…1 1 Blanchard to Speak at Independence Fete Michigan Governor James Blanchard will be the keynote speaker on Sunday at the Israel Independence Day festivities at the main Jewish • Community Center. Blanchard has been active on behalf of Soviet Jewry and was a presidential appointee to the U.S. Holocaust Council while he served as a member of Congress. The theme of the festivities at the Center is "Hava Nagila — Let Us Be Joyful." At 10 a.m....…
…Allied Jewish Campaign Volunteer Forces Register Record Conclusion, Concept of Unity Is Reaffirmed An assembly of more than 900 volunteers, meeting Tuesday evening in the main sanctuary of Cong. Shaarey Zedek, concluded months of solicitations for more than 60 causes and reaffirmed two principles which have guided fund-raigng activities here for more than half-a-century. This was done through the establishment of a new record for generosity a...…
…EDITORIAL An Anniversary and Communal Responsibilities This is the eve of an historic anniversary, and accompanying its commemoration the communal responsibility grows in immensity. World Jewry, and the Jewish state's friends everywhere, will join on Monday with Israel in the celebration of the state's 35th anniversary. Simultaneously, and it is much more than a coincidence, Metropolitan Detroit Jewry will mark the conclusion of the annual a...…
…Anti-Zionist Diatribe May Signal Closing of Gates NEW YORK (JTA) — The anti-Zionist manifesto signed by eight prominent Soviet Jews and published in Pravda last Friday "might presage a period in which the iron gates of the USSR could be padlocked shut against any Jewish exit," two SOviet Jewry groups warned this week. According to the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews -(UCSJ), the document's as...…
…World Opinion on Endless Discriminatory Policies Pursued by the Kremlin THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorial, Page 4 of Jewish Events Passover Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Copyright (C) The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, Na. 5 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35' April 1, 1983 Israel Battles ManyObstacles in Path of Lebanon Pull-Back 80 Years S...…
