THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
62 Friday, January 30, 1981
Givon Settlers Reach Accord With Begin
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
After three days of holding a
hill north of Jerusalem, the
settlers of Givon quietly re-
turned Tuesday to their
temporary homes nearby.
The settlers apparently
reached a quiet understand-
ing with the prime minis-
ter's office that a town
would soon be built on the
site, and they will be the
first to settle it.
A spokesman for the
group said that in their
meetings with Matityahu
Shmuelevitz, director gen-
eral of the prime minister's
.office, they received no
promises, but were merely
impressed by the favorable
attitude of the director gen-
eral toward their demands.
The settlers set up a
tent settlement on the hill
several days ago, de-
manding faster action on
the part of the govern-
ment. The unauthorized
settlement triggered a
bitter controversy be-
tween Housing Minister
David Levy, who insisted
that no settlement take
place until planning is
completed, and Agricul-
ture Minister Ariel Sha-
ron who sided with the
settlers in favor of fast
settlement at all costs.
Premier Menahem Begin
met Wednesday with repre-
sentatives of the Givon
settlers, and the regional
council "Matte Binyamin."
He promised them that
building on the new site
could start within three
months. Planning papers
were already submitted to
the zoning commission of
the military governinent.
Wallerstein,
Pinhas
chairman of the regional
council, said working pro-
cedures were already
agreed with the govern-
ment. Representatives of
the settlers were scheduled
to meet Sunday with Hous-
ing Minister David Levy
and Shmuelevitz for a
"working session."
Role for Bonds Is Probed
for New Israel Water Project
NEW YORK — A 125-
member Israel Bond Cen-
tury Club delegation, pur-
chasers of $100,000-or-over,
were in Israel this week for
a three-day conference with
the prime minister and
other government leaders to
discuss the country's eco-
nomic problems and the role
of the Bond organization in
helping alleviate them.
The conference partici-
pants, from The U.S.,
Canada and Europe, will
meet with Prime Minister
Menahem Begin, the new
Finance Minister, Yoram
Aridor, Interior Minister
Yosef Burg, Minister of
Energy Yitzhak Modai and
Shimon Peres, chairman of
the Labor Party.
This
international
delegation is headed by
Sam Rothberg, general
chairman of the bond
organization and William
Belzberg of Los Angeles,
the Century Club confer-
ence chairman.
The delegation will visit
the site of the proposed
Mediterranean to Dead Sea
Inter-Sea Water Conduit
and will discuss a possible
role for the Bond organiza-
tion in this massive project
which was approved by the
Cabinet last fall.
Kahane's Anti-Nazi Camp
Greeted With Skepticism
Rabbi Meir Kahane's an-
nouncement last week that
he would establish a camp
near Detroit to train young
Jews on how to use guns to
oppose U.S. Nazis was met
with skepticism and opposi-
tion in the Jewish commu-
nity.
Richard Lobenthal of the
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith said, "The or-
ganized Jewish community
overwhelmingly rejects
anything that is paramilit-
ary or terrorist in nature —
and Kahane's group is per-
ceived as both."
Rabbi Kahane, founder
of the Jewish Defense
League, refused to dis-
close the location of the
148-acre wooded site
within 50 miles of Detroit.
Meanwhile, the Michigan
Department of Social Serv-
ices has been trying to lo-
cate the sponsors of
Kahane's Oak Park lecture
to inform them that any
camp for children under age
18 would have to be licensed
by the state.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A
bomb exploded outside the
Bank Melli Iran building in
San Francisco's financial
district Sunday evening,
breaking seven windows in
the building and 42 at the
Union Bank across the
street. No one was injured.
Callers claiming to be
members of the Jewish De-
fense League took credit for
the blast.
Kiryat Shmona
Hit by Rockets
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NEW YORK — The
northern Israeli village of
Kiryat Shmona was hit by
rockets Thursday morning,
fired from Palestinian posi-
tions in southern Lebanon.
Seven injuries were re-
ported and there was prop-
erty damage. Israeli artil-
lery units returned the fire:
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The virtue of a coward is
suspicion.
Solomon Levy
Ex-Grand Rabbi
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Rabbi Solomon Levy, the
former Grand Rabbi of
Hust, Czechoslovakia, died
Jan. 17. He was 87.
Rabbi Levy, who founded
Ohel Elimelech in Boro
Park when he came to the
United States in 1939, had
been blind for the last 20
years. Nevertheless as can-
tor he continued to lead the
cantorial services from
memory every week at his
synagogue, including on the
High Holy Days, and to con-
duct a weekly lecture every
Saturday.
Rabbi Levy was born in
Tosh, Hungary, where his
father was the Grand Rabbi
and married the daughter of
the Grand Rabbi of Hust,
where he himself later be-
came the Grand Rabbi.
Gertrude Willis
Gertrude L. Willis, a
member of Jewish women's
organizations, died Jan. 25
at age 65.
Born in Detroit, Mrs.
Willis was a member of
Temple Beth El and its sis-
terhood, Women's Ameri-
can ORT, Hadassah, Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, Brandeis Univer-
sity National Women's
Committee, Alpha Omega
Dental Fraternity Auxil-
iary and Fresh Air Society.
She leaves a son, Dr.
James of Cincinnati, Ohio; a
daughter, Mrs. Leonard
(Kathy) Yourofsky; her
mother, Mrs. Ben (Sadie)
Love; a brother, Richard
Love; and three
grandchildren.
