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VOL. CO   NO. 42
OCTOBER 14,1982-TISHREI 27
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UNESCO Board Condemns Israel
PARIS (JTA)—The United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization's executive board last, week condemned Israel for "serious violations of human rights," in
Lebanon and decided to send a special mission to assess the
damages sustained by Palestinian and Lebanese educational
and cultural facilities during the fighting in Lebanon. The resolution also condemned Israel for having "carried out large-
scale arrests" of Lebanese students and teachers and of having "tried to erase" Palestinian cultural heritage. The resolution called on the international community to provide at
least $39 million to rebuild the institutions.
Jewish Doctor Receives Award
MONTREaAL (JTA)-Dr. Phil Gold, chief physician of the
Montreal General Hospital, has been awarded fhe
prestigious Ernest Manning Award for his discovery of
carcinpembryonic antigen, a substance secreted by certain
cancerous tumors. The $75,000 award is the first of the
Calgary, Alberta-based Manning Foundation: Gold's
discovery, the result of many years of research, led to the
possibility of detecting some types of cancer up to three
years earlier than previously possible.
Haig To Receive Honorary Degree
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig will receive an honorary doctorate of philosophy
from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev at Beersheba
Nov. 22. He will come to Israel a few days before the
ceremony and hold private talks with Premier Begin and
other top leaders. The university is honoring Haig "as a
gesture of appreciation for his devoted friendship to Israel."
JERUSALEM (JTA)-
A well known Israeli journalist who recently visited
Egypt, returned home
Shocked. The man, who in
the past used to come back
from Cairo with interviews
and background reports
from both the political and
social Egyptian elite, this
time returned empty-handed. As if by order, all the
doors were shut. Israelis, he
discovered, are no .longer
welcome in Cairo.
Just one year ago, things
were quite different. True,
the autonomy negotiations
were deadlocked. But President Anwar Sadat, with his
declared optimism, was still
a strong believer in peace
with Israel. He had just overcome a new wave of internal
unrest, and although domestic social and economic
difficulties continued to
trouble him, he appeared to
be in control of the situation.
He attended the military
nAttaek
Last Saturday, Oct. 9, was
the final day of Sukkot, and
in synagogues around the
world, Jews were celebrating what has always been a
festival of joy, marking the
fall harvest. In Rome, however, the holiday was
marred by yet another attack on European Jewry,
this time on Rome's main
synagogue.
A wire service report in
the Oct. 10 Columbus
Dispatch said that grenades,
hurled by five well dressed
, men, tore into the crowd
leaving Rome's Central
Synagogue, killing a two-
year-old boy and wounding
34 others.  The assailants
escaped amid a hail of submachine gun fire, according
to police and other
witnesses.
After the attack, congre^
gants, some in blood stained
talisim, gathered outside the
synagogue, wailing, sobbing
and fainting as the victims'
names were read. Many
screamed abuse at Pope
John Paul II for meeting last
month with Yassir Arafat,
leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The Monday, Oct. 11,
Citizen-Journal reported
that Roman Jews were currently taking their protection into their own hands,
arming themselves, guarding the city's Chief Rabbi,
Elio Toaf, and patrolling the
hospital corridors and rooms
where the injured—four of
them in serious condition—are recovering. This
comes "as an answer", according to Rabbi Toaf, "to
the scarce police protection
offered us in the: last days.
The spiral of hate is not destined to diminish," he said.
As of Oct. 11, this incident
was the latest in a two-year
series of anti-Semitic attacks on European Jewry,
which have left some 20 people dead and more than 200
wounded. ,,
parade, commemorating the
"victory" of the October 1973
war against Israel, certain
that things would turn out for
the better once Israel completed its withdrawal from
Sinai in the year ahead. It
was exactly one year ago today that Sadat was fatally
shot at the parade.
Deterioration In Relations
Relations between Israel
and Egypt after Sadat's
death began to deteriorate
and have never been the
same. They suffered their
worst blow after the massacre of Palestinians in the
Sabra and Shatila camps in
west Beirut. Ambassador
Saad Mortada Of Egypt was
called home for "consultations." He is unlikely to return.
Sadat's successor, Hosni
Mubarak, has always been
an enigma to the Israelis.
When he served at Sadat's
deputy, he shied away from
the Israelis. He visited Israel
only once and has not come
here since assuming the office of President.
Mubarak this week vowed
, to continue Sadat's peace policy but coupled it with a
warning that Israel faces
"grave consequences" if it
continues its policies in Lebanon and referred to what he
called Israel's illusion of military might that he said was
shattered by Egypt in 1973.
