Record- reaking I etroit Drive Sets Pace for Entire Country Avrunin, Campaign Leaders Confident $9,607,000 Mark Obtainable in Final Returns THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Continuing a long-established tradition for generosity, now additionally fortified by noteworthy responses to the appeals for the 1968 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emerg- --sy Fund, the current Detroit drive came to a close Wednes- plight, at the victory dinner held at the Jewish Commun- ity Center, with the announcement that subscriptions totalling $9,113,882 already have been accounted for. Assurances given by the campaign chairmen, Alfred L. Deutsch and Maxwell Jospey, and by the executive vice-president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, William Avrunin, that many gifts are yet to be recorded and that hundreds of contributors remain to be enrolled in the drive, contained the added prediction that the $9,607,000 sum envisioned as a campaign total for 1968 is definitely in sight. Announced in advance as a "victory dinner," Wednes- day's meeting justified the prediction and turned into a tri- umph for the many hundreds of Detroit volunteer workers. who worked in support and defense of Israel and in sup- port of local and national causes. Their successful efforts made Detroit the first community in America to fulfill its obligations and to set the pace for generosity for the rest of the country. Traditionally holding one of the two top spots in the land in fund-raising successes, there was even an in- dication, as a result of the current triumph, that Detroit Jewry may well emerge as the most generous Jewish com- munity in the land. The victory dinner was the occasion to honor four De- troiters, Emma Schaver, Max and Philip Stollman and Abe Shiffman, for their contributions towards the advancement of educational projects in Israel by establishing high schools jthere. The Fellows of Israel Education awards were pre- sented to them by Max M. Fisher. Analyzing the campaign results, Avrunin reported a total as of Wednesday night of $9,113,881 from 22,002 contributors. These figures include the reports submitted at the victory dinner-with an addition of $65,000 reported by Avrunin from two donors, including one for $50,000 from the Ford Motor Co. received by Fisher. Adding to assurances given by Paul Broder, president of Detroit Service Group, who called for division reports, and the campaign co-chairmen that the Telethon drive will continue and all efforts will be made to reach the several thousand prospective donors yet to be contacted. Avrunin's -prediction was that the drive will end with a sum total of $9,607,000, and that the number of contributors will increase by at least 1,000 over last year's list of donors. Broder acclaimed the extent of the great achievement in the drive and commended the volunteer workers. He di- rected the presentation of divisions' reports which were sub- mittd by Ben Frank, Leonard Bonin, Kaye G. Frank, George Zeltzer, Harvey Weisberg, Albert Colman, Richard Kux, Mich- ael Hermanoff, Louis E. Barden and Mrs. Arthur H. Rice. The dinner commenced with a salute to Israel on the state's 20th anniversary, led by Hyman Safran, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, marked by the serving of Israel Carmel champagne. In their addresses, co-chairmen Deutsch and Jospey spoke enthusiastically about their Israel visit. . They warned of impending dangers and urged unending devotion to the drive to assure Israel's security. Mrs. Harry L. Jones, national chairman of the women's (Continued on Page 7) Vol. LI I I, No. 8 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.-VE 8-9364-Detroit 48235 MERCANTILE SERVICES MECHANICAL TRADES REAL ESTATE FOOD PROFESSIONAL ARTS & CRAFTS JUNIOR METROPOLITAN WOMEN MISCELLANEOUS TOTALS $ 474,495 $ 731,461 271,590 430,617 2,580,906 1,484,878 1,388,747 963,358 551,48'8 810,272 951,923 1,468,689 281,548 21,913 38,734 468,657 41,540 78,862 725,006 953,000 65,000 $5,668,802 $9,113.38 1_ May 10, 1968 'Shooting While Talking' Mars Reported Optimism of Mid-East Jarring Mission Possibilities of inauguration of separate peace talks to be conducted by Israel and Jordan, with United Nations peace emmissary Dr. Gunnar Jarring, in New York, as a substitute to face-to-face talks by Israel with the Arab nations in Cyprus, has been re- ported this week. This has been interpreted as an optimistic turn of events affecting the Middle East crisis. While this is transpiring on the eve of what had been termed by Nasser as a total collapse of the Jarring mission, shooting continues and many casualties have been re- ported