Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-08-26

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VOL. 49 NO. :i2
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JWV Inverses Seveii Year Policy — Call For Tola! Indochina Withdrawal
Pictured from left  to right are Joel  Mirman,
President of B'nai B'rith Zion Lodge No. 62, Jack S.
Resler, Honorary Chairman of Children's Home Day,
Governor John J. Gilligan sigiiing the proclamation,
. and Alan S. Hackel, general chairman.
Governor Proclais B'nai BM Children's Noriie Bay At ExpOliio
B'nai B'fith Zion Lodge No; 62, in conjunction \yith ¦ the B'nai B'rith Womens' chapters, is coordinating the sixth annual Children's . Home Day at the Ohio State Fair. Governor John J. Gilligan has proclaimed Tuesday, Aug. 31, to bs B'nai B'rith Children's Home Day at the Ohio State Fair. Children's Home- Day-is a. state-wide B'nai B'rith community sseirvice project iri which all of .the B'nai B'rith Lodges in Ohio' are requested tb participate.
The Govei-nor's proclamation, praised the members of Zion. Lodge and the generosity of Jack'Resler
for contributing greatly to both the fair and all the people of Ohio by making the fair a reality for thousands of honieless youngsters.
This year over 1600 children . and their chaperones from many children's homes in Ohio will be the guests of B'nai B'rith ifor a day at thei^Jair Avhich will include ehtriinSe'to the fair grounds, ride tickets,.a specially prepared noon meal, entertainment and all exhibits.,
j General Chairman of Children's Home Day is Alan S. Hackel, and Jack S. Resler is honorary chair¬ man.
MINNEAPOUS, (JTA) - The Jewish War Veterans reverseia seven-year policy here and approved, a resolution ¦ calling oh President Nixon to withdraw all American troops from Indo Indochina by the end of the year. The resolution, passed overwhelmingly at the JWV convention: here, made the JWV the country's first veterans organization to change its stand to one favoring prompt with¬ drawal. "There is little to be gained from extensive arguments oyer hoiy, why or who was responsible for the decisions that resulted in pur Country becoming mired in the bottomless pit of In- dochinese geopolitics," the convention declared. "Hindsight will contribute nothing to the solution of the Vietnam quagmii;e.','-¦ ; , The large majority of.the 2i000 delegates, representing more than 100,000 men aiid women JWV members, made the following arguinents for withdrawal by year's end: the war is immoral and useless and there can be no winner; the United States should never have gotten involved in the first placed the wacrha^jput
the American economy "out of 'whack" and caused domestic hardships; U.S. involvement in Indochina has led to a loss of confidence in American leadership; South Vietnam is not a viable democracy, and the^ Pen^ tagon Papers have proved that U.S. involvement was the result of Washington "chicanery."
Warren Adler, a spokesman for the JWV, the oldest -active war : veterans organization   in   the   U.S.,
advised the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that its change in policy was the result of a "tremendous fight" by antiwar elements .within the ranks who. oyer a (period of seven; years managed finally to have their "strong feeling's" prevail. "They did it out of conviction," Adler said, calling the resolution "a real major step forward." He said Jerome D. Cohen, a New York lawyer who succeeded     Albert
Schlossberg as JWV Com¬ mander, "led the fight" for the resolution. CJohen also spearheaded—despite strong White House pressure—a demonstration in New York last year against visiting French FVesident Georges- Pompidou for his refusal to send Israel 50 Mirage jets she had paid for.
The JWV convention rejected the view that U.S. support for South Vietnam was equivalent to U.S. support for Israel.
UJFC To Elect Officers At Aniiual Meet
Survey Shows Jewish Youth Identify With Judaisni But Want Changed Communal Life
CHICAGO (WNS)-A survey of Jewish college students throughout the country conducted by . the Chicago Chapter of*the American JeViri'sh Com¬ mittee showed that 'while most Jewish students identify with Judaism the great majority feel the need for change in Jewish com¬ munal life'If Jewish youth wereijtp be-^iencOuraged to participate.
Six hundred students responded tb the 1,000 questionnaires sent to students on campuses coast- to-coast. Ninty-three percent responded affirmatively'oh the subject of Jewish identity but oiijy 54 percent felt something should be done to encourage greater par¬ ticipation with the religious community. Eighty percent felt there was a need for more basic Jewish'education and 50 pei-cent believed that Jewish; education should begin at the pre-school level. . Students eommented: as . schools are constructed now, they create apathetic Jews.. .', inake ,Sunday School progressive iand ex- wrimental. .'. include what is happening today ... more sociological information on Jews in America . . more comparative i-eligion' and basic humanity ; . . more history and heritage.
Forty-eighti percent of, the students attended religious services on holidays only, 19 percent attend regularly, 16 percent go occasionally and 17 percent never attend. Sixty-five percent felt Uiat something should be done to encourage greater par¬ ticipation with the religious community.
' Comments on the need for changes in synagogue structure includei): Don't engage merely in rituals and unrelated prayers;, spend more time on philosophical and cultural meanings rather than on repetition of rigidly structured services; help the family learn about holidays and customs so they
can be enjoyed as a family unit; sermons are often too long and' meaningless; redirect "establishment" groups back to religious ideals instead of using the synagogue as a fund raising ., device^ sponsor more youth orientated activities and make facilities more readily available to them; students should not be charged for attending High Holyday servic^; engage the interest of youth and demonstrate that too, have a stake in their religious and cultural heritage.
