Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1969-11-27

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VOL.47 NO.49
NOVEMBER 27,1969 - KISLEV 17
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ADL Begins Program To End Job Discrtminqtion
The Ohio-KentucKy Regional Office of the Anti-Defama¬ tion League of B'nai B'rith has .initiated a program to increase the utilizatioi ot Jews In executive and managerial - levels of three major Ohio corporaUons, OhloBell, Soldo and State Farm Insurance Company, It was announced today by Seymour Gorchoff, ADL Re^onal Dfrector.
-According to Mr< GorcbofiT, tbe cooperative project Involves tbe League's par'
ticipaUon, on several levels, Including In-fraining work¬ shops for tbe college re- cndtment staffs of these corporations. The purpose Is to help the Implementation of merit employment, policies which afready have been adcvted by tiKTcompanles by "educating its recruitment staff to the vaat potential ' available among Jewish cd- lege students". Robert C. S«diwartz,Ohlo-
Marines Charged As
Anti-Semitic
WASHlNCfrON (JTA) ~A New York Congressman, charged thata JewlshM%rlnB Corp recruit'^suffered a mental breakdown as a ror suit of brutal freatment he' received at the hands of anti-Semitic drill instruc¬ tors at the Parrlslslanc^ S.C. Marine fralnlng base. ) Rep. MarioBlaggl, aDem- ^ 'ocrot, told the Jewish Tele- ^grapMc Agency that the lyoungster, who received a medical discharge from tin Marine Corps last July, Is now confined to the North Shore Mental Hospital in New York for psycUafric treat¬ ment. Rep. Blaggi said the boy's name Is being witti- beld at the request of the mother.
He said that Dr. Robert Hfrsch, had verified that the recruit*s bre^down was precipitated by anti-Se¬ mitism and beatings at the hands of non-commissioned .ofBcers. According to Repi Blaggi he was "treated like .a prisoner in a Nazi con- cenfration camp." Drill in- .structors allegedly painted a Star of DavidontheyoutVs ior«bead, stmckhlmrepeat- edly on tbe head aod called .Mm-"Jew boy", and "ba¬ gel".
-' Reih Blaggi said that wlt-
-.'oes'ses in the same platoon
eootlrmed that the recruit
- mis systematically bruta- -llxed by drill instructors be¬ cause he is Jewish. He said he has asked the Marine Corps Commandant to court martial two ijbrill Instructors named in Uie comjdalnt Ma¬ rine authorities had nocom- ment.
Repu Blaggi'described the boy as "a verj^, sensitive young man of^nwKedjlntol-
- UgenceV who had been jare- sldent of his high school student council. Rep. Blaggi has previously disclosed other episodes of alleged racism at Parris Island In- vidving ^ Negro and Puerto Rlcan recruits.
Kentucky ADL CivU Rights Dfrector, has lectured to recruitment staffs on the distorted Images of Ameri¬ can'Jews held ty many cor¬ porations, especially with r^iard to' the employment otdectives of young Jews.
In Its program, the League seeks to attain two goals. Firstly, It attempts to sensi¬ tize recrultbigstaflboftiiese corporations to problems of recndUng qualified Jews as well as to work totrard the elimination of any vestiges of d 1 s c r 1 m 1 nation against Jews In employment-; Secondly, Itattemps to In¬ form the 0140 Jewish com¬ munity of tbe npportuniUes, tor employment fay these large corporations... . \.
The League has sfr iven to communicate to the' OUfo Jewish cdnununlty-tbe'^i^;^'
Mrs. Sthaenen
UJA Leoder To Speak At Chanukah Tea
Mrs; Bernard Schaenen, Chair nian. National Wo¬ men's Dlvisln^ United Jew¬ ish Appeal, will be the guest of honor at a Chanukah Tea given for hereby the won men's Division of the Untted Jewish Fund and CouncU. Tbe tea will be held on Wednesday, Dec.3 at 12:30 p.m. at the Temple Israel Social Halt
- "Lighting The Way...to 1979'.^ Is, the theme of tUs very special dessert tea to -«rUpb,tbs,entfre Jevrilsb wo--
panles* desires to increase:' metf^ community is Imrfted tiie number of qualified J^ws   tb Join in welcoming Mrs.
in executive' Sulte^posltlons and in executive Summer training programs. In doing so, the regional office- has utilized a wide variety of resources within the Jewish conmiunliy.
