Friday, August 22, 1980 5 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS U.S. 'Investigates' Monday's IDF Premptive Strike in Lebanon (Continued from Page 1) fortress west of the Litani from which the terrorists control the Marjayoun Val- ley. The 11th Century for- tress, which is the central military position of the ter- rorists in the area, was re- portedly badly damaged in aerial attack. The at- k was launched after r-LO artillery inside the castle exchanged fire with Christian militia in south Lebanon. The Israeli raid on Mon- day was responsible for the destruction of large amounts of terrorist weapons, including a bat- tery of four artillery pieces and six mortars. Also destroyed were 26 bunkers and a terrorist command post near Beaufort Castle. The old Crusader castle, some 2,100 feet above sea level, dominates the -terrain of southern Lebanon and has been a terrorist stronghold since 1978. Joining Eitan near the border 'during the opera- tions were Prime Minister Menahem Begin and sev- eral high-ranking Defense Ministry officials and IDF officers. Foreign press - re- ports said PLO chief Yasir Arafat went to the scene of the fighting early Tuesday morning. Gen. Eitan said most of the Israeli • casualties oc- curred during close-range, house-to-house fighting. In one instance, a house marked for demolition by the IDF was spared when an officer heard women's voices inside. Meanwhile the three Is- raeli soldiers who were kil- led were buried Wednesday PARTY-WEDDING-BRIDESMAID-BAR MITZVA LONG and SHORT DRESSES 1/2 OFF 1199 GROUP S99 GROUP $59 GROUP '99 $49 '29 PETITE-MISSES-EXTRA LARGE SIZES SHANDELS 154 SOUTH WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM * MI 2-4150 with full military honors. Funeral services took place at the Natanya Cemetery for Capt. Meir Knisbah, 23; at the Kibutz Kfar Menahem Cemetery for Sgt. Guy Shalev; and at the Tel Aviv Military Cemetery for Capt. Yossi Oved, 22. In Washington, State De- partment spokesman Pas- sage commented on the raid: "We are deeply con- cerned by rising tensions By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) In a decision described by legal experts as the first of its kind, the Appellate Di- vision of the New York State Supreme Court has ruled that a separation agreement between parents which provides that their child must be reared as an Orthodox Jew is enforceable in accordance with its terms and that a breach of those terms can be the basis for a change in custody. The mother had been given custody of the child, a boy, and the agreement specified particular schools, camp and a kosher diet for the child. Nathan Lewin of Wash- ington and Steven Thal of Manhattan successfully re- presented the father in the appeal. According to the Ap- pellate Division ruling, handed down July 3, the parents, both Hasidic Jews, were married in 1971 and the son was born to them in 1973. After differences de- veloped between the par- ents, a separation agree- ment was reached, which gave custody of the child to the mother, then less than two years old. Cus- tody of minor children is normally awarded to the mother in separation cases. After a Jewish divorce (Get) was agreed to, a civil divorce judgment was ob- tained in 1975, which in- cluded the separation agreement which provided Now at StevePet0( ZERO NECKBAND SHIRTS 100% Cotton 31455 Southfield Road (between 13 & 14 Mile) Phone: 645-5560 Open 9-6 daily (to 5:30 Sat.) 9-9 Thurs • • gtexeVa% X X e that violation of the reli- gious upbringing provisions could result in transfer of custody of the boy to his father. According to the court findings, the mother, after a time, abandoned obser- vance of the ritual and other aspects of Orthodox tradi- tion, discarding the Jewish dietary laws and otherwise ceasing to comply with the religious requirements pro- visions of the separation agreement. In August 1978, the father petitioned for cus- tody based on claims of breach of the separation agreement. After a trial, the lower court dismissed the father's petition. The lower court held that, while the mother was not adhering to the specific rituals of Or- thodox Judaism as re- quired by the separation ac- cord, the child was being raised as a Jew and that there was no evidence. of "potential harm" in the fact that the child was not re- ceiving an Orthodox Jewish education. The lower court also ruled -that, despite the terms of the separation agreement, there was jus- tification for changing custody for reasons of religion, "only if the child's condition with his mother was so bad as to seriously affect his health or morale." In reversing the lower court, the Appeals Court held that the fact that the child was being raised as a nominal Jew did not settle the issue because the ruling ignored the father's conten- tion that the mother had failed to abide by the reli- gious provisions of the sep- aration agreement. The higher court also Awards Dinner Solid & Stripes from $27.50 Long Sleeves LLoTrilE • . tions Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from whom the PLO has been re- ported to be getting weapons which are used in attacking Israel and whether Israel's raid was impugning the integrity of the state of Lebanon or at- tacking "a state within a state" in Lebanon. He said that the U.S. is looking into the circumstances of the raid. In Beirut, however, the Appeals Court Upholds Parents' Agreement on Orthodox Upbringing in Custody Battle x x xx xx x x xx xx xx x xxx x xxxxxxxx)o z x ... and we call on all parties to act with restraint." Asked if the parties include Major Saad Haddad, the leader of the Christian militia in south Lebanon, Passage re- plied in the affirmative. He did not mention the Pales- tine Liberation Organiza- tion in this context. Regarding the investiga- tion into Israel's use of U.S. arms, Passage was asked if it includes investigating the activities of the United Na- ample parking/credit cards accepted X XXXXX)(XXX)(XXXXXXXXX>O