Music, Dance, Games, Lectures at Federation Fair on Sunday

The Federation Fair will have music, dancing and entertainment for all on Sunday
at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. It is sponsored by the Jewish
Welfare Federation and its member agencies to create a greater awareness and under-
standing of their community services. Fair hours are noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Israeli folk dancer Ayala Gorin will perform in the lobby. Visitors of all ages are
invited to join her from noon to 3 p.m.
The Children's Fun Fair in Room 333 will include a sing-along with Janet Pont at '3

PAC Scrutinized,
as Candidates
Are Judged
in Relation to
Israel Attitudes

p.m., followed by Israeli dancing with Uri Segal at 3:30.
Federation's "Flashdance" will be in the cafeteria. Teenagers are invited to
enter this dance contest, which will have prizes and free refreshments. Ron
Lederman will emcee the contest.
A highlight of the day will be a musical showcase in the Aaron DeRoy Theatre, with
emcees David Hermelin and Max Sosin. Local soprano and actress Shirley Benyas will
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Herzog Asks Shamir to Form
a National Unity Government

Sukkot Holiday, 5744

By DR. DAVID GEFFEN

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World Zionist Press Service

JERUSALEM — The Sukkot bouquet, as some label it, of the lulav
and etrog, myrtle and willow branches, represent one of the aspects of
our tradition known as hiddur mitzva — beautifying a commandment.
We are encouraged not just to perform the mitzva of the four species,
which is spelled out in Leviticus 23:39-44, but to find the most beautiful
lulav and etrog we can afford and thereby amplify the joy of the
commandment through its aesthetic enhancement.
Moreover, the use of an Israeli etrog, in particular, makes possible
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir received President Chaim Herzog's
mandate on Wednesday to form a new government. In delegating the task to Shamir, Herzog
spoke of the "longing" in the political community and among the general public for a national
unity coalition embracing Likud and the Labor Alignment. He also stressed that the transition
period between the present caretaker regime and the next government be as short as possible.
Shamir was summoned to the presidential mansion and promptly accepted the responsibil-
ity delegated to him. He told reporters that his first move will be to call on Labor to join a
national unity government. Labor Party chairman Shimon Peres has agreed to meet with
Shamir, but political observers see very little chance that a national unity government will
materialize.
According to Herzog, in his statement announcing his choice of Shamir, a majority
of the Knesset factions with which he consulted during the past few days want a
broad-based government and this desire reflects wide public sentiment. He said people
believe that a unity government could best face up to the urgent economic situation and
other severe problems that burden the country.
When Shamir was elected leader of Likud a week after Menahem Begin first announced his
intention to resign, he pledged to try his best to form a unity government. Labor's position has
been that such a government would
have to be headed by a Labor prime
minister, if only because the Labor
Alignment is the largest single party
in the Knesset. This is unacceptable
to
Likud.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jews and Poles have been
It is not known what Cabinet
urged to "lay aside" their "mutual antagonism" in a call for
portfolios
Shamir is likely to offer
amity by six prominent members of both groups.
Labor but political observers expect
A statement noting that Jews and Poles face similar
that Shamir and Peres will go
concerns in today's world was signed by Simon Wiesenthal,
head of the war crimes documentation center in Vienna,
through the motions, after which
Joseph Lichten of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
each will attempt to blame the other
Brith, and Michael Borwicz, an author and historian.
for failure to form a unity govern-
The Polish signatories were Prof. Jan Karski of
ment.
Georgetown University, Jerzy Lerski, professor emeritus
In his statement Wednesday,
at San Francisco University, and Jan Nowak, director of
Herzog
cited the prayer of the high
the Polish-American Congress. Wiesenthal and Borwicz
priest on Yom. Kippur during the
are Holocaust survivors.
days of the Temple "that government
The statement, released in conjunction with the

Poles, Jews Urged
to End Antagonism

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Yitzhak Shamir: Portrait of the Man
Who Will Now Lead State of Israel

By DR. YOEL COHEN

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World Zionist Press Service

JERUSALEM — Although Yitzhak Shamir has been Israel's Foreign Minister since 1980 — a period in
which Israel completed its withdrawal from Sinai, and the country experienced its sixth war, in Lebanon — he
remains something of an unknown quality to many people outside the Jewish state. Whereas the Defense
Minister, Moshe Arens, not to speak of previous Foreign Ministers like Abba Eban and Moshe Dayan, are
known and remembered in government diplomatic circles abroad and in Jewish communities, Shamir has a
quiet, workmanlike style in which getting things done seems to supersede public relations for their own sake.
While a gift for image building seems a worthwhile asset for a budding foreign minister, Yitzhak Shamir
appeared to belong to the "old school" of diplomats who respect the conventions of traditional diplomacy,
preferring to maintain international relations through the recognized diplomatic channels.
Rather than go in for the personal image building, like Dayan, or conduct diplomatic maneuvers
through leaks to the media, like Kissinger, Shamir preferred the norm accepted before World War I
when statesmen placed importance on establishing credibility among each other, conducting their
business and establishing their relationships away from public attention.
This is not to say that in our era of mass media the public aspects of diplomacy, on the one hand, and
diplomatic credibility on the other, are irreconcilable. Nevertheless, Israel's case for Operation Peace for
Galilee might arguably have been better understood abroad had it been projected more effectively. From this
point of view, the lessons of the Lebanese War are being seriously studied in Israel.
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YITZHAK SHAMIR and MENAHEM BEGIN

