THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Moonies Seen Testing the Law Too Often By ROBERT E. SEGAL A Seven Arts Feature Both in the United States and England these days, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church has the hot blast of government breathing hard upon it. Ko- rean in origin, business- oriented, extremely aggres- sive, the Moon movement seems to have dared the law r-w times too often. this writing, the U.S. 'Department of Jusice, fol- lowing a two-year probe, hints that it may soon start deportation proceedings against Mr. Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han. The pair faces charges of violating American immigration laws. It is likely that similar action will be taken against many members of the Moon cult who have apparently entered the U.S. on visitors' visas. But this is only the beginning of grave Moonie trouble. Across the water, Sir Michael Haevers, British attorney general, has recommended that his gov- ernment withdraw the Moon sect's name from the nation's list of 137,000 reg- istered charities. British slap number two is a jury order for Dennis Orme, leader of the Moon church in England, to pay an esti- mated $1,600,000 in court costs. In this instance, after a six months' procedure, the High Court rules that The Daily Mail was jus- tified in saying that the Moon cult brainwashed young converts and broke up families. The jurors concluded also that the Unification Church is a political organization. But isn't Mr. Moon's church exclusively a reli- gious unit? No, a New York Appellate Court has indi- cated in deciding- a Moon property tax case. Says the Court: we can't figure what the church is mainly but we do conclude that the politi- cal and economic theory is such a substantial part of the operation, along with the religious, that it defeats the Church claim that its primary purpose is reli- gious. These developments are of considerable interest to the Jewish community of America. For scores of Jewish adolescents adrift in of jumbled values come under the Rev. Moon's charismatic spell. Intensive Moon affec- tion showered upon them have convinced them that this cult is a safe haven. "I am your brain," Mr. Moon and his votaries tell them. Indoctrinated by such love bombing in isolation, the young people are caught up in the church apparatus. You may see them out sell- ing flowers for Dr. Moon. Or go to Gloucester and behold the Moonies spreading their fishing lic rld nets for what they may think is their salvation but turns out to be more money in the Unification Church coffers. Again, the fishing will be profit- able for the Moon sect in Norfolk or Montauk or Kodiak, Alaska. And the Moon catches, flown to Japan, reportedly bring prices 10 times that realized by veteran American fishermen. Yet the Unification Church is tax exempt. Rev. Moon tells his story thus: he was chosen by God just as his native Korea was chosen by God in 1936 when word came to Mr. Moon to carry on the unfinished tasks begun by Jesus. On the other hand, in- telligence reports released by a U.S. Congressional In- vestigating Committee has it that the church was actu- ally founded by Kim Chong Pil, a director of the Korean CIA. Kim was one of several Korean Army officers who are said to have led the coup that brought President Park Chung Hee to power. The 1970s and 1980s have been profitable yea'rs for the Moon movement. The church has flourished. But there have been several trying times: In 1974, the U.S. government moved to deport 61 Moon follow- ers; in 1975 the govern- ment of Taiwan launched a Moon probe and some 300 American parents of Moonies appealed for a federal investigation. In 1976, the Moon Paris headquarters were bombed and the Vermont Senate voted to make a Moon inquiry. In the American Jewish community the overriding consensus is that the Unifi- cation Church has a record of "unrelieved hostility to Jews and Judaism." Little wonder then that • the American Jewish Commit- tee and American Jewish Congress this summer urged Jewish scholars re- ceiving invitations to the Unification Church confer- ence in Israel — of all places — to forego- the trip; little wonder also that this warn- ing was followed by Rev. Moon's decision to cancel the conference while raising the cry of "slander!" Apprehension about Moonies will naturally per- sist in Jewish circles even though Moon watchers re- port that Lady Doctor Kim, a high-level member of the church whose assignment it is to communicate with the other realm" has proudly announced that Albert Einstein has joined the Un- ification Church in "the spirit world." A man who offers sym- pathy to someone bereaved a year ago is like a doctor who asks a man who has a broken leg to break it again — so that the doctor can show his skill. Friday, August 28 1981 , PLAN TO ATTEND BAR-ELAN UNIVERSITY'S DINNER AND ACADEMIC CONVOCATION honoring PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher of The Jewish News PHILIP SLOMOVITZ and marking the establishment of the PHILIP SLOMOVITZ CHAIR IN COMMUNICATIONS AT BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 6:00 P.M. CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK DR. MARTIN HART General Vice Chairman—Chairman, Education Committee IRVING LAKER General Chairman NORMAN A. PAPPAS Endowment Chairman HENRY P. 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