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Inflation Rate Controversy Brews Over Dismissal , In Israel Of Police Chief; Gov't Backs Burg World's Highest - Prim e Mini s t e r In a vote o( confidence in Burg, the him to delay an investigation of criminal Menachem Begin's ministers · have joined Cabinet approved the appointment of Arye h irregularities in the Interior Ministry until af­ JERUSALEM -Israel's inflation rate j togethe r in support of , the Ivzan to succeed Shafir. Burg was inducted ter national parliamentary e lections, reached the highest level in the world last Ministe r of Interior who has come under as the new police commandant within hours scheduled for later this year. year at 131.5 percent, according to a report public and political fi re for his dismissal of of the vote. Burg confirmed that he had told Shafir by the International Mone tary Fund. the national poli ce chief last week. The Government had ignored a telegram that political bodies should not be in­ The country surpassed the 118 percent in­ f Burg said he ousted He rzl Shafir, a former from the Labor opposition which asked that vestigated in an election year because vicious fl a tion ra te in Turkey, and the 112 pe rcent of top military commander, because he had the appointment be fro zen until the High accusations are often spread about can­ Argentina. resisted civili an supervision. Shafir accused Court heard an appeal by two poli cemen didates. And the country's gross national product Bu rg of placing the interests of his National challenging Shafir' s dismissal. Burg sa id Shafir had referred to" gossip" rose less than I percent, the worst in more Reli gious Party over the interests of the Hints Of No-Confidence Motion and "slande r" about his ministry and had than te n years, according to the Govern­ police, for which the Inte ri or Ministry is Labor whip Moshe Shahal sa id the opposi­ menti oned the existence of a police fil e call ed ment's Central Bureau of Statistics. repolisi ble. tion parties in Parliame nt may decide to vote "' Ope ration Peach " dealing wit h the Between 1978 and 1979, a bureau The re we re re ports that the dismissal of on a motion of no confidence in the Govern­ Ministry of Interior. spokesman said, the G.N. P. rose between 3 Shafir was related to his revelation that a ment as a result of the action. Labor Party He learned about the fil e only this a nd 5 pe rcent. police spokesma n had leaked fa lse informa­ Leade r Shimon Pe res postponed a visi t to the weekend, Burg said, and immediately or­ The country's g ross national product for ti on to the press during the investigation of U.S. as a result of the controversy. dered Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir tci 1980 was $19.3 billion, and the fo re ig n debt bribe- taking charges against Religious Af­ In a dramatic turn of events, Shafir this dete rmine whe ther it warranted further in­ was $20.1 b illion. fairs Ministe r Aha ron Abuhazira. weeke nd accused Burg of havi ng ordered vestigation. Israel's une mployment rate also grew, reaching 4. 7 pe rcent and troubling officials who are trying to encourage immigration. Rhode Island's First Jewish Baby Of 1981 T his was the hig hest ra te since Prime Minister Menache m Begin was elected in Stacey Irene Lehrer, who was born to May 1977. Freda and Stephen Lehrer of 63 Ri ve r Farm Israeli currency during I 980 (the lira and , Rd ., Cranston on F riday, Jan. 2 at I :52 p.m., the n the shekel) lost 114 percent of its value is the fi rst Jewish baby of the new year as far against the U.S. dollar. At the beginning of as we can ascertain. Stacey is the Lehrers' 1~ the year. $1 bought just over 35 Israeli first child and she weighed in at five pounds (lira), and a t the year's end boug ht pounds, IO o unces. U r. J. Grad y oer­ '/ 75.5. formed the delivery at Women and Infants ' 1 The few bright spots in the country's Hospital, Provide nce. 'I economic pictu(e include signs of improve­ The new fa ther was hes itant about joining ment in the balance-of-payments deficit. his wife in t he deli very room. But, Freda was Israel is heavil y dependent on imported raw confident he would be present at the birth of ;, materials and expensive weaponry. their child ... I had him by the arm and he Total imports dropped b y 6 percent his wasn' t goin g anyw he re," she said. " I was year, or by 9 percent if defense items are ex­ very reluctant to· even take the classes, but cluded, the sha rpest such drop in the past Freda wanted me to. I'm glad I did," said tt:~a decade. Stephen. I Government attempts to cut the money Freda finds her new role as a mothe r " ex­ supply as a way to reduce inflation, however, hausting," but she's not complaining. " Ac: j had a diversely affected the country's tually it's good that l get the baby most of the development potential by hampering invest­ day, othe r than visiting hours, because if m ent. there are any q uestions, I can find out now Total investment dropped 15 percent in what to do." 1980, in contrast to an 8 percent rise in 1979, ~l Stephe n teaches mathematics at Bri stol a nd in vestment in durable goods such as High School and Freda is a readin g speciali st buildings and a utomobiles fell by 11 percent in the Smithfie ld school system. in 1980, the same amount by which it had Stacey's mate rnal grandparents are Ruth :"Iii rise n in l 979. Stone of Cranston and the late Ira Stone. H er Labor Problems Foreseen paternal grandparents are He le n Le hrer of Economic speciali sts and officials referred Providence and the late Saul Lehre r. H er to the relative labor stabili ty of 1980, but ex­ great-grandmother is the late Edith Resnick THE FIRST R.I. JEWISH BABY, Stacey Irene Lehrer, with her parents, Freda and of Providence. pressed doubts it would continue. Stephen Lehrer of Cranston. As winne rs of the First Jewish Baby Con­ test the Le hrers will receive gifts from the food , from the Clark Flower Shop a pla nt or Village Flower Shop. The couple will also Loca I Leaders merchants who he lped sponsor the contest. fl oral arrangement, a homecoming cake from receive a gift su bscription to the Rhode Plan Benefit From Al macs they will receive a case of baby Korb' s bakery and a gift certificate from the Island Herald. For NJH/NAC French Jews ,,_inside: Joseph W . Ress, president of E.A. Adams Accused Of & Son, Inc., pres ided last week at the first Israeli Youth planning meeting of the Rhode Island Exaggerating F ri e nd s o f National J e wi s h PA RIS (JTA) =- The Jews of France ha~e Change Hospital/ National Asthma Center's annual been accused of having "exaggerated" re­ dinner gala. cent anti-Semitic incidents in France and of Attitudes Ress, a Providence resident, is chairman of "exasperating" the ir non-Je wish fellow page 8 the NJH / NA C 82nd Anniversary Dinner citizens. festivities. , The accusation appeared in a front page Honoree of this year's $l00-per-person article in Le Monde written by Jean-Marie International benefit to be he ld Tuesday, March 3 at the Paupe r! , a noted writer and philosopher, who Bi lt more Pl aza Hote l, is William H . He isler, stressed that there are Jews in his family and Folk Dancing .. , Ill chairman of the Citize ns Bank & Trust that he cannot therefore be suspected of har­ page 9 Co,mpany. Serving as dinner treasurer is boring anti-Semitic sentime nts. Lesli e D. Le mi eux, pu rchasi ng agent fo r the Pauper! said in his article that there can be i State of Rhode Island. no comparison between what happened at The Jewish Proceeds from the benefit will help fund the time of the bombing of the Rue Copernic Love Of patient care, research and educa ti onal ac­ synagogue in Paris last October and the ~ tivities at the Denver-based center. Since it s situation which existed in Germany in the Chinese Food , founding in 1899, NJH / NAC has provided 1930s. more than 14 ,000 days of care for res ide nts of Such a comparison, he wrote, would in­ page 13 Rhode Isla nd. dicate that within Jews, " hidden somewhere Additional information about the benefit at the bottom of your souls is a masochistic JOSEPH W. RESS dinner is avail a ble by calling 331-3211 . (Continued on page 2) I ~ 2 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY. JANUARY 81 1981 MAX SCHWARTZ FAYE I_SRAEL PROVIDENCE - Max Schwartz, 73, of P~OVIDENCE - Mrs. Faye Israel, 78, +y · · • Obituaries 123 Lorimer Ave., a practicing patent attor­ of the Charlesgate Apartments, 50 Randall ney in Providence for 42 years, was fatally St., died Thursday, Jan. I at the Wayland stricken Wednesday, Dec. 31 while at home . Health Center. She was the wife of Edward . He was the husband of Dora (Linetzky) Israel. BENJAMIN FERDMAN . RABBI JACOB TWERSKY _Schwartz. Born in Providence she was a daughter of Talmudist And Bible Composer Of "Blackstone Born in New York City, he was a son of the the late Louis and Lena (Lifschitz) Golden­ Sc~lar, Dies At 88 River March" Dies At 69 )ate Ignatz and Paula (Schwartz) Schwartz. berg. PA WTOCKET - Benjamin Ferdman, Mrs. Israel was a member of the Jewish NEW YORK - Rabbi Jacob Isaac· 69, of 41 Unity St., a retired businessman and A 1928 graduate of New York University Home fo r the Aged and the Ladies Auxiliary Twersky, 88, a Talmudist and Bible scholar, composer of Pawtucket's tricentennial Law School, he was a member of the New of Miriam Hospital. Hebrew grammarian, educator and linguist, anthem, died Thursday, Jan. 1 at home. He York State Bar Association and the Federal Besides her husband, she is survived by a Bar Association. died Monday, Dec. 29 at the Daughters of was the husband of .Mae (Levy) Ferdman. , brother, Jacob Goldenberg of East Jacob Home in the Bronx. Ferdman was an amateur composer who Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Gerald Providence. · Originally from Makarov, Russia, he was a wrote the " Blackstone River March," which M. Schwartz of Proviaence and Lt. Cmdr. A funeral service was held at the Max son of the late Rabbi Shmuel Abba Twersky. was adopted by the city of Pawtucket as its Allen B. Schwartz, U.S. Navy, and three Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St. official song for its 300th birthday celebra­ He was the direct descendent of the grandchildren. Burial was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, tion. He was honored by the City Council famous Chassidic dynasties of Chernobyl, Warwick. and former Mayor Robert F. Burns, who or- · A funeral service was held at the Max (Russia) and Belz (Poland), original seat of Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St. In lieu of flowers , contributions in her the Rokeah family, heirs to the Baal Shem, dered the special resolution Dec. 23, I 971. memory may be made to the Jewish Home The Boston Pops Orchestra featured the Burial was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, Tov (Master of the Good Name), founder of Warwick. for the Aged. "Blackstone River March" when it played in the Chassidic movement ( 18th century). Pawtucket during the tricentennial celebra­ In lieu of flowers , contributions in his SYLVIA G. WEINSTEIN He leaves a daughter, Rickel ·Twersky of' tion. memory may be made to the Rhode Island PROVIDENCE - Sylvia G. Weinstein, New York, N.Y. and a son, Moses Mordecai , Heart Fund. He owned the former Ferdman Upholster­ 79, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Twersky of Providence. ing Co., Mineral Spring Avenue, for 40 years, LILLIAN ALBERT Aged, 99 Hillside Ave., died there Monday, He was married to Rebecca (Herson) until his retirement in 1969. Jan. 5. She was the widow of Max Weinstein. Twersky of Winnipeg, Canada, now of Born in Poland, a son of the late George BROOKLYN. N.Y. - Lillian (Schin­ Formerly of Forest Hills, N. Y., she was a Providence. She is a visiting lecturer in and Sarah (Lester) Ferdman, he resided in delheim) Albert, 77 died Friday, Jan. 2 at resident of Providence for 21 12 years. religion at Providence College. Pawtucket for 60 years. Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born in New York City, she was a daughter He was a memberof the Blackstone Valley The funeral was private and held on Dec. Born in New York City, she was a daughter of the late David and Hermina (Zemplena) Writers Guild, the Congregation Ahawe 31 at the United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten of the late Marcus and Leah (Bohmstein) Gottehrer. Sholom of Pawtucket and the Riback island, N. Y. He was buried in the family plot Schindel. She leaves a daughter, Barbara Feinberg next to the Tzaddik, Rabbi Mendele Winsten Jewish War Veterans Post of Paw­ of Warwick; three sisters, Malvina Richter of Chodorov. tucket. He was a World War II Army She leaves a daughter, Lorraine Ageloff of Briarcliff, N. Y., Helen Scherr of Rego Park, veteran. Pawtucket, and a sister, Mrs. Rebecca N.Y., and Florence Zeisel of Bronxville, N. Y., DAVID A. LEVINE Besides his wife, he is survived by a Buckvar of New York City. and two grandchildren. daughter, Mrs. Susan Anderson of Lansing, Providence Pharmacist, Arrangements for the funeral were made Funeral arrangements were made by the Former Owner Of Cypress Drug Mich.; three sons, Gary Ferdman of New by the Max Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 458 Max Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 45S Hope York City, Michael Ferdman of Buffalo, Hope St . Burial was in Lincoln Park Cem­ St . The funeral service was held in Rochelle BALTIMORE, MD. - David Abraham N. Y., and Harvey Ferdman of St. Louis; two tery, Warwick. Shiva will be observed at the Park, N.J. Levine, 72, of 3601 Clarks Lane, a long-time sisters, Mrs. Celia Fox of Pawtucket, Mrs. home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ageloff, 2-4 and Contributions in her memory may be Providence pharmacist, died Tuesday, Dec. Rose Holzman of Sharon, Mass, and a 7-9 p.m. made to the Jewish Home for the Aged. 23 in a local hospital. He was.the husband of granddaughter. Lillian (Klein) Warshawsky Levine. The funeral servi ce was held at the Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St. , Born in Fall River, Mass., he was a son of Providence. Burial was in Lincoln Park the late Benjamin and Annie (Hahn) Levine. Israel Denies Mutilating Cemeterv. A graduate of the former College of Phar­ In lieu of flowers, contributions in his macy, he owned Cypress Drug until retiring memory may be made to Congregation Bodies Of Arab Terrorists about 10 years ago. Ohawe Sholom or the Rhode Island Heart TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israel has firml y Israeli troops, setting off explosives carried Besides his wife;he is survived by two sons, Fund. . deni ed a report by the United Nations In­ by the terrorists, the spokesman said . Dr. Phillip Levine of Des Moines, Iowa, and terim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that He said that the nearby villagers had Edward Levine of East Northport, Long BESSIE KONOPKY Israeli soldiers had mutilated the bodies of refused to collect the bodies when asked to do Island; a daughter, Mrs. Salena Silver, a step­ five Arab terrorists killed in a clash last week. so by the troops. The troops, following nor­ son, David Warshawsky, and a stepdaughter, PAWTUCKET - Mrs. Bessie Konopky, 68, of 115 Sheffield Ave., died Wednesday, The UN !FIL report said Israeli soldiers had mal practice, then took the bodies back to Mrs. Myra Lichter, all of Baltimore; three burned, booby-trapped and blown-up the Israe l for examination, possible identifica­ sisters, Mrs. Eva Gold .of Newport, Mrs. Dec. 3 I at the Jewish Home for the Aged, where she had resided for one month. She bodies of five terrorists they killed on Dec. tion and burial, the spokesman said. Lillian Soren of Whittier, Calif., and Mrs. Meanwhile, UNIFIL Commander Im­ was the wife of the late Charles Konopky. 