Israel's 23rd Anniversary to Be Celebrated Sunday
have greeting cards, pins and back- rector, Prof. Yaaeov Katz, and
Gideon Hausner.
ground information available.
Lahav Senior United Synagogue
The mood in Israel was more
Youth of Cong. Beth Achim will solemn than on any Sabbath. All
sponsor a "Tel-O-Israel" booth, places of entertainment have been
providing an opportunity to send closed. Radio and television broad-
messages of concern to world lead- cast only elegiac music and re-
ers on such topics as Russian countings, mainly for the benefit
Jewry, Israel-Arab relations and of the younger generation.
Jews in Iraq.
There will be a nominal charge Some 125,000 Marchers,
for sending messages, and all pro- Spectators Participate
ceeds from the booth will go to in Israel Day Parade
NEW YORK (JTA) — About
the Israel Emergency Fund. A spe-
cial feature will be a 6-foot "birth- 75,000 Jewish youths and adults,
day card" that everyone may sign many in colorful costume s,
in wishing Israel a happy and marched on Fifth Avenue under
peaceful 23rd year. This card will cloudy skies in the seventh annual
be presented to the crew of the Salute to Israel Parade celebrat-
first Israeli ship to stop in Detroit ing the forthcoming 23rd anniver-
sary of Israel's independence.
after May 2.
Spectators along the 29-block
Prior to the 11 a.m. program,
members of several youth organi- route of march — 57th to 86th
zations, as well as Israeli students Streets—were estimated at 50,000,
and adults, plan to hold a march a relatively small turnout attrib-
and motorcade from Six Mile Rd. uted to unseasonably chilly
and Meyers to the Jewish Center. weather.
Members of the Jewish. Legion
Mayor John V. Lindsay headed
have been invited to take part.
the political figures on the review-
The group plans to assemble at ing stand.
the Kroger lot at 9 a.m. Among
Israel was represented by As
the groups involved are Hashomer two senior envoys — Ambassador
Hatzair, Et-Gar, Bnei Akiva, Yitzhak Rabin who came from
Habonim, Hashahar and the Com- Washington for the occasion and
Ambassador Yosef Tekoah, Israel's
bined Jewish School.
permanent representative to the
Israel Recalls Holocaust
United Nations.
at Memorial Service
Strong winds bearing a hint
JERUSALEM (JTA) — All of of lingering winter did not
Israel stood still at 8 a.m., April 22, dampen the enthusiasm of the
as a two-minute blast on sirens marchers whose theme was "Am
ushered in the nation's annual me- , Israel Hai." But unlike previous
morial observance of the Nazi years' parades, the plight of
Holocaust. Memorial ceremonies Jews in the Soviet Union re-
started at dusk on April 21. ceived equal attention and some-
Eighty-one assemblies were held in times overshadowed the purely
major cities. Thirty-four memorial Israeli theme of the event. The
services were held Friday, cli- most elaborate floats were those
maxed by the central closing of the Student Struggle for
assembly at the Yad Vashem, the Soviet Jewry. One of them de-
memorial to Jewish martyrs.
picted a prison cage with four
Premier Golda Meir addressed men inside wearing prisoners'
the assembly April 22. She said it garb.
was imperative for Israel "to re-
The parade began at 11 a.m.
member what happened yesterday
to keep it from happening tomor- when a cantor chanted the mourn-
row." She said some people criti- ing prayer for the Six Million,
cized Israel for "remembering too followed by the sounding of the
much" and claim that because of Shofar.
It ended about five hours later
it "we do not go forward." But,
she said, "We do and will remem- when an estimated 50,000 youths
ber because we shall not go for- gathered in Central Park's Sheep
ward if it means returning to a Meadow for a musical "Be-In" for
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS place that is fraught with memo- Israel sponsored.by the New York
Union of Jewish Students. The
6—Friday, April 30, 1971
ries of danger to our survival."
parade was free -of: incidents.
