62 Friday. April 1. 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Kreisky Denounces Dutch Book
in Support of SimonWiesenthal
VIENNA(JTA)-A book by
a Dutch journalist support-
ing Nazi-hunter Simon Wie-
senthal in his feud with
Chancellor , Bruno Kreisky
has been denounced by
Kreisky's Social Democrat-
ic Party as an -anti-Austri-
an pamphlet" that mingles
"the author's opinion with
fabrication and facts. -
The book, by Martin Van
Amerongen, was published
under the title, "Kreisky
and His Unmastered Past."
Its original title was "Con-
spiracy Against Simon Wie-
sentha.."
It deals with the dispute
between Kreisky and Wie-
senthal over the Chan-
cellor's support of Frie-
drich Peter, leader of the
right-wing Freedom Party,
against charges by Wiesen-
thal that he participated in
war crimes against Jews
and others while a member
of the Nazi SS 1st Infantry
Brigade during World War
II.
Wiesenthal disclosed in
1975 that Peter's brigade,
along with others, killed
400,000 persons, mostly
Jews, in southern Russia
and the Ukraine between
September and November,
1942.
Kreisky, who is Jewish,
accused Wiesenthal of mak-
ing "unqualified charges"
against Peter and said he
Door-to-Door
Aliya Campaign
NEW YORK—Yeshiva
College students Daniel
Levy of Queens, and -Steven
Klitsner of Milwaukee, who
head the Israel affairs com-
mittee of the college's stu-
dent council, are coordinat-
ing a new group, the New
York Students Religious
Aliya Coalition.
The coalition, whose mem-
bership is open to students
from other colleges and uni-
versities, is carrying out
door-to-door campaigns
seeking those students who
might be interested in immi-
grating to Israel, or who
might wish to take part in
educational programs in Is-
rael.
Israelis Invent
Lung Device
NEW YORK An emer-
gency medical apparatus
which supplies oxygen and
aids breathing of victims of
disaster situations has re-
cently been designed and
built by a team of special-
ists in Israel. The device is
designed for field use.
Designer is Mordehai
Mark, a graduate of the Tel
Aviv University Medical
School with the assistance
of Dr. Ervel Levy, head of
the- Department of Anes-
thesia at Beilinson Hospital
and Prof. Mordehai Ma-
noah who heads the Bio-En-
gineering Unit at the Tel
Aviv University Medical
School.
ORT/Israel is involved in
the project, with the actual
construction of the model
done by Elan Kander, sen-
ior student at the ORT Giv-
atayim Technicum.
failed to present any valid
evidence that Peter was
himself involved in war
crimes. The Freedom Party
holds ten of 183 seats in the
Austrian parliament.
Van Amerongen, who
said the purpose of his book
was to give Wiesenthal
moral support, was assailed
in the Socialist Party organ
Arbeiter-Zeitung for his per-
sonal attack on Kreisky.
The Dutch writer claimed
that Kreisky abandoned the
Jewish community in 1932
and condoned anti-Semitism
in order to further his politi-
cal career. He also sugges-
ted that Kreisky's popu-
larity among Austrian
voters stemmed from guilt
feelings over the per-
secution of Jews, not anti-
Fascist sentiments.
Jewish Studies
Prof Supported
NEW YORK— Several stu-
dents of the Lehman Col-
lege of the City University
of New York said they plan
to organize a boycott of the
university unless a Jewish
studies teacher is given ten-
ure.
When told there were al-
ready two tenured Jewish
studies instructors on the
staff, the students replied
that they were linguists
while the third professor,
Dr. Jane Gerber, was the
only faculty member teach-
ing ancient, modern and
American Jewish history,
as well as a course on the
Holocaust.
The university chancellor
said the decision not to
award tenure -was made be-
cause of "budgetary
probelms." The students
called the action "flagran-
tly discriminatory" to the
Jewish community which
"had been disgraced and
outraged" by the tenure de-
nial.
•
Israeli Furniture
Prospects Good
NEW YORK—The Ameri-
can Advisory Committee
for Israel Furniture Week
returned from their recent
visit to Israel, optimistic
about the future for the Is-
raeli furniture industry and
the prospects for the Ameri-
can furniture people to de-
velop profitable business'
contacts during the first Is-
rael Furniture Week, to be
held in Jerusalem. May 15 -
20.
Oral History Due
of Louisville Jews
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
(JTA)—An oral history proj-
ect to record and preserve
the recollections of senior
members of the Louisville
Jewish community is being
organized by the Jewish
Community Federation of
Louisville in cooperation
with Louisville University.
