48 Friday, April 11, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israelis Plead for An End to the Dangers (Continued from Page 1) already encountered seem to indicate that such a war is already in progress. The decline in tourism is one of evidences of such a develop- ment. The Passover week brought many visitors to Israel and some of the ho- tels again teemed with ac- tivities. But the Christian pilgrims during the Easter week declined by 20 percent over last year's numbers and the Jewish visitors for Pesah reduced by half. This is part of a weapon resulting to a degree from Arab threats that may prove as deadly as bullets and-every Israeli who has a voice pleads with his kinspeople: "Come to us, encourage us with your presence, give us your moral support, your hand- shake is more effective even than the vitally needed dollar." Meanwhile there also is the need for the philan- thropic weapon. A nation virtually at war keeps func- tioning. There is a vitality amazing in all aspects. Universities are in action. Despite interruptions when students are called to full reservist duty curricula are not disturbed= and there is devotion to learning. Re- search is conducted by the ablest scientists. New immi- grants are welcomed and are trained in absorption cen- ters • where they are prepared for jobs and taught the Hebrew lan- guage. No one denies the reality of an existing crisis in the land; by the 'same token there is no shirking of res- ponsibilities. Everywhere there are the enrollees in the HaMishmar- HaEsrahim movement, the effort to provide civil guards for schools, residential quart- ers, the cities and the vil- lages. Even on the Sabbath, men wearing yarmulkes are seen emerging from synagogue services carrying guns, It is the historic and traditional obligation to protect life. on the new battlefield pres- ently shifted to Washing- ton. The appeal from here, the one expressed in the above paraphrasing of Winston Churchill, has every eye di- rected at the United States. This outcry for unin- terruption in friendships is sounded especially to the American Jew: "Stand by us! Give us 'your moral sup- port! Give courage to a strengthened and inspired leadership! The moral sup- port of Christian and Jew is needed in time of crisis! We need your solidarity! With it will come our peace, peace for the entire Middle East and glory for the American tradition that does not abandon a people fighting for life and freedom." Plea for Tourism A Cry for Help! from memory, and we do not blur realities. We let Israel speak for herself, but we provide the guides, the interpreters, the knowledge so vitally nec- essary for a good family relationship between Is- rael and American Je- wries." Levantin interposed: "Indeed, we are like one family, you in America, we here. You want a message from us? It - is simple, in three words: Come to us! Give us the courage we need. By your presence you uphold our hands." Perhaps the strongest appeal for increased tour- ism was sounded by Chaim Vinitsky, one of the most admired United Jewish Ap- peal and Jewish Agency staff members in Jerusa- lem. "We have the history and the traditions, we are forti- fied by the beauties of this land, and American Jews must share them with us," Vinitsky said. He deplored the drop in tourism — the decline of Easter Christian visitors by 20 per cent, the drop in Jewish travelers. "We need you as much as the dollars that come from UJA," Vinitsky asserted. "I know American Jews won't abandon us, and we do not want to see any interruption in the mass movement of Jewish tourists to our land. Israel, the Land of Israel, all of Jewry's treasure, never to be abandoned." TEL AVIV — A holiday brings increased spirit to this nation that seldom ex- periences peaceful days. Passover was an occasion for a measure of greater re- joicing. The planes with pil- grims of all faiths were filled and th.e hotels hummed with teeming ac- tivities. But the major prob- lem never lost its evidence. Tourism has suffered im- mensely in the past 18 months: Was it all the result of the Yom Kippur War? Have Jews succumbed to fears? That would be an indict- - The role of El Al, the Is- ment. "We do not indict our fellow Jews," was the view of Aryeh Levantin, president of Daphneh Tours, perhaps the leader in the industry. In Rishon leZion a na- tive Detroiter, Moshe Hey- man, whose home with his wife and three children now is in this pioneering Jewish city that was among the first to be es- tablished with the rise of Zionist pre-Herzlian tasks in the 1880s, was among the organizers of the Mish- mar Eirahim. Now he is a leader in introducing new methods for defense — utilization of walkie-talk- ies to assure even greater security for the Israeli communities. "I believe," said Levantin, "that the prime contribut- ing factor to the decline of tourism is