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VOL.56 NO.49
NOVEMBER 30,1078-CHESHVAN 30
Hertzberg Says Day Schools
Indispensable To Survival
NEW YORK (WNS)-The
idea of American Jewry that
it can assure its • future
through philanthropic and
defense work is a "fatal and
suicidal delusion" and the
only answer is Jewish day
school education made available to all families regardless 6f ability to pay, Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg has asserted. He spoke at a meeting here of the B'nai B'rith
Critical Issues Forum,
which focussed on the need
for free Jewish day schools.
He contended that the idea
that funding hospitals, fighting anti-Semitism and
defending Israel will help
preserve the Jewish people
"is not true" even though
American Jews are doing "a
superb job" in these areas.
He called American Jewish
priorities "insanely and
suicidally wrong."
Declaring that the rate of
intermarriage is now one in
three, he said this is what it
has always been "<n every
third generation of Jews living in an open society in the
disaspora." Rabbi Hertz-
- berg i' called --Jewish-«^day<
schools for all indispensable.'
While stressing work in philanthropy and defense areas
must be done and is being
done "superbly," he added
"we are evaporating at the
usual rate" and that if "we
do not raise a generation to
care, within 30 years half our
Jews will be gone and in a
few generations, we will
have no one left to protect,''
Leviches Can Emigrate
After Years Of Rebuffs
NEW YORK (WNS>-
Reports from the Soviet
Union that Benjamin Levich.
a leading physical chemist,
and his wife, have been
given by Soviet Jewry
groups. Both, are 61. Mrs. •
Levish has been in the
hospital several times because of a heart ..condition
which has been aggravated
by Soviet harassment of the
Leviches. Levich said he had
been told by telephone on
Nov. 16 that the visas were
ready and he had one month
to.get out. He said he hoped
he could leave earlier,
depending on his wife's
health.* Yevgeny and
Alexander, the Levich sons,
left in 1975. The Levich case
was one of several which
Soviet officials said they
were reviewing after a
Moscow visit ■ by Sen.
Edward Kennedy (D. Mass.)
who brought up several such
situations. Levich, who has
■ invitations - lo 'teach in
■ \ Britain, the United States
1 ' ' and other countries, said he
and his wife will settle in
Israel.
Two-fold Dispute Concerning The
Publication Of Peace Treaty Draft
Preschool Record Premiere
Doron Shenker is pictured during the recording of
CELEBRATE—Jewish Music For Joylul Children.
Doron, from Israel, worked at The Jewish Center Day
Camp 1978, and was the musical director and coordinator of the new record soon to be released. Other
record artists were Rick Milentha). harmony: Taryn
Hunter, featured vocalist,' and Lee Gundersheimer,
percussionist. (Sec story page 12)
Sanders: Carter Not Pushing
For Comprehensive Peace Treaty
NEW YORK (WNS)—The munity to the Administra-
Carter Administration is not tion. Sen. Robert Dole (R.
pushing for an overall peace Kan.) called- the Camp
settlement in the ' Middle David accords "a smashing
rEasHn-aniefforMofrustrate'-'^success" hut added that now-
a separate Egyptian-Israeli   barter should allow Egypt
peace treaty. Edward
Sanders, senior advisor to
President Carter and
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance, and Liaison to the
American Jewish community, said on Nov. 20 at a commission meeting of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith. Answering questions,
Sanders said he believed the
Administration was dedicated to achieving peace
between Egypt and Israel
but added his understanding
was that the Administration
sees such a treaty as the first
stage for a Mideast settlement and that it wants negotiations to continue after an
Egyptian-Israeli accord is
reached. He rejected
audience suggestions that
the Carter Administration is
tilting toward the Arabs and
said relations between
Carter, Premier Begin and
President Sadat are "fine
and excellent." Recent
American press reports suggest Carter and Begin
distrust and dislike each
other. -
Sanders said that the
Administration position is
that the future of Jerusalem
is "negotiable" and that the
Administration ■ believes
Jerusalem should not - be
"physically separated."
Sanders noted U.S. policy
supports the idea that
Israel's security presence on
the West Bank should extend
beyond any political arrangement' achieved in the
future. Hessaid he views his
job < *as representing the
"opinions, thoughts and
fears" of the Jewish com-
and Israel to find • a
permanent peace on their
own, for an overall peace
and commented that Jordan -
will not come to the negotiations and that Israel "is
being asked to negotiate with
-phantoms." Dole told the 500
Jewish communal leaders
lhat current disputes are
"not between the U.S. and
Israel's enemies but
between the U.S. and Israel
on behalf of her enemies."
JERUSALEM (WNS)-Js-
rael was involved in a twofold dispute, one with Egypt
for having published the
peace treaty draft with the
omission of a key Article,
and another with the United
States over Secretary of
State Cyrus .Vance's statement that talks should
continue on the peace trealy.
Vance's statement, in an interview Nov. 24 with The New
York Times, was unsettling
because 'it was in conflict
with'Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan's statement several
days earlier (hat there was
no need for further talks arid
lhat Egypt should "take il or t
leave il."
The Secretary of State told
The Times .that the Isrcli
Cabinet decision to accept
the draft (ready did not
mean (he negotiations were
concluded because Egypt
and Israel did not reach an
agreement on the key element of a timetable lor
implementing the autonomy
scheme on'lhc-jltyc&l JJanji
_nd th£ GazH'Strijr Thafwas-
the one ffihfcni Itie.MffitrJt
refused to " accept and
Vance's remarks created
anxiety in Israel that the
U.S. intendsi to exert pros-
sure on Israel lor concessions on that issue. Israel
feels (hat it has made the
maximum concessions to
Egypt by having reversed an
earlier Cabinet objection lo
Ihe American proposed language in Ihe draft trealy preamble which "refers to
linkage in general terms.
