20 THE DETROIT JEWISH MEWS Friday, January 18, 1980 Agudat Israel to 'Reach Out' to Masses LARRY FREEDMAN Orchestra and Entertainment 647-2367 By BARBIE ZELIZER JERUSALEM (JTA) — The world movement of Agudat Israel intends to as- sume a more central posi- SMALL BEQUESTS BUILD A STRONG ISRAEL t rad, non or InCilldirig _Vitrr,,,111 Pi, 101 or the It -1110f( cery Jew WE re ICE'S 1CrItIld prilmrcri.S11. 0-. 1CIE'rrt o bt uccurrr n l uted trr eleS711T the jilt14 re of thc State on a sound basis of land (lc rclopaltat, social icel.tare. and justice. .4 bequest to t/ JE wish National Fund shoot ld he as traditional as haring a Btu( Box not5 irrrIlle. t ip)10'bequcst to be }'on m a a dcdreatcd t() vp,resta ti o n, to a village. / , 'H Such fah. to a chldren's play (IrEll, to perm tool par rzei t ()). kaddrsio. or to sow tiorn, of persons pernomcnt rribu tc in the 11(1 deur to you. Consult the Foundation for Jewish National Fund, 27308 Southfield Rd., 557-6644 They will gladly co-operate with you in working out plans to meet your special requirements, in strict privacy. tion in Jewish life and culti- vate the response it feels exists among the grass roots population, an American leader of the Orthodox movement said here. Menahem Rabbi Lubinsky, director of gov- ernment and public affairs of Agudat Israel of America, also believes the Aguda will seek to further ties with the secular Jewish community. In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Lubinsky, who was here attending the Sixth World Congress of Agudat Israel which ended Monday, said the conference was "more color than sub- stance." But, he believes the participants will return home from the conference with an enhanced sense of the growing strength of Agudat Israel. Some 30,000 persons attended the con- gress, including 2,000 dele- gates from abroad. The congress passed a series of resolutions de- signed to decrease the gap between the Or- thodox and secular communities. These in- cluded: a call to curb lavish spending, espe- cially for weddings, so that the less affluent do not feel the pressure to emulate such extrava- gance; support for a fund to help impoverished large families and a re- quest that the Israel gov- ernment and the commu- LOSE WEIGHT QUICKLY Without Exercise or Harmful Drugs NO FASTING • NO LIQUID PROTEIN • NO HYPNOSIS YOU CAN LOSE WEIGHT Quickly anC Safely under the Supervision of State Licensed Doctors and Nurses 1 visit free ih REDICAL CENTER turn of many secular Jews to "authentic Judaism," Lubinsky noted. The congress also adopted a series of reso- lutions dealing with polit- ical issues. These ex- pressed concern that the new open borders be- tween Israel and Egypt would stimulate assimi- lation and intermarriage for Israeli Jews; urged the Soviet Union to re- spect the Helsinki agreement with respect to the reunification of families; and called on the USSR to release Pris- oners of Conscience, par- ticularly Yosef Men- delevich who is an Or- thodox Jew. One resolution reaf- firmed "Jewish sovereignty over all of Eretz Yisrael as is outlined in the Bible." The Council of Torah Sages, however, decided not to take up the question of the re- turn of the West Bank "at this delicate juncture in the peace process." The conclave elected Rabbi Moshe Sherer from New York as a co-chairman of the International Agudat Israel movement. Sherer is the president of Agudath Is- rael of America. Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowitz, a member of the Knesset and deputy chairman of the Knesset, was also elected co-chairman. Gaza Autonomy Proposal Tabled by Israeli Cabinet agreements did not call JERUSALEM (JTA) The Cabinet decided to for two separate au- defer to a future session any tonomies but for a single discussion of President political framework to Anwar Sadat's proposal apply to both Gaza and that autonomy be im- the West Bank. plemented in the Gaza Strip In any event, Begin made before it is extended to the it clear that autonomy West Bank. would not be implemented Sadat, who first proposed in Gaza before an overall this in 1978, raised the mat- autonomy plan was agreed ter again during his summit to by Israel and Egypt. meeting with Premier Another point raised Menahem Begin at Aswan against the Gaza first idea last week. is that it could open the way Begin promised to take it for the return of Egyptian up with his Cabinet. In the influence in that territory course of his overall briefing which was under Egyptian on the Aswan talks he men- control from 1948 to 1967. tioned the proposition but Not all Israelis are op- reportedly showed a singu- posed to Sadat's idea, how- lar