THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 1 L 40—Friday, December 19, 1969 abor Party Support Down, K ne •Sset Vote Shows By II. SHACHTER the final election results to the An examination of voting in re- dropped by 19 percent, whereas These changes are apparently due Knesset. cent elections to the seventh Kites- that of the religi(tus parties rose to the "floating" votes which in Compared to the countrywide re- , set shows that, compared to the by 7 per cent. The Liberal Part, the past were cast for Mapam- sults, the election results in Jeru- Liberal Center and the the United Labor Party. results for the sixth Knesset, the salem show that the percentage In the non-Jewish urban settle- strength of the labor parties hau Independent Liberals increased by — Josh Billings. ments (excluding the large towns) of votes cast for the religious par- I one per cent. relatively high in Jeru- trend is to he traced to and in the large villages, how- ties was This salem (24 per cent as compared ever. the minority lists lost in almost all form , et .lowish settle- per cent in the Muth. of Nonetheless, strength, and a relatively steep with 15 meat in the countr ■ Israel). Gahal gained 28 per cent considerable dift cremes bet•A•en rise was registered by the New in Jerusalem as compared with are Communist Party. these principal p ,, litical !does This data, which has just been 22 per cent in the whole of Israel, noticeable. whereas the Alignment drew a re- h e released by the Central Office of In the .lowish t „„iis, t latively small following (35 per labor parties grouped together Statistics, is based on the first cent, as against 46 per cent in the lost a relativity small production part of a detailed examination of whole of the counrty I. In Tel Aviv, OF of their strength, whereas in the the percentage of votes cast for urban settlements (excluding the LA Radical Students Gahal was relatively high (30 per cent as compared with 22 per cent to.), and in the villages, par- Organize Jewish ticularly' , in the moshavim and in the country as a whole ). This, of course, was at the expense of kibutihn founded after the emer- Free University gence of the state. their strength most of the other lists. In Haifa, LOS ANGELES (JTA )—Jewish the Alignment drew a majority of dropped more appreciably. Consequently, it follows that in radical students at Valley College, 52 per cent. whereas the other these settlements the strength of "aware of their ignorance in mat- parties, especially the religious CORNED BEEF KING) than ters pertaining to Judaism and parties, drew relatively smaller Gahal rose relatively higher it did in the towns. , Israel." established last year a •followings. In the non-Jewish settlements Jewish Free University, which is In the more newly established FORMERLY OF 7 MILE - SCHAEFER of all forms, there was a con- now in its second semester, ac- towns (where the greater part siderable drop (froni 21.6 per cording to a report in Heritage, of the population consists of new Temporary hours 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Wednesdays I cent to 14.3 per cent in the per- the English-Jewish weekly. immigrants who arrived after The report said that the JFU centage of votes cast for the La - offers courses in Jewish social the emergence of the state), the - was particular bor parties. This support gained by the Align- Problems, Jewish art, Israel, pro- ly true of the towns of Nazareth . ment was somewhat stronger h Jews, radcal of t the and Shafar am. This drop, how - phetic traditions than that in the older urban cen- thought. Average ever, is not offset by an equal J ters (50 per cent, as compared rise in the percentage of votes attendance in the classes was given • with 45 per cent. Tray Catering Is 15 to 30, and participation was cast for the minorit • lists link- as as "active and enthusi— In the urban settlements and Our Specialty ed to the Libor alignment, but described , the various forms of rural settle- astic.•• rather by a rise in the strength Love is like measles: you can net it only once, and the later in life it occurs the tougher it gets. ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING SOL'S (THE RESTAURANT-DELICATESSEN ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY TRAYS NOW! The report asserted that the ment, it transpires that in the new of the New Communist Party radical students, without realiz- settlements the percentage of (Rakah) and of the National Re- ing it, were doing "what many a votes cast for the Alignment was ligious Party. 29556 ORCHARD LAKE RD. much rabbi sees as his most important lower in comparison than that re The minority lists fared Just N. of 13 Mile Rd. old traditions and ceived in the older settlements. better in the smaller villages. role—make the The National Religious Party. concepts of Judaism compatible. however, received a larger per- with today's relevant issues." The radical students "have centage of votes in the new settle- turned out strongly to protest the ments than it did in the older vd- , plight of Russian Jews and have lages. successfully countered Arab propa-1 The percentage of voters for ganda on their campuses" but their Gahal in the older towns was "main target of attack remains higher than in the other settle- the Jewish community that as- ments (26.5 per cent). It was low, however, in the rural settlements. sertedly 'failed them.' " In the non-Jewish settlements, New radical Jewish groups are emerging "all over the country, the New Communist Party and the reevaluating their position with the minority lists gained a following ' American society and their ties ' of from 60 per cent to 90 per cent with Israel," according to Dr. Far- of the electors. Keen competition rell Broslaysky, described in the between the New Communist report as "an outspoken history Party and the minority lists for professor" at Valley College. the Arab vote is reflected in the He said there were "four unify- various non-Jewish settlements to ing characteristics" in the new ra- the extent that wherever the per- !clical Jewish student groups. They centage of votes gained by the t identify as Jews first, Americans New Communist Party was high- : second. They resent the Jewish er, that of the minority lists drop- ; establishment, which they consider ped. Something Special "obsolete and irrelevant." They ' Thus, for example, in the urban support radical ideologies and settlements, half the votes were Communist : "they- champion Israel not only as cast for the New a country of Jews but also as a Party and about one - third were model in social pioneering and given for the minority lists. 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