CJFWF Affirms Solidarity With Israel, Continuity of Home - Front Duties (Continued from Page 1) per cent of the people are now backing Israel and are ready to cooperate in con- serving energy and thereby fighting the Arab threats. "Self-sufficiency is what is needed," Eban said, and he urged adherence to the poli- cies enunciated by President Nixon in his proposals to solve the energy crisis. Eban's presentation of the facts relating to the cease fire at the CJFWF conven- tion dinner Saturday was fol- lowed Sunday morning by an expression of hope, at a press conference, that the agree- ment by then already reached between Israel and Egypt may lead to peace agree- ments. "Negotiations will not be short," he declared, but he said he was confident there will be direct talks. "That's in the Kissinger pro- gram," Eban said, "that ne- gotiations should be not through intermediaries alone but by Israeli and Egyptian spokesmen sitting together. The only anticipation is di- rect negotiations," he state&. Eban expressed confidence that a road to peace also will lead to a solution of the Pal- estinian Arabs' problem. Eban's speech climaxed a compressed series of general assembly sessions at which the American program of ac- tion for Israel was linked with the many needs on the home front to be adhered to without interruption. At ear- lier sessions, Israel Ambassa- dor Simha Dinitz and Moshe Rivlin, director general of the Jewish Agency in Israel, supplemented Eban's analys- es of the occurrences during and since the Yom Kippur War, while American spokes- men, CJFWF President Ray- mond Epstein, Max M. Fish- er, world chairman of the Jewish Agency international executive committee, a n d Paul Zuckerman, g e n e r al chairman of the United Jew- ish Appeal, added emphasis to the American Jewish obli- gations. "Israel's ambivalence is its sense of victory, marked also by a sense of grief," Eban said, pointing to the great losses sustained in the war. He asked for an understand- ing of what it would mean to the United States to lose 140,000 men in a 10-day war period — that figure being comparable population—as to Israel's 1,851 dead in that short period. A question relating to tour- ism, posed to Eban at the press conference, elicited a strong appeal for American Jews to visit the Jewish state. He was asked when tourism can be expected to start anew, and his answer was: "As of last week." And he added: "Come to Israel to testify your solidarity by your presence." Apparently, whatever nego- tiations will be conducted in the hope for a peace agree- ment will not start until after the national Israel elections. Eban said he anticipated suc- cess for his party—Labor Ma- Mapai—and he felt that what- ever talks are conducted should he by a democratical- ly chosen delegation to be se- lected by the government to be elected Dec. 31. "If Egypt keeps the pres- ent agreements," Eban said, there will then be hope for a 'asting peace. He reiterated the need for secure bounda- ries, pointing to the dangers 48 — Friday, Nov. 16, 1973 that were marked by Ameri- can interest in the Middle East crisis, supplementing the appeal by Dinitz, told of the concern shown by the Nixon administration in the dangers that stemmed from Russian involvements. He made a three-fold appeal to the American Jewish corn- munity: Speedy, unstinting support, with vastly increased gifts to the Israel Emergency Fund; action in defense and in be- half of Soviet Jewry and sup- port for the administration's position in Washington. "Give your fullest support to the administration and ask Con- gress to retain its deep inter- est in the cause of Israel's protection," he asked the representative gathering of American Jewish leaders. Moshe Rivlin, director-gen- eral of the Jewish Agency for Israel, gave a grim account of the costs of the war, of the billions spent to provide for Israel's defense. "In spite of the dangers and difficulties. immigrants kept coming, Jews in the thou- sands are arriving in Israel and the work of settling the Soviet Jews continues unin- terrupted," Rivlin said. Describing the heroism as well as the suffering entailed in what had occurred, Rivlin pointed to the Arab reactions within Israel, with not a sin- gle incident occurring to hin- der the unity of all the cit- izens. "Jews and Arabs can live together, and they do," Rivlin said. "If Israel is strong, you can talk about peace," he added. "You can not talk out of a position of weakness. Fur- thermore, if a cease fire were to mean cease giving, it could not be a better gift to Sadat." Paul Zuckerman, giving an account of the results in the advance efforts for the 1974 campaign for the United Jew- ish Appeal, pleaded for speedy action to attain the $900,000,000 g o a 1 — $750,- 000,000 for Israel's needs and $150,000,000 to fulfill the local and national obligations—by the time the annual UJA con- ference opens on Dec. 7. "We must act as one peo- ple," Zuckerman asserted. He told of the 40 gifts of $1,- 000,000 and over, the $350,- 000,000 already pledged for 1974, and urged an immedi- ate response from the Amer- ican Jewish community to meet the urgent obligations. The continuity that marks the uninterruption of normal communal functions while Is- rael's support receives great- est emphasis was apparent in the resolutions adopted at the general assembly. While dealing with