op Synagogues Are Focus of This Allied Jewish Campaign Sabbath Darwin, Einstein and Ben-Gurion: Their Belief in Almighty Unites Thinking of Great Minds Commentary, Page 2 Allied Jewish Campaign Inaugural Tasks to Enroll Unanimous Communal Support THE JEWISH NEWS * A Weektv Review of Jetuish Events Editorial, Page 4 Copyright „e'. The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXX, No. 19 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35` _ 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 January 8, 1982 t he Saudis Disavow. _Favoring Recognition of State of Israel U.S. Anti-Semitic Events Are Doubled for 3rd Year NEW YORK — The number of anti-Semitic incidents in 1981 was more than double 1980, according to an annual national survey by the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith. It was the third straight year that the incidents more than doubled. Michigan recorded 29 incidents. In making the survey findings public, the ADL also noted that perpetrators are facing new and sterner measures from legislatures and law enforcement authorities. ADL recorded 974 incidents of anti-Jewish vandalism in 1981 in 31 states and the District of Columbia. This compares with 377 such episodes in 28 states and the nation's capital recorded during 1980. In addi- tion to the 974, the audit also disclosed a significant increase in the number of bodily assaults and mail or telephone threats against Jews as Jews — 350 as compared with 112 in 1980. In releasing the results, Nathan Perlmutter, ADL's national direc- tor, commented, "While on its face the statistical increase is profoundly disturbing, the real significance of the phenomenon should not be re- duced to a ratio. Cold statistics, whether large or small, are not of primary relevance to individual vic- 1 ..A tims. There is no measure for the NATHAN PERLMUTTER shock of confronting a swastika smeared on one's home or house of worship, nor for the fear and indignity suffered when anti- Semitic threats are received over a telephone." He said that New York City, demonstrating sensitivity to such trauma, requires borough police commanders personally to visit all victims of "bias crimes." 4.• Perlmutter said new steps are being taken in response to the increase in "bias crimes." Eight states — Arizona, California, Mary- land, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington — enacted laws during 1981 imposing stiffer penalties on persons con- victed of religious or racial vandalism. ADL, he added, has drafted and proposed its own "model" statute for introduction in state legislatures (Continued on Page 7) JERUSALEM (JTA) — "We told you so" was the reaction of Israeli officials to the news that Saudi Arabia disavowed its Foreign Minister's reported readiness "to accept Israel" under certain conditions. "What else can we say?" observed Foreign Ministry spokesman Avi Pazner. "This shows that they are not sincere in their periodic hints of readiness for peace and recogni- tion." Prince Saud el-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, said in an interview published last Sunday in the New York Times that his government was prepared to accept Israel on condition that it recognized Palestinian rights and returned all the occupied territories. State operated Riyadh Radio broadcast a statement Sunday by a spokesman for the Saudi Foreign Ministry which said: "There is absolutely no truth in what has been attributed to His Highness Prince Saud about the kingdom's recognition of Israel. What His Highness Prince Saud said with regard to recognition was in essence a reference to the requirement that Israel recognize the rights of the Palestinian people to return to their land, to self- determination and to the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital." This was in essence the plan promulgated by Crown Prince Fand last August and which was promptly rejected by Israel as another ploy to dismantle the Jewish state. Israeli officials Tuesday were pleased that Israel's reaction this time had not been a flat rejection, but rather a challenge to the Saudis that if they want to talk peace, Israel is ready to (Continued on Page 6) Polish American Congress Condemns Campaign of Anti-Semitic Propaganda . NEW YORK (JTA) — The anti-Jewish propaganda campaign launched by Poland's Communist regime during its current state of martial law was deplored and condemned Tuesday by the Polish American Congress (PAC). Michael Preisler, president of the PAC's downstate New York division, characterized the introduction of anti-Semitism by the military junta as "a calculated tactic of the 'state of war' declared by Soviet puppets against Solidarity and the people of Poland. "The primary purpose of their strategy is to deceive and divide those throughout the world who support Solidarity and oppose the present reign of terror," he said. "Because Jews have always valued the cause of human rights and civil liberties, they found the freedom movement in Poland particularly attractive and have been in sympathy with it from its very inception." Preisler believes that the Communists, by raising the specter of anti-Semitism in Poland, hope to alienate and discourage those who stand ready to help the Polish people in the crisis the government has created. "The Soviet influence is readily apparent," he said. A Roman Catholic and a member of the Polish underground during the German occupation, Preisler spent four years in the Auschwitz death camp. (Continued on Page 12) Allied Jewish Campaign Joins in National Super Sunday Solicitation Set for Jan. 17 The Jewish Welfare Federation and more than 500 volunteers are gearing up for Super Sunday '82, Jan. 17 at the United Hebrew Schools. Working from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., the volunteers will be making thousands of telephone calls to Jewish households in the metropolitan area in an attempt to solicit contributions to this year's Allied Jewish Campaign - Israel Emergency Fund. Sol Cicurel and Janice Schwartz are local chairmen of Super Sunday, and Jay M. Kogan and Joel D. Tauber are the general chairmen of the 1982 Campaign. Super Sunday is a nationwide telephone drive on behalf of the United Jewish eal. Last January, more than 25,000 volunteers from approximately 100 communities raised $19.1 million in a ,le day to meet Jewish needs in Israel, around the world and in their own communities. That was a record for a mass appeal in peacetime. The goal for Super Sunday '82 is to involve about 150 communities and raise $25 million. Many communities will participate in the drive for the first time this year. - As a prelude to next weekend's Super Sunday event in Detroit, Cicurel said most synagogues and temples are planning special sermons in observance of the annual Campaign Federation Sabbath at services tonight and tomorrow morning. Mailings about Super Sunday and the vital role played by Federa- tion are being sent to congregants. Mrs. Schwartz noted that the Campaign dollars raised lo6ally on Super Sunday will provide assistance to 60 Federation beneficiaries at home and overseas. In Detroit, the Campaign benefits the following agencies: Fresh Air Society, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Council, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Federation Apartments, Jewish Home for Aged, Jewish House of Shelter, Jewish Vocational Service and Community Workshop, Midrasha College of Jewish Studies, Resettlement Service, Sinai Hospital, Shiffman Clinic and United Hebrew Schools. Syria's 33-Year War Forced Golan Move By REV. FRANKLIN LITTELL Special to The Jewish News (Editor's note: Dr. Franklin Littell, eminent American theologian and Temple University profes- sor, a frequent contributor to the columns of The De- troit Jewish News, is pre- sently in Israel par- ticipating in Christian- Jewish seminars.) JERUSALEM — Leba- non lies in ruins, dragged into a permanent civil war by PLO terrorists from Jor- dan and uniformed invaders from Syria. The people of Afghanistan struggle des- perately to throw off the Soviet invader's yoke, their resistance voices still com- ing through with regular if (Continued on Page 5) Adc, REV. FRANKLIN LITTELL