16—Friday, Sept. 6, 1974
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Capucci Trial Immunity Used by Prosecutor, Defense Lawyers
JERUSALEM (J T A) —
State Prosecuting Attorney
Gabriel Bach and Defense
Attorney Aziz Shehade, ar-
gued in court Wednesday
over whether Greek Catholic
Archbishop Hillarion Capucci
can be tried on the arms
smuggling and other charges
for which he was indicted
Tuesday.
Shehade argued that his
client was immune because
he held a special service
passport approved by the for-
eign ministry. Bach also op-
posed a defense request that
Capucci be transferred from
jail to house arrest because
of his privileged status as a
member of the clergy.
Judge Miriam Ben Porat
of the Jerusalem District
Court said she would render
a decision Thursday. Tues-
day, State Attorney Meir
Shamgar entered a 1,500- Arab nations are called fe- I sacrifice their lives to save
that is, those who their country."
word indictment of Capucci. dayeen,
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It accused him of performing
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services for the El Fatah
terrorist organization, illegal-
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ly transporting and process-
ing weapons and maintaining
contacts with foreign agents.
If found guilty, Capucci
could be sentenced to 10
years imprisonment on each
of the first two counts and
15 years on the third.
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ment, Capucci smuggled
arms into Israel on three oc-
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casions. On one of them, he
hid the weapons in 'the chil-
dren's toilet at a mission
school in Beit Hanina on the
outskirts of . Jerusalem.
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On another, he kept the
arms at his home and later
transferred them to his mon-
astery at Jaffa Gate in the
Old City. He also allegedly
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maintained contact with two
top El . Fatah agents on his
frequent trips to Beirut on
church business.
Capucci in court Tuesday
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complained that he was not
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His lawyer requested that he
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be transferred from his pres-
ent detention in jail to house
arrest at his home, or in his
church or at the Latrun mon-
astery on the Jerusalem-Tel
Aviv highway. Each opposed
the request because of the
serious nature of the charges
against Capucci.
Listed on the charge sheet
against Capucci are 19 prose-
cution witnesses including 12
policemen and security offi-
cers, an arms expert and six
residents of Jerusalem.
Meanwhile Melchite Patri-
arch Maximus V vigorously
defended as a hero Archbish-
op Capucci.
The Melchite Patriarch, in
Rome to discuss the affair
with Vatican authorities, said
as of now there is "no certain
proof" of Capucci's guilt. He
further implied that Israeli
security officials had planted
weapons in the archbishop's
car after he was taken into
custody and then claimed
they had discovered the wea-
pons.
Maximus noted that even if
Capucci were guilty of aiding
the Palestinians, "what the
Israelis call guilt the Arabs
call heroism." He added: 'It
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JEWISH CAMPING: Some Jewish groups with resi-
dent camps for school age children have for years main-
tained their camps as part of their Jewish school system.
This is particularly the case with ideological and denomi-
national groups. However, communal camps—maintained
by community • centers, Jewish federations and philan-
thropic groups— have been merely a place for fresh air
and recreation. Their sponsors looked upon them just as a
place to keep the children away from city streets during
the summer when the public schools are closed. No edu-
cational importance was attached to them.
During the last year, however, a distinct awareness has
arisen in the communities to the value of • Jewish educa-
tional content in the camps. With every year, more and
more stress has been laid on the necessity of constructive
Jewish programs in the communal camps. Leading in this
movement were Jewish educators centered around the Media to Promote
National Jewish Welfare Board and the American Associa-
Enrollment for
tion for Jewish Education.
Today, the importance of using the Jewish camps as
instruments to supplement formal Jewish education is no NYC Day Schools
longer questioned. It is accepted by all groups. There is
NEW YORK (JTA) —The
acknowledgement of the fact that camps offer greater op- Board of Jewish Education
portunities for implanting Jewish feelings among young- will use newspaper and radio
sters.
advertising and extensive
door-to-door distribution of a
THE COMMUNAL CAMPS: This summer there were brochure during this month
more than 40,000 children in camps sponsored by Jewish to promote enrollment in
community centers affiliated with the National Jewish Wel- Jewish afternoon schools in
fare Board. A much larger number was registered with the first attempt on such a
camps maintained by Zionist, Orthodox and Yiddish groups. scale in the metropolitan New
Eighty Israelis with camping skills worked this summer York area for that objective,
as staff members in Jewish camps throughout the country. according to Dr. Alvin Schiff,
A commission on Jewish national camping is now func- BJE executive vice president.
tioning at the National Jewish Welfare Board. It is com- He said a goal of the drive
posed of prominent lay and professional leaders in Jewish is to increase public aware-
communal service, camping and Jewish education. The ness of the importance and
Commission's accepted policy is that Jewish communal availability of Jewish educa-
camps must be Jewish in their purposes, programming tion.
He said the audience for
and staffing. This provides, among other things, for the
introduction of traditional and creative Sabbath observance the campaign is the parents
programs in the camps, the introduction of Jewish educa- of the estimated 100,000 Jew-
tion classes, the use of decorative Jewish symbols in the ish school-age children in the
area, aboui. 25 per cent of the
camps, and the conducting of Israel-oriented activities.
One of the views emphasized by the Camping' Commis- total Jewish school-age
sion relates to the staff. Most of the counselors in the com- population, who receive no
munal camps are college students who are abysmally ig- Jewish education during their
norant in the areas of Jewish knowledge and values. Sport lifetime. The theme of The
campaign is "Survival .
and recreation is their main interest in camp activities.
Through Education."
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NEW VISTAS: The Jewish camping season is closing campaign are posters, a fly-
this year with an outlook of moving into a partnership er, and a Jewish Education
with the Jewish education field in the years to follow.
Hot Line, he said. Three post-
A year-long study on Jewish camping—on which mil- ers have been prepared and
lions of dollars are expended every year—recommends distributed to the 660 Jewish
the expansion of communal camps to serve not only school schools served by the BJE.
children but entire Jewish families and all age groups, Dr. Schiff said orders for
including older adults. The study has been conducted by more posters are being re-
the Jewish Welfare Board.
ceived- front Jewish school
A new $2,300,000 summer camp for the exclusive use officials who will place them
of low-income senior citizens from Metropolitan New York in local stores, butcher shops
started functioning this year with the aid of funds from and similar outlets.
the New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. It is
The BJE Jewish Educa-
located on a 500-acre site in the Pocono Mountains and is tion Hot Line began opera-
known as the Block Vacation Center.
tion Tuesday. The number is
A new feature in Jewish camping is the introduction a direct' line, to be operative
of a kibutz-like camp for the teen-ager. Unlike children of throughout September; which
elementary school age, teen-agers do not easily let them- will connect the caller with
selves be influenced by the Jewish atmosphere in the a BJE staff member, who
camp. They bring to the camp their every day lives which will take information about
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are not Jewish in behavior and orientation. Many of them the kind of Jewish education
come from homes where the parents identify themselves desired for the caller's child,
as Jews but know nothing of the meaning of Jewishness. the child's age, neighborhood
and related information. Dr.
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Schiff said that information
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The New York Daily News Arab nations showered the ately to a BJE pedagogic spe-
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Egyptian President Anwar bailed out the economy.
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"We thought we'd heard and ideology in question. The
that "Egypt triggered last everything. But war for pro- specialist will then call the
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