…Kissinger Tactic: Arabic Saying for the Arabs, Hebraic Proverb for the Israelis In his opening statement to the assembled delegates at the Geneva conference last Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger resorted to Arabic and Hebraic lore. In Arabic, he said "Eli fat mat," which means "The past is dead." Then, in English, he 'quoted Hillel: "If I am not for myself, who is for me? But if I am for myself alone, what am I?" Hopes for ...…
…Official Sources Fear Murder of Israeli POWs by Syria WASHINGTON (JTA)—The State Department said Wednesday that it has received reports that the Syrians murdered all Israeli prisoners but could not confirm this. Department spokesman Paul Hare said he was not referring to any specific report when he was asked if he was discussing statements attributed to Pentagon sources. He said he was speaking only in the "general sense." Other State Departm...…
…Vanik-Mills Amendment Is Adopted Overwhelmingly; USSR Emigration Freedom Demanded by Congressmen House Adopts *2.2 Billion Israel Arms Aid Measure Story on Page 5 Story on Page 5 Hanuka's 1973 Message . . Its Challenges in an Age of Tensions THE JEWISH NEWS Editorial Page 4 Commentary Page 2 Vol. LXIV. No. 14 Hanuka Greetings to Jewish Communities of Jewish Events A Weekly Review Everywhere Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspa...…
…rael Emergency Women's Phonogift Set for Dec. 9-16 Anxiety, Gloom, Blackmail in Atmosphere of Immorality Eight thousand metropolitan Detroit women will be called Dec. 9-16 by volunteers working on the Phonogift drive for the 1974 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund. Mrs. Ralph Pierce, Phonogift chairman, states: "We've started so much earlier than usual because of the great need for funds caused by the Mideast situation." The 700 a...…
…Hebrew U. President Speaks at Emergency Rally Monday Avraham Harman, president of the Hebrew University in Jeru- salem and Israel's former ambassador to the United States, will be the guest speaker at an emergency meeting of the Allied Jewish Cam- paign-Israel Emergency Fund, 7:45 p.m. Monday at Cong. Beth Achim, the 1974 campaign co-chairmen, William Davidson and Lewis S. Gross- man, announced. Harman came to the post of ambassador after a ...…
…David Beni-Gurion's Condition _Remains Serious. TEL AVIV (JTA)—On Wednesday (as this issue of The Jewish News was going to press) it was reported that the next 24 hours hemmorhage the first will determine whether David Ben-Gurion is out of danger. In the opinion of physicians, in such cases of a cerebral five days are critical. Only after that time is it possible to judge the patient's condition. In spite of more improvements detected Tuesday...…
…Exhibit Reveals James Madison Had Interest in Jewish History WALTHAM, Mass.—The 1820 dedication of a Hebrew synagogue in Savannah, Ga., prompted James Madison, three years retired from the Presi- dency, to write, "The history of the Jews must be forever interesting. The modern part of it is at the same time so little generally known, that every ray of light on the subject has its value.' Now, 150 years later, the American Jewish Historical So...…
…Israel has accepted a five-point peace plan worked out with Egypt through U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, it was learned Thursday as The Jewish News went to press. The first item called for a prisoner exchange. BULLETIN: LIFE GOES ON! Community Stays Strong Despite Re-Emerging Crises Editorial Page 4 'of. LXIV. No. 9 ' Challenge to Defamers of Justice to Jewry . . . Bonn's Gant .. . Red Cross Failure to Give Due Recognition to Ma...…
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…Editorial: Battle for Life Never Ends A cease fire may have ended the war. It does not terminate world Jewry's responsibil- ities. Thousands of casualties cry out for human tasks in a new era of reconstruction. Israel's survival was never in doubt, but the damage to life, the security of the embattled nation's existence, make unprecedented demands upon world Jewry never to end the philanthropic practical efforts to give our kinsmen strength t...…
