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. DID YOU REMEMBER -- to send someone a gift subscription to The Jewish News? , To: The Jewish News I 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 1 NAME ADDRESS STATE FOR: state occasion FROM I , ❑ ZIP 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 Please send a year's gift subscription to: I CITY JDL Retaliation? 1 1 1 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: $15 enclosed 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.