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VOL.61   NO. 39
SEPTEMBER 22,1983-TISHREI15
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C. Herzog Accuses
World Of Hypocrisy
JERUSALEM (JTA)-
President Chaim Herzog last
week accused international
public opinion of hypocrisy
in relation to Israel and Lebanon. When theSabra and
Shatila massacre occurred >'
last year, he said, Israel was
blamed worldwide even
though it was plain that no
Israeli hand had spilled the
blood of the victims. Now,
however, when massacres
are once again being perpetrated in;-'Lebian'on—the;
world stands by .and says
nothing. /
The President made these
remarks during a day-long
tour? of several religious kibbutzim and moshavim in the
northern Negev. He attended
afternoon services at the
Moshav Shitufi of "Massuot
Yitzhak," named after his
late father, Chief Rabbi
Isaac Halevy Herzog of Ireland.
Jewish Books Banned At Moscow Book Fair
NEW YORK (JTAJ-The Soviet authorities have barred 49
books pn Jewish, issues at the fourth Moscow International
Book Fair, according to reports reaching here. Organizers of
the stand mounted by the Association of Jewish Book Publishers of New York told reporters in Moscow that the Soviet
authorities banned 49 of their titles, among them The American Jewish Year Book; The Jewish Catalogue; History of the
Jews by Cecil Roth; the memoirs of former PresidentJimmy
Carter; The History of Israel" by Howard Sachar; My Name
Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok; Many Faces of Anti-Semitism; Arab Israeli Wars and 15 books in Russian on Jewish
holidays.
Arabs Demonstrate Outside
Synagogue On Rosh Hashanah
PARIS (JTA)—Arab demonstrators surrounded' a synagogue in Vitry, a.Paris suburb, on the second day of Rosh
Hashanah, shouting anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic slogans.
The president of the Vitiry Jewish community, Dr. Maurice
Ruah, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the city police
in the Communist-controlled municipality, had acted to protect the synagogue but in what seemed a half-hearted manner.
Begin's letter Of Resignation
Delivered To President Herzog
Survey Shows U.S Jews Committed
To Israel's Security, Divided Over
Current Israeli Government Policies
NEW YORK (JTA) —
American Jews are overwhelmingly " committed^ to
the security of Israel although they are deeply
divided in their opinions of
the policies of the current
Israeli government, headed
since 1977 by Prime Minister
Menachem Begin, according
to a survey released recently.
The survey, titled "Attitudes of American Jews
toward Israel and Israelis,"
was commissioned by the
American Jewish Committee's Institute on American
Jewish-Israeli Relations and
was introduced at a news
conference at AJC national
headquarters here. It was
designed and executed by
Dr. Steven M. Cohen, senior
fellow at the Center ( for
Modern Jewish Studies,
Brandeis University, and associate professor of Sociology, Queens.
Conducted this past June
and July, the survey investigated such issues as the
depth of emotional attachment to Israel; the extent of
involvement in pro-Israel
activities; attitudes toward
Friends' Dinner To Support
Scholarship Fund Of CHS
"A major thrust of the
Friends' effort is aimed at
sustaining the Scholarship
Fund of the Columbus
Hebrew School," announced
Arthur Katz, chairman of
the Annual Dinner Arrangement Committee. "This
Fund," said. Katz, "allows
all Jewish children regardless of financial ability, to
benefit from CHS' education
, programs'."
Planned for Oct. 23 at the
Agudas Achim Social Hall,
the Friends' Annual Dinner
will feature Rabbi Alan G,
Ciner of Agudas Achim Congregation as guest speaker
and a musical presentation
by the CHS Choir under the
direction of Sunnie Ghitman.
Katz  recalled  that  the
i ■  "Friends" were formed 22
years ago by a group of lay
leaders committed to the
strengthening of Jewish education in general and supporting th-e Columbus
Hebrew School in particular.
"As the Hebrew School
enters its 61st year of service
to the Jewish community,"
said Katz, "I extend a most
cordial invitation to those interested in assuring a Jewish
future for our children to join
the ranks of the Friends and
thereby help furthering the
cause of Jewish education in
our community."
The Annual Dinner will
start with a cocktail hour at
6;30 p.m. and will be promptly followed by dinner at 7
p.m.
Reservations can be made
by calling the CHS office at
231-7764 or 231-8700.
Israeli public figures and
foreign' policy and anxieties
about general American attitudes toward Jews and toward Israel.
The survey obtained and
compared responses from
two distinct groups—a random nationwide sample of
640 American Jews and 272
Jewish communal leaders.
The leaders were board
members of five national or-
ganizations—the American
Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, International B'nai
B'rith and United Jewish Appeal.