…imirwirre .r ••=•••• ■■ •••••=••••• •■ ••••• ■ ** ••• • ..... - - Tensions Mount .. , U.S. to the Rescue . . 3,000,000 Israelis--Christians and Muslims as Well as Jews — Threatened by 100,000,000 Arabs Under Russian Supervision Sadat Gears for Attacks on Israel's Cities Israelis Resolute in Will to Live as 111K C17 "The unity of man is to the Jew an article of faith." —Edmond Fleg in "Why I Am a Jew." . . .. .... . ..... . Ly...…
…rtO rI rt tiL? jig For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, For the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still, Till her victory emerge resplendent And her triumph like a flaming torch. The People Israel Lives 13.7p5 n1 ROZ4.; K5 P5C1177 Wr) L71 rt-74 17-13t —Isaiah 62:1. The WHY THE JEWISH NEWS 1:4 of the Battle: Israel's Will to Live A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 Vol. LXIV. No. 5 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewi...…
…Terrorism and Capitulation: Shock for All Diplomats in Vienna By PETER FRIEDLINGER JTA Vienna Correspondent VIENNA —Austria's Jewish-born Chan- cellor Bruno Kreisky's decision after mid- night Saturday to close down the transit center at Schoenau Castle near Vienna took everyone by surprise—not only Austrian of- - May You Be Inscribed in the Book of Life for a "The Austrian government's decision ficials, but also Arab diplomats and Isra...…
…A Happy ornalisi&iiv V V A Weekly C'eview easia.Ptak, of Jewish Events New Year to Detroit, Michigan, Border Cities and World Jewish Communities Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper '41P1 * 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25c Vol. LXIV. No. 3 7Af 114 01 4110 ; 1 11t 10,1 1 urfai Our 149 happy year be f ir Torus Illustration from "Avinu Malkenu —Our Father Our King" by Sau...…
…111111.1111.111.111.11 Ground breaking for the new Jewish Community t,,enLei, on we IGU - cILL C ziLc at, Sunday. An invitation has been extended for the entire community's participation. Township, will take place at 1:30 p.m. Max M. Fisher will be the featured speaker at Sunday's ceremonies. When completed in the summer of 1975, the new Jewish Center, designed by the architectural firm of Louis Red- stone Associates, will serve all of Metropo...…
…$300,000 Prentis Family Gift Provides for Comprehensive School in Israel A $300,000 gift for the establishment of a compre- hensive high school in Nesher, near Haifa, was announced this week by Anna S. (Mrs. Myer L.) Prentis and the Prentis family. The Prentis contribution provides for major educa- tional needs in Israel supervised by the Israel Education Fund of the United Jewish Appeal. The Prentis family gift for a high school for grades ...…
…Harman Strongest Candidate for Jewish Agency Chairmanship JERUSALEM (JTA)—The election of a successor to the late Louis A. Pincus as chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Executive may not be postponed until after Israel's general elections on Oct. 29. Labor Party leaders appear anxious to advance the Jewish Agency and WZO elections. and the strongest candidate is believed to be Avraham Harman, president of the Hebrew U...…
…• • Kissinger Defines Heritage Relating to His Appointment Dr. Henry Kissinger's appointment as secretary of state elicted comments re- lating to his Jewishness. Arabs cried out: "He is a Jew and a Zionist." Kissinger defined his heritage, vis-a-vis his new government role, at his press conference, as follows: The President has repeatedly stated that the Middle East is an important area, and perhaps the most dangerous area, and I will pur...…
…Detroit Jewry to Honor Pioneers of Bar-Ilan U. Ben-Gurion's 'Talks With Arabs,' New Edition of 'Israel Geography' THE JEWISH NEWS 4 Reading: Her Role in Zionism and Jewish Loyalties A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 Story on Page 35 Reviews on Pages 4, 48 Story on Page 15 Marchioness of Detroit Service Group Holds Election Sept. 5 [2 Diplomats, Pilots, Haters, Lovers, Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust, Obstruction of Jewish Eve...…
…America's Oil Interests: SublimissulAintimisruel Thrusts Analysis of `energy crisis" exaggerations by 'Jewish Radicalism' as Positive Force • Indifference Toward Holocaust Victims Exposed Book Reviews on Page 48 "ol. LXIII. No, 23 Murray Zuckoff, JTA News Editor, on Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 114g vieekly Review t of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Per Year; This Issue 25c uogiZli° 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, S...…
