Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-05-20

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VOL. 4t NO. a
MAY 20, 1971-IVAR 2i
.intensive Center Nembcfsiiip Drive Starts This Sundi^
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The CcAter is about to Iwndi the most Intensive IMw Membership Drive in its 21 year hisiwy. The highli^t of the drive will be generous discounts in the various    membership
Harold Eddstdik, Drive Chairman, has stated, "The primary objective of ttiis <kive is to bring as many new members into the Center as possible during the 30^y period between May 23and June23. Inpariiciilar, we would like to offer the younger people of our communis a chanced b^ join the Center at a timeJ iriien they can derive maximum benefit from, their mem- berdnp".
Working with Harold Edelsteih is a cast of dozens
of workers. Each worker is given ten names to call of individuals who will have reoeivMi brochures prior to being called. Over 500 names have alrea^ been assigned/ and more prospective names are coming in each day. The goal ot the drive is^ZOO neW memliership units. Assisting the chairman are Howard Byer ataA Burt Sdiildhouse, members of the Cetiter's Executive Oommittee. - Ail Center staff are assigned to the drive under the leadership of Adult Services ' Director Eli Estreicher. If yoii or anyone you know would be in¬ terested in receiving a brochure, if' you have not been contacted yet, idease call tbe Center and a brochure will be promptly mailed to your home.
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LONDON (WNS)-Dr, William A. Wexler, president of B'nai B'rithy stating that "Israeli-Ani^can relations are causing anxiety to American Jews and to the world Jewish community," told the. 11th plenary. . session of the B'nai B'rith Intematimal Oqimcil "it may be necessary for American Jews to fight the administration over its attitude to Israel." .-.,;.
TEL AVIV (WNS)-:CommunicationV Minister Shimon Peres announced the World Bank has,.ap- pnjved a $15 million loan to build an expressway frbm Tel Aviv to'Jerusalem using the rivorbed of the almost dry Ayalon stream.
LONDON, (JTA>-John Cardinal Heenan, the ttoman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster,.received Mrs. Rivka Aldcsaiidrovich in audience on; May }1. She sought the Cardinal's help in connection with the detention andjmpending trial of her daughter, Ruth, in Riga. She said afterwtirds that her appjeal was based on humanitarian grounds and that she was "very satisfied" with the response of the Cardinal.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)~France made a dutiful effort this week, to improve relations with Israel as Am- I ^ssador Francis Hure conferred here with Premier Golda Meir. The meeting was. described as a return gesture for the recent visit in Paris between Israeli envoy Asher Ben-Nathan and President Georges. ' PDmtndou..' ¦' c ¦. .:i-.;ii>ci.»'i"f:*-s?*^-'','''«v^''"^'^^'''*'^?^'"^'
Roiers Denies Israel Ibt^^^^^^ in Event Of VloM^
WASHINGTON (JTA)- Secr^ary of State Rogers denied Sunday that Israel
' has asked the United States for guarantees in the event of
' anEgyptian violation of an interim agreement under
. which brael would pull'its forces bade from the Suez Caiial. Rogers appeared on the NBC television pirogram "Meet The Press." He was questioned twice about guarantees in connection with his recent visit to Israel and Arab countries and both times replied with a categorical "No." He said the "necessity for peace is so great" that the U.S. is prepared to play ia "responsible role" to achieve it but he would not elaborate. Rogers told thci newsmen that he saw "no signs of a slowdown" in the discussions underway for a Mideast settlement because pLithe presefntt^OlitiCJir upheaval in E^pt. He said
that to date there was "no indication that the govern¬ ment of Egypt is not in control:"
»J)Rogers was questioned iabout his meeting Monday with United Nations Secretary General IJ Thaht and UN mediatoir Dr. * Gunnar V. Jarring. He was asiced if the talks would deal in part with the transfer of the American role in the current negotiations for an ' interim settlemoit to Dr. Jarring. Rogers replied that he "would not put it that way." He said the U.S. was focussing the efforts for peace on the Jarring mission, based on the Security Council Resolution 242. He emphasized that the U.S. "wiU not interfere" with Dr. Jarring's efforts to reach a settlement. He said ?'We have made it clear from the beginnLng ttiatv.we pin our ho^el^'on   Jarring   and
Hears $1,800,000 In Biggest Ever Drive
The United Jewish Fimd and (Doimcil officially dosed its 1971 Campaign on May 5 with $1,780,746, more mon^ than bas ever been raised, in a Jewish community-Wide campaign m tibe ci^ of Coliimbus. The total is even greater than the amount raised in two campaigns in 1967, during and im¬ mediately after the Six Day War, sad it is confidoitly expected that by the time all pledges have beion accounted fiv, the final can reati^ over $1,800,000.
In announcmg the total, Ben Goodman, General Chairman, stated: "We are pnud of v^hat Columbiis has done this year, in the greatest humanitarian effort we have ever put forth. To r^se $1,800,000 ip one drive is a -^monumental aduevement. and is to the credit of the hundreds of dedicated men, women'ahd young people who gave of their'time, their energy and their substance, to make tliis aduevement possible. Our ikiveadually began late last summer^ when Gordon Zacks, HiUardCunumns and I were called to Israel to meet with Golda Heir, Mme: Mmister. Fkvm the^ time ; we heard of the dimensions of the crisis fadng'Israel, until the end of the Campaign, we were detennmedthat die theme of oiir 1971 Campaign, SUR- VIVAL MEANS SACRIFICE, Would he brought home to every Jewish person in the City of Oolumbus. We have tried to do this in our 1971 Campaign. The response has been generous. Many people have done more than ever before, and. for this, I shall be eternally grateful."
