Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1966-09-02

              Serving Columbus, Dayton, Centrat and Southwestern Ohio
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Vol. 44. No. 35
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1966 — 17 ELUL 5726
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The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports
JERVSALKM, (JTA)—Jerusalem—«nd all of Israel- were ready Sunday to participate fn the dedication of Israel's new Knesset (Parliament) building, to be celebrated Tues¬ day, A huge menorah was lighted atop the new structure. The menorah had been brought Friday to the site where the new building stands, overlooking the surrounding Judean hlUs, Until now, it had been atop the old Knesset building in the center of Jerusalem
mfiVBAJmi, (JTA) — A number of Israel political parU^s—Including the Liberals, Herut, National: ReU^ous and Agudath Israel—are now cohsld^erlng launcHing their own fund-raising campaigns In the United States and other countries In competition with the United Jewish Appeal, should the Jewish Agency go throilgh with cutting alloca¬ tions to the parties. It was Indicated here. The Agency's executive Is scheduled to decide next month on a proposal by Aryeh L. Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency execu¬ tive, tq cut subsidies to political parties.      -
.lEBtrsAIiEIM, (JTA)—Two espionage cases of Jews working for foreign powers—one with Lebanon and the other with an unspecified foreign state—were made publld here Sunday. "The first case Involved Gabrlell Gashmal, 37, a Tel Aviv contractor who, last April, crossed the Lebanese frontlerwlth the tritentioh'of migrating from there to a West European State. The second case involves an unnamed engineer who contacted the embassy of the coimtry of his .origin with the view of returning there.
.lERrrSAIjEM, (JTA) -^ The Cabinet rejected the de¬ mands of Israel's surgical nurses and mldwlves for Increased wages despite threats of a nationwide strike. The walkout Is expected to begin tomorrow. Finance Minister Pinhas Saplr defended the Government's action by stating that ...salary, .increases .cannot be-.gEanted.to.,professions.".where union contracts are in effect until 1968, as this would .under¬ mine Israel's entire wage structure. The Cabinet also turned down a request by the teachers' imlon for higher pay, but no strike on the part of the teachers has been announced.
Columbus Hebrew School Prepares For Opening
The Columbus Hebrew School fall term vdll begin Monday, Sep¬ tember 12, at the Jewish Center.
The Bexley Branch of the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School has been discontinued, enabling the school to classify the students tai their proper classes,: and also affoi^ closer supervision.
. .nsr ACCORDANCE with the recent decision of the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew School, aU dasses in the elementary de¬ partment, grades one through sbc will meet on the ftast two ses¬ sions. The first session from 4-00 to 5:15 p.m. The second ses¬ sion from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
The ^igh School classes and the Bar Mitzvah class will meet on Monday and Wednesday, from 6:30 to 7:45 pjn. Bus transpor¬ tation will be available to all pupils desUlng it.
THB HEBREW SCHOOL of¬ fice is accepting registration for the beginners class. The office is open Monday through Thursday, 9 to 5 p.m. Daniel Harrison, prin¬ cipal of the school, Is available at all times for conferences virith parents.
Children ages 7 - 9 are eUgible for enrollment In the beginners ¦ class. The ideal age to enroll a child in the Hebrew School Is when they are seven years old, and upon their entering In the second grade of public school.
PARENTS ARE urged not to overlook their daughters, and en¬ roll them in the Hebrew School. Jewish gh^ls need a Jewish edu-, cation the same as Jewish boys. jUl students who were enroll^ In the Hebrew School last year are automatically re-enroUed. Cards have been nudled to all pupils advising theni of their as- slgned'trlp ahd classrooin,?
THE COLUMBUS Hebrew School is a community institu¬ tion and is affiliated with the United Jewish Fund and Coun¬
cil. Its facilities are open to aU the. members of the Columbus Jewish community.
The prograni of education Is basic for every child regardless of their synagogue affiliation.
THE HEBREW SOIOOL has
an elementary department of sbc yeara and a high school depart¬ ment of four years.
Parents are ivged to see that the childem enroll and begin their Hebrew studies the begin¬ ning of the school term. This wUl enable the children to leam about the immediate holidays.
H.H^H^ Is Concerned Over Nazi Swiastikas
EDITOB'S NOT!e: Attendlnc the nattonal convention  of the Jewish War Veterans of the, United State*" ..from Oolnmbna aire the followlnc JMuttln Kanfher, Stau.'Commander; Dr.  Ben  Oertncir,' QAnunander   of the Colnmbiia  Pogti' lionla  Aeher- ' man, Jnnlor \lie Commander: and Sanford FIshmak and IauI, Oroaa- man, TepTesentnlTea Irom the Oo¬ lnmbna Fast,     1
REUGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK PLANNED
The cqimmlttee members for the Beth Jacob's annual Religious Eroiphasls Week, scheduled this year for Septem¬ ber 18, 20 and 2l; are, froni left to right: Rabbi David Stavsky,.Mrs. Milton J. Leeman, congregation president Alvin Shames,! Mrs. Julius Coheii; -Mrsf^aiyi Goldmeier, Saul Goldmeier and Aaron Supowit. Not present when the picture was taken were Dr. Maynard Goldmeler, R.E.W. chairman, Joseph Nlchol, Martin Schecter and Hal Tanen¬ baum. See story on page 8.
