Herman J. Gordon,
Projectionist, 78
Atrocity Racket Exposed
Herman (Hy) J. Gordon, a
movie projectionist for many
years in Detroit and at the
Ferndale Theater (now the
Studio North), and an em-
ploy e of Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer in California, died
April 10 at age 78.
Mr. Gordon, a former De-
troiter residing in Woodland
Hills, Calif., was associated
with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
from 1943 until his retirement
in 1965. He was a World
War I veteran. He was a
member of Daylight Lodge of
the Masons.
He is survived by his wife,
Charlotte; a daughter, Mrs.
Richard (Beverly) Sondel;
two brothers, Aubrey and
Sanford, both of Detroit;
four sisters, Mrs. Fred (Kate)
Harris of Dania, Fla., and
Mrs. Ben (Ida) Gould, Mrs.
Jack (Rose) Diamond and
Mrs. Sylvia Helfer, all of
Detroit; and two grandchil-
dren. Interment North Holly-
wood.
Columnist Howard Flieger,
in an article in U.S'. News
and World Report, exposed
"The Atrocity Racket," stat-
ing in part:
Now and then somebody
attributes lofty, idealistic,
patriotic motivation to the
so-called "Palestinian" ter-
rorists.
Rubbish!
They are not dedicated
guerrillas devoted to justice
and peace. They are just as
much enemies of the Arab
governments (although some
help finance them) as they
are of Israel.
The last thing in the world
they want is peace in the
Middle East. They'll go to
unbelievable extremes to
prevent it — as they have
demonstrated at the Olympic
Village in Munich, on the
searing Sahara Desert, in
Paris, Rome, Vienna, Bagh-
dad, Athens, Beirut and many
other places.
It is as simple as this:
Peace would put these gun-
men out of business. just as
the repeal of Prohibition put
the bootlegging gangsters out
of business in the 1930s. If
they lose their "cause," they
lose their jobs. Who would
want to hire an unemployed
terrorist?
These are bands of cold-
blooded killers who wrap
themselves in the raiment
of patriotism. And that's all
they are.
It is folly to pretend that
they renresent the 3,000.000
Palestinians of the Middle
East. They do not speak for
the Palestine refugees who
were uprooted by the Arab-
Israeli wars. Neither do they
sneak for the Palestinians
who live under Israeli occu-
pation . .
Not only do these assassins
not sneak for all Palestin-
ians. They don't even sneak
with one voice among them-
selves. They are divided 1w
internal rivalries (it would
he going too far to call them
"P ow e r struggles," since
they have no real power).
The terrorists like to be
known as "Palestinian guer-
rillas" or "commandos" or
"freedom fighters"—all hon-
orable titles for militant
dedication to a patriotic goal.
They are none of these things.
They are plain, ordinary
killers working for a living
at the atrocity racket. They
know the value of shock
publicity. It keeps the money
coming in—from extremists
and others on the fanatic
fringes of Arab nationalism.
Nobody knows for sure how
well the terrorists are fi-
nanced, but they always
Meyer W. Gasner;
Led Canada Jews
TORONTO (JTA) — Meyer
W. Gasner, long-time Cana-
dian Jewish leader, died here
at age 67 after a long illness.
Born in New York, he came
to Toronto in 1927 and helped
establish the United Jewish
Welfare Fund in 1937 to en-
sure financial security for
Jewish educational institu-
tions.
He served as chairman of
the Ontario region of the
Canadian Jewish Congress
and was founder and chair-
man of the Congress' Ortho-
dox division, coordinating
and certifying food products
as kosher. Mr. Gasner headed
the Toronto Zionists Revis-
ionists and was later presi-
dent of the Canadian Mizra-
chi Organization.
In the 1960s he was pub-
lisher of the Canadian Jew-
ish News.
Ida Keidan Caplan
Ida Keidan Caplan, last of
the elders of the prominent
Keidan family, died Tuesday
in Asbury Park, N. J.
A Detrotier until 11/2 years
ago, when she went to New
Jersey to live with her son
Philip, Mrs. Caplan was the
sister of the late Judge Harry
B. Keidan and Joseph Kei-
dan.
Mrs. Caplan, 83, was the
widow of Abraham Caplan, a
journalist with the Detroit
Jewish Chronicle and the au-
thor of many articles and a
novel on Isaiah.
Born in Lithuania, Mrs.
Caplan had four grandchil-
dren. Burial was in Detroit.
Max Rissman, Head
of Cleaners Chain
Max Rissman, founder in
1919 and president of the In-
dian Village Cleaners chain,
died Sunday at age 79.
Mr. Rissman, 23600 River-
side, Southfield, was a mem-
ber of Pisgah Lodge of Bnai
Brith and a veteran of World
War I. He was a native of
Poland.
