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' MARCH 22, 1973 — ADAR II 18
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Expect Supreme Court Parochaid Decisions
WASHINGTON (WNS)-The Federal Ayiation Ad-
miiiistration has alerted Israeli and American airline
officials that Palestinian terrorists disguised as priests
or dressed as women may try in the next few weeks to
hijack or bomb a plane somewhere in Europe. The
alert ^stressed, however, that despite the reliable
source for the information, in was imcoruTrmed. Ihe
FAA report said the plot was, apparently aimed at an
Israeli or American airliner in reprisal for Israel's
downing of a Libyan commercial airliner Feb. 21, and
stated the Palestinians "may believe that recent
contact between Israeli Premier Golda Meir and
President Nixon indicate that the U.S. "supports" the
plane's downing.
TEL AVTV (rVNS)r-Prof. Moshe Davis, founder and
bead of the Institute of Comemporary Jewry at the
Hebrew University said prahibitiotis and admonitions.
winnotstemuKbdeafmt-*r-ma--riage,wluchte
as one of coriteniporary Jewry's three major problems
aside from tbe nature of Jewish leadership and the
refatU-nship between Israel and diaspora Jewry. He
said the increase in mter-marriage stemmed from
changing demography that has made Jews a Western
people and the free society of the West has led to a
higher level of assimilation. He said the issue is not
inter-n-arriage, but the quality of contemporary
Jewish fai*oij^U]ewim the stress on the family which
ran hr- mninininpd and perpetuated even in mixed
famines. ..
BOSTON   (WNS)-The  6IasMc^useUB, Board  of
RaUdslia^calledonpT^
to Americana wlio are imprisoned or living abroad
becatBe mey refusi*d to ^ forces
during the Vietnam war. A resolution adopted by the
board said in part that "Now .is the time that these
young people be allowed to return...so that our great
American family may be -reunited."
Thirty-seven pending
cases in state and Federal
courts are likely to be af¬
fected by U.S. Supreme
Court decisions expected
during the current term on
the Issue of governmental
aid for religious education,
i according to the American
Jewish Congress.
The Congress published
this week the 16th issue of its
semi-annual "Litigation
Docket of Pending Cases
^J'SX-g Views on Government vs. News Media
Church and State." U was
So? direct-aSi #»ifljct Heard At Washington Conference
bursement and tax credits.
Other cases among the 32
dealing with state financial
aid to sectarian schools
involve bus service and
textbooks for nonpublic
school pupils; the provision
of public school teachers for
religiously affiliated
schools; the leasing of
parochial schools by public
school authorities, and aid to
sectarian   colleges    and
universities.
Five of the 37 cases on aid
to sectarian schools arose
under the Federal and
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
A group of 18 cases
covered in the Docket in¬
volves other instances of
alleged governmental
establishment or support of
religion, including prayers
and   ' other      religious
programs in public schools,
the maintenance of religious
symbols on public property,
tax exemption for religious
institutions, and kosher
slaughtering laws.
Government interference
with the' free exercise of
religion is challenged in 15
active cases, covered in the
American Jewish Congress
Docket. :
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Beverly Coleman, staff
counsel, of the American
Jewish Congress Com¬
mission on Law and Social
Action.
The Docket-covering the
period up to January 1,1973-
describes a total of 84 cases.
Of these, 14 were terminated
during the'second half of
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.Ot^er^tm^e^tmfi, 37
deal with public funds for
parochial schools, including
payments to sectarian
schools for record-keeping
and building maintenance
and grants to parents of
sectarian' school pupils in
the form of tuition reim-
Israelis In Columbus Working Together
by BILL COHEN
Chronicle Special Reporter.
Although many in the
Jewish community are
unaware of it, there are
about 70 Israelis currently
living in Columbus, and they
have banded together in tbe
Israeli Student
Organization, according to
Ami Zelcer, the president of
LS.O.
Zelcer says tbe group
includes about 25 students,
several Ohio State
University faculty mem¬
bers, and a few Israeli
families, and he says the:
group was formed "to help
new Israelis in Columbus
with school, housing and
jobs."
Also, says Zelcer, "We are
trying to bring Israel to the
Americans."
As a 24-year-old Junior
studying mechanical
engineering at O.S.U.,
Zelcer is a fairly typical
Israeli student; older and
more mature than his
American counterpart
because be has already
spent three years in the
Israeli Army.
Hairing already attended
six years of combined
secondary and vocational
school, he has been awarded
two years of collegei credit
like many other Israeli
students here.
'".. "Mostofusplantogoback
to Israel when we
graduate,'-says Zelcer. "We
feel that Israel is our
country, and it needs people
with   skills   to   help   it
develop."
Zelcer says one of the
biggest problems faced by
Israelis in Columbus when
they first arrive: is the
language. "You have tostart
writing English, speaking
English, and thinking
English," explains Zelcer,
adding that although all
Israeli students must take
English from the seventh
gradeon, it is still difficult to
.master until they have been
in the U.S. for a few months.
''The way of studying here
is also quite different.
Everything is in a hurry.
You have to learn more here
in one quarter than what you
team in one year in Israel,"
be says.
Zelcer says be' and other
Israelis in Columbus realize
that people often see them
first as Israelis and only
later as students or in¬
dividuals, and he sees the
cultural exchange as very
important.
