-1111 . :11111111111111111111111•111111111.-- • • Communists Win Arab Israelis' Votes Friday, January 9, 1974-9 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• -11111•11111- Abe Cherow, Says: (Continued from Page 8) I BELIEVE IN THE FINE CRAFTSMAN- SHIP OF ARTISTIC UPHOLSTERERS. SO MUCH THAT ALL THE UPHOL- STERED FURNITURE IN MY HOME WAS BUILT BY ARTISTIC UPHOLSTERERS. MOST OF MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BELIEVE AS I DO. THAT'S WHY THEY LOVE ARTISTIC FURNITURE IN THEIR HOMES. LET ME BUILD YOUR • • : • • • • • • • • • • • : FURNITURE—YOU'LL BE- COME A BELIEVER TOO. CALL LU 4-5900 • • • • ARTISTIC ('P1101,STER FRS SCHAEFER RD. (1 block North of Ford Rd.) Dearborn LU 4-5900 • ABE CHEROW, President • Open Daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 000000000000000 • • 5755 Classified Ads Get Fast Results Bedouin list affiliated with Labor, and 23,000-odd to the Galilee list, also Labor-affili- ated. The others gained much less. Likud had 8,000 Arab votes, part of them wasted on a Bedouin Likud-affiliated list which did not reach the 1 per cent minimum. The NRP kept its 12,000 Arab vot- ers. There was also a thin spread of Arab votes among the small parties—including one Arab village which gave all its 200 votes to a Jewish Maoist group led by impri- soned spy Rami Livne which never had a chance of at- taining the 1 per cent par. The main lesson of the elec- tion is that in order to block further Rakah advances the Labor Alignment must com- pletely remodel its tactics. If Rakah ever gets close to the 50 per cent of the Arab vote redline it would endanger the entire policy of liberalization and integration which was begun in 1965. Until now Rakah has pre- vented its members from en- gaging in subversive activity aside from outspoken criti- cism and propaganda, but pressure from its swelling ranks may create intolerable tension. As more and more Arab voters go over to Ra- kah, the nationalist activists inside this party would inevit- ably gain the upper hand over the traditional Commu- nist leadership. It has been proven fairly conclusively by these polls that the Labor Alignment's "old guard Arab leadership" cannot successfully fight Ra- kah any longer. The most First Feder announces 1 On money. If you'll deposit $1000 or more in a •Certificate Savings Account for just one year, you'll earn 6 1 /2% annual interest, paid and compounded quarterly:* And that's a bargain. That means you no longer have to tie up your funds for a long period of time to earn high interest on your savings. In fact, 6'/2% annual interest yields an effective annual rate of 6.66%. 1 So ask yourself this: At times like these, when it seems like every day you're getting a little less for your money...shouldn't 'you take advantage of a savings program that offers' you so much? 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Labor will, as a result, ac- cording to Ehud Yaari, well known Israeli writer on Arab affairs, look for new Arab leaders within the young in- tellectual and trade union circles, people differing in background outlook and per- sonal integrity from the pres- ent leadership who are really drawn from the traditional "notables" circles. (There were 2,037,171 qual- ified voters registered for the eighth Knesset election Dec. 31, with sabras—native born —in a distinct minority. A ZINS analysis states: The profile of an average voter showed him to be foreign- born, having emigrated from some European or Moslem country. In the past 25 years there have been enormous demographic changes in the voting constituency. In 1949, 85 per cent of the electorate was of European stock. Now their number has fallen to 56 per cent. There were to be 852.000 voters casting their ballots for the first time, of whom 220,000 were born in Israel while 65,000 are new immigrants. Among the new voters, those of oriental origin are in the majority, numbering 120,000 compared with 100,000 of European ,ex- traction. Native-born Israelis constitute only 25 per cent of the total of qualified vot- ers. There are 170,000 regis- tered Arab voters, 8 per cent of the over-all total.) NEW YORK — Harold M. Jacobs, president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, has pledged a concerted ef- fort by the American Ortho- dox community to meet the sudden demand for religious articles by Israeli service- men. The shortage of Torah scrolls and tefillin was severely aggravated by the losses in the early clays of the war. Because, according to Jewish law, each sefer Torah and set of tefillin must be carefully written by hand, it is not possible to apply the techniques of mass production to meet the de- mand. Jacobs has issued a call to each of the UOJCA's mem- ber congregations throughout the United States and Canada to begin to collect every spare set of tefillin and un- used Torah scrolls to meet the need. Arrangements have been made by the chief rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces with the U. S. Defense De- partment and El Al Israel Airlines to airlift the collect- ed tefillin and sifrei Torah to Israel. The UOJCA youth commis- sion, in conjunction with the National Conference of Syna- gogue Youth, have announced a goal of 1,000 pair of tefillin to be collected during the coming year for the soldiers of Israel. The total tefillin shortage is estimated at 5,000 sets. Approximately 1,500 sifrei Torah are needed. When wrongs are pressed bedause it is believed they will be borne; resistance be- comes morality. —Thomas Jefferson Jan, 26-Feb. 3 Bond Conclave to Plan Billion Dollar Issue NEW YORK—A world con- ference of Jewish leaders will be held in Israel at the in- vitation of Prime Minister Golda Meir, Jan. 26-Feb. 3, "for the purpose of inaugu- rating the biggest effort in its history to maintain and ex- pand the reconstruction and expand the reconstruction and development of Israel's economy." More than . 600 Jewish leaders from the United States, Canada, Western Eu- rope and other parts of the free world will meet to con- sider the impact of the Yorn Kippur War on the economy of Israel. The conference will be sponsored by the Is- rael Bond Organization, the principal source of funds for the development of the coun- try's industry and agricul- ture, according to Sam Roth- berg, Israel Bonds general chairman. The major purpose of tho conference, according to Rothberg, is to launch a billion dollar reconstruction and development loan to be raised through the sale of Media Personalities Take Israel Tour NEW YORK —.Twenty-five prominent media personali- ties will be visiting Israel on a 10-day tour under auspices of the American. Zionist Federation, which will depart from New York. Feb. 17. The tour is part of an on going information program sponsored by , the Americart Zionist Federation. Israel Bonds. This represents the largest Israel Bond issue ever float- ed. The government of Israel was prompted to take this action as a result of the Yom Kippur War which drained the country's economic re- sources and led to unexpect- edly record defense expendi- tures. Since the first Bond issue was inaugurated in the -United States in 1951 by the late D_avid Ben-Gurion, first prime minister of Israel, the sale of Israel Bonds has pro- duced a total of $2.7 billion. I I STILL AROUND? YEP! 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