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Bruce Sundlun Heads NCCJ Increased Number Of Exit Visas Awards Dinner Issued To Soviet Jews, Refuseniks

MOSCOW - The Sovie t Union has pie, and possibly as many ~s 50,000, who No One Knows Why abruptly and without explanation resumed have been refu sed visas. Exact fi gures are im­ There is speculation about the motives issuing visas to large numbers of Jews who possible to ascertain because many who are behind the apparent shift in policy, but no have long soug ht to emigrate. turned down keep the fact secret, fearing read y explanation. The number of Jews emigrating by way of they may lost their jobs. One Western diplomat said it might have Vi enna, the principal exit route, fe ll off shar­ When the fl ow of visas was cut to a trickle something to do with the forthcomin~ con­ ply in the middle of last year after reaching a las t summer, Western diplomats and Jews ac­ gress of the Communist Party, scheduled for peak of 51 ,000 in 1979. The total for 1980 was tive in the emigration movement at first later this month. Soviet officials may want to 2 1,471 , according to figures issued by the thought the cutback had resulted from the demonstrate humaneness. National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Only fa ct that officials were busy processing visas 889 Jews arrived in Vienna in December and fo r visitors to the Moscow O lympics. But the But Jewish activists did not see a connec­ about 850 last month. curtailment continued aft er the Olympics tion between the cong ress and the changed In the second week of January, however, had ended. visa policy. Some suggested it may represent according to Jewish sources in Moscow, the Toward the end of last year, it was beli eved a hin t to the U.S. of a willingness to negotiate offi cial attitude suddenl y became more that the cutback was a reprisal against the on major issues. lenient. One source estimated that visas were U.S. for cutting trade with the Soviet Union One activist said Jews have learned to ex­ currently being processed at the rate of 1,500 aftN thP intnvf'ntion in Afghanistan. pect inexplicable changes in policy. BRUCE SUNDLUN to 2,000 a month in Moscow alone, with othe rs being granted in Odessa, Ki ev, Bruce G. Sundlun, president and chief ex­ Kharkov, Vi lnius and other cities. ecutive officer of the Outlet Company, has A Jewish scientist who has been wai ting been named chairman of the 29th Annual almost a decade for his visa, and has still Brotherhood Award Dinner by Edward E. heard nothing, said he estimated the ra te was Mull igan, chairman of the board of the hack at about 36,000 a year. He cautioned National Conference of Christians and Jews. that it was unknown how long the change The award dinner will be held May 14 at would last. the Chateau de Vi ll e in Warwick. Another source re ported that on one day Sundlun served as vice president and last week the Interior Ministry iss ued 170 general counsel of the Outlet Co. from l 960 visas, staying open until 10 p.m. to complete to I 976, when he assumed his present posi­ the work. tion. He also served as an in corpora tor of the Received Permission Communications Satelli te Corpora tion, to Among those who have been granted per­ which he was appointed by President John F. mission to leave have been a number of peo­ Kennedy. ple who have been repeatedly refused per­ A native of Rhode Island, Sundlun is direc­ mission in the past. Jewish acti vists listed Lev 't.;,: tor of the Greater Providence Chamber of Roitburd, an Odessa engineer; Emanuel L. Commerce, vice chairman of the R. I. Urban Likhterov, a Moscow journalist; Yevgeny Project, and president of the Ocean State Zhitinsky, a Moscow dentist, and Kh anna A. Performing Arts Center. He serves as direc­ Yelinson, a Moscow engineer, among those tor to Trinity Square Repertory Theatre, leaving. Capital Center Commission and R. I. Some of those who have been issued visas Legislative Pay Commission. In 1980 he was have been waiting for almost a decade. It is estimated that there are at least 10,000 pea- honored at the Israeli Bond Dinner. The Rhode Island-Southern Massachusetts Region Women's American ORT, in celebration of 100 years of vocational and technical education, has ·donated a $500 collection of vocational-technical libra ry books to Toll Gate High School in honor and European Initiative And Camp recognition of the "ORT Outstanding Educator of the Year Award" given to Robert J. Shapiro, principal of Toll Gate High School. The collection is now complete (F-eb. 1981) and being used in the Technical Program. David Accords Are Compatible Mrs. Dorothy Stevens, Toll Gate librarian (left); Mrs. Carolyn Salk, chairperson "ORT" 100 year Honors Committee; Mrs. Marsha Feital, ORT president 1981; and Dr. Jeanne PAR IS (}TA) - Egyptian President coldness, _th e two men rode together th rough Patric, Toll Gate librarian (right). Anwar Sadat sa id he "welcomes" a European the streets of Paris to the Palais Marigny, a initiative but remai ns firml y committed to former Rothschild home now used as an of­ the Camp David agreements which are the ficial residence fo r vi siting chiefs of state. basis fo r Middle East peace. The Egyptia n ·Relations between Giscard and Sadat, ==inside: leader made that position clear to the Euro­ once diplomatic allies and personal friends, pean leaders in Luxembourg and to Presi­ cooled after France refu sed to support dent Va lery Giscard d' Estaing. Sadat's histori c trip to Jerusalem and the Sadat said that the European initiative and Camp David agreements. Working To Ethnotherapy the Camp David agreements are not incom­ The two men now seem to have moved patible but must be synchronized between closer to each other. France is pre pared to ac­ Protect Consumers For Mental Health the various interested countries. At a press cept the Camp David agreements as a " possi­ ______page 11 conference in Luxembourg, Sadat said he ble" basis for a global peace while Sadat is ______page12 welcomes a European initiative and "am " we lcoming" the European initiative even asking for one" because" Europe must engineered by the French President. take its share of the responsibility for peace Fren'ch opposition parties hinted that either now or in the future, when guarantees Giscard' s State welcome was also motivated And A Lard Scandal, in the area will be needed." by e lectoral considerations. A J ewish Prevent Crime Then A Koshe,r Test H e also said he is in favor of " joint and organization, " Jewish Renewal," accused ______page 14 simultaneous recognition between Israel and him outright of trying to lobby for the Jewish ______page 13 the Palestinians" but is opposed to the inclu­ vote. Sadat is highly popular both with the sion of the Palestine Liberation Organization general public and with the Jewish com­ in the negotiations at this state. He also said munity which, by and large, sees him as the that Jordan should participate in the negotia­ man who brought about Egyptian-Israeli The Jews Of Talking With French tions "after a full autonomy agreement is peace. signed." A delegation representing the Represen­ Central America Grand Rabbi Sadat, who addressed the European tative Council of Major Jewish Organizations ______page 10 ______page 15 Parliament yesterday at the invitation of its in France (CRIF), led by its chairman, Baron President, Simone Veil, conferred this morn­ Alain de Rothschild, and including Chief ing with the current chairman of the Euro­ Rabbi Rene Sirat is due to meet Sadat pean Counci l of Ministers, Dutch Foreign tomorrow morning. Tax Preparation What's New Minister Christoph van der Klaauw. French and European diplomatic sources In Paris, he was given a State reception by said that his meetings in Paris and Luxem­ Time-Saving Tips In Finance Giscard, who personally welcomed him at bourg have been " fruitful" and that both van ______page 24 ______page 22 the airport. As if to publicly demonstrate the der Kl aauw and Commission chairman Cas­ resumption of fri end ly Franco-Egyptian ties ton Thorn were " deeply impressed with his aflt'r a two-and-a-half years of relative arguments." ·

._..., ,,._.,,,..,.,.:, v • ._ ,up•v, un., ,,,. 2 -THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 Nazi Deportation Trial Obituaries Focuses On Identity Card MOLLIE BLUM ELSE WEIL-YOSSE CLEVELAND - The latest of the Nazi Holocaust, but for lying on his applica­ Federal Government's efforts to uncover and PROVIDENCE - Mrs. Mollie Blum, 90, PROVIDENCE - Mrs. Else Weil-Yosse, tion to e nter the U.S. and later on his applica­ prosecute forrner Naz.is in this country may a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged, 92, of 29 Holly St., died Monday, Fe b. 16 at tion for citizenship. center on the authenticity of an alleged Nazi 99 Hillside Ave., died Saturday, Feb. 14 at Miriam Hospital. She was the wife of the late Evidence supporting allegations of Dem­ identification card issued 38 years ago in th<> home. She was the wife of the late Ben­ Morris Yosse. Her first husband, Simon Weil, janjuk' s participation in the Nazi atrocities is Poland. jamin J. Blum. di,•d in 1951. essential to the case, however, because it Born in Rumania, she was a daughter of Prosecutors claim the 1942 document, Born in Germany, she was a daughter of would prove that the information he the late Morris and Rebecca (Marcowitz) issued to !wan Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian, was the late Jacob and Malke (Rosenthal) Rosen­ withheld was significant to his application for Siegel. She had lived in Providence most of actually g iven to John D e mjanjuk, a admission to this country. baum. She was a former resident of Boston her life. Cleveland suburbanite. The card indicates from I 9.J0-5-l until moving to Miami Beach, The alleged identity card was issued to the defend·ant was in a German training Mrs. Blum leaves two daughters , Mrs. H. Fla. She had li ved in Providence only a few I wan Demjanjuk by the Nazi SS, the special camp for Ukrainian Nazi sympathizers , the Myrtle Bilgor of E. Falmouth, .Mass. and months. branch that combined military and police prosecutors say, who would manage death Mrs. Sylvia Vadgers of Newton Center, She was a member of Temple Menorah in functions of the Third Reich, and whose job camps at Treblinka and Sobibor in eastern Mass.; two sons, Maurice H . Blum of Mexi co Miami Beach and a hoard member of its it was to operate the concentration camps. City, Mexi co and Alvin S. Blum of Ft. Poland. Sisterhood. She was a member of H ad assah The card, a copy of the original now in Defense efforts are focusing on casting Lauderdale, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Ida in Miami !leach and a lifelo ng memherof the Soviet archi ves, bears a photograph of a W agne r of Provid ence, Mrs. Gertrude doubt on the document's validity because it Immigrant Mutual Aid Society in Brookline, young man with close-cropped hair who ap­ was obtained from Soviet sources. But Lazarus of Miami and Mrs. Tillie Kaplan of Mass. 1 pears to he the same person as the pho\o Providence; seven grandchildren and three Wolfgang Scheffl er, a professor at the Free shown on Demjanjuk's 1951 application for a Mrs. Yosse leaves two sons, John H. We il great-grandchildren. ' Univf:' rsity of Berlin who is an expert on Nazi visa to the U.S. as a displaced person. of Winthrop, Mass. and Manfred Weil of A funeral service was held at the Max persecution of European Jews, says the card Providence; one borther, Helmut Rosen­ Under " special markings," the card con­ Sugarman Memorial Chapel, 456 H ope st. , is authentic. blum of Johannesburg, So. Africa; one tains the note, " scar on the back," which Providence. Burial was in Sharon Memori al The Government is attempting to prove sister, Mrs. H erta H eyman of Sheffi eld, coincides with Demjanjuk' s own account of a Park, Sharon, Mass. that (wan Demjanjuk, who anglicized his England; seven g randchildren and nine hack wound suffered during service in a In li eu of flowers, contributions in her name to Jo hn when he obta ined U.S. great-g randchildren. Soviet artillery batallion prior to his capture memory may be made to the Jewi sh Home citizenship in 1958, is the same " Ivan the Shiva will be held at her late residence. by the Germans in 1942. for the Aged. T errible" that survivors of the Treblinka In li eu of fl owers, contributions in her death camp remember as being particularl y Demjanjuk also had his blood type tatooed BESSIE GRIMALDI memory may be made to Temple Emanu­ brutal and sad istic. Demjanjuk, a 60- year-old on the inside of his upper left arm, a practice EI , Providence. that Professor Scheffler testified was limited Ford Motor Company mechanic, could be PROVIDENCE- Mrs. Bessie Grimaldi of stri pped of hi s ci ti zenship and deported. to prisoners of war whom the SS trained to be 9 Parkis St., Provi dence died Friday, Feb.13 ... g uards. at St. Joseph H ospita l. She was the widow First Case Since Fedorinko of Anthony Grimaldi. In Memoriam Demjanj uk is t he first all eged Nazi Demjanjuk and his attorneys have said lit­ Bo rn in Portla nUnited States beginning have been acquired by Kino International of­ votes we re cast and se ven countries that resulted in a peace treaty. This Commis­ with an early spring opening in New York New York City, headed by Donald Krim, abstained. si0n cannot really intend to tell the world that , City, it was announced this week. who said he expected " David" to be released Seventeen countries voted against or peace is a violation of human rights." The motion picture was written and direc­ nationally in May after its New York open­ abstained on the first resolution which con­ Novak said it was" a deliberate overstate­ ted by Peter Lilienthal, a German Jew who ing. demned Israel for annexing East Jerusalem ment" by the Commission resolution· to con­ with his family fl ed his native Berlin in 1939 Krim described the film as " the story of and for its colonization of the West Bank and demn Israel for not applying the Fourth as a hoy of JO and returned 17 years later one Jewish boy's day-to-day survival of the alleged violence against Arab civilians. Ge neva Convention in the occupied areas from Uruguay to become a founder of the Nazi terror and his ultimate escape to Addressing himself to the resolution, and that this failure constitutes a threat to post-war German cinema. The film received Palestine. It is a sensitive portrait of a harrow­ Novak said, " The resolution supports the ab- world peace. the first prize " Golden Bear" ------,award at the ing period." ·.Max Sugarman Memorial Chapel BIUOX:DELIVERSOXYGEN ATHOME.

