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WASHINGTON (WNS)-A full page anti-Israel ad¬
vertisement in the New York Times headed "Israel:
our next Vietnam?" which opposed American aid to
Israel, used an out-of-context quotation of the late John
F. Kennedy (before he became president) to suggest
■ opposition to such aid, and listed in a box at the bottom
of the aid the names of 14 Senators who "showed
courage and foresight" by voting against Phantoms for
Israel, has been denounced by the Senators listed who
say they knew nothing about the ad before it appeared
in the newspaper. The ad was .signed by Alfred M.
Lilienthal, a noted, veteran 'Jewish anti-Zionist who
heads the New York-based Middle East Perspective. It
is not known who paid for" the ad. ■-   .
A spokesman for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.,
Mass.) critized the.use of the out-of-context quotation
saying, "It was incorrect to suggest he opposed aid to
Israel.  It misconstrues the position of President
Kennedy, who is clearly on record as favoring aid to
' Israel." Two Senators, Philip A. Hart (D., Mich.) and
Margaret Chase Smith (R., Me.) criticized the use of
their names in the ad with its implication of an anti-
Israel stance. Both stated they had"always been sup-"
porters of Israel and had voted against a Nov. 23
amendment to authorize- $500 million in military.
credits  to   Israel-half of  it  for  Phantoms-  on
procedural grounds since the money had already been
provided for in previous bills.
NEW YORK (WNS)-The National Conference on
Soviet Jewry has reported that rumors are circulating
in Moscow that "The People's Liberation Movement of
■ Jews in the Soviet Union" was created last month by
several Jews and Russians. The NCSJ said Moscow
Jews fear the rumors are to be used as an excuse for
the KGB, Soviet secret police, to prepare for the arrest
• and trials of Jewish activists in the Soviet Union. In
Kiev, it was reported, when 60 young Jews tried to
enter the synagogue, four of them were arrested and
sentenced to 15 days. Police actions were also reported'
that Vladimir Slepak, 44, a physicist and electronics
engineer who had been dismissed fro^ his job after
applying (or visas for his family to emigrate to Israel,
had been threatened with jail if he refused a job as a
laborer in a concrete construction factory.
ADL's Adlerstein Discusses
Anti-Zionist Rabbi Speaker
"Rabbi Elmer Berger, as
a. spokesman for the Arab
cause, has the absolute right
. to speak in Columbus, at any
time, under any auspices he
desires, about Israel,
Zionism or the Jewish
people" according to Hersh
L. Adlerstein, regional,
director of .the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith. In'an exclusive in¬
terview with the Chronicle,.
Mr. Adiersteiri discussed
Berger's scheduled speech
this . evening under the
auspices of the OSU Arab-
. American Association, as
advertised in last'. week's
Chronicle: "Any anti-Israel
speaker has the right to
speak, but when a
propagandist for the Arab
cause appears in Columbus,
the Jewish community has
the equal right to expose
;such an enemy of Israel."
"No spokesman for a
, political cause is immune
•from honest criticism.
Merger was born a Jew* and
was ordained a rabbi, but
that does not make him a
Jewish spokesman. His long
and deplorable record as an
enemy of ftrael, as an Arab
propagandist' and as an
associate of venomous Arab
anti-Semites has been
documented at length."
.    Mr. Adlerstein, to support
Hofstra Univ. Reverses Stand
Orders Removal of Nazi Flag
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.
(JTA) — The administration
of Hofstra University has
reversed itself and ordered
one of its students not to fly a
Nazi flag from his dormitory
window. But the student, 20-
year-old sophomore David
Kerr, was permitted to place
a sign from his window
advocating freedom of
speech for Nazis during a
visit to the campus Ffeb. 22
by Jewish Defense Ileague
leader Rabbi Meir Kahane.
