i==.11.1 ■7 Bomb Threat Interrupts Washington Performance of Israeli Choir WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bomb threat last Saturday night interrupted the first Washington concert in 16 years by the national choir of Israel, Rinat, at the John F. Ken- nedy Center for the Performing Arts. But after an interval of some 35 minutes that included More Federation Apartments and Concern for Elderly Post-Election Obligations the regular intermission period, the choir rewarded the approximately 1,000 people in the audience with three rousing encores. During its concert, the choir broke away from its pub- lished program to render an Arabic song from Lebanon in observance of the Camp David accords. Its encores included a Negro spiritual and two Hebrew songs. The choir, consisting of 22 women and 18 men, completed its 18th concert tour with programs this week in New York City; Ottawa, Altoona, Pa., and Peekskill, N.Y. THE JEWISH NE S A Weekly Review Editorials, Page 4 of Jewish Events Dachau Terror Recalled The Many Attempts to Assassinate Adolf Hitler Book Reviews on Pages 2 and 64 VOL. LXXIV, No 11 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c Nov. 17, 1978 Linkage Snarls Peace Effort, Israel Adamant on Jerusalem By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) — The American compromise proposal for resolving the vexed "linkage" issue in the Israel-Egypt peace talks calls for Israel to under- take that the elections for the West Bank-Gaza autonomy will be held by December 1979 — not within five months as Egypt has been demanding. The advantage for Israel of this American proposal, over the original Egyp tian demand, is that it would free the West Bank developments from the tight parallelism with the Israel-Egypt settlement. Under that settlement Israel is to complete its interim evacuation of Sinai (up to the midway line) within nine months, and the exchange of ambassadors is to take place one month later. Israel has argued that a linkage between that process and the implementation of West Bank autonomy, as Cairo demands, could result in Egypt contending that non-fulfillment of the West Bank schedule constitutes a breach of the Sinai treaty. Israel pointed out that entirely objective causes — Jordanian or Palesti- nian obstacles — could bring about a slowdown in the implementation of West Bank autonomy. The U.S. is now urging its compromise idea on Israel, arguing that since the crucial deadline will only be 12 months hence, Israel can accept it secure in the knowledge that by then the "normalization" with Egypt will be an established fact. will make them less inclined than ever to accept the American compromise. According to one highly placed source, Begin is likely to recommend ac- ceptance of virtually all the other provisions in the treaty package, and to urge the U.S. to attempt once again to soften still further the Egyptian linkage demands. - One Cabinet minister said privately that Israel is also concerned by Egypt's refusal to agree that her treaty with Israel supersedes the many anti-Israel pacts Egypt has signed in the past; the recent announcement that Egypt demands a "presence" in Gaza, which was not even alluded to in the Camp David accords; and that Israel does not want to leave Sinai until new air bases in the Negev are funded, built and operational. King Hassan of Morocco threw another problem into the negotiations, claim- ing over the weekend that President Carter had promised Egypt concessions on Jerusalem. Two reporters with Hassan's entourage during the king's visit to Washington this week claimed Hassan would never have made the statement if he had not had that information from Anwar Sadat of Egypt. The State Department vigorously denied the king's claim, although it re- affirmed that U.S. policy does not recognize Israel's "annexation of East Jerusalem." Israel Ambassador Simha Dinitz issued a ringing defense of Israel's position on Jerusalem during the general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations in San Francisco. The Israel Cabinet's deliberations during the three weeks of negotia- tion in Washington have revealed a sizable group of ministers who con- Affirming that Jerusalem will always be the united capital of the Jewish sistently take hardline positions on the various Egyptian demands and people, Dinitz declared: "There is historical injustice when some say that American proposals. Jerusalem is occupied territory." Without referring to Assistant Secretary of Some of them appear to observers not to have entirely reconciled themselves State Harold Saunders, who recently stated that Israel has "occupied" East to the Camp David accords and their Jerusalem since the Six-Day War, while import for the future. Others, such as Jordan "administered" East Jerusalem Justice Minister Shmuel Tamir, though between 1948 and 1967, Dinitz said that generally taking a moderate line have Jerusalem was occupied by Jordan for become hawks in the context of this 19 years. while Jerusalem has been the negotiation, openly criticizing the Is- capital of the Jewish people for 2,000 WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter has raeli negotiators as too forthcoming and years. • named a commission and an advisory board of 51 conciliatory. To the rousing applause of the audi- distinguished Americans, Jewish and non-Jewish The Egyptian demand for linkage to a ence, Dinitz stated: "Moslems have citizens, to recommend ways for the United States specific West Bank timetable, coming Mecca and Medina and then Jerusalem; to honor the Six Million victims of the Nazi as it did late in the negotiations, has Christians have many capitals and then Holocaust. naturally bolstered the suspicion and Jerusalem; Catholics have the Vatican A commission of 24 Americans and an advisory mistrust of Egyptian motives prevalent and then Jerusalem; the Jews have board of 27 others who will contribute scholarly among the Cabinet hardliners — and expertise and community service will work to an- (Continued on Page 6) President Names Commission to Plan Holocaust Observance Three Jews Killed, i„---'111.- But No Mass Iran Migration Expected NEW YORK (JTA) — At least three Jews lost their lives during the recent rioting in Teheran. But the Iranian Jewish commu- nity, numbering 80,000, does not appear concerned for its physical safety and is not planning an exodus, according to informa- tion from an American Jew living in Tehe- ran. The informant reported that one of the three Jews killed was a medical doctor shot by police while reaching for his identifica- tion. The police thought he was reaching for a weapon. The two other Jewish fatalities occurred during the rioting. The victims were struck by police bullets fired at anti- Shah demonstrators. (Continued on Page 7) range the funding and an appropriate memorial to the victims. In addition, they will recommend ways for the United States to commemorate next April 28-29 . as "The days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust." In addition, the President has asked the ELIE WIESEL President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to na-me 10 members of the Congress, five from each House, to serve with the commission. Carter, in marking the 30th anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel, announced last May 1 that he would name a commission for these purposes. On Nov. 1, he established authority for the commission by executive or- der. Legislation supporting the effort was sponsored by Sen. John Danfor (R-Mo.). RABBI GREENBERG Elie Wiesel, whose literary works mirror the world's moral response to the Holocaust, is chair- man of the 24-member commission. Rabbi Irving Greenberg of New York is the commission's execu- tive director. April 28 and 29, 1945 were the days when Ameri- can troops liberated the inmates of the Dachau con- centration camp. CJF Assembly Echoes Concerns, Funding Needs of Klal Yisrael By Jewish News Special Correspondents SAN FRANCISCO — Jewish Renewal in the Diaspora was added as a slogan for ac- tion by American Jewry in the year ahead at the 47th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations, held here for five days last week. In his farewell address as president, Jer- rold Hoffberger listed the priorities which will need the dedicated labors of the more than 200 federations and welfare funds re- presented at the assembly by the more than 3,000 delegates and outlined the obligations to meet the educational needs of American Jewry, the duties to the elderly, the growing (Continued on Page 5)