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Action Needed for Falashas
Detroit Israel Bond leaders purchased $850,000 in
Israel Bonds at a special reception prior to leaving for
the Israel Bond Prime Minister's Conference in Israel
this week. Shown are, from left, David Holtzman,
David Hermelin and host Ivan Bloch.
\/abotinsky Society to Have
Social and Cultural Event
The Jabotinsky SOiety of
Herut Zionists of America
will sponsor a social and
cultural evening, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 6 at the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Branch of the Jewish
Community Center.
Simon Cieck, president,
announces the program will
feature an Israeli film and a
talk on "U.S.-Israel Rela-
tions" by Ezekiel Leikin.
A disciple of Ze'ev
Jabotinsky and a former
leader of Betar and the
Zionist Revisionists of
America, Leikin was the re-
cipient of the Louis D.
Brandeis Award of the
Zionist Organization of
America upon his retire-
ment from his executive
position as ZOA regional di-
rector in Philadelphia.
During War II, Leikin
served with U.S. military
intelligence in the Near
East and Europe and as-
sisted in procuring arms
for the Yishuv in pre-
state Israel.
Refreshments will be
available, and there is a
nominal admission charge.
For information, phone
Cieck, 548-3073 or 873-
5757.
College Reunion
Dinner Planned
The Michigan State
University-Shaarey Zedek
Reunion will take place 6-9
p.m. Feb. 7 at the MSU
Hillel Student Center.
Supper will be provided
by the Shaarey Zedek Sis-
terhood. A special program
featuring Rabbi Irwin
Groner will follow.
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Editor, The Jewish News:
I am a Sabra, a native -
born Israeli, who is un-
happy with my govern-
ment's role in regard to the
Jews of Ethiopia. I first met
these Jews, called Falashas
(strangers) by their Chris-
tian and Moslem neighbors,
in 1969 when I was a
teacher in Ethiopia for the
children of Israelis working
there.
In 1969, as today, the
lives of the Falashas focused
on a single idea — immigra-
tion to Israel. The estab-
lishment in 1948 of the
Jewish state blew a new
spirit into that hope. And
since 1969, I have been
speaking with and writing
to the political and Zionist
establishment of the gov-
ernment of Israel and the
Jewish Agency, to members
of the Knesset, to intellec-
tuals, and to the media.
In most instances (about
90 percent), I never received
so much as an acknowl-
edgement of my letters. The
few responses I received
were usually acknowl-
edgements or some sort of
empty lip service response.
We don't lack in prom-
ises, written or oral, for
the rescue of Ethiopian
Jews. Field action for
their rescue, however, is
all but nonexistent. Our
bureaucrats claim that
"we have to operate
secretly, otherwise harm
will come to those Jews
left behind." The Ethio-
pian Jews who have ar-
rived in Israel, however,
claim that the situation of
their families in Africa is
so desperate that they
have nothing to lose if Is-
rael acts openly.
We all know that the
claim of "secrecy" was pro-
ven wrong when it was used
regarding the Jews of the
Soviet Union. Secrecy in
that case was found to be a
means to cover up for inac-
tion and mistakes.
There is a bitter feeling
here that the inactivity by
the state of Israel and the
Jewish Agency regarding
the rescue of the Ethiopian
Jews is rooted in three facts:
(1) The Ethiopian Jews are
black. (2) They are not in
Israel in large enough num-
bers to matter in the politics
of the country. (3) With re-
gard to the Ethiopian Jews,
Israel has abandoned the
fundamental tenets of
Zionism — that of rescuing
and of bringing Jews to Is-
rael.
So now we are witnessing
in our generation a new
Holocaust, like the one the
previous generation of Jews
witnessed in World War II.
The difference is, however,
that today we have a state of
Israel — and it is only a few
hours flight from Ethiopia.
Shmuel Namir,
Upper Nazareth,
Israel
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Detroit Jewish
History Needed
Editor, The Jewish News:
Ever since the Tercente-
nary of the American
Jewish community in 1954,
I have been writing of the
necessity of a written his-
tory of the Detroit Jewish
community.
I have pointed out that
the Jewish communities of
all American major cities
except Detroit have pub-
lished records of their past.
Even our Canadian
neighboring city of Windsor
recently has been enriched
with a printed history of its
Jewish community com-
piled by Alan Abrams (The
Jewish News, Jan. 15).
Interestingly, Abram's
volume bears the meaning-
ful name "Why Windsor?"
I ask, "Why not Detroit?"
Allen A. Warsen
The Michigan Hodgkin's
Disease Foundation will
hold its monthly meeting at
7:45 p.m. Feb. 8 at Provi-
dence Hospital Medical
Building, Eighth Floor,
Room C, Southfield.
These sessions are geared
for Hodgkin's patients, fam-
ily members and friends to
share information and ex-
periences. The meetings are
open to all interested per-
sons. For information, call
the MHDF, 427-3737.
,Lecture, Lunch at the Center
The Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan De-
troit will present the fourth
program in its "Lunch and
Learn" series 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Center li-
brary.
Theme for the program is
"The Jew in American Lit-
erature — From Colonial
Times to the Present." Bette
Roth will lead a discussion
of views of the immigrant
Jew.
There is a charge. For
reservations, call the Cen-
ter, 661-1000, ext. 163.
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