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Arab World Reacts
To Israeli Elections
PARIS (JTA).-The Arab
world appeared to take an almost perverse satisfaction in
the failure of the Israeli elections to give a clear-cut vie-
. tory   to  either  Labor  oi
Likud.
A survey of the Arabic
press arid reports by the
French media from Arab
capitals indicated a degree
of relief that the Labor
Party, widely assumed to be
more amenable to compromise than its rival, was not
given a mandate to form the
next government.
This attitude was especially strong in Syria where the
French press quoted officials as saying that the election of Labor Party leader
Shimon Peres to be Prime
Minister   probably  would
. have given new impetus to
the Reagan "peace plan" of
Sept. 1,1982, which excluded
Syria. It would have resulted, these sources said, in a
new American attempt to
push Israel and Jordan into
negotiations from which
Syria would be excluded;
Election Results Disappointing
© West Bank Arab Leaders
Sakharov's stepdaughter, Tatyana Yankelevich, is
discussing the fate of her parents with former President Jimmy Carter in San Franciso. Accompanying
Yankelevich is Bob Arsenault, associate director for
Congressional Relations for the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews. Photo credit: David Waksberg.
Sakharov's Stepdaughter
In San Francisco During
Democratic Convention
Tatyana Yankelevich, the
stepdaughter of Soviet
human rights activist Andrei
Sakharov, was in San Francisco during the Democratic
House Hospice Unit
Is Part Of Expansion Plans
The philosophy of Heritage
Village to provide a "Life
With Dignity" assumes increased significance for
those members of the community who must cope with
the realization that they, or a
loved one, are dying.
The Heritage House Hospice unit has been designed
to meet the special needs of
those persons in the final
phases of terminal illness.
When completed, Heritage
House will be the only skilled
nursing facility in this area
and only one of a handful of
long term care facilities in
the country to offer residential hospice care.
The continuous staffing
and therapeutic programs
enhance the quality of life
during one's-illness and provide emotional, sprititual
and social supports to the
family Unit. Medical, therapeutic and conselling staff
provide continuous loving
attention to the dying older
adult, as well as to his or her
family. The nine-room wing
will be located on the new
50-bed nursing unit and will
also include a kitchenette
and overnight accommodations for family members.
The creation of the hospice
unit is only one of the many
important components of
"We Are Their Children,"
the Heritage House Expansion Program. Additional
therapeutic areas for the
Special Care Pavilion, the
creation of four dining areas
and a modernized kitchen
and the long-awaited addition of multipurpose program areas for the home's
residents are also major aspects of the expansion plans.
"The Heritage Villlage
Auxiliary looks forward to
being involved in the building and expansion of Heritage House, which includes
this sensitive approach to
the physical and psychological needs of the dying person," states Betty Tieman,
auxiliary past president and
co-chairwoman of the Auxiliary Division of the "We Are
Their Children" Campaign.
Members of the Heritage
Village Auxiliary who would
like to learn about the hospice program or any other
components of the Expansion Program should contact
Mrs. Tieman at 891-2981.
fr Tisha x
B'av
9th Day of Av
August 7,1984
Fast Day
Commemorating
The Destruction
Of The
Ancient Temple &
Jerusalem'
1 2.500 Years Ago
Convention seeking support
for her parents, neither of
whom have been seen since
early May.
Prior to her arrival in San
Francisco, Yankelevich
learned from "reliable
sources in Moscow" that her
stepfather has been administered mind-altering drugs
for the past month and-a-half
in a closed hospital ward in
Gorky, 250 miles east of Mos-
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -
West Bank Arab leaders are
disappointed by the inconclusive'results of Israel's
July 23 elections. While most
of them had taken an aloof
attitude, maintaining that
there is little difference between Labor and Likud as
far as Palestinians are concerned, it was clear last
week that a Labor victory
had been hoped for to ease
the tense atmosphere in the
territory'and perhaps, increase chances |for a political settlement.
Mayor Elias Freij of Bethlehem, one of the few West
Bank leaders who had publicly expressed his hope for a
Labor victory before the
elections, said that he was
not only disappointed but depressed.
"There is not much hope
now for the residents of the
occupied territories," he
said. He was seriously disturbed by the election of
Rabbi Meir Kahane to the
Knesset which he described
as "a dangerous and
ugly"phenomenon. According to[ Freij, "Kahane" is a~
racist," calling for the expul- ^
sion of Arabs from the land
where they have lived for
centuries. How could that
happen?" he asked.
Freij expressed some satisfaction with the success of
the Arab-Jewish Progressive List for Peace, a new.
faction which won two Knesset seats in its first try for
parliament. But Al Quds, the
leading Arabic daily in-East
Jerusalem, observed that no
government that may
emerge from the elections
would be strong or stable
enough to take bold decisions.
