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VOL. 51 NO. 14
.APRIL5, 1973 — NISAN 3
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. NEW YORK (WNS) — The management of WPIX-
TV announced it has cancelled "Les Crane Reports on
Jews for Jesus," scheduled to be broadcast at mid¬
night March 29, but refused further comment. The
program, produced by Beth Shar Shalom, an affiliate
of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, which
purchased the broadcast time, had been widely ad¬
vertised. A quarter-page advertisement in the New
York Times urged viewers to watch the show to find
out "What's behind this movement (Jews for Jesus)
sweeping the country, particularly among the youth."
TEL AVIV (WNS) — U.S. authorities have requested
tiie extradition of Yohoshua (Gerry) Zeller, a 19-year-
old soldier in the Israeli Army, on charges of murder
and arson in connection with the fire-bombing of im-
pressario Sol Hurok's New York office January 26,1972
in which one person was killed. He was remanded in
custody for 15 days by a Tel Aviv magistrate and U.S.
authorities asked he be held pending the arrival of
documents relating to the charges against him.
Meanwhile, groups of Soviet immigrants are gathering
petitions against his extradition, saying "the boy has
risked his life for our cause and we must help him."
JERUSALEM (WNS)—Israel's crime rate rose last
year by 4.3 percent, compared to a 6 percent rise in
" 1971 arid a 9.5 percent in 1970, the annual Police Report
revealed. It said murder was up by 17 percent and rape
by 30 percent, but armed robbery declined by 3.1
percent. White collar crime such as embezzlement and
issuing bad checks rose by 30 percent, but there was a
significant drop in the number of drug offenses
'"-reported.
JERUSALEM (WNS,) — the government easily
defeated two no-confidence motions, by the Gahal
opposition and the Rakah Communist faction, in the
' Knesset March 29 over this week's sharp increase in
the prices of meat, sugar, fuel and other basic com-
r modities, but faced scathing criticism by labor leaders
' and editorial writers and the anger of consumers. The
price of frozen meat rose by nearly 50 percent and the
price of sugar by 38 percent. Finance Minister Sapir,
the architect of the government's price policies, said
the government could not increase price supports on
those commodities and,the consumer would have to
pay part of the; bill.
Says Congress Will Grant Trade Benefits To
Russia And Head Tax Will Be Set Aside
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Deputy Secretary of State
Kenneth D. Rush indicated
on March 29 that the U.S.
Congress will grant trade
benefits to the Soviet Union
and that the Soviet govern¬
ment will set aside its
education tax on Soviet
Jewish emigrants. At the
same time Rush cautioned
that Congressional refusal to
grant the trade benefits
unless the Soviet Union
rescinds its emigration
restrictions on its citizens
may set off a wave of anti-
Semitism in Russia and
reduce present emigration.
Addressing 600 American,
media leaders at the State
Department Foreign Policy
Conference for Editors and
Broadcasters, Rush .made
his statements in response to
relationships between the
Jackson -; Mills'■-■;■ Vanik
proposals hi Congress and
U.S.-Soviet trade. "There is
a grave danger," he said,
"that we might be pressing
too hard legislatively,
bringing about a counter¬
productive reaction in
Russia, Producing anti-
Semitism   and   reducing
emigration. We think that
the best way is not to limit
granting of MFN (most '
favored nation) benefits to
the lifting of the exit tax. We
hope arid expect a very
responsible attitude on the
part of Congress. We hope to
go forward with the
proposed MFN treatment for
Russia and at the same time
that this tax will be waived'
by the Russians. This I
cannot forecast at this time,"
but I am:optimistic," Rush
added.
Rush's references to the
danger of anti-Semitism
echoed  remarks   at   the
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Twig 21 Top Money Raiser
For Ninth Consecutive Year
Mideast Conflict Not Creating
Fuel Shortages Says State Dept.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Fears in the US. that tiie
Arab-Israel conflict- is
jeopgcdizing future imports
of Middle East oil and
creating gasoline and fuel
shortages were dismissed by
the State Department on
March 29.   '
Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern
Affairs, Joseph Sisco, ad¬
dressing the State Depart¬
ment's Foreign Policy
Conference for Editors and
Broadcasters, said that
while there will be "flux" in
the relations between the
U.S. and Middle Eastern oil-
producing countries, he
''seriously doubted; tbqt the
mutuality of interest- bet-;,
ween the producer and the
consumer would in fact be
jeopardized" by the Arab-
Israeli dispute. He cautioned,
the approximately 600
American media leaders not
to "overthrow the im¬
plications" of the Arab-
Israeli conflict and current
petroleum shortages.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 14)
At the Annual Luncheon of
the Twigs of Children's
Hospital held at Scot's Inn on
March 26, it was announced
that Twig 21, with Mrs. Ben
A. Zuckerman as chairman,
was top money-making Twig
for the Hospital" with a total
of $11,065.61 earned in 1972.
This, was the ninth con¬
secutive year in which Twig
21 was- first. It has 33
members. There are 168
Twigs in the Twigs of
Children's Hospital with a
total membership of 3800
women.
The total amount given by
all the Twigs to Children's
Hospital in 1972 was
$215,000.00,     which
Israeli Author Calls For Close Watch
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On Development of City Of Jerusalem
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by BILL COHEN
Chronicle Special Reporter
Yehuda Ha'ezrachi, the
Israeli who has spearheaded
the.drive ,again,sti high-rise
apartmenti i builjdingg near
tiie Old City, ofi Jerusalem,
says he ithlnks Israeli of¬
ficials are beginning to see
that "the new must have
respect for the old."
