1983 32 1NE DETNOIT EMS NEWS Swiss Tourism to Israel Rises GENEVA (JTA) — Touristy : from Switzerland to Isut•l has increased by one-third since January, cdrlipiared to the same peliod a year ago, according to-Swissair: The airline said Israel now ranks third, after the United States and .Ja- pan, as the favorite destina- tion of Swiss tourists out- • • • • • • .• ..• side Europe. - El Al also expects good business when it resumes direct flights from Geneva to Tel Aviv next July. El Al's Zurich manager, Mor- dechai 'Turel, estimated that 30,000 Swiss tourists will fly to Israel this year. El Al will offer a flight every Sunday. ZOA Speakers Hit U.S. M.E. Policies PITTSBURGH (JTA) — Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), called on President Reagan on Sunday "to read the mes- sage of Congress" and ship F-16 jet fighter-bombers to Israel. He also urged the President to halt all arms sales to Arab nations in the . DIAMONDS Middle East and declared that the U.S. should begin to treat Israel "as an ally and brother and not wash dirty laundry in public." Biden, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke at the luncheon session of the 83rd national convention of the Zionist Organization of America. He said American public opinion is beginning to understand what is at stake in the Middle East, "that oil is not a weapon, that the Israelis are the ones who have made conces- sions in Lebanon" and that it is the Syrians, the Pales- tine Liberation Organiza- tion and the Lebanese gov- ernment which are "in- transigent." • - OUR SPECIALTY Diamond Rings guananteed to be priced sharp "The Best Thing Since Wholesale" eF: 1919 30400 Telegraph Road Suites 1.04. 134 Birmingham, Mi. 48010 (313) 642-5575 - LAWRENCE M. ALLAN President ' ltfr GEMOLOGIBT DIAMONTOLOGIST Hours daily til 5:30, Sat by appt. • • ••• ••• •• •••• ••• • ••• • • r •s• s••• •• ••• ■ ••••••••••••••• ■■•■ ••••••••••••••• ■ ••••••••••••••• ■ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Arusicaf Uri tile lo .~ srra el JucAs Cantor an of Comp Os er Thursday, June 2, 1983 8:00 p.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, Michigan featuring Members of the Cantors Council of Metropolitan Detroit Hyman J. Adler Sholom Kalib . Earl Berris . Louis Klein •***..gai*," Shalom • Sidney Resnick • l . , ,e,,*11(oro 13.•th f I Sidney Rube • ( .**,•*.***,haate, /rd., • Samuel Greenbaum Ben-Zion Lanxner Israel Idelsohn Chaim Najman Max Shimansky *1,111,1!” HJI ..1 .oltil.,1111111 4 ■ 1**1 Jacob Sonenklar • I•iro.ti•th.no Harold Orbach Larry Vieder and a 12 voice choir conducted by Cantor Fuchs Piano accompaniment by Sholorn Kalib Donation $5.00 For ticket information. phone 851.6880 Tickets available at the door Sponsored by: The Men's Club and The Cultural Committee of Congregation Beth Abraham-Hillel Moses and The Cantors Council of Metropolitan Detroit ALLECK RESNICK Alleck Resnick, a Balti- more lawyer, was elected president of the ZPA, suc- ceeding Ivan Novick of Pittsburgh. Resnick is a member. of the executive of the World Union of General Zionists and since 1978 a member of the General Council of the World Zionist Organization. Before his election to the presidency of the ZOA he served 'as chairman of its national executive committee. Addressing the ZOA convention Friday, El- liott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, charged that the Soviet Union and the PLO are the "forefront of the newest form of anti- Semitism which accuses Jews of being in league with the forces of evil." He said that "the most important assumption bind- ing the Cubans, Viet- namese, the Sandinistas of Nicaragua, the PLO and the Soviets together is the theme that the United States is the incarnation of evil" and that groups and nations such as Israel, asso- ciated with the U.S. or sym- pathetic to it, are "equally wicked." Abrams observed that the Soviets assert that "Zionism is the enemy of all man- kind." In .this, he said, "we are dealing with a great threat to the survival of Jews and Judaism in the Soviet Union, the survival of Israel and indeed to the survival of freedom in the world." Also addressing the 500 convention delegates Fri- day, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) declared that when the U.S. puts