Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-03-19

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VOL. 48, NO. 12
AAARCH 19, 1970 - ADAR 2, 11
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Peace Envoy At UN
I NEW YORK, (JTA) - Dr. Gunnar Jarring, the United States peace envoy to the ^Middle East, traveled this Veek from his permanent post as Sweden's envoy to Russia to begin talks at the UN with principals in the Mideast deadlock, A total news blackout covered the initial talk.s
Secretary General U Tliant said on Feb. 19 that there had been no developmenta, either in the Middle East, or stemming -^^m the Big Four talks on tfae Mideast at,the UN, to justify resumption by Dr. , Jarring of his mission.
Dr.  Jarring had  been
New 0roup Qf Jews Attack Moscbw Policy
LONDON (WNS) i- Thirtyfline Russian Jews have released a letter and /'open protest" against Moscow's anti- Israel and anti-Zionismcampaign and proclatined their "nght to remain Jews, to educate our children in the spirit of Jewish culture" and their readiness to emigrate to Israel on foot if necessary, Western hewsnien reported from the Soviet capital
Looking ahead to the Young Matron's Pathfinders Affair are, left to right, Mrs. Jerold Altman, Co¬ ordinator of Pathfmdersi Mrs. Eugene, Goldberg^ Colonel for Pathfinders; Mrs. Gerald Oberman^ IMrs. Robert Garek, and Mi:s. Stanley, Yenkin, all Co- chairmen of Pathfinders.
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The protest was the lat[e8t act by Russians asserting Oieir Jewishness and their desire to go to Israel. It was considered daHng because it was the first time Jews apecifically attacked the iSiviet's Mideast policy of support for: the Arabs and bitter^ denqunCciihents of Israel. The 39 Jews, all from Moscow and none prominent, also protested the arranged press con- femice at whidi 40 well- known Jews; appeared to support Russia's anti-Israel campaign. A statement signed by 52'leading Jews was f«ad at the conference. " The newsmen also reported that the -Soviet
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UN officials maintained total secrecy on the contents of Dr. Jarring talks with Thant and with Arab diplomats at the UN. They indicated that the news
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pjoi. at .the ;home- of jMrs. Stanley' Katz, 135 S. .{Park¬ view Avenue. I
Mrs, Stanley Yenkin, a co- chairman of the Pathfinders, will speak on the local needs supported by the UJF&C. An original skit by Mrs. Jerome Epstebi will be a part of the program. .
Dessert and coffee will be' served during the hospitality) hoiir preceding tbe meetiiig.
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Law Of Return Amendment Passed
JERUSALEM   (WNS)   -   The   Government-sponsored
amendment to the Law of Retum which defined a Jew ac¬ cording to the Halacha was passed by a 51-14 vote in the
Knesset after a stormy debate. The measure now classifies 'as a Jew those persons bom of . a Jewish mother or converted but it grants non-Jewish
spouses, theur children and grandchildren all rights and . privileges of immigrants including automatic citizenship.
The  law  also   doesn't . specifically   state    that
conversions must be made
only by Orthodox rabbis, . thereby recognizing Con¬ servative    and    Reform
conversions made abroad. Premier    Golda    Meir
alluded to thiis when sh^
appeared ajfter passage of
tne   amendment   at   the
convention, of  American
Reform rabbis in Jerusalem
and said that progress was
being made in easing Or,-
thodox rigidity. She noted
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Orthodox     conversions
abroad.       v The Orthodox parties in
the Kniesset, Agudath Israel
and Poalei Agudat Israel,
voted against the measurie . because - of   these   two
proylsions.   During   the
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WASfflNGTON, (JTA) - The Biblical city of Beersheba in Israel, where a completely planned new town is being built in the ancieni^ d^cnrt settlement, has been honored t^ the second R,&'^'*-'~--"- "—'• Award for comniunity arcliii Institute qf ^Architects annpuhci
The architects and plannei receive the internati,QnaI awardr:. .. sculpture in aluminimi "for the iMi^ of a community in which architectural planniiiganddesign have made a most significant contribiition".at the AlAS annual convention in Boston in June.
jplcis Memorial M^^i Americah
iheba will ^^OOOandanorigbial
debate MK' Rabbi Menachem Porush of the Agudat 'Israel assailed Reform Judaism as "anti- Zionist, anti-Jewish and anti- God" and in a fit whipped-qut a reform prayer bobk, spat on a page and threw it to the floor.