However, although relations between Egypt and Israel have cooled considerably, Mubarak was nevertheless careful not to break
ties completely despite the
blow he must have suffered
when Israel launched its
'.'Peace for Galilee" campaign. It is generally agreed
by political analysts that
with a possible settlement in
Lebanon,. Mubarak will
probably send a new Ambas^
sador to Israel. But relations
are expected to remain in
"deep freeze." The often
talked about normalization
process between the two
countries is no longer in process.   ' ':■',.  i ■
Normalization Process
At A Halt
. Although a number of
Egyptian tourists and several cultural groups such as
an orchestra and two dance
troupes have visited Israel,
the general scene is gloomy.
Israel opened a consulate in
Alexandria and Egypt
opened one in Eilat. But Israelis find it hard to visit the
previously popular beaches
of Sinai, and fewer Israelis
visit Egypt nowadays, although Israel had become
Egypt's fourth largest
source of tourism..
The small Israeli diplomatic community in Cairo,
as well as Israeli businessmen and academics,
find it increasingly difficult
to maintain contacts with the
local population. The
Egyptian message is clear;
Egypt. insisted ' from the
start, from the time Sadat
visited Jerusalem in 1977
and addressed the Knesset,
that it would not agree.to a
separate peace agreement
with Israel.
The intensive settlement
efforts on the West Bank
since the signing of the
Camp David Agreements
has been interpreted by the
Egyptians as directly contradicting the autonomy process as outlined in those accords. The War in Lebanon
placed the Egyptians in an
intolerable position, at a
time when they were trying
to improve relations witii the
aArab world.
Mubarak apparently resorted to a freeze in relations
with Israel as the only alter
native to severing relations
entirely. He refrained, from
the latter course despite intensive domestic pressures.
The opposition has recently
called on the government to
give top priority to military
preparedness on the eastern
front with Israel.
Mubarak has enthusiastically endorsed President's
Reagan's Middle East peace
initiative as a possible way
out of the deadlock. Meanwhile, the Egyptian media is
sharply attacking Israel's
leaders. aAnd while Cairo
seems willing to wait for a
new leadership-to emerge in
Israel, even if it takes a long
time, Mubarak is on record
as having warned Israel to
mend its ways or face
"grave consequences."
Tunisian Jews
Suffer Attacks By
PARIS (JTA)-Several
Jews were injured on the
Tunisian Island of Djerba
early last week when pro-
Palestinian . demonstrators
attacked people going to the
synagogue to attend special
Sukkot services.
According to unconfirmed
reports, one man had his ear
cut off in a scuffle while on
his way to the Um Suk Synagogue on the island. Two
cars belonging to Jewish
businessmen were stoned
and slightly damaged, the
reports say.
The Tunisian press reported last week that 26 demonstrators suspected of having- taken part in the anti-
Jewish attacks have been detained.
Temple Israel Aduit Education Committee Presents Ecumenical Panel, October 24
- The Adult Education Committee of Temple Israel will
present a special event on
Sunday evening, Oct. 24, at
7:30 p.m. in the -Temple
Social Hall.
A panel, consisting of Rev.
Larry Hickle, Pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church
in Delaware, Ohio; Father
John J. Dreese, Administrator of St. Joseph Cathedral, and Rabbi Harvey S.
Goldman, Temple Israel,
will address the, subject,
"Judaism and Christianity.
Where Are We? Where Are
We Going?—Separately and
Together."
Rev.  Hickle  received  a
Master of Divinity degree
from Princeton Theological
Seminary and a Doctor of
Rev. Larry Hickle ,
Science and Theology degree
from San Francisco Theo
logical Seminary. He is a
member of the Presbytery of
Scioto Valley and head of the
Leadership Development
Department and Mission
Council. He is President of
the Welfare Advisory Board
for Delaware County and is
Supervisor of the Trinity
Lutheran Seminary Internship Program.
Father John J. Dreese received a Licentiate in Sa.cred
. Theolpgy from the Catholic
University of America, Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
from the Pontifical Biblical
Institute in Rome, Italy, and
has completed most of his
work for a Ph.D. degree at
Hebrew-Union College, Cincinnati. He has taught at
Ohio Dominican College, St.
■ Rabbi Harvey S. Goldman
Gregory College Seminary,
Spalding  College,  Mt.  St.
Mary of the West Seminary
and the Pontifical College
Josephinum. Father Dreese
is presently Administrator of
St. Joseph Cathedral in
Columbus. He is one of the
co-founders of the Catholic-
Jewish Relations Committee
of the Diocese of Columbus.
Rabbi Harvey S. Goldman
received, his Ordination and
Master's Degree from Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, and holds a Doctorate
in Theology degree from Col-
gate Rochester Divinity
School. He serves on the
Church-State Committee for
the National Jewish Community Advisory Council and
has served as Chairman of
Father John L. Dreese
Interfaith Task Force.
The Adult Education Com-
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