Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1968-07-11

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Vol. 46, No. 28
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Aid Urged To Anti-Poverty Compaigiis
SAN FRANCBCO(JTA) - The Nationd Conununiiy Re¬ lations Advisory CouncU concluding tts tour-day plen¬ ary session here, issued a declaration an'''eq!Ud oppor¬ tunily"' which urged "fdl suKMrt by JeVrish groups to urban coalitions and other anti-poverty efforts" and endorsed dd to. tin estab¬ lishment cf Negrp-ownedbu- slnesses In ghetto area. At tin same tinfie. tin Coundl recommended that tin Jew¬ ish commudty assist Jew¬ ish merchante wiio have suf¬ fered from ghetto riots and want to relocate.
Other pdicy dedarations adapted by tin 250 spedd- ist in inter-group reltnons supported tin ''propriety" of non-vident d^ disobed¬ ience as a force tor socid change but condemned "vi¬ dence in aiQr form" as a threat to tniditiond Amer¬ ican dvii liberties. The del¬ egates representing dnena-'' tional orgadzations and 81 local ;,.ci[Nni^^     r^lattqns'. ; coianci^^. reaffiiiiied tin^ NCRAC's tracUtiood flppo-' sition to tbe use of pubUc tkmds to assist sectarian schods. liepresentattves dt' tin Unl(;n of OrthodOK Jew¬ ish ^jngregaUons dissented, however.
. THE NCRAC dso warned against "too muchreUance" on a commercid industrid approach toginttoproblems.
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Russian Rabbi EndsU.S/ Tour
NEW YORK (JTA) - Rabbi Yehuda Leib.Levhi of Moscow and Cantor David SUskin of Leningrad, ended a.two-week visit to the Udted States, the first Soviet Jewlsh.religious mission to reach these shwes in more than 50 yfears. The rabbi and tin cantor flew to Montred for a two-daiy visit with.Canadian Jewry before embarking'tpn the Aeroflot liner that took them back to Moscow. '\
On ti)e eve of his depart-
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Melton Honored
Samuel M. Melton. locd philanthropist and founder ofthe Melton Research Cen¬ ter, has been named to tin Honorary Office Of FeUow ot the American Association f&r Jewish Education at its bleraiid meeting InNew York City recenUy. Mr. Melton was selected in recogdtion of his outstanding contribu- tirais to tin cause of Jewish Education.
Other Cdumbus commund leaders elected to serve as members of the (joveming CouncU of the Association are: Herman M. Katz, pre- ddent of tin Udted Jewish Fund andCouncil, Mrs.Sam- uel M, Melton, vice presi¬ dent ofthe UJFC, and Hany Schwartz, as a represente- tive of tin Cdumbus Jewish Education Cciitimittee. Mr. Schwartz is ^chairman ofthe Jewisb Education Commit¬ tee of the' UJFC. wtdch has Just completed its first year of operation.
The American Association tor Jewish Education is the Centrd Service Agency of the Jewish communtty of tin Udted States and Canada, co-ordinsiing tin work of 18 nationd organizations and 40 locd communities inthe field of Jewish Eckication. Cdumbus is a member ofthe Association. a
ANOTHER WINNER FOR ZION LODGE
Zfon Lodge No. 62. B'nd B'rith. entered tts second float In the ammd Bexley Fourth ot^Jdy Parade ¦ and wdked off with dtb grand prize of first :^a(n among , dl th^ enmes^'iThe lodges first ^b^ year ftpn first irizeYdorrdvic assoc-^ iations. BidLiig ont^^^
Eldtie Sclwchter (i^) aiid ItotipiiaBeckexy Co-chairmen in charge of the entry were Jack Masser and A.C. Strip.
Senator
Deplores
Accusation
ure. Rabbi Levin told a re¬ porter that there^were 85 ordained rabbis practicing in the Soviet Union. His stete- ment was diaUenged by tbe American JewishConterence ^on Soviet Jewry.„']Cbe con¬ ference sdd tiiat according to ite information, toere were three or perhaps four prac¬ ticing. ordainedrabUstor the 2.5 mUUonJewsinEuro- pean Russia.
CONFERENCE chairman Rabbi Israel MUler pointed out that Ittiiere are 82 others in centrd Asia or smaller communities, they may be practicing but not ordained oir ordained but not prac¬ ticing. Or they may be tin rabbis ot Orlentel cpmmun- "'ItiPS^ But this does notsolye the ^oUem of such com¬ mudties as Kiev which has several hundred thousand Jews and no rabbis or Mos¬ cow which has 500.000 Jews andonerabU."
