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PLO terrorists captured
Ib.l. AVIV (JIA)—Two heavily armed Arab terrorists were
captured by an Israeli army patrol in the Jordan Valley last Friday
after infiltrating from Jordanian territory, a military spokesman
announced. He said the pair was captured without a fight and
identified as members of El Fatah, the military arm of the Palestine
Liberation Organization. They were carrying large quantities of
arms, ammunition and sabotage material, including explosives,
the army said.
I he incident was the second in four months in which PLO
terrorists entered Israel from Jordan. Israeli sources said these
attempts are a serious breach of the cease-fire in effect along the
Lebanese border since last July.
4,000 Druze get Identity cards
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Nearly 4,000 Druze on the Golan Heights,
about one-third of the total Druze population there, have applied
for and received Israeli identity cards, according to Defense
Minister Ariel Sharon He made this claim in a recent meeting with
Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Amin Tarif.
Sharon said he hoped life would return to normal soon on the
Golan and expressed regret at having to seal off the four Druze
villages “because of agitators in the area." Israeli officials say they
cannot explain the sudden increase in the number of Golan Druze
accepting identity cards, but insist that no pressure is being used to
get the Druze to accept the cards which they had refused to do for
months.
Court frees El Al’s wings
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Tel Aviv district labor court issued a
temporary injunction Sunday barring El A1 from obeying
government orders to suspend service on the Sabbath and religious
holidays. The injunction was requested by Histadrut, acting on
behalf of El A1 employees who contended that the airline would
sustain severe losses if it were to comply with the government’s
order, resulting in hardship for its work force.
The government ordered the suspension at the demand of
the Agudat Israel party, a partner in Prime Minister Menachem
Begin’s coalition.
Revoke Begin’s Nobel prize?
BONN (JTA)—The German-Arab Friendship Association has
called on the Nobel Committee in Stockholm to revoke the Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in
1979 for his role in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was the co-recipient.
The pro-Arab group said in a cable to Stockholm that Begin
forfeited the prize because he was responsible for the fatal shooting
of Arab demonstrators during recent clashes with Israeli security
forces on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel to set up ‘lookout posts’
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Defense Ministry has decided to
establish 40 military “lookout posts" throughout the West Bank,
staffed by young soldiers taken from Nahal units doing their
agricultural service in kibbutzim. The decision was apparently
taken by Defense Minister Ariel Sharon personally, and, as a
military move, does not require discussion by the Cabinet or the
Ministerial Defense Committee.
But such army posts can and have frequently in the past formed
the basis for later civilian settlements. As army posts, they do not
require the legal requisitioning of land.
Yamit kids up a tree
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israeli youngsters, aged 8 to 12, caused
the most trouble Tuesday in the Yamit area. Jewish Agency
workers who tried to uproot palm trees in the region, to replant
them in new villages inside Israel, were foiled by the youngsters
who climbed the trees and refused to come down.
It took soldiers several hours to get them down—and even
then it was thirst and hunger which did the job rather than military
prowess.
Another group of youngsters, members of a Yamit choir group,
caused a traffic jam of several miles when their re-entry to the
Yamit area was barred by soldiers. The youthful singers had left the
area to entertain marchers at a “Halt the Withdrawal" movement
march outside the closed-off Yamit area.
When they tried to return home they were told by soldiers that
the ban on re-entry to Yamit applied to them, also. They sat down
on the road and refused to budge for hours while the traffic jam
mounted up behind them.
Suppose you’re a volunteer
Editor:
Suppose you are in.your 60s or
70s or 80s (and we shall all get there
one day, God willing), and you are
a resident at the Jewish Home,
which is one of the finest.
Suppose you have children who
are devoted to you, and you adore
them, but they live 1,000 or 3,000
miles away. They call you weekly,
and you love hearing from them,
but they cannot visit you often
You look forward, with great
anticipation, for the once or twice
a year they are able to visit you.
Suppose you are confined to a
wheelchair, and have to depend on
someone to help you with
everything you need. You might
not want to sit in your room all day,
so you sit in the hallway near the
nurses’ station, along with many
other residents, watching everyone
who comes and goes But you have
no visitors. Oh, the volunteers are
great, and the staff is great, but
there is no one who has time to
spend with you alone—unless you
have a problem.
Now that the weather is so
beautiful, many of the residents
would love to go outside for half an
hour But no one has time to take
them out. Perhaps if someone
could lake them outside, or even
come in and write letters for them,
or do a little mending, it would be
wonderful.
