THE JEWISH NEWS In•orporoting 7'/u' Detroit Jewish Citroni•i• commencing with the issne Inly .20. 1.951 Member .Atnerican Association Of English-Jewish Newspapers. Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish Nets Publishing ('o., 17515 \V. Nine Mile, Suite 805. Southfield, Mich. -1 -$075. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Nli•higan and Additional !!ailing Offices. Subscription $10 a :sear. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher 1l.1 CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ DREW LIEBERWITZ Business Manager Advertising Manager IIITS1.1. News Editor . . 1 i 1-.11/1 l'itE5!, ..1ssistant News Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 16th day of Tammuz, 5737, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Numbers 22:2-25:9. Prophetical portion, Micah 5:6-6:8. (:andle liuhtinar. Friday Jule I. 8:53 Page Four VOL. LXXI, No. 17 July 1, 1977 Helsinki Belgrade • Jews, Dissidents , Certain rules were set down, over the signa- tures of representatives of 35 nations, estab- lishing a code for human rights. Its basic termi- nology, which commends continuous emphasis, serves as an important document in contempo- rary history, declaring: "The participating states will respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or be- lief, for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. "They will promote and encourage the effec- tive exercise of civil, political, economic, so- cial, cultural and other rights and freedoms, all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the human person and are essential for his free and full development." The decisions made in Finland two years ago were threatened with abrogation in Belgrade last week. The apparent dangers stem from the Soviet Union's denial of the Very principles enun- ciated in the human rights declaration. Per- haps the Kremlin is so irritated by the uninter- • rupted emphasis on human rights in the con- sistent adherence to its basic principles by President Carter that the most elementary ideals inherent in the approach to international aspirations for justice may be undermined. Is the present USSR administration recon- structing the Stalinist policies of oppression ? Is it possible, as is often charged, that what is practiced in the Soviet Union is a perpetuation of Czarism? The fact remains that dissidents, who had their roots in the revolutionary movement against Czarist oppressions, have emerged cc arageously in a struggle against the oppres- si. _1 methods of the ruling party of some 3,000,000 members who are dominating more than, a quarter—billion people. .Concurrently, there is the Jewish issue, a means by bigoted Russians to use Jews as targets and scape- goats when human rights become involved in that country's politics. Jews are the available victims to be blamed. Thus, at a time when thousands of Jews are craving for the right to leave Russia, the de- mand for exit visas is a major irritant and Jews are chief sufferers in a policy of suppres- sion of the very rights that were promulgated in the important Helsinki statement. There may be more dissidents than Jews in the USSR, and there certainly are many Jews who keep demanding the right to emigrate. Con- currently, the dissidents, among them many Jews, are demanding abrogation of repression. Thus it is Jews and dissidents who are the suf- ferers in the tyrannical Communist rule and the propagators for human rights have to con- front a struggle of immense proportions. On paper there may be many pledges for jus- tice. -In practice there are untold discrimina- tions. They add up to an obligation on the part of all who are concerned that injustice, should not be perpetuated. They must carry on the struggle against tyranny and oppression. Hel- sinki and Belgrade, Jews and dissidents, all add up to an obligation on the part of free men everywhere to strive for the sharing of their lib- erties by those who are deprived of them in the USSR. Israel on the Defensive Charges that Israel's Arab prisoners have been tortured are not new .They hav-. been made in the United Nations and have been refuted. Such charges have been leveled since the Six-Day War by. Arab diplomats, and inquiry commis- sions have been accused of prejudice and were not welcomed in Israel because they were corn- posed of selectees who were known to be pur- suing their tasks with preconceived intentions to condemn Israel. Admittedly, when Arabs demonstrated against Israelis, in the Nablus area primarily,_ it has been admitted that Israeli soldiers struck back and that violence may have been answered with violence. The view has been heard that Jewish soldiers who had suffered at the hands of Arab militants had reacted in kind. These are the misfortunes of a tragically aggravated situation that can be corrected only in the process of peace-making. Regardless of charges and counter-charges, the latest series of accusations, published in the London Sunday