Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1968-09-12

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Vol. 46, No. 37
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1968 - 17 ELUL
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TEL AVIV (WNS) fa a display of bnitalily rare even in war tlme,-S^lan for<»s fired cm Israeli troops who were on a mission of mercy—extricat¬ ing the bodies of 3 Israeli soldiers who were faAally injured tilien tiieir truck hit a ^nine in the southem area df the Beisan Valley. The mine, a later investi¬ gation established, had been placed during the Six Day War of last year.
UNITED.NATIONS, N.Y. CWN^ An amy of Arab spokesmen charged here that Israel wa$ to blame for the failure tt the welfiure programs in their countries. TMs chai^ was made by Irepresentatives of three Arabstates—Jordan,IraqaiidSaiidiaAraUa~ as they assailed Israel before the Intemational Con¬ ference of Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare. Jordan's representative said his countiy was unable to midntafa its weUDare programs because of flie dis- . location of a minion of its residents as a result of Israel's occiqatlonof the West Bank.
NEW YORK (WNS)-Disclosure that Israel was em¬ barking on a program of liborallzaUon of import duties, coupled with an asserUon that his country was Increasing expcots to the IMted States, h^h- ligfated an address here by Israel's new .Minister of Finance, Zeev Sharef. Addressing a luncheon oftiie American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Indas- tiy, Sharef said Israel- in the next few years intends to reduce impart tarlfllB substantlany "so tbat our industries become more viable and competitive," adding, that "these import tariff reductions wHI also help foreign companies to become more involved In . trade and investment pnqecta with Israel." . . jpitUSAl£M,(WNS) An offer of aid to the eactb- 'h'^itP^'^9/l!iCimM^^^'^ tbeal'-,nacle''l9^1'otwlgia^ '.'Mitdsitei^'^AHn'fihan'iD a cable totteTeberan Govern¬ ment, fa die cable, Mr. Eban inquired wfaatassistance was needed and what Israel can do te alleviate tiie plight of the stricken in the area of the tragedy* Is¬ rael, Mr. Eban informed Teheran, was prepared to 6end median teams in'addition to drugs, medi«dne,> plasma, bandages, Uank^ and othar necessary ina- teriaL
NEW YORK (WNS) False and highly faflated Arab refugee population figures, stemming from tbeCiilure of UNRWA officials and Arab fiimUies to report deaths, spurious r^strations and Uack market ration cards, bave duped the United Nations Rel^enmd Works Agency for Palestine put of millions of dollai^ condng from American tax payers. TMs charge is made in the current issue of Look magazine by fra Hirsch- man, a specialist in refugee affairs.
PHILADELPHIA (WNS) A ReconsfrucUonist RabUn¬ lcal CoQ^'Will open here in Odtolier with an ex¬ pected registration of seventeen students and a faculty of elis^ &> an announcement in New York by Rabbi Ira Elsenstein, president of the Jewish Re- constructionist Foundation, sponsor ofthe colI%e, it was disclosed that RabU Arthur Gilbert of New York is to be the dean of the college.
Baker To Receive Leadership Award
Tffl'PER5Ea;iVES LAKSVA^RD
Common Fleas Judge Leonard Stexjug^fat, presents tbe coveted Sanford I. Laldn AwardtfmdoreTopper. Toiiper was honored by>Zion LoC^ tt. B'nai B'rith fiar oiitstandbig service to B'md B'rith andtothe com¬ munily. The award was presented at Zion Lodge's annual installation dinner Stnby at CongregaUoa Tifereth Israel.
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Announces
Program^
The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation announced an out¬ standing series of speakers and forums > tor the Sunday evenbig serito beginning with )Oct. 20.
