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THE JEWISH NEWS

Incorporating The Detroit <Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue orluly 20, 1951

Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Assiiciation,- National Editorial Association.
Published every Friday by the Jewish News Publishing Co.. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield. Mich. -18075
Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield. Michigan and Additional Mailing - Office,. Subscription $12 a year.

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Edifor and Publisher

CARMI M. SLQMOVITZ
Business Manager

DREW LIEBERWITZ
Advertising Manager

ALAN HITSKY, News Editor...HEIDI PRESS, Assistant News Editor

Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the 25th day of Adar I, 5738, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Exodus 35:1-38:20; 30:11-16. Prophetical portion, II Kings 12:1-17.

March 9-10, Rosh Hodesh Adar II, Numbers 28:1-15.
Candle Lighting, Friday, March 3, 6:06 p.m.

VOL. LXXII, No. 26

Page Four

Friday, March 3, 1978

World's Jewish Agenda

Zionist Congress Emphasizes
Universality of Major Issues

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JERUSALEM —
Results of an international parliamentary
conference and its agenda must not be judged
too soon or haphazardly. The World Zionist
Congress, whose sessions commenced on
Monday evening, remains in session for
another week. Nevertheless, it is already pos-
sible to envisage the concerns that motivate
the delegations who have gathered here from
all parts of the globe and to examine with a
measure of seriousness the objectives of an
international gathering.
Because the rebirth of the state of Israel is
the fulfillment of the historic Zionist dream
and of Prophecy, it stands to reason that the
chief item on the World Zionist Congress
agenda was and will continue to be Israel and
her needs and area problems. There are the
related problems , that are never ignored by
responsible Jewish assemblies. The Diaspora
is not ruled out and what troubles world
Jewry also concerns Zionist leadership and
Israel.
Every Jewish group, wherever there are
- Jews, could be viewed as considering with
seriousness the matters under consideration
by the WZCongress. But in Jerusalem, in the
presence of the most distinguished per-
sonalities in world Jewry, the questions posed
are scrutinized massively, on a scale intended
to weigh every obstacle that is in the path of
Jewish communities, all the indentifiable af-
filiations, the roots that lead to the plant that
must be nourished.
Men and women who are in the most re-
sponsible positions in Jewish life are united
here in the view that the unity that must be
retained between Israel and the Diaspora, the
devotions that are so vital to Jewish exis-
tence, depend in largest measure on the ex-
tent of Jewish cultural activities. There is ag-
reement that priority must be accorded to the
schools, that the Jewish studies pursued both
by young and adults must retain first rank in
Jewish communal planning.
These are not empty gestures. World
Jewish leadership is not blind to the dangers
that stem from indifference. Nor are they un-
aware of the difficulties that exist
everywhere in mobilizing teaching staffs for
Jewish schools. While Jewish communities
wish to learn from each other, as they do at
international gatherings, each Jewish sector
is being urged not to permit a single obstacle,
to interfere with the raising of the standards
of Jewish educational :institutions and with
establishing the most attractive and most
impressive environment for Jewish schools.
This is a campaign to strengthen* the Jewish
love for learning, and the almost agonized
plea, because of the difficulties encountered,
is that the Jewish needs should not be sac-
rificed on an altar of unconcern.

Equally pressing, as viewed by the spo1es-
men for world Jewry at the Jerusalem ses-
sions, is the problem of mixed marriages and
the serious losses that are being sustained as
a result.
The problem is universal. There isn't a
Jewish community anywhere that isn't af-
fected by the dangers to Jewish existence
from intermarriage. Except possibly in Iran
and in whatever is left of Jewries in Oriental
countries — in these the extent of intermar-
riage is minimal — the increase in the
number of mixed marriages is appalling.
Therefore, the WZCongress delegations are
concerning themselves, while viewing the
Zionist and Israeli needs and objectives, with
' an aim of creating an • international body to
study the issues. Perhaps a contrasting of ex- •
periences, exchanges of views, a delving into
the roots of the problem will lead at least to a
partial solution.
The low birth rate among Jews, among
other problems, is one that calls for direct
appeals to Jews for renewed pride in parent-
hood. This, too, is among the concerns here.
Hopefully, the results will be as extensive as
the anxieties.
The 29th World Zionist Congress may
prove more effective than many of the previ-
ous ones. The dynamic leadership in Israel of
Menahem Begin also is felt/at the sessions
here and will undoubtedly leave its mark on
the years ahead in Zionism and in behalf of

Another important evidence of progress at
these sessions is an increased attendance of
Jewish youth from many lands.
Thus, the international Jewish parliament
once again serves Jewry with dignity and de-
dication to the needs that call for expertness
in their fulfillment.

Myths, Facts: Concise
Record of M.E. Conflict

Thorough studies conducted by the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee provide the
facts about the , Arab-Israel conflict and set the
record straight regarding the many myths that
are circulating in efforts ; to undermine Israel's
'existence.
The newest of the."Myths and Facts" books
issued by AIPAC includes all available data
about Israel's role, the Arab war against the
Jewish state and the distortions in reports
about the conflict,
: This brochure served an important purpose in
keeping the record straight and in guiding Is-
rael',s defenders along lines of emphasizing the
truth in exposingthe myths.

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Pilch Defines Educational
Needs in Collected Essays

From the many scores of essays he had published during his lengthy
career as an educator, Dr. Judah Pilch has selected 28 in which he has
defined educational needs and Holocaust •studies, based on his expe-
riences. Included also are definitive articles on outstanding Jewish
personalities.

Published by Bloch under the title "Between Two Generations," Dr.
Pilch commences with descriptive articles on the following: Leo L.
Honor, Zvi Scharfstein, Alexander Dushkin, Grace M. Kallen, Haim
Greenberg, Haim Bialik, and Shimon Frug.

It is evident that this list deals
with educators, philosophers and noted
authors, and each is representative of
specific ideologies in the generations
under coverage.

The essays on the Holocaust contrib
ute towards the urgency of making the
Holocaust studies imperative in Jew-
ish curricula.

DR. JUDAH PILCH

Because of his many involvements
in Jewish educational tasks, Dr.
Pilch's essays will prove of special
significance for - those concerned with
the problems of improving the school
systems and of encouraging greater
concern in the school and with Jewish
studies. He deals with the character
and lay participation as well as the
vital need to give priority to - the
consideration of the training of Jewish
teachers.

"BetWeen Two Generations" thus will prove a guide for teachc,
and communal leaders whose tasks in the educational spher
demand priority for cultural aspects in community planning.

`Passover Fun Book'
Fills Need for Youngsters

In "Passover Fun Book" David A. Adler provides just what a Jewish
youngster would want to enchant him with during Passover, an art
book to be kept busy with in filling in missing links.
"Passover Fun Book" (Hebrew Publishing Co.'s Bonim Books) is a
Compilation of puzzles; a "matza magic" solver, rhyming wordsovord
searching games, riddles, Passover nonsense providing ptizzlements,
crossword puzzles and many other fun providing schemes all in a
48-page, large-sized book.
Adler, the author, who is also the illustrator and the compiler of the
fun manual, follows a trditiori of creating this form of book for the
Jewish holidays'for youngsters under 12. "Passover Fun Book" fills
the needs to which the author aspired.

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