Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-05-07

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VOL, 48, NO. 19
AAAY 7, 1970 — 1 YAFt 2
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Edward .Schlezinger, President of the Columbus Jewish Welfare Foundation is shown addressing the large crowd, attending the dedication of the new Esther C. Melton Community Services Building.
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UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - A United Nations demographic study has disclosed that male Israeli Jews have a life expectancy of 70 to 71 years, bne of the ' highest in the world./.   .
Israeli women have a "relatively high" marriage rate similar to those reported for the United States and Russia but Syria, Egypt and Iran have higher rates. In ' ' Israel, as in most advanced Western ahd Eastern nations, heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Keren Hayesod reported that world Jewry outside the United States had in¬ creased its financial contributions to Israel by more than SO percent durihg the fiscal year wliich ended in April to $84.5 million. The United Jewish Appeal collects contributions in the U.S.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) - Hie Intemational Ck>m- mittee of Jewish and Christian Organizations will hold a conference soon to consider how to deal* with allegedly anti-Semitic passages still remaining in parochial school materials. Hiis was disclosed here by Benjamin Yaffe, director of the Jewish Agency's Department for Eixtemal Relations, who has returned from a committee session in the Netherlands.
JOHANNESBURG,   (JTA)   -   Four   Jews   were returned to Parliament in ibe general election in South AMca in wfaich a breakaway extremist rightwing piMy vriiich rej^ted CiithqUcsiiyeeth and !Jews as members, .was v/iped but completely.
One of the outstanding donor's in the Jewish Community is Aaron Epstein, tie is pictured in the Blood Bank at the Red Cross. 995 E. Broad St.
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Samtiel M. Melton, donor of the new Ckimmunity Services Building, is shown cutting the ribbon at the Dedication Services.
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Over three hundred guests were ui attendance at the dedication service "Hanukat Ha-Bayit" of the Esther C. Melton Cbn(imunityt Services Building on Sunday, May 3.
Cbmmencing wit^ the Pre^entatibn of Colors by Herbert Greff, Commander otCapital Post 122, Jewish War Veterans and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Mrs. Bemard Kaplan, representing the Women's^ Auxiliary tb Capitol Post, the. auiUence was moved by the sentimental attachment of the: occasion.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) - Israel's security was hi grave new jeopardy this week with the official disclosure by the Israel Government that Soviet pilots were flying Eg^fttian jets on air defense missioiis over Egypt.^^^
Tbe official announceinent said thST^ recent days it has become dear beyond any doubt to the Government of Israel that for, the first time Soviet pilots are flying operational missions from military establishments under theu- control in Egypt."
Preoiier Gblda Meir sent a message to President Nixon requesting urgent recon¬ sideration bf his decision in March to withhold action on brael's request to buy more Phantom and Skyhawk jet planes.
The United States was informed that so far the Soviet-piloted     Egyptian
Others on the program dv^iced by Morris L. Mat¬ tlin, Chairman^ of the Dedication committee in-
¦ eluded Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein of Congregation i^das Achim, Invocation; M. E. Sensenbrenner, Mayor; of Columbus, Kenneth' McClure, Mayor of Bexley, Greetings; KeitH . Mc- Namara, 64th District representative to the House of Representatives, present- ingva proclamation to the
.Oolumbus Jewish  Welfare Foundation.
Remarks were presented • by:, Edward  Schlezin|er, Pr&ident of the Foundation and-^e UJFC; William L.
¦iGlicf,'jPresident, Jewish FamiSService, and Ben:M. .H^i^eikorn, Executive' Director of the three groups that share the new building. Rabbi  Nathan  Zelizer,
Israel Independence Celebration Sunday
-Mr. Richard D. Rogovin, Chairman of the Israd In- depoidence t}ay Plani^ Gonunlttee, issues a cordial in¬ vitation to the Columbus coinmunity to attend all events of the cdebration of the 2aad anniversary of the founding of the State of Israd.
The cdebration will take many  forms  in  various > places over the dty.
