Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-09-23

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' VOL; 49 NO. 37
SEPTEMBER 23, 1971 - TISIIREI 4
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'nii: AVIIITIC IIOISK WASillMiTDS
Fellow Amari(c«ns of the Jewish Faith obaerve the High Holy Days aad welcome the coining of a new year on your calendar at a time when the challenges we face as a nation make the self-examination and spiritual rededi¬ cation that are so traditionally a part of your observatlce .particularly relevant not just for you, but for every citiaen.
We are in the midst of an era in which each of us is called upon to do his p^rt ih making sure that the less    i fortunate among us receive every opportunity to gain self-f«ilfillment in their lives and thus better contribute to the strength and vitality of our society as a whole.
Throughout.the ages.man has consistently been uplifted and fortified by an adherence to religious belief and by the inspiration and capacity for perseverance that he derives from it.   A remarkable sense of justice, dignity and decency has placed the American Jewish community . in the vanguard of every major endeavor to enhance the quality of life for all our citizens.
In this Holy Season as ybu reassess the meatjing of your daily lives in the light of the rich traditions yoh, cherish, I know that not just you, but ourlrTlrtienr-^KdU benWit.
M Supreme Court To Abolish Death Penalty As Violation Of Amendment 8
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Annual Meet TremeniJous Success
More than'300 people at¬ tended the annual meeting of the United Jewish Fund and Council «n Sunday evening, Sept. 12, at Temple Israel, to pay tributJEj'tdjMr. and Mrs. Jack S. Resler, and to hear Irving   Blum,   prominent national leader of Baltimore, Maryland, speak on the Search for Jewish Identity. The meeting was preceded by a dinner held at Oonka's, at which awards and Cer¬ tificates were presented to the  following:   Mrs.   Fred Luper, the  Theresa  Stem Kahn   Young   Leadership Award;  Gordon B.r Zacks, Martin    Hoffman,    Mrs'. Melvin N. Furman, Donald L.    Katz, f Ms.    Gerald. Swedlow,  Carl Erkes and Jeff   Glassman,   for   their leadership   in   the   1971 Camjpaign. Justice Leonard ,_J. Stern  presented Mrs. Luper with her award. Ben Goodman,   General   Chair¬ man, distributed the Cer¬ tificates   of   Honor   to   the leaders   of   the   various Divisions in the Campaign. Rabbi   Jerome   Folkman gave the invocation at the ,' meeting at Temple Israel, where Mrs. Raymond Kahn, , Chairman of the Planning Committee,      presided. Marvin     L.     Glassman, President  of  the   UJFC,' conducted   the   meeting, I which included recognition ¦ of all awarchwinners, and the presentation of the report of the nominating committ^ by   Edward   Schlezinger, chairman,,,,Off iwsrs ,,e,lected included:      MarViri      L. Glassman, President, Sidney L Blatt, pUiam L. Glick, and Normah Meizlish, Vice Presidents, Jack S. Resler, ;  Secretary, Morris L. Mat¬ tiin, Treasurer, and Edwin
Ellman, Associate Treasurer. An appropriate plaque was presented to Samuel M. Melton, who was retiring as Treasurer of the UJFC and of the Columbus Jewish Welfare Foundation after many years of seryice. The Distinguished Com¬ munity Service. Award was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Resler, following filmed presentation of events in their lives which highlighted their many contributions to the welfare of both the Jewish \ and general communities. The Award was in the form of a large silver Passover/plate, beautifully   etched''with
WASHINGTON - The American Jewish Congress and the Synagogue Council of, America, which represents the country's major Orthodox, Con¬ servative and Reform r a b b i n i ca I ' and congregational bodies, have asked the Supreme Court to abolish the death penalty as a violation of the Eighth Amendment's^ prohibition agaiiist "cniel and unusual punishment."
In a friend-of-the-court brief, Jhe Jewish organizations said their opposition to the death penalty was based "on the demands of contemporary American democratic standards" and was also . rooted "in ancient Jewish tradition." They cited Talmudic sources to show that as a practical matter, conviction in a capital case was "virtually impossible" under Jewish law.
the lavir brief is addressed to four capital punishment cases which, the Supreme Court will hear in its October term. Two of the four cases — Jackson v. Georgia and
Branch v. Texas — deal with imposition of the death peiiaity for nonhomicidal rape. The other two — Aikens v. California and Furman v. Georgia — in¬ volve capital punishment imposed for murder.
The Jewish groups urged the court to rule the death penalty unconstitutional in cases of nonhomicidal rape even if the justices were unwilling to  declare  it  a
disproportionate punishment for murder,
The Synagogue Council is composed of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council -of America, Orthodox; the United Synagogue of America and the Rabbinical Assembly, Conservative, and the Union of Anierican Hebrew Congregations and
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MARVIN L. GLASSMAN
scenes depicting the Exodus from Egypt,' mounted on black velvet and suitably framed, with an engraved plate describing the nature
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REW Begins Tonight
Tonight begins this year's Religioiis Emphasis Week evening sessions at the Beth jJacob Synajgogue, 1223 Cdllege Avenue,
Guest speaker for tonight will be Professor David Mirsky, Dean of Stern Golle!ge for Women and noted author and scholar. He ^ill be answering the questioii, "Is the Jewish Family "threatened by Women's Lib?" This will be in keeping with this year's theme, "Torah Judaism Looks at Women's Lib."
