THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Passover Pilgrimages Defy Arabs;
Detroit El Al Tours Are Increasing
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
"Come and spend Passover
with us." This was the call
issued by Ashkenazic Chief
Rabbi Shlomo Goren in the
aftermath of last week's ter-
rorist attack on the Savoy
Hotel in Tel Aviv. Rabbi
Goren said a mass pilgri-
mage to Israel would be the
correct answer by world
Jewry to the attack.
He urged each commu-
nity to organize a group for
the traditional Passover pil-
grimage to Israel both as a
ulfillment of an important
mitzva and as a demonstra-
tion of solidarity with Is-
rael.
Although hotel owners
have feared a mass flight of
tourists from Israel and
cancellations of scheduled
visits, this has not material-
ized. El Al said it has not re-
ceived any cancellations of
trips to Israel while the ho-
tels themselves reported no
significant cancellations in
reservations.
Locally, Benjamin Hersh-
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RABBI GOREN
kovitz, manager of the De-
troit Israel El Al Israel Air-
ways • office, reported this
week that increased interest
in tourism has been in effect
here and that in spite of
Arab efforts to disrupt con-
fidence in Jewish ranks
there was not a single can-
cellation in tourist plans.
The Passover tours are ov-
erloaded, he stated. He said
that the $1 million Detroit
El Al sales of a year ago will
be exceeded and the fiscal
year ending April 30 will
show $1.5 million in tourist
sales.
He said he had arranged
for 30 group tours this year
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BEN HERSHKOVITZ
— 25 percent of them Chris-
tian — for 1,000 visitors in
Israel, and 2,000 more trav-
eled to Israel individually.
Hershkovitz emphasized
the interest shown in El Al's
popularity by stating:
"Although Detroit was
one of the hardest hit of the
major American cities with
layoffs and unemployment,
we are very optimistic for a
good year. Not only is the
Jewish market continuing
to support Israel by flying
El Al, we have also seen a
marked increase in Chris-
tian travellers.
"Our prospects are excel-
lent for both the Jewish and
Christian markets and we
hope that things will con-
tinue on an upward trend.
Trans-Atlantic travel has
been down and of course
this has affected Israel too.
"However, in spite of the
increased airfares and eco-
nomic problems, we did in-
crease our traffic by 25 per-
cent over last year's fig-
ures."
He added that, "There are
many things that make El
Al special. First of all there
is the safety factor. Our pil-
ots are considered the best
in the world.. Secondly our
security precautions. Nowa-
days people feel that when
they choose a destination
they want to arrive there
safe and secure.
"We are also the only car-
rier flying nonstop 747
jumbo jets both ways. That
means only 91/2 hours flying
time from New York."
Hershkovitz said that by
traveling El Al one gives
Israel the moral and eco-
nomic support upon which
her existence depends.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State
Department is warning visi-
tors to Middle Eastern coun-
tries to make Israel their
last stop if they intend to
visit Arab countries. This is
because the Arab nations
are refusing to admit travel-
ers with Israeli visas on
their passports.
In Amsterdam, a spokes-
man for KLM, the Dutch
National Airline, has denied
that the airline had prom-
ised to cease promoting
tours to Israel. Responding
to a statement issued earlier
by the director general of
the Arab Boycott Office in
Damascus, the KLM spokes-
man said the only promise
made to the Arabs was not
to include the occupied ter-
ritories in KLM travel fold-
ers on tourism in Israel.
Dutch-Israeli
Reporter Barred
by Saudi Arabia
Friday, March 14, 1975 5
H arvard Profs Back Kissinger
BOSTON, (JTA) — Four
Harvard professors declared
their support for Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissin-
ger's diplomatic efforts to
achieve peace in the Middle
East and declared their con-
cern over opposition to these
efforts by some segments of
the American Jewish com-
munity.
AMSTERDAM (JTA) —
The Saudi Arabian govern-
ment has refused to issue a
visa to Dutch-Israeli jour-
nalist Jaap van Wesel for
Dutch Foreign Minister
Max van der Stoel's March
visit to Saudi Arabia.
Van Wesel, the Israeli
correspondent of the Dutch
The four, all Jews, are
Progressive weekly "Vrij David Landes, national
Nederland," has been a resi- chairman of the American
dent of Jerusalem for sev- Professors for Peace in the
eral years, but has pre- Middle East; Martin Peretz,
served his Dutch chairman of the editorial
nationality.
board of the New Republic
Van Wesel's initial visa and a member of the board
request was refused, offi- of governors of Hebrew Uni-
cially because only eight versity; Henry Rosovsky,
major journalists were to chairman of the Commis-
accompany the official sion on International Af-
Dutch party. "Vrij Neder- fairs of the American Jew-
land" suggested that van ish Congress; and Michael
Wesel travel privately to Walzer, a member of the
Riyad and the visa request board of trustees of the In-
was made by the newspa- stitute of Jewish Policy,
per.
Planning and Research of
Van Wesel's place of the Synagogue Council of
residence was not men- America.
tioned in the visa request.
The statement declared
This second request,
that while the four scholars
which was also refused, "have had and continue to
triggered an official pro-
have various differences
with Dr. Kissinger on other
issues," they were "dis-
tressed by the fact that he
has become the target of an
unwarranted and baseless
campaign questioning his
fundamental motives vis-a-
vis Israel."
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Uyl and Foreign Minister
van der Stoel, informed of
the situation, have both de-
clared that they would not
tolerate any anti-Jewish
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Stoel cancel his visit if the
visa is not issued.
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