THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
54 Friday, April 29, 1977
Rabin, Dinitz Optimistic About
Israers Future, Middle East
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"When it comes to the ques-
tion of peace we are all
doves, but when it comes to
the question of our security
we are all hawks," Simha
Dinitz, Israel's Ambassador
to the United States, de-
clared to the prolonged ap-
plause of some 1,000 per-
sons attending the Ameri-
can Zionist Federation's In-
dependence Day celebration
last week at Avery Fisher
Hall in Lincoln Center.
The Israeli envoy af-
firmed that the Jewish
state will not "forfeit the
right'' to determine the
needs for its own security.
He said Israel demands de-
fensible borders as part of
a peace agreement and will
not give up this point to re-
ceive a few favorable edito-
rials in • major newspapers
in the U.S.
Dinitz appealed for a
strengthening of the unity
of the Jewish people,
stating Israel's search for
peace depends upon it.
In Jerusalem, Premier
Yitzhak Rabin stressed Is-
rael's commitment to peace
in a message to world
Jewry on the occasion of
the 29th anniversary of Is-
rael's independence.
"We work and pray for
peace even as we must con-
tinue to defend ourselves
until peace with security is
achieved," Rabin. declared.
He said that "Israel- is
ready to join in any reason-
able initiative that will
bring our sovereign neigh-
bors to the negotiating
table face-to-face with us at
the Geneva peace confer-
ence."
Meanwhile, the winners
of the prestigious Israel
Prize were announced at
the end of Independence
Day celebrations. The win-
ners are: for Distinguished
Life Service : Esther Levitt,
75, born in the northern
town of Metulla, active in
hosting soldiers serving in
the north; Avraham Yaa-
cov, born in Yemen, for his
work with the under-
privileged; and Avraham
Kalir, one of the founders
of Israeli industry.
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•
By PHILLIP APPLEBAUM
Irving Katz's Younger Brother
Among Dead in Boat Tragedy
A family reunion that was
Jacob Katz, youngest
brother of Temple Beth planned during the visit to
Israel by Irving Katz, fol-
El's executive secretary,
ving Katz, died last week in lowing a testimonial
a boat mishap in Haifa, Is- planned for him by Temple
Beth El on the occasion of
rael. He was 64.
. Mr. Katz was a passenger his 70th birthday and his
on an excursion boat in 50th year as temple admin-
Haifa Bay with his wife, istrator is thus marred by
two sons and grandchildren the tragedy.
celebrating Yom Besides his wife, sons and
Ha'Atzmaut when, the boat grandchildren and brother
capsized. His family was Irving, Mr. Katz leaves two
rescued. The incident is more brothers, Benjamin
being investigated by Is- and Alexander. Benjamin's
son Uri is a Southfield
raeli authorities.
Mr. Katz was in the au- educator.
tomobile business with
Henry E. Rice, 7'4.
which he became associ-
ated when he joined the Kai-
Henry E. Rice, a retired
, ser-Frazer Co.
attorney, died April 26 at
age 72.
Samuel Lewis,
Born in Russia, Mr. Rice
Samuel Lewis, assistant lived 65 years in Detroit.
principal at the Barton Ele- He was a 1927 graduate of
mentary School in Detroit, the Detroit College of Law-
died April 23 at age 45.
and was a registered phar-
Born in Detroit and a resi- macist prior to becoming
dent of Troy, Mr. Lewis re- an attorney. He was a mem-
ceived his master's degree ber of the State. Bar ASsoci-
from Wayne State Univer- ation and was 'admitted to
sity in 1971. He served four practice before the U.S.
years during the Korean Supreme 'Court. He was a
War.
member of Cong. Shaarey
He leaves his wife, Bar- Zedek.
bara; two sons, William
He leaves his wife, Mary;
and Steven, ; a daughter, a son-rDr. Lawrence of San
Linda; his stepmother, Diego, Calif. ; a daughter.
