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… SQUARE Northwestern & Inkster 356-7007 68 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989 rebuilt with stricter legal ob- servance of Kashrut. Finally, there are many Jews — today, probably most Jews — who are committed…

… only to the peoplehood com- ponent of Judaism. Many of these Jews — who call them- selves cultural, nationalist, or secular Jews — have made great contributions to Jewish survival. The State of Israel…

…, for example, was founded largely by Jews who dropped God and Torah and dedicated their lives to Jewish people- hood. But such Jews — as com- mitted to the Jewish people as they may be — are as Un…

…- balanced in their Jewish com- mitment as Jews who study Talmud all day and do little or nothing for the Jewish people. Even in terms of what these Jews are most attached to — the Jewish people — their…

… imbalanced commit- ment will eventually be no more constructive than that of Jews who neglect Jewish peoplehood. For most of their children will not even retain their parents' commitment to Jewish peoplehood…

…. Secular Jews committed to the Jew- ish people do not produce secular Jews committed to the Jewish people. Their children either stay secular and have little or no commit- ment to the Jewish people or they…

… opposed to all other concerns, Jewish soc- iety can tolerate a few Jews who overemphasize God or Torah or Israel. But for most of us — for the serious Jew — a deep and equal commit- ment to each of Judaism…

…'s three components is neces- sary. Not Ends In Themselves Faith in God, observance of law, and identification with Jewish peoplehood are not ends in themselves, however. The serious Jew must at- tempt to…

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… CENTER 0 68 OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237 14000 WEST NINE MILE ROAD Friday, August 22, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS that is moderate despite its name, Argentina now has a Jewish planning secretary a…

… Jews participated in politics, although many, like pianist Daniel Barenboim and Nobel biology prize win- ner Cesar Milstein, had achieved prominence in the arts and sciences. Jewish reluctance to…

… participate in politics stems from Argen- tina's persistent anti-Semit- ism. Never the official policy, it has been pervasive enough to persuade most Jews to main- tain a low political profile. Over the years…

…-nationalists usually found in the military and in the right-wing of the Catholic Church. Most Argentine Jews have reacted by denying their Jewish identity, becoming secular and, eventually, assimilating. Only a small…

… minority of Argentine Jews have asserted their Jewish identity. What will be the effect on Argentine Jewry of their in- creasing acceptance in the political arena? Will it, as some fear, hasten the already…

… galloping process of assimila- tion, or will Jews seize this emerging tolerance to estab- lish a new, strong identity as `Argentine Jews'? Limited statistics on the Argentine Jewish community make predictions…

… estimated that there were 500,000 Jews living in Argentina. A decade later, perhaps as a result of more accurate census statistics, this figure had dropped to 350,000. By 1980, there were only 233,000 Jews…

… projections in- dicate that by the year 2000, the number of Jews living in Argentina will have fallen below 200,000. `The assimilation of Jews in small towns is perfectly un- derstandable," said Rabbi…

… number of eligible Jewish marriage part- ners has become very limited. But, assimilation is occurring just as rapidly in Buenos Aires, the home of over three- quarters of Argentina's Jews." Rabbi Levin…

… believes that the increase in assimilation is a direct result of Argentine Jews' secularization. Even to- day, he said, only the more secular Jews are acceptable as politicians. • "Jewish politicians are…

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….M. RUTHI NAVON One of Israel's Top Singing Stars FORD AUDITORIUM RESERVATIONS 569.1515 Defining Jew And Jewish Unity I feel. compelled to respond tc the letter from Alfred J Fleischer of St. Louis…

… in the majority, and he gives som( examples o2 "granite-like atti• tudes of Orthodox leadership." One of the primary corn. mandments of the Torah it ahcwas Yisroel, our love of our fellow Jews. The…

… Torah stresses the urgency of brotherly love be tween Jews, that we should al. ways seek to love, comfort, sup• port, and respect every singh Jew in the world, be he rich or poor, black or white…

… and the Edomite. I can therefore assure Mr Fleischer that every Orthodw Jew who lives by the Laws o the Torah loves him dearly an( has for him the deepest respect And that goes for every Reform and…

… Conservative Jew, an every assimilated Jew, an every intermarried Jew, as well. However, we are not so per verse that we can respect flag rant violation of Jewish Law While we respect the Reforn Jew, as a person…

…r ' -i? 51 TERRORISTS t that a "get tough"policy on the part the United States toward Israel would proVe prospects for reduced terrorism. ly six percent of the Jews agreed. ounger respondents…

…, both Jew and n-Jew, were less militant than their ers and more supportive of a "get gh" policy toward Israel. hile half of the non-Jews 45 years old older agreed strongly that Israel should e military…

… action against terrorists, 38 rcent under 45 held the same view. Sim- ly, 59 percent of older Jews strongly or Israeli military action, while only 44 rcent of younger Jews agreed. ounger non-Jews were also…

… than older Jews to or American military action against untries that support terrorists. Twenty rcent of the Jewish respondents under e age of 45 felt that the U.S. ought to e military force, while .27…

… percent of ose 45 and over agreed. The widest gap between older and unger Jews opened in response to the ue of whether a U.S. "get tough" policy ward Israel would help reduce terrorism. ly three percent of…

… older Jews agreed th that approach, which implies eco- mic and political pressure on Israel to more conciliatory toward the PLO. enty-six percent of younger Jews felt at it would help. American Jewish…

… leaders have expressed ncern over whether younger Jews are ss supportive of Israel than previous nerations and whether an erosion of in- rest in the Jewish state might translate to apathy during a time of…

… special need. But according to the survey, younger .d older Jews shared similar views con- rning Israeli negotiations with the PLO. bout a fifth of each group felt that a ore accommodating posture on the…

… part Israel would help reduce terrorism. Poll results suggested that younger ws would be "tougher" on Israel if and d not the PLO, was the party ing the prodding. The question is how ese younger Jews…

… would react if the U.S. as pushing Israel to be more accommo- ating toward the PLO. - Non-Jews who responded to the survey ere much more likely than Jews to agree at if America "got tough" on Israel and…