Mrs. Carolyn Neustadt,
chairman of the federation
committee for the project,
said it was hoped that inter-
views, starting in March,
would be completed by the
end of June.
Brown Hits Israel, Congress
CHICAGO—Gen. George
S. Brown. who twice embar-
rassed the Ford Adminis-
tration with- comments
about Jewish control of the
press and the Congress,
may have done it again.
_ The Chicago Sun-Times
reported Sunday that the
chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff. swore his au-
dience to secrecy last May
and then said that Israel
has better armored forces
than the U.S. a reference to
U.S. tank sales to Israel
and that Egypt should he
sold sophisticated U.S. mili-
tary equipment. including
F-5 jets. but that "Congress
just wouldn't face up to it."
The brunt of Brown's at-
tack was against the U.S.
Congress. which Brown la-
beled obstructionist and ir-
responsible.
Despite his latest com-
ments, President Carter
said he was pleased with
the general's performance
during the current Adminis-
tration.
Catholics Are Urged to Drop
Anti-Semitic Holy Day Hymns
NEW YORK—The staff of
the liturgical committee of
the United States Catholic
Conference, seeking to im-
prove Jewish-Roman Catho-
lic relations, has appealed
to parishes nationwide to
substitute alternative
bymns for a portion of the
Good Friday ritual that
some have called anti-Semi-
tic, according to Kenneth
A. Briggs in the New York
Times.
The controversial section,
called the "Improperia" or
"Reproaches," consists of
two medieval hymns that
have Jesus berating those
who have been unfaithful to
God. Though not referred to
by name, the subjects of
the rebuke are clearly the
Jews.
A- year ago a debate
arose over the continued
use of the "Reproaches" in
the midst of an overall ef-
fort by the Catholic Church
to expunge all liturgical ref-
erences that might be con-
strued as anti-Semetic.
The action by the liturgic-
al staff was considered a
temporary solution, pending
a decision by the Bishop's
Committee on Liturgy on
whether to eliminate the
hymns or revise them.
The Rev. Thomas Kros-
nicki, a member of liturgic-
al staff at conference head-
quarters in Washington,
said the purpose of the ap-
peal was to point out the op-
tions and to ,strongly sug-
gest that they be used in
place of the "Reproaches - .
Father Krosnicki added
that the English translation
of the Latin "Reproaches",
available since 1970, was
being studied with the goal
of writing a version thals
would be more generally ac-
ceptable.
Many Catholics argue
that the questioned hymns,
admired for their musical
quality, are not necessarily
reproaching only Jews but
are intended, in a broader
context, to summon the
Christiam worshiper to re-
pentance. Nevertheless,
they concede that in certain
curcumstances they may ap-
pear to be objectionable.
What I favor is being
courteous to people," said
Archbishop John R. Quinn,
head of the bishops' com-
mittee. "If the hymns are
thought to be offensive,
they are not important
enough to be continued. I
personally feel they are not
necessarily anti-Semitic in
their proper context, and
that it is not essential that
they be eliminated. -
The strongest advocate of
-
erasing the "Reproaches"
has been the Office of
Ecumenical Affairs, which
is responsible for Catholic-
Jewish relations. "We
came to the recommenda-
tion that they should be
abolished, - said the Rev.
Jack Hotchkin, a staff mem-
ber of the ecumenical of-
fice, -because it seemed dif-
ficult to extensively rewrite
them to everyone's satisfac-
tion."
Father Hotchkin said sev-
eral attempts to revise the
"Improperia" had been un-
successful. The ecumenical
committee, made -up of 11
bishops, made it position
known to the liturgical com-
mittee last summer.
A move to expunge the
hymns would need the ap-
proval of the Vatican.
The bishops of the Episco-
pal Church, responding to
similar criticism of • the
"Reproaches", voted last
fall at the church's General
Convention . to omit them
from the proposed new
prayer book.
Florence Polozker
Florence Polozker. a mem-
ber of a prominent Detroit
family active in Jewish af-
fairs here for 70 years. died
March 28 at age 100.
The oldest living member
of Temple Beth El, Mrs. Po-
lozker was a member of the
National Council of Jewish
Women and a founder of
the Fresh Air Society's
Camp Tamarack.
Her husband, the late Dr.
I. L. Polozker, was promi-
nent in city and community
affairs.
Ben Nyman, 72
Ben Nyman, -former
•owner of Dante's Barber
Shop in Oak Park, died
March 27 at age 72.
A native of Russia, Mr.