-Eighty percent of the students reported that Israel had a special meaning for them.
Nixon's Pledge To Aid Private Schools Attacked And Applauded
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NEW YORK (WNS)— President Nixon's surprise pledge of aid to private and parochial schools made at a Knight's of Columbus dinner here, was both attacked and applauded by Jewish groups. Applauding the President's; statement were seven. prominent Conservative Jewish spokesmen, in¬ cluding officials ; of-; the Rabbinical Assembly and professors of tbe Jewish Theological Seminary  of
America. In statement, the seven said "the achievements, of private schools in strengthening the fabric of American deinocratic diversity merit their maximum support from public as well as private funds. They also stated that those individuals and groups within and outside the Jewish community who have expressed their opposition to
KONIINUFDONPAGEn
Edward Schlezing^i*, immediate past president of the United Jewish Fund and Council, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, will present a slate of officers and members of the, Board of Trustees for the coming iylar^ at the annual meeting '0be held Sunday evening, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. at Temple Israel.
Members of the Nominating Coinmittee include Robert Aronson, Troy A. Feibel, Mrs. Ber¬ nard Feitlinger, J. Maynard Kaplan, Herman M. Katz, Mrs. Bernard Mentser, Ernest Stern, Norman Traeger and Sol D. ZeU.
Nominated to serve as President for a second term will be Marvin L. Glassman. Vice Presidential nominees (linclude" Sidney, I. Blatt, ;W'illiam L. Glick and Nbr- man Meizlish. Morris L. Mattiin has been nominated as Treasurer, Edwin Ellman for Associate Treasurer, and Jacks. Resler for Secretary.
Member%at-large, term ending in 1972, include the following nominees: Robert Aronson, Irving Baker, Sidney I. Blatt, Dr. Robert Chazan, iDayid Derrow, Mark Feinknopf, Sr,, Morris Fleishman, Mrs. Melvin N; Furman, Arthur J. Isaac, Jr., Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan, Donald Katz, Louis J. Krakoff, Mrs. Louis J. Krakoff, David Levinson, Mrji. Fred LUper, Mrs. Samuel M. Melton, Mrs. John B. Resler, Ernest Stern, Randal Topoiosky, Norman Traeger, Ben A. Yenkin, Mrs. Bernard K. Yenkin, Gordon B. Zacks, and the incoming.President of the Columbus Board of Rabbis.,^ vyho will be selected prior to the annual meeting.
'To fill an unexpired term ending in 1972, Martin Hoffman has been nominated. To fill an unexpired term ending in 1973, the nominating com¬ mittee will present the names of Mrs. Donald Shionsky ' and ' Raymond Wells.'
Members at large, whose terms will end in 1974, will be
proposed for election are as follows: Millard Cummins, William L. Glick, Stanley Goldberg, Dr. Philip Golding, Ben Goodman,' Edmund Klein, Charles Y. Lazanis, George- Mr Levinfej Lawrence D. Scbaffei-, Jerome Schottenstein, Melvin Schottenstein, Samuel Schlonsky, and Mrs. Charles Sugarman. vThe name of Mrs. Carl Mellman Will be placed in nbmination for election as Chairman of the Council of Organizations.
Continuing on the Board of Trustees and not subject to election at the annual meeting are the following, whose terms will end in 1972: Dr. "Theodore N. Beckinan, Edwin Ellman, Marvin L. Glassman, J. Maynard Kaplan, Mrs. Simon Lazarus, Morris L. Mattiin,
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Norman Meizlish, Myer Mellman, Mrs. Bernard Mentser, Morris Skilken, Justice Leonard J. Stem, and Morris Swedlow.
Those whose term ends in 1973, cohttniiihg; oil the Board, incliide Mrs. Bemard
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loint Meetins Forms East Side Branch Of Cols. Hebrew School
Announcement is being made by Louis Krakoff, president of Temple Israel and Irving A. Baker, president of the Columbus Hebrew Schobl, that at a joint meeting of the Columbus Hebrew School Education Committee, and representatives of Temple Israel, it was agreed to in¬ tegrate the elementary department of the week-day Hebrew School of Temple Israel with the Columbus Hebrew School to be known as the East-side Branch of the Columbus Hebrew School.
The decision of the joint meeting was approved by both Boards of Trustees; Columbus Hebrew School and "Temple Israel.
Plans are being made to provide transportation for pupils of the East-side Branch. While definite lines have not yet been drawn, pupils attending, public schools east of Hamilton Rd.-, particularly the schools in the Olde Orchard area can ¦ be provided with tran¬ sportation to the East-side
Branch. This will greatly reduce the time spent on buses going to and from school.
At the present ,time, in¬ struction will be given at the Bast-side Branch' on Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The curriculum at the East-side Branch will follow the same program as at the central school, at the Jewish Center. The educational program is available to all students in that area, regardless pf their temple or synagogue affiliation. Pupils will attend on Sunday the religious school of their family congregation, and will participate there in the Hebrew School share-time program' as established three years ago.
Students in the first three grades in thc Hebi^w.School, residing in the ^ area, of the East-side Bran^^ji' <'I*''"Pls Israel) are ehcburaged to attend classes there.
Glasses will begin at the East-side- Branch on Tuesday,   September   14
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