Premier Meir Warns American Jews
of Dangers of Assimilation; Kahane
Permitted to Speak at ZOA Conference

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Prof Warns Education
May Hurt Religion Rebirth

Friday, July 21, 1972: 1 9

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NEW YORK (JTA1—The Jewish
for learning has led to
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ments" h' American Jews but
those achievements are not of a
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Premier U.S. is not based on fear .but on i against preferential treatment ac- • kind likely to enhance prospects
for a revival cf religious Judaism
Golcia Meir has warned American the love of Israel coupled with , corded to new immigrants.
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The ZOA leader declared that
Jewry of what she called the "dan- the opportunity to share in build-
40
years.
a
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Israel's policy of unrestricted
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principle and that those who
The premier told the Zionist Or- lived."
Prof. Nathan Goldberg offered
reject it need to be educated in
He said that -spreading fear
ganization of America's 75th jubi-
his negative projection before a
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Zionist principles, the logic of
lee convention that she viewed
and panic can do nothing but
group of Yeshiva College alumni
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Jewish history and the continued
the issues as seriously as she harm to 6,000.000 Jews in Amer-
at a seminar on the future of the
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existence of the Jewish people
did the existence and security of
Ica, can embarrass Israel and
American Jewish community dur-
and of the state of Israel itself. l
can cast a shadow on the Zion-
Israel itself.
the coming 40 years.
Alluding to the recent rift be-
She challenged the ZOA and i ist movement,"
Eban, in his remarks, reiterated tween the American Zionist Fed-
other American Zionists: "Are
eration
and the ZOA over the elec-
you certain that your children and that Israel will not return to the
tions to the last World Zionist Con-
grandchildren will remain Jews?" old armistice lines.
gress and the official support given
On the other hand, he said, Is-
Mrs. Meir said, "I dread the
to the AZF by the World Zionist
verdict of history on this genera- rael takes no rigid stand as to
Executive, Weisman said that the
Lion if, given the opportunity where its permanent borders must
attitude and conduct of Zionist
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which the state of Israel's exist- be but is prepared to negotiate
leaders in Israel toward Ameri-
ence provides to strengthen the that question with her neighbors.
can Zionism must change to re-
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Jewish people, we fail. There could Eban said that contrary to some
flect the pluralistic character of
be no greater tragedy than this opinion abroad, time is working Zionist organizational activities in
get our price . . . LAST.
. . . The big question is: Can Jew- in Israel's favor. He said the mill-
the U.S.
ishness flourish in free societies? tary picture was much better for
Jacques Torczyner, ZOA conven-
We now see that not only through Israel now than two years ago,
tion chairman, told the audience
hatred and oppression can the especially in view of the arms
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but also through love and free. Earlier, Weisman said that his of the free world, including Israel,
organization was committed to en- , is a strong and powerful U.S. He
dom."
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The solution, Mrs. Meir said,
couraging and promoting aliya as warned of a growing tendency
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to aliya as its central features.
"Must Israelis and American I identification with their people. power.
Jews understand each other only
Weisman criticized those Isra- --
in translation?," she asked. elis. particularly young people.
In a message. President Nixon l who - have expressed opposition
reaffirmed the United States' to 'Israel's policy of unrestricted •
commitment to Israel.
aliya " While he mentioned no
- I salute you today as people individual or g,roup in this crit-
who truly share the- heritage of icism, it was understood that he
two great nations. Israel and the was referring to the mounting dis-
.United States," Mr. Nixon said satisfaction among some Israelis
in brief remarks that were to have
been conveyed by New York Gov.
France Prepares
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Rockefeller canceled a ' sched-
Syrian
POW Plan
Jerusalem
because
of
.
uled trip to
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Informed
the death Friday of his mother-'
sources here said that France was
in-law. He sent greetings.
In the brief text of his message.. re aring a new proposal for con-
Mr. Nixon said, "In my recent dis- sideration by the Security Council
cussions with Soviet leaders on that would require Israel to com-
the Middle East, I made clear the ply with the section of the council's
commitment of the American peo- June 26 resolution demanding that
ple to the survival of the state of it release five Syrian intelligence
Israel and to a peaceful settle- officers captured during a foray
ment . . ."
into Lebanon June 21.
The convention was enlivened
The sources said the French pro-
Sunday by the appearance of
posal does not call for sanctions
Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of
should Israel refuse to comply.
the Jewish Defense League, and
But concern was expressed here
a spirited rebuttal by ZOA Pres-
that the new French move could
.
ident Herman L. Weisman of
disrupt
negotiations presently be-
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unrest, will turn the population
against Jews.
He mentioned President Nixon's
adviser. Dr. Henry Kissinger. for-
mer Supreme Court Justice and
UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg
only
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declared that "Aliya from the

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