THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 9, 1977 39 Political Wrangling Marks Prelude to 29th World Zionist Congress NEW YORK (JTA) — The more than 900,000 registered Zionists in the United States will vote by mail this month for the 152 American dele- gates to the 29th World Zion- ist Congress which starts in Jerusalem Feb. 20. Moshe Kagan, assistant ihairman of the American Zionist Federation Execu- tive who heads the AZF election committee which is conducting the election in the U.S., said the ballots will be mailed out Dec. 12 by the American Arbitration Association which is super- vising the balloting and must be returned to that organization by Jan. 3. However, Kagan said an informational booklet that is also to be mailed to voters will not carry the platforms of each of the eight slates competing in the election as originally planned, because of a dispute between the United Zionist Revisionists of America and the Zionist Organization of America. The booklet had been planned as a means by which all the slates could have reached all the eligible voters with their messages. The decision not to in- clude the platforms was made by the election com- mittee last month with only the Americans for Progres- sive Israel in opposition. That group has appealed to the World Zionist Congress Court in Jerusalem to re- verse the decision. A Revi- sionist spokesman said his group is also opposed to the move. The Revisionists, mean- while, are going ahead with their suit filed earlier in a New York State civil court seeking to ,have the ZOA remove from its proposed platform-insert the pictures of Israeli Premier Men- ahem Begin and Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. A Revisionist spokesman said his organization is linked with Herut in Israel of which Begin is the head and Weizman is another top member. He said that the ZOA is linked to Israel's Liberal Party. Israel's rul- ing Likud is made up of Herut and the Liberal Par- ty. The ZOA statement on the suit said that the WA used the pictures of Begin and Weizman along with Fi- nance Minister Simha Ehrl- ich, the leading Liberal Par- ty member in the government, and Foregin Minister Moshe Dayan "To express affinity with the new government in Israel. Any Zionist movement with a similar position is entitled to make the same state- ment. The Revisionists are confusing the Likud coali- tion with the Herut Party." Begin Lauded for Recognizing Rights of Orthodox in Israel ATLANTIC CITY (JTA) — "The new recognition in Israel and elsewhere that Torah is the wave of the future for Jews paves the way for Orthodox Jewry to broaden its influence on Jewish life the world over," Rabbi Pinchos Menahem Alter, chairman of Agudath Israel in Israel, told 3,000 delegates attending the Agu- dath Israel 55th national convention at the Sheraton- Deauville Hotel. Alter, who is also a mem- ber of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) in Israel, alluded to - .gudath Israel's participa- ion in Premier Menahem Begin's government coali- tion, when he said: "Never _ before has Torah Jewry in Israel faced such opportu- nity to thrive spiritually be- cause of a new climate of goodwill." A status report on the agreement between Begina do Agudath Isarel five months after it led to a coalition for the Likud was made public for the first time by Rabbi Menahem Porush, Agudath Israel Knesset deputy and chair- man of the Knesset Com- 7 mittee on Labor and Social Betterment. He noted that the demands for rights for Orthodox Jews were "syste- matically being met by the Begin administration." Reading from a dossier of documents, Rabbi Porush cited such previous con- troversies as autopsies, work on the Sabbath, and conscription of religious girls into the armed forces, as examples of problems nearing solution. The veter- an Orthodox leader contin- ued: "Despite its pre- occupation with security and the economy, the gov- ernment has not abandoned the religious agenda." In his keynote address, Rabbi Moshe Sherer, execu- tive president of Agudath Israel of America, criticized the American Jewish lead- ership "for lagging behind their Israeli counterparts in recognizing the _religious in- gredient of the needs of the Jewish masses." Profs Back Nobel for Sadat, Begin JERUSALEM (JTA)—A group of 30 Hebrew Univer- sity professors has recom- mended that President An- war Sadat of Egypt and Israel Premier Menahem Begin receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The group sent a letter to the Swedish Academy ex- pressing confidence that their suggestion would re- ceive world-wide sunnort. The Revisionists spokes- man said the reason his group did not take its com- plaint to the AZF Tribunal here or the Zionist Congress Court in Jerusalem was that when it took another com- plaint to the Congress Court before the last World Zionist Congress five years ago, the Court took so long in acting that nothing could be done before the Congress was held. The same reason was giv- en by David Weingarten, an Orthodox Brooklyn busi- nessman and columnist for the Jei,vish Press, who oc- cupies the eighth slate on the ballot. He has gone into the New York courts to get the elec- tion committee to allow him to name seven more candi- dates on his ticket which is called The New Coalition. The Zionist Congress was originally to have been held in January or February 1976. But when several groups challenged a deci- sion not to hold elections for delegates, the Congress Court ruled that elections must be held. The Congress was delayed to allow time to prepare for them. The U.S. election com- mittee originally wanted only 55 percent of the dele- gates elected with the other 45 percent, 69 delegates, se- lected by the various Zionist organizations based propor- tionally on the number of members in each group. But this was challenged in the Congress Court and the Court ruled that all 152 dele- gates must be elected. However, the vote will be for slates only; with the number of delegates given each group based on the proportion of votes they get. The slates are in order of their ballot listing: Hadas- sah-Bnai Zion-American Jewish League; Labor Zion- - ist Alliance, Pioneer Wom- en, Friends of Labor Israel; Zionist Organization of America; Progressive Zion- ist List (Americans for Pro- gressive Israel-Hashomer Hatzair) ; Religious Zionist Movement; Herut-United Zionists Revisionists of America; ARZA-Associa- tion of Reform Zionists of America and The New Coa- lition. Kagan meanwhile ex- pressed surprise at the little interest shown toward the election in the American Jewish community. He noted that the World Zionist Congress will have 530 dele- gates and will be the "par- liament of the Jewish people." Meanwhile, a group of Or- thodox, Conservative and Reform American rabbis, have sent a letter to 3,000 fellow rabbis in the United States, urging them to sup- port ZOA — Slate 3 in the coming elections to the 29th World Zionist Congress. Marla Woolman, Mr. Gartrell Wed a7e444t 7, ave k Marla Woolman and James Gartrell were mar- ried in a recent ceremony at Temple Israel. Rabbi Har- old Loss and Cantor Harold Orbach officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert r‘ ,5 eapad 22101 Coolidge 4111601 1 Block So of 9 Mi Call 548-4031 _ We Bone-Skin-Grind-Fish Free W E WRAP FOR FREEZING FELDBRO QUALITY MEATS Orchard Lake only . ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY NEEDS NOW FRESH TURKEYS, GEESE, CAPONS, ROASTING CHICKENS, PRIME RIBS, etc. .. . WHOLE U.S.D.A. 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