THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Right-Wing Bias Hits French Jews

PARIS (JTA) — French
Jews were accused of "col-
onizing" the country, con-
trolling the government's
policies and of dual loyalty
by representatives of six ex-
treme right-wing organiza-
tions at a meeting last week
attended by close to 8,000
people. The gathering was
dubbed "Friendship Day"
by the organizers and was
an effort by the extremist
groups to try to unify their
forces and strengthen their

impact in the political
arena.
Several of the speakers at
the meeting said that two of
the government's Jewish
Cabinet members, Trans-
port Minister Charles Fit-
terman, a Communist, and
Justice Minister Robert
Badinter, a Socialist, "re-
present the two traditional
poles of Jewish influence:
Marxism and capitalism."
The extreme right has
been deeply split since the

Jewish-Christian Solidarity
in France Cited by Rabbi

NEW YORK (JTA) —
Anti-Semitism in France
appears to have backfired as
a result of the solidarity
French Christians have
demonstrated with the
French Jewish community,
Chief Rabbi Rene Sirat said
there.
That solidarity, he stated,
has resulted in the increas-
ing solation of the anti-
Semites, instead of the iso-
lation of French Jews,
which was the aim of the
anti-Semites.
The chief rabbi made
those observations at
Yeshiva University where
he was guest of honor Tues-
day at a reception hosted by
university president Dr.
Norman Lamm. During the
reception, Sirat was pre-
sented with a two-volume

study of Sephardic law and
customs written by Dr.
Herbert Dobrinsky, vice
president for university af-
fairs. The chief rabbi was
here during a 10-day visit of
the U.S. and Canada, spon-
sored by the Maybaum
Brothers Memorial Fund at
Yeshiva University.
Sirat, the first Sephardi
in nearly 200 years to hold
the post of chief rabbi of
France, told a press confer-
ence before the reception
that there are a number of
manisfestations in France
of the growing Christian-
Jewish solidarity. He cited
as an example the 300,000
people who marched to pro-
test the terrorist attacks on
the Rue Copernic
Synagogue and Jo. Golden-
berg's restaurant.

Minute of Silence' Ruled
Unlawful in NJ Schools

NEWARK, N.Y. — A
New Jersey law calling for
public school students to
participate in a "moment of
silence" at the beginning of
each school day was de-
clared unconstitutional
Monday by a federal judge.
Judge Dickirison R. De-
bevoise, acting in a suit
brought by attorneys for the
American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) of New Jer-
sey, ruled that the statute,
which did not specifically
call for prayer in the
classroom, still infringed on
First Amendment guaran-
tees of the separation of
church and state. The law
was enacted last December
when the state legislature
overrode a veto by Gov.
Kean.
In a 41-page opinion,
Judge Debevoise noted that
such laws are within the
boundaries of the Constitu-

Competition Set

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The third annual competi-
tion for the Simon Rockower
MemorialAwards for Excel-
lence, in Jewish journalism
was announced jointly by
Jerome Lippman, president
of the American Jewish
Press Association (AJPA),
and Esther Ritz, president
of the JWB, the two co-
sponsoring organizations.
The latest annual Roc-
kower competition is based
on the Jewish calendar year
of 5743 which concluded on
Sept. 1. The deadline for
submitting entries is Dec. 1.

end of the war and until last
month had failed to play an
active role in French poli-
tics both on the national and
local level.

Last month, the
center-right opposition
parties for the first time
concluded a formal al-
liance with the extreme
right to contest the
municipal elections in the
city of Dreux. Their joint
platform was based on
their opposition to the
presence in France of
immigrant guest workers
whose percentage is
especially high in indus-
trial Dreux, hard hit by
unemployment.

At last Sunday's meeting,
many of the speakers were
not only openly anti-
Semitic but also opposed to

5 Jewish Senators Backed King Day

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Five of the eight Jews in the
Senate voted last week to
establish a national holiday
in January commemorating
the birthday of the late
Martin Luther King, Jr.
while the three others voted
against it. The bill, which
was adopted by the House
previously, was passed by
the Senate by a 78-22 vote.
Voting to honor the slain
civil rights leader were
Sens. Rudy. Boschwitz (R-
Minn.), Frank Lautenberg
D-N.J.), Carl Levin (D-
Mich.), Howard Metzen-
baum D-Ohio) and Arlen
Specter (R-Penn.). Voting
against the bill were Sens.
Chic Hecht ill-Nev.), War-
ren Rudman (R-N:H.) and
Edward Zorinsky (D-Neb.).

tion providing their "prin-
cipal or primary effect
neither advances nor in-
Levin and Metzenbaum
hibits religion" and they do
not "foster an excessive took part in the debate.
Levin rejected the argu-
government entanglement
ment that King should
with religion." However,
not be honored because
the judge said, "the statute
he broke laws, noting
under review does not pass
that King advocated
muster under any of these
combating unjust laws
criteria."
through nonviolent civil
A similar law in Massa-
disobedience. He quoted
chusetts has withstood a
court challenge, but one in , King's April 16, 1963, let-
New Mexico and one in ter from the Birmingham
jail in which King said:
Tennessee have not. Some
"We can never forget that
20 states continue to have
everything Hitler did to
laws permitting a moment
Germany was 'legal' and
in silence in school.

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the Protestant minority
and, to what some of the
speakers said was "the
growing influence of the
Masonic lodges."
The most violent attacks
were directed, however, at
the Jews and alleged Jewish
influence on government
decisions. One of the speak-
ers, militant Catholic
writer Romain Marie, ac-
cused Jews "of putting the
interests of Judaism far
above the interests of
France."
He added, "The Jews
claim that we are anti-
Semitic. We should retort
that we are anti-
Communist and that Com-
munism is mainly Jewish.
Jews still are a majority
within the Communist In-
ternational, an interna-
tional of murder."

everything the Hungarian
freedom fighters did in
Hungary was 'illegal.' It
was 'illegal' to aid and com-
fort a Jew in Hitler's Ger-
many. But I am sure that if I
had lived in Germany dur-
ing that time I would have
aided and comforted my
Jewish brothers though it
was illegal.
"If I lived in a Communist
country today where certain
principles dear to the Chris-
tian faith were suppressed, I
believe I would openly ad-
vocate disobeying these
anti-religious laws." -

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Tourism Ministry Re-Issues
Baedeker Guide to Israel

NEW YORK — The Is-
rael Ministry of Tourism
has published a new edition
of "Baedeker's Israel," the
holy land guidebook which
first appeared in the 19th
Century.
The original guidebook,
titled "Palestine and Syria,"
was written in 1876 by
German travel writer Kari
Baedeker.
The new edition of the
Baedeker volume includes
some 200 color photographs
and a number of large scale
maps. The book also con-
tains historic and cultural

YIVO Project

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The YIVO Institute for
Jewish Research has -begun
a project to collect and
catalogue photographs and
films which depict Jewish
life in Russia and the Soviet
Union.

information on modern Is-
rael which is arranged
alphabetically for quick
reference.
"Baedeker's Israel" is
available at bookstores
throughout the United
States and Canada.

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