1976 Allied Jewish Campaign is on Road to Another
Triumph; New Crisis is Spurring Drive's Volunteers
$13,119,288 Initiates
Detroit's Generosity
THE JEWISH NEWS
Formal commencement of the 1976 Allied Jewish Campaign-
Israel Emergency Fund on Wednesday was marked by a sense of
confidence that this community's traditional generosity will not
be interrupted and that the obligations to Israel's needs and to the
60 local and national causes represented in the drive will again be VOL. LXIX, No. 3
March 26, 1976
fulfilled.
Announcement of initial gifts totalling $13,119,288 sub-
scribed which commence the scheduled five weeks of solicitations
was viewed by the Campaign leadership as an encouragement to-
- - 9rds an aim of securing an additional $5,000,000 to match last
;'s gifts for the all-inclusive philanthropic effort.
--- 'Shaul Rosolio, inspector general of the Israel police, gave
an official view of the difficulties Israel is confronting on the
West Bank and appealed for continued American support in
the direly needed situation that necessitates strengthening the
.Jewish state's security. Rosolio substituted as guest speaker
for Israel Ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog
who was compelled to remain in New York for the Security
Council debates.
Inspired by Rosolio, 4,000 Campaign volunteer workers are
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House insisted Wednesday that the United States statement
proceeding to contact more than 10,000 potential givers who
at the Security Council Tuesday condemning settlements by Israel in occupied territories does not
have yet to be reached, with 13,483 donors already enrolled dur-
represent a change in the American policy. Presidential News Secretary Ron Nessen said that U.S.
ing the pre-Campaign tasks conducted by the various divisions.
Ambassador William Scranton's remarks regarding the settlements were "a restatement of policy"
The five-week Campaign period ends April 28.
made by the former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Arthur Goldberg in 1968, Charles Yost in 1969 and
Dr. Leon Fill and Merle Harris, co-chairmen of the 1976 Cam-
paign, spearheaded the local leaders' evaluations of the drive and
George Bush in 1971.
the appeals for community-wide unity in mobilizing volunteers
Nessen said they_were "among others" who have said the settlements are "not helpful to a peace
and in laboring for a traditional triumph in fundraising for phi-
settlement." Asked why Scranton made his statement after five years of silence by Administration
lanthrophic tasks by Greater Detroit Jewry.
officials, Nessen said it was because Scranton is taking part in the Security Council debate. Asked
The new crises emerging in Israel were felt as evidence of
whether Scranton's statements that the settlements are "illegal" have always been official policy
concern over the dangers confronted by the Jewish state and the
Nessen
said that he would have to check the record before answering that. He said that Scranton's
duties thus atributed to the Campaign's objectives. The anxieties
"language was somewhat more restrained than those on other public occasions."
were in evidence in Rosolio's address to the gathering.
Scranton said that settlement by Israelis in the occupied territories was an obstacle to nego-
Mirroring the remarks he made at a press conference
tiations for peace in the Middle East. Scranton's statement, his first major address at the UN,
Wednesday afternoon, Gen. Rosolio conceded the seriousness of
was made during the second day of the Security Council meeting on the turmoil in the West Bank
Arab animosities but foresaw an eventual realization of the real-
and East Jerusalem.
ism of true neighborliness.
Referring to the demonstrations by youth in recent weeks, in
Observers saw this as a slight change in American policy, at least in tone. The Israeli mission to
protests against the establishment of Jewish settlements on
the UN had no comment. Quoting from the Geneva Convention, Scranton said: "Clearly then, substan-
the West Bank, he declared that there were very few arrests
tial resettlement of the Israeli civilian population in occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, is
because Israel does not and
illegal under the Convention and can not be
will not react with extreme
considered to have prejudiced the outcome
firmness. He blamed the dem-
of future negotiations between the parties
onstrations on instigations
on the - location of the borders of states of
from the PLO stemming from
the Middle East.
the terrorists' search for noto-
"Indeed, the presence of these settle-
riety in the world scene.
NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Jewish Congress
"We have to live in peace with
ments is seen by my government as an ob-
Israel's Prime Minister Yit-
this week angrily denounced Mike Wallace's follow-up re-
zhak Rabin will address com- the Arabs," the general said.
stacle to the success of the negotiations for
port on Syrian Jewry-broadcast on the CBS-TV "Sixty Min-
munity leaders through a "They are our neighbors. That's
-a just and final peace between Israel and
utes" program Sunday but at the same time expressed
special closed circuit broad- our hope and our aim and we
"some satisfaction" that Wallace included an interview with
its neighbors."
cast to the new Jewish Com- will not resort to extremes to
a Syrian Jew who was able to "speak freely" about condi-
However, Scranton rejected charges
munity Center Wednesday harm anyone. The search for
tions in that country.
by
the
Arabs of religious discrimination by
good
relations
is
a
slow
process,
for an Allied Jewish Cam-
Rabbi
Arthur
Hertzberg,
president
of
the
AJCon-,
Israel
on
the West Bank and in Jerusalem.
paign-Israel Emergency but we must and do strive for it.
gress which had criticized the original program on Syr-
"Israel's punctilious administration of the
We believe that political realities
Fund meeting.
ian Jewry 13 months ago as "inaccurate and distorted,"
holy places in Jerusalem has greatly mini-
The broadcast will include will bring about acquiescence to
charged that the follow-up sought "to support .. .
mized the tensions," he said. "We are grati-
messages from Jewish the striving for good neighborli-
claims of Syria's benevolent treatment" of Jews.
fied that the Supreme Court of Israel has
Agency executive Josef Al- ness."
He took Wallace to task for presenting a film "that
In expressing confidence in
upheld the Israeli government's position"
mogi and chairman Max M.
showed Syrian Jews as uniformly and without exception
Fisher, national UJA general the eventual emergence of amity
against allowing Jewish prayer on the
successful
and
prosperous,
giving
lavish
weddings
and
danc-
chairman Frank R. Lauten- out of the process of acquiesc-
Temple
Mount. That decision was handed
ing the night away in Damascus nightclubs."
berg, and Council of Jewish ence, Gen. Rosolio said that the
down
Sunday.
According to Hertzberg, "It is difficult to imagine a
Federation and Welfare reports about demonstrations
Scranton, in criticizing the settle-
more deceptive and illusory portrait of Jewish life in Syria.
Funds president Jerold Hoff- were exaggerated, that they
ments
in occupied territories,-said "Uni-
were
the
result
of
sensational-
This
kind
of
reportage
is
not
merely
inaccurate
and
dis-
berger.
lateral acts have been taken that inflame
torted. By presenting so narrow and so skewed a portion of
It is expected that Rabin, ism, and he expressed confidence
the truth, it does a disservice to TV journalism itself."_
the public." On the question of Jerusalem,
Almogi, Fisher, Lautenberg, that the youths who participated
Scranton declared: "The United States'
On the other hand, Rabbi Hertzberg said, "The thou-
and Hoffberger will all stress in the protests will return to
sands of viewers who joined our protest may take some sa-
position could not be clearer. Since 1967 we
the great needs which face Is- their classes, and resume a
tisfaction from the fact that, as we had demanded after the
rael during the 1976 Allied peaceful existence.
have restated here . . . and to the gov-
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Jewish Campaign.
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A Weekly Review
of Jewish Events
Scranton's Israel Criticism
is Backed by White House;
Called No Change in Policy
Leadership
Will Hear
Rabin Talk
`Mellowed' Wallace
Syria Broadcast Hit
•
CAMPAIGN OPENING : from left, Marvin Goldman, pre-
Campaign chairman; Phillip Stollman, associated chairman; Richard
Sloan, 1975 AJC-IEF chairman; guest speaker Gen. Shaul Rosolio; Ar-
thur Howard, 1975 AFC-IEF chairman; Federation President Martin
Citrin; 1976 general chairmen Dr. Leon Fill and Merle Harris; William
Avrunin, Federation executive vice president; Shirley Harris, Wom-
en's Division president; David Handleman, vice chairman; Daniel
Honigman, co-chairman; and Irving Seligman, associate chairman.