6 Friday, September 18, 19131 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS HAPPY BIRTHDAY Begin Blasts 'Anti-Likud' Israeli Papers NEW YORK (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin delivered a blistering at- tack on the Israeli news media here Monday night which he claimed were against his government. He also angrily rejected charges that he had surren- dered to the demands of the ultra-Orthodox Aguda Is- rael Party in order to form DON GARLAND With Love Shirley, Jack, Joan & Don RENT VIDEO MOVIES $1 2 5 Membership Fee $35 for 1 yr. choose from 100's of movies, such as — Ordinary People — Elephant Man —Popeye — Somewhere In Time — Young Frankenstein VIDEO PLUS 569-2330 SPITZER'S of Harvard Row . Headquarters For All Your Holiday Needs Still Time to Order Your Personalized NEW YEAR. 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Begin said he believed that state institutions in Is- rael should be closed on the Sabbath and when the Aguda demanded that the national airline, El Al, sus= pend all operations on that day, he agreed. Begin repeated the same argument later in the eve- ning when he received the Covenant of Peace Award from the Synagogue Coun- cil of America (SCA) at the BASIC after the meeting, the black leaders said, "We made clear to Begin our support for a free and demo- cratic Israel with secure borders. We indicated that we would do all possible to encourage the American people, the Reagan Ad- ministration and the Con- gress to assist Israel to re- main free and her borders to remain secure." Monday afternoon, Begin addressed an Israel Bonds luncheon attended by 350 Jewish leaders from the U.S. and other countries who gave him their com- mitment to provide $100 million in seed money for the projected Medi- terranean-Dead Sea canal energy project. Waldorf Astoria Hotel. •• • Meeting 'Between Begin, Black Leaders Is Called Fruitful Discussion by Both Sides Per Day Minimum 4 Days 12 Mile at Evergreen his governing coalition. The premier spoke before a gathering of Herut U.S.A. at the Roosevelt Hotel, where he was greeted with tumultous shouts of "Begin, Begin." Hebrew Book & Gift Center 11 Mile & Lahser; Southfield HARVARD ROW 356-6080 — OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY NEW YORK (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin met with a delegation of 28 American black leaders for a discussion of a variety of topics related to Israel and the American black com- munity's attitude toward it. Prominent among the topics were Israel's rela- tions with South Africa, black Hebrews in Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the issue of affirmative action for blacks in America. Among the leaders meet- ing with the Israeli premier were Bayard Rustin, head of BASIC (Black Americans Support Israel Coalition); Carl Holman, president of the National Urban Coali- tion; Benjamin Hooks, executive secretary Of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Dorothy Haight, president of the Na- tional Council of Negro Women; and Vernon Jor- dan, president of the Na- tional Urban League. At the end of the meet- ing, Begin and the black leaders agreed that they had had a "cordial" and "fruitful" meeting. The meeting opened with a statement by Begin on the issue of black Hebrews who have established a commu- nity in the Negev town of Dimona. The premier said that he recognized the problems of the black Hebrews had to be solved, but claimed that they refuse to accept Israeli citizenship and make anti- Israel statements. Begin also referred to the issue of Falasha Jews in Ethiopia and said he was making every possible effort to bring about their immigra- tion to Israel. During the question- and-answer period, the black leaders pressed Begin on the issue of Israel's ties with South Africa. Austin, answering reporters' ques- tions after the meeting, said that Begin told them Israel had been and is strongly op- posed to apartheid and will speak out against it at the upcoming session of the United Nations General Assembly. But, according to Bus- tin, Begin said Israel was a beleaguered country and for certain items it must continue to trade with South Africa. In a statement issued by •• • Begin Allies With Falwell WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the leader of the Moral Major- ity, said that Premier Menahem Begin told him that he had rejected sugges- tions to separate himself from the conservative movement. "Mr. Falwell, there are those who work very hard to separate us," Falwell quoted Begin as saying dur- ing their meeting last Fri- day. "We are not going to be separated. We need each other." Many leading spokesmen in the Jewish and non- Jewish communities in this country, as well as many Congressmen, artists and intellectuals, have attacked the Moral Majority as an ex- tremist conservative group which is trying to under- mine and eradicate the so- cial and economic gains won over the past few decades. Some Congressmen have denounced—the Moral Majority for help- ing defeat a number of liberal legislators in the last national elections who were on the Moral Majority's "hit list" and have pointed out that this ultra-conservative movement has prepared another "hit list" for 1984 elections. Some of the Congressmen who were "hit" in the last election, like Sen. Frank Church of Idaho, and some who are on the new "list," like Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) are staunch supporters of Israel. _- Falwell told reporters that he was invited to the meeting by the Israel Em- bassy and that he drew up the list of the other guests who included the three top political officials from Vir- ginia, where he lives: Gov. John Dalton, a Republican, and Sens. John Warner, a Republican, and Harry Byrd, an Independent. Also present was Gerald Strober, executive director of the American Friends of Tel Aviv University, a long time supporter of close ties between Jews and fun- damentalist Christians. Begin stressed to the group that "there is a spe- cial relationship between Jews and Christians that is dear to me," Falwell said. The Moral Majority leader said that fun- damentalist Christians support Israel's right to exist. During his visit, Begin met with members of the National Christian Leader- ship Conference for Israel and with Dr. Franklin H. Littell of Temple Univer- sity, president of the NCLCI. He also met with Mrs. Emma Marcus, widow of Col. Mickey Marcus who was killed while helping the Irgun in 1948. Students Eager to Study U.S. Holocaust Report RAMAT GAN — A study of four U.S. school curricula on the Holocaust shows high interest on the part of the students, according to Dr. Mary Glynn, director of the Holocaust Curriculum Assessment Project of the National Jewish Resources Center. Dr. Glynn Was speaking at a recent symposium on "Holocaust Study Curricula in Israel and the Diaspoia — Similarities and Dif- ferences" tit Bar-Ban Uni- versity. Other speakers at the symposium included Dr. Zvi Bachrach and Dr. Yehuda Ben-Avner of Bar-Ilan Uni- versity and Dr. Netta Kohn Dor-Shay, a psychologist.