THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 20, 1978 5

Jews Mourn a Friend: Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey

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we should not forget that
Israel, for the United States,
cannot be regarded as just
another nation among na-
tions in the Middle East. We
must declare without em-
barrassment, and without
apology, that Israel has
earned a special relation-
ship with America.
"The Arab world must un-
derstand that if it desires
better relations with the
United States it must accept
our good relations with Is-
rael. No Administration
'-iould ever mislead any
irab leader to believe oth-
erwise."
Humphrey was eulogized
at the Capitol's Rotunda
Sunday by President Carter
"as naturally loyal - and
"most beloved of all Ameri-
cans - and by Vice Presi-
dent Walter Mondale as
his nation's conscience. -
Violinist Isaac Stern, a long-
time friend of Humphrey,
performed at the memorial
ceremony, as did Metropol-
itan Opera star Robert Mer-
rill.
A Minneapolis rabbi was
one of the clergy participat-
ing in Monday's funeral
services.
Humphrey was a firm
supporter and friend of Is-
rael throughout his political
years dating back to the
time he was mayor of Min-
neapolis when Israel's birth

was in question. He was
elected to the Senate in 1948,
the year Israel became a
state. He visited Israel on
numerous occasions.
His concern for the secu-
rity of "this tiny democratic
state in the Middle East,"
as he had referred to Israel,
was translated both spirit-
ually in the form of inspired
addresses as Senator and
Vice President and also into
effective action, particu-
larly since 1973 when, as the
Senate Democratic leader
dealing with foreign aid, he
insisted that U.S. assistance
be adequately provided to
an Israel sorely wounded by
the Yom Kippur War.
Humphrey was the con-
fidant and friend of Israel's
leaders. When Golda Meir
visited Washington on her
last trip, she went to his
Capitol Hill office saying, "I
would have gone to Min-
nesota to see you."
When Premier Menahem
Begin was in Washington in
December, he went to Hum-
phrey's apartment to chat
with him.
Earlier, on Begin's first
visit as Premier in July, he
was warmly welcomed by
Humphrey at the Capitol
and posed for photographs
with him.
In _October, when Israel
Was under great pressure to
yield to Arab demands for a

Technion Society
Elects President

`Czech Jews
Are Dying Out'

-

ALEXANDER HASSAN

--

NEW YORK—Alexander
Hassan of Washington,
D.C., an engineer and real
estate developer, has been
elected president of the
American Technion Society.
-,Hassan has been an active
supporter of engineering
education in Israel for more
than three decades.

Orthodox School
Future Shaky •

NEW. YORK — The Ye-
shiva Torah Vodaath and
Mesivta may have to close
its doors owing to financial
difficulties.
Classes are still being
conducted, despite a payroll
two months in arrears. The
Orthodox school has been
unable to make a mortgage
payment since April 1977.

WASHINGTON — The
Jewish community of
Czechoslovakia was de-
scribed as being on the edge
of extinction by Dr. Bedrich
Bass, chairman of the Czech
Council of Jewish Religious
Communities, in a report to
the - governing council of the
World Jewish Congress,
which he attended as an
observer, according to the
International Council of
Jews from Czechoslovakia
in London.
In his report, Bass de-
scribed the Czech Jews as
living in "unpleasant cir-
cumstances.••
Some of the problems
faced by Czech Jews, he
said. included difficulties in
obtaining government finan-
cial aid to synagogues and
publications, a decline in
the number of young Jews,
coupled with a rise in their
assimilation , and inter-
marriage, the absence of
Jewish old-age homes and
the inability .to build new
ones, and the liquidation of
Jewish cemeteries by the
Czech authorities.

Israeli Air Force
Trains Women

NEW YORK According
to Newsweek magazine,
four women are now taking
preliminary instruction at
the Israeli Air Force's jet-
fighter school and, although
the Israelis won't conform
it, are presumably being
trained for combat roles.

Geneva conference that in-
cluded U.S. acceptance of
the Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization as a participant,
Humphrey, although grave-
ly ill, declared:
"How can we expect Is-
rael to announce prior to
any negotiations that she is
willing to give up large
areas of territory to move to
a militarily more vulner-
able position if the other
side, instead of committing
itself to peace merely sug-
gests it might consider mov-
ing to what is, in effect, a
state of non-belligerence?...
"Israel has every right to
believe until effectively
shown otherwise that what
the Arabs are offering is a
non-belligerence signifying
merely that they will not be
fighting them today, but are
leaving their- options open
for tomorrow."
Humphrey's defense of Zi-
onism rose to a crescendo
after the United Nations
General Assembly linked Zi-
onism with racism. In a
Senate speech Dec. 3, 1975,
he declared that "the
charge of racism against
Israel is so manifestly ab-
surd one's first reaction is
not even to dignify the
charge with substantive re-
sponse.
"But recent discussions
and inquiries make it clear
that there is much igno-
rance and confusion about

the nature of Israeli society,
the result of massive propa-
ganda efforts designed by
Israel's adversaries to sup-
port their absurd charges."
He referred to the Gener-
al Assembly resolution as
having "sinister implica-
tions" which "only add ob-
stacles to the struggle for
peace in the Middle East
and which threaten the use-
fulness of the United Na-
tions itself."
In addition to his support
of Israel, Humphrey worked
closely with Jews on issues
that he and the Jewish com-
munity were concerned
with, such as civil rights,
the need to end discrimina-
tion, help for the poor, pro-
viding jobs for the unem-
ployed and numerous other
social issues. There was
deep affection for the Min-
nesota Senator in the Jewish
community.
Leaders of Jewish organi-
zations issued statements
and sent messages of
condolence to Humphrey's
family and the White House.
Among the organizations
were Bnai Brith, the World
Zionist Organization and the
American Section of the
WZO, the Workmen's Circle
and the Committee for the
Rescue of Syrian Jewry of
which Humphrey was
honorary chairman.

In Israel, former Foreign
Minister Abba Eban said of

Humphrey, "For him poli-
tics was concerned... with
those who were oppressed,
those who were deprived of
their rights, of their dignity,
of their hope of a better
life."
The Jewish National Fund
announced that it will desig-
nate a central landmark
within the American - Bicen-
tennial Park in the Judean
Hills to be named after
Humphrey.

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