The Family of the Late CHARLES SALTER Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 10:15 a.m. Sun- day, July 13, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Loss will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. 0 Wishes to express their deepest gratitude to all the friends and relatives for their kind expressions of sympathy during this dif- ficult time. N The Family of the Late ALICE MILLER Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 12 noon Sun- day, July 6, at Nusach H'Ari Cemetery. Rabbi Schnipper will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late SHEILA MAE . ROSE Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in her memory at 10:45 a.m. Sun- day, July 6, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rabbi Yolkut will officiate. Rela- tives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late SOLOMON SIEGEL Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 6, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Efry Spectre will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. • In memory of LEWIS RENNER It has been two years, June 30, 1984. We will not forget. Shirley, Gail and Marc Half of the 100,000 babies born mentally retarded last year could have been born normal. The Family of the Late SAM SOSNA Announces the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 11 a.m. Sun- day, June 29, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rev. Roth and Rabbi Rosenzveig will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late LEONARD STEIN Announces • the unveil- ing of a monument in his memory at 9:30 a.m. Sun- day, July 6, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Irwin Groner will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. 94 The Pollard Spy Case, Saudi Arms Drawing Political Lines In Washington BY MORRIS J. AMITAY Special to The Jewish News Washington — As expected, the Pollard spy case is giving Is- rael's usual critics a field day. The Washington Post, probably the most consistently anti-Israel daily newspaper in the country, continues to carry the most nega- tive aspects of this story, promi- nently, on its front page. In Congress, John Conyers, De- troit Democrat and one of five congressmen identified as most anti-Israel" in the House of Representatives, has announced plans to begin an inquiry on "Is- raeli espionage" in the United States in his subcommittee. For- tunately, in spite of many years in Congress, Conyers is not taken seriously by his congressional peers, but the media is expected to provide fulsome coverage. Continued exploitation of an unfortunate but thankfully iso- lated occurence only serves the interests of our nation's most im- placable foes. The sooner the United States and Israel put the Pollard case behind them, the better for both countries and Middle East peace. Until then, the American public will be sub- jected to the distortions and exaggerations of those who reg- ularly crawl out of the woodwork whenever an opportunity pre- sents itself. • The Senate vote to override the President's veto of a resolution disapproving the latest arms sale to the Saudis was scrutinized closely in Washington in order to see which senators would switch their votes to give President Re- agan the 34 Senate votes (out of 100) he needed. While this particular sale was not viewed as being crucial to Is- rael's security, there were valid arguments advanced against the sale based on the Saudi's lack of support for U.S. objectives. How- ever, friends of Israel, despite the lack of organized lobbying, clearly did not like seeing addi- tional sophisticated U.S. weaponry going to an avowed enemy of Israel. The most notable switch enabling the sale to go through was first term senator Chic Hecht of Nevada. Hecht, Jewish and an ultra-conservative Republican, aggressively solicited support from pro-Israel activists for his original Senate race. Hecht's early actions on Israel-related is- sues were disappointing to these pro-Israel activists, and his rela- tive ineffectiveness in the Senate has been noted by a variety of Washington observers. They are now reconsidering future support since Hecht, more so than many of his colleagues, had reason not to switch. Hecht, up for re-election in 1988, is considered vulnerable based on his overall lackluster performance. Hecht, who ex- plained his switch in order to pro- tect "the prestige of the Presidency," has seriously un- dermined one of his natural bases of support. The other Jewish senator who voted with the Administration (and one of only five Democrats to do so) was Ed Zorinsky of Neb- raska. Zorinsky was less of a sur- prise since he voted in favor of the Saudi sale in the earlier vote, and is rarely supportive on Israel-related issues. While Zorinsky has not actively sought support from Jewish sources in the past, he may now be assured that there is an additional reason why it will not be forthcoming in the future. ° • Contributions to candidates running for Congress from the National Association of Arab Amricans' political action com- mittee are increasingly becoming embarrassments to recipients. Study Charts Changes In American Cantorate Mental retardation can be prevented. Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens Did You Remember to send someone a gift subscription to 11288 W. t2 Mile Rd. Southfield, 'MI 48016 (313) 557-1650. THE JEWISH NEWS? When You Give Help You Give Hope Friday, June 27, 1986 POLITICS The Family of the Late MOLLIE LIPPITT THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. (JTA) — In the old days, when many American Jews chose a synagogue to attend for High Holy Day services by which one featured the "superstar" cantor, those of the calibre of Moishe Oysher, Yossele Rosenblatt and Serge Koussevitsky made a good living. But their rank-and- file colleagues often lived on the edge of poverty. Today, that East European immigrant tradition has faded and the cantorate has become an established — if less roman- tic — profession, with the can- tor functioning as a musician- educator and cleric. The changes that have taken place in the past 300 years in the American cantorate are the sub- ject of a study by musicologist Dr. Mark Slobin for the Cantors Assembly. The study, under a $160,000 grant from the Na- tional Endowment for the Humanities, is scheduled to be published later this year. Slobin, Professor of Music at Wesleyan University in Mid- dletown, Conn., is the author of Tenement Songs: Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants. His work on the history of the American cantorate involved documentary and photographic research, reviews of sheet music and recordings, survey quetion- naires, and interviews with cantors. The study revealed that there have been cantors in the U.S. sing( 1654, when Jews first settled in what became New York. Each of the three waves of Jewish immigration — Sephardic, German and East European — contributed to the evolution of the cantorate. One of the latest contributions sent back to the NAAA was from the Republican candidate for an open House seat in Maryland, Bobby Neall. Neall, who is facing an uphill battle against popular Democrat Tom McMillen, a former profes- sional basketball star and Rhodes scholar, claimed he did not know that the NAAA supported PLO positions. Press reports pointed out, however, that Neall attended a major NAAA event some months earlier and had accepted contributions from individual NAAA board members. Obviously, Neall finally realized that association with PLO backers would not be popu- lar with the voters. On the whole, this episode should make con- gressional candidates more selec- tive in accepting help from all comers. OBITUARIES Dr. Lightstone Dr. Clifford Lightstone, an os- teopathic physician and surgeon, died June 20 at age 68. Born in Detroit, Dr. Lightstone was graduated in 1940 from the Kansas City College of Osteo- pathic Medicine. He was a staff member of Botsford General Hos- pital, Michigan and Wayne County Associations of Osteo- pathic Physicians and Dearborn Lodge of the Masons. Dr. Lightstone was an official of the FAA and an avid pilot. He aided in investigating FAA acci- dents. He leaves his wife, Lillian; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Shari) Borsand of Lapeer and Mrs. Robert (Vicki) Hiner of Pontiac; his mother, Mrs. Louis Lightstone of Miami Beach, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Bernard (Natalie) Castel- lane of Miami Beach, Fla.; and four grandchildren. Rose Samelson Rose Schechter Samelson, a volunteer translator for the Jewish Family Service, died June 23 at age 80. Born in Russia, Mrs. Samelson was a member of Cong. Shaarey Zedek and its sisterhood, Women's Bicur Cholem Organ- ization, Hadassah and Naamat USA (formerly Pioneer Women). She leaves a son, Dr. Daniel Schechter; Mrs. Allen (Lita) Zemmol; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Edith Sobeloff The death in California of former Detroiter Edith Sobeloff was reported this week. Mrs. Sobeloff was the wife of former Jewish Welfare Federation Executive Director Isidore Sobeloff.