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J THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 198.1 - 27 11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 3 Terrorist Cell Uncovered William-Korey: JERUSALEM (JTA) - A terrorist cell in U.S. Sh<:Juld Oppose PLO,Maliipulation the Jerusalem area, allegedly responsible for terrorist acts over a period of several years, PALM BEACH. FLA. - The United Assembly's committee on rights of the authority in the expenditure of UNESCO has been uncovered by security forces. An States should take action against the Palestinian people and the Secretariat's funds for Palestinian eduction. army spokesman said the seven members of "manipulation" of the United Nations by Special Unit on Palestinian Rights - for AOL has gone on- record as calling ,for the cell, linked to El Falah, have confessed to the Palestine Liberation Organization, which American financial support has American reassessment of the level of its acts of murder, sabotage and arson. according to William Korey, international already been withdrawn. financial support for the United Nations in The cell was formed independently in policy research director for B' nai B' rith. Not only should U.S. funding be dropped, view of its anti-American and anti-Israel 1978 but later joined El Falah, the terrorist Korey this week told a meeting of the Anti­ Dr. Korey went on, but the United States behavior in recent years. The U.S. con­ arm of the Palestine Liberation Organiza­ Defamation League of B' nai B' rith that should lead a drive at the U.N. to have both tributes more than $800,000,000 annually to tion. Security forces who arrested the " double standards and selective morality" of these special units " put out of business." the United Nations. suspects found a hand grenade, a pistol, prevail at the U.N., particularly on Mideast The Special Unit on Palestinian Rights, Korey said that a "most ingenious detonators, chemicals used to prepare ex­ matters. " In this area," he said, " the U.N. is Korey said, " makes a mockery of the paradox" exists at the U.N. in terms of finan­ plosives and a wireless set. dominated by a coalition of Arab, Soviet and traditional Secretariat function as an in­ cial support from member nations. Referring Among the terrorist acts confessed by the militant Third World powers, manipulated dependent a:nd nonpartisan institution, as to a November 15 resolution calling for suspects were the murder of an Israeli by the terrorist PLO." spell ed out in the U.N. Charter itself." Israeli withdrawal from territory taken in the soldier, Avraham Deutsch , near the Speaking at a session of AOL's National The PLO, Korey went on, "is not satisfied 1967 war, Korey pointed out that the vote Rockefeller Museum three years ago; the Executive Committee meeting, Korey said with merely manipulating U.N. bodies" but was "overwhelmingly lopsided - 112 to 7 murder of Moshe Yoskovitch, a resident of the U.S. must "oppose and resist with is seeking to control or dominate certain U. N. with 24 abstentions." B' nei Brak, near Gethsemane two years ago; resolute firmness and degeneration of the funding operations. At Copenhagen re­ The seven governments which opposed and a hand grenade attack on the Dolphin U.N. , specifically its encouragement of cently, he said, a " Plan of Action" was the Arab-sponsored resolution, Korey added, Restaurant in East Jerusalem early this year. anti-Israel and anti-Semitic bigotry through adopted for the U.N. Women's program contribute to the U.N. almost as much as the They are also suspected of two other mur­ legitimization of the PLO." which requires that the PLO be consulted 112 which voted for it. ders, arms thefts and setting fire to cars. Korey said the United States should cut off on the expenditure of U.N. funds for These countries - the U.S., Canada, funding for any U.N. programs which are Palestinian women. Australia, Norway, the Dominican Republic, Israeli Stabbed " tainted by the Zionism equals racism resolu­ More recently, he added, the UNESCO Guatemala and Israel - provide 31 percent tion·· or which are dominated by the PLO. General Conference, meeting in- Paris, voted of the world body's funding, compared to 34 In Hebron He cited two such programs - the General to give the PLO si mila r consulta tive percent from the 11 2, Korey said. TEL A VIV - A curfew was imposed on the marketplace in the West Bank town of Hebron last ·week after an unknown assail ant Fra-nce, Egypt Reach Accord For stabbed an Israeli student and stole his rifle. An army patrol took the wounded man to a hospital, where he was said to have wounds Construction Of Nuclear Power Stations in the back, fo rehead and chin. During the PAR IS (JTA) - France and Egypt have graduate students and nuclear engineers will part of the delegation which apparentl y curlew, soldiers searched houses and inter­ reached a tentati ve agreement for the con­ be trained in France's nuclear install ations. called on Sadat to try to fu rther press upon rogated residents. struction of eight nuclear power stations in France, one of the world's main exporters of the French government the need to support Egypt, President Anwar Sadat announced at nuclear reactors, reportedly cooperated with the Camp David agreements. A European Jewish Students a meeting with Egypti an students last week. Israel in the late 1950s to help develop Jewish delegation also called on Sadat when The agreement was due to be signed by Israel's own nuclear installations at Dimona. he last vasited Paris three years ago. This time Attack Arabs French Minister for Energy Andre Giraud French officials say that the Egyptian pro­ the delegation consisted excl usively of CRIF and his Egyptian counterpart , Ahmed Ez­ ject, if finalized, would be one of the largest representatives. TEL A VIV (JTA)- Four Jewish students zedine Hilla!, before Sadat's departure. It is contracts in the fi eld. at the Technion in Haifa were detained by understood that the project, one of the most Sadat Meets Jewish Delegation A "Creeping Danger" police on suspicion of having beaten up three ambitious yet developed by a Third World Sadat met a French Jewish delegation to Arab students, one of them a girl, in the un­ country, will provide all of Egypt's electric whom he said that the Camp David agree­ BONN (JTA ) - Three members of an iversity dormitory in the earl y hours of the needs by the end of the century. ments remain .. the cornerstone of my peace anti-Nazi Protestant group that opposed the morning. One of the Jewish students was French and Egyptian sources stressed that poli cy in the Middle East. " A' smiling and Hitler regime have published an open letter found with stab wounds near the student the Franco-Egyptian nuclear cooperation debonair Sadat, dressed in a turtle neck in Main z warning of the resurgence of neo­ dorm. program will be geared exclusively to sweater and tennis shoes, told the delegation Nazism in West Germany and abroad. Police said preliminary reports indicated peaceful usages. Other sources in Paris led by Alain de Rothschild, president of the The letter noted that during 1980 a wave the Jewish students, composed of members stressed, however, that the development of a Representative Council of .Major Jewish of neo-Nazi activity in several European of a nationalist group, attacked the Arabs nuclear industry, the construction of several Organizations in France (CRIF), " I rejoice countries, including Germany, resulted in who were asleep in two rooms. The Arab stu­ nuclear power stations and the operation of not onl y every day but every moment about the deaths of more than I 00 persons. They dents defended themselves and called for research laboratories will provide Cairo with the peace process between Israel and urged the religious community to take im­ help, but the attackers fl ed before police the expertise and means to develop a nuclear Egypt." mediate action to alert the populace to the arrived . The universit y's students' organiza­ weapon should it choose to do so. Chi ef Rabbi Rene Sirat of France was also ,. creeping danger" of Nazism. tion denounced the attack on the Arabs and According to the agreement, reportedly called for peaceful relation_s between Jews fin alized yesterday by Sadat and President and Arabs on campus. Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Egyptian post- McCrudden You Are Invited To Share .. . Radiator Repair The Israel Experience AJC Praises New Labor Dept. Rules •Cleaning •Repairing July 2 - July 16 •Recoring A Two Week Trip To Israel On Employer Subsidies To Clubs · From Providence NEW YORK - The American Jewish The regulations require that businesses Escorted By Committee has applauded new U. S. Labor assume the responsibility for determining JI[ Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Krieger Department regulations that prohibit com­ whether or not . clubs discriminate on the panies receiving Federal contracts from pay­ basis of religion, race, ethnicity, or sex before - Education Director - Temple Beth El ing membership dues for their executives in paying or reimbursing such fees and ex­ 738-25S0 clubs that exclude persons on the basis of penses. 835 West Slat Rt, Warwa • First Class Hotels race, religion, sex, or national origin, adding • Round Trip El Al the hope that the . Reagan Administration 52 Refuseniks • Two Meals Daily would implement these regulations PAJNTIN~ vigorously. Express Joy On 3/___ 1ntenor or • Nine Days Extensive Sightseeing Richard Davimos, Chair of AJC' s National ~ exterioi- • Many Extras Committee on Social Discrimiation, point­ Hostage Release , , -..zy CUSTOM ed out that though the regulations were due PAPER' HANGING All This And Israel Toof $1899 to take effect in February, they have been NEW YORK (JTA) - Fifty-two Moscow $100.00 Deposit Will Hold !¾eservation suspended for 60 days, along with many Jewish refuseniks have written to President low Prices other regulations vigorously. Reagan expressing their "great joy" on the Free Estimates Call Dorothy Today 272-6200 Commenting on the regulations them­ release of the 52 American hostages from Guaranteed selves, Davimos said: "The inability of Jews, Iran and, in reference to their own plight .. Workmanship -~...,. Doff.th~ Ann ~~L blacks, women and other minorities to join as ked if " right has also triumphed," it was ff Iener tN~NT these clubs has hindered their opportunities reported here by the Student Struggle for Pierce Painting 766 HOPE STREB P.O. BOX~ P!l()VJDENCE, R!iODE ISLAND02940 for advancement in many corporations and Soviet Jewry and the Union of Councils for 737-7288 businesses. Because a substantial percentage Soviet Jews. of memberships in private clubs are sub­ The 52 Muscovites also requested that sidized by employers for business purposes, their sympathies be conveyed " to the th e wi thdrawal of such payments by com­ families and friends of those who gave their MOUNT SINAI panies with Federal contracts can go a long li ves attempting to free the hostages." way toward persuading exclusionary clubs to ·· Now that justice has fin all y prevailed," MEMORIAL CHAPEL re-examine their poli cies and practices, and they continued, "we must ask you, Mr. Presi: thus end what is a serious socially acceptable dent - has right also triumphed? To us, that Rhode Island's most modem . funeral vestige of bigotry in our nation." is the most important question. There can be The regulat ions, issued by the Labor no peace and prosperity on earth without chapel providing the finest professional Department's Office of Federal Contract respect for law and morality." Among the service, including any concern you might . Complia nce Programs, prohibit employer signers were long-term refuseniks Prof. Al ex­ payment or reimbursement of employee ander Lerner, Pavel Abramovich, Vladimir have for your family traditions and membership dues in clubs having dis­ Prcstin and Lev Blitstein. records. criminatory admissions policies except where Meanwhile, Or. Alla Orugova, wife of for­ an employer can show that the employee mer Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Joseph Our director, Mitchell, his father, and grandfather have receives no business advantage from the Begun, has been refused an exit visa for her­ been serving your family and other RI. Jewish families for self and their two sons on the grounds that membership. over 100 years. The regulations make payment of clues to her husband has access to "state secrets. " discriminatory clubs a violation of Executive From March 1977 until recent months Dr. O rder 11246, whi ch prohibits Federal con­ Begun had served two sentences of internal 331-3337 tractors from discriminating in the terms or banishment to Siberia, and is presently for­ 825 Hope at Fourth Street Call Collect from out-of-state conditi ons of employment. bidden to live in Moscow with his famil y. 4 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 Anti-Jewish Extremists Steal Egypt's Glorious History; Propaganda From Each Other Only Now Reawakening PALM BEACH, FLA. - Anti-Semites of treme left ," he observed that Jacobo Timer­ the far left and far right are so strapped for man, the exiled Argentine journalist, was by Carl Alpert alignments. " I am not an Arab, I am an new anti-Jewish propaganda that each is denounced by the right wing of his country, HAIFA - The serious 'Israeli visiting Egyptian," more than one local intellectual stealing materials from the other, according while Anatoly Shcharansky, the Soviet dissi­ Egypt sees more than the Pyramids and the is quoted as saying. to Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Un­ dent, is in prison because, in the eyes of the dirty streets and the rapidly flowing Nile. He Their language is Arabic, and their reli­ iversity law school. authorities, " Zionism is Fascism." In both sees a remarkable panorama of history. Even gion is for the most part Mohammedanism, "There are only so many lies that can be cases, said Professor Dershowitz, " Zionism is the Jews, who speak proudly of their long but their national identity; until now sup­ , concocted about any group of people," he everything that those in power despise." history as a people, must stand in awe of the pressed, is quite different from that of the told leaders of the Anti-Defamation League As an example of the way the left and right long record of the Egyptian nation. Its other states which comprise the Arabic of B'nai B'rith. "The demand for the steal each other's material, Dershowitz history, verified in the inscriptions in · its world. material simply exceeds the supply, so pointed to a pamphlet on alleged Jewish monuments, goes back 5,200 years. The first It would appear that President Sadat is duplication and plagiarism, even among the control of the media which was distributed of the Pyramids was built around 4,700 years well aware of this situation, but any attempt strangest of bedfellows, has become com­ by an Iranian student group. " The article ago, almost a thousand years be fore to make a major change in the national monplace." was, ironically, a verbatim duplication, in­ Abraham appeared on the scene. character at this stage would provoke an Addressing a session of AOL's National cluding the same Der Stuermer-type cover In the centuries that followed Cheops, Islamic counter-reaction. Yet, only such Executive Committee meeting Dershowitz illustration, of an article that had appeared Thutmosis , Amenhotep, the various stress on the unique and individual nature of also cited another dimension of left wing - a year earlier in The Crusader and another Rameses, and others built the tombs and the Egyptian nationhood can free this people right wing cooperation. He said there are neo-Nazi magazine," he said. temples which in well-preserved condition from the alliances into which it has been "cooperative ties and linkage among neo­ Dershowitz called the Soviet Union " the thrill the tourists of the 20th century. For 2,- forced with Arabic states far inferior to it in Nazi and neo-fascist movements in Western chief producer and purveyor of the current 500 years the Egyptian dynasti es flourished, culture and in tradition. Europe and evidence of support for those anti-Jewish media blitz," much of which, he far longer than any other empire in history. These observations have a significance to groups by Libya and the Palestine Liberation said, " is simply the old poison of traditional Thei r cultural and phys ical achievements, the future history of the Middle East and, of Organization, both of which are in turn allies anti-Semitism decanted from the old Czarist pre-dating the Greeks and the Romans by course, to Israel' s re lations with its great of the Soviet Union." bottled and refilled into new bottles of re­ many centuries, are still impressive . neighbor to the south as well. H e -pointed to reports attributed to the cently legitimized anti-Zionism." One would expect that the modern Egyp­ Egypt has all the makings of a mighty na­ Bavarian Interior Ministry in West Germany He said " the mos t dangerous anti-Jewish tians would be animated by a great spirit of which said that the leader of a neo-Nazi attitude is the singling out of Jewish institu­ national pride in this vast and ancient tion. It has a population of some 40 million group had been in Beirut and Moscow two · tions, and especially Israel, for special heritage. On our visit to the land of the Nile people and it grows by a million a year, but it months before the Oktoberfest bombing scrutiny, and the application of a double we discove,red this is not so at all. must overcome enormous economic problems and conquer a pitiful poverty which claimed 13 lives and left 200 injured. standard to things and people Jewish." The well-read tourist knows more about which affects a large proportion of the Dershowitz said the fact that the Nazi, Karl­ " The phenomenon," he continued, " has Queen Nefertiti and the Pharoah Akhnaton, population. Heinz Hoffmann, had bee n in Beirut no accepted name, assumes a variety of who first introduced a form of monotheism, In recent centuries Egypt has been suggested a link to the PLO. He also noted forms, but its most obvious manifestation is than the Egyptian of today. All this glorious humiliated, plundered, depressed in many that the Bavarian Premier, Franz Josef the special and often gloating attention paid ancient past, with its Pyramids and Sphinxes, ways. Many of the national masterpieces of Strauss, had told reporters that Hoffmann by the media, by intellectuals and by the its royal tombs and heroic sized statues, is of old were carried off and are to be found in and members of his outlawed group had government to any deviation by Israel, no little concern to the residents, for in the received money from Libyan dictator matter how t_rivial, from the highest norms of Egyptian government schools the history of museums overseas. Visiting Europeans raped Muammar Khaddafi. human rights, civility and sacrifice." the country begins only in the 7th century, the spectacular monume nts by con­ temptuously carving their graffiti among the In discussing •mti-Jew1sh propaganda, He told the assembled Jewish leaders: " In after the Arab invasion and the introduction hi eroglyphi cs on the walls and pillars of the Dershowitz said it had reached "the most the international arena, Jews are the under­ of Islam. Temples at Karnak (John Gordon, 1804; L. pervasive, massive and intense proportions dogs. We need the support of others as well as We were told that an Egyptian can go Bovry, Berlin, 18,52 ; K. Wroblewski, 1850; since the fall of the Third Reich." Asserting ourselves. We are entitled to it. We have through the sc hool system, graduate from Balthalone, 191 8). In the Mehmet Ali Mos­ that " the Jew is hated equally for his helped ma.~y others overcome. Now we must high school, and even complete university que in Cairo we saw the clocks presented by Jewishness by the_ex treme riJlht and the ex- overcome. without once ever studying the glory of an­ the French in "payment'" for the obelisk cient Egypt - unless he is perh aps an which now stands at the Pl ace de la Concorde archaeology major at college. How To Choose The political implicati ons of these in Pari s. .. Your historical blinkers are clear. The Egyptian is A great and g lori ous nation was treated The Right reared to see himself and hi s people as part of like the most primitive of desert sheikdoms. Stock Market Adviser the Islamic pan-Arab world. The Pyramid, Sadat seeks to reverse the process. By daring Moneys which impresses visitors, is to most Egyp­ to make a separate peace with Israel he asser­ ti ans, we were told, " just a pile of stones." ted his nation's independence, but he still has They identify more with the nomads of the a long way to go. Does he have th e courage? . Worth------by Sylvia Porter Arabian peninsula than with their own noble Does he have the time? f past. The future of the Middle East is at stake. There are Egyptians today who resent this This is what the serious Israeli sees and For the first time in your lives, millions of participants in the financial markets are tak­ falsification and abridgment of their ow11 thinks about when he visits this thrilling you are trading in and out of ,stocks and ing this course. (Thus, the popularity of the history, which results_in unnatural political country just to the south. reaching for far more exotic investment market letters. ) mediums in an effort to beat the dollar's Choosing and recommending stocks is not decline in buying power as well as to build a a science. It is an art. Your broker should be nifty nestegg of profits. right enough of the time to help guide you "Our Greatest Danger Where are you turning for advice? toward your investment objectives and help Are you stu,dying finance, economics, you increase your assets. You should be able Is Assimilation" stock market techniques on your own? Try­ to trust his experience, research and judg­ ing to become sufficiently informed to rely l)lent and you should feel comfortable with EDITOR: providing to his children will inevitably lead on your own knowledge? him. And that's all. Recently, several friends of mine have to assimilation and terminate the long and Too many signals are flying high that you It' s your money, your investment suggested that a monument in memory of the proud heritage which has been passed on in are not being that sensible or even using program, and basically your investment victims of the holocaust be erected. In my his family from generation to generation. minimal caution. funds are your responsibility only. opinion, this is a worthy idea and I will con­ Our greatest danger now is that of self­ On the contrary, even assuming (as I do) Assuming you are not willing to pay fees tribute toward the cost of' e recting it. destruction through assimilation, whereby that stocks generally are still among the best for so-called professional investment coun­ However, while a monument certainly has its we will do to ourselves what the enemies of "bargains" around, huge numbers of you are sel, how do you select a broker? place, I hope that the community does not the Jewish people have been unsuccessful in gambling so blindly that you' re all but ( l) Shop around as you would shop around lose -sight of the fact that the only true and achieving throughout the centuries. Let us destined to go broke. for any service as vital as this. Ask your living way in which we can pay homage to, awaken to the need of perpetuating our great You could be getting your guidance from friends, business acquaintances, local and honor the memories of, the victims of the people, with its long and glorious heritage, one or more of the stock market letters so banker, etc., for recommendations. Discuss holocaust is by ensuring that our children and realize that the only way to achieve this is widely promoted, for instance. your goals with the managers of at least three and our children's children are committed through the education of our youth at a The price tags on these letters, issued or four firms in your area. Seek guidance. Jews. Hebrew day school. regularly and/ or at " hot" times, range up (2) Select your broker on the basis of your By so doing, we will be able to carry on, THOMAS PEARLMAN into the high four figures. Some (such as the comparisons and the firms' advice to you. through the generations, our great heritage Providence "tip" sheet issued by .the Florida promoter Tell your broker all the pertinent facts about and ethical ideals, thereby enabling our peo­ who recently set off an historic stock market your financial position, your aims. Find out ple to ,perpetuate what Hitler, Stalin, the Candlelighting Time .break by his "sell everything" during - the - how much service he can provide and what Nazis and Communists and all the other enemies of the Jewish people through the · Friday, Feb. 20 night phone calls) flourish because of their you can expect. 5:07 p.m. crude publicity techniques. (3) Check into each firm's commission centuries, have attempted to destroy, But no one has yet demonstrated with any schedule. If all you are going to ask the namely, us, the Jewish people. degree of conviction that the price tag for one broker to do is to execute your own buy-sell of these market letters and the value of its ad­ orders, you need not pay today's heavy com­ vice go hand in hand. missions. "Go discount." If you expect ad­ And never forget the bottom line: Most vice, be prepared to pay commissions for it. Editor's market letter-writers make their money from (4) Unless you are fully informed about a (USPS 388-170) the subscriptions they sell and not by using top-notch firm which is not a member of the Published leml-Monthlr (HceptJulr and monthly In their own investment advice! New York Stock Exchange, choose an NYSE Mailbox Aug.,.I) By The Jewleh P,... Publl.,,lng Companr Or coulo you be relying on the recommen­ member. NYSE firms provide the best HEATHER MAGI ER Editor dations of the man/ woman you call your safeguard avilable for you. LINDA A. 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By Mall $2 .00 per problem for yourself by expecting the broker welcomes comments from its Recently, I met a young man who told me annum. Bulk rates on requesl. The Herald Magazine as sumes subsc~lptlons are conllnuous unless not!lied to the contrary yo u choose to be right all the time. He/ she readers on matters of local, that his grandfather had been killed by the in writing. won· t be - and when he is wrong is precisely national and international interest. Nazis while attending services in a Shu!. The Herald Magazine, assumes no t1nanc1al re spons,b_illty !or When I learned that this young man did not typographical errors 1n adverllsemenls. bul w11I repnnt lhat when you will be tempted to follow the tips of Write to Letters To The Editor, parl ol the advertisement in which the typographlcal error The Rhode Island Herald, 99 intend to educate his child in the true Torah occurs Adver ti sers will please not1ly the management amateurs who claim they are maki'ng for­ immediately ol any error which may occur tunes. Webster St., Pawtucket, R.I. 02861. ,vay, I pointed out lo him that while the This way often lies disaster and right now, Nazis were not able to extinguish our people, THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 19, 1981 a dismally large percentage of the " new" the watered-down Judaism that he would be ~ I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 27 J

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 5 Burg Pushing EgyptTo f1 Resume Autonomy Talks JERUSALEM (JTA ) -,-- Interior Minister Not Official Government Position Yos ef Burg, Israel's chief negotiator in the Burg· s tough words did not represent an auton_omy talks, has sharply prodded Egypt official position of the government, however. to resume the talks as soon as poss ible. His statement was released without prior Burg stressed that Israel was ready to do so consultation with Foreign Minister Yitzhak at any time and reminded the Egyptians that Shamir or any other minister nor was it coor· the two countries are committed under the dinated in advance with Premier Menachem Camp David a.!cCords to negotiate .. contin­ Begin. An aide to Begin told the Jewish ...... -_ . ..-nP.L~ uously and in good faith" in order to reach Telegraphic Agency that Burg, as chairman agreement for autonomy on the West Bank of the autonomy negotiating team, was fully ~ and Gaza Strip .. at the earliest possible entitled to make such statements, especiall y date." as they reflected the government's feelings t BEAUTIFUL BERMUDA ... [email protected]!\Ui®mtlil. ... '392-'754 " A party who does not fulfill his commit­ 7 dars I 6 nights - Round trip air fare, selected 1st class & deluxe hotels, MANY about the state of the autonomy talks. 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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 7 Soviet Jews, Like Hostages, Governmenr s Bid For Takeover Are "Chips" In World Bargaining Of Arab Electric Franchise Denied WASHINGTON (}TA) - Harvard law operator said there was no answer from Ler­ JERUSALEM - A Government bid to of the company's board of directors and professor Alan Dershowitz, who defended ner. Davida Manon, the Council's executive take control of an Arab electricity franchise pleased with the court outcome. "It is one Anatoly Shcharansky at his trial as a Soviet director, discounted the operator's state­ was denied by Israel's Supreme Court, but it company, one concession. The gene'r3.tors are Prisoner of Conscience, sees Soviet Jews and ment, saying that the call had been arranged approved a takeover in East Jerusalem, the in Jerusalem, and it would be impossible to the Americans who had been held hostage in in advance and in person by a traveler to mainly Arab populated area of the city an- supply the subscribers in the West Bank with Iran as " chips in the international bargaining Moscow. nexed by Israel. _ electricity" if the company was divided, he game." Dershowitz said negotiating with the The court ruling, met with satisfaction by said. Like the now freed Americans, the Soviet Soviets was much like using a vending both Government and company officials, The company, with diesel generators, Jews are "anxious to breathe the air of machine. He said one puts in a coin and if no kept intact one of the last remaining sym­ provides power 16 350,000 Arabs in East freedom," Dershowitz told about I 70 mem­ candy comes out one can put in another coin bols of Palestinian authority in that sector. Jerusalem and the Bethlehem, Ramallah and bers of the House of Representatives and the or kick the machine but"you can't talk to it. " When the Government announced its in­ Jericho areas of the West Bank. In addition, it Senate and their aides at a meeting on Soviet The Council, which was founded in 1970 tention to buy the franchise, Arab leaders serves many of the 20,000 Jewish settlers now Jewry at the Capitol last week. with six groups and now has organizations in vowed a fight in court. Tlie East Jerusalem living in scattered townships in the West Electric · Company had the authority to The meeting, a biennial gathering conduc­ 28 cities, is headed by Robert Gordon, a· Bank. j ted by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Boston businessman. provide power since 1928 under British rule . The company rejected an offer two years was sponsored by Senators Carl Levin with a League of Nations mandate. ago to sell that part of the concession serving l · (D.Mich.) and Pete Domenici (R.NM), and Bulgarian Jews Because the Government' s bid was the Jewish settlements to the Government l Representatives Michael Barnes (D.Md)and political in nature, the court maintained that because of Palestinian objection. Jordan and j Jack Kemp (R. NY). Its purpose was to Well-Treated the takeover was acceptable only within the PLO had supported the sale for financial l Israel proper, not in an area under military reasons, while West Bank radicals opposed familiarize new members of Congress with TEL AVIV (}TA) - The 5,000 member rule. The West Bank, also captured from Jor­ it to maintain some control over their in­ the plight of Soviet Jewry. Jewish community in Bulgaria - remnants dan, has not been annexed. stitution. Their stand was upheld. Dmitri Simes, a professor at Johns Hopkins of a community once numbering hundred of Since the company' s offices and A provision of the franchise was an­ Univ~rsity and himself a Soviet Jewish im­ thousands - experiences some "private and generators are in Jerusalem, the court deci­ nounced by the Israeli Energy Minister, migrant, said that the effort to help Soviet personal" anti-Semitism but nothing on the Jews must be "realistic and persistent." Prof. sion still leaves the final disposition vague. Yitzhak Modai, on Dec. 31, 1979 which official level, Prof. Israel Salvator, 72-year­ made possible the sale of the concession Richard Pipes of Harvard, an advisor to old chairman of the community, told Israelis One Company, One Concession President Reagan on Soviet affairs, had to with a year's notice at five-year intervals to of Bulgarian origin. " I hope ultimately total justice will cancel his appearance when he was called to .the sovereign authority. The transfer date Salvator met with many former Bulgarian prevail," said Anwar Nuseiben, a former the White House. was set for Jan. 1, 1981 and was stayed by Jews in Jaffa, where thousands have taken up Defense Minister of Jordan who is chairman !he Su(lreme Court pending judgment. . During the session, a phone call was placed residence. He said the mainly elderly Jews to Dr. Alexander Lerner in Moscow but the left in Bulgaria were carefully and correctly connection could not be made. The Moscow treated by the government. Of the 250 mem­ Begin Expresses Mixed Feelings bers of the Bulgarian parliament, six are Jews. Israeli Publishers Salvator came to Israel to attend the recent About Sadafs Luxembourg Speech meeting of the World Jewish Congress as an JERUSALEM (JTA) - Premier ted Palestinian self-determination "because Recall Fear observer. He teaches the history of medicine Menachem Begin said that he was pleased by it means in plain terms a Palestinian state at Sofia University. President Anwar Sadat's solid commitment which would be a mortal danger to Israel." · At Book Fair to the Camp David process, expressed in his Begin appeared to be optimistic of getting speech to the Parliament of Europe in Lux­ the autonomy talks underway again. He said TELA VIV (}TA)- Israeli publishers who "Who Is Jew" Law embourg. But he was less happy with Sadat's if the Egyptians are ready to resume the returned from displaying their publications support of Palestinian self-determination. negotiations, 'significant progress could be at the international book fair in Cairo said Back On Agenda Speaking to reporters, Begin noted with made before the Knesset elections June 30. there were moments when they feared for s~sfaction that the Egyptian leader ignored Israel has not been told explicitly by Sadat their physical well-being. JERUSALEM (}TA)- A fluke vote by a the Palestine Liberation Organization in his that he did not want to resume the talks at Benzion Yehoshua, of the Hebrew U niver­ minority of the Knesset's Legal Committee speech and stressed to the Europeans that he this time, Begin said, adding that Foreign sity Magnes Press, said no policemen were put the controversial " Who is a Jew?" law on had " not come to sell out Camp David." Minister Yitzhak Shamir wouJd be discussing visible when Palestine Liberation Organiza­ the Knesset agenda after having been frozen That, said Begin, was a" positive pronounce­ that matter when he meets with Secretary of tion supporters at a ' neighboring booth in committee for three years. But the full 15- ment." However, he rec~lled that at his sum­ State Alexander Haig in Washington next demonstrated with signs, member committee will take a re-vote and mit meeting with Sadat in Ismailia in 1978, week. reading: "Palestine is Arab." On the follow­ the measure is expected to be soundly and later at Camp David, Israel flatly rejec- ing day guards were present and kept the defeated. • •• Palestinians and leftwing Egyptian students Inspired by the Orthodox parties, the Unemployment some distance away. "Who is a Jew" amendment to the Law of Yehoshua said the Israelis displayed an Return defines a Jew as a person born of a At 5 Percent Israeli flag on their stand, which was not Jewish mother or converted "according to TEL AVIV (JTA ) -Yisrael strictly an Israeli stand but a display arranged halacha." The latter stipulation excludes per­ Goralnik, Director General of by an Egyptian publisher, and did this only sons converted by other than Orthodox the Ministry of Social Better­ after the Palestinians had raised their own rabbis. ment, has disclosed that 75,- flags. The Israeli stand was then moved to Premier Menachem Begin' s coalition 000 Israelis are presently un­ ... n-·< the main international pavilion where much pledged, in return for the support of the (02 ~ g employed, representing 5.2 co r.:· (1) -, interest was shown in the Israeli books in Aguda Israel bloc, " to make every effort" to percent of the country's work _.v,:::, i Hebrew, Arabic and English. secure a Knesset majority for the amend­ force, compared to 39,000 or • (1) ~-~ The Israeli publishers thought the student ment. But Begin has been frustrated by the 2.9 percent of the work force , a> firm opposition within coalition ranks, demonstrations were less anti-Israel than a in 1979. . ;· • .0> way of expressing opposition to President notably Likud' s Liberal Party wing and the The doubling of the unem­ Anwar Sadat. Yehoshua said one. Egyptian Democratic Movement. ployment rate in the past two -, : ~ called at the Israeli display to ask for a copy of Four coalition members of the Legal Com­ years may force the govern­ "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in mittee who support the amendment found ment to initiate large-scale gi QI< Hebrew. "I don't think it was a provocation. themselves temporarily alone. Under the work projects, including the r ~2 It seemed as though he had heard of the chairmanhip of David Glass of the National construction of public Protocals and simply wanted to see them in Religious Party they voted 4-0 to send the buildings cancelled for Hebrew," Yehoshua said. measure to the Knesset. budgetary reasons, he said...... _r a!i , a(')°tt ..._, Q)-,0 Girl Scouts , 3;,< THANKYou· Of l Rhode Island. Inc. n )> ·•!I To all our customers and friends for making our first )> Cl)o .... I year in business so successful. 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Nature Lovers Pay Price For Peace

