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THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF PALM BiACH COUNTY thejewish floridian ^^F W OF PALM BEACH COUNTY VOLUME 12 NUMBER 37 PALM BEACH, FLORIDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1986 PRICE 35 CENTS Shamir Mum On Israel's Role In Arms Sale To Iran Barbara Gordon Green Theodore Bikel Green To Chair 'Celebration 25' Bikel To Perform Barbara Gordon Green, pro- minent community leader, has been named to chair 'Celebra- tion 26' commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and the kickoff of the 1987 Jewish Federation- United Jewish Appeal Cam- paign. The event will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14,11 a.m., at The Breakers. The announcement was made by Erwin H. Blonder, Federation President, who said, "Mrs. Green has been a most involved and committed leader of our community for many of our 25 years. Together with her dedicated committee, she is planning a most fitting tribute to Federa- tion's quarter-century of ser- vice to our community and an inspiring kickoff for our 1987 Campaign." The participants will travel through a time tunnel to relive the major historical events of local, national and interna- tional interest to the Jewish community. All the past Presidents of the Jewish Federation will be highlighted as part of this historical ex- hibit. After lunch a short video presentation featuring Federation's 25 years of ser- Inside Brandeis Consultant Helps Demographic Study Committee Formulate Questions... page 7 Cotillion Founders Recipient of ADL Award... page 9 Soviet Jewry Sabbath To Be Held... page 19 vice to the Jewish community wiU be shown. Mrs. Green, in announcing that actor and folk-singer Theodore Bikel, will be the special guest performer at the celebration, said, "It's an ex- traordinary experience to be part of a special milestone in our history and all of us who are working on it are filled with a sense of pride. Twenty five years of developing a care and concern for Jews and Israel will be reflected in 'Celebration 25.' "We are honored to welcome Theodore Bikel to our com- munity once again. He com- bines his remarkable talent and success with his deep com- mitment for Jewish ethics and values. He, like Federation, has a sense of responsibility for the Jewish people and works continuously for their betterment." Born in Vienna, Mr. Bikel was 13 when he and his parents left Austria for Palestine. In 1943 he joined the internationally famous Habimah Theatre which he left a year later to help found the Israel Chamber Theatre. He went on to star in many stage and screen productions among them "The African Queen," *'My Fair Lady" and "The De- fiant Ones." He has starred in virtually every top dramatic show on television and has repeatedly been nominated for "Emmy" awards. Now one of the world's best- known folk singers, he main- tains an active schedule ap- pearing in concerts throughout the United States and abroad. Among his recent recordings is "Silent No More," the freedom songs of Soviet Jews CoHtinmcd oa Page 7- By HUGH 0R6EL TEL AVIV (JTA) - Premier Yitzhak Shamir refus- ed last Thursday to confirm or deny widespread reports that Israel served as a "conduit" for the shipment of American arms to Iran. It "has never been, and is still not, Israel's policy to disclose anything about arms sales to other coun- tries," he said in reply to ques- tions at a Foreign Press Association luncheon at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. He said President Reagan, in a nationally televised press conference Wednesday night had not mentioned Israel as the "conduit" and he did not want to "contradict anything that President Reagan said." But Reagan contradicted himself after the press con- ference. Asked by a reporter to "explain" a reported "Israeli role" in a 1985 arms shipment to Iran and reports that Israel had suggested his Administration make contact with the Tehran regime, the President replied, "We, as I say, have nothing to do with other countries or their shipments." Shortly after the press con- ference, White House aides issued an amending statement in the President's name that, in fact "there was a third coun- try involved in our secret pro- ject with Iran." The country was not named. But both John Poindexter, the President's National Security Adviser, and Donald Regan, While House Chief of Staff, conceded that the U.S. had approved at least one secret shipment of arms from Israel to facilitate the release of American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Queried about reports of a worsening situation for Jews in Iran, Shamir said Israel was concerned and would do everything to help. At the same time, he said, Israel Radio was "correct" in playing down alarmist reports, and Continued oa Page 14 Yitzhak Shamir Clashes Continue In Old City By GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) r Tensions remain high in Jerusalem as 1,000 Jews turn- ed a memorial march last Sun- day for a slain Jewish yeshiva student into an angry demonstration that almost turned into a riot. Several Arab shops in the Old City were damaged as marchers burst through the Damascus gate. At the regular weekly ses- sion of the Cabinet, Police Commissioner David Kraus said that members of Rabbi Meir Kahane's Kach move- ment have been inciting Jews all week in the Old City. He also accused students at the Shumu Banim school of pro- voking their Arab neighbors. Meanwhile, Knesset member Ran Cohen of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) was severe- ly beaten and stoned by religious zealots last Thursday on his way to pay a condolence call on the family of Eliahu Amdi, the yeshiva student fatally stabbed by Arabs in the Moslem quarter of the Old City. The attack on Cohen and continuing anti-Arab violence Continued on Pare 10 MEET SHULA! Her home is Moshav Ein Yahav, a settlement of 100 families right up against the Jordan border, between Beersheba and Eilat. The desert sun is hot, but Shula and her neighbors work hard, and grow tomatoes, melons, eggplants, onions, watermelons, grapes and red peppers. They utilize drip irrigation, geothermal water, even the brackish aquifer under the desert, with methods pioneered by the Jewish Agency mainly with funds contributed through the Jewish Federation-United Jewish Appeal Campaign. Page 2 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 I 1 I Women's Division In 1965-1966 Looking Back 25 Years of Local Jewish Federation History Twenty-four years later, in 1962, under the leadership of Morton Silberman, the newly elected President, the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County began. Look back with us, in successive issues of the Jewish Floridian, upon 25 years of local Federation history a history rich in people work- ing together to meet the needs of a growing Jewish community. Forty-eight years ago a handful of dedicated, energetic and farsighted people began an undertaking that would ultimately become the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. It was a time when anyone who was Jewish in West Palm Beach knew every other Jew. The year was 19S8, when the Federated Jewish Charities of Palm Beach County was born. 1966 Robert S. Levy serves as Federation President. Sylvia Lewis heads Women's Division. Jewish population reported to be 1,100 families as per- manent residents and approximately 600 families con- sidered as families or individuals with a seasonal residency in the Palm Beach area. First community-wide Campaign dinner held at Palm Beach Towers with Rabbi Irving Lehrman of Miami as guest speaker. Board selects I. Edward (Bim) Adler for position of Ex- ecutive Director. Campaign totals $100,000. The first community-wide Campaign event is held at the Palm Beach Towers. Some of the members of the com- munity in attendance are (left to right) Morton Silber- man, Ceil and Robert Levy and Carol and Hy Roberts. By LOUISE ROSS The formative years of the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County were characterized by a growing consciousness of the role of women in the Jewish com- munity and an expanding new organization. Until the year 1968, "chairman" meant either presiding over the en- tire Women's Division and/or chairing a fund-raising event. Women's Division was known then as the Federation of Jewish Women as it included all the presidents of the other women s organizations in =J town. During this time when Women's Division was beginn- ing to form the organizational structure that is more familiar today, Carol Roberts in 1965 and Sylvia Lewis in 1966 helped shape its destiny. Both women have fond memories of those years when every Jew knew each other. "It was a close knit com- munity," remembered Mrs. Roberts. Mrs. Lewis noted that "women interested in the Jewish community attended meetings of all organizations since there were so few B'nai B'rith Women, Hadassah, Sisterhoods, and Women's Division. I would br- ing the message of Women's Division to the other organiza- tions. Many were against the concept and thought we were creating another competing group. I told them that there could never be enough organizations for any cause that helped Israel and the Jewish people." "At that time," stated Mrs. Roberts, "women recognized that by giving their own con- tribution to the Federation- UJA Campaign through Women's Division, they acknowledged their respon- sibility to the Jewish communi- ty. This new commitment grew out of their concept of tzdakeh learned at home." It was through Mrs. Roberts' persistence that she became involved in the Jewish community here. "When I came to town at the age of 18, my husband was invited to a FJC meeting at George Greenberg's father's home. I went with my husband but was shocked when I was told that women were not permitted at their meetings and was asked to wait in the other room. The next month I again went to the meeting with my husband, but when I was asked to leave, I said no. They didn't know what to do so I just continued attending. Subsequently I served on the Federation Board as well as with Women's Division. Mrs. Roberts, who also became for a time editor of the Federation Reporter, a mon- thly newsletter, said that her volunteer experience gave her the background to do what she is doing now on the County Commission. Sylvia Lewis began her in- volvement in Federation in the early 1950's when she and her husband owned and operated the Jewel Box on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. "I was asked to solicit the merchants on the street and was,the first woman to serve in this capacity." One Women'8 Division Cam- paign event stands out in Mrs. Lewis' mind as Elie Weisel An early Women's Division meeting at Temple Israel Library. was the guest speaker. "It was the first Women's Division luncheon at the old George Washington Hotel which is now the Helen Wilkes Residence Hotel. There were 65 women present who paid $5 each for the luncheon. We were proud that we raised $3,500 at that event. "Elie Wiesel had a hard time getting his message out. The horrors of the Holocaust were still locked within him. After his speech, the women crowd- ed around him. I remember that he was quite shy and over- whelmed by his reception." So many women who were active in the Jewish communi- ty in its early years have con- tinued their interest and in- volvement to this day. And so it is with Carol Roberts and Sylvia Lewis who helped guide Women's Division in its for- mative years. Highlights Carol Roberts was recently elected as a Palm Beach County Commis- sioner. She has served on the West Palm Beach City Commission for eight years having first been elected in 1975. She serv- ed as Vice Mayor in 1976 and 1984 and Mayor in 1985. She is a past Vice Chairman of the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority. Mrs. Roberts is a founder of the Jewish Community Day School and a past President of the Palm Beach County Chapter of Hadassah as well as a past Vice Presi- dent of Florida Atlantic Region. Sylvia Lewis is current- ly the Director of Federa- tion's Boynton Beach Branch Office. A resident of West Palm Beach since 1947, she has been active in Federation as a volunteer since the 1950's. She is a past Board Member of Federation and Women's Division and a past President of Mitzvah Council, B'nai B'rith Women. She was Director of the first ADL office in West Palm Beach. U.S. To Israel: Drop Lavi and Bolster Navy By HUGH ORGEL TEL AVIV (JTA) U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim believes Israel should abandon plans to build its second-generation jet fighter plane, the Lavi. In- stead, he said Israel should use the funds, mainly U.S. military assistance grants, to beef up its navy with more missile boats and submarines. Zakheim, the Pentagon's chief costs expert, met with ranking Defense Ministry of- ficials and Israel Defense Force senior officers here last Continued on Page 15 The Nearly New Thrift Shop THE MORSE GERIATRIC CENTER Visit and Discover Distinctive Clothing Antiques Contemporary Furniture Household Goods Fine Art Bric-A-Brac 242 South County Road Palm Beach 655-3230 Hours 10-4:45 Mon. through Sat. Donations are deductible Furniture pick-up available ?f^Jl 0,,,Jhe Nearly New Thrl,t ShP *"" the program of care for the elderly at the Center. i Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 3 Chanukah Candle Campaign To Be Part Of Community Plea For Soviet Jewry Terry Rapaport, Chairman of the Soviet Jewry Task Force of the Community Rela- tions Council of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, and Rabbi Joel Levine, Co-Chairman, have an- nounced that the task force has created a Chanukah Can- dle Campaign to dramatically remind the Soviet government of the worldwide impact of their oppression towards Soviet Jewry. "Members of the community are urged to purchase boxes of Chanukah candles at the Com- munity Plea for Soviet Jewry to be sent to hundreds of refuseniks in the Soviet Union," stated Mrs. Rapaport. "We are hopeful that the boxes of candles will be receiv- ed by the refuseniks. However, those that are not delivered will still be handled by the cen- sors reminding them of the deep concern of so many Jews worldwide." Boxes of candles will be available in the lobby of Tem- ple Beth El prior to the Com- munity Plea for Soviet Jewry to be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. The rally is spon- sored by the Soviet Jewry Task Force with co-conveners Hadassah and Na'Amat USA. The Jewish Federation will actually be sending the candles to the refuseniks right after the rally that have been pur- chased by members of this community. "Can you imagine the refuseniks' delight in receiving this strong message of love and support? We are confident that our community will respond in great numbers to let our Soviet brethren know that they are not forgot- ten" stated Rabbi Levine. "The Chanukah Candle Campaign will be followed up by a Passover Matzoh Cam- paign with the same purpose of dramatically impacting upon Soviet authorities the shock and horror which is be- ing experienced by Jews all over the world when we hear about story after story of 400,000 refuseniks continually being persecuted by the Gor- bachev government," Rabbi Levine concluded. For more information, con- tact Jack Karako, Staff Associate, at the Federation office, 832-2120. Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County secretaries, Patty Kartell (left) and Stella Gabe, help pack Chanukah candles in preparation for the Community Plea for Soviet Jewry. Leisure And Retirement Communities Roth To Address Educational Meeting Sam Wadler has been ap- pointed to chair the Leisure and Retirement Communities division of the 1987 Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County-United Jewish Appeal Campaign by Jeanne Levy, General Campaign Chairman. Since accepting the position, he has announced that an educational meeting will be held for these communities on Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m., at Kirkland Community School, 4200 Purdy Lane. Dora Roth, a Holocaust sur- vivor and Israeli who speaks eloquently for Jews and Israel, will be the guest speaker. Douglas Kleiner, Assistant Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, will also ad- dress the group. In inviting the participation of leisure and retirement com- munity residents in the Educa- tional Meeting Mr. Wadler said, "We are very honored to have Mrs. Roth share her varied experiences as an Israeli and Holocaust survivor with us. She is a vibrant, op- timistic person, a dynamic and articulate speaker whose pas- sion, eloquence and experience tell the story of Israel." children who now serve in the Israel Defense Forces. Mrs. Roth studied public relations at the University of depressed Israeli neighborhoods and American communities. In commenting about the se- Haifa and served as a liaison cond guest speaker, Douglas for Project Renewal between Kleiner, Mr. Wadler said, "Doug also is a very knowledgeable and committed member of the Jewish com- munity who will be able to enlighten us about the needs of Jews in our own community." Mr. Kleiner also serves as Continued on Page 6- Dora Roth Mrs. Roth spent six years in concentration camps ... three years in various hospitals recovering from the ravages of brutality of Naziism. Rising above those severe years, she became a registered nurse and immigrated to Israel where she married and raised two Action Agenda For Soviet Jewry Soviet Jewry Sabbath FRIDAY, DEC. 5 and SATURDAY, DEC. 6 at local synagogues %&? Interfaith Outcry For Soviet Jewry TUESDAY, DEC. 9, 9 a.m. Faith Lutheran Church COMMUNITY PLEA FOR SOVIET JEWRY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10,7:30 p.m. Temple Beth El Children's Plea for Soviet Jewry WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17,7 p.m. Jewish Community Day School For more Information concerning eny of the above events, contact JACK KARAKO, Staff Aeeoeiata for the Soviet Jewry Task Force, at the Jewlih Federation of Palm Beach County office, 833212a LIMITED TIME OFFER! SAVE UP TO 50% ON INCOME TAXES NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31,1986 Establish an endowment fund at Federation before TAX REFORM takes effect. The Federation Endowment Fund helps ensure the existence of a strong, vibrant Jewish community. Your fund: ...helps meet emergencies ...provides for special needs ...helps fund community services. For more information about our endowment programs and the benefits of making a gift to Federation this year, contact: ARNOLD I. SCHWARTZMAN Endowment Director Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Inc. 501 South Flagler Drive, Suite 305 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 (305)832-2120 1 Page 4 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 Vigilant Parents What ought to be remembered at this time of the year is that the Public Schools must be religiously neutral, a principle long established in an equally long line of judicial decisions. The Supreme Court has defined "religiously neutral" as meaning that the government may not promote any or all religions, express opposition or hostility to any or all religion or to no religion, or show preference for one religion over another. This hardly means that schools may not teach about religion. Public Schools should indeed take cognizance of religion and its role in our society. Programs which teach about religion and its role in the historical development of civilization, as well as its current role in society, ought to be developed in the school curricula, providing they do not violate the religious neutrality of the school system. Especially for the Jewish community it must be emphasized that joint celebrations of Christmas and Chanukah are no more ac- ceptable than individual observances. Such observances only introduce more improper religious participatory activity into the Public Schools. They also tend to place holidays in competition with one another and typically distort each holiday as a distinct religious experience in the minds of children. Parents who may be assuaged in their more sensible rejection of any religious observance in the Public School classroom or auditorium by the observance of any type of Chanukah ceremony as well, are con- tributing to a double assault one to the separation of church and state principle and also one upon the understanding of children, both Jewish and Christian, who come to con- fuse these separate and distinct holidays as essentially the same thing. In the end, because Public Schools are responsible for teaching our children the principles of American democracy, it is par- ticularly important that they observe the principle of separation of church and state in the First Amendment as an essential ele- ment of our religious liberty. Kahane's Divisiveness In an address before the National Press Club in Washington the other Wednesday, Rabbi Meir Kahane, head of the extremist Kach Party in Israel, predicted that the Uni- ty Government there would not survive another year because the Labor Party would ultimately call in its chips and demand new elections. In this, Kahane expressed no regret, saw no contradiction in the survival of the Unity Government with Shimon Peres at the helm for its two alloted years, and predicted that his own Kach Party would be there on the sidelines to pick up the pieces as Likud and Labor ultimately went to war. In the end, surely Rabbi Kahane had heated visions at the National Press Club of his own elevation to Prime Minister. At just about the same time, former Prime Minister Shimon Peres was speaking to American Jewish Congress officials in New York and, on Thursday (Nov. 13), before a session in Chicago of the Conference of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. On both those occasions, Peres spoke not about war but of peace. Dominantly on his mind was the growing hostility between American and Orthodox Israeli Jews over questions of religion notably, Orthodoxy's determined struggle to keep the U.S. Jewish floridian o* Palm S**ch Counly uspsmtoo iMNirao-ani Comfrnmg Ou voc od Fdrto naponar <* .li;N)I bHK H( RONNi (PbffiN LOUI*IIO#) I Put**** fcitCtfliw N**t Coo'd" Stcond Cims Pottao* pj at Waai Patm Baa' * tttt r.ct AIM KACH Of' *'b aflwD- **i Pa"" Baa* " .( r*Pi*M iWNI 61* St M.*- POSTMASTER $nd idddit changes lo Th Jewish Floridian. PO Boi 017973 Miami Fla 33101 *". ^oTifiincd jw>a* Apchmi Jawi** Floatation o* Patm Baach County inc. Of'icart P>a*i0ant fnwi H BionOf Vtca Praaidanu. 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Much, all of us trust, will be written again in 1988, when the Unity Government fulfills its original mandate. "*" This is what needs to be emphasized. Mr. Peres did just that in New York and Chicago. In Washington, Rabbi Kahane spouted only divisiveness and threats of war among brotners. Readers Write Community Support For Soviet Jews Urged EDITOR, The Jewish Floridian: As Americans, we speak many languages. In the Soviet Union, Jews must keep quiet in all of them! At an interna- tional convention of surgeons, the discussion centered about the question of what was the most difficult operation to per- form. An American surgeon declared the most difficult operation was brain surgery. A French surgeon claimed the most difficult was heart surgery. A Russian surgeon maintained the most difficult operation was a tonsilectomy because it is so difficult to get a Russian to open his mouth! Russian Jewry was once the spiritual and cultural reservoir of world Jewry. It enjoyed a creative community with great Rabbinical Seminaries, Academies of higher Jewish learning, world-renowned scholars and writers, and a highly developed Yiddish and Hebrew press. Today, in the Soviet Union, Jews are denied human and religious rights. At great per- sonal peril, 400,000 Jews in the Soviet Union have registered their desire to emigrate to Israel, and be able to express their Jewishness as free people. An immensity of Jewish intellect is imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain. Our efforts to free them must go forward with renewed vigor. Our community has adopted two Refuseniks: Yuli Edelsh- tein and Cherna Goldort. Please plan to attend our Community Plea for Soviet Jews on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El. Also, the Interfaith Outcry for Soviet Jewry on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 555 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach. Clarence Wagner, Ex- ecutive Director of Bridges for Peace will be the keynote speaker. Is ours to be the generation that puts the comfort of our existence in freedom, ahead of efforts to free our brethren from Soviet oppression? You have the answer. They are our extended family. Do not turn away and forget them. TOBY F. WILK 'Looking Back' Issues Clarified EDITOR, The Jewish Floridian: "Looking Back" can be of great interest to those thousands of your readers who did not live in our Jewish Com- munity in its formative years. For their benefit, and as a resident here since 1947, I should like to correct some er- rors in the article on page 2, entitled "The Silherman Years." The Palm Beach Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women No. 174 was chartered in 1938 and is the oldest Jewish women's ser- vice organization in our country. B'nai B'rith Women was particularly active during World War II, meeting the soldiers at the trains, giving them home hospitality and gifts. B'nai B'rith Girls went to the USO dances. There were community ac- tivities and programs engaged in by the 1,500 Jews, many of whom came here to live in the 1920's and 1930's. (The late Sam Schutzer's oral history tape which is in the Palm Beach Junior College's ar- chives contains much informa- tion regarding that era.) The transient relief program was started by Federated Jewish Charities, under the chairmanship, I believe, of the late Dan Goodmark. My sincere congratulations to Federation for all that it does for Jews in our communi- ty as well as for our beloved State of Israel and for Jews all over the world. Happy 25th Anniversary. SYLVIA LEWIS Focus On Issues And Then There Are None Friday, November 28,1986 Volume 12 26 HESHVAN 5747 Number 87 By MURRAY ZUCKOFF CHICAGO (JTA) The Jewish people faces a calamitous situation brought on not by its traditional enemies but by a seg- ment within Jewry itself which divides the world first into "them" and "us" and invariably rejects "them" and ends with "us" alone. This "dichotomous thinking," as Rabbi Harold Schulweis termed it, is dangerous because "it will rip us apart until there is only the solipsistic cult of one." The consequence of "the acrimony, the biting rhetoric, the incivility that threatens the delegitimation of persons, the disenfranchisement of movements" was sounded by Schulweis, the spiritual leader of Valley Beth Shalom in Los Angeles, at the 55th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations. Addressing a plenary session of the GA, which was attended by more than 3,000 Jewish com- munal leaders from North America and abroad, Schulweis, who was the cholar-in-residence at the GA, pinpointed the source of the "dichotomous thinking as the "anger in us; a cumulative anger which has broken loose ol its traditional constraints, a long- festering rage against Jewish im- potence which has reached its breaking point; a resentment not against specific targets but generalized against a whole range of things. The anger, long repress- ed, strikes out against any accessi ble target, including our- selves." Continued on Page 10- Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 5 Libya Disinformation Toppled One, Obscured Bigger Issue By London Chronicle Syndicate WASHINGTON The current controversy in Washington over the Reagan Administration's alleged use of "disinforma- tion in the U.S. and foreign news media against Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy is part of the bigger debate over the use of military force to combat terrorism. Some of those political and military voices in the government arguing against the use of military force are clearly attempting to undermine the position of the so- called "hardliners," led by Secretary of State George Shultz and National Security Adviser John Poindexter. "This is part of a war against the war on terrorism," one Washington insider commented. THERE IS also a very direct connection to Israel, according to U.S. officials, since those policymakers favoring very tough and unconventional measures against Libya are almost always the most pro-Israeli in their orien- tation. The other side is clearly less sympathetic. In the often-fractious bureaucratic politics of Washington, U.S. officials said, anything that weakens the anti- Khadafy hardliners is bound even- tually to result in less overall U.S. support for Israel. That helps to explain why Israeli diplomats and other pro-Israeli political activists are so concerned over this latest "disinformation" flap. "Our best friends, especially Poindexter, are being hurt right now," one pro-Israeli analyst said. Among those resisting the tough U.S. posture against Khadafy including last April's Bernard Kalb (left) resigned, and Secretary Shultz may follow. bombing of Libyan targets, have been officials in the Office of the Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger; the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Bureau at the State Department. But their hesitations have been rejected by President Reagan, Shultz, Poindexter and others. ON OCT. 2, the Washington Post reported that the Reagan Administration had launched "a secret and unusual campaign of deception" designed to convince Khadafy that he was about to be attacked again by U.S. bombers and perhaps be ousted in a coup. The secret plan, adopted at a White House meeting on Aug. 14, was outlined in a three-page memo by Poindexter. The Post story, written by Bob Woodward, caused a firestorm of protest, especially in the U.S. news media, which noted that one of the key elements of Poindex- ter's strategy was to combine "real and illusory events through a disinformation program with the basic goal of making Khadafy think (word underlined in the original) that there is a high degree of internal opposition to him within Libya, that his key trusted aides are disloyal, that the U.S. is about to move against him militarily." After that memo was prepared, several U.S. newspapers, starting with the Wall Street Journal, reported extensively on supposed new plans in Washington to use force against Libya and about the increased internal opposition to Khadafy. Woodward suggested in this story that those reports were not accurate, based in part on false information released by the Administration. ADMINISTRATION hardliners, including Poindexter and Shultz, have been severely embarrassed by the disclosure of the secret memo to Woodward. They suspect that the leak came from a disgruntled official who was opposed to the Administra- tion's tough line against Libya, in- cluding the use of military force. The FBI is reportedly looking for the leaker. Shultz has denied that he had ever participated in any meeting where a plan to misinform the U.S. media was discussed. "There isn't any intent to try to spread around false information," he said. But he confirmed that the Ad- ministration was still very anxious to "confuse" Khadafy. When the U.S. bombed Libya in April, he continued, "it did disorient him, and it did put terrorism down for awhile. And we want to keep it that way. "There are various ways in which we can do things that may cause him concern. If we move the fleet around in the Mediterra- nean, that may cause him concern. I don't see anything wrong with that." The Secretary said the U.S. should not limit itself to "economic sanctions and military strikes as a means to try to disorient him." But at the same time, he insisted, the government Continned on Page 14- Christian Advises Zionists Not To Generalize Avi (left) Instills Integrity Among Men Who Were Unfavorably Discharged By ROBERT A. CUMINS Avi is a major in the Israeli Defense Forces. His assignment is to instill dignity, self- respect, and the will to belong in men who have been unfit for military service. Once they would have been unfavorably discharg- ed, a devastating stigma in Israeli society. Now, many are put into Avi's special pro- gram. The short-term goal is to make them soldiers; the long-term goal is to make them productive citizens. MAJOR AVI explains: "Most of the men in our program did not finish elementary school. Fifty percent of their parents did not finish school. They have low self-image, little con- fidence, trouble performing tasks. They are not cooperative. They doiTt think they are getting anything from our country, so they don't understand why they should serve in the army." Each soldier gets put into a class with 6-to-12- others for a 7-week course. The for- mal purpose is education. The actual purpose is deeper a kind of spiritual rehabilitation. Major Avi's method? The word he uses is "love." By DR. EUGENE J. FISHER When Zionists seek my ad- vice on how they can pro- mote their views among Christians, I first stress that the Christian community, no less than the Jewish com- munity, is pluralistic. This is true not only among denominations, But within denominations. So no single approach is apt to be successful. Having said that, I nevertheless do have some friendly sugges- tions. First, Christian individuals or institutions sometimes are alleged to have views that they do not actually hold. For example, people keep trying to tell me that the Vatican advocates "interna- tionalizing" the city of Jerusalem, when it doesn't, or that the Pope refuses to recognize the existence of Israel, which he does. I HAVE ALSO noticed that the posture of Zionist organizations and Jewish agencies in general tends to be a lot less critical of Israel in public than in their own internal discussions. These public expressions establish a climate within which it becomes difficult for some Christian friends of Israel to disagree, say, on the West Bank settlement policy, even if they strongly support Israel in broad terms. To me, the more free-flowing and open-ended the dialogue bet- ween Christians and Jews the bet- ter. I think Jews should openly ex- Dr. Fisher is executive direc- tor of the Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. This article is adapted from a talk he gave before the Jacob Goodman In- stitute of the Zionist Organiza- tion of America. press to Christians their own con- cerns about Israeli policies and in the context of clearly-stated support encourage Christians to do the same. We might find out that we are not so far apart after all, and that a certain amount of the perceived disagreement bet- Continued on Page 16 Dr. Eugene Fisher Page 6 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 Morse Geriatric Center Featured On 'Mosaic' The expansion and Capital Campaign of the Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center will be featured on this week's Jewish Federation sponsored TV show, "Mosaic. The program, to be aired on Sunday, Nov. 30, 9 a.m., on Channel 5, is hosted by Barbara Gordon Green. Mrs. Green will be interview- ing Bennett Berman, Presi- dent of the Morse; Heinz Ep- pler, Chairman of the Capital Campaign; E. Drew Gackenheimer, Executive Director; and Barbara Geddis of Perkins, Geddis, Eastman Architects of New York who has been commissioned to design the expansion. Discussion will center around the plans for the Morse Geriatric Center's expansion to meet the needs of the elder- ly in the community and to develop new programs and facilities as alternatives to the institutional setting. The Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center of the Jewish Home for the Aged of Palm Beach County is a 120-bed long term skilled nursing care facili- ty located at 4847 Fred Gladstone Drive (ca-Haverhill Blvd. between Okeechobee Blvd. and 45th Street). It is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. Radio/TV/ Film Entertainment * MOSAIC Sunday, Nov. 30,9 a.m. WPTV Channel 5 with host Barbara Gordon Green Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center. L'CHAYIM Sunday, Nov. 30, 7:30 a.m. WPBR 1340 AM with host Rabbi Mark S. Golub The Jewish Listener's Digest, radio magazine. SHALOM Sunday, Nov. 30, 6 a.m. WPEC Channel 12 (8:30 a.m. WFLX TV 29) with host Richard Peritz. ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW Thursday, Dec. 4, 1:15 p.m. WLIZ 1340 AM A summary of news and com- mentary on contemporary issues. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. Community Calendar November 28 Jewish Community Center no school program Free Sons of Israel 12:30 p.m. December 1 Jewish Community Day School board 7:45 p.m. Con- gregation Anshei Sholom Sisterhood board 9:45 a.m. Women's American ORT Lakes of Poinciana -12:30 p.m. Women's American ORT Royal paid up membership luncheon B'nai B'rith Yachad Unit board 10 a.m. Brandeis University Women Palm Beach West 12:30 6 m. Hadassah Tikvah board -1 p.m. Hadassah West oynton -12:30 p.m. Women's American ORT Mid Palm - board 1 p.m. United Jewish Appeal Fly-In Temple Judea board of trustees Jewish Federation Ad Hoc Committee for Human Services Community Relations Council 8:30 a.m. December 2 Yiddish Culture Group Century Village 10 a.m. Women's American ORT Royal board 9:30 a.m. Jewish Federation Jewish Educators Council Meeting and Jewish Community Day School noon Central Con- servative Synagogue board 7:30 p.m. Temple Beth Torah congregational meeting 8 p.m. B'nai B'rith Women Shalom board 9:30 a.m. December 3 Jewish Federation Women's Division Business and Pro- fessional Steering Committee Meeting 7 p.m. Temple Emanu-El Adult Education 9:30 a.m. B'nai B'rith Women Olam noon Lake Worth Jewish Center Sisterhood board 10 a.m. National Council of Jewish Women Palm Beach board 10 a.m. Yiddish Culture Group Cresthaven 1 p.m. Jewish Community Center - board 8 p.m. Jewish Federation Boynton Beach Village Royale Awards Luncheon noon Jewish Federation Demographic Study Meeting 7:30 p.m. Jewish Federation Soviet Jewry Task Force noon December 4 National Council of Jewish Women Okeechobee board - 10 a.m. B'nai B'rith Women Ohav 1 p.m. Temple Emanu-El Adult Education Hebrew -10 a.m. Na'Amat USA Theodore Herzl 1 p.m. B'nai B'rith No. 2939 - board -1 p.m. Golden Lakes Temple board 9:30 a.m. National Council of Jewish Women Flagler Evening - board and regular meeting 7:30 p.m. Jewish Federa- tion Leisure and Retirement Communities "Educa- tional Meeting" 7 p.m. Jewish Federation Mini- Mission Meed Village and Willow Bend 9 a.m. Beate Klarsfeld Story': Strong Performance By Fawcett By HERBERT LUFT HOLLYWOOD (JTA) - The courageous anti-Nazi ac- tivity of Beate Klarsfeld was brought before the American public in dramatic, episodic fashion on Sunday, Nov. 23. "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story," is a better than average look at the issues of the Holocaust and the pur- suit of the Nazi criminals who seek to escape justice. Farrah Fawcett, perhaps best known for her roles as glamorous women, is marvelous as a thoroughly believable Beate, a German- born Protestant who became committed to bringing Nazi criminals to justice. She displays broad sensitivity, and ages convincingly. But her co-stars are weak. Academy Award winner Geraldine Page overacts as It- ta Halaunbrenner, who with Klarsfeld chained herself to a bench in protest in Bolivia. As Serge, Tom Conti is too smiley, especially in meeting Beate in Paris. But the casting of Hungarians as Germans, French as French and South Americans as Bolivians adds realism. The movie begins with the innocent 17-years-old Beate waving to her parents as she boards a train in Berlin for Paris in 1960. There she meets and falls in love with Serge Klarsfeld, a law student who makes her aware of the Holocaust. The couple of course eventually become partners in life and in hunting Nazis. Beate's sudden conversion to hatred of Nazis, including the indifference shown by her family is sketchily por- trayed. More effectively stag- ed is Beate's first appearance on the world scene, when she focuses attention on Nazi leaders. The movie shows her shouting, "Nazi, resign," at German Chancerllor Kurt Kiesinger from the gallery of the German legislature. She later slaps him. Also well played is the at- tempt to kidnap a mass killer in Cologne, after which the Klarsfelds turn their attention To Klaus Barbie, who today awaits his trial for war crimes in Lyon, France. Educational Meeting Continued from Page 3 Campaign Director of the Jewish Federation and is in charge of fund-raising develop- ment. He attended Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles where he graduated from their School of Jewish Communal Services. He received his Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington. Prior to coming to this community, Mr. Kleiner served as Campaign Director of the San Francisco Jewish Federation and as Associate Director of the Social Planning and Budgeting Department. For more information con- tact Dr. Lester Silverman, Staff Associate, at the Federa- tion office, 882-2120. The movie's first half featured rapid, staccato im- ages, but then the portrayal of the search for Barbie slows to a tedious and obscure halt at times. Producer William Kayden said it was difficult to condense 20 years of the Klarsfelds' efforts into a con- tinuous, comprehensive ac- count. Also missing is Beate exposing Kurt Waldheim s Nazi past at a street meeting in Vienna. While essentially accurate, "The Beate Klarsfeld Story lacks the terror-filled impact a Holocaust film ought to have, and that many French, Rus- sian and Dutch films do show. This partly is due to the cons- tant hugging and kissing by Beate and Serge, which may provide necessary relief for the public, but it is a distubing juxtaposition with newsreel shots from the extermination camps. The drama was photograph- ed on location in Paris and southern France, with Nice doubling for La Paz, Bolivia, where Barbie was hiding. The UN building in Paris was to be used as the setting of the Ger- man legislature, but 10 days before the scene was schedul- ed, the German Ambassador protested, contending that the scene would unflattering por- tray a German official. The scene was filmed in a theatre. "The Beate Klarsfeld Story- was born in February 1983 when producer Kayden saw Beate Klarsfeld interviewed about her campaign to ex- tradite Barbie. He set off on his own search "It took me a full year to find Serge and Beate Klarsfeld," he recalled. "We finally met in New York in 1984 and I ac- quired the rights to the life story." The Klarsfelds served as consultants. He found a director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who brought great commitment to the pro- ject. "Even in the face of wars, aviation, television and space travel," the director said, "the 20th century will be marked throughout history by the Holocaust. "The quest of Serge Klarsfeld and Beate, whose parents through indifference snared the guilt, aims to right as much of the wrong during the Holocaust as is possible, by exposing and bring to justice Nazi war criminals." Lindsay-Hogg sees the cou- ple as "basically ordinary ... except that they are fueled by their commitment and that they act in an extraordinary way." Leningrad Activist Arrested NEW YORK (JTA) - Leningrad activist Albert (Chaim) Burstein was arrested last Monday as he spoke by phone from a local post ofice to Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry director Lynn Singer. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail for "resisting ar- rest,' the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry reported. According to the SSSJ, Burstein, 21, is one of Len- ingrad's most daring refuseniks and has been a target of beatings, threats and harassment by KGB. On Nov. 5 he was forcibly prevented from flying to Vilnius in Lithuania to join activists there commemorating the Holocaust. The next day KGB agents beat him again and threatened to kill him, the SSSJ reported. Elegance in Entertaining Karen & Kaplan EXCLUSIVE KOSHER CATERERS At the PALM BEACH AIRPORT HILTON HOTEL UNDER STRICT RABBINICAL SUPERVISION PROVIDES UNEQUALED CATERING for TEMPLES COUNTRY CLUBS HOMES CRUISES "Remember how the food used to taste At Your Bar Mitzvah or Wedding." 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In making the announce- ment, Mr. Brenner said, "We are pleased to have Dr. Tobin assist us in our study of the community in order to deter- mine its needs, practices and attitudes. His excellent Jewish communal background and ex- tensive experiences in conduc- ting Jewish demographic studies will make his assistance invaluable to our community." Dr. Tobin stated that not on- ly conventional demographic data will be collected but infor- mation about service delivery, fund-raising, and religious af- filiation will be developed so that Federation, its beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and organizations will be able to use the results of the study to best meet the needs in our community. He emphasized that the role of the Demographic Study Commit- tee is critical. "One of the roles it plays is to mold the survey to meet the needs of the Palm Beach area. The real trick is to ask the right questions. I will be helping the committee iden- tify issues and 'concerns specific to Palm Beach County so that they can accomplish their task. "The migration of Jews to South Florida has been the single most important demographic change geographically for Jews in the history of the U.S. New ques- tions will be asked here because we need to learn more about this rapidly expanding Jewish population." Prior to his current position, Dr. Tobin spent 11 years in ur- ban studies and Jewish studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He has a PhD in Social Planning from the University of California at Berkely. He is a consultant on planning and fund-raising issues tor Federations, the Council of Jewish Federations, United Jewish Appeal, and others. He has conducted demographic studies in numerous cities including St. Louis, Baltimore, Kansas City, Rochester, San Francisco, and Metrowest, New Jersey. For more information, con- tact Susan Schwartz, Director of Planning and Budgeting, at the Federation office, 832-2120. Jurist: Arbitrary Acts By USSR Can Be Challenged By EDWIN EYTAN PARIS (JTA) Samuel Pisar, an international lawyer from the U.S. who recently pleaded successfully in Soviet courts on behalf of five Jews arrested during a Simchat Torah celebration in Moscow, believes that arbitrary acts by the Soviet authorities can now be challenged effectively in Soviet courts. Foreign lawyers, refuseniks and other Jews can make use of the provisions of Soviet law, Pisar said. "What is needed is a certain amount of discretion, a low profile and a thorough knowledge of Soviet legal and criminal procedure," he said. "CASES SHOULD be fought on an individual basis. I doivt think that all can be won, but given the right men and a certain amount of determina- tion some could be successful. By using this method, the refuseniks could start a new On Simchat Torah, Oct. 25, the Moscow synagogue was packed and thousands of Jews thronged the adjacent streets. The crowd was larger than usual because Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize win- ner, had come to celebrate the day with Soviet Jews. SHORTLY AFTER 10 p.m., while the crowds were still singing traditional Hebrew songs and dancing in the streets, two police cars drove up and the police ordered the celebrants to disperse. Most did. But several resisted. Five were arrested and booked on charges of "hooliganism" and disturbing the peace, both relatively serious charges in the USSR. The next day, a small delega- tion of Jews who had been at the Simchat Torah celebration, called on Pisar at his hotel and asked him to represent the five arrested men who were their relatives or friends. On Mon- tended a Soviet-American business conference where he met Gorbachev. BEING ADMITTED to the judge's chambers was a feat in itself for a foreigner. Pisar said that by using a combina- tion of legal arguments and moral persuasion, he managed to convince the judge that the crime for which the five Jews were arrested was a mere pec- cadillo which normally would be dismissed in any democratic court. The judge ruled that the five would have to stand trial in a police court where the sentences they risked would be relatively light. Pisar fought that ruling as well and after meeting with the police court magistrate, managed to obtain relatively light fines for the accused who were then released. Dr. Gary Tobin reviews questions for a community-wide telephone survey being prepared by the Demographic Stndy Committee. Nuclear Suspect's Diary Broadcast Spurs Dispute By GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) - The broadcast of excerpts from a diary kept by Mordechai Vanunu has touch- ed off an angry controversy between civil libertarians and Israel Television over the right to privacy. Vanunu is the former nuclear technican who is in custody for giving a British newspaper information about Israel s alleged nuclear weapons capability. His lawyer, Amnon Zichroni, said that he might press charges against the Israel Broadcast Authority. A TELEVISION reporter said he found the diary in a suitcase in a building where Vanunu once lived. It covers the years from 1982-85 and reveals the writer's attitudes toward women, family, philosophy, religion and finances. The excerpts read on televi- sion recently described grow- ing sympathy with the Arab cause. They depicted a troubl- ed man who had difficulty com- municating with others, who had a "strong urge to prove himself' and who feared he was being "followed." The Civil Rights Association criticized the publication of the diary as a "gross invasion of privacy." According to the Association, "A man's diary is one of his most intimate writings and cannot be publicized without his con- sent." The Broadcast Authori- ty was accused of violating a 1981 law for protection of privacy. BUT THE Authority main- tained that Vanunu-stands ac- cused of serious offenses against the State and has lost his right to privacy. Uri Porat, Director General of the Broad- cast Authority, said pains were taken not to publicize anything about Vanunu that is not already known and to resist "the temptation to score a great many journalistic scoops which were contained in the diary." The reporter who obtained it claimed a relative of Vanunu authorized its publication. Zichroni, meanwhile, went to London to prepare for the case. Vanunu was last seen in London on Sept. 30. The government has acknowledged that he was "under lawful detention" in Israel and denied he had been kidnapped by Israeli agents. When and how he was brought to Israel re- mains unexplained. chapter in their relations with day, Oct. 27, Pisar appeared the Soviet Administration, Pisar told the JTA. The 58-year-old Polish-born Holocaust survivor and Harvard-educated jurist believes the less authoritarian policies instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev makes it possible for others to achieve the same breakthrough he did. before the district judge in - charge of the case. He enjoyed certain advan- tages in that he speaks Rus- sian fluently, is an expert on Soviet law and has close links to Armand Hammer, the American industrialist known for his traditional ties with the Soviet leadership. Only a few months earlier, Pisar had at- 'Celebration 25' Continued from Page 1 based on tapes smuggled out of the USSR. Mrs. Green has been involv- ed with Jewish communal work for more than 20 years. Currently the host of the Federation sponsored TV pro- grams, "Mosaic," Mrs. Green is a past President of Women's Division of the Jewish Federa- tion of Palm Beach County and a past Vice President of Federation. Mrs. Green served as the General Chairman of the 1981-82 Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County-United Jewish Appeal Campaign and as the Women's Division Cam- paign Vice President in 1978-79. At the national level Mrs. Green is a member of the National UJA Women's Divi- sion Board and a member of the National Jewish Media Board. For more information con- tact Ronni Epstein, Director of Communications, at the Federation office, 832-2120. The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Proudly invites you to attend Our 25th Anniversary and the 1987 Jewish Federation/United Jewish Appeal Campaign Kickoff Sunday. December 14. 