…`Crisis in Confidence' as Challenge, to the Nation • Romanian Jewry , and the Decline - of Communities Commentary, Page 2 Critics and Defenders in Middle East Crises, and Resistance to Pressure THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXV No. 20 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c July 20, 1979 _ U.S. Energy Plan Applauded; Oil Crisis -Escalati...…
…Two Memorials Sunday in Tribute to the Victims of the Holocaust The Detroit area will have two major programs on Sunday in conjunction with international events next week marking Tuesday as Yom Hashoa - Holocaust Remembr- ance Day in Israel and ceremonies and memorial services throughout the U.S. being sparked by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. At noon Sunday, Shaarit Haplaytah (Survivors of the Holocaust) will sponsor their annu...…
…Project Renewal' Launched at Regional UJA Conference The three-day United Jewish Appeal East Central Region conference, held here last weekend at the Sheraton Southfield Hotel, assumed national significance. Inaugurating "Project Renewal" as a major addendum to obligations to be fulfilled in behalf of 40,000 impoverished families in Israel whose needs demand urgent immediate action, the 300 delegates from scores of communities set into motion...…
…Jews Mourn for a Strong Friend: Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey By JOSEPH POLAKOFF rs WASHINGTON (JTA)—Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, ever thoughtful of the concerns of the Jewish people, left a legacy to them in the form of a statement prepared shortly before his death. He died Friday night at his home in Waverly, Minn. of cancer at the age of 66. Humphrey serval in the Senate from 1949 until he was elected Vice President under President Johnson ...…
…Triumphant Likud Leader Menahem Begin Opens Multi-Party Negotiations to Organize a New Coalition Government for Israel Detailed reports on Israel election on Pages 5, 18 and 19 Truman and Ben-Gurion Incident: Statesman Moved to Tears by Israel's Redemption Commentary, Page 2 OL. LXXI, No. 11 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review f Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 .$10.00 Per Year ; This Issue 30 ...…
…200 Jews; 533,800 Arabs, Christians Israel's Population: 3,493,200. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new official booklet re- ports that 3,493,200 persons — 2,959,400 of them Jews — were living in Israel at the end of 1975. The remain- ing 533,800 were Moslems and Christians. The figures in "Israel in Figures — 1976," to be Political Figures in Limelight • 9 published soon by the government's Center of Infor- mation, apply only to Israel proper. An esti...…
…NCJW, AJCongress, UAHC Restore Mexico Travel Programs NEW YORK — Three major Jewish organizations have announced that they will immediately resume their travel programs to Mexico as a result of Mexico's newly clari- fied position on Zionism. The three organizations are the National Council of Jewish Women, the American Jewish Congress and the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions, the parent body of Reform Judaism. The organizations based ...…
…A Daily Tale of Terror: A Syrian Jew's Rebuttal three By ALAN HITSKY An annonymous Jewish escapee from Syria, who is hiding his identity to protect his family there, told The Jewish News this week that much of the material presented on the CBS "60 Minutes" program on Feb. 16, and re-broadcast June 8 after a formal protest from the American Jewish Congress, is grossly inaccurate and "lies." The Syrian, who was sent to prison without trial fo...…
…:01 Ur4 4 Menace to Christianity by Growing Anti-Semitism HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper ;DL. LXVI, No. 15 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Duty to UJA More- Serious Than Ever .Israel's Faith and Indestructibility Civilians' Murders Worse Than War Editorials Page 4 December 20, 1974 VAgreement: Egipt, Syria?io...…
…Arthur Howard Richard Sloan May You Be THE JEWISH NEWS Inscribed in the Book of Life for a A Weekly Review Good and a Happy 5735 VOL. LXVI , No. 2 z Iznzn innnnn of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper oliiiRa• 17515 W. 9- Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30' S eptember 20 ,1974 YOM KIPPUR 5735 …
…Arab-Jewish Welcomes Anticipated for Waldheim Middle East Visit; Egypt's Interest in a Palestinian State Denied by Spokesman PARIS (JTA) — Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat declared here Monday that Egypt "welcomes" the coming visit of UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to the Middle East. At the same time, he denied that Egypt had suggested the creation of a Palestinian state. Plea to Senate: Adopt Genocide Convent...…
…The Score Is High! Allied Jewish Campaign Now at $12,063,211 Mark From 17,242 Contributors Factors for Concern in Poverty War Israel's 25th Year: Basis for Programing The challenge is even greater than the reality . . . With 8,000 more prospective donors yet to be accounted for, the campaign must raise an additional $2,000,000 to oversubscribe last year's total gifts . The campaign closes officially on May 9 . . . During the coming three we...…
…UJA Officials Confer With Israeli Leaders TEL AVIV—Commencing the celebration of Israel's 25th anniversary, the 300 members of the United Jewish Appeal mission to Israel, including n ny Detroiters, participated in a program here at- Mann Auditorium. Prior to the curtain rasing, Paul Zuckerman of Detroit, general l'JA chairman second from left), who headed the mission, conferred with (from left), former Israel Prime Minister David Ben Gurion ...…
…Influx of Afro-Asians Negates Claim Israel is Being Isolated TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban declared Friday that "all the attempts to isolate Israel have not been effective." This, he said, is the political significance of the arrival in Israel this week of 175 prominent guests from 63 African, Asian and Latin American nations to attend the Sixth Rehovot Conference. The guests include vice presidents from two African states...…
…Important Role for Youth in U.S. Jewry Excerpt From "Youth, College Students and Faculty" Resolution Adopted by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Young Jews should have a role in shaping the future of the Jewish community. Such a role should be assured by giving them the opportunity for participation in the decision-making processes of Jewish. commu- nities—that is, on survey, planning, budgeting and fund-raising committees...…
…SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Section B THE PATRIOTIC VOICE OF AMERICAN JEWRY VOL. 1, NO. 1 JEW: ifeLlINS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN AND LADIES AUXILIARY 21561 W. 8 MILE ROAD, DETROIT, MICH. 48219 — 255-4743 DIAMOND JUBILEE THE OLDEST ACTIVE VETERANS ORGANIZATION IN THE U.S.A. MARCH 20, 1970 7:th PEAR CP SERV ICE Mural painting for Jewish War Veterans Memorial ...…
…Jewry's Rights to Israel: History's Verdict Affirmed THE JEWISH NEWS Conscience of Mankind at Munich • Henrietta Szold and Youth Aliya Waiting for Just Spark From USSR Michigan Weekly Editorials Page 4 Vat. LVI, No. 23 A noted columnist turns back pages of history questioning Jewry's rights to statehood ... Allusion to New Left's antagon- ism to Zionism ... Christian attitudes and Jewish historic rights —Commentary Page 2 analyzed. Re...…
