Sinai Staff Buys $25,000 in Bonds

Announcing the purchase of $25,000 in Israel Bonds by the
Sinai Hospital Medical Staff Fund are (from left) Louis E. Levitan,
Detroit Israel Bond director; Dr. E. M. Brown, secretary of staff;
David Pollack, Israel Bond institutional chairman, and Dr. I. Jerome
Hauser, chief of staff of Sinai Hospital. The fund is derived from
payments by agencies for the care of indigent and semi-indigent
patients and is used for educational mimeses.

Author Michener Backs Israel Plan
for Jerusalem; Cites Jews' Record

Catechisms' Found I THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
to Contain Vestiges
of Anti-Semitism
People

ROME—A campaign to elimin-
ate anti-Semitic passages from
catechisms has not been fully suc-
cessful, according to a report by
a new, unofficial Roman Catholic
publication devoted to improving
Christian-Jewish relations.
The Engli s h - Fren c h ublication
Sidic, was founded more than a
year ago by bishops and other
churchmen active in drafting the
Ecumenical Council's statements
on the Jews. Sidic (an acronym
for the French name of the In-
ternational Service for Judeo-
Christian Documentation) is edited
in Rome by a board of theologians, ,
students, priests and nuns.

The second issue, in which
the report was printed, found
that "good beginnings" had been
made in the United States,
France, Lebanon and several
other countries. But it accused
the Italian church of a "lack of
organized efforts" to eliminate
anti-Semetic passages, such as
suggestions that the Jews as a
race are guilty of the cruci-
fixion of Christ.
Contemporary German catech-
isms, is said, continue to transmit

James Michener came out last i istence in Israel, especially seen
in the little northern towns,
"since 2- or 3,000 years before the
birth of Christ."
He could not, in the course of "s e e d s of Christian-type anti-

week for the Israel position on
Jerusalem — unification under
Israeli political control with the
holy places to be administered by
the respective faiths and free ac-
cess to them for people of all
religions.
Michener, whose novel. "The
Source," is set in

ancient Palestine
and modern
Israel, said "the
force of history"

is with the Israeli
positon. Michener
"International cities do not
work," he said. "We tried it with
Danzig, we tried it with Memling.
If Jerusalem were to be interna-
tionalized, within five years some-
thing would happen which would
cut Jews off from contact with
their holy places in the Old City."

The author, who lived among
both Arabs and Jews in Israel
while researching his book, made
his comments in the course of a

wide-ranging discussion on the
Middle East with playwright-pro-
ducer Dore Schary, filmed for
national TV syndication within
the next few weeks by the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith. Schary is the ADL na-
tional chairman.
"One of the real moral crimes
of the past two decades," Miche-
ner said, "has been the world's
indifference to Jewish exclusion
from Old Jerusalem. It's been a
shameful performance, and it
doesn't make sense for people to
say 'Let's try the same thing and
we'll do it better this time.'
"On the other hand," he con-
tinued, "Israel's performance in
safeguarding access to the Chris-
tian holy places — Nazareth, for
example — has been very good.
The Israelis have been extremely
careful in providing access — and
in welcoming Christian visitors.
"In addition, the Israeli Jews I
know who might be in charge of
administering a unified Jerusalem
are men of such probity, of such
feeling for other religions and of
such an international mind, that it
is unthinkable they would ever pre-
vent access to any group. I cannot
believe, for example, that Jews
would ever take a step that would
cut Moslem pilgrims off from the
Dome of the Rock,"
Michener said the papal proposal
for internationalization has to be
considered seriously, but that he
prefers the Israeli proposal "on
historical grounds."
"Besides," he declared, "I see
little substantive difference in the
two proposals — the Vatican is
concerned, I presume, with inter-
national religious administration of
the holy places, and this is, in
effect, what Israel is promising."
Other points Michener made in
the interview.

Countering an Arab claim that
Jews are usurpers in Israel,
there is "documented evidence"
of the continuity of Jewish ex-

widespread travel throughout the
Middle East, "recall ever having
met an Arab who did not want to
go to war with Israel and push her
into the sea." This is particularly
true among young people, who
seem totally indoctrinated, he said.
In Lebanon and Jordan, however,
he did meet some older people who
were concerned about the status
quo and seem to be looking for a
"reapprochement."
The UN Partition Plan of 1947
was never seen as anything more
than a stop-gap measure at best;
following partition, Israel looked
forward to further discussion with
her Arab neighbors, "the ironing
out of little differences." These
discussions never came about, "at
the decision of the Arabs."
"By any index, Israel has made
great strides in comparison with
her Arab neighbors. But when a
standard of living is three or four
times as high, in measurable quan-
tities, there must be a fundamental
difference of approach — to educa-
tion, to the expenditure of national
energy. This is the great lesson
Israel has to teach this part of the
world, and any logical man must
look forward to the day when these
people do get together to move for-
ward to their common goals."
The 250,000 Arabs who elected

to stay in Israel after its es-
tablishment have "many advant-
ages" over their fellow Arabs in
other countries. In addition, they
elect four representatives to the
Knesset (the Israeli Parlia-
ment), own half of all the pri-
vately owned farmland in Israel,
and partake of the educational
and health opportunities avail-
able to them. "Barring certain
professions (including the mili-
tary), they have a freedom which
compares favorably with that of
any minority anywhere," Miche-
ner asserted.
If the Arab countries had rec-

Semitism" and that "a recurrence
of mass anti-Semitism" was still
possible in Germany.
Sidic's chief editorial super-
visor is the Rev. Cornelius A.