1986 11 a.m. 3 p.m. The Breakers Palm Beach Couvert $25 per person (includes lunch and program; Special Guest Theodore Bikel No Solicitation of Funds For more Information and reservations contact Nettie Berk, Communications Coordinator, at the Federation office, 832-2120. Page 8 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28,1986 Helping People Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Offered By NED GOLDBERG ACSW, LCSW Assistant Executive Director of Jewish Family and Children's Service All case names mentioned in these articles are fictitious; client information at Jewish Family and Children's Service is held in the strictest of confidence.) Individuals who come to Palm Beach County frequently are surprised to find the small number of subsidized housing units for low income families, or low income retirees. There are also state and county financial entitlement pro- grams which pay much less to recipients in Palm Beach County, than to recipients who live in Northeastern and Midwestern cities. Indeed, the relocation process for these low income individuals is one where their standard of living may, in fact, decrease. Many programs which exist in other communities do not exist in Palm Beach County. One Federal program that may be well known and utilized in other states, but may be un- familiar to many local eligible Ned Goldberg clients is the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- gram. Monies are made available to the state on a twice-a-year basis, to subsidize energy costs for low income in- dividuals. Anyone eligible and enrolled in the program will not learn how much money they will receive until all ap- nlications are in. and the money is divided by the number of eligible applicants. In the past, recipients have received well over $100 twice a year. If you are a family of two, and your total income is not over $664 per month, you will probably qualify for this pro- gram. Remember, your total income not only includes Social Security payments, but also any income earned from other sources, including interest or dividends. To apply, call the Low In- come Energy Assistance Pro- gram at 582-7604. The applica- tion deadline is Dec. 15. (The Jewish Family and Children'8 Service of Palm Beach County, Inc., is a non- profit agency designed to meet the social, emotional and counseling needs of the Jewish community of Palm Beach County. Our office is located at 8250 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 10it. Our telephone number is 684-1991. The Jewish Family and Children's Service is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation and the United Way of Palm Beach County.) Israel's 2nd Liver Recipient Dies: Hospital Says Procedure Will Continue By HUGH ORGEL TEL AVTV (JTA) - Eliahu Schreier, Israel's se- cond liver transplant patient, died at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, 18 days after surgery. His death followed by five days that of the first transplant pa- tient, Mira Schichmanter. Despite the setbacks, Rambam Hospital director Albert Sat- tinger said the hver transplant operations would continue and the Health Ministry confirmed that. Doctors at the hospital said that Schreier, like Schichmanter, succumbed to complications arising from the advanced stages of their liver ailments, not the surgery. Both underwent second opera- tions to correct internal hemorrhaging. According to Sattinger, neither patient would have hved more than a few days if they hadn't receiv- ed transplants. He stressed that it was im- possible to evaluate liver transplants on the basis of only two cases. He noted that the first four liver transplants car- ried out at children's Hospital, in Pittsburgh, Pa., where the technique was developed, also failed to save the patients' lives, but now there is a 70-80 percent chance of success. Dr. Vigal Kam, who operated on Schreier and Schichmanter, was trained in the procedure Israel Votes Against Condemnation of U.S. Raid On Libya By YITZHAK RABI UNITED NATIONS - (JTA) The General Assembly condemned last Thursday the United States for its aerial raid on Libya last April. Israel joined the U.S. and other Western countries in voting against the anti- American resolution. The vote was 79-28 with 32 abstentions. Ambassador Yohanan Bein of the Israel UN Mission, justified the American attack on Libya as a war against in- ternational terrorism. "The free world will not surrender to intimidation and ter- rorism" Bein told the General Assembly. He vowed that Israel will continue to fight in- ternational terrorism and will respond mainly against the "planners and organizers" of world terror, such as Libya. The Israeli diplomat disclos- ed that in February 1986, about a dozen terrorist groups from around the world met in Tripoli, Libya, for a special "congress" on international terrorism. The "congress," Bein asserted, nominated a nine-member committee to im- prove the international net- work of terrorist organizations with Libya, Iran and Syria ser- ving as a "war cabinet" for that purpose. "They declared war against the West, against democracy, against all those who would not bend to intimidations and threats," the Israeli envoy said. He compared interna- tional terrorism to organized crime, calling the Libyan leader, Muammar Khadafy, "the godfather of interna- tional terrorism." at the Pittsburgh hospital. Sattinger noted further that the Israeli patients applied for transplants only at a late stage of their illness. The family of Schreier, who was 59 and lived in Moshav Shoresh, near Jerusalem, said they were all aware of the risks, but decided they were worthwhile. Violence In Gaza JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israeli soldiers killed an Arab driver at a Gaza roadblock recently, shortly after an Israeli civilian was stabbed in the Gaza marketplace. The vic- tim, Shabtai Shvilli of Ashkelon, sustained a knife wound in the back of his neck but was not badly hurt. He was taken to a hospital in Ashkelon. He was the third Israeli in two months to be stabbed while shopping in Gaza. The two earlier victims, Yisrael Kitaro and Haim Azran, also from Ashkelon, were fatally wounded. The authorities believe the same assailant was responsible for the three attacks. It was not immediately known if there is a connection between the stabbing and the incident at the roadblock, where the driver was shot dead when he failed to respond to signals to stop. Military sources said the soldiers were following standing orders. They fired into the air, then at the tires of the vehicle before they fired at the driver, the sources said. Architect's rendering of the proposed Lake Worth Jewish Center new building. Lake Worth Jewish Center Launches Building Drive The Lake Worth Jewish Center Building Committee, under the chairmanship of Clif- ford Storch (Chairman), Mur- ray Milrod (Co-Chairman) and Lou Marks (Co-Chairman) an- nounces the beginning of a $500,000 Building Fund Drive for the construction of a new building. The synagogue will be located along 600 feet of Jog Road, between Lake Worth Road and Melaleuca Road. The building will have a main sanctuary seating 400 people, a social hall seating 400 people and all other necessary educa- tional and social facilities. Larry Winker, a well known local architect and experienced with designing temples, has drawn up plans for a "most beautiful and modern place of worship which when com- pleted will be well received by the growing congregation/' stated Mr. Storch. The drive will culminate in a gala "Builders" dinner-dance to be held at the Hyatt Palm Beaches on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 6 p.m. The dinner commit- tee, Chairpersons are Mrs. Clifford Storch and Elaine Goldklang. The honored speaker will be Rabbi Ben- jamin C. Kreitman, Executive Vice President of the United Synagogue of America. For invitations call the tem- ple office, any weekday morn- ing until 1 p.m. anaanilfAiri 0&A*F*0M BOAMWHM HOTEL 2*h Co* * CompHnvntw, tern crn ^^fZ^om CHANUKAH 4 DAYS/5 NIGHTS $.f)fi & Dec 25-Dec 29 "'jJO ** Thurs.-Mon. ^^ 305-538-5721 55.0CC : OMtwi *"*. Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 9 West Bank Palestinians Moving Away From PLO By DAVID FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON (JTA) - Gen. Ephraim Sneh, the civilian administrator of the West Bank, believes that most of the 800,000 Palestinians in Judaea and Samaria are mov- ing away from the Palestine Liberation Organization to a more "realistic" position. "I believe the majority of Palestinians understand that Israel is a fact" and "they have to live peacefully beside Israel," Sneh said in an inter- view with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last Mon- day. "They understand the slogans of the PLO to destroy the Jewish State are irrelevant and far from reality." Sneh admits that the "sym- pathy of the Palestinians is still with the PLO." But he said there is a growing "disillusionment" with PLO terrorist activities which they see offer no hope for a solution of the Palestinian problem. "Most of the Palestinian residents of the West Bank re- ject terrorism," he maintained. He said there are less riots, demonstrations and strikes on the West Bank and terrorist incidents have decreased. Sneh conceded that the Palestinian youth are more likely to be radical and militant as elsewhere in the world. "It changes with age," he added. Sneh is in the United States as part of a program of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to enhance the dialogue between Israelis and Americans. A physician, most of his career has been with the Israel Defense Force's medical corps. He headed the medical team participating in the Israeli rescue mission at Entebbe, Uganda. Sneh has headed the civil ad- ministration of the West Bank UN Chief Warns Of Volatile Mideast By YITZHAK RABI UNITED NATIONS - (JTA) UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar warned here that without a breakthrough for peace in the Middle East "including the Palestine Liberation Organization" war can engulf the region once again. "The situation in the region continues to be highly volatile," de Cuellar said in his annual report to the General Assembly, issued last Thurs- day, on the situation in the Mideast. "There is a grave danger that if the present deadlock in the peace process is allowed to persist, major hostilities will break out again in the area as has happened several times in the past," the Secretary General stated. De Cuellar recalled that the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel in 1973 almost led to direct confronta- tion between the United States and the Soviet Union. He warned that a new war in the Mideast, "with the development of ever more sophisticated and destructive weapons," may be more dif- ficult to control and may in- deed bring a nuclear confron- tation between the superpowers. "A just and lasting peace (in the Mideast) can best be achieved through a com- prehensive settlement cover- ing all aspects of the conflict and involving all the parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organiza- tion," de Cuellar said. A comprehensive Mideast settlement, he continued, must be baaed on "withdrawal of Israeli forces from Arab ter- ritories occupied since June 1967; acknowledgement and respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all the states in the region and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries; and finally a satisfactory solution of the Palestinian problem based on the recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including self-determination.'' The Secretary General was critical of Israel's settlements in the West Bank, "I am par- ticularly concerned about the consequences that would flow from the establishment by Israel of additional set- tlements in the occupied ter- ritories," de Cuellar said, ad- ding: "This is a matter of deep concern and, more than any other single factor, con- tributed to doubts in the minds of many about Israel's readiness to negotiate a peace settlement that would require its withdrawal from the territories." But the Secretary General also was critical of violent in- cidents in the region as a ma- jor obstacle to peace. "Peace efforts would be enhanced if there was a lessening of violent incidents, which all too frequently involve innocent lives and of which there have been some particularly terrible examples" in the last year, he stated. Israelis Destroy 'Terrorist' Boat JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel Air Force helicopter gunships destroyed a 'Ter- rorist Doat" in the port of Sidon, south Lebanon last Thursday, a military spokesman announced. He said the aircraft returned safe- ly to their base. The strike was the third dur- ing the week at terrorist targets in the Sidon area. Israeli jets bombed a terrorist base used for seaborne mis- sions against Israel the next day. Combat helicopters at- tacked the same targets under protection by jet fighters. since July, 1985. He is in charge of government activity in the area except for security which is under the military ad- ministration. The civilian ad- ministration was created in 1981, but like the military ad- ministration, is under the Ministry of Defense. It does not have authority for the Jewish settlements on the West Bank which are under Israeli law. While he is in effect in charge of the civilian govern- ment of the West Bank, Sneh stressed that it is Israel's policy "not to interfere with the day-to-day lives of the West Bankers." He noted that in the civil administration 13,000 of its employees are local Arabs and only 300 are Israelis. In addition, he said Israel wants to improve the quality of life for the Palesti- nians. One example he gave was in the economic field, where Sneh said Israel has en- couraged investment from in- side and outside the West Bank "very liberal policies" and butting "bureaucratic obstacles." Sneh also said that in four major West Bank towns Nablus, Ramallah, Beit Jallah and Hebron existing hospitals are being expanded into regional medical centers with modern facilities. He said the number of hospital beds on the West Bank are being increased by 50 percent within the next two years. In addition, primary care clinics are being establish- ed in the rural areas. The health standards on the West Bank are better than most Arab countries and almost as good as Israel, he noted. All this should answer charges that Israel wants to drive the Arabs out of the West Bank. "If we have a policy which improves the quality of life of Palestinians on the West Bank it doesn't mean our goal is to drive them out," he said. Sneh said that the Israeli policy on the West Bank is not a substitute" for an even- tual peace settlement. Instead it is to "change the at- mosphere on the West Bank" to lead to negotiations bet- ween Israel and the Palestinians. He said the Israeli policy of allowing the Palestinians con- trol oftheir daily lives was not autonomy. He said this could only come about through negotiations, not unilaterally. Nor was Israel sharing rule on the West Bank with Jordan, Sneh stressed. "We are the government of the West Bank," Sneh said. Most West Bank Palesti- nians are Jordanian citizens and Jordan has recently begun an economic development pro- gram on the West Bank, he noted. Sneh said that most of the Palestinians eventually want to see a Jordanian- Palestinian state. He noted that on his current trip to the U.S., the question he is most asked about is his opinion on arms shipments to Iran. "I am very glad this is not in my jurisdiction," he Supped. "I have enough pro- ems of my own." Homignor Bernard McGrenehan of St. Edward's Chuch of Palm Beach accepts the "Torch of Liberty" Award. Joseph Bagby is the recipient of the ADL award. His wife, Martha, was also honored. ADL Chairman Michael C. Burrows (left) greets guest speaker Joe Reiter at the ADL Luncheon at The Breakers. H ADL Presents Awards To Cotillion Founders By LOUISE ROSS The Palm Beach County Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith presented the "Torch of Liberty" Award to Monsignor Bernard McGrenehan of St. Edward's Church of Palm Beach and Martha and Joseph Bagby at a luncheon at the Breakers last week. They were recognized for their leadership roles in the formation of the Palm Beach Cotillion, a dance and etiquette class for all children in Palm Beach. The Bagbys conduct the Cotillion at the Church. The Cotillion opened in November, 1985 at St. Ed- ward's Church under the auspices of an Inter- Committee of Clergy and Ad- visors in response to con- troversy over a similar group, the Junior Assembly, which has been in existence since 1948 and had excluded Jewish children. In honoring Monsignor McGrenehan, St. Edward's Church and the Bagbys, the Board of the ADL "recognizes and appreciates the devoted leadership and service of the recipients in preserving liber- ty, counter-acting bigoty and advancing the cause of human rights." Guest speaker, Joe Reiter, President of the Florida Bar Association, noted that although great strides have been made in religious and racial tolerance over the last two decades, in our own backyard there are children who are still restricted. "This should be brought to the public's attention. Hopefully, with understanding and com- passion, it will be overcome." He added that social discrimination in Palm Beach has "set people against each other in a destructive game of one-upmanship, poisoning or preventing what might nave been mutually rewarding rela- tionships. There will always be some affluent Americans who will act out of prejudice and practice racial or religious discrimination, deciding who is or who isn't-good enough to live near them, socialize with them, go to school with them and share their leisure with them." The Palm Beach County ADL is chaired by Michael C Burrows. Luncheon Co- Chairpersons were Elizabeth Green, Margaret Luntz, and Judith Messing. The ADL, one of the nation's oldest human relations agencies, was formed in order to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treat- ment to all citizens alike. Golda Meir Award Goes to Family SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) - State of Israel Bonds presented its Golda Meir Leadership Award to a family for the first time. At the Nov. 9 dinner here that laun- ched the 1987 international bonds campaign, Richard Dinner, Dee and Melvin Swig, Roselyne "Cissie" Swig and Richard Swig were honored for their service to Israel, Jewry and the community at large. IBM5M tm M Page 10 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 News From Hod Hasharon: Faces From The Neighborhood By ELIZABETH HOMANS, Project Renewal Community Representative The success of Project Renewal is not judged merely by the physical improvement of the neighborhood or even by the social programs developed during the past few years. The success of the concept of Pro- ject Renewal is seen in the taces of the neighborhood residents themselves ... changes from despair to en- couragement; from apathy to enthusiasm; from non- involvement to active par- ticipation to make a difference in their own lives and for the future generations. At first glance of the smiling face and sparkling brown eyes of Shira Itzhak, it is hard to believe that she is 26 years old. But after meeting and talking with her, one realizes that this is indeed an energetic young And Then There Are None Continued from Page 4 Focusing on this anger, Schulweis observed that it has been engendered by a world which has brutally terrorized and relentless- ly assaulted Jews to a point where it has produced a "massive psychic trauma." The twin elements in the traumatic process are the Holocaust and the betrayal and abandonment of the Jews by the world at large in the time of their greatest need. "Now, forty years after the volcanic earthquake that shook the foundation of Jewish trust, the tremblors continue to explode," Schulweis said. "But now they reveal more than Nazi-fascist atrocity. In recent years, documents record the betrayal of allies, the callousness, the abandonment of the Jews by prelates, princes, presidents; by putative allies in Foreign Offices, Parliaments, Congress even by the 'great Jewish hope' of those years, the apotheosis of non- Jewish friendship, Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Jewish anger, Schulweis con- tinued, "spreads out not only against Nazism or Fascism. Post- Holocaust anger is against the whole of Western civilization liberalism, rationalism, univer- salism, pluralism, humanism, democracy, the gods that failed at Auschwitz." Gentile history has bequeathed to the Jewish people "blood libel," "ghetto" "pogrom," "decided" and "genocide," he observed. And the Jewish response by some Jews to Western civilization, Schulweis said, is: "we have nothing to learn from you and your ethos. How dare you lecture to us about morality, freedom of conscience, the treatment ofninorities, the mandate of pluralism after Dachau, afer Treblinka, after the White Paper, after the Bermuda Conference, after the Struma and the St. Louis? After Buchenwald and Birkenau, Western civiliza- tion has forfeited all claims to moral credibility. We are exempt from your hypocritical double standards for us." More and more Jews view Westernization as betrayal and those who accept its values as col- laborators in the destruction of Judaic tradition, Schulweis said. This leads to exclusivism of "them" versus "us" and is even- tually internalized as "some of us." But which "some" now begins to fester as suspicion of fellow Jews who do not adhere to the cultist "us." Schulweis pointed out that this erosive and corrosive process leads Hebrew schools, yeshivot, day schools, summer camps, youth programs, nurseries and toddler programs to be denomina- tionally segregated. The denominations do not fraternize, he noted. "They do not sing, or dance or play and certainly do not pray together," he said. The denomina- tions claim common festivals and fasts but do not celebrate them in common. The end result, Schulweis declared, is "denomina- tional apartheid." Jewish anger has its place if it is a catharsis to unite, he said. But excessive and observe anger threatens to tear the Jewish peo- ple apart. Finding the proper target for anger mobilized psychic and physical energies to combat the forces which menace and threaten the survival of the Jewish people. But generalized anger indiscriminate anger is im- potence turned inward against "some of us." It leads to the aban- donment of the world and to self- proclaimed cultist purity, Shculweis declared. This, however, he said, is a sterile form of existence. "How we define ourselves and others, whom we include and exclude, with whom we choose to relate and whom we choose to ignore, determines our agenda and our future," he said. "The post- Holocaust question before us is not who is a Jew or who is a rabbi or who is my neighbor or who is my brother or sister, but what shall be the character of Judaism." To live in the world "is to live in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious universe. To live with Egyptians and Syrians, with Blacks and Chicanos. The world is our place, even as God is the place of the world," Schulweis said. To be engaged in the world "means to related to non-Jews Chris- tians, Moslems, gentiles, nations, churches and with a vision and wisdom to turn a new leaf in Jewish history." There are changes in attitudes, statements and conciliar declara- tions of the churches and "We must take advantage of these changes," he stated. "Something new is happening among leading theologians. We and our children must read and hear new voices in old institutions." Schulweis referred to the chur- ches' position on the conversion of the Jews, the understanding of the spiritual and emotional mean- ing of Israel, the internal ques- tioning of Christian prejudices, the change of teaching texts in Chrisian schools, the respect and relevance of Jewish tradition and contemporaneity. "I am more interested in the changing attitudes and teachings of the churches' contemporary leaders than in their ancestors' failings; more in the churches' descendants than in the churches' ancestors ... I am more in- terested in gaining new friends and in fixating on old enemies," he said. Schulweis said that for too long a time Jews have spoken about "the consipiracy of evil." It is now time to begin speaking about "the conspirary of good." In an impassioned plea to the assembled Jewish leaders at the General Assembly, Schulweis call- ed attention to "a muted part of contemporary Jewish history," to the "tragic neglect of uncounted, unknown, unsung, unbefriended gentiles who risked their lives and the lives of their families to shelter, feed and protect our hounded people during the Nazi era." Schulweis referred to "zechor," the Jewish imperative to remember. This imperative he pointed out, refers not only to the evil but also to the good. It is not fair that the goodness of the gen- tiles who helped be forgotten, he said. "We properly hunt down the predatory criminals and their col- laborators and bring them to the bar of justice. We need our peo- ple needs a Simon Wiesenthal to search out the rescuers, record their lives in our history, help them and raise them to high honor." He pointed out that few young Jews know about the Christian families who hid Anne Frank; the heroism of Mother Maria of Paris, Father Bernard Lichtenberg, and the villagers of Le Chambon who were responsible for the rescue of thousands of Jews in Nazi- occupied France; the leaders of the Bulgarian Othodox Church who refused to deport Jews to the Nazis; the Portuguese Consul Aristides de Sousa Mendes who saved thousands of Jews from death and deportation; the Italian army's rescue of thousands of Croation and Yugoslav Jews; and the sewer workers of Lvov wh protected 17 Jews for 14 months living in the sewers of Lvov, in- fested with vermin, rats and cold. Why, Schulweis declared, "should Jewish children know on- ly the killer of the dream and not the heart and hand of gentile rescuers?" Knowing this, he con- cluded, would permit mercy to control anger and offer a more hopeful vision and heritage to the next generation. Refusenik Dead At 68 NEW YORK (JTA) - Haim Elbert, a 68-year-old Red Army veteran who with his family had been denied exit visas since they first applied in 1976, died in Kiev Nov. 8, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported here. His death came two days after he learned that the latest visa application for himself, his wife, their sons and their families had been rejected, the NCSJ reported. Elbert suf- fered heart attacks and a stroke in recent years. According to the NCSJ, his son, Lev Elbert, a former Prisoner of Conscience, was recently summoned to OVIR, the visa office, expecting the application to be granted. In- stead, he was told it was denied on grounds that he had failed to disclose "a former marriage" in a previous ap- plication. The charge was false, the NCSJ said. Haim Elbert was a graduate of the Stalingrad Military Academy and served as a com- pany commander in the Caucusus during World War II. He was captured in 1942 and escaped from a German prisoner of war camp after two unsuccessful attempts. He sur- vived in the POW camp by con- cealing his identity as a Jew. J-1IH3KJ nitsnnnn iron PROJECT RENEWAL woman who has determined to make a difference not only for herself, but for those around her. The youngest of four children, Shira was born in Hod Hasharon to immigrant parents who arrived in Israel in 1951 from Iraq. Growing up in Gil Amal and educated in Hod Hasharon, Shira served in the Army and then studied at Beit Berl, a local Teacher's College, Receiving a BA in Education. Her experience in- cludes teaching Tenach and literature in High School, as well as writing short stories and poems. Having been the recipient of a scholarship provided through the Project Renewal Funds, Shira has the responsibility of volunteering her services within her neighborhood. She has put her studying and ex- rriences to good use as the ditor of the local neighborhood newspaper. Shira is very positive about her experiences regarding the changes she sees as the result of Project Rnewal. .. physical renovations, activities for all ages, improvement in the level of education, and enrichment in the lives of the residents as a result of the social programs through Project Renewal. When asked about her future, she replies, "I hope to travel to the United States, specifically to South Broward and Palm Beach to visit and maybe to work in the com- munity to teach or tutor Hebrew ... in all aspects, grammar, reading, writing and even about the land of Israel. Then I can come home and begin my career in teaching.' She is adamant that Project Renewal has made a change in her life and given her the opportunity to study and have a profession in teaching. Clashes Continue In Old City Continued from Page 1 by Jews were denounced by Mayor Teddy Kollek, Knesset speaker Shlomo Hille and others. Cohen, a colonel in the reserves, was treated at Hadassah Hospital for head in- juries caused by a rock. "I fought through all of Israel's war and was never injured. Now I was hit by a Jew," Cohen said. He stressed that his attackers came from out- side the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood in West Jerusalem where Amdi's fami- ly is observing shiva, the seven-day mourning period. This was confirmed by local residents. Rage in the neighborhood was directed mainly at the press and toward leftists, such as Cohen. It was orchestrated by religious ex- tremists who were identified as "outsiders." A memorial service for Amdi was held last Thursday under the watchful eyes of some 400 g)licement sent to keep order, ut the police have been unable to curb violence against Arabs in Shmuel Hanavi or in the Moslem quarter where Amdi was a student at the Shuvu Banim yeshiva, run by the Breslav Hasidim. Arabs living near the yeshiva have left their homes for fear or reprisals by students. They have been sub- jected to harassment nightly since the murder of Armdi. Several homes were burned and Arabs have been stoned in the streets. Arabs have also engaged in stoning. A preg- nant woman resident of the Old City's Jewish quarter was grazed by a rock last Thursday afternoon. The leader of the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood commit- tee said Thursday that the violence was likely to continue until the end of the shiva period. Kollek said that after the mourning period, "one should deal with the phenomenon of the yeshiva which consistently provokes the Arab population.' Kollek spoke to reporters during a visit to the scene of the murder on Khaldiye Street. He said the hotheads who have been harassing Arabs all week are serving the ends of the Palestine Libera- tion Organization. Knesset Speaker Hillel said on a radio interview that the police must do their utmost to prevent further hooliganism because that is exactly what the terrorist organizations want to provoke. Meanwhile, Baruch Mazel, secretary of the Knesset fac- tion of the extrmeist Kach Par- ty, was released on bail. He had been jailed for 24 hours on suspicion of organizing riots in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Charges Dropped NEW YORK (JTA) - Charges have been dropped by New York City Criminal Court Justice Roger Hayes against all 55 rabbis and laypersons who were arrested Oct. 12 at the Soviet UN Mission here. Their demonstration coincided with the Reagan-Gorbache\ Iceland summit meeting and Yom Kippur eve. The protesters, who had been charged with disorderly conduct, were organized by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry as part of "Operation Redemption," a series of peaceful arrests at Soviet of- fices in the New York area in which 415 persons have been arrested since January 1985, including 173 rabbis and 12 legislators. Italian Jewry Disturbed Over Teaching Catholicism In Schools Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 11 By LISA BILLIG ROME (JTA) The Quadrennial Congress of the Union of Italian Jewish Com- munities (UIJC) is focusing on what is perhaps the most disturbing issue for Italian Jewry since the last Congress four years ago the teaching of the Catholic religion in the Italian school system. Classes on Catholicism at all grade levels were introduced as a result of the 1985 accord between the Education Ministry and the Catholic Episcopal Conference. While they are voluntary, there is no feasible alternative for the very small minority of Jewish and other children who do not want to participate. THE PROBLEM is high on the agenda of the three-day conference attended by delegates from the Jewish communities of Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, Naples, Venice and many smaller cities all over Italy. Youngsters from the Italian Jewish Youth Federation handed out pam- phlets at the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini, where the conference is taking place, calling for repeal of the 1985 accords. The UIJC has compiled numerous case histories testi- fying to the ill-effects of the new law on non-Catholic children, particularly in nursery and kindergarten. It is especially alienating for Jewish children who cannot, at their age, understand why they must be separated from their friends while Catholic ideology is taught, the UIJC points out. Vittorio Ottolenghi, one of the four Jewish represen- tatives on the eight-member "Mixed Commission" (govern- ment and UIJC) which is charged with revising and up- dating the 1930 treaty bet- ween the UIJC and the Italian state, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that there is hope the present law may be suspended immediately and revised within 2-3 years, at least as it applies to nursery and kindergarten. ITALIAN JEWS have been joined in protest by the Waldensian Protestants. Con- cerned Moslem parents in Italy also reportedly intend to make themselves heard through the channels of Arab Embassies in Rome. The Congress is the gather- ing where every four years Italian Jews elect their official representatives, plan their future and try to gain perspec- tive on their past. The opening ceremonies were honored by the presence of President Francesco Cossiga, the first Italian chief of state ever to attend such an event. It was addressed by Foreign Minister Giulio An- dreotti who spoke for the human rights of Soviet Jews, and by the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, who traced the intellectual and moral con- tributions of Italian Jewry through the centuries, sym- bolized by the history of her own family. AT THE LAST Congress, in 1982, the UIJC was in a budgetary crisis which threatened such communal services as the Jewish schools in Rome where nearly half of the country's 40,000 Jews live. The community was then also divided over Israel's invasion of Lebanon. But a better atmosphere prevailed at Monday's open- ing. 1 tie iinanciai situation nas improved and Israel is once again the focus of Italian Jewish unity. A matter up for discussion is a revision of the statutes of the self-governing UIJC which, since the last Congress, has been transform- ed from a public institution with obligatory registration and Jewish community taxa- tion for all Jews, into a private, voluntary association. Participants in the Leadership Develop- ment Program of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County met recently at the home of Michael Burrows, Federation Board Member, for the first program of the 1986-87 year. Abe Gittelson (standing), an Associate Director of the Central Agency for Jewish Education in Miami, facilitated a workshop on the essential components for Jewish survival. Reagan Administration Arms Disclosure Not To Effect Conspiracy Trial Hjou axt Unulktd to oin THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY at a COMMUNITY-WIDE ZIMRIAH (Songfest) ana CHILDREN'S PLEA FOR SOVIET JEWRY DATE: DECEMBER 17. 