Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-11-04

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VOL. 49 NO. 42
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.','     ¦    '     -¦' NOVEMBER 4; 1?71 - CHESHVAN 16     \
PARIS (JTA)—Forty-five intellectuals, including four Nobel Prize winners, have issued ei,-joint Open ito- calling upon (he Soviet Union to release risoners from jail, lift cultural restrictions and permit' sia's Jews to freely leave their country. The 45 itKlud«l Nobd Pri^e winners Jean-Paul Sartre, Rene sin( Alfred'Kastler and Andre Kwoff. This appeal "provoked the #nger of the "France-USSR Friendship League" wnidi, in a counter communique,^ termed the ^.^__ ^gnatories bf the appeal "bearers of a policy which , y^~'-*;«i^ characteristic of fascism and Nazism." This, despite the fact that among tte signatories are well kiiown leftist figures, including Vercors, the former resistance poet:'.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Tlie Jewish population of the
world a^W end of 1970 was an estimated 13,950,875, an
increase bf 75,225 over tte preceding year, according to
he i97i "Ainerican Jewish Year Book," published by
lie Anierican Jewish Committee'and the Jewish
^blicatiori Society of America. The Jewish population
for tte United States at the end of last year,
'5)fl70,000i was rqi^te^i from ' the previous year's
figures pending completion of a statistical ^tudy.
The Jewish population of Israel, exclusive of the
occupied Arab' territories, rose from 2.497,000 tb
2,560,000. Following areii the. fluctuations in selected
. countries: IlieSovlet Union, leyd at 2,620,(K)0;FraniBe,
iq[i 15,0(10 to 5SiO,obO; Poland, down 6,000 to 9,000; Egypt,
steady at 1,000; 'Syria, level at 4,000; Iraq, level at
2,500. European Jewry, increased from 4,030,950 to
. 4,046,150, but its percentage of the popula^on remained
'at 5.5.
Abba [ban's Remarks 9Slm\ Show Draw Storm Of Protest
Jewish Migration To Israel Depends On Middle East Peace Says K^osygin
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you   some,"   he   told   tfae CTanadian lawmakers.
As to Jews who have been imprisoned, Kosygin, said he knew of no cases or names. He said Ke personally could not undertake to free a particular individual for¬ mally convicted by the courts. He said his govern¬ ment had problems witt "an insignificant minority." Emigration, he said, "is not . tremendous, b^ittfiey make a lot of trouble and when they come the^ (to Israel) there are no jobs waiting for ttem They are without money and some of theih have applii for re-entry to tiie Sovi< Union." .\
At another point, Kosygin said, "Do yoM want me^^to give you the number of those who have; ai^lied for re^> entry?" But he gave no figures. He mentioned 500
Russians who teve applied to Canadi), but did not in¬ dicate whether any jdH ttem were Jews. Some members of the two House committees judged ; Kosygin to be favorably inclined toward considering earlier proposals for tte reunification of Soviet Jews
Jews Comp^^ L^i
JERUSALEM,   (JTA)-A storm of protest descended on Forei^ Minister Abba Eban as a  result of his remark on the David Frost tdevision show in New York Oct. 18 ttat he personally did not consider it 'important whether Nazi criihinals still "^ large were captured and brought to trial.  Eban's words, were   no   sooner, broadcast on Kol Israel radio tere than the switchboards tegan to light up with calls from   listeners   expressing aiiger and diagrin .over the opinion expressedby Israel's top-ranking diplomat. The most bitter reaction came from       spokesmen    . of organizations   of  anti-Nazi resistance fighters,  ghetto fighters and concentration camp survivors.
Eban,   returning   to   Tel Aviv, told, newsmen it was "evil"  tife way his  TV statement was broadcast in Israd. He denied saying that te did not favor the con- .   tinuation of trials of Nazi war criminals. "What I did say  was  that  facing  the immense trageijy of the holocaust I cannMtl^ink of revenge or indemnification by   trials   of   mis.cirable criminals," Eban saidr He , stressed that he supports the' trials of war oriminals, supports legislation against Nazis and could only en- coMTa'ge those governments that try Nazi criminals. But the    magnitude    of    the holocaust cannot be gauged o^ by   the   trial   of   some ) criminals, l^e added. Eban "^ said oil tiie Frost ^ow, taped last wedc, that he did not oppose the trials of Nazi criminals who hap'pened to
be captured but that the subject "hardly interests me" becaiise Nazi crimes are not "capable of i^- piatioh." "I don't real care,'' he sqid, if "gomi wretched man in Paraguay or Brazil" is captured or not. Hillel Zeidel, a member; of the Histadrut Execiitive and a W^rld War JI partisan, tdegraphed Premier Golda Meir urging her to formally dissociate^her. government from   Elian^'' stiatement.