Mrs. Elias (Frances) Lewis Mrs. Donald A. (Carol)
of Los Angeles, Calif.;. a Smith; a brother, Jesse A.;
brother, Robert of Sherman a sister, Mrs. Harry (Paul-
Oaks, Calif.; two sisters,
ine) Sommers; and five
Mrs. Joseph (Ann) Gold- grandchildren.
man and Mrs. Kurt '(Elsie)
Ehrmann; nieces and neph- Gummo Marx, 84
ews.
Demands made along
class lines for improve-
ments in the quality of
American life was the mes-
sage put forth by Bayard
Rustin, national president
of the A. Philip 'Randolph
Institute, and Judah
Shapiro, national president
of the Labor Zionist Al-
liance. at a public lecture
held Wednesday evening at
Temple Emanu-El. The lec-
ture was sponsored by the
Detroit United Bla'ck Trade
Unionist Chapter of APRI
and the Detroit branch of
LZA.
• Rustin emphasized that
presently American society
is no longer interested in
the special problems of eth-
nic groups, since parts of
the entire population, re-
gardless of ethnicity, are
suffering from, unemploy-
ment and other social ills.
Rustin stressed that only a
coalition of ethnic and eco-
nomic groups can
successfully persuade gov-
ernment to pass legislation
establishing goals such as
full employment and a high-
er minimum wage.
Shapiro, in his remarks,
echoed Rustin's call for a
program of full employ-
ment backed by a nation-
wide coalition of ethnic
groups. He further stressed
the role Jews and Blacks
can plaY together to make
class demands of govern-
Sidney E. Caplan
ment for betterment of
American life.
Sidney E. Caplan, found-
The subject of Black anti-
er and owner of Kap's Fur-
Semitism took up much of
niture Co. in Detroit, died
the speakers' time. Rustin
April 26 at age 65.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
attempted to dispel many
Caplan founded his retail
of the beliefs current
furniture company in 1936.
among much of American
He was a member of Cong.
Jewry that anti-Semitism
Bnai David and the Furni-
has made inroads in the
ture Club of ')etroit.
Black community. Rustin
He leaves his wife, Doro-
explained that Blacks have
thy; three daughter, Mrs.
no historical basis of anti-
Lawrence (Betty) Les-
Semitism, and that any ap-
hman, Mrs. Michael (Shila)
, parent anti-Jewish actions
Morganroth and Ilene Tina;
are in fact more anti-white
and six grandchildren.
than anti-Jewish.
The alliance between
Sally Nirenberg
Blacks and Jews has be-
come stronger, Rustin said,
Ni-
Lambert
Sally .
and there are more Jews
renberg, active in local.
now involved in Black civil
Jewish and communal af-
rights than at.the height of
fairs, died April 22 in New
the struggle in the 1960s.
York at age 74.
A'former Detroiter, Mrs.
The evening was chaired
Nirenberg was president of
by Norm Naimark, Detroit
the Greater Detroit Section,
co-chairman of the LZA
National Council of Jewish
social action committee.
Women; president of the
John Shepherd, president of
Girl Scouts of Detroit ;'presi-
the Detroit Jewish Commu-
dent of the League of Worn-
nity Council briefly spoke
en Voters; and a life mem-
on the significance of ethnic
ber of Temple Beth El. In
co-operation, and Bill
New York, she was a mem-
Stargil of the United Black
ber of Temple • Emanuel.
Trade Unionist DetrOit
She leaves a daughter,
Chapter, and AFL-CIO exec-
Mrs. Jack (Mary) Fromm;
utive Tom Turner made
a sister, Mrs. William
brief remarks. Seated on
(Ruth) Frank of Scottsdale,
the stage also were Norm
Ariz. ; and six grand-
Hill, national director of the
children..
A. Philip Randolph Institute
When the Christian
and Ben Harold, president
reconquest
of the Iberian
of Detroit Labor Zionist Al-
peninsula began in earnest,
Members of the Jewish Community Center Joggers Club
liance.
