20 Friday, December 23, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS CJF Review LOW PRICES EVERYDAY! GAYNORS ORCHARD PLAZA ORCHARD LAKE RD. S. OF 14 MILE NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Council of Jewish Fed- erations has begun publica- tion of a quarterly "CJF Endowment Review." Chief Rabbis Still Feeling Their Way By DAVID HOROVITZ World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — Neither of Israel's two chief rabbis, 4t * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * appointed in March of this ENTERTAINMENT? INVITATIONS? 4( Seymour iC year, was expecting the job. 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Due in no small part to Justice Minister Moshe Nissim's resistance, the law remained unchanged, the outgoing chief rabbis vac- ated the arena and elections took place. The new chief rabbis were thus appointed to office. It was truly the end of an era. Both of the new chief-rab- bis were born in Jerusalem's Old City — Sephardi Chief Rabbi 23043 Beech at 9 Mile, Southfield I 31555 W. 10 Mile at 9 Mile. Oa Park at Orchard Lake, Farmington Coupon must be presented with order Expires Jan. 6th I.= ow EN am .11 am WI MI =I me No im RABBI IM AVRAHAM SHAPIRO The two rabbis are both still coming to terms with their positions, and to date have been reluctant to stick their necks out as regards any political questions but on religious matters they are uncompromising — on the High Holydays they warned against attending any but an Orthodox syna- gogue approved by them. Although both the new chief rabbis were said to have been the favored can- didates of the National Religious Party, they seem keen to stay away from party politics, at least in their initial period of office. While both believe firmly that Judea and Samaria are an integral part of the Land of Israel and should belong to the Jewish people, neither seems interested in taking initiatives involving political decisions concern- ing the territories. They share the same opinion as regards a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount — citing the Rambam ruling, they regard the site as holy and say Jews are forbid- Quartz technology at its peak, performance, rarefied to a seemingly impossible thinness. Seiko Lassale, the performing art of technology. Come see our line of Seiko and our other fine jewelry during the holiday season. WEINTIVAUE JIEWIEILEUS "SUNSET STRIP" 29536 Northwestern Highway Southfield, Michigan 48034 1/111 • Eliahu 55, and Ashkenazi head Rabbi Shapiro 65 years ago. Eliahu, the son of a businessman turned Torah student studied in a Talmud Torah from a very young age. His studies did not stop when his father died. He continued studying during the day, while tak- ing odd jobs at night to help his mother support the fam- ily. Shapiro, too, followed a life of study, coming from a long line of religious Jerusalemites. His grandfather, Rabbi Yaacov Leib Levy, was head of the first Ashkenazi rabbinical court in the capital. Eliahu's family moved out of the Old City during the War of Independence, with the rabbi finally wind- ing up in Beersheva where he was appointed a judge at the religious court. His next post was as a Jerusalem regional dayan (judge), and 12 years ago he was ap- pointed to the Rabbinical High Court. Shapiro, too, has followed a life of study. After 30 years at the Mer- kaz Harav Yeshiva, Shapiro became the head of this im- portant educational institu- tion last year. *al 71r12. S4 RABBI ELIAHU den to ascend the mount. This view is of course strongly opposed by ex- tremist elements who are interested in challenging the status quo through provocative action de- signed to prove Jewish rights as against Muslim claims in the area. The most striking im- pression one gets from the two men is their approcha- bility. Eliahu still spends vast amounts of his time an- swering simple questions of Halakha (religious law) from Jews up and down the country. He adds that in his position he has a choice — to - wait for people to come to him or to go out and meet them himself. He chooses to go to them, stating he in- tends to visit settlements, moshavim and kibutzim — religious and non-religious — and not just for brief one- time visits. He aims to per- suade non-religious settle- ments to at least arrange for a local rabbi to come visit them regularly. Shapiro, too, speaks no ill of the non-religious. "Even rabbis don't observe all the commandments," he ob- serves, stressing that every Jew observes some mitzvot. No Syrian War? TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The newspaper Yediot Ahronot believes that Syria will not now initiate a war with Is- rael because she is still weaker than Israel in mili- tary strength and because her supporter, the Soviet Union, is unstable at the moment because of Yuri Andropov's illness. On the other hand, the newspaper did not rule out war because of the "excita- ble impulses" of Syria's President Assad. ZOA ACTION GUIDELINES ."He who controls the heights of Judea and Samaria, controls Israel". . In the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Jordan—faced with the prospect of fighting across the Jordan Valley and up the Israeli held Samarian and Judean mountains—chose to sit out that war. But had Jordan retained control of that territory and had it joined the Egyptian-Syrian attack, Israel might not exist today. Jordanian tanks would have cut the country in two along the ten mile wide coastal strip. 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