Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1963-07-19

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The World's Week
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In Washington, Egypt has made an entirely new arms deal with the Soviet Union which may Include aid to build up missile production and weapons of a more sophisticated nature than previously provided, It was learned from gov¬ ernment sources. The arms deal is believed partly financed in a loan of $44,400,000 recently granted by Russia to Egypt. The loan was disguised as covering "development of indust¬ rial products."
In Athens, leaders of the Central Board of Jewish Com¬ munities protested to the government against the release from prison of a man sentenced to death in 1947 after bfeing convicted of helping the Germans round up Greek Jews dur¬ ing World War II for deportation to the Nazi death camps.
The man Is Constantlne Recanati. A war crimes trial here convicted him in 1947 and sentenced him to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Recently, he was releasd under aninesty legislation intended to free itaprisoned Communists.
In New York, three men accused by police of being members of Nazi groups were arrested in the Bronx in front of a hamburger stand which has been the scene of anti-racist demonstrations. They were charged with having a truckload of arms and ammunition. Police identified the men as Edward Cassidy, 18; Paul Joachin, 35; and John Corrigan, 20.
In Rio do Janeiro, the Soviet government has granted permission to a Jewish family, originally from Brazil, to leave the Soviet Union to return to this country. The fami¬ ly, 12 members in all, comprised of a Mr. and iVIrs. Sismarf, their children and grandchildren, is the first from Brazil to be permitted to leave Russia.
In New York, a study by a field examiner of the New Yorlc State Commission for Human Rights has established that the Arabian-American Oil Co., Aramco, is complying "in good faith" with the order issued by the commission to discontinue discriminatioij against Jewish job applicants, it was reported by the American Jewish Congress, the or¬ ganization which had filed an anti-bias suit against the oil firm more than six years ago.
Eshkol Extends Olive Branch In Israel's Search For Peace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Levi Eshkol said lhat he wa.i ready to meet President Nasser of Egypt, or any other Arab leader, anytime and anywhere in Israel's search for peace in the Middle East.
He extended the olive branch at his first press conference as premier in which he ranged over many a.spects of Israeli policies and problems. He made it clear that his government would abide generally by the poll-
CENTER ANNOUNCES OAY CAMP PROGilAM, SECOND 4-WEEK PERIOD STARTS JULY 22
The .second period of The Jewish Center Day Camps will open Monday, July 22. All Center Day Camps — O'ra for children four, five and six years old; Cojacee for children seven through 11 years; and Tween Camp for boys and girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades have limited openings in all age groups.
The four-week period will include many of the highlight activities which made camp so en-
Judge Robert  Draper
Judge Draper Speaks To Golden Age Club
Judge Robert Draper highlighted the celebration of Independence Day when he gave the keynote speech at the Golden Age meeting on July 3.
Judge Draper interpreted the sig¬ nificance of the Constitution and read pasages from jt for the bene¬ fit of the club members.
"TO BE AN AMERICAN is the most wonderful thing in the world," the judge told his audience. "Wliep I returned from Europe recently, and saw the Statue of Liberty, it made me feel — as I am sure it has you — most thankful that I am an American."
A. R. Greenspun introduced Judge Draper as "a friend of the Center," and an outstanding Ameri¬ can.
ALSO ASSISTING in the celebra¬ tion was an honor guard from the Jewish War Veterans,. Capitol Post 122. In charge of lowering the flag was Department of Ohio Command¬ er Herman Eisenman. He was as¬ sisted by Capitol Post 122 Com¬ mander Dr. Albert Tyroler, Aaron Dachner, Norman Cohen, Sidney Wolpert and Ben Izeman. ¦
Each Golden Ager was given a small flag to remind him of his American heritage.
Harry Cohen led the group in the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
cjes of predecessor David Ben-Guri¬ on.
He said if Israeli and Arab lead¬ ers could meet face to face, he was sure the Arabs would find out that peace was in the best interests of all concerned and that Israel was ready, without prior conditions, to enter such discussions. He stressed he would be on the alert for any opening which might point to prog¬ ress in that area. Meanwhile, he said, the key problem was to make sure that the Middle East arms balance was "not further upset" and that Israel be kept strong enough to deter any attack.
He said the Hawk missiles the United States is selling to Israel would be useful against any enemy air attack but he also said "we must take into consideration fur¬ ther developments" taking place in the neighboring Arab countries, a reference to Egypt's acquisition of Russian rockets and the advanced weapons on' which  imported West
German scientists were working.
He said he felt the United States was striving to promote peace in the Middle East, adding there might be difference of views as to the means. The best contribution from the United States, he added, would be prevention ot conditions likely to encourage an Arab attack, as well as continued United States ef¬
forts to persuade the Arabs to drop their policies of belligerence and war preparations.
If missiles and poison gas are considered unconventional weapons, he said in reply to another question,' it should be noted that it "has al¬ ready been reported" that Egypt was busy in both areas. He reiterat¬ ed Israel's long-standing effort to pay compensation to Arab refugees for property abandoned in the 1948 war. He also reiterated that this was based on the expectation that international assistance would be available and that, pajmient would be part of a comprehensive solu¬ tion of the refugee problem.
joyable during the first period Swimming is one of the leading activities. Every child is given one period of instruction daily.
