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By Lynne Appel Polonstn Publicity c'uurman, Israel Bonda With invitations Bent out to all the Jewish women in the community, and pledge cards and calls following, the V/omeri'c Division of the Israel Bond Drive io in full swing. According to co-chairwoman Carol Paraow all .plans for this year's ctylo show and luncheon on Sept. 11 at the Jewish Community Center ara on schedule. Mra. Parsow had only one concern that was triggered U.S. Sen. J. <J. EXOK (center) cororr.iulctcj Eleanor aud Mas Neiden, recipby a lack of representation of the younger ients of the State., of Israel Freedom Award during the fiui day niglit Bond women in the community at the worker's diaaor at TifcFetli.Io'rcol SyEQEoSoie inLJacoln. Yd: CcL Ji:.o:\ general chairmeeting hold laat week. man, reported Eaad purch'scsa of more tlion C3Q0,GG0. IZo'ib pliotos on page* "I thinlt there ia a serious problem edui o . ' ' ' . . • . . ' • ' • • ' • • cating the younger women," she said. "I think it is eKtreniely important to let the younger women in the community know what bonds do. For example, I didn't know that the CAT cean waa developed in Iprael through bond money." NEW YORK, (JTA) — Governor Mario end io spreading in Western democracies as At the worker's meeting a video magazine Cuomo told almost 3,000 delegates to the well aa in the Communist world, and is bscalled "Israel Reports" was shown. The . .., 71at Haclaaaah national convention that in coining increaoingly violent." He also cited hio own experience —: fol- video details come of the more recent projthe continuing Middle East crisis "what ia at stake is not only Israel's survival but also lowing his outspoken criticism of President ects sponoored by money from Israel Bonds. Reagan's trip to a cemetery in Bitburg, Ger- For example, one of the major industries our own." Speaking.pfc£ cpscial session of the gath- many where V/affen SS soldiers are buried ering, Cuomo said that "Israel's enemies earlier this summer as evidence, that people recognize better than nifjny Americans do. are becoming more secure in their hatred . . . that attacks on Israel are also attacks towards Jews.' Following the Bitburg incident; Wiesel By Kevin Freeman on the interests of the United States. NEW YORK — Ce3ar Chavez urged the "The terrorists who murder Israel's chil- said ho received numerous letters filled with dren and athlate3 and diplomats — and hate and. threats, which the author de- American Jewish community to support the those who"give these terrorists the means scribed aa not unusual. What is-unusual, he United Form Workers' boycott of California .to do so .-y understand that, ultimately, added, is that "for the first time their letters table grapes. " their goals transcend the Mideast," Cuomo; were signed — names and addresses." "Just don't eat the grapes, that's all you "Anti-Semitism is on the rise in our counsaid: • • can do," the 58-year-old president of the "It is critical that our government affirm try as well," Wiesel said. He noted that re- UFW said during an interview at the offices cent polls indicate that Israel is losing the basic nature of the confrontation in that of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here. region of the world," the Governor said, "It ground in American public opinion. Traditional left-wing supporters of Israel dislike He noted the Jewish community's strong is not Jew against Arab — it is those who cherish democracy aa a, way of life' against the country's attempts at becoming a support for the grape boycotts in the 1960's those who would destroy democracy as a stronger and more secure nation, he ob- and 1970's, and recalled that during the last served, and added that extremists of both boycott, an Orthodox rabbi in New York way of life." . . ' • ' . • Cuomo called for the United States "to the left and the right have established a rare declared that "scab grapes" are non-kosher. make it clear that Israel will have the eco- common ground in their opposition to IsTwo Jewish organizations have come out nomic stability and the weapons with which rael. in full support of the UFW table grape boy"Our own government," said Wiesel, "has to defend itself "and "that so long as Israel's cott, the Central Conference of American enemies continue to deny her right to exist threatened Israel with economic reprisals Rabbis (CCAR), the association of Amerifor its position . . . Israel is ihe only nation and continue to prepare for war, Israel will can Reform rabbis, and the Jewish Labor maintain an absolute military superiority." in the world which is threatened militarily Committee, a fraternal organization. by her enemies and politically by her The Governor said that the strains of en- friends." The Jewish Labor Committee's executive suring her security places tremendous strains on Israel's economy. "A nation of idealists — of poets, scholars and scientists — is forced to divert its attention and its resources to the ceaseless necessity of