On Sunday morning there will be a Talis and TefiUih Club breakfast and session with Rabbi David Stavsky.
Lib Compatible with Jewish tradition?"
Refreshments will be served at, the conclusion of both sessions. They will be prepared by Ithe Beth Jacob Sisterhood under the chairmanship of Mrs. Julius Cohen and Mrs. Samuel Kandel.;
Mr. Irvin Flox, Chairman of REW, invites the com¬ munity to join with Rabbi Stavsky," himself and the Religious Empheisis Week Committee in another series of inspiring and uplifting HEW programs.
Free literature will be available at each ,session.
There      will solicitations  of
'be funds
no but
Sunday evening  at  8:30
REW Ssiiriil   b&^r.r W
Emanuel Raol|,an, Pf6vosf   ^^If-^l^IT.'f'lf ?, '^. Goldfarb,
of Yeshiva University and an author in the fields of Jewish life and political science who will speak on "Is Women's
helps'" support  iftEW may
send his check to the Beth
Jacob    Synagogue, 1223 College Avenue.
Head Of GOlO Bonds Speaker
Yehuda Hellman, Executive Director of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish' Organizations, and former United Nations correspondent and com; mentator, will speak at Agudas Achim and Beth Jacob. Congregations on Ytirn Kippur in/behalf of the ^tate of Israel Bond Drive's High Holiday Appeal, it was announced by Irving Baker, Columbus High Holiday Chairman. Rabbi Joseph Vilenski will focus his Kol Nidre remarks toward the need for Israel Bond sales to round out the orthodox congregation's efforts in 1971 to help meet the One Million ' dollar goSl set by the Cplumblfs Israel Bond Committee.
Local committees working with Mr. Baker are led by Bdn Grinblatt, Beth Jacob ' Chairman, who is assisted by Sanford Timen, Martin " Hoffman, Df. - Charles Young, Michael Rosenberg, Morris Weinstock, and Martin Schecter. Harry Greenblott heads the Agudas Achin^i Bond Committee working with Mrs. Pauline Eisenman, Leon Berman, Norman- Mathless, Howard Schoenbaum, Abe Gletzer, Morris Fleishman, Sam Eizman, Arthur Meizlish, Alvin Ruben; 'Dlrf'^.B. Morris   IVi^ridel,
Wsident,     ahd";'«t;6uis .Vice-President.
Inquiry Into Events At Attica Called For By Organizations
New York, New York— The lay and rabbinic bodies of American Reform Judaism have called for an immediate interreligious inquiry into the events at Attica and an all-out drive by America's Catholics, Protestants and Jews to bring. about meaningful prison reforms' in our nation's  penal  institutions.
/fhe.Commission jon Social
Action of Reform Judaism, a
joint body of the Union of
^iherican      Hebrew
YEHUDA HELLMAN
Schottenstein. Chairman of the reception was Agudas Achim Brotherhood Chairman,      Daniel      B.
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Congregations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, stated that they were in com-'' munication with other religious groups and clergymen and hoped that within the next few days a meeting could be held to form such an investigative body; the- Commission stated that such a group would work in cooperfition with penologists, psychiatrists, lawyers and other experts in the techniques of social reform.
The Commission ex¬ pressed the hope that there would be no "further repression" against the , inmates, adding "Prisoners are not animals to be beaten back into their cages. If the revolt at Attica teaches us anything, it is that what our society desperately needs is reform not repressive patterns of behavior which emanate from our own anger and sense of frustration."
The religious group called the Attica incident "a tragic symbol of the profound moral failure of our society" and demanded that an ob¬ jective and hon&t inquiry be held regarding the role of Governor Rockefeller and alleged false statements by
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Last Thursday Dr. Caplan spoke at 9 reception in his honor held ait the hom.e of Mr.  and  Mrs.. Alvin   E.
HAMBURG (WNS)-The daughter of a former Wehrmacht general declared that she had se^n Martin Bormann, Hitlers former deputy, in Russian hands soon after the Soviet occupation of Berlin. Bormann had apparently'been captured by the Russians in the Berlin subway. (Recently, Reinhardt Gehlen, a fdrniei; Nazi general who reportedly defected the US In¬ telligence near the end of the war, related in his meniOire?,that Bormann was aiSoviel agent.)      ^
;:  ; .NEW YORK (WNS')-Asbout 700 persons gathered in heavy rain here last week to urge the Umted States to "honor its moral obligations and speak out"  They, represented the StudentStriiggle for Soviet Jewry g;id
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^„ CHICAGO (WNS)-The National Coalition of 'American Nun has adopted a resolution expressing "strong support of the current status of Jerusalem under Israeli cpntrol" and opposing "any possible internationalization of the Holy City.'' There are about 180,000 nuns and the coalition is believed to speak for a majority.
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