Pioneer Rebecca Gratz in Hall of Fame BERKELEY, Calif. — On March 4, the occasion of her 200th birthday, Rebecca Gratz will join a dozen other famous men and women who have been honored by the Jewish-American Hall of Fame at the Magnes Museum. Past inductees are Judah Magnes, Albert Einstein, Louis Brandeis, George Gershwin, Haym Salomon, Herbert H. Lehman, Gershom Seixas, Henrietta Szold, Touro Synagogue, Golda Meir, Levi Strauss and Jonas Salk. With Miss Gratz's induction, an art medal will be made available in limited editions of gold, silver, pewter and bronze, with the proceeds going to help in the educational work of the non-profit Magnes Museum. The Gratz family made significant contributions to America ... Gratz College, the first Jewish teacher-training institution in the U.S., established in 1856 by Hyman Gratz; Gratzburg, New York, founded by Michael Gratz in 1793; and the Female Benevolent Society (1819), the Hebrew Sunday School Society (1838), and the Philadelphia Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum (1815), all (Continued on Page 10) Anti-Semitic Virus Emerges as Revived Hoary World Poison-Bearer HE JEWISH NEWS A WeekIN Review Commentary, Page 2 Copyright VOL. LXXVIII, No. 24 Arab Spokesman's Rejection of Bigots in UN * * * Wallenberg and Carter as Nobel Prize Nominees of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile; - Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c February 13, 1981 Strong Stance ors Camp David by Sadat Applauded in Israel PLO Israel Denunciation Draws Sharp U.S. Rebuke GENEVA (JTA) — An impassioned denunciation of Arab charges that Israel violates human rights in the occupied territories was deliv- ered by Michael Novak, the new head of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. "I was -shocked at hearing so much hatred, so many lies, such squalid racism, such despicable anti-Semitism all in the sacred name of human rights," Novak de- clared. He spoke last Friday in response to the speech by Farouk Kad- doumi, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization political depart- ment, who opened the commission's debate on alleged Israeli violations last Thursday with bitter attacks on Israel and the United States. Novak's speeCh was awaited with interest by the delegates inasmuch as he is the first appointee of the Reagan Administra- tion to address the international forum. They were clearly taken aback by the vehemence with which he castigated the Arabs and his unqualified defense of Israel in terms much stronger than any used by previous American delegates. Novak apparently had instructions to take a tough line against Israel's foes and that is believed to signal the tone of the new Adminis- tration's rhetoric in future debates in UN bodies. Kaddoumi himself was extremely harsh, accusing the former Car- ter Administration of "advertising its hypocritical campaign for human rights" while "simultaneously aiding Israel to build a military arsenal, to improve methods of torture, to speed up its process of Judaization" in the territories. He urged the Reagan Administration to "begin by censuring Is- rael - but observed that "indeed, this will not take place as Reagan, like (Continued on Page 11) New Paris Archbishop Continues to Believe in a 'Certain Jewish Ideal' PARIS-(JTA) = Paris' Jewish-born Archbishop Msgr. Jan-Marie Lustiger says that he considers himself a Jew and continues to believe in "a certain Jewish ideal." The 54-year-old prelate told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, T was borne Jew and I shall remain one even if the fact is cult to accept by some. I continue to consider myself - wish even if the rabbis do not agree to this." Lustiger, who was born in Paris of Polish-Jewish parents, said he had not undergone a 'Bar Mitzva ceremony because his parents were socialists and did not believe in any form of religious instruction. He said that though he became interested in Catholic subjects from the age of eight "I always continued to feel Jewish. How can it be otherwise for the son of poor immig- rants? I was also reminded of my Jewish belonging by some of my schoolmates -to whom . I had not tried to hide my Jewishness." Lustiger said that on several occasions he received mild beatings but said that this had no effect on (Continued on Page 5) ,. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has expressed satisfaction that President Anwar Sadat of Egypt has reaffirmed his adherence to the Camp David accords in his speech to the European Parliament on Tuesday. Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Naftali Lavi said Wednesday that Israel had found it plausible that Sadat expressed the need to use only peaceful means in seeking an agreement. But at the same time, Lavi said Israel disagreed with some of Sadat's remarks on the Palestinian issue. Israel differed with Sadat on self-determination for the Palestinians, and.the establishment of a Palestinian entity. The spokesman said these terms were a deviation from the Camp David agreements: At this point, Israel does not know what Sadat had in mind when he spoke about European guarantees and called for a mutual recognition between Israel and the Palestinians. Jerusalem was also in the dark as to when Sadat wanted to resume the autonomy negotia- tions. This will be one of the topics on the agenda when Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir sees U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Washington next week. Sadat on Tuesday praised European diplomatic initiatives, saying they can play "a positive role in the search for global peace in the Middle East." The Egyptian president said that the recent joint declaration on the Middle East, issued in December in Luxemburg, shows "that Europe wants to play a role of its own." He added that this role should be in "bringing about a mutual recognition of Israel and the Palestinians. JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel election date was formally Such a recognition would de- set Tuesday for June 30. The bill providing for the early dissolu- velop into the creation of a tion of the Knesset and for the holding of elections passed its third Palestinian entity." reading without opposition. Sadat, 'who was widely Earlier, during the debate over the second reading, a number applauded throughout his ad- of opposition amendments calling for an earlier date — in late dress, said Egypt is determined April or May — were defeated by the coalition majority. A pro- to go ahead with the peace proc- posal by MK Ronne Milo (Likud-Herut) to hold the poll in August ess started at Camp David and was also defeated.A July election, originally endorsed by Likud, will do so "whatever the diffi- was rejected because of school vacations. Israel does not have Israel Election June 30 absentee ballots. Kreisky the Broker in PLO Hostage Ploy By VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK Former White- House Counsel Robert Lipschutz re- vealed some diplomatic secrets the other day which threw the spotlight on Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria and the strange role this Socialist activist who was born a Jew but describes himself as a religious agnostic plays as the chief apologist and advance man in Europe for Yasir Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Lipschutz has disclosed that shortly after the Iranian students occupied the American embassy in Teheran and took its staff prisoner, Kreisky approached the White House through a New York intermediary with what boiled down to a proposition that if President Carter pub- licly asked Arafat and the PLO to secure the release of the hostages — thus implying de facto recognition of the ter- rorist organization — Arafat would use his close connec- tions with the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian revo- lutionaries to get the hostages freed. Lipschutz did not explain why the head of a gov- (Continued on Page 12) (Continued on Page 5) Hebrew U. Foundation to Perpetuate Memory of East European Jewry JERUSALEM — To help perpetuate knowledge of the lost civilization of East European Jewry for future gener- ations, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is creating "The Cracow Foundation." It will be used to develop re- search, teaching and publications on the history and cul- ture of the great Jewish world of Eastern Europe which was annihilated in the Holocaust. The initial endowment for the foundation comes from Ascher Wiener of Melbourne, in memory of his parents and sister. Foundation funds will be used to appoint senior fellows for teaching and research, to endow a chair, to encourage publications on the subject in all languages including Yiddish, and to award a Cracow Foundation Prize for already-published literary works on any facet of Eastern European Jewish life. Publication of textbooks for school and university use, in many languages, designated to serve both Jewish and non-Jewish readers, will also be encouraged.