• • ei •, . A. ! , MA lli Expands Educational Programs and Increases Public Relation's Efforts Israel's Defense: Weisonan,,,ItexlElected: Detroiter Hamburger a V-P (Continued from Page 1) former president of the- ZOA, Jac- ques Torczyner, who was named chairman of the national adminis- trative committee, were emphatic in their assertions that President Nixon had shown genuine friend- ship for Israel and an understand- ing of national American needs in the Middle East in his policies of adhering to an Israel-U.S. friend- ship. They appealed for a continu- ing program of protecting the American position in the Middle East arm' to stand firm against Soviet threats in the area. At the same time, Weisman, Torczyner and other convention speakers protested against policies of appeasement in the State De- partment. Weisman, in his presidential ad- dress, urged the Nixon administra- tion and the State Department not to press for Israeli withdrawals to borders that existed unrealistical- ly prior to the Six-Day War, as part of a proposed diplomatic package" to secure a Middle East settlement. Weisman stated that the "self-imposed" and "self-de- feating" American dictum4for ,Is- raeli concessions—he' called it "a perennial State Department sang- up"—is "responsible more , than any single factor for encouraging the Arab-RusSian axis to belitye a genuine peace can be avoided." President Nixon, in a mes- sage to the convention, real- • firmed "the strength of the com- mon goals of the United States ' and Israel toward the realization, of a Middle East settlement," and he promised to "continue to help Israel and its Arab neighbors" to make peace "a permanent reality." There was therefore this evi- dent inconsistency in American policies—of the President stand- ing firmly for an Israel friendship and the State Department's "fixa- tion" with an Israeli pullback, which surfaced most recently in the United States' abortive proposal to reopen the Suez Canal. Weisman said this "fixation" "supports the Arab-Soviet posi- tion that sheer inflexibility will pressure Israel into concessions that will restore her vulnerabil- ity, thereby frustrating any change for real negotiations." He de- scribed this attitude as "particular- ly unwise" in light of recent in- stances of unrest within and among Arab states. The unrest, Weisman said, in- dicates # favorable timeliness for the introduction of "a stronger and more affii-mative American policy which would seek to move the Arabs away from precondi- tions that leave hardly anything open to negotiation." Weisman urged- the U.S. gov- ernment to launch "immediate con- sultation" with the Soviet govern- rnent on an eventual pullout of Soviet military personnal from Egypt and a cessation of arms deliveries to the Cairo regime. The ZOA leader also asked Washington to end its "prolonged and agonizing reappraisal of the Military balance between Israel and e Egypt" and sell Israel the planes and other aid she has asked for. Weisman called on the U.S. to recommend direct Arab-Israeli negotiations as soon as possible. Such a policy shift, he said, should be made in advance of the fall session of the United Nations, be- ginning Sept. 21, at which time the Middle East situation is ex- pected to be taken up again. "A new thrust in American policy is essential," he said, to prevent "any tampering" with the Security Council Resolution of Nov. 22, 1967, setting guidelines .for a Mid- dle East settlement. The role played by youth at inspiration to the elders. A siz- the convention was a source of 56 Friday, September 10, 1971 — r I The,: Kahane view was ex- pressp in a leaflet his follow- ers distributed 'which resorted to the warning in the Book of Daniel, (5.25): "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin" — "Thou art _weighed . in the balance and found w a n t i n g" — and pro- claimed: "Jew,—It is Time to Go Home!" The leaflet carried' the imprimatur "Jewish Defense League Office of Aliya Alert." Expressing gratitude to the ZOA for permitting him to speak, Rabbi Kahane referred to earlier unpleasant experiences and said: "Pittsburgh (meaning the meeting he was addressing) is not Brus- sels." He was referring to the in- ternational meeting in Brussels from which he was barred. The ZOA is the only national Jewish organization that has, thus far, granted Kahane a platform. Both Spector and Weisman re- plied to Kahane. They wished him happiness in Israel, and they dis- agreed that there was danger in the American democratic way of life. Weisman especially deplored JDL 'actions 15y means of "demon- strations /which besides being il- legal stimulate the false and harm- ful opinion that Jews sanction vio- lence and disorder." Prof. Mikhail Zand, the Rus- sian linguist whose struggle to leave Russia for Israel aroused Worldwide attention, addressed two sessions of the"convention. While opposing violence and dis- approving of JDL methods, he urged continuing protests and ap- peals in behalf of Russian Jews to - enable them, like himself, to secure visas to settle in Israel. Dr. Zand spoke in gratitude for efforts in his and his family's be- half and he emphasized that Rus- sian intellectuals sympathize with Jewish desires to settle wherever they wish. He maintained that strong action and insistent appeals will get the desired responses when there is consistent demand for the rights of Russian Jews. "Non-violent protests from all over the world gave me the pos- sibility of leaving," he declared. He also stressed in an inter- view that nonviolent protest was the most effective way of aiding Soviet Jews. "We want a national life, a cul- tural