U. S. Synagogues Adopt Rule Compelling Members to Become Donors to UJA NEW YORK (JTA) — More than 20 congregations in communities all over the United States have joined in a move to require con- tributions to the United Jewish Appeal as a prerequisite for mem- bership, it was disclosed Tuesday by Rabbi Earl Jordan, director of the UJA Rabbinical Advisory Council. Rabbi Jordan said the boards of rabbis in Cleveland, Kansas City and St. Louis have adopted resolutions advocating the same practice. Terrorists Fire on Settlement From Lebanon Guerrillis TEL AVIV (JTA) in Lebanon fired mortars at Avivim settlement in Upper Galilee Sunday night. The shelling caused no casualties but sparked an alert all along the Lebanese border re- gion, where Palestinian terrorists are active 'orke more. • The settlement was the scene last May of a terrorist attack on a school bus in which eight school children and four adults were killed and 21 other passengers were wounded. According to Israeli sources, the fedayeen are meeting resistance from the local population, which wants no repetition of last spring's situation when their villages were caught between guerrilla fire and Israeli retaliatory action. Fedayeen trying to find shelter in Lebanese border villages for the winter are being kept out by road blacks, and several armed clashes have already taken place, the Israeli sources re- ported. The villagers have sent delega- tions to the authorities in Beirut asking protection from the guer- rillas. Israeli authorities have detained about 70 terrorist suspects on the West Bank in recent weeks, it was disclosed. Fifty are from Nablus and the rest from Hebron. They all are believed to be mem- bers of various terrorist cells and to have engaged in sabotage ac- tivities. Several have admitted throwing hand grenades in Nablus. According to the authorities, a number of the Nablus suspects are students belonging to prominent Arab families. Five Israeli border policemen were injured Sunday morning when their vehicle was hit by bazooka shells fired from the Lebanese border north of Shetula in Upper Galilee. The incident was the first in several weeks along the Lebanese frontier A local resident was injured and three Israeli soldiers sustained minor scratches when a hand grenade exploded in the Jabaliya quarter of Gaza. Several suspects have been detained for questioning. Some 1,8•O Palestinian guer- rillas from Syria were reported to have entered Jordan last week as Iraqi troops, stationed in Jordan since the Jane 111117 Arab. Israeli war, were pulled out. There was no apparent connec- tion between the two movements. The guerrillas are members of the Syrian-backed Al Saiga, which has reportedly been under pres- sure since the Syrian defense minister, Gen. Hafaz Assad, seized control in Damascus. There are altogether about 20,000 Al Saiga members in Syria, and the new regime in Damascus is said to want to get rid of them. They are seeking refuge in north- ern Jordan and southern Lebanon. Jordanian troops were reported- ly supervising the Iraqi withdrawal and making sure that they did not crate Jordanian equipment and take it along with them. There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that some- one else is an evildoer.—Robert Lynd. Rabbi Jordan said the first con- gregation to take this step was Beth Jacob of Los Angeles where its rabbi, Simon Dolgin, found that 130 of the 500 member fam- ilies had not made contributions to the UJA. After instituting the mandatory contributions require- ment, 128 of the families submit- ted checks, Rabbi Jordan reported. Temple Menorah of Miami was Israel Remains Strong, Comay Assures Britons LONDON (JTA) — Israel's am- bassador to Britain and its interior minister spoke Monday of their country's resolve to remain strong in the face of Arab and Soviet threats until a genuine peace in the Middle East is achieved. Ambassador Michael Comay and Dr. Joseph Burg addressed, the opening meeting of a membership campaign conducted by the Mizrashi Federation of Great Britain. Dr. Burg said, "We are harder now and we are more resolved not to become the subject of eulogies, like Biafra has become. We depend on ourselves and we know that only a strong Israel will obtain a just peace." one of the first six congregations in the U.S. to initiate the manda- tory contributions practice. A reso- lution issued by Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz and temple officials requires all members to contribute to the Greater Miami Jewish Fed- eration's Combined Jewish Appeal and Israel Emergency Fund cam- paign. Others include Temple Sinai of Los Angeles (Rabbi Hillel Silver- man); Cong. Ezra (Rabbi Ira Sud) and the K.A.M. Congregation (Rabbi Simeon Maslin), both of Chicago; and Cong. Agudath Sholom (Rabbi Joseph Ehrenk- ranz), Stamford, Conn. Rabbi Jordan said that no min- imum contribution is being pro- posed by the UJA, the boards of rabbis or the synagogues. The act of giving is considered more im portant than the size of the con- tribution, he said. TIE DETROIT JEWISH MS 20--Frklay, October 30, 1111 Iry and Sol Cohen and the Gang wish the entire Community_ a Happy and Healthy IRV New Year SOL PRINCETON SHOP do West fashions for ma 6 to 60 20072 W. 7 Mile gwrainen KE 3.4310 Classified Ads Get Quick Results You may never have another chance to STOP PAROCHIAID PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION! Paid for by the Council Against Parochiaid, 213 W. Main, Lansing, Mich. 48902