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42 April 2, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rhodesia's 4,000 Affluent Jews Ignore Dual Imminent Dangers
JERUSALEM — The
4,000 Jews in Rhodesia may
soon find themselves caught
between anti-Semitic
whites, who blame them for
the Communist danger, and
the blacks who may plunder
the property of the rich.
That prediction in the Je-
rusalem Post was Made by
the Chief Rabbi of Rhode-
sia, Rabbi Isaac Zwebner,
who immigrated to Israel
with his wife, Aurelia, re-
cently.
The last words of advice
that he gave to his congre-
gation in Bulawayo were
not a pleasant farewell. "I
held up a letter I had re-
ceived that was addressed
to the entire Rhodesian
Jewish community of 4,-
000." Stamped with an of-
ficial letterhead from the
white people's party, and
with swastikas, the letter
had quotations from 'Mein
Kampf' and threats that
`Hitler hasn't yet finished
his job.'
Swastikas have also ap-
peared of late on Jewish
shopwindows and cars.
The rabbi said the Jews of
Rhodesia don't want to
think about the danger.
With the pressure on
Rhodesia mounting in the
wake of the Marxist victory
in Angola and Mozambique,
said the rabbi, Prime Minis-
ter Ian Smith is "just play-
ing for time until the Euro-
peans of Rhodesia will be
forced to give in."
The Jews appear to be
fooled by the current quiet
before the storm. The
blacks, said Rabbi Zweb-
ner, are "still docile, -be-
cause they are primitive
people who haven't been
given the chance to de-
velop. But, like children
who are irresponsible
women, including the Jews,
don't even know how to iron
a shirt or fold a sheet. The
women overeat and then go
to the beauty salons to lose
weight."
Since it is difficult to take
money out of the country,
except for interest (house-
hold goods can still be sent
out), the Jews of Rhodesia
are afraid of starting life all
over again in Israel.
The Jews stay on,
spending their money on
grand synagogues, youth
centers and an old-age
home called the "Savyon
Lodge" which is on the
Chief Rabbi of Rhodesia Isaac Zwebner and his wife
Aurelia.
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when power is put in their Jews, but against the
hands, they could lash out. `haves'. And who is there
It wouldn't be an attack to stop them?"
The rabbi's frequent
specifically against the
pleas to his flock in Rhode-
sia to immigrate to Israel
"with your life and posses-
sions, while there is time,"
birthday a lot of people fell on almost totally deaf
would like to change the ears.
"They are spoiled by lux-
birth year. A lot of young
people would no doubt ap- ury and comfort," said his
preciate being over 65, so wife. "It's a woman's parad-
they could retire. In fact, ise with luxurious homes
this might solve the coun- and servants, and most
try's unemployment prob-
ZOA Schedules
lem.
Also the old would be bet- Israel Meetings
ter off if they were younger.
NEW YORK (ZINS) —
Our birthdays age us. When
we are old, we feel we must Delegates from all Zionist
comfort ourselves according Organizations of America
to age — which means we Regions and Districts will
must sit in a chair and do gather in Israel in mid-May
nothing. This is not good for expanded national exec-
even religiously. According utive committee meetings in
to the Talmud, we are held Israel.
The meetings are meant
accountable for the plea-
sures we have denied our- to demonstrate Zionist Or-
selves. Perhaps one solution ganization of America sup-
might be after Bar Mitzva to port for Israel and its people
and to celebrate the accom-
bar all birthdays.
plishments of the ZOA in Is-
rael, particularly the 20th
Anniversary of Kfar Silver.
The meetings will take place
in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gali-
Other winners are: Yonit
Hoffman, first place, life
lee, Ashkelon and Masada.
Changing Birthdays, Holidays
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
We found a friend wor-
ried the other day. His
birthday falls on Washing-
ton's birthday. Now that
they changed the day of
Washington's and Lincoln's
birthdays, he wondered
whether he was supposed
also to change his birthday.
They have not only
changed Washington's and
Lincoln's birthdays, they
seem to be going all out.
Some want to change the
Fourth of July to December
10. They say that in Decem-
ber the days are shorter, so
there wouldn't be such a
waste of firecrackers, which
is important now that the
President has told us we
must economize. But if you
change the Fourth of July to
the 10th of December, what
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are you going to do with the
10th of December?
