94 Friday, September 28, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS NEWS Need to work at grass roots level to smooth out black-Jewish rift BY DAVID FRIEDMAN Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's speech to the Na- tional Press CLub was certainly disturbing to those of us, Jews and non-Jews, who were now hearing for the first time something we had only read about. But more disturbing was the applause Farrakhan received from apparently-educated blacks in the audience when he criticized Rev. Jesse Jackson for apologiz- ing and said that he himself had nothing for which to apologize. He also accused black leaders who criticized him of being Jewish "pawns." It is indicative of a growing anti-Jewish mood in the black community, especialy among educated blacks, partly because many of them, like Jackson, see themselves as being close to the Third World. Jackson is the most important of a growing number of black leaders who do not have, and in some cases do not want, the long traditional ties with the Jewish community. There are of course some Jews, too, who reject coalitions with blacks, but they are not in the leadership of Jewish organizations or among Jews elected to major offices. Much of the controversy re- volves around different views on ‘. Israel and the use of quotas in af- firmative action. Now, blacks should be able to criticize Israel, or U.S. policy toward Israel, with- out being called anti-Semitic. At the same time, Jews should be able to challenge those views, par- ticularly when they include sup- port for the Palestine Liberation Organization, without being labelled racists. Nor should Jews be called ra- cists when they oppose the use of quotas for affirmative action. Blacks must understand how quotas were used to discriminate Album documenting Czech-Nazi effort given to State Dept. Washington (JTA) — An album documenting the collaboration of the war-time Tiso government in Czechoslovakia with the Nazis was turned over to the United States government Friday. Martin Zapletal, of Woodside, N.Y., a Jewish Holocuast survivor from Slovakia, presented the album to Deputy Assistant Secre- tary of State for European and Canadian Affairs Marc Palmer, in a ceremony at the State Depart- ment. Palmer then gave the album to Rabbi Seymour Siegel, executive director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, to be placed in the Holocaust Memorial Museum being planned for Washington. The ceremony marked the 43rd anniversary of the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws in Czechos- lovakia and the first day when Slovak Jew had to wear yellow Stars of David. About two dozen Jewish survivors and non-Jewish resistance fighters from Slovakia attended. against Jews and how they are still disciminatory. All these problems existed be- fore the Jackson campaign but were exacerbated by his perform- ance as they might not have been if another black politician had campaigned. Jewish opposition to Jackson was not that he was black but to the positions he took. Major Jewish and black organ- izations are now meeting to create a dialogue to erase the feeling of bitterness. But the work that really has to be done and the chal- lenge for both the black and Jewish leadership is at the grass roots levels. It is the blacks and Jews who work and live and play together who really feel the ef- fects of the that has been revealed. Rep. Bobbi Fiedler (R-Calif.) re- cently noted that it has been a - "painful experience" for many with children experiencing anti- Semitism for the first time in their lives. Recently, John Sims, a black Jewish senior, at Howard Univer- sity in Washington, D.C., charged that he had been the subject of threats and harassments since last fall at the prestigious black university and a swastika had been carved_ on his dormitory room door. Sims, who filed com- plaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.s. At- torney General's office, said that the harrassment made it difficult for him to study, causing him to fail a course last spring and thus not graduate. Sims, who is from Philadelphia, said he was placed on academic probation and will not be able to return to Howard because he is now ineligible for financial aid. Five IDF soldiers are wounded in an ambush in south Lebanon Tel Aviv (JTA) — Five Israeli soldiers were wounded when their patrol was ambushed by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Rehan village on the central front in south Lebanon Sunday. An Israel Defense Force (IDF) spokesman said another patrol tracked down the assail- ants and killed three of them. The IDF also reported that an explosive charge was detonated by remote control on a road near Joya village Sunday but caused no casualties. The Phalangist radio in Beirut reported that three terrorists were killed and two captured after they entered the Awali River from the sea in a rubber dinghy and