Mr. Goodman said.further that more than three-fourths of the funds raised iMth in the Israd Emergency Fund and in tfae R^ular drive, will go to Israd and overseas.- Most of the remaining money will stay in Colum: bus, to help agencies aqd: institutions,v'involved 'in hesiltli, welfare and education, to ensure the continued growth and development of our local Jewish community.
At the Campaign Closing, Mr. Goodman paid tribute to the Campaign Cabinet, Advisory Committee, headed by Sol D. Zell, and the Chairmen of the various Campaign Divisions, and tiie more than 500 men, women ' and yoiing people involved in active solidtation.
"They have shown their concern fpr the wdfare needs of our ci^, f6r;Ithe burdens which have fallen on . people we shall never see - and the Isradis who are determined to hold out for a .just kai lastmg peace, even as they open thdr doors to impoveridied refugees frtim Russian tyranny,., from countries in Eurq[>e and other troubled spots all over the ^be."
E^ Division Chairman was called upon to give a report of the activities of his Division, and to announce the total raised by the Division he led. Under Gordon Zacks, Chairman and Ernest Stern, co- chairman, the total an¬ nounced by the Advance Gifts Division was nearly $l,400,000or 77 percent of the total amount raised. Mr. Zacks, in his remarks, gave special credit to Ernest Stern, his co-chairman, Millarid Cummins,' Norman
Meizlish, and Morris Skilken, for extraordinary efforts they had put forth, during the Campaign.
Mrs. Melvin Furman, Chairman of the Women's Division, announced that with the Young Matrons, the total for'the women was over $191,000, the largest amount ever raised by the women of Columbus, and that she had every confidence the 1972 Campaign would see th^ Women in the communi^ contributing in excess of $200,0(Wt in;:^'plus''or extra moneyvm addition to their important role of educating their families to the necessity of supporting the life-saving and life-giving Campaigns of the United Jewish Fund and Council. Certificates of Merit were presented by Mrs, Furman to Mrs: Simon Lazarus and Mrs. Charles Sugarman. - Women's Division :Cp.- Chairman was Mrs.-J,. Maynard Kaplatii
Mrs, Gerald SWedlpw^. Chairinan } of- Young . Matrons,/ reported thO largest percentage, iiicrease ever realized for this Division, and presented a Certificate of Merit to Mrs. Michael Bloch, for per¬ formance of her duties in such an exemplary fashion. Co-.Chairman with Mrs. S^edlow, was Mrs. Fred Luper, who will head the Young;Matirons in 1972.
Trades & ., Professions Division, largest in the entire: Canipaign> in terms;, of numbers, was led by Martin Hoffman, Chairman and Gerald Friedman, Co- Chairman. In his remarks, Mr. Hoffman mentioned the remarkable increase registered by the Dentists
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(Upper left photo) Marvin Glassman, (extreme left) Presidentof the Umted Jewish .-'Fund and Council, congratulates the 1972 team as it was presented at the 1971 cam- ' paign closing. They are, from left to right: Ernest Stem, (3iairman, Advance Gifts, Mrs. Fred Luper, Chairman, Young Mabvhs, Mrs. Alan Morris, Co-Chairman, Young Matrons, Gordon Zacks, General Chairman, Ben Goodman, 1971 General Chairman, Mrs. Ben Goodman, Women's Division Co-Chairman, Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan, Women's Division Chairman, Randy Topolosky, OS.U Student Drive, Tovim Chairman^ Ken Kauffher, OSU Student Drive General Chairman, and Edie Solomon,- Chairman, Junior Division.
(Upper right photo) Marvin Glassman, Presicientof the United Jewish Fund and (^ncil, presentia certificates of merit to organizaBon representatives, for treasury gifts ihadp. in the 1971, campaign. From left to right, they are, Mrs. Morris Lessure, Capitol Post Auxiliatv, Jewish War. Veterans, Mrs. Heuiz Hoffman, for Tifereth Israd Sisterhood, Mrs. Milton J. Leeman, for Beth Jacob Sisterhood, Mrs. Cy Tanenbaum, for Ahavas Sholom Sisterhood, Mrs. Bernard Frank, for Temple Israel Sisterhood, Mrs. Edward Btiier, Zion Chapter, B'nai B'rith Women, and Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan, for Brandeis Women. Not present to receive their awards were Council of Jewish Women, Twin Rivers B'nai B'rith Women, Women's American O.R.T., Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Liberty Club, and Heriti^ge House residents and staff.    ^
(Lower left photo) Young Matrons are shown above, presenting their skit at the UJFC campaign closing rec^nUy^^ Shown are, from left to right, Mrs. Wesley Rosen^al, Mrs. De^|'^h\ilm)^^^. Brtifie Siegel, Mrs. Jerry Weingrad, and Mrs. Alfroi'Friedman. A&^tnpan^/^^f.^irs!Max Ziskind. The skit, "Ihe Liberation of Ursula, Jane, Fr^a and Ca);^li'V.iwas'written by Mrs. Bruce Siegel, Mrs.' Alan Wasserstrom and Mrs. Daniel Zidel. It depicts the varied ^activities of the UJFC, supported by the annual campaign funds.
(Lower right photo) Leaders in the 1971 campaign congratulate each other at the campaign closing recently. Gordon Zacks, left, who headed the Advance Gifts Division, shakes hands with Ben Goodman, General Chairman. Mr. Zacks will lead the 1972 campaign. The Advance Gifts Division raised more than ever before in 1971;. Ernest Stern was Co-Chairman with Mr. Zacks.
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