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… health, but he will be remembered as being in'power when Soviet Jewish emigration dipped drastically, and repression and harrassment of Soviet Jews increased dramatically. So Jewish officials are anxiously…

… softened, more polished veneer but the true gauge will be to see if the doors of emigration are allowed to open and if treatment of Soviet Jews improves. If Gorbachev truly represents what is being called a…

… asks to take advantage of "equal access" legislation? Are those undesirables cult groups, followers of Rev. Moon, Catholics, or Jews? We certainly do not advocate the Nazis' confrontational tactics, nor…

…? What is a Jew? Who is a Jew and who is not? Which Jew is more religious, the Chasidic or the non-practicing Jew? Who, what, and why? All that was lacking in my thought process was when and where. That I…

… at me and said my husband was a product of "in-breeding." His medical problems were inherited because his family has been "pure" Jews. I was shocked. Right away I thought, "Anti-Semite!" I was mad. But…

… the doc- tor was correct. So, what is a Jew? If he is "pure," he carries not only the reli- gion but the complete medical history of the Jewish people, the good and the bad genes. Who is a Jew? Am I a…

… Jew? It de- pends on which rabbi one talks to. My mother was a non-Jew. She passed away when I was four years old. I was raised as a Jew, with many years of religious training (Temple Beth-El, Adas…

… Torah. Our chil- dren are not considered Jewish accord- ing to these laws. Would Hitler have decided I am a Jew or would he have spared my life, considering me a non- Jew? So who is a Jew? If a person…

… had 100 years ago," he says. lb date, about 70,000 Americans have made aliyah, including 1,000 Michigan natives. Ozery estimates that of the 14 million Jews in the world, roughly 3.6 million live in…

… council to help Michigan Jews who wish to make a move to Israel. It's the first time ever that' the Federation has offered financial support for olim. "Federations, and ours in par- ticular, will be more in…

… Israel. It signifies a moral and spiritual elevation. Yet such staunch Zionists as the Mermells who believe all Jews must support Israel and make aliyah — are only a minority in the United States. Zionism…

… and the expected "Ingathering of the Exiles" to Israel, says Yefet Ozery, Detroit's community shaliach, have not materialized as Theodor Herzl and other founding fathers intended. Today, some Jews in…

… the Diaspora have redefined Zionism to mean work- ing for the State of Israel's continued existence. Most Jews today, Ozery explains, don't feel the need to make aliyah because they are prosperous and…

… don't confront persecution and discrimina- tion as Jews did when the modern Zionist movement began in the 1880s. "Most Jewish communities throughout the world are not facing the kinds of troubles they…

… Israel. About 5.5 million Jews live in the United States. As Jews around the world begin celebrating the 40th anniversary of Israel's independence, some are ques- tioning the success of the Zionist…

… movement. While immigration to Israel re- mains at a steady trickle, more Jews are leaving the Jewish state each year. An estimated half-million Israelis have opted for life in the Diaspora. "You can't judge…

… whether aliyah succeeded or failed by 40 years," Ozery explains. "We still hope that in the corn- ing generation, most Jews will gather in Israel." The concept of Zionism to many Jews, he says, is as an…

…, adding that the Israeli government provides incentives to at- tract more olim. Some incentives are: • Any Jew moving to Israel is entitl- ed to automatic citizenship • Tax breaks for three years • Moving…

… troubles they had 100 years ago," he says. To date, about 70,000 Americans have made aliyah, including 1,000 Michigan natives. Ozery estimates that of the 14 million Jews in the world, roughly 3.6 million…

… council to help Michigan Jews who wish to make a move to Israel. It's the first time ever that the Federation has offered financial support for olim. "Federations, and ours in par- ticular, will be more in…

… immigrating to Israel. It signifies a moral and spiritual elevation. Yet such- staunch Zionists as the Mermells — who believe all Jews must support Israel and make aliyah — are only a minority in the United…

…, some Jews in the Diaspora have redefined Zionism to mean work- ing for the State of Israel's continued existence. Most Jews today, Ozery explains, don't feel the need to make aliyah because they are…

… prosperous and don't confront persecution and discrimina- tion as Jews did when the modern Zionist movement began in the 1880s. "Most Jewish communities throughout the world are not facing the kinds of…

… live in Israel. About 5.5 million Jews live in the United States. As Jews around the world begin celebrating the 40th anniversary of Israel's independence, some are ques- tioning the success of the…

… Zionist movement. While immigration to Israel re- mains at a steady trickle, more Jews are leaving the Jewish state each year. An estimated half-million Israelis have opted for life in the Diaspora. "You…

… can't judge whether aliyah succeeded or failed by 40 years," Ozery explains. "We still hope that in the com- ing generation, most Jews will gather in Israel." The concept of Zionism to many Jews, he…

…," Ozery says, adding that the Israeli government provides incentives to at- tract more olim. Some incentives are: • Any Jew moving to Israel is entitl- ed to automatic citizenship • Tax breaks for three…

… emancipation of Jews in the modern era has led to an increase in intermarriage and assimilation into a secular society. They say entire generations of Jews eventually will disappear, and that someday, all Jewish…

…ISRAEL AT 40 Dream and Reality What does Zionism mean to Jews today. hundreds of thousands of refugees who needed to come. America was demobiliz- ing and they were afraid of anti- Semitism." In…

… the four decades since, most U.S. Jews have "hopped on the bandwagon:' The most fervent of these so-called new Zionists are the inheritors of the old anti-Zionist legacy. Rather than putting their…

… Hatikvah — Israel's na- there should be a place where tional anthem — sung at every Jews can go and live and prosper." American Jewish event, just after the Each Jew, it seems, has a personal Star Spangled…

…. Jews," says Rabbi Syme. "Today it Love of Zion should translate into means, next year may Jerusalem be a support of Zion, according to Norman city of peace. Naimark, president of the Detroit "Israel has…

… aliyah. homeland for U.S. Jews. Is there an obligation to make "It's OK to support Israel with aliyah? money, but it's more important to go Aliyah is an option, says Marc Ber- there," says Mathew. May, a…

