Splits in Jewish Ranks Must Be Prevented in Confronting American Statesmanship THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Commentary, Page 2 Senator Hollings to the Rescue in Advocacy of U.S.-Israel Amity Apolitical 'New Zionism' on Jewish Age -ncy Agenda Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXII, No. 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35` February 4, 1983 Reagan Tells Jewish Leaders U.S. Will Not Pressure Israel Navon Calls for Proper Response to Holocaust JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Yitzhak Navon of Israel .declared Monday that the Jewish people must multiply if it is to re- spond correctly to the Holocaust. Another response is to strengthen Israel he said at a memorial service at the Yad Vashem marking the 50th anniversary of Hitler's taking power in Germany. In an emotional speech to an audience which included high school students and visitors from the United States, Navon said: "We must double, triple and quadruple our numbers and we must preserve and strengthen our state which re- presents all that Hitler tried to de- stroy." YITZHAK NAVON Navon stood before a stone slab on which the names of concentration camps are engraved. After lighting a memo- rial torch, he said: "Our people, who have been dispersed among many countries found itself united in the concentra- tion camps. Hitler did not distinguish between Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, between Jews of different origin. And along with the Six Million, most Sephardi Jews were ex- terminated." Navon added, "Fate unites us. It united us during the Holocaust and we must unite here in our homeland." He said the multiplication of the Jewish people and the strengthening of Israel must be undertaken jointly by world Jews and Israelis. "We should be careful before we call people (today) Nazis or talk about a (new) Holocaust. These are terms that should be applied only - to that specific event," he said. Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, a hand grenade was thrown at the building housing the West German Embassy. The grenade dam- aged a car parked at the rear of the building but caused no casualties. In Paris, Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal called on his- torians and archivists to publish their findings on the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich in order to counter various propaganda campaigns to misinform the public about the (Continued on Page 6) By DAVID FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Reagan and his top aides told 150 world Jewish leaders from the World Jewish Congress that the Adminis- tration has ruled out the threat of sanctions against Israel in its efforts to speed up negotiations in Lebanon. "There will be no pressure on Israel," Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress said after a meeting at the White House on Wednesday between Reagan and members of the WJC Governing Board, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and Republican Jewish leaders. "The Administration is committed not to put pressure on Israel; no sanctions, no pressure, nothing like that," Bronfman said after the group heard a 50-minute speech from Reagan followed by a discussion in the White House State Room between the Jewish leaders, Robert Mc Farlane of the National Security Council, and Richard Fairbanks, the President's RONALD REAGAN special envoy for the autonomy negotiations. Julius Berman, chairman of the President's Conference, said sanctions were also ruled out during an earlier meeting in the Oval Office. Participants included Reagan, his senior advisers, Bronfman, Berman, lbert Spiegel, chairman of the National Republican Jewish Coalition; and Rabbi Moses Ros en, chief rabbi of Romania. Berman stressed that "there was a need to speed up" the Lebanese negotiations since the President felt the lack of progress there was holding up the overall peace process. Berman said "there is an assumption" by the President, based on Administration talks with King Hussein of Jordan, that Hussein will come into the peace negotiations once there is an agreement on the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon. Reagan indicated that Hussein was not demanding a freeze on Israeli settle- ments on the West Bank as a condition for his joining the talks, but that none be built while the negotiations were going on, ac- NEW YORK (JTA) — As part of the new labor agree- cording to Berman. ment that has enabled El Al to resume its worldwide opera- In his speech, Reagan noted that the tions, the airline announced Monday that it has suspended events in Lebanon have created new op- all flights.on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays worldwide. El Al never had flights on the Sabbath between portunities for peace that must not be lost. Israel and North America. There were only some The President stressed "that it's vital to Sabbath flights between Israel and Europe. After a the United States, to Israel, and to all four-month hiatus, passenger service resumed on those who yearn for an end to the killing Jan. 12 -with service from Tel Aviv to Nairobi and that we not let those current opportunities Johannesburg. U.S. service began Sunday on a pass by." Reagan also noted that the U.S. twice-weekly basis. and Israel share the same goals in Leba- Rafi Harley, the newly-appointed president of the air- non — a speedy withdrawal of all foreign line, said, "We will aabide by the government's decision forces, a strong central government for concerning the suspension of Shabat service and will do everything we can to overcome all past difficulties for the Lebanon and full and effective guarantees El Al Contract Bans All Sabbath Flights (Continued on Page 11) Weakness of Jewish Resistance to Nazis Blamed on State Dept. By VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK A draft report, written for the American Jewish Commission on the Holocaust headed by Justice Arthur Goldberg, condemns the failure of the American Jewish organizations during the crucial years to "proclaim total mobilization" of American Jewry and accuses the Zionist organizations of being "riveted to postwar plans," thus permitting their energies to be dissipated "when the ground was burning under their feet." Prof. Seymour M. Finger, former 'deputy chief of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, who is in charge of the commission's research, indicated his general agreement with the draft and his belief that the Jewish organizations could have done more to save the Jews threatened by Hitler. - As one who spent most of those tragic years in Europe reporting the tribulations of the Jews on that war-torn continent, I early concluded that American Jews could not have done much more than they die. Perhaps a few thousand more souls might have survived. But no world leader — not Franklin D. Roosevelt, not Winston Churchill — was prepared to deviate in the slightest from the objective of winning the war even to avert the greatest tragedy in history. Even more tragic and shocking was that neither in the United States nor in Britain was there any great public clamor for action to help the Jews of Europe. (Continued on Page 18) (Continued on Page 8) Record Involvement Expected for Sunday Community Forum With more than 2,000 attendees expected at the Community Forum, Sunday morn- ing at Adat Shalom Synagogue, an impressive record-setting response is being evidenced. in the interest aroused by the current Middle East conflicts as well as the response to organized efforts to increase support for Israel. The central theme of the Community Forum is proving especially intriguing and the theme, "The U.S. and Israel in 1983: Time of Decision," and the guest commentators on the subject are adding to the interest thus aroused. A discussion between print and broadcast journalists and authorities on American-Israeli relations will highlight the Community Forum. Seating of the audience will begin at 9 a.m. Persons previously registered and holding an admission ticket will be seated in the sanctuary on a first-come, first-served basis. When the 1,600-seat sanctuary is filled, seating will be in the social hall, where closed-circuit television will be set up. Persons attending the event who have not pre-registered also will be seated in the social hall. A kit of materials will be given to each attendee. Featured speakers are Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson, Ambassador Sol Linowitz and Dr. Joseph Sisco, with Sen. Carl Levin as moderator. The event is the first of its kind to be hosted by Federation. Merle A. Harris is Forum chairman. The press panel will feature William E. Giles, editor of the Detroit News; David (Continued on Page 10)