25. Selma Soren of Warwick ; and 11 "We do not' mutilate bodies," the Israeli manuel Erskine has asked to meet with grandchildren. Born in Russia, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Bertha (Kantorowitz) Gor­ army spokesman said. He said that Israel Israel's Chief of Staff Gen. Rafael Eitan to dear up the matter, UN officials told repor­ I-iis funeral and burial were in Baltimore don. reported on Dec. 25 that the five terrorists ters today at a press conference in Metullah. on Dec. 26. Mrs. Konopky is survived by a sister, Miss had been discovered by a routine patrol just Eva Gordon of Pawtucket and a brother, across the Lebanese border and killed in a MEL J. ALTABE Maurice Gordon of Providence. clash. Funeral services were held at the Mount The terrorists had been holed up in a cave * French Jews PROVIDENCE - Mel J. Altabe, 47, of and grenades had been thrown in by the continued from Page I 159 Morris Ave. died Tuesday, Dec. 30 after Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St. Burial suffering a heart attack while driving on the was in Lincoln Park Cemetery. streak which tries to discern anti-Semitism in Smithfield Avenue bridge. He was the hus­ order to be miserable and unhappy and to band of Seena (Singer) Altabe. REGINA NESVEST West Germany's shout for justice." The article, which appeared as a " private Police said Altabe had suffered a previous PROVIDENCE - Regina Nesvest, 82, Image Suffers opinion" column but which was prominently heart attack in June and he had a history of of Charlesgate Apartments, 670 North Main displayed on the paper's front page, de­ heart problems. St., died Saturday, Jan. 3 at Miriam Hospital. BONN (JTA) - President Karl Carstens . nounced the Jewish Defense Organization, a She was the widow of Isadore Nesvest. of West Germany has warned in a newspaper group of young Jewish militants which _Employed as a chemist for 25 years, ,he was Born in Port Said, Egypt, a daughterof the a member of the American Chemical Society. interview that West Germany's image as a became prominent after the synagogue late Shabeti and Fanny (Cohen) Gadol, she free and democratic state is suffering under . bombing for striking back against those He was a member of Temple Emanu-El and - had lived in Providence for the last 18 years the Providence Hebrew Free Loan Associa­ politically motivated neo-Nazi violence. In­ whom they identified as neo-Nazis. and had previously resided in the Philippine I creased neo~ Nazi activities, Carstens said, Paupert wrote that members of the tion. Altabe was active in parents' groups at Islands for many years. i the Providence Hebrew Day School. could trigger feelings of insecurity among organization "have behaved like vulgar Nazi She was a member of the Congregation the Jewish population in West Germany. The hooligans, using threats, libel, sticks and Born in New York City, he was a son of Vic­ Sons of Abraham-Shaare Zedek. President also warned against leftwing ex­ knives." He added that "I would have been tor Altabe of New York City and the late Mrs. Nesvest is survived by a daughter, tremism, which, he said, is trying " to an anti-Semite if I would not have expressed Matilda (Esbia) Altabe. Mrs. Albert Spater of Warwick; a son, Levy penetrate into state institutions" in order to myself clearly on this subject." Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Mark, and G. Hana of Pawtucket; a sister, Mrs. Sara take over graduall y. Carstens said that both Sources close to Le Monde told the Jewish a daughter, Marilyn, both at home, and a Abol~fia of Jerusalem; and three right and leftwing extremists should be Telegraphic Agency that they received brother, Jack Altabe of New York City. grandchildren. barred from jobs in the public administra­ "countless'' pleas from readers and con­ The funeral service was held at the Max The funeral service was held at Mount tion. tributing editors to express their exasperation Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St. Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St. Burial with the Jewish community's reactions was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, Warwick. Burial was in Beth-El Cemetery, Westwood, TEL AVIV (JTA) - Higher wages of­ following the synagogue bombing. In lieu of flowers , contributions in her N.J. fered by the United Nations Interim Forces The sources said they finall y gave in to the memory may be made to Congregation demands, but in the form of a" personal opi­ In lieu of flowers, contributions in his in Lebanon are attracting south Lebanese Shaare Zedek-Sons of Abraham. Memorial nion" column which does not necessarily memory may be made to the Providence away from work in Israel, according to a Week was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert reflect the paper's own views. Hebrew Day School. Labor Ministry spokesman. ,t Spater, 134 Merry Mount Dr., Warwick. ASUBSCRIPTION TO THE HERALD ·Max Sugarman Memorlafl:hapel : KEEPS volf INFORMED ·Mccrudden ~AJN_TIN~ Radiator Repair ?N' 1nter•or ot "· Rhode Island's only home zf~-· exterior· · •Cleaning •Repairing , · CUSTOM ... of your family traditions and records •Recoring -PAPER HANGfNG low Prices 33 J.. 8094 Frtt Estimates 458 HOPE STREET, PROVIDENCE Guaranteed Workmanship Corner Hope &. Doyle Avenue 738-2550 I lN'FLORlDA (305) 86_1-9066 Pierce Painting 135 West- Slln It, "nid 737-7211 • THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, (ANUARY 8, 1981 - 3 Kindest Cut Of All Makes Arctic History Jewish-Women Suffer Too - TORONTO (JTA) - Jewish history was made recently in the Arctic city of As Victims Of Wife-Beating Ye ll owkn ife, in Canada's Northwest A researcher on battered Jewish wives has Ms. Giller's findings indicated that higher ready to leave my famil y. I want to work this Territories. The event was the circumcision reported that she received 200 responses to · income families were more likely to engage out within my family network. " of Nathaniel Moll, son of David and advertisements placed in Jewish and generaf in domestic violence and that many wives of Ms. Friedman said it was n~t only the bat- Marianne Moll, in the home of H arold and news media seeking to meet American-born leading professional and community leaders tered wives who need help. There are de- Zelda Glick. Rabbi D. Postone of Calgary, Jewish women battered by their husbands. were among the victims. ma~?s for programs to counsel the batterers, Alberta, officiated at the circumcision. "There is much fe ar and hushed silence on She also reported what appeared to be a too. / Ano,ther first on that occasion was the this topic," Mimi Scharf told a board generational transmiss ion of violent behavior Ms. Kuehl stress~d that help should be presence of a minyan, the first time that at meeting of the Women's Conference of th - 50 percent of the wives who had been v1c- sought, adding that 1f you know of someone least 10 Jews were present at the same place Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council, ac~ timized had watched their mothers endure who is enduring violenc~ in her fa~ily or you in Yellowknife. The city has a population of cording to a report in the Los Angeles Jewish the same abuse and 60 percent of the men thmk someone 1s being. v1chm1zed, en- 10,000 but there is only one Jewish fami ly, Community Bulletin. identified as batterers of their mates had courage her to talk about 1t and to seek the the Cli cks. A handful of Israelis and Cana­ Speaking to representatives of 350 Jewish fathers who had shown similar behavior to .best advice available." She also.said, "advise dian Jews frequent the city, holding various women's organizations in Los Angeles, their spouses. her to leave the_ house before she gets killed. jobs or assignments with different levels of Sheila Kuehl declared that" It is important "One of the major problems that we face is Assu re her she IS not the only wo'."an who IS government. for me to convince you that battery does go that so few women wi ll admit to being bat- bemg v1chm1zed m a,?omeshc cnme - and Present at the event were individuals and on in Jewish families." She is an attorney tered," said Ellin Friedman, director of that she 1_s not crazy. . . couples from Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet speciali zing in legal recourse for such women Sojourn, a refuge for battered women. She She pomted out temporary restrain mg or- and Edmonton, and a grandmother all the victims. She added: " It is not un-Jewish for a said Sojourn gets more than 200 telephone d~rs against bat_term_g spouses can be ob- ◄ way from -St. Catherines, Ontario in the woman to save her li fe... call s a month from battered women, and tamed from California state courts without Niagara Peninsula. The Clicks prepared a Reports were presented by Ms. Scharf and that they come to Sojourn with such little the help of an attorney. She added the buffet_supper of Arctic char for the guests. Betsy Gi ll er, researchers connected with self-esteem that they · assert the beatings woman victim need not be married to get Hebrew Union Coltege, the Re form they take are their fau,lt. protection. The key point, she told the U. S., Egypt Plan seminary. She reported that the women say, .. I'm not women leaders, is that "battery is a crime." In her presentation, Ms. Scharf said her in­ Joint Air Exercises quiri es into the problem were met with much denial. \ Century Of Canadian Jewry Displayed J ERUSALEM (JTA)- Gen. David Jones, She reported the women she interviewed chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has by telephone and in person ranged from the invited Egypt to send units of its air fo rce for At ~srael's Museum Of The Diaspora mid-twenties to the late 50' s and had li ved joint exercises with the U.S. Air Force in TEL A VIV - Beth H atefutsoth, the the name " Journey !~ Our Heritage" ai from one to 40 years with the male responsi­ Nevada next year, the Middle East News Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Winnipeg in I 972-73. It wi ll remain on dis­ ble for the abuse. She said all the wives iden­ Agency (MENA) reported in Cairo yester­ Diaspora, is currently hosting the exhibition p lay at Beth Hatefutsoth until April-I 981. tified themselves as being affiliated with day. Jones is on a four-day visit to Egypt to " A Century of Jewish Settlement in Western Loan of the exhibition was made possible some part of the Jewish community. inspect that country's military installations Canada," prepared jointly by the Jewish by Sol Kanee of W innipeg, Honorary Presi­ "These women were so heroic in trying to and discuss its arms requirements. Histori cal Society of Western Canada and dent of the Jewish Historical Society of ... be discreet, trying to keep their families and According to the MENA report, he ex­ the Jewish communities of.Western Canada. Western Canada and Treasurer of the World homes together, to keep their children from tended the invitation to Egyptian Defense The exhibition, including about 500 Jewish Congress. finding out," Ms. Scharf reported. " They Minister Ahmed Badawi but no date was photographs, portrays the development of Hundreds of ex-Canadians now in Israel still held the Jewish family as a hol Y..-, the Western Canada Jewish community attended opening ceremonies addressed by mentioned for the joint exercises in the sacrosanct institution." Nevada desert. A squadron of U.S. F- 15 since the arrival of the first Jewish emigrants Harry Gutkin, president of the Jewish Ms. Giller' s research, conducted with fighters visited Egypt three months ago for fo ll owing the mass pogroms of the late I 9th Historical Society of Western Canada, and Ell en Goldsmith, met the same resistance, desert training and 1500 American troops par­ cen tury. Joseph Stanford, Canadian Ambassador to though many of the women were able to ticipated in military exercises with Egyptian The exhibition was first presented under Israel. · recall some form of family violence in the armed forces in the western desert last past or p resent, including child abuse. Ms. month. Ask About Our Special Gill er obtained her leads with the coopera­ Jones reportedly said that experience had 8 P.M . . 8 A.M. Rate Delivered tion of three rabbis and congregations been useful and he hoped it could be For Elderly O rthodox, Conservative and Reform. re peated. A Kosher Lox Box Sponsored by Women's American ORT Israelis ·Report Downing Two Providence Chapter January 25, 1981 (Super Bowl Sunday) Syrian Planes In Aerial Battle -~'\vteler INGREDIENTS: 4 Boston bagels, 1/ 4 lb. Nova lox, I ...... , ,,••• .,,., . -- T cream cheese, onion; tomato, 2 danish and a fresh fl ower. 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C N birthday- bridal and baby shower patterns they intercepted the Israeli warplanes re­ The last air clash occurred on Sept. 25, R E turning from a bombing raid on Palestine 1979, when Israeli F-J5's and Phantoms shot u GO El Al R Liberation Organization positions. down four MiG' s south of Beirut. · I SUPER APEX ISRAEL 300/o to 600/o Discount on S BOSTON· $699 RD. TRIP • selected bridal shower favors E ______Nazi Victims May Apply S H WI Sill All CRUISES 0 • All TRAVEL T PARTY WAREHOUSE For Grant Compensation All FllTIS E 334 East Av~., Pawtucket NEW YORK (JTA) -The Conference on CALL TODAY l ing claims under the German indemnifica­ I S Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has tion laws expired. Othe{ persecutees who fai led T . announced that Jewish victims of Nazi per­ for very valid reasons to file timely indemni­ Mon .-Fri.8:30-5 secution who were in no position to file claims fication claims in past years may also apply Sat. 9:30-4 =-=-· · - Jeanne Stein under German indemnification laws may to the H ardship Fund. :'\v1eiier Evenings By Appointment 726-2491 76' HOPE ST., PROVIDENCE apply for a grant from a Hardship Fund estab­ '----272-6200 l ished with German Federal Government Where And How To Apply appropriations. Interested ind ividuals should register by writing to: Conference on Jewish Material AC-"'ording to the Guidelines issued by the Claims Against Germany, Gruneburgweg I 19, German Government, grants will be made 6000 Frankfurt, Germany, no later than MOUNT SINAI to such Jewish persecutees who suffered dam­ December 3 1, 1981. Appli cants should state age to their health and are in straightened their fu ll name, current address, date and place MEMORIAL CHAPEL fin ancial circumstances. The Guidelines limit of birth and the date and country from which individual payments ·to DM 5,000 (fiv e they emigrated. thousand ) per person. PRE-ARRANGEMENrS? An increasing Individuals resid ing in Israel may register It is the intention of the German Govern­ by writing to: Conference on Jewish Mate­ number of people are pre-arranging their ment, within its budgetary limitation, to make rial Clai ms Against Germany, POB 29254, available up to DM 400 million for this pur­ own funerals to spare their loved ones Tel Aviv, Israel. pose in the coming years. the Confe rence on the ordeal of making arrangements at the time of be­ Jewish Material Claims Against Germany will distribute the funds subject to the German reavement. Call for complete confidential infonnation. Government Guidelines. YOU'LL BE GLAD For owr 100 ye,m, our director, Mitchel~ his father. and g,andfather The Hardship Fund is intended primarily IF YOU SUBSCRIBE have been helping Jewish famJUes of Rhode lslarid. 331-3337 to handle appli cati ons from such Jewish vic­ 825 Hope St. at 4th St. 24 Hour Service • tims of Nazi persecution who left Eas\ern , .TO THE HERALD Europe aft er 1965 when the deadline for fil- '\ 4 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981 '!Y_aging The Jewish War Against The Jews:

