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January 12, 1973 2 THE WISCONSIN JEWISH CHRONICLE 400 Dentists Attended Alpha Omega Convention WORLD NEWS DIGEST IN THE Chronicle 300 Torah Scrolls Sent to Israel Bucharest Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen sent 300 Torah scrolls to Israel as a gift from the Federation of Jewish Communities in Rumania. The scrolls went to synagogues established by new immigrants in the Jewish State. of displaced persons in Europe and later assisted in the development of modern dental services in Israel. Alpha Omega founded the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine Israel's only institution of its kind, and has continued to support the school since its dedication of 1964. Cease-Fire May Continue Jerusalem Foreign Minister Abba Eban said that there was a "strong chance" that the cease-fire will continue through 1973.

two years. 2 Billion in Weapons Bought by Israel Tel Aviv Finance Minister Pincas Sapir said that Israel has acquired $2 billion worth of modern armaments during the past two years. Israel, Egypt Exchange Residents Tel Aviv A population exchange between Israel and Egypt was recently conducted by the International Red Cross within the framework of family reunion program. Forty-nine residents of the Gaza Strip were transferred to Egypt and 72 persons from Egypt crossed the Suez Canal for the Strip. Map of Russian Prison, Labor Camps Planned BRUSSELS, The International Committee for Human Rights in the Soviet Union announced this week that it will publish a detailed report and map of Soviet prisons and labor camps next month.

According to Hubert Halin, a committee spokesman, this was the main project decided on at the International Sympos ium on the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union which closed here last Friday. The symposium was devoted to reports of the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union. Special attention was given to Jews imprisoned for "economic reasons," "Zionist aspirations" or "sympathy toward the imperialist State of Israel." The meeting pointed to one "bright spot" in the Soviet Union the "growing courage of certain Soviet lawyers and the increased attention to legal niceties by certain Soviet prosecutors." Jerusalem Some 400 dentists from North America, Europe and Israel attended the opening here of the 65th Annual Convention of the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity. Thiswasthe first-time the Convention was held outside of North America. From the United States had come some 300 dentists, in addition to 30 from Canada and 10 from the United The overseas dentists were joined by some 50 Israeli colleagues.

Most of the participants were accompanied by their families, so that the total number of the Convention came to almost 800. Aplha Omega was founded in the United States on December 20, 1907, exactly 65 years ago, as a result of a need of dental student to seek mutual assistance in order to foster self-improvement and further democratic policies at institutions of higher learning in North America. After World War II, the fraternity played a dynamic role in the health rehabilitation Soldiers Missing The director of the Acre Municipal Museum complained to the police the other day that "Eight of our soldiers are missing." The director, Mor-dechai Yehieli, pointed out that the "soldiers" were plaster-of-paris figurines depicting the army of Napoleon in its ill-fated campaign to take Palestine from the Turks some 170 years ago. Police have taken up the investigation. v- Contents Page Births 10 Classified Ads 15 Editorials 6 Engagements 10 Inside Israel 7 Israel Notebook 6 Max Lerner 6 Obituaries 15 Quoth The Maven 13 Serendipity 12 Weddings 10 Young Ideas 9 25 Years Ago From the Pages of THE CHRONICLE At a family dinner party, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Grossman, E. Kenwood revealed the engagement of their daughter, Elaine, to Harold E. Pentler. The prospective briddegroom is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Emil Pentler, E. Hartford Avenue. The engagement of her daughter, Sally, to Edwin Goldman has been announced by Mrs. J.

Bernstein, N. 40th St. Edwin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Goldman, N.

11th St. Mr. Morris Gash, W. Concordia Avenue, announces the Bar Mitzvah of his son, Sheldon David, at Temple Beth El on January 31. After five years of study and planning, two local agencies, The Jewish Social Service Association and The Jewish Children's Home, were merged at a meeting of both boards held Monday noon at the Jewish Center.

The man who is being called "the foreign secretary of the coming Jewish state" will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Milwaukee Jewish Welfare Fund to be held Sunday evening, February 1, at the Schroeder Hotel. He is Moshe Shertok, one of the outstanding leaders in world Jewry and the head of the political department of the Jewish agency for Palestine since 1933. NEW YORK (JTA) Judge Joseph M. Proskauer was this week re-elected president of the American Jewish Committee for a sixth term, as the organization's 41st Annual Conference concluded. Jacob Blaustein of Baltimore was reelected chairman of the executive.

JERSUSALEM (JTA) Jewish defense officials have not conscripted American veterans studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the G. I. Bill of Rights for service in the Haganah, but the Americans are permitted to join if they choose, a Jewish Agency spokesman declared at a press conference. The question arose in reference to the death in action last week of Moshe Peristein. an American student-veteran at the University, who joined the Haganah.

Movement's Members Demonstrate Amsterdam More than 100 young members of the "Jesus Movement." demonstrated in front of the Soviet Embassy in Hague to protest the oppression of Jews and Christians in the Soviet Union. 56 Thousand Immigrants Arrived Jerusalem The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 56 thousand new immigrants came to Israel in 1972; a 34 per cent increase over 1971. Rakah Appeals to Other Communists Sofia The Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party has received an appeal from the Israeli Communist Party (Rakah) asking for its support in the struggle against Israeli aggression and her policy of annexation. Book Award Established New York Establishment of an annual award by the Jewish Book Council for the most distinguished book on Jewish History has been announced. The award of $500 and a citation will be in the name of Bernard H.

Marks of the Hebrew Publishing Company. Niger, Israel Break Ties I decided to downgrade its representation in Niger and the resident ambassador, Yehoshua Rash, was tran-sfered to neighboring Togo. Reliable sources said at the time that the move was intended to avert a complete break by lowering Israel's profile in Niger and minimizing Arab pressure thereby. Libya was said to have been applying pressure on Niger to break with Israel and accompanying its pressure with financial blandishments. Eban told the Knesset that the recent setbacks in Africa stemmed from external pressures rather than the upopularity of Israel's Middle East stance among African states.

Tha Wisconsin Jwtth Chrome I Published vnekly by Hi VV'SC'isin Je'S'i Criionicie Publishing Company i.n0 Piospect Milwaukee Ws Second class siaqe paid Milwaukee Wisconsin JERUSALEM Niger became the fourth African state the second in a week to break diplomatic relations with Israel. The Foreign Ministry announced that the Israeli diplomatic representative in Niger, Shlomo Avital, was summoned by the Niger Foreign Minister to receive a letter for Foreign Minister ba Eban advising Israel of the break. An Israeli spokesman said that there was nothing in the relations between Niger and Israel that could have justified this move. Brazaville-Congo announced its diplomatic break with Israel last Sunday. In recent months both Chad and Uganda severed their ties with Israel.

Israeli officials have attributed the series of diplomatic set-backs in Africa to pressure by Arab countries and to a general wave of "radicalization" that seems to be sweeping Black Africa. The Foreign Ministry announced two weeks ago that Israel had James Arness, TV's Marshall Dillion, (right) has staked out a new frontier with a $2 million land gift to help Southern California's Brandeis Camp Institute, which helps develop new methods of overcoming Jewish college youth alienation. The actor has deeded to the facility a 950 acre ranch, valued at $2 million. The ranch adjoins the Institute's own 2250 acre camp. The Arness property contains ranchhouses, corrals, barns and farm buildings, and had been operated by the actor as a cattle, horse, and crop ranch since 1960.

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