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…Christians' Cards Plead Cause of USSR Jews Church leaders across the nation have have joined together, asking Christians to send Christmas cards to Ambassador Dobrynia at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, marked "Let the Jews Go!" The project, initiated last year in San Francisco by Harold B. Light, chairman of the Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry, was announced recently at Grace Cathedral by the Rt. Rev. C. Hamer Myers, bishop of Episcopal D...…

…r--,-.177,-•■••■•••••••••-,.... - ••-•:,--7---`77" . "7".. -.!..-, *--7 -----71 ., _ _ , . . THE JEWISH NEWS Russian Defections and Protesters' Courage Caribbean Enchantments Michigan Weekly Commentary Page Review of Jewish News Hanuka Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LVIII. No. 14 43Fill)":-. 1 3 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, S...…

…Nixon-Dayan on-Dayan Meeting Set for Today WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House has advised the Israel embassy that President Nixon will meet with Israel Defense Minister Moshe Dayan today. Meetings have already been scheduled for Gen. Dayan with Secretary of State William P. Rogers, Defense Secretary Melvin B. Laird and other top administration officials. Gen. Dam arrived In New Yerk Wednesday and will address the United Jewish Appeal Conferen...…

…15 Neo-Nazis Defeated in Bavarian Elections BONN (JTA)—The radical right-wing National Democratic Party lost all 15 of its seats in the Bavarian state parliament elections. The party, widely regarded as neo-Nazi, polled only 3 per cent of the total vote compared to the 7.4 per cent it won in the last elections. According to West German law, a party must poll at least 5 per cent of the total vote to be seated in the state or federal parliament...…

…Magen David Adorn, Aids Pakistan; Cholera Cases Grow TEL AVIV (JTA)—Magen David Adorn, Israel's official Red Cross agency, shipped 514,235 worth of medicines and first aid equipment to East Pakistan for the victims of the cyclone and tidal wave that may have taken as many as 300,000 lives. The Israeli government said it would continue to send aid to the stricken area in response to appeals from the Interna- tional Red Cross and United Nations...…

…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...…

…32-Nation UN Draft Calls for Hijacking Action UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA)—A 32-nation draft resolution condemning "all acts of aerial hijacking or other interference with civil air travel" was introduced Friday in the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly which met for the first time since Oct. 13, when consideration of it began. Among the nations cosponsoring the draft are Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Iran,...…

…Sadat's Political Views Exposed by Robert St. John Who is Anwar el-Sadat, Abdel Gamal Nasser's successor to the presidency of Egypt? What are his political ideologies? How deep-rooted is his hatred for Israel? Is he influenced by Nazism? The world-famous author Robert St. John exposes Sadat. Hav- ing interviewed him three times 10 years ago, the noted author turns back the pages of time, to his biography of Nasser, entitled "The Boss," in whi...…

…Samuelson Wins Nobel Prize in Economics CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA)—Dr. Paul Samuelson, 55-year-old American Jewish professor of economics at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, was named in St000kholm, Oct. 28, as the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. The Swedish Academy of Science made the announcement of the award, which is worth $78,900 this year. This is the second year the special economics prize has been awarded. Dr....…

…2 Jewish Scientists Share Nobel Physiology Prize Dr. Jana Axelrod Simhat Torah and Russian Jewry's Role • • • Community's Obligation to Torch Drive Editorials Page 4 Vol. LVI II. No. 6 LONDON (JTA)—Two Jewish scientists—Sir Bernhard Katz of London and Dr. Julius Axelrod of Bethesda, Md.—were named in Stockholm last Friday as two of the three winners of the 1970 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. The Swedish Royal Caroline Medico-Sur...…

…Detroit-Sponsored Underground Shelter Completed In Israel Dr. John Mimes, chairman of the Detroit chapter of American Red Mogen Dovid for Israel, announced this week that the project undertaken by the local group for the construction of an underground air-raid shelter In Ashdod, the new port city V: Israel, is now Sukot Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere nearing eompletion. - A full report about the completed project will be submitt...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Michigan Weekly Review of Jewish News rime tsnsr lonnro Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LVI II. No. 4 4.00 27 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075, 356-8400 $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25c October 9, 1970 U. S. Suspends Big Four Talks; Israel's Charges Corroborated Pincus Clarifies Unprecedented Action to Curtail Israel Drives A statement issu...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Michigan Weekly Review of Jewish News Border Cities ; Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LVIII. No. 3 4SWII• 27 $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25c A Happy New Year to Detroit, Michigan, and World Jewish Communities 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075, 356-8400 October 2, 1970 int‘, zoo P119 13 ,S) Ion Gut-Valk Cur Kis, happy year b€911 for us ...…