MI ZPE RAMON, Israel - Environmen­ wou ld take place. about one area they have los t, a region abou t been regarded as an object to be battled over tali sts and natu re lovers may be paying a Three other major rese rves are pl anned 60 miles north of Eilat with an unusual con­ ra ther than preserved, to be developed ra ther hi gh price for the peace treaty with Egypt an d now awaiting Government approval, one centrati on of gazell es, rabbits and ra re birds. than protected. with Israel. covering mos t of the Judean Desert, one in It is to become a tra ining zone, an d nature Experts say the Negev supports plant and As th e Isra eli army and air force evacuate the mountains north of Eil at and a th ird in­ lovers say they doubt much na tu re will animal life that is on the ve rge of ex tinction, the Sinai to fulfill their obligati ons, large cl uding a 25- mile- long crater and its sur­ remain th ere. with some plant va rieties exis ting onl y in th e forces are moving into the adj acent Negev rounding area in the western Negev. Some of The Negev, whi ch encompasses 60 per­ Negev. There are -15 species of reptiles and and selling up bases, firin g ranges and prac­ the closed land may be opened on holidays cent of the area of Israel proper, is an arid and 55 of birds, incl ud ing some such as the eagle ti ce areas for maneuvers. About half of the and weekends for organized tours. barren stretch of wildern ess with so me hi ll s, and the Egyptian vulture that have disa p­ desert wil dern ess, which has long fa scinated The environmentalists are disappointed mountains. and ca nyons. It has traditionall y peared fart her north in Israel. geologists, archaeologist, botanists and The pri vate agency is more critica l of the wildli fe experts, wi ll be closed to ci vilians. army and less will ing to give up land than the There are negotiations going on wi th the government authorit y. Dan Perry, deputy of army to in fl uence the location and si zes of the authority, says there is some benefit to bases and roads and to keep some of the most arm y control of the desert : there wi ll be a beautiful and interesting areas free of large protected area safe for nature. damage and open to the publi c. The authority has successfu ll y conv inced Two environmenta l agencies, the Govern ­ the arm y to make so me sacrifices for the sake ment's Nature Reserves Au thority and the of ecology. Where commanders wanted private Society for the Protection of Nature, wide, straight roads, for example, environ­ have been negotiating with the army and mentali sts convinced them to sett le fo r say the problem stems fro m the fact that narrower, steeper roads so the amount of Israel has "a big army and a little country." earth removal is reduced. Even half the Negev is small compared to Agreement On Some Areas the expanses of the Sinai to whi ch the army Adir Schapiro, director of the Reserves has become accustomed. There is less room Authority, said the arm y had agreed · to to trai n and maneuver. designating about 35 percent of the three Because of Israel' s security problems, million acres of the Negev as nature reserves ecologists are wi ll ing to make some sacri­ on which no training or military constructi on fices as well and temper their criticisms. GAZELLE at a nature reserve in the Negev.

The Jews Of Central America

Amid Revolution And Turmoil, A Few Communities Thrive

Geographically, Central America, the area institute social and economic reforms before but all necessities are covered by institutions leader estimates that today it numbers some between Mexico in the north and Colombia it is too late are undermined by the violence that came into being as a result of the infl ux 4,000 souls (in acountry of two million). in the south, comprises the tiny British sweeping the country. of immigrants d uring the thirties and forties. Sephardi Jews from the Caribbean and co l o n y o f Be li ze a nd s i x co u n­ Honduras, by comparison, seems an island The approximately 300 Jews in the coun try Ashkenazi Jews from Europe began arriving tries: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, of quiet. It is much less densely populated have a rabbi, study groups and a roof in the Isthmus in the early part of the '19th Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. and social and economic contras ts are not as organizati on, but their future is filled wi th century, an immigration spurred by the Historically, however, Panama was never great. There is, for the time being at any rate, uncertainty. economic activity in Panama that followed politically associated with the other Central stability, although lefti st activism is on the · The Jewish po pulation of Guatemala has the Californian gold rush of 1848. People American countries; indeed, until it achieved increase. been variously estimated at somewhere be­ wo uld travel from the eastern United States independence in 1903, it was part of Colom­ Guatemala is subject lo increasingly fre­ tween 1,300 and 2,000. It is probabl y closer to Panama and by the Transisthmian ra ilroad bia and its links were with South America. quent outbreaks of violence, a spillover from to the lower estimate. The first Jews of re­ in Panama, completed in 1855, to Pacific For this reason, the Jewish roof organization Nicaragua and El Salvador, but the govern­ cent his tory arrived from Germany after coastal ports. By 1876 there were enough of the area is called the Federation of Jewish ment, while adopting a hard line against ex­ 1880. They were followed in the 1920s by Jews in Panama to fo und the fi rst congrega­ Communities of Central America and Pan­ tremists, is genuinely trying to educate its Sephardic Jews of Mid-Eastern origin and tion, Kol Shearith Israel. ama (FEDECO), an affiliate of the World people in democracy and to ameliorate social in the pre-World War II era by a wave of This congregati on is still active today and Jewish Congress. and economic injustices. The difficulties that Ashkenazi Jews from Europe. Three con­ has given the community as well as the coun­ Today this area, particularly its northern confront the government are great and it is gregations thus came into being and in due try some of its outstanding leaders. One of its part, is subject to politicl violence that impossible to predict the country's future. course a roof organization, a Zionist organi­ members, Max Delvalle, was from 1964 to threatens the survival of the Jewish com­ What happens in El Salvador will con­ zation, WIZO, B'nai B'rith, and a li beral 1968 the elected first vice-president of the munities there and, indeed, of free societies siderably influence the way Guatemala will synagog. A Jewish day school was estab­ republic and acted as president of the generally. About 22 million people live there, go. li shed but did not survive and was replaced republic for a time. The Jews who came from among them between 8,000 and 9,000 Jews. Cos ta Ri ca , with a po pulatio n by a " Sabbath" school. the Caribbean were originall y from Holland (Other estimates are much higher. The predominantly of European, mainly Spanish, In spite of its small size, the Jewish com­ and Brazil and although many of other figures in this article were furnished by one origin, has a traditionally liberal govern­ munity of Guatemala is a vigorous one and its origins joined the congregation later, it of the leaders of FED ECO and approximate ment. Roman Catholicism is the state future would be bright were it not for the retains its Sephardi character. Its services to­ those tn the American Jewish Year Book. religion, bnt other faiths are permitted. The political uncertainties ahead. day, however, are Reform rather than the 1980) country's literacy rate is one of the highest in Honduras has some 150 Jews who live in original Orthodox. The turmoil in Nicaragua, which Latin America. All forms of news media are two ci ti es: the capital, Tegucigalpa and San In the early part of the present century, culminated in the revolutionary war that free of censorship. An ominous development, Pedro Zula, an industrial city. They are Jews f.rom the Near East began to arr.ive and forced the Samoza regime out of power, has however, is the alarming recent increase in mainly Ashkenazim who came after World by 1933 they were strong enough to form both inspired revolutionary forces in the area radical violence. War I. There is a Central Jewish Committee their own congregation. Today they con­ and filled with a sense of urgency those work­ Panama is one of the smallest of the Latin and a co.nslant effort by a dedicated group of stitute perhaps 75 percent of the total Jewish ing for peaceful change. American countries in te'rms of population, leaders to maintain and nurture their Jewish populati on of Panama. Shortly before World Certain conditions are common to most of but ranks comparatively high in terms of per heritage. War II there began an immigration of the countries : essentially agricultural capita wealth and social amenities due in There are about 2,000 Jews in Costa Rica, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe who in due economies; wide-spread poverty and il­ substantial measure to the inter-oceanic almost totally concentrated in the capital San course also established their congregation. literacy; concentration of wealth in the hands canal that was cut across its waist in 1904- Jose. The present-day community was foun­ Most recently a numericall y quite significant of a fe w; large Indian or mestizo (person of 1914. Panama is one of the world's most im­ ded by the Turkish and East European Jews , immigration from Israel is making its mixed Indian and European, usually Spanish portant centers of entrepot activity, its who reached Costa Rica during the post­ presence felt. ancestry) populations; economic exploitation economy being based on international com­ World War I period. They were followed by The community operates a comprehensive of varying degrees of subtlety; political merce and transit trade. It has also developed German refugees after I 933 and most re­ day school, the Albert Einstein Institute, power traditionall y personal rather than in­ into one of the leading Spanish-language cently by refugees from Allende's Chile. with grades up to college level. It maintains ·4 stitutional; limits on civil rights and political banking centers. The country is beginning to The community is almost entirely Ashken­ high standards and many prominent non­ freedom; stro ng Catholi c Church influence exploit natural resources that have not been azi. It maintains a central roof body, the Jewish Panamanians send their children generall y supporting the status quo. touched since independence was achieved. "Centro lsraelita," a synagog and Jewish there. A second day school has now started to An additional factor from a Jewish point of Head of the government is the supreme institutions such as B' nai B' rith and WIZO. function . The great majority of Jewish yo uth view is the existence of large communities of revolutionary leader, General Omar Torrijos While most of the older generation were attend these schools. There is the usual Christian Arab descent that have on occasion Herrera. merchants, there is today a substantial group network of Jewish institutions and organiza­ shown a responsiveness to Arab League and At its peak the Jewish communi ty of of Jewish professional men and they are well tions, in cl uding WIZO and B'nai B' rith. All PLO propaganda. Nicaragua was only about 200 in number. It integrated into Costa Rican li fe . As in Pan­ are coordinated by the Central Council. Nicaragua's neighbor, El Salvador - its was a prosperous, well-integrated, respected ama, mixed marri ages are alm os t non­ Except fo; a small community in Colon, populati on densit y is one of the highest in segment of the middle class and its reaction existent. the Atlantic terminal port of the Pa nama Latin Ame rica and its per capita income one to the revolution was that of the middle class The oldest and largest Jewish community Canal, and small groups in various provincial of the lowest - can be considered to be in a in general. Today there are not more than in Centra l America is that of Panama. Es­ cities, the Jews of the country li ve in the state of civil war. The ruling junta is under two or three Jews left . timates of its size vary. A precise figure will • capital, Panama City. armed attack from both the extreme left and The Jewish community of El Salvador is have to await the res ults of the census pres­ From New.s & Vi ew, of the World Jewish the ext reme ri_ght and its desperate efforts to tiny. Formal insti tutional li fe is rudimentary, ently in its final stages, but one community Congress • ------THURSI)A t : I:EBRUARY 19, 1981 - 27

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - II

Conference Of Christians And Jews Sponsors Ethnic Forum: Ethnotherapy Heals Anxiety, Lifts Self-Esteem

by Heather Magier feets all our li ves as individuals." The sudden surge a few years ago of a A study on " Jewish Identity and Self­ - renewed interest in one's roots was part of Esteem," by California psychologist Judith the shift, beginning in the 1960' s, away from Weinstein-Klein is credited with breaking the melting pot vision of Ameri ca toward a new ground in the fi eld of ethnotherapy. Her greater willingness to deal with individuals study was based on a two-year research pro­ and their cultures. ject with young Jewish ad ults undergoing This shift from the " melting pot" to the therapy for ethnic identity problem s. Her " mosaic" vi sion of Ame ri ca led to the findings : Jews who had hig h positi ve scores recognition among those involved in coun­ on ethnic identity tes ts also scored well on seling that a person's sense ol ethnic identity measurements of self-esteem and in tegration can have a profound eff ect on mental health. with society. Conversely, as ethnic identity Ethnotherapy, an increasingl y popular scores declined, revealing negati ve or am­ method of group counseling based on this bivalent feelings about being Jewish, so did reali zation, will be the focus of this year' s indicators of general psychological well­ ethnic forum sponsored by the Nati onal Con­ being. ference of Christians and Jews. Weinstein- Kl ein 's work foll owed research The forum will be on Thursday, Feh. 26 at in the 1960's wi th Black groups, conducted 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall at Brown Univer­ by Dr. Price Cobbs. His sess ions were sit y. developed to change whites' attitudes about race, according to Weinstein- Kl ein 's report, and lo change the deprecating inherited self­ The Goal: images of Bl acks. Enhancing Well -Being " Many of the same dynamics can be seen C omm e ntin g on th e va lu e of in Jewish ethnotherapy groups, but here the ethnotherapy, Al vin Poussaint, associate black-white confrontation takes place be­ professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical tween the Jews in the room and their own internalized anti-Semite, or their intern al­ ized self-ideal fo rmed by the majorit y culture," Weinstein-Klein reported in her THE PLANNING COMMITTEE of the Fourth Annual Ethnic Forum, entitled "Exploring study. Ethnic Self-Esteem: Uses of Ethnotherapy," Includes (left to right, front row) Jeanne E. Speaking about the Wein stein- Kl ein study Adams, R.I. Department MHRH, Division of Mental Health; Judy Hoskins, R.I. Council of at the foru m will be Irvi ng M. Levine, direc­ Mental Health Centers, Inc.; Miriam T. Kohn, Committee Chairman; Gladys Watts, R.I. tor of the Institute on Plu ralism and Group Heritage Commission, Committee Co-Chairman; Marilyn Woloohojlan, NCCJ Heritage Identity of th e Ameri ca n Jewish Committee, Committee Chairman; (second row) Larry Sternberg, American Jewish Committee; who said about ethnotherapy: "The search Joseph Finkle, NCCJ Publicity Chairman; Charlotte I. Penn, NCCJ Director; Prof. Brian fo r identity has, un ti l recently, been seen Hayden, Dept. of Psychology, Brown University; Nellle Ayvaslan, Director, International m a inl y in te rms of indi vidu a l self­ Institute. Also on the committee are Errol Hunt, Director, Urban League; Richard Weir, development. Today, we are now read y to Director, R.I. Mental Health Association; Sarah Murphy, Urban League. concede that a healthy individual must also be nourished by a broader identity whi ch in­ cludes attachments to both the his tori c and portant, he says, because" especiall y among The ethnic fo rum, Penn says, will give conte mpora ry community. This is now to be min o rit y g ro ups; it is im portant t o Rh ode Islanders - both professionals and viewed as both essential and therapeutic." acknowl edge ethnic identity." . laymen - the opportunity to find out The Key: Ethnotherapy, Sternberg explains, is about these new therapy techniques. Ethnic Identit¥ based on the idea that identit y formati on is " An y educator," Ster-nberg adds, " is apt Larry Sternberg, assistant area director of the key to mental health and that a person· s to benefit from kn owing the tendency of all the New England region of the AJC, helped identity is fo rm ed not only by fa mily but also people to pick up on societal images and how plan the ethnic fo rum. Ethnotherapy is im- by social e nvironment , especiall y among this affects behavi or is very important. "

CHARLOTTE PENN

School, said : " For too long the iss ue of one's "We have new and impressive confirmation that how you ethnic identity and background has been ignored in the process of psychotherapy. Too feel about your ethnic background has a direct relationship much emphasis was placed on•th e individual to how you feel about yourself . .. The ethnotr.erapy tech­ psyche without the proper consideration to nique combines a new research approach with a method of one's cultural background and ethnic healing clients' anxieties about themselves and their group perspecti ve. attachments." Irving M. Levine Charl otte Penn, director of the NCC) in Providence, was intrigued when she first heard about ethnotherapy and found support fro m organi zati ons throughout the com­ munity because, she says," ethnic identity af-

minority groups. The purpose of the therapy sessions" is to deal with the individual's positive, negative and ambivalent feelings about themselves," Sternberg says. " Minority groups feel the tension be tween outside society's definition LARRY STERNBERG of wha t they are, and how much is based on positive group feelings. Do they feel Jewish because of anti-Semitism, or because they Panel moderator will be Rhett S. Jones, identify positively (with Jews )? Outside director of Afro-American Studies and cult~re plays a large role in defining who you associate professor of History and Afro­ are. American Studies at Brown University. " All ethnic groups," Penn adds, " live with these anxieties." In addition to Levine, panelists will in­ After participating in the ethnotherapy clude: Sylvia S. Meshberg, deputy direc­ sessions, people had better self-esteem and tor of Step One, Phoenix House, New York, better feelings about their ethnic identity, and W.R. Varieur, director of the Family Sternberg says. "The group therapy is based Counseling Center in Pawtucket and a psy­ on a commonality of ethnicity and the ability chotherapist in private practice. to play out feelings, to deal with and solve Members of several ethnic communities them." have been invited to res pond to the presenta­ Benefits For Everyone ti on, among them Cape Verdean, Native American Indian, Hmong, Black, Polish, Although geared primarily to people who Italian, Portuguese and Latin American. feel " hampered by anxiety about who they There will be a period for ques tions from a re ," St e riibe rg says, " many people, the audience. - whether they realize it or not, have negative feelings (about their ethnic identity)." Eth­ Co-sponsors of the forum are the Ameri can notherapy can therefore be benefi cial not Jewish Committee, the Urban League of only to those who actively seek help. R.l .. Brown Uni versity Department of Psy­ For this reason, Penn says, the awareness chology, R. I. Heritage Commiss ion, Inter­ national Institute, Mental Health Associa­ WHEN PLANNING this Fourth Annual Ethnic Forum, Charlotte Penn and Larry ,if° these factors is import ant to all involved in tion ol lU., and R.l. Council of Community Sternberg found Interest throughout the community because, as Penn explained, couns,•ling, whether it be with yo ung people Mental Health Centers. "ethnic Identity affects all our lives as Individuals." or senior citizens. ' • l ,~ I • ..I :a

