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Governor James A. Rhodes today Issued a Proclamation designating Dec. 4-12 as a "Period ot Dedication for Restoration at Human Rights of the Jewish Community at the Soviet Union."
In a Proclamation issued to Sidney Blatt, Columbus CRC Chairman, Governor Rhodes emph^ized that the observance of Chanukah coincides this year with the universal declaration of hu¬ man rights and that he is calling on all citizens of Ohio "to lend their «upport to the call for the restora¬ tion of the basic humanrights at the Soviet Jewish com- mudly by participating inthe public ceremonies of dedica¬ tion, scheduled throughout our State duringtMs period." - Gov. Rhodes, in his procla¬ mation, continued by stating: , "WHEREAS, this year the "worldwide commemoration of the adoption at the Uid- .-yaesal Declaration at Hu- "jofn Rights coincides widi
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ChanukaK, The Festival Of Lights, Begins tonight
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Chanukah, the eigbt-daiy Festival Ot Lights, will be cele¬ brated this year with the kindling Ot the Crist candle Thurs¬ day evening, Dec. 4. The celebration wUch begins on the 25th dty of the Hebrew month Klslev, is the oldest known religious observance in behalf of civfl rights and personal liberty, and commemorates the Jews' struggle for religious fireedom firom the tyrannical regime of the Greco-Syrian king Antioclms Epiphanes in
VM Link Dangerous
NEW YORK (JTA)~Theo- dore Sorenson, one time aide to the late President JohnF. Kennedy, denounced here this yreek the "dangerous and ueliberate attempt" by the Nixon Administration to "link Americari policy In Vietnam with American po- ,Ucy in Vietnam with Ameri-
•,Can policy in Israel."
In a Thanksgiving address at Kphillath Yeshurun syna-
,^80gue, he said President Nix-
'(Ht "and his aides have ex¬ plicitly solicited support tar Ids .Vietnam stance firom Je-
^ wish leaders in this country and firom Prime Minister Golda Mefa:" of Israel.- He added that they bad implied,
'."not always subtly, that this country could not sustain its' commitments to Israel if it did-not sustain its commlt- meqts to the regime In Sa^-
Igon."^—-
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TEL AVIV, (JTA) — In continuing clashes over the Suez Canal sector, Israel air and ground' forces brought down two more Egyptian warplanes this week and then staged a midnight air raid on Egyptian ' positions on the central sector of the canal zone. Several £;gyptian MIGs and Snkhoy-7 jet bombers roared^' in for an attack,wtth a MIG-21 for cover. U- > ^ radl Slanes stnt dovjn am ot the MIGs and anti-air- csrtdt Qre'CaughtlfiB^^JdiQy bo^Uier.'Tfae ^lot of the bomfaer.was fbund dead near the remnants ofthe plane. ,- JERUSALEM (WNS) .—-Israel .expect? that 60,000 immigrants ,will arrive In 1970 and has ordered all , Government departments concerned with immigration ' to plan their activities on that basis. The Jewish Agency is also adjusting its absorption macMneiy to that figure.
LUEHECK;West GermanyjCJTA) — A man whowas justice'mbdster in'Kiel,-the~capital of the West Ger¬ man state ofScldeswIg-Holsteln, is under investigation^.. by a court here for allegedparticlpationinthe murder of Polish Jews during World War H. Hans Adolf Asbach was accused of participation in the murder of at least 700 of the 1,148 Jews of Brzezanya, Galicia.
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The,Marine Corps is con¬ ducting an Inbestigatton into the alleged ahti-Semitic ' abuse of a recruit which caused the youth to suffer a mental breakdown. New York Congressman Mario Biaggi said the recruit was I>eaten and slurred be¬ cause of his faith.
El A! Bombed Ih Athens
ATHENS, (JTA) — A girenade tossed Into the crowded pas¬ senger terminiri of EI Al, Israel's Airlhie, in downtown Athens this week by a. hit-ai;Kl-run Jordanian terrorist ihr jured 14 persons and made a blood-stained shambles of the ofQce. Police seized the guerrilla whoadmittedthrowingthe lethal device and arrested a companion.
The police said the men would be chainged with premeditated armed attack, causingbodily' injury and property damage.
165 BCE.
For the Jewish people, Chanulcah syimbaUzes the victory of a:spiritual ideal over mllttaiy {Old political despotisnb A handfidcfJws deterndnedtopreiserve their fidth and cidtiiDre, openly der fled the overwbeliningpower of' tlie iSyriaii i kii^^ who was det^nlnedtQ silipress Je¬ wish lihibnotteisin and its'ob- servance.    'f
When in the year 165 BCE,
Antiocfaus. ordered that the
Temple in Jerusalem be used
for pagan practices and that
sacrifices be offeredttereto
< the GreedgodZeusOIyaqu^
ih^ Jej?|9, under the li^aderf
sidp of Judas MaccabeusCal-
^ so knftwn qs Judah the Has-
** moaean) rebelled and ac¬
hieved military victories which ctdndnated in the re¬ covery of Jerusalem, the expulsion ofthe Syrians, and the rededication of tbeTem- ple.
Acco^Ung to legendthe ofl for the holy lamps of the Temtde had been defiled by pagan worshipers. Only one untouched cruse of oil was founds sealed and hidden away. The oH, iddeh was enough to last only ^jtor one day, lastec^, miraculoiisly, for eight days.
Chanukah is celebrated b;^ Jem everywhere by lls^riing candles every night- bf^the haUdaar«^ b«(dinlqK ^rtUi one tliB first nighty tHoaamU-^ cian^'etc., untilftnallyonthe eighth night eight candles
blaze in the Chanukah me- nora, or candelabrum.
This progression is alsoa symbol of Judaism's belief in the gradual, constant in¬ crease of iidellectual light and the slow, steady vlctoiy of spiritual enlightenment over darkness.
The festival is observed wltii specisd services, pray¬ ers and hymns in synagogues,, homes andrellgipus.schools^ It is a holiday of jparticular gaiety for cWldrej^ gjameSi; are ^ayed, a specialChanu-!, kah top called a"dreidel"isv spun, and childieh receive presents of Chanukah"gelt^'r (coins). Special pancakes:; called "ladies" are bradi-r^^v:
, tional food for this holi^i.4 The Hebrew word"Chanur^ katf'means"rededication."' During theseelght days, Jews throughout the vyorld remem- ber.thelr ancient struggle (or
,'freed.on) > and!.rede<llca(e .thpm'selve?' t<f.tl»/l|4eal of
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at 0|q;w8ltiqn in this country ^. They added thatmore cbais- to fiitther prosecution of the- ';eB would be filed if any of the
Vietnam war, opposiUonthat may reach the stage of re¬ vulsion once the facts about the recently disclosed mas¬ sacres" in Vietnam "sink in."
He declared "it would not be in Israel's Interest to
victims died..
Doctors at a local hospital despaired of saving .the life of two-year-old George Mas- tos after an epnration to re¬ move grenade firagments, from his head. He was w)dt- ing with his parents and five-
have the Vietnai^ajidlt$jtddle'-.year-old brother for a flight- East situations Ilnk^iin the -.to Canada. Only the father public mfnd."   "^'^   <* 'escaped  injury.   All  other
victims were reported out of danger, including SterlinMc- Clain and his wife of Dallas.. Grigorios Lazarldls, in advertising executive, saw/a n^n run from the El AI of¬ fice and tackled him sifter a brief chase. He was identified as Ellas Dergarabetian, 23, a tailor fjrom Amman and a member of a minor guerril¬ la group. The police said he was carrying two other gre-
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