.Jewish Leaders Who Labor Without Love.

by Jacob Neusner all .of us preserve our specialization, doing nificance for culture and national expect the followi.ng viewpoint: Professor of Religious Studies the thing we do better than anyone else, character which they deserve, Leadership is the courage to therefore making ourselves special - in ways at Brown University Now it will be asked, if this is the Jewish admit mistakes, the vision to wel­ in which we in fact are not special. So that war against the Jews, then what is to be done come change, the enthusiasm to (Part Two of a four-part series) makes us what Max Weber said of the" con­ to win that war? · motivate others, and the confi­ vulsive self-importance of an age of mecha­ The Jewish-war against the Jews is waged My answer is that we must nurture in our­ dence to stay out of step when nized petrification." And he says, "of the by "Jewish leaders" - people who labor selves a fresh conception of who is a Jewish everyone else is marching to the last stage of this cultural development, it might without love, who make things possible but leader. Sinre, it is clear, when I refer to " Jewish wrong tune, do not explore the possibilities they create. well be truly said: 'Specialists without spirit, leader," I do not mean the people - whether Now whether or not that sort of leade; sensualists without heart, this nullity imag­ They give money and work hard to support rabbis, professors, or " Jewish leaders" - today ship characterizes Mr, Estes' company an synagogues, which they do not attend; to ines that it has attained a level of civi li zation cast in that role, I think the way forward is its administration I do· not know. But I ar maintain community renters, in the programs never before achieved.' " to define what we do mean, in theory, by a fairly sure it is not a definition of leadershi (of a Jewish character) of which they are not In the present context, let us say it of us Jewish leader and then proceed to apply that which applies in any ~ay at all to the " Je_.; interested; to sustain a Jewish state they do all: the professors who do not profess, the theory in practire. If we know what we mean ish leaders," in all their types. I know tha not wish to inhabit or even visit; to make rabbis who are not masters of rabbinical learn­ by leader, then we shall recognize the leaders because the principal concern of the peopl, possible an entire panoply of a Jewish life ing, the "Jewish leaders" who do not lead we do have, and we shall also know that the who today are deemed to speak for Jew,: they do not wish to live. except through their money: "This nullity generals among us in fact are leading a war and to Jewry want anything but change imagines that in America it has attained a What troubles me, to speak honestly and against us, so we are soldiers to our own enthusiasm, confidence. directly, is that these people have turned the level of Jewish civilization never before destruction. What ·do we mean by a Jewish being ' of Judaism into a set of distinct achieved.'' leader? What do we ask of a Jewish leader? specializations. Professors learn but do not Indeed it has. For what w ~ have accom­ Let me first offer a definition of leader­ Part Three of this four-part series will ap­ do. Rabbis give pastoral care but do not learn. plished was not done to the Jewish people ship, which comes from E. M. Estes, presi­ pear in the Jan . 29 iss ue of The Rhode Island "Jewish leaders" give money and hard work ever before in its history, not by the corro­ dent of General Motors Corporation - a Herald with a look at Jewish leaders who but do not benefit and do not participate sive impact of modernization in the nineteenth type of position from which one would not weaken Judaism by stifling dissent. and do not care - so their children marry century, not even by th e murderous enemies out. we have surv ived in the twentieth century: Everyone is special, no one is part of the the de-Judaization of the Jewish people by average. It is through specialization that every­ the very programs and attitudes of the most Hundreds Of Israelis Stud} one is special. For if I stop being an "expert" Jewi sh o[ the Jewi sh people, their leaders in on some part of Jewish learning, I then become all realms of their inner li fe : specialists wit hout merely one among other Jews, having lost the Jewish spirit, sensualists wit h "a good Behind The Iron Curtain my point of specialization, the refore my Jewi sh heart " but with no feeling for Juda­ after graduation. Some may go on to other ism at all. by Carl Alpert " right" or claim to be special. If the "big countries, but it appears that the majority do W eber comment s on thi s so rt of person , - There are about 60,000 students giver" joins in a miriyan, he counts only for return to Isra el. · one. If the rabbi steps off his pulpit and joins which we are: enrolled in Israel's seven institutions of hi gher learning, among them also many Arabs, both Who are they'/ They are for the most part in the common labor of the community, he Th e modern man is in gener­ Moslem and Christian. But this is not the young people who have been actively engaged no longer is a rabbi, but becomes an ordi­ al, even with th e best will, una­ in Communist Parfy affairs or are family nary Jew. No one wants to be ordinary. So ble to give religious ideas a sig- sum total of Israeli s pursuing higher education . Many yo ung people are to be found al uni­ members of party activists. About 75 percent of versities in th e United States and va ri ous them are Arabs, the remainder Jews. European countries. They are selected by party leaders on the Some have gone there because of the mis­ basis of their high academic standing at high taken but snobbish belief that a foreign degree school, their pers9nal economic need and of Your Know How To Insure course their party records. All the successful is worth more. And others have gone because Your Collectables they could not measure up to the high admis­ candidates receive full scholarships, which Moneys sion standards and competitive examinations as include transportation both ways, tuition and for example at the Technion. It should be maintenance as well as a preliminary .. ulpan" added that most of those who go abroad do course in their local lan11;uage. Worth---bySylvia Porter ha ve successful academic careers. One stage of their training involves physi­ But there is yet another category of over­ cal work on a national project as part of seas student. There are hundreds of Israelis earning their keep. Another stage includes a than this provision, if a single earring is lost, the You would be no more an average enrolled at universities in th e Soviet Union full course of studies in Marxism and Com­ middle-class American, if you are joining the one remaining can be turned over to the in­ and other Eastern Bloc countries. munist principles. It helps make them better ever-mounting millions acquiring valuables surer who will reimburse the policyholder for The program, which began about LO years doctors and engineers. as a way to protect yo ur dollar's buying both. ago, has developed rapidly and it is estimated Upon return to Israel some have brought power - antiques, coins, gems, oriental Most personal possessions, including that at this moment some 500 Israe li s are back with them wives from the lands of their collectables, are underinsured - but you rugs, paintings, stamps, on-and-on. enrolled in colleges and universities in the st udy, though frequently the women find it won't admit it until th e "crunch" comes. .. You would be no more than normally USSR, Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czecho­ difficult to make the adjustment because of cautious if, as a result, you are on guard To prevent an underinsured loss, three slovakia and Eastern Germany. the great contrast between life in Moscow, against fraud. As a beginner you try to study basic precautions are essential : In the main they study medicine, engi­ Prague and S-udapest on the one hand and your specialty carefully; to do business only (I) Go over your collection and put a dollar neering, architecture and a sprinkling of other life in an Arab mountain village on the other. · with reputable dealers, gall eries, auction value on it. professions. It is doubtful if any remain there Ru ssian Jewish immigrants, it appears, are houses; to-get an accurate appraisal of the (2) If you' re not sure, or think the value ex­ not the only ones who have integration prob­ col lectable you' re considering before you eeds $1 ,000 (easy in this era, even with sim­ lems. buy; to establish the authenticity of the item ple silverware), have an appraiser give yo u an As the program has grown it has enhanced to determine your insurance needs. estimate. Son Celebrates enormously the prestige of the Israel Com­ But despite all your caution, you still may (3) If the value of your coll ectables exceeds munist party Rakah among the Arab youth. discover - when it's too late because you the limit of your policy, adjust your coverage Father's Birthday If the Communists have seized the oppor­ for your own protection. Whether you own a have been burglarized - that the insurance My Father - Samson,· tunity to exploit this fert ile ground for planting Queen Anne side table, an 18th-century policies you thought were adequate are far Of lion's heart, spies, there has not yet been any extensive too limited. dollhouse or a modern silver service for 12, Soulful man :_ evidence of this, but the risk is not lost upon Most homeowners' and apartment the basic point remains the same: A personal :he authorities here. Rabi. dwell ers' policies, for instance, have special articles floater is your best protection. In recent years some Arab leaders have limits for valuables.and insure against certain sought to establish Arab-sponsored universi­ This is hardly only a domestic problem. His Father, and Father alike; - causes of loss - with maximum limits for ties r ere and the idea was seized upon with Theft of valuables has become a worldwide Mothers, wives and daughters; enthu ;iasm by those who did not subscribe theft. Theft of coins is covered up to $100; threat to owners. Only the sale of illicit drugs These ceremonies glowed furs, up to $500; sil verware, up to $1,000. If to Communist ideology. It turned out, how­ ranks higher as an international crime, ac­ by candlelight and song - . your valuables are d estroyed by other ever, that the local institutions had a very cording to the International Association of A Sabbath meal, . . covered causes of loss, though (fire, say) your low academic status and had become hot­ Art Security. The U. S. heads the list of high­ Food- claim would not be subject to these limits. beds of virulent anti-Israel propaganda even theft countries, with annual losses above $50 Nourisher to uncounted blessings You easily can solve the problem of low more ex treme than that of the Communists. million - and low recovery rates compound in Anc~s tral Homes. property insurance limits by extending your our problem. Last year, for instance, less than converage via attaching a personal articles 5 percent of the art that had been stolen was Through you and on, ... Candlelighting Time floater (PAF) to your basic policy. The gain recovered. the Fire of Torah, - Friday, Jan. 9 in benefits well may make the extra cost in To combat this epidemic of crime and to to deed - 4:15 p.m. premiums more than worthwhile, recover stolen valuables, international Breathing thought, - PAFs can insure your individual articles or organizations are using the most advanced to love, - entire collections against most hazards, up to methods available. The International Art The lion's heart, - a specified amount Glass breakage also can Registry (IAR), established in 1971 , has to action. be included for fragile items, such as po'r­ catalogued over $500,000 worth of stolen mltERltb celain or fine china. Typical exclusions valuables in its central computer and under This tree sways only_ (USPS 414-780) are: wear and tear, gradual deterioration, in­ its unique ID system, art objects are "finger­ windward, PublleMd l!wery WNll Ir TM ...... ,. p,... ~Ing Company sect, pet and flood damage, Other exclusions printed." Photographs record such charac­ Planted deep in include a particular type of property, such as HEATHER MAGIER Editor teristics as weaver, watermarks, wood grain fertile soil, - stamp·and coin collections, LINDA A. ACCIARDO ~ssistant Edltcr and brush stroke patterns; then a grid is Banked by the River's edge, MAILING ADDRESS: Box IOU, ProricMnce, R.I. 0340 But PAFs have a wide range of benefits superimposed. The spirit shines T-(401)724-0200 beyond the broadening of risks covered and PLANT: H«eld Way, off W ...... aL, Pawt., R,I. 02 11 From son to son - OFFICE: 172 Taunton ...... hit ~ . A.I. r 114 the extended recovery limits, says the Con­ The complete visual information is tran­ and round again - tinental Corp., among the top insurers in the slated into digital data and stored, and all "!:=:.:-.!.ct-==':'~·:.~' ~":.o. Unbroken. Boie IOH, Prov., R.I . 02940. U. S. Asan illustration, PAFsestablish theex­ works in the system are identified as being on Happy Birthday Dad! Sukscrlpllon Rates: Thirty ee·nts lhe" COp'y; By Maii $9.00 per istenre, ownership and market value of file with Interpol. When a registered item is annum ; outside A.I. and soulheastern Mass. $14.00 per an­ Ken num. Bulk rates on request. The Herald a99umes subscrip­ collectables; they add an automatic 30-day stolen, the art world and law enforcement tions are continuous unless notified to the contrary In writing. coverage for new acquisitions to an already agencies here and abroad are alerted. Ed. Note: The Herald assumes no flnanclal reaponsiblllty lor typographical errors In advertisements, but wlll reprint that . insured collection and this extension can ap­ JAR is a superb success, Continental Corp, This poem was written by a young man on part of the advertisement In whtch Iha typographical error OC· ply to furs, jewelry, cameras, anything that observes, except for precious gems. Its ap­ the occ11sion of his father's birthday, The curt. Advertisers wm please notify the management Im• me~lately of any error whl~h may occur. might be covefed by a floater policy. Jewelry plicability to all other coll ectables has cut father, a member of Providence's Jewish floaters often have a "pair and ,set" clause tqeft to,less than I percent-of the items in the community, 11sked The Rhode-lsl/Jnd Herald THURSDAY,'JANl.:JARY ' 8, 1981 ' t~at covers a set o~ pair of valuables. Under system, ,iot to publish his name. Soviet Jewish Boy Who Sought Care In West Dies In U.S. S. R.

