of
$1,645,861 — almost within
sight of the total raised last year.
“What is more heartening is
In Memoriam—Leon Beck 1907-1971
Friends and associates of Leon Beck assembled at Temple Emanu
El this past Sunday to pay- final respects to his memory. The
Memorial Services was conducted by Rabbi Robert I. Kahn. In a
brief but complete resume of the accomplishments and standards of
Mr. Beck, Rabbi Kahn pointed out the highlights of his career as a
social worker, as a teacher, as a director of the Houston Jewish
Community Center and as an inspiration to the professional men and
women in the Center movement. It was a moving tribute to this man
whose forceful and resolute determination helped bring about the
construction of the present Center quarters.
At the funeral services in New York the eulogy- was given by-
Herbert Melman, executive vice-president of the National Jewish
Welfare Board. We reprint portions of Mr. Melman’s eulogy, which
we are certain, will want to be shared by all of the Jewish
community of Houston.
With unseemingly suddenness, Leon Beck has been taken from us.
A flick of cosmic vandalism and a life is destroyed — the life of a
beloved husband, dear father, true friend and respected colleague.
An ironic reflection of our times: man invents machine; machine
destroys man.
But machine cannot erase from our minds the ideas and ideals of
this man, Leon Beck.
To those of us who knew and worked with Leon as a colleague, he
was a scrupulously authentic professional. He knew his craft. He
could shake out of his sleeves more skill and talent than ten ordinary
social workers together could struggle to produce. He was a
perfectionist without being a bore.
In his daily tasks as executive director of the Jewish Community
Center of Houston, he fulfilled the injunction: God does not want us
to do extraordinary things; he wants us to do ordinary things
extraordinarily well (Raskin).
He went further than that: he made even the extraordinary-
problem become readily subject to solution — whether this was the
design of a program to meet an urgent Jewish community need or
the new relocation of the Center building.
The choice of a career in social work and the Center as a setting
for professional practice came to him later in life than most of his
colleagues.
He was several years older than most_of his classmates when he
entered the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work to earn
his MSW following a stint with USO during World War II.
This unusual combination of educational choices, plus the inner
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that there are less than 1600
unsolicited prospects with a
total value of $734,272 in 1970.
If our percentages hold out and
the increases continue in this
proportion, the current drive for
local, national and overseas
needs will nudge the three
million mark."
He also talked of what he had
seen in Israel and the needs in
that country which will be met.
in part, with the greatest portion
of the 1971 Campaign, and said
that all generous Houstonians to
whom he has talked have made
every possible effort to give the
maximum. “This has been a
heartening experience,” he
added, “one which exemplifies
that we have not lost touch
either with our heritage or our
sense of duty- to others.”
The danger in any campaign,
it has been pointed up
previously, is in the full
participation of each volunteer
in working his prospects. Too
many past campaigns have
toppled in the final stages of the
drive. Included in those
prospects still to be contacted
are $2 donors as well as
multi-thousand dollar givers. So
it is imperativ-e that all cards be
worked in order to bring into
fulfillment one of the greatest
philanthropic endeavors yet
undertaken.
World Conference for Soviet Jewry draws
Delegations from 50 countries; success evident
BRUSSELS, (JTA) - The first
world conference for Soviet
Jewry , a tumultuous event from
start to finish, ended with an
appeal to world opinion to
support efforts to persuade the
Soviet Union to allow
emigration for Jews who wished
to do so or an opportunity for a
full cultural and religious life for
those who chose to remain.
The 800 delegates from some
50 countries adopted a
declaration affirming their
I. Weiner One of Trio To and
While conference
spokesmen
many delegation leaders
Be Honored at NCC. hailed the gathering as a
Honoree “memorial historic experience”
Annual Awards Dinner that would go far toward aiding
The National Conference of Soviet Jews, the Kahane episode
Christians and Jews have left 3 residue of bitterness
designated 1 Weiner one of the among Kahane s ardent
trio of honorees for the 1971 supporters and among many
Brotherhood Awards Dinner delegates who reject the JDLs
Meeting to be held March 25 at tactics but feel the conference
the Astroworld Hotel erred in barring its leader from
Mr. Weiner’s role in the speaking. On the other hand,
Jewish communitv has spanned many delegates felt the action of
more than a half a century. He the conference presidium was
has served on the Jewish fully justified on the grounds
Community Council for a great that Kahane came to Brussels as
number of years and was one of a spoiler.
