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Young Israel
Names Honoree
NEW YORK — David
Jotkowitz, a New York
businessman, has been
named "Man of the Year" by
the National Council of
Young Israel. The award,
"for extraordinary efforts on
behalf of the Young Israel
Movement and the Jewish
community," will be pre-
sented March 23 at the 68th
annual Young Israel Youth
Foundation dinner at the
Sheraton Centre.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Arab Trial Brings Charges
Th at
t I srae 1 Ab uses P r i so ners
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
New allegations that Israeli
security agents torture
some Arab political de-
tainees in the course of their
interrogations surfaced
here last weekend in the
case of Nader Affuri who
was committed to a mental
institution immediately
after his release from two
years of administrative de-
tention.
His attorney, Felicia
Langer, charged that Af-
furi, 30, "lost his mental
balance" soon after his ar-
rest in August 1977 on sus-
picion of membership in a
terrorist organization. She
attributed his condition to
torture.
Langer claimed that Af-
furi, who is presently at the
A-Dahaisha mental hospi-
tal near Bethlehem, bore
physical evidence of torture
when she visited him in a
Nablus jail 10 months ago.
Langer told Haaretz
reporter Yehuda Litani
that Affuri was out of his
mind when she saw him
again six weeks ago and
seemed to her "half
dead" although he had
been healthy and normal
at the time of his arrest.
She said the prison com-
mander told her he was
only pretending mental
illness.
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According to Haaretz, Af-
furi's present condition is
characterized by inability to
speak, incontinence and
complete unresponsiveness.
Hospital staff have "appar-
ently received orders not to
admit newsmen," the
Haaretz reporter said.
A high ranking army offi-
cer denied that Affuri had
been tortured until he went
out of his mind.
He told reporters that the
prisoner had developed a
condition, soon after his ar-
rest, known as
environmental detachment
which manifests itself by re-
fusing contacts with other
people and even refusing to
eat.
The officer said that in
time, that condition de-
veloped into "hysterical
psychosis," which, ac-
cording to him, is fairly
common among pris-
oners awaiting trial.
The officer claimed that
Affuri was examined re-
peatedly by a psychologist
and was eventually admit-
ted to the psychiatric sec-
tion at the Ramie jail.
He said Affuri's case was
studied by Amnesty Inter-
national several months
ago and the organization
which assists political pris-
oners accepted the findings
of the various psychiatric
examinations that the pris-
oner had undergone.
Justice Minister Shmuel
Tamir reported recently
that there are 17 persons
presently held under ad-
ministrative detention in
the occupied territories.
Administrative detention is
incarceration without trial.
Israel-Africa Ties Predicted
By THOMAS LAND
(Editor's note: Thomas
Land writes from Geneva
and London for overseas
newspapers. The follow-
ing is the conclusion of an
article which appeared in
the Feb. 11 New York
Times describing the ex-
pectation that black Af-
rican states will resume
ties with Israel following
the exchange of ambas-
sadors between Israel
and Egypt.)
In the meantime, black
Africa's unofficial contacts
with Israel are flourishing.
Israeli development advis-
ers are engaged in more
than 20 African countries
but this time in a private
rather than public capacity.
Their government, which
is very sensitive about its
image in Africa, publicly
maintains that any initia-
tive toward resumed dip-
lomatic relations must come
from those who broke them.
But its diplomats will tell
anyone who cares to listen
that the Israeli consulate in
South Africa was upgraded
to full embassy status only
after black Africa's change
of heart in 1973, implying
that it could be downgraded.
Black Africa's fresh
thinking on the Middle East
first came into the open
when the majority of its
heads of state, gathered at
the recent Monrovia,
Liberia, conference of the
Organization of African Un-
ity, refused to "punish"
Egypt, despite Arab de-
mands, for its separate
peace with Israel.
During the conference,
the Sunday Express, the
host country's only Sun-
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JERUSALEM — Eliezer
Shimshon Rosenthal, pro-
fessor of Talmud at Hebrew
University, died Feb. 2 at
age 65.
He was a noted re-
searcher of the Talmud and
midrashic and rabbinic lit-
erature. He also specialized
in Eastern languages and
literatures and classical lit-
erature.
His notable contribution
was in the textual analysis
of different versions of the
Babylonian Talmud. A few
years ago Prof. Rosenthal
discovered in a Madrid 'li-
brary a previously un-
known manuscript of the
Jerusalem Talmud. He was
working on it, preparing it
for publication, until the
day of his death.
director of the seminar of
religious institutions of
Youth Aliya, but during
this period he turned to aca-
demic study at the Hebrew
University and earned a
MA degree in 1953 and a
PhD degree in 1960.
In 1955, he began teach-
ing at .the Hebrew Univer-
sity and at Bar-Ban Univer-
sity. In 1962, he returned
from a three-year stint as
visiting professor at the
Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of America in New
York, and was appointed
senior lecturer at the He-
brew University. He
reached the rank of profes-
sor in 1970.
Prof. Rosenthal was a
member of the Hebrew
Language Academy.
He published a major
piece of research on the
ancient Hebrew inscrip-
tion discovered on
Jerusalem's Givat
Hamivtar.
S. Schwartz, 64
Solomon Schwartz, _a
Southfield certified public
accountant, died Feb. 16 at
age 64.
