__62 c Friday, May 20, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Norwegian Says Israel Agent Sold Hijacked Uranium Ship - 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- , - 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. - 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.