…All 450 Detained Arabs Released by Israel TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israeli security forces have released the last of 450 Arab residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip who were arrested a week ago for questioning on suspicion of collaboration with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal- estine. Police Minister Shlomo Hillel said it was standard procedure to interrogate persons known to have had contact with any terrorist group. He denied that Isra...…

…Historic Document ... Complete record of Vigil Allen's eonvarsation with Costal Abial Nasser daring tie Fah& Pocket slag. in August 1948, while limns and Egyptians Were disowning a awn fir.. Detailed amount written by Major Yoroharn Cohen, the intermeliary in the negotiaqions, in Commentary' Page 2. Blackmailers' Threats to Human Decencies * Distortions in Treating Israel's Role Editorials Page 4 Golda Meir to Speak to Jewry of Detroit...…

…Thant's Condemnation of Hijackers...and His Previous Role UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—Secretary General U Thant Ti'esday assailed the "criminal acts of hijacking planes" and termed the acts of the hijackers "savage and inhuman." In what was considered here as Thant's strongest condemnation of hijacking to date, the secretary general declared: "It is high time that the international community, through appropriate agencies and organizations, adopt pro...…

…UN Group Acts to Combat Crime of Genocide UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities unanimously adopted a resolution that would, in part, call on member nations to suppress any revival of Nazism and racial intolerance. The sub- commission of the UN Commission on Human Rights recommended that the General Assembly call on all eligible states to ratify the Convention on the Prevention and...…

…Eban and Tekoah: Spokesmen for Israel Israel Foreign Minister Abba Eban was chosen to represent his country at the indirect peace talks that have been inaugurated at the United Nations under the sponsorship of Dr. Gunnar Jarring of Sweden. The deputy spokesman for Israel will be the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Yosef Tekoah. Egypt and Jordan have named their ambassadors to the UN as negotiators with Dr. Jarring, who has begun separate talk...…

…Arab Cousins' Feud May Interfere With Israeli Ministerships Moshe Ron's Report, Page 40 Pioneer Community College in Israel Set by Hadassah War Crimes Museum Opened in Lake Orion Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization, at its na- tional convention in Washington, announced the establish- ment of Israel's first community college, which will open new educational horizons for all Israelis. Detailed story Page 22. Royal Oak fireman Stanley Boz...…

…of London Zionist Congress Drama of Survival During Nazi Era in Poland 70th Anniversary Yiddish poet Morris Rosenfeld and ' liter a r y societies were being By JOSEF FRAENKEL the Hebrew poet Joseph Massel. founded. News Special London Gives Evidence of Resistance; 'The Bunker,' (Jewish Correspondent) Max Bodenheimer and Johann The Russian delegates had a daily Kremenetzky addressed the dele- Even before the publication of news sheet in the Rus...…

…And He shall judge between the nations. And shall decide for many peoples: And they shall heat their swords into plowshares. LilLiui And their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not lift up word against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more. I,nirsh 2:4. Reconstructing Interesting Page of Zionist and Shaarey Zedek History in Detroit THE JEWISH NEWS Michigan Weekly Commentary Page 2 Ezdt Review of Jewish News Rational...…

…Narrow Border Surveillance Favored by Israel JERUSALEM (JTA)—When and if a cease fire goes into effect in the Suez Canal Zone. Israel prefers that only a very narrow strip of territory on either side of the waterway be brought under surveillance for possible violations, it was learned here. Israel's preference stems from an unwillingness to allow foreigners, even neutral observers, to examine its in-depth defenses along the canal's east bank,...…

…Principal Figures in Middle East !Drama Moshe Dayan GoIda Meir Yigal Alon _ King Hussein Gamal Nasser The fate of the American peace plan for the Middle East rests with the Arab and Israeli leaders. Readi- ness to discuss peace may lead to an end to the current Arab-Israel war. Nixon's Firmness in Pursuing Middle East Peace Plans Editorial Page 4 Smolar's Column Page 9 VOL. LVI I, No. 20 THE JEWISH NEWS Lsrael's Escalating Peace ...…

…New USSR Threat to Israel in Diamond Market JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Soviet Union has been dumping diamonds (both raw and polished) on the world market own flourishing diamond industry, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was told. in quantities and at prices that threaten Israel's Moshe Schnitzer, president of the Israeli Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, said, "The danger lies mainly in the fact that the Soviets, who dig for diamonds in their own fields,...…

…Japanese Firms Are Reported Yielding to Arab Boycott The President's Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations Tuesday charged two of Japan's leading auto manu- facturers and Japan Air Lines with participating in the Arab economic boycott of According to Arnold Forster, chairman of the conference's anti - boycott committee and general counsel to the Anti - Defamation League of Bnai Brith, the Toyota Motor Co. and the Nissan Motor Co.,...…

