211 Friday, April 28, 1918 • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • DISCO BONNIE 398-0353 Boris Smolar's Meyer Levin's Widely Acclaimed Films Revived for Israel's 30th; `Between You . . . and Me' 'Harvest' Supplements 'Settlers' One of the most widely acclaimed films dealing with the settlement in Palestine of survivors from Nazism in defiance- of British restrictions, is being revived for showings during Israel's 30th anniversary year. Meyer Levin's "The Illeg- als," which was shown for nearly two decades in many lands, has been revised RAVE REVIEWS ". . . hottest Disco Teacher In town" Bob ToDort. Dot - Frog Prom ". . . has livened up a number of parties. memo, awaseqw, Dot. Nom . . teaches people to forget their cares" Wks Duffy, Dot From Prom" • • BUY or LEASE HARRY ABRAM SELLS MORE Because He Gives MORE CAVE NE A TRY OBOE OUT Discount Ow Year Trask Service k Ira xi Ha flat SOB Sift Abram Firer onager • s. Our OLDSMOBILES HAVE SAKS APPEAL 35300 GRAND RIVER FARMINGTON HILLS 478-0500 under the title "The Unaf- raid," which was the name of one of the dilapidated vessels on which the dis- placed persons traveled to Palestine. Other Meyer Levin- authored and directed films, including "The Falashas," also will be revived for 30th Israel anniversary_ year showings, the noted author said during his visit here last week for two public ad- dresses. In his speeches here, Levin, whose newest novel, "The Harvest" (Simon and Schuster), has made the best seller lists in many com- munities, warned that the anti-Israel sentiments in evidence in this country are mainly the result of Communist and pro- Communist elements. He charged that even in the literary field these ele- ments antagonistic to Is- rael have -invaded the book publishing field, with evidences of it shown by prejudiced book reviewers. Levin's "The Harvest" completes the historical re- cord of Israel's rebirth OlDfA I-10L6r 6aLtirday 0 cSunclay April 29-50 llam-5 pm which commenced with "The Settlers," the first in the two-volume series. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.) REPORT TO CONGRESS: There are close to 800 or- ganized Jewish communities in the United States. They raise over $480 million annually from one million con- tributors who constitute only about one-half of all Jewish families in the country. A statement to this effect was submitted by the Council ofJewish Federations this month "The Settlers" blended to a Congressional committee studying the impact of pri- the chronicles of the vate giving for charitable and cultural purposes. The Chaimovich family with statement pointed out that related Jewish agencies raised the early history of an additional $140 million annually in the communities. Zionism, foreshadowed This makes a total of $620 million. in the emancipation of The vast network ofJewish humanitarian services made Palestine from Turkish possible by these contributions includes 61 hospitals and rule, in the issuance of clinics; 88 institutions and agencies for care ofJewish aged; the Balfour Declaration 101 agencies providing family and child welfare; 250 youth and the establishment of and community centers; 260 centers for college youth on a dynamic Jewish com- campuses, and a variety of other forms of assistance. A munity in the ancient minimum estimate of persons individually served annually homeland. is more than 1,200.000. Many are served without regard to race or creed, particularly in Jewish hospitals. "The Harvest" covers Expenditures for these services total over $2 billion an- an even more massive immigration, a period of nually. The difference between the funds provided by the persecution and Jewish communities and the total expenditures is covered Holocaust, a testing time in hospitals by federal and state aid and partially by pay- for the Jews, not only of ments from patients. In the field of Jewish education — Palestine but of the Dias- which the communities subsidize to the extent of about $20 pora. The blend of this million a year — the difference is covered by tuition and by dynastic novel with ac- income from other sources. THE SMALL COMMUNITIES: Nearly every Jewish tual history gives it a sense of authenticity. family in the small Jewish communities away from major Many of the characters in metropolitan areas is a contributor to the UJA. When a the background and oc- UJA representative arrives for a few hours in town, all casionally in the center of Jews close their stores and offices during lunch hour. They the action are recogniza- interrupt their business to attend the luncheon arranged ble as major or minor fig- for the UJA man to hear his