Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1968-07-04

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Vol; 46, Np. 27
THURSDAY, JULY 4.1968 - 8 TAMMUZ
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Eshkol Assures Jewish jLgency Of Its Role
JERUSALEM, (JTA)— Prime Minister Levi E^sMcol gave Us assurance that the Jewish Agmcy will be ex¬ pected tb continue to exer- ^ else responsibility for "nee^r immigrants and re- :fi«ees'.' nbtiritfastanding llie estaUiistament of a Ministry of Absarptioa hytheGovem- ment.
Eshkol stated thatpositton in a letter to Aryeh L. Pin¬ cus, vchabrman of the Jewish Agoicy. The letter was in¬ tended to clarify the fiiture positioa of tiie Jeirtsh Agency which many beUeve is in .jecwardy as a result at tbe CaUnetfs dedsion a we^ ago to set UP an AbsDrptien Miiristry.
Dele^s to«he27th World Zionist Caiigress,especially ttose invcdved in ftmd-rais- li^ for Israel afaroad« had expressed fear that tbe new ministry was Intended to usurp the Jewish Agency's flmctions in tlie sphere of immigrant absorption and that this would have reper- cussions on fund-raising overseas.^ Some of those de¬ legates told the JciwishTele- grapUc: Agency today that Mr; EsUkA's iper tiaara- Uevedttieir aniil^.   A. '¦'
THE TEXT oftiie letter
Jo Mr. Pincus was approved
by the Cabinet. It said:
"From the various meetings which we have held together it is clear that there have arisen some misunderstand¬ ings as a result of the de- cisibn. of the Ckivernment as announced June 9 (to estab¬ lish anAbsorptionMinistry). In 01^ to remove any doubts I «dsh to state tiiat ti» Gov¬ ernment didnatintendbythat decision to take over re- sponsiMlUy relatingto needy immigrants'and refugees which has always been pri¬ marily the responsiUltly of Jewry. In estafalisMtig ttie Ministry of Absorption, its fimctiohs and responsibili- ttes will have tb be deter¬ mined by a jdnt committee of the Government and Jew¬ ish Agency wtiidi'lias been appointed and will report shortly."
A movementgainedground at the Zionist Congress for the estabUshment of non- poUttcal independent aliy^ Ommigration) organizations in Western countries. Mem¬ bership woiild be contingent on a declared Intention to s^tte in Israel as soon as possible. Adherents of the idea were convinced that it would adi^ce what Is tbe major Zioidst goal - all^ £rom the West on a large scale. There are already a ' number of such spontaneous
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aliyah groups in several West^ countries.
They have no party con¬ nections and, In some cases, local Zionist otClces are not - even aware of their exist¬ ence. S^iokesmen for West¬ ern aliyah movements met with newsmen yesterday. They are Simon Olswangof England, Pessah Shindler of ttie United States, Charles Meyer of France and Ivor Trietfenbrun, of GIasgow,_ Scotland. They said their various groups liadmeaim only - to organizetiieisettte- ment in Israel of aU indi¬ vidual Jews so disposed.
THEY PROPOSED thatthe indigenous aliyah movements act as Independent bodies within the Zionist Orgaid¬ zation firamework but tvtth no political attachments. They shouldbeglventhefldl- est cooperatton of theWZO through tts various national organizations and the Jew¬ ish Agency, the Cmigress ddi^ates said. The move¬ ments would be represented on national Zionist bodies and in the WZO and would be activated by the local groups or "chugim." , Th^ stressed-that what potential olim immigrants) wanted was shltcUm (emis¬ saries) trom Israel who were selected for their aUIity, not on the basis of parly membersMp, Iifos. Meyer, a fVench lawyer who heads a group ct religious acade¬ micians in France who want to settte in Israel, said that modern methods must be Introduced in|o the immigra¬ tion and absorpttco proces¬ ses and suggested the use of computers to select Jobs for the newcomers.
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Salute To Denmark Arid Sweden
Sd' M. Linowitz, United St^s Ambassador to the Organization of American States andVictorBorge^nat- ed Danish-American enter¬ tainer, bave beai named co- chairmen for an American Jewish commimily's Salute to Denmark and Sweden ne^ October.
The Salute wiU cammem— orate tlie twenty-fifth an¬ niversaiy of tbe rescue ot Danish Jews from tbe Nazis in October, 1943. Mrs. Her¬ bert H. Lehman will serve as honoraiy co-chairman.
MAJOR American Jewish ocganizatiiins bave planned a mcnth-long series ct events vdilch Include a spec¬ ial ccncert, radio iind tele¬ vision programs, proclam¬ ations fay local officials, speeches, receptions, com¬ memorative religious ser¬ vices and prayers attaxed in synagogues throughout the coqntry, in honor cf^he Sal¬ ute,
SUMMIT MEETING
PInchas Nadav Qeft) student Mayor of Boys Town Jerusalem meets idtii Bilr. Teddy KdUekOrlgfat) Mayor of Jerusalem at Jerusalen^s Town HaU. Mayor Nadav was returning the vistt recently madebyMayorKolldc to Boys Town Jerusalem. During the course cf the visit Jerusalem's Mayor was presented with avohmie of Torah classics recenOypobllshedandprintedatThe School of Printingt Bays Town Jerusalem.
