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VOL. 55 NO. 51
DECEMBER 15,1977-TEVET5
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Supreme Court Rules
Against Funds For
Jewish Day Schools
By David Friedman'
NEW YORK, (JTA) —The
financially   hard-pressed
Jewish day schools in New
York   will   not  receive   a
hoped-for reimbursement of
about $1 million from the
state as a result of a ruling  .j
by the U.S. Supreme Court
Dec. 6. The court, in a 6-3 de¬
cision ruled that a 1972 New
York   law   that   provided
about $11 million to reim¬
burse parochial schools for
the cost of state-mandated
record-keeping and testing I
services is unconstitutional.
The court said the law was
unconstitutional because "it
will of necessity either have
the primary effect of aiding
religion ,. . or will result in
excessive state involvement
in religious affairs." Rabbi
Bernard Goldenberg, asso¬
ciate   director   of   Torah
Umesorah,   the   National
Society   for   Hebrew   Day
Schools,   told   the  Jewish
Telegraphic Agency the de¬
cision was a "bit of a blow"
to the Jewish day schools. He
said he could see "nothing
religious" about keeping at¬
tendance   records   or   ad- •
ministration tests required
by  the  state.   Goldenberg
said the day schools will now
have to provide, the funds
needed to carry out the tests
and record-keeping required
by the state, leaving less
money, for scholarships lor
children from poor families
, and putting more of a finan¬
cial burden on'the parents of
students.    He   noted   one
yeshiva in Queens closed re¬
cently _and others are having
severe financial trouble.
The 1972 law that was
struck down was passed by
the New York State Legisla¬
ture after a federal District
.Court in 1972 declared uncon¬
stitutional a 1970 law provid¬
ing $28 million a year to
parochial and private
schools to cover record¬
keeping and testing, ex¬
penses. The district court
barred payments, for the
second- half of the 1971-72
school year. But the State
Legislature adopted a law
which permitted the schools
to file claims for the second
payment thus insuring its
availability until the federal
court decision was appealed
and^decided. Two dissenters
Chief justice Warren Burger
, and Associate Justice
William H. Rehnquist, said
4.. they believed that a decision
by the Supreme Court in 1973
upholding the right of Penn¬
sylvania to make similar
payments to private schools
until the court had acted on
the constitutionality af-the"
enabling legislation should',
have applied in the New
: York case. Associate Justice
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Egyptian Ambassador Addresses
Jewish Audience On Mid-East
Hanukah Party Held For Immigrants
The New Americans Committee of Jewish Family
Service sponsored a Hanukkah party for Soviet immi¬
grant families on .Sunday, Dec. 4. The party was
planned by Mrs. Barry (Hyah) Kaufman, Mrs. Henry
(Leslie) Rogosih, and Mrs. Samuel (Susan) Portman
who chairs the JFS New American Committee.
The major focus of the party was teaching about
HanukkahV Cantor' Naftaly'"Lmkovslty" of" Agudas'
Achim Synagogue explained the use of the Chanukiah
and chanted the blessings. Rivkah Ziskind explained
the story of Hanukkah and related other customs such
as the dreidl. The program ended with the serving of
refreshments, including latkes.
The party was held at The Jewish Center which do¬
nated their facilities. The JFS New-Americans refugee
resettlement program is financied by the Columbus
Jewish Federation,
Israel Expected To Present
Substantial Proposals At Meet
TEL AVIV, (JTA) -
Israeli journalists in Cairo
reported Dec. 8 that the
Egyptians expect Israel to
come up with substantive
proposals for discussion at
the Cairo conference open¬
ing this week so that agree¬
ments can'be achieved there
to be formalized later at a
Geneva conference. In¬
formed Egyptian sources
have indicated that the
Israeli delegation is ex:
pected to bring detailed
maps along with- their pro¬
posals. Yousouf el-Siba, edi¬
tor of the semi-official Egyp¬
tian daily Al Aharm, told the
Maariv correspondent that
Israel and Egypt, should go
to Geneva "only to sign what
was agreed before. "n)uier
Egyptian sources agreed
that it would be best if all
outstanding problems were
resolved before going to
Geneva. There may be a
similar .view'among Israeli
officials, Defense Minister
Ezer Weizman is expected to
submit a compendium of
'Israel's' * security - .require-,
ments and a list of options
and alternatives at the next
Cabinet meeting. These are
intended to form the basis of
compromises that Israel will-
offer at the Cairo talks.
Several Defense Ministry
teams haye been working on
the security aspects of a pos-.
sible peace settlement not
only with Egypt but as they
apply to Israel's other neigh¬
bors. These include freedom
of navigation in interna¬
tional waters, the future of
Sharm el-Sheikh, the ap¬
proaches to the ' Raffah
salient, Israel's presence on
the West Bank and the em¬
placement of early warning
systems. It was learned that
some of Weizman's ideas
grew out of the talks he had
with President Anwar Sadat
and his aides during their
visit to Jerusalem Nov. 20-
21. Weizman himself has re¬
mained silent oaall defense
and foreign affairs policies.
Premier Menachem Begin
has asked all of his ministers
to refrain from', any^ public
\\\\\ (C9ntinui?d;on PAQ^«5)
By David Friedman
(Copyright, 1977, JTA, Inc.)
