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22 Friday; 'October -6, 1978
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Israeli Naval Patrol Sinks
Bomb-Laden Terrorist Ship
M ARV ROSEN
last weekend a possible
shelling of the southern
town of Eilat, sinking a
bomb-laden freighter off the
coast of Sinai.
The seven El Fatah mem-
bers on board were captured
— three of them wounded.
According to their tes-
timony, they had planned to
unleash 42 122mni
Katyusha rockets at the
port of Eilat, and simul-
taneously ram the 600 ton
boat, crammed with over
three tons of explosives„
onto the vacation packed
Eilat beach.
An Israeli naval patrol
spotted the Fatah ship, the
Agio Demetrios, near the
Sinai coast, some 70 miles
south of Eilat Saturday af-
ternoon. The ship tried to
get away, after the navy
fired several warning shots
toward it, and after verbal
commands to halt.
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The latest information
on the terrorist vessel_
captured at the gulf of
Eilat, is that it originated
from the Syrian port of
Latakiya. It operated at
the command of Abu
Jihad, the commander of
the military arm of El
Fatah.
The boat originally ar-
rived in Latakiya from
Lebanon, at the beginning
of last month. One of the
terrorists on board was re-
sponsible for the terrorist
gang which carried the at-
tack on the coastal road last
March.
The vessel sailed under a
Cypriot flag, and the ship's
documents indicated it was
bound for a Saudi port, after
entering the Red Sea
through the Suez Canal.
The • captured terrorists
said they intended to arrive
in Eilat in the evening, and
shell the city with their
Katyusha rockets. Moving
past the port and the oil
jetty, which has linge stor-
age tanks, the terrorists
then planned to lock the
steering so that the vessel
would continue due north
until it rammed the beach.
Latin Jewry
Faces Extinction'
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Avraham Katz, World
Zionist Organization Youth
Department head, has ex-
' pressed concern over the fu-
ture of Jewish communities
in Latin America.
Kitz, a Likud MK, who
returned recently from a
three-week visit to that
region, told a Jerusalem
seminar on Latin American
Jewry that the choice facing
that community was to im-
migrate to Israel or cease to
exist. He said he was dis-
turbed because until now,
Latin American Jews failed
to conceive the scope of the
danger they were facing as
an alien minority.
According to Katz, pre-
sent trends in Argentina
and other Latin American
countries do not allow for
the fu ure existence of any
alien minorities. Therefore,
even-without expressions of
anti-Semitism and anti-
Zionism, the Jewish com-
munities will eventually
disappear, he contended.
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
removal of the Sinai settle-
mentS after a peace treaty is
signed with Egypt has
raised high hopes in two
remote Negev villages,
Mitzpeh Ramon and
Yeruham.
Off the beaten track and
without an industrial base,
they have declined in recent
years and seemed almost
`forgotten. But with heavy
development expected in
the Negev, including the
construction of two U.S.-
financed air bases to com-
pensate for the airfields
that will be given up in
Sinai, both hamlets foresee'
an economic boom with • an
influx of workers, jobs and
investment.
Bori Smolar's
`Betvven You
. . . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
YEAR OF SURVEYS: The new Jewish year brings
with it a number of very important surveys aimed at re-
evaluating Jewish needs and strengthening Jewish life in
this country. The most important of them include:
• A re-examination by the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions of its philosophy, purpose and programs — as well a
of its decision-making structure — in view of its greatl
enlarged functions since its establishment in 1932 as the
collective instrument of the Jewish federations.
• A study in depth on Jewish education launched by the
American Association for Jewish Education, with the coop-
eration of the Council of Jewish Federations, to formulate
national services for strengthening Jewish education in the
communities.
• A survey by the American Jewish Committee of the
Jewish family which is becoming a major topic in the
American Jewish community because of increasing disrup-
tion of family life, and especially because of the mounting
number of "one parent" families.
There are also other major studies in the making. They
include a study on the role of women teachers in the Jewish
school system where there are now more than 10,000
women teachers, including part-time teachers; a study on
the extent of the need for qualified Jewish social workers by
communal institutions in the course of the next 10 years; a
study on the resettlement of Soviet Jews arriving in this
country continuously in larger -numbers — in the first six
months of 1978 some 6,500 Soviet Jews arrived, which is
about the tqtal number of Jewish immigrants from the
USSR who entered the United States during the entire
previous year; a study of the growing number of elderly
Jews in need of communal aid; and also a number of studies
of other communal problems.
The self-study of the CJF is considered the most impor-
tant because it will also set a blueprint for the local federa-
tions for the next decade. It is being conducted by a special
CJF committee of 48 Federation leaders from all over the
country under the chairmanship of Raymond Epstein of
Chicago, former CJF president. More than 1,500 Jewish
community leaders in about 160 communities have been
interviewed by the committee for views and guidance. The
committee- will bring its findings and recommendations to
the federations throughout the country for consideration
before presenting them to the CJF General Assembly for
official action:
CJF SELF-EXAMINATION: The self-examination
undertaken by the- Council of Jewish Federations has be-
come timely because of the drastic growth of the impor-
tance of the CJF with the march of time.
Gone are the years when the Jewish federations and
their Council were engaged primarily in local health and
welfare programs. Events of recent years have enhanced
their role. They have evolved from an organ of local services
into instruments-for the general organization of the Jewish
community. The CJF, as their collective expression, has
become a force for creative Jewish continuity, survival and
enrichment, and for association with Jewish communities
of the world. Its purpose has very much broadened since the
early years of its establishment.
Today, the CJF — whose constituency embraces all seg-
ments of organized Jewish life as well as programmatic
interests — serves as spokesman for the organized Jewish
communities in the U.S. and Canada in relation to a variety
of national and international concerns beyond the health
and welfare fields. It plays an assertive role involving iden-
tification of issues and advocacy in matters which affect the
welfare of the people of Israel.
It is now felt that in implementing their present respon-
sibilities of meeting Jewish community needs throughout
the world, the federations should attempt to achieve app
priate participation in the policy-making and administ
tion of programs in Israel and in other countries which are
benefitting from the fund-raising efforts of the federations.
It is also felt that the CJF should beCbme a vehicle through
which autonomous national Jewish institutions and organ-
izations in the U.S. come together to coordinate aspects of
their work, and take joint action based on consensus.
The purpose of the CJF study is thus to broaden and
deepen Jewish life, taking into account the changing scope
and character of the federations:
"HARD LOOK" SUGGESTION: While conducting the
re-examination of its own decision-making structure, the
CJF is also suggesting the taking of a hard look at the
executive boards of local federations.
The basic policy-making entity in the Jewish community
is the executive board of the federation in each community.
s At the CJF General Assembly, which will take place in
November in San Francisco, discussions will be held at a
special institute on how to re-shape the executive boards of
local federations into more effective decision-making
• bodies.