Jewish Attorneys Among U.S. Court Nominees NEWBLATT Avern Cohn, a member of the Detroit Board of Police Commission- ers and prominent in Detroit law and political affairs, and Stewart A. Newblatt, a former Genesee County circuit judge, were nominated with three others. by Sen. Donald Riegle (D-Mich.) to fill positions on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Riegle recommended five candidates to President Carter. Detroit Recorders Court Judge Patricia Boyle and black Pontiac attorney Julian A. Cook Jr., who lives in Oak Park, were recommended by Riegle to fill two existing vacancies on the court. Cohn, Newblatt and Mrs. Anna Diggs-Taylor, a Detroit assistant corporation counsel, would fill three new judgships early next year if The Hullabaloo About the 'Jewish Lobby' and the Human Aspects in Battle to Protect Israel Congress approves 130 new federal judgships. The two vacancies were created by the death of Judge Lawrence Gubow in March and the earlier appointment of Judge Damon Keith to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. , Cohn is a partner in the Detroit law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn and is a former chairman of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. He served on the state Social Welfare Commis- sion in 1963. Newblatt served as a Genesee circuit judge from 1962 to 1970 and is associate of Riegle's in Flint. He is active in the NAACP, the Urban League and the YMCA. Action Needed to Stem USSR Bias Trials • Advance Warning on Olympics THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A Weekly Review COHN of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXIII, No 13 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30' June 2, 1978 Skokie Approves Nazi March But Plans Emergency Appeal China Pesach Seder CHICAGO (JTA) — The Skokie Village Council approved the parade permit sought by Chicago's tiny National Socialist Party to stage a march June 25 in suburban Skokie, home of 7,000 Holocaust survivors. But the couj ncil . ah lsouannouF nu ced nd iotfwcohuilc d a gfiolereaproequdest before the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the ar ch , A JUF spokesman said that attorneys for the Skokie Village Council were still working on legal papers for submission to the Supreme Court for an appeal from a ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago which held that the village could not ban the march. The Skokie officials plan to ask for a stay on the march pending a ruling by the Supreme Court on their appeal from the circuit court ruling. The circuit court cleared the way for the march by declaring unconstitutional three ordinances adopted by the village on May 2, 1977, a day after the Nazis announced plans to stage a march in Skokie. Opens Religious Door m By BEN FRANK NEW YORK (JTA) — What may have been the first Passover Seder in China since 1949 was held recently by 32 Jewish men, women and children from more than a dozen countries in a banquet hall in the Tung Fang Hotel, in Canton, China. Victor DeLoya, a New York businessman who speaks eight languages including Chinese, said the event took place Apri121, the first night of Passover, with the reciting of the traditional Haggada, the singing of Hebrew songs, the dancing of the hors, and the eating of matzot and other Passover foods. "It was all spontaneous," said DeLoya who conducted the ceremony in the Sephardic minhag (custom) and who had to improvise with various food products to create the proper Passover dishes. This year, Passover occurred during the Canton Spring Fair, a trade show of Chinese products and goods. By chance, DeLoya had been to Israel before arriving in China and as president of the Moroccan Jewish Organization and a member of the executive board of the American Sephardi Federation, he met with various Sephardic leaders, includ- ing the Chief Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, Rabbi Gad Navon, who gave DeLoya a Haggada and prayer book. When he arrived in Canton, DeLoya noticed that many of his fellow co-religionists "were restless," and a number indicated that they would like to• celeb rate Passover. Armed with one Haggada, and with the help of Alvin Flores, a buyer and a leader of the Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, as well as with the aid of the American Liaison Representative's of- (Continued on Page 43) Aside from the appeal, there are a number of other prospective court actions being planned. Sol Goldstein, chairman of the committee on individual liberty and Jewish security of the public affairs committee of the JUF, filed with the Illinois Supreme Court a request for a ban on the proposed march on grounds it would cause "grave physical and emotional stress" for him and the other Skokie survivors. Argentine Anti-Semitism Charged TEL AVIV (JTA) — About 70 Jewish immigrants from Argentina who arrived in Israel last week said they sensed growing anti-Semitism on the part of the authorities in that country. They reported that other Jews in Argentina are preparing to come to Israel because of the situation and are selling their property, even at a loss. Those who spoke about conditions in Argentina asked to remain annonymous. Earlier, at a Jerusalem press conference, two widows of mur- dered Argentine Jews charged that more than 700 Argentine Jews have "disappeared" after being abducted by armed civi- lians or government security forces. The widows, Nora Patrich and Judith Said, representing the new Israeli "Committee of Relatives of the Victims of Repressions in Argen- tina," charged that 20,000 persons have been jailed, 15,000 have disap- peared and 8,000 killed because of their political beliefs during the two years of rule by the Argentine military junta. The state supreme court has twice declined to hear Goldstein's request and he plans to take an appeal di- rectly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Another probable source of litiga- tion is legislation approved by the Il- linois Senate and awaiting favorable action in the House. Last week, the public affairs com- mittee,pf the JUF rejected any "deal" with the Nazis. The Nazis' Frank Collin has proposed that the Nazis march in Marquette Park in Chicago, instead of in Skokie. Marquette Park has been the scene of racial disturbances over blacks moving into the predo- (Continued on Page 8) Detroit Students End Israel Visit Detroit students shown at the Israel Museum are, from left, Michael Dotson, Holly Golightly, Nancy Smith, Toni Washington and Danny Rakinle. The Knesset is in the background. JERUSALEM — Thirty high school students from major American cities have been seeing what it's like in Israel for the past month. Four young people from the Detroit Public Schools were among them. "Everyone should visit Israel. It's such an emotional experience, such a beautiful country and the people are so warm." said Danny Rakinic. Another member of the group, Nancy L. Smith, was particularly impressed by the unity and understanding between the people. The group was interviewed in Jerusalem where they were touring the Israel Museum and viewing the Dead Sea Scrolls which are housed there. Other Detroiters included Joni Marie Washington, Holly Golightly and accompany- ing them, Dr. Ethel Washington, a curriculum specialist. The trip, which ended this week, was a "pilot project" planned by the Council of the Great City Schools, an umbrella organization representing 28 boards of educa- tion from major American cities. Officials of that organization hope to develop international curricula for high school students. The students spent their first two weeks living with Israeli families in the Tel Aviv area. They then proceeded to Jerusalem for sight seeing and later to the Galilee where they visited kibutzim. They also toured the development town of Arad in the Negev Desert, the Dead Sea area and the Red Sea port of Eilat. Commenting on the success of the venture, Milton Bins, associate executive vice presi- dent of the Council of Great City Schools, said, "I think the good relations that developed between the American and Israeli youngsters was manifested when we saw how difficult it was for the Americans to leave the Israeli families they spent their first two weeks with. It's the kind of outcome we were looking for."