10 Friday, September 16, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS AVE A The Trouble With Diplomacy... AFFAIR WITH HAL GORDON BY DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) Musical Entertainment' Big Bands or _ Small Combos L305-41999- You don't have to diet to lose weight. Just don't be Secretary of State. If the President calls you and asks you to take the job, put your foot down firmly and say no. Take the case of Henry Kissinger. He had been wanting to reduce for sever- al years, but every year he put on more and (mutt.. Since he left the office he has lost 25 pounds. Travel With YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH to ISRAEL — and EVERYWHERE BY Plane-Train-Bus-Ship HOTEL RE _ S.--RENT A CAR 557-6750 Eve 559-7567 ISRAEL GROUP RATES REDUCED BY $150 Starting Sept. 1st LET AN ISRAELI PLAN YOUR TRIP Call Reuven at 559-2770 Goldstein Travel 17520 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield, Mich. 48076 (One block east of Southfield Rd.) Open Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Choo One might have assumed that with all the worrying the Secretary of State has to do about the state of the world, one would lose weight in that office, but it seems to work just the oppo- site. You eat more to forget your worries and there are also all those diplomatic functions you must attend, and one thing they always succeed in doing at these is eat. Also there is a great deal of drinking and this of course adds to the weight problem. It will be recalled that Chaim Herzog, the Is- raeli envoy to the United Nations, some time back speaking about the way some of the pro-Arab and Soviet lands have boycotted him, concluded it was not altogether bad, as it was saving him from much of the boozing which goes on at the various gatherings of the delegates. Abba Eban, who recently visited the United States, is quoted in the press as saying that it seems to him that the United 'Nations it- self has lost weight among the peoples of the world in recent years. Eban is think- ing of weight in a different sense. The individual mem- bers of the United Nations have mostly gained weight. Perhaps it is destined that not the diplomats and statesmen but the comedi- ans and humorists will final- ly bring peace to the world. Probably Groucho Marx contributed more to the peace of the world than any of the delegates of the United Nations. In the politi- cal life of America, Frank- lin and Lincoln, two of our best humorists, played a transcending role. It is too bad that Groucho Marx was not elected to Congress or better still made Secretary of State. Maybe they should change the name of the office to Secretary of Humor. With his bombshells of humor we would learn to dispense with other bombshells. Perhaps the in- effectiveness of inter- national diplomacy is that it is so lacking in humor. Oscar Straus was a mem- ber of the Cabinet of Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt. One time he came to a hcte.1‘ which barred Jews. He came • riding on his horse—it was the days be- fore the automobile. Straus was a man of na- tional reputation and the hotel hesitated at exluding him. They decided they would admit him, but make it so costly as to discourage other Jews from applying. At the end of his stay, Straus looked at the bill. "H'm," said Straus, "I can see why you charged me twice as much as the other guests, but why do you make this excess charge for my horse. He isn't Jew- ish." Humor can be social sat- ire, but there is also the simple humor. Here are two Groucho sto- ries: She: 'The garbage man has arrived. He: Tell him we don't want any. ; A. I lived for a time in Wales. B. Did you ever know a fellow named Jonah? He lived sometimes in whales too. Such stories are just good for a laugh, but we all need to laugh more. If we laughed more, we wouldn't fight as much. Cruise Traffic Up C h rt r ggOe LAS tfE4 As SWITZERLAND WHAT EVER THE TRIP WE HAVE IT! 44.04400s 1113/4 VVA ii SAN JUAN J D ST. MAARTEN CANARY ISLANDS Ofebit TRAVEL AGENCY mitre CERTIFIED TRAVEL COUNSELOR • 20 YEAR MEM BEr, OF ASTA HARVARD ROW MALL • 11 MILE & LAHSER ROADS SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 353-5811 4.4nik‘ NEW YORK — More than 54,000 cruise-passen- gers visited Israel during the first seven months of 1977, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 1976. Announcing these 'figures, Israel Zuriel, Israel's corn- missioner for tourism in North America, said "An in- creasing number of cruise- ships are making regular calls at Haifa. Israel is es- pecially suited for such traf- fic, as it is possible to see some of the historical and holy sites in either Jerusa- lem or the Galilee in a short visit." Cruise ships planning fu- ture calls at Haifa, include Carras Cruises Danae; Royal Viking Line's Royal Viking Sky; Kargeorgis Cruises' Navarino (for- merly the Gripsholm); Nor- wegian America's Sagaf- jord and Vistafjord and Hol- land America's Rotterdam, as part of its 1978 87-day World Cruise. A strife is like the out- burst of water from a small leak—as the water coun- tinues to flow the leak in- creases in size. —The Talmud Castro's Anti-Israelism Seen in Contacts With N. Africans By WARREN FREEDMAN In the early days of the' Castro regime in Cuba, friendship with the state of Israel was keenly felt by the Jewish community of Havana and by the large number of Israeli agricul- turists working in Cuba. About 14,000 Cuban Jews maintained five synagogues and every Jewish in- stitution. In early 1977 the anti-Is- rael and anti-Zionist activi- ties of Fidel Castro were made clear in his visits to Libya, Southern Yemen and Mozambique. President Cas- tro put his name to a series of documents and joint com- muniques which repeatedly condemned Israel and gave unreserved support for the Palestine Liberation Organi- zation. UN Document A3268, dated April 26, 1977, is a joint communique between Cuba and Southern Yemen—"the two sides Seminary Unit Appoints Dean NEW YORK—Victor B. Geller has been appointed dean of the division of com- munal services of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Ye- shiva University, it was an- nounced by Dr. Norman Lamm, president. As field director of the community services divi- sion from 1934 to 1966, he spearheaded a number of communal service projects includin2, rabbinic place- ment and the establishment of more than 100 syna- gogues across the U.S. and Canada. __ _ __ - Geller also has served as director of the community activities division of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America from 1950 to 1954 and was executive secretary and em- ployment director of the Na- tional Council of Young Is- rael from 1949 to 1950. He has served on the ex- ecutive committees of the National Community Rela- tions Advisory Council and the Synagogue Council of America. AJCommittee Will Focus on Cities NEW YORK—The Ameri- can Jewish Committee an- nounced that through its local chapters, it will launch an intensive cam- paign "to help improve the condition of the nation's major cities." Major emphasis of the campaign will be the estab- lishment and support of full employment coalitions on the local level, and in- creased efforts to promote fede . al programs that would create more jobs. the AJCommittee said. In addition. priority atten- tion will be given to pro- grams geared to reducing the racial violence. ethnic tensions and economic strains that prevail in today's urban scene. • Ia. agreed that it (the Middle East) remains dangerous and threatens international peace owing to the aggres- sive expansionist policy pur- sued by Israel and the impe- rialist and Zionist forces led by the United States of America...Both sides reaff- irm their steadfast support for the Palestine resistance movement led by the PLO, the sole and legitimate rep- resentative of the Palesti- nian people". UN Document A2269, dated April 27, 1977 is a joint communique between Cuba and Libya which reite- rates support "in the struggle against neo-coloni-, alism, racist Zionism, anc the policies of the monopo- lies". Both sides "strongly con- demned Israel's Zionist ag- gression supported by the imperialist powers..." 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