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Thursday, February 18,1982   Shevat 25, 5742
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THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS IS AN INDEPENDENT:^^ THE BENEFIT OF. T-HE CANADIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY:
JEgyptiahyoiuigsters who visited Israiiel recently under students' excliange program get. an overview of Jewish history at Maseam of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv. Sixty stadehts were lii the first gronp to come to Israel, staying with lisraeli families. Israeli students wiU visit Egypt this month. [BPPA photo]
loses custody
Shumaii
notes West Bank unrest
WASHINGTON (JTAl-
The Reagan admlnlstra' don, In its first annual report on human rights In 158 countries, continaed the CaHer admlnlstratton's assertions that the Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza Strip do not eq{oy aO the democratic rl^ts that exist in brael Itself.
The report fhidi little to critlclzeabootfaontanrlghtsln bnel, «Ithoagh It notes the Arab nllitorfiy feels '^powerless and largely alienated.^* : '
But on the West Banic, the report finds that "the complex human rights situation in the occupied territories, particularly in the West Bank and Gaza, where almost all of the settled Arab population is located, is largely a result of the tensions which exist between the occupying authori-tiesand the indigenous population.
"Arab fears of creeping annexation — heightened by the -December Knesset decree by. which Israeli laws are to be applied to the Golan Heights as if that area were a part of Israel — combined with the cumulative abrasion of 14'/j years of military occupation to produce continued unrest," the report stated.
The report said Israel has protected Moslem and Christian holy places and has assured freedom of access to them. West Bank and Gaza residents are free to travel abroad and return. ■
The condition of Jews hi other countries is also commented on-hi the report. In the Soviet Union, the report claims there are some 10,-000. persons. Including Jews, In prison. Internal exUe, or forced lalMr for being dissenters. The report notes that Jewish emigration dropped hi 1981 to 9,459, as compared to 21,471 hi 1980.
., Soviet anti-semitism isalso commented upon. "There have been numerous reports of discrimination against Jews by denial. of access to higher education and the professions," the.state department 's document says. . "Occasional attacks^on Zionism in the media appear intended to arouse anti-semitic feelings among the Soviet population at large. During 1981, authorities widened a campaign against Hebrew cultural vseminars and language classes, prosecuting organizers under criminal articles carrying harsh penalties."
In Iran, the report said that the. regime's Increasingly harsh attacks on Israel and aonism bicreases feelings of Insecurity within Iran's Jewr ish community. Some Jews In Iran have been charged with ''Zionism. a crime punishable by death. .
Since the revolution, at least 10 Jews have been executed - by the Khomeini regime on charges ranging from spying for the U.S. and Israel, Zionism, "corruption
on earth" and "warring agahist God."
Large numbers of Jews have fled Iran and among those who remain, insecurity was intensified in 1981 by the arrest of several Jews, including a rabbi accused of helping JeWs flee Iran.
The report notes that, In Argentina, "the government maintains correct relations with the Jewish community, and there is no evidence of an .official policy of anti-«emlt-ism, although Incidents of anti-semitism occur. During the height of the 'dirty war' against terrorism there were: credible reports of anti-semitlc behavior and persecution."
Virulent anti-Semitic literature remains on sale in the-country. but there have been no anti-semitic programs on state-controlled television. In •December 1981, the historical drama, the .Holocuast, the showing of which had been delayed earlier, was broadcast on television.
In Syria, where some 4,000 Jews still live, the report notes that emigration is discouraged by the government for all citizens.
"In recent years, exceptions to the ban on Jewish emigration have been made in the case of some oomarried women," the report says.
The report also - notes that the Jews and other religions minorities "con-
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NEW YORK[JTA(-
A Manhattan Supireme Court justice has ruled that a Jewish mother could not have continued custody of her 8-yeair-bld son because she had violated an agreement with her former husband to bring up the child as an Orthodox Jewf.. The ruling by Justice Irving Kirschenbaum applied to a 1980 decision by an appeals court which legal experts described as the first of its kind.