…Banks Divided Over Mixed Marriages Norwegian-Israel Crisis Continues —Page 5 —Page 43 Background of Anti- Israel Position in Dorothy Thompson Biography Vol. LXI II. No. 22 —Page 18 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 - Terrorism Embraces International Spheres of Jewish Events Theological Aspects and Non-Jews' Role in Intermarriages Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper olie'" 17515 W. 9 Mile, S...…
…p Hebron Mayor Proposes ME Solution: 'Palestinian State JERUSALEM (JTA)—The only possible solution to the Palestinian problem is the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Hebron Mayor Sheikh Mohammed AU Jaabari stated in an interview published Sunday in the Arab daily "El Anba." Jaabari said a Palestinian state will be a bridge of friendship between the Arab countries and Israel. Palestine and Jordan ar...…
…EDITORIAL Unless UN Acts to Prevent Terrorism, Mankind Sinks Into International Gutter In the light of what had occurred on July 19 in Athens and from July 20 through July 23 at Dubai, the Persian Gulf sheikhdom, it is shocking to believe that at the United Nations there is dilly-dallying over the serious matter involving terrorists who keep endangering the lives of innocent people in embassies, at airports, almost at any point where diploma...…
…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...…
…`Moral Victory in Lost Suit Over Dictionary's Abuse of the Term 'Jew' An Urgent Plea For Retention of Memory of the Holocaust Commentary . Page 2 LONDON (JTA) — The four-year-old legal fight by a Manchester 'businessman to have the Oxford English Dictionary drop what he considered derogatory definitions of the word "Jew" has been lost. But a moral victory was won when Robert Burchfield, editor of the dictionary, said the 1975 supplement wou...…
…36 U.S. Senators' Marking 25th Year: Speaking Missions For Jewish Causes Abba Eban and Recorded Voices of Noted Israelis Prejudicial Trends: Jewish Encounters With Anti-Semitic Philosophies Series of Special Feature Articles on Page 48 Generosity and Growing Activism Truth and Courage in USSR Issues THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorials Page 4 Vol. LXIII. No. 17 of Jewish Events Contradicti on s Anent Arab Accusal i ons Fac...…
…CCAR Resolution 'Strongly Disapproves of Rabbis Officiating at Mixed Marriages U. S. Supreme Court Strikes Down State Aid to Nonpublic Schools The Central Conference of American 'Rabbis, meeting in convention, approved a resolution which "strongly disapproves" of member rabbis of- ficiating at mixed marriages. But each rabbi will be expected to follow the dictates of conscience, as there are no sanctions. Story Page 12. The highest court in...…
…r L ""4111•11111.11111,11.1111111minipinnipiiiiinionommanwiniir JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Supreme Court issued an order against Defense Minister •Moshe Dayan, giving him 30 days to show cause why he should not evacuate a building which a Hebron resident claims belongs to him and which, he says, was illegally taken over by the military governor of Judea and Samaria. leased by the The appellant, Hassan Abu Zeina, said in his petition that he is trus...…
…Russian Jewish Returnees From Israel to USSR: Only 365 Out of Total of 58,966 1 A New Editor on WSU Campus 14 New Spirit for Our Cultural TEL AVIV (JTA) — A total of 57,000 Jews arrived in Israel from Russia between January 1971 and May 1973, and another 1,966 Jews left the Soviet Union in the same period and opted to go to countries other than Israel, Louis Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive told a meeting of Israeli editor...…
…E D I T 0 R I A L A Word to Brezhnev: Silence Is Not for Free Men! New Dangers in Spreading Anti-Semitism Jewry and Bicentennial . Leonid Brezhnev is coming here for imnortant negotiations with our government. There are mounting hopes that out of the meetings with President Nixon and his staffs at the State Department and the White House there will emerge a continuing rela- tionship between Russia and the United States. These meetings, ho...…
