Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-04-20

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VOL. 50 NO. 16
APRIL 20. 1972 i IYAR 6
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Senate G>nmiitti3e Votes $85 MilKon
To Aid Resettlement Of Soviet Jews
Pictured above are members of the Beth Jacob .
Youth Group and their advisors planning the for¬
thcoming Regional Convention. L to R (seated) Bruce
Woinrib, Dina Seidemann, Lori Greenberg, Kathy
Sigal, Zelda Grinblatt and Terri Romanhof. Standing:
Rabbi David Stavsky, Ivan Lerner, Regional Director
NCSY and Keve Zians, Youth Director Beth Jacob
Synagogue. ■„'''■
NCSY Regional Convention
Be At Beth Jacob
twenty five col.Iegiates from
Stern College and Yeshiva
University in New York. Mr.
Marc Volk, graduate of
Yeshiva University will
serve as program coor¬
dinator; Rabbi Alan
,Kuperrnan - of 'the i Young.
Israel of- Eddistmr ^N8w
Jersey, will be hlpad advisor.
Five hundred participants
will attend (The largest
orthodox youth convention
ever to assemble outside of
New York) from the Central
East Region of JVCSY, The
region stretches East - West
from Pittsburgh to South
Bend, and North - South from
Windsor, Ontario to
Louisville.
.The National Conference
of'.Synagogue Youth is the
youth movement of. the
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America.
Miss Barbra Fink of
Detroit, Michigan is
president of the 3,000
member, region.
The National Conference
of Synagogue Youth
(NCS.V.I Central" East
Region, will hold this years
convention at' Beth Jacob
Synagogue in Columbus,
Ohio over the weekend of
Apr, 21 - 23.C0 - sponsoring
the event will be Agudas .
- Achim Congregation. The
corivcntioh.will offer a select
group of teenagers an op¬
portunity to live and explore
-the essentials of orthodox
Judaism through social,
recreational and religious
activities. •
Leading the out - of - town
staff will be Rabbi Pinchas
Stolper, NCSY National
Director, and Mr. Ivan
Lerner,  Director  of   the
. Central East Region. The
local /"staff will' be coor¬
dinated by Rabbi David
Stavsky 1 pf -Beth Jacob
Congregation, and Mr.
Samuel Stone of Agudas
Achim Congregation.  Inr
■ cjuded in the out - of - town
advisory staff will be over
WASHINGTON  (JTA)  -
The      Senate      Foreign
Relations Committee, voting
in bare quorum the night of
April 12, approved a bill' for
the appropriation of $85
million  to  aid  the   reset- •
tlement  of  Soviet   Jewish
refugees in Israel and in any
other country that accepts
them.  The  provision   that
countries other than Israel
could apply for assistance
represented a significant
departure from the. original
measure sponsored by Sen.
EdmundS. Muskie (D.Me.).
The     amendment 7 was.
proposed by Muskie, in  a
communication   to   com¬
mittee chairman J. William
Ful bright    (D.Ark.).     A
Muskie aide intimated that
its purpose was to ward off
criticism - Jthat funds were
authorized  exclusively   for
Israel. Only eight of nine of
tfrejft committee .members
attended the voting session,;
ahd it was .understood that
Fulbright was the only one to
vote against the measure.
Two of Israel's staunchest
supporters in the Senate told
the   Jewish   Telegraphic
Agency that they were op-
UJFC Campaign Heading
Toward Final Report Date
As the rl972 Campaign of
the United Jewish Fund and
Council heads for its Final
Report Date on Wednesday,
May 3„ Gordon B. Zacks, "
General' Chairman, ex¬
pressed himself as being
fairly well satisfied with the
rpsults to date.
"We're a long way from
home," Mr. Zacks stated.
We have a lot to do before we
can consider the 11972
Campaign at an end. As a
matter of ,fact, we're not
closing the Campaign on the
evening of May 3 — we're
just using that as our target
date to get most of our
solicitation completed. The
actual Campaign itself will
not be over, until every
prospect has been seen, and
every wan.' woman and
young 1 person in Columbus .
has had an opportunity' to
participate in the life-giving
effort in which we are
engaged."
Wjth   results  in   every
;division running well ahead
of 1971' figures, Mr.-Zacks
was confident that the final
Campaign totals will go well
beyond those of last year.
'"Hie. actual results depend,
in large measure, on what
will be: done between now
and ; May 3*" Mr. Zacks
continued. "There is still a
.great potential for increased,
giving, 1'lhd we feel that
many rj&)ple, given an op¬
portunity will want to make'
additional contributions,
especially as the full story of
the' SoViet'^Jewish   ,lm-
migratitfp'K-to ;t Israel is
discliisedKrab'urgency of the
Russian^r^sitli.afion has
already bfttv'a^.big factor in
the' CanVWaign, and tbe
challenge of the proper
absorption of immigrants
, from the Soviet Union ahd
other countries is one which
faces all of us in the free
world.. 'I; kriow that our
community wants to assume
its proper -share of. this
burden,  as  well las  the
"      (CONTINUED ONIPAGE 13)
posed to the Muskie bill.
Sen.   Henry  M.  Jackson
(D.Wash.)  said the sum
proposed    was    "totally
inadequate"  and   said  he
would propose-a'larger sum
when die measure reaches
the Senate floor. Sen. Stuart
Symington     (D.Mo.),     a
committee   member   not
present at the voting, said he
had   withheld   his   vote
because he feared the bill
could affect military credits
for Israel.  But Jackson,
sponsor of a bill authorizing
$250 million to help Israel
resettle Jewish immigrants
from-the USSR, favored the
amendment   that 7. Would
extend such aid to countries
other than  Israel.   "The
problem goes beyond taking
care   of  the   situation   in
Israel," he told the JTA. "I
would help  refugees who
might go to countries, other
than 'Israel, "whtcfi^i^thB
■ whole point.,It's- a- refugee
' problem, not just an Israeli
problem," he said, adding
that he thought the US should
take the lead in solving it but
should   have  the   help  of
others,      particularly
European countries. "We
can't carry it all alone,"
Jackson said. Sen.
