Kogan, Tauber Head AJCampaign
Jewish Welfare Federation President George M. Zeltzer announced the appointment of communal leaders Jay M.
Kogan and Joel D. Tauber as the general chairmen of the 1982 Allied Jewish Campaign - Israel Emergency Fund at the
- Detroit Service Group Stag Day this week at Knollwood Country Club. Both men were co-chairmen of the 1980 Campaign,
which is the Jewish community's major fund-raising activity for supporting Jewish social services both at home and
overseas.
A board member of the Detroit Service Group of Federation, Kogan served four years as Campaign co-chairman. He
was an associate chairman in 1978, a vice chairman in 1977 and 1975 and a pre-Campaign chairman in 1976.
Kogan previously served on the board of directors of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Home for
Aged and the Jewish Family Service.
Tauber is vice president of Federation, a past president of the Jewish Community Center and a member of the United
Foundation Board of Directors.
He was regional chairman for the United Jewish Appeal in 1978 and has given several years of service to the UJA
National Campaign and Young Leadership Cabinets.
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Reagan-Begin Talks Boosting
American Israeli Friendship
Abu Eain Extradition
Facing a Media Blitz •
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
WASHINGTON — Aided by influential sections of the
media, a campaign is being developed to prevent the U.S.
Department of Justice from sending a young Palestinian
Arab to Israel to face charges of participation in a terrorist
bombing- that killed two Jewish boys.
Ziad Abu Eain, now 21, is pictured by sympathizers as
a "political prosecution victim" who has "hope" of having a
"fair trial" when the U.S. Supreme Court rules in his case,
probably this October. In the U.S. District Court in
Chicago, Judge Frank J. McGarr rejected his request not to
be extradited and in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Judge Harlington Wood Jr. affirmed McGarr's decision.
Even should Abu Eain's battery of five lawyers,
who include Ramsay Clark of New York and Abdeen
Jabara of Detroit — both long associated with pro-
Palestinian campaigns, fail in the Supreme Court test,
he still could, under federal law, escape extradition.
The Secretary of State has the final word on extradi-
tion issues. Thus the case's conclusion revolves on
whether a legal decision (courts) or a political position
(Secretary of-State) will prevail. This is not unusual in
extradition proceedings.
Neither is pressure by the media and others unusual
against Israel, even in security cases. There is the case of
Hilarian Capucci, a Melchite Rite Catholic Archbishop in
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Ronald Reagan welcomed Israeli Premier Menahem Begin to the
White House Wednesday, declaring that the U.S. regards "Israel as an ally" and giving assurances that
"the security of Israel is a principal objective of this Administration."
Begin, in response, declared that Israel was a "stable ally" of the U.S. and other democracies and
invited the President to visit Israel and "its capital Jerusalem."
Reagan stressed that their two days of talks were a "chance to further strengthen the
unbreakable ties between the U.S. and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's
security and well being."
He said, "Israel and America may be thousands of miles apart but we are philosophical neighbors
sharing a strong commitment to democracy and the rule of law."
He noted that the two countries "share similar beginnings as nations of immigrants yearning to live in
freedom" and also "share a devotion to democratic institutions responsible to the wills of our citizens."
Reagan also noted that both countries share a "mission" to make "the golden age of peace, prosperity
and brotherhood a living reality in all countries of the Middle East. Let us remember that whether we are
Christian or Jew or Moslem we are all children
of Abraham. We are all children of the same
God," Reagan said.
Egypt Says Internal Tension
Won't Slow Israel Relations
JERUSALEM (JTA)— Egypt has assured Israel that
the current political tensions and arrests in that country of
some 1,500 people accused of contributing to Moslem-
Christian violence will not prevent or delay plans to step up
normalization between the two countries.
At the same time, talks began at El Arish between
'Israeli and Egyptian experts on streamlining the transpor-
tation of goods by land across the Sinai border. On Sunday,
a party of 50 Egyptian officials and diplomats will arrive in
Israel for talks, in separate working groups, on aviation
ties, on sea links, telecommunication links, trade and
tourism.
Green '81 Butzel Honoree
Irwin Green will be the 1981 recipient of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial
Award for outstanding Jewish communal service.
Presentation of the award, named for one of Federation's founders, will
take place Sept. 23 at the 55th annual meet-
ing of Federation. The dinner at the Jewish
Community Center will begin with a recep-
tion at 6 p.m.
A Federation vice president, Green
has been chairman of the Allied Jewish
Campaign and president of the United
Jewish Charities, on whose board he
currently serves. He also is a member of
the boards of Sinai Hospital and the De-
troit Service Group.
IRWIN GREEN
Jewish Welfare Federation President
George Zeltzer will deliver his annual
report, and a slate of candidates for election
to Federation's Board of Governors will be
presented by Martin E. Citrin, chairman of
the nominating committee.
For dinner information, call the Federa-
tion office, 965-3939.
He vowed that "working with all our
friends in the Middle East we seek to rein-
force the security of the entire region. As we
consult about these problems, rest assured
that the security of Israel is a principal ob-
jective of this Administration and that we
regard Israel as an ally in our search for
regional stability."
Reagan said Begin's "entire life has been
dedicated to the security and well being of your
people." He ended his remarks saying, "Shalom,
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21 Synagogues Dedicate Sabbath
to Bar-Ilan , Endorse Chair in Media
Dr. Martin Hart, general vice chairman of the Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University and
chairman of its education committee, has announced that participation in the community Bar-Ilan
Shabat this weekend has reached 21 congregations throughout the metropolitan area. Rabbis will be
dedicating their sermons to Bar-Ilan University's 26 years of commitment to academic excellence
and Judaica. Publicity bulletins are also being used to bring the Shabat to the attention of as many
people as possible.
In Bar-flan University ranks this is viewed as a major achievement, the dedication of the special
Sabbath marking the unity of all ideological religious elements in Jewry.
In addition to the emphasis on Bar-Ilan's tradition of quality
and service to Israel, Hart reports that this year will see the
establishment of a chair in public communications on campus.
This program will provide intense graduate-level training in the
areas of the media, with special emphasis on fighting the misin-
formation of which Israel is often the target. This vital project
will be named in honor of Philip Slomovitz, editor and publisher
of The Jewish News, who recently received an honorary docto-
rate from Bar-Ban. The Slomovitz name will thus be perpetually
linked with Israel's striving for superior communications,
under Bar-Ilan University's auspices, Hart said.
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