12 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981

Civil Servant Works To Prevent Consumer Fra·ud

by Linda A. Acciardo has agreed to include a binding arbitration Name a consumer fraud issue and he clause in its busi ness contracts. promptly rattles off details of the regulati on Over 125 lawyers have volunteered to and offers a relevant court case which was serve as arbitrators in consumer- fraud dis­ fought to enforce the law and protect the in­ putes ... Under Rhode Island law a decision terests of the average Rhode Islanc) con­ reached by arbitration is just as binding as a sumer. court decision." Teverow hopes to expand Joshua Teverow, a special assistant attor­ the program to include othe r a reas of ney since 1978 and now director of the Con­ business which wi ll make a precommitment sumer Protection Unit of the Department of ·to arbitration. Both the consumer and the the Attorney General, has been appointed to business wi ll be legall y bound to whatever g uard against warranty violations, deceptive decision is made by the arbitrator. advertising, con-games, landlord/ tenant dis­ lnvt:stiga tions putes, mail order schemes and all other forms of consumer fraud. -One staff member deals exclusively with The un it has performed so successfu ll y deceptive ad ve rt is ing detection. By scanning that last year more than a half million dollars ncswspa pers, television commercials and was returned to consumers in the state as a radio ads. th P advertisin g monitor located a result of mediation or legal prosecution. $1 million liquidation sale wh ich required Each year about 5,000 people call in com­ further investi gation. The furniture store plaints to the unit's investigators at offi ces placi ng the ad gave the consumers the im­ located in Providence, Kent County, So. pression that tlie liquidation was a court or­ Count y, Woonsocket and Newport. ·· A lot of dered sale for the benefit of creditors. ·· 1t looked like a bankru ptcy sale, but no papers complaints could be avoided if Rhode Islan­ JOSHUA TEVEROW, director of the Consumer Protection- Unit, says that he enjoys were fil ed in court. Under threat of litigation ders were aware of their · ri ghts and knew both the administrative and legal aspects of his job. "I have the best of both worlds. I love the company has agreed not to advertise what to look out for: · Teverow said, citing my work." unit pricing laws and health spa laws as sim­ through unacceptable means:· ply two examples. trip schemes are notoriously deceptive. A consumer contacts one of the offi ces The unit is also able to take action even Every consumer has the ri ght to compare " There is a national company whi ch makes and ex plains the problem. The complaint is when the consumers themselves don't want prices of products sold at different outl ets. its li ving by deceiving consu mers into believ­ assigned to an investigator who maintains protection. One such incident occurred in T he Unit Pri cing Law states that com­ ing they have won a free trip to Las Vegas or contact with both the consumer and the the spring of 1978 involving a chain letter moditi es must be marked in unit prices (ie., Flori da:· Teverow says. · husi,wss to reconcile the difference. Both scheme in Woonsocket. " This case created per lb) fo r an accurate comparison when The consumer is asked to provide a small parti es are informed of their rights under nationwide notoriety because we were one of specials are advertised. The law also covers deposit and not until later does he reali ze he Rhode Island and Federal Consumer Laws. the first, if not the first, to use the courts to the availability of the specials to the con­ is responsible for the ex penses of airfare, In some cases, the incident cannot be stop this kind of scheme ... sumer. meals. taxes and tips ... That small deposit resolved and the unit can onl y refer the con­ Instead of using the mails, the company Health spa laws protect the consumer usuall y covers two nights in a hotel whi ch is sumer to Small Claims Court or a private at- set up a store front to contact prospective in- against signing misleading and decepti ve about what the place is worth". contracts which were commonplace in the In addition, part of the trip requires that past. The length of the contract should the person sit and li sten to a presentation "Our goal is compliance and we take no never be so excessive " that the consumer where he will be pressured into purchasing a becomes liable for huge sums of money," condominium or making some other in vest­ particular pleasure in prosecuting business­ Teverow said. The law prohibits the length as ment with the company. It's a promotional men for violating consumer laws." well as giving the consumer the right to can­ gimmick, Teverow says, and unfortunetely cel the contract in the case of an unfortunate many consumers are enticed into the costl y crippling accident or relocation. trap. torney. If, however, there are sufficient num­ vestors. The deal was to invest $IOOO and bers of complaints to warrant a class action receive a $60,000 return. " The chances are suit in the public interest, Teverow can then overwhelmingly against any participants "A lot of complaints could be avoided if Rhode quickly combat the violation. making money from chain letter gimmicks." Islanders were aware of their rights and knew It is the responsibility of each of the five of­ In addition, the company used " illegal and what to look out for." fi ce managers to alert Teverow when a pat­ misleading" ways to lure the people into the tern of complaints develop. Twenty or thirty scheme. complaints about the same illegal conduct In the ensuing court battle, not only did points to a violation against the general the company fight to challenge the jurisdic­ At one time, this unit handled only con­ Authority Of Protection Unit public. Teverow can then intercede because tion of the Attorney General, but the people, sumer complaints. But, under the direction it is in the public interest. which the unit set out to protect in the con, of Attorney General Dennis J. Roberts, it has ,. We don't have the authority to sue for in­ Strides have been made to rectify the were angry with the Attorney General for expanded to include three important areas, dividual cases of fraud," Teverow said. If the situation of isolated complaints where the .. not letting them play their game." advertising monitoring, special projects and unit has little jurisdiction over sole com­ unit has no jurisdiction. Under the Special " We never received so many letters and consumer education. plaints, what can it actively do to protect Projects Division, an experimental Con­ telegrams stating that the people had the In an effort to educate the public, the 28- the consumer? A great deal can be done • sumer Arbitration Program was established a right to lose their money... With new, in­ year-old lawyer and his staff operate an ac­ when a pattern of consumer complaints war­ year ago in cooperation with the Rhode novative legal strategies the case was won by tive speakers' bureau. The unit schedules rant a class action suit in the public interest. Island Builders Association. The association the Attorney General's office. lectures at colleges, schools, homes for the In the majority of cases, the consumer is elderly and other groups " to proyide a genuinely looking for fair treatment and general overview of their consumer rights in restitution. " Our goal is compliance ,md we the marketplace" - an awesome task when take no particular pleasure in prosecuting one considers that legislation can change and businessmen for violating consumer laws. laws can hr amended at any-time. We prefer to preven_t fraud through educa­ Keeping abreast of new developments and tion." policies seems relatively simple for Teverow. He's organized. There· s not a file out of place Forefront Of Consumerism in his cabinets or on his desk and still he says, The Rhode Island unit is one of the most " My desk is usually more organized than active agencies in the New England area, this." Teverow said. Although he lobbies for better " There are plenty of people who are shar­ consumer protection, guards charitable per in intellect, but because I'm extremely trusts, represents the interests of a number of well-o.~ganized it allows me to accomplish commissions and sits on the board of various mo,re. other agencies, Teverow still says his main With his staff, Teverow not only informs frustration is .. not being able to do enough ... the public of its rights, but reaches the " There are so many consumer issues that I businessman through seminars about his would like to have the time and staff to work responsibilities to the consumer... A lot of on. rm proud of what we have done, but we problems don't come from businesses which could do more.'' are intentionally trying to rip off the pub­ While Teverow and his staff are working li c.'' Instead, Teverow says,- Hie .problems on getting results for the consumer, the arise from businessmen unaware of their public itself can lend a hand by being more obligations. aware of its rights. Teverow encourages anyo ne with a complaint to call one of the Free Trip Schemes branches. Group presentations can also be Education for businessmen is not a com­ arranged and some pamphlets are available plete solution because there are companies on specifi c subjects such as landlord/ tenant whi ch habituall y seek out persons who can be "Don't be deceived by Impressions,'' says Teverow about reading advertised specials rights. Educating oneself is a powerful cheated by well -planned con-games. Free and price comparisons. weapon against consumer fraud. L ----

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 13 Local Police Work To Prevent Crime

by Linda A. Acciardo serious crimes in Rhode Island, is a possi ble "Crime does pay and it pays very well ," three-to-five-year prison sentence. Commander John J. Mulhearn told the mem­ Mulhearn is in fa vorof releasing the names bers of the Sholom Chapter of Pioneer of juveniles who have been apprehended Women at a recent "Crime Prevention" while breaking into a home. The department program. wo ul d release the names, "in hopes that the Breaking and entering, auto theft , va n­ parents would do something to never let it dalism and shoplifting occur repeatedly in happen again ," said Jim Ross, an aide tq,the every city and tovn in the country, but here commander. in Rh ode Island " you can almost commit Operation Identification murder and get away with it," Mulhearn sa id. H e cites two reasons: th e pe r­ One of the oldest and probably most effec­ missiveness of society, public officials and tive crime prevention programs in the coun­ the judicial system and the lack of effective try is marking and identifying personal deterrent crime programs in this part of the propert y. An electric marking pen inscribes coun try. items with a person's social security number " The day and age is here to hit the and initi als so they can be traced back to the criminal prior to committing the overt act," owner if stolen. At the same time, window said Mulhearn , who heads the Crime Preven­ st ickers are placed in a front and rear wi n­ tion Unit at the Warwick Poli ce Department. dows of the home indicating to potenti al· The unit was formed two years ago and its housebreakers that the occupant is a mem- programs are specifi call y aimed at reducing ber of " Operati on Identification." - the incidence of breaking and entering and A full descri ption of the property is also auto theft . listed and a copy given to the police depart­ The av·erage age of a " housebreaker" is ment. If any mark ed goods are stolen or lost ..•I between 12 and 17. Both male and female the poli ce can enter the social security num­ teenagers contribute to the 4. 9 housebreaks ber into a computer system which matches per day which occur each year in the ci ty of the description of the goods wi th the location Warwick alone. of where the items were stolen. The majority of crimes are committed be­ The prog ram can be a n excell e nt , tween the hours of 7 a. m. and 11 p.m. housebreaking deterrent if " we can get a Ninety percent of crimes occur during the number of people involved ," Mulhearn said . working hours and onl y a few happen The window sti ckers will become a known throughout the night when households are symbol to housebreakers and they will be asleep. reluctant to steal items they know have been THE WINDOW on the first floor of this home, protected by shrubbery, Is an excellent spot for an Intruder to break Into the home unnoticed. Always trim shrubbery to expose windows and doors. but even with 12 men ass igned to the stake Mulhearn sa ys there has been some out .. it becomes a physical impossibility to success on a small scale in neighborhood apprehend them all," Mulhearn said. meetings between duty captains and resi­ The crime is so widespread that stolen cars dents of areas that have been vandalized. are even, pre-ordered. " Dope addicts will The captain will hear the complaints of the steal a car and sell it for $40," Mulhearn said. residents. The following day he will talk to the children in the neighborhood. "When Auto Identification people realize that neighborhood problems Four thousand cars have been marked are caused by neighborhood kids" then pre­ with identification numbers in the· city of vention can begin at home. Warwick. From that total only one has been· Most parents refuse to believe their chil­ stolen. " We have marked a substantial dren could be involved with vandalism, car number of cars to prove that the program is theft, breaking and entering or shoplifting. _, a deterrent to auto theft," Mulhearn said. He suggests that periodically parents As part of the "Operation Identification" ma_ke sure " that when children say they are program, Warwick police have distributed going to the movies, that's really where they I.D. numbers with a metal marking pin into have gone." the dash window. "If you stole a car with an Citizen Patrol I.D. number, to resell it you would have to Mulhearn says he does encourage and replace the glass. Most criminals are not would support a good citizen patrol group willing to spend the money," adds Mul­ which would alert the p·olice to any hearn. suspicious person or activity. " Citizen patrols THERE Is no defined program throughout the United States which has dealt ef­ Anyone in the state can be given an I.D. are helpful when the members remember fectively with vandalism because "we don't understand it," Commander Mulhearn number from the Warwick police. It takes IO where their duties end. But, ·a vigilante at­ said. "Why do they break 53 windows in a school or slash 44 tires on parked cars?" minutes to mark the car and have a Crime titude within the group will res.ult in arrests. Prevention Sticker placed on the driver's We will not permit it." The public reports only six to eight per marked, he says. In addition, the " fence" window to dissuade a would-be thief. " We would like tochangetheattitudethat cent of these visible crimes. "It's unreal," will be hurt because he will not handle Vandalism 'what my neil(hbor does is none of my says Mulhearn. " Everyone says 'let the cop marked goods that could lead to his ap­ business,"' said Mulhearn. " Whatever we do it,' but it is the obligation of every citizen prehension. There is no defined program throughout do on a community-wide basis has got to be and taxpayer to help the police protect them. " Unfortunately, this good program suffers the United States which has dealt effectively effective," adds Mulhearn. If we could educate our public to call in severely from apathy,'' Mulhearn said. with vandalism hecause ··; we don't under­ "We have to stand up as a group a~d be something suspicious, apprehension on the Auto Theft stand it," Mulhearn said. "Why do they counted. I'm confident that with community scene would occur more often." break 53 windows in a school or slash 44 involvement we could have a tremendous Breaking And Entering Rhode Island ranks second in the country tires on parked cars?" impact on the crime statistics,'.' he adds. in the number of auto thefts committed It can be a traumatic experience for a yearly, behind Massachusetts. For years homeowner to find his property ransacked, there have been no defined programs to deal valuables stolen and items of sentimental with this $10 billion dollar business nation- Ten Crime Prevention Tips value gone. It is even more devastating to w~ . know that one's home has been easily in­ In 1975, Mulhearn was assigned to a stake l vaded and the intruder will probably never out detail at the Warwick malls to prevent car 1. Take notice of strangers in your neighborhood and call police. be punished for the crime. " They can destroy thefts. "We spotted a theft in progress and I 2. Get the license plate number of unfa_miliar cars in neighborhood a house, take whatever they want and go told the men · let them steal the car to time and contact police. practi cally free. It's shame ful," says them."' Thirty-seven seconds after the car l Mulhearn. was parked, the thieves had gotten inside, 3. Never leave your home in complete darkness. Lights deter A first time offender never goes to jail. The started the engine and driven out of the park­ would-be housebreakers. 'j conviction for a " B and E," one of the most ing lot. They were eventuall y apprehended, 4. Pin windows down rather than using key locks which are ex­ pensive and dangerous. 5. Be diligent in cutting shrubbery close to windows around the house. High bushes _serve as camouflage for housebreakers. 6. Take photographs of expensive jewelry, silver and-furs and have al: other valuables marked with your social security number and initials. 7. Have your mail stopped by the Post Office or picked up by a neighbor when on vacation.

8. If someone breaks into your home - "start screaming." It will frighten the intruder who will panic and flee. Call police immediately and make sure you give your name and address. 9. Don 't buy a dog thinking he will protect you and your home from intruders. Robbers are usually able to get past watchdogs. 10. Guns as protection are un wise. More .relatives are injured by guns than intruders. RHODE ISLAND ranks second In the country in the number of auto thefts committed yearly, behind l','l assachusetts. 14 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981

Lard Scandal Of The 19th Century The First Scientific Kashruth Tests

by Dr. I. Harold Sharf man Am e ri can Jews in settljng the new Ira for insurance on a ll property and that by immersing the oil in ice at a tem­ Homeland. The project fa iled when not one buildings in which camphine was used, perature of 36 degrees fahrenheit , any lard "Certified Kosher": These two words Jew settled on the island so he turned his housed or stored. present cou ld readil y be detected. The oil have become such an integral part of the energies to another dream, the establishment separated and the lard wou ld congeal. He Jewish tradition and lifestyle that it is of a Homeland in Israel which he felt would As if to affirm its qualities, the Baltimore devised a second, even more technical test, assumed by many to have accompanied Jews and should be paid for by the Christian com­ Sun of August 24, 1842 reported that " lard oil both of which gave proof to real and " fake" throughout the world whenever they moved munity. In his appeals for money he told his is used for almos t all purposes to which sperm oli ve oil. to new homelands. It is interesting to note gentile li steners that " it was their greatest and olive oi l have hithertofore been applied Armed with this information, Noah and with a large saving. It burns well in that it wasn't until 1851 that the phrase was duty to help Jews regain the land of their arranged with the publisher of the Occident, lamps, acts well on machinery of all sorts, on incorporated into the culina ry arts of fathers." in Philadelphia, the distinguised Reverend American Jewry. And even then, it was only wool to be manufactured, and it is said that Isaac Leeser, " Reader" of the Spanish­ after years of research and dedication that Because of his inordinate interest and sometimes it gets upon salads and is eaten." Portuguese Synagogue, to run the story of dedication to the Jewish community, his wife standards were set and met by food manufac­ Lard, forbidden in the kosher diet, is com­ the tests. As spokesman for American turers. bestowed on him the title of Mashgiach, Orthodox Jewry, Leeser' s credibility added "Kosher Overseer." As an orthodox woman, posed of hog fat, whi ch is melted and The" Father" of the American "Certified strained clear. The tempting cheapness and weight to Noah's discovery. Kosher" was a New York City judge named her immediate concern was with maintaining At the same time he began correspondence her kitchen according to the principles of ready availability of lard mo ved many un• Mordecai Manuel Noah. A friend of such · with the rabbis of France and Italy kashruth. Her intense devotion to this cause scrupulous manufacturers to admix lard oil historical notables as Andrew Jackson, John with oli ve oil, and pass it off as .. pure olive suggesting that they oversee the production caught the interest of her imaginative hus­ of the oils for purity and indicate their ap­ C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren, Noah oil," reaping hugh profits through this guise. band and between them they began the long proval with a seal and " Certified Kosher' ' gained his appointment as Judge of the Court Some companies went to such great lengths of Sessions for the City of New York in 1841. and difficult journey toward the establish­ stamp on each acceptable product. It wasn't ment of scientific testing of questionable in­ as to ship their admixed lard abroad to Italy A politician, he also authored numerous until seven years later, in 1851, that gredients in products to be sold under the and France, have it rebottled and imported books and plays. In fact, during his own time, Reverend Leeser received news from the stamp "Certified Kosher." back into this country labeled " pure olive his popularity as a writer rivaled the fame of oi l. " As the rabbis in the talmud remarked, Chi ef Rabbi of the Consistory of Marseilles one Edgar Allen Foe. Their attack began on one of the staples of "the wa lls have ears" for rumors of this skam that the process of guarantee had been es­ tablished. Thus did the application of the One of his little known and most adven­ the diet, oil; in particular, olive oil. In 1842, spread quickly among the community. relatively new science of modern chemistry turous undertakings was the es tablishment of lard appeared in large quantities on the The " Mashgiach" was ted no time. He, t-o determine the kosher status of a food a Jewish Homeland on an island in the Ameri can market. Cincinnati became the product fin all y begin to make an impact on Niagara River which he named "Ararat." At " lard capital of the wo rld," producing more together with a friend Joseph Dreyfous, call ed upon Professor Lawrence Reid, a food manufacturers and processors in the than 11 ,000,000 pounds of the product in an elaborate ceremony in Buffalo on Septem­ researcher in science who taught Chemistry United States. ber 15, 1825, 'Noah invited the oppressed 1849. So possessive were they of their new at the Coll ege of Pharmacy of New York, to The author is Rabbinic Administrator, Jews of Europe and the hounded Ameri can found wealth and power that a law was Hollywood Foods, Los Angeles. Copyright Indians, whom he believed to be descendants passed by insurance companies that allowed devise a test to determine what was and what 198 1, Kosher Overseers Association of of the Ten Tribes of Israel, to join with them to charge one-fourth of one percent ex- wasn't" pure oli ve oil. " Professor Reid found· America, Jn c.

