THE:DETROIT IJEWISHAEWS FA*, Adgust ,19841 NEW CADILLAC? SEE OR CALL Farrakhan speech in DC criticized. by Jewish leaders New York (JTA) — American Jewish leaders were critical of the National Press Club in Washington this week for providing Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan with a platform for his anti-Israel and anti- Jewish rhetoric and the American Jewish Congress renewed its call on the Rev. Jesse Jackson to repudiate his political ally and sup- porter. "People pay attention to FatTakhan only because of Jesse Jackson's refusal to repudiate his anti-Semitic associate," Theodore Mann, president of the AJCongress said Tuesday. "Otherwise they would utterly ignore Farrakhan's extremist rantings. It is high time that Jesse Jackson, once and for all, unambiguously repudiate Louis Farrakhan personally." Farrakhan, the head of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam group spoke Monday for 90 minutes at a luncheon sponsored by the press club. During his speech and later during a question and an- swer session with reporters, he renewed his attacks on Judaism and Israel. Farrakhan, calling American Jewish leader- ship "spiritually blind," ac- cused them of having an "abnormal" power over the United States government. Farrakhan also said that "the Israel that is the crea- tion of the Zionists" is based on, falsehood and cannot exist when truth comes." He said American blacks are the "real Israel" and the "real chosen people." The entrance to the Na- tional Press Building and the club itself, as well as the dining room where Far- rakhan spoke were guarded by Farrakhan's followers. All persons entering the dining room had to , go through an airport-type metal detector. The same security.. precautions were followed during Far- rakhan's appearance in De- troit last week. Farrakhan based his at- tack on Jewish leadership on what he said was the use of its power to force the Se- nate and governmental leaders to condemn him after he made his speech calling Judaism a "gutter" "religion and force the Rev. Jesse Jackson to repudiate him in order to gain a place at the Democratic National Convention. Farrakhan claimed that he referred to Judaism as a "dirty" reli- gion, not "gutter." When Farrakhan was asked whether he feels he owed anyone an apology, he declared: "No, I don't think I owe anyone any apology. Those that brought our fathers into slavery owe us more than an apology. They owe us justice." Nathan Perlmutter, di- rector of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai 'Frith, said that by provid- ing Farrakhan "with a bul- lhorn for his raving, the press is magnifying his sig- nificance. The result is print pollution . . . It's high time for the press to brake the round of outrageous ravings from Farrakhan and indig- nant responses from Jews. It can do so by simply refus- ing to serve as his megaphone." Albert Chernin, execu- tive vice chairman of the National Jewish Commu- nity Relations Advisory Council, assailed the press club for "providing a known bigot with a platform .. . Fortunately, Americans re- gardless of race or religion, overwhelmingly find his views repugnant." The press club's president, John Fogarty, who is Washington bureau chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, defended the de- cision to allow the Black Muslim leader to speak and said that if the opportunity ' had been provided, he would have invited Hitler to ad- dress the club. Fogarty also said he would allow Rabbi Meir Kahane, the New York-born leader of the ex- tremist right-wing Kach movement in Israel, to ad- dress the club now that Kahane has been elected to the Knesset Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Bobbi Fiedler, (R-Calif.) said this week that the anti-Semitic atmosphere created by Jackson and Far- rakhan has been a "painful experience" for many adults and children. "It has hurt a lot of people who feel vulnerable in their own community," the Jewish Congresswoman said at a Washington press conference called to support the proposal by Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) that the Republican Party platform contain a plank condemn- ing anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry. Rep. Fiedler said that the anti-Semitic tone has "created a climate of separatism between people who historically had strong relationships with one an- other. It is something that hurts our society as a whole." The platform plank pro- posed by Sen. D'Amato states: "In view of recent events and the statements of prominent political per- sonalities the Republican Party takes this opportu- nity to reaffirm its adher- ence to pluralistic princi- ples and to totally repudiate and disassociate itself from those who preach all forms of hatred, bigotry, racism and anti-Semitism." CIASSIHEDS ANDY BLAU For All Your Needs in BIRMINGHAM at CRISSMAN cApiLLAc 'CALL BUS 644-1930 RES 661:9146 1350 N. WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM 35th ANNIVERSARY SALE! Children's Shoppe 0 ON ALL NEW FALL & WINTER MERCHANDISE FOR INFANTS - BOYS - GIRLS Thru Size 16 BUY NOW FOR "BACK TO SCHOOL1 -jaa.--- ORCHARD MALL WEST BLOOMFIELD Orchard Lake Rd at Maple/ 851-5 1 70 Children's Shoppe Open Mon thru Set 10-6 Thurs 10-9 Israel target of rockets Tel Aviv (JTA) — Two Katyusha rockets were fired into Isreal from Jordan last week without causing casualties or damage. The last such incident oc- curred a year ago and Is- raeli sources believe both attacks were by terrorists who infiltrated Jordan from Syria although the Jorda- nian army has taken great pains to prevent such infilt- ration. Meanwhile, two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in south Lebanon last Friday, when a grenade was thrown at their patrol in the center of Nabatiya. A curfew was imposed on the market area of the south Lebanon town while soldiers carried out searches. Elsewhere in South Lebanon, 50 new cadets re- ceived their officers insig- nia as officers in the South Lebanon Army, from SLA Commander General An- toine Lahad. The officers training course was organized and led by instructors from the IDF. In a related development, an Arab terrorist was killed by an IDF patrol last Friday and two Lebanese motorcyc- lists were shot at and slightly injured Sunday when they failed to halt on orders at an IDF roadblock, both incidents , occurring near Sidon. 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