NEWYORK(JTA) - The death ofAlex­ of the leukemia. ande r Landsman, the 17-year-old Soviet The boy's a unt, Bella Belostozki, was gran­ Jewish boy whos parents had requested pe r­ ted permission to leave the Sovie t Union four mission for him to emigrate from the Soviet years ago and now lives with he r husband Union in order to seek treatment of le ukemia and mother in northe rn New Jersey. Mrs. in the West, was announced by the Greater Belostozki had been active in seeking her New York Confe re nce on Soviet Jewry. The ne phew's release from the Sovi et Union and Confe rence was the primary sponsor of he had contacted medical experts around the family's request for permission to leave the Sovie t Union. world to inte rvene on her nephew's be half. Landsman died in Tallinn last week, a ~Prices Just Reduced " The tragedy of Alexander Landsman is e BEAUTIFUL BERMUDA ...... 5392-5649 Conference spokesman said. The Landsman one more example of the Soviet Union's in­ family was .refu sed pe rmission to .emigrate 7 days / 6 nights - round trip air fare, selected 1st class _& del~xe hotels, huma ne treatment of its Jewish citizens," the rum for when they first applied in Sept. 1976, but MANY MEALS. swizzle, airpon / hotel transpo~tion, d1~nt C o nfe r e n ce s poke sman s aid . " Th e boat cruise & night club show. pool beach, manna, tennis courts. the y re newed their appeal to Soviet officials Landsmans sought nothing more than the gratuities, taxes & more. Weekly departures, ALSO 7 DAY / 6 NIGHT on humanitarian grounds earlie r last year, ri g ht to have their son treated by doctors of BERMUDA BARGAIN FOR $314, whe n the ir son developed cancer. The the ir choice." The spokesperson called on &-f,(lla.i1&111 BERMUDA GOLDEN AGERS - ~ spokesperson said that the pare nts had taken the Sovie t governme nt to grant pe rmission to NEw : WITH RENDEZ-VOUZ feativitiea per couple - Alexande r to Tallinn from the ir home in the Landsman family to leave the Soviet Un­ Moscow in a final atte mpt to seek treatme nt ion immed iately. MEMORIALDAY,MAY21, COLUMBUSDAY,OCT,8 NEW___ : I N1611T1, HAa.TON PRlaSS. $897 5116H1'.1, HAa.TON PRN:US,.$597

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PARI S (] TA ) - The leftwing organization, has a right to his opinions, however shocking ( ·· Movement Against Racism, a nti-Semitism these may be, and has a right to legal defense. and fo r Peace" (M RAP), is about to expel Chottard says his position is similar to that one of its me mber who has agreed to act as of Noam Chomsky, the American writer who is d efense a ttorney for Robe rt Fla urisson , a fa mous for nis works on linguistics, who has French historian who has writte n a book in written a forwa rd to Flaurisson·s book as a which he contends that the Nazi gas cham­ gesture toward " freedom of expression." bers never existed and tha t the num ber of Holocaust victims has been "gross ly exagger­ MRAP executi ve committee members said ated ." that C hottard' s expulsion will be discussed The fo rmer professor, who was dismissed and most probably decided at the organiza­ from his post at Lyons University in the wake tion· s annual congress next month. They said of a scandal caused by one of his previous that acting for Flourisson and belonging to books on the same the me, is being sued by an anti-fascist organization is a contradic­ tion. eight civic organizations fo r spreading " racist • DISNEYWORLD & FLORIDA ...... 5279•-$399 theories." Fla urisson claims that-he is ne i­ MRAP membe rs said they also intend to 8 days / 7 nights - round trip air fare, standard 1st class accom.. pool, 2 reexamine the French government's policy the r anti-Jewish nor pro-Nazi but that his days at Disneyworld. Sea World. Cypress Gardens with spectacular " histori c research" has led him to promul­ towards members of rightwing racist organi­ water ski show, Orange Ring; GUIDE BOOK: discount coupon for Wet 'n gate his view. za tions. Some MRAP members believe that Wild and Stars Hall of Fame. gratuities. taxes, baggage handling, The attorney, Yvon Chottard, a veteran the judiciary branch of the gove rnment is ESCORT & more - weekly departures, • Children 2-11 years sharing member of MRAP, claims that Flourisson far too \enient with such individuals. room with 2 adults,

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BAR, selected 1st class & deluxe hotels; pool, lots of coupons for free Agricult ure M iniste r Arie l Sharon will and reduced rate meals, drinks & chips; welcome briefing. hospitality ave fo r Egypt shortl y to return Daoud' s The case was considered very seri ous in a desk, airpon / 1:iotel transportation, service charges, taxes, baggage country whe re the army is held in hig h es­ sit and Egypt" s Mini ste r of Industry will handling & more - frequent departures. IM;UHJ111Lil;f j1jlijjj•j sit here. According to political observers, teem and nearl y all men se rve in the reserves AH prices are per person, double occupancy la subject to ~ without e most significa nt aspect of Daoud's visit until age 55. r T he men pleaded g uilty to charges that notice, Space subject to availability at time of booking, Travel t 1s his meetin gs in Jerusalem with President arrangements may be changed for operational reasons, Fuel aurchargea they drilled h oles or threw sand in tank tzhak Navon and Premi er Menache m may apply. Prices may vary according to accommodations selected and gin. Although the Egyptia ns stressed tha t e ngines to keep them from working, re­ date of travel. Travel Insurance Strongly Recommended, s shou ld not be construed as recognition of portedly because they fe lt ove rworked . ael 's sovere ignty over united Jerusalem. St:•ve n other noncommissioned offi cers, oud· s pre~e nce he re in effect e naec! who\havt plc~ded 1 innocent, are on trial on ypt"s bor,col,t of l,h~1}sraeli •5apit1)1. t ht\ same charge~, ( ~ -~----- 6 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, JA NUARY 8, 1981 - Fleagles Announce Birth Reifmans Announce Birth Sharon Lisa Bell To Wed Jay Krasner Mr. a •1d Mrs. Michael Fleagle of Downers Dr. a nd Mrs. Maurice Reifman of Eng lewood , N.J. have announced the birth Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Bell of Cranston Grove, 111. , have announced the birth of the ir R.I. , formerly of Natick, Mass., have an'. first child , a son, Derek Michael on Novem­ of their third child, a son, Michael Ethan, nounced the engagement of their daughter, ber I 9, 1980. Mrs. Fleagle is the form er born Dec. 4, 1980. The Reifman's other Sharon Lisa Bell to Jay Barry Krasner, son of Arlene Stairman. children are six-year-old Daniel and 4-year- Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krasner of Cranston. old Eli zabeth. . Derek's maternal grandparents are Mr. Maternal grandparents a re Ralph H . I ~ The bride to be is the granddaughter ~f a nd Mrs. Nathan Stairman of \.Yest \Narwick. Fishbein and the late Marian Fishbein. Mr. and Mrs. Max S. Bell of Danvers, Mass. His paternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs .. Paternal grandpare nts are ivlr. and Mrs. Max and Mrs. Sumner J. Cooper of Framingham, Robe rt Fleagle of St. Marys, Ohio. Reifman of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mass. Sharon is a graduate of Brandeis Univer­ sity and she obtained her graduate degree in Social Work Plannin~ from Boston Coll ege. Jay is the grandson of Mrs. Mollie Gornstein of Providence and Mrs. Lillian Krasner of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he received his M.D. de­ g ree from Brown University Medical School. Jay is currently a Resident in Inter­ nal Medicine at Graduate Hospital in Phila­ delphia. SHARON BELL AND JAY KRASNER A June wedding is planned. &Q:IETY~.

munity. Providence NCJW Narva is a member of the National Task To Host Jewish Force on Reform Jewish Outreach and a , director of Jewish Famil y and Children's Family Program Service of Boston. Greenwood, a convert to " Intermarri age, Conversio n and the Judaism, is currently working for the Union Jewish Famil y," will be the topic of discus­ of Ameri can Hebrew Congregations as coor­ sion at the annual paid-up membership event dinator of its Post Conversion Program. of the Providence section of the Naflonal Judith Litchman is program chairman of Council of Jewish Women. The program wi ll the event. Lillian Ludman, hospitality chair­ be held on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at I :15 p.m. man, and Catherine Abrams, co-chairman, ill at the Jewish Community Center, 401 be assisted by Marcia Blacher, Helen Gerber E lmgrove A,·e., Provide nce. A pe tite and Shirley Rotkin. luncheon wi ll be served at 12 noon. G uest speake rs o f the program a re Pioneer Women Josephine Narva and Dru Greenwood of The Shalom Chapter of Pioneer Women Temple lsra,·l, Boston. Both women are ac­ will hold its Annual Ad Book Ki ckoff. For ti vely invok ed in B'nai Abraham, a post­ fu rther information, please call Ad Book = conversion program serving the Boston com- Chairperson, Jill Sholes at 463-6987. "OUR YOUNGER SET": Joshua Matthew (left), who will be four years old In March and Brian Andrew, who will be one year old In February, are the children of Joel and Shul~ Segal of Providence. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Doherty, Jr. of Who's Getting Married In Snug Harbor, Wakefield. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Segal of Paw­ Your Community ... Yo u'll tucket. Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Irving Segal of Pawtucket. Find O ut By Reading The 'le/wd'fisland . Herald . SORORITY SHOP seeks experienced, ma­ ture salesperson in retail THE clothing. Part-time eve­ nings and Saturdays. ~ Apply in person 678 2 OF US Park Ave., Cranston, R.I.

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I I There will be campfire programs, horse­ Beth-El Sisterhood The flash floods filling formerly dry river­ Pythian Sisters Of R.I. back riding, informal athletics and special beds within seconds caused two deaths last Temple Beth-El Sisterhood study group What Cheer Temple Pythian Sisters of R. l. events. All campers are interviewed, and the weekend , including a 22-year-old French will meet Thursday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. at the held its 19th Christmas Charity Project by staff includes a registered nurse and coun­ tourist and a two-year-old child snatched temple. Mrs. Pearl Nathan will lead the dis­ hosting a party for 250 persons at the Amos selors. Directors are Warren and Dottie from its father's arms when their truck over­ cussion on Hinduism. Coffee will be served House on Dec. 23. Kl ein. turned and was swept away. at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. The committee members for the project For further information, write 23 Lyndon Police had warned motorists to keep off the were: Celia Bochner, Ethel Troberman, Rd ., Sharon, Ma. 02067, or ca ll 1-784-2084. roads, but many drivers disregarded their in­ Pawtucket-Central Ruth Stone and Thelma Ross. Torah Academy structions and had to be rescued by army Falls Hadassah half-track vehicles and helicopters. B'nai B'rith Women Will Participat_e In The Arkia Inland Airline flew special Carol Ingall, the educational service coor- · Basketball Tournament flights to and from Eilat to rescue tourists dinator at the Bureau of Jewish Education of The Roger Williams Chapter of B' nai stranded at the country's southern beach Rhode Island, will be the guest speaker at the B' rith Women will hold its next meeting The New England Academy of Torah, resort area, cut off from road communica­ next meeting of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Sunday, Jan . 18 at Temple Beth-El, High School division of the Providence tions. chapter of Hadassah on Wednesday, Jan. 14 70 Orchard Ave., Providence. The meeting Hebrew Day School, will participate in the The meteorological service said that over at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Cen­ will fea.ture the discussion of the Anti­ Fourth Annual Jewish High School National an inch-and-a-half of rain which fell in Eilat ter, 40 I Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Defamation League of B' nai B' rith and the Invitational Basketball Tournament spon- during 24 hours was 150 percent of the an­ 1 Mrs. lngall' s topic is entitled, " Jewish involvement by B' nai B' rith Women in its sored by Yeshiva University. nual average. It said the downpour fell from Education: The State of the Art." Refresh­ programs and activities. The tournament will be held Jan. 25 in dense clouds brought from tropical Africa by ments will be se rved following the program. An informal brunch will be served New York City and will involve Jewish High a high-level 200-mile an hour jet stream. Harriet Baron and Miriam Plitt are promptly at noon followed by the program. school teams from throughout the United program co-chairmen. Martha Wexler is in The presentation will include slides and States and Canada. charge of hospitality. The public is welcome. film s, other educational material and a dis­ JCC Notice cussion of current problems led by several Blood Drive The Rhode Island Jewish Community members of the AOL's New England Ex­ Temple Emanuel will sponsor a blood Center in Providence in conjunction with JCC Singles ecutive Committee. drive at the Rh ode Island Blood Center on the Rhode Canoe Association will offer The Jewish Business and Professional Coon:linators for the meeting are Anne Sunday, Jan. 11. Kayaking Instruction in their pool on Sun­ Singles of the Jewish Community Center of Davis, Marilyn Belinsky, Sylvia Factor, Tedi The Blood Center is located at 551 North day, Feb. I , 8, and 15 from 4-5:30 p.m. The Rhode Island will sponsor a Brunch Sunday, Green and Dottie Awerman, members of the Main Street, Providence. The drive is open public is invited to take this three series Jan. 11 at 11 :30 a.m. at the center, 401 Chapter's Steering Committee. Financial to the public, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. course. Elmgrove Ave., Providence. secretary is Greta Steiner, who wi ll be The Brunch program will be led by Dr. assisted by Hennie Fineman. Burton L. Fischman, professor of com­ munications at Bryant College. His topic is Providence Chapter entitled, " I Know You Hear Me ... But Are You Rea ll y Listening?" A discussion about Women's American ORT the ro le of com munication in our li ves will The Providence Chapter of Women's take place. American ORT will hold its first meeting of On Monday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. a disc ussion the New Year on Jan. 15 at 7:45 p.m. at the group will meet at a member's home. The home of Andrea Saltzman, 37 Amherst Rd., topic is "Can A Line Be Drawn on Moral Cranston. Responsibility?" The topic for the program is "Home The _singles will also sponsor a "Toast to Safety: Burglary and Fire Prevention," the Jewish Sabbath" following Friday even­ which will be presented by an officer of the .{ ing services on Jan. 16 at Temple Emanu-El, Cranston Police Department: For further in­ 99 Taft Ave. , Providence. The group will formation, call 943-2979. meet and attend services which begin at 8 p.m. at the temple. E. Greenwich Art Club Beth Torah Sisterhood Annual R.I. Art Show The Sisterhood of Temple Beth Torah will The East Greenwich Art Club will sponsor . J;. hold a meeting and brunch Sunday, Jan. II its Tenth Annual All Rhode Island Art Show A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS Is being offered by the Jewish Community Cen; at 10 a.m. at the temple, 330 Park Ave. on March 5, 6, and 7 at the Warwick Mall. ter as one of the adult education classes. Pictured are Donald Levine, a student In the The program, entitled " Arts and Objects," The show is open to all Rhode Island ar­ class, and model Kristina Jernqulst of Cranston. Applications are now being accepted will feature an exhibition and demonstration tists. For applications or information write to for the Winter-Spring term classes which Include Advanced Photography, Darkroom of a unique concept in crafts called East Greenwich Art Club, P.O. Box 189, East Photography, Aerobics and Dance, Yiddish Language, Hebrew for Tourists In Israel, Whiteware. The demonstration will be Greenwich, R.l. 02818. presented by Nancy Gandelman. Calligraphy, Creative Movement, several levels of Bridge Instruction and Mime. During the business meeting, a nominating committee will be selected for .., the 1981-82 slate of officers for the · ·sill's Cleaning Service \ Sisterhood. •Specializing in Elbow Grease Chairman of the brunch is pi()gram vice­ I wish I R.V1ew { president Heske Zelermyer. 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FRED SPIGEL'S KOSHER MEAT MARKET eil n uxedos We II Appear At our 243 Reservoir Ave., Providence Function With A Song To Sing And A Baker's Doz. Of Pastel Balloons_ -----.· .,.--,_.- Morrison & S,hiff Now accepting reservations . for Cello'Frcinks (Sib.bag) Christmas and New Year's. -Emeire _ _ . . .Fresh Broilers and Pullets 1.19 lb. Freih jrouncr HamLurger 1.89 lb. 41b. Delivery Wed. & Thurs · 46T-0425 Inside Store SpedalsEvery ·oayf . - 8 THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1981 Israeli Youth View Arabs More Positively: Hebrew Univ. Study JERUSALEM - Young Israelis have health, s tre ngth , s p eed , b eau t y , Bank Arabs and Syrians were attributed more come around to viewing Arabs more potential fell ow citizens and peaceful trustworthiness, success, sociability and ver­ negative qualities, in ascending order. neighbors in a peaceful world, rather th~n positively - and themselves as less satility. The only explanation for the exceptional enemies," he said. superman-like, a Hebrew University of Three years and one war later, another perce ption of the Egyptian in comparison Arab Survey Planned Jerusalem study shows. group of high school students were asked the with the other Arab images is the political Benyamini disclosed that he has plans of Four times during the last 15 years, Dr. same questions. As expected , events of the fact of the signing of the peace treaty with conducting a su rvey of how Arab youth view Kalman Benyamini, who teaches psychology Six Day War affected the results, lowering Egypt, Benyamini states. This is another con­ Israelis, and that this may be done in a joint at the University and is e ngage d in the Arab image even more and raising that of firmation he adds, of findings from other project with an Egyptian psychologist. educational-psychological research, has the Israeli to superman proportions. The only histori c times, such as a change for the worse Turning to what should be done to ste p up made a survey of the image Israeli youngsters quality the Israe li was found to have less of of the Japanese image in the United States a f­ normalization, he said that the next step is to hold of Arabs and of their own nationality. was tenderness. ter the attack on Pearl Harbor, and a change encourage acquaintance - bring youth Among the findings: that the image of the Yorn Kippur War Changed Concepts for the better of the Chinese image following groups to meet each other and get to know Arabs changed drastically twice - for the The Yorn Kippur War radically changed President Nixon's visit to China. National worse after the Six Day War in 1967 and for one another, and to change the whole pattern these concepts. The conclusions of the 1974 concepts adapt themselves quite quickly to the better following the Yorn Kippur War in of s t ereot yp ic image r y by various survey, based upon a sli ghtly different political realities, Benyamini says. 1973. cooperative endeavors. "We can probably questionnaire, were that the war had affected Asked in a recen t interview w hat arrange soccer matches with the Egyptians The 1973 war rehabilitated the national both sides. The overall image of the Arabs motivated him to do the survey, Benyamini within a relatively short time, but what is pride of Arabs not only in their own eyes, but improved on almost all counts, while the said that it was his sheer interest in the even better is to arrange such matches be­ also in the eyes of the Israelis, Benyamini Israeli superman became more "human." problem of how youths ori ent themselves in tween mixed groups of Israeli s and Egyp­ comments. He found that the totally dif­ Comparing the three fi rst parts of the their years of growth and education towards tians, because if you want people to change ferent images held by the Israeli yo ungsters study, the 1965 survey showed that the their li ves in the Middle East, with Arabs as their attitude to each other and become - a negative one regarding the Arab and an overall image of the Arab tended to be neighbors both within and outside the state more friendly, it might be more advanta­ idealized one of the Israeli - were vastly negative, in 1968 the negative stereotype in­ borders ... It was my feeling we did not do geous to have them compete in mixed sobered by the Yorn Kippur War. tensified, while in 1974 the negative mark enough to educate our youth to view Arabs as ·groups ra ther than against each other. " Benyamini conducted his surveys in the receded. In 1974, it was summed up, the im­ years 1965, 1968, 1974 and 1979, the last ages of the Arab and the Israeli were closer three after significant events in the Middle than before. In 1979, two surveys were made East : the Six Day War, the Yorn Kippur War - one was a re petition of the previous one and the signing of the peace treat y with and the other an examination of the image of Egypt in Spring, 1979. Arabs according to different nationalities. The study used a 30-item questionnaire. The fin al phase of the study, in April 1979, Each of the items included a pair of opposite was made at the end of a fi ve-year period adjectives, placed at the extremes of a seven­ whi ch was replete with hi stori cal and social point scale; the young people w~ re in struc­ processes which may have left their traces in ted to check the poi nts which characteri zed the opinions and moods of the Israel i public their concept of an Arab on each of the 30 and were likely to affect the nati onal images scales. On a similar fo rm, the concept of an of both the Ara b and the Israeli among the Israeli was also judged. Those surveyed were young. There were the interim agreemen ts, some 400 Israeli high school students in the a relative calm in military acti vit y, the peace 14-18 year age group. They were asked to at­ process with Egypt and the signi ng of the tribute to Ara bs and Israe li s the qualities peace treaty. whi ch fitt ed them best. Benyamini says that there was also an in­ In the 1965 stud y, the Ara b person was crease of Arab terro rism and its penetration found to have a negative im age. Only on two in to everyday life in Israel and the polit ical attributes was it voted in the posi ti ve range, " upheaval" · in the govern ment in the wake of namely masculi ne and warm (l ike the the May 1977 elections. In this final phase of Israeli ). Otherwi se the yo uth attributed to the study vir tuall y no signifi ca nt changes Arabs a ll the bad and undesirable charac­ were found in the images of either the Arab teristics, while the Israeli s received a ll the or the Israeli as perceived by the Israeli favorable ones. yo ungsters. For the Israeli youth, the image of the The last survey also in vesti gated the stu­ Arab was a ll but a negati ve stereotype, the d en ts im ages o f Arabs of di ffe re n t Hebrew Uni versity psychologist notes, as the nationalit ies, e.g. Israeli Arabs, West Bank Arabs were found to be "old, heavy, mean, Arabs, Egypti ans and Syri ans. Egyptians selfish, passive, short, slow, unsuccessful , un­ were found to be the mos t acceptable of all important and ugly." At the same time, the MRS. RUTH LEACH OSTER presents to the Miriam Hosoital a micro-surgical television the four Arab categories and were g iven t he camera monitor and recorder for use by the hospital's Division of Ophthalmology, a Israelis were gi ven the qualities of optimism, least negati ve qualities. Israeli Arabs, West gift of the Aaron J. Oster Family Fund. Accepting th_e gift for th~ hospital are J~~o_me R. Sapolsky, president, (far right) and Joseph L. Dowling, M.D., director of the d1v1s1on of ophthalmology. · . . West Bank Mayor Gets Joyful The equipment records the actual performace of new operations, making tt possible to analyze the various factors contributing to the success of the proc~dure. The result_s Welcome On Returning Home will also be used to demonstrate actual surgical operations to the medical students, resi­ dents and visiting physicians at the hospital. N ABLUS, WEST BA N K - Nablus banned Pal~s tine Liberati on Organiza ti on Mayor Bassam Shaka , whose legs were blown songs .hoisted the PLO fl ag, and ca rried off seven months ago, returned home to a Shaka on their shoulders to a reception at martyr's wek:ome this week, ass uming his the town library. Four U.S. Companies Accused place 'as undisputed leader of the Palestinian Shaka vowed to continue the struggle for nationalist movement in the occupied West Palestinian inde pendence. Bank. Israeli troops withdrew and watched the Under Arab Boycott Laws Thousands of Wes t Bank Arabs sang cele bration from a discreet distance.

