THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8 frill, September 19, 1980 Israeli Ties to Latin America Still Remain Strong LOWEST PRICES Cassette Dictating Transcribing Machines By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) — The withdrawal of 11 Latin American embassies from 342-7801 But, in the view of Avraham Argov, a leading expert on Israel-South American re- lations, it does not necessar- ily presage a general wor- sening or even weakening in the close ties that bind Israel with many of the Latin American countries. Argov, who is director of the Latin American section in the World Zionist Organ- ization, said pro-Israel sen- timents were still very strong in South and Central America, both among the governments of the conti- nent and among the peoples. "The man in the street in most Latin Ak-neri- can countries supports Is- rael," Argov said. Himself an immigrant from Latin America, Argov has several times revisited the continent. His next trip will be this fall, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he is to help organize a conference of Jewish and Zionist lead- ers from all over the conti- nent. The conference, from Nov. 9-13, will be a major watershed in Latin Ameri- can Jewish affairs. Argov ascribes the em- bassy moves to political pressure, rather than merely direct oil threats. He points out that two of the countries involved, Ven- ezuela and Ecuador, pro- Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in re- cent weeks, in reaction to the Jerusalem law, has been a grievous blow to Israel. FIXING UP YOUR HOME? IF YOU ARE FIXING-UP, CLEANING-UP, AND MODERNIZING YOUR HOME, THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITES OF DOUBLING YOUR CLOSET SPACE WITH OUR CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE, LOW-MAINTENANCE SHELVING. YOU KNOW BEST ABOUT YOUR HOME'S REAL POTENTIAL. WE CAN HELP YOU REALIZE IT. LOOK INTO .. . rn c VENTILATED SHELVING SYSTEMS STURDY, VINYL-CLAD, STEEL-WIRE SHELVING FOR STORING AND HANGING CLOTHING, SHOES, LINENS, ACCESSORIES, DRY GOODS, CANS, BOTTLES, TOOLS, SUPPLIES, YOU NAME IT! WE CUSTOM DESIGN, CUT, AND INSTALL FOR YOU. WRITE TO US FOR A FREE BROCHURE, OR CALL FOR A FREE NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE. (BE SURE TO CHECK OUR LOW PRICES ON BLINDS!) •••• ■ •• C710> o WORKS FIRESTONE JEWELRY ,WCIRKS 14832 SCHAEFER DETROIT, MI 48227 Wholesale Diamonds & Jewelry Remounting Jewelry & Watch Repairing. SUITE 318 ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 933 6700 011ilK.1911110 f • e cc. FOR OFFICE OR HOME! d ee CASH & CARRY SALE RUNS MON. SEPT. 22 THRU SAT. SEPT. 27 , N E BETA' IAL CHAIR ri Posture Bock In Ws. List S94.30 Cash & Cart"' Urns ISM enactors $45 Block or Brown Fabric Seat HON SWIVEL CHAIR mig. list $148-50 Cash and Corry 145 $9 5 t oss w/ Costars Block or Brown fabric Seat WALNUT VENEER BOOKCASE 30" 11# MIL Ust $911.50 Cash & Corry 411- 111111m4. $55 $136 MFG. LIST $119.30 EXECUTIVE SWIVEL CHAIR His. list STIC.IS $ 55 CNN BASE WWI'S Cash and Carry #847 Cash and Carry Walnut lose w/Casters Black or Brown Fabric Seat Block or Brown Fabric Seat STORAGE CABINET 72" H 36" W 18" D JANSKO Exec. Hi Back Swivel Chair 6247.00 $ 1 2 80 0# Carry Cash MN List as Cash and Carry Brown or Block Block or Putty ST CLING CHAIRS With Arms FULL SUSPEPISION FILE Mfg. list $110.15 $20 Mfg. list $57.00 N Withevt Arms 0 Mfg. 11 ► $40.110 Cush a Curry $ $ 18 r 22" Deep 2 Dr. Letter 25" Deep, 4 Dr. letter of. list ULM teal & Corry AveSsids m Wets NON-SUSPENSION FIE Block o T on dirtier 0 41(1" NEW Cash 35 and Carry ege. AND USED 13939 MICHIGAN AVE., DEARBORN, MICH. 48126 3 Blocks West of Schaefer 584-6900 Hours Daily 9-6 Sat 10-4 Delivery Available -- Visa or Master Charge Accepted Same as Cash duce their own oil and are therefore not susceptible to oil blackmail. Citing the bases of tradi- tionally good relations be- tween Israel and Latin American states, Argov noted particularly the in- ternational cooperation programs with many of the smaller countries. Guatemala, Colombia and ,Costa Rica are among those that benefit the most from Israeli projects. The aid is conducted through three main channels inside Iprael: the Mt. Carmel Insti- tute, the Histadrut's Insti- tute for Development Aid, and the Hebrew