FIRST SCIENTIFIC KASHRUTH TEST IN 1844: Judge Mordecai Manuel Noah analyze~ content of Florence Oil Flask In a kashruth test devised by Dr. Lawrence Reid at the College of Pharmacy, New York City.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 15 , 1 Grand Rabbi Of France Discusses I I Jews, Anti-Semitism And Politics ◄j What follows are excerpts of a television interview of Rene Sirat, Grand Rabbi of France with Jean-Pierre Elkabbach and Alain Duhamel hosts of "Cards on the Table" Televis_ed Jan, 12, 1981, Paris Question : In the view of many people, Question: The French people and the (there is the development of) a new balance ls There A "Jewish Vote"? Question: Has there been marked anti­ French leaders as well? of power in the Jewish community. Question: Do you think that the identity Semitism in Fran ce over recent months or Answer: French leaders, too, of course, I Answer: Balance of power, no, There has ·of a Jewish community in France can or years? If so, do you think that situation is have no reason to doubt their friendship for certainly been an evolution in France's should be based on a political identity? For peculiar to France? Israel, That seems to me to be obvious, Jewish community, To mention a figure: in example, what do you think of the concept of Answer: There are neo-Nazi groups that Question: You yourself said, , ,that 1955, there were four kosher butcher shops in the "Jewish vote" that came up a while back? have, , ,perhaps not been taken seriously ,, when the higher interests of Israel are at the Paris area, that is butcher shops that sold Answer: There is no such thing as the enough - that have in fact ex pressed anti­ stake we will let it be known at the highest rituall y slaughtered meat, Now there are 120, Jewish vote. , . It is something that people Semitism, it is true, One of the aims of all levels of government in our country that we This is essentially due to the work of the have discussed, that newspapers have men­ these incidents - shooting at child-care cen­ will not permit the destruction of Israel," do President of the Rabbinical Court of Paris, tioned frequently; it is a term that has been ters, at a Jewish school, at synagogues, and you think that some people would accept who is my mentor and whose teachings I used, but Jews vote on the basis of their per­ then the Rue Copernic incident - was most Israel' s destru ction? Without a protest? followed from the age of nine until a little sonal choices, their political options, and that certainly to alienate the Jewish community Answer: It was my duty as Grand Rabbi while ago, about a quarter of an hour or an is the way things should be, Each person in France, The result was the opposite, of France to say that we would intervene and hour ago. This is really something basic. It is should make his choice on the basis of his per­ because there was this strong reaction. would speak out if Israel's higher interests, in proof of the striking changes which have sonal values, his own choices as a citizen. So it But there have · been incidents - I think other words, its existence, were endangered, come about, There is in fact a quite differe nt is ridiculous, misguided, fo r those who know so me anti-Semitic slogans appeared last We would inform the highest levels of community (now) which is shouldering its the rabbinate, for those who know the con­ night at Clichy and a number of graves were government in this country of the position of responsibilities. sistory and the major-institutions, to believe desecrated at Rosny-sous- Bois, This is that instructions of advice could be issued thoroughly regrettable. It is serious and we the Jewish community - I might say that at Renewed Interest from the Ru e Saint-Georges (the central have to be constantly on guard, Not just the such a moment it would be the position _of In Jewish Heritage Jewish consistory and the Grand Rabbi's Of­ Jewish community, , , but all of France, practically the entire Jewish community, Question: Catholic observance is in a fi ce). because, after all , this is a cancer that could Having said this, I should add that this is a critical state in France; Protestant obser­ Question: Do you mean that the Jewish quickly invade the healthy body of our coun­ purely academic question, But it is my duty vance is as well; is the observance of the vote is naturally pluralistic, just like the try, to anticipate such matters , Question: Are you willing to grant that a Jewish religion in a critical state and if so, Catholic vote and the Protestant vote and the Question: Following the Rue Copernic how do you plan to deal with the situation? vote of people who don' t believe in French government may be in complete dis­ incident, do you feel you now have the agreement with a policy pursued by the anything? protection you requested, and at the time, Answer: I can tell you that there is a Answer: Of course, As citizens of this Israeli government without exposing itself to did you get the impression that the French accusations of anti-Semitism? renewal of Jewish observance in France, The country, Jews vote according to their opi­ leaders were being too indifferent or lax? example of the kosher butcher shops is strik­ nions, wheth e r we' re ta lking about' Answer: There's a situation in the Bible Answer: First of all, I think that aft er the ing, but just walk around Paris, around the municipal, legislative or presidential elec­ that seems to me to answer your question genocide, the death of six million Jews, Paris area, in the suburbs or in other parts of tions. They cast their votes according to their perfectly. In Genesis chapter 44 there's a everyone believed that anti-Semitism was the country on Yorn Kuppur and you wi ll see individual choices, and that is absolutely how touching dialogue between Judah and fin all y, once and for all, dead and buried, how many temples are full of people who things should be, That is a ve ry fundamental Joseph when the young brother, Benjamin, is overflow into the streets as they crowd to at­ truth, _ That is not the case, But since the RueCoper­ unjustly accused of theft and the situation nic a number of measures have been taken, seems hopeless, Joseph is dressed as a viceroy tend services_, I wish they would come for Roots In France Jewish institutions in the Paris region and, I of Egypt, He is a stranger, Nobody knows he more than just Yorn Kippur services, but Question: Generally speaking, for you, anyway this is a totally new phenomenon and beli eve, in many of the major cities of France is Juda h 's broth e r , Juda h says to does belonging to the Jewish community in a are under guard, I would like to express our it is quite spectacular. country like France involve putting down Joseph : " You asked us ' Have you a father or gratitude to all those who, night after night, a brother?' We told my lord, ' We have an old permanent geographic roots or is it a stop­ Full-time Jewish schools have sprung up in in the cold and the snow, spend hours father and a you ng brother,"' This means.if ping point along the way to a possible the past few years in a reall y remarkable way guarding synagogues and Jewish inst itu­ we translate it into comtemporary language, future return to Israel? and consequently it is obvious that we are tions, I think they deserve a word of thanks, that we Jews of France have an elderly father seeing a re naissance. Another example is the Answer: First of all I would like to say That was something that had to be done and - this is Judah's reply; that is, we are faithful number of students who have enrolled in re­ that the Jewish community in France has was done, but there's also got to be an effort to our traditions and to our Jewish identity, cent years in the Rabbinical School of very, very deep roots; I believe there have to root out racism from the hearts of those We also have a young brother who is in the France, We are training rabbis for all of been Jews in this country since the (first who feel it, I think there is also a whole country of Canaan for whom we feel un­ Europe, up to and including Greece, years) of the Christian era - since the year process of education that should be enacted, limited affection, love and friendship, And so 36. We have a very long history, In the Mid­ starting with elementary schools, but there, we have both an old father and a young Question : How do you explain this perhaps, it will be up to the teachers. brother, renaissance in religious observance and dle Ages there was a large community until Philip IV the Fair expell ed them in 1306, faith? Later the Jews of Provence wer~ expelled in Jewish Backlash Criticism.Of lsra~li Policies Answer: The re are several reasons. First 1501 and then came the important events Question: Would you denounce all forms Question: You said a moment ago that the of all, there is a renewal and a desire on the which as you know took place at the time of of retaliation or blackmail and perhaps even rabbis had foreseen every situation and had a part of young and not-so-young people to the French Revolution and the Declaration recourse to violence, since there is a degree of solution and an answer for everything, We deepen their knowledge of Judaism, Then of the Rights of Man, So the community is a activism, of extremism among some young have another example of this now, But to be it there is also the situation of our society and very long-established one, people? more specific, is anti-Semitic to criticize Mr, Begin's policies 'in the occupied the problems it presents, which lead people Answer: I'll tell you what I found quite But we Jews know that the Messianic Era is territories when this policy. is promoted by to feel, as the prophet said, that,, I will go out uplifting - and I was quite touched; it was coming soon; an act of will is sufficient and the religious party in Israel? to join my people,,, As a result they ul­ the responsibility the Jewish community dis­ then the question is what the Messiah's role Answer: Criticizing Mr, Begin'spolicy­ timately try to turn to the eternal values of played, because aft er the Rue Copernic inci­ will in fact be: It is first of all to bring peace he' s still Prime Minister - is perfectly Judaism, dent it might well have fallen into the trap of to the whole of humanity, One cannot have legitimate since we criticize the policy of retali atory violence, But it didn't, And that peace simply for oneself and ignore the fate various other governments, But you have to This is something fundamental, a very proves that after all we are dealing with an of other nations, So then the time to return be careful, for when a country is in danger significant phenomenon. adult community that knows how to keep its will truly be here, The faithful will make you should know just how far you can go with head, meet its responsibilities, The most In 1955 I was chaplain to Jewish students their choices . .. there are very respectable your criticism because you can sometimes striking proof is that it did not fall into the in the Paris region and I organized some people who have decided to go to Israel and trigger a process that might have very grave trap of violent reaction, classes. The students taking them numbered this is absolutely their privilege, consequences. I think I can say that we' re perhaps in the dozens; now they number in I sailea rli er how thankful I was to all those now engaged in a process in which this kind the thousands, At that time we set up courses Anti-Semitism Countered who had guarded synagogues and Jewish in­ of question doesn't come up, Four years ago such as an introduction to Jewish thought Forcefully B}'. French stitutions; that is how things should be han­ it was unthinkable that we could go to Cairo and an introduction to Hebrew literature, dled, and not by some self-defense groups, but now I really believe that in a few years we whereas today the students want access to the Question: For a good while after the war, will be traveling to Damascus and Amman, original tex ts, They want to reall y know the , no one dared show any anti-Semitism of any Since Camp David and the agreements, description . Do you think there is a texts and, as a result, that means learning France And Israel there has been a peace treaty between the Hebrew. resurgence- of anti-Semitism in France Question: When the French government most important state in the Middle East and today? You tire aware: for example, that after talks about the right of the Palestinians to Israel, and now anything is possible. It's a the Rue Copernic episode the American question of time, Question Of Assimilation self-determination and then also speaks of its press presented F ranee as a country where desire to participate in security guarantees Don't ask me, the Grand Rabbi, to talk to Question: lsn' t the question of assimila­ there was a particularly strong threat of anti­ for Israel, do you think, _ ,it is being sincere? you about the political side because in the tion at a critical point now, aren't the Jews of Semitism, Do you think that is true? first place I'm not competent to do so, But I France putting. the idea of assimilation into Answer: I'd like to tell you a personal There have been anti-Semitic do know that in the Camp David accords, doubt , as if assimilation would lead in a way Answer: story, if I may, I had the historic privilege of incidents that hurt us deeply, but there has there was also discussion of the status of the to their disappearance as Jews? being General de Gaulle's translator at the also been the magnificent reaction of the Palestinians, Some talks are under way; I time General de Gaulle and the then Prime Answer: I believe that Jews are full­ people of France, and from the bottom of my think it's something that will still take much Minister, Georges Pompidou, received the ' fl edged citizens of this country, All you have heart, personall y and for my community, I time but there are lots of international discus­ Prime Minister of Israel, General de Gaulle sions, for instance between the United States to do is visit any synagogue in France - I would truly like to ex press our gratitude to welcomed him with these words : "[ greet remember the synagogue in Algeria, where I the people of France who reacted spon­ and Panama, that went on for years, One was born - and read the marble plaque you as the Prime Minister of our friend and can't expect everything all at once, but I do taneously and forcefully, Hundreds of thou­ ally, Israel, ,, I've not heard this statement bearing the names of all those who gave their sands of people marched from the Place de la believe it is an important process. repudiated by any one of the Presidents since lives for France during the First World War, Nation to the Place de la R~publique in Paris, 1965, There are of course a number of or at the time of the tragic events of 1939- In nearl y all the major cities around France political vicissitudes, but I think that France 1945, So they have entirely fulfilled (their there was a spontaneous reaction by French and the French people feel a ·great friendship responsibilities as citizens); they continue to people because they realized that anti­ for Israel. I don't believe that it is just the do so and this is quite natural, But they do in­ Semitism is only perhaps the most visible tip Jews of this country who are fri ends of Israel; deed have a great interest in - more than an of the iceberg; anti-Semitism is the forerun­ a wide spectrum of the French people are. interest, a fascination for - the values of ner of racism, and racism is horrible, We Jews Judaism, which some of them are discover­ know it well ; we have unfortunately ex­ ing, perie nced it ; we know what racism is. 000 I 16 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 Rhode Island Jewish Bowling Congress @(Q)\YR(JlLillM~ ·lM~\YR(J~ -lj-

Bloom Pockar all time high with a 232/ 603 and co ll ected a Mills with a l02 average hit 145/ 37 1, Bern ie This month consisted of four nights of .strike jackpot in the process. No t to be out­ Lough 174 / 51 2, Dia ne Zuly 175/ 450, Joe bowling highlighted by the Mayors winning done was " Karate" Jeff Fine who also took a MunsoA 217/570, and All yn Gordon 200/504. the first half. The Mayors team consists of jackpot this month. Tim Miller and Mike Trudy Sloane is back and celebrated with a Nate Altman, Harry Portney, Neil Gouse, & Owen both crushed their personal highs with a nifty 175/4.ll. The Lawsons with 337 lead Neil Cohen. Outside of the winning team, all 231 and 21 9, respecti vely. Bill " bounce" the average parade fo llowed by the Suger­ other teams were shuffled around to get a Ciesynski banged out a 221/ 604 and Len mans, Cordons and Robinsons all at 327. better balance. Scores posted were Duffy Varga had a mediocre month this time with Judy and Dave Robinson had top single with Giglio with 151 / 393, Sherwin Zaidman 626. Bruce Wasser and Larry Segal have 406 and the Lawsons took top triple with 136/ 364, Al Walker 138/ 366, Paul Finstein been the most valuable bowlers as their aver­ 107 1. 146/ 362, Herb Singer 133/ 357, Al an Hop­ ages go up each week. Other fine scores were .. . fenberg 134/359, Jerry Bloom 128/ 344, Moe by Roger Wilgus 221 / 567, Howie Wasser Sinai Filler 131/ 345, Emis Miller 125/ 343, and 231/575, Jim Aiello 215/ 589, Sam Feingold Harvey H utt gave e ve ryone a lesson on Neil Cohen 143/ 352. Good singles were 212/557, Maxie Cohen 197/ 527, Larry Scheer what an anchor man is supposed to do. Bowl­ bowled by Joe Weisman 131, Phil Chopak 549, Dick Lyons 523, Lenny Waldman 179, ing for the first half championship he found 130, Ralph Nathans 130, Stan Roberts 129, and Max Fine had 154 . his team down two marks going into the last and Neil Gouse 129; while Mel Bloom hit box of the last string. With most of the league 12.6, Julius Nas berg managed 124, Nate ••• watching in silence, Harv wa lked up to the Altman 121 , and Billy Nasberg hit 119. To K.O.P. Duckpins all ey with his cigar in the left side of his date the best league high threes are Neil January 's cold temps saw some hot bowl­ mouth and the bowling ball in his right hand. Cohen's 433, Sherwin Zaidman's 41 8, Duffy ing from John Raleigh and Joe Matzner. John He then proceeded to throw two strikes to ( Giglio's 407, Dave Greenberg's 392, Al had 171 / 408 and Joe hit 174/ 384. Bowl ers win ii all fo r his team. Not once did an ash Walker's 380 and Alan Hopfe n berg's 379. hitting personal highs for the year were Syd fall on the alley. Making it possible for Harvey Best league singles to date are Sherwin Zaid­ Matzner 131, and Scott Altman 135. Harvey to pull off his heroics was Bob Silve rman man 170, Duffy Giglio 161, Neil Cohen 160, Bowler of the Rosenblatt continued his torrid streak with who had a 233 in the middle string to win Dave Greenberg 154, Hy Grossberg 153, 356 and 375 while clinging to the average that game and the other two members helping Moe Filler 150. Top average belc>ngs to lead with 114. Evan Cranson' s average moved out were And y Port 189 and Ralph Rotten­ Month Duffy G. with 123 followed by Neil Cohen to 112 with his 348 series. Doing some strong berg. Bowling fo r the losers with a good effort 117 and Sherwin Zaidman 115. DAVE COKIN bowls for the Knights of bowling this month was Aaron Fox with 353 was Mel Goldstein as Mel hit fo r 219, Lowell Pythias Tenpin league. Currently aver­ ••• and 337, and Larry Priest had 343 and 335. Delerson 182, Marty Brown and Dick Strauss. aging a solid 176, Dave has been one of Izzy Krasnoff got into the act with a nifty The Heavey Hitters were at it again as Phil the most consistent bowlers In the con­ K. O. P. Tenpin 125. Aaron Fox is moving up in the average Levinson broke league high single with a gress. This past month he rolled two fine department as he is now at 109. Larry Priest resounding 258/ 673, Larry Field had 662, Recap of the month showed that on the series of 566 and 577 which Is an Indica­ at 107 and Joe Matzner 106 are beginning to Babe Gertz 610, Harry Cappel 592, Mark seventh top honors went to Brent Goldstein tion of his consistency and vast Improve­ breathe down Harvey and Evan's back. Good Palombo was over 560 for three solid weeks, with 192/ 547 followed by Sandy Shaw ment since leaving the duckpln group. to have Mort Hamer back after being on the Clint Smith · the ageless wonder had 572, Dave will soon be challenging the leaders 187 / 529, Max Cohen f93/ 505, and Wayne disabled list with an injury. The league would Dave Seidman 547 while taking the big jack­ DeCosta with a 135 average _hitting a 194 for top honors. He's this corner's choice like to extend get well wishes to Bill Smith. pot, Hotsie Strelow 546, Herb Bloom 522, as top bowler of the month. game. The ladies were led by Judy Lieber­ Finally, the second half is under .way and Adrian Horovitz 523, Abb Dressler 518, Tony man with 188/ 508, Michele O'Neil 164/ 453, the Esquire team of Harv Rosenblatt, Syd Palombo & Al Parkin each had 526, Nick Elsie M~rkowitz 168/ 446, and Liz Spelman Matzner, and Scott Altman, and Sir Knight, Campanini 537, Marv Jacobson 541 , Frank ••• with a 110 average going outstanding with Morris Miller have pushed themselves into Boffi 544, Harold Cohen 516, Rick Bloom 175/ 406. The following week saw Lee RIJBC Couples an early lead. 555, Bob Roiff 520, Harry Katzman 525, and Nulman show the way with 225/ 626, Dave The big news didn' I happen al Lan gs this Cokin 225/ 566, Barry Dressler with a 145 Jerry Kaplan made the 1-7 split for the first month fo r Debbie and Steve Demby but average hitting 212/ 515 for his best effort of • • • time in his career. rather at the hospital as Debbie and Steve the year, Stu Solup 206/ 503, Brent Goldstein became the proud parents 'Of a baby girl, 194/ 502, and Abe Shore with a 132 average, Beth-El ••• Arielle, born January 12, 1981. On the lanes, going 174 / 467. Elsie Markowitz shined wi th In the Beth-El Men's League, the first however, Mark the bomber Palombo contin­ 191 / 503, Judy Lieberman had 194/ 460, half is complete, and the champs are Lovin' Couples ues his assault on the pins with , 0 'i4/ 636, Pauline DeCosta 160/ 443, and Cathy " Olympia," who copped the title with one Top honors this past month go to Ken and Ralph Rottenberg 200/572, Nick ' npamm Guillemette managed a 160. Cutty Sark with of the most exciting victories in recent memo­ Meri Tolchinsky for a strong 322/ 948 effort. 199/560, Mel Goldstein 226/ 55-3, Ben Rubin Dave Cokin, Brent Goldstein, Cathy ry. The odds against them winning four games Harvey and Faye Goldman had 327 / 937, 233/551, Bill Montigney 194/547, Andy Port Guillemette, and Bruce White won the first against "Busch" on the final night had to be Butch and Pauline Savaria had 900, Keith 21 1/ 531, Phyllis Dressler 190/ 504, Clara half championship this night. The 21st was high, but that's what they did, sweeping · and Gail Bender had 328/ 868, Larry and Lobello 164/ 467, Mickey Silverman 173/ 462, led by Max Cohen with a 206/ 571, Al Meier through the first two games behind anchorman Donna Segal took top single with 339/ 866, and Sharon Finn 165/ 453 had great indi­ with a 154 average had his best effort with Rich Fain, and then the big one, thanks to a Jim and Carolyn Hickey 312/864, Ethan and vidual efforts. Still leading ·the league in 219/561, and on the 28th Dave Cokin led all sensational 228 by Jeff "Dad" Cutler. (Jeff Wendy Adler 843, and John and Lisa Topp average is Adrian and Deb Horovitz with with 222/ 577, t,.,iax Cohen had 204/ 563, Stu and his lovely wife, Sue, just became par­ had 840. The Organized were. led by Ken 330 as they hit for 973 this month . .Sandy Solup hit 202/ 534, Marc Dorsen 183/ 523, ents for the first lime}. There were other Tolchinsky's 202/572 as this team took honors and Babe Gertz are next with 328 riding a Barry Golden 191 / 516, Brent Goldstein 219, outstanding feats in the first half that must with 643/ 1911. Helping out were team­ 357 /962, Tony and Kate Palombo have been Bruce White's 115 average improved with be noted, like Benny Diaz' 730 series, the mates Frank Boffi 162/ 486, Meri Tolchinsky passed by Mark Palombo and Janice Cornell 11'17, Elsie Markowitz hit 197 / 471 , Judi second highest in league history, and 120/ 376, and Marie Leamy 159/ 477. Larry 324-322 as Mark and Janice took top honors Robinson 176/ 454 and Pauline DeCosta4:ll. "Budweiser's" 833 team hi-game. Early Segal rolled a 247 which is a new league with 375/ 1031. Ben and Bernice Rubin had '- second half highlights include an 11-1 start record, Nancy Dias hit 191 / 474, Allan Course 381 / 1019, Clara Lobello and Bill Montigny by "Coors," led by Alan Rappaport and Brent 154/ 416, Carolyn Hickey 169/ 437, Sena 354/ I014, Abbott and Phyl Dressler had ••• Goldstein. Jndividuj lly, a high five for Mike Yamuder 311, Myra Blank 431, Carol Fishman 375/ 988, Mel and Rita Goldstein 369/ 974, Sugerman, with a brilliant 277 / 669. Al the 138/ 367, Irene Shlevin 197, while Frank Boffi Andy and Barbara Port hit 344/959 and Harry Castaways other end of the rainbow, our Golden Gutter and Marie Leamy still lead in average wi th and Anna Mae Escher had 355. The Lions of Izzy Nachbar led the way with a fine 408 belongs to Peter Klein for an 83 game, the 337 but Butch and Pauline Savaria are clos­ Lorraine Ferri, Jon Goldman, Ade and Deb but was chased by George Goldstein who Silver Gutter goes to Tony Ferri for his ing fast with 120, Harvey and Faye Goldman Horovitz took best learn of the month with managed 406. Irrepressible Ron Chorney shot impressive 108, and the Copper Gutter to are at 312 and Jason "Curley" Blank and 1855, while the Cubs of Linda Barbarian, his average up to 139 with a strong 161 / 393. Barry Rappaport for a blazing IOI game. Myra are trying for 300 but are now at 298. Archie Barbarian, Clara and Bill had best Irwin Levy hit 159/ 366 and Dick Kumins Special mention to Merl the Pearl Rodyn, The league would like to welcome new single with 685/ 1850. The Moose with 667 had 158/ 388. Syd and Alan Exler are dead­ who rolled a 358 series. bowlers Peter and Lynn Kilkenney and are featuring Tony and Ralph Rottenberg and locked fo r second in average with 122. Steve looking for a very speedy recovery to Marie Sid and Tedi Green took second high sin­ Platkin had a 155, George Goldstein 151, Leamy who was in the hospital. gles. Mark fater 147 / 372, Izzy Nachbar 372, Izzy ••• also had a 144 ,and Sam Miller hit 144. Some good bowli ng was turned in by Stan Under 30's Couples Dorchuck with 145/ 372 and Sid Green just The league would like t6 extend hearty missed the 400 barrier with his solid 395. congrats to Susan and Jeff Cutler on the The Aries team consisting of Irv Kaiser, Stan birth · of their new son. Hope all three are Congress Scoreboard Dorch-uck, Al an Silver and Syd Exter turn ed doing well. This pas t month showed Harry in a fi ne 1402 triple. The Leo team of Sid Rose taking top honors with a super 254/ 650. Tenpin Division: Chorney, Sam Wi lk, Sam Green, and Ron Dave Robi nso n was ri ght hehind him with High Single Chorn ey managed 1369. Taurus which has 258/ 612. Dave look the men·s hi gh single High Average: Len Varga Bud Tri nkle 299 Mil es Goldberg, Len Kl ehr, Sid Green, and with his fin e game. Other men bowling well Len Varga Bud Trinkle 204 Mike SugErman Beth-El 267 Izzy Nachba, look lop single hon·ors for the were Bruce Go rdon 213/ 606, Steve O' Neil Ben Diaz Beth-El 193 Ben Diaz Beth-El 26-5 month with 484 whic h was two poi nts better I 83/ 506, Skip Lawson 227 / 582, Joe Miller Harry Rose Beth -El 190 Ph il Levinson Sin ai 258 than Cancer' s 482. Nice try to Marshall S., 200/ 525, and Rene Pariseau 190/ 513. Patti Mike Robertson Beth-El 190 Al Alter, Irv Max , and Georgia G. Taurus Berm an continues tu bowl ve ry we ll as Mike Sugerman Beth-El 187 Duckpin Division: also is to be congratulated as they won the witnessed by sparkling ni ghts of 200/ 529 and Averages first half champi onship on th e last night with a 190/ 527. Pa tti ho lds wom en·s high average High Three Ron Chorn ey Castawa ys 139 fo ur-zip victory. T he cream rose to the top. and wi th this type of bowlin g she deserves Len Va rga Bud Trin kl e 767 Kenlnd <' II Beth Israel 12.J to he in the lop spo l. Kath y Conti also co n­ Phil Lev in son • Sinai 680 Duffy Gigli o Bloom Pockar 123 tinues l,n hot strea k bowling 18-1/ 517 and ... Mike Sugerman Beth-El 675 Syd Exler Castaways 122 l83/ &'l3. Oth er notable scores were by Kat hy Ri ch Fain Beth-El 660 Al Exler Castawa ys 122 Bud Trinkle Pariseau 181/ 451, Jean Pariseau 205/550, Bob This month's " Holy-Cow·· awa rd goes lo McNi chols 196/ 556, Debbie Go ldenberg Aa ron " easy ga me" Soren. He smas hed his 1139/ 508, Debbie also had 182/ 5 12, Nancy THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981- 17