…Soviet Youth Press Action Against Israel World Union of Jewish Students and the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Also attending are two representatives of the General Union of Palestinian Students. Some observers here viewed the Soviet delegation's statement on the Middle East as relatively mild compared to its slashing attacks on the United States and the Indo-China War. They attributed the mildness to the "delicate" diplomatic situation...…

…SAM-3 Missiles, USSR Direction Blamed for Israel Plane Losses The Key in Russia's Hands in the Escalating Middle East Dangers Editorial Page 4 VOL. LVI I, No. 16 Israel suffered the loss of two jets in its air attack on Egypt Tuesday. For the first time, the loss was attributed to the SAM-3 Russian antiaircraft missiles, and it is generally believed that the action was under Russian direction of the weapons supplied to Egypt in the war aga...…

…Pogrom Atmosphere at Anti-Semitic Rally in Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JTA)—A call for the mass killing of Negroes and Jews was sounded at the recent convention of the National States Rights Party at Newport, Ky., and was greeted by cheers from the audience of 200, some of whom "leaped to their feet applauding enthusiastically," Louisville Times staff writer Jim Renneisen reported Wednesday. The speaker was Newman Britton, of Decatur, Ark., a...…

…Senate Defeats Proposals Which Would Bar Arms Sales to Israel Distinguished Names in Week's News: S. L. A. Marshall, Prof. Haber, Judge Levin, Cleveland Amory Commentary Page 2 WASHINGTON (JTA)—Last Friday the Senate rejected two proposals which opponents said might impede arms sales to Israel. By a 56-6 vote the Senate refused to end the $600,000,000 in the Foreign Military Sales Act for credit sales of U.S. arms abroad. Observers noted thi...…

…Residential Care Project to Get Aid at June 21 Party A party has been arranged for 5 -9 p.m. June 21—Father's Day—at Tel-Twelve Mall, to assist the projects of the Parents Association for Jewish Residential Care. Free refreshments, Gus' Coney Islands, entertainment and sociability will be pro- vided at no charge to contributors for the tasks in behalf of the retarded youth sponsored by the PAJRC. All are welcome. THE JEWISH NEWS Urgent Need...…

…Public Opinion Moves Towards Protection for Israel Strong efforts in the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives to assure protection for Israel in the present period of distress emanating especially out of concern over Soviet Russian aid to the Arabs, and escalation of war threats in the Middle East, marked a week of activities that may induce President Nixon to provide Israel with the urgently needed Phantoms. Action in the Senate under t...…

…JERUSALEM (JTA)—A new battle loomed in the government over the perennial issue of state support for the religious establishment. Minister of Justice Yaacov Shimshon Shapiro, of the Labor Party, made it clear to his National Religious Party colleague, Interior Minister Moshe Shapiro, that the government would not defend in court the NRP's insistance that conversions by Reform rabbis cannot be recognized in Israel. There was pressure for the NR...…

…Pope Paul VI Pleads for Peace ROME (JTA) — Pope Paul VI made a "pressing appeal" Monday for a negotiated settlement of the conflicts in the Middle East and in Indochina. The pontiff, address- ing a meeting of the Consistory of Car- dinals and Bishops, declared that increased military commitments by the great powers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia had brought about threats of "unforeseeable broader developments." He added that "the peopl...…

…Israel at 22 A Weekly Revietv of Jewish Etvnts Section Two ann nunun nr Dedicated to Israel and Its Courageous Citizens on its 22nd Anniversary VOL. LVII — No. 9 May 15, 1970 TIT '171;41 t - 5D vrrumn mrinit, — 1 C 61 T . 12;j7 617ir '7= or* Tanr-itx Errint .c- : , : 11 "7/* 17)4 "17 ""Rt T 7:72.= C'il7 ;•1:11 Ames 6:14-15 r , T '17111 • %.7=1". a 111 1'7;1:$7;1, 3;i ;:alr, …

…Israel's Risk: Dayan Offers Cease Fire Despite Losses HAIFA (JTA)—Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said here Monday night that Israel had halted deep-penetration raids into Egypt in order to avoid possible clashes with Russian military personnel. He asserted that Israel was ready to "re-establish an unconditional and unlimited cease fire" in the Suez Canal Zone as a step toward an eventual peace settlement, even if by so doing Egypt is enabled ...…

…The Supreme Battle for Justice for the Jew in, the Middle East Detroit Readies to Mark Israel's 22nd Anniversary Story on Page if VOL. LVI I. No. 7 A psychological study . . . the attitude of the Arab terrorist, the historic position of the Jewish people ... an exchange of letters between an El Fatah spokesman and the Israel students . . . and an analysis in Purely Commentary on Page 2. THE jEWISH NEWS Michigan Weekly Review of Jewish ...…