The 5-member Appellate Division, First Part, in a unanimous decision, ruled in 1980 that the terms of the separation agreement between the parents, both chassidic Jews, are contractually enforceable and that a breach of those terms could be the basis for a change in custody.
Justice Kirschenbaum ruled that Rae Perlstehi, 31, violated the agreement to < raise Thomas Perlstein as an Orthodox Jew. The agreement specified particular schools, camps and a kosher diet for the boy^ His mother , was raised as a member of the Bobover chassidic group.
However,  the custody transfer could not be enforced immediately because Mrs. Perlstein fled from Manhattan with the boy and their whereabouts are not known. George Osborne, who acted as attorney for Mrs. Perlstein, said he expected the . court to issue an order declaring her in violation of the . ruling that the son be returned to the father, Isaac -Perlstein, also 31;
The father was represented in the appeal and in the trial before Justice Kirschenbaum by Nathan Lewin, a leading Washington attorney.
The Perlsteins were married in 1971 and the son was born in 1973. Differences developed between the parents and they reached a separation agreement which gave custody of the child to the mother. After a Jewish divorce (get) was agreed to, a civil divorce judgment was obtained in 1975, which included the separation agreement, which specifically provided that violation of the Orthodox • upbringing requirements could result in transfer of custody of the boy tohisfather.
According to court findings, the mother, after a time, stopped observance of Orthodox rituals,:ceasing to comply with the religious require-, ments   of  the separation
agreement.. Irt August, 1978, the father petitioned for ciis-tody on grounds the mother had; breached tenris of the separation agreement. .
After a trial * a Manhattan Supreme Court dismissed the father' s petition, hoi ding that, while the mother was admittedly hot abiding by the requiremehts/bf Jewish religious law, the child was being raised as a Jew and there was no evidence Of "potential harm" in the fact that the child was" hot receiving an Orthodox raring. The basic issue in custbdy cases is the need; to determine what is best for the child's welfare.
In reversing the lower court ruling, the Appealis Court ruled in.l980 that the fact that the child was being raised by the mother as a nominal-Jew did not settle the issue because that ruling ignored the father's contention that the mother had failed to adhere to the religious requirements of the separation agreement.
The Appeals Court also overruled the lower court's finding that the father would have to demonstrate that the custody change was, warranted by the welfare of the child.
The Appeals court declared that it was the mother who _W_a$ obliged to show that adherence to the separation agreement was detrimental to the child, since it was the father who liul .^coght to make absoltately sure [Cont'd, on page 18]
World parley
planned
Zionist registration launched -increase expected in Canada
By DAVID BIRKAN
The drive to register Zionists who will elect Canada's delegates to the upcoming World Zionist convention in Jerusalem has received an official boost from ^alman Sultanik, head of the organization department of the World Zionist Organization.
The: Jerusalem-based Sultanik was in Montreal and Toronto last week as part of a
'^^worldwide tour. "Only by increasing and strengthening the Zionist ranks can Jewish unity be achieved. Zionism is concerned with the fate of Jews everywhere, not only in Israel,'' he told Zionist gatherings here.
About 60,000 Jews are expected to register in Canada's Zionist movement, 20,000 more than for the last 23oiiIst convention four years' ago, Sultanik told The Canadian Jewfsb News. \ . They, in turn, will, elect Canada's, delegates to the week-long 30th Zionist con-vention, beginning D^c.^ 6/ this  year,   m Jerusalem'.
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Based on population, community affiliations and parochial school attendance, the Jews of Canada may be able, to send as many as 22 delegates to Jerusalem, said Sultanik. This would be five more delegates allowed Canada since theu25th convention. —
The matter is under con^ sideration "by a committee in Jerusalem now, said Sul-. tanik. "We'll know by early summer,'.'he.added.
A total of 500 delegates in all — 200 from Israel and 300 from the Diaspora — will, elect WZO's executive of 20 for the: next fou'r years. Current chairman is .Leon Dulzin.'
