14 Friday, May 30, 1980 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Journalist St. John Will Receive U.S. Jewish. Publishers Award WASHINGTON — The American Jewish Press Association will preSent its Golda Meir Award to jour- nalist Robert St. John dur- ing its three-day convention in Washington, June 11-13. ,ese‘■ )e,\\G\A-c liklqi‘ c op\ -5‘3\ ssi • ROBERT ST. JOHN The presentation will be only the second time the AJPA has granted the award, according to AJPA president Frank Wundohl, LAWN SPRINKLER REPAIRS NORTHLAND LAWN SPRINKLING RON BLOCK 355-3391 (home) 559-5980 (office) 's" 11111111111111111111 snisiesso ABE CHEROW SAYS: MICHIGAN'S LARGEST UPHOLSTERING FIRM IS ARTISTIC. THAT'S BECAUSE WE BUILD BETTER FURNITURE FOR SO MUCH LESS. Call Me. ARTISTIC UPHOLSTERERS INC. 5755 SCHAEFER RD. (1 block North of Ford Rd.) Dearborn LU 4-5900 Open Daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • ABE CHEROW, President CALL LU 45900 editor of the Jewish Expo- nent of Philadelphia. The award was first presented in 1976 to Si Kenen of Near East Report and the America Israel Public Af- fairs Committee. The citation cites St. John for his "lifetime love affair with Israel." He has visited the country 29 times, covered all of its wars, and written more than two dozen books, including _ biographies of David Ben- Gurion, Abba Eban and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the father of modern Hebrew. A gentile, St. John has spoken on numerous oc- casions on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal and Israel Bonds. During the three-day meetings the AJPA will meet with Congressional leaders. Speakers at its meetings will include Herschel Blumberg, na- tional chairman of the UJA; Israel Minister of Informa- tion Zvi Brosh; Morris Amitay of AIPAC; Max Kampelman of the Anti- Defamation League; Bnai Brith President Jack J. Spitzer, Dan Leon of the World Zionist Organization and Dr. Howard Lenhoff of the American Association for Ethiopian Jewry. St. John will _receive his award at the June 12 dinner. Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Evron will speak. A June 13 panel discus- sion will focus on the Middle East. Participants include Joseph Polakoff, Washing- ton bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency; Barry Schweid of the Associated Press; Si Kenen; Bernard and Mar- vin Kalb of CBS; Wolf Blitzer, Washington corre- spondent for the Jerusalem Post; and a number of Is- raeli journalists. Joe Slatkin's DEXTER CHEVROLET 45 Years Of - Dependable Sales & Service For The Best Deals On New and Used Cars Stop In At Joe Slatkin's DEXTER CHEVROLET 20811 W. 8 Mile between Southfield & Telegraph Rd. Adjoining the city of Southfield 534-1400 Yeshiva Iranian Jews Jailed, Probed New NEW YORK — Yeshivath Bnai Akiva Countrymen in Paris Report opened its 32nd school re- PARIS (JTA) — A number of Iranian Jews were arrested last week and others have been called in to the Teheran police head- quarters on_ various trumped-up investigations, according to Iranian resi- dents in Paris. Certain Iranian sources in Paris say that according to mail received from their families and friends still in Teheran, more than 100 Jews are currently in prison on a variety of charges, mainly for alleged illegal economic activities or for spreading "Zionist prop- aganda." These sources say that many Jews are moving out of their homes and staying with Moslem friends to avoid interrogation and possible arrest. Others are waiting for visas to leave the country. Two Jews, the Daniel- pour brothers, were last month sentenced to death by an Islamic tri- bunal, but were finally pardoned after various international organiza- tions intervened on their behalf. A French weekly `V.S.D., " reports, on the other hand, that a large number of Ira- nian Jews have returned to their former homes" over Orthodox - Elect- Rabbi Feinstein NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada for the past 12 years, was unanimously re-elected to another term at the organ- ization's annual conven- tion. In his address to the several hundred delegates and visiting rabbis Feins- tein stressed the need for Jewish education to make the Jewish people aware of the vital role of Torah and halakha in their daily lives. Congressmen Oppose Sale WASHINGTON — Con- gressmen William M. Brodhead (D-17th District) and William S. Broomfield (R-19th District) have gone on -record opposing the pro- posed sale of U.S. engines to power Iraqi naval frigates. Broomfield, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Brodhead signed a let- ter to President Carter that the U.S. cannot "acquiese to Iraq's support for interna- tional terrorism" by selling Iraq military equipment. Author Cited By Magazine NEW YORK — Author - journalist Charles R. Allen, Jr., received the Joseph Shachnow Award at the "Jewish Currents" annual dinner May 4, "for distin- guished contributions as a writer" to Jewish Currents Magazine. the last few weeks. The French paper, quot- ing Western diplomatic cir- cles in Teheran, says that most of these Jews are ar- riving from Israel where they had fled to after the Is- lamic revolution. According to V.S.D., they seem to be bringing with them the funds they had sent abroad at the time. cently in Even Shmual, Is- rael. 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