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Friday, May 20, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Norwegian Says Israel Agent
Sold Hijacked Uranium Ship
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OSLO—An Israeli agent
told Norwegian "officials
=our years ago that he was
involved in selling a West
German freighter. carrying
enough uranium to build 42
nuclear weapons, to Israel,
Norway's chief prosecutor,
Haakan Wiker, said last
week.
Dan Aerbel, a Danish-
born Jew, had been ques-
tioned by Norwegian police
about his role in the 1973 as-
sassination of Ahmed Bou-
`chiki• by an Israeli group
who believed he was the
leader of the Black Septem-
ber terrorists. Aerbel re-
ceived a five-year prison
sentence but was released
in 1975 and expelled from
Norway.
Wiker said that Aerbel
had volunteered informa-
tion about the sale of the
ship and hijacking of its
cargo, hoping to prove he
was an Israeli agent and
obtain his release.
However, Aerbel was
quoted Sunday by the Is-
raeli newspaper Maariv as
denying any involvement
with the missing uranium.
The newspaper said that
Aerbel was commenting on
a report in The Observer of
London that said a member
of an Israeli "hit team" re-
sponsible for the deaths of
11 Arab terrorists in Eu-
rope had admitted in-
volvement in shipping the
uranium to Israel. Maariv
quotes Aerbel as saying, "I
did not say any such
thing."
Consumer Writer
NEW YORK—Dorothy R.
Isaacs, author of a con-
sumer affairs column for
the Los Angeles Times Syn-
dicate under her maiden
name, Dorothy Ritz, died
May 15 at age 68.
DZF Lecture Series Finishes
With Kaleidoscope of Israel
The - Dimensions of Zion-
ism" lecture series spon-
sored by the Detroit Zionist
Federation and the Herzl In-
stitute will present the last
in a series of five lectures 8
p.m. Thursday at Cong.
Beth Shalom. Sidney Rose-
nfeld will speak on "Is-
rael's Ethnic Kaleidos-
cope," accomapnied by a
slide-tape presentation.
A third generation sabra,
Rosenfeld was graduated
from the Hebrew Union
School of Sacred Music and
the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary Teacher's Institute.
For the past 13 years,
Rosenfeld has served as the
program co-ordinator of the
'theodor Herzl Institute
where he frequently speaks
on aspects of Judaica,
mounts multi-media pro-
,
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The new omer offered is the
-3 "harvest of wheat."
Torah refers to Shavuot:
Chag ha-Katsir:
Observed by offering, early
growths of the year.
Carefully count from Passo-
Ver's second day.
Forty-nine days later, this
harvest display.
This is derived from "Sefi-
rah" counting.
From the second day, Pe-
sah, 49 days mounting.
In the course of time, trans-
formation took place.
His torcal com-
memorations changed Sha-
vuot's spring face.
The advent of Moses with
_'..ablets in hand.
On the mount with the To-
rah, he faced the land.
Chag Shavuot, in Deuterono-
my 16:10, weer told.
Each pilgrim was to offer
the best, "dont' withhold!"
Count seven weeks after tall
grain starts to fall.
"Your offerings shall be,
God's blessings on us all!
Sit- with kin at the table, the
'stranger and servant,
Let the desire of your
heart's beliefs be fervent.
Women should wear pretty
cloths, .11aimonides states,
Ezra Shapiro, world Zion-
ist leader who was a domi-
nant figure for many years
in educational circles and
in Zionism in Cleveland and
on the national scene in the
United States. died in Je-
rusalem last Friday night
at age 74.
He had lived in Israel
with his wife, the former
Sylvia Lamport, since 1971,
when he succeeded Dr. Is-
rael Goldstein to the world
presidency of the Keren
Hayesod, the counterpart of
the United Israel Appeal.
Born in Volozhin, Poland,
May 7, 1903, he was brought
to Cleveland by his parents
when he was two years old.
His father, Osias Shapiro,
was a distinguished Ortho-
dox rabbi.
Identified from his youth
-in the Zionist movement,
Mr. Shapiro was elected
president of the Cleveland
District of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America when
he was 21. Ten years later
he became chairman of the
ZOA national executive
committee. When Israel
was - proclaimed, however,
in 1948, he joined a group of
former ZOA presidents and
their supporters to organize
the American Jewish
League for Israel and be-
came its president in 1957.
