NEWS 'Don't Judge By Jackson' New Orleans (JTA) — A ranking official of American Reform Judaism warned Jews here recently that it is "sick" and "it is racism" for Jews to judge all black poli- ticians by Jesse Jackson. The speaker, Albert Vorspan, a senior vice presi- dent of the Union of American Hebrew Con- gregations, spoke to dele- gates from all over the United States and Canada attending UAHC's 60th biennial convention at the Marriott Hotel here. "It is unrealistic and wrong to expect every black candidate for public office to perform a ritual of public re- pudiation of Jesse Jackson as the quid pro quo for Jewish consideration," said Vorspan, who is director of UAHC's Commission on So- cial Action. "We do not have to support Jesse Jackson out of some misconceived Jewish guilt. I could not vote for him," Vorspan said. "But it is sick to let him become the lens through which Jews see and judge all blacks. "There is a name for that — it is racism. It is time to exorcise that dybbuk, lest Jesse Jackson become the excuse for racial stereotyp- ing and hatred," Vorspan declared. He said that "because of our Jackson syndrome, we permit the most cynical po- litical scoundrels to play on our fears like violins." Vorspan maintained that blacks and Jews "still work together on common projects and common concerns," despite the fact that "the traditional black-Jewish co- alition has become frayed and there are those in each community ready to write it off." He noted that the black and Jewish congressional caucuses "vote almost inter- changeably on aid to Israel, Soviet Jewry, apartheid, and separation of church and state. Split Jerusalem, Poll Indicates Jerusalem (JTA) — A ran- dom poll of east Jerusalem Arabs has led the pollster to conclude that time is runn- ing out for the unified city and that a revamping of its political structure is sug- gested. The survey, conducted by Professor Abraham Ashkenasi, showed that just SAY IT WITH TREES over 50 percent of the respondents would like the city redivided into Jewish and Arab sectors, the situa- tion that prevailed from 1949 to 1967. Only 25 percent favor an open city. Ashkenasi, who specializes in minorities and refugee problems at the Free Uni- versity of Berlin, where he teaches international politics, said the poll made clear that the overwhelming majority of Jerusalem's Palestinian community desires sovereignty for the Palestinian people. The survey showed strong support for total separation from any Jewish polity, es- pecially among the young and the religious, Ashkenasi concluded. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 18877 W. Ten Mile Road Suite 104 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (313) 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Friday 9 ;A.M. to 2 hrs. before Sabbath a I • — 1 ∎ Io WHY? BECAUSE IT'S THERE. Keeping up with the news these days can be a mountainous task. But a subscription to the JEWISH NEWS can increase your knowledge — of issues concerning our Jewish community — and lift your spirit. For subscriptions Call 354-6060 DYSAUTONOMIA OBITUARIES I Rabbi Israel Spira (JTA) — Thousands of Or- thodox Jews huddled under umbrellas in pouring rain recently to pay their last respects to Rabbi Israel Spira, the Bluzhover rebbe, who is believed to have been the oldest living Chasidic grand rabbi in the world. He was 99. A Holocaust survivor, Rab- bi Spira died Oct. 30. He spent five years in various concentration camps, in- cluding Bergen-Belsen. His first wife, a daughter of the Szabner rebbe of Tarnov, died in the Shoah, as did their daughter, her husband and their son. Spira and his wife, Bronia, are subjects of several stories in Yaffa Eliach's Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust. Many Jewish deportees entrusted their children to the rebbe. Spira came to the United States in 1946, arriving by military ship in Atlanta. He moved immediately to Brooklyn, N.Y. Descendant of a long line of rabbis from the Polish town of Ribatisch, Spira was a scion of the Hasidic master Rabbi Zvi Elimelech of Dinov, who was known as the Bnai Yissoschor. Spira's father, Rabbi Yehoshua of Ribatisch, was author of Keren Yehoshua. His grandfather, the first Bluzhover rebbe, was known by the title of his work, Tzvi LaTzaddik. He was also descended from a revered scholarly line on his mother's side. His maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yakov of Delatin, a descendent of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism. Fill a Dysautonomic child's eyes with hope, dreams, and life. Dysautonomia Foundation Inc. 20 E 46th Street Room 302 NY, NY 10017 212/949-6644 TRES SWEET Candy & Nut Trays A Gift of Caring. FREE LOCAL DELIVERY (313) 626-3435 p4 .1(1.11 4. SHIVA BASKETS & TRAYS .. . . WITH GOOD TASTE e. EIR 1 C 44 Cr■ 7 (313) 626.9050 L'.; 29594 Orchard Lk. Rd. Farming ton Hills, MI 48018 4 , n .0 A Thoughtful Expression... With a Cookie or Candy Tray lorko 9 145 WE DELIVER! ' 737-2450 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 133