THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 15, 1982 5 80 Percent of Austrians Hold Strong Anti-Semitic Sentiments most of the Jewish vote and had a number of leading Jews among its functionaries. She attributed the prej- udice within the Socialist Party today to the large number of poorly educated working class voters who support it. Anti-Semitic feelings do not necessarily translate into hostility toward Israel, Weiss found. Anti-Semites disapprove of Israel more than others but there is a considerable number of Jew-haters who admire Is- rael. A number of ex-Nazis are impressed by the mili- tary successes of the Israeli army, she said. According to Weiss, her depressing statistics are not limited to Austria. Other Western European coun- tries and the United States show similar levels of prej- udice, she said. * * * Surveys Show Italian Bias NEW YORK (JTA) — Anti-Semitic prejudice — Israel Scores Scientifically With Gifts to Mankind in '81 SAY IT WITH TREES JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 27308 SOUTHFIELD SFLD, MI. 48076 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday, 9AM to 5PM Friday 9 AM to 4 PM Israel's positive role as a creative nation gained added significance in 1981. A record described under the heading "Isratech '81" is listed as follows in the cur- rent issue of Near East Re- port of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "Two hundred and seven- teen American companies — including General Dynamics, General Electric and Westinghouse — took part in "Isratech '81,' a showcase for Israeli pro- gress in electronics, medical engineering, solar energy and other high-technology areas that was held for four days last November, in Jerusalem. "The exhibition has as its theme, 'Israel — Your Key to Profitable Busi- ness Ventures.' Em- phasis was on the advan- tages Israel offers to American and other a foreign investors highly skilled labor force, world-renowned re- search institutions, — ar---111 KEREN KAYENIETH LEISRAEL • , Jewish People of Detroit An Urgent Plea For TZEDAKA as printed in theJerusalem Post and rec- ognized by all the RabbiS in Israel. A large fire, which broke out in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem on Wednesday, _December 2, 1981, severely •Jrned a mother of three young children. She is presently on _ le critical list in Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, but she succeeded in saving her children. All the family's belongings were destroyed, and the apartment, which they occupied temporarily, is no longer habitable. They have no home and they need your support. .11101112131211, Assistance for this tragically affected family is being mobilized here by Maxine Bensman, 16400 North Park Drive, ' Apartment 618, Southfield, Mich. 48075, telephone 557-5467. Checks should be payable to Simach Abramson. To expedite immediate transfer of funds to the needy family, please mail checks immediately to Mrs. Maxine Bensman. duty-free entry into the European Common Mar- ket, and a generous sys- tem of grants, loans and tax incentives. "Some 200 Israeli man- ufacturers were repre- sented in the exhibition. "Among them was Neurogar, an electronic de- vice that relieves pain by blocking the signal from the pain site to the brain. A small box the size of a pack of cigarettes, Neurogar was developed by physicians at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and is manufac- tured by Agar Electronics, a kibutz-based industry spe- cializing in medical prod- ucts, "It is a member of the family of 'TENS' — Trans- cutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulators, now achieving acceptance in hospitals and pain clinics in the U.S. "Other exhibitors in- cluded Motorola (Israel) Ltd., which showed its computerized irrigation system that might well be used in developing ag- ricultural countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. "Another exhibitor was Mennen Medical, Ltd. — jointly owned by Mennen Medical Inc. and the Clal Group of Israel — which showed a heart pacemaker smaller in size and with longer life expectancy than lithium comparable pacemakers on the market in the United States." Harmful Strike JERUSALEM — Travel industry sources blame the 12 percent decrease in Is- raeli tourism in November on the 12-day El Al strike. The sources said the air- line lost $5 million in im- mediate revenue and mil- lions more in future sales. "Although there was much repetition of the classic stereotypes — Jews gained riches as usurers, killed Christ — the interviewers were impressed by the ab- sence of malevolence with which these 'facts' were re- lated. A former teacher ex- plained that, while there was no racism in the valley, there remains a traditional negative attitude toward Jews, much of it motivated by economic factors. But he pointed out that during the war, with many Jews in the area forced to hide, there was not a single case of bet- rayal." Similar interviews con- ducted in Rome and Milan "showed no hatred or even strong dislike through there was clear prejudice . . . ex- pressed with great civility." Respondents overesti- mated the number of Jews' in Italy. "While Italy's total Jewish population is about but without malevolence — has been found in Italy in surveys conducted in an iso- lated rural area and in the two largest cities, Rome and Milan, the World Jewish Congress reported. were results The analyzed for broad trends by the Jewish Documentation Center of Milan, a research organization that monitors anti-Semitic incidents in Italy. The most revealing was a series of short interviews, published in the Rome Jewish community's monthly journal, Shalom. They were conducted by a young-anthropologist at the University of Arezzo, Tus- cany, in townships and vil- lages of the nearby Casen- tino Valley where the church archives contain re- cords of many trials against Jews in the Middle Ages and later. According to the re- port, "The question asked was 'How do you picture a Jew?' " and "the answers contained fan- tasy, folktales, stereotypes based on hearsay and legends, a general mistrust of Jews ... Ancient maledictions were related by students, clerks and peasant women as though they had happened yester- day." But, the WJC reported, DETROIT OLDS DEALERS 711( , - -a ,--t , , ' 14., ,)„„, 35,000, the guesses ranged from 500,000 to five mil- - lion," the report said. According to the WJC, experts at the Documenta- tion Center in Milan have concluded that the inter- views showed basic ignor- ance and confusion much more than hatred and ra- cism. An independent find- ing of the center indicated that the increase of anti- Semitic episodes in Italy was a fascist or neo-Nazi origin while church and religious inspired incidents have decreased sharply. OFFICIAL (---) AGENCY • OMEGA ;: 0:. 1 i ::(.1: FT: . - :T x.- co, , sYmPathv , , thrt t i, i, . 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Weiss contrasted the degree of anti-Semitism in the Socialist Party today with the situation before World War II. At that time, the Christ- lichsoziale Partei (Chris- tian Socialist Party), forerunner of the Peoples Party, was outspokenly anti-Semitic whereas the Social Democrats carried 0 e!! N• m m 1 DAY ONLY JAN. 21st 5-9 P.M. ELECTRONIC ENGINE DIAGNOSIS WITH COMPUTER PRINT-OUT ALL G.M. CARS - • Cn. • : (Continued from Page 1) anti-Semitic prejudice. Personal contact with Jews reduced the ten- dency to discriminate, Weiss reported. But be- cause of the small size of the Jewish population this was possible for a minority of Austrians. Only 14 percent of her re- spondents said that anti-Semitic attitudes _ were grossly out of step L with reality. But some people believed that , ,,Jews comprised 10 per- cent of the Austrian ation, which would p pilllireir number at over 100,000. The old Nazi charge of Jewish domination of fi- nance and foreign policy was often expressed, she said. 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