Thousands of people, many of
Premier Golda" Meir of Israel
them Holocaust survivors from sent "greetings from Jerusalem re-
Poland, gathered at the Martyrs united" to the marchers_
AMERICA'S FINEST
Forest near Jerusalem for a mass
Ambassador Tekoah ,declared
memorial service. Rabbi Yitzhak a speech greeting the marchers
PAINT
Yedidia Frenkel claimed that Is- that Israel will not yield - and will
rael's answer to the Holocaust not move until its legitimate -rights
INTERIOR ONE-COAT FINISH
must be the "mass migration from are assured.
Fadeless
all the Diaspora for the economic
Colors
The young participants in the
and security consolidation of the parade represented some 300 syna-
Odorless
state."
gogues, schools and youth gratips
Non-toxic
A Hebrew University memorial in the New York-New JerSey
No-Drip
tribute and mass rally on the metropolitan area.
Scrubbable
campus was addressed by the
The parade was sponsored by
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as well as a multi-media presenta-
tion on Israel by teen-agers from
various synagogues.
Greetings from the sponsoring
organizations will be extended by
Carmi Slomovitz, president of the
Detroit Zionist Federation, and
Judge Lawrence Gubow, president
of the Jewish Community Council.
The Jewish War Veterans will
present the flags, and Cantor Effy
Tatelbaum will lead in the national
anthems. Master of ceremonies
will be Jay Novetsky.
The Shiffman Hall program will
feature a talk on Israel by Jack
Simkowitz, performances by the
Habonim singers and dancers,
community singing led by Gert
Jacobstein and the reading of a
prayer for Israel. The JWV will
present the colors and lead in the
singing of the anthems. Alan Pes-
sin will be master of ceremonies.
Both programs will last about an
hour, after which everyone will
be invited outdoors for games,
races, singing and dancing. The
latter activities are planned by the
Zionist Youth Council.
Those who so desire may bring
a picnic lunch.
At approximately 4 p.m., the
young people will head back in-
doors for workshops on Israel
and Middle East problems.
Booths and tables will be set
up along both entrances to the
Center before and after the
11 a.m. program. A wide-rang-
ing variety of exhibits is planned
by many Jewish communal or•
ganizations.
These include carnival games,
with proceeds going to Israel-
related projects, and information
tables. Among the organizations
represented are Glennwood Chap-
ter of ORT, National Council of
Jewish Women, Wayne State Uni-
versity Hillel Foundation, Hadas-
sah, Chabad, Hashahar Junior and
Senior groups, Bnai David's youth
group, Jewish National Fund,
Technion, Bnai Brith Metropolitan
Detroit Council, BBYO and the
Laymen's Institute on the Middle
East.
A special Soviet Jewry table will
the American Zionist Youth in celebration of Israel Independ-
Foundation.
ence Day 8:15 p.m. May 7, at
Ahavas Israel. Guest speaker will
Windsor, Grand Rapids be Ehud Lador, cultural attache
for the Israeli Consulate in
Map Celebrations
The Jewish National Fund Coun- Chicago.
cil and the Jewish Community
Council of Windsor will celebrate
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Jewish Center, 1641 Ouellette,
8:30 p.m. Sunday. Guest speaker
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will be Col. Joseph H. Getreuer,
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`Israel Cannot Rely on Guarantees and Sympathy'
NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel's
of the American Zionist Federa-
United Nations Ambassador Yosef tion, told the audience that the
Tekoah, speaking at Hunter Col- observance of the Holocaust "is
lege memorial services for vic- dedicated not only to the obstin-
tims of the Holocaust, dismissed
ancy of our grief but to the
proposals that Israel put its trust obstinancy of our hope. We re-
"in international guarantees, in fuse to be comforted."
the United Nations, in internation-
Earlier in the week, Senator
al forces and in great powers.
Jacob K. Javits. told 5,000 persons
"No nation in the world does at Carnegie Hall attending the
that," he said, "Which people has 28th anniversary meeting of the
been saved by international sym- Warsaw ghetto uprising that "the
pathy, by international guarantees opportunity is at hand for our
—Czechoslovakia, Biafra, East Pa- nation to perform a tangible and
kistan? Israel will not be Czecho- substantive act of commemora-
tion" to the ghetto revolt. This act
slovakia."
would be for the U.S. Senate to
Rabbi Israel Miller, president
ratify the Genocide Convention.
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