18 Friday, September 29, 1978 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS An African Friend Looks to M.E. Peace LAWN SPRINKLER REPAIRS By S.L. SCHNEIDERMAN PARIS (JTA) — Most Af- rican states under moderate regimes are looking with hope to the initiative of President Carter for a peaceful solution of. the Arab-Israel conflict and ex- pect a softening of the "rigid stand" of Israeli Premier Menahem Begin towards Egyptian President Anwar AND DRAINING For Winter 559-5980 (office) 642-3315 (home) Bob Saks — Harry Abram -and the entire staff want to thank all of you for helping us become the one of the largest Oldsmobile dealers. k , %vim nme Wishing Everyone MA OUR OLDSMOBILES A Happy and healthy SAKS APPEAL NEW YEAR NAVE 35300 Grand River at Drake Rd. Farm., Mich.' 4'8204 478-0500 Sadat's "inclination to corn- promise!' This is the evaluation of the American Ambassador to Senegal and Gambia, Herman J. Cohen, made during a brief visit to Paris. Cohen stressed that President Leopold Senghor of Senegal and King Hassan II of Morocco are key figures in promoting moderationin troubled Africa and particu- larly in supporting the American initiative towards the easing of ten- sion in the Middle East. Cohen, a native of the Bronx, N.Y., and a son of a Jewish shopkeeper, is a career diplomat who for many years occupied im- portant positions in the American Embassy in Paris. Since 1963 he served in Rhodesia, Uganda and Zaire, and in -July 1977 was appointed AmbassaIor to Dakar (Senegal) and Banjul (Gambia). announcing ... blue and white box deacon= Jewish Rational Fund GREETS THE ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH BEST WISHES FOR A h Muting sugiday,oct.IS JNF VOLUNTEERS WILL CLEAR YOUR BLUE-WHITE BOX. Please have yours ready. If your Box is not cleared by NOV. 23, please call the JNF office. Members of Youth Organizations will also participate. Remember, all_contri- butions to JNF are tax deductible. THE BLUE-WHITE BOX IS A SYMBOL OF A STATE'S REBUILDING .. . If you do`not have one in your home, ask for it by calling the Jewish National Fund office. CARMI M.-SLOMOVITZ President nnIp a r MRS.IRVING BLOOM Pres. Women of JNF MRS. FRANK SILVERMAN Chairman, Blue Box Committee MRS. EDWARD MENCZER Pres. Young Women of JNF PERCY KAPLAN Executive Director JEWISH NATIONAL FUND z 11--11 ,(0119.1 KAr[ M(TH LEMUEL 27308 Southfield Rd. • Southfield, MI 48076 • 557-6644 According to Cohen, Sen- ghor looks hopefully for the opportunity of resuming diplomatic relations with Israel and maintains unin- terrupted friendly contacts with the leaders of the Is- raeli labor movement. Only recently former Premier Shimon Peres was a personal guest of Senghor. The Israeli economist, Joseph Golan, is still an ad- viser of the government of Senegal and is a frequent visitor to Dakar. The Palestine Liberation Organization maintains an office in Dakar, headed by Dr. Assam Sartawi, consid- ered a moderate in the entourage of PLO chief Yasir Arafat. While estab- lishing an office in Dakar, the PLO was warned by the government that they will be expelled from the coun- try at the slightest incident caused by their ,activities, Cohen said. The press in Senegal is supporting the idea of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza, but stresses the necessity for adequate guarantees for Israel's independence and secure borders. The support for the PLO in the press of Senegal is in sharp contradiction to the alarming headlines about the danger of Soviet infilt- ration in Africa, thus ignor- ing the incontestable fact that the PLO serves as the Soviet proxy in the Middle East, the Ambassador ob- served. Cohen related that at a recent conference of the foreign ministers of 50 Is- lamic countries, held in Dakar, the resolution cal- ling for the establishment o i• a Palestinian state was co i siderably Modified in i anti-Israeli stance due to the intervention of Senghor. Speaking about life in Sengal, Cohen stressed' that among the population of over six million, only five percent are Christians. The Christian minority, how- ever, occupies key positions in the government and Sen- ghor, himself a Catholic, enjoys great popularity among the predominantly Moslem population. According to Cohen, there are only two Jews in Dakar: one is a member of the City Council, and the other is a merchant of' Greek origin who asks - Jewish touris"cs passing through Dakar to have a minyan for services on the High Holy Days . in his home. Spitzer Is Elected National President of Bnai Brith NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — In the closest and most hotly contested presidential election in Bnai Brith his- tory, Jack'J. Spitzer of Seat- tle, Wash., defeated Herbert D. Setlow of New Haven, Conn., in a run-off vote. The election took place at the Bnai Brith biennial conven- tion. Spitzer, a banker by pro- fession, has been involved in Bnai Brith activities for more than 40 years. He was first associated with Bnai Brith in its youth organiza- tion, serving as interna- tional president of Aleph Zadik Aleph, the boys' com- ponent, in 1938-39. He has been a member of the international board of governors of Bnai Brith for many years. For the last several years he has also been chairman of Bnai Brith's fund-raising cabinet. Spitzer also is a member of the board of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the American Joint Distribu- tion Committee and the executive committee of the Baltimore Institute of Jewish Communal Serv- ice. He was a board member of the JewiSh Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles. Meanwhile, immediate past president David M. Blumberg proposed a structural overhaul which would allow men and women members the option of exchisivity or integra- tion. He endorsed the concept of a decentralized Bnai Brith with "diffusion of authority" 'and "resistance JACK SPITZER to oligarchy" as steps to re- solve some of them. In his final state of the order ad- dress to the biennial con- vention, Blumberg also warned against a "we/they" syndrome blossoming among North American dis- tricts, overseas districts, agencies and Washington. He also urged the conven- tion to approve an increase in annual dues beginning in 1980 to reduce Bnai Brith's debt and diminish the rav- ages of inflation on the organization's programs. _ In one of the first as tions following his ad=---- dress, the organization voted to establish an In- ternational Israel Lodge which would permit all . Bnai Brith members in any nation but Israel to enroll. The assessment or $25 in annual dues would be ' used to fund Bnai Brith projects and pro- grams in Israel. Sol Moss of Michigan was elected to the International Board of Governors of Bnai Brith. Thirty Metropolitan Detroit Bnai Brith leaders attended the convention in New Orleans.