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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

I 8 -Friday, July 21, 1972

Rabbi-Author Conveys Uncertainties

Bonn Denies 'Special' 1 Italian Communists Rebuke Arab
Accord With Israel
States for 1_,N-thla Airport Massacre

BONN (JTA)-Political observ-
ROME tJTA)-The Italian Com- Arab countries and with represen-
ers here expressed surprise over
a statement by Foreign Minister munist Party sent a special envoy tatives of Palestine guerrilla orga-
ruzations.
you. Morris. I do belies e you want Walter Scheel denying that a "spe- to Egypt. Syria and Lebanon to
The party reportedly instruct.
to keep your people in splendid cial relationship" exists between convey the party's condemnation
mss-
of the May 30 'Lydda Airport mas-
ed Salati to stress that terror-
isolation There's an ecumenicalWest Germany and Israel.
. h eel' s remarks. contained in nacre and the use of similar ter-
ism seriously jeopardizes
the
spirit abroad blowing fresh winds;
roast methods.
Bologna Conference, which aims
an interview published in the
aren't you at all interested in en-
Mal
to
serve
as
a bridge between
publication,
Reno
Salati,
the
CP's
represen-
"Deutschland-
couraging this new liberalism" -

of Ills Calling in 410 for Kaddish"

Eyodus (the ii igmal
ilint-nst such a eat al
•wiso communal tabula
1-rael Jacobs' ' Tan for
W Norton)
pages, we confront anti
lo'•rmarriage Christian
•
Jewish
liberals.
;- , i0e.
:adalism and bossy
•
irm• a few
. • nanutes you ask.
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rison
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No •
s reor-o
of :lse hero in Jacobs'
Oa• i•-
roe el Rabe: Morris Kleinman
reluctant hero, to be
■ ear:. the young
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It was no accident that the
author poketr) a rabbi to cam
the plot. Mussel( a rabbi, Jacobs
pots into Morris
Kleinman's
mouth the uncertainties
and
doubts he himself must base
felt time and again:

Kleinman responds • "John, you
fancy yourself quite
quite a liberal. don't
you^ And me. I know NA here you
put me Actually, I don't know
myself to w hich camp I belong
But if you're really concerned
about our interests. gist. you
a list Get the missionaries off our
backs, cut out the Christianizing in
our public schools. Use your good
will to rid the school of Christmas
plays, Easter pageants. the 'non-
deniuninational . Protestant prayers

Offended Robert counters. - You
know I can't do that After all, the
oink,: is more than 90 per cent
Christian I would be remiss in
my duo as a minister of the
Gospel to Ignore the opportunity
of exposing Thousands uf Christian
hildren to Cht'istian "

Or w hen the rabbi appeals to
nis
fellow clergyman ti protest
the UN's condemnation of Israel
for destroying airplanes in , retalia-
;Jon for a bombing of cis than
areas in Israel: - Have we as a
nation become so mesmerized by
our technocracy' that we no longer
perceive an ethical distinction he
tween people and machines?" he
ask.

occupation forced hint to
em,tional base in the
h., congreIg ant s. lay and
I o..
tl,rinne.s. and sufforing.
aei
telescoped
rte ath .• all
:at.) scoks. months Sometimes he
on to snit'. ,:ears on the
"As through a mist. Kleinman
s.cr• day, running Iron: a funeral
- saw his neighbor's hand go up.
Ir. the inornim_t to a ss eddmg at
Graham's voice was pleasant:
a ».!it Whether the synagoLlue
soothing, clean, and sharp as a
catering facilities
were
1(01 per
, razor's edge. 'I respect your feel-
rent kosner 'Sr not, were matters
ings. Morris We all admire your
that -sere lasing their compelling
sincerity. And I understand that
betorc the at celerated
Israel occupies a special place in
;Iranian racing pa:: him
your heart That is what makes it
is
.1'1" "
he'
.:7:1111r"I
;55 i's Cr
difficult for you to see the other
"11
.1 c. ■ r1
squeeze
hi
side of the tom What of the refu-
gees' What of those human beings
:1,4 rt.
t •
.Jacobs
made homeless by Jewish occupa-
ti [N,crl“
ift synagogue
tion of Pale , tine" What of their
•
most true No, tome
despair" Israel ha, amply demon-
ts: ■ 7"
_tr,t.hic
than during
strated a marked capability' to
defend her interests Someone has
tv.troubled
ons eria anti to ri
se to the crs of the defeated .
greeted t5,• rabbi
as he entered
I can't take a commando raid on
tro la i- Ltc. s aulted Its mg room .
a civilian airport as lightly as you
Except for the slippered fe)• the
do. Morris Certainly it doesn't
its ered illIrrors, and the forlorn
desem e our a ppla rise '
old man sittio.; on a loss stool at
"More silence. Embarrassed
the far sole of this living room it
silence. Deadly silence. ('anon
liki• a pleasant gathering
John Robert broke the silence.
of friends. a Saturday night social
'It's getting late, men. Let's get
onspleamis bs its absence was
on with the assignments for our
any reference to the purpose that
Brotherhood V% eek service."'
had brought the visitor, out on
Ultimately. the minister conies
t h is bitter winter night, the sub-
to know only too well the rabbi's
ler
to he studiously
pain The realization comes too
as anted
late, but brings with other
If the Hiok s literam merits are
answers
a rauahi• it
is nevertheless.
dr
Throughout. the author reflects
en o talc
conveying the
on the meaning of faith and the
ici •es t),,0 mg on - and in part
role of ritual in attaining that faith.
erodin... -Jewish life in America
He argues that the two are in-
Illucia:rt is a microcosm of the
separable-One supportive of the
countless towns where Jews have
other. In "Ten for Kaddish. - we
setai•it and 'made so they
are asked to look within o urselves
thoo.th! When the rabbi protests
for answers Answ ers
to questions
the scheduling, of public school
we may have long sin), forgotten
it, I )•, Jewish holidays, a- w ell
tiow to ask
;i); commencement eserc ise. and
- -C.D
cs•rartirricular
actin ittes on the
Sabbath. the wealthy synagogue
president pressures the hoard to Neo-Nazis Try for Seats
BONN (JTA)-The nets-Nazi Na•
censure Kleinman
As one board
member puts it "Let's face it, we tional Democratic Party which
Jews
are a small nanorits - in failed to win seats in the Bun-
Blueport We's e got to live with destag two years ago, announced
the goyim and do business with that it will run candidates in the
them We can't afford to antago-
next national elections this fall.
nize the whole town . "
- ---
The anti-Semitism lurking in
Wayne State University Presi-
the town goes far deeper, and
dent George E Gullen Jr. has
the tragedy that comes of it
named DR. ALLEN A IlYNIAN as
provides the climax to the novel.
assistant to the president Hyman
Yet, it is the quiet hostility, the
has been director of the Office of
anti-Jewishness that has sub,
Grants and Contracts Administra
sided but never disappeared in
lion Gullen said that Ily man's
the warm glow of ecumenism,
major assignment will be to co-
that concerns the author.
ordinate the university's efforts in
As Kleinman plays chess with securing additional funding
his friend, Canon John Robert of through the new Higher Education
St. John's Episcopal Church, Rob- . Federal legislation Or Hyman
ert observes. "I'm disappointed in lives on Nantucket ('t . Southfield