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OTTAWA,   (JTA)-Sovlet
• Premier Alexei N. Kosygin made it clear Oct. 20 that substantial Jewish migration to Israel froin the Soviet Union was fionditional oh peace being'achiev^-iii' the Middle East. The visiting^ Russian leader made that statement at a closed Parliamentary session at which members of the Hou^e of Commons' external/af-
• fairs 'and defense^om- mittees questioned^ him closely on the cmpitioifs of Jews in the l^K and his government'sipolicy toward them. Kosygin's replies were relayed to the press by Ian Wahn, chairman of the External Affairs Committee. Kosygin said: "There are no restrictions   to   emigration
. except, one. Israel is oc- ciiiiying Arab lands and there will be no peage in .tfie Middle   East   until   Israel    ¦   <    ¦        ' >¦ ¦   r     -A      -i      ¦
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large, the Soviet Jews ap- ^,—/w    _i=^
plying for emigration were
of military age and  had
undergone military training
and on going to Israel would
in all probability join the
army of an "aggressive
power." "When peace will
come, the situation will
radically change," Kosygin
leelared. . /
/Asked what he nieant l(>y
pea'cei the. Soviet Premier
said fulfillment of Resolution.
242 of the Security Council.
He strongly defended his
government's treatment of
minorities,    "there. are
dissidents in every country
and if you wish we can sen*
with their families in Canada, \he<' Jewish Telegraphic Agency was told, "ihe proposals were submitted to .^Kosygin' in Moscowj lasil May by Canadian / Prmie Minister Pierre Ei^nlit/Trudeau. Asked by yOie MPS about
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NEW YORK (JTA)— 'Although Jews are con¬ sidered oite bf the three major religious groups in the United States, they are less than 3 percent of the total population, and in faipt, are undergoing, a continuQ^ dedine in prbportioo, as the' tptalpbpukitiim grows, at a faster rate than do the Jews"
Soviet^reiedom Bus To Arrive
An,event unique in the iiistory of theJJewish com-, munity. of (Silumbus •\yill ; take plate on Siinday, Nov. 14 and Monday, Nov. 15 wi^ the arrival .(Of the SOVtET FREEDOM BtiS.
The Bus is jon a two-mbnth journey tq' \,: 30 • cities throughout the-country, and it is a mari^of distinction and' privilege to: have had Columbus chosen as one of these cities. It left Seattle, Wash., on Opt. J3 and will.be on the road until.the;middle of December..^ s'   ,   , .
Tsipora Wolfe ahd Ilia Wolk are the twb young Soviet aetfvists who are travelling with the bus, with three Americancompaniohs. ¦A special exhibit.'of signs,' posters and photographs will be dispteyed.on a mobile platform .attached to the Bus, tind, in addition, the Russians wijl be .speaking before several groups while in Columbus.
. The, Bus is scheduled ta
' arrive   in ' Columbus   ori
Sunday afternoon, atJ^Eim
and will be stationed atithe
Jewisfa Center. A mammoth
•<M)mmUnity-wide Rally will be -held on the ^Center gi-qunds from 4 until 6 p.m. at which the Russian young.
'people Will speak. ¦,:.;.
Sponsors of the<;/Sciyiet, Freedom Bus incUideiithe.f Council of Organizaubiis of?
, the'tJnited JewisW^Futel and- Council, and sIlLVof its member organizations; the Cominunity Relations CdmmiHee of the UJFC, the Jewish Center and Youth Groups   attaciied  to   the'
.Center, and the Hillel Foundation at. Ohio State University, dhairman of, the Council's Committee on Soviet Jewry,". Harold Schottenstein, will, extend greetings on' behalf of the
. community.'       ;' :•
The Bus will be at Hillel for a special program from 7 til 10 p.m. on Sunday evening. Present plans also' include stationing the Bus on the ¦State House Grounds on Moijday morning until ap-
'  proJdmately.H a.in,, with a Suitable presentation, there.