1986 TIME: 7:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. PLACE JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL 5801 Parker Avenue West Palm Beach PLEASE CONTACT TOUR REMGIOUS SCHOOIS fOR DITAIIS P cS/tontoxtJ ) DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION OE THE IEWISH FEDERATION OE PAIM BEACH COUNTV On Confutation unit. THE IEWISH EDUCATORS COUNCIl OF PAIM REACH COUNTV and THE SOVIET |EWR* TASK EORCE Of THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIl By MARGIE OLSTER NEW YORK (JTA) The disclosures of the Reagan Ad- ministration recently that it approved covert shipments of American weapons to Iran "have no bearing whatsoever" on the prosecution of 17 defen- dants, including four Israelis, charged with conspiracy to sell American weapons to Iran, an Assistant U.S. Attorney told a court here last week. Assistant U.S. Attorney Loma Schofield made the statement in her opening remarks at a pretrial motion hearing in Manhattan's District Court. The defendants in the case face charges of con- spiracy to resell $2.5 billion of American arms to Iran and of falsifying the documents need- ed to gain U.S. approval for the sales. SCHOFIELD TOLD Federal Judge Leonard Sand that she had discussed the case with Justice Department of- ficials and people in the Na- tional Security Council who in- formed her that this case is not related to any of the covert arms shipments approved or orchestrated by the Reagan Administration. Defense attorneys challeng- ed the prosecution's state- ment, noting a remarkable convergence of the accounts of defendants in the case and the events confirmed by the Reagan Administration and other sources in the past weeks. Attorney Paul Grand, representing the alleged mid- dleman in the conspiracy, Sam Evans, told the court there was a "startling overlap, coin- cidence and identity," between what the defendants had said on tape and what was actually happening in government. ON THE tapes recorded secretly from December, 1985 to April, 1986 with the help of an Iranian informant, Cyrus Hashemi, who posed as an Ira- nian arms buyer, the defen- dants said they believed the policy toward selling weapons to Iran was under evaluation within the government. The defendants said they believed the Administration would approve the arms shipments. In a later tape, the defendants said the arms deal had been approved and that Vice President George Bush favored it, Secretary of State George Shultz was against but nevertheless it would go for- ward. These positions on the Iran policy within the Ad- miministration have also been confirmed, Grand said. The defendants also said arms sales would be allowed only for the purpose of further- ing contacts with Iran. SAND DID NOT rule on the attorneys' motions which would require the U.S. At- torney's office to produce evidence of what the Ad- ministration's policy on shipp- ing arms to Iran has been in fact for the past two years and not what the Administration purported it to be. Sand told the defense at- torneys that he was not certain that such material would be relevant to or would help the dedendants' case. He did not rule on the motion last Tues- day, but is expected to do so within the month. William Kunstler, attorney for defendant Nicos Minardos, asked the court to produce the autopsy and toxicology reports on the government's key witness Cyrus Hashemi, who died in London apparently of leukemia in July. The U.S. At- torney's office has said that its investigation indicated that Hashemi died of "apparently natural" causes. Kunstler in- dicated that it is possible that Hashemi was killed. He noted that Hashemi's death could only help the pro- secution and hurt the defense because the defense would not have the opportunity to cross- examine the key witness. KUNSTLER ALSO made a motion to exhume Hashemi's body to investigate the possibility of a murder. It was denied. Hashemi, an Iranian ex- patriate, has emerged as one of the intriguing puzzle pieces in the case. Recent press reports indicated that former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson had arranged a contact between American of- ficials and Hashemi last year in efforts to free American hostages in Lebanon. According to defense at- torneys in the case, Hashemi played a similar role in 1980 when the Carter Administra- tion contacted him to expedite the release of the American hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Hashemi was in- dicted in 1984 for selling American weapons to Iran, after an FBI surveillance of his room in 1980-81 revealed his activities. Attorneys have said Hashemi made a deal with the U.S. Attorney's office to act as an informant in this case in ex- change for leniency on the 1984 charges. KUNSTLER REFERRED to an unconfirmed rumor dur- ing the hearing. He suggested that a defendant named in the indictment, John de la Roque, who is still a fugitive, is really Lt. Col. Oliver North of the Marine Corps, a highly placed official of the National Securi- ty Council. North is reportedly one of the chief architects of the Iranian-U.S. arms ex- change and often disguises himself and uses false names to conceal his identity. On the tapes, the defendants discuss de la Roque's role in the negotiations. He is said to be, on the tapes, a former member of the Delta Force who is very friendly with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. P.X. Kelley and with other top Administration of- ficials. On one of the tapes, Evans told Hashemi that de la Roque met with Bush's aides in West Germany to discuss the covert shipment of arms to Iran. The defense attorneys also made motions to subpoena North, National Security Ad- viser John Poindexter, Bush and other government of- ficials. Sand did not rule on this motion. Refusenik Kogan Arrives In Israel TEL AVIV (JTA) Yit- zhak Kogan, a former elec- tronics engineer who became an Orthodox Jew during his 12-year quest for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union, arrived in Israel with his family last week. Kogan, who won the name of "Tzadik (holy man) of Len- ingrad," was greeted at Ben- Gurion Airport by an ecstatic crowd of Habad Hasidim. He stepped from the plane garbed in a black kaftan and wearing a long beard. Page 12 The Jewish Floridian of Pialm Beach Cdunty/Friday, November 28,1986 J eres Appeals For 'Civilized Way' 1 > Deal With Religious Differences By RRAY ZUCKOFF CHIC GO (JTA) An appeal the Jewish people to avoid a >plit within its ranks over i Jgious and secular issues vas issued here by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. He urged that "a civilized way be round to deal with religious dif- ferences" that have become exacerbated in Israel and the United States. Addressing more than 3,000 Jewish leaders from North America and abroad at the 55th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations here, Peres said that Jewish life is marked by variations, with different strains and dif- ferent beliefs between and among the religious and secular elements in Israel and the U.S. The variations, he said, do not worry him. But, he added, "I am worried about our unity. Let's be careful not to split. We are too small a people to become two or three people instead of one." Peres declared: "I call upon everybody, let's argue without hate; let's decide our positions and listen to one another, among your synagogues and between the religious and secular." THE FOREIGN Minister's remarks were in keeping with the General Assembly theme of Klal Yisrael, the pursuit of unity in the midst of diversity and the coexistence of diversi- ty for the sake of unity. His remarks were also made against a backdrop of discord and disharmony between the Orthodox on the one side and the Reform and Conservative movements on the other over numerous issues of halacha (Jewish law), and the restric- tion imposed on the Conser- vative and Reform movements in Israel by the Orthodox establishment. Peres, whose remarks on the imperative need for Jewish unity were greeted by prolong- ed applause, said, "I think it is for you and for us to mobilize goodwill, to call upon the heads of each strain to see the need for Klal, Yisrael, not just the conviction of each synagogue, important as it may be, and to find the necessary wisdom and pa- tience and talent to have our arguments in a way that won't split us to pieces." SPEAKING OF another kind of unity, Peres focused on the relations between the United States and Israel. He said the two countries are in "an era of cooperation like never before and with nobody else. We are not afraid of the greatness of the United States and the United States is not worried about the smallness of Israel." He did not specify the areas of cooperation nor did he allude to reports about Israel's cooperation with the U.S. in sending arms to Iran. He said Israel was very pro- ud of the fact that the U.S. recently recognized Israel "by a very special name, and I shall pronounce it very clearly a non-NATO ally/' But Peres explained that Israel is esen- tially different than America's European allies in a number of ways. "We do not ask the American army to protect our land or our skies," he asserted. "We shall do that ourselves. We are allies because we are not reluctant, we are not shy or apologetic in our relations with the U.S. American equip- ment, up to a point. Israeli risk, when necessary. Definite- ly, a non-NATO situation." ANOTHER KIND of unity stressed by Peres was interna- tional cooperation to fight ter- rorism on a global scale. "The real danger which innocent people and nations of goodwill are facing is not so much full- fledged wars run by armies but the terrible criminal violence of terror," he said. "I think in many ways Israel was forced to be the first to confront it and the U.S. the second." Terrorism, Peres said, must be curbed if the peace process in the Middle East is to con- tinue. He said that Israel and the U.S. can help bring peace to the Mideast for all the peo- ple. "Our enemies are not Arabs, Moslems or Christians. Our enemies are hostility, belligerency and war," Peres Aaher Nairn (left), a minister of the Israel Embassy in Washington, with Jack J. Spitzer (center), chairman of the David Ben-Gorion Centennial Committee; and Congressman Sidney Yates (D., HI.) after passage last month of a congres- sional resolution commemorating the 100th birthday of David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel. Resolution was sponsored by Rep. Yates and Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R., Minn.) and was passed by both Houses of Congress before ad- journment in October. declared. He said that "an interna- tional involvement is also necessary in order to stop ter- rorism. The cost of terror from the point of view of its victims is high. But terror also affects the Arab world itself. Leaders are frightened to death because of the continuous threat to their lives, from the level of mayors to the heads of state. They cannot make the right choice. They cannot select the necessary policies in order to save themselves from the terrible expense of military preparedness and the ongoing danger of a new war. Unless terrorism is fought, peace will not happen at all." PERES URGED the na- tions of Europe, especially West Germany as well as Japan, whose gross national Products have increased steep- er over the past few years and whose economies are well organized and viable, to help the Arabs economically. "The economic situation of some of the Arab countries became so dramatic that their own governments, their own systems are in real danger, and unless real help is offered the danger will be augmented and the road to peace will be impeded," he declared. But, Peres emphasized, while international coopera- tion is necessary tif combat terrorism and to help stabilize the economies of Arab coun- tries, the international com- munity cannot impose solu- tions on the Arabs and Israel. "No imposed solution will be a success. The road to peace is through free negotiations bet- ween Tsrael and her Arab neighbors," he said. ISRAEL IS intent on pursu- ing peace, Peres said, and has proved this in relation to Egypt and its ongoing efforts with Jordan. "Israel is strong enough to defend itself and is strong enough to go and negotiate peace with our neighbors," he stated. "We have won all the wars that have been forced upon us. We have decided this time to win a peace." The world, Peres observed, "is convinced that Israel is sincere in trying to halt the dispute between the Arabs and ourselves, peacefully, diplomatically." One of the consequences of this, he noted, is that it "helps create a climate of support for the peace process in the United States among the people and in Congress. Israel, Peres continued, has moved in the direction of br- inging peace to the Mideast without the help of the United Nations. The war with Lebanon has come to an end, the dispute with Egypt over Taba has been settled, Arab mayors have been given in- creasing authority to run their own municipalities in the West Bank, and a Jordanian bank has been allowed to open in the West Bank. "Terror has sub- sided in the West Bank," Peres observed. "There is 50 percent less terror this year than the preceding year." MEANWHILE Israel inter- nally still faces some problems. Peres said there is "no sense in covering up the divisiveness in Israel between Sephardim and Ashkenazim, between religious and secular groups and between religious groups themselves as well and bet- ween the secular groups as well, and the Arabs in Israel who do not get a feeling of equality." But, he added, "I have a feeling that the ethnic divisiveness is diminishing. A great thing has happened. Both the Ashkenazim and Sephardim have begun to feel Jewish. They have a greater feeling of equality. We are cor- recting some mistakes regar- ding the Arab minority. We are implementing the things we demanded when we were minorities." Peres also listed some other achievements in Israel, in- cluding a balanced budget, a halt to inflation, increased foreign trade and a decreased trade deficit, the absorption of 16,000 Ethiopian Jews who came to Israel under Opera- tion Moses, and the ongoing rehabilitation of impoverished neighborhoods under Project Renewal. The next task for Israel in- ternally is to settle the Negev, "the last frontier of Israel,' as Peres put it, and to make the desert bloom in line with the vision of David Ben Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister. The centennial of his birth is being celebrated this year. EARLIER IN the day Thursday (Nov. 13), Peres ad- dressed some 5,000 people at a noontime rally for Soviet Jewry. The Foreign Ministry told the participants who brav- ed freezing weather, that the fight for Soviet Jews is "not a fight with Russia, not out of hatred. We are a peaceful peo- ple. The struggle is for the right to be a people with our own tradition who want to be able to pray to the Lord, educate our children in our culture and live a Jewish life." He called the effort "the moral struggle of our time," a strug- gle "that we shall win." Chicago Mayor Harold Washington echoed that view in his remarks at the rally. He said "this is a moral struggle in which there are no neutrals. We choose to stand for the right of Soviet Jews to prac- tice their own religion without fear of repression or reprisal and for those who chose to leave to be allowed to do so." Eloquent appeals on behalf on Soviet Jewry were also made by Raymond Epstein, chairman and former presi- dent of the CJF; Morris Abram, president of the Na- tional Conference on Soviet Jewry; Alexander Kushnir, a refusenik recently allowed to emigrate after a 10-year bat- tle; and Pamela Cohen, presi- dent of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry. Women's Division 1987 Campaign Major Events THURSDAY, JANUARY 15,1987 Lion of Judah $5,000 minimum commitment WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1987 Pacesetters Luncheon $1,200 minimum commitment J0wish Fdration of Palm Btach County 832 2120 *s A v 1987 Campaign - __* Major Events SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13,1986 Major Gifts Dinner Honored Quest BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Israel's Ambassador to the UN $25,000 minimum commitment THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1987 President's Dinner At The Breakers $10,000 minimum commitment THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1987 Community Dinner At The Breakers $1,200 minimum commitment Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County 832-2120 i Friday, November 28, 1986/The-Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach Cotmty Page 13 Organizations AMIT WOMEN Rishona Chapter, is having a regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 12:30 p.m. at the American Sav- ings Bank, Westgate, C.V. Entertainment and collation to follow. All members and guests are welcome. B'NAI B'RITH Tel Aviv Lodge No. 3015 will hold its next meeting on Monday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom, 314 North "A" Street, Lake Worth. The Century Village Man- dolin Ensemble will entertain with a medley of Jewish music. B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN Menorah Chapter No. 1496 meets 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the American Savings Bank. Humorous skits will be presented by the "Performers." Refreshments served. Coming events: Dec. 17, Wednesday, Dinner/Show at the Copacabana night club, includes transportation. Dec.30-Jan. 1, New Year's Weekend, includes Seaworld, gala New Year's Party, Showboat dinner theatre. A bus leaves every Saturday evening for games at the Seminole Village. For information call Ruth Rubin. Olam Chapter will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Challenger Clubhouse, Poinciana Dr., Lake Worth. Refreshments will be served at 12:30 p.m. The speaker, Ann Lipton, Jewish Education Director of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, will confront you with some provocative questions, and some surprising answers. Bring your husband and friends. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Boynton Beach Chapter coming events: Wednesday, Dec. 3 There will be a dual piano recital at the home of Clara Lang at 1 p.m. Pianists, Clara Lang and Evelyn Tunick. Wednesday, Dec. 10 Library Trust Luncheon at the Doral Country Club, Miami. Call Etta Kasten. Wednesday, Dec. 10 to Saturday, Dec. 13 Regency Spa-Hotel, 10101 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour; Gratuities to waiters and busboys included. Monday, Dec. 15 Paid up membership meeting and MINI lunch at the Royal Palm Club House, 544 NE 22 Ave., Boynton Beach. Entertainment will follow. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22 Drama Study Group: The subject will be Lillian Hellman, given by Sally Lehrman, at the Royal Palm Club House, 544 NE 22 Ave., Boynton Beach, 1 p.m. HADASSAH Aviva Chapter Paid-up membership buffet brunch will take place at noon on Monday, Dec. 8 at the Beach Federal Bank on Gun Club Road and Military Trail. Laura Shep- pard co-manager of Chamber Theater will give a one- woman performance. The Board will meet at 10 a.m. Paid-up membership luncheon for Cypress Lakes Chapter on Monday, Dec. 8, noon, at Morse Geriatric Center, No. Haverhill Rd., West Palm Beach. Kosher catered luncheon. Playlet will be performed. Donation $7. Golds Meir-Boynton Beach will hold their general membership meeting on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 12:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom, 315 North "A" St., Lake Worth. Past President, Sydelle Goldenberg will conduct a Memorial Tribute to the late Estelle Schwartz for her outstanding work in Hadassah. Following this, Cantor Howard Dardashti, of Temple Beth Sholom will entertain with a medley of songs. Members and friends are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Coming event: Sunday, Dec. 14 Habimah Players Matinee at the Lake Worth High School. Tickets start at $12.50 for the first five rows; $8 for the orchestra, and $6 for the mez- zanine. For tickets: Kay Warren, Mary Scheff, or Gert Rosen. Shalom W. Palm Beach will participate in the Communi- ty Plea for Soviet Jewry to be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth El, 2815 No. Flagler, W. Palm Beacn. Coming events: Dec. 22-26, four day holiday at Regency Spa, Miami Beach. A complete Spa package is being offered. Dec. 30-Jan. 1, celebrate New Year's with a trip to Florida's West Coast, cruise on Sarasota Bay, dinner theatres, New Year's party. For reservations for both trips, contact Lillian Schack, Florence Siegel, Helen Nussbaum. Tikvah West Palm Beach meeting Dec. 15 at Anshei Sholom, boutique 12:30. Dr. Mary Sandier will give a book report on Kosher Cooking Around the World. Coming events: Dec. 7-10, Regency Spa, Miami Beach, call Regina. Dec. 10, Soviet Jewry Day. Dec. 14, Flea Market at Century Corners from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. call Florence. Dec. 18, Israel Bond Luncheon at the Breakers Hotel, Fashion Show, call Laura. Tikvah Chapter will hold an Israel Bond luncheon at the Breakers Hotel on Dec. 18. Guest speaker will be Gerda Weissman, Klein. The regular meeting of the West Boynton Chapter will be hold on Dec. 1 at Temple Beth Kodesh on NE 26 St. Coming event: First Annual Bazaar and Flea Market on Sunday, Dec. 7 at Temple Beth Kodesh, NE 26 St., in Boynton Beach. Doors open at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Do your Chanukah shopp- ing early. Yovel Chapter will have a Study Group on Thursday, Dec. 4. Sylvia Diamond will review the life and works of Aaron David Gordon from the book "Great Jewish Thinkers of the 20th Century." Meeting is open to members and guests. HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS OF THE PALM BEACHES The Group will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 3,9:30 a.m. at the American Savings Bank, at the West Gate of Century Village on Okeechobee Blvd. Guest speaker will be Lois Frankel the newly elected State Representative District 83. Topic: Challenges Facing Florida. Refreshments will be served. For information call Ed Lefkowitz. Please reserve the date Dec. 21, 12:30 p.m., for our an- nual Chanukah Party, at the Hyatt of the Palm Beaches. SOUTH FLORIDA JEWISH CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES The chapter's paid-up membership luncheon and holiday party will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Beach (Sunrise) Vacation and Travel Meeting Room, 4645 Gun Club Road, Gun Club Shopping Center, West Palm Beach. Plaques of appreciation will be awarded to outstan- ding deserving members for their services for the past years to the chapter. Wendy Cathey, Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of the Lincoln Savings and Loan will represent the bank and present a $25 savings account to the lucky winner. Gifts will be presented to all the paid-up members as well as many door prizes and gifts. The Hon. Dennis F. Dorsey and Prof. Donald 'Orsi' Schultz will discuss "Education Our Natural Resources The Senior Citizens." Tickets are available for the annual luncheon and card party which will be held on Sunday, Jan. 11. For informa- tion and reservations on the luncheon please call Jeanette S. Levine. For information on the chapter meetings and member- ship please call: Sid Levine, West Palm Beach; Jack Wiener, Boynton Beach; Don 'Orsi' Schultz, Boynton Beach. WOMEN'S AMERICAN ORT Golden Rivers will hold its annual Flea Market on Sun- day, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Atlantic Federal Bank (next to Shoprite) at the corner of Okeechobee and Haverhill Roads. There will be many household items, articles of clothing, something for everyone, at low prices. Okeechobee Chapter will run its annual Rummage Sale on Sunday, Dec. 14, "Under the Trees" on Southern Blvd., just west of Royal Palm Beach Blvd. Century Chapter will hold its next meeting on Dec. 11, at Anshei Sholom, at noon. "The Performers' will entertain with a brand new "(Yiddish) Vaudeville" show. There will also be a Chanukah Candle Lighting Ceremony. All are welcome. Coming events: Dec. 22-25, four days and three nights, at the Lido Spa, Monday to Thursday; daily massage, three meals daily, transporation, gratuities, entertainment, line dancing with Sylvia Friedland daily. Dec. 27, Saturday matinee, "Follies" at the Royal Palm Dinner Theatre. Dec. 30, Tuesday to Thursday, Jan. 1, "New Year's Weekend" two nights at Wilson World, Famous Sea World, two full American breakfasts, one day at Epcot, New Year's Eve at Mark Two Dinner Theatre, Cypress Gardens, The Golden Years Water Ski Show, Aquacade '83, Dinner Black Forest, only $250. Robert Mayer Evans, veteran newsman and film-maker, will speak at Temple Israel on Dec. 7, on behalf of the State of Israel Bond Organization. Mr. Evans has lived and worked in several dozen countries spread over five continents. He is a former CBS News Foreign Correspondent and CBS News Bureau Chief in Moscow for the Soviet Union. Norman Bauer, honoree at the Sunday Testimonial Brunch, will receive the Heritage Award from the State of Israel. Engagement Announcement GOLD-FISHER Stanley and Carol Gold of Miami announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Har- riet of Fort Lauderdale to David Fisher, son of Albert and Liela Fisher of Fort Lauderdale. Harriet is the grand- daughter of the late Maurice and Lena Gold and the late Fred and Tillie Sandier, long time residents of Miami. