Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1969-06-12

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VOL.27   NO. 24
THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1969 - 26 SIVAN
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Sidney Blatt, Chairman of. Hosts uid Hostesses for the 1969 Governor's Dinner celebrating IsraeVsZlstAn- nlversary, and Ms \rife,SaI- \y, announced a nearly com¬ pleted committee tMs weelc Mr. Blatt saidthe HdstCoi mittee is tailing a much mi active  part in tMs year's' Israel Bond ftmctloh. Tn are contacting friends and family, inviting them to share th^lr table with them to hear Ambassador Gideon Rafael on Thursday, June 19' at the OMo Executive Man¬ sion. Each host.wHl seek to secure either' four or five couples to form tables of •igfat or ten. A few have al¬ ready formed two x>r tnore ' tables wUch they will host. Those members at. the ^ coinmitte,e i^o are alrea^r - In the process ot forming jtfaeir tables are, Mr^ anipn 'Mrs. Jerome Nakrin; Dr. i*fB4*#.&J^?lfe«Wr,
^aime&3^^^^^bet 'Ur. and^rs'. Oscai^ Ber man, Mr, and Mrs. Maurice Bleich, Dr. and Mrs.. Philip Golding, Mr. andMrs. Harry Greenblott, Mrs.! Evelyh Grigst, Mr. and Mrs, Martin Hoffiman, Mr. and Mrs. Ab¬ raham Katz, Mrs. Janet Lee¬ man.
Joining them on the Host Committee will be Mr. and Mrs. Cy Tanenbaum, Mr. ,and'Mrs. Herbert Wagner, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Jack Gelin, Mr. and Mrs. C^ Zelizer, Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Shar, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ruben, Mr. and Mrs. Franic Nutls, Ur'. and Sirs. Joseph Modes, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ruben, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Blatt, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schottenstein, Rabbi and Mrs. JuUus Baker,
P Dedication Festivities m Welcome New Beth Jacob
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BONN OVNS)—riie Ll 1 lUah \rab terrorist oiganl- zatlon has reportedly, recruited 30 to 50 mercenaries In-Euroite ahd Is how trying to Mre West Germans, according to sources in Bonn. The mercenaries are training Arab recruits but hayie reportediy refiised to go into battle against IsraeL they fear that if they are captured tliey would receive harsher penalties — perhaps death sentenceis— than those mertedloutto- Arabs.
WASHINGTON (WNS)—A majority Of Coi«ress-6S Of 100 Senators and 261 of 435 Representatives—has signed i declaration favoring direct Arcdi-Israel peace negotiations.
The .statement calls on the United States to oppose any attempt tahave Israel witfadraw"prematurelyand unconditionally" from the occupied areas and deplores "one-sided United Nations resolutians i^ch ignore Arab violations of the cease-fire."
JERUSALEM (WNS)--Premier Golda Meir saidthat Israel's discussions with tin United States over the ftifuie ot tbe Middle East, woiild be "serious and difDcuIt" but noted there was a vast ditte^nce be¬ tween firlends and differences with Israel's'enemies who refuse anyfi^3Q.,of discussions. ^SlOm&i^f'Vme, (JTA)—Left wlng-hitellectuals have cabled the World\cnference of Ccanmunlst parties In Moscow tUs .wedc to press Soviet author¬ ities to end tlulr "antl-Semltlc campaign under tfae label of antl-Zlbnism" and permit Russian Jews who wish to, to emigrate to Israel^
VANCOUVER, <JTA) -•> The National. Coundl of
The day-long Dedication Day cereinonles in honor of
'the new Beth Jacob Congre¬ gation synagogue, 1223 Col¬ lege Ave., will ccnnmence tMs Sunday at 2 p.iii. A Tor^di processlcn, with a cdor guard provided by the
..jj&wish War Veterans of Co¬ lumbus, from the Jewish Center to tite synagogue wlU begin the offlcial events.