peace in the Middle East, the United Jewish Appeal, the needs of Russian Jewry, the plight of Syrian Jewry, the assembly adopted a platform calling for stress on Jewish educa- tional needs, including sup- pert for the day schools and cultural programs on the uni- versity campuses. Resolutions also were needs of the elderly, urban adopted dealing with the concerns, public welfare and other communal obligations. Concern was given to tax legislation affecting philan- thropy, and a lengthy and evaluative resolution on the subject declared: "Existing t a x provisions which enable generous char- itable giving should be con- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS tinued and extended. These Israel would have faced if it did not have the hundreds of miles gained in the June 1967 war which separated Israel from a devastating force that could otherwise have de- stroyed the country. Russia's destructive role, t h e misleading statements which led the United States to doubt the possibility of a war on Oct. 6, was exposed by Eban who challenged the claims to detente. He said Russia needs detente more than the U. S., yet Russia was ready to inundate Israel. "If this is detente," he said. "then I do not understand French." He spoke with deep appre- ciation of America's role. "Never has so much been done by the U. S. to assist in our people's survival," he de- clared. In his appreciation for President Nixon's efforts, he said that "the highest of tests" was met when, on Oct. 21, the alert was ordered as a warning against Russia's in- undating Israel with massive troops who could have de- stroyed Israel. He recalled that on Oct. 4, when he met with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, there was a feeling of confidence that there would not be an immi- nent attack on Israel. Then came the betrayal with Rus- sia's collaboration. Yet, he added, "how bi- zarre is the reluctance on the part of the western world to accept Jewish survival." Eban was accompanied at the press conference by Is- rael Consul Ehud Lador, for- mer head of the public infor- mation department of the Is- rael consulate in Chicago. At the general assembly dinner meeting Saturday, there was a warm expres- sion of kinship with Amer- ican Jewry by a spokesman for the French community, Mme. Nicole Goldmann. Speaking for British Jewry, Clarence De Wolfe conceded that the British acted ad- versely in the international deliberations, but he empha- sized that "there is an enor- mous fund of good will for Israel on the part of the peo- ple of Great Britain." Ambassador Dinitz de- scribed the result of the Yom Kippur War as the costliest to Israel but also as the greatest of all victories. He recounted t h e contending forces — 1,080,000 Arabs massed against "a handful of boys who were caught un- aware of what was happen- ing and unprepared to resist and overwhelming enemy." He deplored the attitude of "a cynical world that does not only acknowledge injus- tice but is not interested in it." Like the other speakers who analyzed the results of the terrible war, Dinitz paid high tribute to President Nixon and acknowledged the debt to world Jewry. Para- phrasing Winston Churchill, he said: "You gave us the tools, we did the job." His major plea was: "We must. be strong. We can't negotiate from a position of weakness. We must make our case understood. We must mobilize our energy to tell the American people that blackmail and surrender will not solve our problems. I call upon you not only to help us be strong but also to be un- derstood." Max M. Fisher, in an ana- lytical address of the events measures are rooted in the historic American principles of making possible the dis- charge of voluntary respon- sibility for human needs. Leg- islation which would reduce or prejudice philanthropic support of welfare, education, and health services, would be self-defeating for it would necessarily shift burdens to government, which is pres- ently spared the financial burden carried by voluntary contributions. "Tax reform can be at- tained without diminishing tax deductibility which en- courages generous charitable giving. A tax system which erodes the provisions for charitable deductions would be inequitable since the bene- ficiaries of service would be injured. It would also discour- age volunteer service which is often tied to and inspired by financial gifts to these persons." A special session of the as- sembly was devoted to dis- cussion of the intermarriage problem. Based on the study conducted as part of the CJFWF National Jewish Pop- ulation Study—a summary of which was published in The Jewish News on Oct. 5—the developing situations received thorough analysis and aroused wide discussion. Rabbi Irwin Groner, who represented the Detroit rab- binate at the assembly, an- nually delegated by the Jew- ish Welfare Federation, was a major discussant at the session on intermarriage. Dealing with the implica- tions of the problem, he de- clared that "if the rate of intermarriage continues un- abated . . . it may well be that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of Jew- ish life in America." Analyzing the developing factor in the increasing prob- lem, Rabbi Groner said that "parental ties are weakening and parental authority is di- minished," that "religious ties are weakening," that: "Jewish survival is threat- ened in North