WASH INGTON {JTA ) - The De part­ of Pi oneer Metals Inc. doing business in ment of Commerce has announced that two Hialeah. The Department's charging letter more Ameri ca n companies have been fin ed was addressed to \tVay ne Hegamyer, vice fo r a ll eged violation of the Export Ad­ president of Air Guide. ministration Act· s anti-boycott provisions LaPine Scie ntific Company, Inc. , of concerned with discrimination by Arab Chicago, has been accused of havi ng failed governments against Israel and Jewish­ on four sepa rate occasions between Dec. 3 I, The Rhode managed companies in the United States. 1977, and Nov. 21 , 1978, to report receipt of The other companies have been charged requests to engage in a restricti ve practice. Island Herald with violations, the Department said . LaPine, according to the charging letter The MEM company, manufacturer of announces a addressed to Robert La Pi ne, president of the men's toiletries in Northvale, N.J., paid a company, entered into transactions with civil penalty of $2,000 for two alleged viola­ special issue: organizations located in Iraq and Kuwait and tion s. One was for $1,500 for a llegedly fur­ responded to an in vitation to bid from the nishing information about its business Universal Pharma Agencies Ltd., of Safat, relationships wi th Israel when it sought to re­ Ku wait, which contained the condition " the register its Engli sh Leather trademark in manufacturer' s and supplier· s name must not Saudi Arabia. appear on the li st of companies banned un­ The company also paid $500 fo r all egedly der the (Arab) boycott of Israel Regulations." fail in g to report receipt of a boycott request contained in a letter from an Arab customer California Far~s and Canners , Inc. of San in volved in the Arab League boycott against Francisco, allegedly received eight letters of Israel. credit in connection with tlw sale, purchase The Air Guide Corporation of Hialeah. or transfer of goods produced inside the U. S. Fla., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $6,- from Saudi Arabian banks - Arab Bank 000 for allegedl y failing to report 12 boycott Ltd .. Ri va d Bank Ltd .. National Commercial rt"q uests received during the three years Bank. · Watch For This 1977-1979. Nine were from Kuwait and one The letters bore such "special instruc­ Special Section each for Abu Dhabi , Dubai. and Qata. tions·· as " invoice must show that goods are Jan. 29 In The The Department agreed to suspend half of not bearing the Israeli fl ag or other symbol the penalty and wi ll waive payment of this signifying Israel " and that it would use a Rhode Island amount at the end of one year provided that "carrying steamer·· that " is not blackl is ted Herald Ai r Guide neitht'r violates the regulations nor and will not call at Israeli ports on her voyage fail s to meet anv of the conditions set by the to Saudi Arabia ... The charges were ad­ Dc>partment in it s compliance program. The dressed to Bishara Lawrence, president of Ai r Guide firm is a wholly owned subsidiary the California compan~ . THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981 - 9

Judith Schrier Directs The Festival Dancers Of Brown University They Kick Up Their Heels To The Sounds Of International Folk Dancing Tunes

by Linda A. Acciardo Most of the dances are in the form of line fl owered material. The outfits had a vaguely da ncing, so no partners are required. It's peasant look. W e kept them for the next year ..., -- Dance is the language of the body. A dance ideal for single pe rsons and, as a m atter of and a half. " m ay serve to communicate ideas, inte rpret ...._ fact, a few m arri ages have resulted from The dances are brought into this country feelings, or simply draw people together in a meeting people at folk dancing clubs. Schrier by immigrants. " The most natural way to social atmosphere. There are many reasons for dancing. At Brown Unive rsit y's Hillel met he r husband while attending a folk learn a dance is to attend a Greek or Po lish picnic or wedding," sa ys Schrier. The only H ouse every Monday eve ning, Judith dancing class in her native California. other way to learn the " Zille rtaler Landle r" Schrie r and a group of m en and wome n join Folk d ancing can be a ny kind of dancing. from Austria is to be taught the steps in a together to kick up their heels to the sounds It can be performed by one person as a re the \. classroom situatio-n·. of Hungari an, Israeli a nd European, to name Irish jig or the Highland fling of Scotland. Or just a few , fo lk dancing tunes. it can be group dancing. But to be true folk Danci ng is, of course, a major part of These people a re members of Brown Un­ dancing, it must be a " trad itional dance that Schrie r' s life. She's been in volved with many ive rsity's Folk Dancing C lub. Many of them is done in a socie ty. By tradition, I mean, one different forms of d ance most of he r life perform with the Festival Dancers of Brown, which is handed down through families," beginning with folk da ncing classes in 1>;ram '. mar school and mod ern da nce classes during he r high school years. Like most people, she d ances simply because she e njoys it .

"I dance because I kinetically enjoy dancing. I en;oy performing~ standing there and being admired."

" ] dance because I kinet icall y enjoy danc­ ing. I e njoy perfo rm ing, sta nding there and bei ng ad m ired. I' m an incredible show-off:· Schrier says candidly. Off stage she is a reserved . m ild-ma nne red woma n who shies away from be in g photographed. O n stage all "Folk dancing is a lot more interesting than jogging. You have the music and the inhibitions disappear, leaving in their p lace variety of steps." the confidence of a professional folk dancing teacher and performer. · Folk dancing is a lso a tota l exercise. It's The li me li ght is onl y one of the motivating certa inl y a lot more inte resting than jogging. fo rces for Schrier' s love of dance. The You have the music and· the variety of steps. ~ creative aspect of he r in vol vement with fo lk Jogging is dull !" Although she is ve ry JUDITH SCHRIER, director of the Festival Dancers of Brown University. dancing is directing. ·· Folk da ncing is not modest about the role she plays with the c reati ve b eca use yo u're re producing clu b, she conside rs herself fortunate that she some thing that's already been created ." The under the direction of Schrier. Schrier said. Anyone can join. There are no prere­ It is a dance like the " Ei H atal" from research in vol ved with producing an authe n­ quisites o r specia l tale nts required . Israe l, the " Tube rozsa Csardas" from ti c show and the actual layout of the pro­ Eve rything one needs to know wi ll be ta ught Hungary, the" Masque rade" from Denmark gram intrigue he r. For Schrier, history comes ali ve through by Schrie r or one of the othe r eight to I 0 or the " Salty Dog Rag" from right here in da nce. Although she can rattle off the Folk dancing is a traditional leade rs in the group. The first hour of the the U.S.A. cultural and histori cal origin of a da nce, she dance that is handed down cl ass is devoted to teaching some of the easier In Ame ri ca and Europe, most of the folk steps to newcomers who are charged a mere d ancing began as e ntertainme nt. In the does not conside r he rself an expe rt. He r in­ through generations. tensit y of concentration when she ex plains 25 cents for the session. rural, small town regions, on holidays and " We' re an amateur g roup and it 's ex­ feast d ays, the people gathered togethe r in the common ori gin of the Slavic da nces makes one beli eve she does know a g reat deal treme ly informal," sa ys Schrie r, one of the the ir best clothes to dance. original organizers of the group in 1958. -_ Each country or region has diffe re nt levels a nd sh e certainl y e njo ys sha ring the of d ance, says Sd1rie r. The more authentic, knowledge. " If you like any kind of dancing, you is in a position to influence people. The the easier the dance is to perform. "The Anothe r facet o f fo lk danc ing that might like this. I would recommend every­ greatest reward in a ll he r e fforts is when she authe ntic ones are those that everyone is still everyone can e njoy is the phys ical exhilara­ one to try it," she adds. is able to pe rsuade a shy person that he or doing a nd that ~nyone can learn." tion of moving rh ythmicall y to the music There· s no common denominator among she can actuall y perform on stage . .. For me The Festival Dancers stri ve to achieve with a group of people. " Being with other the m embers. They range from 14-year-old it's a worthwhile thing to have done. It authe nticity in the ir performances. Hun­ people at a ve ry d eep level c,eates good Junior high school stude nts to compute r makes me feel as if I've earned my keep... programmers. There are doctors in the dreds of records, coveri ng the music of vibrations, " Schrier says. group, housewi ves, professors and Schrier, Northern Europe, Italy, Russia and more, are who is a research technician at Brown Un­ played during the performances. The club j_v.ersity~s -ps~logy departme nt. has more Israe li records than any other kind.

