VS THE SHOFAR Israel Victim of Hypocrisy B'nai B'rith Youth Organization ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) G January, 1977 amount tion and buld take ters and have the strong- come. If PROGRAMS g Alephs Need material for a term paper? we can How about a speech in your public d be as- THAT WORK speaking class? Or arguments for a ure. That debate project? This article can do mmitted. the trick. m Beber hmit our- Or, use it in combatting Arab Guaranteed propaganda in your school or as the basis for a Chapter discussion program. Every year, a few outstanding play was on the many questions raised by by Harris O. Schoenberg, programs are recognized as wor- the trial, including the question of whether deputy director for UN affairs of the tein thy of receiving the BBYO "Pro- the fear of communism was SO strong as to B'nai B'rith International Council gram of The Year" award. Winners execute people based upon questionable Godol are selected from both AZA and evidence. During the discussion groups, al- The African, Arab and Communist countries dustry in the same manner on a smaller scale. BBG Chapter programs; BBYO most all of the "juries" found the Rosen- most vocal in their condemnation of Israel When industries cannot be transported to Chapter programs; combined pro- bergs innocent. for ties with South Africa, themselves main- neighboring countries, as in the case of grams with an AZA and a BBG Following the play, the two Chapters sold tain extensive commercial relations with the mining, black African laborers are sent to Chapter; and Council, Region, or posters and pins calling for the re-opening of land of apartheid. These relations are built work in the gold mines of South Africa, in- District programs in both AZA the Rosenberg case. As a follow-up to the on a thriving trade which includes strategic cluding 100,000 from such a militant state as and BBG. Convention program, many Chapters had materials, investments in industries, and the Mozambique. Under the terms of the agree- d proud Beginning with this issue, The similar programs, such as the presentation of export to South Africa of hundreds of thou- ment between the two states, 60% of the v of our publishing details movie on the Rosenberg trial. sands of black African laborers. miners' wages are transferred directly to the ally live of some of last year's winning pro- For more information on the program, Next to Great Britain, South Africa's larg- Mozambique government in the form of gold ng can- grams. Along with each program write to Jill Stanger, 32 Hopewell St., est trading partner is the rest of Africa. South bullion. The payment, however, is computed er is not description is a name and ad- Albany, N.Y. or Scott Metzner, 22 Milner Africa's exports to other African countries at the old "official" gold price of $42 an hapters, dress of the person in charge of Ave., Albany, N.Y. have been growing during the 1970's at an ounce, rather than the current market value ery ob- national the program or someone to whom annual rate of almost 40%. Black African which is almost three times as much. Mozam- interested BBYO members can AZA Chapter Program states seek loans and credits from South bique thus realizes substantial profits when it S to this write for information. Africa. The members of Herzl AZA, of San pays the miners in Mozambique currency. A Applications for the 1976-77 American financial and general publica- South African government official claims this al lead- Antonio, Tex., were interested in a com- al prob- Program of The Year competition munity service project. They met with a tions reported in June and July, 1976, that form of subsidy is worth each year about can be found in the BBYO Con- such as representative of the Jewish Family Center South Africa exports an estimated $635 mil- $120 million - more than aid from the Unit- test Manual available from local and narrowed the choice down to one of lion worth of goods to some two dozen Afri- ed Nations or the Soviet Union. South Africa quantity BBYO offices. three possibilities. Finally, they decided that can states. "There are many other black Af- sends technicians and workers to Mozam- Unfortu- us with the Kenwood Community Center would of- rican countries that want to trade with us, bique; the latter's ports are largely depend- national AZA-BBG Chapter fer them the greatest challenge and the best but we discourage it because of government ent upon them. Mozambique has switched reward. instability, foreign exchange shortages or from Portugal to South Africa for many of its (Combined Program) A committee of the Chapter paid a visit to payment problems," a South African com- consumer goods because of cheaper trans- k not of When faced with the problem of finding mercial representative is quoted as saying. Take ad- an interesting program for Shabbat eve the Center, found out that the Center serv- portation costs. the writ- iced 42 children ranging in age from four to Trade with black Africa is "much greater' programming at the Upstate New York Fall Convention, Chai BBG and Albert Sch- 14 years old - from low-income families. than indicated by the official statistics, a high Arabs Have Strong Ties dies, the South African government source said. In ity of a