… freshman man, president of the Union of Students at Wayne State University and alum- for Israel at the University of Michigan. nus of the Otzma program, a year of "Zionism means a home address," work and…

…ISRAEL AT 40 Dream and Reality What does Zionism mean to Jews today? hundreds of thousands of refugees who needed to come. America was demobiliz- ing and they were afraid of anti- Semitism." In…

… the four decades since, most U.S. Jews have "hopped on the bandwagon." The most fervent of these so-called new Zionists are the inheritors of the old anti-Zionist legacy. Rather than putting their…

… where Jews can go and live and prosper." Each Jew, it seems, has a personal vision of Zionism. These self-definitions go beyond formulas set by Zionist organizations or the Zionist founding fathers. It…

… things. Not only ii you socialize with othei Jews." According to Rudolph who was, for many years, Hillel Director at the University of Michigan, this dilemma of young Jews stems from openness of Western…

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… society Jews' response to the lure of total assimilation has been, at best, half-hearted. "The typical Jewish home" said Rudolph, "isn't infused with Jewish content. Parents/ send their kids to Hebrew…

… strong Jewish feel- ings. He is spending a year in Israel before returning to his native California to begin his graduate studies. "It definitely takes extra effort to be a Jew in the Galut," he said…

… upbringing or from his own self-identity. "When I'm asked accusingly by Ortho- dox Jews, 'What makes you a Jew when you're Reform and can choose what you want?" my. answer is that I feel Jewish." This feeling…

…, not easy to qualify, is common among Diaspora Jews with a strong • A light unto the Jews Jewish identity, but without The religious Israeli is con- \ an equally strong Jewish fident, even arrogant…

…; about education. his Jewishness. He treats More concretely, though Shabbat, the holidays, the Glen sees Judaism as more Torah with an easy familiar- than just a religion. "I see my ity. self as a Jew in a…

…, "Juda- Their patents and grand- ism is terribly interesting. parents pioneered and built But growing up in America, the country, many out of the I found that the vast major- ideal of creating a new Jew…

…. ity of people my age saw be- The Founding Generation ing a Jew as, at best ana- succeeded beyond its wildest chronistic and, at worst a hopes, so much so that the burden." new Jews don't see them- Why…

…? selves as Jews at all. "The goal, the payoff in Many concerned Jews see America is material. The Israel's task not as a light payoff in Judaism is spirit- unto the Gentiles, but as a ual." much needed…

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… routes down the Red Sea, and there is ample reason to believe that Jewish settle- ments were established on the Horn of Africa at an early date. Most educated Ethiopian Jews will tell you that their…

… ancestors arrived in Ethiopia after the first lbmple destruc- tion in 586 B.C.E., following two routes. On one route, Jews moved into Egypt dur- ing the period of Persian occupation, then later fled southward…

…. What seems quite clear from existing evidence is that Jews were present in the land of Ethiopia from an early date. Dr. Ephraim Isaac, director of the Institute of Semitic Studies in Princeton, N…

….J., points out the Hebrew and Aramaic words with theolog- ical significance present in Ethiopic texts. Everyone in Ethiopia, Jew and non-Jew alike, refers to Friday as "the evening" (of the Sabbath). The…

… this suggests a connection between the Jews of Qumran and the Jews of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church may be the most "Jewish" church in the world, retaining such practices as circumcision. It…

… would be dif- ficult to explain the unique development of the church without looking to a strong historical presence of Jews in Ethiopia preceding the ad- vent of Christianity in the fourth century…

… same legend about Solomon and Sheba as was espoused by the Jews. Haile Selassie called himself the Lion of Judah. Jews maintained an inde- pendent kingdom in Ethiopia for centuries which ultimate- ly…

… came into conflict with and finally was defeated by the Christian kingdom. In the course of ancient conflicts between Jews and Christians in Ethiopia, many Jewish texts in Hebrew and Aramaic were…

…- cated the name was, the more -steins, -thals, and -zweigs that were added to it, the more beautiful it was con- sidered to be," said Rabbi Kaganoff. Joseph forbade the Jews to use Biblical or Hebrew names…

…, but sometimes the local officials could be fooled by Jews who used homonymous "cover" or "screen" names, said Rabbi Kaganoff. "Take the name Mendelstara, for instance," he said. "lb the official it…

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… trend. According to Jeff Scheckner, research associate for the Council of Jewish Federations in New York City, Michigan had 105,000 Jews in 1936, 2.2 percent of the total state population. By last year…

…, that figure had dropped to 82,260, or 0.9 percent of Michigan residents. The only state gain appears to be in Ann Arbor, where Jews have been drawn to the University of Michigan. In 1936, 200 Jews were…

…- partment of the Jewish Community Center 661-1000, Ext. 181 for details. 1,360 Fewer Jews Call Michigan Home The state of Michigan showed a net loss of 1,360 Jewish residents last year, according to the…

… 1985 American Jewish Yearbook. The annual guide, published last month by the American Jewish Committee, ranks Michigan 12th in terms of Jewish population density among the 50 states. The 85,275 Jews…

… thrown by an unidentifed youth according to two eyewitnesses who gave chase after shouting at him in Hebrew and English to stop. Police said the man, apparently a Jew, approached the watchman at the…

… percent non-Jews and 40 per- cent Jews. I'm meeting a lot more Jews now that I'm in Michigan." He said he thinks it's unfortunate s that people date only Jews and turn themselves off to the rest of the…

…with Jews in his line of work, and reli- gion has never been a key criterion for him in dating. While he was involved in two relationships with non-Jewish women, "when push came to shove I wouldn…

…'t let myself get closely in- volved," he said. "I'm not exceptionally practicing, but I know myself and my heritage." He said the prohibition against dating non-Jews is "just ingrained. There is a…

… definite difference about you. It is somewhere in your upbring- ing. But that's not to say I won't fall madly in love with a non-Jew tomor- row." Larry M. has never dated outside his religion and said he…

… never would. "It's something that's been imbedded in me by my family," he said. He said he feels there is too much of a dif- ference in upbringing between Jews and non-Jews and that the two groups have…

