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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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what they will not do, and ought to do.
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AJCommittee Honors R.J. Reynolds Chief
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NEW YORK Edward
A. Horrigan Jr., chairman
and chief executive officer of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
was honored by the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee last
month with their Human
Relations Award.
Horrigan was selected for
his "leadership in the to-
bacco industry and philan-
thropic endeavors."
Seymour Rich, from the
AJCommittee, said, "We
were especially impressed
y Mr. Horrigan's efforts to
overcome prejudice and
bigotry and for his devotion
to the cause of promoting
understanding between all
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Reynolds Tobacco's Edward Horrigan, left, is
presented the American Jewish Committee's Human
Relations Award by Louis Seidman.
One Jew, describing in Woodbourne, N.Y. three
his participation in a re- rabbis and a student cantor
treat, said that, "for me, were among the -67 al-
the most important thing coholics who found the sup-
was just meeting other portive strength within the
people in the same boat." Jewish religion they needed
He said that, for years, "I for recovery, said Maureen
was sure I was unique Calarino, JACS president,
and .I was ashamed. Now adding that some came con-
the support of my new vinced this was impossible.
Ms. Calarino said "the
friends gives me the
strength to face every idea that Jews can suffer
morning without the bot- from alcoholism or drug
abuse is still taboo"-
tle."
Participants have in- among most rabbis "but
cluded Orthodox, Conserva- -alcoholics need strong
tive and Reform Jews, spiritual support to face
JACS reported. Half are the demands of the re-
synagogue-goers. Men and covery -process. It is es-
women participate in equal sential that rabbis do not
numbers. Ages- range from turn away from the
mid-20s to mid-60s.
Jewish alcoholic when he
At the sixth retreat, held or she comes for help."
Sixty-seven Jewish al-
coholics each made an im-
portant discovery during_
the first week of November
at a gathering at a New
York kosher hotel — they
discovered that other Jews
suffered from the sam afflic-
tion.
The occasion was the
sixth Jewish alcoholics re-
treat sponsored- on a
twice-a-year schedule by a
volunteer group of recover-
ing alcoholics who had met
at earlier retreats.
Since 1979, more than
300 men- and women have
made this "comforting dis-
covery" at the retreats
sponsored by the JACS
Foundation. JACS stands
for Jewish Alcoholics,
Chemically-Dependent
Persons and Significant
Others. JACS includes close
friends and family in the re-
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
covery process.
Hundreds of Jews in the Far
East have expressed their
wish to join the Zionist
230 Israelis
movement and to be rep-
Arrested in U.S.
resented in the next World
TEL AVIV . (JTA) — Is- Zionist Congress in 1982, it
rael's former police rep- was reported here by
resentative in the U.S., De- Miriam Meyouhas of the
puty Inspector Michael World Zionist Organization
Bochner, who has recently department of organization,
returned after four years who returned from a tour of
_service in America, said the area.
She said that various
that "only" 230 Israelis had
been apprehended in the Zionist groups are signing
U.S. for crimes committed up members.
Reporting on - various
there.
In an interview published Jewish communities in the
in the current issue- of the Far East, Meyouhas said
Israeli . English-language the Jewish community in
"Newsview" weekly Thailand comprises 80
magazine, .Bochner says families, some 300 persons,
that this is a relatively all residing near Bangkok;
small number in view of the Ten of the families were
some quarter million Mraeli born in the country and hold
Thai citizenship. The other
yordim in America.
"The difference is that families are either aliens
they are Israelis (as com- who have lived there for
pared to larger numbers many years or temporary
from other national or residents who reside in the
thnic groups) and for that country for brief periods of
ason alone are more con- time.
The community oper-
- spicuous," he said.
Bochner said that much of ates a large communal
the petty crime by Israelis is center in downtown
committed in New York, Bangkok. It includes a
with more serious crimes synagogue, classrooms, a
library and an apartment
occurring on- the West
Coast, where some 20-30 for guests from overseas.
Some 300 Jews live in the
"professional criminals"
forming the mucleus of the Philippines, most of them of
so-called "Israel Mafia" is East European origin,
located in Los Angeles. Meyouhas said. The com-
Around them are another munity operates • a
some 50 foriner Israelis synagogue and a Sunday
serving as contacts or school with 30 students. A
new synagogue is scheduled
agents.
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The Jewish community in
Hong Kong numbers 1,200
persons of various origins.
The community operates a
large communal center and
publishes a Jewish news-
paper. •
There are some 500
Jews in Singapore,
mostly East Europeans.
They maintain an active
communal center and re-
cently renovated two
synagogues.
There are 6,000 Jews in
India, 4,000 of whom live in
Bombay. There are some 40
active synagogues, as well
as -a Jewish club which
houses a kosher restaurant
and the offices of the Jewish
Agency.
The Zionist Society of In-
dia, which was inactive in
recent years, is resuming its
activities and elections are
scheduled for various posts
in the society to prepare
work for the next Zionist
Congress.
Meyouhas said that two
groups of Indian Jews are
expected in Israel shortly to
participate in leadership
seminars.
There are some 600 Jews
in Japan, most of whom live
in Tokyo.' The new corn-
munal center includes a
synagogue, an auditorium,
a swimming -pool and a
kosher restaurant. The
community employs a
young and active Conserva-
tive rabbi.
She declared that at the
first five retreats, "The par-
ticipants confirmed what
most Jewish alcoholics
know: that getting help be-
gins by proving Jewish al-
coholism is a reality." She
warned that Jewish religi-
ous leaders must recognize
the existence of the problem
and join the effort to combat
it, or the synagogue will lose
out to the bottle.
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In accepting the award,
Horrigan said, "if prejudice
is part of being human, so
too is the nobility to recog-
nize its injustice and so too
are the strength and wil-
lingness to rise above it.
- "I am proud to accept
on behalf of my company
this Human Relations
Award.
"I am especially proud
since the award comes from
an organization that has
never considered itself
above involvement in the
eternal struggle to elimi-
nate the gross injustices of
bigotry and prejudice."
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