NOAH'S ARK A magazine for Jewish children

VoL. 111 , No. 6 FEBRUARY, 1981 / SHVAT-ADAR I, 5741

A SCARY WORLD FOR SOVIET HEBREW WORDS OF THE MONTH JEWISH CHILDREN "I was five when my father was Ii 7'~25 arrested and I couldn't under­ (ah ve.e. ro,.e.) stand what was happening. In the early morning of July 5, ai,-plane. 1972, five strangers came to our house. They told father to get ;-Tl I 1D out of bed and took him away . . . TT : · (men. vah doh) "Ten months later I saw suiha5e. father - in prison. Mother and father had to sit a distance from each other. Two high tables were ,7·'JX between them; a soldier walked T · T: between the tables. I was al­ (oh nee. yah) l lowed to sit on father's lap. A half hour later, he was taken boat (ship) away. I took his hand; I wanted In the Soviet Union (also to go with him but I was pulled called Russia), the people are away. not free. The government does "When I was seven, just be­ 11:)~~ not want anyone to believe in (da,- cone.) fore we left for -Israel, we had God. The government wants another visit. Mother and I had Jews to forget about being to undress so we could be Jewish. Jews who pray, learn searched before seeing father. I Hebrew, or study Jewish history remember how they took father are treated very badly. away again. "Now six more months have When Jews in the Soviet passed. Mother and I live in REBUS Union ask for permission to Jerusalem. She works and I leave, they are called "refuse­ study. In July, 1979, father was niks" . . They are usually fired - released from the labor camp, from their jobs. Then they do but he's still not free. He is still c:J-APP + c§v-sp not have enough money to buy in Russia, waiting for permission food and clothes. Sometimes the to leave for Israel. government makes up reasons to arrest them. "Why can't he come home? Wasn't it enough that he was be­ QATER + hind barbed wire for seven ~ Life is very scary for the chil­ years?" dren of refuseniks. Other stu­ dents at school tease them. Liza is in Israel, waiting for her Sometimes the teachers will dis­ father. One day, hopefully, all of PI + - ~A cuss how terrible refuseniks are, the refusenik children will leave while Jewish children are sitting the Soviet Union with their fami­ ~ right there in the classroom. lies. Some may go to Israel. Some may go to other countries -G- + where they have relatives or Here is a letter written by 13 friends. Some may come right to year old Liza Skolnik. Liza's your own city! father, Isaac, was arrested after What can you do for the the Skolnik family applied for children of refuseniks? On page permission to move to Israel. 2, in the "From the Mail Pouch" -L\/E - Liza and her mother went to column, Kanga has a list of some _ Israel while Isaac was in prison. addresses of refusenik children. !,, They hoped Isaac would be able Write to them to show them that to join them in Israel after he was you care and they are not Answer on page 4. freed from prison. Here is Liza's forgotten! letter: (RHOUrce: Student Strua(e for Soviet Jewry.) 18 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981

1 FROM THE Leonid Dubrovsky (8 years old) ~:JEWISHW~M~YOU~Miii~~TESTli MAIL POUCH Blagodatnaya 33, apt. 8 l PRIZES! PRIZES! RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR ' ' I HOW TO ENTER: Choose a Jewish woman you admire, She ,= ' ' Vladislav Genin (8 years old) I can be someone from the Bible-like Sarah or Esther or ' ' Butlerova 18, apt. 95 D·eborah, She can be someone in Jewish history-like Golda = ' ' RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR I Meir or Henrietta Szold. She can be someone from modern I ' ' times-like Rabbi Sally Preisand or Betty Friedan. Or shE:! could ,: ' Gennady Zhuk (8 years old) i even be someone in the future-make up your own example of _ ' Popoviche 15, apt. 4 ' :: the Jewish woman of the future that you would admire! i ' Ukrainian SSR, Donetsk, USSR ' f Afte, you select yow- pe,son, you probably will need lo go lo a j ' Alexander Plotkin (9 years old) ' Bolshoi Oktensky 6/1, apt. 70 ' libraryhto finhd out more aboutdhder.YThen tell1dNdOAH'bS ARh K why _ ' - you c ose t e woman you i . ou cou escri e er in a ,­ ' RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR i poem, essay, limerick, puzzle, or game. Or_you can draw your _ ' - person in a way that our readers will know why she is so special. ,­ ' German Isaev (9 years old) i All art must be drawn on white paper using black felt-tipped _ ' Lenina 38, apt. 1 ' :: pen or pencil. i ' RSFSR, Derbent, USSR ' ' Send your entry to: NOAH'S ARK, 10019 Villa Lea, - ·····--···············' -,- Houston, Texas 77071. YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR i ltzhak Mulaeris (9 years old) NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGE TO WIN! - Dear Readers: Laisves Allea 72-A, apt. 16 = i Lithuanian SSR, Kaunas, USSR ' A NOAH'S ARK T-Shirt will be sent to the best entry. The - We have lots of letters from :: winner and runners-up will have their entries printed in the ,­ people who want pen pals. We Dimitry Chechik (10 years old) May issue of NOAH'S ARK are saving those letters until Ligovsky Pr. 3/9 ' next month. Instead, we want to RSFSR,Leningrad, USSR DEADLINE FOR ENTERING: March 10, 1981. give you the names of children in I I the Soviet Union who would like Ran Kapchitz (10 years old) I (Attention teachers: This would be an excellent class project , to hear from you. Moscovskaya 183/79 i and NOAH'S ARK welcomes entries from classes.) 1 Kirgiz SSR - Frunze, USSR \...,,._.,,.._.,,,~,..-.,,.-.c,~,__,,,__,c,__,,,._.,1,._.,c,._.,,__,,, If you write to the children of refuseniks (people who are try­ Roman Rosental (11 years old) ing to leave the Soviet Union), Chernishevskogo 9/33 you will show them that you care Moldavian SSR, CROSSWORD PUZZLE about them and they are not Kishinev, USSR forgotten. Genrietta Bordsky (11 years old) Write to them in a warm, Ivana Tkachenko 135, apt. 20 friendly way in English. Do not Ukrainian SSR, Donetsk, USSR criticize the Russian govern­ ment. Just write like you would Mikhail Lobovikov 7 write a letter to a pen pal any­ (12 years old) Kominterna 2/56, Petrodvoretz where else. RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR Address your letter like it is ,0 . written below. If you can, send Joseph Dinerstein 13 years old Tuchkov Per. 11/6, apt. 8 your letter registered air-mail RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR ,, (which costs more money). If not, you can send your letter you need more names for a regular air mail. (If class project, write to the ,.. I Student Struggle for Soviet If you receive any answers to your letters, please send a Jewry, 200 West 72nd Street, Suites 30-31, New York, N.Y. 13 copy to Kanga c/o NOAH'S ARK, 10019 Villa Lea, Hous­ 10023.) Answers on page 4 .. ton, Texas 77071. ACROSS What did the tallis say to 1. A Jew· in the Soviet Union who asks permission to leave. - Kanga the Rabbi? 6. The United States of . 7. Russia is also called the Soviet______,__ 8. Another name for 'the Soviet Union is Nataly Firdman (7 years old) 11. America is the "land of the " Mytninskaya 31, apt. 3 12. Immigrants fly from one country to another in a ___ RSFSR,Leningrad, USSR 13. Immigrants who come to Americ;a learn to speak Polina Khodorkovsky DOWN (7 years old) 2. People . who move to a new country to live are Budapeshtskaya 42, corp. 3, called ______apt. 126 3. When you go to a new country, you have to learn how to RSFSR, Leningrad, USSR · speak a new 4. A person who practices Judaism is called a Anna Kramer (7 years old) 5. · The paper a person needs to "pass" from "port to port". Orbeli 11, apt. 54 7. · Initials of number 6 across. RSFSR, Leningrad USSR Don't move, I've got you 9. When immigrants pack to leave they put their clothes in covered! a Olga Axelrod (8 years old) - Lee Mendelson 10. Some people who leave Russia go to the "land of milk and Toply Stan, 8 Years Old honey" - called Microregion 2, Corp. 20, apt. 4 Memphis, Tennessee RSFSR, Moscow, USSR THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 27

T H URSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 198 1 - 19

FREEDOM : REFUSENIK CHILDREN These children are "re­ Without freedom, our lives would be a mess. fuseniks" -they have ap­ : For what would we do without freedom of the press? : plied to leave the Soviet We also need freedom of speech, Union with their parents And the freedom to hear our religions preach. : and are waiting for permis­ Freedom also means not to be a slave. sion to go. In the meantime, The slaves in Egypt, Moses did save. : they are learning Jewish Now other people from freedomless countries may history and Hebrew. In this Find happiness in the U.S. of A. : picture, they are watching a : play performed by their parents in Moscow. - By Patricia Greenspan : Fifth Grade : (Photo by the Student Rabbi Harry Halpern Day School Struggle for Soviet Jewry of the East Midwood Jewish Center and Union of Councils of Brooklyn, New York Soviet Jews.) FREEDOM MAZE It is very difficult for Jews to leave the Soviet Union. For them, TRAITOR! - Refuseniks are not treated very well. Your parents leaving Russia is like going through a maze. They go down different are probably fired from their jobs. They have no money to support paths. Sometimes the path is correct. Usually the path leads to a their family. You lose your friends. Your teacher embarrasses you in dead end. Sometimes they feel like they are going in circles. It is class by saying your parents are traitors (people who are against the very easy to become discouraged and to want to quit. . government). ARREST AND PRISON - Sometimes people are arrested after As you work this Freedom Maze, you will go down many paths they ask permission to leave. Your father might be arrested because that may make you want to give up. Remember that this maze is only he isn't working. Since Russia is not a free country, if you march in a game for you. It is real life for the Jews of the Soviet Union. Keep the streets or sign a petition you could be arrested. Most of the time, trying to go along all the paths. Finally you will reach the airplane the crime is made up just because you asked for permission to leave. that will take you to freedom! GOODBYE - MAYBE! ·- After months or years of waiting, you Here are some of the different problems you will run into along may get the good news that you have permission to leave. Then this maze: comes the sad part: saying goodbye to relatives and friends you may START - This is one of the most difficult parts of the Freedom never see again. Many times your family might sell all of your be­ · Maze. Pretend you are a Jew living in the Soviet Union. Once you longings, say all of your goodbyes, go all the way to the airport, and decide to try the maze, there is no turning back. then be told that there has been a mistake. You can't leave after all!

EXIT PAPERS - Before you can leave the Soviet Union, you FREEDOM! - Finally your family is allowed to leave. It has not must have official papers saying you have permission to go. Many been easy. Starting a new life in a strange, new country will be very times you will told, "Your papers aren't in order!" Or you will be told difficult. But you are free! And you have left behind thousands of that your exit papers are "denied" (which means you can't go). Jews who are still in the Soviet Union, hoping and praying to leave too.

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RIDDLE CONTEST WINNER The winner of the "Do You Noah Riddle" Contest is Danielle Ilustre, 8 years old, from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her prize­ winning entry is printed below and her T-shirt is in the mail.

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EMMA LAZARUS

If you ever visited New York City, perhaps you visited the Statue ' RUNNER-UP · I RUNNER-UP____ _ of Liberty that stands in the harbor there. Maybe you noticed a Turtle: Noah, can I steer the ark l Lion: Noah, listen to that noisy

poem written on the bottom of the statue. The poem, written by for a while? 1 parrot. It never stops 1 Emma Lazarus, ends with these famous words: Noah: I don't think we have the I talking! Turtle: W::~ do you mean? lNoah: ~~:1/~i~~arrot is a Noah: fm afraid you'd stop at I - Jennifer Michele Miller every Shell station! l 11 Years Old - Wendy Stein I Philadelphia, 9 Years Old l Pennsylvania

SECRET CODE "G;v~ou, poo,. What would you call a Soviet Jew who is in a hurry to ~~-~ to ) Your huddled masses yearning breathe free, leave the country? Each of the following Russian letters ~:./2 Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, stands for a letter in the English alphabet. Match the Russian I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" ~, letter to the English letter and write it in the blank. When you are through, you'll know the answer to the riddle! Those words mean, "America welcomes people from everywhere - any people who are not free or do not have a home." The Statue of Liberty is supposed to be like a "golden door" that welcomes eyeryone. 3 A )t( N This poem has become a symbol of America. Who was this 17 E L1i R woman, Emma Lazarus, who captured the spirit of America so well in her poem? H y s Emma was born in New York City in 1849. Her ancestors were vi I n u Jews who had come to America from Spain. 5 'vJ At an early age, E~a showed an interest in poetry. When she ' :r was fourteen years old, the Civil War broke out. She was angry that some people were slaves and she began to write poems about her feelings. Her poems were so good that magazines began to publish them. A collection of her poems was printed when she was only .}t( eighteen. 3 u n Y VI

In the 1880'-s boatloads of Jewish immigrants from Russia began arriving in this country. They were leaving mobs who beat them and COMING NEXT NOAH'S ARK burned their homes in Russia. Emma's- heart was touched by these MONTH A Magazine for poor, frightened, unwanted people, who arrived on America's PURIM AND Jewish Children shores without knowing English or American customs. Many had JEWISH MUSIC! trouble finding jobs to support their families. ············· ·· ········ ················ Linda Freedman Block and ANSWERS TO Debbie Israel Dubin Emma turned her talents to helping them. She wrote many CROSSWORD ];>UZZLE . Editors · Illustrations by Nachman articles about the problems of these people and urged that action be Across Down taken to help them. 1. Refusenik 2. Immigrants Business Office: 6. America 3. Language 5514 Rutherglen As Emma's interest in the Jewish people deepened, she began to 7. Union 4. Jew Houston, Texas 77096 study the Bible and Jewish history. 8. Russia 5. Passport 713/729-6221 '­ 11. Free 7. U.S.A. Editorial Office: Emma Lazarus died when she was only 38. After she died, her 12. Plane 9. Suitcase 10019 Villa Lea memory was honored with a plaque on the base of the Statue of 13. English 10. Israel Liberty. On this plaque is her famous poem. Houston, Texas 77071 ANSWER TO REBUS 713/771-7143 People coming to the United States today still,crane their necks Copyright, 1980 over boat railings to catch a glimpse of the famous statue. As it APPLE -APP+ STOP-SP+ NOAH'S ARK hu a drculatioff of 161 , 242. Mor.! QUARTER - QA TER + PIPE t~n SO¾ of this press rvn is published u a IUPP,e.. comes into view they see the powerful arm raised high, carrying the menl to the following newi~ Jewish Hera~ - PI+ SOAP - SA+ LEG - Voice, Hou1ton, Tx.; Rhode Isl.and Jewish Herald, torch of freedom, and Emma's greeting inscribed at the base. Providence, R.I.; lntermountain Jewish .News, G + GLOVE - LVE = Denwr, Co.; Jewish light, St Lou i5', Mo.; JMsh Chronide, Mitw.1uku, Wisc.; Hebrew WatchrNr\ The words of Emma Lazarus continue to give newcomers hope LET OUR PEOPLE GO Memphis, Tenn.; Anwrican Jewish Wortd, Minne• poU~ Mn.; Jewish Obserwr, Nutwille, Tenn.; Jewish and courage as they begin a new life. Chronicle, Pittsburgh. P,1.; The Jewish Stu Lid., ANSWERTO ­ Ulp,y, Albert,1, Canad.; The lewish Star, Edmonton, (Edited from Dolls for Democracy, a program of B'nai B'rith SECRET CODE Ulnad.; Jewish hponenl, Philadelph~ ,~ Women.) lndividu,11 subscripUons a~ SS.00 .ind m<1 y be jM8f (U11!88Il'H) ,U!t{Sil'H V orde~d from the Buslnen Office. THIJRSOAY FF.RRUARY Hl. 198l - 27

