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Vol. 47, No. 21
THURSDAY, MAY 22,1969 -^ 5 SIVAN
TEENS OF THE YEAR
Receiving the Jewish teens of the year awards are Marshall Schecter of P6p8 Dworidn A.Z.A. and Shelley Hlrschl d Chaverim B.B.G. Presenting the awards are Mr. Harry Goldstehi and Mrs. Albert Karmla.
BBYO Honors Achievement
On Wednesdayt May 14, Coluinbus area B'nai B'rtth Youth Organization (B.B.Y.O) mendwrs were Uonored for outstandiiig achievehlent in leadersUiii scholifir^Mp sm^ athletics. The awardpres^rt^<j)^«^(;i   "       '
|^^^afwad'^ibe,^e^9rtatl(^!;q^j^i^^ Award ny^Zion Lo^f: and ife ^seid;«iion, o^^^^ Award Iv CandleiigU Chap-,' l!^   •
are both «tudbnts at East¬ moor. Hlgh|§ciiooL Shown presenting tiie:f awards are Mrs. AIbert!;ikarmia and Harry Goldst(9|n. Mrs; Sanford Fishman
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Marshall Schecter, 18, member of Pops' Oworldn AZA and son ^Mr.;andMrs. MartiQ::Seliecter^m3 ^}ew- field Rd., won the^bworldn
Award for his outsiandinp^ese^^d^ Zion Chapter accomplishments in leader-   outstandli^ miember-in
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TEL AVIV, (JTA)--The United Nations cease-fire observation group has abandoned its headgiiarters at Qantara on the Israel-held east .bank cf the Suez Canal because It came under Egyptian artillery fire almost daily and has established a new control center 30 miles back from the canal, beyond the range of tbe ' Egyptian gunners. The UN cease-flre observers have also given up two observation posts along the narrow embadanent OR the east side ofthe canal north of Qantara because Egyptian firhig had made them virtually untenable.
NEW YORK (WNS)—The National Co^ttee for Furtherfutce of Jewish Education has re-issued Its Prayers for Small Children, a 16-piiige prayer booklet that contains about a dozenjprayersinEiigllsb, Hebrew ahd transliteration. Copies are available from the Committee's Publications Division, 824 Eastern Parlc- way, Brooklyn, JN.Y. 11213.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Abe Fortas, the fifUi Jew to serve (m the United States^ Supreme Court anclthe first to be nominated for the post of Chief Justice, re¬ signed : this week underfire for accepting-but later retumlng-a $20,000 fee from the W«dfson Foundation. President Nixon immediately acceptedthe resignation. Louis Wdfsonj founder oif thefamfl^foundation. Is now serving a prison terin for stodc manipulation. The nomination of Mr; For^is to ^beCljIef Justice In .^une, 1968;.toucted off a batUe in Congres chEu:ge&''of airtl-Semiasm were majte"
notiiibc^i^s"^wefji that Unttecl^States, Goyentment had received $3,^66,4S7 from israel'ini'8etttem«it of, claims risii^ Crom ^e attack by IsraeU jettf and torpedo boats on tlie electronic intelligence shi|> USS liberty on June 8, 1967 at the height df the Six-Day War. The sum of ^,323,500 was paid by Israel^ tbe U.S. on May 31, 1968 on behalf ot the famOIes of 34 men kUled in the attack some 13.6 mUes off the Sinai coast. '
Soviet, Mid-Easf Topic Of Israeli
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Asher Nairn, first secre¬ tary of the Israeli Enibasay in Washington, Dlc, wHl address a meeting of the Public Afbdrs Committee of tlie Cotumbus Jewish Center on Tuesday, May 27, at 8:30 p.m.^he topic ofthe meet¬ ing, wMch will be held atthe center, will be "The Middle East Crisis and tbe Soviet Bloc." Following Mr. Nalnf 8 address, the topic wQI be discussed by apanelof reac-
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, The meeting willbe chair¬ ed iiy wmiam V. Kahn, Is¬ rael committee chairman of the CunmuniiyRelations Committee ofthe United Jew¬ ish Fund and CounclL It Is jointly sponsoredby tiie Pub¬ lic AfEairs Commtttee and tiie CommunityRelations Committee. The puUIc is Invited to attenil
A native of Tripoli^ Libya, Mr. Nairn immigrated to Is¬ rael with Ms family iiii 1944.
