1 , 1•1 4 20 Friday, January 30, 1981 Some Israeli Youth Choose Communist Colleges DON'T BUY A CONDOMINIUM UNTIL YOU TALK TO MARTY . . . By CARL ALPERT HAIFA — There are about 60,000 students enrolled in Israel's seven in- stitutions of higher learn- ing, among them many Arabs, both Moslem and Christian. But this is not the total of Israelis pursu- ing higher education. Many young Israelis are to be found at universities in the (See Page 55) f cSlip THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS itgo sometking GBeautgul You'll feel beautiful when you slip into one of our elegant new mount- ings from our exclusive collection. These rings will make you and your diamonds look their very best. Come in and see them today. .••••••••• •■ •• ■ •• ■ ......... 0 I d en CreativeJeAderS bam 29173 Northwestern, Southfield — 356-2525 at 12 Mile Rd. , Franklin Plaza Daily 10-6 Thurs. 10-8 MasterCharge Visa United States and various European countries. Some have gone there be- cause of the mistaken, but snobbish belief that a foreign degree is worth more. And others have gone because they could not me a sure up to the high ad- mission standards and com- petitive examinations. It should be added that most of those who go abroad do have successful academic careers. But there is yet another category of overseas stu- dent. There are hundreds of Israelis enrolled at universities in the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The pro- gram, which began about 10 years ago, has de- veloped rapidly and it is estimated that at this moment some 500 Israelis are enrolled in colleges and universities in the USSR, Romania, Hun- gary, Bulgaria, Czechos- lovakia and Eastern Germany. In the main they study medicine, engineering, architecture and a sprinkl- ing of other professions. It-is doubtful if any remain there after graduation. Some may go to other countries, but it appears • that the majority return to Israel. Who are they? They are for the most part young people who have been actively engaged in Com- munist Party affairs or are family members of party ac- tivists. About 75 percent of them are Arabs, the re- mainder Jews. They are selected by party leaders on the basis of their high academic stand- ing at high school, their per- sonal economic need, and of course their party records. All the successful candi- dates receive full schol- arships, which includes transportation both ways, tuition and maintenance as well as a preliminary course in the local language. One stage of their train- ing involves physical work on a national proj- ect, as part of earning their keep. Another stage Detroit Chapter the AMERICAN SOCIETY for TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Politics, Economics & Technology in ISRAEL speaker . . . CARL ALPERT WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN RESIDING IN ISRAEL — EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN . OF TECHNION'S INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS • guided the vast expansion of the Technion — and it is the Technion which led tiny Israel to become one of the ten most advanced industrial complexes in the world. • his weekly column about Israel appears in more than a dozen countries. • before moving to Israel with his family. was National President of Young Judea, Man- aging Editor of Boston's Jewish Advocate and editor of New Palestine, then official pub- lication of the Zionist Organization of America as well as being head of the ZOA's Education Department. • President. American Society for Technion, Detroit Chapter • Technical Director, Mercury Paint Company LOUIS MILGROM chairman ... Wednesday' February 1,1, 1981 7:45 P.M. 4. NM ON NM IN NI IMI IIIII Ramada Inn 28225 Telegraph Road South of 12 Mile Road Bring Family and Friends includes a full course of studies in Marxism and Communist principles. It helps make them better doctors and engineers. Upon return to Israel some have brought back with them wives from the lands of their study, though frequently the women find it difficult to make the ad- justment because of the great contrast between life in Moscow, Prague and Budapest, on the one hand, and life in an Arab moun- tain village on the other. Russian Jewish immig- rants, it appears, are not the only ones who have integra- tion problems. As the program has grown it has enhanced enormously the prestige of the Israel Communist party, Rakah, among the Arab youth. If the Communists have seized the opportunity to exploit this fertile ground for planting of spies, there has not yet been any exten- sive evidence of this, but the risk is not lost upon the Is- raeli authorities. In recent kears some Arab leaders have sought to establish Arab- sponsored universities and the idea