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Our Great Loss Must Be Remembered
27th NISAN YIZKOR DAY
DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL
1945 FORTY YEARS AFTER 1985
Shaarit Haplaytah
of Metropolitan Detroit in cooperation with Holocaust Memorial Center,
Jewish Community Council, Greater Detroit Round Table of Christians
and Jews and Jewish Community Center
Rabbi Max Weine greets Elazar at the Midrasha convocation.
Invites the entire community to join in a
MEMORIAL ACADEMY*
Tributes To The Six Million Martyrs
OF THE UNSPEAKABLE NAZI GENOCIDE
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1985 — 1:00 P.M.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
SI !ES TO
YOM HAZIKARON •
Tuesday, April 23, 1985
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7:30 P.M. -
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Keynote Speaker: NA AN YONA AN (Israeli Poet)
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JEWIS OMMU TY COUNCIL
in cooperation with JEWISH • MM ITY CENTER and
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Open to Community
people had no trouble and an-
other 15 percent had little
trouble. But I think that's
shifting back to where people
have less of a problem defend-
ing Israel . . . for non-Jews as
well."
He says that non-Jewish
public opinion of Israel has not
changed much in recent years
other than increased willing-
ness by non-Jews to speak out
publicly. In other words,
"People who maybe a few
years ago spoke up only at the
club now will write letters to
the editor."
Elazar says there are no
easy answers for Jews to the
problems of assimilation and
the Diaspora, but he cites his
own experience as a starting
point.
"I was fortunate to have as
teachers people who really had
a level of knowledge and
understanding and who were
shaped by a vision of what
being Jewish was about. And
that's the way I see the role of
Midrasha — as a college of
Jewish study, not just a survey
of one or two classes. Yet, one
No Charge
need not be religiously in-
volved to benefit."
Elazar notes a revival of
these institutions across the
U.S. and he says, "I'd like to
strengthen the ones we have
and see them develop more
comprehensive programs. I'd
also like to see more people in-
volved in 'continuing educa-
tion.' "
"Beyond the assimilation
problem we have a quality-of-
life issue. Most Jews want to
maintain some kind of connec-
tion but because of other pres-
sures two things happen.
First, they don't always main-
tain these connections, and
second, Jewish education is
still so weak and so limited
that most can't even ap-
preciate what they're mis-
sing."
"What can be done? A lot
more contact with Israel and
more intensive Jewish educa-
tion, especially learning He-
brew so that people can com-
municate. If you can't unlock
the treasure box, you never
know what's inside." ❑
Israel-S. Africa Trade
`Overrated,' Envoy Says
New York (JTA) — Israel's
trade with South Africa has been
"vastly overrated and exagger-
ated," according to Ambassador
Abe Hoppenstein, Consul-
General of South Africa in New
York.
Hoppenstein told the Associ-
ates of the American Friends of
Tel Aviv University at the group's
monthly forum last week that
trade between Jerusalem and
Johannesburg amounted to only
$250 million in 1984. He said this
represented "one-half of one per-
cent of Israel's foreign trade with
other nations." He added: "Black
African countries currently have
12 times more trade with South
Africa than Israel does, and of
course such countries as Great
Britain, France, West Germany
and the United States have huge
volumes of trade with us."
Hoppenstein, who held key
leadership posts with the South
African Board of Jewish Deputies,
the country's central Jewish
communal organization, and the
South African Zionist Federation,
described the rich communal life
of South African Jewry and its
strong ties to Israel.
"Sixty percent of our country's
Jewish youngsters attend Hebrew
day schools and 85 percent of
South African Jews have visited
Israel at least once," he said.