On the campuses, an at¬ tempt has been made to bring .   (Continued on Page 5)
Meir V Letter f Supports Nixon % Yietnanri Speech; Response Mixed
>WASHlNCfrON (JTA) ^- A letter from Premier Gdda Mefr in support of President Nixon's Nov.. 3 Vietnam speech created a stir in Washington this week as both Jewish iindrnonsTewlshv supporters of the Fresidenfs Vi^tmun policy praised Mrs. Meir's message.
But official sources in Jerusalem were quidc to dectare that Premier Meir's medsage^did not imply support for the PresideDt^d ptdlcy and
tiiat i»r concern was for a speedy peace in Vietnam. liAithe nwssage, Mrs. Bteiir said she wished "to con¬ gratulate the !E>resident on Us meanii]gflil::speechr' and to expreiss ^'her hope that he wUI speedily succeed in bringing about peace In Vlet-^ nam. The President's speech coiAains much that encour¬ ages and strengthens fri^om-lovlng small na¬ tions the world over, irid.ch are strivingtpmalntalnthefr Indepradent fodstence look¬ ing to that grelit democracy, the iMted States of Ameri¬ ca."
Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, Is¬ rael's Ambassador' to the U.S., addressing 'idle Wo- men's National Democratic .CI^ in^Washli«toq.saIdfae thought ^Mrs. -Meir's letter referred to the following
passages in the Nixon Speech: "Our defielatand hu- > mUlation in South Vietnam would, wtthoutquestion, pro¬ mote reddessness In the councils of those great pow¬ ers who have not yet aban¬ doned thefr goals of world congpiest TMs would sparic violence wherever our com- mltments help maintain pejBce -- ln.the Middle East^ In. Berlin, and eveidually even iii the Western Hemls- phere...Let historians not record tliat viben America was the niost powerfld na¬ tion inthe world, we passed 00 the ottsr side of the road, and allowed the last hopes for pea^e and free¬ dom of ro^Uoqs of people^ of tids search to be suffo¬ cated by the forces of total- Itarlanisnu" Strong dissent from Mrs.
Schaendn to Cdiiunbus. ' Mrs. Schaenen's vistt is an opportunity for cur com¬ munity to hear the most current Insights into the pre.- sent situation in Israel. As National' Chafrman of the UTA WamenrsDivisian,Mrs. Schaenen has Just returned (Continued on Page 5)
Tlie WoiJd's Week
Isroeli Trainee With UJFC On Feilowsliip
Tiie United Jewish i'und and Council Is pleasedto welcome to Cohunbus Mrs. Gabriel (Zefla) Mefri,ofTel Aviv, Israel, who Is in this country as a volunteer trainee, on a fellowship provided ly the local federation. In co-qperation with the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.
Mrs. Melrl, who Is active in the Israel Federation of the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO), Is a leading volunteer in allpha-, ses of WIZO aetivUy, espe¬ cially ftind raising, ,
While inColumbus she will be examining tiie work-of the Women's Division of the UIFC, as wellasthatof otiier womb's organizations and leandng how to relate acti¬ vities of Jewishvromi^inthe Udted States wlUi those of the women in Israel. She wlU also be the guest of local beneflelary agenctes, and be. given an opportunity to broaden her experience and knowledge of bow our com¬ munity (weratos, so tbat ber talents can be enriched and she can, in turn, faring back tuts Information to Israel.
She will tlierefore be meeting-witii agency dfrec- tors and lay leadership of such local institutions as the Jewish Colter, Jewish Family Service, Fre-Scinol, Heritage House, Columbus Hebrew School, Columbus Torah Academy, Community Relations Committee, and others.
Mrs. Melrl is the wife of Gabriel Mefrl,prominentIs-
Mrs. Gabriel Meiri
raell lawyer. She has lived in Israel since the age pf three, and participated in the remnants of the D.P. camps to Israel fTomEurope after World War V. For, many years she bas buen Chafrman of the Fundrais- ing Department ot the Tel Aviv Branch of WIZO and is responsible for the suc¬ cess of the organization in this area of its work. She
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JERUSALEM (WNSV- IsraeU Attorney General Mefr Shamgar has asked a JTerusalem district court ' to punish Denis Michael Mlllam Rohan for setting ' fire to the Al Al(sa inosqiie, a crime to vridch the Ausfralian shepherd Ius confessed. Mr. Shamgar \ saldjthat IsraeU l^w does not riecqgnlze mental illness as aiiitamatically ;<d>solvii^ a criminal from giiflt^
TJEi AVIV (WNSjt-Defense KQidster Moshe Dayan has wamedvBeirut that Israel will strike across the I^banese border if AradiguOTrillas attacklsraelfrom . L elianoik ile s^d tte agreement between the com¬ mandos and Beirut iod no meaning to Israel, and Jerusalem wUl protect-Its peo(de and territory from ¦raids. ¦ ,' ¦¦'.¦,'""¦'
, TEi; AVW ClTA)--toaoU "adopOr«"
yotmg' men and wtnneh tnm North America wito are, doing a year of voiuntaiy service in brael under the Sherut Laam program. The flaiiillies wiU welcome the youngster to thefr bomes on hcAIdays and oth^occa slons. Tb^ will also provide them with iieys so that tbe voluntas will have access tothefr hoines when¬ ever they are In towa.
