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issues remain to be resolved, hint
ing that only then should the pro
posed Taba accord to be accepted
by Israel. He singled out two issues:
“incitement in the (Egyptian)
media” and barriers to trade and
tourism.
Should Shamir insist on a delay,
Peres may be prepared to go to a
government crisis over the issue.
Peres and Shamir are scheduled to
switch jobs in less than two months
and any crisis now could jeopard
ize their rotation agreement.
In recent days, Egypt softened
its stance on other issues in dispute
with Israel, leading to this week’s
Taba accord. One had to do with
the demands of Israeli families for
compensation after an Egyptian
policeman went berserk and killed
seven relatives in October 1985.
The Egyptians had insisted that the
families apply to Egyptian courts,
but later agreed to arrange for
compensation without the need to
resort to such courts.
Peres’ visit to Morocco this
summer and Vice President George
Bush’s journey to the Mideast two
weeks ago apparently spurred the
negotiators to conclude quickly.
Melvin I. Tillem *
Melvin 1. Tillem, 60, of Atlanta
died Saturday, Aug. 9.
Graveside service was held Mon
day, Aug. I I. at Crest Lawn Mem
orial Park, with Rabbi Emanuel
Feldman officiating.
He was a member of Congrega
tion Beth .Jacob. He retired as
manager of Rich’s department store
at North DeKalb Mall after 27
years with the company. He was a
member of the Decatur Rotary
Club.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
l.oretta Held Tillem of Atlanta;
daughters, Mrs. Gayle Benator of
Richmond, Va., and Miss Amy
Tillem of Atlanta; son, Arthur Til
lem of Atlanta; and three grand
children.
Donations can be made to Con
gregation Beth Jacob.
Mrs. Rosemary Berman
Mrs. Rosemary Glass Berman,
70. of Atlanta died Wednesday.
Aug. 13.
Graveside service will be held at
11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15. at
Greenwood Cemetery, with Rabbi
Arnold Goodman and Cantor Isaac
Goodfriend officiating.
She was a member of Ahavath
Achim Synagogue.
Survivors include her husband.
Abe Berman of Atlanta; sons. Irwin
Berman and Martin Berman, both
of Atlanta, and Harvey Berman of
Wapakoneta. Ohio; sister, Mrs.
Sylvia Jurofsky of Atlanta; brother,
Sam N. Glass of Atlanta; three
grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to the
Jewish Home.
Last Thursday, Mubarak invited
the Israeli negotiators to meet with
him personally, a clear sign that he
wanted to wrap things up on Taba
speedily.
Meanwhile, plans are going ahead
for Israel and the Soviet Union to
hold their first publicly acknow-
leged meeting since 1967. Two Is
raeli Foreign Ministry officials will
travel to Helsinki for the talks on
Aug. 18 and 19 with their Soviet
counterparts.
Russian Jews in Israel have in
sisted that the Israeli government
bring up the Soviet government’s
treatment of their brethren in Rus
sia. Israel appears reluctant, per
haps having agreed with the Soviets
that only consular matters will be
discussed at this first encounter.
Israeli and Soviet delegates are
to visit each other’s countries for
several-months’ stays following the
Helsinki talks. Few believe that the
Soviets plan to establish diplomatic
relations with Israel, broken off in
1967, very quickly. But that possi
bility exists now tha{ the Soviets
have agreed to the Helsinki meeting.
Relations between Israel and
Eastern bloc countries are im
proving as well. That may be no
coincidence, given the positive sig
nals given off by the Soviets toward
Israel in the past few weeks.
Israel and Poland are expected
to develop low-level diplomatic re
lations, perhaps at the consular
level, within a month. The Bulgar
ian government has permitted the
Jewish community to invite Sham
ir’s Bulgarian-born wife, to visit
her homeland. She will probably
make the journey in the next few
weeks. Hungary has suggested that
it too would be interested in warm
ing up relations with Israel. All
Eastern bloc countries except
Rumania broke off relations with
Israel at the time of 1967 Six-Day
War.
Success
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of racial discrimination. The A-
merican delegate suggested that
anti-Semitism be included, to which
the Russians countered with a pro
posal that, in that case, Zionism,
too ought to be included. During
the heated debate that followed, it
was decided to drop both.” Ten
years later, at a United Nations
educational Scientific and Cultu
ral Organization conference in
Paris, Judge Ben-ltto was again
present—and helpless—as the in
famous “Zionism is racism” reso
lution was steamrolled.
