…U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO an Immediate Obligation Commentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review I of Jewish Events Conscience of America Remains Sullied in Georgia's Leo Frank Case Editorial, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 18 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 ,$18 Per Year: This Issue 40c December 30, 1983 Georgia Leo Frank Decision Condemned by Jewish Un...…
…Grenada Hanuka: Chaplain Visits U.S. Soldiers NEW YORK (JTA) — Nearly 20 U.S. Jewish soldiers stationed in Grenada partici- pated, along with non-Jewish military personnel and the commander of the U.S. troops in Grenada, Maj. Gen. Jack Ferris Jr., in a Hanuka celebration led by Army Chaplain Capt. Jacob Goldstein. Goldstein said he brought to the island packages supplied by the Lubavitch Youth Organization which contained kosher wine, menoras...…
…Even Holy City Freedoms Fail to Teach Human Lesson to Terrorists An Appeal to the President to StriVe for Approval of Genocide Convention THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Editorial, Page 4 Commentary, Page 2 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 16 17515 W. Nine Mile, .Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c December 16, 1983 Israel Has PLO in Quandary Over Evac...…
…New Laws Advocated in U.S. War Against Terrorism By REV. FRANKLIN LITTELL — National Institute on the Holocaust PHILADELPHIA — Although the extent of overt anti-Semitic incidents is disputed, even a single incident of violence should cause concern among loyal citizens. Sniper shots at students of Yeshiva University, the vandalizing and burning of synagogues, the desecration of Jewish cemeteries — these are but outward signs of a deadly poi...…
…ESCHATOLOGY as a Symbol of the Nuclear Threat Envisioned in the END OF DAYS Predictions THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Commentary, Page 2 Substituting DAY BEFORE for Era of Terror That Enhances Dangers in Nuclear Age Editorial, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 14 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c December 2, 1983 Shamir L...…
…Spiritual, Cultural Obligations Emphasized in Hanuka Message THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorial, Page 4 VOL. LXXXIV, No. 13 HANUKA Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere of jetuish Event Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, .Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c November 25, 1983 rilern*t L in') ,117,1V1. 1 7321) V(tgat 7z.ntietti; r.,11:7pr ql tnitrri'p...…
…A Political Dilemma: Duty to Lend Strength to Black-Jewish Relations THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Thanksgiving Blessings Israel Meets Economic Problems Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 12 1.7515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c November 18, 1983 Amnesty International Cites Torture Methods of Syr...…
…Jewish Book Fair Opens This. Weekend at the Center Detailed stories on Pages 16-17. Mediation and Beth Din Precedents: Are They Lost Causes? I Betrayals and Deceptions as Dominant Forces in the Middle East THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Editorial, Page 4 Commentary, Page 2 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No.. 11 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: ...…
…Nov. 10, 1938: Lesson from a Turning Point By DR. IRVING GREENBERG — National Jewish Research Center NEW YORK — On Nov. 10, 1938, "spontaneous" demonatrations against Jews broke out all over Germany. In the words of David Buffum, the American Consul in Leipzig, there "was unleashed a barrage of Nazi feroc- ity as had no equal hitherto in Germany or very likely anywhere else in the world since savagery, if ever." The pogrom's pretext was the ...…
…Civilized World Recites Kadish for the Massacred The civilized world sits in mourning over the horror that was perpetrated on the tragic morning of Oct. 23 in Beirut. To the families of the murdered go forth the sympathies of all who nurture compassion as a human quality. "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people" is the message of Isaiah to be shared by the victims of the atrocious horror with the government they represented in the accursed area of...…
…Detroit Hosts 11 States This Weekend for the UJA DR. IRVING COTLER `Betrayal' of Israel and Seriousness of Problems Affecting U.S. and Israel Commentary, Page 2 Four hundred delegates from 11 states will lay the groundwork for the 1984 United Jewish Appeal and local Allied Jewish Campaign this weekend, as the UJA East Central-Midwest Regional Leadership Confer- ence convenes today through Sunday at the Michigan Inn. The conference, hosted ...…