, .Iai;isri^)i Ik jcdnedthe Ebgtm-
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''~;at'is!raeli'ind:itte IsraeU Oefen^^Foncedia^ itie War df Independence. Af¬ ter atten^ngtbe HdirewUid- versity In Jerusalem and re¬ ceiving a'Masters of Juris¬ prudence, lie jolnM the Is- raell'Fdrelgn Ministry.
While in the Foreign Mi¬ nistry, Mr. Nairn served in Africa, the Middle East, and tiie Far East. He served as
ship and scholarship. Shel¬ ley HirscU, 18, mpp^r of Chaverim B.B.G.,syMaugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs'. Alex Hlrschl, 2274 TEdisman Ct, earned the B.B.G. award for her outstaniBng contribution to the B.B.(I program, lea- dersliip abllUy and schdlar- sidp. MarshaU and SheUey
training awards to Andi Goodman, ZiyB^B.G.; Susan Wohlstein dhf^lCheri Freed¬ man,' EminaLazarusB,B.6.; MdUle Love, '¦ B'at Shalom B.B.G.; and Janice Harris, Chaverim B.B.G.
The TwinRivers outstand¬ ing B.B.& program award ( Continued on Page 11 )
Timeless Shavuos Meaning
UrgenKCasli pemaiid Stressed
'An unprecedented number of payments Iiave been m^rfeon current pledges to the United Jewisli Fund and Council, Morris Mattlin, chairman of the cash coUection campaign has stated. ^  !
"Titere can be no.^securiiy on Israel's borders without strength and confldepjbe on the home front," Mr. Mattlin said. "The IsraeU! gbvemment cannot possibly Jbear the burden of the nationds social
welf&re programs.::!^ addi-   ftdl, and many others have, tion to rising dejlinisede-   made substantial payments mands. Immigrati(x^^t^B-   <» tiieir 1969 pledges. Tlie ing,  medical c^e^'edu-    results of tU6 campaign re- catlon and rehabfiitation   cently concluded were mag-
are parts of the vast social welflure programs that are the responsibiUty ofthe Am¬ erican Jewish Community. We cannot permit tiiese pro¬ grams, so vital to Israel's morale and welfare, to go unaided for one day."
Mr. MattUn expressed the thanks and appreciation of the United Jewish Fund and CouncU, for the magnificent way tbe community bas res- poocled to the plea for pay¬ ment at this time. "We are pleased and gratified that so many piiapie have already Pdd their (piuTcnt,BijB*P9l(j
nificent, and the resxKmse to date has demonstrated that our contributors under'stand the gravity of the situation. Many of the payments in¬ clude additional gifts tothe Israel Emergency Fund, which were net pledged wh6n the original gift was made. I am confident that the ur¬ gency of the situation wlU spur others on to do the same, and that payments wlU continue to come in promptly. We urge everyone who can do so to pay your pledse now. The Uves of many people .d?««rt «»J!<W,«ift<?!!:.:;;-;-;'.v
BY DR. BERNARD MENDELBAUM
The puzzle of a paradox often points to a tantalizing truth about life and history. This is particulary true about two traditions in RabUnic literature describing the great moment in history known as Revelation, the granting of the Torah-to the Children oflsrael at Sinai - the occasion for celebrating Shavuoth. Both traditions suggest that the Almighty offered the Torah to other nations before approaching the IsraeUtes. It was turned down because the responsi¬ Ulities and duties were too demanding.
