Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1968-06-06

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Vol. 46, No. 23
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UJFC Begins Cash Drive
A crash Cash-CoUection Campaign has been undertaken by the United Jewish Fund and CouncU In co-operaUoo with the United Jewish Appeal, to redeem pledges made and bal¬ ances due on pledges. Herman M. Katz, president ofthe XUFC, announced the ajlpohitment of MiUard Cummins and WiUiam V. Kahn as co-chairmen at a conunittee to conduct tUs effort to encourage immediate payment on aU out¬ standing pledges, therehx making avaUable to the uni¬ ted Jewish Appeal as much cash as possible,.tomeetthe critical   situation in IsraeL
Durbig the Emergency of 1967, when Israel went to war to protect itself tram extermination, the people ot Columbus and Jews aU over the world ralUed to its side. The critical nature of events in May and June ot 1967 were apparent, and the re¬ sponse wasmagnUicient.The emergency is not over! Is¬ rael faces dangers on every border.
THE TOLL in deatii and destruction is rishig. Israel mn'st useaU of tts avaU¬ aUe resources to buUd its defenses, to keep the anqy
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palgn .wUl contUue through¬ out the month of June, andls part tt a national effort to coUect maximum fUnds im¬ mediately to help Israel In tids ctiUcal period.-;
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mobiUzed, to buy newplanes and material so that tt can meet the critical 'situatian wUch is ccntiiiuing to keep tie country en a war-time basis.
ta asking for immediate cash payment on pledges, Cummins and Kahn stated: "We pledged last year, and we have renewed our pledges tins year, to cany the ftdl hunanitarian program o(im- migraUon, resettiement and absorption. We must supidy the necessary homes, care, education, the urgent health and welfare programs and job trabdng to speed the ab- sdrption of more than 500, 000 strug^ing immigrants whom we brought to IsraeL bi addition more immigrants are arriving daily, many of tbem refiigeesi of last year's Six Day War, vibo have es¬ caped persecution biti» Arab countries of Libya, Tuiilsla, Egypt^ Iraa and Algeria. Newcomeirs are also arriv¬ ing tram European countries, some even trasa beUnd the Iron CurtaU. Their care is our responsSiUity. We can¬ not ftdl them now."
An urgent plea is being made to aU.tiiose who can do so^ to make aU or part payment at. tbeir pledges. The Cash CoUection Cam-
Emergency Footing Asked For'Bonds'
Jewish communal leaders in more than 70 cities throughout the United States and Canada were wdsedby Golda Meir andFinance MU- tster PInchas SapbrtUs week to placethe Israel Bond cam¬ paign on an emergency foot¬ ing for tbe balance of 1968 in order to niake up tiie substantial cuts made in re¬ cent weeks ih Israel's de¬ velopment budget to' meet increased needs fordefense^
iSra. Mebr declared that^^ "ttie long struggle to main¬ tain our posture for peace wiU be costly and we shaU bave no choice but to sacri¬ fice our economic develop¬ ment iiragrain, unless the Israel, B.ond .(^aQjbsation niol7]Uzes^,.|^(it;(|^if^inds to jpfe^enrpVour, j^C-won eabis'in agricjjguffftland to- dustiy.'»
IN ADDITION to Mrs. Meir, who is hi the United States for a brief stay fol¬ lowing a triumiAant visit to Argentina and Uruguay, other partTdpants in the telephone conference were Samuel Rothberg, National Campaign Chairman at Is-, rael Bonds, and Dr. Joseph J, Schwartz, Vice President, jibo read an urgent message flrom Finance Minister Pin- chas Saidr.
Mrs. Mebr, whohas helped shape the destbiy of theState at Israel in more than 40 years of pioneering service, spoke to the Jewish com¬ munities, via a simultaneous telephone hookup wUch em¬ anated from tie nkional headquarters of the Israel Bond campaign.