…New Jewish Community Center Construction Approved by Federation; Cost Estimated at About $9,500,000 Plan Use of Maple-Drake Land for Other Communal Agencies The board of governors of the Jewish Welfare Federation voted Tuesday evening to approve plans and authorize the building of a new Jewish Community Center in the Maple-Drake Rd. area of West Bloomfield Township. The new main Jewish Center building will be located on part of a site of app...…
…Food Stamp Program in Yiddish to Aid Jewish Poor NEW YORK (JTA) — Thousands of poor Jews who have not understood how- to qualify and apply for food stamps can now read about the food stamp program in Yiddish, due to the combined efforts of the American Jewish Committee, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Columbia University's Committee for the Implementa- tion of the Standardized Yiddish Orthography. The Department of Agriculture is about...…
…Welcome to Detroit American Jewish Historians Detroit Jewry heartily welcomes the delegates of the American Jewish Historical Society to the 81st Annual Convention commencing today. THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review f Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper VOL. LXI I I, NO. 1C 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Southfield, Mich. May 18, 1973 Kissinger-Brezhnev Meeting Arouses Succor Hopes While USSR Jews' Arrests Continue Noted Jewis...…
…Intermarriage ...Conversions ......Loyalties Abba Eban's Description of First Zionists in History as Expressed in Psalm 137 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 Vol. LX111. No. 9 Basic problems involving mixed marriages viewed in symposium on attitudes on leadership . . . composite views in Orthodox, Conservative and Reform ranks . . . Participation of Rabbis Hayim Donin, Moses Lehrman and Milton Rosenbaum, in initiated expr...…
…Detroi Jewry Salute tQ THE EWISH N EWS tx 4 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXIII. No. 8 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 And they shall build houses and inhabit them. ***** Isaiah 65:21 ****q§***** ******** D1'1 ° T *********** 21 ,`i"d IMITILI 1 T $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25' May 4, 1973 Greater Detroit Jewry Salutes ISRAEL During This Historic We...…
…Secretary Rogers Says U. S. Strives to Maintain 'Fragile Cease Fire' for Progress Toward Permanent Solution Sec. of State Rogers Few Remaining Crucial Campaign Days Israel's Status: Social Needs Amid Progress Editorials Page 4 ol. LXIII. No. 7 NEW YOhK (JTA)—Secretary of State William P. Rogers told 1,000 journalists and guests at the annual Overseas Press Club awards dinner. Monday, that the U. S. immediate objective is to "strive to ma...…
…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...…
…Humanitarian THE JEWISH NEWS Aspects of Historic Festival of Freedom A Weekly Review Editorials Page 4 Passover Greetings to Jewish Communities of Jewish Events Everywhere Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXI I I. No. 5 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25c arotret iTintriz 4414T "t‘"tr *In r"..rin T ee 11 ILLUMINATED HAGGADAH / NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1450 7-to*...…
…Keating Slated for Israel Ambassadorship In This Issue: Special Passover Reliable Washington sources stated this week that former U. S. Senator Kenneth B. Keating is slated to be the next U. S. ambassador to Israel. After his defeat for re-election to the U. S. Senate from New York by Robert Kennedy, Keating was ambassador to India and was elected to a judgeship. Keating would succeed Walworth Barbour, who is retiring from the Israel ambass...…
…. , , Allied Jewish Campaign Rises to New Heights $11,276,613 Initial Gifts Boost Philanthropic Goal to Record Sum All Precedents Shattered With Increases Expressing Detroit-Israel Solidarity All precedents in Greater Detroit's philanthropic efforts were shattered with the announcement, at the opening din- ner of the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund, held Wednesday evening in the newly-dedicated social hall of Adas Shalom, that...…
…Community Readied for '73 Allied Jewish Campaign Formal Opening Set for Wednesday at Dinner at Adas Shalom "As we approach the formal opening of the 1973 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund, we have confidence that we can continue that fine tradition of suc- cess which has enabled us to send $100,000,000 for use overseas and in Israel in the past quarter century, while maintaining a strong Jewish community at home. We are keeping th...…