THU RSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 2 1 Soviet Jew Who Mendelevich is tfre last Jewish member who has no relatives in the Soviet Union and Competitors held in the Soviet Union of a group that tried has not been a llowed visits from fri ends for To Get Drug Tests Hijacked Plane to hijack a plane from Leningrad and escape sevnal years, might be in a hospital or even to Israe l. The others have emigrated. have died. TEL AVIV ()TA) - Competitors taking Reported Missing part in the 11th Maccabiah World Games in His sister, Ri vka Drori, told reporters that ISRAEL WAS J UBILANT Wednesday July will undergo medical drug tests, similar JERUSALEM - losif Me ndelevich, friends in Moscow recently received a letter when Mendelevich arrived in Jerusalem to those in force in the Olympic Games. The who was involved in an attempt to hijack a from the commander of Mendelevich's labor after being released , inexplicably, from the new tests, not used in previous Maccabiah Soviet plane 11 years ago, reportedly has dis­ camp in the Urals saying Mendelevich had' Soviet Union. He prayed at the Western Games, were decided on at a meeting of the appeared from a Soviet labor camp, his sister disappeared. The letter did not elaborate. Wall and said his religious convictions had . . International Maccabiah Games Committee reported this week. Mrs. Drori said she feared that her brother, kept him going while in prison. _here_l as t week. N.Y. Support For Soviet Prisoner NEW YORK - In 1978, Ida Nude!, a Soviet economist who had spent seven years try­ ing to obtain permission to move to Israel, hung a banner from her Moscow balcony say­ ing, .. K.G. B. g ive me my visa. ·· She did not get her ex it visa, and a few weeks later was convic ted of " mali c io us hooli ganism" and sentenced to fo ur years' exil e in Siberi a. Nuclei is still in Si be ri a, but has found a fri end at City Hall in New York. In a speech in Madrid, Cit y Council Presi­ dent Carol Bell amy disclosed that she and other New York women we re starting a n organization to publicize Nude!' s plight in hopes of ob­ taining her release. Be ll amy told of her plans in an address before the Inter­ national Conference of Jewish Women's Organizations for Soviet Jewry. Abuhazira Trial Witness Assaulted TEL AVIV ()TA)- Deputy Mayor Yi srael Gottlieb of B' nei Brak, a key prosecution witness in the bribery trial of Reli g ious Affairs Minister Aharon Ahuhazira, was at­ tacked and severely injured in his office in the town ha ll last week. Police sa id he was struck on the head by a blunt instru­ ment wielded by a man in " the usual black garb of an ultra­ Orthodox Jew." 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L....--__F_i_n_an_c_e __ __JI Successful House-Selling Israel's Diamond Industry ,Investing Dilemma Faces Recession Troubles \·------~--· by David R. Sargent

RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - A severe Then, as in I 978, diamond prices recession has been plaguing Israel's diamond skyrocketed, and Israeli diamond merchants Q - I am a 58-year-old widow in ex­ returning to school in order to prepare for a industry for the past two years, putting 3,000 began to speculate on the monthly allot­ celJent health. My own business provides new career. diamond cutters out of work and causing the ments sold by the Central Selling Organiza­ an adequate income for normal expenses, Q - I am a Black & Decker employee. closing of 200 workshops. tion of London. but my children's educational costs put me You were once optimistic about the stock, . Despite the recession, Israel still says it is To punish speculators, the so-called Syn­ in a bind. Is there any solution, other than but it hasn't gone anywhere. Should I con­ the world's largest cutting ceriter, where 12,- dicate (the Central Selling Organization of selling our home, that will improve our tinue to hold the shares I have? R.J. 000 cutters were once employed. the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.) im­ finances? R.P. California California A - Black & Decker has been a perplex­ Three manufacturers declared themselves posed a 40 percent surcharge on its allot­ A - You don't indicate whether there is ing situation. While both earnings and divi­ bankrupt this month, and one of them, repor­ ments in March 1978. When it removed the any "surplus" acreage, land that you might dends have risen rapidly since the 1975 de­ tedly owing $50 million to local banks and surcharge a few months later, it increased be able to sell that could provide a tidy bacle (although fiscal '80 net was flat), the foreign creditors, has fled the country. The prices by 30 percent. Many Israeli diamond windfall without requiring you to move. If stock's performance over the years has been Israel Diamond Manufacturers Association merchants bought large quantities of dia­ so, this appears to be a good time to put it on very disappointing. had threatened to close the polishing fac­ monds at inflated prices, financing the the market. Real estate prices have climbed tories for the month of February but instead purchases with low-interest loans from Israeli in recent years, particularly in California. Management's failure to introduce any major new products, as well as the company's announced that factories will work only four banks. Interest rates for diamond manufac­ Alternatively, you might consider refinan­ days a week. turers were about 6 percent then. cing your home since you say that the inability to meet targeted earnings goals, has been the main negative. The home repair Diamonds are Israel's number one in­ In the fall of 1979, the recession hit. remaining balance on your present mortgage market, contrary to expectations, has proven dustrial export: in 1980, Israel exported $1.4 Melees had become overpriced and con­ is quite small. Although mortgage rates are vulnerable to weak economies and record billion in poshed stones, mostly diamonds sumer demand, especially in the U.S., sof­ very high, you presumably wouldn't be seek­ high interest rates around the world, and it weighing less than a quarter carat, called tened. ing a large amount. This option could ease could be a while before Black & Decker's Melees. The boom in larger investment stones, the strain of having to meet large education Although the diamond industry processed mostly in New York, continued bills over a short period of time. However, earninit:s res ume their forward momentum. As an employee, you may prefer to hold for worldwide has been hit with a similar reces­ through 1979, with the wholesale price of a the monthly mortgage payment would have eventual improvement in operating results sion, the problems in Israel have lasted flawless , one-carat, blue-white stone to be reasonable, considering your present - especially if you have a long-term commit­ longer and hurt more. reaching $60,000. But that market dried up income. ment to the company. But for greater near­ Wiih the economy already in serious trou­ this year as interest rates soared. The same If you do decide to remortgage, it might be term potential, I suggest switching-to Eagle ble, the decline of one of its healthiest in­ one-carat stone gets about $45,000 now. with the understanding that your children Picher Industries. This industrial machinery dustries had an effect on the Israeli banks Israeli merchants are angry that the will ·· step into the financial picture" when company is well positioned to profit from which finance the industry. government, which encouraged diamond their education is completed and they are growth in many areas, including oil drilling Some experts blame the current crisis on merchants to establish themselves here in the working. Perhaps they could then run your and coal mining. " the boom of 1977." late I 960' s, is not being more supportive. business allowing you to pursue your goal of L9cal Car Dealers Suffer From A Fickle Public, Misinformed Government by Peter Alexander push the market to smaller cars. Nixon ' the automakers to make safety products and • The interest rates are · high and fl oor The plight of local car dealers as well as the resigned. A different Ford became president. designs that are good for us but tha~ we end financing is expensive for dealers. If a car sits automotive industry as a whole is a frantic Now it was 1975, and President Ford, in up disconnecting or abandoning (like the air on the fl oor for more than 3 months, they' re game of passing the blame, while consumers order to reduce foreign dependence on oil, bag). losing money. just aren't passing the bucks. slapped on a $2 per barrel import charge. His • It's a marketing problem. Despite ad­ • Congress has caused a lot of this mess " I had lunch with one of the car dealers decision was overturned in a Federal court. vanced tracking systems by zip codes that because of poor decisions on oil decontrol yesterday," explains Frank Gary, Vice Presi­ The Democratic Congress lowered gas prices could point out almost daily where the shifts and forcing automakers to test gadgets that dent of Old Stone Bank, "and he told me and promised that the U.S. would not have to were taking place, this data went largely un­ most of us refuse to use. there were a lot of people who came in to look pay more than 10 cents per gallon more for used. You can't reall y market a product until • And las t, but not least, ihere' s our at cars that hadn't bought one for3or4 years. the next decade and beyond. With the yo u know . who's going to buy it and what fri endly enemy, OPEC. It 's not all their When they saw the prices, they were promise of cheap gas, Americans bought they can afford to spend. fault. Had we stayed on a doll ar backed by · flabbergasted. When people see prices like · large cars and guzzled gas like never before. • Caught in the crisis of decision, the gold, we might have avoided a lot of this . that, they' re going to re-assess the situation." The companies that did the worst that year public at large has tended to be fickl e. The mess. Figuring quickly on his calculator, Gary were compact companies: Ame rican Motors hi gher gas prices, the higher the foreign car " The day is coming," mused Ted pointed out that a $9,300 K-Car, after the in­ and Chrysler. sales, and the lower the U.S. car sales which Leonard, "when people will order new cars itial 20 percent downpayment, would cost Then in l 976 large car sales increased. res ults in unemployment that we pay for by catalogs. So will you need a new car $210.84 per month at 16 percent over a four­ Congress rolled back oil prices by $1 per anyway. What a way to lose. dealer?" year loan. gallon. And now the problem comes into Gary also pointed out that not all auto sharper focus, because in 1976-77, the Big dealers were having problems. That Datsun, Three closed small car assembly plan ts while Toyota and Honda dealers were doing well, big 'car plants were on overtime. American E.F. Hutton Joins With Israeli and at full pricing. . Motors went to the Federal Government, one Auto-Making History year before Chrysler, to seek Federal aid. In Firm For Scientific Researcn Back in 1939, Henry Ford and some others 1974, they were hailed as Americas small car company and the executives brilliant for the thought that perhaps a small car might not be JERUSALEM (JTA ) - The E.F. Hutton luring will have to be done in Israel, unless so bad. After ·all, if it's smaller it has to be turn-around they made. Now they were like Group, Inc., a leading U.S. investment bank­ Yeda specifically consents otherwise, he cheaper, right? Ford found that by downscal­ the lonely quarterback. sacked behind the ing house, and the Yeda Research and stressed. " Another condition imposed by the ing the V-8 by a one/lhird, he could only lines on a rain-soaked field. Development Company of Rehovot, which is contract just signed is that the general manufacture the new engine for $3.00 less How We Got Here connected with the Weizmann Institute of manager and chief scientist of Taglit must than a full V-8. And then he found that his · The rest of the story is within memorable Sc.ience, have joined, forces to market reside in I~rael," Meytahl said. economy car could only be sold for $50.00 history. So how did we get here? Part of the products based on scientific projects carried answer is misplaced faith. For some reason, less than the standard-sized Ford. out by the Institute. Fashion Week In 1959, the first American compacts were the American public has more faith in foreign Yeda will promote the projects covering introduced. They were the Falcon, the Cor­ cars than in Ame rican. drug development, agriculture and medical Opens In Israel vair and the Valiant. In 1964, the Mustang "And that's because of thought leaders, instruments. E.F. Hutton will raise $25 came along. In 1970, Ford brought out magazine articles and no man being a ·million over the next five years from large in­ TEL AVIV (JTA ) - Some 300 foreign Maverick. · prophet in his own land," says Ted Leonard, stitutional investors, such as insurance com­ buyers from over a dozen co untries are here In 1971, articles abounded in the Wall president of the Auto Show in Seekonk. panies, mutual funds, commercial banks, this week, inspecting the fashion goods dis­ Street Journal and other magazines about "People just don't see faults as clearly when and some wealthy individuals. played by 82 local manufacturers at this Americas new love affair with small cars. the manufacturer is far away. Trust is the yea r' s Israel fall / winter fashion week at the Fifteen percent of all car sales were foreign. faith that one can put in someone's promise. Hutton has created a company in Israel, Hilton Hotel. The organizers said they were But this was a heavy year for recalls, and And if you look at imports, the quality is called Taglit, Inc. (Discovery, in Hebrew) to not worried by the decl ine in the number of what people forgot was that 45 percent of all there on small cars." channel the funds for 19 research projects in­ buyers, from 500 las t year. Israeli fashions " recalls were foreign ca rs. "But the quality is there on American itiated by the Weizmann Institute. They in­ were in brisk demand despite the world wide But 1971 also brought about the Nixon Ad­ cars," asserts Charlie Fisher, general clude research on interferon monoclonal an­ economic slowdown which had kept so me ministration's decision to float the dollar manager of Lloyd Long Oldsmobile. " There tibodies, a new anti-viral vaccine, synthetic buyers at home. against other currencies. The dollar was no are American cars that get 30 miles to the antigens, diagnostic instruments, animal tox­ Fashion center and ex:po rt institute sources longer backed by gciid. . So ihe dollar de:· gallon. Oldsmobile is one of them. We' re ology and new genetic types of wheat. said ex ports were down to the U.S. this year dined, and foreign prices and German labor selling Oldsmobiles because they' re the best Yeda general manager Aharon Meytahl due to high customs barriers, b.ut fashion ex­ rose. made of all GM cars. Take our Cutlass. You told the Jerusalem Post that one of the pur­ ports to Britain had increased by over 80 per­ In 1972, American ,·mall car sales overtook call up any car dealer and try to find one used poses of the venture with Hutton is to "en­ cent between 1978 and 1980. West Germany the foreign sales. But it was the same year on a lot. Or tell him that you have one that sure Israel has a share in the big multi-billion remains Israe l's main customer for fashion that we began to import 30 percent of all you want to trade in and see what he says." dollar markets we see developing in the fi eld goods. It purchased $127 million worth last domestic oil. By 1973 we had an oil shortage, What Ted Leonard says is that the used car of biotechnology." He said it would not year. Exports to Britain, Holland and France but curiously, it was the greatest sales year in market is becoming hot. " The market won't result in a brain-drain from Israel but in­ have also risen, industry sources said. the history of the auto makers. And of all car come back. There are fewer people to buy stead, "we expect many Jewish and other ••• sales, 48.4 percent were small ca rs . cars who can afford to buy a car. The resu lt is American scientists to come here and work TEL AVIV (JTA)-Two Arab residents of But in 1974, there was another shift. Sud­ that the used car market will become hot. " on projects." Gaza were kill ed and 21 people, including denly, the gas cri sis was over and people were Adds Frank Gary of Old Stone Bank, " The four Jewish and Arab Israelis, were injured out buying cars again, but they were buying fin ance charge is a factor, but the biggest fac­ Meytahl said the patents covering the pro­ Saturday when a grenade exploded some 20 large cars. Rebate programs, mostly on small tor is the cost of the item." ject would remain with the Weizmann In­ ya rds from an arm y vehicle which had stop­ cars began. And as the unsold small cars sat Adding it all up, we see_: stitute while Taglit will receive license and ped in Gaza to repair a puncture. It was the on the Lot, Henry Ford II asked the Federal • We've got high car prices because of pay royalties lo manufacture and market the third attack on lsr;eli vehicles during the Government to put a IO percent tax on gas to labor costs, and because the Congress orders projects being developed. All the manufac- past month. I THURSDAY, I::_EBRUARY 19, 1981 - 27

THU.RSDA Y, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 23 milted to proscribe. .. The activities referred to, he emphasized, Knesset Sets Legislation Drawn Up By ADL involved paramilitary training and exempt lawful activities such as rifle range training June 30 As and karate club activities. Election Day To Outlaw Paramilitary Camps In its October report on the Klan, AOL pointed out that FBI monitoring of the KKK JERUSALEM (JTA) - The Knesset was sharply curtai led in 1976 by guidelines PALM BEACH, FLA. - The Anti­ Patterned after the 1968 federal Civil Legal Committee has set the national elec­ - issued in response to charges of the abuse tion date for June 30, thereby shifting the Defamation League of B' nai B' rith has urged Obedience Act, ihe model law, according to of FBI powers - which require evidence of state authorities to adopt legislation outlaw­ . government's original July 7 proposal one Reich, is an" effective and legally sound local actual or imminent violence before in­ ing paramilitary training camps run by the response to the proliferation of extremist­ week forward. All but one of the Likud coali­ vestigating Klan activities. tion members supported the June 30 date Ku Klux Klan or other extremist groups - operated paramilitary camps." It was drafted The report named Alabama, Connecticut, and made public a model. statute. after a canvass by the League's regional of­ · whilP the Labor opposition members Illinois, North Carolina and Trxas as sites of abstained since they wanted a May election. The statute, drawn up by AOL's national fi ces revealed that there is a pressing need for paramilitary training and cited California as Law Department, calls for imprisonment state laws that directly deal with paramilitary a Klan distribution center fo r instructional and/or fines against those found guilty of training. manuals and handbooks on terrorism. Police Arrest Suspects operating paramilitary training camps or Reich said that according to available in­ ln Alabama, for example, Mr. Reich said, In Hebron Attack receiving training there. formation, the Civil Obedience Act has not the Invisible Empire, Knights of the KKK, Seymour D. Reich, chairman of ADL's resulted in any arrest of Klan paramilitary in­ run by Bill Wilkinson, operates a campsite National Civil Rights Committee, said the structors. The federal law, unlike the ADL JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israeli security near Cullman, AL, which has been dubbed forces have detained two suspects in an at­ model law would make training in the use of model statute which makes teaching or par­ "My Lai." Training there includes target tack on a yeshi va student in Hebron' s firearms, explosives, incendiary devices or ticipating in paramilitary training a criminal practice with M-16 semi-automatic rifl es, downtown marketplace. The student, David techniques that kill or injure people a crime offense, applies only to teaching. obstacle course proficiency, study of guerrilla Koch, 22, was on his way from the Tomb of when it is for the intention of provoking civil Reich pointed out that state laws would for tactics and practice search and destroy mis­ the Patriarch to the building which once disorder. the fi rst time enable local authorities to crack sions. housed the Hadassah hospital when he was The League, which has monitored Klan down on Klan paramilitary camps. activities since the 1920's, disclosed in a The ADL model law is based upon the stabbed by two assailants who then fled from TEL AVIV (JTA) - The committee of the scene. Koch was taken to a hospital in nationwide survey last October that the Klan federal statute whi ch has been tested by the Shalom Aleichem House here has named Jerusalem where he was t,reated and re­ is engaged in paramilitary activities in six courts and upheld on constitutional grounds. Jewish Agency chairman Leon Oulzin as its leased. An immediate curfew was imposed states and urged regular FBI surveillance to Reich said the League had drawn the model honorary president. There are plans to on the Hebron area. Dozens of merchants protect Americans from terrorism and as precisely as possible to prohibit only those publish Aleichem's works in Yiddish and and other residents were questioned and re­ violence perpetrated by "armed racists." activities "which one is constitutionally per- Hebrew and English translations. .------"-,-----, leased later in the day . SPRING& SUMMER subscribe CHARTER subscribe SPECIALS subscribe Ireland $399 subscribe Spain 459 London 499 THE Paris 499 Rome 599 RHODE Athens 599 Copenhagen 599 ISLAND Hong Kong 999 plus tax & servico HERALD per person, dbl. occ. 724-0200 Call Joe or Roberta at subscribe subscribe WINKLEMAN

