10—Friday, Sept. 1, 1972 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LETTER BOX Praises Jewish News' Political Analyes Editor The Jewish News: With so much heat on to publicize and take advantage of the "Jewish vote" for this or that candidate, your thoughtful and to-the-point editorial and comments in re- cent issues of the Detroit Jew ish News are most wet- r. ...71(' and appreciated. That lead,r. in our Jewish corn- clorni,cs and vital programs shout use their positions to which they have been chosen the entire Jewish commu- nts indeed disturbing . Thcreforc. thanks again for us as Jews. In the month. ahead, we will therefore need to look to it for accurate in formation and sound editor- ials and features. SAM RABINOVITZ Ann Arbor • Reader Insists Blame Lies With Germans Editor . the Jewish News: I was sadly moved read. mg the letter in the Aug. 11 paper "Keeping Alive Me- mory of the . . . Crimes " I strenuously protest label- ing the German beast Hitler and holding only him re- , tiond evaluation of sponsible for the savage olet i. insolved crimes committed against one is especially glad that the 6,000.000 martyrs. How in as a founder, pioneer the world could one beast and a continuing leader of accomplish such a torturous great influence in the Anglo- slaughtering of so many mil- Jewish press said the things lions of people in such a sou did. The Anglo-Jewish pre,. is our principal source short period' - Thousands upon thousands of information and guidance aliteit matters important to of German creatures joy- ously and religiously carried out the command of a hand- ful of hyenas.. Let's once and for all erase that cursed name from the historical annals and put the blame on the German people and say AME_F-e...Art the Germans with a very .CANCER small exception — shall SOCIEIY carry the sign of the Asmo- des , BEN SCIIRACR Marshall Goldman s *MARSHALL ROBERTS LTD'. • gt•rilY•111 S COUSIOW NEW for FALL • Imported Rainwear also Shirts In a companion poll, only 9 per cent of those queried expressed opposition .to the forthcoming visit to Israel by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. Sixty-six per cent of the respondents said that they were in favor of On the subject of Israel- German relations, Sit per cent of those questioned said they were in favor of ties and Ih per cent said they Mere for only - neces- sa - tie," rI. Suits In his appeal, issued as Pointing out that Ameri- can Jewry, in the past 25 a call to action for the com- years. had been generously ing year 5733, Zuckerman responsive to calls for des- stated: perately needed funds, Paul "Traditionally, the Jewish Zuckerman, national chair- New Year is a time to re- man of the United Jewish flect on our past deeds . . . Appeal, issued an appeal for a time to assess our rela- reaffirmation of that commit- tionships with our fellow ment in the coming year. men . . . a time to rededi- Such reaffirmation, he said, cate ourselves to the values is needed 'for the strength- which have preserved our ening of the common bonds people throughout the cen- of freedom shared by Jews turies . . a time to plan everywhere, for the keeping for the future with deter- of the promise." mination and new hope. "Keeping of the Promise" "This Rosh liashana—be- is the 1972 slogan of the ginning the year 5733—has CJA special meaning to Jews the World over. It begins Israel's Grenade Kills 25th anniversary year. It was 25 years ago that the struggle for a Jewish homeland be- Tet., /XVI (.1 rA)—l wen- came a reality. Since then, ty.five Arab workers were more than 1.400.000 immi- injured and a 12-year-old grants have made their way boy was fatally wounded by to the land of their people . tenaciously fulfilling the explosion of a hand gre- nade in a Gaza street recent- an age-old dream of freedom ly. The grenade was thrown and independence. It is a dream built upon at a civilian car driven by ' courage, determination, and an Israeli tourist. commitment. It is a mag- An Israeli girl soldier who was a passenger in the car nificent dream of humanity and heroism, a dream we received slight injuries and have been privileged to the car sustained minor share. damage. The grenade missed the ve- hicle and exploded near a group of Arab workers em- ployed in Israel and several other bystanders, among NEW HAVEN (JTA ) — them the boy who later died There are eight Jewish fami- of his wounds. Police round- lies here who eat rice on ed up 30 suspects for ques- Passover but who neverthe- tioning. less consider themselves Or- The incident was the first thodox Jews. They are Sep- occasion for bloodshed in the hardic Jews from Syria who Gaza streets in six months. eat rice throughout the year. Despite tension Arab work- They differ from Ashkenazi ers employed in Israel con- Jews not only in their dietary tinned to show up for work. practices but also in their be- A second incident occurred lief that it is an honor to when a hand grenade was name children after living, thrown at an Israel military rather than for dead. rela- camp in the Jebaliya area tives. and in their pronuncia- near Gaza Sunday night. tionof Hebrew. Syrian Jews, centuries long There were no casualties. The renewal of grenade residents of the Middle East. have adopted the culinary throwing after a six-month practices of the region and interval of relative quiet in the foods they eat can be the Gaza area was attribut- found in the homes of the ed to the recent withdrawal Syrian Arabs and other Mid- of Israeli border police units dle East peoples. Males are which controled the Gaza dominent in the Syrian Jew- Strip. ish community, and at meals they are served first. In of the New Haven, most men are businessmen and the birth of a son means con- tinuation of the business. Marriages. in the larger Syrian Jewish community of Brooklyn, as in most - Syr- Arab Boy in Gaza Unique Customs of Syrian Jews Israeli Citizens Train in 1st Aid i4.n" communities. are from and within the community generally the male is well established in business he- fore marriaze. According to Syrian Jewish custom, it is the responsibility if the bridezroorn. not the brit:- pay poll Place fulfilled, and promises still unkept. More than 70,000 men, women and children will arrive in Israel this year; at least half of them are part of one of the most extraordinary humandreams of our time: the immigra- tion of Soviet Jews. The promise of their future— our promise to them—is the most sacred pact one man can have with another—the promise of life. PAUL ZUCKERMAN "As it reflects upon these 25 years of freedom, the American Jewish commu- nity has a right to feel a great and heart-warming sense of accomplishment, a great pride in the dimen- sions and compassion of its humanitarian work and its sacrifices on behalf of the people of Israel. "But we cannot afford to focus on the past and dwell on our achievements. For no Jew can fail to feel deeply a sense of needs still un- met; a sense of lives unre- deemed, challenges still un- "For while the people of Israel must prepare for the daily arrival of these new immigrants, they must also continue to meet the eco- nomic pressures of sheer survival. They must remain prepared to defend their cherished and hard-won free- dom. That, too, is a daily job. And the financial drain on the people is overwhelm- ing. "This covenant—that when Hashana, the people of Is- rael have no recourse but to turn to the Jews of the world— particularly free American Jewry—to shoulder the complete responsibility for vital immigrant services and humanitarian programs . . . programs which require an immediate and massive amount of funds." 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