1

t b f

"..

L as .

.

0

•

THE JEWISH NEWS

Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle cmnmencing with the issue olJnly 20. 1951

Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 8(;5, Southfield, Mich. -18075.
Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $10 a year.

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor and Publisher

CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ

Business Manager

I

DREW LIEBERWITZ

-'4

Advertising Manager

Alan Hitsky, News Editor . . . Heidi Press, .assistant News Editor

II
d

Sabbath Scriptural Select ion

This Sabbath, the fourth day of Adar, 5735, the following scriptural selections will be read in our
synagogues:

Pentateuchal portion: Exod. 24:1-27:19. Prophetical portion: I Kings 5:26-6:13.

Candle lighting, Friday, Feb. 14, 5:45 p.m.

I,\ NI, No. 23

Page Four

Frida.. February 1E 1975

Legislator's Duty to Prevent M.E. Distortions

A Democratic U.S. Senator from---South
Dakota, James Abourezk, needs guidance in
judging the Arabs. Abourezk has as much right
to be pro-Arab as most of his fellow members in
the Upper House of Congress choose to be pro-
Israel. Of Lebanese descent, he has a special in-
terest in the Middle East. But that does not give
him the right to accept distorted facts about Is-
rael and her enemies.
On the Today Show recently, Abourezk
spoke with admiration and respect for Yasir
Arafat. He described him as a moderate. He
warned Israel not to ignore him and to deal with
him.
-
An avalanche of facts, the accumulation of
Arafatian hatreds, the acceptance by Arafat of
responsibility for some of the worst crimes com-
mitted by his fellow terrorists, dispute all that
Abourezk has said in defense of the chief of the
bandits. Only one piece of evidence needs to be
quoted at this time. In an interview published in
the New Republic, Nov. 16, 1974, Arafat is
quoted as follows:

"We shall never stop until we can go back home
and Israel is destroyed .. . The goal of our struggle
is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises
or mediations . . . We don't want peace, we want vic-
tory. Peace for us means Israel's destruction and
nothing else . . ."

Do you still take him for your pal, Senator
Abourezk? Is Arafat still a moderate in your
classification? Where is your sense of justice?
How does a partisan go to concede to distortion
of truth?
Besides, Senator Abourezk, you know the
position your fellow Maronite Catholics are in
Lebanon. Who knows what would happen if Is-
rael wasn't on the border as a leavening force to
prevent a massacre of those who would accept
Israel — the Maronite Christians — at the
hands of the fanatical anti-Israeli Moslems? The
evidence accumulated in the nearly 27 years of
Israelis history is that the Maronites, all Chris-
tians in Lebanon, would consider it a blessing
for Israel not only to survive but to live in peace
and in good neighborliness. Who, Senator

Abourezk, is your choice for a partner in judg-
ing the Middle East tragedy created by the ter-
rorists, Arafat or the Maronites?
This brings the issue to the desk of another
U.S. Senator, the Republican from Illinois
Charles Percy, For a number of years reams of
releases poured out of the Percy office in Wash-
ington acclaiming Israel's rights and champion-
ing the Zionist ideal. Suddenly Percy arrives on
the scene in Israel with a warning if there is to
be a pre-emptive attack by Israel it will cause
him and other Senators to judge Israel more
critically. He returned from the Middle East
brandishing threatening words at the Jewish
State.
That Percy, like Abourezk, should suddenly
accept Arafat as a moderate is a most shocking
expample of a failure to recognize the banditry
of a man who inspired terrorism and appeared
at the United Nations with a gun in his holster.
"Brainwashing" has many connotations.
But Senator Percy's background as a student of
foreign relations leads to the belief that he
should have done better home work. His clarify-
ing statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
does not absolve him of blame in - having mis-
judged the serious situation affecting both Is-
rael and the United States.
The long history of American support for
the downtrodden includes assistance to Jews in
the Holy Land dating back to more than a cen-
tury. The record of Zionist support includes as-
surance of security for the homeless who have
acquired an address in their ancient homeland.
A pre-emptive strike prayerfully to be avoided,
could develop only if the existence o_f Israel were
at stake.
Jews, Israelis and their friends, no matter
how small their forces, have confidence in the
sense of fair play of the American people and
their legislators in Washington. Because fair-
play is more vital than cavaliership, there is
faith in a future that will reaffirm majority con-
gressional support in behalf of tiny Israel bat-
tling to survive in dignity.