FOR O'RA, the excitement of games, songs, "pretend over¬ nights," hikes, nature appreciation and trips make camp a place where small campers enjoy themselves daily. Mrs. A. R. Schwartz is the camp director ot Camp O'Ra with Mrs. Mayer Rosenfeld and Mrs. Barbara Mickler as unit heads.
Camp Cojacee, with oyer 160 campers, enjoys such programs as overnights, games and sports, trips, campcraft, nature hikes and cook- outs. Eli Estreicher is camp direct¬ or with Mrs. Bernard Mindlin and Jay Schilling as unit heads.
THE TWEEN CAMP is directed
by Barrie,Segall with Marlin Ab¬ ramson as program director. The Tween Cai^ip is nationally known for its unique program of sailing, horseback riding, canoeing, tennis and week-long trip to the UCC camp in Vinton County near Lake Hope.
Registration for all camps is be¬ ing taken at the Center camp of¬ fice. Space may be reserved by calling the Center.
CAMP FEE for Camp O'Ra is $40 for the four weeks with trans¬ portation $10  (optional)..
Camp Cojacee fee is $52 with $10 for transportation, and Tween C^amp is $74 which includes the five-day overnight trip.
Dr. Sam Stellman is administrat¬ or for all. camps.
Greet Your Friends bl The Chronicle's IVew Year's Edition
An excellent and popular way to greet your friends and relatives is a New Year's greeting in The Chronicle's  New  Year's Edition.
This year the book will reach subscribers by Tuesday, Sept. 17.
A greeting in The Chronicle's New Year's Edition, one of the finest in the country, is a very effective way to express your good wishes to the entire Colum¬ bus Jewish community.
Let your friends and relatives know you sincerely wish them a happy and prosperous New Year.
Act now. Don't delay. For de¬ tails, see page 9.
Ll. SPONSORS USY SUMMER INSTITUTE
Tifereth Israel's United Syna¬ gogue Youth is currently involved in the First Annual USY Summer In stitute. This program, sponsored by the Youth Education Department of Tifereth Israel, offers to all teen agers courses in prog.'amming and leadership skills, Hebrew, survey on prayer and .the High Holidays.
Programming and leadership .skills, along with the beginners He¬ brew course. Is currently being held Mondays and Wednesdays. The pro gramming and leadership skills group, under the direction of Allen Israel, is concerned with organiza tional programming, group dynam ics and the role and character of the leader.
Beginning on Monday, July 22, at 3 p.m., Saul Wachs will lead a group in survey on prayer and the High Holidays. Registration for this group is still open, and anyone in¬ terested in participating should call the educational department at 2S3- 8523.
Wachs, educational director of Ti¬ fereth Israel, will discuss the his¬ tory of prayer specifically for the holidays of Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur, Special emphasis will be placed upon the meaning of the prayers.
There is no chargfe for the Sum¬ mer Institute t)ut regular attend¬ ance is necessary. Registration for the survey on prayer and the High Holy Day course will close as soon as the class is filled, so it is sug¬ gested that anyone interested regi¬ ster now. -
Ouinn To Again Head Blood Donor Council
At a recent meeting of the Jewish Community Blood Donor Council, Leonard Quinn was re-elected president for the com¬ ing year.
Other officers and menxbers of the board as presented by the nominating committee and elected to serve with Qudnn In¬ clude the follo\«'ing: first vice-president, Sanford Fishman; sec¬ ond vice-president, Rudolph Stern, Jr.; third vice-president, David  H.   Canowitz;   fourth   vice-
president, Mrs. Harry Schwartz; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ben¬ ton Block; recording secretary. Dr. Aaron Katz; and treasurer, Maur¬ ice Bleich.
On the executive committee will be Mrs. Martin Polster, Mrs. A. E. Slavin, Mrs. Charles Talis and Melville Frank.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS of the board include Bernard Friedman, Immediate past president of the council; Bernard Kaplan and Hy Weinberg, both of whom have serv¬ ed as presidents of the council; and Mayer Rosenfeld, representing the Jewish Center, site oif the semi-an¬ nual Blood Donor campaigns.
From the Council of Organiza¬ tions of the United Jewish Fund ahd Council, sponsoring agency of the Blood Donor Council, Ben Man¬ delkorn, Edward Schlezinger and William Wasserstrom will serve. Mrs. Joseph Schecter and Mrs. B. B. Caplan have been appointed as members-at-large to the executive committee.
CHAIRMAN of the nominating committee was Bernard Kaplan, with Hy Weinberg, Bernard Fried¬ man and Mrs. Martin Polster as rtiembers of the committee.
Quinn, reporting on the Spring Blood Donor Drive, stated that it was the largest and most success¬ ful campaign in many years, and that the Franklin County Red Cross Chapter had expressed its satisfac¬ tion 'with the turn-out, and with the arrangements whereby every member of the Jewish community is protected to the fullest extent of its blood requirements in case of emergency needs or for regular use of blood for surgery or illness.
