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¦^.^^-^'—'i.iyi T'VJLJi*^^ .TW--''^—^^—^ .. . ., . Serving Columbus, Dayton, Centi*af and Southwestern Ohio VwAf^ Vol. 43, No. 14 FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1965 — 29 ADAR, 5725 fT,. '.-)- /W //; i fo American j«with Ideals Bundestag Extends "Limitations" Law BONN. (JTA) - The Bundestag, lower house of West Germany's Parliament, voted to extend the period for the prosecution of Nazi war criminals for four and a half years. The present cut-off date for such prosecutions under the West Ger¬ man statute of limitation for pro¬ secution of murder is May 8 of this year. The Bundestag would extend the date to December 31. 1969. The vote was 344 to 96, with four ab¬ stentions. The formula used in the measure was to provide that the staute base should be December 31, 1949, in¬ stead of May 8. 1945, the date of the PASSOVER FILM An hour-long television documen¬ tary examining in depth, for the first time, the age-long struggle of the Jewish people for a homeland will be presented on Channel 6 on Tuesday. April 6 at 10 p.m. by Xerox Corporation. The speciai, en¬ titled "Let My People Go", will be carried here and on more than 100 stations across the country on a "networit" created by the sponsor especially for the program. ' capitulation Qf Nazi Germany to I the Allies. I Under that formula, the limitation I remains at 20 years, but the 20-year period is moved forward. The measure approved by the Bundestag, which must now be ap¬ proved also by the Senate and the President, differed substantially from earlier proposals. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's Christian Democrats joined with the opposition Social Democrats at the first reading in the Bundestag on March 10, to abolish all termination dates for prosecution of Nazi war criminals. Another proposal was for the Bundestag Legal Committee to ex¬ tend the cut-off date for 10 years. Both proposals were withdrawn be¬ fore the vote. Immediately after the Bundestag vote. Minister of Justice Ewald Bucher submitted his resignation from the Cabinet. Mr. Bucher had insisted that the Cabinet reject ex¬ tension when the subject came up several months ago, and afterward said he would resign if his otand were to be reversed by Parliament. He opposed prolongation of the cut-off date beyond May 8 of this year on "constitutional grounds." YOUNG MATRONS WIND UP ACTIVITIES In the upper photo pictured with Miss Jean Daman, tho speaker at the Forerunners Luncheon are, left to right: Mrs. Bernard Yenlcin, who spolte on local needs; Mrs. Barry Zacks, co-chairman of Forerunners; Miss Daman; Mrs. David Madison, who provided her home for the luncheon; and Mrs. Donald Shlonsky, co-chairman of Forerunners. In the lower photo, shown admJring the "My Fair Lady" table decora¬ tions from.the Forerunners Luncheon, are, left to right: Mrs. Robert Ringer, hospitality chairman; Mrs. Herbert Glimchen, invitations charman; Mrs. Hugh Flomenhoft, physical arrangements chairman; Mrs. Jumes Feibel, Fore¬ runners colonel; Mrs. Jack Marks, hostess; Mrs. Stanley Katz, hostess; and Mrs. Sumner Bornstein, chaii-man of the decorations comrnlttee. The World's Week Compiled from JTA and WUP Reporh NKW YORK, (JTA)—Jewish organizations expressed disappointment over the action by the Bundestag, lower house of West German's Parliament, in extending the statute Of limitations for the prosecution of war criminals by only four and a half years. LONDON, (JTA)—Prime Mini.s-ter Harold Wil.son, in his meetings with Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol, told the Israeli leader that p military balance should be preserved between tho forces concerned in the Arab-Israeli disputes, a spokesman for the Foreign Office declared here. JEKUHALBM, (JTA)—Israel agreed to a request from the United Nations Truce Organization for an inspection of the defense area along the Syrian border where there have been a number of recent shooting incidents. The UN organization had asked both Syria and Israel to pei-mit such an inspection to see whether prohibited weapons were in place on either side of the frontier. Thus far no reply lo the UNTSO re<iuest ha.s been received from Syria. WAtJHINGTON, (JTA)—The House of Representatives- approved the John.son Administration's $1,300,000,000 aid-to education bill, many clauses of which had been attacked by Jewish organizations as contrary to the principles of church- state separation. Orthodox Jewry had, on the whole, how¬ ever, supported those very provisions In the bill. Albert Vorspan LECTURE FEATURES ALBERT VORSPAN Mr. Albert Vorspan, Director of the Commission on Social Action of the Union of American Hebrew Con¬ gregations of New 'York City, will be the principal speaker at the April session of the Jewish Center Lecture Series and April meeting of the Columbus Section, National Council of Jewish Women, to be held on Tuesday evening, April 6, 8:30 p.m. in the Center Auditorium. Mr. Walter Robinson, the Lecture Series chairman, and Mrs. Blair Ruben. Columbus Section president, announced joint sponsorship of this program. In describing this joint