THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS A Falasha Prayer • Do not separate me, 0 Lord, from the chosen, From the joy, from the light, from the splendor. Let me see, 0 Lord, the light of Israel, And let me listen to the words of the just while they speak about the Law. To teach fear of thee, 0 Lord, King forever. Thou art blessed, 0 Lord, be merciful to me. By day be Thou my shepherd, and my guardian at night. When I walk be my guide, when I sit be my guardian. When I call Thee keep thou not silent. I love Thee, hate me not; I have confidence in Thee, ABANDON ME NOT. From Falasha Anthology by Wolf Leslau, Yale Uni- versity Press. Refugee 13111 Becomes Law • WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter has signed into law legislation which establishes a comprehen- sive policy for the admission of refugees to the United States and for the provision of effective resettlement as- sistance after their arrival. Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Subcom- mittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International .0, Law, who introduced the legislation with Rep. Peter Rodino (D-N.J.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that the bill "mandates equity in our treatment of all refugees; it brings us into conformity with our in- ternational legal obliga- tions; it provides set proce- dures for admission; and it creates a more effective and less costly method of reset- tlement." The Congresswoman added: "Despite our humanitarian concern for those fleeing persecution, the United States has up to this time had no overall pol- icy to respond to refugee situations as they have ari- sen. This has not only caused inordinate delays in admissions and led to great human suffering on the part of the refugees themselves, but has made long range planning by states and vol- untary agencies involved in the resettlement process difficult. This bill resolves these problems." The American Jewish Committee hailed the bill, known as the Refugee Act of 1980, which was signed by Carter last week. Bertram Gold, AJCommittee execu- tive vice president, pointed to several features of the legislation that were par- ticularly welcome to the AJCommittee: • The broadening of the definition of the term "refu- gee" so that it applies no longer just to persons from 2ommunist nations or the Middle East but to all per- sons outside their native countries "who would face persecution because of race, religion, nationality, mem- bership in a particular so- cial group or for holding particular political opin- ions." Gold added that this new definition of refugees, which now includes persons in their own countries whom the U.S. President specified as subject to op- pression, would be helpful to Jews, who "have often found themselves in this - condition with small pros- pects of relief." • The section of the law that excludes men and women "who have perse- cuted others" from coming under its provisions. "This prevents, among others, Nazi war criminals from taking advantage of its pro- visions," Gold pointed out. • The increase in the number of refugees to be allowed into the U.S. each year for the next three fiscal years from 17,400 to 50,000, along with provisions to allow the President, "after carefully defined steps for consultation with Con- gress," to augment this number in case of emergen- cies. • The setting up for the first time of permanent machinery and procedures for administering resettle- ment program for refugees and defining their legal status. Egypt Approves Israeli Project Near Port Said JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Anwar Sadat has accepted in principle an Is- raeli plan for land reclama- tion and irrigation of some 250,000 acres in an area south of Pori Said, Agricul- ture Minister Ariel Sharon reportedly told the Knesset Finance Committee. Israel Radio reported that Sadat would shortly sign the project which was worked out as a joint Egyptian-Israeli venture. Six Israeli engineers took part in the preparation work for the project. It was initiated by an Israeli busi- nessman, Shaul Eisenberg. He is scheduled to meet within the next few days with Egyptian leaders on this project, and possibly with Sadat. Premier Mustapha Khalil of Egypt said in an interview in Haaretz that he regards the Eisenberg project as a precedent for further mutual investment projects. Friday, March 28 1980 11 , Jews and the Presidency By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) I think one reason Jews don't run for President is that they just don't like to run. I remember mother used to always say to me in Yiddish "Lafe nit" (Don't run). The Israeli Jews seem a little different. They don't mind being president but even there they don't dis- play any over eagerness for the job. When the Jewish state was established, Ben-Gurion came to America and tried to get Einstein to accept the job, but he refused. When Ben-Zvi was president, one day he was standing by the window and saw a friend of his who told him he was going to the li- brary. "Wait a minute, I'll go with you," he said. He grabbed his hat and had no sooner stepped out of the house than several secret service men followed him. Ben-Zvi was indignant. "Why are they following me?" he demanded "Do they think I will run away?" Yitzhak Navon, the pre- sent president, warned the people when he was chosen not to come complaining to him. They were to re- member, he said, that he did not seek the job. I believe an Israeli might get elected President of the United States if it was con- stitutional for him to run. Take Moshe Dayan, for in- stance. He had the same qualifications as George Washington. Washington was primarily a farmer, Rabbis Lash Pesach Prices in New York NEW YORK (JTA) — The Rabbinical Alliance of America, an Orthodox group, declared last week that "unscrupulous storekeepers" were charg- ing "exorbitant prices" for Passover foods and urged Jewish housewives to warn such food merchants they would stop patronizing them both for Passover and year-around products if they continued "these un- Jewish and unkosher prac- tices." In a related. statement, New York Governor Hugh Carey declared that the state's Kosher Law Enforcement Division was strictly enforcing state kosher-for-Passover food labeling laws. He said the state has the nation's largest market for Passover products, with an estimated one million consumers of Pesach Musical kosher products. NEW YORK — "The The Rabbinical Alliance Haggada," a musical by statement was made by its composer Elizabeth president,. Rabbi Abraham Swados, opened in New Hecht, who issued "a stern York yesterday. The show warning" to food merchants employs music, dance, selling Passover products to drama, masks and six-foot "desist" from the practice shadow puppets that depict, "of raising the prices" of among other things, the 10 such products to "exagger- plagues. ated" levels. then a soldier. So was Dayan. I also think the late Golda Meir might have been elected in America. In Is- rael, she was always called • simply Golda, never by her last name. That shows she had the popular appeal, like Lincoln, whom people just called Abe. These little things are very important in running for office. Take Daniel Webster or Henry Clay. They were tremendous historical figures, but they never became President. They lacked some of the little things. There is of course the element of prejudice against minorities which the Jewish candidate would have to face. When Disraeli ran for Parliament, he asked one man for his sup- port. "I would vote for the Devil rather than for you," the voter said to him. "But if your friend is not a candidate," replied Dis- raeli, "may I count on your support?" Yet Disraeli was elected and in fact became prime minister of the British Em- pire. Catholics are also subject to prejudice. Al Smith, the first Catholic to be nomi- nated for President, lost out, but later Kennedy was to prove that a Catholic could be elected. Prejudice is really not as formidable a thing as it may appear at first sight. Some years back, a Jew in Wisconsin was a can- didate for state treasurer and there was much whispering against him. So what did he do? He made that the issue. In his speeches around the state he would say, "You know I am a Jew and you know how stingy Jews are. 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