Scientific Translation Course to Be Taught at Hebrew University Purely Commentary By Philip Slomovitz r E .°4 • JERUSALEM—The Hebrew U ni- The Candidates: Their Views on the Middle East THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 2—Friday, June 16, 1972 Boris Smolor's 'Between You . . . and Me versity, which teaches 50 ancient . versity', The battle for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency is and modern languages, is establish- on in full force, and the constituency asks many questions about the ing a scientific translation course I candidates attitudes en all the issues that concern us. In Jewish ranks in order to make better use of the there is anxiety about the positions of the Presidency•seekers on university's linguistic talent. • Editor in-Chief Emeritus, JTA Israel's role and the Arab situation_ The two-year diploma course President Nixon's position has been stated quite clearly. His (Copyright 1972, JTA Inc.) will be run by h Secretary of State ( William Rogers) has been judged as rather Center for Applied Linguistics, di- NEW JDC TURN: A new and important chapter in its work uncertain There have been vacillations. Of late he appears to have rected by Dr. Raphael Nir. in Israel is now being opened by the Joint Distribution Committee. adhered to the Nixon position one of assurance of security for According to Prof. Chaim Rabin, For almost a quarter of a century, the JDC has been providing Israel. From the time when Mr. Nixon was a candidate, in the initiator of the project, there are early months of 1968, he has avowed friendship and has made care for thousands of aged immigrtants in Israel through its Malben only some 20 such translation in- pledges not to let Israel down. It is an established fact that during stitutes at universities throughout institutions there. Local needy aged residents did not come within the his administration — thanks to a friendly Congress — Israel was not the world. He notes that transla- scope of Malben because they are hot'in the category of immigrants. betrayed. tion can be an "export business" The newcomers found new homes in the Malben institutions, feeling It is safe to say that most of the Democratic candidates are and quoted Finance Minister Pinhas very secure for the best of their lines, happy with their environment, friends of Israel, with the possible exception of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm_ Sapir who stated that Israel ex- aria endlessly grateful to the JDC for not being foresaken in their old The other candidates can be quoted positively, and it is nec- ports over 51,000,000 in translated age. The Israeli aged remained the responsibility of local municipal- scientific literature annually, as ities in the country where institutional care for non-immigrant aged essary that we all become fully informed on what they advocate, well as in printed material in is not a first priority area under present conditions because of insuf- what they believe, what is to he expected from them. languages other than Hebrew. After all the Middle East is crucial in the American foreign ficient funds. The finance minister, urging the policy programs What happens there may he as vital to America • JDC has always been aware or the need of developing programs for university to set up a professional as it is tee world Jew ry and to Israel Therefore, let the facts be all the Israeli aged, not just for immigrants. Toward this end it • translation course, added that this known initiated discussions with various g wernment ministries to establish a would mean a substantial increase Let us start with George McGovern. There were occasions when non-governmental association to plan and develop a country-wide of this export commodity. Le spike about 'an internationalized Jerusalem. about a withdrawal, The following 20 modern langu- network of comprehensive—institut onal and community—services for etc. It may have been a temporary view, and it may have been ages are taught at Hebrew Uni- the aged. exaggerated Rut his present position is a positive one. lie is a versity: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, As a result, a national voluntary organization was formed under friend I Iv believes there should be all-out assistance for Israel's pro- Chinese, English, French. German, the name Association for Planning and Development of Services for tection and that the United States should assist -in securing just rights Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, the Aged. Malben institutions, now open only to new immigrants, will for Russian Jewry and should make available means for Soviet Jews I adino, Persian, Portuguese, Rus- to settle in Israel. or in the United States when they choose to be be available to all residents of Israel in need of the service, under an sian, Spanish. Swahili, Turkish, agreement just signed between Jr*: chairman Edward Ginsberg and reunited with relatives in this country. The McGovern position is: Urdu and Yiddish. Israel's Minister of Finance Pinhas Sapir. The agreement provides that Firm support for Israel to preserve Mideast