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Tax instructions are now becomes separated from your return, there from Israel' s Bar-Ilan University, which has In his response, Mayor Bradley recall ed easier to read and understand, and in less wi ll be no proble m getting the two toge the r also established a professorial chair in his that during a recent visit to the Bar- Ilan cam­ honor. pus at Ramat Gan, Israel, " J saw a center of The honor was conferred by university pres­ modern secular learning and, at the same ident Dr. Emanuel Rackman at a recent dinner time, a special place where students can go in Beverly Hills, California. Film star Gregory to discover their roots - a university com­ Peck was maste r of ceremonies at the affair, mitted to the idea of the preservation of Jewish which celebrated the 25th a nnive r;ary of cult ure, Jewish he ritage and the influence Bar-llan. of Judaism." ______by Robert E. Starr Mayor Bradley was ci ted for his leader­ The chair established in his honor wi ll be ship in urban revitalization and for his role known as the T homas Bradley Chair for the This is how alm~st every Declarer played in fostering religious and racial harmony in Study of the Advancement of Social Inte­ Today's hand looked like an absolute cinch gration. to almost every Declarer but the re was a very the hand. They ruffed the second Spade lead the multi-ethnic greater Los Angeles area. The black leader was also cited for his staunch iikely problem which came up to cause them and then went after T rumps. Those that >TODAY SUBS support of Israel and the leading role he has all disaster. A little care•could h·ave prevented drew them a ll also exhausted themselves as ALDTOOAY St played in behalf of Soviet Jewry. it but that would also have cost a trick to use well so that when they went to knock out the ERALDTOOAY In confe rring the honorary degree, Dr. it. 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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 25 Jewish Leaders Among Those Seeking Talk With Reagan On Abortion Rights --- WASHINGTON (JTA) - Five Jewish liberty. leaders are among the 17 national leaders of Among those who are requesting the Protestant and Jewish organizations who, meeting are William Thompson, Stated angered by what they called President Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church, Reagan's refusal to meet with them on the and Rev. Kenneth Teegarden, President of abortion issue, have re-submitted their re­ the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). quest for an audience, calling abortion Reagan holds membership in both these " perhaps the most threatening issue to un­ dominations. ity" in the United States. They are Rabbi Alexander Schindler, AOL Criticizes president of the (Reform ) Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Lillian Maltzer, Waldheim· president of the (Reform) National Federa­ NEW YORK -Dr. Paul Bookbinder, tion of Temple Sisterhoods; Chaie Herzig, Chairman of the Program Committee of the co-president of the women's division of the Anti-Defamation League criticized United American Jewish Congress; Goldie Kweller, Nations Secretary - General Kurt Waldheim president of the Women's League for Con­ for attending an Islamic conference in Saudi servative Judaism; and Edna Wolfe, ex­ Arabia last week and keeping silent on its call ecutive director of B' nai B' rith Women. for a holy war against Israel. On Jan. 22, the eighth anniversary of the Bookbinder said, "We have another in­ Supreme Court decision legalizing freedom dicati on of the one-sided approach that the of choice, the President held a widely UN has been taking in dealing with the Mid­ CELEBRATION 33 was officially launched at New York's Sheraton Hotel with come• publicized meeting with anti-abortion dle East." Bookbinder noted that the AOL dlan Alan King serving as Master of Ceremonies along with Edie and Ely Landau, creators representatives. The heads of the mainline made its feelings public in a letter to the of the event and producers of "The Chosen," the fllm based on the novel by Chaim religious groups, all of whom support the Secretary - General from Abraham H. Fox­ Potok. The film wlll have a gala world premiere simultaneously, in 1000 theatres in the right of choice, were denied an appointment. man, AOL's associate national director and U.S., Canada arid overseas, making it the largest theatre party ever. The gala will also Patricia Gavett, executive director of the head of its International Affairs Division. include an entertainment-on-film feature. More than $50 milllon is hoped to be raised Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, Foxman declared : from the gala, scheduled for May 11, the date of Israel's 33rd anniversary. The proceeds criticized the President for encouraging the " ls a meeting which calls for Jihad, for will benefit education institutions In Israel, sponsored by 17 Jewish organizations polarization of Americans by failing to hear holy war, against a member state of the Un­ worldwide. "The Chosen" wlll be released In the fall of 1981. all sides of the question. The pro-choice ited Nations a suitable place for the Secre­ religious groups believe that a " human life" tary-General? ame ndme nt, which would define per­ " We think not. Having gone, however, Mideast Expert Warns Of sonhood and prohibit individuals from exer­ was it appropriate for the leading spokesman cising their own religious beliefs in the mat­ of a body created to foster peace not to raise ter, would he a serious infringement on the his voice against the call for holy war? We Attack On Western Values First Amendment guarantee of religious think not." NEW YORK - The Arabs, "abetted by lw said. "' This onslaught has grave conse­ ~- oi l-soaked funds and the world's crit ical quences for the United States and the free Ii energy needs, are gearing up for a no-holds­ world ." he emphasized. " You"must alert and barred attempt to delegitimize - indeed to warn the American people. and show them dehumanize the coll ective existence of Jews how this campaign must be countered not as ex. pressed in the sovereign society of onl y by Jews, but by all who hold sacred these Israel... 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Epicurt>dn ( ui,int• Rouh' Onr Vw1.•nlh.tm MJ"l\J< hu,rll, h 1- \K~ -281111 * 767-1961 26 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 Medal Dedicated World Opinion Mobilized To -Find To Wollenberg NEW YORK - The Judaic Heritage Truth About Wallenberg's Fate Society has dedicated its Annual Award MONTREAL (JTA) - A close friend of at a recent international conferen.;.,- for hospital in Maalot, Israel, in honor of Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat Wallenberg in Stockholm, a tesolution was Wallen berg. diplomat whose efforts during World War II who saved Jews in Hungary during World adopted asking Moscow to allow a commis­ Believes Wallenberg Is Still Alive saved tens of thousands of Jewish lives from War II and is believed to be held in a Soviet sion to go to the Soviet Union to investigate Describing the means used by Wallen berg the Nazi death machine. prision since 1945, declared that world public the case. to save the lives of Hungarian Jews from In announcing the award, society presi­ opinion is being mobilized to force the Soviet "World wide public opinion is getting death at the hands of the Nazis, Anger said he dent Robert Weber said the society is "proud Union to provide information on Wallen­ bigger and stronger," with the governments believed the Swedish diplomat was still alive berg. of Canada, the United States and Britain "in­ in a Soviet jail. "The Swiss government ex­ Speaking to 300 persons at a dinner spon­ tervening officially in Moscow so that com­ changed after the war five Soviet citizens for sored by the Canadian Jewish Congress, the plete light should be made in the Wallenberg five Swiss diplomats and the Swedish govern­ Montreal branch of Histadrut and other case," Anger said. ment should have followed the example by Jewish organizations, Per Anger, former . Last night's $JOO-a-plate dinner at the Ritz exchanging a Soviet spy it had in its hands for Swedish Ambassador to Canada, noted that Carlton Hotel helped raise funds to build a Wallenberg," Anger said. He said that when Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlanger went to Moscow in the 1950s Congressmen Ask Reagan For $3M it was too late for an exchange because he was told Wallenberg had died of a heart attack To Prosecute War Criminals and his body had been cremated. "To this day the Swedish government rejects Soviet WASHINGTON (JTA) - A bi-partisan involved in these cases, it is essential that allegations concerning Wallenberg' s death bloc of 104 members of the House has writ­ prosecution be brought expeditiously and and continues its strong protest in Moscow," ten to President Reagan asking him to set professionally." he said. . aside $3 million in the new U.S. budget for Irwin Cotler, president of the Canadian the continuing prosecution of 18 cases Small Price To Pay Jewish Congress, praised the efforts to against alleged Nazi war criminals living in The Congressmen noted that the money mobilize world public opinion for Wallen­ THE RAOUL WALLENBERG Medal, the U.S . which are now before the courts, and involved" is a small price to pay for reaffirm­ berg while he criticized " the slow-going sculpted by artist Karen Worth, is offered 210 other cases presently under investiga­ ing our nation's commitment at Nuremberg process of pursuing and punishing Nazi war in bronze, silver and gold. Actual size is tion. that none of those who participated in Nazi criminals who took refuge in Canada." He l 1/2 inches in diameter. The investigations, the letter pointed out, attrocities should escape being called to ac­ said the Canadian government will be urged are under a special unit - the Office of count. It will also serve as a warning that to "prosecute war criminals in Canada with to join forces with the world-wide efforts of Special Investigations - esta_blished in the civilized nations will never again tolerate the utmost speed in the memory of the inno­ this past year to prod the Soviet leadership Criminal Division of the Justice Department. such base inhumanity." cents who fell under the Nazi regime." into disclosing the fat e of Raoul Wallenberg, The letter initiated by Reps. William Emphasizing that "Our government must Cotler said that according to Simon in the flickering hope that he may still be Lehman (D. Fla.) and Hamilton Fish Jr. not revert to the intolerable situation of years Wiesenthal, the Vienna-based Nazi-hunter, alive in Russia. " The society will send a (R.NY), said that the proceedings are being past when it seemed to be condoning by inac­ there are 1000 war criminals hiding in message of concern to the Prime Minister of directed " by an extremely competent and tion the horrors of the Holocaust," the letter Canada. He said that Soli citor Ge neral Sweden expressing support for efforts now dedicated attorney, Allan Ryan ." concluded : " We must, in the limited time Robert Kaplan will seek incorporation in under way to en-courage the Soviet Union to The letter said that " Because of the ages of _remaining, make clear to the world that the Canada's new Bill of Rights a provision to ac­ free Raoul Wallenberg, or to show proof the suspects and witnesses and the extremely U.S. has not forgotten this unparalleled celerate the process of identifying and that he is no longer alive. complex evidentiary and logistics problems tragedy." prosecuting war criminals. Children's Book Gives Jewish Approach UCLA Urged To Probe Purposes Of To Love And Sex NEW YORK - " Let's Talk About Lov­ Institute For Historica I Review ing" by Dorothy and Myer Kripke, the first LOS ANGELES (JTA) - The Anti­ ter, the AOL's Los Angeles director, said that governing the use of the Arrowhead facilit y." children's book with a Jewish approach to Defamation League of B' nai B' rith has urged while the AOL commended Saxon for his re­ Cites Constitutional Rights the subjects of family, love and sex, has just University of California president David cent statement describing the IHR' s goals as Saxon has publically said that .. Although I been published by the Women's League for Saxon lo " carefully scrutinize the " reprehensible and abhorrent," something personally find the Institute' s goal reprehen­ Conservative Judaism and KTAV Publishing educational purposes of the Institute For more is required. sible and abhorrent, the way to combat false House. The book was written for children Historial Review" before allowing it to use "It is our understanding that the univer­ ideas is not be suppression but by exposure. I between the ages of eight and eleven, as the university's Arrowhead Conference Cen­ sity's Lake Arrowhead Conference Center's could wish that the organization had selected current studies have indicated that sex edu­ ter for its third annual meeting in November. use is restricted to meetings with an some other conference site, but it didn' t." cation is best initiated during pre-adolescent The ADL has charged that the Institute for 'educational purpose,"' Schechter said. " We Saxon noted the U.S. Constitution protects years . Historial Review (!HR) was created by the urge President Saxon to carefully scrutinize free speech and assembly. He said the un­ .. Let's Talk About Loving" deals with a ultra-rightwing Liberty Lobby in 1979 "to · the record of the ' Institute,' the nature of the iversity's legal counsel has advised that once major contemporary problem, the erosion of disseminate as , widely as possible the materials disseminated by it, the effects of its a university facility is open to the public for a family life in modern society. The Kripke obscenity that · there was no Holocaust and previous · conventions' at Pomona College broadly defined educational purpose the un­ book provides children with a responsible that the Nazis in Europe did not (1980), and Northrop University (1979), the iversity cannot dictate or censor the content. attitude toward love, sex, marriage and fam­ systematically search out and murder six anti-Jewish and anti-intellectual propaganda "The organization's mere use of a university ily, based on Jewish tradition. In addition to million Jewish men, women and children it disseminates and then determine whether facility in no way lends the good name of the sexual love, the book discusses loving as car­ solely because they were Jews." or not it has an · educational purpose' which University of California to the Institute," ing, love of God, loving oneself and love At a press conference here, Harvey Schee- would place it in comp~ance with the rules Saxon declared. between family members. The Kripkes also treat the topics of adoption, family conflict and divorce. New Jewish Agenda Meets In N. Y., Difficult problems and explanations are discussed in 'the simple language of children, with accuracy and clarity. Despite the sim­ Challenges Jewish Community plicity of the words, the spirituality and Jewish ethics expressed are deep and mature. NEW YORK - The National Council of ment of our world." expressed at the Conference, the National This is the fifth .. Let's Talk About" book New Jewish Agenda, elected by a founding At the Conference itself, a variety of points Council reaffirmed its position on the impor- by Mrs. Kripke. Because she wanted to ap­ Conference of 70() Jewish activists ihis of view were expressed and a segment of the lance of free discussion within the Jewish proach the subjects of love and sex from both a December in Washington D.C., met recently participants voiced their sentiments in community: "We welcome to our cause any masculine and feminine point of view, for in New York City and reaffirmed the "straw votes'' as the Conference was con- Jew who shares our vision, whether actively this book she collaborated with her husband, a organization's commitment to " the validity eluding. These votes reflected a wide dis- involved in the Jewish community or Rabbi experienced in family and child and vitality of progressive Jewish values at a parity of views in controversial areas such as alienated from it. To those Jews wh'ose goals counseling. time when many have lost faith that the goals reversing the arms race, and the Middle East. differ from our own, we say : Let us join in of justice and peace are attainable." However, aside from the brief Conference dialogue. Authentic Jewish unity grows not Unity Statement, Agenda has not taken and from forced unanimity, intolerance or the Sachar Named A Council spokesperson, Nancy Fuchs­ will not formulate positions on issues until stifling of dissent but from respect for and Kreimer, announced that Agenda expects to Brandeis University the completion of a more thorough understanding of diversity." enlist several thousand members during its Chancellor Emeritus organization-wide discussion process. Agenda will create its positions and plat- first year and to form at least twenty-five This process will be guided by an integra- forms by means of a careful process ratified WALTHAM, Mass. - Dr. Abram Leon chapters nationwide. Affiliates will be linked lion of insights from Jewish tradition and by the Council at its first meeting. A platform Sachar, founding president of Brandeis Un­ through a newsletter and the National Coun­ historical experiences with insights from committee will take imput from task forces, ·iversily from 1948 until 1968 when he was cil. At the Conference, which attracted Jews other progressive traditions. The National chapters and individuals, and will consider named chancellor, has been named chan­ of all ages and varied backgrounds Council committed itself to carry out a the positions articulated at the 1980 Con- cellor emeritus effective Feb. 15, 1981 . throughout the United States, Canada, democratic process of platform development ference in its formulation of a more in-depth Acknowledged as-the person most respon­ Europe and Israel. participants proposed which will be tied to proposals for action on and complete platform to be considered by sible for the financial growth and academic some fort y task forces on issues such as the the national and local levels. the membership. success of the nation· s first Jewish-sponsored, environment, anti-semitism, Israel. th e arts Rabbi Gerald Serotta, Chairperson of the The National Council, which will se rve for nonsectarian university, it is estimated he has and world hunger. Steering Committee which planned the Con- an interim period of one year, was selected at raised several hundred million dollars for the Council participants defined themselves · ference, emphasized that "Agenda did not the Conference to include various groups institution that opened in 1948 with a in a unit y statement as follows: come into existence to promulgate a list of which have been unrepresented or un- handful of old buildings, 107 students and a .. We a re Jews from a variet y of liberal, radical or universalistic platitudes, no derrepresented in other Jewish organiza- faculty of 13. backgrounds, affiliations, and personal out­ matter how worthy they might be. The· new' lions. These include women, students, older Today, its faculty exceeds 400, its student looks who share a vision of the meaning and in New Jewish Agenda refers both to the Jews, gay and lesbian Jews, Jews not from the population is approximately 3,500, and its purpose of Jewish life. We have come process by which we hope to reach our con- East Coast, religious Jews of all denomina- physical plant includes more than 80 together to explore and articulate that vision, clusions - including an openness to the lions, secular Jews and disabled Jews. The buildings set on 270 acres. to learn from one another, and to begin to diversity of Jewish religious and secular Council was empowered to bring its number When, al 49, he was chosen president of translate our commitment into action. We traditions - and a serious commitment to to 35. fl edgling Brandeis, Abram Sachar had re­ believe that Jewi sh experience and teachings concrete action." He further expressed the Local members of the National Council in- cently left the University of Illinois on can address the social, economic, and hope that " Agenda will succeed in meeting elude: Cherie Brown, Boston ; Daniel Rosen, whose history faculty he had served. politicai iss ues of our time. Our Jewish con­ the deep needs of the majority of American Waltham.Massachusetts; and Roger Got- Later, he became National Director of the vi ction requires that we give serious and con­ Jews who find the current organized com- tlieb, Jamaica Plain, MA ; Janel Kranzberg, Hillel Foundation, expanding it into 186 sistent attention to the Jewish mandate of munity irrelevant and spiritually empty." Berkeley; Edy Rauch,_ N_ew .York ;- Lucy units on college campuses in America and tlkun olam, the repair and moral improve- With respect to the various points of vi ew Steinitz, Takoma Park, MD. overseas. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 - 27 ■.I

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...... -. ., ..... ~ .. .. " J 28 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1981 ' ' Kibbutz Industry Develops Egyptians Impressed By "Green Pain Relief Rehabilitator Revolution" At Hebrew University REHOVOT, ISRAEL - " I believe what the delegation to their greenhouses and TEL AV I V An a d va n ce d is being proven in sports medici ne with you say, but I cannot beli eve what I see with laboratories for a close look at their research transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ath letes here utilizing them fo r the effecti ve my eyes." an Egyptian parli amentari an said work were : (TENS) unit which combines muscl e treatment of pulled muscles. Victims of fr ac­ at the Hebrew Uni versity's Faculty of • Prof. Isaac Harpaz, Head of the Depart­ rehabil itation fo r the first time with pain tures are said to be able to acti vate the bro ken Agri culture in Rehovot last week, as he and ment of Entomology, who told the Egypti ans relief has been developed here by an Israeli members immediately after removing their nine fellow-MPs were shown some of the about new methods fo r pest control in cotton kibbutz industry. casts with the application of Neurogar during Faculty's successful research achi evements fields, one· of which involved a chemical The new nerve stimulator, the size of a all phas es of treatment. in vegetable growing. whi ch attracts male prudentia worms, com­ pocket calculator, has been developed by The Isra eli developed system, it was also The delegation, led by Dr. Mohammed mon along the Nile, by simulating the fem ale Agar Electron ics Ltd. of Kibbutz Ginosar noted, will usuall y obviate the needs for pills Ahmed Abdallah, a 35-year- old economist, worms' odor; Prof. Haim Rabinowitch, from toge the r with the Hadassah H os pital, and injections whi ch are often poisonous or included Egyptian Opposition Party leader the Department of Field and Vegetable Jerusalem , after five years of research and ap­ habit-forming fo r many patients. Mustafa Kamel Murad ; Dr. Ma hmoud Crops, who showed the Egyptians a new pli cation in Israel and abroad. A variety of clinical studies of treatment Mohamed Mahfouz, a professor of nuclear breed of tomatoes with a six-week shelf li fe, T he medical electronics system, call ed with Neurogar are available based on clinical med icine a nd former Egyptian health and onions which keep fresh for nine months, Neurogar IV, provides the electrical stim ulus and statisti cal research of patients in Israel ministe r; and Dr. Fe rkhunda H ass an developed together with Prof. Nachum which among other impulses is said to pre­ and abroad. Youssef, head of the engineering and science Kedar; Prof. Avraham Halevy, Head of the vent pain signals from various parts of the Mass-produced at the Agar plant on the fa culty at the American Universit y in Cairo, Department of Ornamental Horticulture, body from reaching the brain while at the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in coordinati on and regarded as one of the leading women who explained new methods in cultivati ng same time activating damaged muscles. The wi th Prof. Florella Magora of the department mem bers of the Egyptian parliament. fl owers and told the vis itors about the small seven ounce unit is designed fo r use by of anestheseology and Joseph Tannenbaum Egyptian and Israeli fl ags fluttered in the Faculty' s devices for extending the longevit y patients themselves (under medical supervi­ of the department of bio-medical engineer­ wind as the Egyptian delegation - which of cut fl owers for exports to Western Europe sion), by physiotherapists, as well as in ing of Hadassah Hospital, the units are also included seven journalists - was and North Ameri ca. .-, clinics, doctor's offi ces and hospitals. · alread y in use in thousands of hospitals, welcomed by Faculty Dean Prof. Amram A new generation of the electrical nerve clinics, and patients' homes throughout the Ashri, who described some of the work of the German TVToAir stimulation system - operating on pulse­ world. Faculty and call ed for coopera tion in War Documentary width modulation techniques fo r mul­ Ame ri can hospitals successfu ll y utilizing research between the two countries. tiphasic pain control -Neurogar IV is said to the TENS device include Northwestern Un ­ Responding, Dr. Abdallah expressed the BONN (JTA ) - A two-part documentary revitali ze the peripheral nerves leading to a iversity Rehabi litati on Hospital. grou p ' s apprecia tio n o f th e Is raeli film, " Witness," in which concentration target ·muscle, creating the blocks between Neurogar IV operates on a simple 4AA researchers ' achievements in attaining a camp survivors talk about their experiences, sensory and motor nerves. It is especiall y ap­ alkaline battery on one electric channel and "green revo lution" and also ex pressed the wi ll be aired by German television this year. pli cable when the patient cannot voluntarily weighs 220 g rams (7.7 ounces). The personal hope for Egyptian-Israeli scientific coopera­ The first part of the film which was made in or is unwill ing to activate muscles. pain reli ef Neurogar lll instrument weighs tion. Poland and Israel, wi ll be shown March 15 ; The advance Neurogar system is effecti ve 100 grams. It is distributed in the United Among the Faculty's researchers who took the second part sometime nex t fall. in easing the pain of rheumatism sufferers, States hy Inter-Med Industries In c. of Silver creating new muscular fa cilitati on for post­ Spring, Ma ryland and New York City. operati ve patients and even aiding stroke vic­ tims to the ex tent that movement is achi eved Ask About Our Special despite paralys is. The efficiency of these ... 8 P.M. - 8 A.M. 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