Qn Sunday, May 10 at U :30 ajn. in front of the Jewish Center, by the Menorah, the Cdumbus Board of Rabbis is sponsoring a Memorial Service for those who fell in the three wars of :Israd.
llimday. May 11, at 7:30 pjn., Beth Jacob Synagogue, 1223 College, will be the host to a fine program to indude as featured sp^er,' Rabbi Arthur      J.      Leiyveld,
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Richard Rogovin
warplanes had stayed away from the'Suez Canal zone but that during the past two weeks, Soviet, pilots have been scrambling into attack formations at dmost every potential approach by an Israeli plane into Egyptian air space beyond the canJal zone. The official an¬ nouncement on April 29 said that "so far," the Soviet- piloted planes had not been involved in air combat in the canial region.
Hie announcement noted that m Maroh the Soviets began inst^llmg SAAl-3 anti¬ aircraft ods^es in iBgypt manned bx,^^et personnd and addetfj^flvWjafe twin Soviet m<^i^ mid "already enabled Egypt to increase its aggressive acts against Israd."
While Soviet-piloted planes have not interfered with Israeli almost daily air strikes at Egyptian positions ih the canal zoife, theu- presence has freed Egyptian pilots for hew attacks pn Isradi positions on tlie canal and inside the Sinai penin¬ sula. The Isradi repoHs appeared tb be based on mtercepted radio Jnessag'es. Sovid pilots Appealed'to be communicatiiig m Russian ddiberately to let. Israeli pilots know they werel pilotuig Egyiitian planes.
ON MAYI3
Mr. Epstdn has given 108 pints of blood, which is 13 1/2 gal; He gave his first phit in NY In 1941, then came to Columbus hi 1942 ahd has given ever smce. In 1942 he gave at> thei old Blood <%nter at Spring and High St.
Mr. Epstein is 60 years old and lives with his wife, Sally.^ they have 2 daughters and he works for Social Seciirity. He belongs to Agudas Achim. Mr, Epstein said, "he wished there were a way to wake np the Jewish Community to give blood regularly and how important it is, and how good it makes you feel after giving." ^
May 13,. will be the next have been so successful, all Jewish Blood Drive, at the members of the Columbus Jewish center. All members Jewish community are of the conununity are urged entitled to free blood without to participate. the necessity of
"Hie Red Cross has in-^replacement. However due stituted a program designed to the increase in population to encourage "pre-depbsit" and the greatly expanded of blood, entitling a patient to need, it has became in- blood when needed, thus creasingly difficult to meet preventing a dday in the the quota. Therefore, it is supply when an emergency iniperative that the 1970 occurs. drive be a resounding suc-
Because the Blood Drives cess.
Scout-0-Rama 70, BiggeA Scout Show
Upwards of 40,000 persons are expected to be in attendance Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, at the Ohio Expositions Ctenter in Columbus for the "Biggest Scout Show Ever," - Scofl»e-Rama '70.       ' .
Participating in the.colorful event will be some 8,000 to 10,000 Boy Scouts trom nine counties which comprise the Central Oiiio Council ofthe Boy Scoutst>( America. ^
Scout-O^Rama '70 will be .'_!,--_P staged in the l|^ti-Purpose Building on ^he State Fairgrounds. Th^ big Scout show will run from 1 to 9 p.m. - on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5r30 p:m. Sunday. ,;
, Tickets are $1 per person and may be purohased fi^hi' any pby Scout in the Central Ohib Council whicli includes troopj? in - Frankliii, 'Pickaway, .-Faicfield, Ddaware, Union,' Hbcking, Fayette, Highland ' and Madison Counties.
Boy Scouts,. Girl Scouts and" Campfire' Girls   in
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unifonn will be admitted free to Scout-O-Rama . '70 when accompanied by an adult ticket holder as will be children uiider the age of 11.
Scout-O-Rama will also featiire exhibits by area law enforcement agencies, in¬ dustry, conserv'ation agencies., and local per¬ sonalities.
Two special attractions at the two-day Scput ex¬ travaganza Will be an inter- Dehomin^tional , Religious ¦ ServJce at 9 a.ni. Sunday and Explorer Road ' Rally beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday.-
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