Exhibit Reveals James Madison Had Interest in Jewish History WALTHAM, Mass.—The 1820 dedication of a Hebrew synagogue in Savannah, Ga., prompted James Madison, three years retired from the Presi- dency, to write, "The history of the Jews must be forever interesting. The modern part of it is at the same time so little generally known, that every ray of light on the subject has its value.' Now, 150 years later, the American Jewish Historical Society is giving new emphasis to President Madison's sentiments by sponsoring an exhibit of "Treasures of Colonial American Jewry" at the society's building on the Brandeis University campus. Paintings, prayerbooks, silverware, business papers and letters are James Madison U. S. Role in Middle East Demands Realistic, Humanitarian Consideration included among period items showcased in the society's library-headquarters. The artifacts, many of which are more than 200 years old, are a composite of fragments which serve to outline mid-18th Century life for the Jewish family, religious leader and artisan in Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Rhode Island. Items displayed at the society range from a series of family portraits, believed to be the first of its kind painted in America (circa 1730), to an order of services of Congregation Mikveh Israel of Philadelphia. The latter, written in 1782, includes a prayer for General George Washington—"Captain General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army of these states." New Threat to Basic Separation Principle THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 f Jewish Events Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXIV, No. 10 43Elis. 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c November 16, 1973 Eu horia Ends, Tou h Bar aining Begins EP Oil Obstructs Peace; Israel's Predicaments Rise; American Jewish Solidarity Reaffirmed 800 Communities Pledge Aid Supporting Israel ; Assembly Defines Welfare Programs By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ NEW ORLEANS, La. — American Jewry's official representatives, speaking for 800 communities through- out the land, from the smallest in Oklahoma and the Carolinas and Mississippi, to the largest North, South, East and West, affirmed their unified determination to support Israel in the crises that may emerge. They re- sponded to Israel's representatives, at the 42nd general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Wel- fare Funds, with a positive pledge not to relent in the tasks ahead. The 3,000 representatives from the 800 communities represented here stood as one in a pledge of solidarity to Israel Foreign Minister Abba Eban. It was a response also to the challenge for action against the threats emanating from oil-producing countries, to the free nations of the world that are dependent on their oil. They stood to express their solidarity when Eban said: "We are in need of solidarity. We want to know whether you are with us in this critical time. If you are with us then we shall stand steadfast and serene until the task is done." "We can't bear our burdens alone," Eban declared, and he spoke of the major danger, the oil threat, as a challenge to America. He asked bluntly: "Do you want to celebrate your bicentennial as a nation by becoming 'olony of Abu Dhabi and Kuwait?" Calling the oil threat a menace to the Western World, Eban cricitized the nine Common Market nations who temporarily yielded to Arab pressures in an anti-Israel position, but he felt that Holland, the most seriously af- fected, indicated the backfiring to pressures. The Dutch pro-Israel expressions, in the latest poll, showed that 72 (Continued on Page 48) Israel's Diplomatic Skill Challenged by Multiplying Dangers By Jewish News Political Analyst Rumors are multiplying. Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco again is quoted as predicting a peace based on Israeli withdrawals from occupied territories—and this is assumed to mean that Israel will give up the defensive areas won in the Six-Day. War. Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon is quoted defining the cease fire agreement as a "typical Kissinger document," and his com- ment was that "each side can find whatever it wishes" in that agree- ment. Thus, tensions dominate the news regarding the Middle East. Prime Minister Golda Meir's meet- ings with European colleagues at the Socialist International executive ses- sions in London certainly did not pro- vide jubilation for Israel's postion. Even Holland, acclaimed as Israel's friend, may be yielding to pressures stemming from the oil shortage. The enemy of Israel is the oil well. The oil producers have not stopped their barrage aimed at Israel's de- struction. Suspicion of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger's aims, fears of submissions to Russian and Arab pressures, auguries of new American tactics that may react un- favorably for Israel—these are the developing factors in a tragic situa- tion in the aftermath of the infamies if the Yom Kippur War. Most threatening perhaps is the lat- est Kissinger statement of a planned America-Israel treaty, with a guaran- (Continued on Page 5) POW Exchange Under Way as Six-Point Agreement by Israel, Egypt Goes Into Effect UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Israel and Egypt have started to put into effect the six-point agreement reached last Sunday, including the exchange of prisoners, which started at 8 a.m. local time Thursday. It began after the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) took over check- points on the Cairo-Suez road from Israel. Meanwhile, the town of Suez will receive daily food supplies, and wounded civilians will be evacuated. Israel also will not place any impediments to the moving of non- military supplies to the encircled Egyptian 3rd Army on the east bank of the Suez Canal. The UN spokesman said the agreements were reached between Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv, assistant Israeli chief of . staff, and Deputy Egyptian Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Mou- hamed Gemassi. The dispute over the checkpoints was resolved on the spot by Maj. Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo of Finland, UNEF com- mander, and by Secretary General Kurt Waldheim in dis- cussions with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, the UN said. In another development, the Security Council was told that Egyptian tanks opened fire Sunday on a patrol of UN military observers west of the Bitter Lake. Israel lodged a complaint about the incident to the UN Truce Supervision Organization, whose observers con- firmed the incident. But the observers did not confirm from their own observations six other Israeli complaints of firings by the Egyptians. Meanwhile, it was reported in Washington by Ameri- can sources that the U. S. emergency airlift to Israel will soon be ended. Reports were that five or six more air transports will continue to go forward, these sources said, by a sealift of (Continued on Page 13) Little-Told Story of the War Israel's Loyal Ally: Her Arab Citizens By ROBERT ST. JOHN Special Correspondent to The Jewish News WASHINGTON — When the armies of Syria and Egypt surged across the Suez Canal and the Lilac Line on the Golan Heights, it might have been expected that at least some of the 400,000 Arabs within Israel and the million in the administered territories would make com- mon cause with their blood brothers and do everything possible to bring about Is- rael's defeat. After all there were five of them to every 10 Jewish Israelis—enough to turn the country into a place of utter chaos during a two-front war. One of the best stories of this latest belligerency—ig- nored by nearly all of my fellow correspondents — was how these 1,400,000 people actually did behave. Each time we went from Tel Aviv down to the Egyp- tion front we passed through the Gaza Strip. No story be- cause nothing was happen- ing. As far as we could dis- cover, the military garrison had not even been increased. The same was true on the West Bank and in East Jeru- salem. Even after King Hussein made his token gesture of support for Syria by sending one battalion of his tank corps to fight the Israelis on the northern front, the Allen- by Bridge across the Jordan remained open and it was business as usual, with Arabs going back and forth, and goods being exchanged as if nothing had happened. Those of us who had fear- ed that this new Arab-Israeli (Continued on Page 3)