…Kosher Food for Elderly Funded at JCC Morris Branch c Dr. Conrad L. Giles, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Federation's Task Force on Community-Based Services for the Non-Institutionalized Elderly, has announced that the Jewish community has received signific- ant funding from the Area Agency on Aging 1-B for the 1983-1984 fiscal year. A kosher nutrition program will begin Monday at the Jewish Com- munity Center-Jimmy Prentis Morris Branch in...…
…Evolution-Creation Battle Erupts in Israeli Schools By YITZHAK DINUR — World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — A controversy is brewing in Israel about the teaching of evolution in the schools. The issue may even be taken to the Supreme Court by religious pa- rents who object to the non-religious school system teach- ing evolution. The objectors believe that the Darwinian theory of evolution is untrue and want creation to be given Middle Ea...…
…Warren Righteous Gentile in Jerusalem A Righteous Gentile from Warren will be in the Michigan delegation to the World Assembly to Com- memorate Jewish Resistance and Combat during World War II, which will open in Jerusalem on Sunday. Some 10,000 who were partisans from several nations, participants in the underground against Nazism, and Russian army personnel are expected to join the assembly. Cezary Chorazyczewski of Warren, who assisted in ...…
…Music, Dance, Games, Lectures at Federation Fair on Sunday The Federation Fair will have music, dancing and entertainment for all on Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. It is sponsored by the Jewish Welfare Federation and its member agencies to create a greater awareness and under- standing of their community services. Fair hours are noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Israeli folk dancer Ayala Gorin will perform in the lo...…
…YOM KIPPUR Message for Cheer THE JEWISH NEWS and Confidence Serves as Legacy for Mankind A Weekly Review Editorial, Page 4 of Jewish Events Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 3 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c September 16, 1983 Begin's Resignation Obviates Attorney General's Pressure Glenn Rejects_ PLO, Backs U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem NEW YORK ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS * A Weekly ReviewE VOL. 1J000V, No. 2 . 1 . 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18.00 Per Year: This Issue 40c 745 rat 9 - ‘P "rmrr of Jewish Events . C% NY: ;;;.:1 ; 1 0 '; 11 4 VP1 :1 131"11Sttp 1 ,;n m rrsir;ti 901ep n ,4 .r. t New Year Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere September 9, 1983 D; t ;yrit 1]1$ Blow the great shofar for our freedom to gather our Exiles, and...…
…New Year Means A New Beginning: The Significance of Rosh Hashana By DVORA WAYSMAN — World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is different from its secular counterpart. It occurs on the first of Tishri and it is more a day of reflection and repentance than one of celebration. It is preceded by the Hebrew month of Elul, when we prepare ourselves spiritually for the forthcoming "days of awe." On the Saturday ...…
…U.S. Report on 'Klaus Barbie Called Incomplete By CHARLES ALLEN, JR. NEW YORK (JTA) — The report released last week titled "Klaus Barbie and the United States Government" by Allan Ryan, Jr., outgoing director of the Justice Depart- ment's Office of Special Investigations, is in certain aspects an historic and remark -able document. -Yet, a close study of the 216-page report raises some disturbing questions in that it conspicuously fails to ...…
…Bombs Destroy Conn. Synagogues, Rabbi's Home WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) — A powerful firebomb destroyed most of the home of Rabbi Solomon Krupka, the spiritual leader of Young Israel Synagogue here, Tuesday morning. A member of the rabbi's family said that no one was injured in the blast. The explosion at the rabbi's private residence followed two similar pre-dawn inci- dents against Jewish targets here in less than a week. Arson destroyed th...…
…Jewish Welfare Federation Allocates Campaign Funds With a projected 1983 Allied Jewish Campaign achievement of $18.5 million, the Jewish Welfare Federation Board of Governors has approved allocations to its local, L national and overseas beneficiaries for 1983-1984. While the overseas allocation, $9,977,700, was level with the preceding year's, an additional $4.1 million was raised by Detroit through the special Israel Emergency Fund, - and $...…
…Spain, Israel Commence Scheduled Airline Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Iberia, the Spanish national airline, flew an inaugural flight July 27 from Madrid to Ben-Gurion Airport, starting a regular service between Spain and Israel for the first time. El Al began regular flights to Madrid this week. Because official diplomatic relations between Spain and Israel do not exist, despite Israeli efforts to arrange them after the fall Hebron as a Current ...…