program Mrs. Ruben and Mr. Robinson indi¬ cated that an unusual opportunity will be provided for Center mem¬ bers and husbands and their wives of the entire Council section, to par¬ ticipate in this program which will focus on the Jewish Committment to Social Justice and Action. Mr. Vorspan will discuss such quesdons as "Is there a Single Jewish Community?" and "How does the Jew Translate Jewish Values into Action?"; "What does the American Jew Stand to Gain? —to Lose, in America." Mr. Vorspan received his degree from New 'York University and pur¬ sued graduate studies at the New School for Social Research. Prior to joining the staff of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations he was assistant national coordina¬ tor of the National Community Re¬ lations Advisory Council for six years. Mr. Vorspan is the author of "Giants of Justice", and (with Rabbi Eugene J. Lipman), of "Jus¬ tice and Judaism" and "A Tale of Ten Cities." He has written on intergroup relations in "The Re¬ porter," "Time,'.' and many other magazines. This meeting provides a unique opportunity to pool the resources of communal organizations in order that the most effective progranns can be planned. Serving on the Planning Com¬ mittee for this session are the fol¬ lowing members of the Jewish Cen¬ ter Lecture Series: Mr. Walter Rob¬ inson, chairman. Rabbi Stephen Arnold. Mr. Lazar Brener, Mrs. B. B. Caplan. Dr. Samuel Globe, Dr. Martin Keller. Dr. Harold Monett. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Nak¬ rin and Miss Helen Nutis. Representing the National Council of Jewish Women on the Planning (continued on paq* 4) Feinknopf Announces Ai3L Expansion In The South Mark Feinknopf. vice-chairman of tlie Ohio - Kentucky Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, announced that the League will "expand and strengthen" its Southern operation by establishing an area headquar¬ ters, opening a new office, and en¬ larging its Southern staff. In making the announcement Mr. Feinkpopf also declared that (ive ADL officials went to Alabama to join the Selma rights marchers as they approached Montgomery. The five are Rabbi Israel Mow- showltz, chairman of the League's national interreligious committee; Rabbi Solomon S. Bernards, direc¬ tor of its department of interreligi¬ ous cooperation; Lawrence Peirez, former assistant district attorney of Queens County and chairman of the League's New York civil rights committee; Lester J. Waldman. na¬ tional director of League planning and Harold Braverman. director of the League's discriminations de¬ partment and secretary of its na¬ tional race-relations committee. Mr. Benjamin R. Epstein. ADL National Director, was in Alabama for four days prior to the Selma march and joined it. with Oscar Cohon. director of the League's program division at the invitation of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "The deep need to participate per¬ sonally, as well as through our agency's official work on behalf of civil and human rights, made it imperative for us to march on Sun- B'nai B'ldth Women Hi)ld Annual Donor Dinner Dance The Kahiki Polynesian Supper Club was the scene of the ninth annual Donor Dinner-Dance held by Candle¬ light Chapter #888 of B'nai B'rith Women on Saturday, March 27. The evening's festivities were under the direction of Mrs. Harold Borovetz, Donor chairman. Attendance at this affair, which culminates the year-long activities of Candlelight Chapter, is open to only those members, and their hus¬ bands, who have earned a $30 donor or more. Those who attended, there¬ fore, did so as honored guests of Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Teen Scene 11 Society 5, 6 Shopping Guide 12 Synagogues 12 Real Estate 4 Sports 9, 10 Dr. Eugene B. Borowllz Borowitz To Lecture At Hillel Forum Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz, Pro¬ fessor of Education and lecturer in Jewish Religious Thought at the New York School of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, will open the spring scries of Sun¬ day forums at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation on Sunday ev¬ ening. April 4. He wili speak on the subject "The Search for Meaning in the Ameri¬ can Jewish Novel." Dr. Borowitz, a graduate both of the Columbus Talmud Torah, and the Tifereth Israel Religious |..School, received his bachelor's de¬ gree from Ohio State University, and was ordained by the Hebrew Union College. He holds two earned Doctors de¬ grees, one from Columbia Univer¬ sity and the other from Hebrew Union College. He is recognized as one of the outstanding youni scholars in the American Je, community. Previous lo his present position he was head of the educational pro¬ gram of the Union of American He¬ brew Congregations and has also served as a Rabbi in St. Louis, Mo. and Sands Points, N.Y. During the war he was a Chaplain in the Uni¬ ted States Navy. Dr. Borowitz's articles have ap¬ peared in the "Commentary," "Judaism," "Christian Century," "Religious Education" and "Jew¬ ish Heritage." The lcK;ture is open to the public without charge. the chapter. Members earning a single donor were: Mesdames Joseph