"Canada's community has been growing significantly in the past few years. It is second to none In commitment to Israel ,V said Sultanik.
"Between 40 and 50% of the children attend day or aftemocn Hebrew schools, a ■^roportipn unexceeded by any othfer^country in the-Diaspora." \
Kalman Sultanik
Suhanik pointed out that while the number of delegates attending the Zionist conventions is fixed at 500, each community's allotment is always under review. "Iran had nine delegates. This is obviously going to be
changed,'-'he said.
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Those registering to elect delegates must sign, as official Zionists, the Jerusalem Program. The cosl is $2 for
those affiliated with member organizations of the Canadian Zionist Federatibn or Zionist-oriented synagogue programs, and $5 if not.
The 5-point Jerusalem Program stresses:
•TH*e unity of the Jewish people and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life.
• The ingathering of Jews to  its  historic homeland,^ "through aliya from altcoun-tries."
• Support for the State of Israel. .
• The preservation of Jewish identity through Jewish and Hebrew: education.
• The protection of Jewish rights everywhere.,
Said Sultanlk:"When a Jew signs the Jei:u.salem Program and declares himself to be a TiaeMy he declares his belief hi the oneness of the Jewish people. He also gives the Ue to the antl-Jewtsh, anti-semitic distinction of our edemles who do n'ot distiiignlsli between a Jew and an Isnieli,-between Zionists and^n-Z3onlstS."
MONTREAL-
Decision to hold an international conference on Soviet Jewry in Europe this fall was made at a World Praesidium on Soviet Jewry heW recently in Washington, it was reported here by members of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry; who attended.
Forty-eight delegates from 15 countries were at the 3-day Washington meet-which .decided also to declare May as Unity Month For Reuseniks, to draw attention to the plight of those who want to leave the Soviet Union but can't get .out.' ■
Martin Penn, director of the CCS J, said the praesidium was told that only 270 Jews left the USSR in January. "Very few left in 1981," Penn said. "Manyhave waited 10 years to leave. There is hardly any movement of Re-fuseniksnow."
The Canadian delegation to the praesidium was particularly persistent in pressing, for the conference in Europe, said Penn. The delegation consisted of Irwin Cotler, na-' tional president of the CJC; Alan Rose, CJC executive vice-president; Genya Intra-tor, CCSJ chairman and Penn.
"As tnings stand now," said Rose, ''the doors are virtually shut."
In another development, an hiformal meethig between Rose and the East German ambassador to the U.S. has opened the door to possible discussions on reparations.
The meeting was arranged under the auspices of Canadian external affairs minister Mark MacGuigan.
East Germany has^never paid reparations .to.'victims of Nazi war. crimes. An offer Several yerfars ago to pay out a lump sum of $1 million in total was refused. •;:
Now, Rose told The CJN, the ambassador agreed; the issue should be discussed further, and promised to convey the message to his foreign minister.
"h's , a breakthrough," aid Rose. -
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Weinberger in Mideast: good tidings for Arabs
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
Less than two months after suspending Its strategic- cooperation agreement with Israel, the U.S. has moved to strengthen its military and political relationship with Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
In a swing through the Middle East last week, Secretary of Defence Casper Weinberger announced the formation of ^ joint U.S.Saudi military planning committee, and declared that he would consider .^sympathetically an unofficial Jordanian reqtiest for mobile ground-to-air .missiles.
At the same time, a "senior official "iraveling with Weinberger told reporters that the U.S. .planned to adopt a tougher line toward Israel.
In reference to Israel's bombing of Iraq's -nuclear reactor and its annexation of the. Golan Heights, the unnamed source said that "uni-. lateral actions by anyone are not acceptable." :
The official, who iveU may have been Weinberger himself [Henry Kissinger called himself a "seiilor official" during deep briefings when he was secretary of state], is said to have remarked that Washlngtoii sought to estab-. lish a more balanced relationship with Israel and conservative Arab regimes.
