Senators Rated on Non-Domestic Issues
ofJewishConcern;Tunney,100Pct.Fulbright,C1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29
(JTA)—Democratic senators
Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.)
. Abraham A. Ribicoff (Conn.)
and John V. Tunney (Calif.)
a n d Republican senators
Hugh Scott and Richard S.
Schweiker (both Pa.) have
scored 100 in the ratings
compiled by the National
Center for Jewish Policy
Studies on the official actions
of the Senate's 100 members
on non-domestic matters of
Jewish concern.
Senator Jacob K. Javits
(R., N.Y.) and Walter F.
Mondale (D., Minn.) scored
97.
Sen. George McGovern
(D., S.D.), the Democratic
presidential nominee, rated
87.5, ranking 15th in a tie
with three other senators.
But McGovern outscored
James L. Buckley (R.-C.,
N.Y.), who got 83.5; Henry
M. Jackson (D., Wash.) and
Edward M. Kennedy (D.,
Mass.), who got 81.5 each;
Stuart Symington (D., Mo.),
63.5:
Barry Goldwater (R.,
Ariz.), 55; and Frank Church
(D., Ida.), 50. J. William
Fulbright (D., Ark.) was the
only senator who scored
zero.
The ratings reflect the
senatorial response over the
past six years to 22 mea-
sures—six roll call votes and
16 miscellaneous legislative
actions including military
aid to Israel, aid for reset-
tling Soviet Jewish emigres,
Yiddish broadcasts to the
Soviet Union, Iraqi Jews,
"durable peace in the Mid-
dle East" and "denial of
trade advantages to the
Soviet Union so long as it
restricts emigration through
economic blackmail or other
means."
This is the first time con-
gressmen have been rated
on issues of importance to
Jews.
Nathan Lewin, national di-
rector of the center, admit-
ted that the ratings have
"caused comment from some
senators." Lewin, former
deputy assistant attorney
general and former deputy
assistant secretary of state,
singled out Jackson by name
in explaining that "some"
senators are "well-known to
the Jewish community and
to its leaders as active pro-
ponents of aid to Israel, as-
sistance for Soviet Jewry
and advocacy of other con-
cerns expressed by the com-
munity, yet they may—by in-
advertence or otherwise —
have failed to join a particu-
tar statement or cosponsor a
particiular resolution."
Other members of the Sen-
ate "have signed their names
to all the appropriate reso-
lutions and declarations and
have consistently voted in
accordance with Jewish in-
terests, but they cannot be
relied upon to lead their col-
leagues in these areas," Le-
win said in attempting to ex-
low
plain the relatively
scores of Jackson and 'some'
others known as strongly
pro-I sra el.
"There is, unfortunately,
no objective measure of this
kind of support," he went on,
"and the present rating is
limited to such actions as
can -be objectively classi-
fied."
He said the polling system
used was similar to those of
the liberal-oriented Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action,
the conservative - oriented
Americans for Constitutional
Action and other groups,
Retain .. .
BRUCKER ac KEYDEL
Benvenisti Views Crusaders' Communal Life
Deputy Mayor of Jeru-
salem Meron Benvenisti
gives an important review
of the life of the Crusaders
when they were in the Holy
Land — what they had built,
how they lived, their homes
and farms, in "The Cru-
saders in the Holy Land,"
published by Macmillan.
Richly illustrated, with im-
portant maps and reproduc-
tion of plans to describe the
activities of the forces that
came to the Holy Land with
the religious motivation to
capture the land for Chris-
tianity, the Benvenisti work
is of historic importance and
is geographically significant.
It is valuable for an under-
standing of how the Crusad-
ers built their fortresses, how
they eked. out a livelihood,
their daily way of life, their
dress and food.
The author points out that
the portrayal of the Holy
Land "as in a state of de-
cline, destruction and decay
since the Middle Ages . . .
Is erroneous, at least as re-
gards the time between the
first part of the Crusader
period and the end of the 12th
Century."
