In D.C., New York

NEW YORK(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith

ADL Seeks
Closing of
PLO Offices

While Israel
Celebrates,
American Jewry
Has Concerns
Over Attitude
of White House

has urged the State Department to close Palestine Liberation

Organization offices in Washington and New York City because
PLO representatives have illegally engaged in fund-raising activi-
ties.
Such activities, according to Arnold Forster, ADL's general coun-
sel, violate the terms of the visas held by PLO representatives and of
the new Washington office's own sworn submission of purpose. The
registration statement of the Washington PLO office does not de-

dare any intention to engage in fund-raising, Forster said.

In a letter to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Forster cited three
examples of PLO fund raising activities, one as recent as April 26.

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Last week, a PLO spokesman was allowed to speak at the State
University College at Westbury, Long Island, after a federal court
ruled the college must allow the speech. The college administration
had opposed the speech because of violent, anti-PLO demonstrations
three years ago following a similar speech.

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Documentary
on the Holocaust,
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Its History

THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

Commentary, Page 2

of Jewish Events

Editorials, Page 4

VOL. LXXIII, No.11 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30'

May 19, 1978

Pressure on Israel Resented

`Genuine Peace' Is U.S. Task
in Aftermath of Plane Sales

Nazi Propaganda
Found in Raids
in West Germany

BONN (JTA) — Police in Scharzfeld in north
Germany's Harz region raided several homes and
autos late Saturday night, recovering large
supplies of Nazi emblems and neo-Nazi prop-
aganda.
A man in possession of a pistol was taken into
provisional custody. The raid took place following
a rally in Scharzfeld of the ultra-right-wing "Inde-
pendent Circle of Friends" (ICF) organization.
Supporters distributed a special edition of the
"Voelkischer Beobachter" which used to be the
Nazi Party's official newspaper, printed to mark
Adolf Hitler's 89th birthday on April 20.
Ironically, the raid took place on the same
day that the weekly "Spiegel" disclosed a
growing trend of terrorism among rightwing
neo-Nazis, patterned on the activities of Ger-
many's notorious leftwing Baader-Meinhof
gang. The ICF's activities were discovered
following the arrest last month of a German
rightwinger charged with an armed attack on
a group of Dutch soldiers stationed in Ger-
many and the theft of their weapons.
Police now think the neo-Nazis. supported by
rightwing groups in England, have been responsi-
ble for several bank robberies as well.
Spiegel said the number of organized rightwing
extremists is diminishing (from 28,000 in 1971 to
18,000 last year) but a hard core of about 150
activists and 1,000 "sympathizers" remains.
"Only a few dozen" of the activists support vio-
lence, says Spiegel. But in 1977 the number of
attacks doubled to 613, and with every second
arrest, state security sources said, they found
"weapons, ammunition and explosives."

Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, chair-
NEW YORK (JTA)
man of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, stressed Wednesday that the differences be-
tween the American Jewish community and the Carter Ad-
ministration are not "unbreachable" despite the Administra-
tion sale of sophisticated jet planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
But he warned that if the Administration was to attempt now to
impose a peace settlement on Israel it would result in an "ir-
reversible break."
Schindler said that President Carter now has the "moral
obligation" to see that Egypt returns to the negotiating table,
and to persuade the Saudis to give their "full-hearted backing to
bilateral negotiations" between Israel and Egypt.
Schindler confirmed that after the Senate voted 54-44 against
rejecting the sale of planes to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia,
top White House officials called him and other Jewish leaders
and non-Jewish supporters of Israel throughout the country
Monday night and Tuesday in attempts to assure them that the
Carter Administration still supports the need for a secure Is-
rael.

—

Asked if he believed such assurances from the White
House, Schindler said he is a "pragmatist" and "I measure
true belief by deeds." He explained that when words are

substantiated by action then "I believe it." He added that
Jewish history has taught him this since Jews have been

betrayed so often.

Schindler noted that President Carter stressed that the U.S.
was providing 60 F-15s to Saudi Arabia because of a promise
made to the kingdom by the Ford Administration. "If America
has to keep our promises to Saudi Arabia it has to keep our
promises to Israel as well," he declared. He pointed out that
Israel was promised as part of the 1975 Sinai Agreement planes
and other weapons.
At the outset, Schindler stressed that the Senate vote was not
a "watershed" in American-Israeli relations. He said he was
"outraged" by those who called the Senate vote a defeat for the
"Jewish lobby." He noted that while it was "proper" to call the
supporters of Israel a pro-Israel lobby it was improper to call
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President's Sister
Urged to Cancel
Conference Talk

NEW YORK (JTA) — Representatives of the
Jewish community have cabled Ruth Carter
Stapleton, urging that she withdraw from her
scheduled appearance June 8 at the annual con-
ference of Bnai Yeshua (Sons of Jesus), a
Hebrew-Christian missionary group based on
Long Island.
Richard Ravitch, president of the Jewish Com-
munity Relations Council (JCRC) and Dr.
Seymour Lachman, chairman of its Task Force on
Missionary Activity, stated that this organization
has been denounced by Christian and Jewish
groups alike for engaging in deception and mis-
representation of Judaism and Christianity.
They pointed out that Bnai Yeshua, like
other so-called Hebrew-Christian or mes-
sianic Jewish groups, engages in activities
primarily aimed at proselytization in the
Jewish community. These groups have been
frequently criticized for their exploitation of
Jewish religious symbols and sancta, and un-
dermining the relationship of mutual respect
of various faith groups.
Ravitch and Lachman expressed dismay that
Mrs. Stapleton would associate herself with Bnai
Yeshua and serve as keynote speaker at its meet-
ing.
They cited the recent statement by the Long
Island Council of Churches board of governors,
which noted "with alarm that certain groups are

engaging in subterfuge and dishonesty in repre-
senting the claims that they are faith groups. The

board also deplored the pressures which result
when any faith group calls into question the right
to continued existence of another faith group."

Max and Frieda Stollman to Receive
Bar-Ilan Honorary Degrees June 20

Special to The Jewish News
RAMAT GAN, Israel — Dr. Emanuel Rackman, president of Bar-Ilan University, this week announced the
unanimous decision of the Bar-Ban University Senate to award honorary doctorates to two prominent Detroiters,
Frieda and Max Stollman.
This will be the first time that honorary doctorates will be conferred upon a husband and wife team.
Three other awardees who will receive honorary doctorates at the June 20 commencement services are Nissim Gaon,
the world Sephardi leader, who resides in Switzerland; Abraham Spiegel, Los Angeles Jewish leader; and former
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Kister.
Frieda and Max Stollman have a pioneering distinction in the founding of Bar-Ilan and in the formation of
many chapters in its behalf throughout the United States.
several of the Bar - Ban University

MAX STOLLMAN

Max Stollman, with his brother Phillip Stollman, has his name linked with
buildings and with many scholarship and other projects at the university.
Frieda Stollman was the organizer and national president of the Women's Division of Bar - Ban University and the'

organizer of women's chapters in many cities.

FRIEDA STOLLMAN