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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Happy Passover
To All Our Friends & Customers
MARTIN AND SUE
WEISS & FAMILY
OF MODERN BAKERY
13735 W. 9 Mile Rd. — Oak Park
and 26060 Greenfield
Lincoln Shopping Center
WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
A - HAPPY AND HEALTHY
PASSOVER
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Assessing Jewish Situation: Does Past Presage Future?
By JACK SIEGEL
(A Seven Arts Feature)
As is the case each Pas-
sover, we recall the plight of
the Jews in Egypt 3,600
years ago, with bitter herbs.
Today, it behooves the Jew-
ish community to assess
problems around it.
At the same time, a poll
Probably central to this in Israel revealed that 75
thinking is the condition of perc.ent of the people do not
Israel, faced as it is with en- have faith in Kissinger's
ormous economic problems method. In which case, for
and the wall of Arabs sur- whom is Kissinger working
rounding it. The Middle in this matter, if not for the
East, by virtue (or vice) of American and Israeli peo-
being the center of political ple? It is something for
and economic .(oil) turmoil, American Jews to ponder.
is drawing the ire and fire of
Some key and leading Is-
many other world powers. raelis are leaning towards
Whether the conflict there Geneva as the full vehicle
will be solved by Dr. Kissin- for settlement rather than
ger's step-by-step approach the salami, step-by-step
or whether it will have to approach of Kissinger
move to Geneva where the which many are now asso-
two superpowers will co- ciating with the failure in
chair, is iffy at this writing. Vietnam. If he should suc-
Kissinger, on leaving for ceed so much the better.
the Middle East, promised Certainly he should be given
no panaceas, probably to an- all support in the attempt to
ticipate the lack of success. succeed. But success.— for
The Soviets continue to en- whom?
gage in their political pur-
We are faced with other
suits in the same area_ The problems at home. Infla-
Israeli prime minister has tion, of course, is a ge-
publicly stated he favors the neric, not a Jewish prob-
Kissinger approach, not so lem, although it hits Jews
much because he thinks Kis- as well. It affects, there-
singer's will prevail, as he fore, the involvement of
Jews in campaign efforts
wishes to avoid the Geneva
not only for Israel but for
conference to face the So- indigenous needs which, in
viets whose position vis-a-vis the light of conditions
Israel is not palatable.
here, become more press-
However, since 1973,
according to , the latest
Harris Poll in the U.S.,
sympathy for Israel has
risen from 39 percent to 52
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percent while at home the
- major causes for inflation
and recession are laid at
the doors of the Arabs.
Also a high percentage of
the American people
blame recession on strictly
home factors.
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All this winds its way to
the center of American
government, Washington,
also to presidential politics
and concern over who will
head either of the two tick-
ets.
-Whether it will be the in-
cumbent, President Ford or
somebody else in '76 or one
of the many Democrats as-
sembling and jockeying for
that nomination, the heart
of the matter is the stand on
issues: towards Israel, the
oil exchange and as causa-
tive factor in inflation, the
trade deal with the Soviets
which apparently, but not
really hinges on Soviet per-
mission for Jews there to
emigrate.
If that figure is 100,000,
as Dr. Nahum Goldmann
has said, who ultimately
want out, the matter of -So-
viet trade is more profound
than Jewish emigration,
around which Senator
Henry Jackson is basing one
of his claims for Jewish sup-
port and constituency.
The European situation
mirrors the overall prob-
lems confronting Jews.
ing.
We discover there is a
Jewish poor, mostly among
the aged, and this calls for
attention as well as funding.
What has lit up the matter
has been the recent investi-
gation into housing and care
for the elderly where Jews,
on either side of the investi-
gation, figure - prominently. r
While these human mat-
ters go on, we find that
there is an invasion of Arab
finance and propaganda in
the United States. Petrodol-
lars in Arab hands are seek-
ing out pieces of American
business and land; and are
moving into campuses with
offers to universities of
grants, provided there are
no Jewish instructors or
professors.
And to cap it off, in terms
of irony and conflict, an
American concern in Los
Angeles is training Saudi
Arabians in how to protect
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their oil fields. Against
whom, one New York radio
station asked, against the
only possible threat, the
Americans?
Socialites Set
Anniversary Dance
Detroit Socialites will ce-
lebrate its 19th anniversary
with a dance 9 p.m. Satur-
day at the Oak Park Com-
munity Center.
Johnny C will perform,
and refreshments will be
served. Fol' information, call
Mollie Stern, 342-2791.
Bankers there are being
excluded, according to re-
ports, from business deals
with Arab consortia while
governments are rushing
higgledy-piggledy into
arms sales with Arab
countries. The only recent
brighter note was French
disgust with Arab terror-
ism at their airports and
the feeling that now, fin-
ally something had to be
done. But maneuvering
persists, especially within
the oil consuming nations,
as they haggle for advan-
tage with the oil producer
(mostly Arab) countries.,
While the situation 573D
years ago was tough, one of
the reasons was that we
were slaves. But today, we
are free people, even in the
Soviet Union, to the degree
of our distance from Jewish
tradition. While a Moses
now wouldn't hurt, we have
leaders, but the resolution
to these problems facing the
Jewish communities resides
within the talents of the
communities themselves
and their need to know the
facts so that they can act on
them.
Best Wishes For A
Happy & Joyous Passover
LESTER, HAROLD &
RAYMOND GREENSPAN
NOR LES SALES
2260 Scott Lake Rd.
Pontiac, Mich. 48054
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