st

o:

Berichte" (Germany Reports), was tative. was scheduled to meet with Israel and the Arabs.
seen as a reversal of a position government officials in the three
Backed by the Communist move-
that has been frequently reiterated
merits, that conference already has
in the past by Chancellor Willy
been postponed several times.
N•Y• Court Overturns Drug
Brandt and by Scheel himself.
mainly because of Arab reluctance
Conviction Against Author to send official delegations.
Scheel was asked in the inter.
view if the special relationship ,
The most recent postponement
NEW YORK-Author and liter-
with Israel has ceased to
exist.ar• critic Dr. Leslie A. Fiedlerd occurred when Egyptian delegates.
Re replied, "There is no special
including leftist leader Khaled
who ' with his . wife was
e A convicte
relationship between Israel andtwo years ago on charges of al Moukhieddine, were reportedly ar-
Germany. There do exist good
lowing their children and others rested on President Anwar Sadat's
relations between the two coun•
orders.
to smoke marijuana in their home,
tries stemming from the special
Members
bers of Italy's Communist
have been found innocent of all
historical background. These re -
charges by the New York Court Party are considering whether to
lations will be maintained by us
hold
the
conference some time in
A
ppea
l
s;
of
and developed. -
September.
The conviction stemmed from a
eisers ers said Scheel's dental
1967 police raid on the Fiedler
indicated that the Arab countries
home in Buffalo, and as a result
may have finally achieved success
Fiedler was sentenced to six
their efforts to reverse the "spe-
months in jail and his wife fined
cial relationship - policy towards
S5(10
Israel
Fiedler, a 55-year-old profes-
An
Israel
Foreign
Ministry
so• of English at the State Univer-
spokesman said later that Israel
sity
of New York, then lost a lee-
has sensed no change in its rela-
Luring appointment in the Nether-
tions with West Germany- recent.
lands
• had his home insurance can-
ly and expects no change to occur.
celed and was denied a fellow-
Ile said Jerusalem saw no cause
ship
(or concern aver the statement .

TENNEN

For Circuit Court

The appeals court. in a 5-2 deci-
sUm. ruled that the charge of main-
taining a premises for the use. of
narcotics was intended to be used
JERUSALEM - A dozen women against the owner of a building
relax in the son around a glisten- maintained for criminal purposes
ing tiled swimming pool, flanked and not against parents whose
by an attractive stone building.' family home was used by mem-
The Jerusalem hills form a mag- hers of the family to smoke mari-
nificent backdrop. Juana "on one occasion."

Jerusalem Mothers Get
Vacation Through JDC ,

HUNDREDS
OF NEW
CHEVROLETS
TO CHOOSE
FROM

Well-to-do ladies enjoying an
Others arrested in the Fiedler
afternoon swim at the clubl' Not home were their sons. Kurt, 31.
at all. They come from the eco - . and Michael, 23: Kurt's wife, 30.
nornically depressed sections of and two other young men,
Jerusalem. enjoying a special va-
cation project sponsored by the
SYDNEY LUBARK for many

Jerusalem Council of Social Agen- years an executive with the Israel
cies The women range in age Bond Organization, has been
from 20 to the mid-40s but look named national coordinator of the
much older. Aside from being poor, American - Israel Chamber of Corn-

they share another common expert- merce and Industry, Inc. Lubarr
once: each has from six to 14 will be responsible for organizing
children
new chapters of the Chamber

Now in its second year, the throughout the U. S. and will work
project will provide 10 days of va- with existing Chamber chapters in
cation for each of more than 100 programing and organization.
women at the Youth Recreation
Center just outside Jerusalem this

28111 Telegraph Rd.

355-1000

summer

The Council of Social Agencies,
a roof organization of Israel's
volunteer agencies, was estab-
lished with the help of Mather).
the Joint Distribution Committee
program in Israel, funded by the
United Jewish Appeal.
Daily transportation, care of the
children and other arrangements
are taken care of by the council's
volunteers. Infants up to age 2 are
placed with either neighbors or'
some member of the family, who
receive II. 25 ($6.00) for each five-1
day period Children of school age
are organized into special activity
groups and are given a hot lunch
at their school
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