The thought then continues in the Talmud (Sabbath 88 A)^ commenting on the verse; "And tbey stood under the mountain" (Exodus 19:17). This teaches that the Holy One, blessed be Re, over¬ turned the mountain upon the ChUdren of Israel like an inverted cask and said:' "If you accept the Torah 'tis weU. If not, you wIU be buried right here." On the sune page of the Talmud, Rabbi Chaina saadChanina asks, "What is meant by the verse: 'As the apple tree among the trees pt the wood so ts my iieloved among the sons' (Song of Songs 2:3)? Why are tbe Israelites com¬ pared to an apple tree? To ,.]^jftfh.,y9U,, Must asja».jb^ ^
of tho apple tree precedes its leaves, ,so do tiie Is¬ raelites give precedence to •We wiU do' over 'We wffl barken.'" (Exodus 24:7).
BOTH STORIES, hi the same RabUnic tradition and - Indeed - on the same page of the Talmud seem to be paradoxical, if not outright contradictory. The first im- Idies compulsion and force on God's part to bring the truth of Torah to mankind via the ChUdren of Israel. The sec¬ ond Indicates a spontaneous, voluntary desire by the ChUdren of Israel to re¬ ceive tbe Torah and observe the Law.
Yet, are these two em¬ phases contradictory? Do they not reveal a fundamen¬ tal, human, psychological truth about man's relation¬ ship to any important value? On one hand, we must have an inner commitment and love for Justice, law, mercy; at the same time, tiiere are momenta, and they are fre¬ quent, when tt is necessary to push oneself and force oneself to do the right tMng, guided by considerations of Justice, law, and mercy. It would be unrealistic to ex-- pect that finite man, al¬ though made in God's image, could always be capable of doMg or even wishing to do the right thiiig.  .
THE CHALLENGE is to resist temptation  when Jt
temptation. TUs is evident by numy statements in the Talmud such as the foUow¬ hig: "The high place occu¬ pied by those who are genu- hwly repentant, cannot be reached even by therif^- eous." (Beracbot 34BX A Hakidic saytaig puts tt tul way: "The angels have their virtues and flaws, and men have their virtues and flaws. The virtue of angels is that tiiey cannot deteriorate, and
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Asher Nairn
representative of Israel In both tiganda and Kenya. He later beaded tlie foreign op¬ eration of the IsraeU Fo¬ reign aid program for tlie developing nations andinthls ci^acity was ilent on sevend missions to Aflrica. After a brief laiBsignmeiit'in Japai^ ^ ¦:^pi^;r!a$^if^S0^^fie9d,Ao'>tbk^' lln^ltEinlikssy iid Washing- liiqin^aiid^liiai^serTOd as^lrst Secr^airy since 1968.
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Officers Initcilled
The Columbus TorahAca¬ demy P.T.A. wiU present a trip to Israel or Eiircyie on Monday, May 26 Agudas AcMm' social haU at 8;15 pim. Tickets may lie ob¬ tahied for $1 firam any par¬ ent in the school or by cal¬ Ung 237-4963.
Officers for the coming year, to be instaUed by Mrs. Irving Fried, are as foUows: poresident, Mrs. HaroldTen- nenbaunv vice presidents f or'^ progranuning, Mrs. Frank Nutis, Mrs. Herliert Wagnei^ lunorary vice president, Mr. Irvlng^Frle^ recoriAng sec¬ retary, Mr. Edward MeU¬ man; correspooding secre¬ taries, Mr. Ronald EUdns, Mrs. Otto Neabauer, Mrs. . Keve Zians; treasurer, Mr. Hertiert Sdomon.
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RHODES HOSTS DINNER
GOVERN(Xl JAMES A. RH6dES, in an Mtormal meeting in Ms office with Israel Bond cpnunittee leaders, announced, once again. Ids and Mrs. Rhodes desire to host the'annual banmet for israel BoomIs. The banquet wiU be held on Thursday, June 19 at tiie Executive Mansion. Grouped around the Govemor are L. to R.~ Howard R. Schoenbaum, general chairman, Irving A. Baiter, Dinner Cbaiiman and Mrs. Bstiier Baliu wometfSvChalnnan..,.,,,         	
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