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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ariel Sharon officially re- linquished the post of De- fense Minister but it is too early to tell whether he will emerge weaker or stronger from this latest crisis on his flamboyant and fiercely controversial career. Judging from demonstra- tions in his favor while the Cabinet deliberated his fate last week after the commis- sion of inquiry into the Be- irut refugee camps mas- sacre recommended his res- ignation or dismissal, Sha- ron's supporters among rank-and-file Israelis are legion. But public opinion polls have shown repeatedly that not too many people are sorry to see him go. When Sharon first ran for political office on his own, on the Independent Shlom Zion ticket in the 1977 Knesset elections, his fac- tion won only two seats. But that result is no measure of his political power today which resides within the governing Likud coalition. Sharon's close suppor- ters are intensely loyal. His press adviser, Uri Dan, expressed confi- dence Sunday that the departing Defense Minis- ter eventually will achieve the highest office. "Those who re- fused to see Arik (Sha- ron's nickname) as Chief of Staff, had to see him become Defense Minis- ter. Those who refused to see him as Minister of De- fense will have to accept him as Premier," Dan said. Response Moves Survivors' Event Call anytime RICHARD M. HYMAN 557-7059 53—ENTERTAINMENT FREDDY SHEYER DUO, $35.00 hour. 542-3359. VERSATILE sophisticated party music. Call 893-9667. CARTOONS CARICATURES WASHINGTON — The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors has been moved to the Capi- tal Centre in Maryland. More than 6,000 survivors and their families are plan- ning to attend the April 11-14 event. Registration is still being accepted. For information, write the American Gather- ing of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, One Park Ave., Suite 418, New York 10016, or call (212) 239-4320. 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Act= When filing your tax`1 .\ return be sure to i attach all your W.2s and all supporting documents and schedules. use the pre•addressed label and coded envelope. check j your math. and sign the return tyou and your spouse, must both sign if married and filing jointly) Yeshiva Training NEW YORK (JTA) — Yeshiva University will ex- pand its graduate Jewish education programs and renew its block education program to train Jewish communal professionals. t A ne v l' n bt l ectrs,a e rverr rZs e s'ar , • 11.0.,1111,1/K , • • • • , ■ ^,.•••• •• • • 4•• fight its findings. He dis- agreed vehemently with its conclusions that Israel was indirectly responsible for the massacre and that he was personally culpable for not making an effort to avoid it. Until now Sharon has won all of his personal battles. He has known a few setbacks but was always triumphant in the end. One of the few heroes to emerge from the Yom Kippur War, he expected to be appointed Chief of Staff. When that post was denied him, he ARIEL SHARON entered the political arena. But Sharon seems to have He was the prime a talent for creating mover behind the al- enemies. His uncompromis- liance between the Lib- ing language and his self- eral Party and Herut righteous defense of the conduct for which he was condemned by the inquiry Tel Aviv Plays commission — "They are Now Presented spilling my blood," he has proclaimed repeatedly in With Translation recent days — have been TEL AVIV — A simul- deplored by many. He has taneous translation from succeeded in alienating Hebrew into English has former army comrades. Few been introduced at shows of if any of his opponents have the Habima and Cameri been converted to suppor- theaters. ters. The translation project is Among his aides and sub- being jointly sponsored by ordinates, few have man- the Tel Aviv-Yafo Associa- aged to work with him for tion for Tourism, the Minis- very long. Some of his try of Tourism, Association closest advisers have left, for Tourism, The Ministry disenchanted. But within of Tourism, the theaters and the army where the hierar- Bank Leumi Le-Israel. chy is clear and un- equivocal, Sharon still commands considerable Jewish Woman support. on Space Shuttle Even his critics conceded INDIANAPOLIS — The that he is a man of action, an author of events. The trou- crew for the 12th flight of ble, they say, is that he does the space shuttle will in- the wrong things. The high- clude Dr. Judith Resnick, lights of his 19-month te- the first Jew to fly in Ameri- nure as Defense Minister ca's manned space program. The 33-year-old electrical were the war in Lebanon and his unrelenting cam- engineer is scheduled to be paign of massive Jewish aboard the "Discovery," the settlements in the occupied third shuttle craft, for a mission sometime next territories. Sharon is a career spring. Dr. Resnick will be soldier. At the age of 20, the second woman assigned in Israel's War of Inde- to a shuttle flight. pendence, he was wounded in the battle of Bet Din Leader Latrun. While he was NEW YORK — Rabbi hospitalized he aban- doned the idea of becom- Moshe S. Gorelik of Young ing a farmer and was de- Israel of North Bellmore, termined to return to the L.I. and assistant professor of Talmud at Yeshiva Uni- battlefield. Right now, he is deter- versity has been elected mined to remain in the president of Bet Din of America of the Rabbinical Cabinet. Sharon is honestly con- Council of America. _ The bet din deals with vinced that he has been wronged by the inquiry Halakhic matters relating commission and intends to to the entire range of Torah Law. However, today, most cases concern laws govern- ing the Jewish family such $357.5 Million as marriage, divorce, con- Sent to Israel versions and arbitrations in NEW YORK (JTA) — business matters. The United Jewish Appeal collected a cash total of $357.5 million in calendar Funds for Food year 1982 to help provide ELMIRA, N.Y. (JTA) — humanitarian programs Some 100 persons raised and services to the people of $2,300 in three weeks to aid Israel and Jews around the the Elmira Jewish Welfare world. Fund's "Project Food Cup- The 1982 cash collection board" for the needy. total represents an increase of $56.3 million — or 18.7 percent — over the $301.2 Toil, feel, think, hope; you million transmitted to UJA will be sure to dream in 1981 by 638 campaigning enough before you die, communities throughout without arranging for it. the United States. —J. Sterling 111,P IP •••• • '••• •• .ftr .7 • ' ••■• ••• "•,-• ••• w 416Z 1.• • t •S• • • V • , 7,••• , ' InVrItle • . .• which produced first the Gahal faction and later Likud. He joined Premier Menahem Begin's first government as Minister of Agriculture. But he soon became a key member of the coalition, getting himself ap- pointed chairman of the Ministerial Settlement Committee from which he pushed for massive Jewish settlement in the territories. When Defense Minister Ezer Weizman resigned in 1981, Begin's reluctance to name Sharon his successor was a bitter pill. But the general swallowed it quietly. After Begin's re-election in June 1981, with a re- duced Knesset margin, Sharon presented-him with a virtual ultimatum and was named Minister of De- fense. The war in Lebanon last summer was the result of his own long preparation. He was determined from the outset not only to destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization but to change the political infrastructure of Lebanon. During the war, he was accused of presenting the Cabinet with faits ac- complis, but so far as is known, none of his fellow ministers rebelled. Nevertheless, as the Is- rael array pushed deeper into Lebanon, disatisfac- tion within the govern- ment and in the army grew. When Sharon ordered the siege of west Beirut — round-the-clock heavy bombardment of the city from land, sea and air—one young officer, Col. Eli Geva, publicly expressed the anger and misgivings felt by some members of the officers corps and within the ranks. Geva asked to be re- lieved of his divisional command whicch had been slated to enter the city. He was relieved and sub- sequently discharged from the army. After the massacres in the Shatila and Sabra refu- gee camps, a number of senior officers threatened to follow Geva's example un- less an investigation was ordered. Both Sharon and Begin bitterly opposed a judicial inquiry but backed down under severe public pressure and the commis- sion was appointed. The commission's report forced Sharon's resignation as Defense Minister. But Sharon salvaged his politi- cal career. He will remain in the Cabinet. 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