The The truth about the direct Arab-Jewish negotiations on the Mediterranean island in 1949, under the di- Rhodes rection of Dr. Ralph Bunche. Formula Detailed analysis in Commentary, Page 2 Dr. Ralph J. Bunche The Sabbath As a Major Force in Jewish Life Feature HE JEWISH NE 1=3E-7-1=2C:01-T* A Weekly Review Page 40 Editorial Page 4 VOLUME LVI—No. 5 1 Important Anniversaries of The Weizmann Institute and Its Dynamic Leader Meyer W. Weisgal Editorial Page 4 GAN., NII of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle °. *-74.' 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—YE 8-9364—October 17, 1969 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c `Moratorium Day ' Gains National, Local Support; Anti-War Protests Expressed at Religious Services Reveal Mow Arabs Three Times Rejected Jarring's Proposals For Conferences With Israelis JERUSALEM (JTA) — The foreign ministry disclosed that United Nations special Mid East peace envoy. Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring, has made three attempts since 19(38 to bring the foreign ministers of the groundwork for negotiations Israel, Egypt and Jordan together to lay only to be rejected each time by Egypt. last The first attempt was made last ye;ir. The most recent was month when Dr. Jarring invited Egyptian Forein Minister Mahrnoud Mini- Riad to fly to New York in November simultaneously with Foreign Foreign Minister Abdel Menem Rifai of ster Abba Eban of Israel and invita- Riad. and therefore no Jordan. Dr. Jarring was turned down by tion was extended to Eban. The disclosure by foreign ministry spokesman David Rivlin con- firmed a report published Sunday in the semi - oflietal Cairo newspaper Al Ahram, which is known to speak directly for President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Al Ahram published details of a report prepared by Iliad on his intended to "clarify" the state- recent consultations at the UN. It was in indirect peace ment by Riad last month that Egypt would participate pro- talks with Israel along the lines of the 1949 Rhodes armisice talks as direct talks. That remark and a vided that they were not construed official government direct statement to the same effect by Egypt's (Continued on Page 7) The yearning for peace manifested itself Wednesday when individuals of all faiths participated in the nationwide "Moratorium Day" protest against the Vietnam war. At least one group, Oak Parkers for Peace_ will carry its message even farther. A half-hour prayer service was held by the Metropolitan Detroit Federation of Reform Synagogues at its adult' education classes Wednesday evening in Temple Emanuel-Et Rabbis Milton Rosenbaum, Ernst Conrad, Philip Berkowitz. Robert Ben- jamin of Windsor and David Jessel, all members of the .Jewish studies college faculty. led in the prayers for peace. More than 100 participated. Rabbi Rosenbaum was one of several rabbis, including Mordecai Halpern of Beth Shalom (Conservative) and James I. Gordon of Young Israel of Oak-Woods. who signed a resolution drawn up by Oak Parkers for Peace. Under the chairmanship of Al Swerdlow, named "Oak Park's Outstanding Citizen" last year, Oak Parkers for Peace hopes to add thousands of signatures to its resolution calling for an end to U.S. participation in the Vietnam war. Swerdlow explained that the organization took an "independant attitude" toward the moratorium day, encouraging individuals to take part on their own. Ile credited Mayor Joseph Forbes for taking an active interest in the Oak Parkers for Peace move- ment from its inception. Others who have added their names to the resolution include State Reps. Daniel Cooper and Albert Kramer. Oak Park School • Board trustee and treasurer Marshall Wallace, shool board member Beth Mendelsohn and City Coun- cilmen Sidney Shayne and Merton Colburn. With broad community support. the unstructed Oak Park group will hold its first public meeting 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Oak Park Community Center. Swerdlow said movement's goal is to "get an expression to our elected officials that this war has to Wives of Hijacked Israelis Arrive in U.S.; Campaign to Secure Their Release Mounts hijack victims who have been held JERUSALEM (JTA)—The wives of the two Israeli aerial the United States for an intensive publicity effort aimed captive in Syria since Aug. 29 left for at securing their release. Muellem disclosed that United Nations General As- Mrs. Noemi Samueloff and Mrs. TiIda appealed to Syrian president Nureddin sembly President Angie Brooks of Liberia. has personally to an appeal by the SamuelOff el-Atassi to release the priSoners. Miss Brooks' acted in response Ind Muallem families on Oct. 6 to intervene. faculty member at the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical Prof. Shlomo Samueloff, a a Tel Aviv travel agency employe, were passengers galloOl in Jerusalem, and Sallah Muallem. commandos and forced to fly to Damascus aboard the TWA airliner that was hijacked by Arab representative of the International Red Cross visited by a Sbc -weeks ago. The two prisoners were and good spirits. Week ago who reported them in good health on their arrival by Shaul Ben Haim, press attache of the Monday the two women were met New Orleans to appear before the Hadassah convention. The Israel Embassy. They then went to being arranged with members of Con- net day they left for Washington where meetings were Israel Embassy sources said there were no plans for Mrs. gress and the State Department. at the White House. Samueloff and Mrs. Muallem to meet anyone the two wives went to UN headquarters in New York After a brief are stay in Washington. being made to set up a meeting with Miss Brooks and with the officials of 'were attempts will try to see Secretary General U. Thant. TWA. It was not known whether they commandos who hijacked an Israel-bound TWA airliner to Damascus (The two Arab iued on Page ant 7) (Continued on Page 5) Mosque Fire Trial Recessed: 'Report Court Interest Faeliii 4,t - JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Al Aksa mosque fire trial was adjourned for three weeks Monday at the request of the defense counsel. Yitzhak Tunik. Presiding Judge Henry F. Baker promptly granted a recess until Oct. 30 to allow time for psychiatric examinations of the defendant. '28- year-old Denis Michael William Rohan. Tunik said he might utilize the time to summon witnesses from abroad. lie did not identify the potental' witnesses but it is believed that they might include members of Rohan's family in Sydney. Ausralia. Rohan, through Tunik, who is a prominent criminal lawyer, admitted 21 but setting fire to the Al Aksa mosque in East Jerusalem on Aug. claimed he was mentally ill at the time and therefore not punishable under during the first week of the witnesses Israeli law. Testimony by defense Rohan was trial was obviously intended to corroborate the defense claim. pictured as an eccentric who belonged to a small Protestant fundamentalist sect and was convinced that God bad ordained him to destroy the mosque so that Solomon's Temple could he rebuilt on the site. con- The trial opened a week ago in a packed hall in the Jerusalem vention center. Israeli authorities made elaborate preparations for the trial and in- was aimed primarily at world opinion which, they acknowledged. In- tended to refute Arab charges that Israel was responsible for the fire. terest ran high on the first day when Hoban pleaded innocent to the But he years imprisonment. 44 charges that carry a combined penalty of reversed his plea to guilty the following day and int((tzstit nif il ea dggoend. p la tj g • etle 5)