Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-02-24

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VOL. 50 NO. 8
FEBRUARY 24, 1972 - ADAR 9
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WASHINGTON (WNS) — Israel and the U.S. have
signed an agreement guaranteeing private loans of $50
million to be used to build 11,000 housing units for lower
middle income families in Israel. Under the terms of
the agreement,, the housing must be located within "
Israel's pre-June 1967 borders. Beneficiaries of. the
housing will be mostly new immigrant families, newly-
formed families, Arab and other minority groups, and
occupants of over-crowded or substandard housing.
The loans are repayable over a period of 25 years:
BROOKLYN (WNS) — In response to growing
protests from the Jewish communities, Pres. John W.
Kneller announced that Brooklyn College was with¬
drawing the questionnaire requiring students to an¬
swer questions dealing1 with race, religion and ethnic
origin, family education and work background and
reaction to "open admission." Dr. Kneller made the
announcement to a capacity audience at a meeting
called by the Brooklyn Jewish Community Council at
Congregation Shaare Torah in Flatbush.
PARIS (WNS) — After four months of negotiations,
France and Israel reached an agreement under which
Israel would receive approximately $75 million as
reimbursement for the 50 Mirage V jets which Israel
had paid for but had been embargoed by the late Pres.
Charles De Gaulle on the eye of (the, S.£Pay-War>The
money includes the amount paid for'the jets plus in¬
terest at the rate of seven percent per year.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WNS) - The: Board of
Trustees of Hofstrayniye,r8Jty has upheld, the right of a
;^^«Nair^Uderitrrya'vid'Kcrr, 2i; to hang a five foot
Nazi flag from the window of his dormitory room and
to advertise for membera for the neo-Nazi National
Socialist White People's Partjrbf Arlington, Va. in the
student paper which is supported by student activity
fees. The student body of the university, which is
located a short distance from New York City, is
estimated to be 40 to 50 percent Jewish. Half of the
faculty and Board of Trustees are also estimated to be
Jewish. Tension is building on the campus according to
Rabbi Leo Wolf, director of the local B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation, who said that Jewish and non-Jewish
groups on campus and off are seeking community
support to get the university authorities to remove the
offensive symbol.  -
Howard Cosell To Speak
Here For UJFC Campaign
Howard Cosell is, perhaps'
the most controversial
sports, reporter in history.
His attempt to put sports in
proper perspective has wcr
him some friends — and
many enemies as well. The
young men- and young
women who will be attending
Night For Life this Saturday
evening, at 8 p.m. at the
Center for Tomorrow are in
for a thought-provoking set
of comments.
According to Norman
Traeger, General Chairman
of the 1972 Campaign of the
Young Men's Division,
United Jewish Fund and
Council,;: and Frank Kass,
chairman of the second
annual Night For Life dinner
meeting, reservations for the
affair Saturday inight, are
exceeding all prioif ..ex¬
pectations.
"Already our reservations
are in excess of the number
who attended our spec¬
tacular Night For Life, in
1971," said' Mr. Traeger.
"We expect a. capacity turn¬
out to hear Mr. Cosell, who is
a dedicated and committed,
Jew, ahd whose message will
be of interest to all who at¬
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Of Communal Publishing
"Blessed be our God, king of the universe, who
has preserved and protected us and brought us to
this day." A      ,
The issue of February 24th of the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle marks the beginning of our 50th year
of continuous publication, a truly historic
milestone. It is a source of great joy to the
publishers that we have been able to weather the
very severe storms of these years. We could not
have done it without the loyal support and
friendly cooperation of both the advertising
constituency and our reading public.
We are pardonably, we hope, proud of the
record we have established. We have published a
dignified, clean, thoroughly honest periodical.
We have played fairly with our public and we
have not compromised in the high standard
which we set ourselves in the beginning. We are
proud also of the confidence which we have in¬
creasingly won and increasingly maintained no
less than of the goodwill towards the Jewish
Chronicle, which is so manifestly extant. Very
definitely, the Jewish Chronicle is an established
institution and recognized as a necessity in the
organized communal life of our city.
. To all who have helped in this enterprise, to all
who have cheered us and supported us, we speak
our heartfelt thanks, and to those who have not.
yet become supporting members of the family of
• the Jewish Chronicle through paid subscriptions
or supporting advertising, we once again extend
, the hearty invitation to join and help us. The
more support of this kind that is forthcoming, the
better our publication can become, the more
departments we can run, the more service we
can render.
Apart from the material considerations, the
Jewish Chronicle continues to be a service
agency in the Jewish community, and on that
basis primarily, no less than on the record which
is ours, we claim the increasing support of our:
communities.
—THE PUBLISHERS
Order To Halt Building
Forest Hills Project
Howard Cosell was born in
Winston-Salem, N.C., on
March 25, 1920. He was
raised in Brooklyn, New
York, and was graduated
from New York University,
where he was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa. World War
II interrupted his studies,
but after the war, in which he
was one of. the youngest
majors in the U.S. Army, he
resumed his studies and
started the practice of law.