Times, demand an effort to end the unfortunate exchange of animosities. If the charges contain even an iota of truth, the existing conditions must be corrected. If they are untrue, the realities must be made known with all possible emphasis. There is an urgency for responsible inquiries, by trusted investigators, to study the facts and to make them known. This must be a major task of the new Israel government and should be pursued promptly. Boycotts and Selfish Pressures President Carter put his ideals on the major danger point affecting human relations and the vulnerability of ethnic groups when prejudice raises its ugly head. Signing the bill that would make the boycotting of Jews, in relation to trad- ing with Israel, a punishable crime, he said that when one group in the American society is threatened, other groups may face similar dan- gers if discrimination is not outlawed. Thus, action by this government against boycotts of Jews and others who have business relations with Israel becomes prohibitive. Yet, from all quarters, it is apparent that big business often keeps adhering to the repulsive idea that "business is business." This became apparent when men high up in large corpo- rations were exerting pressure on legislators not to support the anti-boycott measures adopted by Congress, now bearing the signa- ture of the President of the United States. If many still believe that "laws are made to be broken," then the combined pressures from Arab and anti-Israel forces, and from the "busi- ness as usual" quarters may strive to negate what has been adopted and endorsed by the President. Once again, therefore, there remains the need to be on the alert, to be vigilant that the adopted measure outlawing prejudice should not be violated. Ben Dunkelman, Canadian Hero and Israeli Patriot Ben Dunkelman continues to be a name to contend with both in Canada and in Israel. His record for service as a Canadian citizen is enviable. He was a World War II hero, having won the D.S.O. for heroism, and his role in defense of Israel was equally dramatic and creative. Therefore his autobiography, "Dual Allegiance" (Crown) not only relates to the activities of a distinguished Jewish-Canadian-Israeli patriot, but also serves to defend what had previously been a means for anti-Semites to attack Jews on the ground of sharing loyalty to more than their own nation. The Dunkelman story _admirably de- fends a person's right to live honorably in behalf of the idea of serv- ing two people to Which he becomes attached. Dunkelman did and continues to do it well, both as a loyalist to .his Canadian citizenship as well as to his devotion to a sacred heritage involved in his dedi- cation to the Zionist cause and to Israel's redemption. In 1948, Dunkelman participated in the battle for Jerusalem and earned a share of glory in resisting the siege which was so threat- ening to Israel's existence. It was at the request of David Ben-Gu- non that he also commanded the 7th Brigade in the northern war in the battle for Israel's independence. He had given up affluence to settle in what was the Palestinian Jewish settlement before the emergence of Israel and when the war against Hitlerism broke out he returned to serve in the Canadian ar- my. Thus he had been on the beaches in Europe on D-Day and in the troubled era of Israel's rebirth in the ancient homeland. Reconstructing many of the events in which he played impoi -tant roles, Dunkelman, relating to the battle for Jerusalem, recalled in his autobiographical reminiscences: "I keep my foot on the accelerator, swerving as much as I can to throw them off their aim. Bullets are flying in all directions. It's like a tropical rainstorm, I can see bursts of fire splatter and splash on the tarmac in front of the car." Ben Dunkelman the devoted participant in Jewish causes, the man who contributed of himself, his time, his funds his volunteering serv- ices .to Jewish movements is especially vital in - the story.he relates about a career markedly unselfish and loyal to traditions and the - Jewish legacies. This is the story of Ben Dunkelman and the patri- otic citizen of Canada and the loyal Jew. It is a fascinating story that adds immensely to Jewish Canadian experiences and serves as an inspiration for his fellow Jews whose dual loyalties are marked of distinction to be admired. `Resistance' Exalts Underground Cutting through a maze of myths and legends, and drawing on a vast range of sources, "Resistance: European Resistance to Nazism 1940-45" by M.R.D. Foot (McGraw-Hill) is the first book to analyze the full scope of the underground in 27 Nazi-occupied nations during World War II. The most comprehensive work ever written on this subject, "Re- sistance" deals in hard facts—heroism and cowardice, conformity and revolt, achievements and disasters—set into their historical con- text. It explains what resistance was, who the resisters were, what they could do, and how and why they wanted to do it.