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DECEMBER 10, 1981 'Opera Ala Carte' to Be Featured Asian Games Federation Moves at Temple Torat Yisrael Dec R. I. Jewish Historical Association 11 130 Sessions Stree t Prov ide n ce , RI 0 2 906 Support Jewish Read By Agencies Meire Than With Your 40,000 Membership People THE ONLY ENGLISH-JEW/SH WEEKLY IN R. /. AND SOUTHEAST MASS . VOLUME LXIX, NUMBER 2 THURSDAY,DECEMBERl~l~l 30¢ P ER COPY Wiesenthal Center Bestows Coveted Israelis Resist Sinai Withdrawal, Humanitarian Laureate On Wollenberg Psychological And Military Loss DAHAB, Israeli Occupied Sinai - The are armed, it is not evident whether or not . II ffl Israeli withdrawal from the occupied they will fight. Supporters on the occupied Sinai , to be completed by April 25, is not West Bank have recently moved into apart­ only militarily, but psychologically dif­ ments vacated by the less ideologically­ ~I I ficult on the Israelis. Since the capture of motivated Israelis. Most of them have the Sinai in the 1967 war, Israel has added taken up residence in Yamit, a new seaside wilderness to its small country; it has en­ town of garden apartments on the joyed the space to vacation, search for Mediterranean, but a few have now moved archaeological artifacts and benefited into Sharm el-Sheik, near the southern tip from the land which pipes in clear water to of the peninsula. nourish the wasteland with flowers and Negotiations are underway between the vegetables. Government of Prime Mi nister Menachem The Israelis will be severely restricted in Begin and Yamit businessmen, who are not terms of space for its Ai r Force. The army resisting the withdrawal, but who want bet­ I is already being squeezed into the lesser ter financial compensation than already of­ Negev Desert and expects to face problems fered. of administration once the moun tainous desert and seacoast are handed over to Protesting businessmen have recently Egypt. set fire to fi ve unoccupied buildings and to The Israeli Army is moving north. Whole Government offi ces in Yamit. Posters buildings are being transported from this reading "This is only the beginning" were terri tory of 12,000 square miles into Israel hung on gates to the .town, which were proper. The areas total 36 percent of the en­ welded shut to block traffic . tire peninsula, that the multinational force Both military officials and civilians have is expected to patrol. The force will be attempted to negotiate with the protesting charged with the task, under the Camp businessmen to relieve the tension and the David accords, of monitoring Egyptian army's presence is under consideration. demilitarization of the buffer zone along The Government has taken no action the Israeli border. against the squatters, and even supplied Only civilian policemen stationed by them with electricity and water. Rather Egypt carrying light weapons will man than maintaining continuous tension, the THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER pays tribute to Raoul Wallenberg by presenting Its the zone , which varies in width from 8 to 16 strategy here to is to have one major con­ coveted Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian Laureate, In absentia, to the non-Jewish miles. The United States, Fiji, Colombia frontation next April. In addition, the Swedish diplomat who rescued 100,000 Hungarian Jews from extermination at the and Uruguay - and if Israel consents - resistance has been instrumental in hands of the Nazis. Pictured above at the tribute dinner In Los Angeles (From Left) are Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, sending the message of the sacrifice that Simon Wiesenthal; Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Wlesenthal Center; Mrs. Nina Lager• Australia and New Zealand will supply 2,- the withdrawal means for the Israelis. gren, Raoul's sister; and Jon Voight, who will portray the heroic Swede in an upcoming 500 men to patrol. It has also worked to bolster Begin's motion picture. Serious opposition has been raised to the argument to the United States that further Attracting some 1200 national leaders who shall live and who shall die. Not one of withdrawal by ultranationalist settlers, concessions are imprudent and will result from the arts and business communities, the famous came to measure the tears that who are determined to resist the army's at­ in additional backlash from the democratic the Simon Wiesenthal Center paid tribute flowed from those final farewells ; not tempts to evacuate them. Although they public. to Raoul Wallenberg by presenting its popes in their majestic robes, nor kings in coveted Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian their crowns ; not presidents or prime Laureate, in absentia, to the non-Jewish ministers; not even humanists or noble Swedish diplomat who rescued 100,000 laureates; only Raoul Wallenberg stood The Plight Of The Hungarian Jews from extermination at the there , tall and erect, handing out hands of the Nazis . schutzpasses, that precious piece of paper, Serving as Co-chairpersons fot the even­ all that stood between the devil and the last Ethiopian Jews: The Lost ing were Elizabeth Taylor and Jon Voight. remnants of European Jewry." Ms. Taylor , a Center Trustee, was unable Hier concluded with the vow that " for so to attend due to laryngitis, and Dinah Shore long as there shall be a people of Israel, for and Forgotton People, graciously filled in . Among the well-known so long the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg will personalities paying tribute tp Wallenberg be passed on from generation to genera­ were; Barbara Streisand, Milton Berle, tion. Raoul Wallenberg ; a man in the im- pages 4, 8. Rod Steiger and Rita Moreno . Joel Grey (Continued on page 9) provided the audience with after-dinner entertainment. As the evening progressed, Master of Ceremonies Monty Hall introduced Jon Voight, who will portray the heroic S~ede in an upcoming motion picture. " Raoul's saga is not only about courage and heroism," Voight told the audience, "it is about someone who cared about ethics and morals at a time when the world continued to place little emphasis on such virtues." Ra bbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Wiesenthal Center , then honored five members of the audience who personally worked with Wallenberg on his mission of mercy; including Swedish diplomats Lars Berg and Per Anger who travelled from Brazil and Paris to pay tribute to their friend and colleague. Delivering an emotional address on the man " who saw from afa r," Rabbi Hier said, " My friends, you and I can only imagine.what it was like, but George Levoy was there. One day he drove Raoul Wallenberg to the train, and with his own eyes watched an SS man push Raoul mercilessly to the ground , threaten­ ing to shoot him if he persisted in his ac­ tivities. George Levoy is here tonight to tand in testimony of Raoul's determina- ion . "No one ventured out," Ra bbi Hier said, 'to stand with Raoul at the edge of the ether world, where Eichmann decided 2 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981 'Opera ALa Carte' To Be Featured Asian Games Federation Moves At Temple Torat Yisrael Dec. 19 To Keep Israel Out Of Competition NEW YORK (JTA) -The Asian Games Games for athletes from countries that are panies throughout New England and for the Federation has come up with a new method at war, such as North and South Korea . Singers' Theater of New York, and has of keeping Israel out of international com­ Iran and Iraq , and Pakistan and served as assi'stant director of the Opera petition. At a meeting held last week, it Afghanistan. He replied, " We can only Department of the Boston Conservatory ; decided to replace itself next year with a hope and pray that conditions will become Tenor William Walton , who has appeared new sports organization to be known as the much more reasonable to facilitate with the Opera Company of Boston and the · -Olympic Council of Asia (OCA ) .. The arrangements for the game." It is obvious Gofdovsky Institute, playing such roles as meeting was held in New Delhi and Israel that Israel will not make the Asian Games Ottavio in "Don Giovanni " and performing was not invited because, according to in New Delhi. as a soloist in performances of " Elijah," Federation secretary general L.L. Mehta The conference group, before breaking " Messiah" and Mozart's " Requiem." of India, " it was not possible to ensure the up , decided that the 10th Asian Games in security arrangements for persons at­ 1986, two years before the 1988 summer Also to perform will be Soprano Janice tending from Israel. '· Olympics, will be staged in Seoul, South M. Del Sesto. a Rhode Island native, who Five other Asian Games Federation Korea, the site of the 1988 summer Olym­ has appeared in a variety of roles countries, likewise, were not present pics. throughout the East and was the featured there. Those missing the session, beside artist in an educational film entitled Israel, were Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, " Opera ls/ N'T" ; and Mezzo-Soprano Laos and Singapore. Conversely, North and Temple Shalom Denise McMahon , a finalist in the 1979 South Yemen were admitted as new mem­ Observes Special Providence Opera Theater Vocal Competi­ bers bringing the total membership of the tion, who has also performed with the organization to 34. Shabbat Service Opera Company of Boston and Goldovsky At the New Delhi meeting, Mehta in­ Institute, playing such roles as Hansel in In honor of Jewish Book Month , Temple dicated that all Asian Games Federation Shalom of Middletown, will observe a " Hansel and Gretel" and Baba in " The member countries are eligible to " apply to JOHN BALME Medium." special Shabbat service on Friday evening enter" the new Olympic Council of Asia . at 8 p.m. in the Main Sanctuary. Rabbi The catch comes in that admission to the Balme, who has won acclaim for his Marc S.
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