He states that "when the
Crusaders arrived the Holy
Land had apparently been
in a period of progressive
economic decline, but still
something remained of the
glorious ages that the land
had enjoyed."
Thus, as generally repre-
sented, Benvenisti draws an
entirely different picture, as
illuminated by him from the
descriptions of the relics of
that period.
Hitherto only the churches
and the castled had been de-
picted in viewing the era of
the Crusades. It's a different
story in the Benvenisti book.
In addition to the usual re-
sort to accounts about mon-
asteries and holy places,
this important volume tells
about the industries the Cru-
saders had established, their
Fund Raising at New High Under
A viad Yafeh, Member of Knesset
BY ROBERT SLATER
Yafeh has been assigned the
job of seeking out possible
JERUSALEM—The newest contributors and of persuad-
member of the Israeli Knes- ing them that their money
should be directed at one
set, Aviad Yafeh, believes
project, rather than another.
that fund raising is too im-
The government. in an
portant to leave to the fund
effort to make sure that pro-
raisers.
jects dealing with education,
Yafeh, the 48-year-old for- health and social welfare,
recive
priority treatment, set
mer political secretary to the
up a five-year program last
late prime minister, Levi
year to raise
$700,000,000.
Eshkol, bears the informal Yafeh was put in charge of
title in government circles of the effort.
the country's chief fund
In roughly 16 months of
raiser.
fund raisin g, Yafeh has
Yafeh, who receives no helped raise $150,000,000 from
pay for his fund-raising activ- foreign sources plus IL 92,-
ities, admits that people from 000,000, ($22,080,000).
whom he solicits funds often
"This Is the first time
take him for a United Jewish there's ever been a fund-
Appeal official. But his work raising effort with such suc-
(Copyright, 1972, JTA, inc.)
is conducted outside the
scope of LIJA. He deals spe-
cifically nib funds ear-
marked for special projects
in Israel. When he's talking
to prospective Israeli bene-
factors, lit , only accepts a
in r nr m u in of II. 100.000
t 524.000 ).
To make sure that funds
go to project.: that the gov-
ernment
deern. impor(ant,
F—Friday, Nov. 3, 1972
cess in Israel," says Yafeh,
who noted that until now,
only IL 4.000,011) ) $960,000)
had ever been raised in any
year
construction
works,
their
communal life
Their amusements and
their dress, the form of life
of the Franks ("the term
refers to all inhabitants of
the Holy Land, of European
origin, and is not limited to
those who took the Cross and
became Crusaders") and the
reader shares with the au-
thoritative author an acquired
knowledge about the festivals
and their observances.
Not only the housing and
the domestic life, but the
way in which medical care
was organized and a full life
was introduced are described
here.
In the industrial sphere,
the Crusaders -are described
as pottery and glass makers,
for the manufacture of fab-
rics and the establishment of
textile and silk plants.
Drawing upon historians of
the Crusader periods, Ben-
venisti introduces into his
historical analyses legends
and stories that help acquire
a better understanding of the
positive aspects of Crusader
Kurt R. Keydel
Chairman of the Board
Vice Chairman of the Board
AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
It is Important to Elect
BRUCKER and KEYDEL
They bring experienced, intelligent leadership to WSU vital to its continued
growth and administrative stability as the nation's 6th largest university.
ENDORSED
BY PROMINENT REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS.
This message paid for — Leonard N. Simons —
life. The Benvenisti book
achieves that purpose. —P.S.
VOTE
NOVEMBER 7
RE-ELECT CONGRESSWOMAN
MARTHA W.
GRIFFITHS
A boom economy and lib-
eralized tax laws are behind
the heightened Israeli gener-
osity. contends the new Knes-
set member. "We're working
to increase this amount." he
said confidently.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Wilbur M. Brucker, Jr.
DEMOCRAT
► ...1 0.1 Ad.
17th Congressional District