Friday, September 28, 1979 13 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Dayan Praises Administration, Sees Carter as Friend of Israel NEW YORK (JTA) — Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan of Israel warmly praised President Carter and his Administration Tuesday night, declaring that there never was an American president who worked as hard as Carter for peace in the Middle East. Dayan spoke at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major Ameri- can Jewish Organizations. The Carter Administra- tion is the first administra- tion that achieved concrete results from the peace negotiations, Dayan pointed out, noting the many attempts in the past at negotiations failed to achieve peace. "I feel very grateful to the American Administration" about its effort and the agreement between Israel and Egypt, he said. Dayan also expressed satisfaction for his just con- cluded talks in Washington and the agreement reached there for a peace-keeping force in Sinai to monitor the withdrawal of the Israeli, army. "I cannot imagine any better shield between us (Is- rael and a potential enemy" than American civilian per- sonnel with first class equipment," Dayan said. He said that the United States never failed to fulfill its promises or agreements with Israel. "If you, know any better party to rely on, mention it to me," Dayan said. Dayan was asked about the present Mideast visit of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the refusal of Israeli leaders to meet with him. Dayan de- * * * fended Premier Begin's re- fusal to meet with the black leader, maintaining that if Begin met with Jackson the meeting would have given Jackson "the credentials" to negotiate between Begin and Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat. "We do not want to negotiate directly or indi- rectly with Arafat, through Jackson or even Ted Mann," Dayan said; referring to Theodore Mann, chairman of the Presidents. Confer- ence, who sat next to him. He said that Israel is not in- terested in having anybody come to the Mideast, be it black or white, to bring Is- rael and the PLO together. "We do not want to negotiate with a party that wants to destroy our coun- try," he said. Carter Defends Israel Attacks Against Palestinian Terrorists NEW YORK (JTA) — President Carter stated Tuesday that Israel has a right to defefid herself from terrorism from "the north" or ''from the east or from the south" and expressed "great concern and disgust at a growing clamor around the world . that Zionism is the same as racism." The President made these remarks in answers to ques- tions at a "town meeting" at Queens College attended by 1,700 New Yorkers. His an- swers to questions on Israel and the Middle East and other issues on domestic and foreign policy were punctuated with whistles and applause. One questioner asked why Carter opposes Israel's right to defend itself against Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist in- cursions into Israel when the U.S. would not tolerate terrorist attacks from Cuba. Carter replied, "Any na- tion has a right to defend itself, obviously, including Israel." He noted that "a basis of the Camp David ac- cords was the right of Israel to defend itself, a right of Israel to be secure . . . that was a -commitment made by President (Anwar) Sadat (of Egypt) and myself and Prime Minister (Menahem) Begin (of Israel) that the Palestinian people have a right to a voice in the de- termination of their own fu- ture, but at the same time Sadat agreed on behalf of many Arabs that Israel would have a right to'defend itself." • When a Country Closes for a Day By DR. SHMUEL HIMELSTEIN World Zionist Press Servige Those of us who lived in predominantly Jewish areas in the Diaspora before moving to Israel can re- member how there was a noticeable change in the "atmosphere" on Yom Kip- pur. There seemed to be a decrease in traffic, many stores were closed and there were throngs of Jews on their way to or coming from the various overcrowded services at the local synagogues. All that, how- ever, didn't prepare us for Yom Kippur in Israel. Try to imagine, if you can, a modern country which simply "closes down." Sud- denly all traffic disappears from the streets — and that is no exaggeration. Imagine the main intersection of Jerusalem, right at the entrance to the city — where cars whiz by at the rate of many thousands an hour every day of the year — with one or maybe two cars per hour on Yom Kip- pur — and even those solit- ary ones are mainly emer- gency vehicles! And imagine all the communications media — all four national radio sta- tions and the TV channel — signing off on the day before Yom Kippur at 2 p.m., not to resume their badcasts until after the final shofar blowing at the conclusion of the fast day. Of course skeleton crews are present, because everyone remem- bers all too well Yom Kip- pur 1973, when the devas- tating Yom Kippur War broke out. On Yom Kippur the crime rate decreases dramatically. All types of crimes plummet. It ap- _pears that even the Jewish criminals (and there are such!) tend to take a break. Who then does "mind the store?" Of course, there are many army units which are on duty, as are the members of the police force, although both try to free as many men as possible for Yom Kippur. Hospitals maintain skele- ton staffs, as do the electric company and the water company. In addition the in- ternational telephone sys- tem remains open. In Short, only the most essential services keep a minimal number of people on duty. How important is Yom Kippur in the national con- sciousness of Israel? Until recently no one had done any in-depth research. There was only a feeling that, while most other holi- days mean a mass exodus of non-observant families to all parts of the country for picnics and so on, Yom Kip- pur seemed to be entirely differelit. The wanderlust seemed to be stilled. A recent study, however, sheds accurate light on the subject. In this project about 1,600 people were asked to express their level of obser- vance of various Jewish cus- toms and ceremonies. This national survey showed, for instance, that six percent of all men pray at a synagogue daily, while 23 percent pray there each Shabat. In regard to fasting on Yom Kippur, on the other hand, no less than 74 per- cent of all men and women claim that they fast on that day. This means that three out of every four people in the entire country do fast. , This observance is ex- ceeded only by those who use kosher meat (79 per- cent), who do not eat bread on Passover (82 percent), light the Hanuka candles (88 percent), who have a mezuza on their doorpost (89 percent) and who ob- serve the Passover Seder (a full 99 percent of the popu- lation!). Thus we see that Yom Kippur is indeed some- thing "different" than all other days of the year for most Israelis. DETROIT MEN'S ORT in conjunction with AMERICAN ORT FEDERATION Cordially Invites You To Attend The Tribute Dinner / Honoring DR. WILLIAM HABER On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday and the ORT Centennial Monday Evening, October 15th, 1979 Congregation Shaarey Zedek DR. WILLIAM HABER 27235 Bell Road, Southfield, Mich. Dinner To Follow Cocktails 6:00 P.M. Dinner Co Chairmen Irving Nusbaum David B. Hermelin - Contribution (including Dinner) $100.00 per person For information call 832-3190 Guest Speaker DR. 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