Legitimate Rights'
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THE JEWISH NEWS

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VOL. LXXIII, No 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30' August 11, 1978

Begin Hails 'New Peace Page'
Praises Vance, Sadat, Carter

Tributes to Pope Paul VI
Recall Historic Experiences

NEW YORK (JTA) — Israeli officials and Jewish leaders in the United States
extended their condolences to Catholics throughout the world upon the death of
Pope,Paul VI. The head of the Roman Catholic Church died Sunday at age 80 after a
heart attack in his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.

Israeli leaders, including President Yitzhak Navon, Premier Menahem Begin
and Minister of Religion Aharon Abu-Hatzeira, sent condolence cables to the
Vatican. Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren said of the Pope, "He tried
to remove the chronic hatred between Christianity and Judaism."

Prominent spokesmen for the American Jewish community responded similarly
to news of the Pontiffs death. Theodore R. Mann, chairman of the Conference of
President of Major American Jewish Organizations, communicated his condo-
lences to the Catholic world. Rabbi Ely E. Pilchik, president of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, the umbrella organization for Reform congregations, said
"we extend our sympathetic hand to the distinguished clergy and world of Catholics
in this great hour of mourning for His Holiness, Pope Paul VI. The great Father of
the Church did so much in his endeavors to keep alive the hopes of peace for
mankind."
World Jewish Congress President Philip M. Klutznick, and the organiza-
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By YITZHAK SHARGIL

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Prime Minister Menahem Begin interrupted the first day of a
week-long vacation Tuesday to announce his acceptance of President Carter's invita-
tion to join with Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at a summit conference
at Camp David Sept. 5.
Begin was asked how he felt about Sadat, who in recent weeks has publicly insulted
the prime minister. Begin said he had "a soft spot" in his heart for Sadat since the
Egyptian leader made his historic visit last November to Jerusalem. Begin said he
kept "in my heart" a friendly feeling for Sadat, for Sadat's saying in November to
Begin "you are my friend." Begin said no incidents or hard words could eliminate his
friendly sentiments in such a short time.
Begin added "what has happened has happened" and that "one should know how to
open a new page. Let us hope that at Camp David a new page will be opened." He
stressed he hoped for a real breakthrough at the Camp David talks. It was indicated
that there is no agreed agenda for the talks and no time limit. President Carter
suggested a free discussion at the meeting.

The prime minister expressed warm thanks to Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance, who arranged the meeting during his visit to Israel on Sunday and to
Egypt on Monday.

Begin expressed satisfaction over the fact that Sadat had accepted the Carter
initiative. He praised Vance for succeeding "in this very delicate diplomacy" and he
hailed President Carter for his initiative. Begin said that as soon as he read Carter's
invitation, he cabled his acceptance to the White House.
He expressed the hope that the meeting at Camp David would bring positive results
that would lead to the long-awaited peace for the
nations of the region.

Newly Issued Documents Charge

• •

British Complicity in Hitlerism

By MAURICE SAMUELSON
LONDON (JTA) — In an explosive new book, one of Britain's leading historians comes
close to accusing British officials of passive complicity in Hitler's "final solution" of the
Jewish question. Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill, provides a
wealth of new documents showing that while the Nazis aimed to murder the Jews of
Europe, Britain sought to prevent sizeable numbers of them escaping to Palestine and
other countries.
The allegations are made in "Exile and Return — The Emergence of Jewish State-
hood," to be published next month. It reassesses the origins of the state of Israel and the
attitudes of the Western powers both to anti-Semitism in Europe and Arab terrorism in
Palestine.
The prestige of its author, and the evidence he presents, could well have a lasting
influence on Jewish appraisals of this period.
A fellow of Merton College, Gilbert has more than a score of books to his name,
even though he is still under 40. In addition to his weightier historical studies, he
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U.S. Athletes
Baffle Israelis

By HASKELL COHEN
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
The Israeli Olympic Committee is in a
bit of a muddle and is quite preplexed
over the arrival of several American
athletes who claim they want to become
citizens in that country in order to per-
form for Israel in the 1980 Olympics in
Moscow.
Seven stalwarts, including one female
ski expert, were recruited, ostensibly, by
a messenger of the Israel Sports Federa-
tion. What promises were made to them
remains murky and is disturbing to the
Olympic Committee situated in Tel Aviv,
which had no indication that a "push"
was being made to recruit American
athletes to make aliya.
In a phone conversation with Haim
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Secretary Vance, during his talks in the area this
week, highlighted Foreign Minister Moshe
D ' s
a yan

recent Knesset pronouncement on the West Bank as
the harbinger of a significant and meaningful shift of
Israeli policy.

Dayan told the Knesset, following the Leeds
Castle talks in England that Israel would be
prepared to discuss West Bank sovereignty five
years hence, and would be prepared to discuss a
territorial compromise in the area if the Arab
side proposed it.

That went a good deal further, at least semanti-
cally, than precious Israeli policy statements. Until
then Israel had refused U.S. requests to give a com-
mitment now that it would discuss the sovereignty
issue five years hence. Moreover, Dayan's readiness

to entertain the notion of a West Bank territorial
compromise, even on the hypothetical plane, rep-
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Benard Maas Gives Camp Tamarack Major Gift

The more than 1,000 acres of Camp Tamarack, Ortonville, has been designated as the Benard L. and
Roslyn J. Maas Recreation Area following announcement of a gift to the United Jewish Charities that will,
over a period of years, generate $1 million.
Announcement of the contribution from Detroit philanthropist Benard L. Maas was made jointly by
Martin E. Citrin, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation; Milton J. Miller, president of United Jewish
Charities, which maintains communal properties; Lester S. Burton, chairman of the Tamarack Hills
Authority; and Harvey A. Gordon, president of Fresh Air Society.
At a luncheon in the Standard Club, at which the gift was acknowledged, Citrin expressed the thanks of
Federation for Mr. Maas' philanthropy, the latest in a series of contributions to benefit the young people of
the community.
A lifelong interest in children has prompted several gifts to Camp Tamarack from Mr. Maas.
In memory of a son who died when he was a child, Mr. Maas established the Robert John Maas
Memorial Health Lodge at Tamarack in 1954. Other gifts made in later years went toward
doctor's quarters, treatment rooms and general refurbishing of the camp clinic.
Burton and Gordon said that the long-term development of Tamarack and its program will be enhanced
by the Maas gift, "and no one will benefit more than our young campers. Mr. Maas has,in effect, invested in
our community's future."
They added that Maas has made possible, with this gift, the establishment of such cultural enrichment
programs as the Benard L. and Rosalyn J. Maas Scholar-in-Residence and the Benard L. and Rosalyn J.
Maas Staff Scholarship Loan funds. (The first Scholar-in-Residence, Itzhak Itzhaki, presented several
programs for Tamarack campers and staff and was the guest speaker at the Fresh Air Society annual

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BERARD MAAS