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MAY 29, 1987 / 1 SIVAN 5747

China Is A Conduit
For PLO Message

WOLF BLITZER

Special to The Jewish News

Washington — Secretary of State
George Shultz and his top aides were
clearly surprised during their recent
visit to China when a Foreign
Ministry official handed Shultz a
diplomatic note from PLO Chairman
Yasser Arafat.
The note, according to U.S. of-
ficials, restated the PLO's readiness

to participate at an international con-
ference on the Arab-Israeli conflict
which would include the participation
of the five permanent members of the
United Nations Security Council. The
note also said the PLO would be will-
ing to attend the conference on the
basis of UN Security Council Resolu-
tions 242 and 338 provided that all
other UN General Assembly resolu-
tions on the Palestinian question
were also cited.

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Funding Cut Backed
For Jewish Hardliners

Yitz Greenberg seeks a dialogue and support
for moderate Orthodox

ALAN HITSKY

Associate Editor

Radmira Greenstein and Michelle Gurvitz of West Bloomfield High School

KIDS

Oakland County
honor grads set
high standards

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An Orthodox rabbi who elevated
the discussion of unity and diversity
within Judaism last year has issued
a challange to Reform and Conser-
vative Jews to stop funding right-
wing factions within the Orthdox
denomination.
Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg
told a Detroit audience last week that
the non-Orthodox should make con-
tributions to "responsible Orthodox
elements" and cut-off extremist fac-
tions. Financially isolating all fun-
damentalists in Judaism, he said,
would lead to renewed dialogues and
understanding between the Jewish
denominations.
"How, in this generation of the

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CANDLELIGHTING 8:40 P.M.

Holocaust," Rabbi Greenberg asked a
United Jewish Appeal young leader-
ship breakfast meeting, can Jewish
groups ignore each other and foster
hatred for other Jewish groups or
denominations?
He said he was shaken by the
"Who is a Jew?" question in Israel.
The issue of diversity within Judaism
has led Greenberg to the formation of
CLAL — The National Jewish Center
for Learning and Leadership and his
award-winning article last year,
published in The Jewish News.
Greenberg wants Jews to do for
themselves what Jews and Catholics
have accomplished for each other.
"Fifty years ago, the two religions
were at each other's throats. Jews
were accused of killing Christ.
Judaism was described as a hateful

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