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Friday, October 31, 1980
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
New York Judge Dismisses
Labor Party Suit Against ADL
Torah Study
Set at Kol Ami
Rabbi Ernst Conrad will
conduct a Torah study ses-
sion based on the Torah por- • NEW YORK (JTA) — A
tion of the week 8:30 p.m. New York State Supreme
today at Temple Kol Ami. Court judge has thrown out
Friends are invited. An a $26 million lawsuit filed
the
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Defamation League of Bnai
Brith by an extremist polit-
ical organization and up-
held ADL's right to label the
group "anti-Semitic."
Judge Michael Dontzin
granted ADL summary
judgment and dismissed the
lawsuit filed by the U.S.
Labor Party in April 1979.
The suit, following ADL's
denunciation of the anti-
Jewish philosophies and
associations of the USLP
and its leader, Lyndon
LaRouche, charged the
ADL with defamation, in-
vasion of privacy and as-
sault.
Seymour Reich, chair-
man of ADL's National
Civil Rights Committee,
said Judge Dontzin agreed
with ADL's position that
USLP spokesmen were pub-
lic figures whose positions
were openly disseminated.
The court said that "by cal-
ling attention to them-
selves," LaRouche and his
associates had "exposed
themselves to challenge,
and even to ridicule or de-
nunciation.'
Dontzin, in a 22-page
opinion, said that ADL's
characterization of the
USLP as anti-Semitic
constitutes "fair com-
ment" in view of the
group's "highly critical
views about prominent
Jewish figures, families
and organizations such
as ADL and Bnai Brith."
•
TEMPLE EMANU-EL
14450 West Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park-
967 4020
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Proudly Continues Its
SUNDAY SPEAKERS SERIES
with
CLIVE
BARNES
Dance and Drama Critic of the New York Times,
'
speaking on
"DANCE IN AMERICA TODAY"
Sunday, November 2nd 7:30 P.M.
At The Temple — Tickets $3.50
CABARET CONCERTS
,Sunday, November 16th (7:30 P.M.): THE BRIO TRIO
Saturday, December 6th (11 P.M.): DETROIT SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA WOODWIND QUINTET
Concert, Dessert and Beverage: $5.00
Taking note also of the
USLP's linking of Jews and
Jewish organizations with
Nazism, fascism, the inter-
national drugs trade "and a
myriad of purported con-
spiracies," Dontzin con-
cluded "the facts of this case
reasonably give rise to an
inference upon which the
ADL can form an honest
opinion that the plaintiffs
(USLP) are anti-Semitic."
In upholding continued
ADL vigilance against
anti-Semitism and other
forms of bigotry, the judge
observed that "ADL did no
more than act in accordance
with its historic and organ-
izational purpose; that is, to
express its opinion and con-
cerns when anti-Semitism
appeared and to identify
and confront it as such."
In light of the Holocaust,
as well as the history of
anti-Semitism, according to
the judge, "it was reason-
able to point out what it
(ADL) perceived to be anti-
Semitic overtones" in USLP
pronouncements.
In commenting on the de-
cision, Reich said that ADL
"will pursue what the court
referred to as the League's
`historic and organizational
purpose' of identifying and
confronting anti-Semitism,
and it will continue to
monitor the activities of the
LaRouche groups and all
other organizations which
indulge in such activity."
Israel Attacks
Terrorist Base
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
rael Air Force planes at-
tacked a terrorist base in
Lebanon south of Beirut
last week and returned
safely to their bases, a mili-
tary communique said.
It was the second Israeli
attack on terrorist targets
in Lebanon this month
within the framework of Is-
rael's policy of pre-emptive
action to prevent terrorists
from launching attacks on
Israel.
Life Cycle Talk
at Bnai David
Rabbi Morton F. Yolkut
will speak on "The Middle
Years — Reflections on
Marriage and Divorce" 8:15
p.m. Wednesday at Cong.
Bnai David.
The lecture is the third in
a series entitled, "The
Jewish Life Cycle," and is
sponsored by the
synagogue's Institute of
Adult Education.
The community is invited
free of charge.
SZ Couples
Plan Hoe-Down
Cong. Shaarey Zedek
Couples Club will present a
"Western Hoe-Down" 7:30
p.m. Nov. 8 at Roy's Ranch.
Cost of the evening in-
cludes a hayride, square
dancing and refreshments.
For details, call Ellen
Dubrinsky, 682-6481; Shir-
ley Jonas, 352-4044; or
Linda Zalla, 681-3577.
Synagogue
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Services
ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. Saturday. Eric Wein, Bar Mitzva.