"Although American Jews
are substantially united in
their concern for Israel's
security, they hold diverse
views as to how Israel should
pursue its search for peace
and security," Cohen declared at the news conference. A plurality of the
public—42 percent to 29 percent, with 30 percent undecided—believe that "Israel
should maintain permanent
control over the West Bank,"
he reported. , ,
By roughly similar margins, the sample endorsed
the idea that "Israel should
offer the Arabs territorial
compromise in the West
Bank and Gaza in return for
credible guarantees of
peace." On the other hand,
only 21 percent of the leaders
favored permanent control
of the West Bank, and 74 percent of^them—almost twice
as many as the public sam-
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JERUSALEM (JTA)-
Menachem Begin officially
resigned as Prime Minister"
Sept. 15. His formal letter of
resignation was delivered to
President Chaim Herzog by
Cabinet Secretary Dan Meri-
dor.
A spokesman for Begin
told reporters that - the
70-year-old Israeli leader
has a facial rash and, being
unable to shave, did not want
to appear before the President. But speculation was
rife that Begin, who has not
left his home for over a
week, is seriously ill.
His formal act of resignation came just 19 days after
he stunned Israelis and
much of the world with the
announcement that he would
step down. His delay in
carrying out his intentions,
even after Likud elected
Foreign Minister Yitzhak
Shamir to replace him as
party leader on Sept. 1 and
after Shamir obtained the
agreement of the coalition
parties to support him as the
next Prime Minister, raised
questions of constitutional
propriety.
Attorney General Yitzhak
Zamir issued a legal opinion
Sept. 13 suggesting that the
"acceptable" interval between announcement and
formalization   of  Begin's
resignation had elapsed.
That apparently prompted
Begin to act, although aides
said he would have preferred
to wait until his physical'
condition allowed him to
visit the President.
' The media recorded for
posterity Herzog's receipt of
BeghYs letter. He opened
aricfread it before scores of
reporters, and cameramen
representing Israeli and
world-wide news organizations.
Herzog must now proceed
"With the constitutional process which requires him to
consult with the major political parties and ask the .
leader of one of them to form
a new government. With
Begin's resignation, his government automatically?
resigns but continues to
function as a ! caretaker
regime until the new government is formed and wins a
vote of confidence in .the
Knesset.
Likud is not the largest
garty in the Knesset. It holds
46 seats' to?50 of the*iiabor::-
Alignment. But on Sept. 12,
after more than a week of
intensive negotiations and
hard bargaining, it obtained
written agreements from all
of the partners in the outgoing coalition—the National   Religious   Party,
Sukkot
September 22-30   ?' '■ 15-23 Tishrei.
The Festival of H uts
Sukkot comes at the time of redemption and
fulfillment when we gather in the benefits of
repentance and forgiveness. Our harvest
consists of joy and peace-
harmony in the world.
Aguda Israel, Tami and
Tehiya—to participate in a
new Likud regime headed by
Shamir. The new government would command 64
Knesset mandates, three
more than the majority
heeded to govern.
This will be Likud's argument in its talks with Herzog. But Labor MKs contend
that their party, as the largest single faction in the
Knesset, should be offered
the opportunity. to form a
coalition. There'have been
-reports—not denied by the
parties involved—that Labor
Party chairman Shimon
Peres has been holding discussions with representatives of the outgoing coalition, notwithstanding their
pledge to support Likud.
But Deputy Premier
David Levy said on a television interview last week that
Likud is ''not worried." He
noted that Israel is a "free
country" and people could
talk with whomever they
pleased without generating
concern or suspicion.	
Glenn Speaks Out
On Israel And PLO
NEW YORK (WNS)-Sen.
John Glenn (D. Ohio) told a
gathering of the Foreign
Policy Association here last
week that "the Arabs'
refusal to accept the legitimacy and permanent existence of Israel remains the
greatest stumbling block to
peace in the Mideast.''
Glenn, who is seeking the
Democratic Presidential
nomination, delivered a
strong pro-Israel speech
which included the assertion
that "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. And when the
Camp David negotiations
are completed—or if the
Camp David process irretrievably breaks down—I believe the United States
should be prepared to move
its Embassy there. And let
me say that I hope we never
see that city divided again."
While vowing continued
support for Israel and its
security, Glenn issued a
stinging attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he described as
"little more than a gang of
international' thugs. And
until they abandon the use of
terror and renounce forever
their oath to destroy Israel,
the United States should
neither recognize nor negotiate with them. That has
been my position in the
pask-and it will remain my
position in the future," he
said.
Glenn added: "Instead of
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