He has been its honorary
EZRA SHAPIRO
president since 1960 and
had attended many World
Zionist Congresses.
Mr. Shapiro's activities in
Jewish education included
four years as president of
Cleveland Hebrew Schools,
beginning in 1939, and three
years as head of the Cleve-
land Bureau of Jewish Edu-
cation in the mid-1950s.
He was vice president of
the American Association
for Jewish Education from
1959 to 1966.
He also was affiliated
with the Cleveland Jewish
Community Council, the na-
tional board of governors of
the American Committee
for Weizmann Institute of
Science, the Negev Univer-
sity at Beersheba, the na-
tional council of the Ameri-
can Friends of Hebrew Uni-
Readers Forum
Materials submitted to the Readers Forum must be brief. The
writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request.
No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be re-
turned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed.
SIDNEY ROSENFELD
grams and writes original
scripts.
The chairman for the eve-
ning is Marcel Behar. The
lecture is open to the com-
munity at no charge.
Honeyand Milk Are Under Your Tongue
BY
RHODA ZAILWEE SHAMES
Ezra Shapiro, Education Leader,
Keren Hayesod World Chairman
While one eats and drinks,
his good intensions relates.
"Feed the widow, stranger,
the poor of the land.
If not embued with this
knowledge, one's not count-
ed in His command!"
In Mishna and Talmud, At-
saret-ha-dibrot, Shavuot
names,
The feast when agricul-
ture and history relfect the
game.
In the house of God, the
Decologue is read on "Yom
Echod",
In the realm of fruits and
flowers, from the slopes of
Sinai, to c‘od.
The bima is spotless,
adorned with silver and
gold.
Sacred writings read, re-
read, Ruth, .amongst "the.m
also told
"When I began, liturgy pre-
ceeds "Torah" to attest.
When all is said, "love
your brother as yourself!"
Commentary, is the rest.
"Torah is sweeter, sweeter
my dear than honey. -
So are you my love, my song
of song, better can't buy for
money.
"Honey and milk is what
flows from your lips. -
Can't buy better my dear,
that sweet nectar bees sip."
A Poor Choice of Words Hit
Editor, The Jewish gainful occupation, dedica-
News: ting himself to the service
of the community in its spir-
David Schwartz, in The
itual endeavors.
Jewish News of May
Another term that has
pauses, in connection with
been
relegated to describ-
the phenomenal rise of
Meshulam Riklis, on the be- ing a never-do-well is shlu-
the name of
littling allusion to the word miel,
one
of
the princes
melamed as to a person
with no practical sense. in ancient Israel, which
This, it is believed, no long- signifies at peace with our
er holds; rather that term Heavenly Father.
It were well if publicists
is one of enhancement.
would attempt to remove
Likewise the word batlen
the onus of unjustified re-
has often been used as a
flection upon these terms,
comparable derogatory des-
rather than acquiescing in
it.
ignation. But its true mean-
ing is of one who foregoes
M. Manuel Merzon
Hasidic Portrayal Criticized
Editor, The Jewish News:
Although serving a wor-
thy cause and, on the
whole, well received, a re-
cent performance by the
Anachu 'Kan! troupe raised
certain fundamental con-
cerns which disturbed this
writer.
In particular this involved
the depiction of Hasidic
Jews, dancing and singing
in ways which would be con-
sidered by them most in-
appropriate to their tradi-
tion. In one sequence some
of these "Hasidim" ap-
peared to be pursuing
women of low repute.
At best this sort of por-
trayal was reminiscent of
the black-faced white en-
tertainers of the past,
which would be considered
defamatory by today's
standards. Moreover, the
Hasidic culture is alive and
well, and does not require
such staged nostalgia and
imitation. The Lubavitch
people, for example, bring
excellent, authentic Hasidic
programs to this commu-
nity.
I would hope that Anachu
Kan! would concentrate on
its specialty. Israeli and Eu-
ropean folk material, while
being more respectful and
understanding concerning
the religion and traditions
of their fellow Jewish
people.
Dr. Lary Berkower
versity, Israel Bonds, the
Cleveland Jewish Commu-
nity Federation and the
American Bar Association,
Ohio State Bar Association
and the Cleveland Bar Asso-
ciation.
He earned a law degree
at Ohio State University
and was a practicing at-
torney in Cleveland.