THE COMPLETE cooperation of the community is urged to ensure the continuance of this blood donor program and according to Quinn and Sanford Fishman, who was chairman of the Spring campaign, many adult members of the com¬ munity who can and should be giv¬ ing blood are still not volunteering or do not show up when they have promised to donate.
"We are prepared to process al¬ most double the number we take care of on 'B' Day," stated Quinn. "It is of the utmost urgency and Importance that everyone who can give does so either on 'B' Day or at the Red Cross Center, giving credit for their donations to the Jewish Community Blood Donor Council. It is only in this way that \ye can insure the protection we now enjoy."
Plans are now being completed for the Fall campaign, details of which will soon be announced.
Conference Cancelled
Former Columbusite Simon Lazarus, Jr., of Cincinnati, chair¬ man of the Ohio Leadership Con¬ ference of the American Jewish Committee, has announced that this weekend's activities have been cancelled.
The conference was to have been held at Stouffer's University Jnn on Julyt20-21. Due to unfore¬ seen circumstances, two of the conference's leading participants were unable to attend, and it has been-rescheduled for later in the year.
JDC Annual Report Tells Amount Of 1962 Aid, Expenditures
(EDITOR'S NOTE — JDC Is one of tho more than 40 local, national, overseas and Israeli beueilcluries ol tho United Jewish Fund and Council in Columbus.)
In 1962 the Joint Distribution Committee extended relief, welfare and other aid to 277,000 men, women and children In 29 countries, Moses A. Leavitt, JDC Executive Vice-Chairman, reported In the agency's 1962 annual report. Mr. Leavitt disclosed that the cost of the organization's relief, resettlement and re¬ habilitation program was $28,544,000, provided mainly by the campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal. The total number helped by JDC
major American agency aiding needy Jews abroad, was 25,500 greater than the previous year. This increase was due largely to the influx into France of 100,000 Jew¬ ish refugees from Algeria.
"ONCE AGAIN, in 1962, the 'un¬ expected' happened, Leavitt said. "The mass exodus of Algerian Jews to France, as well as the continued
into that country, meant that help had to be provided for thousands of men, women and children for whom there was no provision in JDC's budget for 1962. It meant that — since only limited funds were available to JDC — funds had to be taken from one aiea of need to be used In an area of greater need." Additional   thousands   of  Jewish
Influx  of Jews from  other areasrefugees made their way to France
from other parts of North Africa and from Eastern Europe, Leavitt said. "Suddenly the French Jewish community found that it had grown to more than 500,000 — the fourth largest Jewish community in the world, exceeded only by the United States, the Soviet Union and Is¬ rael."
IN A FOREWORD to the report, Edward-M. M. Warburg, JDC chair¬ man, noted that fortunat:^y for JDC and for the thousands ot refugees who needed help, the Jews of France and European countries un¬ dertook special emergency fund- raising campaigns on their behalf. "Despite the help of the French government, the need of the refu¬ gees tor additional assistance was extensive,"  he declared.
"These needs were met net by JDC alone," Warburg added, "but by the French Jewish community
and bjr other European Jewish communities." He cited this as evi¬ dence of a revival of European Jewry, a revival "which would never have come to pass without the spark which continued to glow in the hearts of European Jewry, despite the havoc of war and Nazism, without their own determi¬ nation to survive."
FOR 1963 JDC has dcpted a budget of $30,769,000 for aid to needy Jews overseas. JDC has spent more than $750,000,000 on its world-wide welfare programs since its inception in 1914.
Although JDC continues to re¬ ceive the bulk'of its finances from the United Jewish Appeal, Leavitt noted a substantial allocation from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, to be^ used for the relief and tehabilita- tion of Nazi victims. He also report¬
ed the receipt ot smaller sums con¬ tributed by Jewish communities in Canada, Latin America and by a number of governmental and inter¬ governmental agencies.
LEAVITT NOTED that JDC as¬ sisted more than 84,000'men, wo¬ men and children in Israel during 1962. Of^his number.oelose to 50,000 were aided by Malben, the JDC welfare program'on behalf of aged, ill and handicapped newcomers to Israel. During the year Malben con¬ tinued to stress extra-mural care, giving priority within institutions to bedridden cases. As a result, Malben's institutional caseload de¬ creased from 5,47S at the beginning of the year to 5,025 in December, a drop of 450 during the 12-month period.
The JDC report also contains a survey of the JDC community in¬ formation program, inaugurated in
1961 to keep American communities informed on the world-wide activi¬ ties of the agency, by Sol Satinsky of Philadelphia, chairman of the JDC National Council. The program includes visiU by JDC overseas per¬ sonnel to cities throuthout the coun¬ try to deUver first-hand reports on developments affecting Jews in Eu¬ rope, North Africa and the Middle East, including Israel.
IN 1961, Satinsky reported, JDC overseas staff members visited ap- proxunately 100 cities in the United States and Canada for report meet¬ ings with various community groups. In the 1962-63 period the schedule provided for seven JDC speakers to tour American com- muniUes as part of the community information progranj, and also on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal.
The report also contains JDC*a annual financial statements.