Symington told, the JTA he
thought "$85 million for this
particular cause is not going
to help provide armaments
for Israel. It is an un¬
fortunate resolution since it
could affect arms for Israel.
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fiilligan, Moody To, Attend
Soviet Solidarity Rally
Governor John Gilligan ,
will be one of the speakers at
the Solidarity with Soviet
Jews Rally on Sunday
evening, April 30, at the Beth
Jacob Synagogue, 1223
College Avenue, it was an¬
nounced today by Harold
Schottenstein, Chairman of
'the Committee for Soviet
Jewry of the Council of
Organizations. Among the
other important personages
who are planning to attend
the Rally-is Mayor Thomas
Moody ,of the City of
Columbus.
Guest speaker will be
Eugene Gold, prominent
young District Attorney
from Brooklyn, New York,
who was in Russia recently,
at the time Congressman
James Scheuer was arrested
and detained by Soviet of-.
ficials. Mr. Gold is con¬
sidered one of the most
eloquent speakers in the
country, and is intimately
acquainted with the situation
of the Jews in the Soviet
Union.
Joining Mr. Gold on the
platform will be Irina Schcr,
young Russian woman who
left Moscow in November to
make her home in Israel.
Mrs. Scher will tpl) her story
of the difficulties her family
encountered jn trying to get
out of the Soviet Union.
The" entire community is-
invited to attend the Rally.
There will be no admission
charge. Other details of the
meeting are being worked
out now. including the
possibility of an exciting,
immediate telephone call to
a Jewish family in Russia.
Poll Reveals Israelis Fear Economic
. it.
Burden From Soviet Jewry Immigration
JERUSALEM (JTA) --
More than half of Israel's
adult population believes
that the present immigration
from the Soviet Union may
cause top heavy an economic
burden for the country to
bear, according to the
results of a 'national poll
released this week. It was
conducted by Dahaf, Israel's
second-largest polling
organization. It covered a
cross-section of the Jewish
adult population. The
question posed was: "Many
persons claim that the large'
aliya from the Soviet Uniojv
will- cause too, great ah
economic burden on tbe
country. What isr your
opinion?" Fifty-six percent
. of. the respondents replied
with &n unqualified af¬
firmative. Twenty-two
percent said they were not in
complete agreement with
the statement and 19 percent
disagreed entirely. Three
percent had no opinion. A
social and .demographic
ariklysis of;, the replies
shwed that those agreeing
with   the   statement  were
mainly young people,
married couples without
children, immigrants from
Africa and Asia and native-
born Israelis. Older persons,
persons with higher
education, persons well off
financially and those of
Western background tended
id disagree. The pollsters
stressed that the question¬
naire was concerned solely
with the economic burden
and was not a test of opinion
on Soviet immigration per
se.
Volunteers Will Call On Community
To Donate Blood Wednesday, May 10
On Sunday, Apr. 30, the"
downtown office of the
Huntington National Bank
will be filled with volunteers
calling the Jewish i Com¬
munity of Columbus. Twenty
- three Jewish organizations
will have representatives on
that day making calls to the
Jewish Community to donate
a pint of blood on B-Day,
Wednesday, May 10 at the
Jewish Center. President of
the Jewish Community
Blood Donor Council, Jack
Masser, and Spring B-Day,
Chairman, Mrs. A.B. Thall,
said that these dedicated
individuals will attempt to
contact as many members of
the Jewish Community as
.possible, however, the- task.
was' too iarge to hope to
accomplish in one afternoon
and urged all members of
the Jewish Community to
share a little bit of them¬
selves with their fellow man
by donating a pint of blood on
B-Day:
Mrs. Thall is taking calls
for donors at her home
number 861:3767. She said
'she is most enthusiastic
about this Spring's Blood
Day Drive because of the
number of organizations
involved and the high calibre
of Chairman ..the
organizations have ap¬
pointed. Each Chairman
will enlist the aid of a
number of members to make
calls at the Huntington Bank)
so that all the people possible
are contacted.
- The' organizations and
their chairmen are: Agudas
Achim Sisterhood, Eileen
Kaplan: Ahavas. Sholom
Sisterhood, .Mrs. Sam
Greenberg; Beth Jacob
Brotherhood, Martin
Schecter; Beth Jacob
Sisterhood, Mary Ann
Speatt: JWV Auxiliary, Lil
Lewin;    Agudas    Achim
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"Fiddler" Has
Notable Record
Even Witli Only
Three Oscars
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —•<:
"Fiddler on the Roof," in the 7-
running; for eight 1971
Acaclemy ^Awards, won only .
three April 10 in nationally V
televised.ceremonies of the
Academy of Motion Picture •
Arts and Sciences. 7'Fid-
dler" was cited for
cinematography- (Osward
Morris), score adaptation
(John Williams) and sound
(Gordon K. McCallum). It
lost for best film, direction
(Norman Jewison), actor
(Topol), supporting actor
(Leonard Frey) and art and
set.. decoration (Robert
Boyle, Michael Stringer and
Peter Lamont). The popular .^
musical, based on Sholom
Aleichem stories, lost three
Oscars — for best film,
direction arid actor — to
"The French Connection";
the supporting actor award
to "The Last Picture Show,"
and the decoration prize to
"Nicholas and Alexandra."
The original 1964 stage
- production of "Fiddler," still
on the*boards as Broadway's
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Attend Protest Rally For
Soviet Jews Sun. April 30