The publication o( the
truncated version of the
peace treaty dralt in the
semi-official Cairo newspaper Al Ahram on Nov. 23.
which omitted Article VI.
creafed tension between
Israel and Egypt. The
Article, which Dayan re-
Ierred lo on Nov. 26 as 'the
heart ol the treaty."
establishes thai the Israeli-
Egyptian treaty takes
precedence over any past
treaties or agreements thai
either country may have
entered into with respect lo
Ihe Middle East conflict
"Dayan said that without
, this Article "there i.s no point
in signing the agreement."
He reiterated that the dralt
treaty, as approved by the
Cabinet, stands'as is and
should he signed by Israel
and    Egypt    immediately
Cabinet Secretary Arye
Naor. talking to reporters
after (he regular weekly
Cabinet meeting Nov. 26,
agreed with Dayan's view
(hat. (hee is no need now for
the Israeli negotiating team
to return to Washington
where the talks had been
held. He added that the
government has decided to,
wait for Egypt's response to
Israel's acceptance of the
draft treaty in its original
lorm.
A day after the State
Department released the official English text of the
draft trealy^Nov. 24, containing Ihe Preamble and all
nine Articles, the Israeli
government published the
Hebrew text and Annex HI
which cowrs in detail how
normal relations are (o be
i
'.,1M      ■■     '   'ION PAGE 13)
Experts Differ Strongly On Best
Means for Aiding Soviet Jews
NEW YORK (WNS)-Two
experts on Soviet Jews,
speaking at a special meeting on the iss_e here oh Nov.
19, expressed sharply
opposing views on (he best
stalegy - for aiding Soviet
Jews, each evoking strong
opposiiion views from participants. The event was the
third annual leadership
Assembly of the Greater
New York Conference on
Soviet Jewry. >
Marshall Goldman, associate director of the Russian
Studies Center at Harvard,
urged "flexibility" in negotiations with the Soviet
authorities aimed at increasing Jewish emigration. He
said that when Russia eases
its restrictions on Jewish
emigration, which he said
was now the situation, the
U.S. should "reward", the
Soviets: with modest trade
concessions. If muchlgreater,
numbers of Soviet Jews are
allowed to leave. Goldman
said. President Carter
should consider offering the
USSR the mosl-lavored-
nation trade sta(us currently
withheld under the Jackson-
Vanik amendment. He
argued that trade and other
contacts give the U.S.
leverage on Soviet policy on
Jewish emigration.
Rep.. Benjamin Rosenthal
(D. N.Y.) a member of (he
House International Affairs
Committee, said if Ihe
upward trend in Soviet
Jewish emigration
continues, a "positive
response may be warranted." He said he did not
favor most-favored-nation
status but that some "carrot-
and-stick approach" might
be useful, such as amending
the Stevenson amendment
which limits Russia to $300
iniliion in . commodity
credits.' , ,
, .But YRichkrd Pipes,
professor of Russian History
(CONTINUEDON PAGF ll'»
David Brinkley To Be Guest Speaker At
Ninth Annual "Night For Life" Event
David Brinkley, who re-
* turned tp„a- famiharroleas
'co-anchorman (with John
Chancellor) of "NBC Nightly
News" in June, 1976, will be
the guest speaker at the
ninth annual "Night For
Life" event on Saturday evening. Dec. 16. To be held al
Winding Hollow Country
Club, the affair will include
Brinkley's report, a kosher
buffet dinner and disco dancing, and is being sponsored
bv   (he   Columbus   Jewish
sion. on behalf of (he 1979
United Jewish Fund .Campaign.
In addition to their "NBC
Nightly News" telecasts.
Brinkley and Chancellor present a series of news commentary programs on alternate weekdays on the NBC
Radio Network.
Oh June 16 of this year, be
was the anchorman on "Mad
as Hell—The Taxpayers* Revolt," an NBC News prime-
time special report examining the rising taxpayer revolt across the country, in
wake of the approval in California of Proposition 13,
which limited property
taxes:
Earlier, on Jan. 13, he was
anchorman for tbe NBC Special Report, "Henry Kissinger: On The Record," in
which the former Secretary
, of State discussed the recent
development of Eurocommunism and its direct chai-'
lenge to the security of the
United States and democracy in Europe.
In May. 197, Brinkley re-
' chived 'the Broadcaster of
' Ifo. Y>ar Award from the In-
''terhaiiKhal Radio and Tele-
David Brinkley
vision Society.
Earlier in that year, he
headed an NBC News team
that covered President Carter's meetings with other
heads of state at the European economic summit in
London.
From Aug., 1971, until
taking on his current assignment, he offered a series of
special reports and .commentary, "David Brinkley's
Journal," which was a
regular feature of "NBC
Nightly News."
Brinkley had been co-
anchorman of "NBC Nightly
News," which began on the
NBC Television Network
Aug. 1,1970.
During the Bicentennial
year he narrated a trilogy of
prime-.time NBC News docu-
mentaries-''Life," "Liberty," and "The Pursuit of
Happiness." On July 4,1976,
Brinkley and John Chancellor co-anchored "Th^GJor-
ious Fourth," NBC News'
nip* hours of live program-
(CONTINUEOON PAGE 14)