Rijk, a Dutch priest appointed by
Augustine Cardinal Bea, head of
the Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, to handle relations
with the Jewish community.
Fr. Rijk said he was not opti-
mistic about the pace of current
efforts to change Catholic views
of Judaism. "Many Roman Catho-
lics and Protestants are still think-
ing in terms of conversion," he

said, "and I can well understand
those Jews who don't e ieve i t
when Christians say they have
changed."

Jewish Group Joins Effort
for Farm Hands: Theater
Group to Perform Here

The Michigan Committee to Aid
Farm Workers, with the coopera-
tion of the Jewish Labor Commit-
tee, Anti-Defamation League and
other groups, will sponsor a per-
formance by El Teatro Campesino,
a touring theater group from the
agriculture fields of California,
next weekend.
Jack Carper, director of the Jew-
ish Labor Committee here, and co-
ordinator of the organizing com-
mittee of the MCAFW, said the
performance will be presented 8:30
p.m. July 29 at Local 600 Union
Hall, Dearborn. In Lansing, there
will be another performance 8:30
p.m. July 31 at Local 652 Hall.

Friday, July 21, 1967-21

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ROBERT SHULMAN, promin-

ent Detroit concert pianist and
winner of the 1963 Grinnell
Foundation Award, will lecture
and perform 6:30 a.m. daily on
WWJ-TV for three weeks begin-
ning Sunday. These programs are
repeats of those shown on WTVS-
TV last winter. Shulman, of the
Wayne State University music
.faculty, will demonstrate various
piano techniques, musicality and
interpretation.
programs, Mischa Michakoff, Italo
Babini and the Dearborn Sym-
phony Orchestra under the direc-
tion of Nathan Gordon, are guests.
* * *
A 20-year-old Sprtng Valley so-
ciology student at Yeshiva Univer-
sity's Stern College for Women
has been chosen as the first reci-
pient of a scholarship established
in honor of Mrs. Lyndon B. John-
son by the Women's Branch of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congre-
gations of America last fall. The
student is ANNE LAZARUS, a
senior. The scholarship carries a
sum of $1,500 for one year. Under
its terms Miss Lazarus and all
future recipients will be able to
devote a portion of time during the
academic year to original research
related to sociological aspects of
the problems of poverty,
*
An official State of Michigan
historical marker commemorating
the founding site of the city of
Detroit—Fort Pontchartrain—was
dedicated Thursday at the Hotel
Pontchartrain with WILLL631 GER-
SHENSON receiving the marker
for the hotel. He and his brothers
Samuel and Aaron are owners of
the Pontchartrain. The city cele.
brates its 261st birthday Monday.
A historical booklet researched and
created by the hotel entitled.
"Pontchartrain — A Name With
Historical Value," was introduced
at the ceremony.

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DR. IRVING EISEN of Boca
Raton, Fla., associate professor of
guidance at Florida Atlantic Uni-
versity, has been named executive
director of the Bnai Brith Voc-
tional Service office in Philadel-
phia.
•
•
ANTHONY IACOCCA, vice presi-
dent of the Ford Motor Company,
has been named marketing execu-
tive of the year by Sales & Mar-
keting Executives-International for
his role in the development of the
Mustang automobile.

RR

DR. ABBA GEFEN, counselor of
the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires,
has been nominated as Israel Con-
sul-general in Toronto, it was an-
nounced Wednesday. He will as-
sume his duties in August.

Bank Leumi Transmits
Funds to West Jordan

The New York Branch of Bank
Leumi, located at 60 Wall Street,
New York City, announces that
its facilities are available for the
transfer of funds directly to the
people of the West Bank of the
Jordan River and the Gaza Strip.
Such transfers may be made by
both relatives and welfare organ-
izations.
Bank Leumi became the first
Israeli bank to open a branch in
Gaza, after reopening its branch

in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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The MCAFW seeks to aid the
effort to organize farm workers
throughout the nation, but more
especially to assist the victims
of exploitation on farms in Mich-
igan. According to Carper, there
are some 70,000 migrants work-
ing on Michigan farms who earn
less than $1,000 a year and live
in unsanitary and indecent
houses. They are denied the right
to organize.

ognized Israel's existence at the
time of its creation, the last 20
The Michigan Committee to Aid
years would have seen — at least
among Israel, Jordan, Lebanon Farm Workers supports the inclu-
and Iraq — an interchange of sion of farm workers under the
markets; Hebrew University on Mt. National Labor Relations Act, and
Scopus as a center of learning with seeks to have enacted a Michigan
a student body at least half Arab; Farm Labor Act that will protect
Arab doctors trained In Israel in farm workers' right to organize
the latest western techniques; the into unions of their own choosing
"siphoning off of some of the great in this state.
For tickets or information, con-
wealth of Kuwait to Beirut and
Jerusalem for joint adventures in tact the MCAFW, 8000 E. Jeffer-
son.
science, including the development
of new industry" and Jordan's use
of Haifa as a mediterranean out- Book Week Marked
let. "I have no duobt," Michener
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel
said, "that such interchange would Book Week, which was to have
have taken place and that it would taken place last month but was
have been fruitful."
postponed because of the outbreak
of hostilities, opened July 6 in
The largest herds on record were cities and settlements throughout
those of the North American bison, the country. Thousands of books,
or buffalo, which were estimated including many special editions,
to cover up to 50 miles by 25 miles translations and original Hebrew
and up to 4,000,000 head on mi- works are on display at the various
gration in the mid-19th century. exhibits.

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