Some also are urging that
the secular New Year be
shifted from January to
September, when the Jew-
ish New Year occurs. This
would make it possible for
all people to hear the shofar.
The original weekly rest
day, as introduced by the
Jews was Saturday, the
seventh and last day of the
week, but the non-Jewish
world changed it to Sun-
day. That change was a
mistake. The Jews rightly
figure that you should
rest at the end of the week
when you are tired.
Some would like a change
of birthday because of the
Zodiac.
Perhaps more than the
Warsaw Ghetto
Tribute in NY
NEW YORK (JTA) —
More than 10,000 people are
expected to gather at Tem-
ple Amanu-El on April 25,
to pay tribute to the heroes
of the Warsaw Ghetto up-
rising and the six million
Jewish martyrs.
Ceremonies marking . the
33rd anniversary of the
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
are to he held under the aus-
pices of the Warsaw Ghetto
Resistance Organization
(WAGRO) in conjunction
with other major Jewish
organizations.
Robert A. Adelsburg, special
award, physical science, Detroit
Day School for the Deaf; Gerald
G. Lopatin, grand award, chem-
istry, Groves Senior High; Rob-
ert M. Goodman, first place,
mathematics and computers,
Detroit Country Day School;
Joel W. Ager, second place,
chemistry, Detroit Country
Day School; Robert A. Kape-
tansky, second place, mathe-
matics and computers, Gran-
brook; and Mark J. Kerstein,
second place, earth and space
science, Power Junior High.
Also Renie M. Gross, first
place, microbiology, Oak Park
High School; David H. Gut-
mann, first place, zoology, Oak
Park High School; Celia H.
Dzialowski, special award,
chemistry, Beth Jacob School;
Judy Y. Eisenman, special
award, chemistry, Beth Jacob
School; Leah T. Icikson, special
award, biochemistry, Hillel
Day School; Devorah Layman,
special award, chemistry, Beth
Jacob School; Chaya L. Selig-
son, special award, chemistry,
Beth Jacob School; and Miriam
E. Snow, special award,
cmrmistry, Beth Jacob School.
science, Hillel Day School;
Michael J. Kane, 'first place,
team entry, Lincoln Junior
High; Molly A. Bindes, sec-
ond place, team entry, Hillel
Day School; Ellen G. Cash,
second place, team entry, Hil-
lel Bay School; Nancy E.
Frank, second place, life
science, Hillel Day School;
David A. Altman, special
award, team entry, Hillel Day
School; Lisa R. Charlip, spe-
cial award, life science, Hillel
Day School; Barry M. Frank,
special award, life science,
Hillel Day School; Karen E.
Freedland, special award, life
science, Hillel Day School;
Mark S. Freedman, special
award, team entry, Hillel Day
School; and Mark Y. Gard-
ner, special award, physical
science, Yeshivath Beth Ye-
hudah.
Also Deena B. Gelfond, spe-
cial award, team entry, Hillel
Day School; Jerry A. Glen,
special award, physical science,
Hillel Day School; Sheila L.
Kramer, special award, team
entry, Hillel Day School; An-
nette L. Ryba, special award,
life science, Akiva Hebrew Day
School; Esther J. Schwartz, spe-
cial award, team entry, Hillel
Day School; Jala A. Soleymani,
special award, Hillel Day
School; Eyal Tzeel, special
award, math and computers,
Hillel Day School; and Allan J.
Redstone, special award, earth
and space science, Clinton Mid-
dle School:
Rabbi Zwebner, "excited
and thrilled" finally to set- `–\
tie in Israel, will work as
public relations director for
the Jerusalem College of
Technology and retire from
the pulpit.
UJA Has New
Major Gifts Hew'-
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NEW YORK — Mau,
Cerier has joined the Na-
tional United Jewish Appeal '
as associate director of ma-
jor gifts.
Cerier brings with him _
some 27 years of fundrais-
ing experience gathered in
key executive posts with the
United Jewish Appeal of
Greater New York and later
in the joint campaign of c\
that organization with the
Federation of Jewish Phi--(
lanthropies.
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