The Conference dso re¬ plied to a staUsttcd analy¬ sis, provided by tiie Soviet mission, on Russian Jews in highra' education, science
research, technoh^ and In¬ dustrid manageiiient, which purporte toindicatethatJews are proportionally well re¬ presented with respect to other elemente of the Rus¬ sian population in these fields.
"ABOUT Jews In tinse fields - this is not redly the major problem of Jews in the Soriet Udon," Rabbi MUler Said. "It fdls into the category of 'some of my best friends are Jews,' Our major concern is suffocation •of Jewish cdture and reli- jglon, and therefore just bringing out statistics about how many Jews are in col- l^^s and in the various fields does not respond to the maior charge, "Rabbi MiUer contaided.
In Montred. RatM Levin sdd there were 102 syna- i gogues and mlnyanim (groups of at least lOmenwhogather to pray) registered vdtb the Soviet authorities. But he said In had no way of know¬ ing how many rabUs there were in the Soviet Udon since there-was no centrd rabbidcd body.
DETROIT (JTA) - The Jewish Family and ChUdren's !u Service reportedthat tts housing relocation committee ' had relocated 12 famUies trom tbe riot torn areas of the city andexpectedtorelocatethree more this nuoith. The agency is dso seeking additiond apartments for aged Jews. A rent siq^lement program has been worked out tor those needing assistance withfUnds forthe pro¬ gram aUocated by the Jewish Commudty Foundation.
LONDON (JTA) - Finance Minister PinhasSapir who stopped Inre enroute from New YorktoJerusdemliad a series of meeting with British businessmen on im¬ plementation otthe decisions taken in Jerusdem last spring at the World Jewish Economic Conference.
JERUSALEM (JTA) - OfScId sources sddherethat np reply has been recelvedyettromSecretaiyGenerd U Thant to Israel's demand that any Udted Nations envogr stodring the conditions of theciviUanpopdaticn in the occupied Arabterritorles must dsobepermitted to stody the condition of Jews Uving in Egypt and Syria. That demand was Israel's only condition to ite accept¬ ance of anpthei- tact-finding mission in the occuided territories. Mr. Thant is now visiting Europe. i
CLEMMONS. N.C. (JTA) - A medicd team of four BraziUans firom Sao Pado. touring medicd schods and h(^pitds in tids countiy to cdlectinfaHnationtor future didcd procedures in BraziL vis^d tiie North Cardina JewishHome on recomnnndation of an otficld of the Uiited States PubUc Health Service. The Jewish home here was recommend because ttis considered (me of tin most modem, medtcdly-otlentedconvdes- cent and geriatric care institutions inthe southeastern part of the Udted States, offidds sdd.
NEW YORK (JTA) - Nathan Perlmutter, director at the American Jewish Committee's ofSce of dranestic atfairs.-has been named associate director of the or¬ gadzation.
NEW YORK (JTA)-RaphaelLevy.tormerlydirector cf pubUc relations ct tbe Udted Jewish Appeal^ has been named tin director'tor public affairs with specid responsibilities in matters related to UJA's nationd .leadership and commudcattons.
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Sen, Robert P. Griffin.theMIchi- gan Repub^icanwho is spear¬ heading the fight agaiiist con¬ firmation of the appointment of Associate Justice Abe Fortas as Chief Justice of the Udted Stetes, complain¬ ed that he was being sub^ jected to heavy pressure which, he Mnted, had been generated by the White House, and was being ac¬ cused of anti-Semitism.
The Senator wtis quoted as having told a meeting of the Republican policy com¬ mittee that Uiere were re¬ ports his opposition to the Fortas. appointment was due to anti-Semltlsin. He report¬ edly deded that he was anti- Semitic.
WHITE HOUSE and Senate maU has reveded that the reiigicm of Justice Fortas has been the object of much of the opposition to his ap¬ pointment as Clilef Justice of the United Stetes. Peter Lisago Wasliington corres¬ pondent ot the Chicago Daily News, reported.
Llsagor described the stand taken ty B'nai B'rith Internationd President Wil^, 11am Wexler" supporting the Fortas appointment and op¬ posing the filibuster threat¬ ened by Sen. Griffin. He quoted a B'nai B'rith offi¬ cid as steting that a cam¬ paign like the one against Justice Fortas, even under respectable auspices, . "brhigs the bigots out ot the woodwork."
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