Chronicling The News
Editorial 2
T«ett Scene , 3
Society  6, 7
Shopping Guide .. 4
Synagogues  4
Sports   9, 10
Beal Estate     8
I Authorized Campaigns Are Revealed
Death-Free Weekend Is Up To You
Ohio aimed at a death-ifree Labor Day weekend today, but bluntly told the state's sbc mil- libn driver's. "It's up to you!"
State and local officials, and civic and business groups, have mapped elaborate plans to cut the highway camage ;— but all agreed the crusade's success de¬ pended upon the man behind the wheel,
GOV. JASIES A. Rhodes pro¬ claimed Septiember 2-9 as Labor- Industry Safety Week, and urged all citlzeiiis to practice good safe¬ ty during the period.
Warren C. Nelson, State High¬ way Director, in addition to a personal letter to motorists pleading for sensible driving, said:
"THIS IS A precarious time of year on the state's highways. State fair traffic is heavy, and continues right into the Labor Day weekend.
"If every driver deterttHnes that he will nottoause ah acci¬ dent — and then lives up to that determination — our dream could, come true."
Seminary Announces Its New President
Rabbi Bernard Mandelbaum has been appointed president of The Jewish Theological Semi nary of America, according to an announcement made by Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Seminary, and president of its faculties.
The post of president of the 80-year-old institution, academic and spiritual center of the Con¬ servative Movement In Judaism, had always been combined with the presidency of the faculties until 1952, when Dr. Finkel¬ stein, fourth president of the Seminary, was named Chancel¬ lor.
RABBI MANDELBAUM is the first to fill the newly defined post of president.
Rabbi Mandelbaum joined the faculty of the Seminary in 1946 as Registrar of-the Seminary's Rabbinical School. He was ap¬ pointed Dean of Students in 1951, and Provost of the Semi¬ nary ta 1959.
Editor and author of a number of scholary works, he has also taught in the Rabbinical Depart¬ ment, most recently as Reader in Midrash and Seminary Pro¬ fessor of Homiletics.
Youths Arrested
TEANECK, N.J., (JTA) — Po¬ lice here haye announced the arrest of four youths in the swastika smearing of Congrega¬ tion Beth Sholom last Monday, and said the smearings appeared to have been a "prank." One of the youths was 17 and the others IC. Police said that the ,}dea of daubing paint on |the synagogue, was that of the 17-year-old, and that he. did the actual painting. All four names were withheld. Eighteen swastikas had been painted on the synagogue.
UJFC Meeting Changed
The annual meeting of the United Jewish Fund and Coun¬ cil of Oolumbus WiU be held on Sunday evening, October 23, at 6 p.m. at the Winding Hollow Country Club, and not on Oc¬ tober 16 as previously announced.
The UJFC recently received the following statement from the Jewish Agency, a beneficiary of the United Jewish Appefal out¬ lining the Israel agencies which have been authorized to conduct campaigns in the United States and the coriditions applicable^'
Should any local pei^on or, con¬ tributor to" the UJFC'Wish'more information or further darifica tion, he is requested to contact the UJFC office, 221-5181.
Listed below is the current status of the authorizations for 1966-67 and the conditions at¬ tendant to them.
Oondltions Applicable To All Agencies
1. All agencies are required to submit their annual certified audits to the Committee on Con¬ trol and, whenever requested, statements on transmissions of funds to Israel.
2. Each agency must plan its fundraising affairs In such a way as to avoid conflicts in timing with the yJA or any community welfare fund campaign which collects funds on behalf of the UJA.
3. Agencies which customarily announce national cash goals have been requested not to fix such goals in excess of tumual average funds previously raised by them.
4. Agencies with substantial building fimd goals are required to consult with the Committee regarding the amount of such goals.
5. Agencies have been request ed not undertake new projects outside the current scope of their programs in Israel without first clearing it with the Committee.
6. In the adoption of slogans, the authorized campaigns will confine themselves to the essen¬ tials of their activities in Israel. Authorised   Campaigns   1966-67
(Special Provisions Are Noted in Each Case Wliere Applicable)
1) American Committe for the Weizmann Institute of Science- Authorized to conduct two an¬ nual fundraising dinners, one in New York and one in Chicago. It Is understood that they are not to make any requests for allo¬ cations from welfare fimds.