Dr. Marvfa Fox, Professor ' FUIosoiihy at OUo State liversity, ,who recently re¬ turned firom tbe American- israel Dialogue, in Israel,
wOl be led by Dr. Paid lAi- derwpod oftiie Department of Journalism, O.S.U., and Ih:. LouigHj^iaiz^r oftiie O.S.U. Department of Political -^Science.   •
Dr. Morris iKertzer, na¬ tionally knojrn RabM and leader in int|r|p-Gultural and inter-faith qStfvities, will speak Nov. 10 'bp the subject "J6WS in the{> Ecumenical Movement.".    .,
On Nov. i? .'if panel cUs- cussfen on '^Yiiji^. fa Re¬ volt" will be 1e& by Dr. Simon DInitz, Professor tif Sociology, O.iSvU.: RabU
will speak on Oct. 20,8£i,,m, ..Harry Kaplan, Directw oit on tbe^auldect "Isipaei, Am-,„s!inUel, O.au., andliqydSie- eri^and,The New WW!,   geli-former Prestddntoftiie .   On Pclii27 Dr. MordecaJ,v Kapten, distinguished fi>undn;v er. of the Iteconstructionist
Movement and former prom¬ inent focuUy member at the Jew-t»h-nBidqeiroa Sem¬ inary,'Columbia and Hebrew University, will address the forum on "Judaism As a I^ynainic Civilization.".
On Nov. 3 a discussion of "Tbe-Decline of Sovi^ Prestige fa CentralEiirope"
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Dr. Cyrus Gordon, Pro¬ fessor of Neiir ^Eastern Stu- tUes and Chairman of the Department of Mediterran¬ ean Studies at Brandeis Uni¬ versity, WlU close the forum series on Nov. 24iliscu8sing "The BiUe World fatiwUgbt of Modem Time." .,**
The forums, wUch begfa at 8:00 pjn., are open to the ;pubUc witiiout charge.
Rev. Dr.CarIVoss,prom- inent Protestant clergyman, noted author, and a fore¬ most exponent of friendship tar the State of Israel, WOl speak at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Scbotten- stofa, 490 N. CoIumUaAve., Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, fa behalf of the' Columbiis state of Israel Bonddrive,
Dr. Voss was minister of tbe New England Congrega¬ tional Church fa Saratoga icings, N.Y., Crom I9S6 to 1964 and served as tiie' 1964-65 V{sitii« Professor . of Theology and the Histairy of Religions at the Theolo¬ gical sichotd at St. I^wrence Universiiy, Canton, N.Y. IHe also serves as Visiting Lec¬ turer fa tiie Dej^artment of Religiao atSUdmoreCoDege fa Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
RE IS ONE of thefounders ct the American Christian Palestine Committee, and was -fmr many years Chafr¬ man of its Executive Coim- cit.
The noted dogyman has visited Israel' many times to study at first hand tiie na¬ tion's cultural, scientiflc,fa- dustrial and agricultnral acUevements, and to visit new settiements of Jewish immigrants. He recently re¬ turned firom-an extensive tour of the MiddteEast^p^- ing wUch be met witir'tiie leaders and citizens «2 Is¬ rael and surrounding Arab lands. .
DR. voss is ttw autiior of "RabU and Minister," are- cently puUished diGd Uo- graphy << flw late RabUSte- Phen S|.. Wise and Dr. Jctai
When the United Jewish Fund and Council holds its Tenth Annual Dinnbr meet¬ ing at the Windiis HoUow Country Club on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 6 p^m. one oftiie Ceatures ofthe program will he.the presentation of the Therese Stem Kahn Young LeadersMp Award 'to Irving A. Baker, the 1968feci^nt.
