Angt-Zioniatli Suit for SlairnierlDiamissed in
A clicUit court judge has dis- Lawrence Hochman, who hid
missed a suit for slander brought charged that Prof. Joseph Ben-
by an anti-Zionist participant in Dak made malicious statements
a symposium on "Palestine, the against Xi character in the Mardi
Arabs- and Zionism" at the Uni- 1970_sympOsium.
versity of Michigan.
Hodinian, a physics instructor
In recent decision in Washtel at Eastern: Michigan University,
naw County
Court; Judge has been titular head of the Peace
William F. Ager Jr. ruled ag
FreedomBatty since Eldri4ge
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An "AlisracilDay" conference to
Tour
was estiblished 'Ity
acquaint die.-community with op- the aliya and ab- '
portunities Israel will be held sorption dePart-
3 p.m. Feb. 27, Its the Jewish Meat of the Jew-
Center. - i s h Agency in
The program is sponsored by 1968. Its fume-
the Detroit Zionist Federation,' Lions are to assist
Jewish Center and the Israel Aliya poten tial new-
Center. comers interest-:
Co-sponsors are Americans for ed in investment
Progressive Israel-Hashomer Hat- and to deal with .
zair, Americans and Canadiant for tourists who are
Aliya, Council of Orthodox Rabbis looking for infor-
of Detroit, Hadavgvb, Labor Zion-
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matk'n
set"
T "' r
opo
ist Organization of Detroit, Relig- ere.
re.
ions Zionists of America, United
Since the arganhatiall was es•
Zionists-Revisionists of _America tabliebed three years age , its
and the Zionist Organization of offices in Tel Aviv have dealt
with 70;608 tourists, providing
Detroit.
Shaul Ramati, Israel consul gen- them with Information and ar-
eral in Chicago, will address the ranging for them to meet Is-
meeting after which workshop ses- raelis working in their own fields.
sions will' be- -held • on- professional - -Tour -Ve'algh participates in or-
opportunities and skilled trades, ganiiaig- pilot tours to 'encourage
business and investment opportu- persons from abroad to visit Is-
nities, study opportunities and high- rael for'the sole purpose of thor-
er learning and short-term pro- oughly investigating the opportuni-
grams and youth work.
ties of settling there.
Israeli professionals will be on
Individual of group pilot tours
hand tq- answer questions. For are available to professionals and
information, call the Jewish Cen- businessmen who are serious aliya
ter Hebrew Department, DI 1-4200, candidates and are taking this trip
- or Morris Cooper LI 8-6159.
for the purpose of being inter-
viewed by prospective Israeli em-
ployers at special prearranged
Director of Tour VeAleh
meetings..
Program Announced
Commercial pilot tours are
'Col . Nahum Golan,_ national di- special sightseeing tours in . which
rector of the Israel Aliya Center, the participants will be treated
Inc., has announced the appoint- as guests of Tour Ve'aleh for two
ment of Shimon Topor as director of their 14- or 21-day sightseeing
of Tour Ve'AIeh for the United tour.
States and Canada.
The 29-year-old Israeli,. lawyer AACA Meeting Set
who was a financial adviser far
The Association of. Americans
several of Israel's leading com- and Canadians for Aliya, Detroit
panies, university leeturer and Chapter, will meet 2 p.m. Sunday
army lieutenant will head the or- -at the Jewish Center.
ganization which guides prospec-
Eliav Naharin of the Hebrew
tive •lim toward professional and
investment possibilities in Israel. department will talk on "Educa-
tion in Israel," and there will be
a report on the Aliya Seminar in
Docks Hit by Slowdowns; Israel from Marty Levine, Lor-
Defense Workers` Protest raine Keyes and Bella Smith.
"1°
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A new wave
of labor troubles has engulfed Is-
rael's chief seaports and a 'vital
section of the country's defense
industries. _
Port workers at Haifa, Israel's
largest -seaport, have started a
work slowdown that is causing
serious delays in loading citrus
cargoes at the peak of the citrus
export season. -
Port
- foremen at Ashdod, Is-
rael's second port, staged a .
three-how. work stoppage S.
day in support of the demands
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issue is a bonus in the form of
an income-taz reduction.
Cleirier.lied-- toe country. He has
appeared in a number- of panel
discussions in support of the Arab
cause and was represented in
court by Abdeen Jabara, attorney
who served in defense of Sirhan
'Sirhan.
Prof. Ben-Dak is a senior
teaching fellow at the University
of Michigan and -a sociologIst at
the university's Center for Con-
flict Resolution, where he recent-
ly taught a course on the Middle
East situation. Representing him
was the Ypsilanti firm of Bron-
sou and Egnor.
Prior to the symposium, spon-
sored by the Organization of Arab
Students, Ben-Dak had distributed
a pamphlet which he had written,
commenting on the qualifications
of the program participants. When
Hochman learned of the distribu-
tion of. the pamphlet, which was
none - too complimentary toward
him, he and the other symposium
participants insisted that Ben-Dak
comment on the allegations from
the podium.
Ben-Dak at first declined, but
at Hochman's insistence repeated
the statements made in the pamph-
let. These included Hochman's
hatred of Israel (evidenced in
writings and speeches), his own
joking references to unhappy en-
counters with Israeli__ women and
a lack of qualifications in regard
to analysis of the Middle East
situation. -
At this point, Hochman ordered
B'en-Dak off the Podium, and he
subsequently filed suit for libel
and slander.
Judge Ager ruled that Hochman's
complaint alleged no specific
claims of malice, only a general
claim of malice.
Citing an earlier Michigan Su-
preme Court case, that of Nuyen
vs. Slater, Judge Ager repeated
that finding: "a general allegation
that the writing and its publications
were done maliciously- is insuffi-
cient"
I
Hoebman's motion for accele-
rated judgment was denied, and
the court affirmed summary
judgment for the defendant
Judge Ager gave Hochman 13
days to amend his plea to allege
specific acts of malice by the
defendant, but Hochman did not
reply. The suit was dismissed.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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