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TEV AVIV (WNS) Continued support by the Arab states of terrorist incursions into Israel "is amatter of very serious polttical consequence to us ahd we can not let them get away with it;" Mhdster of \ Defense Moshe Dayan asserted in a broadcast over the Armed Forces radio. Declaring it was intdleKiiile to permit states that signed cease-fire pacts with . Israel to continue their hostUe activities either di¬ rectly or indirectly, GenDayan warned tiiat "if Jor¬ dan and Egypt want war, tbey are welcome to it, but then there can be no cease fire," addtaig that he hacb't the slightest doubt that if war'comes "we shaU not only defeat them, but we shaU smite tbem Up and thigh, together' oir separately, every single country, that wages a war of terror against us."
JERUSALEM (WNS) Foreign Minister AbbaEban, in a Knesset speech, voiced concern over the rise to poUUcal prominence of the neo-Nazi NaUonalDem- ocratic Party in West Germany* Mr. Eban made the statement in reply to a request, in tiie form of a motion, to place the nudter on the agenda for dis¬ cussion. A fidl plenary debate on the subject may take place iftbe Foreign AfCairs Conunittee approves it.
LONDON (WNS) President Nasser tt E^ypt'has ordered the mobUization of aU armed farces andthe Egyptian Minister, ol Defense has issued a dbrective calling on senlorl commanders to have aU units in a , state ot readbKSs by.July 10 fcr a confrontation with ''IsraeL TMs disa|i0sur9 was made intii»EveningStand^ ¦ > ard • by Jon .^Mmcfae, noted joumaUst and expert on Middle Eastern Affairs, on the basis of what he caUed a "secn^^ memorandum" by President Nas-
Israel's First Lady Of Song At Bonds Fete
Batf Ya, the IsreaU-international songstress and dramatic actaress, wiUbeadthe entertainment program attiie Executive Mansion Rose Garden Dbmer, celebrating Israels twentieth annlverswy, on Sunday evening^ June 16, at 6:30 p.in. ' With an expejcted attendance of 506piBrsciis,arriidngtrcin some 20 OUo Jewish communities and representing aU phases oC the state's Jewish community, the dinner will help to dimax the first-half of
tids year's prognnn tofUm- ish Israel with investment capital titfougblsraelBonds.
GOVERNOR and Mrs. James A. Bbodeis are the of¬ ficial hosts of the dhmer, witii MelvinUScbotiienstehi,' Diimer chairman.
Sidney 1 Blatt, Columbus businessman andpUlantfaro- pist wUl be the recipient at one bt Israel's Ugbest awards, tbe presentation ot
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JERUSALEM (WNS) A signature campaign by a num¬ ber of students against government settiement or annexation of occupied Arab territory triggered a number of minoo: clashes on the Hebrew University campus wben i|ate ciigposing groups tried to over¬ turn taUes and i^vvent the petitioners from securing signatures.        :i:
WASHINGTON (WNS) The Government of Israel has paid tba fidl amwnt daimed by tbe U.SL government on behalf of the famiUes df 34 Americans who were kflled in its accidental sfaddng tn June of last year ofthe U.S.& Liberty inthe Mediterranean. The daim amounted to $3,323,500. StflLpen^ng are U.S. daims on behalf of tiie injured and damage tdl the sUp,
LONDON (WNS) Disclosure tbat the British Govern¬ ment WiU not presently make any further representa- HaoB to Moscow about the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union was made here in the House otCom- mons by Goronwy Roberts, Mhdster of State in tbe Forlefm Mimjitry.
Jewish And Negro Teens In Dialogue
The changing Jewish Fam- \liy and NegrorJewtsh rela¬ ys wtu be the major themes when district #2 of tiie B'nai B'ritii YouUi Or- gmdzation convenes July 11- 1^ at the University of nii¬ nois. Over 360 youth rep¬ resentatives, and thebr adult advisors from eight midwest states, eastern OUo to the Rocky MountaUs, wUl peur- ticlpate in direct dialogues wtth Negro teen-agers onthe mutual problems facing ifU- tur^ bitergrouprelations and American Sodety.
Besides the formal spe¬ eches, national contests, re¬ ligious services, recireat-
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ional programs and elect¬ ions, there wiU be several days qf seminars and smaU group. Informal educational workshops. A variety of cre¬ ative actional techniques wUl beutiUzed.