attacked an IDF position on a bridge north of Sidon. According to the radio re- UNVEILINGS The Family of the Late DAVID TEITLEBAUM Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 10:30 a.m. Sun- day, Oct. 7, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Spectre will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late MAMIE FREED Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at Hebrew Memo- rial Park. Rabbi Milton Arm will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. port, an Israeli missile boat fired on the dinghy. The IDF has been on special alert since the car-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy annex in east Beirut last Thursday and the massacre of 13 Shiite Moslems by Druze members of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) in Sohmor village in south Lebanon also on Thursday. Two Americans were killed and a number were wounded in the attack for which a little known group calling itself the Islamic Jihad (holy war) claimed respon- sibility. Four wounded Americans were flown to Tel Hashomer Hos- pital in Israel for treatment Sun- day. According to hospital sources, they are being examined to determine whether their in- juries require surgery. While this is an unusual case, there are many other young Jews, and not-so-young Jews, who are feeling the personal effect of the black-Jewish conflict. Regardless of whatever hap- pens in the present political cam- paign, it is time to end the free ride blacks have gotten on anti- Semitism. Anti-Semitism by blacks must be criticized and called to account just as it is from any other person. But it also underscores the need for the Jewish organizations to do a better job of explaining the Jewish experience and the Jewish unity with Israel to the black community. Too much faith has been placed in remembering the shared experience of Jews and backs in the civil rights struggle. But at a time when the recent past seems to be a mystery to most young Americans, it is too much to expect blacks to be any differ- ent. Copyright 1984, JTA, Inc. Foreign Relations Committee urges genocide treaty approval Washington (JTA) — The Se- nate Foreign Relations Commit- tee voted 16-0 last week to recommend that the Senate ratify the 35 year-old United Nations Convention against genocide. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), who has voiced opposition to the genocide measure, joined the other members of the committee in unanimously approving the resolution sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd (Conn.) urging the Senate leadership to "proceed immediately"seek to complete ac- tion before Congress adjourns on Oct.. 5. However, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) who will make the decision on scheduling, was the only member of the committee not present and not voting last Wednesday. Helms used his prerogative as a Senator to delay a vote on the Convention earlier this month when Sen. Charles Percy (R-I11.), the committee chairman, sought a vote without consideration of two riders by Helms, which Helms said were designed to prevent the convention from superceding the U.S. Constitution and to reserve the right of the U.S. not to submit certain matters covered by the convention to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Jus- tice. Helms said last week that in discussions with members of the committee in the past week ,not all of the "outstanding issues'iad been resolved. "If the concerns which many American expressed to me in the past few days are met, then I intend to support the treaty," he said. But he would not publicly discuss these concerns last week. In Loving Memory of Our Wife, Mother and Grandmother LILLIAN SILVER Who passed away Oct. 6, 1982. She is forever with us in our hearts and will al- ways be remembered, to- day, tomorrow and forever. Husband, Jack; sister, Vivian; children, Rhoda, Harold, Alan and Herb; and grandchildren. In memory of MACK L. LIEBERMAN By wife, Gertrude, Benee and Jerry Stern, Jackie, Jill and Jordan. In Loving Memory Of J. WALTER JONAS BERNARD and JULIA GROSSBERG Who passed away Sept. 12, 1983 (6th of Tishri). You left us so suddenly, we didn't have a chance to say we love you. Our memories of you are all we have now. Sadly missed by your loving wife Carole, and children Laurence, Michele, Doug and Scott. By daughter Gertrude Lieberman, son Stanley Grossberg, grandchildren Benee and Jerry Stern. In loving memory of our beloved mother and grandmother In memory of In memory of BENJAMIN and PEARL LIEBERMAN By Gertrude Lieberman. Gone but always remem- bered. HANNAH ROBINSON SPITZ Who passed away Oct. 3, 1983. Her beloved mem- ory is forever in our hearts. Sadly missed and always remembered by her children, Ronna and Kenny Blaze, Cheri and Andy Dworkis, Jill and Arnie Fin- kel, Lauri and David Miller, and her grandchildren, Stacey, Jeffrey, Michelle, Scott and Hannah.