UJA's Message to World Jewry and the Lessons Taught by the Timerman Experiences THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 Editorial, Page 4 VOL. LXXVI, No. 16 of Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15.00 Per Year: This Issue 35c Hanuka Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Dec. 21, 1979 Israel's Foes Escalate Roles in Iran's Danger for Hostages Israelis Aiding Asians JERUSALEM —"In an unprecedented outpouring of iden- tification and sympathy, more than $1.25 million has been do- nated by Israelis to help alleviate the suffering in Cambodia. The bulk of the money collected followed a TV charity extravaganza. In Thailand, the Israeli money has been used to set up a camp for 700 orphans on the Cambodian border. Seven convoys of food and medical supplies have been transported to the border zone and an X-ray machine has been purchased. Every week a team of five Israeli doctors flies out to the area to relieve the team already there. "So far we have spent 30 percent of our money," says Moshe Amirav of Israel TV. "We are now cooperating closely with the government-sponsored Israel Voluntary Services. They provide the expertise and we provide the money." • • • The second most powerful Iranian religious leader charged last week that the PARIS (JTA) — new Islamic constitution that grants absolute power to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini would lead to the dissolution of political parties in Iran on the pretext that they were "Zionist" or pro-American and imperialist. Ayatollah Kazem Shariat-Madari publicly challenged Khomeini for the first time at a press conference with Iranian and Western journalists in Tabriz. His statement was in reply to demands from pro-Khomeini clerical groups that he disband his independent Moslem People's Party. "The point I must make to you respectable gentlemen is with the present government's methods there is no need for the founders to dissolve the party. The government will gradually dissolve all the parties by labeling them as American, Zionist and anti-Islamic," Madari said. "Therefore," he added, "do not worry about this ... attributing to anybody or any group imperialism or Zionism can be easily done by controlling the mass media, but testifying to righteousness and justice is a very difficult thing to do." Madari refused to denounce the anti-Khomeini uprising by Turkish-speaking Iranians in Azer- baijan province of which Tabriz is the capital. He announced that he did not take part in the referendum that approved Khomeini's constitution despite Khomeini's exhortation that it was the also warned that Khomeini is courting a civil war in Iran. religious duty of every Moslem. He In Teheran, the official Pars News Agency issued a statement accusing Western news agencies of being "at the service of Zionism, imperialism and international trusts and, above all, America." The statement headlined "May The Windpipe of Imperialism and Zionism Be Cut," charged that Western journalists "believe it is to be their main duty to act as the mouthpiece of international Zionism in (Continued on Page 8) State Dept. Hosts Anti-Israel Speakers WASHINGTON (JTA) — Twice within recent weeks Carter Administration foreign affairs officials have listened at the State Department to guest speakers denouncing Zionism, berating Israel and advocating a Palestinian state. "The Secretary's Open Forum," an organization comprising about 1,000 government employees, mostly in the State Department, and supported by government funds, sponsored appearances of James Logby, head of the Palestinian Human Rights Committee, whose credentials are now being scrutinized by the U.S. Department of Justice. and Edmund Hanauer, a foe of Israel and Zionism who supports a Palestinian state. Their appearances, like others, were preceded by announcements on State Department stationery "to all employees" of the State Department, the Agency for International Development, the International Communica- tions Agency, and the Arms Control Disarmament Agency. Zogby's activities for Palestinian Arabs, including conferences in Washington with speakers attacking the presence of Israelis on the West Bank and in Jerusalem, has led Rep. William Broomfield (R-Mich.), the ranking minority member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to ask the Depart- ment of Justice to determine whether he should register as a foreign agent. An Israeli doctor helps a Cambodian child at a refugee camp in Thailand. Dr. Hareil to Lead Re-Organized MDA Magen David Adorn, Israel's counterpart of the Red Cross, was reorganized this week, Joseph Handleman, president of the Ameri- can Red Magen David for Israel, and Benja- min Saxe, the ARMDI executive vice president, reported here Wednesday. The meeting was held at the home of Dr. John Mames, Michigan region chairman of ARMDI. Dr. Arie Harell was named by President Yitzhak Navon of Israel as president of Magen David Adorn, they reported to lead- ers of the Michigan chapter of ARMDI. Born in Kiev, Russia, Prof. Harell immig- rated to Israel in 1937 after completing med- ical studies at Berlin University. Since 1962, Prof. Harell has been head of the municipal governmental medical center, Tel Aviv-Yafo, and since 1977 has served as chairman of the Association of Hospital Di- rectors in Israel. From 1956 to 1958, Prof. Harell was the Israeli minister to Romania and from 1958 to 1962, ambassador to the USSR. The Forum's notice emphasized Hanauer's topic would be "Is Zionism a Form of Racism?" and that he would "speak in defense of this proposition." Hanauer was identified as executive director of "Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine" and its Washington office as "The Middle East Resource Center." It also said he is a member of "American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism and various organizations concerned with human rights." (Continued on Page 10) Menora Lit at the White House Shown at Monday's Hanuka menora-lighting ceremony at the White House are, from left, Mrs. Stuart Eizenstat, Lubavitch Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, Commerce Secretary Philip Klutznick (partially hidden), Presidential adviser Stuart Eizenstat with his children, singer Jan Peerce and President Carter. See story on Page 5. Mother Teresa Lauds Israel's Aid to Gaza CALCUTTA (ZINS) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa of India told the correspondent of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the condition of the Palesti- nian refugees in the Gaza Strip has under- gone considerable improvement under Is- raeli administration. Mother Teresa lauded the Israeli army for its aid to the charity organization she established in Gaza 29 years ago. "The military administration," she said. "is doing everything it can to facilitate our efforts among the refugees and I am grateful to the administration for the understanding it manifests for our efforts." Mother Teresa added that during the several visits she made to the Gaza Strip she felt convinced that the conditions of the inhabitants are constantly improving. Mother Teresa won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace for aiding the poor in many lands. She plans to use the prize funds to finance medical clinics for the poor.