'THE JEWISH NEW 'S Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $12 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher DREW LIEBERWITZ CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Advertising Manager Business Manager ALAN HITSKY, News Editor...HEIDI PRESS, Assistant News Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 16th day of Kislev, 5788, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Genesis 32:4-86:48. Prophetical portion, Hosea 11:7-12:12 Candle lighting, Friday, Nov. 25, 4:46 p.m. VOL. LXXII, No. 12 Friday, November 25, 1977 - Page Four Christian Support for Israel Menahem Begin is not alone in an adherence to Prophecy when speaking of the just rights for Israel and the fact that Israel's existence is rooted in Scripture and in historic pledges for redemption. Two basic statements, published in recent days, give emphasis to these views. Evangelical Christians have spoken firmly in defense of Israel's basiC rights. They were followed in full-page advertise- ments by the United Fundementalists, including representatives of many church groups, who leaned upon New Testament and Torah declara- tions affirming Jewry's historic right to Israel. In his address to the Egyptian people, wel- coming President Anwar Sadat's desire to go to Jerusalem for a confrontation with Israel at the Knesset, Menahem Begin quoted similar recog- nition of Israel's just rights to statehood from the Koran. The importance of Jerusalem as Israel's capi- tal and of Israel as the rightful heritage of the Jewish people will be the subject of an inter- naitonal conference in Jerusalem, being con- vened Jan. 31 Feb. 2 by the Interantional Con- gress for the Peace of Jerusalem, under the leadership of many eminent Christian leaders. This is a compliation of evidence that Jews are not alone in the battle for justice, that Israel is not isolated from the interreligious commu- nities in which all mankind has a share. Such are the heartening factors in an other- wise distressing atmosphere which all-too- often is polluted by misrepresentations. Thanks to the Christian communities, the air is being cleared of bias. - Interfaith Realism: Human Service More than half a century of interfaith activi- ties that began as a Good Will movement and have embarced nearly all of the religious ele- ments in the land have developed into activities of so much promise that elimination of bigotries is approaching more heartening realities. There is little hope that all the human frailties can be corrected by a movement striving to cement the best of humanism and of good rela- tions among peoples of differing beliefs. Yet, what is evident in the tasks of the National Con- ference of Christians and Jews, and the Detroit arm of that movement, the Detroit Round Table, provides new encouragement in the view that with contacts and a way of reaching out into the ocmmunity there is hope for the best possible relations among the most contrasted of factions in an American enviromment. These encouragements have become espe- cially vital in the past few years with the NCCJ and the Detroit Round Table pursuing tasks that may hitherto have aroused hesitations because there are differences of view regarding certain ideologies. New NCCJ treatments of the Middle East issues and of the need for proper handling of basic proposals for peace in that area have been in evidence under the leadership of National NCCJ President David Hyatt. It is to the credit of Dr. Hyatt that Holocaust studies and sym- posia have aroused new concerns over the past and the need for remembrance so that there shall never again be a repetition of the crimes of the Nazi era. These actions are reflected in the work of the Detroit Round Table under the leadership of Charles Benham, executive direc- tor. Exemplary is the statement appearing in the official bulletin of the Detroit Round Table under the heading ."The Holocaust—Key Inter- religious Issue," declaring: "If we forget or hide our past, we are doomed to repeat its tragedies. Thus, dialogue between Christians and Jews must rest on a forthright understanding of our history. And the history of Christian-Jewish relations sometimes recounts - a grim story. "The Holocaust...If we do not remember the genocide practiced on six million Jews during World War II, we stand in danger—both Chris- tians and Jews—of repeating our roles today or in the future. We do not remember simply out of a desire to feel remorse. We remember because so many questions remain unanswered. Where was the effective voice of the Churches and the people? Where was the belief in Brotherhood and love of neighbor? "The National Conference of Christians and Jews has been instrumental in arranging the Annual Scholar's Conference on "The Church Struggle and the Holocaust," held in New York. NCCJ has also helped to convene the First International Conference on the Holocaust, held this year in Germany. "Films, study guides and curriculum mate- rials on the Holocaust are available through the Round Table." While recognition of the compelling need to give emphasis to the Holocaust in an undeba- ,table matter, the emphasis given by the local as well as national leaderships of the NCCJ gives strength to the view that there will be no relent- ing in giving emphasis to the revulsion all must feel whenever there is a reminder of the terror that had engulfed mankind under Hitlerism. When the Detroit Round Table honors Eugene A. Cafiero, president of Chrysler Corporation, at the annual dinner, Dec. 7, there will be occa- sion to give acclaim to an important cause that does not ignore that facts of life and the need to give emphasis to a past to be remembered with revulsion. The role of David Hyatt, who will be among the eminent guests at the dinner, will gain new recognition in the expected analyses of objec- tives that are of immense importance in an age in which people of all faiths must keep building bridges linking them in friendship, creating an understanding that will invalidate any attempt to introduce prejudices in the Ameritan society. Expert Documentation Reveals Extent of Arab Boycott of Israel Arab manipulations in a massive effort to destroy Israel are not limited to the PLO. Perhaps the most extensive of the schemes is to be found in the boycott of Israel which has grown immensely in the last three years. The extent of this economic campaign aimed at Israel's annihilation is revealed in what is perhaps the best documented revelation of the boycott aims, analyzed by two noted correspondefits, Walter Henry Nelson and Terence Prittie, in their book "The Economic War Against the Jews" (Random House). From the title it becomes apparent that Israel is not the only target of the Arab enemies. All Jews are included in the combined Arab effort as enemies to be destroyed. Non-Jews who do business with Israel or who express friendship for Israel are similarly listed in the boycott, thus making the economic war a world problem and not only an Israeli and a Jewish concern. Going into all details of boycott maneuvers as well as the American reaction and the legislation that was signed by President Carter pro- hibiting the practice, the authors show that in 1974 the boycott list consisted of 785 business firms. It had grown to 7,545 in 1975 and six months later there were 25,000 on the blacklist. The authors state that 90 percent of the American firms who were threatened with the boycott yielded to the pressures by the Arabs. The resistance to the Arab pressures also enlisted non:Jewish sup- port. The rejection of Arab threats by Henry Ford II stands out among the courageous acts against the Arab economic war on Israel, the Jews and their friends. The Coca-Cola incident is covered fully and the activities of Morris Abram and Abraham Feinberg who dealt with the firm, the franchise that was finally secured for Coca-Cola in Israel, are among- the impressive revelations in a book filled with exciting episodes and fac- tual data about one of the most dangerous movements that have ber instituted against Israel. There is an impressive concluding note to the revelations, with a measure of hope for the future. The authors state: • The U.S. government could prohibit American -banks and other financial institutions from joining in international loans, etc., if other banks have been excluded from such deals because of boycott pres- sures or anti-Semitic discrimination. • The U.S. government could encourage American banks to extend capital and other forms of cooperation to those foreign countries and companies that have taken a firm stand against the boycott. In addition to governmental action, there is a case for wider civic participation in this fight. It is manifestly not in the interest of Ameri- can workers for European (or Japanese) companies to siphon off Arab trade; American labor unions could therefore use their good offices to drive this lesson home to foreign companies that export to the United States. • American longshoremen could decline to unload ships of foreign lines that comply with Arab boycott rules and regulations, as well as the products of foreign companies that have a record of boycott-com- pliance and other discriminatory practices. • Public opinion could be mobilized far more than it is today. Lists of foreign companies that comply with the boycott could be widely publicized; American workers and consumers could, for example, be provided with periodic lists of imported products whose foreign manu- facturers comply with the boycott and thereby endanger American jobs.