Having duly alarmed Israel, the state department issued a double-edg^ statement, which probably mollified neither side. A spokesman said "there has definitely not been any change ha U.S. policy toward Israel. We remain committed to Israel's security and wellbelng." The spokesman added that the Reagan administration sought to mabitaln "the best possible relations with other states hi the Middle East:"
Weinberger, whom the-Israelis generally consider pro-Arab, raised the level of American military, coroperar tion with Saudi Arabia by dis-' closing the creation of the joint defence committee. The U.S. has similar agreements with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.
In talks with the Saudis, he assured them that U.S. advanced radar reconnaissance planes (AWACS) already based on their territory would remain on duty until -1985. Saudi Arabia is scheduled to take delivery of five AWACS in that year — a deal Israel vigorously lobbied against.
Weinberger's mission to Saudi Arabia, however, was not totally satisfactory. The Saudis, worried that an open alliance with the U.S. would tarnish their standing in the Arab world, told Weinberger that no co-operation in the military field was implied. Weinberger, £^s well .failed to complete negotiations for the sale of AWACS, possibly because the Saudis would not consent to a public statement
that those planes' would be used only in the protection of oil fields. Israel claims the AWACS will eventually be directed against its installations.
During Weinberger's last: day in Saudi Arabia, his immediate host, the defence minister, urged the U.S. to apply pressure on Israel as a means of curbing its "stupid behavior.'' Perhaps there was a direct connection between the comment by the U.S.. "senior official'' and the Saudi minister.
In AmmaJDi Weinberger made it clear he was In favour of selling Jordan Hawk anti-ahrcraft missiles which can be' . transported from one position to another. In the mid-1970s, the Ford admlnlstratioh sold the Jordanians a $350 million sycftem which j at. Israel's in-stetence, .was not to be deployed near Its border. Included in that transaction were $90 mlllidn worth of Vulcan antiraireraft guns and 300 shoulder-fired Redeye anti-alreraft inissileis valued at $4 mliUon. The Saudis reportedly paJd for much of the equipment.
In his discussion with King Hussein, Weinberger acr knowledged that Jordan — which has not officially asked for missiles — "does have real needs in air, defence." .
He stressed that Jordan '> should have very good equipment that is flexible and accurate" — in other words, equipment which could be mobile and deployable any^ where in the desert kuigdom.
Last year. King Hussein bought 320 Soviet surface-to-air missiles at a cost of $360 million. In the past, the U.S. Congress has not sanctioned the sale of mobile Hawk missiles to Jordan. Congressional opinion may not have changed, but the Reagan administration apparently feels that it can ram through such a deal, partly on the grounds, that American interests would be better served if Jordan bought U.S. weaponry.
. It was no coincidence that an aide to Weinberger told The New York Times that King Hussein's purchase of Soviet missiles could bring Russian military advisors to Jordan. Observers speculate that the monarch, who is. shrewd, may have agreed to purchase Soviet missiles as a way of getting American ones.
Israel is concerned by these developments, and the Israelis intend to convey thefar displeasure to the Reagan adntinistration. They feel tiiat the presence of mobile Hawk batteries In Jordan would upset the balance of power in the region.
"... It would mean that one of our worst enemies is going 'to arm itself with weapons which can fire on all our cities," an Israeli spokesman said this week.
More negotiation seen essential
WASHINGTON [JTA]
AUan GotUeb, Canada's new ambassador to the .United States, warned last week that the "passionate" arms race hi the Middle East and the "unresolved issue of Palestinian rights and aspirations" do not enhance the prospects for Middle East security.
Gotlieb. the former Canadian under-secretary for external affairs, made his brief rem^/rks on the Middle East during a speech to about 75 persons, attending a B'nai B'rith public affairs forum here.
The:speech, which dealt mainly with Canadian-U.S. trade relations; was his first address since he became ambassador about six' weeks ago.