Mr. Schwartz was
Prof. Rosenthal was born graduated in 1937 from
in Strasbourg in 1915. He Wayne (State) University.
studied at the Mercaz He was a member of Cong.
Harav
Yeshiva
in Beth Shalom and its men's
Jerusalem from 1934 to club, Bnai Brith and the De-
1938, was the rabbi of a troit Historical Society.
kibutz from 1938 to 1940,
He leaves his wife, Min-
and then taught in a secon- nie; a son, Dr. Lawrence;
dary school and served as an three brothers, Jacob of
education inspector in reli- Scottsdale, Ariz., Emanuel
gious institutions.
and Arthur; and three
From 1944 to 1955 he was grandchildren.
day newspaper, called on
African countries,to re-
sume relations with Is-
rael without further de-
lay. "With rapproache-
meat now a political fact
of life between Egypt and
Israel," it argued,
"member countries of the
OAU no longer feel
bound to maintain a dip-
lomatic break with a
country which can offer
so much in the transfer of
technology to them."
Several members of par-
liament in Kenya are ad-
vocating an early resump-
tion of diplomatic relations
with Israel. Zaire and Israel
recently announced the re-
sumption of trade-union
links, a development seen
by both as a step leading
toward full diplomatic rela-
tions.
Black Africa is likely to
follow its own economic
interests, but may well
achieve a great deal more
besides. Given the political
isolation of Egypt and Is-
rael, and the military im-
portence of all the other par-
ties directly involved in the
Middle Eastern conflict,
black Africa now stands a
chance of reversing its tra-
ditional relationship with
the Arab north by extend-
ing an influence over events
beyond the Sahara Desert
and the Red Sea.
It could use that influence
to encourage a dialogue be-
tween the hostile forces and
thereby broaden the peace
process, perhaps promoting
a just peace for all the
peoples locked in the strug-
gle.
Nathan Yalin-Mor Dies,
Led Pre-State Underground
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Nathan Yalin-Mor, one of
the leaders of the under-
ground Stern group, or
Lehi, during the British
Mandate of Palestine, died
Tuesday at age 66.
At the time of his death he
was a strong advocate of
Israeli-Soviet rapproche-
ment and supported a
Palestinian state to co-exist
with Israel.
Born
Nathan
Friedman-Yelin in Poland,
his career closely paralled
that of Menahem Begin,
who is also of Polish birth.
Mr. Yalin-Mor was an offi-
cer in Begin's embryo Irgun
movement in Poland. Both
fled that country after the
Nazi occupation and arrived
in pre-state Israel in 1941.
But their ways parted
when Mr. Yalin-Mor
joined the poet, Yair
Stern, to form Lehi and
Begin assumed command
of Irgun. Both under-
ground groups fought the
British. After Stern was
killed, Mr. Yalin-Mor be-
came political chief of
Lehi, one of the triumvi-
rate heading the organ-
ization which included
Yitzhak Shamir as chief
of operations and Dr.
Eldad Sheib, who was in
charge of information.
In the late 1940s, Mr.
Yalin-Mor became con-
vinced that Soviet power
would one day dominate the
Middle East and advocated
Jerome Idelsohn
Jerome M. Idelsohn, an
engineer at Bendix Re-
search Labs, died Feb. 16 at
age 42!
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Idelsohn was program
management center direc-
tor for 19 years. He was on
the board of directors for
Maintenance Central for
Seniors, a federally-funded
organization which pro-
vides for repairs to be made
in the home of senior citi-
zens.
He leaves his wife, Mary;
his mother, Mrs. Albert
(Rose) Teman; a sister, Mrs.
Alan (Betty) Schneider; and
a step-brother, Philip Te-
man.
a pro-Russin policy which
estranged him from his Lehi
colleagues. He was arrested
by the Israeli authorities
soon after the state was
founded and charged with
conspiracy in the assassina-
tion of Count Folke Ber-
nadotte of Sweden, the
United Nations mediator in
the Middle East.
He was acquitted of mur-
der, but sentenced to eight
years imprisonment for his
underground activities.
However, Mr. Yalin-Mor
won a Knesset seat at the
head of the Lehi list in Is-
rael's first elections and was
released.
After the Six-Day War, he
broke sharply with Begin by
advocating a Palestinian
state. In later years he re-
mained out of the public
eye, but continued to write
books and articles calling
for changes in policy toward
the USSR and a close
dialogue between Israelis
and Arabs.
Max Rosenbaum
Max Rosenbaum, owner
of Max's Jewelry in Ham-
tramck for 54 years, died
Feb. 17 at age 89.
Born in Poland, Mr.
Rosenbaum lived 69 years
in Detroit. He was a
member of Pisgah Lodge of
Bnai Brith, Rotary Club
and Perfection Lodge of the
Masons.
He leaves a son, Dr. Her-
bert; a daughter, Mrs. Ben-
jamin B. (Bernice) Hertz;
seven grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Aline Schafer
Aline G. Schafer, a
member of Jewish com-
munal and social organiza-
tions, died Feb. 19 at age 57.
A native Detroiter, Mrs.
Schafer was a past
president of the Sheruth
League and a member of
Hadassah, Tam-O-Shanter
Country Club and Temple
Israel.
She leaves her husband,
Max; a son, Stuart; a daugh-
ter, Kathy; her mother,
Mrs. Harry (Toby) Goldfarb;
two brothers, Charles B.
Goldfarb and Irwin L.
Goldfarb.