Independence Day Celebration Planned
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Tongue Twister: Hebrew And English In Israel
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Artist Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 An Appreciation 88
Bruno Bettelheim Hasn't Changed On The Holocaust
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THIS ISSUE 50c
SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
APRIL 19, 1985
Muddled Itinerary
Angry Jewish and veterans'
groups have forced the
White House to reconsider
Reagan's West German
schedule.
Washington (JTA) — President
Reagan will visit the site of a Nazi
concentration camp when he goes to
Germany in May, White House Chief
of Staff Donald Regan told a delega-
tion of Jewish leaders this week.
Kenneth Bialkin, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major
, American Jewish Organizations, told
reporters after the White House meet-
ing that the decision was welcome and
-that Regan confirmed the President's
deep appreciation of the meaning of
the Holocaust.
But Elie Wiese', chairman of the
United States Holocaust Memorial
Council, said that President Reagan
cannot "balance" his planned visit to
the Bitburg military cemetery where
soldiers who fought for Nazi Germany,
including members of the SS, are
buried, with a visit to a concentration
camp site.
Wiesel said either homage is paid
to the victims of the Holocaust or "we
do something other." He said it is "in-
conceivable" that the President would
ing the Congressional Gold Medal
which he is scheduled to receive from
Reagan today.
The Holocaust Memorial Council
expressed its "deep anguish," but by
unanimous decision deferred specific
action pending a meeting between
Wiesel and the President. While indi-
cating that the cemetery visit is un-
acceptable to us," Wiesel told reporters
that he did not believe Reagan was
aware of the preparations by the
White House staff for him to visit the
cemetery.
The Council, in a statement, ex-
pressed its "confidence in the personal
integrity of the President and urged
him to follow his instincts rather than
the tragic advice that resulted in the
offensive plans."
Instead of visiting a cemetery
which has the remains of SS members
— "These are and were criminals" —
Wiesel suggested that the President,
in his efforts at reconciliation 40 years
after the end of World War II, might
visit a tomb for an unknown soldier or
a university.
Wiesel, added however, that he
viewed a visit to the site of the Dachau
concentration camp as a sign of recon-
ciliation. He indicated that the visit to
the cemetery, and the Administra-
tion's refusal to have the President
visit Dachau as he had been urged in
.
President Reagan:
Dachau and•Bitburg?
lay a wreath where SS members are
buried even if their "tombs are among
others."
But. as he said at an emergency
meeting of the Holocaust council in
New York on Monday, Wiesel seemed
to shift the blame from the President,
saying that Reagan was "ill-advised"
by others. Wiesel also rejected refus-
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Bias Or
Blunder?
See Story on Page 44
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Births
73
B'nai Mitzvah
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Classified Ads
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Editorials
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Engagements
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Obituaries .. . ....
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Purely Commentary...:
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Danny Raskin
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Singles
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Synagogues ......
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Women's News
BY TEDD SCHNEIDER
Staff Writer
Continued on Page 30
From a beginning
marked by virtual
damnation, Humanistic
Judaism has survived
more than 20 years and
is laying the groundwork
for its future.
BY HEIDI PRESS
Cranbrook director offers
explanation for 'bagel' files,
but uncertainty remains.
The three Brookside elementary
school teachers who will be dismissed
at the end of the school year for tag-
ging Jewish applicants' files with
bagel symbols were co-opted into the
admissions process at the last minute.
They are guilty of inexperience and
poor judgment, not out-and-out dis-
crimination, according to Cranbrook
Educational Community Director Dr.
GOD-LESS
JUDAISM
School lets out at Cranbrook.
Bill Pugliano