Minority Government in Formation (Continued from Page 1) liberations. Expressing high praise for the American role in relation to Israel, he said: "I have not words enough to praise Kissinger." He com- mented that Kissinger "has never cheated us," that he has befriended the Arabs "and we have nothing against that." He said that he was optimistic about the disen- gagement. In the near future, he said, he foresaw "an im- portant opportunity for a set- ment with the Arabs." Resolution of the crisis Wednesday, with a decision to form a minority govern. ment, came when the Chief Rabbinate Council published a unanimous decision urging the National Religious Party not to join the coalition un- less the Law of Return is amended to define conversion as by Halaklia only. The de- cision—which had been kept secret for some hours — was flashed by TV after Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren inform- ed NRP of it. WE CAN FIT YOU! GOWNS s29t0929 LONG, SHORT, PATIO - • STYLES. SIZES 6 to 414 • °WEDDINGS, BAR MITZVA'S — PARTIES. SIZES 6 to 44 ANDELS 154 SOUTH WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM MI 2-4150 NRP Knesseters seemed sad and bewildered when I they heard the news. This was . certainly not what they had intended, they freely admitted. By a strange quirk, their anger and annoyance were now directed against Dr. Yitzhak Rafael, the faction chairman whose idea it was to ask the chief rabbis' op- The NRP men now realize that the chief rabbinate could have come to no different opinion in view of the ex- treme religious sensitivity of "Who Is a Jew" and of the unanimous feelings among top Orthodox rabbis abroad that the NRP must stand firm for legal amendment. Formation of the minority government forestalled ef- forts made by the opposition leader, Menahem Begin, to form a National Unity Gov- ernment. The conflict with the NRP had another aspect: Mapam might not have backed the Labor Aligntnent if Mrs. Meir had yielded to the de- mands of the religious par- ties. Also, members of the Independent Liberal Party were adamant against the NRP pressures. Mrs. Meir had been prom- ised the support of the three Knesseters of the newly- formed Civil Rights Party headed by Shulamit Aloni. In a showdown, especially on the question of pending nego- tiations with the Arabs, the new government might thus secure a bare majority in the Knesset. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, Feb. 22, 1974-5 Israel to Build City in Golan C55 TEL AVIV — Ground will ments, several of which are be broken next month for a placed along the west bank new Jewish city of 5,000 resi- of the Jordan River to fend dents in the occupied Golan off possible Jordanian attacks Heights area of Syria, Israeli from the east. Mrs. Meir told a delega- officials announced. Guess whose ad this is Announced to Israeli news- tion of Golan Heights resi- and you get 1 Free! men at the Golan Front, of- dents that she sees the pla- Send your answer to ficials said the first inhabi- teau as an inseparable part MURRY KOBLIN ADV. tants of the new settlement of Israel and could not con- 8430 W. 9 Mile, Oak Pk ceive of adandoning the set- will be military and defense or call : 548-5600 ministry personnel. The town tlements. will rise near the abondoned Syrian village of Sanaberi, imumminitimminminimminimminimmummillimmmummummi about 11/2 miles east of the o pre-1967 border. There are plans for industry and an = eventual population of 20,000. Although the plan to build Featuring the ALL NEW is an old one, it was revived WINDSOR and TUXTAIL as Syria demanded an Israeli ALSO withdrawal 12 miles from the October cease-fire line as a PRINCE EDWARDS condition for entering into ALL COLORS AVAILABLE peace talks. Prior to the October war, FLARED PANTS, RUFFLE Israel's policy was to estab- SHIRTS IN ALL COLORS lish settlements in territory captured in the Six-Day War. Rentals • Sales Why, then, is Sinai so im- Israeli leaders pledged_ not Fittings portant to Jews? Because in to relinquish those settle- Sinai, Moses transformed a Volare Boots in band of slaves into a nation Golda Back in Action Black, Brown and White of men. Complete Line JERUSALEM (JTA)—Pre- Group Rates for The Israelites Moses mier Golda Meir is well of Men's Suits and Weddings and Proms brought out of Egypt were a again and back at work at Sportcoats conglomeration of tribes who her office. She had been Tuxedo Sales 8. Rental 126 S. Woodward s had been slaves. The •srael- house-bound suffering from Ilst Block S. of Maple on Woodward) = ites who entered Canaan "inflammation of the upper Birmingham, Mich. Men's Clothing were a people on the verge eyelids." of becoming a nation. They spent 40 years in the . . . From the Desk of Sinai Peninsula after the Ex- odus. Forty years. in the lan- Jerry Glassman guage of the Bible, means one generation, and Moses obviously did not think he could enter the Promised Land with people who had been born and spent their lives as slaves. It has often been a point of confusion to believe that the biblical Mount Sinai is actually a known location. In fact, there is no Jewish tra- dition of the geographical lo- cation of Mount Sinai, since it seems that the exact loca- tion has always been ob- scure. Moreover. rabbinical literature was always more concerned with the contents and ideas of the Torah than Statistics-prove beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you really are gambling when you are with the question of where it driving a compact or a foreign car. Don't lose your life trying to save a few gallons of gas, was given. One of the major it's not worth it, and can so easily happen to you if you have a major accident while driving reasons the exact location of one of the smaller cars. Mount Sinai cannot he iden- tified with precision is the I have to think that life is worth more than a few extra miles per gallon. fact that there is no certain- ty about the route of the Ex- Play it safe ... Buy a car with your life in mind. odus. Oldsmobile was designed for your comfort and safety. If you drive in a 50 M.P.H. zone you will Sinai's importance to Jews get good gas mileage. I think if you are going to buy a car of any kind, play it smart, and keep did not end with the march all these facts in mind. of the Israelites into Canaan. In modern times from the I don't believe that you will find a better place for fair pricing, and fair dealing than JERRY early Zionist Plan (1902) of GLASSMAN OLDS, and one more thing ... your piece of mind comes free of charge. the settlement of El-Arish and environs as a prelude to Did you know that Oldsmobile is 100% American made. Jewish settlement in Pales- tine, to the occupation of the Sinai Peninsula during the Six-Day War to the negotia- tions of a pullback after the SERVICE DEPT. Yom Kippur War, Sinai has OPEN 4 NIGHTS A WEEK — never stopped having the world's focus of attention M - THURSDAY TIL 9 forced on it. Sinai Value Beyond Military From the Encyclopedia Judaica Economically, the Sinai Peninsula must rank among the world's most unimportant areas. It contains scant raw materials and agricultural production is difficult. 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