Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-05-10

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VOL. 51 NO. lt
May 10,1973 - IYAR 8
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JERUSALEM (WNS)—Tbe government announced
it would raise the issue of renewed Iraqi persecution of
Jewish families at a Knesset session April 29. Foreign
Minister Abba Eban said reports he received "con¬
firmed the very strong probability that there have
been murders in Baghdad and kidnappings and
disappearances as well." Tbe Israel News Agency,
HTM, reported April 25 that five members of a Jewish
family were shot to death last week try Iraqi secret
service men. Two older boys from the same family
were kidnapped several months ago, and are
presumed to have been killed. During the past year 16
Jews have disappeared, but- Iraqi authorities claim
they fled to Iran. The American Jewish committee
reported that according to information reaching its
Paris office, two more Jews were recently murdered in
Baghdad. They were identified only as Dr. violet Toeg
and her husband.
.TEBUSALEM (WNS) — Finance Minister Pinhas
Sapir said Israel must make clear that its presence In
ihe ao'ministered territories is onlytemporary and that
under a peace agreement with its neighbors it intends
to return much of the territories and their populations,
but that for security reasons there can never be a
return to the pre-June 1967 borders. Sapir, one of the
most powerful leaders of the ruling Labor Party, said
mat security must be the solei criteria.determining^
Israel's future borders, and denounced advocates of
- annexation on historical, religious or emotional
grounds. He was referring to claims try Orthodox and
extreme nationalist factions that Israel must keep all
the territories that were Jewish in Biblical times. He
warned that 4 million Arabs within Israel's borders
would be "dynamite which would blow up the State."
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) — Ambassador John
Seal! said be believes the April 21 Security Council
i i resolution condemning Israel for its raids in Lebanon
represented "a small step forward" because it also
included forthe first time, a condemnation of terrorist
■' violence. He said the U.S. refrained from vetoing; the
resolution for that reason, but also because a veto
,j    "might have been seized on''by the hardlines and in-
..' deed some of the fanatics on the Arab side 'as a signal
to launchattacks and propaganda against the United
States, alleging it proved American complicity in tbe
raid."
Convert To Speak At Beth
Jacob Institute This Sunday
The final lecture of tins
years Beth Jacob Adult
Education Institute will be
held this coming Sunday,
May 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the
Beth Jacob Social: Hall. The
guest lecturer will be Mr.
Abraham - Carmel. Mr.
Carmel, the first Ordained
Catholic Priest converted to
Judaism since the 9th
Century, will speak on the
subject "Christianity and
Judaism" (The Jewish
Viewpoint).
Today, Carmel is reluctant
- to Vjdiscuss his conversion,
and? prefers to deal rather
with -Jewish problems and
Judaism. He has been'
warmly received by large
audiences in almost 300
communities throughout
America and Canada. He
has been enthusiastically
received on \ 30 campuses.
Carmel is on the faculty of
the Yeshiva of Flatbush,
New York.
Always a strong opponent
of missionary activity on the
part of Jews, Abraham
Carmel devotes himself to
the task of converting Jews
to Judaism. Neither has he
neglected his own Jewish
Kissinger Says U.S. To Continue To Discuss
Soviet Jewry Problems Related To Emigration
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Dr. Henry Kissinger said on
May 3 the United States
government will continue
discussions with Soviet
leaders "on some of the
problems" related to the
Soviet emigration policy that
has concerned over¬
whelming majorities in both
houses of Congress.
However, President Nixon's
foreign policy advisor did
not identify the problems in
expressing hope that the
Congress in time will ap¬
prove the most favored
nation trade treatment to
the Soviet Union. He left on
May 3 for Moscow for
meetings with Soviet
leaders. Dr. Kissinger,
commenting on MFN in
response te a question from
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency at a White House
news conference, said: "We
have made very clear, and I
repeat it here that the Ad¬
ministration is strongly
supporting the provisions in
the trade bill that would
enable the President to grant
MFN to the Soviet Union. It
is the President's intention,
and if the provision is ap¬
proved, to grant it to the
Soviet Union. It is fur¬
thermore the belief of this
Administration that the
issue of MFN for the Soviet
Union is part of the whole
fabric of our negotiation with
tiie Soviet Union over a
period of two years and
should not be separated as
an issue to be addressed in
isolation."