"Each country or region has different levels of dance. The more authentic, the easier the dance is to perform. The authentic ones are those that everyone is still doing and that anyone can learn."

The music it self has a great deal of variety . ANNOUNCES " You can oft e n tell what general area the music orig inates from. For example, the fid­ THE NEW 1981 d le sound is associated wi th the Scandinavian region. Mercedes-Benz O utfits fo r the perfo rmances are sewn by Eight years of engineering research NOW ON DISPLAY. the me mbers the mse lves. Schrie r reme mbers has produced the best Mercedes styling the first pe rforma nce of the Festi val Dance rs and fuel efficient au_tomobile for 1981 . given about 21 years ago at the Rhodes-On­ The-Pawtuxet. Come see the cars all America is talking " We selected ten dances from IO different about. The incomparable Mercedes VitiBcos countries. The outfits couldn' t refl ect one is available now for lease or Rt . 114 West Main Road, parti cular region. The women wore circular purchase from . Newport, Rhode Island Tel : (401) 847-1144 skirts in diff erent bright colors with white JUDITH SCHRIER b louses a nd sashes made of the same 10 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981

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Q: Are there any good investments in the replace Delta's DC-9 and 727 planes and will airline industry, or are all the companies solidify the carri er' s fleet leadership posi tion loo speculative for the average growth­ in technologicall y advanced, fuel-efficient oriented investor? R. 0 . North Carolina craft. I believe the stock is the premier invest­ A: Spotty records are common among the ment i11 the ai rline group. airlines. Moreover, depleted finances and debt-heavy capitali zations put many carriers Q: What should I do with my General in a very poor competitive position. Motors stock? Is there an y hope of improve­ One of the leading exceptions to this com­ ment in the auto industry? C. H., Missouri mon plight is Delta Air Lines. Its first fiscal A: General Motors is the unquestioned U. quarter (ended in September) saw per-s hare S. auto industry leader. Even so, its operating profits climb to $1.32, more than double their margins are continuing to suffer from the THE SWARTZ COUSINS CLUB enjoyed a good turnout at a recent reunion at the Jewish year-earlier level of 63¢. The carrier's strong pressures unleashed by the precipitous Community Center in Providence, the first reunion since 1956, when The Rhode Island performance derived from a 3 1 % improve­ decline in unit sales and rising costs. Herald published a picture of a much smaller gathering at the Narragansett Hotel. ment in passenger yields (revenues per Nine-month results were in the red~ to the Branches of the family now live In California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, passenger mile flown ) and effective cost con­ tune of $2.86 per share, compared to year­ Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Florida and New England. trols. earlier profits of $8.58. A loss of about $3.00 Traffic dropped about 3.6% during the per share will probably be reported for all of period, although that trend appears to be last year the first defi cit for GM since the Israel's Police Zionist Congress reversing itself currently; combined Novem­ 1930's. Despite poor results, management ber/ December revenue passenger miles (one paid a fourth-quarter dividend of 60¢, bring­ Chief Ousted Renews Funds passenger tr sported one mile) were nearl y ing full -year payments to $2.95. TEL A VIV - Inspector General Herzl JERUSALEM (JTA ) -The World Zionist unchange from the similar 1979 period. Near-term sales recovery prospects de­ Shafir, Israel's national police chi ef, was Congress Executive will renew allocations to Earnin comparisons should remain vibrant pend on a decline in interest rates. Extra di vi­ ousted from his post last week for showing the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) throughout the June 1981 year. I now expect dends are unlikely until a sustained sales disregard fo r the ri ghts of the individual. that had been halted recentl y. The Executive record-breaking net of about $7.00 per share recovery materializes. Long term, the com­ Shafir acknowledged that police officers decided that WZO chairman Leon Dulz,n versus $4.69 in fi scal 1980. pany's ex tensive capital spending program is in vestigating bribery complaints against and treasurer Aki va Levinsky should exert Delta recently announced plans to buy 60 paving the way for renewed prosperity. Giant Aharon Abuhazira, Minister of Religious Af­ their in flu ence to renew the all ocati ons or of Boeing's new generation 757-232 aircraft General Motors should still be the leader fairs, had discussed planting misleading in­ find other ways and means to guarantee the - at a cost of more than $3 billion, to be when auto fortunes improve. I would hold formation in the press to induce a suspect to proper functioning of WUJS. The WZO Ex­ fin anced internall y. The new 757' s will onto your shares for eventual recovery. testily against the minister. ecutive call ed on WUJS to deepen its ac­ tivities among Jewis h students throughout Israelis Take Life Too Seriously · the world. Galilee And Professor Hopes To Get Them Laughing Arava Need by Shimon Ben Noach better on standardized tests than another He hopes that his teaching methods wi ll be Comedians like Danny Kaye, Woody group taught in the conventional way. All the adopted not only in Israel but throughout the New Housing Allen and Marty Feldman have made Jews students agreed that the ingredient of humor world. He sees himself as a nonserious person JERUSALEM (JTA) - Concern over a famous the world over for their rich sense of made it easier to pay attention and more in- who is seri ously studying a subject which is lack of housing in newly es tabli shed settle­ humor. But Israel has produced no inter- teresting to learn . not taken seriously enough. His recent book ments in the Galilee and Arava regions was nationally acclaimed comics. It was also found that students have more published in French, The Psychology of the topic of an urgent discussion here be­ According to Prof. Avner Ziv of the School respect fo r a teacher with a good sense of Humor, has made a stir in Paris. It is one of tween Jewish Agency Executive chairman of Education at Tel Aviv University, the humor. the few psychological works ever written on Leon Dulzin, Agriculture Minister Ariel reason is that Israelis take life too seriously Ziv also stresses the creative nature of humor. · Sharon and the cochairmen of the Agency's and have a poor sense of humor. humor which he sees as the putting together Why has the subject been ignored when it Settlement Department, Renaan Weitz and "Anxiety frequently underlies humor," of two seemingly unconnected ideas. "En- is a basic human trait? " Frankly, psy­ Matityahu Drobles. Ziv explains. " This is why adolescents are couraging humor encourages initiati ve in chologists take themselves too seriously and The Jewish Agency is very concerned that always joking about sex. Jews within their every subject," he says. "Billions of apples have no sense of humor themselves," Ziv lack of housing in these settlements _will en­ own state feel very secure, unJortunately to fell from billions of trees, but it took Newton says. " It would not be bad therapy if every danger their stability and dissipate funds the point of arrogance. They have not only to find the gravity connection." patient laid on the couch and told his favorite already invested in their infrastructure. lost the anxieties and fears of the diaspora, In the future, Ziv hopes to study Arab and joke. That would reveal many hopes and According to the Agency's Settlement but also their ability to laugh at themselves Oriental Jewish humor. " I am told the Arabs fears." Department, 4,000 housing units should be and the world. If they were less serious they tell many jokes about the Jews," he says. " I Ziv's favorite joke? " The passengers are constructed in the shortest possible time in would relax and be less aggressive." am interested to find out about them and I seated on the first -ever full y automatic flight. settlement areas under the Agency's auspices Ziv hopes to increase not only the level of think it will help us understand how the The plane is about to take off. The automatic within the Green Line only. Since housing is humor in Israel but also the level of in- Arabs feel about us." Within Israel itself, pilots are ready and the automatic hostesses the government's res ponsibility, Weitz telligence, by killing two birds with one many jokes deride ethnic groups. The Roma- are busy soothing the passengers, when an proposed to discuss , with the government, stone. Because of his research, the teacher- ni ans are characterized as thieves: announcement comes over the speaker. funding for a minimum of 1500 housing units training course at Tel Aviv University will be Q. What's the Romanian recipe for ' Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard the in those areas. the first in the world to include the impor- chicken soup? first-ever fully automatic flight. Sit back and The Agency would lay out the $30 million lance of humor in its curriculum. Teachers A. First you steal a chicken. relax, for nothing can go wrong, nothing can needed for the 1500 housing units on the con­ will be encouraged to tell jokes in the Chillingly, Ziv recall s from his war ex- go wrong, nothing can go wrong. " dition that the government would include ex­ classroom and use humorous aids such as car- periences that when in the front line under penditures for this in the future budgets, loons. lire, straight-faced Israelis suddenly acquire Israeli Minister Resigns Weitz said. For example, a cartoon drawn to teach a sense of humor, with death being the butt JERUSALEM - Energy and Com­ He declared that he would be prepared to statistics shows an ex plorer unaware that of mos t jokes. munications Minister Yitzhak Modai has support this proposal with the Jewish there is a large alligator behind him and Ziv' s favorite Israeli humorist is Ephraim resigne d from the Communications Agency's Board of Governors if the govern­ about to devour him. " Don't worry," he blin- Kishon, the newspaper columnist syndicated Ministry, but said he would retain the energy ment indicated that it was prepa(ed to ap­ dly tell s a group of anxious natives, " the through " Ma'ari v" and widely translated. portfolio, according to Israeli offi cials. prove this transaction in principle. Sharon average length of an alligator in these parts is He recall s the story of a lion who stalked a Ministry sources said Modai had been un­ said he favored the proposal in principle and only two feet long." The story acts as an ap- large office in Tel Aviv and every so often ate able to win Government backing for plans to said he would explore the matter wi th the petizing introduction to the intricacies of the a clerk. Nobody noticed that any of the clerks set up a new authority for postal services. government. law of averages. were missing until one day the lion ate the A group of students whi ch was taught fo r clerk responsible for distributing tea to the fou r months with this approach scored fa r rest of the clerks. 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BOX 6063 management agencv a subscribe PROV ., RJ 02940 subscribe THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981 - J I Others Threatened After Jewish Leader Murdered History Of Moscow State Yiddish BONN ()TA) -T he mu rder of a Jewish community lead er in Erlangen, Bavaria, on Dec. 19 has touched off a series of death Theatre On Exhibition In Tel Aviv threats to Jewish leaders in other parts of West Germany. TEL AVIV ()TA ) - An ex hibition type of Jewish actor. It developed an avant­ ·· When I looked into the mirror I saw that The chairmen of the Jewis h communities c:lepjcting the birth, fl owering and eventual garde approach in an articulated' rebellion the makeup had created the ex press ion and in Nuremberg and Hamburg re ported being literal murder of the Moscow State Yiddish against the old ghetto style of life.·· dynamism of the character. Suddenly his harassed by anonymous telephone call ers Theater has opened here. The show at Beth Theater Attracted Chagall fingers st opped questioning on my face. He warning that "the execution of Jews will con­ H atefutsoth, th e Nahum Goldmann One of the young artists attracted to the touched my eye and stepped back a few tinue." Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, in cludes center was Marc Chagall, then an almost un­ paces and sa id : ' Ah, Solomon, if on ly yo u Police are still investigating the fatal over I 00 p hotographs of the theate r' s known a rti s t in hi s 20s . H e later didn' t have yo ur right eye, I could do so shootings of Shlomo Levin, 69, chairman of productions, the onl y objects saved from a reca ll ed: "They suggested that I should much.··· the Association for German-Jewish Coopera­ fire and brought to Israel by the daughters of decorate the walls of the auditorium with Influenced by Max Reinhardt and the tion and his friend, Frida Poeschke, 57, its two actor-directors, both murdered on frescoes and design the sets for its first theories of Meyerhold , the Yiddish Theater widow of an anti- Nazi activ ist, at the latter's Stali n· s direct orders. T he exhibition is ap­ production. I said to myself: here is an op­ presented many perfo rmances in Moscow home n ine d ays ago. They have not es­ propriately named: "The C losed Curtain." portunity to bury the old-fashioned Yiddish and th roughout the Soviet Union. In 1927, tablished whether the crime was raciall y or T he State Yi dd ish T heater was established theater, to sweep away its psychological after a generall y-acclaimed p roduction of politica ll y motivated , although that was the as an actors studio by Alexei Granovsky in naturalism and pasted-on beard.On its walls Mendele Mocher Seforim's, "The Ad ven­ initial supposition of the poli ce. Petrograd in 1918, mirroring the hopes then I could paint what I thoug ht was needed fo r tures of Benjamin the Third," the theater It was learned , meanwhile, that Levin had felt fo r a resurgence of Jewish artistic and the Renaissance of the Yiddish theater. ·· went on a tour of Europe, during which been removed from offi ce last year as chair­ cultural life aft er the 19 17 Bolshevik revolu­ Solomon Mikhoels, the main actor and Granovsky defected. man of the Jewish community in Nuremberg tion. It moved to Moscow in 1920 and later to become the Yiddish theater' s direc­ Mikhoels H a iled As Greatest Yi ddish Actor after a long series of quarrels. The German became the center of Jewish cultural life in tor, recall ed C hagall's make- up.: He was re placed as artistic director by news media has given the case extensive the city, attracti ng a nucleys of Jewish artists .. O n the day of the opening, Chagall came Mikhoels, hai led as the g reatest Yidd ish ac­ coverage, especiall y Levin's a ll eged contacts and intellectuals. in to the d ress ing room and after arranging tor, of whom Gord o n Craig, the dis­ with Israel where he has a family. The Israeli Granovsky wrote of the st udio: " It was the grease paint he started to work. He tinguished Sha kespearean scholar and Embassy in Bonn denied rumors that he had born litera ll y out of nothing. Not only was divided the face into two, painting one side th ea te r crit ic wrote in the Lo ndon been a special aide of former Israeli Foreign there no theater, but there was no audience. green and the other side yell ow. The ri ght Times: "Only now, aft er havi ng returned Minister . Some of the specula­ We had to start from scratch and lay the eyebrow was painted two centimeters higher from the theater fes ti val in Moscow do I un­ tion is based on Levin's own accounts which fou ndation of an edifice which would later than the left. The wrinkles of the nose and derstand why we have no Lear worthy of the are said to have been exaggerated. become the fo u nd ation of the Yiddish li ps were ex tended all over the face to express name in Britain. T he reason is q uite simple The murders have ala rmed the 300- Theater . The goal was to create a new tragedy. . .. we have no actor like Mikhoels . " member Jewi sh community in Nuremberg, In the 1930s, under the press ure of offi cial near Erl angen and local leaders are at­ CJF To Launch National Study Soviet criticism, the Yiddish theater re per­ tempting to maintai n calm and see to it that toire took a more naturalisti c style and security is g uaranteed. became more vari ed. At the beginning of On Soviet Jewish Resettlement World War II , in the earl y l 940s, the theater NEW YORK - Russian Jewish im­ program has been implemented with the was moved to Tashkent, returning to First Bas Mitzvah migrants li ving in 14 Ame ri can ci ties will assistance of $46. 7 million from the Federal Moscow at the end of the war, when it soon be asked to participate in a National Bl ock Grant. produced contemporary Jewish plays dealing Held In Leni ngrad Research Study sponsored by the Council of T hrough this nationwide effort, Jewish with post- war rehabilitation questions. Jewish Federations. Directed by Professors emigres fr om the Soviet Union have received During the war, Mikhoels became in­ Ri ta and Julian Simon of the Uni versity of Il ­ fin ancial assistance, vocational cou nseling, volved in public acti vities, serving as chair­ WALTHAM , MAS S. (JTA )- The Union lino is, the Study will g ive these new lang uage and vocati onal training, health ser­ man of the Jewish anti-Fascist Committee of Councils fo r Soviet Jews reported that the Ame ri cans the opportunity to assist the vices and personal counseling in m ul­ and touring Europe ·and the U.S. to win sup­ fi rst known Bas Mitzvah ceremon y in Jewi sh ~o mmunity in assessing the progress tifaceted programs coordinated by local port for Soviet Jewry during the struggle Leningrad was celebrated recently by 13- of its resettlement efforts. Fed erati ons. CJ F has ad ministered the against Nazism. year-old Ann Cogan. Covering many aspects of the emig re ex­ matching grant on the national level. Mikhoels was awarded the Stalin Prize in The ceremony, attended by 37 friends and perience, the Study will concentrate on The Jewi sh community's resettlement 1946, and it was on Stalin Prize committee relati ves, was held in the Cogan apartment socio-economic adjustment, and integration program for Russian Jews has served as a business that he was sent to Minsk on Jan. 7, and described in a letter from the girl's• into American society and the America n model for the absorption into Ame ri can 1948, to be murdered there a week later. mother, Sophie Cogan to members of the Jewish community. society of other immigrant groups. The Although eye-witnesses later descri bed to his Union of Council s. T he project is supervised by the CJ F National Research Study will provide ad­ fami ly how he was deli berately hit by a car The letter said, in part: "When we first Soviet Jewish Resettlement Committee, d it ional information about the adjustment operated by Stalin's agents, it was officiall y began to pre pare the Bas Mitzvah, we chaired by Bernard Manekin of Baltimore, and achievements of those who have chosen stated that he had " pe ri shed under tragic cir­ learned that we had no information how to and is fin anced by a grant from the Federal to build new lives in Ameri ca. cumstances" and he was given a state d o it. Old people knew only how to do Bar Government. Fieldwork will be conducted funera l. Mitzvah. Nobod y here has celebratei:I a Bas by Audit & Survey, Inc., a national research Wiesenthal Says Stalin's daughter, Svetlana, wrote in her Mitzvah, so we decided to make it as we im­ firm, and the data analyzed by Drs. Rita and Mengele On Verge Of memoires: " I heard my fa ther say on the agined . . First we pre pared a film, with dif­ Julian Simon. · Suicide Or Surrender telephone, ' O kay, let' s say he had a car acci­ fe rent moments of Ann's li fe against a Over the next several months, 700 inter­ dent.' He put down the recei-,er and said background of Jewish music." views of emigres who arrived since 1972 will TEL AVlV {J TA ) - Nazi,hunter Simon nonchalantly, · Did yo u hear, Mikhoels was At the cereihony Ann discussed a portion be conducted in New York, Chicago, Los Wiesenthal says that Nazi war criminal Josef ki lled in a car accident."' of the Torah dealing with the g iving of Angeles, Phi ladelphia, Cleveland, Bos ton, Mengele, the doctor who perfo rmed ex pe ri ­ Government Support Ends charity. H er father, Izaak Cogan, explained San Francisco, Milwaukee, Houston, Kansas ments on inmates at 6,uschwitz, is now on the M ikhoels was replaced as artistic director the significance of Ann's Hebrew name, City, Rochester, At lanta, Columbus and verge of either suicide or su rrender to tl\e by Benjamin Zuskin , but the Sov iet govern­ Hannah, and her mother spoke about why in Worcester. Each 90-minute interview will West German authorities. ment stopped fin ancial support for the Jewish tradition children come of age so gather information on the entir~ fa mil y, Wiesenthal told Israel television he had of­ theater shortly afterwards and tri ps outside earl y. relating education, training and employment fered a $50,000 award fo r information about Moscow were banned. Zuskin was arrested in The party lasted fo r fi ve hours and in the Soviet Union with current vocational, Mengele·s whereabouts and had received ex­ December 1948 and executed in August generated much interest. " The girls older social, educa ti onal and personal adjustment. act details of where he is now. I 952, together with other Jewish writers and than Ann who were at our Bas Mitzvah Data wi ll also be gathered on Jewish identity He said the Nazi war criminal, sought public figures in what was known as " the reproached their parents that they had not and involvement in Jewish communal ac­ since the end of World War 11 , had recently doctors' plot against Stalin.'· The last an­ had a Bas Mitzvah. We hope that our first Bas ti vities. Identities of those taki ng part in the lost his Paraguyan citizenshi p. " He is now nouncement of performances appeared in Iz­ Mitzvah in Leningrad wi ll provoke a wish in study will be strictl y confidentia l. ru nn in g fro m cou n try to country," vestia on Nov. 16, 1949. other fam ilies to celebrate the Bas Mitzvah Since l 972, 50,000 Jews have left the W iesenthal said. He said Mengele was suf­ Among those present at the ex hibition's ceremony fo r their children, just as the Soviet Union. From Oct. I, 1978 to Sept. 30, fe ring from a circulatory d isease, was getting opening were Tala and Nina Mikhoels, and Pesach sed er has become popular here," the 1980, over 46,000 settled in the United tired of being on the run and was "about Tamar and Ell a Zuskin, daug hters of the for­ letter said. States, where a comprehensive resettlement read y to give himself up or_co mmit suicide. " mer d irectors, now living in Israel.