was seized upon with enthusiasm by those who did not sub- scribe to Communist ideology. It turned out, however, that the local institutions had a very low academic status, and had become hotbeds of virulent anti-Israeli propaganda even more extreme than that of the Communists. Israeli authorities pla no more difficulties in th_ way of those going to study in Moscow or Leningrad than they do in the way of those going to study in Bos- ton or Los Angeles. Annual Highlights Migration NEW YORK — The 100th anniversary of mass Jewish migration from Eastern Eultpe to U.S. is highlighted in the latest volume of the "Jewish Book Annual," published by the Jewish Welfare Board Jewish Book Council. In "America Discovers the East European Jewish Immigrant," Abraham J. Karp uses contemporary sources to describe the con- trast — and conflict — be- tween East European Jews and other Jews (mostly of German descent) who were already settled in the U.S. Non-Jewish Americans, Karp writes, became ac- quainted with a dual image of "uptown" affluent Ger- man Jews and "downtown" East European immigrants. He quotes one prominent German Jew: "It is next to impossible to identify our- selves with that half- civilized orthodoxy . . . We are Americans, they are not . . . We are Israelites of the 19th Century and a fine country, and they gnaw the dead bones of past centuries In "American Yiddish Literature — the Immig- rant Phase," Aaron Soviv describes the proletarian poets, radicals and re- formers among the new immigrants. The history of an illustrious Hebrew Jewish Groups Aiding Search for Witnesses PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Philadelphia and the Association of Jewish New Americans are cooperating with the United States Department of Jus- tice in attempting to find new witnesses for investi- gations of crimes committed by alleged Nazi war .crimi- nals currently residing in the U.S., a JCRC official re- ported. The JCRC is distributing copies of a brief question- naire for survivors prepared by the Justice Department's Office of Special Investiga- tions. The questionnaire, which is available in English and Russian, can be obtained by calling the JCRC office, (215) 545- 8430. literary society in New York City's teeming Lower East Side is re- counted by Jacob Kabakoff in his article "The American Hameas- sef." Theologian A. Roy Ec- kardt examines recent lit- erature • on Christian- Jewish relations, concen- trating in particular on Christian responses to the Holocaust and modern Christian attitudes towards Israel and Zionism. Other articles in Volume 38 of "Jewish Book Annual" include an essay on Jewish book collecting; a critique of S. Y. Agnon's posthumous works; and a tribute to Mor- decai Kaplan, philosopher and educator, in celebration of his 100th birthday. Jewish Canadian Settlement Exhibit at Beth Hatefutsoth Harry Gutkin, right, president of the Jewish His- torical Society of Western Canada, and Joseph Stan- ford, Canadian ambassador to Israel, attend the open- ing of the Beth Hatefutsoth exhibit, "A Century of Jewish Settlement in Western Canada." TEL AVIV — Beth the Jewish Historical Hatefutsoth, the Museum of Society of Western the Jewish Diaspora, is Canada and treasurer of hosting the exhibition "A the World Jewish Con- Century of Jewish Settle- gress. The opening ceremony ment in Western Canada," prepared jointly by the was attended by hundreds Jewish Historical Society of of ex-Canadians living in Western Canada and The Israel. They were addressed Jewish Communities of by Harry Gutkin, president of the Jewish Historical Western Canada. The exhibition, which Society of Western Canada, contains about 500 photo- and Joseph Stanford, Cana- graphs, the oldest of which dian ambassador to Israel. is from 1882, portrays the development of the Western Galilee Forest Canada Jewish community Honors Lennon since the arrival of the first TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Jewish emigrants, follow- ing the mass pogroms of Jewish National Fund has provided, a plot of land near 1881-1882 in Russia. "A Century of Jewish Set- Mount Meron in Galilee for tlement in Western the planting of what is be- Canada" was first presented lieved will be the first in its original form under memorial forest for the late the name "Journey Into Our John Lennon, of the Bea- Heritage" in Winnipeg in tles. The idea for the Lennon 1972-1973. It will be on dis- play at Beth Hatefutsoth Memorial Forest originated with a group of Orthodox until April. Loan of the exhibition Jewish newcomers from the to Beth Hatefutsoth was U.S. living in Safed. Funds made possible by Sol are being raised among Kanee of Winnipeg. He is Galilee residents and Jews the honorary president of abroad.