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida and is currently employed as a sales representative for Sylvania Lighting Services. David is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and is the owner of Sun Fabrics of Fort Lauderdale. A June wedding is planned at Temple Samuel/Or Olom in Miami. LJROWARD IJAPER * PACKAGING FREE DELIVERY FLORIDA PALM BEACH S32 0211 QjROWARD IJAPER a IJACKAGING Page 14 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28,1986 Disinformation Kalb Resigned, Shultz Not Far Behind Continued from Page 5 "shouldn't get involved in any operation where we try to mislead our news media or our public in any way, shape or manner. And as far as I know, we haven't. And I certainly wouldn't be part of that." ' BUT ONE immediate casualty from the escalating "disinforma- tion" controversy was State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb, who resigned in protest on Oct. 8. "In taking this action," he said, "I want to emphasize that I am not dissenting from Secretary Shultz, a man of integrity, a man of credibility. Rather I am dissen- ting from the reported disinfor- mation program." Kalb, a former television news reporter who served in the State Department for nearly two years, said he was concerned "about the impact of any such program on the credibility of the United States. Faith in the word of America is the pulse beat of our democracy. Anything that hurts America's credibility hurts America." Thus, Kalb said he personally could not continue as spokesman for the State Department. "I'm familiar with the absolute require- ment of credibility," he said. Kalb's surprise resignation has generated enormous shock waves in Washington. Coming on the eve of President Reagan's mini- summit with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, the resignation clearly embarrassed and weakened the President. It has opened up many ques- tions involving the Administra- tion's overall credibility. Kalb's dissent has clearly tended to con- firm that the Administration had indeed sought to plant false stories in the U.S. news media as part of a disinformation campaign aimed at confusing Khadafy. Ad- ministration officials deny any such plan. BUT KALB, the 64-year-old former correspondent, could not passively go along with the reported effort. "You have a choice as an American, as a spokesman, as a journalist whether to allow oneself to be ab- sorved in the raaks of silence, whether to vanish into unopposed acquiescence or to enter a modest'' dissent," he told reporters during an emotional news conference. His voiced cracked and he was near tears. He was applauded by the journalists at the end of the session. Since the Washington Post first disclosed the anti-Libya disinfor- mation plot on Oct. 2, Kalb has been deeply bothered. "It has pur- sued me unshakably," he told the New York Times. "I have been agonizing about this thing," he continued. "I knew nothing about it. I was concerned. I was concerned with the impact of any such program on the credibility of the United States and the word of America and what the word of America means ... And I was concerned about my own integrity. "MY OWN integrity means something to me personally, but in the grand scheme of things I'm a simple asterisk. What I know is I didn't want my own integrity to get scooped up in this controversy." At the White House, there was deep anger at Kalb, especially because of the timing of his dis- sent. Many of Reagan's closest political associates had never trusted Kalb very much to begin with. His appointment nearly two years ago was pushed through personally by Shultz. Disinformation target was Libya's Muammar Khadafy. Kalb, in his resignation state- ment, went out of his way to praise Shultz. But the two men clearly differed in their assess- ment of the disinformation pro- gram, and its impact on U.S. credibility. Shultz, in earlier defending anything that might confuse Khadafy, had quoted Winston Churchill who said during World War II: "In time of war, the truth is so precious, it must be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Later, when a journalist told Shultz that the disinformation story represented a serious "charge" against the Administra- tion, the Secretary replied: "Why is that a charge? "If I were a private citizen reading about it, and I read that my government was trying to con- fuse somebody who was conduc- ting terrorist acts and murdering Americans, I would say, 'Gee, I hope it is true.' I don't see why you think this is a charge." BUT KALB obviously disagreed. After agonizing for several days, Kalb confronted Shultz with his decision. The Secretary did not try to change his mind. On Oct. 8, the Secretary issued a terse statement: "I am sorry to see Bernie Kalb go. I admire him as a friend. Bernie has my thanks for the job he has done, and I wish him well." White House Chief of Staff Don Regan was irritated by Kalb's ac- tion. But he also was defensive. "I think a lot of this talk about our ly- ing or dissimulation, or what have you, has been overblown, misunderstood," he said. "I don't think the President has been wounded at all." Pressed on the CBS Morning News to explain Kalb's resigna- tion, Regan replied: "I'll leave that up to you to ask Mr. Kalb. He's an employee of the State Department. He doesn't come under me. And I've had no conver- sation with him." public that "we have not lied to anyone. Did we have a plan to deal with Muammar Khadafy? Of course we did. We'd be derelict in our duty if we didn't" Regan, in response to another question, said that Poindexter's Aug. 14 memo outlining a disin- formation program against Khadafy was simply designed to keep the Libyan leader "off- stride." He said the U.S. hoped to "keep questions in his mind. Let him think that something was goind to happen so as to keep him off-stride. This man's a murderer, a terrorist. We have to deal, and deal with him so that he is con- stantly off-stride." Kalb, in an interview on ABC's "Nightline" television program, noted that when he accepted the State Department assignment he had said that the guidelines in- cluded "no lies, no misleading, to be as forthcoming as possible within security constraints .. I've sought to abide by those guidelines." Kalb also rejected the notion advanced by some Administration officials that the U.S. should plant false stories in the foreign, as opposed to American, news media. He warned that such stories overseas are quickly "echoed" back home, and are dangerous. KALB CONFIDED only with his wife, Phyllis, nd his younger brother, Marvin Kalb of NBC News, before making his an- nouncement. "This was not an easy thing for me to, but it's something I had to do," he said. "You know, I came here suddenly. I was taken by surprise at the Secretary's invitation, and I'm leaving with as comparable sud- denness. There seems to be an in- evitability about it." The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, Kalb worked for the New York Times from 1946 to 1961. He then joined CBS News, serving in Hong Kong and Indonesia for many years. In 1980, he joined NBC News, cover- ing the State Department with his brother. USA Today reported that the Cable News Network is interested in hiring Kalb. But he has not commented on his future plans. In the meantime, one of Poindexter's top aides, Howard Teicher, has come under some sharp private criticism from those U.S. Navy Commissions Technion To Study Wave Patterns HAIFA, Israel The United States navy has com- missioned Technion-Israel In- stitute of Technology's Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute (CAMERI) to study wave patterns in Mediterranean ports. The fin- dings will enable commanders of the Sixth Fleet, currently in the Mediterranean, to plan fleet movements and predeter- mine ports of anchor in accor- dance with anticipated wave patterns. know in advance wave height, force, direction, and other vital criteria for specific ports and times. Also included will be information on climate, wind factors, bathymetry (the measurement of ocean water depths), weather phenomena, and tactics for varied weather scenarios. Taking part in the 18 month study are experts in marine hydrodynamics and computer science. The research commis- . sioned at Technion is part of a During its initial stage, the series of projects on wave pat- study will focus on the ports of terns being conducted by Haifa and Ashdod. Later, it various institutions around the will be expanded to encompass world for the U.S. Navy. The other ports in the Eastern Technion project will cost Mediterranean basin including $60,000 for the initial stages. Crete, Cyprus, and Beirut. The reasearch involves development of a computeriz- ed model for forecasting wave patterns. The computer pro- gram to be developed by Tech- nion will enable the captain of CAMERI is a joint sub- sidiary of Technion and the Israel Ports Authority. In- itiated in 1976, CAMERI engages in basic and applied research aimed at contributing officials opposed to the hardline policy against Libya. Teicher, director of politico/military affairs at the Na- tional Security Council, is said to have been among those officials briefing The Wall Street Journal on the latest terror threats com- ing from Libya. But he is said to have the very strong support of Poindexter. Shamir Mum Continued from Page 1 foreign press reports of the plight of Iranian Jews were exaggerated. Shamir may have been refer- ring to, among others, a New York Times report from Vien- na last week that "persecution of Jews in Iran has reached such intensity that hundreds of them have joined a much larger exodus of Moslem Ira- nians fleeing the country." The Times attributed its infor- mation to refugees from Iran arriving in Vienna and officials of organizations there assisting them. According to Shamir, the situation of Jews in Iran is no worse than that of other religious minorities and it has not deteriorated. Asked who he would like to see win the Iran-Iraq war, he said he had no sympathy for either side. Shamir also stood firm on his insistence that Israel violated no British laws in the case of Mordechai Vananu, the former nuclear technician now in custody in Israel who was allegedly kidnapped in London by Israeli agents last month.. "Vananu left (Britain) on his own accord," Shamir said. "We are not obliged to give any promises to any country. I cannot say we have promised something to Britain but we have only stated the fact that we have not violated any British law. And this person (Vanunu) left Britain of his own free will. That's all." R^n wen, on *, ha h. ^^ThftTsSSFhS {"***"fT 23 anted to assure the American BJin in tha m~^~om ? improvement of ports and wanted sailing in the Mediterranean to ships. But reports from London said the British government is not satisfied with Israel's ex- planation of Vanunu's disap- pearance from London Oct. 1. David Waddington, Minister of State in the Home Office, said in the House of Commons, that while there is no evidence Vanunu was kidnapped, "I cer- tainly regard it as unsatisfac- tory that the Israeli authorities have declined to give any ex- planation, or even the date of his arrival in Israel." Vanunu is awaiting formal charges here for either es- pionage or treason for giving a British newspaper information about Israel 8 alleged nuclear weapons capabilities. Supreme Court To Hear Appeal WASHINGTON (JTA) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Lithuanian-born Juozas Kungys, a war crimes suspect, against a Federal appellate decision to strip him of his U.S. citizenship. Kungys, 70, a resident of Clifton, NJ., is ac- cused of lying about his Nazi past when he immigrated to the U.S. in 1948 and obtained citizenship in 1954. He is alleg- ed to have participated in the massacre of more than 2,000 Jews in Lithuania in 1941. . ""r ~- The Computerization of Israeli Agriculture Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 15 HAIFA, Israel A decade ago, scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology developed a new way of crating oranges. The technique eliminated one of the four binding wires which held the crates together and saved about a penny and a half on each crate. "It's not much when you consider a small shipment with only a few con- tainers," noted Prof. Kalman Peleg of the Agricultural Engineering Faculty, who worked on the project. "But when you're working with 50 million containers, it all adds up to a lot of money." The historv of Technion's development in orange-crate design reveals a problem which is besieging many sec- tors of Israeli agriculture. It is beginning to compete with its own inventiveness. When the new design in orange-crate packing was in- troduced, the cost of marketing Israel's Jaffa oranges was reduced, and Israeli citrus growers benefited. Within a few years, however, every major orange grower in the world got wind of the Technion design, and to- day there's hardly an orange shipped for export anywhere on the Seven Seas that isn't packed in a Technion-style crate. Thus, today, Israeli citrus exporters find themselves competing against their own ideas on the interna- tional market. The problem wouldn't be too bad if Israel's agricultural rivals copied only orange-crate design. Major concerns arises when one learns the full extent of imitation. In recent years, knowledge of Israeli agricultural technology has spread around the world. Israeli greenhouse designs can be found on Moroccan tomato farms. Israeli irrigation techni- ques can be seen in Spanish citrus groves. Indeed, much of North Africa and Southern Europe has become a showcase of Israeli agricultural technology. The problem is, however, that all of this Israeli genius is being used to help other coun- tries compete against Israeli produce in the lucrative Western European market. And Israel's agricultural rivals have other advantages which give them an edge in pricing: cheap labor costs and shorter shipping distances. Thus, a Moroccan farmer, using Israeli agricultural techniques, and employing cheap labor, can produce crops less expensively than an Israeli farmer. And at less than half the distance to the markets, the transporta- tion costs are much lower, too. This situation could squeeze Israeli produce out of the marketplace but the pressure will hopefully make the Israeli farmers more com- petitive than ever before. Israeli agriculture thrives on adversity. Each new challenge serves to stimulate ingenuity and proficiency. When adversi- ty is persistent, so is creativi- ty. Indeed, in Israel, necessity is the mother of invention. Sophistication in Israeli agriculture began decades ago in the border kibbutzim. Farm workers learned, sometimes tragically, that there was great danger in simply shut- ting down irrigation systems in the fields during the even- ing. Lone kibbutzniks were favorite targets for sniping terrorists. This untenable situation led to the develop- ment of computerized automatic shut-off valves. New developents in Israeli agriculture have evolved in response to terrorist attacks, political isolation, the harsh climate, and meager water resources. As part of the Lob Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center's new research and Htepped-up efforts to track Naxi war criminals. Center Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier (second from left) recently met in Miami with Venezuelan (omul General Benjamin Ortega (second from right) to present his government with a list of suspected Nazi war criminals living in Venezuela. Accom- panying Rabbi Hier was Robert L. Novak (left), recently-appointed director of development for the Center's new Southern regional office based in Miami; and (right). Congressman William Lehman, (D., Fla.) one of the House of Representatives' leading experts on South America. Includ- ed on the Center's list were the names, emigration data and alleged crimes of the suspects and, in one case, a current address. Extradition Battle Shaping Up By GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) - Attorney General Yosef Harish is fighting proposed legislation to avoid the extradi- tion of William Nakash, a Jew wanted for robbery and murder in France. Nakash is supported by a coalition of rightwing and religious elements who say they fear he will be a target of revenge on ethnic grounds if he is im- prisoned in France. The murder victim was an Arab. Nakash allegedly killed him in the course of a robbery in the French town of Besancon in 1983. France has asked for extradition. But Justice Minister Avraham Sharir has proposed a special law that would give him the authority to impose a prison sentence on Nakash in Israel equivalent to whatever sentence is pro- nounced in France. The case is being argued before the Ministerial Legisla- tion Committee where Harish maintained that the Justice Minister's proposal runs counter to Israel's legal system as well as its interna- tional legal commitments. He also denounced Nakash as "trash" who "came to Israel in order to destroy it." The Attorney General's harsh words were in response to a remark by Interior Minister Yitzhak Peretz of the Shash Party that the "Jewish aspects" of the case should be conidered. Nakash's attorney, Ronald Rot, filed a complaint against Harish with the Justice Minister. "The At- torney General has no moral or functional right to call my client trash," Rot said. U.S. To Israel: Drop Lavi and Bolster Navy Leukemia Victim Given Small Chance Of Recovery By DAVID LANDAU And GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) - Doctors treating leukemia vic- tim Michael Shirman said last were announced by Dr. Haim Brautbar of Hadassah Medical Center here, where the tests were made. Shirman was hospitalized several days ago Thursday that he has only a at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot. 1A.1C ______A. _1_______ r .... CT_______>_ l.lli.1 .nm.ncf tfW 10-15 percent chance of sur- vival, even with a bone mar- row transplant from his sister, Inessa Flerova, because his condition has deteriorated seriously in the past 11 months. Flerova's initial request for exit visas was denied by the Soviet authorities. Later she was told she could leave, but without her husband and children. As an international campaign on behalf of Shirman was mounted in the West, the authorities relented to the ex- tent that she could take her young children to Israel, however, her husband, Viktor high asVp^ent Flerova aT Pf?"' ""** jff-feig^ norSrffteborder. They were rived in lrnoi \*h k #WmO behind on a legal technicality. ^ firgt Katyusha fired into Shirman urged his sister not Israel in two months, family. As the They said that if Flerova had heen given permission to leave the USSR last February, when she first requested it, his chances would have been as press conference on Capitol Hill that doctors gave him only three months to live unless he had a bone marrow transplant. His sister was the only possible donor. The Soviet authorities agreed some weeks ago to allow Flerov to accompany his wife. RocketsFired At Israel TEL AVTV (JTA) A number of Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel from south Lebanon last Tuesday. One ex- ploded in Galilee causing slight damage but no casualties. The others fell in the security zone week. His message disap- pointed his Israeli hosts, though his opposition to the Lavi has long been known. The Israelis maintain that the production figures on the Lavi projected by Zakheim and other Pentagon officials are unrealistically high and that the Israeli cost-per-unit figures are more realistic. The American suggestion that Israel build more missile boats and submarines also poses financial and technical Eroblems. Israel has never uilt submarines, and U.S. naval shipyards build only nuclear subs. They have not built conventional undersea craft for decades. The Americans have sug- gested two West German shipyards and Zahkeim pro- posed that Israel pay for the vessels in goods or services rather than cash. But the Israelis say the costs are too high for a barter deal. On the other hand, the U.S. is interested in building missile boats for Israel, although Haifa Shipyards has con- siderable experience with that type of craft and is badly in need of orders. nved in Israel with her family three weeks ago. . WITH SHIRMAN'S disease in an advanced stage, the doc- tors are uncertain whether to go ahead with the transplant because of the patient's weakened condition and the |poor outlook for success. The prognosis was all the imore painful because tests |showed that Flerova's tissues re entirely compatible with ler brother's. The test results to divide her months dragged on, the cam- paign intensified. Shirman, at- tended by a physician, flew to Reykjavik, Iceland, to appeal personally to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was there for the Oct 11-12 sum- mit meeting with President Reagan. Later he flew to Washington, where he told a Premier Yitzhak Shamir said that there is no danger of war in the near future and he doesn't think Syria wants a confrontation with Israel. He said on a radio interview that Israelis are not worried about threats and bellicose statements emanating from Damascus and would not be drawn into a clash. If Syria at- tacked Israel, it would pay a heavy price, Shamir said. s> 5> THINK ABOUT IT! 14% of all accidents involve drinking or drugs 45% of all fatal accidents involve drinking or drugs MidrashaJudaica High School TEEN/PARENT ISSUES FORUM presents The Danger of Drugs And Alcohol" WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3,7:45 p.m. Jewish Community Day School 5801 Parker Avenue West Palm Beach Midrasha is sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. For more information contact Ann Lynn Llpton, Education Director at the Federation office, 832-2120. it Page 16 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 Christian Urges Jews To Avoid Generalizing in Zionist Discussion Senior News FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Continued from Page 5-A ween us is more artifical than real. Criticism conducted within the context of unequivocal support for the existence and security of Israel should include ongoing discussion about resolving the needs of Palestinian Arabs. Responsible criticism also demands careful consideration of all the actors in the Middle East, not just Israel. IT IS MORE than a little hypocritical, for example, for Christians to continually criticize Israeli policy on the West Rank as "pushing out" Palestinians from their homes and yet to ignore, as we mostly have, the Judenrein, not to mention Christianrein, of- ficial policy of our "moderate" al- ly, Saudi Arabia. It is hypocritical for Christians to condemn Israel's incursion into Lebanon and yet ac- quiesce, by silence, in Syria's oc- cupation of that tragic land. One can, it seems, be anti- Zionist simply by the selectivity of what one chooses to criticize. The line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is a notoriously thin fine. Two other points need to be made more clear to Christians. First, the emphasis in most Jewish explanations of Israel to Christians has naturally been on the relationship between the Holocaust and the moral justifica- tion for the State, a point that is becoming widely accepted. BUT WHAT is lost in this em- phasis is the fact that Israel is also a refuge for Jews victimized by Arab/Muslim intolerance. Hence there is a susceptibility among Christians to the anti-Zionist pro- paganda line that Israel is a Western "imposition" on Islam, a solution to a Western problem (anti-Semitism) forced on the Muslim world. The story of the Jews from Yemen and other Arab lands forc- ed to flee to Israel for survival needs to be told. Israel can thus be seen and supported as the proper dwelling place, the heart of the Jewish people whether Western or Eastern. The second point calls for challenging the view, which I hear more and more frequently among Christians, that the Palestinians are "the Jews of the Middle East." An ideal response, of course, would be a creative Zionist solution to "the Palestinian pro- blem," a phrase taken over from the Jewish experience. This would require the par- ticipation of key Arab govern- ments and the Palestinians themselves. Whatever one thinks of Palestinian peoplehood historically, the fact remains that the Palestinians now exist as a people and must be dealt with as such. CHRISTIAN theologians need to undertake the task of remin- ding their co-religionists that the Jews are Jews. For centuries, with often tragic results, we Christians have claimed to be "the New Israel," a phrase nowhere found in the New Testament. To see Christian theologians now declaring the Palestinians to be "the true Israel" is frighten- ingly reminiscent of certain elements of the ancient teaching of contempt. It needs to be challenged theologically as well as factually. Denying that Zionism is racism, as most Christian denominations have done, is only the first step. David Goldfarb's Daughter In N.Y. for Week's Visit By SUSAN RIRNBAUM NEW YORK (JTA) - Olga Goldfarb, daughter of the Soviet emigre David Goldfarb, arrived in New York Sunday fof a one-week visit with her father, who is- recuperating here from lung cancer surgery. She was granted a one-week tem- porary visa by Soviet emigration authorities last week, a move considered unusual for a refusenik whose application to per- manently emigrate from the Soviet Union was concur- rently pending. David Goldfarb's seven-year ordeal as a refusenik was abruptly terminated Oct. 16 when in- dustrialist Armand Hammer flew him and his wife Cecilia to the United States aboard his private jet. The 67-year-old retired geneticist was a patient in a Moscow hospital, suffering from complications of diabetes and heart disease. UPON HIS arrival in New York, he was immediately admit- ted to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center where tests Oct. 29 revealed lung cancer. On Nov. 2, David Goldfarb sent a letter to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev asking that his daughter, who re- mained behind in Moscow, be allowed to emigrate to join him in New York with her husband, Yuri Lev, and two daughters, Katya, 10, and Nadia, 4. In his letter, David Goldfarb said of his daughter's family that "They have been trying to obtain exit visas together with me, and there is no reason on earth why they shouldn't be permitted to follow me now The chances that my daughter will make it without high-level intervention are small unless your overall emigration policy changes." Goldfarb also praised Gorbachev's "recent reforms in other fields," which "make me believe that change is possible." Goldfarb was scheduled for surgery Nov. 5, and Columbia- Presbyterian was asked to pro- vide that information to the Soviets. Olga then applied for per- mission for a temporary tourist visa to visit her father in the hospital, and was told on Nov. 11 to report