…k Our Salute to Israel On the State's 25th Anniversary Special 40-Page Pull-Out Section included in this issue. Pull out section and fold pages as indicated. Numerous events to mark Israel's 25th anniversary are planned here. A parade, functions at the Jewish Center and a LeHayim evening for the community arranged by the Zionist Organization of Detroit are events in the making. (Details inside) THE JEWISH NEWS PURIM Greetings to Jewis...…
…Women's Phonogift Rescue Tasks Commence on Sunday 700 volunteer workers will contact 10,000 women contributors to A llied Jewish Cam- paign-Israel Emergency Fund during an entire week's traditional solicitations for major philanthropic fund. Motor corps will assist in collecting gifts. (Detailed story on Page 5) Tragedy and Failure to Make Peace • Calmness Maintains Hope for Accord THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorials Page 4 Vo...…
…'Goren Appeals to USSR to Provide Prisoners With Passover Matzot Jewry's Responsibility to Combat 'Erosions' JERUSALEM ,JTA)—Acting in response to a plea from Jewish political prisoners in the Soviet Union, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren has cabled Soviet authorities urging them to supply Jewish prisoners with matzot for the Passover holiday and to permit them to practice their religion freely in accordance with their conscience. The Ashkenazic ...…
…• Divisional Activities Commence for Allied Jewish Campaign Conclusion of the pre-campaign phase of the Allied Jewish Compaign-Israel Emergency Fund, at a session last week at the home of the Samuel Frankels, marked introduction of the divisional functions, with all sections of the drive getting into action to reach the goals necessary to assure sup- Racism Has No Place in American Society: A Plea for Fair Play Editorial Page 4 port for ...…
…Fr- Detroit's School Crisis Judged By Our Traditions A Truism From the Talmud: Jerusalem was destroyed because its children were in the streets (see Jeremiah 6:11), not in the schools. —liamnuna, Babylonian Amura, in Tal- mud, Sabbath. How Spokesmen for School System Treat the Issue That Kept the Schools Closed: The Hebrew Teachers Association kept asking for arbitration, but the school's superintenden, Hs execu- tive secretary and the ...…
…A.mlIMMINIMI V Israel Studies Jordan Move to Unify Its Front Our Democracy in Danger Over JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli sources took the view Tuesday that Jordan's agreement to join Egypt and Syria in a reactiva- tion of the eastern front and to place its forces under the over-all command of an Egyptian general, was less important for its immediate military consequences than for the motivation behind Jordan's action at this time. Some observer...…
…Iiajor Jewish Organizations Call on HEW to 'Prevent or Eliminate Preferential Treatment' in Universities NEW YORK—Six national Jewish organizations concerned with "reverse dis- crimination" in college admissions and hiring practices. have sent 19 new examples to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare "of such gravity as to command immediate attention." The groups, which had previously submitted 33 examples to HEW, urged the fe...…
…Prayer by Rabbi Siegel at Inaugural Saturday Albert Einstein: Scientist's Historic Role in the Zionist Movement Commentary Page 2 WASHINGTON — President Nixon's inaugural on Saturday will include a prayer by Rabbi Seymour Siegel, president of the Jewish Rights Council and a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, who was one of the President's leading supporters during the election campaign. Provisions were made for kosher food to ...…
…7 )er- this to les- ov- hat of GA ff1- see 'al- lu- tse It a at Lenient Halakha Demand Advanced in Women's Plea LONDON (JTA)—A split has developed in the 102-year-old Anglo-Jewish Association over whether it should sup- port a petition recently sent to rabbinical authorities all over the world by the International Council of Jewish Women appeal- ing for measures to relieve Jewish women from certain personal hardships caused by rigid in...…