Julius Cohen, tlie building supervisor and 1st vice pre¬ sident of the CongregaUon will otQcIaUy hand the kgey to Dr. Charles Young, con¬
gregation president, at the builcBng's entrance. Cantor Hermann Blonder will chant a hymn and Inside the syna¬ gogue Rabbi David Stavsky wiU lead sprayer before the T^iOfff'placed hi the Holy Aric
A group of hmored con¬ gregatian members will kindle the new lights. Rabbi Stavsky will deliver the ma¬ jor addrdss, preceded hy greetbigs fk-om congregation officers.
The evening event is tfae Testimonlai Dinner in honor ct Rabbi StavsKy'sthirteenth
year, as Beth Jacob's spiri¬ tual leader.^ .A semi-fomiai' affair, the 6:30'cocktail hc^ will be followed by the 7:30 dinner in. the social hall)at the synagogue. The banquet ¦is being sponsoredby Dr. and Mrs. Charles Young.
The banp[uet will feature Rabbi wMorrls J. Besdih as guest speaker. Rabbi Besdin is the director of the Jamie Striar School otGeneralStu- dies at YesMva Universily.
For more informatioh see the special Dedication Sec¬ tion in tMs issue.
Visiting Ambassador Ta Urge Bonds Sale
Ambassador Gideon Ra¬ ftel, Director Generalottfae Ministry for ForelgnAffalrs ^M^^^r'''ftmiBp^Vleaba^at panada'In^'8hatpbP:v;ci^d reso-' "?a'>«i"'ifieTStae drisriHelt ,who ar Ber-       iutlon, has'expressed disapproval of a hew Canadian       was Israel's cMet spokes-
law removing abortian trom the criminal code if performed for therapeutic purposes. The bill Is considered a reform move. The NCJW, in convention here, statedtihat abortion should not b^ a matter for^ legislation or Government concern sinro itisamatter at concern ':only between a woman and her physician.
Mr. and Mrs. DavldLevlson, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Handler, Mr. and Mrs. Sam ScMon¬ sky, Mr. andMrs. Sam Gure¬ vitz, Mr. and Mrs.jA. C. Strip. Others are. Mr. and Mrs, Morris Cdien, andMr. and Mrs. Moe Glassman. Mr. Blatt concluded by sayiif; persons may contact any d the above, persons to secure reservations to the spring event or the State of Israel Bond office at 237- (B41.
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VOLUNTEERS AWARDED
Shown, above are the recipients ct inns recently awarded at tbe Heritage House Auxiliary Award^Tea. 'Over 100 people puticipated.in the program honorbig outstanding Heritage House volunteers who have put in 50 hours or more ot.volunteer service during the year.
iArs. teon Schottensteto is president of Heritage Houge AuxUlary, Mrs. Harry Polster is chairman ot Voluriteers and-chairman of the awards program.
Aqy 'member ot the community who desires to perform volunteer jwork.Is requested to contact Mrs, Harry Polster. at 258-1072, orJJy. Gerald Cohni Executive Director at Heritage House.
Jewisli Russian Sentenced '
MGSCX)W (WNS)— A So¬ viet court in Kiev has sen¬ tenced a Jewish radio engi¬ neer who wanted to emigrate to Israel to athree-year pri¬ son term as a slanderer agidnst tlie. Soviet state and Its social systenu The char¬ ges against Boris koctnibi- yevsky stem from an incident last year at Babi Yar, a ravine outside Kiev wh^r6 Nazis slaughtered most of the Jewish popidatiim ofthe Ukrainian capitaL
Kochub^evsky ..said that the men, women and chUdren were victims not only ot Facism but also of genocide. '•Here Ues a part of the Jewish people," he said.
