Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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New Immigration Change
jess jawin •
REPAYMENT OF A DEBT
Sometimes people wonder and worry about financial problems
and the raising: of their families. Will they have enough money to
make ends meet. And. when a huge doctor’s bill cascades like a
torrential economic storm, where will the money come from?
Often a family is hit with several illnesses simultaneously and
then the ache comes to the mind and heart and parents start
to wonder what life Is all about.
Well, there are many kinds of worries and aggravations that
one encounters as one passes through this miracle of life. And
the one we want to talk about today concerns a debt of life that
some survivors of the Nazi holocaust sought to repay.
As survivors fhey were miracles within miracles. Who ever
thought that a pitffu! few Jews would escape the torrential tirades
of the Nazis. Like hunder hey stormed into a city and then quick
as lightening they began their “Operation Judenrein.” The great
German master-plan to make Europe free and clean of all Jews
through genocide. But the Jewish part of the plan was but a
small beginning. Because the main details of the plan held death
for all the Slavs and dissenters. The old and weary were to be put
to death because the New Socalist Party (Nazis) thought them
to be useless and thus worthless. Better to make soap from the
few chemicals that remained in their bodies than let them live
out their lives in peace and contentment. Yes, this was the Na-
tionalist Socialist Party run by Hitler’s gangsters. And, those of
you who may see the Amtrican Nazi Party run around loose in
these parts should shudder even though their numbers are few
and their ranks defiled. They are a disgrace to the Ameircan
way of life. It will take many good dedicated Christians to make
them realize it, if we want to guarantee that the United States
of America is to remain the land of the free and the home of
the1 brave.
You just read some background and foreground to what we
consider another miracle of miracles — the repayment of a debt.
The debt occured a quarter of a century ago when Hitler’s
hordes were overrunning Europe and made Ghengis Kahn’s mon-
golians look like pacifists.
Stazsek Jackow was a young man when the “Wave of the
Future” overran Poland. Stanislav, Poland, like most of Poland
had been overrun. Nazis were everywhere. Before too long they
planted their headquarters almost next door to Jacow’s home!
But this good Catholic and truly religious man did not fear
the Nazis as much as he might have pretended. For Staszek Jacow
was operating an underground railway for Jews, all the way
from June 1942 through June 1944, two of the most desperate war
years, right under the noses of the Gestapo.
In the darkness of night, with pre-arranged precision, Jews
would come out of the forests and tap on Staszek Jacow’s door.
Sometimes, there would be one, or two; possibly a husband and
wife; a youngster. All had something in common. The were trying
to escape the vise of death that squeezed the life out of six million,
European Jews.
A light tap on Jacow’s door in the pitchdark of early morning
A small crease of light shone through and quickly the escapees
were rushed to Jacow’s cellar where the were comforted by those
already in hiding and by members of Jacow’s family.
Jacow knew that he1 had to be his Brother’s Keeper and he
was keeping them at the peril of his own life.
Other men were involved in the escapade, too. Food had to
be supplied to keep the refugees from starving to death. Jacow
couldn’t run out and buy a large amount of food. This would at-
tract the suspicions of the Gestapo, who were' ever on the alert,
but were being outwitted. Coming to their re'seue was a manager
of the local flour mill. He brought enough floor for bread, the
sustainer of life. Smuggled in, it passed the notice of the Gestapo!
And somethin % else passed the notice of the Gestapo. Some say
the same God watches as men die in wholesale slaughter and live
off the flesh of their victims. This is not so. God gives man the f
right to do good or evil and commands him to do good. Soon the
goodness of Staszek Jacow was rewarded right there in the cold
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Staszc-k Jackow, a Polish Catholic, (2nd right) who saved the lives
of 32 Jews during the Nazi occupation, greets his family at Kennedy
Airport. For two years, at the risk of his own life, Jackow sheltered
the refugees in his basement, only a few doors from Gestapo Head-
quarters. United Hias handled the documentation and technical de-
tails which made it possible for Jackow’s wife, Joanna, 42, and sons
(I to r) Tomasz, 14, Stefan, 16, and Weclow, 15, to visit this country
and meet the families of the Jews he rescued. 343
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House Kills Old Quota Provisos
WASHINGTON (JTA)—
The House of Representa-
tives Tuesday voted ap-
proval of the bill to liberal-
ize the immigration law by
terminating the national
origins quota system and
providing for entry of im-
migrants to the United
States without discrimina-
tion on the basis of race,
color, creed or national
origih.
The bill was recom-
mended by the House Im-
migration subcommittee
after three years of con-
sideration and debate. It
conforms generally to re-
forms sought by Presi-
OnlySingle
Chaplain For
VietNam GIs
[Editor’s Note: The following dis-
patch was cabled to the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency by David H.
White, a member of the JTA board
of directors, and publisher of The
Jewish Herald-Voice, Houston,
Tex. Mr. White is a member of a
three-man interfaith mission,
which includes also a Catholic
and a Protestant, sent by the Uni-
ted States Government to study
the religious facilities provided
for U.S. personnel in South Viet
Nam.}
SAIGON (JTA) — An es-
timated 500 Jewish service-
men have arrived in South
Viet Nam in the United
States military build-up and
hundreds more are expected, but
there is only one Jewish chaplain
to meet their religious needs as
well as those of some 150 Jewish
civilians here.