Ha'ezrachi, the head of the
Jerusalem Committee for a
Beautiful Israel, has been in
Columbus for about ten
.days, talking with various
groups about Israel.
In an interview with The
Chronicle, Ha'ezrachi called
the old section of Jerusalem
"tiie heart of the city, like a
jewel surrounded by a
crown." ''
"It should be kept that way
with open space around it,"
he said, referring to his
group's successful fight
against tall buildings onithe
slopes between the,oldijafld-
newer sections ;'.'of
Jerusalem.       ..
Ha'ezrachi, a playwright
and author of more than a
dozen books, explained,
"Everything must be
restricted and checked,,.
Private enterprise must bed
checked when it can be
negative and so should even
governmental enterprise,
when it somehow acts
against the tradition of
Jerusalem/'
Ha'ezrachi stressed he is
not against Israel becoming
a highly-industrialized,
modern nation. He just does
not want it to occur in Old
Jerusalem or in other
historic areas. ..■'.'••
' "I don't mind having night
clubs in Jerusalem. There is
a commercial center in
Jerusalem which ought to
look like a commercial
center. I don't even object to
the fact that we might build
some, skyscrapers in
Jerusalem. In fact, the city
ought to be a combination of
both old and new. But: the
hew must have respect for
the old," he-said.
Ha'ezrachi said that only
since 1967 has Israel really
"been confronted with the
problems of the Twentieth
Century."
"Now, we ought to learn
from the mistakes of the
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Volunteers greet donors as they arrive at a Jewish
Community Blood Donor Day at the Jewish Center.
Preparations Underway For
Spring Blood Donor Drive
Editorial Says Israeli Actions
Different From Arab Terrorism
NEW YORK, (JTA) - A
CBS radio executive told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
on March 29 that public
protests, though
"significant, were ? not--the
deciding factor -in 'van
editorial broadcast by'WCBS
radio in. New York that
disagreed vehemently with
the position on the Middle
East of CBS White House
correspondent Robert
Pierpoint. Pierpoint, in a
CBS radio  network  news
broadcast from Washington
March 7, criticized the White
House, for following a doubles
standard" in its responses to
acts of violence and terror
by both Israeli's'' xat\t\
Palestinians:'
The WCBS r editorial,
repeated six times on March ,
16 and twice on March 17,
stated, "If we Americans
react differently to Arab
terrorism; than we do to
Israeli actions that result in
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)    ,
Mrs. Gordon Zeidman,
President of the Jewish
Community Blood Donor
Council announces that
preparations are underway
for thervsprihg Red Cross
Blood liriye. The drive will
be held vtiWednesday, May
2, from 12 PM to 6 PM at the
Jewish Center.
Because the Columbus
Jewish Community main¬
tains a blood bank program,
any member of the Central
Ohio Jewish Community is
entitled to free blood from
the Red Cross blood bank,
should the need arise.
Anyone who has had to use
this service knows what a
relief it is to haySv blood;
supplied immediately, from
the Red Cross, arid with ho
charge for the blood itself.
In order for this service to
be maintained, the Central
Ohio Jewish Community is
responsible for providing a
quota of blood to the Red
Cross bank. This is done by
means of two blood drives
each year. It is imperative
that anyone who is able to do
so donate blood to the Jewish
Community program. Free
, babysitting is provided at
^.the Jewish'■ Center, and
transportation is arranged
for anyone needing it.
Coffee, sandwiches, and
"Wbbitzing" make this a
pleasant as well as worthy
contribution to "the Jewish
Community, j 3
Volunteers are now needed
to help make this drive a
success. For information
call Mrs. Gordon Zeidman at
237-9768 or Mrs. A.B. Thall at
861-3767,-
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represented as increase of
$15,000.00 over the gift for
the previous year. $74,000.00
of this amount was made in
the Thrift Shops of
Children's Hospital;
$72,917.00 was made at the
Twig Bazaar; and $68,083.00
was, made , from .other
projects. In addition to the
$215,000.00 gift, it was an¬
nounced that $21,545.00 was
netted from the Pro Am Golf
Tournament in 1972 and
$42,645.00 in cash con¬
tributions to the Hospital's
Building Fund from the
Twigs. The groundbreaking
for the new building will take
place on April 3.    .
Of Twig 2i's total of
$11,065.61, merchandise sold
in the Thrift Shops ac¬
counted for $9,549.09, under
Thrift Shop Chairman Mrs.
Walter Zeidner and Vice-
Chairman Mrs. Sidney
Tyroler. $1,085.00 was made
at the Twig/Bazaar under
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Special Passover
Prayer Prepared
For Soviet Jewry
NEW  YORK,   (JTA)   -
"The Matzah of Hope," a
special prayer prepared by
the Synagogue Council of
America to be recited at the
Seder - table  during   the
celebration of Passover next
month, is being distributed
by the National Conference
on Soviet Jewry and the
Greater New York Con-,
ference.    The   pamphlet
containing the prayer,  in>
English, Hebrew and Yid-^
dish, urges Jewish families^,
to recite it at the Seder "sot~'~,,
that the Jews of the Soviet
Union may know they have
not been forgotten."
.   Richard Maass, chairman
of the NCSJ, said this was
the second year in which the   v
Synagogue Council prepared
a special Passover prayer
for the NCSJ. HteisaiA.the;^,^,,,
addition to tiie Waditionalt  .{j»,,j.
Passover ritual was unost, iitiy.-,;<>
appropriate    because
Russian' Jews, "oppressed
as Jews, are a tragic living
reminder  that  in  every
generation Jews must recall
that   they   came   out   of
Egyptian ' bondage     to
freedom."