Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1986 — Page 7

Afraid of peace talks Two Arabs chastize Israeli, Arab leaders

JERUSALEM — Two Arab leaders, speaking at the annual meeting of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East, called on Arafat to negotiate and told the PLO head to recognize Israel and put an end to the "armed struggle" against it. Hanna Siniora, editor of Al-Fajr, Jerusalem's daily, criticized both Arafat and Israeli leaders for being too cautious and thus unable to break the current negotiating impasse. Dr. Hatem Abu Chazala, prominent Gaza leader, suggested that a new and dramatic Palestinian peace salient would embarrass Israeli leaders who really don't want to make territorial compromises despite claims that they are seeking peace.

Seniors went further when he told the meeting that he was ready to accept even a "demilitarized" Palestinian state in order to allay Israel's security fears. "The leaders today are not men of vision; not Hussein, nor Arafat, nor Peres, nor Shamir," he asserted. Rabbi Arthur Hertzbcrg responded that new calls for peace moves by moderate Palestinians and Israelis would be vetoed by hardliners on both sides. Ghazala said that "even the most hawkish (Israelis) would have to reconsider if the Arabs came to the p>eace table. "Who can face the wives and mothers of Israeli children and refuse a political process that may mean the saving of lives?"

In England Reform rabbi is barred from Jews’ college course

LONDON — A Reform rabbi who had applied to Jews' College to take one of its courses, was rejected by the institution that trains

Orthodox Rabbis.

Rabbi David Soetendorp responded to an ad in The Jewish Chronicle from Jews' College for a non-degree

course on how to read the law and megillah, and when he asked if the principal of the Leo Baeck College, the Reform rabbinical seminary, would be satisfactory as a reference, he

received a positive reply. But when his application was received, he was told that the courses were only for members of Orthodox synagogues. Rabbi Soetendorp said that when he asked for application forms he explained who he was. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, principal of Jews' College said that a certificate from the College was proof of a

person’s religious commitment as well as their academic competence, and therefore the College could never accept a Reform person as a student to such a course. In what might be construed as a related case, the London Beth Din has informed members of the Initiation Society, the mohelim who perform circumcisions, that B'rit Milah must not be performed in mixed marriages where the mother is not Jewish. The letter cautions the mohelim that they must obtain "definite evidence that the mother of the child is Jewish, especially in cases of adopted children or children of parents married by Reform, Progressive or Conservative rites." It specifies that where there is doubt, the mohel should ask to see the ketuba, the marriage document.

Yerida possible in one of four

JERUSALEM — Foreboding statistics have develop>ed from the poll which showed that while 90 percent of Israelis say they will never emigrate, in the 18-29 age group, one out of five say they might. The poll was commission-

ed by the Absorption Ministry and made by the Pori Institute. In the 30-49 age group one out of ten respxmded they might contemplate emigration. For those over 50, the percentage was only one out of 50 who think of emigrating.

L.A.'s Holocaust Museum — Rivaling the national Holocaust Memorial in Washington, and of course the one in New York when it is erected, is this projection of the Museum of Tolerance, as shown, pf the Simon Wiesenthal in Los Angeles. It is designed by Karl Katz, James Gardner and Herb Rosenthal. The original goal was $20 million, but that is now $25 million and of that amount $18 million is already pledged, $5 million of it California state money. Shamir, nor Peretz, to O.K. Shoshana

JERUSALEM — Shoshana Miller, the cantor at the congregation in Colorado Springs, Colo., who was the center of controversy because she was converted by a Reform rabbi, will be returning to Israel as soon as her ailing father in the U.S. recup>erates. But in order not to embarrass Yitzhak Peres,

the Interior Minister who is a rabbi and represents the Sephardic Orthodox party, Shas, Prime Minister Shamir will register her as a full-fledged Israeli without the word "convert" as Peretz had originally demanded.

Peretz will take leave of absence.

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Paper’s error: God in Hebrew

ATLANTA — A costly mistake but one that The Southern Jewish Israelite is absorbing has forced the paper here to reprint its Hanukkah Guide which carried an ad with the name God printed in Hebrew. Nothing could be done once the paper had been deposited at the post office. The Hanukkah Gift Guide was scheduled to run for two weeks and had been printed twice.

Halacha states that anything on which the Hebrew word for God is printed must be buried, and Orthodox subscribers were bringing in the page to the Israelite to avoid the desecration.

Legal prostitution is MK Namir plea TEL AVIV — Legalized prostitution to control the spread of AIDS has been recommended by Member of Knesset Ora Namir, who is chairman of its Labor and Social Welfare Committee. In an interiview on TV she said she had discussed the idea with prostitutes and they were in favor of licensed premises in controlled situations. As long as there are men willing to pay for those services, there will be prostitutes, she said. Namir referred to a recommendation several years ago of a Cabinet-appointed committee which called for legalized prostitution, but which never made further headway. Daily’s Hebrew is upside down MIAMI — The Miami Herald's publisher, Dick Capen, paid tribute to "the joys of togetherness without regard to race, religion, color or ethnic background" in his Publisher's Perspective column in the issue of Dec. 21, and closed with statements in English, Spanish, French and Hebrew. The English read: "Let there be peace on earth...and let it begin with me." There could be no objection, unless one might take exception to the fact that the Hebrew version was printed upside down.

QBITUARIES

Rabbi Samuel Cohen dies in Livingston LIVINGSTON, N. J. — Rabbi Samuel L. Cohen, who served Temple Beth Shalom here, died at the age of 58. He was active in the civil rights movement and had participated in demonstrations in both Selma and Birmingham, Ala. He was vice president of the Livingston Fair Housing Committee and a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey Conference of Race ’nd Religion. Personalized Tours of Israel

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