…Morris Abram's Policy Statement on Affirmative Action and Race Quotas THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 Democracy and Its Aches When Hatred is Rooted in Lies of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 22 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c July 29, 1983 U.S. Won't Pressure Israelis on Lebanon Troop Pull-B...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS American, Israel and Lebanese Cordialities on the Agenda for the Week A WeekIN Review Commentary, Page 2 Copyright - VOL. LXXXIII, No. 21 of Jewish Events Multiple Lamentations and the Prophetic Message of `Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye, My People' Editorial, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c July 22, 1983 Israel Prepares a...…
…The Dissidents in Jewish Ranks and the Differing Views Over Their Acceptability Commentary Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Continuing `No Peace' Warnings and the Duplicity Over Lebanon Pullout Editorial Page 4 - Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 20 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c July 15, 1983 U.S. Efforts in M.E. 'on Hol...…
…Acclaim for Max Fisher's Leadership Tribute to Gus Newman Commentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events USSR's Failure to Adhere to Universal Declaration for Human Rights Editorial, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 19 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c July 8, 1983 Reagan Begin Meeting Vital to Re-Deployment in Leban...…
…* * * July Fourth Message Imbedded in Emma Lazarus' `New Colossus' THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Diplomacy Under Scrutiny While Wavering Forces Weaken Under Blast of War-Menacing M.E. Conditions Editorial, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. * VOL. LXXXIII, No. 18 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c July 1, 1983 $120,000 NE...…
…United Nations Campaign Against Israel Outlined NEW YORK — A Heritage Foundation expert on the United Nations has charged the Arab states and their Third World and Eastern-bloc allies with engaging in a "systematic" campaign to discredit and isolate Israel in the UN, and said that despite U.S. opposition the situation is growing worse each year. In a report released at a luncheon hosted by the American Jewish Congress, Juliana Geran Pion also...…
…' urning Point Seen in Diaspora-Israel Relations Max Fisher called for translating ideology into reality in address to General Zionist Council on Tuesday in Jerusalem — See story on Page 72 Peace Plans With Merit and the Silence Meeting Them from Arab Countries Editorial, Page 4 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events New Directions Envisioned in Current Planning for Jewish Agency Boris Smolar Column on Page 72 Copyright © T...…
…Eminence Stemming from Detroit in World Jewish Leadership and in Music THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekki Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Talk Show Anti-Semitism: Guiding the Listeners as Well as the Moderators Editorial, Page 4 Copyright CC) The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 15 17515 W. Nine. Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c June 10, 1983 Joint Confederation Sought for ...…
…• ION.* Israeli Shoppers Jam Appliance Stores to Beat New Import Tax JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli shoppers stormed appliance stores and automobile show rooms Tuesday in anticipation of an imminent sharp rise in import duties. In addition to raising duties on imports, the government re-introduced compulsory deposits by importers, which is an indirect tax, and increased the sales tax on imported items. Hate on the Campuses: Mobilizing for Decen...…
…The guilt ascribable to this country, the charge of a humiliating silence, the chronological record of Jewish ac- tivities and challenges are recorded in an authoritative account by Dr. Israel Goldstein, one of American Jewry's most eminent leaders of that tragic period. Dr. Goldstein's recollections, a deeply-moving account A Special Report American Jewry in the Tragic Holocaust Years The Media Under Scrutiny, as Middle East Developments R...…
…Harvard U. Students Blast Nam ' NEW YORK (JTA) — A spokesman for the Jewish Student Association of the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government appealed Sunday to the American Jewish community to "impress" upon the uni- versity to remove the name of John McCloy from a new, $2 million German-American scholarship program financed by Volkswagen Foundation. McCloy, 88 years old, is a partner in the New York City law firm of Milbank...…
…Chosenness in the Symbolic Spirit of Jewish Ethical, Historic Interpretations Shavuot Essay by Dr. Greenberg on Back Page HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events SHAVUOT Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere Copyright (_e) The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 11 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This-Issue 35c May 13, 1983 Israel Sees Lebanon Accord as Approach...…
