Camp Tamarack Renamed for Philantliropist B. Maas
to Honor $1.5 Million Gift and Personal Commitment
The Fresh Air Society has re-named Camp Tamarack at Ortonville in
honor of 86-year-old philanthropist Benard Mans.
Michigan, Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, Temple Beth El youth
study program in Israel, Diskin Orphans Home in Jerusalem, and schol-
arships for students in the U.S. and Israel.
Maas recently added $500,000 to his long-term, $1 million commitment
Fresh Air Society officials say that Maas has also made a personal
to the camp, which will now be known as Camp Maas. Maas funded the commitment to the camp, becoming personally involved with youngsters
health clinic at Camp Maas and has made major contributions to the during his many visits to the camp. His involvement with children stems
American Society for Crippled Children in Israel, Children's Hospital of from the death of his son Bobby 53 years ago.
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THE
JEWISH
NEWS
Veteran's
A \ WAIN Review
Day
of Jewish Events
BENARD MAAS
Responsibilities
for Peace:
Basic Credo
for Mideast Amity
Formulated
by the President
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White House Would Welcome
Knesset's Peace Delegation
Anti-Semitic Threat
in AWACS Debate
Called Undemocratic
Injection of anti-Semitic aspects in the AWACS debate
and the "warnings" of an emerging menace to Jews as well
as Israel from the campaigns conducted against the ap-
proval of massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia aroused re-
sentment in many quarters.
Heads of national Jewish organizations, as well as
leaders in some Christian quarters, condemned such tactics
as ignoring the right to differ on major political, foreign
affairs and other issues.
The very-basis for the democratic way of life and the
right to free expression was harmed by the tactics resorted
to in the resistance to the protests.
A major condemnation of the injection of the
anti-Semitic issue and the hints of "dual loyalty" were
especially assailed in the following editorial in the
New York Times on Sunday, under the title "The De-
mons Beneath the AWACS":
"A sordid matter lingers from the AWACS fight. It was
poignantly raised by Senator William Cohen, who opposed
the deal but finally voted for it. The Maine Republican, a
Unitarian with a Jewish father, said it was better that
American Jews lose the contest than suffer the conse-
quences of winning.
"Other Senators were less delicate in expressing the
same lament. Mark Hatfield of Oregon said talks with
constituents had exposed 'latent anti-Semitism.' David
Durenberger of Minnesota said, 'I have never experienced
anything like this in my life, in terms of basic prejudice.' '
Joseph Biden of Deleware said, 'I have a feeling that
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House said Tuesday that it would "welcome" a delegation from
the Israeli Knesset that is being sent to the U.S. to oppose Saudi Crown Prince Fand's eight-point Middle
East peace plan.
But a White House communications director, David Cergen, rejected the contention that the delega-
tion being sent by Premier Menahem Begin would be lobbying. "We would welcome the visit" by the
Knesset members to explain the Israeli government's view as well as their own view on the Saudi plan, he
said. He noted that members of his government "sit down" and talk with members of other governments all
the time.
Secretary of State Alexander Haig reiterated Wednesday that the only method of achieving Middle
East peace to which the U.S. is committed is the Camp David process. "This is the best basis for progress,"
he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Haig, who was testifying before the committee on the foreign policy and arms control
implications of President Reagan's strategic force modernization program, was asked by Sen.
Charles Mathias (R-Md.) to assess the viability of
various methods of achieving peace in the Mid-
dle East including the Saudi plan.
Vaad Approves
Eruv for Detroit
By HEIDI PRESS
The Vaad Harabonim — Council of Orthodox Rab-
bis — has approved the construction of an eruv, The
Jewish News has learned.
(An eruv is an halakhically-approved boundary
marking off a private domain, within which some
actions normally prohibited by the laws of Shebat are
permitted.)
The action came after a Vaad decision last March
not to approve the eruv for the Jewish year 5741, but
to reconsider the issue after Rosh Hashana.
Asked .why the Vaad changed its position, a
source close to the issue, who asked not to be
identified, said the decision came as a result of a
new letter from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the lead-
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Haig did not refer to the Saudi plan directly in
his reply except to say that it has been discussed a
great deal in the past week. He said he wanted to
"categorically" stress that the only means of negotia-
tions supported by the U.S. is Camp David.
Israel has voiced concern over remarks by Re-
agan, Haig and other Administration officials which
seem to imply that there are certain points in the
Fand proposal that could be welcomed as a step
toward progress. Haig said Wednesday that the
Camp David talks are leading toward progress both
in the development of an international force to patrol
the Sinai after Israel's withdrawal in April 1982 and
in the autonomy talks which will resume next Wed-
nesday.
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Yemenite Jews Celebrate Anniversary
of Their Aliya and Western Transition
By JAMES LEWIN
Of the 60,000-70,000 Yemenite Jews who made aliya to Israel
in 1948-1950, some 48,818 flew on Israeli planes as part of "Opera-
tion Magic Carpet."
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World Zionist Press Service
JERUSALEM — Available information on Yemenite Jewry from the 11th Century proves their con-
tinuity from pre-Islamic days. Maimonides in his 12th Century "Epistle to Yemen" clarifies the situation
there during his time. '
The status of Yemenite Jewry in some periods has been compared to that of serfs, though political changes
in the land had an influence on their position. In 1846, for example, they were made to clean the sewers of
San'a. A 1921 edict laid down that Jewish orphans be converted to Islam.
Jews were forbidden to dress brightly, wear stockings, bear weapons, use saddles, study the Torah outside
synagogue or lend money for interest. They were engaged as silversmiths, in weaving, smithery and
carpentry, as well as peddling. In such conditions of general poverty and recurring humiliation, no wonder
that Messianic movements thrived and Shabtai Zvi's Yemenite adherents were dealt with harshly by the
rulers of the time. Pseudo-Messiahs continued to enthuse the population in the last century.
In the 1930s, Yemenite Jewry numbered about 70,000. All of them made aliya to Israel after the
state was established in 1948.
When they first arrived in Israel, immigrants from Yemen were like Jews coming to Eretz Yisrael from
another world. Nowhere else in all the exile of the Jewish people were ancient traditions preserve::' ..
faithfully as among the Yemenites. Since the first Jewish settlements were founded there, during the days of
the Second Temple, Yemenite Jews lived virtually isolated from outside cultural influence.
Caught in the middle between Turkish Ottoman conquerors and the indigenous Arab population of
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