to the OVIR emigration office two days later to pick up her passport, which contained a visa good for one week's stay. THE 34-YEAR-OLD pediatri- cian was given permission only for herself and was refused permis- sion to bring along her older daughter, as she had requested. Olga told reporters at a news conference at Kennedy Airport that the granting of the emergen- cy visa "happened so quickly. I didn't think I would get it, but I did. The Soviet Union is unpredic- -table." She also said her parents' release "is considered a miracle in Moscow," and that she believes her visa is part of that miracle. The Comprehensive Senior Center through a Federal Grant Title III of the Older Americans Act provides transportation to persons 60 years or older, who do not drive or cannot use the public transportation system, serves Hot Kosher Meals in a group setting, delivers Kosher meals to homebound persons and offers daily educational and recreational programs. Call 689-7703 for further information. KOSHER MEALS The Kosher lunch program at the JCC is designed to keep persons healthy physically and mentally. Participants enjoy delicious nutritious foods that are a result of carefully plann- ed menus by registered dieti- cian. Daily varied programs educate and entertain older adults each day. There is no fee, but contributions are re- quested. Reservations must be made, call Carol or Lillian at 689-7703. Monday, Dec. 1 "Games" with Fred Bauman Tuesday, Dec. 2 Informa- tion About Seasons Perfor- mances, by Florida Repertory Theatre, Laura Weston Wednesday, Dec. 3 "Ex- ercise" with Shirley Sheriff Thursday, Dec. 4 "Children of China," Slides, Frank Lodge Friday, Dec. 5 To be announced Kosher Home Delivered Meals Homebound persons 60 years or older who require a Kosher Meal delivered to their home are eligible. TRANSPORTATION Transportation is available in a designated area for per- sons 60 years of age or over who do not use public transportation. For more in- formation and/or reservations, call 689-7703 and ask for Helen or Lillian in the Transportation Department, between 9 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., Monday through Friday. CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES Palm Beach County School Board Adult Education Classes: There are no set fees for classes. Participants are asked to make a contribution. All classes are held at the JCC. A new winter session will begin Jan. 26. Weight Control And Nutri- tion: "The Gangs Weigh" Monday, 2:15 p.m. Last class Dec. 8. Exercise And Health Education: Wednesday, 10 a.m. Last class Dec. 10. "Ways to Wellness": Thursdays, 1:15 p.m. Last class Dec. 19. Writers Workshop: Friday, 10 a.m. Last class Dec. 12. OTHER SENIOR ACTIVITIES Intermediate Bridge Series: Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Second Tuesday Council: Second Tuesday of each month, 2 p.m. TIMELY TOPICS/ ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION A group of men and women meet each week to discuss all phases of current events. For lunch first at 1:15 p.m. make a reservation by calling Veronica at 689-7703. There is no fee, but contributions are requested. The regular discus- sion group begins at 2:15. SPEAKERS CLUB Thursday, 10 a.m. Persons wishing to stay for an extend- ed Kosher luncheon get together, make reservations with Veronica, 689-7703. AT YOUR SERVICE Health Insurance Assistance: The first and third Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. Legal Aid: A representative from the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County will be available by appointment only on the first Thursday of the month. Senior Employment: A representative from the Na- tional Council of Senior Citizens is available by ap- pointment. Call Veronica 689-7703. VOLUNTEER NEWS AND VIEWS Volunteer your time and talents. People are needed for mailings, book reviews, musical entertainment, workers for the pre-school, etc. Call Carol Fox for an ap- pointment 689-7703. Tel Aviv University Offers Music Program NEW YORK In coopera- tion with the Overseas Student Program (OSP), the Tel Aviv University Samuel Rubin Academy of Music is offering a full-year Music Program in 1987-88 to American and Canadian students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs. Applications are being ac- cepted through May 1, 1987. This marks the first time the Academy has opened any of its programs to overseas students, according to the an- nouncement by the univer- sity's Office of Academic Af- fairs. Courses offered include Orchestra Repertory, Chamber Music, and Workshop for Contemporary Music. Students also have a choice of OSP courses in Mid- dle Eastern Studies. All courses in the year-long program are taught in English and are designed to earn full credit at home colleges and universities. Participation in a pre-semester Intensive Hebrew Language Program is required. Residence is in on- campus dormitories. Founded in 1945 and a part of Tel Aviv University since 1966, the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music is the only institution of its kind in Israel offering Bachelor's and Master's degrees. A number of former and present students of the Academy have won top prizes in international competitions. OSP music students are eligible to participate in week- ly public concerts and annual competitions. Optional private lessons (voice and instrumen- tal) are available. University-sponsored weekend tours are an integral part of the program. Sites in- clude Jerusalem, Massada, Ein Gedi and the Golan Heights. For application forms and all information, interested students should write or call: Office of Academic Affairs, American Friends of Tel Aviv University, 360 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017. JCC News For reservations and more information about the follow- m-TmraiM' C Enioy a day of "fun in the sun" starting at 11 a.m. Sun- day, Nov. 30 on the beach at Singer Island. Join the group. Look for the large orange and white umbrella in front of the Greenhouse. Get together at the Center, 700 Spencer Dr., West Palm Beach at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to plan the winter calendar and partake of a picnic type menu of French bread, cheese and fresh fruit salad. Donation: $2. All are welcome. SINGLE PURSUITS (40-60) Meet at the Center (700 Spencer Dr.) Monday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. to plan a winter season of exciting events. All are welcome. Coffee and cake will be served. Donation: $1. On Sunday, Nov. 30 at 5 p.m., meet at Riviera Lanes for an evening of bowling fun. Come play or just cheer all are welcome. Afterwards the group will go out for a bite to eat. Donation: $1 plus your own fare. Cardin Says Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 17 Pluralism Needed in Jewish Life By MURRAY ZUCKOFF CHICAGO (JTA) A call for pluralism in Jewish life in North America, abroad and in Israel was issued here last week by Shoshana Cardin, president of the Council of Jewish Federations. She was making her keynote address to more than 3,000 Jewish leaders from the United States, Canada and overseas attending the 55th General Assembly of the CJF. The commitment to pluralism "nurtures mutual respect among specific ideological groupings and seeks the pursuit of unity even in the midst of serious dif- ferences," Cardin declared in her address entitled "Klal Yisrael Federation's Role in Building Community." This also was the theme of the en- tire convention which ended last week. "WE BELIEVE that honest differences can be a source of creativity. We believe that the agenda which unites us is far more powerful and significantly more com- pelling than the agenda which divides us," she said. Further- more, Cardin stated, "We are committed to a civil, even if passionate discourse. We are opposed to shrill and strident discourse.' The CJF leader emphasized that "the Federation environ- ment must not be used to leverage specific religious or ideological support at the ex- pense of other religious per- suasions and ideologies ... Respect for different ideological, religious or political persuasions we ac- cept. Demanding that one ideology or persuasion prevail to the exclusion of others we decry." Cardin's address was a dramatic reaffirmation that the CJF is a collectivity of diversity in unity and the unity of diverse elements and views, all working to "enhance the opportunities for effective community building" and mak- ing it "a shared responsibili- ty," as she put it. All Jews, Cardin declared, "should be participatory Jews." She noted that "Judaism is not a spectator ideology." HER ADDRESS was in many ways markedly different in scope and substance than those CJF presidents have delivered in previous General Assemblies. It was less con- crete in terms of organiza- tional guidelines, but more powerful in terms of a philosophical guideline for "a vision of Klal Yisrael at home, abroad and in Israel." Without specifying, her urgent appeal for pluralism in Jewish life alluded to some of the discordant and vexing religious, social and economic issues extant in Jewish life. These ideas include: the ongoing conflict over who is a Jew; the role of the Orthodox establishment in Israel; the nuclear weapons build-up by the United States and Soviet Union; the Reagan Ad- ministration's economic and social policies affecting the lower and middle income segments of American society; the Jewish community as a Shoshana Cardin single or multi-issues-oriented community; and attitudes toward abortion, the sanc- tuary movement, and the kind of leadership the Jewish com- munity requires to assure its vitality and viability. CARDIN ALSO obliquely criticized financially affluent movers and shakers in the community who seek to use their influence to try to sway the Federation movement toward their views, as well as the Reform movement, which has indicated that it would have to rethink its financial contributions to Israel unless it was allowed a greater role in religious affairs. "CJF and Federations must maintain an open forum where all can participate, where all can express themselves without feeling threatened and without threatening others. We must be extremely wary of tactics which may be coercive or tactics which may seek to threaten our ability to respond to the needs of Klal Yisrael by withholding money," she said. "Money should not and can- not be used as an instrument for the pursuit of specific ideological or religious primacy in the pursuit of power or to redress grievances ... I call upon our co-workers in all the ideological and political movements of Jewish life to remain fervent and pas- sionately committed to their ideologies to seek to per- suade to seek to engage one another through creative, civil and effective discourse. "I MUST, however, be can- did. I fear that a significant segment of our people can be alienated as a result of the animosity and hostility that is being generated in our com- munal framework. Some may even choose a spectator role because of this negativism." Cardin urged the assembled leaders to "be prepared to take risks and design new ap- proaches test new ideas and experiment with new modes in the art and science of what the French call 'engage' in order to build a more just, more open and more equitable larger society." Cardin said the task of Federations is to maintain an effective and all-inclusive Jewish community by demonstrating "that our doors are open to all who can belong ... to all who may wish to par- ticipate but don't know how. "JEWS IN OUR continen- tal community, affiliated or unaffiliated, detached or even alienated, must begin to feel viscerally that the communal enterprise the Jewish Federa- tion wants them, is ready to embrace them and make room for them ... "We should not set precondi- tions, on the contrary, we must convey the message that our communal enterprise the Jewish Federation ex- tends itself and invites every individual and every discrete group into an interdependent relationship with community, representing our belief that 'all Jews are responsible to and for one another.' " Herbert M. Mabry, left, president of the Georgia State AFL- CIO, receives the American ORT Federation Community Ahcievement Award at a recent tribute dinner held at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. Dinner chairman Sidney Feldman presented the ORT award to Mabry 'in recognition of his outstanding leadership and his accomplishments on behalf of the people of Georgia.' Nicholas Bonanno, of the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and Tom Cordy, of AMC Mechanical Contractors, were dinner co-chairmen. Kahane Arrested In U.S. For Disordely Conduct By MICHAEL DEVEREY Kansas City Jewish Chronicle KANSAS CITY (JTA) - Controversial Knesset member Rabbi Meir Kahane was arrested last Tuesday night in Overland Park, Kans., a suburb of Kansas City, on a charge of disorderly conduct following a brief clash with Palestinian protestors during his speech. He was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to be arraigned in Overland Park Municipal Court on Dec. 2. He could send a lawyer in his place, according to a spokesman for the Overland Park Police Department. About 20 minutes into Kahane's 75-minute address at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park, he berated Arab Dresence in Israel. Mousa Israel Bonds To Conduct Intensive Cash Collection Effort An intensive community- wide drive will be conducted by the Palm Beach County Israel Bond campaign throughout the month of December to convert all un- paid Bond commitments into cash for Israel's economic development, Emma Gerr- inger, Cash Chairman, has announced. The effort is part of a coast- to-coast campaign in all com- munities throughout the United States and Canada. "Israel urgently needs Bond proceeds now to carry forward the remarkable improvement flowing from the Unity Government's 1985 austerity program to expand its economic growth," Gerringer said. She continued: "Friends of Israel have responded in 1986 with unprecedented Bond sup- port. Heartening as it is, the nation must have the actua^ proceeds that provide Israel with the means to provide more jobs and expand economic opportunities.' As part of Israel Bond Cash Month, the Palm Beach Cash Committee will mobilize local Bond volunteers to make per- sonal visits, set up telephone squads and organize special Israel Bond cash events during December. Friends of Israel who wish to make their Israel Bond payments are invited to call 686-8611. Israel Not To Upgrade Representation in Austria TEL AVIV (JTA) - Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said last Wednesday that Israel does not plan to upgrade its diplomatic representation in Austria. This apparently means that Israel will not name a replacement for Michael Elizur, the former Ambassador in Vienna, who retired several months ago. The Vienna Embassy is presently headed by a Charge d'Affaires. A new Ambassador would have to present his credentials to President Kurt Waidheim whose Nazi past was exposed during the Austrian election campaign last summer. Peres, replying to questions in the Knesset, said Israel's position toward Austria would depend in the long run on world reaction to Waidheim. He noted that U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz has refrained from meeting with Waidheim. But Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevard- nadze has called on him. Shukair, 41, a member of the Palestinian Human Rights Coalition, and a group of sup- porters began shouting from the back of the hotel's meeting room. "You took their land from them," yelled one. Kahane yelled for the protestors to be quiet while he spoke. When they did not, Kahane demand- ed that the police eject Shukair. Then numerous police and hotel security officers and about 140 stunned onlookers went hush as the rabbi charged at Shukair. Arms flailed, pun- ches reportedly were thrown, and Gary Lockhart a Kach In- ternational member from Lawton, Okla., helped police separate the rabbi and Shukair. Shukair and one of his sup- porters, Rezek Muslet, 26, were led away in handcuffs by police, charged with disorderly conduct. Another half dozen of their supporters also left the ballroom. Despite the interruption, Kahane, founder of the mili- tant Jewish Defense League and the Kach Party's lone member of Knesset, continued his speech at the Kach fund- raiser. Overland Park police arrested him afterward. Preceding the speech, Shukair and Muslet were seen outside the hotel protesting Kahane's appearance. They picketed alongside about 35 protestors representing the American Jewish Committee here, two congregations, the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Greater Kansas Ci- ty, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City and Ruah/New Jewish Agenda. Rabbinical Association spokesman Rabbi Philip Field issued a statement condemn- ing Kahane and his views on Arab-Israeli relations. Earlier, Kahane attempted to meet with leaders of the Jewish Federation or JCRB, despite their consistent opposi- tion to him and his policies. As in other cities, he was denied access to Federation offices. Page 18 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 Bar Mitzvah ** DEAN GOULD Dean Gould, son of Gerald and Lois Gould of Palm Beach Gardens, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Temple Israel. Rabbi Howard Shapiro will officiate at this adult Bar Mitzvah. Dean attended the Universi- ty of Florida and is interested in music, weight training, and Softball. He will be sharing this simcha with his brothers and sisters, Randy, Cary, David, and Elizabeth. CHAD MURRAY Chad Derek Murray, son of Iris and Warren Murray of West Palm Beach, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Nov. 28, at Temple Israel. Rabbi Howard Shapiro will officiate. Chad will be twinning his Bar Mitzvah with Leonid Aronson of Kharkov, Russia. An eighth grade student at Palm Beach Day School, Chad is a member of the Drama Club, Soccer Team, Lacrosse Team and "E" Club. He is in- terested in art and music and is an avid collector. Sharing the occasion with Chad are grandparents Evelyn and Henry Blum, long time residents of West Palm Beach, and Hilda and Joseph Murray Chad Murray of Hollywood, Florida. LOUIS SHAPIRO Louis Lee Shapiro, son of Gale Nancy Shapiro of Well- ington, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Temple Beth Zion. Rabbi Seymour Friedman will officiate. Louis is in the eighth grade at Crestwood Middle School Louis Shapiro where he is a member of the National Junior Honor Society and plays saxophone in the marching band. Louis has also acted in several musicals. He plays football, programs com- puters and participates in the "Adopt-a-Grandparent" pro- gram at a local nursing home. Louis will be celebrating this occasion with his two younger brothers. Identification Card Proposal For Converts Condemned NEW YORK (JTA) A proposal in Israel to stamp the identification cards of converts to Judaism to indicate they were not of Jewish birth was condemned here last week by Ernest Michel, executive vice president of the UJA Federa- tion in New York. The proposal, by the Interior Ministry in Jerusalem earlier this year, raised a storm of protest in Israel and abroad. It was not implemented. Michel, addressing the an- nual luncheon of American Women for Bar Dan Universi- ty to honor veteAn New York UJA leader Myrtle Hirsch,. said: "This is no policy for Israel to adopt. I deplore it as I'm sure every one of you does." MICHEL RECALLED growing up in Nazi Germany and being forced to carry an identity card "in which the Nazis identified me as a Jew and gave me and every other Jewish male the mid- dle name of Israel. Every Jewish woman and girl was fiven the middle name of arah for her identity card, which was also stamped with the epithet, 'Jude.' " But, Michel added, "I think it would be wrong of us to ex- aggerate the failings of Israeli society. Israel was created out of hundreds of different civilizations. It would be folly OCTOBER DISCOUNT SPECIAL CHAPEL MAUSOLEUM CRYPTS FOR TWO $2,368.25 (REG. $3,200) Including Opening/Closing, Inscription, Documentary Stamps rMeno&h m Gardens and Funeral Chapels 627-2277 9321 Memorial Park Road V/i Miles West of 1-95 via Northlake Blvd. Exit Cemeteries Funeral Chapels Mausoleum Pre-Need Planning to expect that, after a brief 38 years, Israel should turn out to be an ideal society. Yet it is a nation that every one of us can take pride in and rejoice in as we share in its achievements." Hirsch, chairman of Project Renewal for the UJA- Federation women's campaign since 1980, was honored as "a dedicated Zionist, outstanding humanitarian and devoted communal leader in the United States and Israel." HIAS Scholarship Competition NEW YORK, N.Y. HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is inviting applica- tions for its 1987 Scholarship Awards. In announcing the awards, Robert L. Israeloff, HIAS President, explained that those eligible to apply for the scholarship awards are HIAS-assisted refugees who have settled here since 1976 and have made exceptional progress in their adjustment to life in the United States. Each of the scholarships carries a $500 stipend. The scholarships will be presented at the organization's 107th Annual Meeting, scheduled for March 12, 1987. Applications and further in- formation may be obtained by writing to HIAS Scholarship Awards, HIAS, 200 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003. Completed ap- plications should be returned to HIAS, postmarked no later than Jan. 15. Award winners will be notified no later than Feb. 22. The international migration agency of the organized Jewish community, HIAS the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is a beneficiary of the UJA-Federation of Greater New York and Jewish federations across the country. Religious Directory CONSERVATIVE BOYNTON BEACH JEWISH CENTER BETH KODESH: 501 N.E. 26 Avenue, Boynton Beach 33485. Phone 586-9428. Rabbi Leon B. Fink. Cantor Abraham Koster. Monday 8:30 a.m.; Thursday 8:30 a.m. Sabbbath services, Friday 8:15 p.m., Satur- day 9 a.m. CENTRAL CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE OF THE PALM BEACHES: Services held Friday 8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. at Temple B'nai Jacob, 2177 Congress Ave., West Palm Beach. Mailing address: 500 South Australian Ave., Suite 402, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Rabbi Howard J. Hirsch. Cantor Howard Bender. CONGREGATION ANSHEI SHOLOM: 5348 Grove Street, West Palm Beach 33417. Phone 684-3212. Office hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rabbi Isaac Vander Walde. Cantor Mordecai Spektor. Daily services 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. GOLDEN LAKES TEMPLE: 1470 Golden Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach 33411. Phone 689-9430. Rabbi Joseph Speiser. Daily services 8:15 a.m. Evening services 6:30 p.m. Sabbath services Friday 8:15 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. Mincha followed by Sholosh Suedos. LAKE WORTH JEWISH CENTER: Dillman Road Free Methodist Church, 6513 Dillman Road, West Palm Beach 33413. Phone 478-4720. Rabbi Richard K. Rocklin. Cantor Abraham Mehler. President Murray Milrod, 965-6053. Services Friday 8:15 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. TEMPLE BETH DAVID: 4657 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens 33418. Phone 694-2350. Rabbi William Marder, Cantor Earl J. Rackoff. Sabbath services, Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. TEMPLE BETH EL: 2815 No. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach 33407. Phone 833-0339. Rabbi Alan L. Cohen. Cantor Norman Brody. Sabbath services Friday 8:15 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. Daily Minyan 8:15 a.m., Sunday and legal holidays 9 a.m. TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM: 315 N. "A" Street, Lake Worth 33460. Phone 585-5020. Rabbi Emanuel Eisenberg. Cantor Howard Dardashti. Services daily 8:30 a.m. Friday evening 8:15 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM: 224 N.W. Avenue G, Belle Glade 33430. Sabbath services Friday, 8:30 p.m. Phone 996-3886. TEMPLE BETH ZION: 129 Sparrow Dr., Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411. Sabbath services Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. Rabbi Seymour Friedman. Phone 798-8888. TEMPLE B'NAI JACOB: 2177 So. Congress Ave., West Palm Beach 33406. Phone 433-5957. Rabbi Howard J. Hirsch. Cantor Hyman Lifshin. Sabbath services Friday 8 p.m., Saturday and holidays 9 a.m., Monday and Thursday 9 a.m. TEMPLE EMANU-EL: 190 North County Road, Palm Beach 33480. Phone 832-0804. Rabbi Joel Chazin. Cantor David Feuer. Sabbath services, Friday 8:15 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. TREASURE COAST JEWISH CENTER Congregation Beth Abraham: 3998 SW Leighton Farms Road, Palm City 33490. Mailing address: P.O. Box 29%, Stuart, FL 33495. Phone 287-8833. Rabbi Israel J. Barzak. Services Friday evenings 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. ORTHODOX CONGREGATION AITZ CHAIM: 2518 Haverhill Rd., West Palm Beach 33417. Phone 686-5065. Sabbath services 8:45 a.m. and sundown. Daily services 8:15 am. and 5:46 p.m. REFORM CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL: 1592 Floresta, P.O. Box 857146. Port St Lucie, FL 33452. Friday night services 8 p.m., Saturday morning 10:30 a.m. Phone 878-7476. TEMPLE BETH AM: 759 Parkway Street, Jupiter. Phone 747-1109. Services Friday 8 p.m. TEMPLE BETH EL: 4600 Oleander Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL 33450. Phone 461-7428. Sabbath Services Friday 8 p.m. TEMPLE BETH SHALOM: St. Helen's Parish Hall, 20th Avenue and Victory Blvd., Vero Beach 32960. Mailing address: P.O. Box 2113, Vero Beach, FL 32961-2113. Rabbi Richard D. Messing. Phone 1-569-4700. TEMPLE BETH TORAH: 900 Big Blue Trace, West Palm Beach, FL 33414. Friday services 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Steven R. n.lCantor Elliot. Rosenbaum. Phone 793-2700. TEMPLE ISRAEL: 1901 No. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach 33407. Phone3-8421. Rabbi Howard Shapiro, Cantor Peter Taormina. Sabba&Hervices, Friday 8 p.m. TEMPLE JUDEA: at St. Catharine's Greek Orthodox Church Social Hall, 4000 Washington Rd., at Southern Boulevard. Rabbi Joel L. Levine. Cantor Anne Newman. Mailing address: 5849 Okeechobee Blvd., No. 201, West Palm Beach, FL 33417. Phone 471-1526. Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 19 Candle lighting Time Wiesel Friday evening, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. at St. Catherine's Cultural Center, the corner of Southern Blvd. and Flagler Drive. This Service is in honor of Elie Wiesel's achievement of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Rabbi Levine will Nov. 28-5:11 p.m. highlight the life of Mr. Wiesel. Cantor Newman will chant special music. During the Service, Denelle Plummer, daughter of Marcie and Louis Plummer, grand- daughter of Jack and Rosalee Stern, will receive her Hebrew name. Jack Karako and Tami Sucher will be called to the Torah in honor of their upcom- ing marriage. Members and friends are welcome to attend. Child care under the direction of Miriam Ruiz will be provided. For more information, call the office. Rabbis To Hold Soviet Jewry Sabbath LAKE WORTH JEWISH CENTER Rabbi Richard K. Rocklin has inaugurated a series of special Friday evening ser- vices to honor selected groups within the suburban Lake Worth area. Dec. 5 will be Poinciana night at the Lake Worth Jewish Center, 6513 Dillman Road, West Palm Beach. All residents of Poinciana are cor- dially invited to meet and greet their neighbors at the regular Friday evening service at 8:15 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow at which time you will have an opportunity to socialize with your neighbors. All are invited. TEMPLE BETH TORAH A New Year's Eve gala will be held at Temple Beth Torah 900 Big Blue Trace, Well- ington, Fla. It will be a fun par- ty with a live dance orchestra, party snacks, a late supper, in- cluding a midnight champagne toast, party favors, and much more. BYOB (bring your own bot- tle) and a complete selection of set-ups will be provided. The festivities will begin at 9 p.m. Tickets are limited, therefore reservations and table requests should be made j Area Deaths ABRAMSON Sidney, 83, of Century Village, West Palm Beach. Menormh Gardens and Funeral Chapels, West Palm Beach. ALSON Or. Herbert E.. 67, of 118 Golden Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach. Riverside Guar- dian Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. BERMAN Anne, 80, of West Palm Beach. Levitt- Weinstein Guaranteed Security Plan Chapel, West Palm Beach. BRIZELL JJyer, 94. of West Palm Beach. Levitt- Weinstein Guaranteed Security Plan Chapel, West Palm Beach. DEUTSCH W>, 93, of Kings Point, Delray Beach, norah Gardens and Funeral Chapels, West Pklm Beach. BORN [*", 75, of Century Village. West Palm ch Riverside Guardian Funeral Home. *st Palm Beach. KESSLER Eleanore E., 71, of West Palm Beach. wvenude Guardian Funeral Home, West Palm Beach. I LEE AraoW. of Lake Worth. Levitt-Weinatein ^wteed Security Plan Chapel, West Palm Beach. ROSS Arthur V, 67, of West Palm Beach. Levitt- wemstein Guaranteed Security Plan Chapel, West Palm Beach. 