THE JEWISH NEWS USPS 275 520) Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $15 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 10th day of lyar, 5740, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 16:1-20:27. Prophetical portion, Amos 9:7-15. Candle lighting, Friday, April 25, 7:06 p.m. VOL. LXXVII, No. 8 Page Four Friday, April 25, 1980 A NOBEL PRIZE FOR RAOUL Raoul Wallenberg: Holy Man, Saint, Hero, Fearless Libertarian! These are some of the titles that have been appended to the name of the Swedish Christian emissary to Hungary, in the final years of World War II, by those who knew of the heroic tasks performed by him, in the process of which he rescued tens of thousands of Jews from Nazi crematoria. In 1949, Dr. Albert Einstein nominated Wal- lenberg for the Nobel Peace Prize. It was an unsuccessful presentation of the name of one of the greatest heroes of the cruel war. Now, therefore, let the nomination be re- newed. In the present tasks, conducted interna- tionally to secure Wallenberg's release from Russian imprisonment, the most appropriate means of inspiring these efforts would be recog- nition accorded him in the form of the Nobel Peace Prize. Perhaps there is not sufficient knowledge of the magnitude of the Wallenberg heroism in his defiance of the Nazis while he was preventing Jews from being taken to the ovens in Au- schwitz and other death camps in which the Six Million perished. While much is now being written about Wallenberg, there was one early article about him which pinpointed the fear- lessness ofi this rescuer of Jews in Hungary. In the 1961 issue of Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, G.B. Freed authored a 25-page article entitled "Humanitarianism versus Totalitarianism: The Strange Case of Raoul Wallenberg." It is a revealing statement in which Freed told in some detail how Wallenberg operated, stating in part: "Wallenberg exploited the confusion of the authorities with great diplomatic skill. Courageous and calm, he did not refrain from using intimidation, bluff, and bribery in the interest of his proteges. Alerted in time by his co-workers who patroled the roads leading out from the Hungarian capital, he personally saved many deportees in railway stations and along the highways at the last minute, when the transports were about to leave. Occasionally, his co-workers — dressed in SS or Hungarian uniforms and armed with guns — succeeded in bringing out arrested persons from jail. "Small wonder that Wallenber'g name soon became legendary. The Nazis tried to entrap and kill him several times, yet Wallenberg managed to escape all ambushes. He kept his organization together even after Oct. 15, 1944, when the most extreme group of Hungarian fas- cists, Szalasi's 'Arrow Cross' band, succeeded in taking over the government by coup d'etat." Thanks to the efforts of many of the survivors who owe their lives to Raoul Wallenberg, and especially to Dr. Thomas and Annette Lantos of San Francisco, the Wallenberg cause has been revived. It is to be hoped that the conference to be convened in early May in Stockholm will additionally spearhead the labors being exerted to rescue the hero who was imprisoned by the Russian liberators of Hungary for unexplain- able reasons. The least that can be done to honor the name of the man who truly acted as a Saint as well as Hero is to award him the Nobel Peace Prize. Let this become a major undertaking for all lovers of justice. DR. BONNER'S MESSAGE Amidst disputes over autonomy for Arabs in Israel's administered territories and the ques- tion of settlements, the president of Wayne State University, Dr. Thomas Bonner, deliv- ered a message which emphasized the posotive aspects of neighborliness. At a most impressive celebation of the first anniversary of the signing of the peace pact by Egypt and Israel, sponsored by the Jewish Na- tional Fund Council of Detroit, Dr. Bonner de- scribed the progress in what had been an under- developed country that has now grown into a cultural paradise. It was in this fashion that Dr. Bonner, whose informative and inspiring ad- dress is reprinted in some measure in this issue, pointed to the value of cooperative efforts which can advance all peoples working together in harmony. By emphasizing the creative and the positive, Dr. Bonner has brought a message to be emu- lated in efforts to avoid conflicts between peoples and nations. SUPERB POLITICAL GUIDE America Israel Public Affairs Committee, recognized on a national scale as the interpreter of political developments relating to Israel, and its official organ, Near East Report, are earning - additional merit with the publication of a spe- cial supplement to its weekly news analysis of an eight-page "1980 Presidential Candidate Survey. ,, This collection of authoritative data assumes importance for all who are concerned that the foreign affairs policies should be treated with seriousness and candidates seeking high official posts should be judged by their attitudes on the issues that will have significance in the oncom- ing Presidential election. In the same sense that Motherhood and Pa- triotism are customarily treated by candidates for the Presidency, the Middle East issues will be utilized to gain voting strength:The sincer- ity of candidates must be judged by the state- ments of the candidates themselves, and in this sense the Near East Report and its new supple- ment on the candidates emerges as a valuable study of the roles played by the candidates of both political parties. For the voter seeking the facts, wishing to learn about the candidates' abilities at policy- inaking, the AIPAC-Near East Report survey is a blessing. The surveyers have earned apprecia- tion for their contribution to the American political scene. The Sabbath as the Bulwark of Strength for the Jews Without the Sabbath the power of resisting the threat of a col- lapse for the Jewish spirit would vanish. It is the Sabbath that gives sustenance and dignity to the Jew. The values of the Sabbath spirit are recounted in a most impres- sive book for the youth which has equal value for the elders. In "The Seventh Day: the Story of the Jewish Sabbath" (Double- day) Miriam Chaikin brings the message of the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar to her readers with a spirit of devotion. Only Yom Kippur, the Sabbath of Sabbaths, is more sacred. Her splendidly narrated story of the Sabbath is impressively illustrated by David Frampton. As a dedicatory message, Miriam Chaikin introduces her subject as follows: `Rather than being a time of deprivation, of doing without, the Sabbath is for observant Jews the most joyous holiday of all and a time for celebration. The cares of daily life are set aside and a new, spiritual life is entered into as they keep this covenant with the Lord and praise creation. For them, the Sabbath is the queen of days and they, rich and poor alike, are king." Ms. Chaikin is traditional in her text in which she incorporates the legendary and the factual. She concludes with emphasis on the covenant embodied in the Sabbath theme, thus: "The Sabbath . . . has been kept as a sign between the Israelites and the Lord for thousands of years. And the words of the Lord, saying, 'Whosoever keeps the covenant shall be My treasure, for all the world is Mine,' those words are lived by the men and women who keep the covenant, for as they rest on the Sabbath, their senses quicken to the marvels that the earth puts forth, which are good to eat, and fragrant, and pleasing to behold, and to the sun that warms from above, and to the bird that offers up its song, and they experience a portion of the delights of the garden of long ago. "As Moses had instructed, the Sabbath has been taught, and the covenant is kept as a sign between the Israelites and the Lord." The Children of Helm' Helm is a town in Poland whose people have been used as symbols of foolishness. In actuality this is not so. The Jews there were, h- the Holocaust, annihilated and their town-didn't mind being u. media for humor. The memory of Helm is kept alive in stories for children. In "The Children of Helm (Bonim Books of Hebrew Publishing Co.), David A. Adler relates some of the foolishness. He tells about the desire to keep the snow beautiful and prevent school children from stepping into it. Instead parents carried the children home, only to discover their own footsteps. The building of a new school required carrying stones from a hill. When an easier way, that of rolling them down was suggested, the Helmer carried the stones back to the hill to roll them down. Then there was the problem of washing without being chilled by cold water. It was decided to do it the dry way. But how can you then wipe yourself, the question was posed. Such was the foolishness that provided means of laughing at oneself and it became a symbol of Helm humor. "The Children of Helm" is appropriately and well illustrated by Arthur Friedman.