life, for all of us and we have concluded that this is impossible in the USSR," he declared. In an important address to the convention, Congressman Gerald Ford of Michigan, minority lead- er of the House of Representatives, stated that President Nixon strong- ly adheres to a policy of friend- ship for and assistance to Israel and that this policy will be car- ried out to the fullest. Rep. Ford said that "whatever diminishes the long-range security of the United States diminishes the longe-range security of Israel end the free world." Declaring that "Israel stands in the path of the historic Russian drive to the south . . . that it is neither in the national interest If Israel nor of the - United States— nor of the Arabs—to permit one great power to consolidate its grip on this vital region—he made this statement: "We all know that Israel's 120- mile coastline is in fact de- fended by the U.S. Sixth Fleet against any outright Soviet am- bitious intervention, just as Is- raeli soldiers and airmen man the ramparts of the free world in Israel itself." The Detroit delegation had a brief conference with Congress- man Ford after his address to the convention. Announcement was made by Weisman that the ZOA is em- barking upon a project to convert the Kfar Silver agricultural high THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS school into a center of secondary able delegation of Masada mem- bers, affiliates with the ZOA,. participated in discussions and evidenced determination to share in Zionist goals. It was to a group of /Masada' members that Rabbi Meir Kahane, head of the Jewish Defense League came to review needA for aliya —settlement in Israel of large numbers of American Jews. By the time he had met with the youth, Rabbi- Kahane had already been given permission to speak to. the- Zionist delegates for 15 min- utes. Meeting privately with the youth —Rabbi Kahane asked that the New York Times and Jewish News correspondents should leave and permit him privacy in disclussions with the youth—he. warned of an impending holocaust in this coun- try, of dangers akin to what had happened in Germany because of .a growing anti-Semitism. He espe- cially related to the Masada mem- bers his experiences' with police who accosted him and said Hitler had not done his job completely. At the convention, the appear- ance of Rabbi Iahane was an-, nounced, in advance by Weisman, who said that the JDL leader had c ome unannounced, uninvited; that he had- consulted the chair- man of the administratiVe com- `mittee, Joseph Spector of Balti- more, and the latter, after getting appioval from other officers, grant- ed Kahane the right to speak on aliya. There was a debate on the ques- tion at the Sunday morning ses- sion, and a small group, led hy Rabbi Joseph Sternstein, criticized the welcome to Kahane and pro- tested against his speaking. But a resolution by a member of the De- troit delegation was adopted unani- mously approving the administra- tion's actions. The resolution, which was approved overwhelm- ingly, commended Zionist adher- ence to democratic procedures. In his address, Rabbi Kahane emphasized that anti-Semitism is rising in his country, that -there are dangers akin to those -experi- enced by Jews in Germany, that Jews are blind to realities and are acting as the German Jews did when they were warned of impending calamities. He called for mass migration of American Jews to Israel and announced that he was leaving the following Sun- day to settle in Israel. He told the convention dele- gates that they must work on the basis that "Eretz Israel v'Am Israel Ehad Hu" — that the land of Israel and the people of Israel are one — and if that is not acknowledged "tomorrow may be too late." He told the delegates that "the land is available" for Jewish ,set- tlement and "the land awaits us." "Why sit here, with Panthers threatening us?" he asked. "The future of the Jews in this country is a bleak and a dark one," Kahane said., "Bitter anti- Semitism grows with every pass- ing day. Dark clouds hover over American Jewry. Today is not as golden as yesterday, and tomorrow won't be as golden as today . . ." He admonished the delegates that Jews are blamed for every- thing, for pornography, for drugs. "Those who have enjoyed pros- perity for 25 years and are now unemployed are dangerous," he declared. "We have our country with huge sections calling to us. If Zionism means what it claims to be, it must mean aliya." Kahane's attorney, Bertram Zweibon, accompanied him to the ZOA session. Viewing American Jewry's posi- tion as "bleak" Kahane prophesied great dangers in recommending that Jews see the dangerous con- ditions under which they live. V-. . education designed to serve the underprivileged youths of North Africa and other Moslem coun- tries. Leon Ilutovich, ZOA executive director,. added an explanatory note that the plan announced by Weisman called for enlargement of the Kfar Silver student popu- lation from 400 to 1,000. The Jewish National Fund's 70th anniversary medal was given at the convention to the veteran Zion- ist leader, Dr. Emanuel Neumann. Dr. Neumann's address on Theodor Herzl's "Jewish State" on the occasion of the 75th anniver- sary of its issuance was among the major presentations at the con- vention. _It was reported to the convention by Abram .Salomon, the JNF's new executive director, that JNF, whose 70th anniversary will be celebrated in Basle, where the fund was founded, next month, has planted 100,000,000 trees ; re- claimed 125,000 acres of land and built 1,500. miles of roads. Convention resolutions called for stronger U.S. support of Is- rael, pleaded