… materialistic. What's a guy to do? I think that as people mature, though, their values change and they become more realistic," he said. A.C. said he feels that Jews date non-Jews because they don't find what they…

… are looking for in the Jewish population via singles parties, etc., and want to enlarge the possibilities on whom to date. "I never saw problems in dating non-Jews," he said. "I probably have dated 60…

… world, but added that "you can meet non- Jews anyplace you can also meet Jews." Karen S. rarely dates non-Jews. "I don't believe in it," she said. "I don't go out of my way to meet or date non- Jews. I…

… have enough problems with the Jewish ones. The non-Jews I have dated are professional men I've met through work. "I have a lot of friends who have been married to non-Jews, are now di- vorced, and want…

… aren't going to be any Jews left," she said. "The Re- form rabbis have to stop marrying in- terfaith couples. That will put a stop to it. No rabbi should marry a couple un- less the gentile partner…

… Jews. Dr. Gitel- man is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan and director of the U-M Center for Russian and East European Studies.) "Aliya from the Soviet Union is something…

…12 , Friday, August 19, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Soviet Jews Show Jewish Pride 'TaMaROFF LeasinG 28585 TELEGRAPH RD. Southfield Across from Tel-12 By RAE ANN SHARFMAN CO (Editor's note…

… their reaction to the renaissance of national Jewish feelings emerging from the Jews of the Soviet Union, so long considered lost to Judaism. They were considered to be highly assimilated and therefore…

…." "Three long-term fac- tors explain the emergence of Jewish consciousness in a public and demonstrative way in the USSR: • "Psychological condi- tions of the Jews in the Soviet Union. • "Role of the Zapad…

…- nikis" — the million or more Jews absorbed by the USSR along with territorial ac- quisition from Poland, Romania, the Baltic States and Czechoslovakia from 1939 to 1944. • "Anti-Semitism in the Soviet…

…." The Soviet Jews began to feel proud to be Jews, in spite of the anti-Zionist Soviet prop- aganda flooding the country. It was the Leningrad trials of 1970- 1971 that truly brought their feelings out…

… Soviet Union, of support for our people, in addition to massive letter writing and publicity, to let the Jews in the Soviet Union know they were not alone. To be truth- ful, having been involved for a few…

… years, we activists, gained strength and deter- mination from the courage of the Soviet Jews. As the numbers of refusniks grew and nationalistic feelings grew, the Jews began to band together, learning…

… free Soviet Jews from the big prison called the Soviet Union. He is actively in- volved with a yeshiva, from where he energetically tries to bring those Soviet Jews in Israel back to leading full Jewish…

… lives. He has become, in every sense of the word a wonderful Is- raeli, and uses his experi- ence as a former prisoner and activist for the bene- fit of all Jews. Could anyone have im- agined that Jews…

… human condition, Dr. Cotler said that Jews are being "deligitimized" as a group internationally. Specifically, he cited the missing Jews in Argentina, the harassment of Jews in the Soviet Union, the mis…

…- treatment of Jews in Syria and the plight of the Ethio- pian Jews, the Falashas. In the case of the Falashas, Cotler said they were suffering under double jeopardy. "They're not ac- cepted by blacks because…

… "political silence" regarding that situation as an example. Dr. Cotler referred to Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish non-Jew credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II…

…, "who is condemned for sav- ing Jews" while "Nazi war criminals in Detroit and everywhere are allowed to walk around free." He alluded to how the language of the Nazis is being used today against Jews…

…, and gave several examples of what he called "Holocaust metaphors." In the case of the plight of Syrian Jews, Dr. Cotler said there is continuing surveil- lance conducted by the Sy- rians against them…

…, to the point where Palestinians are being enlisted to live among the Syrian Jews to spy on them. The Syrian Jews have "no rights but continued false imprisonment," Dr. Cotler remarked. "What we are…

… witnessing today," Dr. Cotler said," is a new anti-Jewishness in our time. Discrimination against or denial of a na- tional particularity is everywhere, especially where Jews are concerned." In his forceful…

… and spi- rited talk, peppered with French, Hebrew and Yiddish, Dr. Cotler as- serted "a world not safe for democracy won't be safe for Jews and a world not safe for Jews is not safe for democracy…

…22 Friday, April 16, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hebrew U. Prof. Bauer Supports New Tack in Teaching Holocaust PHOTOGRAPHERS 14000 WEST LINCOLN BLVD. — OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237 COMPLETE…

… view that, as Jews, we should remind the world that 11 million people were murdered by the Nazis, in- cluding five million non- Jewish Christians. On the contrary, Bauer said in a wide-ranging pre…

…- sentation at a Northeastern Illionis University sym- posium on teaching the Holocaust, the number of non-Jews who were killed in the concentration camps was a maximum of 750,000. However, Bauer added, the…

… Polish non-Jews killed, Czechs, Byelo - Russians, and other Eastern Euro- peans. Byelo - Russians suspected as partisans were burned alive by the thousands in Russian Or- thodox churches. All such groups…

… were re- garded by Hitler as sub- humans, and their extermi- nation or persecution, ac- cording to Bauer, was truly genocide. The Jews were not victims of such genocide, but were the first group in…

… history — so far — to ex- perience a Holocaust. Hitler's racial policy placed Jews not in the cate- gory of sub-humans (like Slays), but as the non- human embodiment of corn- plete evil, who are trying to…

… for members of the SS to murder hundreds of Jews and come home at night as "Christian" hus- bands and fathers. Bauer revealed infor- mation from a previously unknown 1942 survey of the G _ erman people…

… on the still debated question: "Did the German people know what happened to the Jews?" A German anti-Nazi managed to ask this question of hundreds of his fellow-citizens. While he travelled exten…

…- sively throughout the coun- try, he deliberately made acquaintances, and then casually asked what they had heard about the fate of Jews from their cities, towns or villages. Eighty percent responded that…

… they had heard that Jews had been killed. Bauer asked: If 80 percent admit- ted they knew, didn't the other 20 percent have the same guilty knowledge? Bauer addressed directly the agonizing issue of why…