8TAV1SKY j;v*lyn, 77, of Century Village, West Palm ?"oh Levitt-Weinstein Guaranteed """"ty Plan Chapel, Weat Palm Beach. TAUB ** W. of Lake Worth. Levitt-Weinstein *^j"ed Security Plan Chapel, West TAYLOR *>' 82, of Palm Beach. Riverside Guardian 'toeril Home. West Palm Beach. yiSHNEW ""7. 70, of Lake Worth. Levitt-Weinstein 8K3.Sw:urity "- "* Wert early. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are $30 each. Please call Sylvia Lipkin for reservations and details. TEMPLE BETH ZION Temple Beth Zion, the Con- servative Temple of the Western Communities, will hold its first Traditional Shab- bat Dinner Friday, Dec. 5. Ser- vices will begin at 6 p.m. (a change of normal time). Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. There will be lots of eating, singing and dancing. Seating is limited reserva- tions will be taken on a first come first serve basis. For fur- ther information please call the Temple office. TEMPLE ISRAEL Temple Israel Shabbat Ser- vice on Friday, Nov. 28 will be conducted by Rabbi Howard Shapiro. Chad Murray, son of Iris and Warren Murray will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. He will read his torah portion and chant the kiddush. Services will begin at 8 p.m. During the evening service child care will be provided. On Saturday morning Nov. 29, Dean Gould, son of Lois and Gerald Gould will have his Adult Bar Mitzvah. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited. TEMPLE JUDEA Rabbi Joel Levine and Can- tor Anne Newman will conduct a Service of Tribute to Elie Area rabbis are being urged to deliver sermons or messages about the continuing oppression of 400,000 refuseniks in the Soviet Union at Friday evening services, Dec. 5, and Saturday morning services, Dec. 6. The an- Council of the Jewish Federa- tion of Palm Beach County, and Rabbi Joel Levine of Tem- ple Judea, Co-Chairman. Rapaport. "The Soviet Jewry Sabbath will also help motivate the community to attend the Community Plea for Soviet Jewry to be held on Wednes- day, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth El." The Soviet Jewry Sabbath will kick-off a ten day Com- munity Plea for Soviet Jewrv nouncement was made by Action Agenda and will help "tEwiifw, S3?aw! Terry Rapaport, Chairman of the community become more J 9tt?et Jewry T?k.Fo5* the Soviet Jewry Task Force aware of ways to help the Community Relations refuseniks, according to Mrs Rabbi Levine noted that of the Temple Emanu-El Begins Adult Education Forums Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach announces its Adult Education program for 1986-1987, marking its seventh anniversary season. On Friday, Dec. 19, 8 p.m., Florida's first female Supreme Court Justice, Rosemary Barkett, will take over the pulpit to speak on "The Ap- pellate Courts; Their Balanc- ing Function." Justice Barkett has been the recipient of many awards, has served on numerous committees, and is a member of several law societies. On Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m., attorney Marc A. Perl, Sharanskys Name Baby JERUSALEM (JTA) - The daughter born to Avital and Natan Shcharansky here was named Rahel, during Sab- bath services at a Jerusalem synagogue. She was named for a sister of her paternal grand- mother, Ida Milgrom. She is the couple's first child. Pre-arrange now... because the grief is enough to handle. Serving Jewish families since 1900 MEMORIAL CHAPELS Florida's Complete Pro-Need Plan "... It really makes sense." MSksi-;ci ,..,, WjSL .. \KANTtitil) KITYPL/W" Call for FREE Brochure ROSS LONDON 689-0877 member of the Board of Gover- nors of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and of the American Jewish Congress Liaison to the White House and U.S. Congress, will be the guest speaker. The final Friday evening lec- turer on March 20, 8 p.m., will be Professor Lawrence L. Langer, alumnae professor of English, author of three books on the Holocaust experience, and Fullbright Professor of American Literature. The lec- tu s are open to the public. All are welcome at no charge. has sent every rabbi in the community a packet which in- cludes biographies of our com- munity refuseniks, Cherna Goldort and Yuli Edelshtein." Rabbi Levine addressed the Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis at a recent meeting and was gratified with their cooperation. He also noted that rabbis could also choose the next week-end to deliver their Soviet Jewry sermons if they had previous commitments on the designated day. "Our Ac- tion Agenda concludes on Dec. 17 with the Children's Plea for Soviet Jewry at the Jewish Community Day School, so that the weekend of Dec. 12 and 13 would be equally ap- propriate," he said. For more information, con- tact Jack Karako, Staff Associate, at the Federation office, 832-2120. 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Israeli, an Orthodox Jew liv- ing in Newcastle, about 100 Calgary Holocaust Monument Unveiled CALGARY (JTA) Western Canada's second outdoor monu- ment commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust was unveiled here earlier this month at the Calgary Jewiah Center. The monument is a sculpture commissioned from Roy Leadbeater of Edmonton by Bill and Alyse Schwartz, reports the Jewish Star of Calgary. It features abstract figures of a man, woman and child rising from flames in front of a black granite wall on which names of Nazi vic- tims eventually will be engraved. October Inflation 2.4 Percent TEL AVTV (JTA) Oc- tober's inflation rate was 2.4 percent, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports. That was the lowest October rate in 13 years, noted Finance Minister Moshe Nissim, who cautioned that it was no indication of an upward trend. He said October traditionally is an "expensive" month because of seasonal in- creases in the prices of pro- duce, clothing and footwear. Histadrut labor federation Secretary General Yisrael Kessar noted that the October increase was lower than had been feared, but still was relatively high. For the first 10 months of 1986, prices rose by 14.6 percent. Hebrew U. Opens Eight Days Late JERUSALEM (JTA) - The Hebrew University began its 1986-87 academic year on Nov. 10, eight days late because of financial difficulties and a related dispute with the Housing Ministry. Facing a court order, the university opened its dormitories. It had e; Her kept them closed bemuse the Housing Ministry refused to allow the university to raise dormitory fees. About 5,00 of the 17,000 enrolled students live in the dorms. The university sought to raise the fe< because of a financial sh rtfall due to reduced g< rnment funding over the past several years. The freeze of fees at the current level will increase the deficit by $1 million. miles from here, argues Ross should be charged with disseminating hate propagan- da, because of several articles Ross published in local newspapers in New Brunswick recently. In articles published in the Northumberland News and The Miramichi Leader last month, Ross writes why he published his allegedly anti- Semitic books, where the public can buy them, and how he came upon his beliefs. Israeli believes that it is enough to reactivate hate charges against Ross. Earlier this fall, Clark decid- ed not to charge Ross with pro- moting hatred against Jews after a year-long investigation by the Moncton police force and the Attorney General's office. Clark explained that two of Ross' books did not fall within the definition of hate literature and that a third probably did, but was no longer available to the public, having been out of print for five years. An embarrassed Clark quickly decided to reconsider that decision after several journalists in New Brunswick were able to get copies of the book, "Web of Deceit," from local libraries. Only a few days later, however, Clark announc- ed his original decision not to charge Ross would stand. Clark said in a telephone in- terview that the Public Pro- secutor's office is examining Israeli's new complaint. In the articles in question, Ross, the Maritime Provinces director of the Christian Defense League, writes that his "whole purpose in writing and publishing is to exalt Jesus Christ and to inform Chris- tians about the great Satanic movement which is trying to destroy our Christian faith and civilization. "I believe that by throwing off this hold of Jewish domina- tion, we will usher in a period of economic, political and spiritual freedom." We Make nutritious Delicious! Macaroni shells from Chef Boyardee* are good food that's good tasting. 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At first glance of the smiling face and sparkling brown eyes of Shira Itzhak, it is hard to believe that she is 26 years old. But after meeting and talking with her, one realizes that this is indeed an energetic young And Then There Are None Continued from Page 4 Focusing on this anger, Schulweis observed that it has been engendered by a world which has brutally terrorized and relentless- ly assaulted Jews to a point where it has produced a "massive psychic trauma." The twin elements in the traumatic process are the Holocaust and the betrayal and abandonment of the Jews by the world at large in the time of their greatest need. "Now, forty years after the volcanic earthquake that shook the foundation of Jewish trust, the tremblors continue to explode," Schulweis said. "But now they reveal more than Nazi-fascist atrocity. In recent years, documents record the betrayal of allies, the callousness, the abandonment of the Jews by prelates, princes, presidents; by putative allies in Foreign Offices, Parliaments, Congress even by the 'great Jewish hope' of those years, the apotheosis of non- Jewish friendship, Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Jewish anger, Schulweis con- tinued, "spreads out not only against Nazism or Fascism. Post- Holocaust anger is against the whole of Western civilization liberalism, rationalism, univer- salism, pluralism, humanism, democracy, the gods that failed at Auschwitz." Gentile history has bequeathed to the Jewish people "blood libel," "ghetto" "pogrom," "decided" and "genocide," he observed. And the Jewish response by some Jews to Western civilization, Schulweis said, is: "we have nothing to learn from you and your ethos. How dare you lecture to us about morality, freedom of conscience, the treatment of*iinorities, the mandate of pluralism after Dachau, afer Treblinka, after the White Paper, after the Bermuda Conference, after the Struma and the St. Louis? After Buchenwald and Birkenau, Western civiliza- tion has forfeited all claims to moral credibility. We are exempt from your hypocritical double standards for us." More and more Jews view Westernization as betrayal and those who accept its values as col- laborators in the destruction of Judaic tradition, Schulweis said. This leads to exclusivism of "them" versus "us" and is even- tually internalized as "some of us." But which "some" now begins to fester as suspicion of fellow Jews who do not adhere to the cultist "us." Schulweis pointed out that this erosive and corrosive process leads Hebrew schools, yeshivot, day schools, summer camps, youth programs, nurseries and toddler programs to be denomina- tionally segregated. The denominations do not fraternize, he noted. "They do not sing, or dance or play and certainly do not pray together," he said. The denomina- tions claim common festivals and fasts but do not celebrate them in common. The end result, Schulweis declared, is "denomina- tional apartheid." Jewish anger has its place if it is a catharsis to unite, he said. But excessive and observe anger threatens to tear the Jewish peo- ple apart. Finding the proper target for anger mobilized psychic and physical energies to combat the forces which menace and threaten the survival of the Jewish people. But generalized anger indiscriminate anger is im- potence turned inward against "some of us." It leads to the aban- donment of the world and to self proclaimed cultist purity, Shculweis declared. This, however, he said, is a sterile form of existence. "How we define ourselves and others, whom we include and exclude, with whom we choose to relate and whom we choose to ignore, determines our agenda and our future," he said. "The post- Holocaust question before us is not who is a Jew or who is a rabbi or who is my neighbor or who is my brother or sister, but what shall be the character of Judaism." To live in the world "is to live in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious universe. To live with Egyptians and Syrians, with Blacks and Chicanos. The world is our place, even as God is the place of the world," Schulweis said. To be engaged in the world "means to related to non-Jews Chris- tians, Moslems, gentiles, nations, churches and with a vision and wisdom to turn a new leaf in Jewish history." There are changes in attitudes, statements and conciliar declara- tions of the churches and "We must take advantage of these changes," he stated. "Something new is happening among leading theologians. We and our children must read and hear new voices in old institutions." Schulweis referred to the chur- ches' position on the conversion of the Jews, the understanding of the spiritual and emotional mean- ing of Israel, the internal ques- tioning of Christian prejudices, the change of teaching texts in Chrisian schools, the respect and relevance of Jewish tradition and contemporaneity. "I am more interested in the changing attitudes and teachings of the churches' contemporary leaders than in their ancestors' failings; more in the churches' descendants than in the churches' ancestors ... I am more in- terested in gaining new friends and in fixating on old enemies," he said. Schulweis said that for too long a time Jews have spoken about "the consipiracy of evil." It is now time to begin speaking about "the conspirary of good." In an impassioned plea to the assembled Jewish leaders at the General Assembly, Schulweis call- ed attention to "a muted part of contemporary Jewish history," to the "tragic neglect of uncounted, unknown, unsung, unbefriended gentiles who risked their lives and the lives of their families to shelter, feed and protect our hounded people during the Nazi era." Schulweis referred to "zechor," the Jewish imperative to remember. This imperative he pointed out, refers not only to the evil but also to the good. It is not fair that the goodness of the gen- tiles who helped be forgotten, he said. "We properly hunt down the predatory criminals and their col- laborators and bring them to the bar of justice. We need our peo- ple needs a Simon Wiesenthal to search out the rescuers, record their lives in our history, help them and raise them to high honor." He pointed out that few young Jews know about the Christian families who hid Anne Frank; the heroism of Mother Maria of Paris, Father Bernard Lichtenberg, and the villagers of Le Chambon who were responsible for the rescue of thousands of Jews in Nazi- occupied France; the leaders of the Bulgarian Othodox Church who refused to deport Jews to the Nazis; the Portuguese Consul Aristides de Sousa Mendes who saved thousands of Jews from death and deportation; the Italian army's rescue of thousands of Croation and Yugoslav Jews; and the sewer workers of Lvov wh protected 17 Jews for 14 months living in the sewers of Lvov, in- fested with vermin, rats and cold. Why, Schulweis declared, "should Jewish children know on- ly the killer of the dream and not the heart and hand of gentile rescuers?" Knowing this, he con- cluded, would permit mercy to control anger and offer a more hopeful vision and heritage to the next generation. Refusenik. Dead At 68 NEW YORK (JTA) - Haim Elbert, a 68-year-old Red Army veteran who with his family had been denied exit visas since they first applied in 1976, died in Kiev Nov. 8, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported here. His death came two days after he learned that the latest visa application for himself, his wife, their sons and their families had been rejected, the NCSJ reported. Elbert suf- fered heart attacks and a stroke in recent years. According to the NCSJ, his son, Lev Elbert, a former Prisoner of Conscience, was recently summoned to OVIR, the visa office, expecting the application to be granted. In- stead, he was told it was denied on grounds that he had failed to disclose "a former marriage" in a previous ap- plication. The charge was false, the NCSJ said. Haim Elbert was a graduate of the Stalingrad Military Academy and served as a com- pany commander in the Caucusus during World War II. He was captured in 1942 and escaped from a German prisoner of war camp after two unsuccessful attempts. He sur- vived in the POW camp by con- cealing his identity as a Jew. J1UI3ISJ niifij"mnn n>raxi PROJECT RENEWAL woman who has determined to make a difference not only for herself, but for those around her. The youngest of four children, Shira was born in Hod Hasharon to immigrant parents who arrived in Israel in 1951 from Iraq. Growing up in Gil Amal and educated in Hod Hasharon, Shira served in the Army and then studied at Beit Berl, a local Teacher's College, Receiving a BA m Education. Her experience in- cludes teaching Tenach and literature in High School, as well as writing short stories and poems. Having been the recipient of a scholarship provided through the Project Renewal Funds, Shira has the responsibility of volunteering her services within her neighborhood. She has put her studying and ex- periences to good use as the Editor of the local neighborhood newspaper. Shira is very positive about her experiences regarding the changes she sees as the result of Project Rnewal.. physical renovations, activities for all ages, improvement in the level of education, and enrichment in the lives of the residents as a result of the social programs through Project Renewal. When asked about her future, she replies, "I hope to travel to the United States, specifically to South Broward and Palm Beach to visit and maybe to work in the com- munity to teach or tutor Hebrew ... in all aspects, grammar, reading, writing and even about toe land of Israel. Then I can come home and begin my career in teaching." She is adamant that Project Renewal has made a change in her life and given her the opportunity to study and have a profession in teaching. Clashes Continue In Old City Continued from Page 1- by Jews were denounced by Mayor Teddy Kollek, Knesset speaker Shlomo Hille and others. Cohen, a colonel in the reserves, was treated at Hadassah Hospital for head in- juries caused by a rock. "I fought through all of Israel's war and was never injured. Now I was hit by a Jew," Cohen said. He stressed that his attackers came from out- side the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood in West Jerusalem where Amdi's fami- ly is observing shiva, the seven-day mourning period. This was confirmed by local residents. Rage in the neighborhood was directed mainly at the press and toward leftists, such as Cohen. It was orchestrated by religious ex- tremists who were identified as "outsiders." A memorial service for Amdi was held last Thursday under the watchful eyes of some 400 policement sent to keep order. But the police have been unable to curb violence against Arabs in Shmuel Hanavi or in the Moslem quarter where Amdi was a student at the Shuvu Banim yeshiva, run by the Breslav Hasidim. Arabs living near the yeshiva have left their homes for fear or reprisals by students. They have been sub- jected to harassment nightly since the murder of Armdi. Several homes were burned and Arabs have been stoned in the streets. Arabs have also engaged in stoning. A preg- nant woman resident of the Old City's Jewish quarter was grazed by a rock last Thursday afternoon. The leader of the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood commit- tee said Thursday that the violence was likely to continue until the end of the shiva period. Kollek said that after the mourning period, "one should deal with the phenomenon of the yeshiva which consistently provokes the Arab population.' Kollek spoke to reporters during a visit to the scene of the murder on Khaldiye Street. He said the hotheads who have been harassing Arabs all week are serving the ends of the Palestine Libera- tion Organization. Knesset Speaker Hillel said on a radio interview that the police must do their utmost to prevent further hooliganism because that is exactly what the terrorist organizations want to provoke. Meanwhile, Baruch Mazel, secretary of the Knesset fac- tion of the extrmeist Kach Par- ty, was released on bail. He had been jailed for 24 hours on suspicion of organizing riots in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Charges Dropped NEW YORK (JTA) - Charges have been dropped by New York City Criminal Court Justice Roger Hayes against all 55 rabbis and laypersons who were arrested Oct. 12 at the Soviet UN Mission here. Their demonstration coincided with the Reagan-Gorbachev Iceland summit meeting and Yom Kippur eve. The protesters, who had been charged with disorderly conduct, were organized by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry as part of "Operation Redemption," a series of peaceful arrests at Soviet of- fices in the New York area in which 415 persons have been arrested since January 1985, including 178 rabbis and 12 legislators. Page 10 The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County/Friday, November 28, 1986 News From Hod Hasharon: Faces From The Neighborhood By ELIZABETH ROMANS, Project Renewal Community Representative The success of Project Renewal is not judged merely by the physical improvement of the neighborhood or even by the social programs developed during the past few years. The success of the concept of Pro- ject Renewal is seen in the taces of the neighborhood residents themselves .. . changes from despair to en- couragement; from apathy to enthusiasm; from non- involvement to active par- ticipation to make a difference in their own lives and for the future generations. At first glance of the smiling face and sparkling brown eyes of Shira Itzhak, it is hard to believe that she is 26 years old. But after meeting and talking with her, one realizes that this is indeed an energetic young And Then There Are None Continued from Page 4 Focusing on this anger, Schulweis observed that it has been engendered by a world which has brutally terrorized and relentless- ly assaulted Jews to a point where it has produced a "massive psychic trauma." The twin elements in the traumatic process are the Holocaust and the betrayal and abandonment of the Jews by the world at large in the time of their greatest need. "Now, forty years after the volcanic earthquake that shook the foundation of Jewish trust, the tremblors continue to explode," Schulweis said. "But now they reveal more than Nazi-fascist atrocity. In recent years, documents record the betrayal of allies, the callousness, the abandonment of the Jews by prelates, princes, presidents; by putative allies in Foreign Offices, Parliaments, Congress even by the 'great Jewish hope' of those years, the apotheosis of non- Jewish friendship, Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Jewish anger, Schulweis con- tinued, "spreads out not only against Nazism or Fascism. Post- Holocaust anger is against the whole of Western civilization liberalism, rationalism, univer- salism, pluralism, humanism, democracy, the gods that failed at Auschwitz." Gentile history has bequeathed to the Jewish people "blood libel," "ghetto" "pogrom," "decided" and "genocide," he observed. And the Jewish response by some Jews to Western civilization, Schulweis said, is: "we have nothing to learn from you and your ethos. How dare you lecture to us about morality, freedom of conscience, the treatment of iinorities, the mandate of pluralism after Dachau, afer Treblinka, after the" White Paper, after the Bermuda Conference, after the Struma and the St. Louis? After Buchenwald and Birkenau, Western civiliza- tion has forfeited all claims to moral credibility. We are exempt from your hypocritical double standards for us." More and more Jews view Westernization as betrayal and those who accept its values as col- laborators in the destruction of Judaic tradition, Schulweis said. This leads to exclusivism of "them" versus "us" and is even- tually internalized as "some of us." But which "some" now begins to fester as suspicion of fellow Jews who do not adhere to the cultist "us." Schulweis pointed out that this erosive and corrosive process leads Hebrew schools, yeshivot, day schools, summer camps, youth programs, nurseries and toddler programs to be denomina- tionally segregated. The denominations do not fraternize, he noted. "They do not sing, or dance or play and certainly do not pray together," he said. The denomina- tions claim common festivals and fasts but do not celebrate them in common. The end result, Schulweis declared, is "denomina- tional apartheid." Jewish anger has its place if it is a catharsis to unite, he said. But excessive and observe anger threatens to tear the Jewish peo- ple apart. Finding the proper target for anger mobilized psychic and physical energies to combat the forces which menace and threaten the survival of the Jewish people. But generalized anger indiscriminate anger is im- potence turned inward against "some of us." It leads to the aban- donment of the world and to self proclaimed cultist purity, Shculweis declared. This, however, he said, is a sterile form of existence. "How we define ourselves and others, whom we include and exclude, with whom we choose to relate and whom we choose to ignore, determines our agenda and our future," he said. "The post- Holocaust question before us is not who is a Jew or who is a rabbi or who is my neighbor or who is my brother or sister, but what shall be the character of Judaism." To live in the world "is to live in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious universe. To live with Egyptians and Syrians, with Blacks and Chicanos. The world is our place, even as God is the place of the world," Schulweis said. To be engaged in the world "means to related to non-Jews Chris- tians, Moslems, gentiles, nations, churches and with a vision and wisdom to turn a new leaf in Jewish history." There are changes in attitudes, statements and conciliar declara- tions of the churches and "We must take advantage of these changes," he stated. "Something new is happening among leading theologians. We and our children must read and hear new voices in old institutions." Schulweis referred to the chur- ches' position on the conversion of the Jews, the understanding of the spiritual and emotional mean- ing of Israel, the internal ques- tioning of Christian prejudices, the change of teaching texts in Chrisian schools, the respect and relevance of Jewish tradition and contemporaneity. "I am more interested in the changing attitudes and teachings of the churches' contemporary leaders than in their ancestors' failings; more in the churches' descendants than in the churches' ancestors ... I am more in- terested in gaining new friends and in fixating on old enemies," he