2) American Friends of the Hebrew University — Authorized to conduct its regular mainte¬ nance fund campaign, The Com¬ mittee on Control is now nego¬ tiating with the American Friend? of the Hebrew Univer¬ sity regarding its building fund campaign goal for the next five years, inasmuch as the original building fund authorization has now expired. The Committee plans to reach a decision on the sum during the fall,
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (JTA) —Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey expressed concern here last week about increasing extremism and violence on. the streets of the nation, tellhig the 71st annual conve/itloti of the Jewish War Veterans tliat he de¬ plored that in recent demonstra- tions "once again the Nazi swas¬ tika" was displayed in the United States. ,   ^,; '
He said forces of extremism "must be lyatched carefully and we must..bfe very sure that they do not become the pattern of the day." Mr. Humphrey referred at length to probliems in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America but avoided all refer¬ ence to Israel and the Middle East. He had been expected to comment on the Syrian-Israeli situation.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT told the estimated 2,500 delegates and guests that he was "much Im¬ pressed" by the' JWV stand on the Viet Nam war. He quoted with approval, from the JWV veto of a measure in Viet Nam dissent at the recent plenary aesstajlfi3Bfc^e-.^Natlonal Com¬ munity ReWtions Advisory Coun¬ cU in Washington, The JAW awarded Mr.' Humphrey Its (Sold Medal of Honor.
Predicthig that 'the occasions for disagreement and dissent within the Jewish community are likely to increase" as the concept of social change broadens, Aaron Goldnian, chair¬ man of the National Community Relations Advisory Council, told the convention that Jews should strongly support the right to dis¬ sent. Mr. (3oldman's remarks were obviously in response to the JWV veto of a resolution supporting dissent in connection with Viet Nam, at the recent Washington NCRAC plenary ses¬ sion.
ALL OTHER member groups of the NCRAC approved the pro. posed resolution which voiced concern that the right of dissent in the United States was being diminished   because   of  United
States participation in the Viet Nam struggle. The-JWV opposed the resolution as inaccurate,.and unjustified.     /
Mr. Goldman stressed that "this nation was foimded b;^ dls- . senters,"' and said: "l«t uiVal- ways remember that 'Jews—as a minorit^--?have been dissenters from the ' pjr^vailing toriiiA and practices of'ihany societies."
HE POINTED out that dissent must be preserved both in the nation generally ^ and in the Jewish community, including the NCaiAC which reflects the views of diverse organizations. He said that "freedom is only as secure as the freedom of the dissenter to express his dissenting opinion, however impopular or obnoxious it may be."
' "Liberty is best served by scrupulous protection of dissent, and never more so than bi diffi¬ cult times when the nation is confronted by agonizing choices is precisely at such times that the NCRAC chairman said. "It dissent, by compelling the most rigorous examination of official views, contributes most, to the wisdom of foreign policy. If this be true ot (Sovemment, how much more true it is of a volun¬ tary association like'NCRAC?" HE LAUDED the JWV role on a number of issues, but in¬ dicated that he did not share the JWV philosophy on dissent as expressed,, by., the-veto .mvoked . at tho Washington plenary meet¬ ing.
President Johnson sent two messages to.the convention. In one he commended the JWV for backing the Administration's Viet Nam position. He noted the atclon of the JWV ayhe NCRAC plenary. In his second message he commended the patriotism of the Jewish veterans and said "You will, I know continue to support the objectives of our' nation and our men in uniform, who are giving so greatly of themselves."
'B' Day Drive November 16
Mrs. Martin Polster, president of the Jewish Community Blood Donor Council, has annoimced that the date of Wednesday, No¬ vember 16, has been set for the Fall "B" Day CollecUon.
With only two campaigns a year, the November 16 date be¬ comes even more important, as the last opportunity for the Jew¬ ish Community of Cblumbus to fill the quota which will main¬ tain its status as a participating member ot the Franklin County Chapter of the American Red C>oss.
ONLY WHEN this is done is every member of the community protected in his needs for blood for himself and his entire family. WlthJocal area hospitals enforc- big the new pre-deposit require¬ ment, the protection afforded by the Blood Donor Council caii only continue with the co-opera, tlon of every person able to do¬ nate blood.
Be. sure to credit the Jewish Blood DOnor Council, when mak¬ ing, donations at the Red Cross Ceiiter. And rahember the date for the Fall <3ollection Campaign — Wednesday, November 16, from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish Center.
Abram Raps Compulsory Religious Data
The American Jewish Com¬ mittee, while reaffirmmg its op¬ position to. the inclusion of a question on religion in the 1970 Decennial Census as a -violation of the First Amendment, urged today that the U.S. Census Bu¬ reau study alternative methods of obtaining data on religion without the compulsion accom¬ panying the Decennial Census.
Morris B. Abram, president of the pioneer human relations ag¬ ency, submitted a statement to¬ day to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, which opened several days of hearings on plans of the Census Bureau for the 1970 Census of Populations.
"THE REASON for the Com¬ mittee's opposition," Abrtoi said in discussing the proposal of a question on religion, "is that an¬ swers to questions in the Decen¬ nial Census are mandatory under the law. To compel a person to profess his religious tiff illation or lack of affiliation is to deprive him of religious freedom, in di¬ rect violation of the First Amendment. The subject has never been Included in a Decen¬ nial Census, and we earnestly hope that the Federal Govern¬ ment will not disturb this tradi¬ tion."
In his statement Abram recog¬ nized, however, the; "Widespread interest" in data on the religious composition of U.S. population, adding^ that such information has ;  (^oaHauad oa paga  4)