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American Jewish Press IWeek Mot 19-25
Israeli
Main Speaker At
Governor^ F6te
Brigadier-General Ariel Sharon, Israel's director of MiUtai^ Training, who led the task force In the pene¬ tration of the J^ine^i desert during the Six-Day/AVar last June, willbetheguestspeak- er at the Israel Anniversary Dinner, to be held in the Rose Garden ot the Executive Mansion, oii Sunday evening, Ju..t! 16, at 6:30.
Governor and Mrs. James A. Rhodes will be hosts to the 500 representatives of Ohio Jewish communities ex¬ pected to be in attendance. The event will bring the S^ing drive for Israel Bonds to a dimax.
Dr. CHARLES YOUNG, chairman of the Columbus • Israel Bond Committee, add¬ ed that Invitations to attend the Governor's fete have al¬ ready been maUed through¬ out the state and that early reservations reported for the affair indicate "a capacity attendance" Is certain, Mel¬ vin L, Schottenstein will serve as the Dinner clialr«i, man.
Before assuminig his pre¬ sent post,- General Sharon was Chief of Staff of the Norttiern Command, and prior to that Commander ot tbe Arjnored Corps.
TWICE wounded In combat, General Sbaroa has a brll-
GeiJeralAriei Sharon
Ilant military record that began when he was 14 and joined the Haganah, the de¬ fense force of the Jewish population of Palestine prior to the establishment of the State twenty years ago. Fol¬ lowing the War of Independ¬ ence he attended the Hebrew University where he majored In history and Middle East¬ ern studies.
The piercing of the. for¬ ward defense positions  In Slnal in the Six Day War last June was carried through^ ¦ ty General Sharxm's brigade'' in compaqy wlthGeneral Ab-.. raham Yaffe^s command of arinor. Infantry, parachu¬ tists',  artillery and en¬ gineers, repairs and supply, which allowed for Independ¬ ent  combat and movement through Egyptian lines and^ thereby paving the way for eventual victory. '
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The annual Hlllel Awards Banqiiet honoring outstand¬ ing, student leaders was held Wednesday evening, May.19.
Hillel Ki^s, awarded tar continuous service, were presented to the follpwii^ graduating seniors: EllyRu- binbw, Robert Segall, Eve¬ lyn Watersterie and Sara Ain.
CERTIFICATES and HiUel books were awtirded to^ Her¬ bert Wasserstrom,'Linda_ Cohn, Nan Atteli Esther Stern, Sam Eisen, William David Schwartz, Jackie Nus- bauin. Abbey Strauss, An¬ drea Rich, Diane Spevack. Elaine Dick, Oren Shulman. Sheldon Katz, Bonnie Qren¬ stein, Paul Katz and Marcy Lamm.
United JewishiStudent Fund certiflcates were presented' ..to Paul Ksdz, Linda Cohn, Diane Spevack. The Rose So^urman Memorial Award was presented to Oren Shul- inan.
RE-ELECTED to another term as Advisory Board of¬ ficers were Lawrence Sch- affer, president; Isadore Topper, first vice president; Mrs. Bernard Mentser, sec¬ retary.
The newly elected slate of ' student officers who will ' servei4uring<tli6comingyear are Marcy Iiwmn,-presldent; Andrea'RIch, vice^cesldent; Sam Eisen, vice presidentof Cultural AtEalrs; Esther Stern, coErekpondlng secre¬ tary; Jackie Nusbaum, re¬ cording secretary.'
RABBI Harry Kipl<ut was principal speaker tar the evening.
mg Meeting Ttiescmif
JERUSALEM (WNS) Recent Arab reports of Israeli readiness to enter into indirect talks at the United Nations headcpiarters In New York were seen here as propaganda ettarts to place Israel at a disadvantage before world public opinion, since it is common know¬ ledge that there has been no change of heart on the part ot Israel with regard to i^ stated position on direct talks. This was the cciiclusion of informed sources here who studied the text ot recent state¬ ments emanating from the Arab countries and from their spokesmen at the IMIted Nations.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (WNS) Soviet Minister at Foreign: Affairs Andrei Gromyka^-rin a^ statement distributed by the Soviet missim here, deidwed that the Soviet Union was a "Mediterranean iwwer'' and was hence interested inthe peace and security ofthe entire region. Mr^Gromyko^s emphasis onthe term "Mediterranean power*? was interpreted here by in¬ formed sources as stiggesting a basis for more overt action tiy Moscow eveni It the states intbe region did not seek Soviet Int^ribrenCe^
JERUSALEM (WNS) The Soviet Unicm since last June's war between Israel and Egypt has supplied the Egyptian anny with sufficient militaiyegiiipmentto restore it to its inre-war strength, MMster at De¬ fense Moste Dayan tdd Knesset amidst growing in¬ dications  at buigecning Soviet su^dies to Cairo.