its principal organizers. He was Many delegates resented a
instrumental in efforts to speech by Menachem Beigin,
combine Congregations Adath leader of the Herut faction of
Yeshurun and Beth El into one Israels Gahal opposition party,
large congregation, Beth who declared that the time was
Yeshurun. He has served as passed when Jews denounced
president of numerous local other Jews. That remark was
agencies and was in the forefront taken as a slap at the conference
of everv endeavor to improve leadership who issued a
Continued on Page 13 statement castigating the JDL
Nixon Reaffirms 'No Dictated Terms' Policy
WASHINGTON, (JTA)
President Nixon stressed this
week in his second annual
foreign policy message to
Congress, that United States
policy in the Middle East is
firmly bound to the principle
that a peace settlement must be
negotiated by- the parties to the
conflict. Reaffirming Secretary
of State William P Rogers’ Dec.
9, 1969, proclamation Nixon
said the U.S. “has recognized
that any changes in the pre-war
borders should be insubstantial,”
but he added that “we insist that
any agreement to fix final
borders must be directly linked
in a peace agreement to
mutually agreed, practical
arrangements that would make
them secure.”
solidarity "with our Jewish
brothers in the Soviet Union”
and pledged continuing support
to them. While the resolution
was adopted without debate, the
fraternal mood in which the
conference opened remained
shaky in the aftermath of the
appearance of Rabbi Meir
Kahane, founder of the Jewish
Defense League, the conference
refusal to admit him and his
subsequent detention and
expulsion from Belgium.
Reuben W Askanase,
Houston community leader, was
a delegate to the conference as a
representative of the American
Jewish Committee He stated
this was one of the most
impressive gatherings he had ever
attended and did much to bring
the communities of the various
countries together in common
bond; that much was
accomplished and clearly
showed what could be done with
a cooperative attitude and
mutual understanding He placed
great emphasis on the leadership
role display ed at all sessions and
the responses to the many
instances of criticism and stress.
George Bush, the new U.S.
chief delegate at the United
Nations, declared Monday- he
favored fair play and opposed
efforts to dictate terms for an
Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
Bush made the statement at a
news conference on the first day
of his new job — a day that saw
him plunged immediately into
the Middle East crisis.
He presented his credentials
to Secretary-General U Thant,
held his first news conference,
then huddled with his
diplomatic colleagues here over a
Soviet demand for an immediate
Big Four meeting
The Soviet Union sought the
meeting to press a demand for a
communique requesting Israel to
withdraw from all Arab territory-
and its leader
The Kahane episode had
repercussions in Israel
Addressing a dinner for a group
of Pioneer Women leaders from
the United States Premier Golda
Meir described the JDL as a
“tragedy" and said "no small
group can assure that it knows
better than the organized Jewish
world and use methods that play
into the hands of our enemies."
The delegates put aside their
differences when the closing
session of the conference was
addressed by Israel's former
Premier David Ben Gurion The
83-year-old elder statesman had
been confined to bed with
bronchitis and was unable to
attend the earlier sessions
He received an ovation that
lasted several minutes Speaking
in Hebrew, he said, "This
conference bears witness to the
devotion of the Jewish people to
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Houston Z.O.A. Chapters
To hear S.W. leader of
Youth Aliyah (effort)
Louis Sitkoff, past chairman
of the B nai Aliyah Fellowship
of the ZOA and a past president
of the Long Island ZOA Region,
and Eran Shorer, head of the
Israel Aliy ah Offices in Atlanta
for the eleven Southeastern
States will address a joint
meeting of the Houston and
Marcus Levinson Zionist
Districts on March 9 at 8 00
p m. in the Castilian Rooms of
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won in the June 1967 war
1 he chief UN delegates of the
United States, the Soviet I nion
Britain and France were
scheduled originallv to meet on
Thursday. Diplomatic sources
said the meeting probably would
be held Tuesdav or Wednesday.
Nixon emphasized that "No
lasting settlement can be
achieved in the Middle l ast
without addressing the
legitimate aspirations of the
Palestinian people.” Nixon
warned the Soviet Union that
the U.S will allow no power to
establish a dominant position in
the Mideast. The "immediate
task,” he declared, is “to help
the belligerents construct an
agreement that will achieve a
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