U.S. religious war in an election year Readers blast Rev. Jesse Jackson 5 1984 Campaign closing nears 11 2 Jewish support asked for Jordan arms 12 THE JE lv istiNENIT SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 40c MARCH 16, 1984 the Jews take Hart? Michigan, Illinois are crucial By ALAN HITSKY News Editor Michigan and Illinois will play key roles in the next four days to an- swer political pundits and Jewish communal observers' questions about the meteoric rise of Democratic Presidential candidate Gary Hart. 0 Last Tuesday's Democratic pri- mary elections and caucuses were crit- ical for both Hart and early front-runner Walter Mondale, but Detroit attorney Maurice Binkow be- lieves that Satur- day's Democratic Party caucus in Michigan and Tues- Gary Hart day's primary in Il- is seeking linois will make the an upset difference between in Michigan. Hart becoming the party's clear choice or the Democrdts facing a bitter convention battle next summer. Binkow, who supports the candi- dacy of Senator John Glenn, said, 1 ,0 "Hart was an unknown three weeks ago. Now he's the front-runner. It ► shows that people are unhappy with Mondale." Paul Zuckerman,, a strong Mon- i. dale backer, believes Hart's early suc- . cesses will fade. He won in small New England states with small turnouts," , Zuckerman said. "They don't have enough population to cover Detroit. Mondale spent the early campaign criticizing Reagan's policies" and Zuc- kerman expects Mondale to gain strength as Mondale and Hart begin debating the issues. Binkow believes all the remain- ing Democratic candidates have strong records of support for Israel. "The Denver Jewish community feels he is very strong on Jewish issues," Binkow said. But people haven't yet had a chance to look at his whole re- cord. "General issues have a bearing on the Jewish community and on Israel. Does he believe the same things McGovern did? (Hart was Sen. George McGovern's 1972 Presidential cam- paign manager.) That would give a great deal of latitude to the Russians." Binkow characterized any neo- insolationist policy in the U.S. as bad for America and bad for Israel. You can't give Russia free reign everywhere but in the Middle East. I don't know what Hart's positions are, but he will have to be questioned closely. Zuckerman believes that Mondale will gain on Hart on the basis of his foreign and domestic policy experi- ence. "Hart has never been involved in world politics," he said. "He will de- light our enemies and leave our allies in shock and resentment. Mondale understands world leaders and world politics. Grinning, charm and waving arms does not a President make." Zuckerman added that he expects Mondale to challenge Hart strongly in the industrial states: Michigan, Il- linois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. He claimed that Mondale has strong positions on domestic issues while Hart is "myopic on those topics." Binkow has hopes for his own candidate in the industrial Midwest. "Glenn is from this area and should do well over the weekend. He is a moder- ate who is strong on defense. There may be a major assessment very soon," Binkow said, "but as long as Glenn is in I will support him. I like him on the issues, both domestic and foreign." In gauging the Detroit area Jewish community, Binkow said, "You can't put blinders on. You can't say, `They voted for Israel here. They voted for Israel there.' Hart is a question mark. "My personal view is people who didn't like Mondale are looking for al- ternatives. They are looking for some- body who can beat Reagan. "It won't make a major difference if Mondale wins Michigan. Illinois will Continued on Page 8 The Jewish News sold; Slomovitzes to stay on U.S. says embassy move Would ignite M.E. rioting WASHINGTON (JTA) — The o, State Department has refused to comment on a report that Secretary of •;,. State George Shultz has warned Con- gress that if it approves legislation moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, it could lead to anti-American violence in the Islamic world. State Department spokesman ■ •• John Hughes said that Lawrence Eag- leburger, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, made the Reagan Administration's position "plain" when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Feb. 23 against the bill introduced by Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.) which L would require the move. Eagleburger said that moving the embassy to Jerusalem "would serve only to undermine our ability to play an effective role in the Middle East peace process." Moynihan argued, however, that the move would contribute to peace since it would end any doubt in the minds of the enemies of Israel as the commitment of the United States to the permanence of the state of Israel." At the Senate hearing, Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.), the committee chairman, read a letter from Shultz in which he said the legislation would interfere with President's constitu- tional right to conduct foreign policy. Gary Rosenblatt, Philip Slomovitz, Carmi Slomovitz and Charles Buerger. The Jewish News was sold this week to a Baltimore-based group of in- vestors. The new publisher and principal owner is Charles A. Buerger, who is also publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, Maryland's largest weekly pub- lication. Buerger, 45, has named Gary Rosenblatt, the 37-year-old editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times, to the addi- tional position of editor of The Jewish News. Philip Slomovitz, the founding editor and publisher of The Jewish News and acknowledged dean of Ameri- can Jewish journalism, as of this week will become Editor Emeritus of The Jewish News and will continue his popular weekly column, "Purely Corn-. mentary," as well as other editorial duties. His son, Carmi Slomovitz, will continue as Business Manager, a post he has held for 28 years. "We are proud and excited to be- come a part of Detroit's vibrant Jewish Continued on Page 7