A university spokesman,
Gene Boheker, explained
that university officials,
whose initial decision last
week not to force the
removal of the flag was
upheld by the school's board
of trustees, were moved to
change their positions
because of indications that
violence might erupt on the
campus as a result of the
involvement of people
outside the university in the
flag    controversy.    Con-
Second Aliyah Day
ToBeHelJInCoFs.
v
this,, provided the following
information as a small
sampling of Berger's ac¬
tivities:
In September 1955, an
Egyptian government-
subsidized publication, "The
Scribe," printed lengthy
excerpts from an article by .
Berger on Israel. One ex¬
tract read: "There is a word
I' detest, but it has' been
running through my mind ail
day and I 'believe it most
•accurately describes the -
officialdom of this state.
They — and everything they
touch rr-. are. the most yiyid\
examples Of what is called
'Kike Business' I have fiver
seen. The State is always
trying:to be' something it\ia
not. Jt' claims to be the most
advanced country in the
:• Middle East:' No one but
Jews — who never go to
K other countries '—_ believe it.
Having seen all T can vouch
that it isnot, trUC." This
passage was feprintSeqjfn the
" January 1956... issutf nof the
anti-Semitic -'pubjllsation
"The Defender,*".mouth'-'
• piece of Gerald Winrod;: one
Of America's most virulent
anti-Semites during his
lifetime.   .
.', Berger's! views have been'
lauded by many other anti-
Semites. Gerald L. K. Smith,
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'Mr. Myer Mellman,
Chairman of the Israeli
Culture and Jewish
Education Department is
pleased to announce that an
"Aliyah Day" will be held
for the second time in
Columbus.
Chairman for the "Aliyah
Day" will once again be
Rabbi Samuel W. Ruben-
stein/Spiritual Leader of
Aguaas Achim Synagogue,
who has been devoted for
years as a ZiomstXeader to
encourage and promote
Aliyah and also seesSjreat
importance for
availability of any in¬
formation that could help
and promote Aliyah to
Israel.
"Aliyah Day Sunday", is to
be a day devoted to in¬
forming the Jewish Com¬
munity of the opportunities
for .settlement in Israel
today. The "Aliyah Sunday"
Program will be held at the
Jewish Center, 1125 South
College Avenue on March 19
at7:30,p.m.
The program will consist
of addresses by Israeli ex¬
perts on varying: subjects,
and then the audience will
divide into work shops in
accordance with their in¬
terests; e.g. 'Business and
Retirement" *ColIeij>e;: Youth
sequently, on Feb. 18, the;
administration asked — not
ordered — Kerr to remove
the flag which he first flew
on Feb. 13,- and Kerr com¬
plied with the request. Over
the weekend, however, Ken-
indicated publicly that he
would put it up again when
Rabbi Kahane was
scheduled to speak. But on
Feb. 21 the university's
president, Dr. Clifford Lord,
met with Kerr in. the
student's llth floor dorm
room and issued' the
directive forbidding him to
fly/he flag anymore. Sub¬
sequently, permission to
place a sign reading "Free
Speech for Nazis" was
granted. Kerr told the
Jewish -Telegraphic Agency
during a phone interview
that he kept it in his window
until midnight Feb. 22. "I
didn't want anybody to think
that I was afraid of giving in
to all the threats," he said.
A number of major Jewish
organizations had protested,
the school's decision not to
insist that the flag be
removed, and on Feb. 21 the
Protestant and Catholic
chaplains joined Hofstra's
Hillel director, Rabbi Leon
Wolf, in expressing„concern
to the administration over
the situation. But Rabbi
Kahane's speaking
engagement, Which he
reportedly used to tell about
1,000 people that "there is a
quick and efficient method of
dealing with David Kerrs,"
had been scheduled before
Kerr started flying the flag.
Rabbi Kahane is said to Have
suggested indirectly that the
method he referred to was a
physical one. Boneker noted
that the campus itself
remained?-"very calm" at
first,  and  though  many
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Abba Eban Outlines'Two
Point Program For Peace
ARIEHASKEL
ELIEZER
B1ENENFELD
and Factiil
Opportuiii^
Summer )|S
Programs!'"
