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Granholm Not At Temple Israel

Regarding the ad on Page 7, Gov.
Jennifer Granholm won't be speaking
at Friday night Shabbat services at
Temple Israel because she'll be attend-
ing President Ronald Reagan's funeral
in Washington. She regretfully can- "
celled her appearance; the West
Bloomfield synagogue hopes to
reschedule it.
Rabbi Paul Yedwab says there are
still two special reasons to attend serv-

ices this Friday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.
"We'll still have Shabbat Unplugged
for all ages," he said, "and our new
IMAGINE group will host a special
oneg for single and young marrieds
in their 20s, 30s and 40s, where
details about this new group will be
shared."
Services are outdoors, weather per-
mitting.

Reagan: Israel was nobody's "banana
Bitburg And Beyond
republic," the Israeli prime minister said,
Reagan's decision to visit the Bitburg mil-
a defiant statement that undermined
itary cemetery in Germany in 1985,
Reagan's desire to appear in control of
despite the fact that it contained graves
events.
of SS soldiers who had committed war-
Less than a year later, in June 1982,
crime massacres, led to protests and a
tempers flared again when Israel invaded
month of back-room negotiations
Lebanon in order to oust the PLO from
between administration officials and
its stronghold there. Israel said it got a
Jewish leaders.
"yellow light" from Secretary of State
In the end, Reagan added a trip to
Haig — a fact that helped accelerate
Bergen-Belsen to appease American Jews,
Haig's departure from office.
but many remained upset about the
More substantially, Reagan secretly for- episode.
mulated a plan not only to pull Israeli
The failure to keep Reagan from
troops out of Lebanon, but to force Israel Bitburg was another reminder of the lim-
into withdrawing from . the West Bank
its of organized Jewish persuasion. But
and Gaza. He ultimately envisioned
again, Jewish bitterness eventually melted
Palestinian autonomy in a federal system
away because of the bigger picture that
with Jordan.
encompassed Reagan's friendliness to
When Reagan announced the plan on
Jews.
Sept. 1, 1982, Begin said it was "the sad-
On the domestic front, "he set the
dest day of my life." Ultimately, resist-
stage over many of the battles over social
ance by the Likud Party-led Cabinet
issues, choice, marriage amendment,
killed the plan.
school prayer," said Mark Pelavin, then a
Only days later, Israel's Christian allies
legislative assistant with the American
in Lebanon, the Phalangists, raided a
Jewish Congress and now the associate
Palestinian refugee camp and slaughtered
director of the Reform movement's
hundreds of civilians there. The ensuing
Religious Action Center.
controversy over the degree of Israel's
Pelavin said the Christian right and
responsibility poisoned Israel's image in
small-government advocates gained their
the West. It also led to the resignation of
first footholds with Reagan.
Israel's then-defense minister, Ariel
"The whole anti-poverty agenda, the
Sharon.
whole idea of trickle-down economics,
Reagan reacted to the event, known as
making people stronger by supporting
the Sabra and Shatila massacre, by creat-
them less — it hasn't proven true,"
ing a multinational force to help keep
Pelavin said.
the peace in Lebanon.
Still, that did not diminish Reagan's
It didn't help Israel that when a suicide
other achievements, Pelavin said.
attack the following summer in Lebanon
"The end of the Cold War, strengthen-
killed 241 U.S. Marines, some blamed
ing the U.S.-Israel alliance — he was a
Israel for dragging the United States into
pivotal figure and his achievements will
the conflict there. In truth, Israeli officials be long-lasting," he said. ❑
had tried hard . to persuade Reagan not to
deploy troops to the region.
JTA correspondents Matthew F Berger in
The attack on the Marine barracks cre-
WIshington and Lev Krichevsky in Moscow
ated an impression that would dog Israel
as well as JN Staff Writer Hany Kirsbaum
throughout the 1980s and beyond: Israel
contributed to this report.
somehow was responsible for anti-
American terrorism.
For more on President Reagan, see
wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com

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