.Friday, November 12,198i 13
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Is Major Jewish Mother' Character
Missing in the Works of Israeli Fiction?
NEW YORK — "In Is- cently published article in ing Mrs. Portnoy, the
raeli literature, there is no the JWB Jewish Book An- . ambitions and energies
`Jewish mother' like the one nual (vol. 40), Ms. Fursten- of Israeli women have out
that exists in American berg writes, "One searches of necessity been less di-
Jewish fiction,"-according to in vain for Sophie Portnoy rected to their children's
Israeli writer Rochelle in Israeli literature. .
success and more to the
Furstenberg.
"In contrast to the notori- general demands of sur-
In "Images of Woman in ous involvement of many vival under difficult con-
Israeli Literature," a re- Jewish men with their ditions,
mothers, Israeli male
Copies of the Jewish Book
Minister Scores
writers seem to be 'hung up' Annual are available from
their fathers.
the JWB Jewish Book
Christian Silence on "This
is due, in part, to Council, 15 E. 26th St., New
After Massacre
the fact that in compari- York, N.Y. 10010. There is a
TORONTO (JTA) -- The son with the emasculat- charge.
head of Canada's largest
Protestant denomination
has expressed his shame at
the spectacle of -"Chris-
tians" perpetrating "a •pog-
rom" in the Shatila and
Sabra refugee camps in
west Beirut.
In a sermon delivered in
Acton, Ontario, the Rev.
Clarke MacDonald, re-
cently elected Moderator of
the United Church of
Canada, declared: "The
eloquent, almost total si-
lence on the part of the
Christian community in
Canada regarding events in
the Middle East, especially
the massacres which took
place at Shatila and Sabra,
speaks volumes."
,
Israeli Arabs
Are Reported
as Missing
in Lebanon
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Four Israeli Arabs who
went to Lebanon separately
to visit relatives In the past
three weeks have disap-
peared and there is no word
of their whereabouts, ac-
cording to unofficial reports
reaching here. One of them
is believed to be held by the
Lebanese army in Beirut.
The visits were permitted
for humanitahan reasons.
But the four apparently ex-
ceeded the limits of their
permits and may have
entered areas closed to Is-
raeli personnel.
The Israeli army recently
stepped up its searches in
west Beirut for people living
in Lebanon without legal
permits.
West German-
Israeli Relations
Are Improving
BONN (JTA) — West
Germany's relations with
Israel appear to have im-
proved significantly in the
five weeks that the new co-
alition government of
Chancellor Helmut Kohl
has been in office.
Israel's Ambassador to
Bonn, Yitzhak Ben-Ari,
said on a State Radio inter-
view that a large-scale
political and diplomatic
dialogue is under way be-
tween the two countries.
At the same time, the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
learned that preparations
are being made to sign a 140
million Mark ($300 million)
loan for development proj-
ects in Israel despite recent
calls by some West German
politicians to suspend aid to
Israel because of its actions
Lebanon.
There are geniuses in
trade, as well as in war, or
the state, or letters. Nature
1 .
seems to authorize trade, as
soon as you see a natural
merchant, who appears not
so much a private -agent., as
her factor and. Minister'=.-of
Commerce. -
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