28 Friday, November 30, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS WELCOME HOME! From Your African Adventure With Steven Kalt TRAVEL SPECIALISTS Join the for QUALITY a Royal Viking Baltic Sea Cruise (June 1985) and our special Orient Adventure (October 1985) Bee KaIt Trave 4628 North Woodward Ave. Royal Oak, Michigan 48072 (313) 549-6733 EXCALLB SHOES f iir •M EN * Moving Sale! Everything must be sold with huge savings of 20% to 60% OFF Inventory Liquidation of Quality Name Brand Men's Shoes 90 90 Dexter • Sport° Hippopotamus Pierre Cardin • Raffaello Many odds and ends! Values to $95.00 Sperry Topsiders and Sebago Docksiders $39.90 69 90 French Shriner Peeples • Cortina Oleg Cassini • Fratelli Glenn • Blondo Freeman Rockport • Bally Fratelli • Sebago • Zodiac After Hours • Clark Wallahees Values to $115.00 Many styles reduced to $59.90 from $120.00 / 4 Location: hyin Bass • Bal ly murp • Zod oFF Johnston Freeman • French Shriner Capezio select group *Temporary location after Dec, 31 inside, Greg Shoes, Orchard Malt and Greg Shoes, Evergreen Plaza. Total Pairs 2,374 1/2 Orchard Mall • Orchard Lk. Rd. N. of Maple • West Bloomfield 851-5122 • Major Credit Cards Anthony Lewis Continued from Page 4 compassionately about civil abuses on the West Bank — as he should — without a word on Arab atrocities against Jews. In many cases, he has been less than intellectually forth- right. For instance, to prove what he believes is a more "moderate" stand toward ac- cepting the existence of Israel, he quotes "temperate" PLO statements while ignoring those which still call for the destruction of Israel. The list goes on. He has, in short, been very selective in his reporting. And his Sharon column clearly reflects per- sonal pique rather than cool, detached political commen- tary. The irony in the Sharon suit is that the merits of the arguments and the truth of the case will probably not be de- cided on the facts, as Lewis who is a constitutional student knows, but rather on the prin- ciples handed down by the Supreme Court in 1964 in the famous New York Times vs. Sullivan case. That case held that public officials, to be awarded relief in a libel case, must not only prove that the report in ques- tion was inaccurate but that it was published by the defen- dant with the knowledge that it was untrue or with a display of reckless disregard for the truth. It is extremely difficult to legally meet these standards in a court of law. Recently, however, more juries have awarded plaintiffs libel judg- ments, apparently believing that aggrieved parties deserve some relief regardless of the motivation, but appellate courts have reversed these de- cisions. That is what the experts predict may happen in the Sharon case. Regardless of the outcome, the point is that if the charge of conspiring to commit a mas- sacre is false, then Sharon cer- tainly has a right to set the record straight — Lewis' per- sonal resentment not- withstanding. The tragedy is that Lewis, who enjoyed a reputation as an eminent journalist, could add much to the discussion on Middle East policies/ There is much to debate; much to criticize; much to question— on both sides. Unfortunately, all he has managed to do in the last few years is diminish his credibil- ity and produce columns which resemble propagada and not journalism. Court backs Zamir ruling in Sharon case Jerusalem (JTA) — The Israel Supreme Court on Tuesday up- held Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir's denial ofTime magazine's request for classified documents and testimony by high-ranking Israeli officials to aid its defense in the $50 million libel suit brought by former Defense Minis- ter Ariel Sharon. The court at the same time ap- proved Zamir's announcement that he would recommend to the Cabinet that it authorize third parties acceptable to both sides in the case to examine the secret documents and respond to ques- tioning by Time's attorneys about their content. The magazine- seeks access to an unpublished addendum of the Kahan Commission's report on the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps massacre. According to Time, the material will support its published sugges- tion that Sharon encouraged the massacre by the Lebanese Chris- tian Phalangist militia, Sharon is suing Time on grounds that this is untrue and a defamation of char- acter. NEWS `Who is a Jew' law raised again Values to $140.00 Great Values on $140.00 shoes now $79.90 OP-ED Special Sale Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 11 to 8 Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-5 All Sales Final • Previous Sales Excluded. Jerusalem (JTA) — The con- troversial Who is a Jew" law will be brought before the Knesset again. The executive committee of the Labor-Likud unity govern- ment discussed the matter and agreed that Premier Shimon Peres and Deputy Premier Yit- zhak Shamir will decide the tim- ing. They are expected to an- nounce it during Chanukah, which begins Dec. 19. The matter was raised by sev- eral Knesset members of the Na- tional Religious Party, the new religious party Morasha, Likud and Tehiya. It faces powerful op- position, however. It was soundly defeated the last time it was brought to the Knesset during the Likud-led regime, despite the strong personal backing of then Premier Menachem Begin. The measure, long demanded by the religious parties and the Orthodox rabbinate, would amend Israel's Law of Return to exclude from automatic citizen- ship any convert to Judaism who was converted by a non-Orthodox rabbi. The bill has been de- nounced by the Reform and Con- servative branches of Judaism in Israel and the U.S.