Zionists Told Aid to Israel Must Rise
NEW YORK (JTA)—Kal-
man Sultanik, executive vice
president of the World Con-
federation of General Zion-
ists, asserted that the extent
of the obligations involved
in the partnership of world
Jewry with Israel in terms
of financial support will be
even larger in the "non-
combat period" than was the
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case during the Yom Kippur
War.
He added that "Israel can-
not afford to wait much
longer in solving its outstand-
ing social problems in closing
the gaps between its various
population sectors.
"The decline in the rate of
giving which set in after the
Six-Day War must not be re-
peated since Israel is now
faacing the most c r u c i a l
economic crisis in its his-
tory," he • said.
Sultanik, a member of the
World Z i o n i s t Executive,
spoke at a meeting of the
N a tion a 1 Administrative
Committee of Bnai Zion held
here under the chairmanship
of Rabbi William Berkowitz.
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New York's 92nd St. YlVI-YWHA Marks 100th Year of Service
NEW YORK — The 92nd
Street "Y" — Young Men's-
Young Women's Hebrew As-
sociation — can look back
upon a century of services as
the "1" celebrates its 100th
anniversary.
Originally the Young Men's
Hebrew Association, it allow-
ed women to participate dur-
ing World- War II. Still on
the corner of Lexington Ave.
and 92nd St., the site of the
original four-story Y, the
building has been expanded
to two buildings occupying
26 floors of space. Member-
ship at the oldest and largest
Jewish center is 9,500.
The Y not only had all
the trappings of the Young
Men's Christian association,
but it had all types of cultural
activities including dancing,
poetry and chamber music.
Humorist Sam Levenson, a
graduate of the Y himself,
listed some of the notables
who graced the Kaufman
Auditorium stage of the Y:
T. S. Eliot„ Dylan Thomas,
Marianne Moore, Martha
Graham, Charles Weidman,
Jose Limon.
Poets who appeared at the
Y include Edith Sitwell,
Robert Frost, e.e. cummings,
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Mary
McCarthy and .Eugene Mc-
Carthy. Among the teachers
and dancers who worked at
the Y were Hanya Holm and
Agnes DeMille.
In its 100-year history,
the 1 has seen such notables
as the Marx ,Brothers, who
played basketball, and Zero
Mostel, who taught an adult
painting class at age 21.
The services at the Y mul-
tifold. They include programs
for children age 18 months
to those for senior citizens.
There are more than 6,000
members in the health club,
and the music school has
more than 750 students.
There also are classes in arts
and crafts.
Friends of Missing Arab Editor
Arraigned by Magistrate Court
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two
close friends of missing Arab
publisher Yussef Nassri Nasr
were arraigned in a magis-
trate's court here Wednes-
day in connection with his
mysterious disappearance a
month ago.
They are Jamil Hammad,
editor of the East Jerusalem
Arabic newspaper Al Fajr
which Nasr published, and
Bassin Hanaya, a local phar-
micist.
Police, who suspect foul
play, believe the two know
more about Nasr's disappear-
ance than they disclosed in
previous interrogations. Po-
lice have questioned several'
dozen persons in the case and
detained nine.
Five of the latter have
been released and two others
are expected to be released,
but the remaining two may
be arraigned. The fact that
all were close associates or
friends of the publisher in-
dicate that the police, are
still in the dark.
Nasr disappeared shortly
after arriving at his home a
month ago and has not been
heard from since. He has not
been seen by anyone known
to the police. The case has
the potential for serious poli-
tical repercussions on the
West Bank. Nasr wis bitterly
anti-Hussein and strongly
favored the creation of a Pal-
estinian entity on the West
Bank.
Independent of both Israel
and Jordan, Israeli authori-
ties suspect that he was kid-
naped for political reasons.
But the political issue he
posed is an explosive one on
the West Bank where the
populace is growing restive
because of the uncertainty of
their future status.
