20 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, February 21, 1981 We Jews must not ap- point a leader in any com- munity without first con- sulting the people. —Talmud .FIRESTONE JEWELRY Wholesale Diamunas & Jewelry ' . Remounting Jewelry & Watch Repo'ling, SUITE 318 ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557-1860 ■ 1111111111=1111110 4111=1111111 Resignation Tied to Yerida Issue their approach to "yerida." He recommended that a De- puty Premier be named to lead the "national struggle" against yerida which, he warned, threatened the fu- ture of the state. His recommendation was rejected by both the gov- ernment and the agency. Following this, he openly criticized the agency — his employer — in a radio interview. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Shmuel Lahis, for the past three years Director Gen- eral of the Jewish Agency, has resigned. Lahis' resignation had been brewing for more than a week — ever since he pub- licly criticized the Agency and the government for ■ 11 MOVING? 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Sheldon neor Ann Arbor Rd. . 455-5010 i53-i)10 EASTLAND • 20700 Kelly at 8 Mile Rd ROCHESTER • 70 772-2300 Tienken near Rochester Rd. ... 651-9500 WARREN • 410-4 L. Ten Mile at Ryan `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA 41 (Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.). VIEW ON JEWS: How do Jews in the United States see themselves, and what view do they hold of other ethnic groups? The question is part of the curriculum of the 16-week course given by the U.S. Department of Defense at its Race Relations Institute, where officers and servicemen from a branches of armed forces — selected by their commande — are being trained as instructors for combatting anti- Semitism and racial prejudice. The answer, as outlined in a special sub-course on "Jewish American Culture" is: Jewish Americans generally see themselves as Ameri- cans first. To most Jews there is no conflict between being American, Jewish and supporting Israel as a nation. Their religion allows for coexistence with other religions without conflict. Having suffered discrimination and hostilities through centuries, the fear of Jewish genocide remains a fear for many Jews, the military trainees are told. They are also told that there exists an "oppressive mentality" among some Jews which is perceived as a Cultural trait by many non-Jews. Other Jewish fears, the students learn, include anti-Semitism, quota systems, assimilation, marriage out- side Judaism, and a negative population growth. It is pointed out in the course that Jewish Americans agree with many other ethnic groups in different areas, but that recent events have focused on the disparity between Jews and Black Americans with whom Jews had been going hand-in-hand in the fight for civil rights. Jewish commitment to the Black civil rights movement was "strong and enduring" from the very beginning of that movement, it is emphasized. It is cited that numerous Jewish congregations, together with their rabbis, were active in the Black civil rights protests of the 1950s and 1960s; Jews provided substantial money for the movement; that they swelled the ranks of demonstrators in large num- ers in cities across the South. ONLY IN AMERICA: There is no other country in the world where the military is being given a basic and extensive course about Jews with a view to combatting anti-Semitism and depicting the contributions that Jews make to the general progress of the country. The course of the U.S. Department of Defense encompasses many aspects of Jewish life in the United States. In analyzing the present status of the Jews in the United States, the Defense Department course emphasizes that the Jewish population consists mostly of middle class people who, due to their good education and hard work, succeeded in developing an ethnic economic network that has provided stability for the majority of Jews in the coun- try. _ At the same time the attention of the students is drawn to the fact that although Jews worked hard to reach their present economic position, there are, nevertheless, ele- ments in the country that use the economic progress of the Jews for the nefarious purpose of inciting to anti-Jewish hatred. Jewish Americans, the military trainees are told, are all too well aware of how tenuous their economic position is. "Changes in public opinion may be swift and victim-focus on Jewish Americans for our present economic situation is a real possibility," the course prognosticates. ft M 4 4 Bnai Brith Increases Budget Available With Additional Deposits of $100 or more 4 seafood forks Boris Smolar's 755-9800 s.1, 11.1g• and I crap I n , tt ,11 re l nr-piuutn n. N•J WASHINGTON — Bnai Brith International, signal- ling a financial turnabout, has approved a budget for 1981 of $11,756,000, an in- crease of-$875,000 over last year. Jack Spitzer, Bnai Brith president, addressing the annual winter meeting of the board of governors, painted an optimistic pic- ture of the immediate fu- ture. His optimism, he said, is based on the success of fis- cal belt-tightening and fund-raising campaigns that are generating "dramatically increased" contributions to the organ- ization's youth programs. Spitzer said Bnai Brith last year reduced its longterm debt by some $800,000. This came in large part from increase contributions and t application of stringe guidelines on spending and better control of ac- counts receivable and payable, he explained. Almost half of the 1981 budget — $5,670,000 — was authorized by the board of governors for youth pro- grams. Hillel and the Bnai Brith Youth Organization will re- ceive an additional $8,610,000 from local Bnai Brith groups, local Jewish federations and welfare funds and from Hillel and BBYO dues and fees. A •0 .41