Minister of Justice Shimshon Shapiro im¬ mediately : afterward ihounted the Knesset rostrum and denounced the act as scandalous. He nioved that a comi^^tee consider disciplinary action against Rabbi Poru^.j But at this point, the Ralibi; apologized and explained that he' had lost his temper. He asked that the apology close the incident.     V
The mjBJority Labor Alignment, the National Religious Party and the
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NEW YORK, (JTA) - Gov. Nelson A. RoCkefeUer, a Republican, has caUed on the Republican national administration to provide Israel with sufficient military aid to "balance the scales" in the Mideast. It is "my own ficin conviction,'',<he told the United Hias Seryice 86th annual meeting ttiat :"Israei's strength,. Israel's security, Israel's siirvivai" are "vital to the free world," ahd that immediate military assistance iS "absolutely imperative." The Hias' presehied Cfov. RockeiFeller with.this year's Liberty Award.
PARIS, (JTA) - Remain Gary, the well kiiowri, author and former French diplomat, reY;es(|^ i^3tl|j^j.( has received hundreds of letters fromi^ench JeWs' urging him not to take a stand on France's dispute with Israel in order to avoid possible anti-Semitic reper¬ cussions. M. Gary, who is half Jewish, said in a letter published in the weekly Figaro Litteiraire that French Jews who raised tl^p^pectre of anti-Semitism over support of. Israel wer^, themselves cooperating with anti-Semitism and encOiu-aging racist feelings.^
He said the letters he had received were in response to his letter^ pidilished in Le Monde urging respect for everyone's righ't to an opinion. "To refuse to take a stand soils to avoid complications is the surest way to invite grave complications," he sajd.
He said i^rsoiis who used the threat of anti-Semitism .to stifle opinions wiere themselves anti-Semites. "I cannot believe there are many of this sort, for to believe that anti-S^initism can exist in France is not to believe in Prance himself," M. Gary wrote.
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) --The Kehilla building was tarbombed. Leaflets signed "Guai^ia Restauradora Nacionalista" were thrown around identifying the tarbonibers as. members of the neo-Fascist organization. The facade of the building was also smeared with letters. Though the incident was reported on local television, newspapers carried no , account of the incident. Several of the Jewish-owned buildings have been tarbombed in recent weeks.
Government newspapier Izvestia attacked five American and British correspondents because they reported the protest by the 39 Jews. Izvestia said, in a thinly veiled warabig, that the ' reporters were "regarded" as represen- tativies of news media. "Now we have leamed of tiieir second face. They, it turns out, also represent in- terndtional Zionism. But they were hot accredited in our country in this capacity, arid this should be reme.mbered," the newspaper said.
The newspaper, sup¬ porting^ Russia's campaign to aha#that Soviet Jews are happy and do not want to emirate, printed' a' letter from 102 religious Kiev Jews who affirmed their loyalty to Moscow and attacked Isradi Premier Golda Meir for asserting that Russian Jews want to emigrate.
Izvestia has also carried a statement signed by   11
religious and lay Jews .in. which they asserted that "the real motherland of Soviet Jews is bur native Soviet Union." The statement..was printed a few days after the press con¬ ference was held but before the ptotest by the 39 Jews. '
This statement was signed by   Moscow   chief   Rabbi, Yehuda Leib Levin, who had (Continued on Pagell)
Nixon's Delay Is
Disturbing
JERUSALEM, (JTA)~'rhe Israeli Cabinet met in special session this week to conslde;* President Nixon's unekplained "delay.'iii''an* nouncing his, decision on Israel's request to purchase more American Phantom' and Skyhawk Jets.
The delay was viewed with
"misgivings" according to
diplomatic sources here.
President Nixon said at a
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UJFC CAMPAIGN
« TIME FOR GREATNESS
By Rabbi Nathan Gaynor
-" What does it take to recognize a crisis? Do we need headlines blaring at us? Or the stentorian tones of radio and television reporters?
Have the daily tensions of life dulled our perception of the threat still facing Israel - three years after the Six Day War? , ¦
If we Jews don't give of our substance to Israel, who will? "If I am not tor myself, who will be for me?"
AnoT, if wie give for Israel we give not only that Israel may survive; but that the world's'hopes majs, survive. In an age of brutality and hopelessness, Israel proclaims the possibility of life for the downtrodden ' and the harried aiid the persecuted. "The very existence I of Israel is a celebration of hope over despair, of vic¬ tory of the human spirit over adversity. "If I am only for myself, what am I?"
The time to support Israel is now, not tomorrow - not next ye^i^. When we contribute to the.lIJFO Campaign, we are affirming our faith inithe fiJitllF^|f"iiii>i^]llKl:^of Israel but of the Jewish people. We iS^ow thfiComi^'the strength of Israel stands between stiivival and an¬ nihilation, '
Can we afford not to give generously to the cam¬ paign? Dare .we be small in an age which demands greatness of us? A generous response will be a demonstration to the world of oiir solidarity with Israel and of our faith that "the latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former." '   '
Give today that Israelmay survive and prosper. "If not now, whep?"
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