Friday, October 1, 1983 31 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Woman Chown for `Tradition'-: • Broomfield Suggests a Re-Appraisal of the UN By REP. WILLIAM BROOMFIELD (R-Birmingham) • WASHINGTON — If the United Nations ceased to exist, Israel's enemies would be forced to re-invent it to preserve the perfect forum for their worldwide anti-Semitic propaganda campaign. To the many shortcom- ings pointed out by U.S. Ambassador Charles Lichenstein in the wake of the Soviet downing of a civi- lian airliner should be added the UN's most de- spicable feature — its well earned reputation as a hotbed of pro-PLO, anti- . Israeli prejudice. As if to • reinforce that reputation, the new presi- dent of the General Assem- bly, Jorge Illueca, the vice president of Panama, took the occasion of his inau- Boris Smolar's `Between You . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.) JEWISH PROFESSORS: There are about 50,000 Jewish professors in American colleges and universities, according to a study by the Carnegie Commission for Higher Education. They are more or less equally divided in age in their 40s, 50s and 60s. The parents of most of them were immigrants with little formal education. About one-third of their parents had only an elementary school education; only about half of them graduated from high school. Most of the professors grew up in typical Jewish family settings. Most of them received an elementary level formal Jewish education cul- minating in Bar Mitzva ceremonies. Most of them don't deny their Jewishness, but a very insignificant percentage of them is involved in Jewish communal activities. With the exception of those teaching in Jewish institutions of higher learning, the great majority of the Jewish academics consider themselves Jews ethnically, not by re- ligion. However, there are some who observe kashrut and there is a small organization of Orthodox Jewish profes- sors. The Carnegie study shows that 32 percent of the Jewish professors are at schools of the highest quality. Other studies show that 25 percent of Ivy League college professors are Jews. There are JeWs holding positions as presidents of leading universities and deans of leading col- leges. Today, more than 25 percent of the 50,000 Jewish professors are teaching law, about 22 percent are teaching medicine, a large percentage is teaching higher mathema- tics, physics, chemistry and bio-chemistry. Leaders of the organized Jewish community are dis- turbed over the indifference of the great majority of Jewish professors toward Jewish communal life. They feel that professors have an influence and can play an important role in strengthening Jewish feelings not only among students on the campus but also in the wider Jewish community. The majority of the professors do not accept what they call the "communal myth" that they are particularly influential and that they have a special role to play. They do not see their participation in communal affairs as an appropriate part of their role as academics. Practically all of them - support Israel's independence. PROFILE OF A SCHOLAR: One of the professors who feels deeply Jewish is Milton Konvitz, who gained national recognition as a great teacher of Constitutional law. His books are cited in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. He has been active for years in the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, and the American Association for Jewish Education. For his ac- tivities in Jewish communal life he was awarded in 1954 the Jewish Tercentenary Medal by the Jewish Community Federation in Newark where he lived before joining the Cornell University as professor. Konvitz, who is currently professor emeritus, was teaching law and industrial and labor relations for 36 years, 23 of them at Cornell. Earlier he was professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He taught courses on judicial administration, civil liberties and civil rights. His courses at the New York University were among the first of their kind in the country. In tribute to him, members of the Cornell faculty have produced a book which deals with his life and work. The volume appeared under the title "Rights, Liberties and Ideals: The Contributions of Milton R. Konvitz" and was published by Fred Rothman & Co. in Littleton, Colo. The book, prepared by David J. Daneiski, professor of political science at Stanford University, opens with an in- terpretive, comprehensive and analytical study by him of Konvitz's role in the scholarly world. It brings out also his philosophy on Jewish ideals and their relation to American ideal. The book also includes essays by Dr. Konvitz on Constitutional rights, fundamental liberties, human rights, and Jewish spiritual values. longer re-elects the princi- ples which inspired its founding fathers. As a re- sult, the whole world has suffered. gural speech to call for the establishment of a Palesti- nian state "under the lead- ership of the PLO." The 38-year history of the world body is replete with similar repugnant exam- ples of anti-Israeli leanings. Efforts are always un- derway to eject that na- tion from the General As- sembly. Just last fall, Libya led an effort to deny Israel its seat. The International Atomic Energy Agency had also voted to do the same. This effort failed when Sec- retary of State Shultz firmly announced America's position on that issue. A similar plan was being concocted for the Interna- tional Telecommunications Union in Nairobi. That ef- fort never materialized, thanks to U.S. pressure. Is- rael was banned from the International Labor Or- ganization for a short period but was finally reinstated. These efforts to expel, suspend or deny the rights of any UN member state are in direct violation of the UN Charter. Is this justice in ac- tion? The basic fact is that the General Assembly and the Security Council have be- come professional and well-paid debating clubs. In spite of the eloquence of the speeches, very little is actu- ally accomplished in those forums. All too often, the many Third World countries that proudly proclaim their so-called non- alignment and neutralist stand -wind up giving overwhelming support to the Soviet Union on most UN votes. Sad but true, the UN is serving the Soviet as a worldwide propaganda forum — conceived, financed, and hosted by the United States. Although that body's per- formance has been shabby, UN spending alone has risen over 80 percent in five years. This has meant a rise in the U.S. assessment and Youth Recruited by Neo-Nazis BONN (JTA) — Neo- Nazis are successfully re- cruiting youth gangs and members of soccer fan clubs to spread their propaganda, daub walls with slogans and generally engage in acts of hooliganism, two officials of the city state of liamburg warned. Alfons Pawelczyk, in- terior minister, and Christ- ian Lochte, head of internal _security, reported that 300 followers of the neo-Nazi leader Michael Kuehnen, former army officer, has been assisted by various youth groups to pass out leaflets and display prop- aganda material. According to the officials, Kuehnen regards these groups, which are in princi- ple non-political, as a "re- serve" from which to draw new members. WILLIAM BROOMFIELD contributions to UN volun- tary organizations, to in- clude peacekeeping costs, from $629,125,000 in calen- dar year 1977 to over $983,000,000 in 1981. What would the founding fathers of that organization say if they were to witness some of the antics in the Security Council and Gen- eral Assembly? The original ideals which gave birth to the UN have been betrayed. That international body no * * * NEW YORK —= Dr. Ayala Levy-Feldblum, of the Ber- I congratulated Ambas- sador Lichenstein for his re- cent comments at the UN. Who could even, suggest that our government apologize for his remarks? His comments reflect the frustration of myself and many_ Americans when we think of the UN's high costs, its ineffectiveness, its one- sided orientation, and its inability to serve the American people and the people of the world. With this in mind, I suggest that the UN engage in some serious soul search- ing and introspection. If it can't clean up its act, then maybe a Moscow suburb might be a suitable new home for that organization. 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