America not by Gentile hostility, but by Jewish indifference." What can be done? He sug- gested strengthening the Jew- ish family; deepening Jewish consciousness: "Synagogues and temples must begin transplanting congregational affiliation with personal com- mitment:" Jewish education is a factor; Hillel Founda- tions on the campuses should have greater impact; more Jewish content should be en- couraged in Jewish Centers; there are special responsibil- ities for rabbis. On the latter score he said: "Every time a rabbi offici- ates at a mixed marriage, he destroys what little is left of Jewish unity in this country and he produces rabbinic an- archy in the most vital and sensitive of all areas of Jew- ish identity. He contributes to a climate of disrespect for Jewish integrity." Rabbi Groner urged the ap- pointment of a commission to study the trends and to se- cure more data on the sub- ject. Raymond Epstein of Chica- go was re-elected president of the Council of Jewish Fed- erations and Welfare Funds. ALAN D. KANDEL Announcement was made at the general assembly that Alan D. Kandel, director of social planning of the De- troit Jewish Welfare Federa- tion, was among those who were honored as quarter-cen- tury members of the Associa- tion of Jewish Community Organizations Personnel. El Al Role Stressed as Link With Israel Israel Foreign Minister Abba Eban's plea for con- tinued tourism to Israel finds added emphasis in the role Israel El Al Airlines plays presently. El Al alone was able to maintain the link of commu- nication between the United States and Israel. It was able to fly back to Israel, on a priority basis, persons vital- ly needed for the war effort, who found themselves far from home at the moment of the outbreak of hostilities. No other airline was w. ing to continue service in. Israel, although at no time was Lod International Air- port considered a war zone. Although close to 50 per cent of Al El's manpower was mobilized into the army, the airline continued to func- tion in an orderly fashion and perform its scheduled flights as required. El Al provided the only means whereby volunteers such as doctors, nurses, farm workers, etc., were able to reach Israel without delay. Benjamin Hershkovitz, Is- rael El Al's local manager, states: "Only an airline which is healthy and strong, economically, in peace time, can perform all of the above tasks in a national emer- gency. The continued support of El Al helps to guarantee Israel a lifeline to the out- side world, whenever it be- comes necessary to assure its existence. "El Al has been able to rise to the task of providing instant and continuous ser- vice between the United States and Israel. This abil- ity is the result of the pat- ronage of El Al by the Amer- ican Jewish community, en- abling El Al to buy and fly the most modern equipment, build up a world-wide net- work of offices and route structures and the best year- round service linking Jewish communities of Israel, the United States and Europe." Rabbi Eisendrath, President of UMW, Dead; Scheduled Speech Critical of Nixon NEW YORK (JTA)—Only a few hours before he was scheduled to address the cen- tennial-biennial convention of the Union of American He- brew Congregations, Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, who led the organization of Re- form Judaism in the United States for 30 years, died Nov. 9 of a heart attack in his hotel room. Rabbi Eisendrath, who was executive director of UAHC from 1943 to 1950 and presi- dent since then, was 71. More than 2,500 mourners attended the funeral service in Central Synagogue. Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn of Tem- ple Israel, Boston, a close friend of Rabbi Eisendrath and former president of the Central Conference of Amer- ican Rabbis, delivered the eulogy. The service was conducted by Rabbi B. T. Rubinstein of Westport, Conn. Burial was Monday in Holy Blossom Temple cemetery in Toronto. Rabbi Eisendrath served as the temple's spiritual leader from 1929 to 1943. The announcement of his RABBI EISENDRATH death was read to the shocked delegates by Rabbi Alexan- der M. Schindler, scheduled to become UAHC president next year. Some 3,500 per- sons had gathered in the Hil- ton Hotel for a joint worship service with the UAHC and its women's affiliate, the Na- tional Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. The address, which was to have been Rabbi Eisen- drath's valedictory remarks, was sharply critical of the Nixon administration and those Jews in America who, he charged, condoned the crimes of Watergate because of administration support of Israel. In the face of betrayal, Rabbi Eisendrath asked, "Are we still prepared •" assert that religion has no ing to do with politics? L_- less we Jews, conversant with the moral commands of our faith, resume our respon- sibilities, we will have for- feited for all time our use- fulness and our reason for surviving as a people." Rabbi Eisendrath was born in Chicago and attended schools in Cincinnati. He re- ceived a BA degree in 1925 from the University of Cin- cinnati, where he majored in philosophy. After studies at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati he was ordained in 1926. Rabbi Eisendrath was al- ways involved with UAHC. When he became executive director in 1943, the organi- zation had only a few hun- dred Reform congregations.