Boys TownJerusalem is a comprehensive education¬ al center ccmbining a technical teachers < training college with Israel's largest academic and technical Mgh schooL Tbe $3 mUlion facility currently ofCers 800 Isra^ students trainjng in electronics, precisian mechanics, printbig, lithograpby and carpentry. Plans are now proceeding to establish a new scliool cf com¬ puter technology. As additianal buildings are com¬ pleted, facilities will be provided for 1,200 students.
The schotil's present enrollment is eveidy divided between s&idents of European and Middle-Eastern background, originating from more than 35 countries.
Boys Town Jerusalem was lauded recently both by IsrsfBl'ls MiMstiy of EducaUdn as "The kind ot school we would like to see buQt aU over the country" and Israel's Ministry cf Finance as an "outstandingly successful  e^ieriment in the field of education."
BTJ was founded in 1948 immediately fallowing tbe establishment cC the State of IsraeU
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JERUSALEM (WNS) If an effort fay a Reform Con¬ gregation in Tel Aviv succeeds, the Walling Wall will be opened to mixed prayers fay men and women. Tbe Religiaus Affairs Ministry has refiised a request fay. the congregation to permit its worsMt^rs to pray in mixed groups. However, tbe rabU of the congre¬ gation, has filed an appeal witti Premier Levi Eshkol in the hope of a reversal. Tbe Reform service was planned in connection with the farthcoming conference of the Worid Union for Progressive ji,ldaism.
JERUSALEM (WNS) What is ttie current-motiwaaon behind the setttement in Israel of Jews firom the United States aiid Canada? According to a survey condut^ fay the Israel Institute for Applied Social Research it stems less firom Zionist ideology than from a desire to lead a fiiller Jewish life..
TEL AVIV (WNS) An Israeli soldier was reported fatally^, wounded in a new exchange of fhre between Egyptian and Israeli units across the,Suez CanaL Another Israeli soldier was wounded. There were also a number of minor clashes along the Lebanese border and tbe Israel-Jordanian cease-fire line. Two Arabs were killed after they tried to blow up a small bridge on the Arab road to ElattUx
TEL AVIV (WNS) A> warning they woold go on a one-day strike in protest against school changes re¬ commended by a governmental committee was sound¬ ed by Israeli'public school teachers, who did hot however set a date for the walkout.
BONN (WNS) Israel is satisfied that two German firms accused of buckling to Arabboycatt pressure, the Tfayssenlah'd Maimesinan industrial firms, have in fact not yielded to tbe Arabs, according to §tti Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman.
LONDON (WNS) Renewal of a purge of Jews fay Polish Minister of Interior Gen. Miedaw Moczar was reported here, fay the Sunday Observer. The report said that visitors returning firom Warsaw to East Germuv spoke ot "deep bewilderment and sbock among veteran communists of Jewish extrac¬ tion''M Poland.
Israel Opens West Bank For Vacations
JERUSALEM, (JTA)~ls- rael has cautiously embark¬ ed an an experiment that ^ will permit Jordanians and visitors tram other Arab countries to spend their summer vacations withrela- tives or firiends on the West Bank. The first such visit¬ ors, PaiestiMan students en- ndled at Arab imiversities, crossed the Alleirliy Bridge near Jericho yesterday.
According to CoL SMomo Gazit, director of the mOi- taiy governmrat department ot the Israeli General Sbitt, "the experiment is for one montii only" and "after we see how it worics we will consider the next batoV. ct applicants. An inittal total ot 3,000 aniUcaUans out at some 10^000 have been.i^ proved for the first mootfa. The aigiUcations an made ' far West Bade residents.
COL. GAZir said that the visitors would be permitted to visit Jerusalem in ac¬ cordance with the Ckivem- ment policy ctguaranteeing tree access tothe Holy Plac¬ es and that they might apply, for permission to travefl throughout Israel. He said that one of the. aims of the experiment was to let tlie vacationers see for tliein- selyes that conditians on the West Bank are far better tlian repoirted in the Arab press. Permission will not be granted the visitors to go :r to ttie Gaza Strip.
Also barred are appli¬ cants for visitors from E^gypt, Syria and Algeria^ the countries that havetaken ttie in66t militant stands against IsraeU CoU Gaadt said that aibout 40 percent of the appUcattons received to date are onbehalf of people living in Jordan, 20 percent on behalf of Arabs from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and the rest for Arabs in 20 other countries. He said that the applicants wouldbe responsiUe for ttie behavior cf their guests and that if there were any mass demon- stntioos tbe program would bes^lied.
Have A Safe 4th Of July
"Donrt let the chance of an accident preventyoufrom taking that Fourth at July holiday trip." That was the . advice today of.Warren C. . Nelson, State HigfawaySa&ly, Director.
"Only about five percent at OMo^s drivers, in an en¬ tire year, have an accident," the Director said "So your chance of having a ipishap in the four-d^ span ia mlh- ute. "And, you can fay your own efforts cut that slim chance down to practically zero fay driving salaly at all times, keeping an eye on the other driver, and observing tbe rules.'*
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