Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-02-01

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Serving Columbus, "Central" and Southwestern Ohio
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VOL. 51 NO. 5
FEBRUARY 1. 1973 — SHEVAT 29'
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First UJFC Function Raises Over V2 Million
DETROIT (WNS)-Jewish and non-Jewish campus
groups have attacked the publication in "South End,"
the Wayne State University student daily, of a series of
strongly anti-Israel articles, the last of which was
embellished with a swastika superimposed on a Star of
David to illustrate the writer's allegation that Israel
was emulating Nazi methods in the treatment of ; /
Arabs. The series was written by Rev. John Nicholls /
Booth, interim: minister at the First Unitarian-
Universalist Church here. v i'S
NEW YORK"CWrJS)-Jewish and non-Jewish
professors, rabbis, and Coretta ScottKingspeaking on
behalf of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation, last
week eulogized the late Rabbi Abraham Heschel as a •
distinguished,thinker and scholar.. Israeli President
Zalman Shazar sent a message from Israel saying he
was an "aristocrat in spirit." Mrs. King called the
Rabbi "One of the great men of our times," and in an
apparent reference to President Nixon said, "In a day
when we have a would-be emporor and king' 'Heschel's
voice will be missed. William D. Davies, professor of
■. Christian Origins at Duke University, delivered a
eulogy on behalf of the "non-Jewish world" and
praised Heschel's public outcry against repression of
minorities in the United States and against the Viet¬
nam war.       ~ r-
NEW YORK (WNS)-The Soviet Union apparently
has no intention of rescinding the education tax levied
on emigrants with academic degrees, observers here
said. They said the first official publication in Moscow,, , 0.
this week of the diploma tax law adopted August 3 and
the regulations governing the scale of payments, in
effect since Dec. 26, seems to indicate the Kremlin
does not intend to back down in face of widespread
criticism.. As long as it remained unpublished, they
said, Soviet authorities could have cancelled the tax
without loss of face.
The published regulations indicate that the school
from which an emigrant graduated also determines
the amount of the tax. The highest tax is demanded of
graduates of Moscow University, the Soviet Union's
most prestigious institution of higher learning.
Jewish Leaders Express Sorrow
At President Johnson Death
NEW   YORK,    (JTA)»
American  Jewish  leaders
expressed shock and sorrow .
at the death of former
President Johnson. They
were unanimous  in   their
praise of Johnson as a man
who greatly aided Israel. .
The Israeli  Ambassador
Yitzhak Rabin, speaking at a
■farewell gathering; spon-
' sored   by   the   National
J Committee for Labor Israel,
i said Johnson was "one of the
presidents who have done so
much in support of Israel."
American Jewish Com¬
mittee president Philip E.
Hoffman said "the Jewish
community has united in its
admiration of Mr. Johnson's
deep humanity,  especially
appreciating his support of
Israel during its most trying
hours."
American ' Zionist
Federation president Rabbi
Israel Miller said "President
Johnson will be remembered
by Zionists everywhere as
the man, who once con¬
vinced of the rightoess of
Israel's cause, remained
steadfast in his support of
Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson,
chairman of the American
Section of the World Zionist
Organization, said "We Jews
knew him (Johnson) as a
man of tolerance who always
advocated quality for all
peoples and as a true friend
of Israel who believed in its
strength was the best
guarantee of Middle East
peace." j.
Mrs. Rose E. Matzkin,
president of Hadassah, sent
a telegram of condolence to
Mrs. Johnson on behalf' of
Hadassah's 325,000 mem¬
bers. At a memorial service
in Hadassah House for the
late President, Mrs. Matzkin
noted his friendship for
brad and understanding of
its problems. She observed
that during the Six-Day War,
his firm support at that time
was a dramatic demon¬
stration of U.S. com¬
mittment to the security and
integrity of the Jewish State.
B'nai B'rith Anti-
Defamation League national
chairman Seymour
Graubard said Johnson
"understood the significance
of Israel to American Jews
as well as their commitment
to human rights. His
leadership. in achieving
historic civil rights
legislation put into law the
guarantees which, Jews and
all minorities sought in order;
to fulfill the promise of the
American Dream."
Zionist Organization of
America president Herman
L. Weisman said "Zionists
will particularly remember
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. The 1973 Campaign of the
United Jewish Fund and
Council was kicked off on
Thursday evening, Jan. 11,
at a meeting held at the
home of-Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel M. Melton. The gifts.
of the gathering of 26 key
leaders and donors totaled
$545,000. This was the largest
total ever announced for so
many gifts, representing
$90,000 of additional funds
beyond that contributed by
the same people last year.
The meeting was called by
Ernest Stern, 1973 Campaign
Chairman, and Millard
Cummins, Advance Gifts
Chairman to learn of the'
concerns which confront1
Columbus and World Jewry.
The 1973 story was presented
by Dr. Bernard Cherrick,
Executive Vice President of
the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem.
