)11 1' luell! r ift '1 18 Friday, September 26, 1980 ,r14 !i,n THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Poems of Our People IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME. (Famous Last Words). By DR. MARTIN ROBBINS TAKE ACTION NOW!! Call: The shofar has sounded its great golden echo" and the New Year of 5741 has begun. The poem "Shofar," by Carol Adler, echoes the words of the synagogue service and deepens their meaning. We stand alone, repentent, undone." The poet's lines then ex- press a paradox of prayer: we feel our imperfection, yet are given no choice but to try again." Aware of our "readiness," we can then feel the words we recited just after hearing the shofar, that "Today the (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) VIDEO PROTECTION SERVICE INC. Jeff Schoenberg 352-8878 Alan Gildenberg . CONVERT From Oil Heat to Gas A.R.S. Service Co., Inc. 35673191 Heating and Air Conditioning Contractor Alan R. Sukenic Save Twice On A New Furnace Air Accident Sparks Inquiry See "THE LEADER" Today Morris Buick IS THE GUY IS THE BUY OPEN MON. & THURS. 'TR. 9 P.M. WHERE EVERY DAY IS SALE DAY W 7 Mile At Lodge X-Way 42-7100 TEL AVIV (JTA) — Representatives of the Is- raeli Air Force joined thousands of residents of Yokneam attending funeral services last week for Malka Mando, 44, who was killed when an Air Force Skyhawk jet interceptor crashed in the center of that Jezreel Valley town Sept. 14. The woman, the only fat- ality caused by the accident, was the mother of four chil- dren who have been placed under the care of the munic- ipality. Meanwhile, a' team of Defense Ministry experts were in Yokneam last week to assess the property dam- age. The ministry will cover the cost of repairs. world is born." Carol Adler's concerns with Jewish subjects are expressed in her first book of poems, "Arioso." This book includes a long poem based on a painting by Marc Chagall, "Return from the Synagogue." The poem, We are the Echoes," was used as part of cantata written by her hus- band, Samuel Adler. "Shofar" first appeared in the Jewish Spectator and is reprinted with permission. Shofar By CAROL ADLER In the blast of the New Year we make promises we stand before the throne shining repentent undone we stand alone in the blast of the New Year a new world opens and into it as if by the strength of a single utterance the walls crumble readiness appears an ensign newly charged charging us to hear the call Teki'a could we not run Shevorim syllables too smooth to imitate the harshness of the horn Teru'a readiness too willing and then repeated Teki'a ge-do-lah the largeness stretching forth from a single breath until the breath breaks and the note dies as if it too had been bound to its own imperfection yet given no choice but to try again with the purchase of this 19" DIAGONAL • Pan • An • • SYSTEM 3 REMOTE CONTROL The HASTINGS - SM1961 COMPUTER SPACE COMMAND"' 2500. 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List Good until Oct. 30 BIG DISCOUNTS EUREKA VAC'S TELEPHONE SMITH-CORONA FARBERWARE ANSWERING ELECTRIC RADIOS - CROSS PENS MACHINES TYPEWRITERS TAPE RECORDERS • • • Los Angeles Jews • on Lookout • After Vandalism • • LOS ANGELES (JTA) — • Recent incidents of van- • dalism and neo-Nazi ac- • tivity in the Los Angeles • area have put the Jewish on guard during • community Jewish holidays. • the Community leaders in • the Eastern Region of the • Jewish Federation-Council • of Greater Los Angeles have • called for "calm but contin- • ued vigilance" following the • vandalization of Temple • Beth Torah of Alhambra • just before Rosh Hashana. • Indications are that the • incidents were the work of • neo-Nazi groups in the area. • A swastika was burned into • synagogue lawn in the • the early morning Sept 11, • shortly before Rosh • "NEW ADDRESS" • • LINCOLN TOWERS, SUITE 111 One Block East of Greenfield • • 15075 W. Lincoln (10 1/2 Mile) Mon. thru Sat. 10-4 967-1212 5. • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• OSCAR BRAUN'S this orb turning helplessly in the hollowness of its throat as it sends forth its great golden echo Hashana services began. Three glass doors and win- dows in the synagogue were broken Sept. 6. I Boris Smolar's `Between You . . . and Me Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA ( (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) BIGOTRY IN CLUBS: Jewish organizations protect- ing the civil rights of Jews in this country have been