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12 Friday, May 1, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
May 11th is the date
COME TO THE
WORLD PREMIERE OF
"THE CHOSEN"
AND CELEBRATE
ISRAEL'S 33rd
BIRTHDAY
Hurry! There's still time to order tickets for the grandest theatre
party in 5741 years! All over the world people will join together for
an evening of special significance — the world premiere of "The
Chosen" (from the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok) plus a
wonderful star-studded tribute to Israel. Tickets are $100 . each
and your tax-deductible contributions will advance educational
activities in Israel.
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(Select organization for your choke listed below)
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Tickets to the Towne Theatre will be forwarded to you.
Cocktail reception 7:30 p.m. • World Premiere 8:30 p.m.
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'Celebration 33
Organizations
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
George M. Zeltzer
GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Irving Laker — 834-4000
WOMEN'S AMERICAN ORT
21540 West Eleven Mlle
Road
Southfield. MI 48076
355-9151
Joni Feldman
NATIONAL FEDERATION
OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS
25217 East Roycourt
Huntington Woods. MI
48070
544-8170
Lucille Miller
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
JEWISH WOMEN
16400 West Twelve Mile
Road
Southfield. MI 48076
557-9604
Sondra Nathan
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
OF AMERICA
18451 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield. MI 48075
569.1515
Helen Aller
Chapnick
Anne Silver
Sidney Silverman
Paid for by Ruth & Irwin Kahn
HAIFA UNIVERSITY
8701 East Eight Mile
Warren. MI 48089
758.1048
Ed Rosenthal
HAOASSAH
19111 West Ten Mile
Southfield. MI 48075
357-2920.
Marilyn Ash
Annette Meskin .
Harrilee Shevin
PIONEER WOMEN
25900 Greenfield Road.
Suite 205.0
Oak Park. MI 48237
967 4750
Betty Rath
Ruth Miller
Jews of New Zealand Feel Heat
from Increasing Anti-Semitism
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
AUCKLAND (JTA) —
Since their arrival among
the first British settlers in
New Zealand nearly a
century-and-a-half ago,
Jewish New Zealanders
have not previously felt
troubled by anti-Semitism.
They do now.
An upsurge of what may
be called traditional anti-
Semitism is deeply concern-
ing the tiny community of
approximately 4,000 Jews
who live mainly in the cities
of Auckland and Wel-
lington, the country's com-
mercial center and political
capital, respectively.
The anti-Semitism comes
principally from a newly
formed rightwing group,
the League of Rights, simi-
lar to the one in outlook and
practice in Australia. It is
well organized and amply
financed. Its leadership
speaks of patriotism but its
literature includes well
known canards about Jews
and Israel. There is anti-
Semitism, too, from the far
left but unlike the circum-
stances in Australia, it
doesn't have "a look-in,"
says Ernest Markham,
president of New Zealand's
Zionist Federation.
An indication of New
Zealand Jewry's concern
is that for the first time in
their history they held a
seminar on anti-Semitism
— what it is, how it works,
what to do about it.
Under auspices of the
local Bnai Brith, about
250 Jews gathered in Au-
ckland, paying admis-
sion to receive "irrefuta-
ble evidence that there
are forces at work here in
New Zealand right now
that all should know
about and that no one can
afford to turn away
from."
For New Zealand, the
turnout was a record
number, Dr. Kim Heppner
of Auckland observed. The
attendance represented
about one-seventh of Auck-
land's total Jewish popula-
tion.
New Zealand, the size of
California and with a gen-
eral population of three mil-
lion, is hurting from infla-
tion, unemployment and a
decline in exports of its ag-
ricultural products. Many of
the jobless, farmers, pen-
sioners and others on fixed
incomes consequently are
diverted to scapegoats as
the cause of their woes —
the usual channel in times
of stress being the Jews.
Markham recalled
similar feelings during
the economic depression
in the 1930s but not to the
same organized extent.
Incidentally, Markham's
forebears came to New
Zealand from Britain in
the 1840s.
As in Australia, New Zea-
1-and's communities, that
include converts to
Judaism, strive mightily to
preserve their heritage and
help Israel and Soviet
Jewry. About 100 Soviet
immigrants now live on the
two islands. The community
has a 25-year-old monthly
publication, the Jewish
Chronicle, published in
Wellington that seeks to
explain Israel's positions
and counter anti-Semitism.