Dr. Cherrick reviewed the
history of the State of Irael
for the past 25 years, tracing
its development from the
early 40's _until_now^JfIe-,
"re1rrunae3"everyone that its
formation was necessitated
by the holocaust which befell
European Jewry during
World War II, and that the
formal creation of the State
of Israel might not have
come to fruition at that time
if the British and Arabs bad
not closed the doors to the
immigrants who sought
refuge there. That challenge
continued'as the decades of
theSO's, 60's and 70's brought
waves of Jewish immigrants
from the oppressed coun¬
tries of the world to Israel in
search of freedom. HeA
pointed out that major
catastrophes had been
avoided   for   the   large
numbers of North African,
Syrian, Iraqi, arid Yeminite
Jews who fled to Israel
whenever the gates of these
countries were • opened,
avoiding the poverty, tor¬
ture, and persecution now
being experienced by those
who remained.
Dr. Cherrick stated: "Who
knows but that this same
situation will  be avoided
again by those Russian Jews
r who are making the decision
to come to Israel now. The
miracle of Russian Jewry
being allowed to leave,
' cannot be explained, along
with the miracle of how the
Jews of Russia, alienated
from their religion, have
suddenly come back to
Judaism and courageously
choose to be subjected to
harrassment, loss of jobs,
and persecution because
they request visa's to go to
Israel. We must not fail
them. That is why the
challenge of the 70's is the
greatest challenge of all."
He further explained that
the reason the 1973 goal of
the United Jewish Appeal is
so large is because there has
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Pictured above are scenes from the Special Gifts Meeting, held on January 11, at home of
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Melton.
PARTICIPANTS IN PROGRAM: (top left) Left to right: Millard Cummins, Advance
'Gifts Chairman; Mrs. Samuel M. Melton, Hostess; Dr. Bernard Cherrick, Executive Vice
President Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Samuel M. Melton, Host; Ernest Stern,
General Chairman 1973 Campaign. ,   '
LEADERSHIP ATTENDING MELTON MEETING (top right): Left to right: Edwin M.
Ellman,Melvin Schottenstein, Robert Click, Leon Handler and John B. Resler.
1973 ADVANCE GIFTS CO-CHAIRMAN (bottom left): Edwin M. Ellman, Dr. Bernard
Cherrick, Executive Vice President of Hebrew University; Envin Cohen, Dr.B.B. Caplan,
Louis Robins, not present.   ;;;%' if.
PAST UJFC CAMPAIGN CHAIRMEN at MELTON MEETING;(bottom right): Seated
Left to Right: Speaker of the evening, Dr. Bernard Cherrick; Abel. Yenkin, Gordon B.
Zacks: Standing Left to Right: William L. Click, Marvin L. Glassman, Morris Skilken,
Norman Meizlish and Ernest Stern.
RABBIS REACT
Abortion Ruling
Different Views
by BILL COHEN
CHRONICLE
SPECIAL REPORTER
' Columbus-area rabbis
have several different views
of abortion, according to an
informal poll by The
Chronicle, following last
week's U.S. Supreme Court
decision declaring that
states have no right to
restrict abortions during trie
•first three months of
pregnancy.
The ruling, by a 7-2
margin, ■;. declared that
present abortion law in
Texas and Georgia is un¬
constitutional. In effect, the
decision also appeared to do
the same to Ohio's similar
restrictions on abortion.
■ f'The traditional Jewish
stand on abortions is that it
is only permissable to save
the life of the mother," said
Rabbi Jeff Siegal, the
Chassidic Orthodox rabbi at
the Hillel Foundation.
"Although not considered'
murder," Siegal continued,
"it is the destruction of
potential life which is, in and
of itself, precious."
Siegal called on unmarried
Jewish women who become
pregnant to go ahead and
have their baby "since,
especially in the Jewish
community, there is such a
demand  for  children   for
adoption. There is a
tremendous shortage, and
any child that is given birth
would be adopted into a
loving, home," he added.
Asked about the apparent
contradiction between
traditional Jewish law
against abortion and general
Jewish support for
liberalized   abortion' laws,
Siegal explained, "Jewish
tradition has always been in
favor of the Jew being in the
vanguard of social action
and change. However, most
Jews today are not that
theologically interested and
. knowledgable in Jewish law.
Culturally, though, they
receive the tradition of
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Court Will Hear Appeal On Parochial Law
NEW YORK, (JTA)-The
U.S. Supreme Court agreed
on Jan. 22 to hear an appeal
against a New York State
parochial law. The Com¬
mittee for Public Education '
and Religious - Liberty .
(PEARL) said it was
"deeply gratified" by the
high court's action. The
appeal stems from the case
of PEARL v. Nyquist (N.Y.
State Education Com¬
missioner Ewald Nyquist),
The PEARL suit was aimed
at a three-part law enacted
by the State Legislature and
signed by Gov. Rockefeller
in May, , 1972i
Two parts of the law, ruled
unconstitutional by a
FederaP District Court, last
October, provided building
maintenance grants of up to
$4 million a year for repairs,
heat, light and cleaning for
nonpublic schools in densely
populated urban areas; and
provided direct state
payments of $50 per
elementary school pupil and
$100 per secondary school
pupil    to'  low    income
parochial school parents.
The PEARL appeal which
the Supreme Court has
agreed to hear, is against the
third part of the law, upheld
by the Federal Court, which
provides income tax credits
for middle income parents of
parochial school1 children.
According to the law,
families with incomes
between $5000425,000 a year
could deduct up to $3000 from
their taxable income in
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