Nyman leaves a daughter,
Mrs. Norman (Shirley) Kir-
'man; two brothers, Max of
Dallas, Texas, and Barney
of Toronto; four sisters,
Mrs. Joseph (Doris)
Schwartz of New York,
Mrs. Sadie Schoychet, Mrs.
Irwin (Tillie) Snyder and
Minnie; and two grand-
daughters.
Joke's on Brezhnev
VIENNA (ZINS ) —,Soviet
Jewish emigrants in Vienna
en route to Israel tell the
following anecdote now
making the rounds in Mos-
cow:
As Leonid Brezhnev takes
his morning walk at dawn
he confronts the sun as fol-
lows: "How do you feel
about me?" The sun re-
plies, "You're the greatest,
the number one man."
In the afternoon Brezhnev
once again confronts the
sun with the same question
and receives a similar
reply : "You are-clever and
Israel Alienated
heroic."
in Mediterranean
As the day wanes and the
NEW YORK (ZINS)- sun begins to set, Brezhnev
With the resumption of dip- takes his third stroll and
lomatic relations with Spain once again ask: the setting
(broken off in 1939) the sun what it thinks of him.
USSR has now normalized But now the answer is:
its contacts with all Mediter- "You can,go to hell; I'm al-
ranean countries except Is- ready in the West."
rael, with Hungary and
Czechoslovakia expected to U.S. House Passes
follow suit soon.
UNESCO Funds
Brandeis Honor
WALTHAM, Mass.—Mur-
ray Maslow of South Or-
ange, N.J., will be present-
ed Brandeis University's
Distinguished Community
Service Award on May 18.
He serves on the Cam-
paign Cabinet for the
United Jewish Appeal of
Metropolitan New Jersey.
W. Berlin Exhibit
Held in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
West Berlin Mayor Klaus
Schuetz participated in the
official opening_ here of a
public exhibition of life in
his city.
The exhibition, sponsored
by the Jerusalem municipal-
ity and the Israeli Labor
Ministry, contains a major
section on life in Berlin be-
fore the Holocaust.
German Ambassador Per
Fischer, who _attended, de-
lighted the audience with a
speech in fluent Hebrew.
WASI4INGT0N—The
House voted this week to au-
thorize payment of dues by
the United States to the
United Nations Educationsl,
Scientific and Cultural Or-
ganization that had been
held up because of that or-
ganization's anti-Israel ac-
tions. -
The House passed, 292-
114, a 089.6 million special
appropriation for the State
Dept. including $69.3 mil-
lion for the UNESCO dues.
The bill now goes to the Sen-
ate.
Jewish Scholars
to Hold Parley
BROOKLINE, MASS.—
Leading scholars in Jewish
studies will assemble at
Hebrew College in Boston,
April 25, for a one-day sym-
posium on the theme, "As-
pects of Jewish Scholarship
Today : An Academic Con-
ference on Major Trends in
Contemporary Jewish
Learning."
Oscar Silverman
NEW YORK—Oscar A.
Silverman. former chair-
man of the English depart-
ment at Buffalo University
and an expert in modern
English .literature, died
March 26 at age 74.
Rabbi Regensberg,
Talmudic Scholar
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
Rabbi Chaim David Regens-
berg, one of the world's
leading talmudic scholp
died here March 28 at
84.
He was born in Poland
and studied at the yeshivot
in Rodin, Slobotka and
Lornza. After World War I
he studied at the University
of Giessen in Germany.
Rabbi Regensberg came
to the United States in 1922
where he joined the staff of
the Hebrew Theological Col-
lege in Chicago and headed
its rabbinical department.
He is believed to have or-
dained more than 1.000
rabbis.
He spent almost 50 years
in the U.S. before retiring
in Jerusalem. He continued
to conduct Talmud lessons
twice a week until his
death.
(in Memoriaml
The family of the late
Norma Lieberman acknowl-
edges with grateful appre-
ciation the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy ex-
tended by relatives and
friends during the family's
recent bereavement.
Lillie Kron,
Sister of the Late
VICTOR KRON
Wishers to thank every-
one for their kindness
during her recent berea-
vement. and especially
those who participated
in the two daily min-
yanim.
In Memory Of Our
Beloved Mother
and Grandmother
FANY GOODMAN
Who passed away
March 2i. 1963. Your
warmth and your love
sustain us. Your chil-
dren. Selma and Har
Kramer; and your gran
children, Robin, Jeffre-,
Keith and Dana.
Alex H.
Winer
.
April 12, 1971
Love is forever.