With the Middle East ap-
pearing to be on the threshold
of a period of disengagement
and negotiation, the pro and
anti-Hussein forces on the
West Bank are mustering
their strength.
While both elements de-
sire some sort of autonomy
Sephardic Leaders
to Honor Late Rabbi
NEW YORK — Sephardic
Jewish leaders from through-
out the New York area as
well as members of Sephard-
ic congregations will gather
Sunday at the Spanish Insti-
tute here to . honor the mem-
ory of a well-known Sephard-
ic rabbi, Rabbi Joseph Mes-
sas, chief rabbi of Haifa, who
died Jan. 25 at age 82.
Organizers of the memorial
service are the American Se-
phardi Federation, the World
Institute for Sephardic stud-
ies and the Moroccan Jewish
Organization, as well as stu•
dents whom Rabbi Messas in-
fluenced and who are living
in the U. S.
The residence floors of the
Y house more than 300 men
and women age 18-27, many
from all over the world with
a large contingent of Israelis.
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Dr. Carl Urbont, executive
director since 1956, descirb-
ed the membership:
"W h ether fitness-mind-
e d or culture-minded, our
people are now middle-class,
90 per cent Jewish, 80 per
cent from Manhattan and
mainly from the Upper East
Side."
The Y, however, changed
its outlook following the Holo-
caust and the emergence of
Israel with the initiation of
its Jewish Omnibus "to go
beyond informal celebration
to formal studies" in culture,
language and religion.
During the centennial, the
officials of the Y hope for
a "homecoming of the grand-
sons and granddaughters of
our founders." Contributing
to the development of the Y
were Oscar Straus, Irving
Lehman, Jacob Schiff, Sol
Stroock, Joseph Proskauer,
Felix Warburg and Louis
Loeb.
for the region in which more
than 1,000,000 Palestinian
Arabs live, politicians like
Hebron's influential Mayor
Mohammed Ali Al-Jaabari
believes any settlement has
to be worked out between Is-
rael and Jordan. His is a
view shared by the Israeli
government:
Mayor Al-Jaabari, who
may be the strongest politi-
cian on the West Bank, ap-
parently hopes that when
peace talks with Jordan
start, the traditional leader-
ship on the West Bank will
be invited to participate as
an equal partner.
Recent reports from Jor-
dan indicated that King Hus- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
sein intends to include the Friday, March 15, 1974-17
West Bank leadership in the
Jordanian delegation to the
Middle East peace conference
in Geneva — if and when the
conference resumes.
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Bar Mitzva Plan
Provides Alternative
By BEN GALLOP
(Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.)
NEW YORK—A California
Reform rabbi has introduced
in his congregation ,a new ap-
proach to the Bar/Bat Mitzva
ceremony in which the candi-
date may choose a project
requiring a year-long study
of some phase of Jewish lore
instead of the usual Hebrew-
oriented preparation.
Rabbi Edward Zerin of
Temple Adat Elohim in West-
lake Village said he had de-
veloped Pr o j e c t Bar/Bat.
Mitzva after finding such a
program at a secular agri-
cultural kibutz in Israel.
Temple Adat Elohim's
standard Bar/Bat Mitzva re-
quires three years of partici-
pation in a synagogue school
Hebrew enrichment program,
which includes reading mas-
tery of Hebrew and transla-
tion mastery of a1 minimum
of 500 , Hebrew words. The
candidate also must be able
to conduct the entire Shaba(
service.
For both categories, the
candidate and at least one
parent are required to study
with Rabbi Zerin for three
months, and each child must
complete religious school.
Rabbi Zerin declared that
a number of candidates
choosing the project option
"are very gifted and prefer
to express themselves in an
artistic, cultural or commun-
ity service way rather than
through specific language
study."
40 Freshmen MKs
JERUSALEM (ZINS)—One
third of the 120 members of
Knesset-40 new members of
Parliament—will be freshmen
legislators in the Eighth
Knesset. The 40 first-time
deputies are drawn from
eight 'parties.
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