military balance Classical languages taught at the Malben Institutions, with mores than 2,000 beds for the aged, be . Supports U.S neutrality on Mid East boundary settlement. the university are: Akkadian, An- i transferred by April 1, 1973 to the new association, which will also Hubert NI Humphrey is critical of the administration's "incon. glo-Saxon, Aramaic, Armenian, set up an additional 800 beds in a netw'or'k of regional institutions for sistencies" in the Middle East for encouraging Arab "intransigence'' Avestan, Church Slavonic, Coptic, a variety of services to all elderly people in Israel. as 1 hindering a negotiated settlement . Egyptian. Ethiopic. Gothic, Greek, He favors strong U.S. military and economic support for Israel. THE JDC TRADITION: The hew association — which will be Iturrian, Latin, Mandaic, Modern Senator Edward Muskie has conic out for stronger I' S. military Aramaic (Kurdish), Old Persian, governed by a board of six membdrs, three of Malben—was initiated sapp.rt for Israel Palestinian Christian Aramaic, by the JDC in line with its traditional policy of establishing relief and Governor George Wallace is hard to judge. Since he considers Parthian, Pehlevi. Phoenician. Pro- rehabilitation programs, and train staff of experts for them, with a view all foreign aid to be wasteful. he has not even considered Israel, vencal, Samaritan, Sanskrit, South- to transfer them later to the locat communities. The JDC then con-. although he has made flattering remarks about his Jewish friends and Arabian, Sumerian, Syriac, Tadz- tinues to provide financial support ifor them until such time when the clainis Jewish kinship through his wife's relative , . hik. Tigrigna and Ugaritic. local community is in a position to fully maintain them. Then there is Wilbur Mills He favors strong I'.S. support for This has been the JDC tradition in the years between the two Israel to maintain a Mid East balance of poster to prevent World world wars, when it conducted s ibstantial relief and rehabilitation War Ill. programs in Poland and other East European countries. This has also Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson continues to be the most been its policy in the years after World War H in countries like outspoken supporter of Israel. He has consistently advocated aid Germany, Austria, Italy., Holland, Belgium and other lands where it for the little state. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Western helped to rebuild Jewish communal life which the Nazis had destroyed. Mrs Chisholm's position has become well known. She speaks of sources said here that the Soviet In the case of Israel, it is being realized that the country is deeply neutrality but in actuality has become an advocate for "Palestinians: - Union asked President Nixon to and it is difficult tee know whether she fully understands the issue. involved in defense needs. The JDC'agreement therefore provides about adopt their plan under which Is- she favors resumption of diplomatic relations with the Arab states 53,000,000 a year to the association over a period of eight years. In rael would withdraw from all the and the question arises who doesn't' The answer: the Arabs. addition, it also provides that the JDC covers a half of the development administered Arab territories, In the main, the picture is an encouraging one. The blessing is budget of the association. This amounts to more than $8,300,000. with the Arab countr ies signing a that support for Israel is a to partisan matter. Except for a handful Care for aged immigrants in Ithtael has been a JDC responsibility' peace pact after the first stage of of Senators and Congressmen, Israel has overwhelming Congressional since 1949. The American Jewish relief organization moved into Israel the withdrawal. backing Assurance of peace in the Middle East is in the interest of The sources said the suggestion in response to the fledging state's'; dire need for an expert authority the United States, and a strong Israel provides such an assurance. was made to Nixon in Moscow that would shoulder the burden cif providing aid to aged, sick and There is no doubt that elimination of the Middle East as a polit but that he rejected it, contend- handicaped newcomers. Maimed in limb or mind, these newcomers ical issue would he the wisest approach, since nearly all candidates ing the conflict should be decided were referred to the medical and welfare services of the Malben Insti- understand and hack Israel's position But since all is fair in love, by negotiations between the two tutions which the JDC established and maintained. About 250,000 such war and politics. there is no predicting what will happen in the unfortunate persons have received help ranging from shelter in old age parties. corning months homes, treatment for long-term illnesses, practical help for the blind and other institutional and extra-mural services. Sources Say Nixon' Vetoed Soviet Plan Itzhak Rabin Assails ashington Post Report That Ile Expressed Preference for the Re-Election of Nixon WASHINGTON >JTAi Anebas sailor Itz.hak Rabin angrily assailed unnamed Israeli officials and the Jerusalem correspondent of the Washington Post for a dispatch published on the front page of the Post Sunday- alleging that the Is- raeli envoy favored President Nixon's re election Addressing a special press con- ference called for Israeli journal- ists at the Israel Embassy. Raton declared that statc . nents he had made in an interview he gave re eerily in Washington for the Israel State Radio on the occasion of the was Six Day War anniversary mismioted and out of context in Washin4tori he said. he had luir,ted that would eerie 1, , ;1 I nib,' States and Israel. he 1-.1 iv: Rabin 1,1 ■ 11•,..1•11 ister ,•le. 11111,1a Meer. - tr. ■ •:i.,•!1 ■ II 1, , 71 m 1 . 