Blum, Wil¬ lard Bornstein, Harold Borovetz, Mel Eisler, Morton Epstein, Alan Ginsburg, Martin Gold, Daniel Gold¬ smith. Abe Green. Conrad Harris, Larry Lich, Donald Mayes, Irwin Pass, Ralph Shapiro, WilUam Shore, I Fred Silverstein, David Sinai, Arnold Spolter, Charles Swerdlow, Marvin Vinar and Marvin Zuravsky. Double donors were earned by: Mesdames Sam Baker, Benton Bloch, Sumner Bornstein, Marshcdl Harris, Saul Izeman, Cy Kessler, Mark Knolls and Jack Schatz. Receiving triple honors were: Mesdames Philip Gurwin, Donald Leeman, Herbert Urell. Murray Edison and Sharon Ringer. One member. Mrs. Leon Blau¬ grund. received special recognition for having earned a quadruple donor. Those receiving multiple donor honors were also awarded a golden charm, appropriately inscribed, to add to their Candlelight charm bracelet, which has become a tradi¬ tion with the chapter. Those re¬ ceiving their first charm received a bracelet as well. New members of the exclusive $100 Ad Club are Mesdames Sam Baker. Leon Blaugrund. Sumner Bornstein, PhiUp Gurwin, Donald Leeman, Sharon Ringer and Herbert UreU. The Kila Kiia Room of the Kahiki provided a South Seas atmosphere enhanced by the music of the Surf- siders Combo. A cocktail hour preceded the din¬ ner, which featured various Poly¬ nesian dishes. An added feature of the evening was the performance of authentic native dances by Miss Stephanie Seto. day." Mr. Epstein asserted. He said League services in the South will be expanded "in response to the urging of Southern leader.s themselves who were appalled at the brutality in Selma and seek a continuing and intensified human relations program." The League now has 27 regional offices throughout the country, five ot which are in the South, in Rich- mond. Va.. New Orleans. La., Hous¬ ton, Tex.. Miami, Fla., and Atlanta. Ga. The Atlanta office, opened in 1945 "to fight bigotry and discrimina¬ tion," will now become the area headquarters to coordinate ADL human relations and civil rights pro¬ grams. An additional Texas regional office wiU be 'opened in Dallas. Mr. Epstein said an increased staff of sociologists and educators will work out of the AUanta head¬ quarters to promote "American ideals of democracy through obedi¬ ence to the law and intergroup co¬ operation." Dore Schary Schary Speaks At Press Conference Local B'nai B'rith To Host Convention B'nai B'rith organizations in Co¬ lumbus will serve as hosts to the District II Convention of both lodge and chapters at the Columbus Plaza July 10-14. Herbert Wise, past president of Zion Lodge, and Mrs. Albert A. Blank, past president of Zion Chap¬ ter, are serving as co-chairmen of the convention. Chairmen include Mrs. Melvin Furman and Mrs. Louis Robins, past presidents of Zion Chapter, Mrs. Abe i^reen, past president of Candlelight Chapter, and Ernest Stern, past president of Zion Lodge. Over 500 delegates and alternates representing lodges and chapters of B'nai B'rith from Ohio, Ken¬ tucky, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico and Wyoming will be in attendance. In conjunction with the 121st annual convention of District Grand Lodge No. 2, Bnai B'rith, Zion Lodge will observe the 100th anni¬ versary of organization. Members of all chapters and lodges in the Columbus area are asked to reserve the dates of July 10 thru 14 and be in attendance at the sessions of the convention. | Dore Schary, writer, director and producer of films and Broadway plays, was in ColumBus last week¬ end to speak at the Golden Gifts Ball at the Columbus Plaza in be half of the United Jewish Fund and CouncU. Mr. Schary, chairman of the Na tional Commission of thfeiAnti De¬ famation League of B'nai B'rith. held a news conference in his suite at the Columbus Plaza on the morning of the BaU. In reference to his speech at the BaU. he said that he was going to speak on the retention of the identity of people of the Jewish community as Jews. He stated th;i( the tendency of Jews today is to be¬ come homogenized With the risl of the community, thus losing sorm of their identity as Jews. There need be nq fear of 'Ik "hyphenated American." he saiil for it is and has been these peopl' who made America strong. Anti-semitism is still an issue. .Sn cial and poUtical anti-semitism ha\'e diminished, and, with the recent Ecumenical CouncUs, reUgious anti semitism wiU also decline. Regarding civil rights Sehiir\ said that the Jew is used to llie kind of abuse that the negroes ;iic now receiving. The Jews are not a race, he said, for they do not look alike, but tlie>' do have a religious and cultunil heritage. The Jew, he feels, will never disappear or vanish. If he were to, mankind would ha\e In "invent him all over again." Schary is currently working on a Broadway play entitled "The Zulu and the Zayda." which he hopes wiU open in November. It involves an African and a Jew and their problems in communication. Schary feels that communication is of the utmost importance in over coming ignorance. We are too quick to give titles to too many people. —Michael Feinstein
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¦^.^^-^'—'i.iyi T'VJLJi*^^ .TW--''^—^^—^ .. . ., .