Pope AlexanderII (reigned
who participated in the 26-mile, 385-yeard Boston Mara-
1061-73), urged the bishops
thon last week were, from left: Dr. Mark Saidman. Dr.
of Spain to continue defend-
Thy friend has a friend,
Earl Rudner, Dr. Allen Stone, Dr. Sy Cook, Allen Gelfond,
ing the Jews against attack
and thy friend's friend also
Alan Grenader and Lou Milgrom. Not pictured is Harvey
by native and foreign
has a friend.
Rubenstein. All of the men finished the marathon, the last
—The Talmud
soldiers.
14 miles of which were all uphill.
Center Joggers in Marathon
$250
I
ture research: Prof. David
Amiran, and Prof. Shmuel
Avitzur. For agriculture:
Prof. Avi Avidav' and Dr.
Yaacov Efrat: For art:
sculptor Danny Caravan,
Elisheva Cohen of the Is-
rael Museum and Yonna
Fisher. For the research of
Eretz Yisrael and the history
of the Jewish people: Prof.
Nahman Avigad and Prof.
Menahem Stern.
In a related development,
Hilkiyahu Habra.' a 17-year-
old Israeli yeshiva student
from Bnei Brak, is this
year's International Jewish
Youth Bible Quiz champion.
He scored the maximum
possible points-74—at the
Independence Day contest
displaying a phenome-
nal memory of biblical
verses and stories. Habra,
a Yemenite, is one of a fam-
ily of 15 children.
Second was David Glatt,
only one point behind. This
15-year-old New York
rabbi's son studies at the
Yeshiva- University' High
School. Third, with 71
points, was Zvi Hirsch, 16,
of Belgium.
The independence celebra-
tion in Israel was not with-
out tragedy. At least eight
persons, including three
children, drowned last week
and four were missing after
an excursion boat carrying
about 50 passengers cap-
sized in Haifa Bay.
About 35 people were res-
cued by fishing boats and Is-
raeli Navy craft or man-
aged to swim ashore.
The tragedy, which mar-
red Independence Day cele-
brations, was the worst ci-
vilian boat accident in Is-
rael's history.
One of the dead was iden-
tified as Jacob Katz, young-
est brother of Detroiter Ir-
ving Katz, who is executive
secretary of Temple Beth
El.
The owner and operator
of the launch was re-
manded for 15 days on
suspicion of criminal negli-
gence. The boat was de-
signed to carry 20 passen-
gers and two operators, and
was carrying more than 30
persons over the legal limit
at the time of the accident.
Rustin, Shapiro
Speak at Emanu-El
Comedians' Kin
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.—
Gummo Marx, the Marx
brother unknown to most
moviegoers, died April 21
at age 84.
Mr. Marx, whose real
name was Milton, played
straight man to his comedi-
an brothers — Groucho,
Chico and Harpo — in
vaudeville for several
years, but left the family
comedy act for the Army in
World War I and never
went back. He worked
briefly in the dress manu-
facturing business and later
became an actor's agent.
Groucho and Zeppo are
the surviving brothers.
Anna C. Farkus
Anna C. Farkus, who,
under the auspices of the
Jewish Family Service,
served as a foster parent
with her late husband,
John, for more than 35 chil-
dren, died April 24 at age.
80.
Born in Russia, Mrs.
Farkus came to the U.S
years ago and to. Detr
years ago. Mrs. Farkus
nominated as a candidate
for the 1952 "mother of the
year award," and was presi-
dent of the Foster Mothers
Committee of the JFS in
1951. She was a foster
grandparent until three
years ago.
Mrs. Farkus also was a
member of the Turover Aid
Society. She resided at
15100 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park.
She is survived by a son,
Donald H. ; a, daughter,
Mrs. Joseph (Shirley) Kra-
mer; a sister, Mrs. Rose
Roberts; six grandchildren .
and one great-grandchild.