in behalf of Soviet Jewry, endorsed the Masada youth program, commended the JNF and endorsed expanded edu- cational programs. Weisman's recent statement re- tarding. the Koch Bill fpr the ad- mission of 30,000 Russian Jews to the U.S., above the established quota, was a subject for debate at ZOA convention sessions and in caucuses. The delegates were in accord with Weisman that the proposed bill is not a matter for serious consideration since visas for admission of Soviet Jews exist. It was acknowledged that only a handful of Russian Jews asked to be permitted to go to the U.S. and that the major point, em- phasized by Weisman, is that the Jews in the USSR are claiming national status in Israel, else the desire for emigration becomes un- realistic for Jews in their status as USSR citizens. Dr. Joel Hamburger. president of the Zionist Organization of De- troit, was elected a ZOA vice pres- ident and Philip Slomovitz was re- elected honorary vice president. The following Detroiters were named members of the ZOA Na- tional Executive Council: Louis Panush, Dr. Alex Friedlaender, Dr. Jack Greenberg, Dr. Sidney Leib, Carmi M. Slomovitz and Richard Kramer. The Detroit delegation — third largest from any community at the convention—included: Dr. and Mrs. Joel Hamburger, Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Bennett, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Leib, Mr. and Mrs. Carmi M. SlOreeeit7, Mr. and Mrs. Norma Hudosh, Dr. and Mrs. Jack Green- berg, Mr. 2- Louis Panush, Dr. and Mrs ac-e. and Dr. Ber - Weston. Accompai the Detroit dele- gation as guests at the convention were Daniel, Sheldon and Paul ,Hamburger and Randy D. Slomo- vitz. Detroit delegates were active on all committees, and Dr. Ham- burger was co-chairman of the Saturday night session. The convention considered seri- ously the situation affecting the American Zionist Federation and the forthcoming World Zionist Congress scheduled to open in Jerusalem on Jan. 17. It was stat- ed that the ZOA insists upon dem- ocratic elections of delegates, and decisions on the manner of select- ing delegates will be reached this week. An important question raised by Mrs. Hudosh on behalf of the De- troit delegation elicited the reply of Presidenf Weisman who said that ZOA members everywhere are among leaders in AZF activities, in their desire for . unity, but that unified effort. is yet to be attained from all func- tioning Zionist parties. The traditional Sabbath services Were directed, as in the past sev- eral years, by the ZOA national treasurer, Jack 'Lefkowitz of -New York. Zionist Congress Elections in Latin American Countries NEW YORK (JTA)—The Zion- ist organizations in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mex- ico have agreed to conduct ele0! tions by ballot to elect delegates' to the next Zionist Congress 1,v1-' - will be held in Jerusalem in <, ary 1972, according to Korn, member of Israel's Knesset and secretary. g e n e r al of the World Labor Zionist Movement. Arriving in New York on his way to Israel, he hold a press con ference that Israeli and world Jewry must "pay great attention". to the problems of South American. Jewry. The political and social aspects in most of these countries evoke "deep concern" for the fu- ture of the Jewish communities there. Korn said the Zionist move- ment and the state of Israel have recently enlarged their interest and concern for these commu- nities. He cited the success of the Tnuat Aliya movement which had in many places doubled and tripled its membership of persons commit- ted to immigrate to Israel. At the same time, "it must be admitted, that the majority of the younger generation of Latin-born youth and intellectuals are far from actively participating in our Jewish na- tional life," Korn added. The Jewish educational systems in Latin America are in "a crisis stage" and require "immediate and substantial" assistance in both finances and professionalism in or- der to recover their former lead- ing roles in Jewish life, Korn -re- ported. He said that while in Chile he was an official guest of the Chilean Parliament where a re- ception was given to him by all the parties. Zand ' first Jew to Be Interviewed on VOA for Broadcast to USSR NEWS'' YORK (JTA) — Dr. Mikhail Zand became the first Russian Jew to be interviewed on the Voice of America. According to the VOA editor who interviewed Dr. Zand on Sun- day by telephone while he at- tended the Zionist Organization of America annual convention, he was chosen because he is an "ex- traordinary man." The 161/2-minute interview was broadcast Tuesday in full on the VOA's Russian "political show," a 40-minute program of news and events. However, there were no advertising spots publicizing the interview or informing listeners of the program and the time, as is usually done with special pro- -ams. - Zand was interviewed in 1 sian, not Yiddish, the VOA editor, told the JTA, because non-Jewish Russians, he said, could under- stand Dr. Zand's remarks. The VOA is under considerable pressure to begin directing Yiddish broadcasts to Russian Jews, but has so far resisted urgings by most major Jewish organizations. –< In the interview, Dr. Zand tole - the VOA officials that anti-Semit- ism manifests itself in educational quotas and limits on promotions for Jews. Asked why the number of Jew- ish emigres rose dramatically dur. ing the last Communist Party Con- gress in March and then slackened to a trickle, Zand suggested that the Russians wanted to avoid dis- cussions on the subject by con- cerned Western Communist parties. Public opinion played a large and important role, Dr. Zand added. "