Serving Columbus, Dayton, Centi*af and Southwestern Ohio VwAf^
Vol. 43, No. 14
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1965 — 29 ADAR, 5725
fT,.
'.-)- /W
//;
i fo American j«with Ideals
Bundestag Extends "Limitations" Law
BONN. (JTA) - The Bundestag, lower house of West Germany's Parliament, voted to extend the period for the prosecution of Nazi war criminals for four and a half years.
The present cut-off date for such prosecutions under the West Ger¬ man statute of limitation for pro¬ secution of murder is May 8 of this year. The Bundestag would extend the date to December 31. 1969. The vote was 344 to 96, with four ab¬ stentions.
The formula used in the measure was to provide that the staute base should be December 31, 1949, in¬ stead of May 8. 1945, the date of the
PASSOVER FILM
An hour-long television documen¬ tary examining in depth, for the first time, the age-long struggle of the Jewish people for a homeland will be presented on Channel 6 on Tuesday. April 6 at 10 p.m. by Xerox Corporation. The speciai, en¬ titled "Let My People Go", will be carried here and on more than 100 stations across the country on a "networit" created by the sponsor especially for the program.
' capitulation Qf Nazi Germany to I the Allies.
I Under that formula, the limitation I remains at 20 years, but the 20-year period is moved forward.
The measure approved by the Bundestag, which must now be ap¬ proved also by the Senate and the President, differed substantially from earlier proposals.
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's Christian Democrats joined with the opposition Social Democrats at the first reading in the Bundestag on March 10, to abolish all termination dates for prosecution of Nazi war criminals.
Another proposal was for the Bundestag Legal Committee to ex¬ tend the cut-off date for 10 years. Both proposals were withdrawn be¬ fore the vote.
Immediately after the Bundestag vote. Minister of Justice Ewald Bucher submitted his resignation from the Cabinet. Mr. Bucher had insisted that the Cabinet reject ex¬ tension when the subject came up several months ago, and afterward said he would resign if his otand were to be reversed by Parliament.
He opposed prolongation of the cut-off date beyond May 8 of this year on "constitutional grounds."
YOUNG MATRONS WIND UP ACTIVITIES
In the upper photo pictured with Miss Jean Daman, tho speaker at the Forerunners Luncheon are, left to right: Mrs. Bernard Yenlcin, who spolte on local needs; Mrs. Barry Zacks, co-chairman of Forerunners; Miss Daman; Mrs. David Madison, who provided her home for the luncheon; and Mrs. Donald Shlonsky, co-chairman of Forerunners. In the lower photo, shown admJring the "My Fair Lady" table decora¬ tions from.the Forerunners Luncheon, are, left to right: Mrs. Robert Ringer, hospitality chairman; Mrs. Herbert Glimchen, invitations charman; Mrs. Hugh Flomenhoft, physical arrangements chairman; Mrs. Jumes Feibel, Fore¬ runners colonel; Mrs. Jack Marks, hostess; Mrs. Stanley Katz, hostess; and Mrs. Sumner Bornstein, chaii-man of the decorations comrnlttee.
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reporh
NKW YORK, (JTA)—Jewish organizations expressed disappointment over the action by the Bundestag, lower house of West German's Parliament, in extending the statute Of limitations for the prosecution of war criminals by only four and a half years.
LONDON, (JTA)—Prime Mini.s-ter Harold Wil.son, in his meetings with Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol, told the Israeli leader that p military balance should be preserved between tho forces concerned in the Arab-Israeli disputes, a spokesman for the Foreign Office declared here.
JEKUHALBM, (JTA)—Israel agreed to a request from the United Nations Truce Organization for an inspection of the defense area along the Syrian border where there have been a number of recent shooting incidents. The UN organization had asked both Syria and Israel to pei-mit such an inspection to see whether prohibited weapons were in place on either side of the frontier. Thus far no reply lo the UNTSO re |
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