Ambassador MUM Will Open Campaign on Tuesday Yehuda Blum, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, will ad- dress the annual dinner meeting of the Allied Jewish Campaign - Israel Emergency Fund on Tuesday at Temple Israel. The dinner will be pre- ceded by a cocktail reception at 6:15 p.m. (Due to unforeseen circum- stances, plans announced earlier have been changed). The Detroit Jewish community is invited to attend the event. Reser- vations should be made by calling the Jewish Welfare Federation office, 965-3939. Presiding at the meeting will be Marvin H. Goldman and David S. Mondry, the general chairmen of this year's Campaign. Rabbi M. Robert Syme will deliver the invocation. Ambassador Blum, a native of Czechoslovakia, was a prisoner at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before immigrating to A Purim Soliloquy and Matters Relating to Jewish Strivings for Justice Israel after World War II. He became a noted authority on international law, earning his docto- rate at the University of London. His master's degree is from Hebrew University, where he spent 10 years as a faculty member. Among his various legal positions with the Israel government, he served as the senior assistant to the legal adviser of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. During his academic career, Ambassador Blum worked as a research scholar at the University of Michigan's law school. He was a visiting professor at the law schools of New York University and the University of Texas. In 1968, he served as a UNESCO fellow in Sydney, Australia. He has served as Israel's ambassador to the UN since September 1978. (Continued on Page 5) YEHUDA BLUM HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Revieit' of Jewish Events PURIM Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Commentary, Page 2 Copyright VOL. LXXIX, No. 3 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c March 20 1981 Shamir Warns Sales to Saudis `Cloud' U.S.-Israel Relations Jewish Cemetery on Poletown Site Will Be Improved The old Beth Olam Cemetery, also known as the Smith Street Cemetery, is the only piece of property, within the boundaries of the proposed General Motors plant in Poletown which will not be acquired or disturbed by GM. In fact, according to Andrew Phythian, superin- tendent of Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Troy who has been supervising the maintenance of the Smith Street Cemetery, the acquisition of the area by GM will benefit the cemetery. Phythian said GM originally proposed moving the cemetery. Officials of GM, Governor William Milli- ken's office, and the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck were told that moving the cemetery would violate Jewish law. Meeting with the officials were Cong. Shaarey (Continued on Page 5) JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir declared Monday that proposed U.S. sales of sophisticated weapons to Saudi Arabia could "cloud" relations between the U.S. and Israel. He warned that an arms' sale escalation in the region could eventually cause "an explosion." Speaking in the Kriesset, Shamir noted, though, that the U.S. had recently pledged to boost Israel's own military strength, and its economic stability, and said detailed talks would soon begin between officials of the two countries on how those pledges were to be implemented. In his statement, he referred to the proposed U.S. sale of offensive attachments for Saudi Arabia's F-15 warplanes, due to be delivered this year, and also to the reported U.S. consideration of the sale of advanced AWACS intelligence and control planes. The Israeli Foreign Minister warned that Israel would not be able to keep up with the regional arms race if systems of this cost and sophistication were supplied to its enemies. Top. Labor Party foreign affairs spokesman Abba Eban charged that the government had "recon- ciled itself" to the proposed U.S.-Saudi arms deal (for offensive attachments to the F-15 warplanes). Eban added that there was no real "understanding" between Washington and Jerusalem — and it was for that reason that Premier Menahem Begin had not been invited ta summit talks in Washington this spring. Eban said the supply of AWACS to Saudi-Arabia would mean a serious weakening of Israel's defensive capability. The Saudis would be able to "scan and peer into" Israel from the planes, he said. Many other Knesset members from both major parties faulted the government for not sounding more forceful in its public opposition to the U.S.-Saudi arms deals. A Foreign Ministry official said last week that an assessment had been made of the Reagan Administration intentions and Israel did not lodge a stronger protest over the proposed sales to the Saudis because it was not Excitement Is. Building for the Jewish Olympics By SIMON GRIVER World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM -- This summer's Maccabia Games promise to be biggest and best in the event's 50-year history. July 6-16, nearly ,o00 competitors, easily a record entry, will take part in 28 differ- ent sports. The concept of the Maccabia Games, a Jewish Olympics, was envisaged by Joseph Yekuteli in 1921. He persuaded Tel Aviv Mayor Meir Dizengoff to build a stadium in neighboring Ramat! Gan, which was named Kfar Maccabia. When the first games were held 309 athletes came from 17 countries. The event was a striking success and in the 1935 Mac- (Continued on Page 6) fp& The opening ceremonies at the 10th Maccabia. (Continued on Page 6) Ted Cummings Will Be Named Envoy to Austria WASHINGTON (JTA) — Theo- dore Cummings of Beverly Hills, Calif., who is regarded as President Reagan's closest Jewish friend, has been selected by the President to be the next U.S. ambassador to Au- stria, the country where he was born, a White House source in- formed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. While the White House would not officially confirm the appoint- ment of Cummings pending a for- mal announcement, it was under- stood that his nomination probably will be submitted soon to the Se- nate. Cummings, 72, a financier and philanthropist in the Los Angeles area, has been close to Reagan for more than 30 years and supported him in his gubernatorial and Presidential campaigns. He was an honorary co-chairman of the Coalition for Reagan-Bush, the Jewish organization that backed (Continued on Page 7) Purim: Joyous Freedom Festival for Centuries By DVORA WAYSMAN World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — No festival in the Jewish calendar is more joyous, than Purim, which is celebrated today (14th Adar II), except in Jerusalem where it is celebrated tomorrow. The 15th of Adar is known as Shushan Purim, and recalls the fact that the Jews who lived in the Persian town of Shushan continued to fight their enemies on 14th Adar, then celebrated their victory a day later. It was ordained that towns in Israel with ancient walls dating back to the days of Joshua, should celebrate Purim on 15th Adar. The central elements of Purim are joy and celebration. It is historical in origin — involving a plot in Persia by the wicked (Continued on Page 72) A 19th Century Megillat Esther.