the price-. We are suffering from inflation. Aren't you in the United States?", he interjected with a question. "Therefore, he' declared, "our appeal to American Jewry also has an economic reality. You are not aban- doning vacations. Where else is there the glory of kin- ship, of visiting the holiest of sites, of seeing history re- constructed and in action?" Yair Hendl had an added encouraging message for potential American tour- ists. "Our headquarters at 114 Yarhon St., Tel Aviv, have been enlarged," he stated. He takes the visitor on a tour of the building. There are now four floors, well staffed, ready promptly to provide the modern private cars and buses and well trained guides. "We make sacrifices in time, effort, energy, and we view it as a must in the obli- gation to assure that am yisrael hai, that the people Israel lives," he stated. A people with such devo- tions can not be strangled, but it must have friends, and these friends are the en- gineers of the new, arsenal "We are obligated to provide a good image for Israel and we therefore make certain that neither the modern realities nor the historic backgrounds are ever hidden from those visiting us," Hendl said. "Our schools for guides produce experts for our field. Nothing is hidden rael government airline, assumes special dimen- sions in the obligation to retain priority_for tourism in support of Israel's econ- omy. El Al's progress, the emphasis on security, the concern for travelers, all have been given emphasis in making the airline a leader in world travel safety and comfort. ' Concerns Stir UJA Leaderships TEL AVIV — Israel's ur- gent needs, the Middle East tensions and their accompa- nying problems, all add to the burdens placed on Jew- ish leadership. Max M. Fisher arrived here April 3 for emergency meetings of Jewish Agency and United Jewish Appeal representatives. As chair- man of the world committee of the UJA, Fisher often comes here on a day's no- tice. His current visit was for three days. On Sunday he was on the way back home. Prior to coming to Detroit to address the opening din- ner meeting of the Allied Jewish Campaign, Dr. Frank Lauten)erg, national chairman of the UJA, was here for the meetings with Fisher and his associates. Also here with them was Philip Bernstein, executive vice president of the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and Charlote Jacob- son, chairman of the Ameri- can section of the Jewish Agency. Their meetings here cor- responded with the pres- ence in the country of members of the U. S. Sen- ate — including George McGovern — and 24 mem- bers of the U. S. House of Representatives (Mich- igan was not represented). The concerns over the U. S.-Israel relations keep mounting, but visiting leg- islators were cautious not to *add to the agonies of a victimized community, and the emotions of the spokesmen for American Jewry seemed to be less oppressive with time. Fisher was in a somber mood, but neither he nor his accompanying members of the Jewish Agency were in total gloom. "There is the American tradition for justice and we never cancel it," was the mood of the few days of leadership consultations. Naturally, the ambassa- dorial conferences in Wash- ington and the fact that the Kissinger and Ford consult- ants included men who could not be depended upon for action in Israel's defense created added tensions. The reduction in shuttle diplo- macy for Israel with the announcement that Defense Minister Shimon Peres was advised not to make the planned trip to Washington confirmed the uncertain- ties. It had been said that some Israel cabinet minis- ters spend more time shut- tling to the United States than they do in Israel. The abandonment of a search-for-help flight to the U.S. by Peres was not a good omen. But the spirit that calculates a sense of strength for survival and progress is never completely dimmed here. So often is the Nezah Is- rael — the eternity of Israel — heard here — that in faith, at least, this is a very devout country. Bar-Ilan, Israel's Academic Progress - - RAMAT GAN, Israel Amidst the anxieties that have made Israel's life so somber because the quest for security is inseparable from life itself, an uninter- rupted dedication to the ac- ademic communities, to re- search in search- for progress, keeps adding to. the glory of a very tiny country that operates cou- rageously with passion for progress. War threats were forgot- ten when the Hebrew Uni- versity began to mark its 50th anniversary this month. _Knowledgeable people spoke with pride about the fact that in four universi- ties, the-Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Technion in Haifa, Tel Aviv Univer- sity and the University of the Negev there are depart- ments in the science of med- icine. And they are produc- ing physicians and surgeons that are winning the admi- ration