JERUSALEM (ZINS) - The Israel-booro Sabra'now constitutes 44% of the Jewish population of Israel, according to the latest edition of the Btattsttcal Year¬ book widch has Just Iieelh piddlsiied in Jerusalem. The two mi^cr pepolatipn tinreads, of Western and Eastern origin'(Oriental cOnmunlttosX have now reached a state of, parity, according to tiie Yearbook. Tbey both number somewhat over 1,100^000 persons In a Je^wlsh population that has now reached a figure of 2,478,000.
TEL AVIV (ZINS) - David Ha-Colien,iiead of Israel's Parliamentaiy Delegation to an Ihter-Parllame.ntaty Conterenoe in New Delhi, speaking at a press con&r- ence, declared tliat "there is no toundation wbatevi^ to the beUef that India might alter its anti-Israel policy as long as Ihdfra Caiandl retains power. There Is also no assurance," be adde4 "that any new regime wpuld pursue a dttferent llne.^^ Mr. Ba-Cohen noted tliat the humiliation felt by India In its exclusion from tiie Islamic Summit Conference in Morocco rasulted In greater anti-Arab feeling, buttids has not apparently, affectedmidWsfradiUonal anti-Israel policy.
JERUSALEM (WNSV'-Jordan has said it wiU bar deportation to the Edsi'Bank of persons ei^Ued from the West Bank fay Israel as a step to halt the "Judalzatioif' of the Israeli-occupied territories. Israeli officials said that they had been sending back terrorists who had finished ierving prison terms and denied Amman assertions of mass de- portation-of Arabs.
Meir's position was voiced Iqr Rabbi Balfour Brldcner, a war aritic and director of tin commission Oil Ihteifatth Activities for Refora^ Juda- .- Ism. I^ said he had no al¬ ternative as aUberalJewbuT to reiject Mrs. Meir's sup¬ port of President Nixon on the Vietnam Issue. Rabbi Brickner saii^ "Gdda Mefr has driven a wedge between herself and the lOeralt- in- i^. tellectual Jews of America who isaw no conflict in sup¬ porting Israel's struggle while opposing the unjust, unwise war in Vietnam."
He expressed fear thatthe' Melr endorsement would alienate "many of Israel's friends in America's aca¬ demic community, among liberal Protestantsand CathoUcs and the ciergy, and among politically active young people with liberal In- ¦clinations."
House Republican leader GeraM^, For^ofMlchiKui, said. be. commended' to all Americans "tbe bright vis- Ion", of Israel "«Mch tiie >. Premier, expresses ^ l>Br congratulatory message to President ^ixon on his Nov.
3 speech io the nation." Rep. Ford attacked "the simplis¬ tic and^myoidc view of the stnjg^l'in Vietnam which some strident critics d
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Original Ciidnulcali Torcli Here
In. honor of the first night .^. of Chanukah In.theyear 5730^ The JewlshCenter will spon¬ sor a "ffrst" in the history of Columbus.  "~
Tbe origin?! Torch that is lighted each Chanukah in Kfar Modlin by tte young Maccabean youth movemeiot of Israel, wUl to brought to 'Columbus on Thursday, Dec
4 fay Mefr Hater, Tto Cen¬ ter's representative of Is¬ raeli Culture and Education.
"Through tte cooperation of El Al Israeli Afrllnes and TWA, tto Torch will be franspotted from tto alipoitt.v, to tto Center fay agroqpoC ' teenagers. Tto puipose'eC this very unlqpe program ^. *-' to demonsfrate the f^JinK ^ of Kal Israel of tto Jeiwin Columbus for ttofr brethren all over tto world.
Upon arrival attto Center, following a ceremony, a large Menorah will to kind¬ led. Upon completion of tids ceremony, Mr. Hdier will Involve all tto youth In sing¬ ing, and dancing iaT to Center auditarlinn.'!
Tiie total community is Invtted to participate in tUs monentous occasion. B Is -the hope of tto Center that tto flame from this Torch will to used tolighttto Mon- orahs in all synagogues In Columbus.
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