Happy
New Year

DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN
& LADIES AUXILIARY
JEWISH WAR VETERANS
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

ELY J. KATZ
Department Commander

ROSALYN LINER
Department President

SILVERMAN-DETROIT
POST NO. 135
David Dickman, Commander
Lillian Stein, Auxiliary President

UPSHAW-HOBERMAN
POST NO. 230
Simon D. Krasner, Commander
Frieda Somoss, Auxiliary President

FLINT
POST NO. 231

LT. RAYMOND ZUSSMAN-
SOUTHFIELD POST NO. 333
Seymour Rubenstein, Commander
Bernice Wilson, Auxiliary President

LT. RAYMOND BLOCH-GEN.
ROSE POST NO. 420
Morris Elken, Commander
Lorraine Tannis, Auxiliary President
Bertha Greenberg, Auxiliary President

PVT. ROBERT J. RAFELSON
POST NO. 431
Leslie Fleisher, Commander
Corrine Oppenheim, Auxiliary President

PFC JOSEPH L BALE
POST NO. 474
Rubin Zissman, Commander

SGT. CHARLES SHAPIRO
POST NO. 510
Julius Schlussel, Commander
Nathalie Keller, Auxiliary President

LT. ROY F. GREEN
POST NO. 529
Nathan Zeron, Commander
Ruth Klein, Auxiliary President

SOL YETI-MORRIS COHEN
POST NO. 530
Walter Fischel, Commander
Sarah Kaminsky, Auxiliary President
Anne Weinstein, Auxiliary President

HARVEY DATER
POST NO. 559 (Lansing)
Bernard Friedland, Commander

LT. LARRY S. WEIL-
OAK PARK AUXILIARY NO. 716
Adele Lipson, Auxiliary President

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PFC DORAN GOLDFARB-
TRI CITY POST NO. 727
Dr. Lewis 'merman, Commander

MILTON KLEIN IRVING KELLER JACK SCHWARTZ
National Executive
National Service
Chief of
Committeeman
Officer
Staff

VISIT THE MEMORIAL TO OUR
HEROIC JEWISH WAR DEAD

JEWISH WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME ASSOCIATION
16990 W. Twelve Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan
559-5680

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Israel, Vatican
Ties Are Close

Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli
and Vatican negotiators
have reached an agreement
that could soon lead to the
establishment of full diplo-
matic relations.
While the world's atten-
tion was focused last week
on the signing of a historic
Palestinian self-rule agree-
ment by Israeli and
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization officials in Washing-
ton, members of a special
Vatican-Israeli commission
put the finishing touches on
a historic agreement of their
own.
Successfully capping 14
months of negotiations, the
commission met Sept. 13 and
14 and agreed on a 14-point
agenda for the normaliza-
tion of relations between
Israel and the Vatican, said
sources close to the talks.
The agenda includes a
provision that the church
will take a stand against an-
ti-Semitism.
Israel's Foreign Ministry
acknowledged the reports
concerning the Vatican-
Israeli commission, but said
the process of establishing
full diplomatic relations
would be gradual.
Nevertheless, an an-
nouncement that the two
parties would establish full
diplomatic relations is ex-
pected within weeks.
Negotiations for nor-
malization of relations have
been taking place since July
1992.
Disagreements over a
number of technical issues
— including taxation, the
disposition of church proper-
ty and the church's official
standing in Israel — had
held up the negotiating pro-
cess.
But a major political hur-
dle was cleared last week
with the signing of the
Israeli-PLO accord.
The Vatican has resisted
establishing full diplomatic
relations with Israel since
the state was founded in
1948.
Pope Paul VI visited
Jerusalem in 1964, but the
Vatican's formal recognition
of Israel has always been
sidelined by a number of
issues, including Israeli rec-
ognition of the rights of the
Palestinian people.
In New York, the agree-
ment was welcomed by a
spokesman for the Interna-
tional Jewish Committee on
Interreligious Consulta-

tions, which represents
world Jewry in dealings
with the Vatican.
"The question of relations
between the Catholic Chur-
ch and the State of Israel has
been of greater importance
for the standing of the Vat-
ican than for Israel. We,
however, welcome it as
auguring well for Catholic-
Jewish relations," the
spokesman said.
Israel's Ashkenazic Chief
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau left
last week for Italy, where he
was due to meet with Pope
John Paul II.
The meeting will mark the
first time John Paul has met
with a top Israeli Jewish
leader. The two will meet at
the pope's summer residence
at Castelgandolfo just out-
side Rome.
According to Israel Televi-
sion, Rabbi Lau and the pope
will discuss anti-Semitism
and will call for an end to
acts of bloodshed committed
in the name of religion.
Last week, the pope made
a statement that led some
observers to believe that he
might visit Jerusalem soon.
Commenting on the self-
rule agreement signed by
Israeli and PLO officials last
week in Washington, the
pope said, "With these sen-
timents of hope, my
thoughts cannot help but
focus on Jerusalem."
Israeli officials are mean-
while making plans to open
10 embassies or consulates
in countries that have re-
cently declared their inten-
tion to establish diplomatic
ties with Israel. 0

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