Josef Mengele Eluded Capture By Israel 12 First Stage of Lebanon Pullout Nearly Complete 32 A Romantic Electronic Banker's Love At First Byte 80 Ethiopians And Zionism: Brothers And Keepers SH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 40c Craig Terkowitz NOACH WEINBERG HAS THE ANSWERS And the American-trained rabbi, a founder of the `baal teshuva' yeshiva movement in Israel, is hoping people will ask him the questions. See Story On Page 14 64 65 67 4 58 79 2 43 57 54 50 FEBRUARY 15, 1985 Reagan Plan Still On The Table? CLOSE-UP Births B'nai Mitzvah Classified Ads Editorials Engagements Obituaries Purely Commentary Danny Raskin Singles Synagogues Women's News 40 Introducing an exclusive new column bY Elie Wiese! New York (JTA) — President Reagan said in an interview this week that he is still dedicated to his Sept. 1, 1982 peace initiative, but he added that the United States is not seeking "to impose a settlement on anyone." "I'm still dedicated to that Sept. 1, a negotiated peace," 1982 provision the President w as quoted as saying. "I was don't believe it can be achieved with- out King Hussein of Jordan, and with — or at least with the permission of the Palestinians, representing them in di- rect negotiations with the Israelis. And what we — we are prepared to be of whatever help we can be. We are not seeking to impose a settlement on anyone. We haven't got some plan of how it must be worked out." The President told the New York Times that the United States has to make the "moderate Arab states" rec- ognize that Washington is their friend as well as Israel. But, he added, "at the same time, we have insured Israel that we will never see them lose their qual- Ronald Reagan: 1982 peace plan. itative edge to the point that they're endangered by anything we do." Reagan said that in any negotia- tions between Israel and the Arabs, anyone who represents the Arab side will have to represent the Palesti- nians. "You can't write them off or ig- nore their rights," the President stated. Continued on Page 8 Stepping Up To Israel Educating the Jewish community about aliyah, investing in Israel, re- tirement in Israel, tours, summer pro- grams and a variety of other options are the focus of Sunday's Step Up to Israel conference. According to chairman Annette Meskin, the afternoon program at the main Jewish Community Center is aimed at familiarizing "the commu- nity with what Israel has to offer" in a variety of areas. "It's for the complete community, whether you are thinking of making aliyah or just supportive of Israel." Adviser Donald Fox said the con- ference is educational in scope "so that they'll (the Jewish community) be more comfortable with what's going on in Israel because we're all part of the (world) Jewish community." Fox said he hoped that by coming to the conference, people will be stimu- lated to invest in Israel, tour the coun- try and think about aliyah. Both Fox and Mrs. Meskin expect about 200 persons to attend the con- ference. Richard Juran, central shaliach to the American Zionist Youth Founda- tion and director of AZYF's commu- nity relations department, will be among the speakers at 1 p.m. Juran made aliyah in 19 77. He has a M.A. degree in Jewish education from Hebrew University and received the Council of Jewish Education's Dushkin Award. Efrat , Feniger, public relations coordinator of the Israel Government Tourist Office for the Midwestern States, will conduct the travel work- shop. She has served in her current post since 1981. The conference will feature a video presentation of Ze'ev Chafets, Jerusalem press attache, entitled "The - Detroit Connection 1985." There also will be a workshop dealng with "How To Cope With Your Children Living in Israel," conducted by Harmon Bayer, president of the Detroit Chapter of the Association of Parents of American Is- raelis. There will be a variety of work- shops, and informational and educa- tional materials will be available. .