said. Schulweis said that for too long a time Jews have spoken about "the consipiracy of evil." It is now time to begin speaking about "the conspirary of good." In an impassioned plea to the assembled Jewish leaders at the General Assembly, Schulweis call- ed attention to "a muted part of contemporary Jewish history," to the "tragic neglect of uncounted, unknown, unsung, unbefriended gentiles who risked their lives and the lives of their families to shelter, feed and protect our hounded people during the Nazi era." Schulweis referred to "zechor," the Jewish imperative to remember. This imperative he pointed out, refers not only to the evil but also to the good. It is not fair that the goodness of the gen- tiles who helped be forgotten, he said. "We properly hunt down the predatory criminals and their col- laborators and bring them to the bar of justice. We need our peo- ple needs a Simon Wiesenthal to search out the rescuers, record their lives in our history, help them and raise them to high honor." He pointed out that few young Jews know about the Christian families who hid Anne Frank; the heroism of Mother Maria of Paris, Father Bernard Lichtenberg, and the villagers of Le Chambon who were responsible for the rescue of thousands of Jews in Nazi- occupied France; the leaders of the Bulgarian Othodox Church who refused to deport Jews to the Nazis; the Portuguese Consul Aristides de Sousa Mendes who saved thousands of Jews from death and deportation; the Italian army's rescue of thousands of Croation and Yugoslav Jews; and the sewer workers of Lvov wh protected 17 Jews for 14 months living in the sewers of Lvov, in- fested with vermin, rats and cold. Why, Schulweis declared, "should Jewish children know on- ly the killer of the dream and not the heart and hand of gentile rescuers?" Knowing this, he con- cluded, would permit mercy to control anger and offer a more hopeful vision and heritage to the next generation. Refusenik Dead At 68 NEW YORK (JTA) - Haim Elbert, a 68-year-old Red Army veteran who with his family had been denied exit visas since they first applied in 1976, died in Kiev Nov. 8, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported here. His death came two days after he learned that the latest visa application for himself, his wife, their sons and their families had been rejected, the NCSJ reported. Elbert suf- fered heart attacks and a stroke in recent years. According to the NCSJ, his son, Lev Elbert, a former Prisoner of Conscience, was recently summoned to OVIR, the visa office, expecting the application to be granted. In- stead, he was told it was denied on grounds that he had failed to disclose "a former marriage" in a previous ap- plication. The charge was false, the NCSJ said. Haim Elbert was a graduate of the Stalingrad Military Academy and served as a com- pany commander in the Caucusus during World War II. He was captured in 1942 and escaped from a German prisoner of war camp after two unsuccessful attempts. He sur- vived in the POW camp by con- cealing his identity as a Jew. J1HI3ISJ niisj-mnn ni=m PROJECT RENEWAL woman who has determined to make a difference not only for herself, but for those around her. The youngest of four children, Shira was born in Hod Hasharon to immigrant parents who arrived in Israel in 1951 from Iraq. Growing up in Gil Amal and educated in Hod Hasharon, Shira served in the Army and then studied at Beit Berl, a local Teacher's College, Receiving a BA UJ Education. Her experience in- cludes teaching Tenach and literature in High School, as well as writing short stones and poems. Having been the recipient of a scholarship provided through the Project Renewal Funds, Shira has the responsibility of volunteering her services within her neighborhood. She has put her studying and ex- periences to good use as the Editor of the local neighborhood newspaper. Shira is very positive about her experiences regarding the changes she sees as the result of Project Rnewal.. physical renovations, activities for all ages, improvement in the level of education, and enrichment in the lives of the residents as a result of the social programs through Project Renewal. When asked about her future, she replies, "I hope to travel to the United States, specifically to South Broward and Palm Beach to visit and maybe to work in the com- munity to teach or tutor Hebrew ... in all aspects, grammar, reading, writing and even about the land of Israel. Then I can come home and begin my career in teaching." She is adamant that Project Renewal has made a change in her life and given her the opportunity to study and have a profession in teaching. Clashes Continue In Old City Continued from Page 1 by Jews were denounced by Mayor Teddy Kollek, Knesset speaker Shlomo Hille and others. Cohen, a colonel in the reserves, was treated at Hadassah Hospital for head in- juries caused by a rock. "I fought through all of Israel's war and was never injured. Now I was hit by a Jew," Cohen said. He stressed that his attackers came from out- side the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood in West Jerusalem where Amdi's fami- ly is observing shiva, the seven-day mourning period. This was confirmed by local residents. Rage in the neighborhood was directed mainly at the press and toward leftists, such as Cohen. It was orchestrated by religious ex- tremists who were identified as "outsiders." A memorial service for Amdi was held last Thursday under the watchful eyes of some 400 policement sent to keep order. But the police have been unable to curb violence against Arabs in Shmuel Hanavi or in the Moslem quarter where Amdi was a student at the Shuvu Banim yeshiva, run by the Breslav Hasidim. Arabs living near the yeshiva have left their homes for fear or reprisals by students. They have been sub- jected to harassment nightly since the murder of Armdi. Several homes were burned and Arabs have been stoned in the streets. Arabs have also engaged in stoning. A preg- nant woman resident of the Old City's Jewish quarter was grazed by a rock last Thursday afternoon. The leader of the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood commit- tee said Thursday that the violence was likely to continue until the end of the shiva period. Kollek said that after the mourning period, "one should deal with the phenomenon of the yeshiva which consistently provokes the Arab population.' Kollek spoke to reporters during a visit to the scene of the murder on Khaldiye Street. He said the hotheads who have been harassing Arabs all week are serving the ends of the Palestine Libera- tion Organization. Knesset Speaker Hillel said on a radio interview that the police must do their utmost to prevent further hooliganism because that is exactly what the terrorist organizations want to provoke. Meanwhile, Baruch Mazel, secretary of the Knesset fac- tion of the extrmeist Kach Par- ty, was released on bail. He had been jailed for 24 hours on suspicion of organizing riots in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Charges Dropped NEW YORK (JTA) - Charges have been dropped by New York City Criminal Court Justice Roger Hayes against all 55 rabbis and laypersons who were arrested Oct. 12 at the Soviet UN Mission here. Their demonstration coincided with the Reagan-Gorbachev Iceland summit meeting and Yom Kippur eve. The protesters, who had been charged with disorderly conduct, were organized by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry as part of "Operation Redemption," a series of peaceful arrests at Soviet of- fices in the New York area in which 415 persons have been arrested since January 1985, including 178 rabbis and 12 legislators. Italian Jewry Disturbed Over Teaching Catholicism In Schools Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 11 By LISA BILLIG ROME (JTA) The Quadrennial Congress of the Union of Italian Jewish Com- munities (UIJC) is focusing on what is perhaps the most disturbing issue for Italian Jewry since the last Congress four years ago the teaching of the Catholic religion in the Italian school system. Classes on Catholicism at all grade levels were introduced as a result of the 1985 accord between the Education Ministry and the Catholic Episcopal Conference. While they are voluntary, there is no feasible alternative for the very small minority of Jewish and other children who do not want to participate. THE PROBLEM is high on the agenda of the three-day conference attended by delegates from the Jewish communities of Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, Naples, Venice and many smaller cities all over Italy. Youngsters from the Italian Jewish Youth Federation handed out pam- phlets at the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini, where the conference is talcing place, calling for repeal of the 1985 accords. The UIJC has compiled numerous case histories testi- fying to the ill-effects of the new law on non-Catholic children, particularly in nursery and kindergarten. It is especially alienating for Jewish children who cannot, at their age, understand why they must be separated from their friends while Catholic ideology is taught, the UIJC points out. Vittorio Ottolenghi, one of the four Jewish represen- tatives on the eight-member "Mixed Commission" (govern- ment and UIJC) which is charged with revising and up- dating the 1930 treaty bet- ween the UIJC and the Italian state, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that there is hope the present law may be suspended immediately and revised within 2-3 years, at least as it applies to nursery and kindergarten. ITALIAN JEWS have been joined in protest by the Waldensian Protestants. Con- cerned Moslem parents in Italy also reportedly intend to make themselves heard through the channels of Arab Embassies in Rome. The Congress is the gather- ing where every four years Italian Jews elect their official representatives, plan their future and try to gain perspec- tive on their past. The opening ceremonies were honored by the presence of President Francesco Cossiga, the first Italian chief of state ever to attend such an event. It was addressed by Foreign Minister Giulio An- dreotti who spoke for the human rights of Soviet Jews, and by the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, who traced the intellectual and moral con- tributions of Italian Jewry through the centuries, sym- bolized by the history of her own family. AT THE LAST Congress, in 1982, the UIJC was in a budgetary crisis which threatened such communal services as the Jewish schools in Rome where nearly half of the country's 40,000 Jews live. The community was then also divided over Israel's invasion of Lebanon. But a better atmosphere prevailed at Monday's open- ing, me nnanciai situation nas improved and Israel is once again the focus of Italian Jewish unity. A matter up for discussion is a revision of the statutes of the self-governing UIJC which, since the last Congress, has been transform- ed from a public institution with obligatory registration and Jewish community taxa- tion for all Jews, into a private, voluntary association. Participants in the Leadership Develop- ment Program of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County met recently at the home of Michael Burrows, Federation Board Member, for the first program of the 1986-87 year. Abe Gittelson (standing), an Associate Director of the Central Agency for Jewish Education in Miami, facilitated a workshop on the essential components for Jewish survival. Reagan Administration Arms Disclosure Not To Effect Conspiracy Trial you axe. Dnuittd to fj-oin THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY .i COMMUNITY-WIDE ZIMRIAH (Songfest) md CHILDREN'S PLEA FOR SOVIET JEWRY DATE: DECEMBER 17, 1986 TIME: 7:00 PM 8:30 P.M. PLACE JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL 5801 Parker Avenue West Palm Beach PLEASE CONTACT VOUR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS fOR DETAILS ^ JCy DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Of THE |EWISH FEDERATION Of PALM SEACH COUNT* On Coafuxntion Of PALM REACH COUNT* and THE SOVIET IEWRV TASK FORCE Of THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL By MARGIE OLSTER NEW YORK (JTA) The disclosures of the Reagan Ad- ministration recently that it approved covert shipments of American weapons to Iran "have no bearing whatsoever" on the prosecution of 17 defen- dants, including four Israelis, charged with conspiracy to sell American weapons to Iran, an Assistant U.S. Attorney told a court here last week. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lorna Schofield made the statement in her opening remarks at a pretrial motion hearing in Manhattan's District Court. The defendants in the case face charges of con- spiracy to resell $2.5 billion of American arms to Iran and of falsifying the documents need- ed to gain U.S. approval for the sales. SCHOFIELD TOLD Federal Judge Leonard Sand that she had discussed the case with Justice Department of- ficials and people in the Na- tional Security Council who in- formed her that this case is not related to any of the covert arms shipments approved or orchestrated by the Reagan Administration. Defense attorneys challeng- ed the prosecution's state- ment, noting a remarkable convergence of the accounts of defendants in the case and the events confirmed by the Reagan Administration and other sources in the past weeks. Attorney Paul Grand, representing the alleged mid- dleman in the conspiracy, Sam Evans, told the court there was a "startling overlap, coin- cidence and identity," between what the defendants had said on tape and what was actually happening in government. ON THE tapes recorded secretly from December, 1985 to April, 1986 with the help of an Iranian informant, Cyrus Hashemi, who posed as an Ira- nian arms buyer, the defen- dants said they believed the policy toward selling weapons to Iran was under evaluation within the government. The defendants said they believed the Administration would approve the arms shipments. In a later tape, the defendants said the arms deal had been approved and that Vice President George Bush favored it, Secretary of State George Shultz was against but nevertheless it would go for- ward. These positions on the Iran policy within the Ad- miministration have also been confirmed, Grand said. The defendants also said arms sales would be allowed only for the purpose of further- ing contacts with Iran. SAND DID NOT rule on the attorneys' motions which would require the U.S. At- torney's office to produce evidence of what the Ad- ministration's policy on shipp- ing arms to Iran has been in fact for the past two years and not what the Administration purported it to be. Sand told the defense at- torneys that he was not certain that such material would be relevant to or would help the dedendants' case. He did not rule on the motion last Tues- day, but is expected to do so within the month. William Kunstler, attorney for defendant Nicos Minardos, asked the court to produce the autopsy and toxicology reports on the government's key witness Cyrus Hashemi, who died in London apparently of leukemia in July. The U.S. At- torney's office has said that its investigation indicated that Hashemi died of "apparently natural" causes. Kunstler in- dicated that it is possible that Hashemi was killed. He noted that Hashemi's death could only help the pro- secution and hurt the defense because the defense would not have the opportunity to cross- examine the key witness. KUNSTLER ALSO made a motion to exhume Hashemi's body to investigate the possibility of a murder. It was denied. Hashemi, an Iranian ex- patriate, has emerged as one of the intriguing puzzle pieces in the case. Recent press reports indicated that former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson had arranged a contact between American of- ficials and Hashemi last year in efforts to free American hostages in Lebanon. According to defense at- torneys in the case, Hashemi played a similar role in 1980 when the Carter Administra- tion contacted him to expedite the release of the American hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Hashemi was in- dicted in 1984 for selling American weapons to Iran, after an FBI surveillance of his room in 1980-81 revealed his activities. Attorneys have said Hashemi made a deal with the U.S. Attorney's office to act as an informant in this case in ex- change for leniency on the 1984 charges. KUNSTLER REFERRED to an unconfirmed rumor dur- ing the hearing. He suggested that a defendant named in the indictment, John de la Roque, who is still a fugitive, is really Lt. Col. Oliver North of the Marine Corps, a highly placed official of the National Securi- ty Council. North is reportedly one of the chief architects of the Iranian-U.S. arms ex- change and often disguises himself and uses false names to conceal his identity. On the tapes, the defendants discuss de la Roque's role in the negotiations. He is said to be, on the tapes, a former member of the Delta Force who is very friendly with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. P.X. Kelley and with other top Administration of- ficials. On one of the tapes, Evans told Hashemi that de la Roque met with Bush's aides in West Germany to discuss the covert shipment of arms to Iran. The defense attorneys also made motions to subpoena North, National Security Ad- viser John Poindexter, Bush and other government of- ficials. Sand did not rule on this motion. Refusenik Kogan Arrives In Israel TEL AVTV (JTA) Yit- zhak Kogan, a former elec- tronics engineer who became an Orthodox Jew during his 12-year quest for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union, arrived in Israel with his family last week. Kogan, who won the name of "Tzadik (holy man) of Len- ingrad," was greeted at Ben- Gurion Airport by an ecstatic crowd of Habad Hasidim. He stepped from the plane garbed in a black kaftan and wearing a long beard. Italian Jewry Disturbed Over Teaching Catholicism In Schools Friday, November 28, 1986/The Jewish Floridian of Palm Beach County Page 11 By LISA BILLIG ROME (JTA) The Quadrennial Congress of the' Union of Italian Jewish Com- munities (UIJC) is focusing on what is perhaps the most disturbing issue for Italian Jewry since the last Congress four years ago the teaching of the Catholic religion in the Italian school system. Classes on Catholicism at all grade levels were introduced as a result of the 1985 accord between the Education Ministry and the Catholic Episcopal Conference. While they are voluntary, there is no feasible alternative for the very small minority of Jewish and other children who do not want to participate. THE PROBLEM is high on the agenda of the three-day conference attended by delegates from the Jewish communities of Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, Naples, Venice and many smaller cities all over Italy. Youngsters from the Italian Jewish Youth Federation handed out pam- phlets at the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini, where the conference is taking place, calling for repeal of the 1985 accords. The UIJC has compiled numerous case histories testi- fying to the ill-effects of the new law on non-Catholic children, particularly in nursery and kindergarten. It is especially alienating for Jewish children who cannot, at their age, understand why they must be separated from their friends while Catholic ideology is taught, the UIJC points out. Vittorio Ottolenghi, one of the four Jewish represen- tatives on the eight-member "Mixed Commission" (govern- ment and UIJC) which is charged with revising and up- dating the 1930 treaty bet- ween the UIJC and the Italian state, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that there is hope the present law may be suspended immediately and revised within 2-3 years, at least as it applies to nursery and kindergarten. , ITALIAN JEWS have been joined in protest by the Waldensian Protestants. Con- cerned Moslem parents in Italy also reportedly intend to make themselves heard through the channels of Arab Embassies in Rome. The Congress is the gather- ing where every four years Italian Jews elect their official representatives, plan their future and try to gain perspec- tive on their past. The opening ceremonies were honored by the presence of President Francesco Cossiga, the first Italian chief of state ever to attend such an event. It was addressed by Foreign Minister Giulio An- dreotti who spoke for the human rights of Soviet Jews, and by the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, who traced the intellectual and moral con- tributions of Italian Jewry through the centuries, sym- bolized by the history of her own family. AT THE LAST Congress, in 1982, the UIJC was in a budgetary crisis which threatened such communal services as the Jewish schools in Rome where nearly half of the country's 40,000 Jews live. The community was then also divided over Israel's invasion of Lebanon. But a better atmosphere prevailed at Monday's open- ing, i tie financial situation nas improved and Israel is once again the focus of Italian Jewish unity. A matter up for discussion is a revision of the statutes of the self-governing UIJC which, since the last Congress, has been transform- ed from a public institution with obligatory registration and Jewish community taxa- tion for all Jews, into a private, voluntary association. Participants in the Leadership Develop- ment Program of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County met recently at the home of Michael Burrows, Federation Board Member, for the first program of the 1986-87 year. Abe Gittelson (standing), an Associate Director of the Central Agency for Jewish Education in Miami, facilitated a workshop on the essential components for Jewish survival. Reagan Administration Arms Disclosure Not To Effect Conspiracy Trial Hjou a\t Onvlttd to Q-oin THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY at a COMMUNITY-WIDE ZIMRIAH (Songiest) ana CHILDREN'S PLEA FOR SOVIET JEWRY DATE: DECEMBER 17. 1986 TIME: 7:00 P.M.-8:30 P.M. PLACE: JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL 5801 Parker Avenue West Palm Beach PLEASE CONTACT YOUR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS FOB DITAIIS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE |EWISH FEDERATION OF PALM REACH COUNTY On Cm%jm*mtlm witt THE IEWISH EDUCATORS COUNCIL OF PALM REACH COUNTY and THE SOVIET IEWRV TASK FORCE OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL *bmst? By MARGIE OLSTER NEW YORK (JTA) The disclosures of the Reagan Ad- ministration recently that it approved covert shipments of American weapons to Iran "have no bearing whatsoever" on the prosecution of 17 defen- dants, including four Israelis, charged with conspiracy to sell American weapons to Iran, an Assistant U.S. Attorney told a court here last week. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lorna Schofield made the statement in her opening remarks at a pretrial motion hearing in Manhattan's District Court. The defendants in the case face charges of con- spiracy to resell $2.5 billion of American arms to Iran and of falsifying the documents need- ed to gain U.S. approval for the sales. SCHOFIELD TOLD Federal Judge Leonard Sand that she had discussed the case with Justice Department of- ficials and people in the Na- tional Security Council who in- formed her that this case is not related to any of the covert arms shipments approved or orchestrated by the Reagan Administration. Defense attorneys challeng- ed the prosecution's state- ment, noting a remarkable convergence of the accounts of defendants in the case and the events confirmed by the Reagan Administration and other sources in the past weeks. Attorney Paul Grand, representing the alleged mid- dleman in the conspiracy, Sam Evans, told the court there was a "startling overlap, coin- cidence and identity," between what the defendants had said on tape and what was actually happening in government. ON THE tapes recorded secretly from December, 1985 to April, 1986 with the help of an Iranian informant, Cyrus Hashemi, who posed as an Ira- nian arms buyer, the defen- dants said they believed the policy toward selling weapons to Iran was under evaluation within the government. The defendants said they believed the Administration would approve the arms shipments. In a later tape, the defendants said the arms deal had been approved and that Vice President George Bush favored it, Secretary of State George Shultz was against but nevertheless it would go for- ward. These positions on the Iran policy within the Ad- miministration have also been confirmed, Grand said. The defendants also said arms sales would be allowed only for the purpose of further- ing contacts with Iran. SAND DID NOT rule on the attorneys' motions which would require the U.S. At- torney's office to produce evidence of what the Ad- ministration's policy on shipp- ing arms to Iran has been in fact for the past two years and not what the Administration purported it to be. Sand told the defense at- torneys that he was not certain that such material would be relevant to or would help the dedendants' case. He did not rule on the motion last Tues- day, but is expected to do so within the month. William Kunstler, attorney for defendant Nicos Minardos, asked the court to produce the autopsy and toxicology reports on the government's key witness Cyrus Hashemi, who died in London apparently of leukemia in July. The U.S. At- torney's office has said that its investigation indicated that Hashemi died of "apparently natural" causes. Kunstler in- dicated that it is possible that Hashemi was killed. He noted that Hashemi's death could only help the pro- secution and hurt the defense because the defense would not have the opportunity to cross- examine the key witness. KUNSTLER ALSO made a motion to exhume Hashemi's body to investigate the possibility of a murder. It was denied. Hashemi, an Iranian ex- patriate, has emerged as one of the intriguing puzzle pieces in the case. Recent press reports indicated that former U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson had arranged a contact between American of- ficials and Hashemi last year in efforts to free American hostages in Lebanon. According to defense at- torneys in the case, Hashemi played a similar role in 1980 when the Carter Administra- tion contacted him to expedite the release of the American hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Hashemi was in- dicted in 1984 for selling American weapons to Iran, after an FBI surveillance of his room in 1980-81 revealed his activities. Attorneys have said Hashemi made a deal with the U.S. Attorney's office to act as an informant in this case in ex- change for leniency on the 1984 charges. KUNSTLER REFERRED to an unconfirmed rumor dur- ing the hearing. He suggested that a defendant named in the indictment, John de la Roque, who is still a fugitive, is really Lt. Col. Oliver North of the Marine Corps, a highly placed official of the National Securi- ty Council. North is reportedly one of the chief architects of the Iranian-U.S. arms ex- change and often disguises himself and uses false names to conceal his identity. On the tapes, the defendants discuss de la Roque's role in the negotiations. He is said to be, on the tapes, a former member of the Delta Force who is very friendly with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. P.X. Kelley and with other top Administration of- ficials. On one of the tapes, Evans told Hashemi that de la Roque met with Bush's aides in West Germany to discuss the covert shipment of arms to Iran. The defense attorneys also made motions to subpoena North, National Security Ad- viser John Poindexter, Bush and other government of- ficials. Sand did not rule on this motion. Refusenik Kogan Arrives In Israel TEL AVIV (JTA) Yit- zhak Kogan, a former elec- tronics engineer who became an Orthodox Jew during his 12-year quest for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union, arrived in Israel with his family last week. Kogan, who won the name of "Tzadik (holy man) of Len- ingrad," was greeted at Ben- Gurion Airport by an ecstatic crowd of Habad Hasidim. He stepped from the plane garbed in a black kaftan and wearing a long beard. |