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f JERUSALEM (JTA)—The price of gasoline soared by 40 M
percent last week. At the current exchange rate this means that a f>:
f * gallon of 94 octane gasoline now costs the Israeli motorist about I
$2 60
j Energy Ministry sources said the first rise would be followed by m
a second wave of price hikes before the end of the year in order to |j
keep abreast of world price rises and with the steady fall of the
H Pound which reached an all-time low of IL 26-SI last week. J
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No public funds for private clubs *
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WASHINGTON- The American Jewish Committee urged <k
| the Senate Banking Committee to approve action which would ||
prohibit banks from using public funds to support private social %
fe clubs which discriminate in their membership.
P Charging that clubs throughout the country discriminate i
|| against Jews, Blacks and women, Richard Davimos, chairman of ®
i|| the organization's Committee on Social Discrimination, pointed :
i out that it was common practice for banks and other corporate i
0 enterprises to pay membership dues in social clubs for their %
executives. Support of such discriminatory policies, he declared, 1
helps to perpetuate discrimination in the hiring and promotion of gf
§ minorities in the executive suites of business enterprises.
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N. Y. will get more Jewish cops
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| NEW YORK—The New York City Police Department has M
, presented the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith with a |
I Certificate of Appreciation for its role in the department’s i
1 recruiting efforts which attracted more than 1,100 Jewish ||
applicants.
There are currently only 750 Jewish men and women in the
| 25,000-member police department, compared to an all-time high
I of 2,600 Jews in the department after World War II.
Israelis hit terrorists by air, sea
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel Air Force planes attacked terrorist
concentrations in southern Lebanon last Sunday evening and
returned safely to their bases, a military communique said.
On Friday, a sea-borne Israeli raiding party landed on the
§ south Lebanese coast and attacked a terrorist vehicle on the road
J between Tyre and Sidon. The vehicle was destroyed and its four
occupants were hit. a military communique said. It said the action
i? was carried out under the present policy of pre-emptive strikes at I
I terrorist targets to forestall hostile activities against Israel.
Socialists split on Arafat meet *
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i STOCKHOLM (JTA)—The Socialist International ended its
I leadership conference here with the 22 delegations almost evenly 1
§ split over whether the International's president, former West S
1 German Chancellor Willy Brandt, and its vice president, Austrian |
1 Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, should have met with Yasir Arafat, I
1 head of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Vienna earlier i
fj this month.
Police dismantle beach bomb
TEI. AVIV (JTA)—An explosive device discovered on a Is'
crowded beach in Netanya last Saturday morning was dismantled
§ by police sappers before it could detonate. A man noticed the |
:< device concealed in a cigarette case placed in the sand and notified
:* the lifeguards. The lifeguards warned the thousands of bathers on *
** the beach to clear the area as police were called in to dismantle the
device.
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Export ban gets Senate OK
f WASHINGTON (JTA)- The Senate has approved an
■? amendment to the Export Administration Act that would prohibit 3?
| the U.S. from exporting to countries that demonstrated a pattern |
of support for international terrorism, any goods or technology
*' that could contribute to such countries' military potential or f
if enhance their ability tosupportactsofinternational terrorism. The |
| amendment also provides for suspension of such ban by the 1
I President if he deems it to be in the interests of national security. |
belters to the editor
Appeal for Jewish adoptive families
Editor:
For many years, hundreds and
hundreds of Jewish children in
need of foster care or adoption
have been placed, by both private
and public agencies, in non-Jewish
homes. The situation has been
made more critical by recent
federal legislation and funding
policies designed to force child
care agencies to drastically reduce
the number of children in foster
care. As a result, even more Jewish
children than before are being
given to non-Jewish families for
adoption.
To meet this crisis, the National
Jewish Commission on Law and
Public Affairs (COLPA) and the
Emergency Council of Jewish
Adoptive and Foster Families
(ECJAFF) worked closely during
June with New York state
legislators Howard Lasher and
Joseph Pisani to amend the New
York State Child Welfare Act with
a requirement that the state
Department of Social Services
must develop procedures
“reasonably necessary” for the
placement of children in adoptive
Plea for
Falashas
Editor:
What is happening to the
Falashas of Ethiopia is disturbing
to me because we Jews who have
said “never again” to another
Holocaust are standing idly by
while our fellow Jews are being
exterminated. This is hypocrisy
unless we do something about it
and if not now then when?