…Major American Newspapers Studied in Their Relationship to Israel HE JEWISH NEWS A 'Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events 'West Bank' Hysteria Debunked, Israel's Urgent Needs for Total Defense Editorial, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. • VOL. LXXXIII, No. 10 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c May 6, 1983 Orthodox Consider Sanctions on Patriline...…
…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...…
…U.S.-Israel Traditional Friendship Must NOT Be Tampered With THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editori4 Page 10 Passover Greetings to Jewish Communities of Jewish Events Everywhere Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 4 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 March 25, 1983 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35` • 6.*14 ?- 4,4 .si rotrt,naP5ri ntrt •• • rwttr'7rt 7 T:" • • MO MS itn 111...…
…EDITORIAL Reportorial Hatchet Job: Needless Venom Sensationalism makes the front page, but it doesn't justify subjec- tive reporting. A Free Press Washington correspondent has a long record for being notorious in his selection of data-of-his-choice that inevitably smears Israel. In last Sunday's report, aimed at poisoning many minds on the subject of "who finances the Israeli settlements," the reporter's sensation-waving accredited it to Isr...…
…r 250 Detroiters Plan to Attend American Gathering of Survivors An estimated 250 Detroiters are expected to attend the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Washington, D.C. April 11-14. According to Dr. John Mames, a former president of Shaarit Haplaytah — Sur- vivors of 1945 — the Detroit survivors and their families will be among the 10,000 who have registered for the four- day program. Benjamin Meed, president of the Americ...…
…Generals, Admirals Advocate Stronger U.S.-Israel Accord Friendships For Zionist Libertarianism, The Devoted and the Record of Some Reversals NEW YORK (JTA) — President Reagan was urged, in an open letter signed by 130 retired American generals and admirals, "to revitalize the strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, thereby enhancing the safety and well-being of the free peoples of the world." The letter, which appeared in...…
…Jewish Population Climbs in Sun Belt, Manhattan NEW YORK — While American Jews are continuing to migrate in large numbers to the nation's "Sun Belt," the number of Jews living in Manhattan has also increased dramatically, according to an article on "Jewish Population in the United States" in the just-published 1983 "American Jewish Year Book." In 1982, reports the article written by Alvin Chenkin of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfa...…
…Christian Clergyman Cuts to Root of Anti-Semitism in America gr ound , racist philosophers invented "Semites" and "Aryans." By REV. FRANKLIN H. LITTELL (Editor's note: Rev.-Littell is a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia and founder of the National Institute on the Holocaust.) PHILADELPHIA — What is anti-Semitism? Once in a while someone hostile to Jews will attempt an equvalent of the old-fashioned shell game. "Anti-Semitism" i...…
…Klarsfeld Corroborates WSU Prof. on U.S. Protection of Barbie 2 PARIS (JTA) — Serge Klarsfeld, the Nazi-hunter who was the first to locate Klaus Barbie in Bolivia in 1971, said Monday that the former Gestapo chief had been an Ameri- can agent in the immediate post-war years. Wayne State University Professor Erhard Dabrin- ghaus told NBC News Saturday night that as a U.S. intelli- gence agent in Germany after World War II, he transmitted mont...…
…Splits in Jewish Ranks Must Be Prevented in Confronting American Statesmanship THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Commentary, Page 2 Senator Hollings to the Rescue in Advocacy of U.S.-Israel Amity Apolitical 'New Zionism' on Jewish Age -ncy Agenda Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXII, No. 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35`...…
…Newspapers Under Scrutiny When Truth Is Obstacled by Gambling for Freedom THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Out of the Embers Rises a Renewed Spiritual Dedication Glorified by Goodwill Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXII, No. 22 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c January 28, 1983 Curbs on U.S. Aid for Is...…
…Hearings Completed Israel to Release 150 by Massacre Panel Palestinian Prisoners See Story on Page 10 Self-Testing as an American and Israeli Means of Emphasizing the Moral and Ethical Codes Federation Sabbath, Community Forum See Story on Page 10 See Story on Page 32 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events A 1982 Survey of Anti-Semitism and the Christian Duties Towards Uprooting the Evils Editorials, Pag...…