report and to present him with ures in the struggle, from checks. The UJA representative then proceeds on the same Ben-Gurion to the Mufti day in his auto to the next small community where the of Jerusalem who would same scene is repeated the same evening at a gathering in become a supporter of the home of one of the leaders of the tiny community. The main problem for Jews in the very small communities is Hitler. securing Jewish education for their children. Another prob- The actual issues of eco- lem is taking care of the needs of their elderly, providing nomics, defense and 1 immi- them with opportunities for socializing, sightseeing, rec- gration, the varied politics reation, entertainment and information. The main purpose are integratla into the is usually to enable them to maintain themselves and pre- 700-page novel- vent — or postpone — their institutionalizing. In a city like Fort Worth, Texas, with a population of Levin is able to keep the novel moving despite the 750,000,. the Jewish community numbers about 3,000 "souls," of whom there are 240 "identified" senior citizens, occasional need to explain and provide background, 65 years of age or older. Some elderly Jews go from Fort able to sketch his small Worth to live in the regional Home for the Aged in Dallas army of characters, to evoke because of their loneliness or of their need for institutional the mood and setting of the living. The situation is similar in other small communities. Many of the elderly Jews there were born in Eastern period between 1927 when Mati leaves for Chicago and Europe and immigrated to this country decades ago—some as youngsters with their parents. They adjusted them- 1948 when the state of Is- rael is proclaimed, to bring selves to living in the non-Jewish atmosphere and feel well alive both the triumphs and integrated. The younger, American-born Jews consider themselves part and parcel of the entire local population tragedies of the period. and are so considered also by the non-Jews in the locality. Together with "The Settlers," "The Harvest" is planned for an eventual ap- pearance as a packaged paperback set. Kurt Waldheim Is Asked for UN Recognition of Jewish Refugees 0 a an adult community 28301 Franklin Road, Southfield. Michigan Franklin Club is a pleasant, comfortable. secure place to live. Each resident has the complete privacy of a one or two bedroom apartment - AND fine meals in Franklin Club's restaurant. Organized activities are available. There is socializing in the iounges. Transportat" and maid and linen service is furnished. A limited number of apattments now available for early occupancy. Please call NIrr:. Neville at 331-281(! to obtain information or arrange an interview. NEW YORK — The es- tablishment of a special United Nations unit for the purpose of promoting "Palestinian Rights" consti- tutes a "deliberate refusal to recognize the equal rights of the 850,000 Jews who were driven from the coun- tries of the Arab world," Dr. Heckel Haddad, spokesman for the World Organization of Jews From Arab Coun- tries (WOJAC), has de- clared. Dr Haddad, in a letter to Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, urged that "the question ofJewish refugees from Arab lands be placed on the agenda in any discus- sion at the UN dealing with Palestinians and refugees." The letter from the WOJAC spokesman re- minded Secretary Wal- dheim that Security Coun- cil Resolution 242 called for a "just resolution of the ref- ugee problem" and that this phraseology implied recog- nition of all the refugees in the Middle East. It pointed out that "the refugee prob- lem" necessarily included Jews, driven or forcdd to flee from Arab countries during the Middle East conflicts, whose "humanitarian and legal rights (are) no less deserving of world attention than those of the Palesti- nian Arabs." The WOJAC communi- cation also emphasized the great antiquity of the Jewish communities, "as old as 2,500 years," which were uprooted and destroyed when the Jews fled for their lives in the decade following the es- tablishment of Israel. "During that long his- tory," it stated, the Jews "contributed greatly to the development of the coun- tries of their birth." They also "developed deep eco- nomic, cultural and spiritual ties tolhose coun- tries." These ties were sundered when Jews 'were expelled or forced to flee," WOJAC stated, adding that "billions of dollars in assets were con- fiscated." Many Jewish ref- ugees from Arab countries "still suffer economic priva- tion," it declared. The letter concluded with a plea for world attention and discussion of the rights for the Jewish refugees.