UNITED NATIONS, N;Y. (WNS) The Government of Ijobanan 1^ joined the rest cfthe Arab bloc of nations in aiding and encourag^ terrorist intUtration and sabj^tage aga[nst/Isi.''ael, it was chaiged here in a letter totte Security Couhca.by Ambassador YosetTekoah, Israel's permanent representative.
NEW YORK (WNfS) Tte Better Graduate Schod at Sdenee of Yeshiva lAdversIty has received a grant cf $144,430 fi:om the National Science Foundation, it was disdosed by tte dean of tte schod. Dr. Ate Gel¬ bart, wto said tte JsriantwiUmakeitpossible for some 400 junior and senior high school Mattematics and . science teactefslto ccnUnue their eiAication tuition- . free during tte acadendb year 1968-69.
TEL AVIV (WN^)Tte.local district court severely punished thls'^wedc two Israelis it tound guilty of falsitying documents' to secure restitution tram West Germany. The men were given two years and fined 75,000 pounds each. On handing, down the sentence, tte court, said tte men weire made to pay the Ugh penally not alone^tor their misdeeds, buttecause vibat ttey. had done could te detrimentd to other Jewish restitution daimants.
CORNERSTONE SET
Nearly 300 people braved gogue at 1223 CoUege Ave.,
tte chlUy weatter Sunday Above Governor" James A.\
moming to attend tte com- „^ ^      .^ „     ^.•
erstone setOi«t»remwfor Rhodes addresses the gath-
tte new Beth Jacob ;Syna- ering.
Tte community is invited to attend tte Annual Meeting of tte Jewish Center to te teld Tuesday evening. May 28, at 8 in the Center audi¬ torium, it was announced by Myer Mellman, president. Eli Picheny, for the past 25 years Administrative Field Consultantfor the Mid¬ west Section, National Jew¬ ish Welfare Board, wiU te the guest speaker. Picheny , WUl outline some gods' for the Jewish Center Movement with p^-ticular reference to the rde of the Center in the urban crisis'.
PICHENY was honored at the JWB Bieniiid Convention, in San: Frandsco for his creative contributions to tte Jewish Center Movement. He
.has-been a frequent visitor to Cdumbus and'served as Consultant for the 1959 Cen¬ ter ^Self-Study which lias chartered tte activities of tiie Center during the past decade.
MeUman wIU review the accomplishments (tf tte Cen¬ ter during tte past year, in a spedal repdrt tothe mem- tership. Nominations torof-
' ficers and board members wiU te presented by Leon Friedman, past president. THE DAVID Gddsmith Memorid Awards wttl te presented to teenagers wte have demonstrated outstand-
: iiig service fo'the commun¬ ityfiring the past year. A social hour and receptipblias been planned' by the^'wish Center Seryice League, un¬ der tte chairmahshipof Mrs. Stadey Skilken.
RFK Takes Stonil On Mid-East
Massive Soviet arms ship¬ ments^ tpthe Arab nations, make "it necessary ttet tte United States ^Ul now seU Israel the 50. Pbantpm jets she tes requested tp tey, it was asserted by Senati^ Rotert F. Kennedy, a can¬ didate for the Deniocratic nomination for President.
Senator Kennedy made tte declaration in a comprehen¬ sive position statement on U. S. poUcy in tte Middle East.
THE STATEMENT, which also dealt with tte current campaign of anti-Semitism in Poland, was made tefore a meeting of tte national Board of Directors of tte Synagogue CouncU of Amer¬ ica at tte New York HUton Hotel.
Tte Senator called for a consistent American' stand which makes it clear "ttet Israel is tere to stay, tbat it wUl not te allowed to te conquered, and that tto Uni¬ ted States stands ready to tate whatever steps may te¬ come necessaiyto make sure ttet wQ^ he tte cabe."