CONG. BETH ACHIM: Services 5:15 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Neal Weisman and Edward Cohn, Bnai
Mitzva.
TEMPLE BETH EL: Services 8:30 p.m. today (Hostage
Solidarity Sabbath). Ross Partrich, Bar Mitzva. Serv-
ices 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Hertz will speak on "The
Bombing of the Paris Synagogue and the Roots of
French Anti-Semitism."
CONG. BETH SHALOM: Services 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Felice and Sheryl Katzman, Bnot Mitzva.
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today.
Rabbi Wine will speak on ,"World Peace — Beyond the
United Nations."
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. (Deborah Wein and Ellen Schoenfeld be-
came Bnot Mitzva at Oct. 24 Shabat services.)
CONG. BNAI MOSHE: Services 5 p.m. today and 8:45
a.m. Saturday. Howard Lazar, Bar Mitzva.
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 8 a.m. Saturday.
Rabbi Gamze will speak on "Too Much Freedom May
Not Be Good."
TEMPLE EMANU-EL: Services 8:15 p.m. today. Daniel
Trager, Bar Mitzva.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Loss
will speak on "No Cure for the Common Cold: A Lesson
in Humility." Stephanie Miller and Danielle Radin,
Bnot Mitzva. Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Scott Silvers
and Cary Glazer, Bnai Mitzva.
LIVONIA.JEWISH CONGREGATION: Services 8 p.m.
today. Rabbi Gordon will speak on "Our Beautiful
Matriarch." Services 9 a.m. Saturday.
CONG. SHAAREY ZEDEK: Services 5:20 p.m. today and
8:45 a.m. Saturday. Robert Gilman, Bar Mitzva.
Regular services will be held at Cong. Bais Chabad of
Farmington Hills, Cong. Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield,
Cong. Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, Cong. Beth Isaac of
Trenton, Temple Beth Jacob, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel
Tikvah, Cong. Beth Tephilath Moses of Mt. Clemens, Cong.
Bnai Israel, Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah, Cong. Bnai
Jacob, Cong. Bnai Zion, Cong. DoVid Ben Nuchim, Temple
Kol ,Ami, Cong. Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari, Sephardic
Community of Greater Detroit, Cong. Shaarey Shomayim
(Jewish Center Morris Branch), Cong. Shomrey Emunah,
Cong. Shomrey Israel (18995 Schaefer), Cong. Solel, Cong.
T'chiyah, Young Israel of Greenfield, Young Israel of
Oak-Woods and Young Israel of Southfield.
Neo-Nazi Rally Protested
BONN (JTA) — West
German authorities are
being urged to ban the con-
vention of the neo-Nazi Na-
tional Democratic Party
(NPD) scheduled to be held
in Augsburg Nov. 22. Scores
of trade unions, public offi-
cials and organizations of
Holocaust survivors have
joined the call, warning that
the convention-will arouse a
wave of protests and anti-
Nazi demonstrations in that
south German city.
The attitude of tolerance
of the neo-Nazi movement
in West Germany was shar-
ply attacked at a meeting in
Augsburg of a national
trade union representing
workers in the printing in-
dustry.
The umbrella organiza-
tion of trade unions in the
Federal Republic, DGB, and
Augsburg's Mayor Hans
Breuer called on the public
to participate in an Anti-
Fascist Action Week being
organized to coincide with
the NPD convention. It will
be highlighted by a mass
demonstration against
neo-Nazi activities.
Meanwhile, Interior
Minister Gerhard Baum
said in an interview in the
mass circulation news-
paper Bild that anti-
Semitic violence is on the
rise. He cited the recent
desecration of the Jewish
cemetery in Frankfurt,
the city with Germany's
second largest Jewish
community, where van-
dals splashed paint and
scrawled anti-Semitic
slogans on gravestones.
Baum observed that
while the number of neo-
Nazis is small, their readi-
ness to commit violent acts
has increased dramatically.
He suggested as one re-
medy that the Hitler era
should be discussed in Ger-
man schools much more in-
tensively and thoroughly.
Israel Honors
Costa Rican
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Costa Rica's envoy to the
United Nations in the late
1940s, Ricardo Fournier,
played a key role in helping
the Zionist movement win a
majority for sovereignty.
His memory was honored
by the Jewish National
Fund in a ceremony at the
Peace Forest near
Jerusalem, attended by
Costa Rican Ambassador
Ronald Fernandez-Pinto
and senior Foreign Ministry
and JNF officials. Four-
nier's daughter spoke of her
father's love of the Zionist
cause, and planted a tree in
his memory.
Be the master of your
will, and the slave of your
conscience.