THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jewish Influence Strong in U.S. Says Squadron of. AJCongress JERUSALEM (JTA) — American Jewish influence in Washington is strong and growing because U.S. Jews are "educated, affluent, in- tense, cohesive and articu- late" and — perhaps most important — "because we will fight for Israel's secu- rity without regard to how the struggle ,might affect our own status as a minority in America." This view was expressed by Howard Squadron, president of the American Jewish Congress, at a public forum here on "The White House and American Jews: Politics and Pressures" sponsored by the Congress at the Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation. The event served as a curtain-raiser for the organ- ization's 15th annual American-Israel "Dialogue," which brought together two dozen Ameri- can Jewish and Israeli intel- lectuals, rabbis and com- munal leaders earlier this month. Squadron cautioned, however, that "we win some and we lose some" — and "we have no as- surance that we will pre- vail when we challenge the White House." Despite this fact, how- ever, the AJCongress leader said, American Jews were WC. Trojan "Son of C. Trojan" CUSTOM FURNITURE & CARPET CLEANING ON LOCATION I-HEE ESTIMATES Phone 576-1140 still courted by the Carter Administration "not only for our own support but for our influence on other Americans." He noted that when the White House launched its drive to win public support for the SALT II treaty, Jewish organiza- tional leaders, including himself, had been among the first .to be invited to Washington to hear the Administration's view and to bring it to the rest of the country. Commenting on Ameri- can Jewish activity in sup- port of Israel, Squadron said: "Israel's security — not our own safety as a Jewish community — is the determining factor." At the same time, he added, "We would hope to be able to advise the govern- ment of Israel how best to present its case. If we can do that, we can serve Israel most effectively and our own country as well, for we share the fundamental con- viction that a secure Israel serves America's best inter, ests." Simha Dinitz, Israel's former Ambassador to the U.S., told the forum that while he favored "honest and blunt dialogue" between American Jews and Is- rael, "I do not believe it should be conducted by open letters released to the New York Times." Dinitz, now assistant president of Hebrew Uni- versity, said he agreed neither with_ those U.S. Jews who felt Israel should be free of criticism because "it's your country" nor with those who insisted on the right to participate in mak- ing policy for the Jewish state because they were Jews. FALL ANTIQUE FAIR Co-ordinated by Jeanne Fishman His own view, Dinitz said, was to encourage free and uninhibited criticism of Is- raeli policies by those who felt criticism was necessary but that it be done "not pub- licly through the newspap- ers but through direct con-_ versations with Israel gov- ernment officials. "There is no lack of oppor- tunity for American Jews to make their views known here," Dinitz said. The public display of American Jewish dif- ferences on secondary matters, Dinitz said, in an apparent reference to the disputepver Elon Moreh, "serves only to make a Jewish consensus on the major issues — such as the dangers of a Palesti- nian state and the indi- visibility of Jerusalem — more difficult to impress on the makers of public policy and public opin- ion." A leading U.S. Jewish scholar pleaded for a "re- nascent Zionism" that did not limit itself to appeals for aliya, but that included citi- zenship in the Jewish people based on Jewish ideals of righteousness and truth. "Zionism with aliya is not Zionism, but Zionism with only aliyah is irrelevant to American Jewry," said Jacob Neusner, prOfessor of religion at Brown Univer- sity. Because American Jews took seriously not only the survival of the state of Israel but also their contin- ued existence as a distinc- tive community, Prof. Neusner said, they rejected aliya and ignored and dis- regarded a Zionism that preached only aliya to them. Prof. Neusner called for "a renascent Zionism which addresses itself to the realities of the Jewish world and also makes its peace with the frailties of the Jewish people." . "Renascent Zionism" would include Jewish ethi- cal teachings and the Jewish ideals of righteous- ness and truth, Prof. Neusner said. Friday, August 3, 1979 Amnesty International Seeks Clemency for Russian Jews NEW YORK — Amnesty International has cabled President Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union appeal- ing to him to commute the death sentences passed against four Jews in the Ukraine. In early July, the Sup- reme Court of the Ukrai- nian Republic upheld the death sentence passed on Aug. 28, 1979 by the Donetsk Regional Court against Rafael Adjiastivili, Elia Mikhailishvili, Gabriel Spiashvili and a Mr. Abas- sov. The four were among 50 people convicted of stealing surplus textiles from a fac- tory and selling them for a private gain. All those sen- tenced to death are Jews. Meanwhile, at their San Diego convention, the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A announced adoption of six Soviet Jewish refus- nicks. The six Soviet vete- rans of World War II wrote a letter to Leonid Brezhnev on Sept. 11, 1978, informing him that the OVIR (visa office) had denied them National Front Loses Voters LONDON (JTA) — A major split in the leadership of the neo-Nazi National Front has been triggered by the Front's weak showing in the recent general election, in which its vote dropped by over half— from 2.9 percent to 1.3 percent. The election_ defeat has sparked a row between John Tyndall, the party leader and Martin Webster, its ac- tivities organizer, who ac- cording to press reports, has been "suspended" from duty. Despite the Front's re- verses, Jewish leaders warn that it is still a dangerous threat. visas, althodgh they are ill and have realtives pre- sently residing in Israel. The six veterans have applied for visas both indi- vidually and collectively. Twenty-eight Ameri- can computer scientists have also cabled Brezhnev, urging him to secure the release from prison of theit young Soviet colleague Anatoly Shcharansky. The appeal was based on information received by Shcharansky's mother in the Soviet Union that her son's health has been deter- iorating rapidly and that proper mediCal care was not available to him in prison. At the same time, the New York Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith has adopted as honorary mem- bers the imprisoned Soviet Jew, Vladimir Slepak, and his wife, Marya. Int4010S11,04‘. 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