Government Barred From Taking Solomon Schechter Over Arab Electric Company Day School of Rhode Island JERUSALEM ()TA) - The Supreme Jerusalem, provides power there and on the 99 Taft Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02906** Court iss ued a temporary injunction today West Bank. It-has long been accused of inef­ KINDERGARTEN - Half day barring the government from taking over the fi ciency because of the obsolescence of its Arab-owned Eas t Jerusalem Electric Co. Th

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The progression of the disease States, is the subject of a major study at varies, but usually causes enlargements of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York the affected organs, and can cause painful We have discussed how so many plays in than enough to carry on to game including rn~ . . . swelling of the joints and ma~e bones very Bridge should be automatic. Today's hand what might be a very valuable Heart Queen. Like other genetic disease, including Tay­ brittle. shows how one of those seemingly so, West led his Heart Jack, the top of an in­ Sachs and Neimann-Pick, Gaucher's is a Medical research and genetic counseling because of the information given, should terior sequence. He was willing to give up the deadly recessive-gene disease found to af­ has enable prospective Jewish parents to have been just the opposite. Unfortunately, first trick in hopes that his partner could get fe'ct Jews of European ethnic origin. known if their ex pected child wi ll have Tay­ the Declarers I watched failed to pay heed to in lo return the suit through Declarer allow­ About half of the country's estimated eight Sachs disease, giving them the chance to what they had been told. All they could see ing him to cash the remainder of his Hearts. mi.Ilio n Je ws live in the New York abort the fetus. was the cards in the suit that was led but not This is what did happen but it could have metropolitan area, most of them with Euro­ For the disease to occur, both parents must how they fitted into the overall hand. The been avoided. l pean origins, and Mt. Sinai has Jewish carry the fecessive gene; if they do, the odds result was they failed to make their contract With the doubleton Heart Queen over in philanthropic origins. are one in four that their child will be af­ when it should have been made. Dummy, the natural inclination is to play it l Dr. Robert J. Desnick left the University of right then on the first trick. In most cases that fli cted. North Minnesota three years ago to become the would have been correct, the idea being that Desni ck said he knew of only one or two • AQ105 chief of the division of genetics at the Mt. couples who had gone ahead and had a child if the Ace is in the leader's hand the Queen Sinai center and to help lead its battle against • Q 3 L in whom Tay-Sachs had been diagnosed AJ7 will win, otherwise it will be a silting duck. r diseases which affect primarily Jews. And as ex pected with the Two Bid, the ► before birth. 1 AK 5 3 Des(lick says Gaucher' s disease is the most . It is more difficult to determine if prospec­ Queen did win. But before nine tricks can be prevalent of the Jewish genetic diseases, with tive parents are carriers of Gaucher' s disease. West East cashed to make the contract the Spade 1,500 patients in the New York area. What is known is that about one of 25 Jews • 74 • K862 fin esse must be taken rig ht into East. When it Des nick hopes MI. Sinai can· provide a carries the defect, that the chances are one in • A J 10 8 7 4 • 9 5 lost and East returned his other Heart, West clinical and research center that leads to 625 th at each member of a couple will carry ♦ 10 9 3 ♦ 6 5 2 was able to cash five Hearts to set the hand ,-- earlier and more accurate diagnoses of the it , and that one of every four children of that • QJ .fo 10974 two tricks . disease, better care, and more extensive couple is likely to inherit the disease. South You might think, as many of the Declarers genetic counseling to parents carrying the Past Research • J 93 did, that losing the finesse was unlucky and t recessive gene disorder. Earlier research tried replacing the miss­ Y K 6 2 that was the reason for their failure. ' · Mt. Sinai will sponsor an international ing enzyme in the Tay-Sachs patient, but ♦ K Q 84 Remember, finesses can lose as easily as ~ symposium on Gaucher' s disease next July. natural barriers prevented the enzyJJl e from .fo 8 6 2 they can win and when provisions can be Enzyme Diseases reaching t~e brain cells. made to help insure against their losing, we Gaucher' s and Tay-Sachs are diseases in Efforts to arrest Gaucher' s disease by in­ North and South were vulnerable, West should take them. What do we know even ~ - Dealer with this bidding: which \he victims lack a specific enzyme, a jecting the missing enzyme have also failed. before Dummy comes down? That's West's ~ chemical produced by the body, to break There is no cure for the inherited diseases, w N E s bid showed a six card suit. This leaves East ~ down and eliminate the accumulation of but Desnick hopes to find better ways of 2H Dbl p 2NT with but two, simple arithmetic. Had the L fatty substances within the cells. Parents who managing it. p 3NT End Spades been the other way with the finesse I are carrie rs of the recessiv e enzyme Another goal is to find a screening , into West, coming up with the Heart Queen ~ I deficiency pass the disease on to . their mechanism for Gaucher' s that is as easy an West had a bare minimum non-vulnerable would then have been automatic. But as the children. inex pensive a procedure as that for Tay­ Weak Two bid after which North, with his cards are, when the Spade finesse loses, we I In Tay-Sachs, occurring in one of 3,000 Sachs. fine hand, had a perfect Take-out Double. ml/st take it after East is out of Hearts. How, ~ ' Jewish births, the fatty substa nces ac­ Finally, Desnick suspects that wide vari a­ South had an easy response, his Two No by ducking trick one all around. We still have cumulate in the brain and central nervous tions of Gaucher' s between young and Trump bid not being a denial as many non­ a sure stopper no matter what West does but system, causing severe complications and elderl y victims may offer a clue that will informed players think. This call shows a this time, when the fin esse loses, East cannot l eventuall y death, usually befo re the age of 5. provide for better treatment of the disease. fairly decent hand of about 7 - 10 points with return a Heart and now the hand will be I made with an overtrick. I less than four cards in the other Major and in­ Iii,.. cluding a probable stopper in the openers bid Moral : Every bit of information should be Priestly Teachings suit. After that North certainly had more digested and if possible utilized .to its fullest. t view, he expressed his reluctance to talk with trial, and obliged to return to the meaning of Enlighten Hebrew Univ. journalists, because of the delicacy and depth history." Ultimately, he contends, " it is the L of the questions involv ed." It will take a great ide.~tity of Jesus that both unites and divides l by J.A. Lewin It is "singularly difficult to appraise because deal of time and we need to be very patient iri us. t Marcel Jacques Dubois, the newly ap­ of the constant interplay of politics and order to find the answers," he said. " The key," he repeated, " is to link the pointed chairman of the Department of religion," he writes in a recent issue of In terms of the relationship between · Land to the People and the People to the Philosophy at the Hebrew University, brings "Christian News From Israel. " He points Christians and Jews, Dubois stated that it is Book." From this process will come the Christian intellectual support to Israel's with hope, to the creation in recent years of a necessary,," on the Christian side to repair Redemption, he says. The full meaning of struggle for understanding in the non-Jewish Vatican committee to meet with Jewish some mistakes of the past, and for both sides current events may not be clear or fully com­ world. leaders on an annual basis. He also supports to rediscover the history of Salvation. There prehensible to any of us, says Dubois, and so With warm, genial enthusiasm, the the report of a committee of French bishops has been too much emphasis in the past on we are" called upon to sustain what might be French Philosopher-pri est and Ph. D . which calls on Catholics to "understand that dualistic categories," he said, which do not call ed the dynamics of hope." emphasizes the special relationship between the origin of the conflict in the Middle East give enough weight to the common origins While the majority of governments the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, li es in a conflict between two justices. It and ultimate goal of both religions. represe.nted in the United Nations seem 1>p­ based on the eternal covenant with the fi rst hopes for peace in Jerusalem as the augury of Regarding the Vatican's policy on posed to Israel's struggle for survival, many Jew, Abraham, giving this land forever to the peace for all men." Jerusalem, Dubois stated that the current seemingly isolated individuals around the children of Is rael. Dubois offers diplomatic explanations for agreement has been to keep the situation world continue to support the inalienable Perhaps only a serious student of Scrip­ why the Vatican has not yet recognized the open by remaining silent on certain issues. right of Jews to live as free human beings in tures can appreciate the depth of this connec­ State of Israel, buremphasi,.,s that the basic " Many people think only in terms of their own land. Dubois is among those who tion to the Holy Land and its meaning for problem is theologically accepting . the economic considerations and don' t pay hold up a candle of hope in the encroaching Jews seeking their place in the Divine plan, "significance of the convenantal bond ·be­ enough attention to the philosophical issues" darkness. as recognized by Christian theologians. tween the Jewish people and the Land as a involved in Middle J;:ast politics. It is Although .his first allegiance is clearly to factor of Jewish identity - one which goes necessary for Christians, said Dubois, to SWiss-lsrael Trade Report the Catholic tradition into which he was much deeper than purely political Zionism." recognize the link connecting Jewish people, GENEVA (JTA ) -T he Swiss-Israel born, Dubois exemplifies the readiness of Since 1974, Dubois points out, the Vatican the Land of Israel and the Holy Bible. Chamber of Commerce reported that during many individual Christians to reconsider the has altered its earlier support for the" inter­ However, he emphasized, this does not the first six months of 1980 Switzerland ex­ historical ·relationship, so often bitter and nationalization" of Jerusalem, to making give Israelis the unlimited right to do ported to Israel goods worth 773.6 million cruell y oppressive, between Christians and known its desire for "international guaran­ whatever they please in settling the land. "If Swiss Francs. This included 639.5 million Jews, to realize that both religions come from tees" for the status of Jerusalem. " The status Christians had respected the link between Francs worth of uncut diamonds. During the one living source, and to recognize that the of Jerusalem is clearly, in real and symbolic the people and the land in the past, they same period, the Chamber of Commerce modern State of Israel, in fact, fulfills Biblical terms, the key to equilibrium in the Middle would now be better able to give helpful ad­ . added, Switzerland imported from Israel prophecies of the return of the Exiles to their East - perhaps in the entire world." vice concerning the issue of the rights of the 170.9 million Francs worth of goods. own land. Dubois was born in France in 1920. He Palestinian Arabs. 