Christian chaplains are filling
the needs of Jewish servicemen
in the frequent absence of the
Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Richard
Dryer. Rabbi Dryer, like his fel-
low Christian chaplains, makes
frequent trips to military out-
Gontinued To Page 5
dents Kennedy and John-
son. The bill would pool
unused quotas and do
away entirely with the
qupta system within a
period of three years. The
bill now goes to the Sen-
ate, where early and fa-
vorable action is antici-
pated.
President Johnson, at a
press conference an-
nounced his full backing of
the bill and followed up with
a letter to Congress urging
passage of the measure with-
out crippling amendments.
Voicing confidence that the bill
Conflict!
SC A’s Rabbi Cohen
Is Challenged By
Rumania Chief
Rabbi Cohen
Rabbi Rosen
LONDON (JTA) — Chief Rabbi
Moses Rosen of Rumania, one of
the participants in the conference
of 19 Christian and 10 Jewish lead-
ers in Geneva, said that he con-
sidered neo-fascism and anti-Semi-
tism in West Germany "a vital
danger for Jews as well as for
world peace.”
The Chief Rabbi made his com-
ment in a statement sent from
Bucharest to the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency here in which
he dissociated himself from a
contrary evaluation made at the
close of the parley by Rabbi
Seymour J. Cohen of Chicago,
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would pass, the President said
the new law would improve
relations with other countries
and be a source of satisfaction
to elements in America that
have long sought an equitable
immigration jpolicy.
In his letter on the subject
addressed to House Speaker
John McCormack, the Presi-
dent denounced the discrimina-
tory national origins quota,
which has been in effect since
1924, and declared “there is no
piece of legislation before the
Congress that, in terms of de-
cency and equity, is more de-
manding of passage than the
immigration bill.”
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New
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Toastmaster General’
George Jessel Kicks-off
Big DU. Fund Sept 9
GEORGE JESSEL
‘‘Toastmaster General of the
United States,” “America’s
greatest storyteller” and a giant
of the entertainment world,
George Jessel will be the key-
note speaker at the Dallas Coun-
ty United Fund’s kickoff rally
and luncheon, September 9 in
the Memorial Auditorium.
George Jessel, one of the
most soughtafter speakers, has
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Isrqel Gala Fashion Show Next Thursday
The Givenchy-Israel Collec-
tiepi is the Tenth Annual Is-
rael Bond Fashion Show to be
brought to Dallas under the
aegis of the Dallas Women’s Di-
vision of the State of Israel
Bonds. Mrs. Ted Shanbaum is
Chairman of this Festival of
Fashion and Mrs. Morris Cohen
designs created by the world-
is chairman of the division.
This collection features twelve'
renowned Hubert de Givenchy
and more than thirty models
created by Israel’s foremost de-
signers and manufacturers. More
than half the Givenchy designs
have been created of Israeli
textiles, a salute to the bur-
geoning fashion and fabric in-
dustries of the young nation.
Among Israeli designers re-
presented in the collection are
the renowned Lola Beer and
Flny Leitersdorf; the gifted
young Gideon Oberson; Maskit,
Israel’s celebrated village crafts
industries; furriers Stefan Braun
and Eliahu Neulander; Gottex
swimweair; Pnina ShaMon and
Marta ida; Rikki Ben-Ari, Rivka
Shafer and Talma Talrr.ore; the
knitwear houses of Aled, Dori-
na, Dukert, Galia and Zami.
There are fabrics and fabric de-
signs by Neora Warshavsky of
Maskit and Levita Tadmor.
Mrs. Shanbaum announced
that Miss Marilyn Van Derbur,
former Miss America and hostess
of the Bell Telephone Hour will
he the Fashion Commentator
for this sintillating occasion and
that Kim Dawson of Fashion
Features, Inc. will be in charge
of Coordinating and Accessoriz-
ing tihe Collection. Mai Fitch will
provide the luncheon and Fash-
ion Show Music.
The Women’s Committee for
the Dallas Israel Bond Organiza-
tion comprises the following for-
mer chairmen of the Women’s
Division: Mmes. Coleman Jacob-
son, Wm. Marks, Murray Mun-
ves, Hy Stoller and William Sus-
man. Decoration chairman is
Mrs. Fred Ablon. Other commit-
tee members include: Mmes.
Carl Beren, Jr., M. J. Becker-
man, Joseph Bonnett, Ellis Carp.
Julius Coleman, Mamie Commer,
Ervin Donsky, Milton Ebersiein,
F.manuel Feiger, Harry Garber,
Marvin Gardner, Edward Gene-
cov, Maurice Giller, Max Gold-
Iberg, Abraham Goldfarb, M. B.
Goldfarb, Harrold Kalleniberg,
Aaron Klausner, H. M. Kirsch-
ner, J. M. Leipner, Paul Lewis, A
J. Lukin, Ilarry Mellow, Donald
Morrison, Fanya Morrison, Wim
Naxon, Milton Neuberg, Stanley
Pearle, Murray Pizette, Fred
Reisberg, David Reisman, David
Rosenberg, Marcus Rosenberg,
Harry Rosenthal, Dave Rubin,
Milton Rubin, Tessie Ruskin,
Harold Schnair, Julius Scolnic,
Pincus Silverman, Harry Singer,
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