…Refuseniks Lev and Marina Furman —Leningrad, USSR DON'T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT. This Hanukah, let us join in spirit with our fellow Jews in the Soviet Union, in Ethiopia, in Iran — and wherever that…

… spirit lives despite all odds. Let us at the same time assist all Jews in need, here in Detroit, in Israel and throughout the world. In that spirit of unity and commitment, may each of us take strength…

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…OPINION Why Do Jews Schedule Class Reunions On Erev Shabbat? M.J. Pasternak im y ten-year high school reunion is this weekend. I will not be going and that makes me very sad; sad about not having…

… place on Friday night, Erev Shabbat. Sadness is Jews planning events for Jews on Shabbat, which occurs every week but is still bigger than something that only happens once in ten years. The planning…

….) Therefore, the Jewish committee members are liable for the transgression of Shabbat by every Jew who attends the reunion, because they allowed the event to be scheduled on Shabbat. Some Jews will not attend…

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…:14 "If I am not for me, who will be? If I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when?" If we Jews are not go- ing to look out for each other can we expect anyone else to? And if we are not going…

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…UP FRONT Local Groups Use Education To Assist Ethiopian Jews Joshua, solved the problem. Michigan Association for Ethiopian Jews President Jack Edelstein has been fighting the plight of Ethio- pian…

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… ago, David Loeffler and his wife, Sandy, were among a handful of area residents in- terested in the problems fac- ing Ethiopian Jews. Today, recently formed local groups like the Op- pressed Jewry…

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…home of the Messiah after he reveals him- self. But Lubavitch followers reject such speculation as foolish, noting that all tra- ditional Jews are supposed to pray fervently for the coming of the…

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… ISSUE 40c JANUARY 25, 1985 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY 2,000 Ethiopian Jews Have Died in Sudan But Sudan's president now says all refugees are free to leave — provided they do not…

… go to Israel. New York (JTA) — Israeli and American Jewish officials active on behalf of Ethiopian Jewry had no comment this week on reports that at least 2,000 Ethiopian Jews have died in refugee…

…-UP perhaps 2,000 more have been stranded in the Sudan since Israel was forced to cease its airlift of Ethiopian Jews earlier this month after prema- ture disclosure of the operation ap- peared in the Israeli…

… and international media. Reports from the Sudan said that at one camp, Umm Rekuba, nearly 1,800 of the 7,000 Ethiopian Jews who arrived last year died there, many of measles. In July and August, the…

… camp reportedly went without food and water for three weeks. Relief workers said the Ethiopian Jews who began to flock into Sudanese camps in large numbers last spring and early summer were in the "worst…

… state of any of the refugees." Some 2,000 Jews are reported to be camped near the Sudanese- Ethiopian border, where the Sudanese officials are preventing entry. Continued on Page 20 By TEDD SCHNEIDER…

… Staff Writer The seven anti-Semitic incidents ) reported in Michigan during 1984 re- present a decrease from the nine / occurrences reported the year before ' \ _ and a return to pre-1983 levels, accord…

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…." The obvious questions remain: Why would so many Jews, who clearly comprise a powerful religious and political majority in Israel, be worried about a small group of Christians who may try to "spread the…

… system? We must take a closer look at the history of Christian-Jewish relations to understand why the issues of missionary activity and conversion are so extremely sensitive to Israeli Jews and, though…

… perhaps to a lesser extent, to Jews everywhere. According to Yosef Goell, a respected Israeli thinker, "Judaism's contacts with Christianity, ever since the daughter reli- gion split off from main…

…-line Judaism over 1,800 years ago, has always involved Chris- tian attempts to compel Jews to convert." Although this relationship reached its op- pressive peak during the Crusades (900- 1100 C.E.) and the…

… Spanish Inquisition (1492), such "forced" conversion to Chris- tianity was also a major feature of Euro- pean Jewish life in the 19th century, when many Jews felt compelled to convert in order to 'improve…

… themselves" both econo- mically and socially. For most Orthodox Jews—as well as for tinny Jews who are sensitive to the history of Christian anti- - Semitism— such intimidation and coercion of Jews to abandon…

… Israelis, as well as Jews e are a proselytizing church and we are the fastest growing religion in the modern world." everywhere, would disagree. As Goell asserts," . . . it would be fair to say that all…

… Jews are extremely sensitive [to the subject of missionaries and conver- sion] and do not accept the question of con- versions as merely a matter of individual freedom or choice." • • On the other hand…

…, there are those Jews who argue that Israel is not Eastern Eur- ope, and that Jews inside Israel are secure from all forms of anti-semitism, which they feel includes Christian missionary activity…

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… _"ever- dying •eople." Jews were _ perennially in a morbid cone dition, forever on the verge of extinction. Each generation sees itself as the last of the pious, the last of the loyal- ists, the last of…

… an invincible at- titude. To paraphrase Nietz- sche, no people possesses the gift of immaculate percep- tion. Only the enemy reports good news about Jews. Pity the messenger of good news. Report to a…

… Jewish audience that Yankelovitch, Gallup, Lou Harris and others sur- veying American attitudes -towards Jews agree that 80 percent of non-Jews asked would vote for a Jew as presi- dent. Ask a Jewish…

… audience if that report is believable. Most express incredulity. How many would agree that 80 percent of non-Jews would not vote for a Jew as presi- dent? That result they find credible. Against an idee fixe…

… polls, surveys and statistics do not count. The worst is the truest. Only evil messengers carry good news, and are therefore to be suspected. The anec- dote, vintage 1935, describes two Jews seated on a…

… groups were'Necks, anti- abortionists, Pro-abortion- ists, Catholics, Evangelicals, and down on the bottom of the list, Hispanics and Jews. But Jewe wiR not accept such polls. It runs counter to our…

… plausibility structure. Jews are not "willing" to believe the good news. During the Vietnam War, not a few Jewish commen- tators. were convinced that Jews would be blamed for the loss. As one prominent po…

…- litical scientist noted, "Gen- erals don't lose wars; they find scapegoats." And Jews will be the logical scapegoats. When the oil embargo hit the United States, some Jewish leaders warned that Jews would…