defending itself." . "It is a crushing burden fiscally and economically,' and a draining one spiritually," Cuomo stated, "but there is no alternative." As Ipng as the threat to Israeli democracy continues," he said, "the United States mustvhelp Israel to solve the problems' which result from having to shoulder a mil• itary responsibility that belongs to us all." ' Cuomo also strongly denounced what he termed the "potent and dangerous force" of anti-Semitism, and the "twisting of the truth" by IpfaeVo adversaries who equate Zionism with racismHe pointed out that the decade-long campaign to link Zionism and racism "is an operating principle of one of the world's two superpowers, the Soviet Union." The Governor said that to let such a distortion go • unchallenged is to accept "the first suppo' sition of totalitarianism — that words mean ^whatever those in control want them to mean . . . that separate is equal, that slavery . is freedom, that the purposes of history require mass murder and genocide." . JERUSALEM — Jeane J . Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the. Elie Wiesel, too, warned that anti-SemUnited- Nationo, enjoys a visit with newly-arrived Jewish immigranto from itisih is on,(;he rise. Addressing the banquet Ethiopia at an absorption center here. Mrs. ICirkpatrick said she "fell in love session of the Hadassah convention, where with Israel" and called her visit "the"£freat adventure of my life." Behind he was presented with 1985 Henrietta Szold Mrs. lOrkpatrick is her husband Eyron (with beard). .'•': ' ; ';"•: '•', Award for distinguished humanitarian services, he said that "anti-Semitism thrives
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bond money is funding is the development of robot partnership. There are more than a dozen Israeli companies involved in robotics, according to the video. It is hoped that the technology will become advanced enough to enable the robots to make decisions independently so they can work full-time at tacks like picking oranges, eewing garments, polishing diamonds and other mundane but necessary tasks'. These robots and the technology involved are also useful in the computerized irrigation system which is ao, important to Israel and ita economy. Laser technology is another nrea that is helped by bond money. Diognootic, surgical and graphic equipment made in Israel and exported worldwide are the reault of donations to bonds. Another contribution ia the pilotless aircraft mada poouible by this money. Not only doss this help in defensa otintegy, because theqs planeo are copablo of photographing and telegraphing enemy movement, but also for everyday benefits. For example, the planes can fly over forest fires and chart their movement and they can be used for traffic; control.
director, Martin Lapan, said in a statement that the Committee "strongly urges" the Jewish community to refrain from purchasing grapes until the union achieves a fair setMement of its grievances. ' • Noting its past support for the UFW, the Committee accused the grape growers of "renewed exploitation," and said: "We urge the Jewish community to once again protest farm workers exploitation by boycotting non-union grapes." ' The CCAR, at its 96th annual convention in Minneapolis last June, endorsed a resolution calling for full support for (he grapes boycott, urging its members and congregations "to support the boycott until the workers are accorded all rights and benefits to which they are entitled." • The CCAR, as did the Jewish Labor Committee, sharply criticized Governor George Deukmejian of California, accusing him of "undermining" the Agricultural Labor Relations (ALRB), a state enforcement agency. The UFW has charged the governor with the "systematic purge" of the Board. The UFW boycott of table grapes was declared last year in response to what the UFW charged waB Deukmejian's lack of enforcement of the 1975 state farm labor law. Chavez charged that the governor's appointees to the ALRB have dismissed hundreds of farm worker charges without investigating them and "in violation of the internal procedure for dealing with cases." Some of the outstanding issues between the growers and the UFW include a demand by the workers for a fair marketing agreement, for fair and free elections, that the growers bargain in good faith and that there be a ban by the growers on five of the some 27 pesticides used in the grape fields, Chavez said. These five, the UFW contends, are harmful to the workers. Rabbi Joseph Glazer, executive vice president of the GCAR, said the rabbinic group is pushing for rabbis in California to pressure the governor to reconsider his handling of the farm workers and "we're confident we're going to get the support — enormous support—for the boycott." Glazer, in a JTA interview, said the "Jewish ethic on labor is clearly stated in the Bible." He said the "whole concept of tzedaka makes us particularly sensitive to the •• suffering and degregation these people have undergone through the years." , ' ,