San Quentin Prison Synagogue
Reports 42 Inmate Members

'Airlines Paid Blackmail Money to Terrorists'

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)-
San Quentin prison has a
unique congregation of 42
Jewish inmates served by a
San Rafael Reform rabbi and
a Jewish Family Service Ag-
ency official.
.Rabbi David Davis and
Irving Kermish, director of
the Marin office of the JFSA
of San Francisco, help the
Jewish prisoners approaching
parole to make the difficult
transition from prison life to
normal life in society.
Each week, Rabbi Davis
and Kermish spend a half
day with the 42 Jewish in-
mates, who range in age from
25 to 65. Some have no fam-
ilies and some have families
whose members are totally
alienated from the prisoner.
Many have no friends at all.
They are in prison for

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Au-
thoritative sources claimed
Wednesday to have informa-
tion that a number of Euro-
pean airlines flying to Israel
are paying blackmail money
to Arab terrorist organiza-
tions to protect their aircraft
from hijacking and damage.

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crimes of violence, drug-
related offenses, organized
crime and white collar crime.
Cong. Beth Shalom of San
Quentin prison is popular,
according to the report in
the San Francisco Jewish
Bulletin, because of its in-
tellectual atmosphere. Ker-
mish said there are always
six to eight inmates in the
rabbi's office.
Kermish said six of the in-
mates are members of
MENSA, the nationwide or-
ganization of intellectuals.
The prisoners have estab-
lished their own discussion
group, Agudat Achim, which
meets with Rabbi Davis to
discuss Jewish religious and
cultural issues.
The congregation and the
discussion group have be-
come so popular that congre-
gation officers have been
forced to limit membership
because of requests to join
from inmates whose claim
to Jewishness is considered
tenuous at best.
Since June, 1972, JFSA has
provided help to Jewish pris-
oners eligible for the state's
work furlough program and
for inmates coming out on
full parole.

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airlines without the Involve- making such payments and later said that he assumed
ment of their respective gov- whether they have been given American airlines were fully
ernments and were secretly governmental instructions not aware of the government's
deposited in bank accounts to enter into such measures. "adamant" opposition to hi-
of the terrorist groups. A State Department source jackers.
Recipients, according to
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6—Friday, August 31, 1973
the sources, were two terror-
ist factions — the Popular
Front for the Liberation of
The sources claimed that Palestine, headed by Dr.
payments, amounting to mil- George Habash, and the
lions of dollars and pounds Popular Democratic Front
sterling, were negotiated be- for the Liberation of Pales-
tween the terrorists and the tine, headed by Ahmed Jibril.
At least two payments
were made to the Palestine
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Liberation Organization, the
umbrella body of terrorist
groups, headed by El Fatah
chief Yassir Arafat, the
sources said.
Official circles here de-
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A clined to comment on the
Father
Mother
Grandfather I
report in a semi-official Jor- charges and they were em-
dan newspaper quoting As- phatically denied by airline
Grandmother
Brother
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sistant Secretary of State representatives in Tel Aviv.
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Joseph J. Sisco saying that
However, Israel Defense I
the United States plans a Minister Moshe Dayan made
new effort to bring Arabs a similar charge when he ad_
Personally Imprinted
and Israelis into indirect dressed the Second Interna-
negotiations was explicitly tional Congress of Jewish
"Shop Early For Best Selection"
denied at the State Depart- Lawyers and Jurists in Jeru-
ment Wednesday.
salem Aug. 21. Dayan said
According to the Amman "some airlines are paying
publication, Al Rai, Sisco had sums of money to the terror-
said in an interview that ists for immunity" but did
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rect talks may ultimately ists. The sources mentioned
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It was pointed out, how-
However, Department ever, that 10 of the 16 foreign
spokesman Paul Hare said airlines serving Israel have
that Sisco in a conversation not been affected by terror-
with a Jordanian and a Saudi ist activities. These are Turk-
Arabian newsman on Aug. 17 ish Airlines, Tarom Rouman-
in Washington "did not dis- ian Airlines, Alitalia, British
cuss any new initiative nor European Airways (BEA),
as a role as mediator" for the Dutch KLM, Scandinav-
ian Airlines (SAS), BOAC,
the United States.
Canadian Pacific, Cyprus
Asked whether he was de- Airlines and Air France.
nying that the U.S. soon will
Air France and Alitalia
make a diplomatic move in have been immune apparent-
the Middle East, Hare replied ly because of their govern-
"Yes, that's a denial.
ment's policies, sources said.
France has taken a consist-
ently pro-Arab stand in the
Jakov Lind's Trip
Middle East, and Italy has,
to Jerusalem Is
in the past, released Arab
terrorists caught red-handed
Related in Memoir
Jakov Lind considered him- with arms and explosives.
Two cases of airline pay-
self an atheist but then he
became a "new convert to public knowledge. Lufthansa,
God" and made a journey to ments to terrorist groups are
Jerusalem. In "The Trip to the West German airline,
Jerusalem," published by paid $5,000,000 for the release
Harper- and Row he recounts of a jumbo jet hijacked to
his voyage of self-discovery Aden, and Japan Airlines de-
and so doing presents Jeru- posited money in a vain ef-
salem and the essence of life fort to save a hijacked jumbo
jet that was blown up in
in Israel today.
Libya.
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Israel's El Al has been the
Lind blends past and present
and through thought and dia- victim of 16 attacks or hijack
logue with some old friends attempts by Arab terrorists.
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the tournament, defeated de-
ft nding champion Walter Department spokesman Paul
Browne, who was dumped in Hare said the U.S. general
a stunning upset that re- policy explicitly forbids pay-
sulted in a five-way tie for ment of protection money to
first place. Weinstein was terrorists.
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