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… .rabid anti-Semite. The youthful social an- thropologist, whose book The Jew in the Mind of the Polish Peasant will be published by the Hebrew University later this year, draws heavily on testimony by Jews…

… them- selves, especially memorial volumes written by Jews before the Holocaust. These descriptions of shtetl life resemble oral histories, he said, rather than scholarly historical monographs. They are…

… published at Oxford. In the past decade there has been substantial growth of interest in the history of Jews in Poland among Polish-born scholars. Dr. Bartoszewski received his doctorate from Oxford two years…

… ago. Addressing the Institute on East Central Europe at Col- umbia University, Dr. Bar- toszewski contended that Poles and Jews in the Polish countryside between 1840 and 1938 were so economical- ly…

… interdependent that "in normal times, they had nor- mal human relations." There was loathing and admiration on both sides. Jews and peasants lived side by side in the Polish countryside, not integrated but not…

… percent of them in small towns and townlets. Some 70 percent of Poland's pre-Holocaust population lived in the countryside. Until the seventeenth cen- tury, Jews could join the Polish aristocracy through…

… conversion. "The saying that every Polish nobleman had some Jewish blood is probably true," Dr. Bartoszewski said. Jews were protected by king and nobles more than most others in Polish coun- tryside, acting…

… as economic middlemen because Poland had no real middle class. The Jews were not rich, but they were better off than the average peasant. Until World War I, the Polish peasant parties were indifferent…

… to Jews. In the late 1920s, overt anti-Semitism surfaced in the peasant par- ties. They were alarmed over the economic role of Jews. After 1936, the "Jewish prob- lem" became part of the structure of…

… Jews were among the mil- lions that came to America between 1880 and the end of free immigra- Phillip Applebaum is a past president of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. 1 :7 :! • -.7"-- ,I…

… peculiar to Detroit's Jews. Their wanderings are ceaseless. Jews originally wandered here from Germany in the 1840s, and set- tled around Hastings and Gratiot, in what is today downtown Detroit. Here, the…

…;;; ,;" ■ 74170,+ ■ .:4..t tion in 1925. Hundreds of those Jews wandered to Detroit, and settled among their brethren in the Hast- ings area, Detroit's answer to New York's Lower East Side — without pushcarts. So…

… heavily populated with Jews did Hastings become that a De- troit newspaper tagged, it "The Ghetto" and "Little Jerusalem." The "Little Jerusalemites" founded congregations, many of them in private homes and…

…, filling an acute labor shor- tage created by World War I. The Jews wandered on, north of Hastings to the Oakland Avenue area. There, near the intersection of Delmar and Westminster, the "Del- mar Shul…

….2 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 27, 1985 5 FRUIT sr offer mucus LETTERS For all occasions Nation-Wide Delivery Discrimination In Israel? A few decades ago, Jews and blacks were…

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… us that Jews in isolation, not con- nected to the Jewish com- munity, cannot survive as Jews." lb get Jews to connect, she said, Jewish organizations "must demonstrate that our doors are open to all…

… who can belong, to all who many wish to participate but don't know how. Jews, affiliated or unaf- filiated, detached or even alienated, must begin to feel that the communal enterprise wants them, is…

… ready to em- brace them and make room for them." That's important, she said, because "all Jews should be participatory Jews. Judaism is not a spectator ideology. Judaism does not recognize the notion of…

… passive Jews." The way to get Jews to become active, she said, is by advocating "a Klal Yisrael ideology, committed to plural- ism in Jewish life. It is an ideology that nurtures mutual respect among its…

…. Zvi Gitelman, University of Michigan political science professor, said American Jews are incomparable at getting Soviet refugees resettled, but "we are not do- ing nearly as well in Jewish acculturation…

…. 31. The United Jewish Appeal/ Federation Campaign is the primary instrument for the support of humanitarian pro- grams and social services for Jews in the U.S., Israel and worldwide. About 60 percent…

… skills are developed and reinforced. Interested families are in- vited 7:30 p.m., Jan. 11, at Temple Israel. s greater numbers of Soviet emigres reset- tle in the United States, Detroit Jews are try- ing…

… to do more than just welcome them to the com- munity. Although Detroit Jews have been -welcoming Soviet emigres to the area since 1971, getting them involved in the Jewish community has been a struggle…

…." Gitelman, speaking last week at Jewish Welfare Federation forum about the Detroit community's efforts to help Soviet Jews, en- couraged community leader to be more understanding of Soviet emigres, especially…

… with a record number of refugees coming to America next year. About 60,000 Soviet Jews are expected to arrive in the next year which is higher than the last large wave of 51,000 refugees in 1979. Detroit…

… has already experi- enced the increase. In 1987, Detroit welcomed 90 emigres. Last year another 160 refugees made Detroit their home. By the end of 1989, the community ex- pects 1,000 Soviet Jews to…

… predicted the Soviet Union would be the largest source of emigration to Israel no one would have believed it," he said. Some 300,000 Jews have left the Soviet Union since 1971. Although Detroit Jews have been…

… centuries of persecu- tion and trying to keep Jews separate from Russians, Soviet leaders made sure that Soviet Jews knew their background. "There is something different about them. They never felt part of…

… the collec- tive. A Russian is a Russian. A Jew is a Jew," he said. "They know who they are, but they rather would not have been born Jewish." Today, the Detroit com- munity has begun a wide range of…

…- can Task Force. Speaking at 221 North Main St., Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 a symposium on "Poles and Jews in the New World," 541-8830 held at Columbia Univer- sity, he delineated the his- tory of "this…

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… Holocaust. Some relate how non-Jews had, at the risk of their own lives, helped individual Jews to escape being captured by the Nazis. Outstanding in this mass rescue effort was the non-Jewish population of…

… Denmark. In a spontaneously organized way they managed to smuggle out almost all the 8,000 Jews from the country in the dark of night during the Jewish High Holy Days — in October 1943 — after the prime…

… minister of Nazi-occupied Denmark received a tip from a sympathetic official of the German Consulate in Copenha- gen that a secret order had come from Hitler to round up all the Jews in Denmark during Rosh…

