18 friday, July 23, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Lucy Dawidowicz Named to First U.S. Chair in Holocaust Study NEW YORK — Prof. Lucy S. Dawidowicz, profes- sor of social history at Stern College for Women, has been appointed to the na- tion's first professorial chair in inter-disciplinary Holocaust studies at Yesh- iva University, it was an- nounced by Dean David Mir- PROMOTE DISTRICT JUDGE FRANCIS 011111EN TO Oakland County CIRCUIT Court VOTE THE PRIMARY Tuesday, Aug. 3rd This advertisement sponsored by Francis X. O'Brien for Circuit Judge Committee. sky, acting vice president for academic affairs. The Eli and Diana Zbo- rowski Chair was planned by the late Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University for 32 years who died in April, as the first stage of a multi-phased program in Holocaust stud- ies at the institution. Among the fields of study being drawn upon for analy- sis of the Holocaust era are philosophy, history, Judaic studies, literature, psychol- ogy and sociology. The second stage of the new studies program calls for the creation of the Yeshiva University Center for Ongoing Research on the Holocaust. Windsor Family Cites Slain Israeli MONTREAL (JTA) — The Jewish National Fund of Canada announced that Harry and Wanda Zekelman and their children, Alan, Barry and Clayton, all of Windsor, have established a project in Israel's Canada Park in memory of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, the Israeli officer killed in the Uganda rescue mission. The project will also honor the Israeli forces who rescued the hostages. Over 45 Years Of Moving Experience POTTER MOVING & STORAGE CO. NUMBER 0 ALLIED VAN LINES AGENT IN MICHIGAN 1300 N. Campbell ROYAL OAK 541-3310 2253 Cole . BIRMINGHAM 644-4612 ALLIED VAN LINES LUCY DAWIDOWICZ Prof. Dawidowicz has gained international ac- claim through her author- ship of "The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945," pub- lished by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1975. The book U.S. Air Force Can't Penalize Beard Wearers, Court Says WASHINGTON (JTA) — A U.S. District Court has ruled that the U.S. Air Force has no right to penal- ize personnel who wear beards for religious reasons. Judge Aubrey E. Robin- son, Jr. handed down this decision last week in direct- ing the Air Force to rein- state Lt. Col. Mitchell D. Geller, an Orthodox rabbi, to his former status as an active reserve chaplain and give him all promotions due him since 1972 and back pay since 1973. Geller, who lives in Nor- wich, Conn., said when he joined the Air Force in 1950, he did not feel a religious obligation to wear a beard. But when his father died in 1966, he felt he then did have a personal obligation to do so. For six years he was not challenged. But then the commander of Westover Air Force Base in Massa- chusetts ordered Geller to shave off his beard, he re- fused and subsequently was reassigned to inactive reserve status. Geller sued the Secretary of Defense and the Secre- tary of the Air Force charg- ing his First Amendment right to freedom of religion was being violated. His law- yer, Nathan Lewin, called it VACATION SPECIAL COOK-FARR FORD 10 MILE & GREENFIELD . . . WHERE THE ACTION IS! ILET'S COOK UP A FARR OUT DEAL PICK OUT THE CAR OF YOUR CHOICE Huge Truck Inventory Sharp Used Cars Granadas, Elites, LTD's Mavericks, Mustangs & Pintos IMMEDIATE DELIVERY — COOK-FARR FORD iI 10 MILE AND GREENFIELD Mon. 8 Thurs. 'Til 9 Tues., Wed. 8 Fri. 'Til 6 was selected by the Book of the Month Club, History Book Club, Commentary Library and the Jewish Publication Society. It earned the Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Prof. Dawidowicz. In April Prof. Dawidow- icz was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memo- rial Foundation Fellowship for a study of the history of Jews in America. Prior to joining Yeshiva University in 1969 she was director of research at YIVO Institute for Jewish Re- search, and education offi- cer in DP camps for the American Jewish Joint Dis- tribution Committee. She is a frequent lec- turer on the Holocaust and European history at univ- ersities in the U.S. and Canada.Her most recent 399-6600 ironic that the Air Force ap- pointed Geller for religious purposes as a chaplain but was trying to "prevent that religious leader's exercise of his religious obligation." The Air Force contended Geller "must accept the fact that as a military officer he must adhere to the Air Force appearance of dress standards" and that it was requiring no more or less of him than is required of other members of the Air Force. In upholding Geller's claim, Robinson ruled that the court is persuaded by the record that "the wearing of beards, although not re- quired, is a well-established religious tradition among members of the Jewish faith," and that Geller "wore his beard in further- ance of that religious prac- tice." Probe of Alleged Nazi Is Cancelled VIENNA (JTA) — The Austrian State Prosecutor has cancelled investigations of rightwing Freedom Party leader Friedrich Peter for alleged war crimes. The prosecutor's office said no evidence was found for charges made by Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Vienna Jewish Documenta- tion Center of criminal acts committed by Peter during World War II. Weiesenthal charged last fall that Peter was a mem- ber of a Nazi Waffen SS unit in 1942 which killed thousands of Jews in the So- viet Union. Wiesenthal said he had no conclusive evi- dence that Peter was per- sonally involved in any of these crimes, "but it was very unlikely he should not have taken part." The charges created a stir in Austrian domestic poli- tics when Chancellor Bruno Kreisky rushed to ti,e c e- fense of Peter and attacked Wiesenthal for making "unqualified charges." The prosecutor's office said a review of the evidence presented by Wiesenthal and further investigations yielded no evidence of war crimes corn mittecLby_Re_te_t. book is "The Holocaust Reader," published by Behrman House. Zborowski has sponsored the Yeshiva University Hol- ocaust Memorial Day Ob- servance for the past seven years and has had a major role in bringing exhibits from Yad Vashem, the Hol- ocaust Memorial Institute in Israel, to Jewish centers, synagogues and museums throughout the U.S. Zborowski is president of the American Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp In- mates and Nazi Victims. In 1975 he was the recipient of Yeshiva University's Heri- tage Award for outstanding communal leadership and volunteer service. IDF Gets Gift S&O POOL DOCTORS JERUSALEM — Jewish National Fund workers have joined other workers in con- tributing one vacation day to the Israel Defense Force as a gesture of appreciation for the Entebbe operation. Yaacov Tsur, outgoing JNF chairman contributed IL 1,000 ($125) to the IDF fund. OPENINGS & CLOSINGS Weekly Cleaning & All Repairs Authorized "Pool Sweep Dealer" Mark Orechkin & Tom Stubbs 557-2657 LENNON FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRAT 69th DISTRICT We join Joe Forbes in our support of BERNIE LENNON for State Representative Cong. James J. Blanchard Daniel Cooper David H. Shepherd Charlotte Rothstein Annetta Miller Vern & Shirley Leopold Robert & Marsha Rosenblum Irving Rosen , Irwin & Fern Cohen Sheldon Larky Benson Leet Fae K. Weiss Judith Weisman Nancy Lorber Alan C. Feuer Nick Budaj Marvin Novick Bernie Schwartz.° Bert Gordon Bernie Labowitch Ron & Carol Rocheleau Don Flavin Don & Rita Heath Barry Levine Matthew Calderwood James Golden Don & Shelly Jones Paid for by the Lennon for State Representative Committee — Bernard Winograd Treasurer