THE JEWISH NEWS (USPS 275-520) Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $12 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager HEIDI PRESS Assistant. News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 15th day of Iyar, 5739, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 21:1-24:23. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 44:15-31. Tuesday, Lag b'Omer Candle lighting, Friday, May 11, 8:23 p.m. VOL. LXXV, No. 10 Page Four Friday, May 11, 1979 CURBING THE NAZI SPIRIT West German authorities, perhaps more than others, anywhere, are disturbed over an in- crease in anti-Semitism and the growth of neo-Nazism, especially among the youth. It is true that the Hitler activists do not reveal themselves in multitudes. But those who recall that Adolf Hitler himself had only a handful of followers in his early, Munich putsch days have cause to warn that the limitation in numbers does not obviate the danger of an increase in the ranks of the adherents to the detested Nazi idol- ogy. From these earlier experiences comes the strong concern around the world over the im- plementation of the West German Statute of Limitations at the end of this year that would end the prosecution in Germany of Nazi war crimes. The implementation of that statute might serve to encourage the violent reactions becoming evident in the re-emerging anti- Semitism. One way of curbing the new growth of bigotry is to abandon - th a tstatute, to let it be known that the Nazis of the past will be prosecuted and the newest evidences of hatred will not be encouraged. German authorities make it clear that the neo-Nazi movement will not be tolerated. There is legislation prohibiting use of the swastika, the anti-Semitic emblem, on public structures and in official documents. Much more needs to be done to assure continuation of policies con- demning the Nazi bestialities and providing punishment for those raising its image anew. An impressive statement summarizing the need for elimination of the Statute of Limita- tions was issued by the president of the World Jewish Congress, Philip M. Klutznick, declar- ing: "As we mourn the victims of this destructive fury of the Nazis, let us not cease to remind the world what made it possible for such a mon- strous destruction of human life to occur in a civilized age. Such a reminder is made all the more necessary and urgent as anti-Semitic occurrences increase in'number and in violence in some parts of the world. Nobody should be allowed to forget the part played by anti- Semitism in making it possible for Hitler to come into power. "In view of the recent awakening of public consciousness in many countries of the enormity of the horrors of the Holocaust under the Nazi regime and the correspondingly in- creased awareness by public opinion • of the moral and political implications if those respon- sible for such crimes are allowed to escape pros- ecution and punishment and appear in public life, the World Jewish Congress earnestly urges that in no country should it be possible for statutory limitations to prevent the prosecution and punishment of persons accused of such crimes. It further urges all countries to cooper- ate with each other in the tracing, apprehen- sion, prosecution and extradition of such per- petrators of war crimes and crimes against hu- manity." The urgency of putting these views into effect becomes evident with time and with the knowl- edge of what is occurring in so many areas of Germany where the neo-Nazis blatantly defy law and resort to violence. The Statute of Limitations has become the concern of Germans who are not forgetting their people's guilt and who wish to have the guilty punished. Now guilt must also be obviated by letting it be known that Nazism will continue to be punishable. The last vestiges of Nazi ideology must be destroyed. The Statute of Limitations -must be removed so that former Nazis and their sym- pathizers cannot erase their crimes against humanity. EP OM 950-Page Survey Sachar's 'A History of Israel' Updated as Knopf Paperback "A History of Israel," the 950-page survey "from the rise of Zionism to our time," has been reissued by the original publishers, Alfred A. Knopf, as a paperback. This encyclopedic work covers the material, with analyses that provide background material, leading up to the most recent events of the peace negotiations. In an epilogue. Dr. Sac- har gives a brief summary of the visit of Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem and the role of Menahem Begin. While it does not reach the signing of the peace treaty, the paperback having gone to press prior to the March agreements, in the epilogue, in which the latest developments are commented upon, Dr. Sachar concludes: "Whatever the Scriptural validity of Begin's claim to Judea and Samaria (he disdained the use of the term West Bank), his critics sense that the human reserves which might once have populated these territories, have long since been immolated in Au- schwitz; and that unless this painful HOWARD M. SACHAR reality were confronted and accepted, Judea and Samaria might easily become Israel's Bosnia and Her- zegovina. As the Jewish republic entered its fourth decade, then, its citizens longing for security, even for territorial respectability, was modified by a widely diffused conviction: that the unique regenera-, tive impulse of modern Zionism ultimately would achieve fulfillmen' less in the maximalist revival of ancient boundaries than in the -- minimalist forbearance of compromise and functional peace." The resume of Zionism, of the history of events that have led up to the peace negotiations, the world conflicts affecting Israel's history — all add up to a great study which elevates the latest Sachar book as a very valuable addendum to textbooks dealing with Israel, Zionism and modern Jewish history. - TRUTH SYMBOLIZED Public acclaim for two of Russian Jewry's fighters for justice, Eduard S. Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits, on their arrival in Israel, was hailed at a heroes' welcome. It was much more than that. It manifested a basic principle: that of fulfillment of the wishes of emigrants from Russia to live up to their requests for visas on the basis of settlement in Israel. This must not be taken as a blanket condem- nation of the vast majority of departees who prefer to go to the United States or some other Western country. But the -tequests for visas to leave Russia are as wishes to be reunited with relatives in Israel and those who adhere to this wish therefore are the element for whom Israel craves as potential settlers who will add to that country's basic needs. Because Kuznetsov and Dymshits adhered the basis of their demands for the right to settle in Israel there is a certain justification for the campaign for as large an exodus of Jews from the USSR as possible. The mere fact that so many indicate a wish to leave their native land where many generations of their ancestors had lived is proof enough of an existing prejudice that forces people to seek abandonment of a homeland in search for a haven of freedom. Israel offers the Jews seeking exit visas from Russia such a freedom. But 60 percent or more of these Jews, having left the Soviet Union, aspire to a more certain economic security and abandon Israel for the U.S. or Canada, or wher- ever they may. be welcomed. Most of them take advantage of the hospitality provided for them by-the United States and the assistance given by HIAS to come here. They are welcome. At the same time, those who adhere to their stated wish to go to Israel earn the heroes' status. For this element in the emigrants' ranks, Kuznet- sov and Dymshits are the symbols of consis- tency. Random House Series Holiday Guide Book to Israel As part of its series of 17 guide books, Random House has issued "The Holiday Guide to Israel." This 160-page paperbacked guide book provides background material about Israel and her people as well as the main attractions, the manner of preparation for travel, the historic sites. Of course, there are listings of hotels, restaurants and shops. Special attention is given to Jerusalem and environs and the Jerusalem map, completely annotated, is of unusual value for the tourist as well as researcher in seeking facts about Israel.