Roberta Yenawine
Spreading
the word
Editor:
You are to be commended for
enclosing the “Arab Takeover”
supplement with your July 13th
issue of The Southern Israelite. I
wish everyone in American could
read it.
Will you please send at least
eight copies as 1 wish to mail them
to my senators, congressmen and
influential friends.
Your weekly newspaper is “must
reading" in our home. Keep up
your good work.
Sam Pollock
Bal Harbour, Ha
‘Takeover’
frightens
Editor:
Sonya and I want to express our
appreciation to The Southern
Israelite for distributing the
supplement “Takeover."
We found it very informative ..
and also frightening. You have
performed a real service to all
segments of the community by
making such information
available.
homes of their own religious
background
The key to the success of this
new legislation lies with the
American Jewish community.
Assemblyman Lasher has written to
Jewish leaders emphasizing that
the Jewish community now has
both the opportunity and the
responsibility to find Jewish
families willing to adopt Jewish
children, even those with physical,
mental, or emotional handicaps.
The Emergency Council has
been heartened by reports from
Jewish families of the “naches”
they have received from the way in
which even handicapped children
have responded to the warmth of a
Jewish adoptive home. The
ECJAFF is, therefore, extending
this appeal nation-wide.
There are no geographical
barriers to the adoption of Jewish
children by Jewish families.
Editor:
On behalf of the Atlanta
Chapter, American Jewish
Committee, and its Energy
Committee, I would like to
publicly thank The Southern
Israelite for its cooperation in our
“Energy Line" program.
The Jewish press in general and
the “Israelite” in particular have
long records of service to the
However, because of lack of
communication among agencies,
many Jewish families have
adopted non-Jewish children
because they were unaware of
Jewish children, in their own
communities, who desperately
needed the home that these
families could give.
We appeal to Jewish families
who have ever considered
adopting a child, or who know of
such Jewish families, to get in
touch with us as soon as possible,
because many young Jewish
souls are at stake. Call (212) 851-
6570, or write to me at the
Emergency Council of Jewish
Adoptive and Foster Families,
Two Penn Plaza, Suite 1500. New
York, NY 10001
Rabbi Reuven Simons
Emergency Council of Jewish
Adoptive and Foster Families
Two Penn Plaza, Suite 1500, New
York, NY 10001
Jewish community. In these
rapidly changing times we salute
the “Israelite” for maintaining that
tradition in an era of inflation and
other severe pressures on small
businesses.
Stanley Daniels
Chairman, Energy Committee
Atlanta Chapter
American Jewish Committee
A letter to father
Dear Father,
As / write this letter, / feel a sense of urgency. I’m afraid for
both of us, but I don’t know why / feel this wav. You’d probably
think I'm being silly if l told you, so I decided to write this instead
It started just before we set out for Beersheba. You cut much
more wood than we normally use for such a trip, and / wanted to
know what we were going to do with the surplus amount. You
seemed rather startled by my question and began yelling at me. It
was so unlike that patient and gentle man I've always known, to
snap at me over this and other such trivial mailers that day. And
the look you gave me when / asked to borrow the knife to cut some
rope— what was / doing wrong? / was so confused. I ran over to the
servant boys and talked with them. They, too, were upset and
couldn't figure out what was happening.
Perhaps there was something at home that was bothering you /
know that you were always in the middle of spats between Mom
and the maid, but you never let it affect you. And my brother—
you're obviously disappointed that he chose another career over
the family business, but you've accepted il. The business doesn't
worry you because people envy your wealth as well as your
generosity
This whole dilemma reached a peak last night as I lay awake
and heard you pace back and forth outside the tent / never heard
you cry before, Father My heart was so heavy that / wanted to
rush out and hug you. Yet, when we got up this morning, you came
over to hug me and hold my hand as if we weren 7 going to see one
another again. I've been so beside myself. I just don’t know what to
do.
When you return from preparing the altar, I hope you read this,
because / want you to know that I trust you completely, and that
whatever happens. / will love you always.
Isaac
Kabbi Sieve Sfroiman
Jewish i * portent
Thanks for ‘Energy Line’ aid
Ben Rabtnowitz
Eage 5 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 27, 1979