Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-01-08

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Roblii Rubelbstein Named To Committee
"Guardian," \ Rabbi Nalhan Zelizer, Chairman of the Columbus Board of istic voyage of the five gun- ^^-Rabbls, announced recently the appointment of Rabbi Israel, noted that this latest       Samuel W. Rubenstein to serve on the UJFC 1970 Campaign
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Pictured abwe are: 'left to right, seated; Mrs. Murray EbnerfAd Book; Mrs. Norman Brody, Pres.; standing, Mrs. Harvey Rosenberg, Ad Book, and Mrs. Eli Estreicher, Publicity.
Raonono Planning Dinner Donee
"In this "Ihne of' crucial struggle, Israel Iboks to you for increased .serVice and dedication to help build a strong, secure Israel. Your support in the past en¬ couraged us; your redoubled efforts will how strengthen us." The-Israel Executive Staff and Mosadot, Mizrachi Women's Organi^ati^ of America,'cabled these words to the. recently held 44th annual convention of Mizrachi Women of America.
' In an effort to fulfill this charge,' Raananayj'oung women's chap^rer of Mizrachi, is making an all-, out attempt this year to sponsor' an outstanding evening for their for¬ thcoming dinner-dance. Raanana's major Jund raising project will be neld on Jan. 24 at Beth Jacob Synagogue, with cocktails being served at 8 p.m. dnd dinner at 8:30. , Guests for the evening will
be treated to the musical enjoyment of Marcia Polevoi and Jean Roth, an unusually talented diuq from Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Polevoi is well known for her .vocal int. terpretations of Jewislqi. music. Currently,. Miss Polevoi is soloist for th'e Cleveland Jewish Singing Society and the Mayfieid Temple.
Jeail Roth is recognized as an authority of Jewish folk music. She iias lectured on the origins of folk music and has amassed one ,of the' largest collections of Jewish music in Cleveland. Mrs. Roth is choir- director for, severfd temples. She writes and arranges music and is one of the few women to conduct her own orchestra.
The Jewish task and ultimate goal of Mizrachi's Youth Aliyah program is for the rescue and aliyah of children from the Diaspora who are threatened by the danger of loss of their Jewish identity and consciousness, by the perils of assimilation 'and  spiritual'' annihilation.
Reservations can be made- by.calling: Mis'. Keve Zians, 866-4453 or Mrs. Norman .Brody, 23^-2714.
Generol Allon Talks On VS Peace Plan
NEW YORK, (WUP)-In- tervi'ewed in his neWiOld City apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall hy TIME correspondent JKirlin Leviii, Dejputy PrefiOer Yigal Allon gave some pertinent replies to the latest U.S. proposals for a ¦ Middle ,East peace settlement.
Published -in the Jan. 5
issue of'TIMi^^.sj''^'''''^^''^ former General's statements, citeij belctw,t»Yill undoubtedly be *read by President Nixon and his Cabinet members: On Jerusalem
that East Jerusalem as well as substantial parts of the West Bank were never part and parcel of Transjordan of the Kingdom of Jordan? They were conquered by the invading Jordan army in 1948, contrary t? the, UN partition resolutidn of 1947, which established'in in¬ dependent Arab' and Jewish .^tate, (and set up Jerusalem as an international city). The Jordanians annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and then refused access to our holy sites. Now.
-^ LONDOl commentii boats from' vital additiol in thei area
,"Orle COI seaborne ffiissile force," the piiblication stated, "is that a Russian warship will not neces^arQy'be safe unless it is flying the Russian flag. The Israeib\will not sink a Russian warship but they wou]d,Tmd,'now can, sink the same warship after it has hoisted'an-JSgyptian flag or a Libyan one. V.
WASHINGTON (WNS) ->-Areport in the Department of Commerce publication, ^tematiopiii Commerce, noted that Israel continued tq pl<eseni "an extremely favorable outlook for United Stat^ commerical and investment interests for 1970." The report noted that the U.S. would continue to be Israel's largest single , supplier and that the nation would continue to maintain a high grawfUi rate.
TEL AVIvTWfS) - Histadrut,'the General Labor Federation of. Israel, has 'contributed $5,000 to the General ElecUric strikers in the United States. A message noting support for the strikers demand for ' free collective bargaining was also sent with the funds.
St. PAUL, Minn., (WUP) - More than 280 students and faculty members from the lociX area seminaries left for Israel last week in an ecumenical study tour to last>two weeks. '"•.'¦ -.,
BOSTON, (JTA) - Richard Cardinal Cushing, the ~' ¦Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, criticized the > Nixon Administration this week for changing its policy toward brael. The Cardinal warned that United States ¦^^ttorts to seek a Middle East settlement in coUaboratipn with Russia, Britaifi^nd Ffance, "May end in calamity foTfsrael." He called for "face to face
^negotiations" between Jsrael and the Arabs as the only effective way to achieve feal peace." '
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Dr. Nahum GJoldman, " meeting with Press EWtors oh the eVe of the World Jewish Congress meeting herei sai^^e Soviet Union's attitude in the mid-east has be(^ome more unbending because" Egypt's President Nasser Iras become more iniflexible. Dr. Goldman s^id' any concession ,on Nass^'s part may lead to a revolution against him by ySSiger officers. "V
JWV Urges Nixon To Act Concerning Libya
WASHINGTON, D.C. - National Commander Bernard Direnfeld of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA has requested President Richard M. Nixon to take steps to prevent "any items of military or strategic value from falling into the hands of the radical, leftist Libyaiv$!ovem- ment when welibandon the Wheelus Air Vofce Base.^"
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^ The JWV Commander said that he wrote the President because of "profound shock over the revelation that a windfall of $85 million in military equipment will be given \gratis to Libya, ,a government that has kicked us dut in -a most offensive and prejudiced manner."