Univer- sity's agriculture faculty at Rehovot which specializes in overseas aid courses. In addition, there are Is- raeli experts in such fields as irrigation, cooperative economy, agriculture, youth movements and water planning serving in a number of Latin American countries. Argov also underscores a common experience of, and reaction to, terrorism as a factor tending to strengthen political understanding be- tween Israel and some of the Latin American govern- ments. Some of the Latin American terrorist organ- izations have proven links with the Palestine Libera- tion Organization. This factor is true mainly of the right-wing military regimes in the southern part of the continent. In the more northerly states that have a more democratic political system, Israel finds itself sometimes under at- tack from left-wing parties that tend to sympathize more with PLO and general Palestinian aspirations. The actions of Jewish communities in several of ,the Latin American coun- tries to the Jerusalem episode has been notewor- thy, says Argov, especially in view of the difficult polit- ical situations and con- straints in some of those countries. In Uruguay, for instance, the community invited former Premier Yitzhak Rabin, on a visit to Argen- tina, to address a public gathering, and 4,000 per- sons (the community num- bers 45,000) turned ou' hear him. The gather)„, was an impressive public display of solidarity with Is- rael and with Israel's stand on Jerusalem. In Chile, the presidents of the Jewish community and of the local Zionist federa- tion met with President Augusto Pinochet in an ef- fort to dissuade him from moving the embassy — or at least to persuade him to minimize the damage to Israeli-Chile relations. (Chile's 28,000 Jews and the country's sizeable Arab community traditionally try to avoid the Israel-Arab conflict in the Middle East from marring inter- communal relations within the country.) In Central America, the "Fedeco," an umbrella group embracing the Jewish communities of all six states, held its biennial session in Costa Rica at the height of the crisis over the Jerusalem law. The two guests of honor were Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Carazo and Israel's Uzi Narkiss, the "liberator of Jerusalem." (Fedeco has formally applied for membership in the World Zionist Organiza- tion. It represents an esti- mated 8,000 Jews in these six countries.) In other countries, Jewish reactions have been less vis- ible, but in several of them local Zionist federations have been active in lobby- ing politically for Israel and seeking to contain the ef- fects of the embassy moves. Holocaust Memoirs Become Documentaries' in Boston and disseminating informa- tion relating to this A comprehensive effort uniquely distinct and ter- has been started in Boston rifying experience." He said the project to videotape the recollec- tions of survivors of the would also provide wit- Holocaust living in the area ness to the invincibility of with the taping of those re- the human spirit because collections being done in the the testimonies would Jewish Community Center come not only from Jews who survived but also in Newton. Prof. Monroe Freedman, from survivors who built President Carter's newly- a new life in a new appointed director .. of the environment. - Marian Wexler, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, said the dinator of the Boston proj- recordings by the Holocaust ect, estimated there are Survivors Film Project were more than 2,000 survivors "consistent with the Na- living in the Greater Boston tional Council's goals and area. She added that the President Carter's pro- current funding "provides nouncement that 'we must for a pilot project in which teach the lessons of the some 20 survivors will re- Holocaust' and that most of cord their testimonies. The all, we ourselves must re- tapes will then be edited and widely distributed for a member. - Bernard Wax, director of multitude of educational the American Jewish His- and commemorative pur- torical Society, said the vid- poses." eotapes would provide a In 1975, Israel exported basic research tool "essen- tial for those of us engaged $550 million worth of in collecting, preserving diamonds. By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)