The Human Factor
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Refutes the
Papal Attitude
Prejudicing
Holy City Status

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October 1, 1982

Resumption of Israel's Unity
Evidenced by Probe Decision

While not a sense of total relief from the tensions and agonies created by the tragedy in Beirut, the
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• decision for an investigation by a commission authorized by the Isareli Cabinet has brought a resurgence of
unity into the tense Israeli atmosphere which only a week ago was electrified by a demonstration of
Ready in New York
hundreds of thousands against Prime Minister Menahem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon.

A soothing statement by Israel 'President Yitzhak Navon was among the unity-inspiring messages
that followed the Cabinet decision.
Meanwhile, the additional submission by Sharon to ministerial cooperation, which reduced the
previous stand he had taken which had been interpreted as an extremity in firmness, added to an easing of
tensions.
While the latest poll shows that Begin's popularity dropped from 82 to 72 percent, the prime
minister seems to have withstood the harshness of criticisms and attacks on his policies.
Cancellation of the Knesset session to discuss the crisis is interpreted as a supplementary relief from
the accumulated rancor, due to the decision in support of an investigating commission.
The Labor Alignment on Tuesday evening withdrew its call for urgent debate in the Knesset after the
government announced that it will establish a formal judicial commission to investigate the west Beirut
massacre of Sept. 16-17 and Israel's role, if any.
Labor's move was also apparently in response to the Likud party's cancellation of a pro-government
rally it had planned to stage in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to counter last Saturday night's massive
anti-government demonstration. The Cabinet's unanimous decision to reverse its previous opposition to a
full-scale probe drew a commendation from President Yitzhak Navon.
Navon expressed satisfaction with the
Cabinet's decision but noted that the action
came several days too late. The president said
that "verbal violence" had reached new levels in
recent days and he hoped that the Cabinet deci-
Deportation proceedings against Romanian
sion would be the first step in reducing tensions.
Archbishop Valerian Trifa will begin 9 a.m. Mon-
Navon last week called for an official inquiry
day in Courtroom 228 of the Federal Building on
into the massacre.
-
Lafayette Blvd.
On
Tuesday,
speaking
at
the home of Sheikh
The proceedings, expected to last two or three
Amin Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze commu-
weeks, start in the wake of a nearly 30-year effort
nity in Israel, Navon said he appealed to President
by New York dentist Dr. Charles Kremer to have
the U.S. government investigate Trifa for -his
Amin Gemayel of Lebanon to investigate the carnage
World War II Nazi ties and his involvement in a
and to try those responsible. The president added that
pogrom in Bucharest in 1941.
there were alarming signs that the Lebanese were
The government began a de-naturalization
trying to cover up the truth about the massacre. •
case against Trifa in 1975. Trifa voluntarily
Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, the prime target
gave up his U.S. citizenship in 1980, and then.
of Israeli protests over the events in Beirut, ex-
appealed. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Cin-
pressed full support for the commission of inquiry
cinnati denied the appeal and the U.S. Supreme
into both the political and military acts before and
Court refused to review the case.
during the episode. Addressing a memorial service
Dr. Kremer is coming from New York to ob-
serve the deportation hearings, which are open to
for Yom Kippur War dead on Tuesday, Sharon said

Trifa Deportation
Hearing Monday

Jack Weiler, honorary president of the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, is shown put-
ting the finishing touches on one of the world's high-
est sukkas, atop a 50-story building in Manhattan
owned by Weiler's real estate company. The sukka is
annually used by Jewish organizations for luncheons
and holiday fund raising.

the public.

Philip Slomovitz Will Be Cited
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With Butzel Award for Service
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The Jewish Welfare Federation will bestow its highest honor for community service,
anthe Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award, on Philip Slomovitz, editor and publisher of The
NoJewish News, at Federation's Oct. 13 annual meeting.
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The award will be presented to Slomovitz at the 7:30
one
p.m. meeting at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Named for the
Jewish community's eminent leader, the Butzel Award has
been presented to 33 individuals in its 30-year history.
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In announcing the award, Federation President Avern
of
Cohn noted that it is richly deserved by Slomovitz "who has
die
been in the vanguard of enhancing Jewish life for those in
his
our own community, in Israel and around the world for the
don
past 60 years. The zest and professionalism with which he
ter,
has fulfilled both his roles as a journalist and Jewish leader
ach
are incomparable."
Editor of The Jewish News for the past 40 years,
, -
Slomovitz has dedicated his efforts to fighting anti-
NA
Semitism and working for the cohesiveness of the
line
Jewish community. His editorial essays have been
tive
reprinted widely in the Jewish and general press, and
is ril
his columns on international issues have been in-
vice PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
serted in the U.S. Congressional Record.
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Jewish Welfare Federation Picks
CJF Official as Its Exec. Director

Wayne L. Feinstein has assumed the post of executive director of the Jewish Welfare
Federation of. Detroit. The announcement was made by Federation President Avern
Cohn.
Feinstein, director of long-range planning for the
Council of Jewish Federations in New York, becomes the
chief operating officer of Federation. George M. Zeltzer will
continue until May 1983 as executive vice president.
A native of Albany, N.Y., Feinstein received a
master's degree in Jewish communal service from
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
in Los Angeles. He has served as director of leader-
ship development for the United Jewish Appeal of
Greater New York and was assistant executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Welfare Federation of San Francisco
where his responsibilities included over-all direction
of the annual fund-raising campaign.
At the Council of Jewish Federations, Feinstein be-
came the first director of campaign planning advisory ser-
vices. He developed consultation programs for strengthen-
ing community fund raising and later initiated and headed
the department of long-range community planning ser-
WAYNE FEINSTEIN
vices.