Friday, January 28, 1977 39 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel Consul General Asserts Aliya is Israel's Foremost Need NEW YORK (JTA) — Ehud Avriel, Israel's Consul General in Chicago, believes that Is- rael should tell Ameri- can Jews simply and di- rectly that the Jewish MICHAEL KAPLIT Photography Weddings • Bar Mitzvos Varon Named to Weizmann Post 642-1039 FIRESTONE JEWELRY ttttt gulx & Jeire•Iry IJ hol•sale colouring]. „hooch, & U arch Repairiow SUITE $18 ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 L. state needs aliya now more than anything else and that the tasks and challenges facing Israel are too many to be fulfil- led by the people of Israel alone. .In an interview while visiting New York, the 59-year-year-old veteran diplomat, who assumed his post in Chicago two • REHOVOT, Israel — Ambassador Max Varon, a veteran member of the Israeli Foreign Service, has been appointed co- director of the Weizmann Institute's European Committee. MOVING??? 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We were careful not to mention the word aliya and up to the pre- sent time we do not say clearly that we need the support of American Jews in terms of aliya." Avriel contended that any Jew who considers himself a Zionist "must understand that his per- sonal involvement in the building of Israel is a must. The state of Israel is not yet standing on a solid ground. "The tasks are numer- ous and I believe that if we make this clear the re- sponse of the American Jewish community will be one of understanding." Israeli representatives in the United States and elsewhere, Avriel as- serted, must be identified completely with the "Zionist solution" which, he said, means aliya to Is- rael. But Avriel, a kibbutz member who was a key fi- gure in the pre-state arms procurement or- ganization and who served in numerous dip- lomatic posts, most re- cently as Israel's ambas- sador to Italy, said he does not discount the fi- nancial supoort given to Israel b _ y American Jewry. "Contributions to Israel are important not only be- cause of the financial as- pect but also because of the fact that any con- tributor, by the act of giv- ing money, creates a per- sonal contact with Israel and gets involved in the Jewish community where he lives," he said. According to Avriel, Is- rael can be a special ans- wer for American Jewish youth who seek new meaning and new chal- lenges in their lives. Blumenthal Friend TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Ben-Gurion University President Yosef Tekoah, who is Israel's former ambassador to the UN, recalled in Maariv that he attended a Jewish school in Shanghai during World War II with U.S. Secret- ary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal. Tekoah's brother, who lives in the U.S. and who reportedly. has main- tained close contact with Blumenthal, was quoted in the article: "Blument- hal shows respect and recognition for Jews, Judaism and Israel." "Israeli society can give young American Jews the feeling that with their activity they can shape the society they live in," he stated. "Israeli society, unlike American society, is in a process of development and formation, and American youngsters can take part in its molding and future." During the 1960s Avriel was identified with the Rafi faction of the Labor Bronfman to Lead Mission to Israel NEW YORK — Edgar M. Bronfman, chairman and chief executive of- ficer of the Seagram Co., Ltd., will lead a group of liquor industry execu- tives on a week-long study tour of Israel, spon- sored by the United Jewish Appeal. General Chairman Frank R. Lautenberg announced that the first UJA Na- tional Liquor Industry Mission will depart from New York on March 6 and return on March 13. The focus of the mission is on in-depth study of the present political, mili- tary, economic and humanitarian situation in Israel and will include meetings with key gov- ernment and Jewish Agency officials as well as home visits with private Israeli families. Party then headed by former Premier David. Ben Gurion. Recently Av- riel announced that he joined Yigal Yadin's Democratic Movment for Change. JNF Names Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr. Samuel I. Cohen has been appointed executive vice president of the Jewish National Fund of America. Cohen succeeds Abram Salomon who died Oct. 9. Prior to joining the JNF, Cohen, 43, served as executive director of the American Zionist Feder- ation, and before that as director of organization of the American Jewish Congress. LARRY FREEDMAN He said, however, that he has not yet reached a decision whether he would leave the Foreign Ministry to run for office on Yadin's list in the May 17 Israeli general elec- tion. 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