weitzer AZA. both of Albany, were con- In discussing their desire to provide a service In the vanguard of the attack on Israel for its addition to trade, he said, "there has been a cerned about the many questions raised by to the Center, they agreed on a plan which ties to South Africa are the Arab states. Yet, lot of aid to many black African countries would involve tutoring the children, helping Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mo- the execution in the 1950's of Julius and that would not want this known." Tourism rocco and the Persian Gulf sheikhdoms are m Ohio Ethel Rosenberg for spying. Recently, the the Center's Boy Scout group, and assisting with various sports activities and field trips. from South Africa is another moneymaker. all building commercial relations with South issue has come into the forefront of public "To re- They then arranged for the specific dates Mauritius, whose Prime Minister is currently Africa, and the royal family of Kuwait con- opinion with publication of a new book, chairman of the Organization of African trols extensive investments there. Most omi- television appearances, etc., by the Rosen- with the Center coordinator and agreed on uture for kicking the program off culminating with a Unity, reportedly welcomes 50,000 South nous are the military aid deal between Saudi bergs' sons, and numerous newspaper articles. big Thanksgiving party for the children. African tourists per year. Arabia and South Africa reported in April, her than The subcommittee agreed that the goal According to one correspondent, virtually 1975, and the sale of Jordanian tanks to exclusive The BBYO members looked into the pos- every black African country does business sibilities of having the Meeropol brothers, was a very simple one-developing the South Africa, which have ended up in Rho- o "fill in the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, skills of the children involved and, hopefully, with South Africa. In many cases the pur- desia, according to a story in a publication Jewish improving their outlook on life. chase of goods is direct, packages are la- supportive of the United Nations. The Secu- he chal- speak to the Convention. When they found beled in Afrikaans and their South African in his that was impractical, the two Chapters About six weeks after their initial visit, the rity Council committee which monitors the Chapter had its first full day of involvement origin is in no way disguised. "Direct" sales UN embargo on Rhodesia has considered ultimate decided to present a play. They found a reportedly involve about a dozen African at the Center. The children were arranged in the sale of Jórdanian aircraft to Rhodesia, good script, edited it, and then assigned our pro- countries on a regular basis, with another parts. Rehearsals began. The cast went to a three groups according to age and the and, for three years, its inquiries regarding ip." Chapter members divided themselves ac- dozen trading sporadically. the shipment to Rhodesia of steel billets have outh or- local thrift shop to buy clothes from the world's 1950's to correspond to their characters, cordingly. They accompanied the youngest A Double Standard been ignored by the Jordanian government. group in dancing and singing, the middle Until the Arab oil boycott of 1973-74, borrowed clothes from relatives and friends, an meet Those states that do not wish to buy directly group in art work and timetelling, and the Saudi Arabia supplied about 25% of South lesher acquired the necessary scenery (a judge's trade through intermediaries or purchasing desk, American flag, defense and prosecut- oldest group in gardening. These programs Africa's foreign oil. Since then the names of wed to agents. In other cases, South African enter- ing desks, doctor's clothing, etc.), built a continued for sometime until the end of the South Africa's foreign oil suppliers have been s year's witness stand, and then set up audio and month when the members of Herzl held a prises do 80% of the work on equipment and classified. In addition to the military deal r looked finished goods. The almost completed prod- lighting equipment. Halloween party for the children complete mentioned above, the same source reports ng Katz ucts are then shipped to members of the with a decorating session early in the day, that Saudi Arabia has been buying large The Convention body was broken into 12 are win- South African Customs on-Botswana "We separate juries, each led by one person who football and volleyball games in the after- amounts of South African foodstuffs, pre- n. Lesotho and Swaziland, or to Malawi-where noon, gifts, and the breaking of a pinada. fabricated materials, and "enormous" quan- ned our would be briefed by the chairpeople. The they are finished, labeled and sold in African Again, the Chapter continued visiting the tities of gold, presumably in exchange for oil. d that if cast performed the play which dealt with the markets without the South African name. President Julius Nyere of Tanzania has period from the time of the trial to the ve hang While this trade flourishes, Israel has been -H.B. Rosenbergs' execution. The emphasis in the (Continued on page 2) denounced for cooperating in the textile in- (Continued on page 8)