1 \..kt . :1. Israel; ai .. •spressrd their sp., that this time the ambassador may get a sescie reprimand. perhaps the 'highest possihh• sources' perhaps et ell from Prime Slin the i tc h, that as he is ec hie h the dispatr h said had t• Is, tc.e1 I \Oastso, - it' aced a , 111114 certain circles in Israel who are so cowardly that they use an Israeli who serves as a reporter for an American newspaper to put such an interpretation" on Ambassador Rabin's "actions and words." Rabin said that he was quoted correctly in the dispatch as saying that no other American President had made such a far-reaching state- ment cornnuttin4 the U.S. to sup- port Israel's existence as the dec- laration made by President Nixon in his address tee Congress upon his return from the summit con- ference in :Moscow. In that address. Nixon said, "Our stnunit conversations about the Middle East situation were also full. est in s.c I reiterated the American people's commitment to the surs,al of Israel and tee a set:lc:n•m just to all the countries frank an.I the anon. mous Israeli nffie ials tueen the %merit an and Israeli people and h•tu ern the .less ash in He stressed that the policy of the Israel gosernm•nt and its em tlassy I. not to Interfere in any domestic affairs of the l' S In an 're than IOW" y cars as aneileassa 11 , , He charged that the Washing ton Post dispatch. by au. al Eli cur, representc I an "effort to rause great d•nialze between lb , t 111111111111alt, bassador as saying, "While we ap- preciat• support in the form of words we are getting from one camp, We Mast prefer support in the form of deeds from the other camp " Rabin said he was misquoted . Ile said that in the original interview, conducted in IfebrelA, he hail in- deed distinguished between sup- port by Words and support by' deeds but did not relate them tee either camp " • in St .1,turu2.t,." - • .111cryllin the area : II:01111131 Chair a ri•ll.i• tili• • he :it iiiit :It•Ilesti - that cf Israel would direct):. lox 01, ed" in the Presnlential ele:•tions. tin the Ali Maroon. appea _; tele, ision program "Issues and in .‘tissyer,. - made the remar% re.p•ns• to a lidestion NEW JDC PROJECTS: While', transferring Malben institutions to the association, the JDC is embarking on a SI0,000,000 project in its programs for the aged in Israel.] It will establish a Gerontological Institute in Jerusalem to study all facets of the problems of the aging and provide training opportunitieS for professional personnel work- ing with the aged. It also will establish geriatric departments at gen- eral hospitals. It also envisages other programs on which more than $35,000,000 will be spent until the end of this decade. At present, the JDC spends about $10,000,001 a year on its work in Israel. Care of the aged immigrants iS only one aspect of the JDC work in Israel. Its relief and rehabilitation programs reach out also in other directions. Few' in the United States, for instance, are aware of the fact that the JDC subsidizes 137 yeshiviath in Israel to the extent of about S1.300.000 a year. There are about 19,00 students in these yeshivoth. It is also worthwhile noting that the JDC generously helps the ORT with an annual grant. a half of which is spent in Israel to support schools for about 36.000 students. This year the JDC grant to ORT is close to $3,000,000. The JDC also contributes a great deal to the training in Israel of professional social workers for with the country has great need. It maintains the Paul Baerwald Sch of of Social Work at the Hebrew University fur training of community center directors and senior per - It finances the School fo Occupational Therapists in Jeru- sonnel. salem. and the training of volunte •r social work aides for Tel Aviv. Arcong the programs Which e ' joy subventions from the JDC in are those for retarded chi!, rein for the blind. I.4i- deaf mutes ;inii %arum-. other sect„ medical sf rvices Helping needy Jews is the JO( - has done more than merely burden of medical rehabilitation through its ore than a complex of social and Malben program. It contrihuted welfare services of which Israel h ad been so woefully short at its birth It has provided the care v daily needed by thousands of im- migrants to make their lives mean ngful Its present agreement paves or all aged in Israel not only- On- the way for institutional services migrants. This is a great achieven (mt. hallmark of the' ilk'. In Israel. th shoulder a tremendous