10—Friday, January 31, 1969

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Shazar Prays at Lubavitcher Shul

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Indica-
tions were given here that Franco-
Israeli relations, though at an all-
time low as a result of de Gaulle's
embargo and pro-Arab policies,
were not being written off and are
believed capable of improvement.
One was a speech delivered by
Foreign Minister Abba Eban at the
cornerstone laying of "France
House," a student dormitory and
French cultural center built with
contributions from the French So-
ciety of Friends of the Hebrew
University.

On his birthday, President Zalman Shazar davened in the Luba-
vitcher Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. The synagogue,
located on "Chabad Street," was ordered built more than 100 years
ago by the Tzemakh Tzedek, grandson of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of
Liadi—founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement—and bears his
name, the "Tzemakh Tzedek Shul." Deserted for years, it was the only
synagogue in Old Jerusalem found with its walls and roof intact after
the Six-Day War, and was immediately ordered restored by the Luba-
vitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menahem M. Schneerson. Shazar is seen here
in the synagogue wearing his talis and tefillin, being called to the
Tora.

El Fatah Has Envoys in Latin America
Terror Training, Says News Agency

NEW YORK (JTA) — El Fatah,
the Palestinian Arab terrorist or-
ganization, has emissaries in Latin
America who are training young
men of Arab origin in "urban"
terrorist tactics and have declared
war on the local Jewish communi-
ties supporting Israel, a Mexican
news agency reported from Cara-
cas. Venezuela last month.
The report was brought to the
attention of the Jewish Telegra-
phic Agency by Sergio Nudelstejer,
representative of the American
Jewish Committee in Mexico City.
He said the news agency "Amex"
and its correspondent who sent the
story were "completely reliable."
Nudelstejer reported however that
neither the Israel Embassy in Mex-
ico City nor the one in Caracas had
any knowldege of El Fatah activity
in Latin America and were unable
to confirm the authenticity of the
Caracas report. The Mexico City
Embassy said it has informed the
Israel Foreign Ministry in Jerusa-
lem of the news agency report and
has alerted other Israeli embassies
in Latin America.

Nudelstejer provided the JTA
with a translation of the "Amex"
dispatch which described an in-
terview with an El Fatah leader
at a secret hideout in Caracas.
The alleged commando claimed
that his group was responsible
for the Dec. 26 attack on an El
Al airliner at Athens in which an
Israeli passenger was killed.

He said the attack was not a sim-
ple act of terrorism but an opera-
tion to eliminate an Israeli agent
and was successful, despite the
arrest of the two Arab terrorists,
the report said.
(Credit for the Athens attack was
claimed by the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine, a
Beirut-based group that is a rival
of El Fatah.)
According to the news agency,
El Fatah groups were training in
Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin

Franco-Israeli Ties
Not Near a Break

America to "act against Hebrew
elements" who send money to Is-
rael to purchase weapons to wipe
out the Palestinians. The alleged
El Fatah leader also reportedly
said that another purpose was to
"unmask" Israeli agents who have
infiltrated public, military and eco-
nomic activities in Latin America.
Nudelstejer said the Arab League
had increased its propaganda activ-
ities in Mexico which included dis-
I semination of the "Protocols of the
Elders of Zion," a 19th Century
anti-Semitic forgery. He said por-
tions of the "Protocols" have been
published, along with anti-Israel
and anti-Jewish material, in "Cri-
terio Continental," a Mexican mag-
azine with a circulation of about
15,000 which reaches government
officials, clergymen and business
executives.

The other was an announce-
ment by the prime minister's
office that Israel has just order-
ed $10,000 worth of French-made
fireworks to be used in its 21st
anniversary Independence Day
celebrations next May. The order
was placed after de Gaulle an-
nounced his embargo on military
equipment and spare parts to
Israel. A spokesman for the
prime minister's office said that
fireworks from other countries
had been tested but were not up
to Israel's safety standards.

The cornerstone ceremonies were
attended by the French ambassa-
dor, Francis Hure, Baron Guy de
Rothschild, Prof. Jean Roche, rec-
tor of the Paris Sorbonne and
members of a United Israel Ap-
peal mission from France.
Eban said, "With all her cultural
richness, Israel is not in a posi-
tion to forego what France can
contribute in all fields." He said
Israel did not regret the invest-
ment it made in spreading French
culture here.
"Our feelings," he went on,
"are made up of both satisfaction
and bitterness — this because of
France's recent blow, the blow of
a country long considered friendly.
However, the memory of years of
friendship remains and the flags of
Israel and France which fly to-
gether here may also be a symbol
of what the future holds."

YIVO Committee to Revive Yiddish,
Eastern European Culture, in U.S.

The committee also will deal
with the need for suitable teat-
books, study aids and program
the Enhancement of Yiddish in
materials, including t r an sla-
American Jewish Life was an- tions from Yiddish into English.
nounced by Julius Borenstein,
Finally, the committee will seek
chairman of the executive com- to educate the public to recognize
mittee of the YIVO Institute for and appreciate authentic presen-
Jewish Research, under whose tations of East European Jewish
auspices the committee will func- culture. Special
subcommittees
tion.
were appointed to deal with each
At its first meeting the commit- of these three areas.
tee decided to concentrate on
Over thirty communal leaden
three areas of activity. The first and educators have thus
far
will be the promotion of courses agreed to serve on the committee,
and discussion groups on either a which is still in formation.
formal or informal basis about the
Yiddish language and literature
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Bonn Will Consider
Neo-Nazi Party Ban

BONN (JTA)—A West German
press spokesman said that the
government would discuss the en-
tire question of seeking a ban on
the extremist National Democratic
Party, which has been widely de-
nounced as neo-Nazi.
The spokesman made the an-
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1969 Is Expected to Be
reply to a question from the Jew-
a Hard Year for Israel
ish Telegraphic Agency.
Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesin-
With United Nations
ger's coalition government is
UNITED NATIONS (ZINS) —
divided on the advisability of such
This year will be full of difficul-
action.
ties for Israel in the United Na-
The spokesman and a repre-
tions—perhaps the most trying in
sentative of the interior ministry
her UN history—qualified United
denied that the ministry's State
Nations experts disclosed here.
Secretary Heinrich Koppler said
The majority of countries on the
recently that the NPD should
Security Council this year are
not be prohibited. Prohibition
openly hostile to Israel. Denmark
will be sought, he said, if a gov-
and Canada, traditional friends of ernment decision to that effect
Israel, have left the Security
is finally taken, by an effort to
Council, and they have been re- obtain a constitutional court rul-
placed by Finland and Spain. Col-
ing that the party is unconstitu-
ombia replaces Brazil, and Zam- tional.
bia is taking the place of Ethiopia.
In another development, Kiesin-
Finland has no diplomatic rela- ger's Christian Democratic Union's
tions with Israel and is compelled parliamentary group decided to
to follow and vote with the Soviet introduce the issue of extension of
Union. Colombia is not as friendly the present statute of limitations
toward Israel as is Brazil, and for the prosecution of Nazi war
Zambia is under the influence of criminals into parliamentary de-
bate as soon as possible.
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It will present no problem for
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