THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
22 Friday, May 16, 1980
Kahane Party
Ban Is Urged
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
resolution to ban Rabbi
Meir Kahane's ultra-
nationalist "Kach" move-
ment was sent to the Knes-
set's Foreign Affairs and
Security Committee after
the Knesset unanimously
condemned the group and
its leader.
Kahane, who founded the
Jewish Defense League in
the U.S. in Israel for haras-
sing Arabs during the
1960s, has been arrested a
number of times.
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Energy-Efficient Buildings
HAIFA — Research by
Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology engineers may
radically alter our concep-
tion of how to build homes
and offices.
"Until now, we have been
thinking in the direction of
repairing the present de-
sign of buildings, in order to
make them more energy ef-
ficient," explains Dr. Eliahu
Ne'eman, an electrical
engineer specializing in the
use of solar radiation in the
building environment, who
is on the staff of Technion's
Department of Architecture
and Town Planning.
"We must rethink what
the characteristics of the
`solar shell' or 'building
envelope' should be and find
optimal solutions for overall
energy balance. We are
working on a long-term
project, and we are think-
ing, possibly, of a complete
change in what we now call
the outer building shell," he
said.
"The energy crisis re-
quires us to get the
maximum of free energy
and to use a minimum of
exhaustible energy," ex-
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A Master's Hand
By THOMAS EYLES
Manchester, England
There's rhythm and rhyme and reason
in everything God has planned;
The joyfull work of a genius with
a touch of a master's hand!
Do the world's small problems trouble you?
Earth's trials cause you pain?
Let God arise within your heart
Let life begin again!
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
Liberal Party took a sharp
shift to the right at its fifth
convention last week which
enced a new leadership
structure dominated by
Energy Minister Yitzhak
Modai. Modai . emerged as
chairman of the Presidium,
a newly created post which
has become the party's
power base.
Veteran leader Simha
Ehrlich, the deputy prime
minister, retainedthe party
chairmanship but that
office has been stripped of
all authoritative functions.
Minister-Without-Portfolio
Moshe Nissim was elected
chairman of the Executive,
a post of less authority than
Modai's.
Leon Dulzin, chairman of
the Jewish Agency and
World Zionist Organization
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at present. However, "with
the rise in price of fuel and
constant drop in oil re-
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for the top spot in the party.
He removed himself from
contention for chairman-
ship after the post was
stripped of its power.
Leaves, Branches
Fill Sanctuary
on Shavuot
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
Some synagogues observe
the practice of decorating
the sanctuary with green
leaves or branches on
Shavuot.
This practice reminds the
worshippers of a strange
miracle that occurred in the
environment at Mount
Sinai when the Torah was
given. The mountain was
located in a bleak wilder-
ness where there was very
little cultivated grass.
When the time for Revela-
tion came close (i.e., the
time we celebrate as
Shavuot) the mountainside
suddenly became green and
appeared to be well culti-
vated.
This was a symbol of the
contention that Torah can
turn a little cultured person
into a fertile source of learn-
ing if he would dedicate
himself to the work of God.
Others claim that the
green decorations indi-
cate that Jewish learning
has to be cultivated and
developed in order to be
effective as a tool for the
spiritual advancement of
the Jewish people. The
Torah has often been
compared to a "Tree of
Life" for this very same
reason.
A tree requires planting,
pruning and care; so does a
Jew and his Torah.
Boris Smolar's
`Between You
• • . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
ILLEGAL ARABS IN U.S.: There are today about
two million Christian and Moslem Arabs in the United
States, according to government estimates. Arab publica-
tions in the U.S. speak of three million Arabs in this coun-
try. Only 15 years ago the entire Arab population in the
U.S. was estimated to be about 250,000 persons.
Where did this tremendous jump come from?
The largest part of the Arab population is composed til
illegal immigrants. They entered this country as students,
tourists and visiting businessmen, and never left. They
received their limited visas from the American consulate in
Saudi Arabia — where large numbers of Arabs from Pales-
tine are working as laborers — from Iraq and other Arab
countries where they were admitted on a temporary basis,
and even from the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem. Many
Arabs living in Israel had only to cross the Allenby Bridge
into Jordan to get U.S. temporary visas from the American
consulate in Amman.
Not all Arabs who swelled the Arab population in this
country during the last 15 years are Palestinians. There
are among the illegal Arab immigrants also a substantial
number who carry genuine passports of recognized Arab
countries. The latter came here by the thousands on stu-
dent visas and as visitors who are looking for business
connections with Americans. Among them there is also a
large proportion of Palestine Arabs who managed to find a
way to secure passports from Arab countries even though
they are only residents and not citizens of these countries.
Palestine Arabs are considered throughout the world
as "refugees." The issue of "Palestine refugees" dominates
the United Nations. The press in this country and in other
countries speaks of them as "Palestine refugees." However,
Arabs from Palestine who live now in large numbers in
other Moslem countries, do not consider themselves "refu-
gees." Under the influence of the Palestine Liberation
Organization, they speak of themselves as "Palestinians."
They insist on being classified as Palestinian&
This takes them in a way out of the category of refugees
who are entitled to American visas as the U.S. government
interprets the term "refugee." They were not driven out
from Palestine; they left the country at their own initiative.
THE NEW REFUGEE LAW: The New Refugee Act
of 1980, passed by Congress and signed into law by
President Carter on March 17, changes the definition of the
term "refugee." It significantly broadens the criteria for
designating refugees. It may open a new avenue for Arabs
seeking to enter the U.S. as refugees.
The new legislation leaves it, however, to the
President to specify who could qualify as a refugee. One key
provision of the new law increases the number of regular
flow of refugees allowed to enter this country from the
current total of 17,000 to 50,000 for the fiscal years of 1980,
1981 and 1982. The new legislation continues the provision
of the previous law giving the authority to the Attorney
General to issue Iparole visas" to more than 17,000 refu-
gees into the U.S., if special circumstances made this pro-
cedure necessary.
However, it transfers the parole authority from the
Atorney General to the President, and outlines a detailed
procedure for consultation with Congress before it can be-
come operative.
INDICATIONS IN WASHINGTON: Jewish leaders
are welcoming the new law which establishes a com-
prehensive policy for the admission of refugees and for
effective government aid in their resettlement in this coun-
try.
Sosin, Tinnman to Perforii
at Jr. Div. Election Meeting
Performances
by
humorist Max Sosin and
Hasidic and modern dancer
Michael Tinnman will high-
light the 42nd annual meet-
ing of the Jewish Welfare
Federation's Junior Divi-
sion 7:30 p.m. June 10 in the
LaMed Auditorium of
United Hebrew Schools.
Also on the agenda are
the annual report of outgo-
ing president Kenneth J.
Safran and the election of
officers and board members
for the coming year.
The report of the
nominating committee was
sent out with the inv
tions to the meeting. Au--
tional nominations for di-
rectors may be made by pet-
itions signed by 10 division
members and filed in the di-
vision office by June 3. All
contributors to the 1980
Allied Jewish Campaign _ -
Israel Emergency Fund
through the Junior Division
are eligible to vote.
Reservations are re-
quired for the meeting, and
there is a charge for re-
freshments. For informa-
tion, call Lillian Bernstein,
division director, 965-3939.