… "Denmark is Judenrein" even before the round-up of Jews began. The chief rabbi of Denmark, Dr. Marcus Melchior, informed the Jews in the synagogue that he had just learned of the Nazi plans to raid every…

… elements of the non-Jewish population mobilized themselves to shelter Jews in their homes, find boats to transport them at night in secrecy to Sweden, bring them to these boats in covered ambulances, trucks…

…Jews Of China Lecture Topic Rabbi Marvin Tokayer Adat Shalom Synagogue will present a program on the Jews of China, India, and Japan, which will reveal the facts of the Fugu Plan, a top secret…

… Japanese scheme to save Jews during the Holocaust, at 7:30 p.m. Tues- day at Adat Shalom Synagogue. The lecture will be given by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer. The program is open to the com- munity at no charge…

… Jewish Communities of Southeast Asia and the Far East and is also responsbile for having located the last Chinese Jew. He is the author of seven ar- ticles on rabbinics and the Orient for the Encyclopedia…

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… Jews and others can compete for the slots by mail- ing typed letters to the State Department between March 1 and March 31. Ten thousand names will be selected at ran- dom by computer from 162 countries…

…- blem, a key Jewish leader said last week. The program could make it easier for Soviet Jews who do not have relatives here to enter the United States. But Karl Zukerman, executive vice president of HIAS…

…, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Socie- ty, said those with relatives here can gain entry under ex- isting law. He said the program "was not in any way a response" to the backlog of Soviet Jews waiting to enter…

…. Agency in on Pollard case (abbr.) 13. Babylonian Jewish scholar 14. Cub Scout rosh 16. Boychik 17. Jews expelled from there in 1569 19. Suffix for Canaan or Amalek 20. Shabbat 21. In a deli, what to do…

… after "Birchat Ha-Mazon" 22. Parisian nogoodnik 24. Country with largest Jewish pop. 26. Eats too much at Wolfie's 27. Jews expelled from there in 1744 31. French Jewish politician, Mayer 32. Mouths 33…

…. Without a shmatte even 35. Jezebel's husband 39. Common place for Hank Greenberg 41. Ancient Hebrew measure 42. Jews expelled from there in 1492 43. U.S. Jewish novelist, Bellow 44. Boston's _ Hill 46. bar…

… Ravina, 13 ACROSS 47. Bator, Mongolia 49. Jews expelled from there in 1290 51. Be like a pharaoh to the Israelites 54. Jones, Chinese Stock Market Index? 55. "Hat-making" country 56. Sound of pleasure 58…

…. Direction to a ferd 62. Kibbutznik's tool 63. Jews expelled from this region in 1510 66. Tumor (suff.) 67. Scorch 68. Tevye, in a way 69. Dead Sea or seder activity 70. Of a body opening 71. Jews expelled…

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…" FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY Serious Jew Continued from preceding page But the non-belief of these secular Jews is often equally as shallow. Perhaps the, most impor- tant characteristic of the serious Jew…

… is struggle with Jewish observance. Put suc- cinctly, this means that Jews who observe Jewish laws must be able to answer the question, "Why do you observe the laws that you observe?" And less- or non…

…- observant Jews must answer the question, "Why don't you observe what you don't observe?" Neither the Orthodox Jew who observes out of habit nor the Reform whose non-ob- servance is out of habit meets our…

… qualifications for a serious Jew. For example, the serious Jew who keeps kosher needs to offer reasons for why he keeps kosher. It is not enough to say, VBecause it says so in the 'Thrall." Did he ever strug- gle…

… with the question of why it says so in the Ibrah? If all he can say is, "It says so in the 'Throb," in what way is this Jew's commitment rationally or intellectually superior to that of a Khomeini…

…? Conversely, the Jew who does not observe Judaism's dietary laws needs to explain his non-observance. "I'm Reform, I don't have to" is not a serious response. Nor is, "It's an outdated health code:" No serious…

… obedience to God's inscrutable will. Both observance and non- observance, when done out of habit and devoid of reason, betray a lack of struggle on the part of a Jew. . One Must Be Moving Another reason for…

… the Talmud says that "Where a baal teshuvah [returning or repentant] Jew stands no 'Pzadik [saintly] Jew can stand." Even though the Tzadik may actually be more observant than the baal teshuvah, the…

… returning Jew has struggled — and there- fore grown — Jewishly. 0 …

…'am internship, which offers two months of profes- sional experience in the par- ticipant's field. According to Detroit's com- munity shaliach, Yefet Ozery, some 600 Michigan residents recently spent time on pro…

…- grams in Israel. He hopes to send one of the largest con- tingents to Israel on Kesher '89. Chesler also wants to single out for praise American olim. "Every Jew who wanted to leave the Soviet Union was…

… Jews' feelings toward Israel: Who Is a Jew. The debate surrounding the question of whether those who undergo non-halachic conversions should be admit- ted as citizens under the Law of Return reflects the…

… fact that "American Jews feel very much connected to Israel," he said. "I mean who does Who Is a Jew really affect? Ten people a year. But Reform and Con- servative are concerned because they might one…

… day want to come to Israel, and they don't want anybody to be able to stop them. Every Jew looks at Israel as his potential homeland." Chesler has advice for U.S. Jews disturbed by the Who Is a Jew…

… issue. "You want to change Israel? Come and do it. If the Reform and Conservative start mak- ing aliyah, that (Who Is a Jew) won't be an issue." Chesler said some 1,850 American Jews make aliyah each year…

…. It is a figure he watches closely. "If there will be no aliyah from America, there will be no Jews coming to Israel from anywhere," he said. "Jews all Chaim Chesler: Not a dreamer. over the world…

… look to see what American Jews will do." Chesler said it will be dif- ficult to increase the number of American olim, yet he will never surrender his vision of bringing more Jewish im- migrants to Israel…

…. "It is a struggle," he admit- ted. "But Israel should never give up demanding American Jews for aliyah. We are not dreamers, but we do have a dream:' Federation Continued on Page 5 viously favorably…

…Bill Puglianu Jack Edelstein, president, Michigan Association for Ethiopian Jews An Ann Arbor-based organization is aiding the Jews of Ethiopia Ethiopian Pipeline CAROLE GARVIN Special to The…