Besides his wife, who was
a national American Hadas-
sah leader before settling in
Israel, he is survived by a
son, Daniel S. of Scarsdale,
N.Y..; a daughter, Rena
Blumberg of Shaker
Heights, Ohio; two broth-
ers, Uriah and Emmanuel;
a sister, Sarah Robby; and
six grandchildren.
Otte Wallish, 71,
Top Israeli Artist
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Otte
Wallish, who lettered Is-
rael's Declaration of Inde-
pendence and designed its
first stamps and coins, died
May 15 at age 71.
Born in Czechoslovakia,
he came to Palestine in
1934. Considered the dean
of graphic art in Israel, he
also designed stamps for
the United Nations and for-
eign countries. He was a
graduate of the Berlin Acad-
emy of Art.
Mr. Wallish, who founded
the advertising business in
Israel, headed his own
agency. He had earlier
been an illustrator for news-
papers. He was a founder
of the Israel Advertising As-
sociation and its chairman
from 1958 to 1968.
Mr. Wallish was a mem-
ber of the International Ad-
vertising Association and
was preparing , for its con-
vention to be held here in
June when he died.
Pinhus Sztejnwaks
NEW YORK (JTA)—
Pinhus Sztejnwaki, who for-
merly served the Jewish
Agency and the World Zion-
ist Organization as a spe-
cial 'assistant for the Yidd-
ish press,. died May 10 at
age 72.
Mr. Sztejnwaks, who was
editor of the WZO's Tzion
Neiss, worked for the Jew-
ish Agency and the WZO
for 25 years until his retire-
ment in 1969.
He began his lifelong ca-
reer in Zionism as a mem-
ber of the Labor Zionist
movement in Warsaw.
Correction
A quotation deriding the.
"moderation" of the Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion in the May 6 editorial,
Stirring Ambiguities for Is-
rael," was incorrectly attri-
buted to Rabbi Arthur
Hertzberg_of the American
Jewish Congress.
The statement was made
by Hanon Bar-On, Minister
at the Israel Embassy in
Washington, during a
.speech at the American
Jewish Congress' National
Women's Division biennial
convention in Philadelphia.
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Baer Keidan, 69
Baer Keidan, a practicing
attorney for more than 40
years, died May 15 at age
69.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Keidan had offices in the
Town Center in Southfield.
He was recognized as an au-
thority on many legal mat-
ters.
He was graduated from
the Detroit College of Law
in 1928 and was a member
of the Michigan State Bar
Association. He also was a
member of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek. Mr. Keidan was
known as a lover of music,
an avid reader and as an
art collector.
He leaves his wife Jea-
nette; a son, Bruce;
daughter. Mrs. Van (Alice
Lanckton of Boston, Mass.;
a brother, Milford; and five
grandsons.
Church Body UN
Ruling Applauded
NEW YORK (JTA)—The
American Jewish Com-
mittee lauded "the construc-
tive position" taken by the
governing board of the Na-
tional Council of Churches
(NCC) in an NCC policy
statement which the AJ-
Committee said opposed
"the double standards
which some members of
the United Nations have
sought unfairly and immo-
rally to inflict upon the
state of Israel, among
others."
Rabbi Marc H. Tan-
enbaum, director of the AJ-
Committee interreligious af-
fairs department, and
Rabbi James Rudin. assist-
ant director, referred to a
policy statement approved
in Cincinnati at the semi-
annual meeting May 4-6 of
the NCC governing board
which - specifically states
that no nation state can be
excluded from membership
in the UN or its specialized
agencies."
The two officials also said
the AJCommittee - wel-
comes the action taken by
the governing board in
adopting a constitutional
amendment that would
make it impossible for for-
mer Nazis like Archbishop
Valerian Trifa or racists to
hold positions of member-
ship and honor within the
NCC. •
Yeshiva to Found
L.A. Branch
NEW YORK—Yeshiva
University in New York
and the Los Angeles Jewish
Community have joined
forces to provide a new --
educational entity designer
to offer a broad range of
Jewish studies programs
for collegiates on the West
Coast. The new --Yeshiva
University of Los Angeles,
at Pico and Roxbury, will
open in September, 1977.
Projected particularly to
serve the West Coasts of
the U.S. and Canada, the
new school will be pat-
terned after programs of-
fered by Yeshiva Univer-
sity. America's oldest and
largest university under
Jewish auspices, now in its
91st year.