Tfae court ruled that tMs statement was bourgeois- natldnalist-Zionist propa- 'ganda. The Russians hiave memorialized the victims as Soviet citizens without men- timing their Jewishness. , The coOrt was told the defendant had supported Is¬ rael in discussions in As lactory after the Six-^Day War and had made anti-~ Soviet statements. wMle ap¬ plying for a passport I{e and Ms non-JewlsU wife were denied, such papers at the last monilbt after being sum- bioned to pick up their eml- gjr^aii dpcunients,' v
For several months before becoming Israel's Perman¬ ent Representative ^to the UniteldKatlcnsV Ambassador, Rafael was Vice-Chalrman of tfae Israel Delegation. From April to September, 1966, he served as & spec¬ ial Ambassador, undertaking' diplomatic missions in Washington,' Ottawa, London and Warsaw. From Septem¬ ber, 1965 ta AprU, 1966 he The veteran Israel iBploi>^^was Israel's Rejpresentatlve mafs visit wIU emiHiasIze   to tfae Eurojpean office cf the
spokes¬ man at the IMted Nations during the Six Day War d 1967, will arrive next week fori a tour of mi^or com¬ munities In tfae lAiUedStateis and Canada In behalf ofthe State ot Israel Bond chive.
the Importance ot economic develi^ent In the present crisis confronting tlie coun¬ try. The proceeds flrom tfae sale at Israel Bonds make possible (the growth of ihr dustiy and agriculture, tfae expansion ot irrigation^ the construction of roads, har¬ bors . and raUways, the in- drease of electric power, and the exploitation of na¬ tural resources. .
Ambassador Rafael,- who stands at'the idnnacle ot Is¬ rael's dlplamatic corps, has had an unbroken record of leadersMp in Ms country's foreign service since the days prior to tlie establish¬ ment ot the State oflsrael. ' and has participated hi shap¬ ing Israel's foreign pcdlcy to aU' crucial periods ot its MstcHry.
As' a meniber of the Jew¬ ish Agency delegation to the United Nations to i947, he played an important part to presenting. Israel's claims for todependence to the U.N. General Assembly which eventutiUy adopted the reso¬ lution caUlng for a Jewish state to Palestine. He was Isriael's. Pe^anent Reioe- sentatlve to the United Na- vlons during 1967, andpre-- sented.Ms ceun|^s case during the dramatic debates wMch took idace during and Immediately after the She Day War.
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From*'l960 to 1965, Am- ' bassador ][lafael was Deputy Director General otthe Min¬ istry for Foreign.Affairs, in tills post, lie carried out major diplomatic assign¬ ments to countries through¬ out .'Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America, and represented Israel at sessions of the U.N. (>en<!- eral Assembly.
He has been a member of Israel's delegation to niost sessions of the General As¬ sembly, and tol9S0was'cho- sen RaKKUteur ot the United Nations Peace Observation Commission. From, 1957 to 1960, he served as Israel's Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg.
Ambassador Rafael wiU be the guest speaker at the Governor's Banquet for Is¬ rael Bonds at the Executive Mansion to Coluinbus, June 19.
NAZIS FliEED WEST BERLIN, (JTA) — Seven men accused othavtog participated to the slaughter of thousands of Berlto Jews duringtbe Nazi era were re¬ leased today after a West Berlto court dismissed chaiges agatost them. The men bad been accused d signing deportation orders that sent Jews to death camps. Charges were dis¬ missed -on {C^reqiiest by the prosecutor on the grounds* cf a Federal court ruling!
' Ben Mandlekooi.
Mandlelcorn Heads New Association
At the recent National Conference d Jewish Com¬ munal Service, held to New York, Ben M. Mandelkom, Executive Director of' the United Jewish Fund and CouncU of Coliimbus, was elected as the nationai presi¬ dent at the newly-formed professional organization, the National Association of Jewish Community Organi¬ zation Personnel.-
The organlzatim Is tfae only such body to America representing tiie profession¬ al personnel to the field ot community organization, so¬ cial . planning, fUnd-ralsing, co-ardtoatlpn, etc. The per¬ sonnel are largely those as¬ sociated with ttie federations and welfare ftmds of America and Canada as weU as per¬ sonnel of national agencies , and organizations engaged to tMs work.
Some d the stated pur- Jioses qf the new organiza¬ tion tociude:
1. To encourage the ad¬ vancement qf professional practice, particularly as It applies to JeiWsh communal work, independently or- to cooperation with other groups or associations, wlthto and outside the Jewish field. These areas taclude tond-ralsing, budgeting, sb-
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