… eating homemade matzah and observing complete rest . on Pesach is the norm. As president of the Michigan Association for Ethiopian Jews (MAEJ), this Ann Arbor resident's main objective was to convey mes…

… Jewish News hile many Jews celebrated Passover in the comfort of their homes last spring, Jack Edelstein had the unique experience of observing the holiday in the Ethiopian village of Wolleka, where…

…- sages between Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia and Israel, provide finan- cial assistance to the village and meet with public officials in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa. "I wanted to witness first-hand the…

… Jew and this stands in the way of gaining equal treatment with other Soviet citizens. One John Shepherd is a judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals and former president of the Jewish Community Council…

… Public Affairs Committee. 24 CLOSE UP - Michigan Vacation South Haven Sunset DAVID HOLZEL The Jewish Catskills of Michigan has irreversibly changed, but the glory years are remembered. Charlevoix…

…. SHEPHERD D wring a recent visit to the Soviet Union, we carried with us the standard package of images that are familiar to all Jews traveling to the Soviet Union: • Jews want to leave because they are…

… not allowed to live as Jews. • The Soviets will not let them leave because the Soviet Union is anti-Semitic and cannot afford to allow any group to depart for fear that the flood gates will open…

… resulting in a massive brain drain. • When Jews apply to leave they automatically suffer severe economic hard- ship and are ostracized by their Soviet friends and neighbors. • Americans who wish to make…

… contact with Soviet Jews must do so clandestinely since hotel rooms are bligged, they will be followed and there will be adverse conse- quences for the Soviet Jews whom they visit. Two weeks in the Soviet…

… Union, visits to several Jewish families in three cities and discussions with Soviet Jews who now live here lead me to believe that the real picture is somewhat different — not better — but different. My…

…, first altered image finds that most Jews who want to leave are frustrated in their desire to live as Soviet citizens. The words "Evrai" or "Evraika," Jew or Jewess, are written on the passport of every…

… hesitation that it is the inability to live as any other Soviet citizen that drives most Jews to seek to leave. So why do the Soviets keep this issue boiling? The pressure could be reduced con- siderably if…

… had called Vili at 6:30 p.m. that day to say that they were refused again. During her talks at Ovir she express- ed the opinion that Jews were not being refused for religious reasons but, rather, were…

… the University of Michigan. While the school is often facetiously referred to as "Jew U" because of its rela- tively high Jewish enroll- ment, only about 12 percent (5,000) of the student body is Jewish…

… your home, AL now try us in your business 541-5373 ■ THESE PREMISES PROTECTED BY University of Michigan students play Hackey Sack on the Diag. "Security is our middle name" Campus Anti…

… • 399-9830 Inside Franklin Savings Centre 32 Friday, April 17, 1987 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS MARIANNE M. SACHS T Special to The Jewish News he University of Michigan has re- cently been the focus…

… Jackson and promises by President Harold Shapiro for action on several of the groups' de- mands. These incidents have given rise to speculation about the connection between Jews, anti-Semitism and racism at…

…. The general percep- tion is often much higher, an impression shared by Jews and non-Jews alike. One stu- dent, agreeing that there was some anti-Semitism on cam- pus, suggested that it was be- cause…

… "there is a high per- centage of Jews on this cam- Marianne Sachs is an Ann Arbor freelance artist. pus, maybe even a majority." A generation ago, Jewish students, identified as such on applications…

… whom choose to join one of the six Jewish fraternities or sororities on campus or elect "There is a great deal of `JAP-bashing.' People view Jews as rich brats whose parents spoil them." to live in…

… as a possible reason for anti-Semitic attitudes on campus. One student ex- plained, "I have found that people have a negative stereotype of Jews on this campus. There is a great deal …

… thousands have lost their lives in the Lebanese religious war? The answer is a simple one. Those who judge Israel and the Jews, in the press, on television and radio, pay us a compliment. The morality and…

… part of Jenn- ings and others in the media, in- cluding the prestige press, can be traced to the fact that Jews are not the ones doing the kill- ing. When that happens it pro- vides opportunities for…

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…, APRIL 28, 1989 April 28, 1989 ed in this most importantly researched ington Heights among whom I voume. grew up seemed very different. German Jews are not a To them there was no contradic- phenomenon…

… munity. That's when there was the bit- Jewish religious practice was terness in strife with East European quite common and obvious Jews, especially the Polish; that's when among them. In fact, the Ger- the…

… German Jews were called the man Jews seemed more tradi- "yahudim." tional and indeed more Jewish The very title of the Lowenstein than the neighborhood book is an inspired challenge into the "American Jews…

… Jewry and to integration expect. Though they had certain rather than assimilation. feelings of snobbishness about It is on the score of assimilation that Jews of eastern European back- it may be necessary…

… to provide an in- ground, the German Jews I dication. In Lowenstein's study of the knew could hardly have been German Jews in Washington Heights considered wealthy members of there is a most valuable…

… — to live up to the ideals of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg. "Jews must step outside themselves;' Congressman Lantos ad- monished the crowd of 1,100 at the third annual Holocaust Memorial Center dinner…

… at the Westin Hotel. "We must be as concerned with human rights everywhere as we are with the human rights of Jews." Lantos pointed to the example of Wallenberg, a Swedish gentile who risked his life…

… Michigan's William Broomfield and Sander Levin. Svetlana joined her Southfield husband after a three-year battle to leave the Soviet Union. Recall Fever Is Spreading But Politicians Sit Tight LILA ORBACH…

… for silent Jews in the 1980s." The government of Sweden was chastized by Lantos for failing to pro- test the Soviet Union's arrest of Wallenberg when the Red Army entered Budapest in January 1945…

… on behalf of the Wallenberg family. Jacob gave some insights into Wallenberg's character and described the University of Michigan graduate's life between col- lege in Ann Arbor in the 1930s and his…

… Swedish Continued on Page 12 ROUND UP Reparations For Arab Jews? New York (JTA) — Knesset speaker Shlomo Hillel con- tends that Israel, in any future negotiations with Arab countries, must insist on…