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MARCH 28, 1986
SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
AIPAC Decides Not
To Fight Saudi Sale
The decision seems _
logical to some Jewish
leaders, but at least a few
Congressional leaders feel
betrayed.
BY GARY ROSENBLATT
Editor
A month ago, the American-
Israel Public Affairs Committee
came out against the Reagan Ad-
ministration's proposed $354 million
arms sale to Saudi Arabia, asserting
that such a sale would reward the
Saudis for their continued opposition
to peace, place in their already-full
arsenal another 2,600 Stinger mis-
siles "ideally suited for terrorists,"
and generally endanger, Israeli secu-
rity.
AIPAC, the official Israel lobby
in this country, mobilized its forces
and helped stir up opposition in the
Senate and the House of Representa-
-
Tom Dine
tives to the. proposed Saudi arms
deal, scheduled for formal notifica-
tion on April 8.
But last Thursday, Tom Dine,
AIPAC's executive director, person-
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Rabbis Cite Levin
For Public Service
Senator is honored at 56th
annual event of the Vaad
Harabonirn.
BY Brill( ELSTER
Special To The Jewish News
public servant," he said more seri-
ously. "This is a high aspiration, and
it's all I ever wanted to be."
He indicated that the fact that
the Council had created its Askin
Tziburri award for public service,
and took the title from the prayer
Continued on Page 28
Michigan's junior Senator in
Washington received a high honor
from the Council of Orthodox Rabbis
f AnniverSaries
of Greater Detroit last Sunday, but
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he was quick to take the award in
Business
stride.
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"I am doubly grateful that 'I
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have been given this award," Carl
Editorials'
Levin told the appreciative audience
Engagements
at the Westin Hotel attending the
,
Obituaries
56th annual banquet of the Vaad
Harabonim. "First, obviously, is the
Purely Commentary
honor itself," Levin said, "but sec
Danny Raskin
ondly is what I can do with it. You
Singles
see, I may be one of the least frum
Synagogues
(religiously observant) people in this
room, but now I have a hechsher
Women
(rabbis' certification)."
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