Now suppose you were a
volunteer who would take time to
visit one or two of these people for
half an hour once a week, or twice
a month, and just sit and talk to her
(or him). Actually, you don’t have
to talk. She is so eager to have a
listener that she will do all the
talking. And her thought will be.
“She is spending time just with
me.”
Some diseases can be
conquered; some cures have been
found; but no one has found a
panacea for loneliness.
Suppose you were that
volunteer...call the Home.
Ethel H'tse
of touch?
Jewish leadership out
Editor:
It was most disgusting to see the
picture of Jimmy Carter and to
read about the award presented to
him at the recent UJA Conference
in Florida. This is the same person
who recently came back from
Egypt after attending the funeral
of Anwar Sadat and called for
talks and negotiations with the
PLO—a group that applauded the
killing of Sadat.
Then we learn that at a recent
luncheon of the Conference of
Presidents of Jewish Organizations,
Sheikh Caspar Weinberger was
royally greeted shortly after he
came back from the Middle East
where he advocated the sale of
sophisticated weapons to
Jordan—as a sop to his Saudi
superiors.
Why is it necessary that Jewish
organizations roll out the welcome
mat for two such enemies of Israel
and American Jews. Yes, let them
talk but don’t rush out to greet
them with open arms.
I believe that the “leadership” of
organized American Jewish
groups are radically out of touch
with what the mass of us are
thinking and it is lime to call a halt
to such obsequiousness. Carter
and Sheikh Caspar should be
made to understand that we know
who they are and what they do will
Auction
action
Editor.
On Sunday, March 28,
Congregation Shearith Israel
conducted its annual Goods and
Services Auction. Due to the
generosity and support of yourself,
Lou Davis (WSB-TV), Chief Noc-
A-Homa (Atlanta Braves), Solo
Quality Foods, and the entire
Atlanta community, this event was
a total success.
See you at the 1983 Auction.
Marilyn Dickstein and
Stan Sloan, Co-chairmen
Congregation Shearith Israel
not be forgotten.
Sol Spielberg
Enrichment
Editor:
The establishment of the
Institute for Adult Enrichment by
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center is an achievement that will
benefit the senior citizens of our
community.
As newly relocated retirees to
Atlanta, we are happy that we will
be able to be a part of this exciting
new experience. It will offer us the
opportunity to participate in many
creative and cultural activities. Not
only will the workshops be
interesting, they will also be very
stimulating and offer us the
opportunity to use our latent
talents.
We hope that more people in the
Jewish community will take
advantage of this constructive
involvement.
Jack and Anne Herschman
Seventh graders say thank you
Editor:
In reference to (a letter) that was
recently published in your
newspaper, it was stated that
during the hospitalization of
Steven Resnick, Rabbi Arnold
Samian offered a great deal of
comfort for the Hebrew Academy
seventh grade. While this is true,
gratitude is owed to many others
also.
The teachers of the seventh
grade, Mrs. Brenda Vance, Mrs.
Rita Shloush and Mrs. Martha
Sanders offered their comfort to
the students in their time of need.
Many others from the school, such
as Dr. Ephraim Frankel and Mrs.
Gertrude Krick, gave support to
the students at the Hebrew
Academy.
Also included are the rabbis of
many congregations throughout
the city. These rabbis offered their
prayers, as did the many men who
participated in the minyan held
each morning at the Hebrew
Academy. Many others are also to
be appreciated.
A great deal of appreciation
should be extended to the seventh
grade students of the Hebrew
Academy, for their support of each
other during their time of sorrow.
A special thanks should also be
accredited to those who did what
they could to help at the scene of
the accident.
In conclusion, appreciation is
due not only to one, but to many. It
is due to all who cared.
I Mime AI ter man
Lisa Hernstein
7th grade,
Hebrew Academy
s Kirkpatrick, Arens to address UJA\
NEW YORK (JTA)—Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, the United States’
permanent representative to the United Nations, and Moshe.Arens,
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, will be featured speakers
at the annual United Jewish Appeal National Leadership
Conference to be held May 21-23 in Washington, D.C.
Ambassador Arens will speak at the opening plenary of the
conference at 2 p.m., Friday, May 21, in the Sheraton Washington
Hotel. Ambassador Kirkpatrick will address a Shabbat dinner
session beginning at 8 p.m. that same evening. They join General
Ariel Sharon, Israel’s minister of defense, as the principal speakers
for the event which marks the opening of the 1983 United Jewish
Appeal/Community Campaign.
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