fight- ing for years against clubs which do not admit Jews into their membership. To a certain extent the fight has pro- duced results, but not to a full extent. There are still clubs which practice discrimination against Jews as welt against blacks. This pracilice occurs especially in coun ___0 clubs across the country. It aptears that the current anti-discrimination laws do not clearly define the status of private country clubs. Re- cently a dentist who was denied admission to the Salisbury Club in Virginia sued the club. He charged that the denial was racially motivated and a violation of federal civil rights laws. He lost the case on the grounds that, since the club is private, there can be no unwarranted governmental intru- sion with respect to its membership policy. The applicant then filed an appeal with a higher fed- eral court, and is determined to take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The outcome is expected to have an impact on the right of all private clubs with regard to their membership policies. There is a bill now before the New York City Council which might establish a precedent. The bill would deny private status to a club which cannot prove that at least 80 percent of its members do not deduct their dues as a busi- ness expense from their income tax, or are reimbursed by the firms which employ them. If the bill is passed, the New York City Commission on Human Rights would have the power to order clubs to admit applicants as members and to pay damages to those not admitted by discriminatory policies. A KEY QUESTION: The question of the dues — whether the club member pays for himself, whether he deducts dues from his taxes as a business expense, or whether the firm in which he is employed covers his dues — is of major importance. It is considered good business to have top employees mingle with important and influential business people who comprise the club membership. Industrialists, bankers, people high in the business world, usually talk big business among themselves when they are among themselves in their club atmosphere. Connections with them through club membership often bring good contracts, or influence, to secure such contracts. No top employee of any large business enterprise has any chance of being promoted if he is refused acceptance in these clubs. The rejection is held against him as an indication that he has no avenue for securing big business for the firm. Jews and the blacks who are not being admitted into membership to these clubs — under the pretext that the clubs are private and exclusive — are thus in a way pre- vented from reaching executive positions in big industrial firms, banks, or other big business enterprises. Many affluent Jews have their own country clubs, although some of them would also like to be admitted into the clubs which practice discrimination. There are, of course, many in Jewish country clubs who look upon the discriminating club with disgust. "Why should we push ourselves there where we are not wanted?" they ask. This attitude is understandable. However, it also has an element of naivete since the Jewish organizations are fighting bigotry. NON-JEWS IN JEWISH CLUBS: Members of the discriminating clubs, when they seek to defend the anti- Jewish policy of their clubs, argue that Jews also have their exclusive clubs, and that non-Jewish members are not found there. "Why can a non-Jew not belong to the exclusive Jewish Harmonie Club in New York, or to similar Jewish clubs in Chicago, San Francisco and other cities?" they ask. The answer is that non-Jews have no interest in be- longing to a specifically Jewish club. There are some non- Jewish professionals — like lawyers, accountants, ins•- ,-- ance brokers — who seek wide business connections. r_ would not be refused admission only because they are Jews. One can find today in the Jewish clubs quite a number of intermarried men. They meet with no difficul- ties in being admitted when they are recommended for membership by old-standing members. Gush Settlement Claims Denied JERUSALEM (JTA) — following claims by the The Premier's office an- Gush Emunim that "senior nounced it was sticking to government officials" had the figure of 10 more set- promised them the govern- tlements to be built on the ment would continue to es- West Bank. tablish new settlements on The office issued the the West Bank, even after satement in the name of the 10 settlements are com- Premier Menahem Begin pleted.