lack of enthusiasm for it, ever. Some believe that a an attitude said to be shared strong Egyptian presence in by other ministers. the territory would neut- The strongest argu- ralize demands for a Pales- ment against the pro- tinian state, at least in that posal is that it would re- heavily Arab populated present a deviation from region, and would encour- the Camp David accords age King Hussein of Jordan and, therefore, might set to try to regain his influence a precedent for other de- on the West Bank which viations inimicEll to Is- would be a further barrier to rael. The Camp David a Palestinian state. — BBC Seeks Survivors Saved by Wallenberg NO GIMMICKS • no contracts 18161 W. 12 Mile Rd. \amaiite One nity at large undertake new social welfare pro- grams on their behalf, and a call for new philan- thropic support by the Jewish community for Jewish education. The congress also voted to fight new efforts by the Re- form and Conservative movements to gain recogni- tion in Israel; intensify pro- grams against assimilation and intermarriage; work for legislation to amend the Law of Return which would recognize only those con- versions performed accord- ing to Halakha; and rejected the suggestion by Union of American Hebrew Congre- gations President Rabbi Alexander Schindler that a child from a Jewish father also be recognized as Jewish even if the mother is not Jewish, since this is con- trary to halakha. In its resolution to "reach out to the Jewish masses," the conference also an- nounced a new "adopt a family" scheme in which Orthodox Jews would be re- quired to introduce an un- committed Jewish family to Orthodox Judaism. Based on a Jewish family to Or- thodox Judaism. Based on a pilot program which proved successful in the United States, movement members hope it will result in stronger ties between the two groups and in the re- For WEIGHT REDUCTION 552-0202 EXT 21 wo of The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) is plan- ning a documentary on the efforts of Raoul Wal- lenberg in saving from 20,000-50,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War II. The BBC would like to talk to persons who were saved by Wallenberg. Persons who were aided by Wallenberg should write or call The Jewish News with their name, address and telephone number, or for- ward the information to Alan Patient, BBC-TV, Kensington House, Richmond Way, London W14 England. Israel, Egypt Trade Periodicals TEL AVIV (JTA) — The first real step towards nor- malization of relations be- tween Israel and Egypt was made Tuesday when bun- dles of Israeli newspapers were sent — by land route via El Arish — to Egypt. The first to make use of this route were the Jerusalem Post, which has issued a special supplement for the event, including ar- ticles in Arabic, and the Arab-language newspapers published in Israel. As of Wednesday — all Is- raeli newspapers in Hebrew too will send newspapers to Egypt — 30 of each. The Hebrew newspapers are mainly used by research and intelligence agencies which hitherto used to get the newspapers in a round- about way. Egyptian newspapers were sold in Israel as of Wednesday. U.S. Declines Offers of Bases in Egypt, Israel TEL AVIV (JTA) — Am- bassador Samuel Lewis told Israelis last weekend that the U.S. has decided to de- cline the offers of both Israel and Egypt for the use of military bases on their territory, but did not rule out military cooperation with either country in the future if the situation calls for it. The American envoy also explained that U.S. mili- tary cooperation with Israel at this time might hinder rather than help Washing- ton's efforts to mobilize as much support as possible from the moderate coun- tries of the Islamic world. Commenting on the use of an Egyptian air base by American aircraft, Lewis said this was for training purposes and nothing else. He spoke of the Soviet threat in the region, but said he was not sure whether the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan will have a direct impact on U.S.- Israeli relations. Fenelon Protest LOS ANGELES — Au- Schwitz survivor Fania Fenelon told a protest demonstration on Sunday that she would ask CBS-TV affiliates not to air "Playing for Time" when it is com- pleted. The TV film will star PLO-advocate Vanessa Redgrave in the role of Miss Fenelon. Jewish Defense League members at the demonstra- tion burned an effigy of Miss Redgrave. Hospital Drops Kosher Charges NEW YORK (JTA) — The University Hospital of New York University, which had been accused of discriminating against ob- servant Jewish patients by charging them for kosher meals, terminated that pol- icy last week.