Surviving are his wife, Gol-
die; three sons, Donald, Rob-
ert and Burton; a sister, Mrs.
Sidney (Channa) Guyer; 11
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Isadore Leeman,
Beth Achim Leader
seem to have money enough
to keep supplied with fire-
bombs to blow up unarmed
airplanes and weapons to
kill off innocent bystanders.
They have set an impos-
sible target—the elimination
of Israel—and they know it.
Most of Israel's Arab neigh-
bors are ready to accept the
fact of a Jewish state. The
days when the rallying cry
was "throw the Jews into
the sea!" are long gone.
What blocks a Middle East
peace now is terms — the
issue of real estate. No long-
er is an Arab-Istaeli settle-
ment regarded by either side
as something utterly unthink-
able.
But it is unthinkable to the
terrorists. An agreement, no
matter how tenuous or fra-
gile, would mean a peace of
sorts. And peace puts the
terrorists out of business.
They would rather have any-
thing than that.
Rabbis Set Up Dating.
Service for Singles
ATLANTA (JTA)—A com-
puterized referral service for
Jewish singles has been
started by the Atlanta Rab-
binical Association. The as-
sociation approved creation
of Jewish Compu-Date to
help fill a major need—en-
abling Jewish single men
and women to meet socially.
Rabbi Donald Frieman,
ARA president, said that one
reason for the skyrocketing
mixed marriage rates in the
area was the inability of
Jewish men and women to
meet enough interesting Jews
with whom they might wish
to associate socially.
"We hope that through the
computer dating service, we
will be able to increase the
number of Jewish contacts,
thereby decreasing the rate
of intermarriage," he added.
A.lthS
April 13—To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Berg (Carol Mer-
al), 23090 Sussex, Oak Park,
a daughter, Lisa Renee.
April 11—To Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Fine (Shelley Altus),
3214 Greenfield, Royal Oak,
a daughter, Nikole Lynn.
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April 10—To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cohen (Susan Jaffee),
15230 Oakwood, Oak Park, a
daughter, Jodi Lynne.
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April 4—To Mr. and Mrs.
Simon Weliner (Carol Last),
15151 Pearson, Oak Park, a
daughter, Lisa Ann.
MK Shulamit Aloni to Address Parley on Changing Roles
NEW YORK — Shulamit
A lawyer and leader of the
Aloni, member of the Knes- civil and women's rights
set and advocate of women's movement, she will speak on
rights in Israel, will address "The Israeli Woman: an
the National Conference on Overview of the Past 50
Jewish Women and Men 9 Years."
p.m. Saturday at the Hotel
Mrs. Aloni's presentation
McAlpin.
will be followed by a discus-
sion by Dr. Judith Diesen-
druck, American Professors
for Peace in the Middle East;
Mrs. Elaine Siris, national
chairman of the women's di-
vision of the United Jewish
Appeal; and Mrs. Janet Par-
sons, member of Kibutz Mar
Blum.
The conference, focusing
`Y omkippurniks' Drawing Strength
on the theme of "Changing
Sex Roles: Implications for
to Protest Ranks; Leader Is Lacking
the
Future of Jewish Life,"
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Is- academic and intellectual
is sponsored by the North
rael's anti _ establishment community; and Saadia Mar- American
Jewish Students'
forces, composed of highly ciano of the Black Panthers. Network.
diverse elements, have coal-
The "Yomkippurniks" are
esced into a popular, grass- a loose coalition of religious THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW
roots front called the "Yom and free thinkers, right-
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wingers and left-wingers,
Leading the new alliance capitalists and workers, aca-
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Although they lack a lead-
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the presentation of advanced First Grade
the Rayburn Building Tues-
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day.
April 24, 1974, at 8:00 p.m., has been re-
There will be an off-the-
scheduled for Wednesday, May 1, 1974, at
record briefing at the State
8:00 p.m., at the Yeshivah Building, 15751 W.
Department on American
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March 28—To Dr. and Mrs.
Howard Finnk (Lynn Margo-
lin), 25610 Catalina, South-
feld, a daughter, Amy.
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Raymond Predhomme (Judy
Shultz of Detroit), of Wind-
sor, a son, Danny Alan.
Isadore Leeman, past pres-
ident of Cong. Beth Achim
and an accountant with the
Arthur King Realty Co., died
Wednesday at age 60.
Mr. Leeman, 29133 Ever-
green, Southfield, was a na-
tive Detroit. He was a mem-
ber of Louis Marshall Lodge,
Bnai Brith.
Survivors are his wife,
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Reseda, Calif., Mrs. Lewis
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