The Young Leadersidp Award was estiiblished fa 1960 to give lecogMtion to young people of outstandbig iranise lAo have shown an active interest fa and de¬ votion to tbe UIFC and to tbe Jewisb communal agencies of Columbus, andto stimulate and inspire them towards flnither .and contin¬ uous communal faterest and
THE AWARD carries witii it an expense-firiee trip to the General Assembly Meet¬ ing of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, made possible by the Therese Stem Kahn Mem-^ orial Fund, estaUIshed. by . wmianjv'V. Kafan^ r^fanner UIFC president,,faviemaiy. of Ms late wifie. TheG^neM AssemUy will meettids year fa Atlanta, Geoiigia, from Nov. 12 to 17.   „
Baker, the 1968Recipient, is fa tie Beat Estate and Construction B u?i n? s s fa Colnmlius. Be and his wife, AHeei^  live  at ^ South
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Harding Rd. and are the parents of two children, Stef phen^ aged 7, and Samantha, aged 3. A graduate of OMo State Udversity wiaiaB.S. Degree, Baker is a member of the CUumbus Board of Realtors. He is Vice Presi¬ dent of tiw Ahavas Sholam Congregation, a meniber of tiie Governing Board of the Boi^ for Israel Congrega¬ tion, amemberofZionLodge #62, B'nai B'ritii of the Co- hnUbusDistrict^ Z;0.A4, and' 9 Vice' PrbisidaDit of the Cch" lumbus H6hrewSchdok'
Active fa the Young Meif s Oivisian of the lAdted Jewish Fund and Council, he has been Chairman of the Mac¬ cabees, the Advance Gifts Division of the Young Men. fa 1969 Mr. Baker will be General Chairman of the Young Merfs Campaign.
Rabbi Joins Agudas Achiiti
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i Baynes Bolnies. His other books facIude"TheF^stin^ Problem Today," "TMs is Israel" and "The Uidversal <jod,"' an interfaitii anttio- loftr. 1
At prescait he is compe¬ ting analogies ofthe writ¬ ings of Dr. Stephoi S. Wise and tiieS'Reverend John Hay- nes Hobl^, and will soon a'vnew book of XAa- . 'of Chaim Weiz¬ mann^ fii^st president of Is¬ rael; Mahatma GandU; Mrs. EIeaaM)9r''Roosevelt; Dr. Al¬ bert Schweitzer and Pope JotaiXXm:  '    ' ¦   ¦
THE STATE of IsraelBond Issue is the cratral source of investment dvpital for fa¬ rad's Ustdrle program of economic development. Pro¬ ceeds Idorived firom the sale of Israel Bonds are making possiUe the building of ho¬ mes, the growth of industry and agriculture, the expan¬ sion of irrigation; the con- straction of roads, harbors and "iailways, the facrease of electric powers, aqd the exploitation of natural re- sptcfces.....
The oCGcers and board of the Agudas AcUm Congre¬ gation invite their menibers and firiends to a reception honoring Rabbi and Mrs. Nonnah Berlat on-Saturday ieyening, Sept. 14 at lOp^ Everyone wiUhayeanoppar- tnity to meet and greet this r»yi couple who have taken ugp residence fa Columbus at 35 & Roosevelt Ave.
The reception will be held fa the Silherstefa Social Hall of tiw synagogue andthe Sis¬ terhood irill be fa charge of tbe refreshments. FoUowing the reception, everyone is welcome to attend the SeUchos Services to be Iield fa tbe Sanctuary.
THE BOARD of Trustees is proud to announce tiie ad¬ dition of RabbI NormanBer- lat to tiie staff of the Syna¬ gogue. He comes to Colum¬ bus frtmi Congr^ation Or V*ShaIam $f Atlanta, Georgia irisre he served as Assoc- i!S^, RabM vaP^ EducattoniS^
,JmiKv.toj^^ 1^ as tiw R<S& at Congre¬ gation O^Have Israel of Brownsville, P^msylvanfa and was Principal and Teacher of their Hebrew and. Sinday Schools.
His education includes a BLA. fa 1962 fnrni YesUva Uiiverslty with a major fa
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Chemistry, and his Senficha (ardfaatioiO,fa 1965 from tiw RaUii Isaac Elchanan Theolagical Seminary of YesUva University, with a Masters fa^Hebrew Litera? ture from the Bernard Revel Graduate ScUxd. He; is presently woridng ontiis Doctorate fa American Jew¬ ish History.
RABBI BERLAT^assumed his position aa of Sept. 1 as, tiw Assistant Rabbi and Di¬ rector of Youth Activities and Sunday Religious SchooL fa addition he wiU assist Rabbi Rubensteta with Adult Activities and pastoral dut¬ ies.
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