12 Friday, September 19, 1980

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Prayer Overruled

RALEIGH, N.C. — A fed-
eral appeals court has ruled
that the state of North
Carolina must remove a
"Motorist's Prayer" which
has appeared on the state's
official road map for 16
years.
The cour ruled the prayer
violated the Constutional
separation of church and
state.
Governor Jim Hunt said
he likes the prayer and
wants to appeal the ruling
in a case brought by the
American Civil Liberties
Union.

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`Veterans of Survival' Stake
Claim in Galilee Settlements

By YEHONATHAN
TOMMER

Jewish National Fund

—
JERUSALEM
Mehmanim and Kamon are
two small "mitzpim," or set-
tlement outposts, estab-
lished opposite the suc-
cessful development town of
Carmiel in the . central
Galilee. Each of them nes-
tles on one of two crests
forming Mt. Kamon, 1,600
feet above the Akko-Safed
Road; the former has an
eagle's view of the length of
the biblical olive oil-
producing valley, Bet
Hakerem, and the latter
enjoys a panamoric dis-

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play over Lake Kinneret to
the Arbel.
Mehmanim and Kamon
are but two of the 22 out-
posts already inhabited
since the Jewish National
Fund began blasting roads
and leveling rock ridges for
a total of 28 settlement out-
posts in Galilee's moun-
tainous heartland. These
two outposts form a vital
addition to the Tzalmon
area of Galilee.
A hand-written sign in
Hebrew tied to the bolted
iron gate welcomes the vis-
itor to Mehmanim, asks him
to leave his vehicle outside
on a new dirt road and walk
up through the side gate. A
group of seven prefabri-
cated family homes peep
over the hillock beyond the
gate, each one containing
two bedrooms, a living
room, a bathroom and a
kitchen — all bundled into
1200 square feet and wrap-
ped up under a slanting,
red-tin roof.
In summer, the yellow-
colored walls breath in the
heat, unbroken by the
shadows of atrophied oak
trees covering these ancient
slopes. In winter, the cot-
tages are buffeted by howl-
ing winds and fierce rains
lash out at upturned rocks
and bold escarpments.
The families living here
earn their living from
outside work, for there is
no available land for
farming and industry.
Sheila and Leslie Miller
are one of these seven
families. They were first
to inhabit the outpost six
months ago with the
younger three of their six
children and four prize-
winning show dogs; since

then, they have been

UN Leadership
Served Germany
During the War

UNITED NATIONS —
The two highest-ranking
UN officials participating
in the current General As-
sembly sessions were Ger-
man army officers during
World War II.
Assembly
General
President Rudiger von
Wechmar of West Germany
served in Rommel's Afrika
Korps. He was captured and
was a prisoner of war in the
U.S. Von Wechmar says the
General Assembly
presidency gives him the
chance to demonstrate that
there is a new Germany.
UN Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim of Austria
claims he was conscripted
by the Germans and fought
on the Fussian front. Wal-
dheim displays irritation
when asked about his war-
time experiences.

Leaflets Taken

PARIS (JTA) — Com-
munist security guards for-
cibly confiscated leaflets on
Soviet Jewry which Jewish
activists tried to distribute
Sunday at the French
Communist daily L'Huma-
nite's annual picnic.

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joined by another four
families from different
parts of Israel.
The Millers are veterans
at survival. Newcomers to
Israel from England, in
1965, they lived for the first
18 months in a primitive
absorption center for
university-trained grarl , i-
ates at Lod. From there
moved to Ra'anan, then L.6
Jerusalem and finally to
Carmiel, before moving to
Mehmanim.
The Millers approached
the settlement authorities
as soon as they heard of the
pre-settlement program.
Fired by the idea of con-
tributing to a growing
Jewish population in
Galilee, they asked to join a
settlement close to Carmiel
where Leslie still works.
Sheila, who was active in
Carmiel's community life,
even began organizing
friends and acquaintances
to form a group of settlers to
move onto Mehmanim and
Kamon, each of them only
30 minutes away by car.
It took a lot of energy and
running around but now she
is settled here, says Sheila.
"Nothing will make me
come down." She belongs to
Galilee and believes that
her family can achieve qual-
ity of life here and quality of
environment, and one day
"a Jewish township will
grow up on this site."
Meanwhile, the survival
of these two pioneer out-
posts is a challenge to the
people living there. Their
growth --will strengthen
existing Jewish settlements
and pave the way for others.

Black-Jewish
Relations Cited

NEW YORK — In spite of
some recent friction,
American Jews and blacks
continue to work together
toward common goals in
most areas of 'social and
political concern, according
to a new study published by
the American Jewish
Committee's Institute on
Pluralism and Group Iden-
tity.
The study, "Beyond Con-
flict, Black-Jewish Rela-
tions: Accent on the Posit-
ive," was conducted by Dr.
Joyce Gelb, associate pro-
fessor of political science at
City College and the
Graduate Center, CUNY.
It is based in part on in-
terviews with leaders of
both the black and Jewish
communities, inclur''
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local, state and fed
elected and appointed office
holders, professional and
amateur community lead-
ers and organizers, and
religious and civil rights
leaders.
Summarizing the thrust
of the study, Irving M.
Levine, director of the In-
stitute on Pluralism and
Group Identity, declares in
a preface that reports of ;
group conflict have cap-
tured more attention re-
cently than the day-to-day
amicable relations between
diverse groups.