Paroehiaid Heavily Opposed
by Jewish Voters, Survey Shows
Jewish voters in three suburban
Detroit areas heavily supported
the "anti-parochiald" amendment
which appeared on the Nov. 3
ballot as Proposal C.
This was shown in a voting sur-
vey conducted as part of an on-
going Community Council study of
Jewish voting patterns in the
Detroit area.
Twenty-two voting precincts in
Oak Park, Southfield and Hunting-
ton Woods were included in the
survey. Each precinct contains a
substantial number of Jewish rezi-
dents.
By a 4-1 margin, voters in
these areas voted "Yes" on
Proposal C. By action of its
delegate assembly last May, the
Community Council had entered
and played an active role in the
campaign in support of the pro-
posal.
A breakdown of the individual
suburban areas showed that in the
10 Oak Park precincts included in
the Council survey, 79 per cent of
the voters supported the proposal.
Coed Finds Hebrew
Key to Adjustment
as Israeli Student
(The following letter from
Doreen Weiss, formerly of Win-
chester Rd., Southfield, was sent
to Zeev Bei-David, director of
the Israel Aiiya Center in Cleve-
land. Enrolled in the Beersheba
Uplan, Miss Weiss plans to study
nursing in Israel.)
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Dear Mr. Ben-David:
Shalom! Well, here I am, all
settled and into my second week
of school. Everything has gone
very smoothly for me and sup-
posedly this is a very good ulpan!
Most of the people here speak
only French and no English but it
just makes me more anxious to
learn Hebrew! It took me a couple
of days to get used to the fact
that hardly anyone speaks my lan-
guage and until we all learn He-
brew there would be a definite
lack of communication between us.
In one week I went from not
even knowing the Hebrew languagi.
to reading, writing, and speaking.
I just keep forgetting I've only
been here one week and I can't
learn a whole language iri one
week or even one month.
In February, we betin . A_Uni-__
veraity • jireparatory course plui .
the Hebrew. I found out I must
apply to nursing schools in Feb-
ruary . . . I plan on visiting a
number of hospitals - before T
make any decisions. First,
see how my Hebrew goes.
I spent three weeks in Jerusa-
lem before I came to Beersheba.
I grew very attached to Jeru-
salem because it is such a beauti-
ful and exciting city! I was amazed
at all the history, monuments,
mosques, cathedrals, and temples
there are in one city! It was all
very enchanting and I was very
sad to leave to come to Beersheba.
Beersheba is also very beautiful
but in a completely different way!
My backyard 'is complete desert
and it's very picturesque, espe-
cially as the sun sets. The weather
is pleasantly warm and sunny but
it is getting very windy. Winter
is on its way! But I love it and I
can't wait until coring comes when
it's much warmer and drier.
As you can see. I'm very im-
pressed with the r''ntry—its hills
and desert and
•heir splendors.
Now, I'm just
- g to learn the
language so I .- an get a feel of
the Israeli peopio
The Arab situation from what
I see is very r.lin now except I
did hear some! 7:-•: very disturb.
ing yesterday ;
O. At the bus
station in Tel
a few bombs
went,off and a -11: ,^ her of people
were very badly -7' It's all very
frightening to rr
'his point but
ne away! As
it sure isn't
ke to stay on.
it stands so far •
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Bnai Britiz Activities
Nine precincts surveyed in South-
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CHAP-
field showed an 83 per cent Yes TER will hold a paid-up member-
vote, and two precincts surveyed ship luncheon noon Tuesday at
In Huntington Woods showed an Cong. Beth Hillel. A musical after-
81 per cent Yes vote. One precinct noon is planned. Prospective mem-
of predominant Jewish residence bers are welcome.
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and part of the Royal Oak Town-
ship district showed an 84 per cent
Yes vote.
Overshadowed by the contro-
versy and publicity which focused
on the anti-parochiaid amendment
was ballot Proposal A, which called
for state authorization of a $100.-
000,000 bond issue for low and
middle-income housing. The pro-
posal was turned down by Michi-
gan voters on Nov. 3.
The Community Council had en-
dorsed the proposal and carried on
an active voter education effort.
The voting survey showed that 21
of the 22 areas included,in the sur-
vey supported the measure. The
average "Yes" vote for all 22
areas was 61 per cent.
Individual community totals
showed that the sample precincts
in Oak Park supported the issue
by a 3-2 margin. Sample areas in
Southfield recorded a "Yes" vote
of 58 per cent. Totals for the en-
tire city of Southfield showed that
the' proposal was supported by a
narrow 50.5 per cent of the voters.
The two "Jewish areas" in Hunt-
ing Woods supported the housing
issue by a strong majority of 67
per cent.
This contrasted with other
areas in Huntington Woods which
either defeated the bonding Issue
or supported it by very narrow
margins of just over 50'per cent.
Another ballot issue, Proposal B,
calling for a reduction in the mini-
mum voting age in Michigan from
21 to 18 also was turned down by
Michigan voters. The Community
Council survey did not attempt an
extensive analysis of this issue
other than to note that 53 per cent
of the voters in the 22 sample
"Jewish areas" voted Yes on this
effort to reduce the minimum vot-
ing age.
David Brockett to Wed
Mary-Rosen of St. Louis
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
34—Friday, December 11, 1970
Jews 'Just Don't Exist'
in Soviet Literature
WASHINGTON—For Soviet lit-
erature, the Jew just doesn't exist.
Or if he is depicted in a Russian
novel, it is as an "ethnic neuter"
without problems or aspirations
attributable to his Jewishness.
This has been the deliberate pat-
tern in Soviet literary works in the
post-Stalin era.
It's all due to a "conscious at-
tempt" by Soviet literary, publish.
ing and censorship authorities to
discourage interest by Soviet au-
thors in Jewish themes, reports
Prof. Maurice Friedberg of Indiana
University, a specialist in Russian
affairs.
The Soviet regime likes it that
way, says Dr. Friedberg. It dimin-
ishes interest or concern by Rus-
sian book readers — a vast multi-
tude — in the future of Soviet
Jewry. It reinforces a Kremlin
campaign to obliterate its Jewish
community as a religious and cul-
tural entity.
Dr. Friedberg's comprehensive
analysis of "The Jew in Post-Stalin
Soviet Literature" was published
as a 60-page study by the Bnai
Brith International Council. The
author is director of the Russian
and First European Institute at
Indiana University.
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Baal Brith Announces
New Traveling Exhibit
WASHINGTON — An exhibit of
125 facsimile documents, letters
and photographs on Jews in Ameri-
can politics during the past 200
years has been added to Bnai
Brith's traveling exhibit program.
The exhibit, jointly sponsored
by Bnai Brith and the American
Jewish Historical Society, is one
of fifteen exhibits on Jewish
themes available to communities
in the United States and Canada.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
AL CHAPTER will meet 8:15 p.m
Tuesday at the Oak Park Com
munity Center. The program,
"Pilgrimage to Israel" will be
presented by the Bnai Brith youth
organization. A Hanuka grab bag
also will be featured. Friends are
invited. Refreshments will be
served.
An exhibit of paintings, wood-
cuts, screens and other traditional
forms by contemporary Japanese
artists will be held at the FIELD
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