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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 25, 1984
NEWS
Weinberger denies 'antipathy' from the Jewish community
Washington (JTA) — De-
fense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger denied Wed-
nesday that there is any
reason for "antipathy"
toward him in the Jewish
community
"I don't know why there
should be any antipathy,
there is certainly none on
my part," he said in re-
sponse to a question after
his address to the 42nd an-
nual meeting of the Ameri-
can Jewish Press Associa-
tion at the L'Enfant Plaza
Hotel. He said his talk to the
AJPA and other Jewish
groups should have "long
ago" cleared up his position.
While there was no direct
mention of the belief in the
Jewish community that
Weinberger is anti-Israel,
AJPA President Jerome
Lippman, publisher of the
Long Island Jewish World,
touched the subject indi-
rectly in his introduction of
Weinberger.
American Jews know
that "what is good for Israel
is good for America,"
Lippman said. He added
that it seems some times
that this is "not sufficiently
appreciated by the Ad-
ministration or the Penta-
gon."
In his prepared remarks,
Weinberger stressed that
the U.S.-Israeli relation-
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ship "has never been
stronger." He noted the
"continued commitment to
Israel's security and well-
being" as evidenced by the
record of U.S. foreign aid to
Israel and the new strategic
and political cooperation
that is going on.
Weinberger particularly
seemed to stress the new
agreement for using Israeli
medical facilities. He noted
that a Marine badly injured
in an accident as well as a
premature infant born to a
U.S. Air Force family were
recently taken to Israeli
hospitals where they re-
covered.
When he was asked why
the United States did not
use Israeli hospitals after
the Marine barracks were
blown up in Lebanon last
October, he repeated his
often-stated assertion that
the commanders at the
scene felt that other
facilities were adequate.
Weinberger stressed that
the United States was con-
cerned about the threat of
Soviet intrusion into the
Middle East and the danger
this posed to Western oil
supplies. He said the new
strategic agreements with
Israel demonstrated that
both countries were deter-
mined "to do something ab-
out" detering the Soviets.
At the same time, he
stressed, "we must main-
tain security assistance
programs with the moder-
ate Arab governments in
addition to Israel." He said
Caspar Weinberger
they were threatened by
terrorism from Syria with
the backing of the Soviet
Union. "U.S. assistance
that counters terrorism
makes an important contri-
bution to regional security"
and is in "the long term
interests of Israel."
However, Weinberger
stressed that security comes
from peace. "Israel cannot
make peace by itself and we
understand the United
States cannot impose peace
and should not try," he said.
But he said the United
States should try to provide
the security and the help to
bring Reagan's Sept. 1,
1982, Middle East peace in-
itiative was the "only work-
able prescription to accom-
plish" this.
In a speech Tuesday night
to the opening session of the
four-day conference, Elliott
Abrams, Assistant Secre-
tary of State for Human
Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs, denied that it was
Ruth Kroll honored on 10th
year of women's for UM
The Detroit Women's
Forum, a project of the De-
troit Chapter of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, will
honor Ruth Driker Kroll,
founder and executive di-
rector of the forum at its
10th anniversary celebra-
tion 6:45 p.m. June 11 at
Lelli's Inn.
Mrs. Kroll is the former
associate director of the De-
troit Chapter, AJCommit-
tee, a post she held for more
than 10 years.
She holds an M.A. degree
in guidance and counseling
from Wayne State Univer-
sity. Mrs. Kroll is a member
of the Sholem Aleichem
Institute, on the board of
B'nai B'rith Services
Organization, a former
board member of the Bran-
deis University National
Women's Committee and a
member of the National
Council of Jewish Women.
The forum was developed
as part of the AJCommit-
tee's concern for women's is-
sues, Mrs. Kroll said.
Today the forum includes
women from all ethnic, ra-
cial and religious groups,
businesswomen and others
who are concerned with
the "tough talk" of the Re-
agan Administration that
has resulted in the Soviet
Union's harsh treatment of
Jews.
"Let us stop looking
everywhere but the Krem-
lin for explanations," he
said. "Jews are in jail in t'
Soviet Union, Jews are fc
bidden to leave the Soviet
Union, Jews are persecuted
for practicing their religion
in the Soviet Union because
of decisions made in Mos-
cow, not in Jerusalem or
Washington. The Soviets
are orchestrating a vicious
and escalating anti-Semitic
propaganda campaign
under the guise of anti-
Zionism."
Abrams said that the
"principle threat to Jewish
survival now comes from
the extreme left." He said
while there are still right-
wing anti-Semitic groups,
they "do not pose nearly as
great a threat to the survi-
val of the Jewish people as
does Soviet anti-Semitism
on the one. hand and the
anti-Semitism of left-wing
Arab extremists of the Li-
byan or PLO variety on the
other."
Abrams held out little
hope for improvement this
year, noting that to USSR
does not want to do any-
thing that would help re-
elect Reagan. But he
stressed that public opinion
in the West does put a check
on Soviet oppression of
Jews.
Asked about Ethiopian
Jewry, Abrams said that
the situation is "better than
it has been in a few years"
and that there is now a
steady flow (of Ethiopian
Jews) going to Israel."
New paper
Miami (JTA) — The first
issue of a new Jewish publi-
cation, the South Dade
Jewish News, a 20-page tab-
loid size publication, has
been published with Steven
and Linda Weiss listed as
publishers. It will be a bi-
weekly.
Ruth Kroll
women's issues. The group
has monthly lunch meet-
ings used as networking
sessions and for the dis-
semination of information.
Coalition building is one of
the aims of the DWF.
The women study each
others' traditions via holi-
day programs, and each
year there is an interfaith
Passover Seder, utilizing a
special women's Haggadah.
There is an admission
charge. For information and
reservations, call the DWF,
965-3169.
Corrections
In the story last week
about nominations for the
board of the Jewish Asso-
ciation for Retarded Citi-
zens, Sheila Ordin should
have been listed as a cur-
rent board member con-
tinuing on the board.
•
The engagement an-
nouncement for Leslee
Horvitz and Dr. Marvin A.
Herschfus should have
stated that Dr. Herschfus
earned a Bachelor of Sci-
ence with honors from
Northeastern University.