Commander Direnfeld noted that Libya has aligned itself with Egypt and the radical Arab states while contributing financially and merging its resources for what Libyan officials term "the liquidation" of Israel,- He pointed'out that equip¬ ment and supplies aban¬ doned by the^United-States might be us!^"not only for military operations agaihst Israel ,but also to facilitate th'6 establishment df a Soviet air base on Labyan soil."
'The President was asked to instruct State Department officials negotiating the transfer     of     Wheelus,
Advisory Commjttee as liaison between Uie Board of Rabbis and the UnitecCJewish Fund and Council, for the purpose of assisting the UJFC'in the conduct of the forthcoming cam¬ paign.   .   '
Rabbi RubenstefnVwHo is spiritual leader of the Agudas Achim' Congregation, ' was'. ..'the recipient of the 1969 iRab- blnical Award of the UJFC, and as such, attended the 38th General Assembly of the Nationaf Council of Jewish Fedeiytions and Welfare Fundy, h'eld recently in BoVlon, While ther^ he joined other Rabbinical Award recipients from ihore than 35 communities throughout the United States and Canada, to discuss, among other sub¬ jects, how the religious leaders   of   these   com-
Tour Israel
Rabbi Rubenstein
munities could assist'in strengthening and in¬ tensifying support of 4heir memberships to the ceiitral federation in many areas, •- including' fund-raising.-
Rabbi Ruhe'nsfein has been Inl^ragLseveral times,..*' most recently as a member of thc National United Jewish Appeal Rabbinical Mission in the Winter of 1963^ ¦*¦
In a statement Issued by Sol D. Zelll General Cam-
NEW YORK - Editors and publishers of twenty-seven I paign Chairman,- the ap American Jewish pomtment of Rabbi newspapers left for Israel by Rubenstein was hailed as a El Al OT Sunday-afterhooo. "major,step in cementing January A'Ofia tour of the^'he relationship between the
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French Policy
Criticized
. NEW YORK,' - The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations charged that JPYench foreign policy put France "at tbe side of Russia' in fanning the fires of con¬ flict in the Middle East."
'' In a 4 telegram to French Ambassador Charles Lucet in Washington, the Jewish. leadership group'said it was "dismayed by the evident pro-Arab > aad..antiFlsj:«eU stand or>.th»)iCIOKeitnit»nkPf France; Uitfi'^'TOvoin cn' Noting     that    French i
.President Georges Pom¬ pidou was planning a visit to the U.S. early next year, the Conference declared:.
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country '^jponsored by the Jewish Agency for. Israel. JVIilton jlnnsky editor of the Ohio Tliewish Chronicle, accompanied by his wife, are among the participants on the tour.
Organized by the American. Section of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the editors while, in Israel are the guests of the Organization and la- formation Department of the Jewish Agency, headed by Avraham Schenker. TMs ^s the first tour of Israel especially arranged for editors and publishers of the American Jewish press. While in Israel, those par¬ ticipants who are members of the American Jewish Publishers Association will devote one day to their an¬ nual meeting.  ^, -
In Israel, the "editors will visit border areas'at the Suez Canal, the Gdtan Heights and tour the West Bank, in¬ cluiding Nablus, Ramallah and Jericho. They will be the guests for dinner <)f Aluf Raphael Vardi, -Military Governor of the West Bank, who will address them on: "The Military and Civil Administration of the West ..Bank," ,   ,'
The editors will meet with leaders of the government an(i the Jewish Agency-Mto-
UJFC and, the religious leaders of tjie community." "We welcome 'the ap¬ pointment," continued Mr. Zell,;"as a recognition on the pari of our rabbis of their role and responsibility in the hard-iiilting Campaign we must wage for funds in Columbus this year, if thc needs ol our local, national and overseas- agencies. and institutions at-e to be met.
In .addition, the strong ties which bind all Jews to Israel art' pari of our religious hcnluge. and who holler th:iii our Rabhis can make this fell by all ol us? The addilioitol Rahbi Kubunsloiii tl)', tW l!>7() Campaign "TeamJSijKiiradd an im¬ portant nqw plus to the drive in 1970,
As   hiV  fu'.'.l   act   .sint'c assiimj^K   hi.s   position   as Ijaisnn,   Kabbi   Rubenstein h:is designated the Sahhiilli .j,, ol    Parsha    "Terumah," Fruliiy, and Saturday, Feb i:) aiKl 14 as United Jewish Fund and Council Synagogiio SablKilli, lo be observeil in ull SyiuiKogiics and Temples throiighoul Iho ciinmiunil.v Speeial   si'rnions   will   ijo  ' preaclied,      and      guest s|)('iikt'i's will be iiiviled to e\|il:iin the diinoii'fiiiMs oi the needs to be mot this year." osiieclally In Isi'fiel, where UU''   coiitiiiuiiif<     ciilifeai
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