THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 3, 1987 / 6 TAMMUZ 5747 Furor Mounts Over Pope's Meeting With Waldheim Jews and non-Jews around the world react with anger to papal audience at the Vatican with accused Nazi LEADER OF THE PAC's A SMALLER PERSPECTIVE A HOT NEW WAVE FOR SINGLES CONTENTS PAGE 1 New York (JTA) — Weeks of pro- test and dismay over the decision by Pope John Paul II to receive Kurt Waldheim turned to outrage after the meeting last week. Jewish leaders were aghast as the Pontiff not only blessed the Austrian President, who is accused of complicity in Nazi atrocities, but praised him as an outstanding diplomat who always worked for peace. In Detroit, Jewish Community Council President Leon Cohan said •he was "distressed, dismayed and disappointed" by the Pope's audience with Waldheim. He said that the Council will discuss what its role will be in Pope John Paul's visit to Detroit in September. Cohan ruled out severing contacts with the Catholic Church and ties with the local Catholic community in protest of the meeting. At the Jewish Community Center this week, local Jews voiced anger at the meeting: `It's a slap in the face to the JeWs," said Aaron Sinkoff. Many whospoke to The Jewish News were unhappy about the meeting, but felt resigned that there was nothing Detroit's Jews could have done to prevent it, and there is nothing to be done now. "Isn't it over?" Bea Schaurien asked rhetorically. "What else could we have done? We were out- numbered." "The (Austrian) people did elect (VValdheim)," Ethel Traurig pointed out. "That to me is a bigger crime." A discussion then ensued among the members of the Center seniors game club about what Detroiters should do when the Pope comes to visit. Some said the Pope should be ignored, while others called for picketing. One woman, who asked not to be identified, cautioned against too strong a reaction against the Pope. "You can't ignore him," she said. "You tell him you're displeased, but you don't cut off relations. The Pope has too much power for us to cut off rela- tions with him." Harsh criticism of the Pope could Continued on Page 16 Power Struggle Grows Within Jewish Agency Zionists were pitted against fund raisers at the annual Assembly in Jerusalem HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News Jerusalem — No fewer than 400 delegates and about 600 observers from every continent crowded into Jerusalem last week for what some believed would be the most fiery Jewish Agency Assembly in years. But those expecting confrontation were disappointed. There were no shocks and few sur- prises. The angry atmosphere that marked the Agency's Board of Gover- nors' meetings in February seemed to have melted away under a hot sum- mer sun. Six months ago, the Diaspora leaders—the so-called "non-Zionists" or "fundraisers" (or even "goyim," as they are sometimes disparagingly referred to in Jerusalem)— flexed their muscles. No longer, they de- Continued on Page 20 EXPLOITING HATRED Michigan white supremacists keep hatred of Jews atop their agenda