An Emerging American Tragedy

The Great American Tragedy of a social na-
ture is being eclipsed by the economic threats.
The democratic way of this nation, with its roots
in total freedom, guarantees human rights for
all, whether they are citizens or foreigners.
There can be no negation of such basic princi-
ples. Therefore the new investment projects
may not be curtailed and could not be stopped.
There are, however, other matters to be con-
sidered. Foreigners seeking control of industries
in this country may be in search of influence in
munitions making, and that could inevitably
affect the security of the country.
Furthermore there is the danger of foreign
powers getting a foothold in the communica-
tions media. While the idea was juggled as a
huge joke, the danger of a comedy being trans-
formed into irony must never be overlooked.
It so happens that a Saudi Arabian came to
Detroit to assume control of a major bank, and
because of the prejudicial attitude of his govern-

ment toward Jews the matter deireloped into a
protest by Jews.Had the Russians acquired the
tens of billions of dollars that are destined to
grow into the hundreds of billions of dollars, the
Soviet bloc might have been the danger-threat-
ening force invading this land.
Under any and all circumstances, the con-
cern should have been expressed by all Ameri-
cans. Realistically, it is to be admitted that very
few non-Jews were as concerned as their Jewish
fellow citizens. Perhaps the American tragedy is
merely a Jewish fear. If that is the case, all the
worse.
To ignore a danger from a new money
power that is seeking domination in American
industries is to be blind to reality. This nation
must at least be prepared to protect the very
basics — the protective munitions and the com-
munications. Let the protest involving banking
serve as a guide for action in attempts to intrude
upon America's security.

Enlarged Birnbaum Siddur
Aic10/isually Handicapped

Increased concerti shown for the elderly who are suffering
from impaired vision, or others who are affected by vision problems
has spread to newspapers and to religious ranks.

The New York Times now publishes a special large type news-
paper. Ophthalmologists are experimenting with magnifiers.

To enable the visually impaired to continue - their syn-
agogue attendance or praying at home, without handicap,
a new large type Siddur has just been issued by the Hebrew
Publishing Co. of New York. Using 19-point type (approx-
imately one-quarter inch) for both the Hebrew text and the
English translation, the new prayer book emerges as a
great aid for the visually handicapped.

The publishers used the siddur that was edited and translated
by the eminent theologian and historian, Dr. Philip Birnbaum, for
the production of this new contribution to efforts to aid the visually
handicapped. Rabbi Birnbaum, whose many commentaries form a
veritable library on Jewish traditional interpretations, has pro-
vided a most impressive English text for his siddur.

The large type prayer book, in a 12" by 9" format, has 372
pages and is declared not too heavy for handling in spite of the fact
that non-glare paper was used to facilitate the help sought for
those with poor vision. All aspects of aid needed for the handi-
capped were taken into consideration.

Attractively printed, with firm hard covers, containing page
marker ribbons, the new siddur is certain to be treasured by those
who will find relief from their handicap and will now have the pro-
per siddur for synagogue and home use.

A special deluxe edition has also been-published as an
available help_to read the daily, festival and other prayers
included in this large-type prayer book.

A comparison of type that appeared in the original Philip
baum prayerbook with the large type in the new siddur provides an
idea of the help given those with poor vision.

rg.r.?'?

";ru0,

"..Cr7 mitt

•rri

IN borrAL
:14 rwV, 1,1,0

W.-4 177: rts

-

77.7:

•
,,r4, 012
ry vst 0-7; rity4 ,

TY,

not

is YIP'

ver:rErl ,:t

.rt;:st-"•14

r"),

.1010,1iTri

177

rTe.

2"7V

": - 7 r,rrce
er rs

ZI:74

""Mt?

'OP* Vrtet
.00 ".1104

W. N•004
IrA0 'MDT

rT;L?

,1p t=
M;P?