Her climb on the judicial ladder
brought the vivacious judge a nom
ination to the district court in 1970
and a six-month, temporary ap
pointment to the Supreme Court
10 years later. “It is true that 1
received an additional dimension
in this position,” she says, “but 1
am not sure I would want it as a
permanent occupation.”
Continuing her travels on Israel’s
behalf, the judge has been on a
speaking tour to South Africa, has
served as a scholar-in-residence in
Colorado, has spoken to British
citizens on the importance of the
United Israel Appeal and has ad
dressed a group of French court
presidents at the Palais de Justice
in Paris plunging into an intensive
one-month French course to pre
pare for the event. At a difficult
moment—after the massacres in
the Sabra and Shatila refugee
camps—she addressed a UNESCO
session in Paris dealing with human
rights, earning applause from even
the African delegates and consid
erable coverage in the French press.
The energetic judge remains in
volved in the drive to fight the
Zionism-racism equation. She has
met with 60 young solicitors in
London, who, she says "are raring
to go and join the fight.” The drive
has already spawned debates in
both the American State Depart
ment and the French Parliament.
Judge Ben-ltto manages to fit
her “extracurricular” activities
which have also included teaching
law at Bar Ilan University, into her
regular schedule of daily court ses
sions, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
“And after that 1 sit at home and
write the court decisions,” she says,
adding that she also finds time for
her passion, swimming.
It is obvious that Hadassah Ben-
ltto takes to heart the words of
Shakespeare’s Polonius, on display
above her desk: "This above all, to
thine own self be true.”
Hbugive
hope.
The United Way
Obituaries
Mrs. May Kirsch Maurice R. Jolson
Henry D. Bloom
Mrs. May Herman Kirsch, 98,
of Atlanta died Thursday, Aug. 7.
She was a math teacher at a New
York City junior high school for 35
years.
Survivors include her daughter,
Mrs. Beatrice Newmark of Atlanta;
two granddaughters and six great
grandchildren.
Morris unveiling
The unveiling ceremony in
memory of Hilda Morris will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17
at Crestlawn Memorial Park. Rabbi
Judah Kogen will officiate.
Mrs. Effie Becker
Mrs. Effie Becker, 66, of Atlanta
died Saturday, Aug. 9.
A private memorial service was
held Monday, Aug. I 1.
Survivors include her daughters,
Mrs. Lois M. Schwartz of Marietta,
and Miss Tedi Digennaro of Spring
Valley, N.Y.; mother, Mrs. Clara
Lewis of Livonia, Mich.; brother,
Frank Lewis of Livonia; and two
grandsons.
Donations can be made to the
Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Maurice R. Jolson, 93, of Balti
more died Tuesday, Aug. 12.
He was the father of M rs. Wilma
J. Bloom of Atlanta.
Funeral was held Wednesday,
Aug. 13, in Baltimore, with Rabbi
Yaakov Chaitovsky officiating.
M r. J olson was a native of Latvia.
Other survivors include another
daughter, Mrs. Beverly J. Robin
son of Baltimore; six grandchild
ren and four great-grandchildren.
Bea R. Simonoff
Bea R. Simonoff, 69, of Atlanta,
formerly of New York City, died
Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Funeral will be held in New
York.
She was the retired executive
director of the Jewish Children's
Service in Atlanta. She was a
member of OWLS, the Older
Women’s League.
Survivors include her daughter,
Mrs. Sheila Schwartz of Atlanta;
son, Jeffrey Simonoff of Connecti
cut; sisters, Mrs. Harriet Garber of
Camarillo, Calif., and Mrs. Muriel
Stein of Florida; and five grandchil
dren.
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Henry D. Bloom, 66, of Atlanta
died Monday, Aug. 11.
Funeral service was held Thurs
day, Aug. 14, at Spring Hill Chapel,
with Rabbi Samuel R. Weinstein
and Cecil Marks officiating. Inter
ment followed at Riverdale Ceme
tery in Columbus, Ga., with Rabbi
Edward Chesman officiating.
The Columbus native was na
tional sales manager of Crown,
Cork and Seal Co. for 22 years. He
founded Bloom Inc. in 1961. He
served on the board of directors of
Ambec Conveyor Co. of Baltimore
and was a director of the Georgia
Soft Drink Association.
Bloom attended Boys High
School in Atlanta and was a 1940
graduate of the University of Vir
ginia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
June Crawford Bloom of Atlanta;
sons, Henry D. Bloom Jr. and Eric
Bloom, both of Atlanta, and David
Leserman of Los Angeles; mother,
Mrs. Marjorie Piowaty of Chicago;
sister, Mrs. Marjorie Lepman of
Glencoe, Ill.; one grandson; one
niece and one nephew.
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