• "Iro 1 111 THE DE ROIT JEWISH NEWS T 22 Friday; 'October -6, 1978 DR. F.B. BERNSTEIN Foot Specialist-Surgeon JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Navy averted is pleased to announce the association of DR. LEE M. HOFFMAN 2875 W. 12 MILE BERKLEY 4 blocks west of Coolidge — opposite Post Office 546-4401 BY ApPONINTMENT FULL TIME PROTECTION FROM MARV CHECK • Burglary -9 Vandalism Fire - • Personal Attack 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. LAUNDRY DETERGENT 10 LB. BOX — $2.88 100 LBS. — $25.00 MA Price You Can Afford NO IFONE Automatically Notifies within seconds Police Dept. at Fire Dept. Central Office AUTO DISHWASH 'Hidden Wire Installatio, You Won't Know We've Been There FACTORY OUTLET DETERGENT 50 OZ. BOX — $1.01 318 W. 9 MILE FERNDALE emergency reporting system with 24 hr. protection AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ALARM INC. 838-7008 546-3787 7 Stores West of F & M WISHING YOU THE HAPPIEST AND HEALTHIEST NEW YEAR EVER! 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. t LEE SCHLOM AND STAFF Hopeful Villages BE A JONATHON'S MAN EVERGREEN PLAZA AT 12 MILE RD. PHONE 557-4560 MAJOR CREDIT CARDS HONORED Hours: Mon., Thurs., Fri., 10-9 Tues., Wed., Sat., 10-6 Sun. 12-4 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.