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Ashraf Ghorbal, the Egyp¬
tian Ambassador to , the
United States, went before
an audience of Jewish con¬
gregational and rabbinic
leaders Dec. 7 and told them
that peace in the Middle
East requires security not
only for Israel but for the
Arab states too. He said
Israeli withdrawal from the
occupied territories and the
creation of a Palestinian
state there is necessary for
Arab security. Ghorbal
made his statement in a
speech before the board of
directors of the Synagogue
Council of America (SCA) at
the Carnegie Endowment
Center for Peace, the first
time he or any other Arab
ambassador had spoken be¬
fore an American Jewish
group.        '
Rabbi Henry Siegman, the
SCA's executive vice-presi¬
dent who introduced the
4-EJXB-iiaR^envoy.. said he jiad
been friendswith many other
American Jews, including
Rabbi Alexander Schindler,
.chairman of the Conference
of Presidents of. Major
American Jewish Organiza¬
tions. The Egyptian Ambas¬
sador said that he met with
American Jewish leaders
and was appearing before
the SCA not to turn them
against Israel but because
he felt that as Americans
and Jews they were im¬
portant leaders of public
opinion and he wanted them
to understand the Arab posi¬
tion in order to help promote
peace in the Mideast.
Ghorbal received standing
ovations from the more than
100 persons that jammed the
meeting room when he ent¬
ered, when he was intro¬
duced and when he finished
his speech. He was also
warmly applauded when he
began to speak again after
he was interrupted toward
the close of his address by
two youths shouting "Sadat
is a Nazi. Sadat is a fraud."
One of the two, Victor Van-
cier, of New York, almost
reached the podium before
he and his companion,
Randy Medoff, of Hartsdale,
N.Y., were ejected. The two,
who said they belonged to a
recently formed ad hoc
group called Jewish Com¬
mittee of Concern, waited
outside for Ghorbal to leave
to again shout at him. Asked
by a reporter for his reac¬
tion, Ghorbal commented,
"No one has a monopoly on
extremists.", In continuing
his talk after the two were
^ejected,  Ghorbal depar^d.
from his text to say "If I
touched the sensitivities of
some, I hope it is understood
my coming here is meant to
stretch a hand of peace and'
not a hand of war."
The dimiriutive*52-year-old
Ambassador said that Egyp¬
tian President Anwar Sadat
does not need any defense.
"We seek' not to destroy
Israel, we are at odds with
our. Arab brothers because
we seek peace with Israel,"
he declared. He said the is¬
sue is not politics "but to
educate people to live -in
peace and harmony." Ghor¬
bal said that when former
Israeli Premier Golda Meir
told Sadat she wants to see
peace in her lifetime she
spoke "for all in the Middle
East who haveknown war."
Ghorbal noted that in 1945 he
took a trip by train and bus'
from Egypt to Lebanon and
Syria with stops in Haifa and
Jerusalem. He said he would
like to make that trip again
and  wouldn't mind  if an
Israeli visa was stamped on
his passport.
In his prepared text, Ghor¬
bal said that for years' the
Arabs wanted peace but it
was only when Sadat went to
Jerusalem the "wall of
suspicion" came down.
"President Sadat did not go
to Jerusalem to conclude a
partial or separate settle¬
ment with Israel," Ghorbal
said. He said Sadat went "to
prove what we say. 'Here is
our hand. We stretch it out in
peace. Take it, but give us
true, peace in return.'"
Ghorbal said that unless
Israel withdraws from the
occupied territory it will not
have security. He said for
the same reason a Palestin¬
ian state is a "must" for
peace.1 "To say that the
Palestinians remain where
they are and become na¬
tionals of their host countries
is to vote against the Israeli
Law of Return," he de¬
clared.   "One  cannot pre-
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Sadat Visit To Jerusalem Has
Impact On Coalition Cabinet
K
By I'zi Beiiziman
JERUSALEM. (JTA) -
Israel, so far, has withheld
any public commitment to a
change of policy on terri¬
torial issues and the
Palestinian question that
could be regarded as a re¬
ciprocation of Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat's
peace intiative. But Sadat's
visit to Jerusalem had a pro¬
found emotional effect on
members on Premier Mena¬
chem Begin's coalition Cabi¬
net. Private and public re¬
marks by key ministers,
both moderates and those
known as hard-liners, indi¬
cate that they believe the
Egyptian leader's desire for
peace settlement is sincere
and that Israel must not
miss the opportunity.
Several Cabinet members
have expressed remarkably
moderate concepts on the
future of the occupied terri¬
tories in off-the-record brief¬
ings. The four members of
the Democratic Movement
for Change (DMS) headed
by Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin have publicly favored
the principle of territorial
compromise on the West
Bank. The same view has
been indicated privately by
three ministers of Likud's
Liberal Party wing and two
National Religious Party
ministers, Yosef Burg and
Aharon Abu-Hatzeira". The
third ,NRP rfjinjster Zevulun
Hammer, a well-known
hawk who is regarded as a
spokesman for the Gusrt
Emunim. said in a recent in¬
terview that Sadat's visit
must lead to '"new thinking--
in Israel on various elements
of the Middle East conflict
He even conceded that the
Palestinian problem is a
legitimate subject for some
new thinking. .
Defense Minister Ezer
Weizman, another hawk, has
enthusiastically praised
Sadat and called For a greati
er effort by Israel to take ad¬
vantage of the opportunity
created by the Egyptian
President. Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayn, who has been
the most active member of
the Cabinet in the current ne¬
gotiating process, called for
a thorough review of Israeli
policy as the nation ap¬
proaches "the critical
mement of truth." Dayan
stressed that he was not call¬
ing yet for a revision of
established positions. But his
remarks were seen as re¬
flecting a private belief that
official attitudes should be
softened, at least on some of
the outstanding issues.
Dayan agreed to join Begin's
government on condition •
that its foreign policy re¬
main based on Security
Council Resolution 242 and
338 and a promise, from
Begin t'.iat as long as peace
efforts continue, Israel will
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