In 1953, quite by accident, "
Cosell sold the idea of having
Little Leaguers meet and
talk with major league
baseball stars to ABC Radio,
The show was such a success
it lasted five years, and from
that weekly radio program,
Cosell went on to become the
Manager of the ABC Radio
Network Sports.
He has starred in Woody
Allen's new movie
"Bananas," and made
several' TV dramatic ap-'
pearances. He has written a
series "Self Portraits" of
such sports greats as Jimmy
Brown, Mickey- Mantle,
Whitey Ford, and others.
Recipient -of many honors,
including journalism's most
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NEW. YORK (WNS), -
Manhattan State Supreme
Court.,.; Justice /it-yihgiH.
Sayriol has ordered.ahait to
the construction of the
controversial 840-unit low
income public housing
project in Forest Hills. He
called the project's design
"a defective plan" . which
does not resemble the
original design for the
project and said changes in
the approved plan, were
adopted without the required
public hearings. City Cor¬
poration Counsel J. Lee
Rankin said the city will
appeal the decision "at the
earliest possible date."
The Queens Jewish
Community Council, which
has  opposed  the   project,
rejected a reported ""com¬
promise" plan*, terming it
"phony.".The plan called for.
scaling down the size of the
Forest Hills project and
shifting part of the 840 units
to a low-income housing
project in the Lindenwood
section of Queens which has
already been rejected by the
City's Board of Estimate.
Asked what they would
prefer on the site, Seymour
Samuels, president of the
QJCC said his organization
favored the high school that
was originally planned for
the site. The'housing project
was originally planned for
the Corona section of
Queens, but after meeting
opposition from the largely
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Community Leaders Laud
Chronicle On Reaching
Historic Milestone
Assert Social Studies Texts
Ignore Jewish Contributions
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Dr.
Gavin I. Langmuir,
professor of history at
Stanford (Calif.) University,
asserted this week that
social studies textbooks in
use in US high schools and
colleges largely ignore the
contributions of Judaism and
Jews to modern civilization.
Speaking at an American
Jewish Committee luncheon
meeting Langmuir charged
that this "neglect" was
directly responsible for an
ignorance among roost
Americans about Judaism,
Jewish history, and the
persecution of Jews through
the ages, Even courses in
prejudice arid race relations,■'
Langmuir said, "have little
to say about Judaism or
Jewish •history.' For the
overwhelming majority "of
students, the only portrayal
of Judaism and Jews at any
level of sophistication "is
provided by courses in world
or western civilisation or by
the more specialized courses
given by history depart¬
ments. But that portrayal is
minimal and more likely to
reinforce stereotypes than to
reduce them."
Yehuda Rbsenman,
director of the AJCom-
mittee's Jewish Communal
Affairs Department, said
that to remedy the situation
"we expect -publishing
houses to develop a Judaic
series of supplementary
social Studies, reading and
audio-visual materials on
different phases and ideas ih
Jewish history." American
historians and. universities,
he said, "should establish
courses in Jewish history,
and integrate Jewish history
into general history," and at
the same time, "we; hope
that school boards will revise'
their curricula to introduce
clearly into„public_ school
studies aspects of Jewish
civilization."
February 15,1972
'Mr. Milton Pinsky .••_.   -
Publisher and Editor
Ohio Jewish Chronicle
P. O. Box 13299
Columbus, Ohio 43213
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Dear Milton:
The fulfillment of a half century of publishing the
Columbus Ohio Jewish Chronicle is an event which
merits commendation and celebration,' not only by and
for those associated with the paper in the past and the
present, but also by the entire Jewish community. We
congratulate you on having achieved this historic
milestone.
During the past fifty years, the Chronicle has
paralleled and recorded the growth and development
of the Jewish community, of Columbus. Columbus was
then a small, mid-western inwardly-centered Jewish
population, numbering but a few thousand. Today, with
an estimated Jewish population of 14,000, we look back
on the years that have passed noting the elements
which have made it a purposeful community, strong.
and dynamic; which have improved the quality of
Jewish life; which have forged strong links with our
people throughout America and throughout the world,
wherever Jews and Jewish communities are located.
■ And for the future we look forward with confidence in
the knowledge that we shall continue to grow and
prosper, and'become an even better Jewish com¬
munity,
' With the passage of time the Ohio Jewish Chronicle
has played a significant part as the community's
prime media of communication, as its chronicler of
Jewish news, and events, the means by which we give
continuity of-the past with the present.
We express to you, in behalf of the Officers and
Board of Trustees, our best wishes for continued
success and prosperity as we .mark forward to an even
better future.
Sincerely,
United Jewish Fund
and Council
Ben M. Mandelkorn
Executive Director'
Marvin L:.Glassman .
President
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SEE "5J YEARS AGO"
AND ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
PAGES 8,9 and 10
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