DISCUSSIONS on the role of BBYO and young people working together in the war on poverty and in the cen¬ tral city wiU be introduced' by Miss DebUe Pepper, girl's workshop coordinator of Denver, and wiU indude VISTA volunteers. Miss Marty Stoffer, and Mr. Don Seegar of St. Louis.
Guest participants vdU bi¬ clude Dr. Rubin Cohn, dean of the'University, of'Ulincds law school. Miss Alice Hurt, UUversity conference coor- dUator, Melvfai Cooperman, Missourl-S. Illinois director of the B'nai B'rith Anti-Def- ama^on League, and a num¬ ber of U^-schboI-agewUte and N^:ro leaders.   ...
Bat'Ya
tie Western WaU Plaque, commemorating tie annex¬ ation of East Jerusalem fd- lowbig tie Sbc Day War and the restoration ofthe legend¬ ary "WaUtag WaU" of the remains ofthe Second Tem- ide of Solomon.
BAT'YA is asabra(native- bom) of Israel, vdiosehame means hi Hebrew, "Daughter of God." She was one Otthe most acdaimed IsraeU art¬ ist by tie soldiers at the fronts  during the-<Six Day
Mission To Israel Is Planned
Plans for tte Columbus study Mission are now being completed witii tie IMted Jewish Appeal, wUch is handling the Mission ar¬ rangements.
The MissionwiQtakeplace from October 29 to Novem¬ ber IS! and wtu spend tbe eiAire 15 days inlsrael, vts- tting new settiements and new sites hi tie occiqded territories, as weU as Jew¬ isb Agency and Malben in- sttbi^ions and instaUations in the countiy wUcb have been supported for tie past 20 yeard sbice the bicepUon of tie State.
FOR infc^mation on tie Cohnnbus Study Mission caU the UUted Jewisb Fund and CouncU office, 221-6871. Re.- servations to date bidicate '"the group wUI soon befiUed. Reservations must le ac- c<Hnpanied by a $100.00 de- postt for each individuaL-
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' She recently comi^eted a triumphant engagement in tie IsraeU version, in Te^ Aviv, of the Broadway smash * Ut, "Man of La Mancha."
Synagogue Bombed in Meridian
MERIDIAN, Mbss., (JTA) — The Federal. Bureau of investigation Jiinijil iiillli In cal authoxitles In a pi^ of . tie nigjbtlNiinbing dt Temiie ' Betii Isi^l, a Reiio^ eyn-r agogue withcdnslderable damage to tts  reUglous school.
The nearby sanctuary and assembly haU of the buUd¬ ing complex, erected tiiree years ago at a cost of $400, 000 escaped serious dam¬ age. FBI agents roiiM off tie area as they b^an a search for chies to the bom¬ bers.
THE FBI Udicated that apparently several sticks of dynamite were combined in a home-made explosive Mddcb Uewtout one waU of tie synagogue. Tbe buUding was empty at tbe tixae, put at about 12:30 a.m. Windows hi nearby homes were blown out and one gtrl was cut by flying glass. Meridian, a city of 54,000 about 90 mUes east of Jackson,' the state capital, has been tie scene of five night rider hicidenfs shice last Jan. 11. ,
tt was recaUed that Tem-r pie Beth Israel hi Jackson was damaged lastSeptember by a bomb and that tie Iiam6 of its rabbi. Perry E. Nuss-, . baum, also was Uasted but tiere were no injuries. Dam- age4o the Jackson synagogue was estbnated at $28,000, A: member of Temple Betii Is¬ rael here, who chose to re-^ mai^ anonymous, posted a $10^000 reward for Ufor- jnation leading to tie arrest and conviction of tie per¬ sons respon sible fdr tie blast.
RABBI MUton I. S(:I4ager. the bombed synagogue's spiritual leader, is amenn ber of a Committee of Coh- science formedaboutamonth ago to deal wtth tbe problem ft tie nigtat bombings of hou¬ ses ot worship^ wUch in¬ cluded five N^nro churches. At services here the pre¬ vious Friday nigU, a cot- lection was taken up at Em- pl^ Qeth Israel on beUdf of tie Negroes. ^
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