THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Cabinet Debates Elon Moreh JERUSALEM (JTA) — A divided Cabinet took "note" of Premier Menahem Be- gin's announcement that the government will seek an alternative site for the Gush Emunim settlement of Elon Moreh which the Supreme Court has ordered removed from the seized Arab lands it now occupies. But a broad debate on the settlements issue and the Nvider implica- tions of the high court's de- cision was deferred until Thursday when the Cabinet met in special session to dis- cuss the subject. Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon and Education Minister Zevulun Hammer dissented sharply from Be- gin's plan to move Elon Moreh, Sharon criticized the Cabinet for "dodging the issue." Hammer, a leader of the National Religious Party, met with Begin later to present an NRP plan that would shift the Elon Moreh settlers to state-owned land but would not return the disputed land to its Arab owners. Instead, the site would be used for military installations. Observers said that most ministers would consider that plan a flouting of the spirit of the Supreme Court's decision and it could not muster a Cabinet major- ity. In a radio interview over the weekend, Sha- ron said the high court's ruling should be a spur to more intensive settle- ment efforts on the West Bank and urged that the court, in the future, be re- lieved of "the burden of having to make political decisions." Sharon did not elaborate on his re- marks but they brought an immediate demand for his ouster from the youth circles of the Liberal Party. The agriculture minister was apparently voicing the demands of the Gush Emunim for legislation that Christian Coalition Builds Support for 1980 Races would retroactively nullify the Supreme Court's deci- WASHINGTON — A co- sion, thereby preserving alition of Christian activists Elon Moreh and allowing is trying to turn the re- the continued seizure of pri- sources of conservative vately owned land for set- Christians into political tlement purposes. Sources clout in next year's close to Begin said there presidential and congres- was no Cabinet majority for sional elections. such legislation. Two such organizations, The sources were quoted the Christian Voice and the as saying that if the Gush Moral Majority, believe Emunim forced a crisis by they can develop grassroots refusing to evacuate Elon organizations to become a Moreh, the consequences force in secular politics. would be a new government The Christian Voice, with much less sympathy begun early this year in for Jewish settlements on Pacific Grove, Calif., claims the West Bank. a membership of 126,000 It was learned that dur- including some 3,000 cler- ing Sunday's Cabinet ses- gymen. They hope to raise sion, Housing Minister $3 million for political and David Levy of Herut spoke lobbying activities next forcefully for standing up to year, according to Gary the Gush. He warned that Jarmin, the group's Wash- the government must not ington lobbyist. allow itself to be dictated to Although it is not as by that group and should large as the Christian announce unequivocally Voice, the Washington- that it intends to implement based Moral Majority the Supreme Court's deci- plans to set up a political sion and remove Elon action committee in the Moreh from its present site. coming months, says its director, Rev. Robert Bil- lings. The Christian Voice has "Israel is threatened now chosen to back a Republican because her friends in the presidential candidate in world make recom- Uriah Phillips Levy mendations and sugges- bought and restored tions which, if carried out, Thomas Jefferson's ruined will imperil the safety of the mansion, Monticello. young Jewish state. Israel is threatened because so many among us follow the dictate of oil, instead of the dictate of conscience." 1980 while the Moral Majority remains unde- cided. Friday, November 2, 1979 23 LOWEST PRICES Cassette Dictating Transcribing Machines 342-7801 CONVERT YOUR OIL FURNACE TO GAS A.R.S. Service Co., Inc. 356-3191 Heating and Air Conditioning Contractor Alan R. Sukenic HUMIDIFIER SALE INTROLATC1NG STARREAM '80 Big Screen TV Sharp. Bright Picture Envoy: Good Chance for Peace NEW YORK (JTA) — "We have reason to rejoice because the prospect for peace in the Middle East is better in 1979 than at any time in the century of mod- ern Jewish-Arab relations," said Donald McHenry, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who was guest speaker last week at the Appeal of Conscience Foun- dation's Award Dinner at the Pierre Hotel. Members of the audience included ambassadors from 25 countries. McHenry declared, "None of us can be insensitive to the courage of President (Anwar) Sadat and Prime Minister (Menahem) Begin, or to the risks which each has taken. The treaty_ (be- tween Israel and Egypt) is a major step forward towards peace, but it is not an_end in itself. The principal un- finished item on the Middle East agenda today is the re- lationship between Israel and the Palestinian Arab people. "Our goal now must be to assure on a permanent basis the full security of- Israel and at the same time to respect and fulfill the legitimate rights of the Palestinians." Foundation head Rabbi Ben-Gurion U. Anniversary Gala NEW YORK — The American Friends of Ben- Gurion University of the Negev will transform a New York pier into a desert oasis Nov. 6 in order to celebrate the university's 10th • an- niversary. Palm trees and tents will transform a water-side building on the Hudson River at 55th St. of Marvin Traub Bloomingdale's department store will be cited for the "Israel the Dream" month- long promotion of Israeli products last spring. Arthur Schneier, in pre- senting an award to Ger- man publisher Axel Springer, said he "has made reconciliation his life's mis- sion. He has made an his- toric contribution to bring about - a better understand- ing between the German and the Jewish people." Springer,-in reply, stated: Interfaith Leaders Urge Vatican Recognition of Israel NEW YORK (JTA) — A panel of interfaith leaders, authors and academicians meeting in New Orleans is- sued a statement urging recognition of the state of Israel by the Vatican, the posthumous excommunica- tion of Adolf Hitler by the Catholic Church, and the emphasis on the essential Jewishness of Christianity by the Christian Church," it was reported in New York by Jacques Torczyner, chairman of the Herzl Insti- tute, who was a member of the panel. He said the speakers agreed that Israel "must not be regarded as a result of the Holocaust but rather as a response to that tragedy. Israel was seen as a sign that the world's Jews re- fused to accept the idea that death would have the final word/ The panel, which in- cluded Rabbi Solomon Bernards, director of the interreligious depart- ment of the Anti- Defamation League of Bnai Brith; Dr. Harry Cargas, professor of world literature at Webs- ter College in St. Louis, Mo.; Prof. Alice Eckardt, professor of religion at Lehigh University; Dr. David Sidorsky, profes- sor of philosophy at Columbia University; and Dr. William Zuidema of The Netherlands, also insisted that the legiti- (( macy of Israel's existence is not open to question. No other government is faced with a similar chal- lenge, the panel em- phasized. Sister Katherine Har- grove of Manhattanville College in New York said that an annual "interfaith think-tank dialogue" would be established, Torczyner reported. 74 Women Train for Rabbinate NEW YORK (JTA) — The number of women studying for the rabbinate under Reform and Recon- structionist auspices during the 1979-1980 academic year is 74, one less than the record total of 75 enrolled during the prior academic year, according to a recent JTA survey. Currently, 10 of the 22 women rabbis hold pulpit posts. The women rabbis not in pulpits are in education. administration and Hillel posts. Meanwhile, Jewish stu- dents at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island. have a new chaplain. Rabbi Bonnie Steinberg, a 27- year-old alumna of Bran- deis University and the He- brew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), second woman rabbi to become director of a Bnai Brith Hillel Founda- tion at a university campus. NIICHICiAN CINENIA SYSTEMS 34909 S. Gratiot (at l 5 Milt. 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