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Friday, June 15, 1984 5
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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LETTERS
WOlin
Propaganda at MSU
Your May 25 edition con- Arab attempts to de-
tained an article summariz- legitimize Israel must be
ing the findings of the seen in the context of
AIPAC College Guide re- broader internal problems.
garding Arab propaganda That context is the tenuous
at Michigan's three largest Jewish identities Jewish
universities. I would like to students bring with them to
comment and expand upon campus which Hillel Foun-
AIPAC's evaluation of dations are expected to
Jewish student efforts to miraculously revitalize.
combat the anti-Israel cam- The challenge to the Jewish
paign at Michigan State.
community, and Jewish
First the good news: education in particular, is to
AIPAC has a tendency to prepare the next generation
exaggerate the effect of with the tools to defend
Arab propaganda on cam- Jewish interests on campus
pus. During my three years and beyond.
at MSU I have discovered
Alan J. Iser,
executive director, MSU Hillel
that most MSU students are
apolitical and have no great
interest in the Arab-Israeli
conflict. What political Maccabiah housing
opinions they do have tend
Reading the June sedi-
to be pro-Israel. Israel is
viewed as a Western democ- tion of The Jewish News fil-
racy and an ally of the U.S. led my heart with shame
The Arab states and the and disgust. When the first
PLO are viewed as non- appeal to find homes for
Western or anti-Western. Jewish athletes who will be
The "foreign" appearance competing in our city in
and ways of Arab students August first appeared in
on campus tend to reinforce The Jewish News, we im-
this image. Indeed the con- mediately responded to host
servatism among today's two athletes. I thought that
students sometimes results in a couple of weeks there
in hostile and even would be enough offers to
xenophobic responses to house the Jewish youth, the
Arab demonstrations and pride of our people.
Now it has been many
propaganda.
AIPAC is correct is stat- weeks, and not enough
ing that Arab students are homes have been found. The
better organized than large, luxurious homes in
Jewish students at Michi- the West Bloomfield, Bir-
gan State. However, its mingham, Farmington
claim that "the campaign to areas could easily accom-
discredit Israel at MSU has modate all the athletes.
gone virtually unchecked" With the thousands of
is simply untrue. Every Jewish homes in Southfield,
anti-Zionist lecture at MSU Oak Park and Huntington
is attended by Jewish stu- Woods, It makes-me sick
dents who monitor and chal- that a great part of the
lenge the speaker. Fre- Jewish community in this
quently at such talks area lacks the Jewish tradi-
Jewish students distribute tion started with Abraham
opposing literature. There to welcome the stranger to
are also periodic informa- the home.
It seems that we are ig-
tion tables in the Student
Union to counter anti-Israel norant of our roots. The
propaganda. There are, of Jews of Europe lived in
course, appearances by humiliation, in ghettoes
pro:Israel speakers on cam- and poverty. But they never
failed to provide hospitality
pus as well.
Now the bad news: to their fellow Jews or share
Jewish student efforts are their meager food with
not as consistent or as well them.
You surely do not expect
attended as those of the op-
position. Although many our young athletes to sleep
the Jewish Center or out-
Jewish students feel strong in
side. You just needed a gen-
ties to Israel, even more are tle reminder of your sacred
indifferent or regard Israel duty. So please, call 661-
(as well as other Jewish 1000, ext. 180. You will be
matters) as a very low prior- glad that you did.
ity. Arab students (includ-
David Kahan ,
ing non-Palestinians) are
simply much more dedi-
cated to their cause for they
see the Arab-Israeli conflict New course
as impinging more directly
on their lives.
New York (JTA) — A
Even those Jewish stu- $100,000 gift to the (Re-
dents at MSU who do feel form) Hebrew Union
strongly about Israel do not College-Jewish Institute of
have the requisite political Religion (HUC-JIR) from
knowledge and background the estate of New York
to refute their Arab coun- philanthropist Joseph
terparts. Their ties to Israel Mazer will enable the col-
are emotional and intuitive, lege to start producing
but they have no desire to be materials for the teaching of
the American Jewish ex-
politicized.
The failure of Jewish stu- perience at the college-
dents at MSU and university level, according
elsewhere to mount a truly to Dr. Alfred Gottschalk,..
effective campaign against HUC-JIR president.
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