sufficient pressure on the Soviets so that they must respond for their own self-interest, pro- gress will be made in the cause of Soviet Jews. . Referring to the Middle East, Specter described Israel as having liberated Lebanon and said it was "unmitigated gall" that the Lebanese govern- ment should refuse to recognize Israel. He said that until there is recog- nition of Israel's right to exist, "how can anyone call on Israel to make concessions." Novick told the delegates that it is "the Arab refusal to accept and recognize Is- rael whiCh is the obstacle to peace." "It appears that the tradi- tional scenario continues," Novick said. "Israel is ready for direct negotiations, the Arabs are not. Israel is branded as inflexible, and the Arabs can sit back and wait for the U.S. to lean on Israel for more conces- sions." * * * Detroit Honors - at ZOA Convention Detroiters were elected to several national posts at the ZOA convention: Philip Slomovitz was named honorary vice president and member of the ZOA Court of Honor. Louis Panush was elected national vice president. . Panush chaired a panel on anti-Semitism and served as co-chairman of the Reso- lutions Cominittee. Elected to the National - Executive Committee were Irving • Laker, Sidney Brand, Dr. Elliot Burns, Dr. Louis Kazdan and Mrs. I. W. Silver. Dr. Sidney Z. Leib was re-elected president of the North Central Region and was retained as a member of the National Executive Committee. Sidney Silverman was elected to the National Executive Committee and the National Ad- ministrative Board. Carmi M. Slomovitz was named emeritus member of the National Executive Committee. Detroit delegates in- cluded Helen Atler, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brand, Dr. and Mrs. Elliot Burns, Norma Hudosh, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Kazdan, Pauline Klein, Mrs. Richard Kramer, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Z. Leib, Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Leiken, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Panush, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Shapiro, Dr. and Mrs. I. W. Silver, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney - Silverman and Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Weston. . Stone Named Latin Envoy RICHARD STONE WASHINGTON — Former Florida Sen. Richard Stone was named President Reagan's special envoy to Central America. The Florida Democrat will be responsible for work- ing out a peaceful settle- ment of the troubles in Cen- tral America. Shultz Optimistic About Accord JERUSALEM (JTA) — Secretary of State George Shultz _held high-level dis- cussions with Israeli lead- ers on Wednesday after an overnight visit to Beirut where he held further talks with President Amin Gemayel and other Lebanese leaders. Reporters accompanying Shultz on his shuttles quoted him as saying he hoped to conclude the negotiations by the weekend when he plans to fly to Paris for a NATO meeting. According to Is- raeli observers, Premier Menahem Begin called his Cabinet into special session this morning in order to make the final crucial deci- sions. Shultz. met with Be- gin, Foreign Minister Yit- zhak Shamir, and Defense Minister Moshe Arens on Wednesday morning. Reports from Beirut were less than optimistic after Shultz's latest round of talks there. Lebanese Foreign Minister Elie Salem was quoted as saying that as one born in the Mid- dle East he was less san- guine than the Secretary of State over the prospects of reaching an agreement quickly. He reportedly said that a miracle was needed to wrap up an accord now, but added that miracles happen some times. Meanwhile, IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe Levy, briefing the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Se- curity Committee on Wednesday, confirmed that Syrian forces in eastern Lebanon are still in a state of prepared- ness. He said it was dif- ficult to read Syria's in- tentions. The almost daily casual- ties suffered by Israeli forces in Lebanon are add- ing to pressure on the gov- ernment to make a decisive move; either conclude an agreement or, failing that, unilaterally pull back to the Awali River line, the boun- dary of the 28-mile security zone in south Lebanon.