Jewish Book Fair Set for November 9-17 (Story with detailed plans on Page 5) Middle East Lesson: Arab States Also in Danger From Brutal Terrorism THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 VOL. LXVI, No. 4 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper ogiPo 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Splintering on Intermarriage Sinai's High Level Research * Protection for Observers Editorials Page 4 October 4, 1974 csraer s Firm Preventives Offset Mobilized Terrorism Mounting terrorist activities have added to the existing tensions and challenges that will confront Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger when he resumes his diplomatic talks in the Middle East next week. Israel's army intelligence units have introduced drastic measures to offset threats and her diplomatic forces are mobilizing to counteract attacks by Israel's enemies at the UN. TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Israeli Cabinet met in special session as a _ ministerial security committee Wednesday to discuss the rising wave of ter- rorist activities. A brief announcement said only that Defense Minister Shi- mon Peres and Chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai Gur reported on security matters including terrorist acts. The deliberations of ministerial security committees are secret by law. Meanwhile, security sources relesaed details of Tuesday's incidents in which three terrorists were killed in clashes with Israeli units, two of them near the Lebanese border and the third in the Arava region of the Negev. The encounter in the north took place in the Har Dov region where an Israeli officer was killed in a terrorist ambush a week ago. A patrol surprised three terrorists infiltrators and killed two of them. The third escaped in the wooded area. Two Kalachnikoff automatic rifles were found near the slain terrorists who were also carrying a large quantity of ammunition, hand grenades, blankets, food and first-aid kits. No ex- plosives were found, indicating that the terrorists' mission was not sabotage but to ambush Israeli natrols in the border region. The dead terrorists were identified as members of Ahmed Jabril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, the terrorists gang responsible for the Kiryat Shemona massacre. Security sources said they were wearing French-made berets with Jabril's insignia, and were between 25-30 years of age. The incident in the Negev, north of Ein Yahav near the Jordanian border involved a single terrorist. His trail, picked up by an Israeli patrol, led to a hideout where the man, alone but heavily armed, chose to shoot it out. He was killed after a brief exchange of fire. The terrorist carried a Jordanian identification card. Also found on him was a wristwatch identified as the property of an Israeli Bedouin who war murdered in the region Monday. The murder prompted the search (Continued on Page 48) Anniversaries Planned by Federation, Jewish Charities; Butzel Award Presentation at JWF Meeting Oct. 21 Chairmen Named to Plan Federation. Lists Nominees The annual dinner meeting of the Jewish Wel- Celebrations in 1975 fare Federation of Detroit will be held 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at Cong. Beth Achim, announces Mandell L. Berman, president. A reception will be held at 6. The dinner will be highlighted by the pres- entation of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for distinguished communal leadership. The recipient is chosen by a special committee of presidents of all local Federation agencies and awardees of previous years. The award, first given in 1951, commemorates one of Federation's founders, a distinguished De- troit citizen and philanthropist. The meeting will include the annual report of the president, and the election of nine members- at-large to the board of governors for a three year term. Nominated to the board are: Avern Cohn, Dr. Conrad L. Giles and Mrs. Philip R. Marcuse. Seeking re-election are: Judge Lawrence Gubow, Rabbi James I. Gordon, Rabbi Milton Rosen- baum, Mrs. Norman H. Rosenfeld, Dr. Peter G. Shifrin and George M. Zeltzer. Chairman of the 1974 nominating committee is Hyman Safran, former president of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Committee members are Mrs. N. Brewster Broder, Thomas I. Klein, Erwin S. Simon and Bruce E. Thal. For reservations, call the Federation office, WO 5-3939. Mrs. Philip R. Marcuse will head the joint an- niversary committee planning the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jewish Welfare Fed- eration as well as the 75th anniversary of the United Jewish Charities' founding. She will be assisted by associate chairman George Stutz, and Walter Klein, retired execu- tive director of the Jewish Community Council, who will serve as a consultant. Celebration projects under consideration in- clude an exhibit of historical and current Jewish community photographs and documents and an oral history presentation of taped recollections of early Jewish leaders in Detroit. (Continued on Page 6) Push Button Emergency Phone System Operating in Israel _ • • Reloicing on Simhat Torah by Chagall From "The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology" edited by Rabbi . Philip Goodman. Courtesy the publishers, Jewish Publication Society ee( 4. ■ of America. • v 1 1? I t • ttliett , A new free pushbutton emergency telephone system is now in operation in Israel. The emblems of the three main emergency services pictured here, are Magen David Adorn (the Red Shield of David) for emergency medical care and ambulance service provided by MDA, Israel's National Red Cross Society, the police and the fire brigade. Individuals in need, will now easily reach and obtain immediate service. The new gadget is attached to all public telephones.