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 DREW LIEBERWITZ Associate News Editor Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 18th day of Elul, 5740, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 60:1-22. Candle lighting, Friday, Aug. 29, 7:53 p.m. VOL. LXXVII, No. 26 Page Four Friday, August 29, 1980 JERUSALEM AS UNIFIER Jerusalem's Mayor Teddy Kollek gave em- phasis, in his discussion of Jerusalem's status, to the fact that Jews always constituted a major- ity in Jerusalem. This is not to be overlooked by anyone, and Jews certainly should keep it in view. Facts are facts and figures established for the past century are not disputable. The basic facts, providing emphasis for this contention, are provided in these figures: explanatory. They are not Jewish sources. They are based on studies conducted by non-Jews. To speak, therefore, of Jerusalem as an Arab city is to impose a myth upon the gullible. True, Jerusalem is a site for Moslem and Christian holy places, and these are under Israel's princi- ples of religious freedom for all, as sites under fullest protection. World Jewry is united on the insistence that JERUSALEM'S POPULATION Jerusalem remain undivided and untouched as Year Jews Moslems Christians (Source) Israel's capital. There is unity on this point. The 1844 7,120 5,000 3,390 Encyclopaedia Jewish religious movements in this country Britannica, quoting have combined their forces to ask for a massive Turkish census. religious demonstration to dramatize the im- 1876 12,000 The Living Guide 7,560 5,470 portance of these claims. Indicator de la Terre-Sainte This is an emergence of sentiment that united (France — 1876) all Jews. It is not often that Orthodox, Conser- 1896 28,112 8,560 8,748 Canendar of vative and Reform act in unison. Palestine (1895-1896) What may have been an unwise resolution, 1922 33,971 13,413 14,699 Report and General dealing with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Abstracts of the because such status has been established and is Census of 1922 by no longer debatable, has no effect on the unity British Mandate ascertained by Jerusalem. Because it also un- (Jerusalem, ifies Jewry, it adds to the status of the Holy City. Government Printer, 1922) The quoted figures need re-emphasis. The unity 1931 51,222 19,894 19,335 E. Mills, Census of for Jerusalem adds to its dignity. Palestine 1931 The two words most popular in Jewish usage, (Jerusalem, 1932) 1948 • Z. Vilnay, 100,000 40,000 25,000 appearing most often in Scripture and-prayer, Jerusalem — are Peace and Jersalem. These-are inerasable The Old City (1962) from memory and practice. These unify Jews in 1967 195,700 54,963 12,646 Israel Central all lands, regardless of differences and religious Bureau of Statistics practices or social and political views and aspi- 1970 215,000 61,600 11,500 Jerusalem rations. The "Next Year in Jersalem" affirma- Municipality 1977 272,000 97,000 10,000 Jerusalem tion has been in Jewish thought and declaration Municipality through the centuries. It is a guideline that The sources given for these figures are self- predominates and is never ignored. - THE GLOBAL ENMITIES With all the hopes for peace and an end to hatreds, there is little to spell amity for Israel. Those massed to destroy the nation and its sovereignty keep threatening her borders and often compel retaliation. That's what happened last week on the Lebanese border. In the international arena, new weapons are constantly being forged to attain the goal of Israel's destruction, and the European commu- nity now is a partner with the Soviet and Arab blocs in undermining Israel's rights as a sover- eign state. Occasionally, a fair-minded politician will as- sert the truth — that Israel is a sovereign state and has a right to choose her capital city. But when there is an opportunity to contribute toward Israel's destruction, basic rights appar- ently do not count. That's what happened again at the United Nations, the Security Council voting to con- demn Israel for sanctifying her capital city and for the determination not to permit interference with such an elementary right. The United States might have vetoed the resolution. Israel's best friend merely abstained. But the U.S. Sedretary of State spoke out rebukingly against the actions of a combine that includes the nations of the world. At least Israel has one good friend in the lair of haters. The difficulties are apparent. Whatever help will be given Israel will be credited to the U.S. Presidential campaign. Wouldn't the enemies and the biased in the media find other excuses if they served the purpose of harming Israel? That's the world Jews live in and Israel is com- pelled to accept as a battleground for her exist- ence. MIS SING VETO Secretary of State Edniund Muskie's con- demnation of the most recent anti-Israel resolu- tion adopted by the UN Security Council by a 14-to-0 vote was the best indication that the United States should have vetoed the dis- criminatory propOsal. This is a factual judgment. Senator Carl Le- vin's criticism and his protest addressed to President Carter are among the most serious indications of the failure of the U.S. to act firmly in matters assuring Israel's just right, as a sov- ereign state, to choose her capital. Further- more, the ineptitude fails to indicate that reli- gious freedom was an assurance provided by Israel. A negation of it could mean a return to the indignities that were imposed on mankind when, under Jordanian rule, Jews were barred from the Holy City, Christian groups were op- pressed and forced into fratricidal confronta- tions and the Jewish City of Peace — Jerusalem was turned into a spiritual battleground. The American action at the UN Security Council was an inexcusable blunder. — Dr. Bettelheim's 'Surviving' Issued as a Paperback Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, the eminent child psychologist, who has written extensively on the Holocaust and the Nazi horrors, himself having survived the Hitler terror, incorporated much of his experi- ence in "Surviving," first published as a hard cover book by Alfred Knopf in 1979, now reappearing as a paperback issued by Vintage Books, a division of Random House. In "Surviving," Dr. Bettelheim dealt with the effects of the Nazi brutalities on the survivors. There were ignored lessons in the Anne Frank case, and Dr. Bettelheim deals with it in his latest work. He concerned himselfwith the role of Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi brutalities and a variety of other subjects. "Surviving" was first extensively reviewed by Dr. Peter Martin in the June 22, 1979, issue of The Detroit Jewish News. Among the comments on the book by Dr. Martin are the assertions: "Bettelheim uses two creative writers, themselves survivors, who search for meaning of these terrible events. Their poetic artistry paints the picture vividly. We can include Bettelheim himself among the creative writers. He writes beautifully, as illustrated in these ess ays and by his previous book, The Uses of Enchantment,' which won the National Book Award and the National Book Critic's Circle Award in 1977." Illustrated Art Calendar Features Notable Collection This is the season for the publication of artistic Jewish calendars for the year 5741. Holt, Rinehart and Winston beat the -gun in calendar-publishing by issuing "The Illustrated Jewish Heritage Desk Calendar 1981." Anticipating the gift seasons, even if Hanuka is several months away, the publishers have compiled a desk calendar, with all its qualifications, containing illuminated writings and gious artifacts in illustrations of ancient and modern origin. But the publishers also made certain that the Hanuka opportu- nity is not missed and the calendar commences with December 1980. The illustrations are from museum collections in Jerusalem. Pertinent quotations from Jewish leaders, Bible and Talmud lore, Mishna and Maimonides also are included in more than a score of pages of this desk calendar. The multicolored illustrations include an 1844 Jerusalem mar- riage contract, a Galician 19th Century document, a Megillat Esther Yemenite parchment scroll, a 19th Century Yosef Hayyim Abulafia- title page for a booklet for the counting of the Omer, 18th Century Elijah's chair for circumcision, an 1815 candelabrum of a Turkish prayer book, and several others of notable significance. Jewish Issue in Politics A new trend is in evidence in Jewish magazines and in a number of books published on the eve of the 1980 Presidential election. The attitude toward President Jimmy Carter and the policies pursued by his dealings with Israel are given special consideration. A major essay on the subject is included in a special issue of the New Leader. "Carter and the Jews" is a subject treated as a dilemma in a 23-page article in this special issue by Cynthia Ozick.