…10 Days to Go ... 8,000 Potential Contributors Yet to Be Contacted An Israeli Social ist Refutes Destructive 'Left' Arguments Notable Roles of ORT and Yeshiva U Editorials Page 4 VOL. LVI I. No. 6 .12 Only 10 days remain before the formal closing of the current Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund on May 6 . . . There are 8,000 more potential contributors to be reached in order to attain the goal of $12,000,000. . . . It is urgent...…

…The Passover Theme: Lessons of Freedom for All Generations JE Commentary Page 2 Editorials Page 4 VOL. LVII. No. 5 Michigan. Weekly H NEWS Review of Jewish News Passover Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle dl ie0 27 riit71'971-t7z7i •• $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 April...…

…The New Ford Image vis-a-vis America and Jewry The saga of a Jonathan-David, Damon-Pythias friendship and the Fisher-Ford relationship that has emerged in an elevation of special consciousness . . . Auto magnate continues his interest in Allied Jewish Campaign with $100,000 gift ... Expresses frank views on Israel and the Arab boycott . . . Rejects prejudices, expresses deep concern (Commentary, Page 2) about drug addicts, favors military aid...…

…Allied Jewish Campaign Goal for this Year: 2,000 More Contributors THE JEWISH NEWS Vital Goal of Current Campaign • Unbounded USSR Bigotry • 85th Anniversary of Yeshiva U. Michigan Weekly Editorials Page 4 VOL. LVII, No. 3 Detroit's major philanthropic effort, the Allied Jewish Campaign and the simultaneous Israel Emergency Fund, now in progress, is on the road toward attaining a $12,000,000 goal for 1970. Cam- paign Chairman Maxwell Jo...…

…Israel Again Condemned by UN Anti-Israel Bloc UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution condemning Israel for alleged human rights violations in the occupied territories, although less than 40 per cent of the 32-nation membership voted for it. The resolution was backed by 12 nations, including the Arab and Communist countries, India, Iran, Turkey and Mauritania. Israel and two African members— Tan...…

…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 ...…

…Plans Formulated for Official Campaign Opening March 25 ( Samuel Haber Facts, Fiction, Arab Resort to Fantasy: A Direction Toward Realities Commentary Samuel Haber, 'executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, will be the guest speaker at the official onening of the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund March 25 at a dinner meeting at the Jewish Center. A reception will be held at 6:15 p.m. followed by dinner at 7. H...…

…Rescue and Rehabilitation Nahum Sokolow Zionist * History Tribute to Nobel Prize Winner Agnon • Pompidou's Anger Over U.S. Voices Commentary Page 2 VOL. LVI, No. 25 In hundreds of communities through- out the world, Joint Distribution Com- mittee representatives provide assistance to needy and assist in creating a spirit of dignity in the difficult struggle for life in Jewish communities. JDC's role in behalf of Jews in Iran and Israel is ...…

…EDITORIAL: Mankind's Conscience: Surrender to Terror? Mankind's conscience is on trial! For nearly three years, planes have been hijacked, attacked, blown up, innocent men, women and children murdered in a spreading campaign of terror imposed on an international community—and the world was silent! Innocent people were attacked in a Munich airport, and there was silence! Seven aged survivors from Nazism perished in a fire in a German home ...…

…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...…

…Retarded Look With Hope to Jewish Community Brotherhood ... A Repeat Performance Who Really Is a Jew? Atrophied Education Editorials Page 4 Vol. LVI, No. 22 The retarded have long been a silent minority in the midst of the Jewish commun- ity. Little by little, advances have come—largely through a successful program at the Jewish Center—but much remains to be done. How the parents of the retarded are cop- ing with their problems and the n...…

…Sephardic Chief Rabbi Supports Plan to Ease Conversions in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim on Monday called for the creation of a special "bet din"—rabbinical tribunal — to devote itself exclusively to the handling of conversion cases. Rabbi Nissim's statement was the first public response from the rabbinate to the cabinet decision to investigate ways to speed up the conversion process. It presently takes a...…

…Detroit Jewry is confronted with the obligatory role of the WE as a functioning member of world Jewry, in the campaign that is now being launched for the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund. Fused in this drive is the obligation we share with Jews everywhere to take into account Israel's struggle for her very existence and our duty to provide for the social, educational and immigration-integration needs that are as burdensome as the m...…

…Purely Commentary Land of Achievement Where Peace Is More Than Salute and Slogan By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ (Continued on Page '2) THE JEWISH NEWS Atrocity Propaganda: Imagery of Spreaders of Lies in the Middle East Michigan Weekly Commentary Page JERUSALEM, Israel—A nation whose ears are unendingly attuned to news broadcasts out of the necessity of being prepared for any eventuality on its borders and within its inL:rnal settlements might w...…