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Gordon Zacks, General Chairman .of the 1972 Campaign of the United Jewish Fund and Council, announced today the ap¬ pointment of Morris- Fleish¬ man as Chairman of- the Trades & Professions Division for the coming drivel po-Ctatof}9n^df*'the Division (wffl^he Heini Hoffmais.^ /
Mr. Fleishman has ^>een adtive in the United Jewish Fund aiiai^ngil^^inpaign - for m^y yearsriSa^ttrorker, - Vice Ciiairman and chair¬ man of the Food Division. He isa member of the Board of Trustees   of; the   UJFC. Second Vice President of tte Agudas Achim BrotterhciOd, he . has aecmi' in various 'CapaeitiS tiMre;'as weU as with the Jewish Center. He is a member of B'nai B'rith Ziop Lodge, of Big Brothers, Blue    Lodge,    Y.M.C.A., Meh's   p.R.T.,   and   the ' Sports^ans Clul). '", TheTra^es & Professions I^iv^pn isthe largest in the Campaign    Organization,. With a total of nearly 2,000 prospects, divided along industry./   trade   and   or pfbfessioifial. linies.   It  en- compasses:every man in tte communityj over-the age' of 35., and includes Ohio State University, Jewish faniilies in outlying towns, retirees^, -as w'ell as men active in. various     business     and professions. To reach this number, of pieople,' a .vast army of workers is required, aiid the Division annually utiliz'es   volunteers   who number in the hundreds.
"This year," said Mr. Fleishman, "we' have decided to give the Division a new look. For tte first time/ we're organizing the'entire structureof theDivision, and
.   ration
So condudes Pnrf. Sdn^ Gddstdn bf tte Department of   Sociology   at   Brown Umveroity ih Providoice, in tte   article.   "American. Jewry, 1970: A Demographic"^ Prbfile"    in   4he • 1971 lerican   Jewish   Year. Book, a co-publication of the Americah   Jewish   Com" mittee   and   the   Jewish Publication    Society    of .America.
Between ISBO and the mid- 1920s, Goldstem writes, the JlVmerican Jewish. popUfaitian ^^iri(^rased frbijf 'jjindei^ a quarter-millipn^ (;:^ plreent of the populatiian)   to' an estiii(iit«l J^ mlUioii-(3.6 percent)^ "rfai? phenomenal ' growfli,"  he noted.^ ''con¬ verted tte Jewish popuiation in  AiKjigrica  from   an   in-
1 ifican|j^iiiority, „ t( smaU to prablishai more complex ttan localized ^ Jewish communal Ii^istb1:|ir' substantialV and'S^vijbr)
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MORRIS FLEISHMAN
changing the format of our solicitation completdy and? radically. Mr. HofTman and I will' be Woikuig basicaUy with three major units, along witlkthe regular Sectims we have had for years. These three linits mcli^e MER¬ CANTILE, with Irving Chasin as ^h^rman;   IN-
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national Mfaetyakn sub-J' siwiety.?s^".'¦-:'¦¦ '' .'¦•¦•, But from a pereditage, high of 3.7 ia 1937, the Jewisli population has decreased to around 2.9.percait last year. Goldstein, attributes the dedine largdy: to a "lower Jewish . birthrate, coupled with a decreasing im-. migration rate sincel World War li.. But numbers are not the most important ^- sideratiAi,   Goldstdn' con-
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Ambassador Bi^b Accepts 100,000 Petitions For Soviet lewish ffights
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)—United States Ambassador George Bush aiccepted this week 100,000 petitions for Soviet Jewish rights that were rejected the day before by th.e Soviet Embassy ^ in Washington. The petitions demanded ^viet observance of the "clear and unequivocal. . . essential human right" of Emigration expressed in the United Nations Charter, and urged the Kremlui to "stop your inhuman persecution of the  JeWs  in  the Soviet
Uniok".
The signers induded' 70 Congressmen. The petitions were presented to Bush by PfiillpE. Hoffman, president of tte American Jewisb Committee; Rep. Sidney R. Yates (D.IU.). a colleague itf Bush's wjioijlb^ envoy was a' Congressman; Enoch and Marjorie Silversteta of Chicago, who unilateiaUy. printed appeals and laun¬ ched the signature drive (he is an official of.the Com¬ munity Council .or Jewish
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