Educationally, Wel-
lington maintains a kinder-
garten and Auckland has a
developing school that now
has five elementary grades.
There are synagogues —
Liberal and Orthodox — in
both major cities and also
synagogues in Dunedin, a
Scottish-style town far
down in the southern is-
land, and in Christchurch,
the English-style city closer
to Wellington.
Educational standards at
Auckland's small Jewish
elementary school are so
high that non-Jewish par-
ents compete to enroll their
children in it. Thus, while
its cuisine is kosher and the
character of an important
part of its curriculum is
Jewish, two-thirds of both
pupils and teachers are
non-Jewish.
Founded in 1965 as a
kindergarten, Kadim
(Forward) College is
partly supported by New
Zealand tax revenue like
other schools with a reli-
gious base. Public funds
are provided on condi-
tion children of other
faiths are allowed to
enroll. Of the 120 children
now in its four elemen-
tary grades and kinder-
garten, only 40 are
Jewish. Of the six
teachers, only two are
Jewish. They teach He-
brew and Jewish liturgy.
The principal also is
non-Jewish.
All the children and fa-
culty are required to bring
only kosher food to school
for lunch. Usually, the
meals are vegetarian o
dairy. While non-Jewish
children are exempt from
religious services and edu-
cation, some join in Jewish
prayers after lunch but only
with permission of their
parents. Jewish children
are required to participate
in the religious program. In
keeping with the British
tradition of school uniforms,
all the children wear blue
and gray clothing that bear
the Magen David, the
school's insignia.
Intermarriage and as-
similation have eroded
much of the community's
Jewish character. Christ-
church's telephone direc-
tory lists nine Cohens and
12 Levys but the listings
proved misleading as indi-
ces to Jewry. One Mrs.
Cohen who responded to
this reporter's phone call
thought she was the butt of
a joke. "You're putting me
on," she said. "Nobody here
is Jewish." Another Mrs.
Cohen said her husband had
been Jewish but he was not
involved in the community.
Several calls went unan-
swered.
Israel Population Projections
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
By the year 2000, about 4.4
million Jews and 1.3 million
AJC Files Brief
in High Court
Religion Case
WASHINGTON — The
American Jewish Congress
has filed a friend-of-the-
court brief with the U.S.
Supreme Courturging that
the University of Missouri
be prohibited from permit-
ting its facilities to be used
for religious • worship or
study.
The case, on appeal from
the Eighth Circuit Court of
Appeals in St. Louis, in-
volves members of a reli-
gious group called Cor-
nerstone at the Kansas City
campus of the university.
Cornerstone sought permis-
sion from university offi-
cials to use, without charge,
available space for meet-
ings to attract the "uncom-
mitted" so that they might
make "a personal decision
in favor of trusting in Jesus
Christ both for salvation
and for the power to live an
abundant Christian life on
earth."
When the university de-
nied Cornerstone's request,
the group brought suit,
charging a violation of the
right of free exercise of reli-
gion. The Federal District
Court rejected Cor-
nerstone's argument, but
the Circuit. Court reversed
the lower court's ruling.
non-Jews will live in the
state of Israel with more
than two million Arabs liv-
ing in Judea, Samaria and
Gaza, according to demog-
raphic projections of the Is-
rael Defense Ministry.
The projections are that
by the year 2000 the total
population of the state of Is-
rael will reach about 5.7
million; Jewish immigra-
tion (aliya) will total 25,000
per year and emigration
(yerida) will be about
15,000. The study points out
the possibility of unforseen
waves of immigration.
The Arab populations of
Judea, Samaria and Gaza
will show intensive growth,
reaching about two million,
and will include a much
larger percentage of young
people. A slow rate of eco-
nomic development will
cause increased 'unemploy-
rnent and radicalism and
the population will be in-
creasingly concentrated
geographically.
World Jewish popula-
tion will continue to de-
cline to about eight mil-
lion outside Israel by the
year 2000, compared to
9.8 million today.
Egypt's population will
total 71 million in the year
2,000 and about 17.5 mil-
lion people will live in coun-
tries bordering Israel by
1990, compared to 13 mil-
lion today. About two mil-
lion Egyptians are expected
to settle in the Sinai during
this period.