Cecil Hyman,
Israel Diplomat
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Cecil
Hyman, a former Israel
Consul General in New
York, died in Jerusalem
Jan. 21 at age 81.
Born in England, Mr.
Hyman served in Palestine
with the Jewish Battalion of
the Royal Fusiliers of the
British Army in World War
I and settled in Palestine
where he became manager
of Barclay's Bank.
He was an editorial
writer for the Jerusalem
Post (then Palestine Post)
for many years while work-
ing as a banker. He served
as consul general in New
York in the early 1960s and
as minister to South Africa.
Editor Lily Edelman Dies,
Supervised ADL Editions
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Lily Edelman, editor,
author and administrator of
Jewish adult education pro-
grams, died Jan. 22 at age
65.
Mrs. Edelman was direc-
tor of adult Jewish educa-
tion for Bnai Brith from
1961 to 1977 when she was
named director of the Bnai
Brith lecture bureau, co-
sponsored by the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith.
At the time of her death,
she was also editor of the
ADL Bulletin, the ADL
monthly publication and of
Face to Face, the ADL
interreligious quarterly.
She also was co-editor from
1961 to 1973 of the Bnai
Brith Heritage Classics
Series and book editor of the
Bnai Brith National Jewish
Monthly.
Before joining Bnai
Brith in 1957, she served
as executive secretary of
the National Academy
for Adult Jewish Studies
of the United Synagogue
of America and from 1941
to 1950 was education di-
rector of the East and
West Association
founded by Pearl Buck.
From 1950 to 1952, Mrs.
Edelman was an editor in
the State Department over-
seas information program.
She was a collaborator of
Elie Wiesel and translator
of his "Beggar from
Jerusalem" and "One Ge ,
eration After." She wk.
author of several travel
books and writings on adult
education. Among her
books were "Israel, New
People in an Old Land" and
"The Sukkah and the Big
Wind."
A graduate of Hunter Col-
lege, Mrs. Edelman earned
an MA degree in English
literature in 1938 at
Columbia University. She
earned a professional dip-
loma in adult education
administration from
Teachers College of Colum-
bia University in 1954.
Gerard Weinstock Dies,
Chaired AJCommittee
NEW YORK — Gerard
Weinstock, chairman of the
board of trustees of the
American Jewish Commit-
tee, died Jan. 22. He was 61.
He also was chairman of
AJCommittee's Task Forces
on the '80s and a member of
the organization's board of
governors. He had served
previously as its national
treasurer, chairman of its
committee on the Middle
East and president of its
Westchester Chapter.
A major interest in his life
was the establishment of
the Harvard University.
Center for Jewish Studies,
and he served as national
chairman of the program
that created the center a few
years ago.
A leading force in the
AJCommittee, and an
ardent supporter of Is-
rael, Mr. Weinstock par-
ticipated in many over-
seas missions for AJ-
Committee.
- In July 1967, he was a
member of the AJCommit-
tee leadership mission to Is-
rael that surveyed the coun-
try's immediate and long-
range needs growing out of
the Arab-Israel war.
The year before, he was
one of two AJCommittee
leaders who represented the
agency at the dedication of
the Israeli Knesset in
Jerusalem.
Soprano Mignon Ginsburg,
Active in Communal Causes
Mignon Bing Ginsburg, -
an accomplished soprano
and socially prominent
communal leader, died Jan.
25 at age 84.
With her husband, the
late Fred Ginsburg, who
had a prominent role in the
many community affairs,
she had been_ among the
early supporters of the
Weizmann Institute of Sci-
ence in Rehovot, Israel, and
Curriculum Set
was on the welcoming com-
for IDF Officers
mittee for Dr. Chaim Weiz-
RAMAT-GAN — The aim mann when he visited here
to enhance the efficiency of in the late 1920s.
A native Detroiter, Mrs.
Israel's defense establish-
ment is being served by a Ginsburg was graduated
program for military per- from the Detroit Conser-
sonnel introduced by the vatory of Music in 1914.
Department of Economics of She held membership in
Temple Beth El and its
Bar-Ilan University.
It has launched a BA pro- sisterhood, Hadassah,
gram for senior Army offi- Children's Hospital Aux-
cers with the rank of cap- iliary and the Greater De-
tain and above. A special troit Section of the Na-
curriculum now permits tional Council of Jewish
them to obtain a degree in Women of which she was
economics in just over two a past president.
Her family had resided in
years (instead of the usual
Michigan
since the Civil
three) while attending the
university's regular classes War.
Mrs. Ginsburg leaves two
in business and economic
daughters, Mrs. Lewis J.
studies.
of
Ruskin
(Lenore)
Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mrs.
Gerald N. (Suzanne)
Tatarsky of Denver, Colo.;- -
nine grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Samuel Winer
Samuel Winer, a residen-
tial builder, died Jan. 25 at
age 61.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Winer was the owner of
Wonder Window and Mod-
ernization Co. since 1968.
He was a member of Motor
City Lodge of Bnai Brith.
He leaves his wife, Sara;
two daughters, Mrs. Stuart
(Andrea) Goldbaum and
Lynne; four sisters, Mrs.
Harry (Sylvia) Klee of
California, Mrs. Faye
Fliesher, Mrs. Ida Golden-
berg and Mrs. Leonard
(Shirley) Schultz; and one
granddaughter.
Rabbi Hoffman
NEW YORK — Rabbi
Isidor B. Hoffman, former
counselor to Jewish stu-
dents at Columbia Univer-
sity,. died Jan. 27 at age 82.