"The Jewish community
and tbe Israelis should have
a two-way relationship," he
says, "m the past, we have
had few contacts, but we are
trying to reach out."       \
Zelcer says Columbus
Israelis will be involved in
planning many, of the ac¬
tivities, celebrating Israel's
25m birthday during the first
week of May. He adds that
many Israelis are interested
in speaking to any temple,
class, or club in the Jewish
community about Israel. He
says the group can also help
those who are trying to learn
Hebrew.
Zelcer says he hopes more
interaction between Israelis,
and the Columbus Jewish
community will break down
misconceptions on both
sides.'. ■
"Before I came to the" U.S.
in August, I thought that
Americans are very, un¬
friendly, cold people, who
are eager for money, but I
have found that is very
untrue," says Zelcer.
On the other side, he says,
"Many .Americans expect
too much from Israel. They
expect Israel never to make
mistakes and to be the most
just country, with no crime
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The first Amendment
offers "no coherent theory"
of absolute freedom in the
conflict between the
government and the press,
but rather provides for "an
adversary: game" in which ,
each observes certain
"game! rules."/
This te me view set forttv
~ by Prof. Alexander Bickel of
Yale Law .School, who
argued the Pentagon Papers
case forthe New YprkTimes
before the. U.S. Supreme
Court, in an article in the
current issue of "Congress
Bi-Weekly," magazine of the
American Jewish Congress,
published today (March 9).
In another article in the
issue on the same subject,
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg of
Englewood, N.J., president
of the American Jewish
Congress and adjunct
professor of history at
Columbia University, brings
Biblical tradition to bear in
asserting:
"It is not the press or the
church or synagogue which
must prove to the state its
right to freedom; it is the
state which must validate at
every turn its right to the
most minimal constraints
upon either religion or the
press."
; Both articles are based on
presentations made at an
American Jewish Congress-
sponsored conference on
government and the media
Exhibition At Center
Ex-New York artist Murray Stern is shown at the
recent opening of his one-man exhibition hanging at
The Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave., with Mrs. David
Roth, Cultural Arts Committee Chairman and Mrs.
Herbert Weyl, Exhibition Chairman. The Stern display
of paintings, drawings and graphics entitled "The
Human Condition" may be viewed until April 9 and is
one of a series of cultural arts events at the Center that.
have been arranged in honor of the 25th Anniversary
year of the State of Israel.
in Washington, D.C., on
February 21. The conference
was attended by some 50
media and government
spokesmen, lawyers, law¬
makers and leaders of the
American Jewish Congress.
In his article, Rabbi
Hertzberg, who is rabbi of
;temple ■: Emanuel 'In'
Englewood, N.J.; said ^tne
major weight of Biblical
tradition vis : against"., the
view that "the rigid and the
totally controlled is the
proper society." He wrote:
"When the Almighty sent
His angels, to. Abraham to
announce that He was going
to destroy the wicked cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Abraham stood pleading
before God and asked Him:
'Shall not the Judge of all the
world Himself do justice?'
"God Himself is thus
defined as having to conform
to a law which even His own
power  cannot  contravene.
''When King David- sent
Urijah^^etHUtite^ to- his"
""death, in sealed orders, in
order to possess his wife,
. Bathsheba,; Nathan ' the
Prophet denounced him to
his face."     '
"David conducted no
investigation as to whether
there were leaks in his
military establishment
which had given him away.
He accepted the notion
without question that he, the
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Philip Waldman To Receive
"Flowers For The Living"
The sixth annual Agudas
Achim    Brotherhood
"FLOWERS    FOR    THE
LIVING AWARD" will be
presented to Mr.  Philip
Waldman on Tuesday, April
3,1973, at 8 p.m. in the main
sanctuary of the synagogue.
According       to       the
Brotherhood   Committee,
Mr. Waldman was selected
for this recognition because
he personifies the finest in
Jewish   scholarship   and
piety,    as   well    as    in
synagogue, leadership.   He
has a rich background in
Jewish   studies,   having
gained this knowledge by
studying with his late father,
both in the theoretical and
practical   application   of
Hebraic thought. He con¬
tinued* his studies VirfXthe
world'famous yeshivSs'rJdf
Lublin and Belz in Poland,
where he achieved advanced
knowledge of the Holy Writ.
This thirst for learning
continues to this day. He is a
student of the "book" and
fulfills the 'rabbinic dicta* to
study and to teach. Waldman
willingly shares a novel
interpretation and a good
word with his many friends.
Many have gained an un¬
derstanding of Biblical texts
from him.
Phil Waldman has many
talents; he has a beautiful
voice and is an excellent
musician. The instrument is
the 'shofar'. He has been the'
Ba'al  TiUath   at  Agudas
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PHILIP WALDMAN
Achim for more than 15
years, and has led the ser¬
vices on many a.Sabbath.
When i an emergency arose
and there Was a need to
'chant', the liturgy for Yom
Kippur, he \ willingly
volunteered., his service
gratis out of his love and
loyalty to Agudas Achim.
This is not only a mission
that requires skill and
ability, but is physically
demanding on a 'fast' day.
Waldman delivered the
'dovening' like the true
professional that he is.
Throughout the years he has,
served congregations in
other cities as a Ba'al Tifilah
and Ba'al Tikiath; these
include Temple Tifereth
Israel in Columbus arid the
synagogue in Newark, Ohio.
Waldman is a past
president of Agudas Achim
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