AJCampaign Starts With Reaffirmation of Detroit Jewish Community's Lofty Philanthropic Standards Metropolitan Detroit Jewry's record for consistent philanthropy, avoiding devia- tions from an established generosity, despite general economic setbacks, was reaffirmed Wednesday evening, at the formal opening of the Allied Jewish Campaign. With a total of $14,463,738 already pledged towards an anticipated $19,000,000 goal to meet the local, national and overseas needs, Campaign Co-Chairmen Jay Kogan and Joel Tauber expressed confidence that the pledged obligations will be fulfilled, that the allocations vital for Israel's provisions for new settlers and that nation's social and cultural services will be provided for. The sum pledged thus far indicated a general increase in contributions of nearly 10 percent over last year. -This is true compassion with fellow Jews," Kogan stated. Mubarak's Approaches to Peace Obligations on Eve of April 25 Crucial Issues He noted that there is unparalleled volunteer participation and an innovative Campaign structure, which has helped the Campaign to a successful start. Tauber cited the major role played by Campaign leaders and the new Campaign Management Com- mittee. The tremendous cooperation among the workers was highlighted as Tauber introduced key campaigners, including leadership responsible for major gifts and for Project Renewal in Israel. Judge Avern Cohn, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, reminded the audience that the dinner coincided with the anniversary date of the signing of Israel's peace treaty with Egypt. Speaking of Israel's current critical situation in withdrawing from the Sinai, Cohn reiterated the crucial importance of American Jewry's commitment (Continued on Page 11) THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorial, Page 4 of Jewish Events You shall not har- den your heart, nor shut your hand from your needy brother, but . . . lend him suf- ficient for his needs . . . Deut. 15:7 Give Generously to the Allied Jewish Campaign Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXI, No. 4 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35C March 26, 1982 Israel's Tensions Multiplying As Begin Treks a Bitter Road `Christian Voice' Flunks Jews in U.S. Congress By JOSEPH POLAKOFF WASHINGTON — Five of the six Jews in the U.S. Senate and 25 of the 26 Jewish Representatives in the House "flunked" the "moral issues index" tests rated by the Christian Voice in the 1981 session of Congress, according to the organization's "report cards" on all 100 Senators and 435 House members. The Christian Voice rated the members by their votes on 12 "key family-moral" issues it selected. "Acceptable" to it were those with a passing score of 70 percent or above. "Unacceptable" were those having failed to approve more than half of the 12 issues. While both Senators and House members were rated on 12 issues, they were not the same in the two chambers. Point scoring also varied on the issues. Among Jewish members, Sen. Edward Zorinsky (D-Neb.) with a score of 75 percent and Rep. Ken Kramer (R-Colo.) with a perfect record of 100 percent were reported as "passing" the test. Seven Jewish Congressmen were marked "zero," having re- jected the Christian Voice recommendations on all issues. Three scored above 50 percent but not the 70 percent or above to get a 4`passing" grade. Four Senators were recorded "unacceptable," including Carl Levin of Michigan, and one was marked between 50 and 70 percent. The Christian Voice describes itself as a national lobby with more than 300,000 members representing conservative evangelicals. The Rev. Robert Grant, its president, said that the "Christian Voice will distribute millions of 'Congressional Report Cards' for the 1982 session (of Congress) prior to November's election." He claimed that in the 1980 s elections in 32 targeted races, 23 of those incumbents, or 70 percent, (Continued on Page 5) By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) — Behind the drama of Tuesday night's Israeli Cabinet meeting, where Premier Menahem Begin allowed himself to be persuaded not to resign following the 58-58 tie vote of no-confidence in the Knesset, lay a political reality which, it seemed, Begin and his aides had failed to predict. In bald terms, this was the threatened rebellion of the three small coalition parties — the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael and Tami. While Begin and other Likud leaders seemed to think that the premier's resignation, and the automatic fall of the government, would trigger new elections later this year, the coalition partners plainly did not share this prognosis. Nor did they share Likud's interest in early elections — and they made this exceedingly plain to the Prime Minister during that late-night extraordinary Cabinet session. Dr. Yosef Burg, the veteran NRP leader, indicated clearly that if Begin im- plemented his earlier threat to resign because of the tied vote (when there was, after all, no constitutional necessity for him to do so), the NRP would be "open" to other ways of staving off early elections. This meant, of course, forming an alternative coalition with the Labor Alignment. Avraham Shapiro, the Aguda Knesset leader, gave similar hints. When Begin noted that NRP and Aguda had pledged before the 1981 election not to align with Labor against Likud, Shapiro remarked pointedly that he "wouldn't build on such premises." Aharon Abu-Hatzeira, leader of the three-MK Tami party, spoke strongly against Begin resigning at this time. He said it was the premier's historic national responsibility to carry through the Sinai with- drawal and stabilize relations with Egypt in the sub- sequent period. Between the lines of Abu-Hatzeira's remarks, Cabinet insiders read a readiness on his part, too, to switch his allegiance to Labor in order to set up an alternative gov- ernment and avoid early elections. (See Story on Page 10) (Continued on Page 6) Violence in Territories Continues JDC Ships Passover Supplies to the Needy Jews in Arab lands most often make matzot in large outdoor ovens. NEW YORK — The American Jewish Joint Distribu- tion Committee (JDC) has shipped 415,520 pounds of Pass- over supplies to Jewish communities throughout the world, including a shipment sent by truck from Israel to the small Jewish community of Egypt, according to JDC President Henry Taub. JDC Executive Vice President Ralph I. Goldman noted that this is the fifth consecutive year that JDC has ex- tended Passover aid to the 500-member Jewish community of Egypt. Included in the shipment to Egypt were 2,000 pounds of matzot, 200 bottles of sacramental wine, 100 pounds of matza meal and 200 pounds of macaroons. Communities receiving Passover supplies were in Greece, Italy (for Soviet emigrants), Melilla and Ceuta in Spanish Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Hungary. Workers in Israel load Passover matzot and wine for shipment to Egypt.