of medical experts throughout the world. Then the visitor is intro- duced to Bar-Ilan Univer- sity in this city neighbor- ing on Tel Aviv, and he is provided with a new sense of admiration for the crea- tive spirit of Israel. in 1959 through their assist- ance. According to Dr. Shlomo Katz, co-ordinator of the program, the clinic is basi- cally used to treat disabled people who need counseling. "Bar-Ilan receives refer- rals from different agencies for psychological counsell- ing. Our students treat them under supervision." Individual and group coun- selling are provided. The clinic also serves a, base for research programs. These include a behaviour modification project and a rehabilitation study of young offenders. For this correspondent, who has seen Bar-Ilan Uni- versity grow from its in- fancy under the presidency of Dr. Pinhas Churgin, there was evidence of fulfil- ment to meet the late Dr. Churgin's daughter, Batya Churgin, who now heads the With the Rehabilitation musicology department at Department of the Minis- the religiously oriented uni- try of Defence, there is a versity. Musicol'ogy becomes far-reaching project, the a symbol: there are so many first of its kind in Israel, to departments at Bar-Ilan, provide vocational aid for covering every aspect of Ju- head-injured war veter- daism and learning, that ans. those who have helped to ad- One of the most remarka- vance it are justified in their ble developments in Israel pride. attributable to Bar-Ilan is - The visitor starts with the the acquisition and use of an Stollman administration immense computer system. building, there to learn that A new computer, among the first pioneers in behalf the largest in Israel, has of Bar-Ilan were three emi- been installed at the Univer- nent Detroiters: Phillip sity. According to Ezra Ben Stollman, now chairman of Kochav, Head of the Corn- the global board of the Uni- puter Center, it is an IBM versity; his brother Max and 370/168 with a memory sister-in-law Frieda (Mrs. storage of one million bytes Max Stollman). (characters) and a diSk sys- The plaques are filled tem - unit capable of storing with names of Detroiters 487 million bytes. The corn- who share in its growth. puter has three printers and To appreciate Bar-Ilan it two card readers. is necessary to understand There is a network of 31 its religious aspect. new terminals connected to . • As a religious Univer- the computer. Most of these sity ( every Jewish student are on campus, with others admitted, apart from spe- in high schools in the Dan cial cases, is required to at- Region and at Tel Hash- tend courses in Jewish stud- omer Hospital. With the aid ies, irrespective of his or her of these terminals, re- field of specialization. Non- searchers, students, pupils, Jewish students accepted teachers and doctors can for study at the University obtain information from the are not bound by the regula- computer. tions concerning required courses in Judaica. The new computer, ac- The totality of the univer- cording to a comparison sity's contributing strength made on the basis of the in Israel's academic develop- type of work done at the ment gains emphasis in th e University, is 10 to 24 role shared in the retention times more powerful than of highest standards in the one being replaced. medical research and in pro- In addition, the new com- viding new measures to- puter will allow research to wards the protection of be developed to a degree health and the assurance of unattainable with the for- retentive moral valueS in a mer one. Mini-computers land with many rich back- used on campus are con- grounds in all fields of hu- nected directly to the new man endeavor. network, which provides for The newest of Israel's fresh technological develop- achievements medically is ment in computer app the role introduced by Bar- _ tions through terminals. Ilan for rehabilitative . A revolutionary service to science. students, named "Cafeteria This is a field that bene- Service", enables them to fits the average citizen, the obtain, in seconds, a print- mentally ill and the out of the program they are wounded who return with feeding into the computer. oppressive moods from the Ben-Kochav states the battlefields. Computer Center has a staff Bar-Ilan is the only Is- of 43. The annual budget of raeli university offering a the computer amounts to $1 rehabilitation counselling million. All computer serv- psychology training pro- ices at Bar-Ilan are central- gram. ized in the Computer Center The program for the which offers advice, systems training of rehabilitation analysis and programming counselling psychologists, for all computer needs on which is now being extended campus. This encourages with the, help of Mr. and saving and greater effi- ciency. Mrs. Paul Herzog of Israel and London, was initiated (Continued on Page 13) . 1 .2 .-