The leftist Arabic daily A-
Shaab said the elections
gave the government a mandate to continue the "policy
of repression" in the territories. One of its editors told
the Israeli daily, Haaretz,
"We now fear for the fate of
our holy places, especially
the Al Aksa mosque and the
Tomb of the Patriarchs after
the rise of extreme fanatics
in Israel^ particularly Kahane's party."
Bashir Barghuti, leader of
the Communist Party on the
West Bank, said the election
results showed that Israel
was suffering a deep ideological, political and economic crisis. It also showed,
according to Barghuti that
there is hardly any interest
among the Israeli public to
seek a solution of the Middle
East conflict.
Cantor Chomsky To Conduct
Special Tisha B'Av Service
Monday evening, Aug. 6,
at 8:30 p.m., Cantor Jack
Chomsky of Congregation
Tifereth Israel, will conduct
a special service to mark the
start of Tisha B'Ay, the 9th
day of Av.
Traditionally, Eicha, the
- Lamentations■- of Jeremiah,
are read on Tisha B'Av. Cantor Chomsky will be assisted
in the mournful renditions of
this book by several congregants, Dr. Jerry Benis, Anne
Bonowitz, Jennifer Field,
Shari Robins and Pam Swedlow. ~
Jewish Organizations Develop Strategy,
Policy To Deal With Equal Access Law
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NEW YORK (JTA) - The
National Jewish Community
Relations Advisory. Council
(NJCRAC), representing a
wide range, of 11 national
Jewish organizations and 111
local Jewish Community Relations Councils, is arranging for seminars in eight
cities to work out policy and
strategy at the local level for
dealing with the effects of
the newly-enacted equal access law, Albert Chernin,
NJCRAC executive vice
chairman, reported last
week.
The proposal, approved by
the Senate last May, and approved 337-77 by the House in
' a second vote on the measure, would permit religious
groups, to hold meetings in
public schools; but only before and after regular class
hours.
Since President Reagan,
at his July 24 press conference, listed the measure as
one of six'he particularly
wanted adopted by Congress
before adjournment, his signature is assured.
Chernin told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that the
NJCRAC planned to hold a
consultation in New York
City on Sept. 9 with the
American Jewish Congress,
to coordinate the eight regional conferences.
The AJCongress, in a
statement denouncing the
House action*, said it would
' 'carry the fight to the courts
to have this legislation invalidated." An AJCongress
spokesman told the JTA it
was. too early to determine
how such a fight would be
implemented.
Many Jewish officials
questioned by the JTA noted
that one of the problems involved yras that the issue
would not be joined until the
1984-85 school year begins
and planned monitoring
started of such public access
by church groups would indicate whether fears of Jewish
groups of proselytizing of
Jewish school children materialized.
Agudas Achim Sets Service
On Monday evening, Aug.
6, the Agudas Achim Synagogue will usher in Tisha
B'AVj a fast commemorating the destruction of the
Temple, "at;a Candlelight,
Service in the sanctuary at
8:30 p.m. Rabbi Alan G.
Ciner will lead the Service.
Moises Herszage will read
"Eicha." Cantor Baruch
Shifman will sing the liturgical selections.
From time immemorial,
as the sun has gone down,
Jews have gathered together
to mourn and chant the Book
of Lamentations. Continuing
the tradition of last year,
families  are  invited  to
participate in this service so
that all may recall a moment
in history.
Teens visiting from Jesse
Cohen of Holon, Israel, will
join the congregation in
observance of Tisha' B'Av.
The community is invited to
attend.
Cantor Jack Chomsky
This year, Tisha B'Av
coincides with Hiroshima
Day. Cantor Chomsky has
selected additional readings
on the potential tragedy of
nuclear annihilation. Members of the congregation will
be invited to participate in
these readings.
"I am very pleased with
the response from the congregation in participating in
this special service," said
Cantor Chomsky. "I believe
that we will provide the congregation and the community with a uniquely beautiful
and stirring beginning for
this mournful day."
Services Tuesday morning
will be at 7:30 a.m. The com-
munity is invited to participate.
Boys? Night Out To Be Sept. 13
The Agudas Achim
Brotherhood will sponsor
"Boys' Night Out With The
Stars" on Thursday, Sept.
13, This event will feature
Jackie Vernon as the head-
liner, a prime rib dinner and
an open bar.
A Las Vegas style evening
will be featured with a name
lead off act.
Seating is limited. Contact
a Brotherhood member or
the Synagogue office,
237-2747, for more information or to make reservations.