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Chinese government recogni zes that there is among them Israel, " to improve the organic by Steven Schnur Rittenberg' s emergence as a key fi gu,e in no possible solution to the Middle East situa­ structure" of the Mexican armed forces. Managing Edi tor, Reform Judaism promoting Eas t-West understanding follows tion except on the terms they now articulate The specific steps, according to Galvan, For the first time since the 1949 Com­ his release from 16 years in Chinese prisons - re.':"gnizing the rights of all states in the that will be taken in 1981 include " drastical­ munist revolution in China, the United on charges of es pionage. Yet despite this area. ly" modernizing . the Mexican army, the pro­ States has begun cultural, economic and lengthy imprisonment, he has chosen to He also noted that the situation on the duction of remote-controlled guided missiles scientific exchange programs with the Peo­ remain in his adopted country. Chinese in Southeast Asia, many of whom and the purchase of either Israeli Kfir or ple's Republic. As a Jew he has taken a special interest in recently became " boat people," directly American Fl5-E fighter jets. Sidney Rittenberg, a Reform Jew from improving the image of Judaism and Israel in parallels that of diaspora Jewry. " They too The modernization of the armed forces Charleston, South Carolina has spent the China. Though Jews have lived in China for are largely merchants and professionals, fre­ will be financed by a budget of $1,085,000,000, past 35 years in China working to promote more than a thousand years, their small and quently accused of exercising inordinate a 38 percent increase over Mexico's 1980 mili­ this breakthrough in Sino-American rela­ scattered communities all but disappeared fi nancial and political control. Like the Jews, tary budget. ln real terms the increase in tions. He recently was appointed the first by the 19th century. Today onl y a handful of they have suffered many a pogrom." spending will amount to quite a bit less, as American adviser to the Academy of Social Jews remain, most of them refugees from A Second Holocaust Mexico's inflation rate this year has hovered Sciences in Peking and is confident that World War II. " More people know the term In a Newsweek interview earlier this year, at 28 percent, Galvan said. China's new openness will not only benefit fo r 'Zionism' than for Jew,"' Rittenberg Li Xian Nian, a party vice chairman, referred · In January, he will travel to Israel "with the U.S. but improve Israel-China relations noted, adding that not until 1978 and the t o the ordeal of the Cultural Revolution presidential authorization, to look at the new as well. rescinding of the rule prohibiting U.S. within China as a " second Holocaust." Rit­ planes, the Kfir," Galvan said. He indicated Speaking as a private citizen, Rittenberg citizens from teaching in China did these tenberg remarked that prior to this the that the acquisition of Israeli light-armored said recently to Reform Judaism: "Until stereotypes of American cruelty and poverty Holocaust had never been mentioned cars would also be discussed. recently, China supported the Arab position begin to disappear. No longer valued merely publicly in China. " The Jews, like the It is widely known that Mexi co wo uld like in the Middle East with no publicly stated as a foil to stem the ri sing Russian threat, the Chinese, are an ancient people with an an­ to buy a squadron of American Fl5-E jets reservations about a policy seeking the U.S. has increasingly been viewed by the cient religion that has survived since the and that the U.S. government is disturbed at destruction of Israel. Today, however, China Chinese as a valuable source of scientific, beginning of recorded time," he stressed. the prospects of a small arms race of increas­ openl y supports secure borders fo r all Middle economic, and military technology, he says. " We share many traditions and outlooks, in­ ingly sophisticated weaponry in Central East nations and has reacted fa vorably to the cluding the importance of family, the New Political Awareness America. Oil will further complicate the Camp David accord s, which it believes supremacy of scholarship, and an emphasis potentiall y lucrative Mexican jet sale. defu sed a potentiall y explos ive superpowe r " Today there is no cut-and-dried political on a li fe of righteous actions rather than After the fall of the Shah of Iran's regime confrontation in the area." gospel," Rittenberg insists. " The average words. If this were more widely known and the return of Sinai oil fi elds to Egypt, A controversial fi gure fi rs t sent to China by Chinese who thinks politicall y refu ses labels. among the Chinese, it would bring about Mexico became Israel's chief supplier of crude the U.S. Army in 1945, Rittenberg joined the He wa nts facts about how other people live, better Israel- China relations as well as im­ oil. Both Vice President Walter Mondale and United Nati ons Relief Agency just as the U.S. how they produce, whether they are able to prove U.S. -China ties." Secretary of State Edmund Muskie have failed and China severed diplomatic relations. He speak fr eely. The Chinese have a better un­ A father of four children by his Chinese in their attempts to negoti ate a preferential witnessed Mao Zedong's Communist derstanding ofJews in all parts of the world wife, Sidney Rittenberg is currently writing a contract with the Mexicans fo r the purchase takeover, the Cultural Revolution, and most as a result of this breakdown in thei r book about his experiences to organize of their oil and propane gas. recently the massive restructuring of the dogmati c approach to international affairs. scholarl y exchanges between the United The U.S. would like an ass ured and con­ Chinese govern ment that has resulted in a The process is not yet finished , but now the States and China. stant supply of oil from a non-OPEC, non­ Arab country. Israel, suspicious about the U.S. resolv e to supply it with oil, should that Jewish Community, Not Individual Family~ need arise, will be courting the Mexican mil­ itary delegation when it visits Israel nex t month at least as av idly as its chief all y, the Responsible For Care Of Retarded Jews U.S., obsei;vers said. The competitio n, they NEW YORK {JTA) - The Jewish com­ Mental Retardatio n in Brookl yn, who came retarded, " I prefer some such term as noted, promises to be intense. munit y - not the fam il y of retarded Jews - to the meeting, he said, "to plead fo r more 'special' people, not simply as a euphemism, is ultimately responsible fo r the care of such Jewish group homes so that the Jewish retar­ but because it would more accurately reflect ,. Kibbutz Refuses Jews, according to Rabbi Moshe Tendler, ded do not have to be cared fo r in an alien their situation, especially in view of the fact chairman of the ethics committee of the cultural and religious environment. " that, in many cases ,the retardation is limited To Host Rally Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and A works hop meeting was told that "com­ to the capacity to absorb and assimilate JERUSALEM {JTA )- Kfa r Szold, a ki b­ Professor of Biology and Talmud at Yes hi va munity attitudes are crucial to the funding knowledge, while in other areas, they may be butz in Upper Galilee, refused at the last University. and support of programs for the retarded," quite normal or even above average. The Tendler su bmitted that proposal in a by I. Joseph Harri s, New York State Com­ Jewish identity factor is even more impor­ ' minute to host a Peace Now rall y against an­ nexation of the Golan Heights which had keynote address to several hundred missioner on Quality of Care fo r Mentally tant, not only per se, but also for its been scheduled to take place there las t week. professional and lay experts in the fi eld of Disabled. therapeutic values." A petition, sig ned by 170 members of the retardation at a conference sponsored jointly Harris said "we must discourage the The conference concentrated on the ser­ kibbutz, more than half. of the members , and by the Committee on Religious Affairs and public from viewi ng the mentall y retarded as vice needs of the Jewish retarded and their posted in the communal dining hall, stated the Joint Committee on Services for the sick people or as mental defectives, nor families when the retarded Jew remains in that it was inappropriate for a settlement at Retarded, both Federation committees, and should they be viewed as objects of pity." He the community. the fo ot of the Golan Heights, wh ich was the the Jewish Community Relations Council of said it was "a great disservice" to use Rabbi Benjamin Scharfrnan of the Child target of Syrian shelling in the past, to be the New York. " descriptive terms that tend to emphasize Developme nt Ce nte r, Coney Island site of such a gathering. Urging better understanding of the retar­ their disability rather than their ability." Hospital, was conference chairman. R_ab~i A month ago, the kibbutz secretariate gave ded, Tendler said the retarded " are not ab­ In a message to the conference, Rabbi Isaac Trainin, director of the Federations approval for the rally at the initiative of one normal," and their condition was, in fact, " a Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher religious affairs department, was coordinator of its members, Dan Shavit, a writer. Many part of the human condition. But every Jew Rebbe, declared that, in regard to the'Jewish and consultant 1 residents of upper Galilee and the Golan must be provided with the entire panoply of were to have participated. human services and must be treated with all According to Peace Now, pressure was the respect due to any individual." brought to bear by several kibbutz members · The conference also heard Thomas Shirtz, who threatened to disrupt the rall y by bar­ director of the New York State Office of ring the kibbutz gates and defl ating the tires TEL AVIV {JTA ) -Bank Leumi, the of guests' cars. largest banking group in Israel, has reached a Kfa r Szold is a member of Kibbutz working agreement with the prominent Hameuchad, one of the kibbutz movements Egyptian Suez Canal Bank whereby they affiliated with the La bor Party. The move­ become each other's correspondents, Bank ment supported proposed legislation to an­ Leumi announced this week. It was the first nex the Gola n H e ig h ts wh ich was overwhelmingly defeated in the Knesset last arrangement between an Israeli and an week. Peace Now plans to hold the rally at Egyptian bank since the signing of the peace treaty. · another kibbutz in the reg.!:'v

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Pay Controversy Allows Doctors To Analyze Walking Process Under Review TEL A VIV - The controversy over TEL AVIV - A computerized footprint By using a walking track to reflect and others undergoing rehabilitation training. recommendations by a · commission of in­ that gives a physician orthopedic informa­ measure the press ure of the fo ot on the Even patients with a stroke or brain quiry on increases in teacher~' pay was put tion about walking-movements and the en­ ground and monitoring body movements damage can benefit by accurate assessment aside in the Israeli Cabinet this week. tire body has been developed by Tel Aviv with a computer, the phys ician gets 30,000 of damage to the gait, so the rehabilitation The confrontation pitted Finance Minister University professors Maurice Brull and Mir­ different measurements. program may be guided accordingly. Yigael Hurwitz against Minister of Educa­ cea Arcan. This is the first time accurate numeri cal The instrument all ows for an accurate tion Zevlun Hammer on the issue of carrying Brull and A~can were the recipients last and scientific data on locomoti on is ava il able. design of implants and artificial limbs before out those recommendations. year of an international award for one of the The apparatus at the School of Engineer­ surgery, and it has been fo und that pati ents Hammer said the recommendations had to best technological innovations of the year for ing is used in conjunction with Tel Hashomer can be taught different wa lking patterns to be honored and he would leave the Govern­ the " Footprint" orthopedic instrument. Hospital, an affili ate of Tel Aviv University, reli eve inordinate and dangerous fo rces on ment if they were not. Hurwitz, who is trying The new apparatus is a further develop­ to analyze th e requirements and progress of the knee or hip. to fi ght Israel's soaring inflation, said he ment of the "Footprin_t' · concept. prosth esis pati ents, wounded soldiers and The Tel Aviv team has also been asked to would quit the Government if the teachers test fatigue by measuring gait. The Ministry received the salary increase. Higher pay for A Peach Of A Picking Machine of Defense and physicians using kidney the teachers, Hurwitz said , would set off a dialysis equipment who are interested in stream of wage "demands that would cripple You've heard of throwing out the baby Erez basicall y aimed at establishing unifor­ assessing fatigue quantitati vely have asked the economy. with the bath water... but have you ever mity in the ripening process and allowing for the team to establish guidelines for measur­ The Cabinet formed a committee con­ heard of cutting down a tree just to pick its mechanical rather than manual harvesting. ing fatigue. sisting of {'rime Minister Menachem Begin fruit? The first job was to develop a tree from which and the two rival ministers and asked them to That's what they' re doing these days at the fruit could be easil y detached, and this Friendship Groups Meet bridge the differences this week. Israel's Agricultural Research Organization, was accomplished . After intensive work, JERUSALEM ( JTA) - Some 150 leaders In othe r developments, the Cabinet but there's a method to their madness. Scien­ Alper came up with a machine that works like of 50 friendship associations between Israel decided to appoint Yoram Aridor, now a tists here have developed a totally new this: and other countries met here last week, the deputy minister, to be Minister of Com­ method of peach harvesting, based on a Two arm-like prongs grasp the tree and first such gathering, at President Yitzhak munications. The portfolio was previously variety of peach tree which can r_egenerate its hold it firm. The tree is then cut by a rotating Navon' s residence. The meeting was held at held by Yitzhak Modai, who remains in his trunk and canopy within one year and bear saw and lift ed on to the shaker, a heavily pad­ the initiative of the World Zi onist Organiza­ post as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure export quality fruit . The tree is cut almost at ded conveyor belt . As it is lifted upwards and tion's foreign affairs department. In addition and Cabinet member. Aridor belongs to ground level and the fruit gently detached along the belt , the tree is shaken horizontally to Navon, the gathering was attended by Begin's Herut faction of the bloc and from the branches by a combine developed and backwards. The fruit fall s off and the tree Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and WZO will stre ng then the hard-liners in the especially for the job. is then discarded. Meanwhile the peaches Executive chairman Leon Dulzin. Cabinet. The technique is particularly useful in fall al ong another belt into a container, ready­ countries which are short on agricultural for the packaging plant. manpower- like Israel. It was developed by The first mechanized harves ting took Dr. Amnon Erez of the ARO's Institute of place las t summer and the results pro ved Horticulture and Dr. Yekutiel Alper of its In­ hi ghl y pro mising. 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