from Israel during the current week. Meanwhlie, JTA reports from Jerusalem that the USSR remains an obstacle on the road to peace. According to the JTA report, quoting the Tel Aviv morning daily Davar, Yakob Malik, chief of the Soviet Mission to the United Nations, told the Israeli chief delegate, Ambassador Yosef Tekoah at a secret meeting, that the Soviet Union does not approve of UN peace envoy Gunnar Jarring's formula calling for a meeting be- tween Arab and Israeli representatives under his auspices. Davar said the meeting took place some time ago at UN headquarters in New York. Ambassador Gunnar Jarring returned to Jerusalem Wednesday for . talks with Gideon Rafael, director-general of the Forei g n Ministry. He was scheduled to visit Cairo on Thursday. Dr. Jarring met with Rafael in the absence of Foreign Minister Abba S. Eban who is on an official tour of the Scandinavian countries. According to Davar, Malik told Ambassador Tekoah that the Jarring formula was not acceptable to the Arabs because it does not contain safeguards for the "implementa- tion" of last November's Security Council resolution on the Middle East. The resolu- tion called for an agreement between both sides on certain issues including the with- drawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories. The Arabs and the Soviet Union have been interpreting the resolution as a blanket order for Israel's withdrawal without any prior agreements between the two sides. The Davar report is viewed as further 'proof that the Soviet Union was behind Arab intransigence over talks with Israel. It is noted that the United States had been urging Jordon to meet with Israel and that Dr. Jarring's efforts for the past few weeks have been centered around bringing such a meeting about. But the Russians instructed Egypt to warn Jordan away from btalks with Israel. The Russians believe that such talks would be interpreted as an American success. JTA also reports from Jerusalem that the foreign ministry was about to take up with the U.S. State Department the recent activities of certain American consular officials in East Jerusalem which it considered detrimental to Israeli interests. Among those activities, according to the report, was the giving of "advice" to Arab women who demonstrated in East Jerusalem last week against Israel's Independence Day parade. According to information received by the bIsrael Foreign Ministry, a delega- tion of the women visited an official in the U.S. Consulate whom they informed of their plans. Two consular officials subsequently appeared on the site of the demonstration, although it had not been announced beforehand, and was, in any event, illegal. Israel is expected to ask the State Department to instruct consular officials to confine their ac- tivities to their legitimate tasks which are to take care of the interests of U.S. citizens. (Related Stories Page 13) 468 Campaign scorecard at Victory Dinner 1968 Allied 1967 Allied Jewish Campaign Jewish Campaign and Israel and Israel Emergency Fund Emergency Fund of Jewish Events Moscow Chief Rabbi Affirms Acceptino Invitation to U.S (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) 1967 Pledges 1968 Pledges New 196.8 Pledges $ 2,221 1,153 944 $ 2,089 976 $ 206 111 924 75 1,197 1,079 68 713 4,666 421 685 64 4,130 427 788 1,788 9,456 $23,347 397 26 678 1,985 192 426 9,047 2 974 $21,992 $2,569 NEW YORK-Chief Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin of Moscow has informed the American Council for Judaism that he is prepared to bring a- Russian Jewish religious delegation to this country before the middle of June. In a cable received by the anti-Zionist organization Monday, Dr. Levin indicated that the state of his health precluded a visit at any other season. A council spokesman said Tuesday that original plans to have Dr. Levin address its convention had had to be changed and that the council would set up a special conference with the visiting delegation. Rabbi Levin presumably will be accompanied by three others whom his cables named and identified as Rabbi Israel Berkovitch Schwartz- blatt, described as rabbi of the Odessa Synagogue; David Moissevitci Stiskin, cantor of the Leningrad Synagogue, and Rabbi Israel Mois- sivitch Bronfman, described as the rabbi of the Derbenta Synagogue. It was indicated thatlf Dr. Levin, for reasons of health, is unable to make the trip, the remaining members of the delegation wilt. Assurances were cabled to Rabbi Levin that the major American Jewish organizations would introduce him "to all the varied manifes- tation and institutions of American Jewish life and to the leadership. (Continued on Page 3)