Praising the Camp David )rocess which, he said, he loped would lead to "further significant results," Gotlieb stressed that "there are basic tradeoffs to be made, and I am convinced that people of foresight and sensitivity in the area will make their influence felt on both sides in: favor of the necessary accommodations.
"There is, I believe, necessary recognjtion that the Arab-IsrMli^issuelNwiirhaxte to be^eltled on their own^.-. merit/: and that the alternative is a fifth Arab-Israeli war.
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or a sixth or seventh, with consequences too fateful to contemplate." " '
. Asked if Israel was being pressured to negotiate; Gdt-. lieb replied that history has proven, as in the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty that''it is better to negotiate than not to negotiate."
. Caspar Weinberger,
Bat their problem does not end there. ;
Weinberger, or a "senior official," said he would "seriously consider" selling Jor-; dan F-16 Jets. Jordan has repeatedly asked for these highly sophisticated alreraft, wUch Israel used in the iMmbhig of Iraq's reactor.
The state department says no decision has been reached on the question of the F-16s.
[Rellgioas News Service photo] U.S. deifence secretary.
But a spokesman noted that the U.S. has supplied Jordan with aircraft in previous years and therefore knew that Jordan would eventually need to replace them, possibly with newer, more advanced F-16s. ;
Israel, will have a nui|}or Congressional fight im. Hs.. hands If the Reagan ad-. ministration decides to offer Jordan the mobile Hawk missiles and F-16«.
set for Ottawa
OTTAWA -
David KImche, director-general of the Israeli foreign ministry,. wIU give the keynote address at the Canada-Israel Committee's 8tfa annual policy conference and dinner for members of Parliament on March 31, at the Chateau Laurler Hotel here.
Also scheduled as speakers are Yeshayahn Anug, Israel's ambassador to Canaida, plus representatives of .Canada's three mi^r political patties..
According to a CIC official, the annual conference "provides Canadian Jewish community leaders with an opportunity to learn more about contemporary /Middle. East issues and to obtain an.in-depth assessment of . the current state of Canada-Israel relations.'' Highlight of the event is the parliamentary dinner at which community-leadership meets with MPs, senators and senior civil servants.
The day's program will begin with an examination of . current issues in the Arab-
Israeli conflict, including the future of the Camp David process, Israel-Egypt relations, the role of the superpowers in the region;and Israel's strategic concerns. Prof Yau- Evrottpsetiior associate at Tel Aviv University's Centre for Strategic Studies, will be among tiie ' expert analysts. "
The afternoon session will be devoted to a political and economic survey of Ca^«ul«-, Israel relations, ^i^ltt^.^^! Bidude^^ mkd^&^f^^^^ fessor of political science at ^ the University of Alberta and ^ an authority on Canadian Middle  East   policy,-and Nicholas Simmonds, execur . tive director of the Canada-Israel   Chamber  of Commerce, who will outline recent develpments in Canada-Israel trade and economic relations.
. For further information on the conference contact the Canada-Israel Committee in Toronto (416) 924-0755, Ottawa (613) 234-8271, or Mont-real (514) 934-0771).
Trudeau turns up at synagogue
By JANICE ARNOLD
MONTREAL —
After an absence of almost five years. Prime Minister Pierre Trudean's official visit to Cote St. Luc last weekend wasanostalgic homecoming.
Trudeau made a short-notice appearance at a dinner-dance held at.the Beth Zion Congregation, part of the winter carnival festivities of Cote St .Luc, which is in his Mount Royal riding. Trudeau has been Cote St. Luc's MP since the mid-60s, and it may
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be one of the few places Canada where he still is greeted by cheering crowds and a standing ovation, as he was at the Beth Zion.
It was also his first appearance before a Jewish andl-ence in Montreal since tbe celebration of Israel's 30th anniversary fan 1978.
Accompanying Trudeau to the Valentine's Day eve dance was the tall, blonde Melissa Singer-Cohen who, under a lynx coat, wore a
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