Keynote
Honorable
.professional
?'' and" Israeli
fd '"Year-Round
Speaker,: The
Arie. Haskel,
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PARIS (JTA)—Israel's
Foreign Minister Abba Eban
said Feb. 22 that there were
two concrete issues that
could be the starting points
for peace negotiations
between Israel and Egypt —
Sharm el-Sheikh and the
establishment of a balance of
forces in the Middle East.
But he said the responsibility
for starting 'peace talks
belonged to Egypt since it
was that country that
initiated the beligerency of
1967. Eban made his
remarks in a 45-minute
telephone interview with 'six
senior French journalists
broadcast by Inter-Paris.
The interview was wide-
ranging and included. an
admission; by.'Eban that
there have been unofficial
contacts between Israel and
the Soviet Union but that
there could be no im¬
provement in relations'
between the two countries as
long as Moscow persisted in
its anti-Israel policies. Eban
also dismissed China as a
"decisive factor in the
Middle East and observed
that "the really important
Nixon talks on the Middle
East are not taking place in
Peking (but) will be taking
place soon in Moscow," a
reference to President
Nixon's summir visit to the
Soviet capital this May. As
far as the Middle East is
concerned "there are only
two powers which count, the
United States and the Soviet.
Union,'' Eban said.  The
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Dr. Pollak Will Visit Col's.
As Educational Consultant
-. ZEEVBEN-DAVID"
NEW YORK (JTA) — Sen.
George McGovern (b.,S.D),
•a candidate for. President,
has ^advised the Student.
Struggle for Soviet Jewry
that he will^ take "every,,
opportunity" to raise the
problems;of Soviet. Jews with
/Soviet officials and will
"express my hope" to
Kremlin leaders that "tlife
rights of' Jewish political
prisoners be safeguarded
and guaranteed." In a letter
responding to questions by
Stanley,. Grjten,,; SSSJ 'coor¬
dinator, McGovern also said
he would look into, the
"possible violation" of postal
regulations by, Soviet of-
. ficialsJh connection with the
reported sabotage of mail to
and from Soviet Jews.
McGovern . said he would
express his ^'continued.deep
concern for the rights of all
Soviet Jews — those who
wish to emigrate and those
who wish to remain as Jews
.   .; (CONTINUED ONPAGE 4)
Norman Meizlish,
Chairman of the Jewish
Education Committee-
United 'Jewish Fund "and
Council; is pleased to "an¬
nounce that' Dr. George
PoHak,.. was -invited - to
visit Columbus March 6-8 as
consultant "on", issues' and
problems : faetld.' by the';
Jewish r Etfu'c'alfdh'' Coriv
mittee of thff UJFC, - At* a '
meeting of the Jewish
Education Committee of the
UJFC on Nov; 29, the;
following resolution was
unanimously- adopted and
was also approved by. the
Board of Trustees of the
UJFC:
"The Jewish Education
Committee' recommends, in
principle, the. establishment
of a Jewish community
school system to include all
afternoon and day schools in
the area. This community
school system would allow,
the maximum utilization of.
available  funds,  facilities,
and ''personnel      while
resefvihg~for~each member ■ ;'
school  the  autonomy  to   ^
choose its own staff, goals
andrae.mods."'"-
:: "In"viewof theicpmplexlty
of such an "Undertaking, the
Jewish   Education   Com¬
mittee recommends further
the appointntent of a sub¬
committee, composed  of   :
both professional- educators
andlay leaders, to draw up a '.'■'.'
detailed proposal for such a
school    system,    to-be -
presented no later than April   v
1 to the Jewish Education
Committee,    Executive     '
Committee,     and     sub-   ■
sequently to the Board of'
Trustees   of   the   United
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