Knesset Debates Abortion Bills; Orthodox Factions Issue Protests

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two
ills legalizing abortion in
srael were approved by the
esset on first reading and
act to committee despite
Ater protests from religious
embers of the Knesset.
The more moderate of the
:wo measures, submitted by
Cdabor MX Haviv Shimoni on
behalf of 15 Knesset spon-
sors, . would permit abortion
only if approved by a special
onedical board.

The bill, backed by Health
Minister Victor Shemtov, was
approved by a vote of 4343.
The second measure, pre-
sented by Marcia Freedman
of the Civil Rights Party,
would permit abortion at the
request of the mother during
the first 12 weeks of preg-
nancy. It passed by a vote of
26-14. Six MKs, including
former Foreign Minister
Abba Eban, abstained in both
votes.

The final adoption of either
of the bills by the Knesset
after the three readings re-
quired by law, would make
legal a situation that has long
existed in Israel where 40-
60,000 abortions are per-
formed annually.
Shemtov told the Knesset
that while he supports the
measure, m or e attention

should be given to family
planning services that would
reduce the number of abor-
tions.
The Health Minister's re-
marks were interrupted by
shouts from MKs of the three
Orthodox factions—including
the National Religious Party
which is a member of the
government coalition.

Jews in Early Literature

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 24,1975-41

Cuban Jews' Sta tus Unchanged

Rose said the . Zionist Cen-
MONTREAL (JTA)—Alan
Rose, executive director of ter, the Jewish Library and
the Canadian Jewish Con- a public kosher restaurant

gress, reported that on a re-
cent visit to Cuba he found
that the Jews are treated with
every consideration by the
Cuban government and that
there had been no change in
the status of the 1,700 Cuban
Jews because of Cuba's sev-
erance of relations with Is-
rael.

were functioning normally, as
was the Albert Einst ein
school where 45 Jewish chil-
dren, ranging in age from 6
to 12, received regular He-
brew instruction.
He said the pupils received
lunch at public expense and
are bused to and from the
school.
Through special arrange-
ments with Cuban authorities,
the CJC has sent Passover
supplies to the Cuban Jewish
community for several years.
Rose said he arranged for
Passover supplies and other
items to be shipped from
Canada to Cuba in the near
future.
He said he had several
meetings with Moises Baldas,
president of the Commisar
Coordinatora de Las Soci-
edades Religiosas Hebreas
Cuba, the representative or-
ganization of Cuban Jewry.

Jewish influence on early Susanna Haswell Rowson's
American
literature actually "Slaves in Algeria" (1794),
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rabbi said that the Jewish for example, had a deep asso- miser and swindler.
Bulgarian Jews have been
By the middle of the 19th given special awards for
poor and elderly were the ciation with Jewish themes.
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of the growing number of retary of the Sofia Jewish
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fourth Jewish dramatist of pinpoint with any precision
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was hostile to his background reaching historical changes
and his unperformed biblical began to challenge this hith-
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