'■And finally we believe
mat the exchanges that took
place between the Soviet
leadership and the President
on tiie issue of the exit visas
substantially meets the
concerns that were ex¬
pressed by many of the'
signers of these resolutions.
We hope that as the Congress
studies the problem in the
entire range, and as we
continue our discussions
with some, of the problems
mat give rise to these con-
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Nixon: Mideast Crises Has
Highest Priority For U.S.
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Pictured above is 1973 Columbus Chairman, Ben
Goodman, Central Ohio Chairman, Frank R. Nutis;
and Board members Hyman Mendelson and Ben
Grinblatt. /
Committee For Israel Bonds
Begins It's 1973 Campaign
ABRAHAM CARMEL
education. In 1966, he
graduated from the Ferkauf
Graduate School of
Education, Yeshiva
University, and is presently
engaged in a doctoral
program. He lived and
taught in Israel for two
years. He will, eventually
setUe m JenisalenV.
Mr. Bernard Hirscb, the
Adult Education1 Committee
chairman at Beth Jacob
said, "This series of lectures
given by .Rabbi David
Stavsky has been the Beth
Jacobs response to  the
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Last week the Columbus
State of Israel Bond cam¬
paign began its drive with
the first meeting of the
Executive Board. Newly
elected chairman,. Ben
Goodman, in accepting his
responsibility from out¬
going chairman, Frank R.
Nutis, said that 1973 would
not only see a continuing
celebration of Israel's 25th
anniversary, but a new era
of cooperation of leaders
from all sections of the
Jewish community in
helping to provide necessary
dollars for Israel's economy.
The Executive Board,
after deep discussion of. the
areas of sales, passed a 1973
quota of $1.5 million. Sub¬
committees for the 1973
Governor's Dinner were
appointed.
Members of the Executive.
Board banned at the meeting
werer'ffirank R. Nutis, Ben
Goodittanv, Dr. B.W.
Abrarflttoh; Irving Baker,
Louis Berliner, Maurice
Bleich, Dr. Sanford Bloom,
Dr. B.B. Caplan, Bernard
Cohen, Erwin Cohen, Edwin
Ellman, Morris Fleishman,
Melvin Furman, Stanley
Goldberg, William Good¬
man, Martin Greenberg,
Murray Greenberg, Harry
Greenblott, Ben Grinblatt,
Dr.    Richard    Gurevitz,
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WASHINGTON (WNS) -
President Nixon said the
Middle East ' has 'higher
priority than any other world
crisis for the United States.
But his 232-page annual'
foreign policy report did not
indicate specific progress or
fresh initiatives ■ toward
settlement of; the 'Arab-
Israeli conflict during the
past year, either; toward an
interim agreement, initiated
by the U.S., or an overall
settlement as sought by the
United Nations in its man¬
date to Ambassador Gunnar
V. Jarring.
Dr. Henry Kissinger, in a
White House news con¬
ference, reiterated that the
U.S. favors both the com¬
prehensive and interim
agreement, supports the
arring mission and others
that would "clear the Suez
Canal and bring about ;with-_
drawal from' some arjjMy*!
The report said stabilitymv
the Middle East "does not'
depend only on an Arab:„
Israeli   peace   and  'stable!
relationships   with . jand
among the great powers,".'■
but "also on strengthening,!
regional      forces    ' for I
cooper a ti on     and
bonaboration.", ?,'.
On his future agenda foi'\
the Middle East, Nixon said "
the U.S. will address itself to '
three specific  tasks:  set- *
tlement  of  the   conflict
through   a   process   of
negotiation; "the principles
of restraint, peaceful set¬
tlement, and avoidance of
confrontation that are set
forth in the basic principles
of U.S.Soviet relations must
become enduring realities;" * '
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Nation Celebrates Israeli Anniversary
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Messages marking Israel's
25th anniversary from
Premier Golda Meir and
from Israel's President
Zalman Shazar, were
released by the Israeli
Consulate General here on
May 2. Mrs. Meir stressed
her nation's quest for peace
and said "We have left no
stone unturned in our con¬
stant pursuit of it." The
Premier said, "Though we
Calls Testimony On Soviet
Emigration Policies Wrong
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Walter Stoessel, Assistant
Secretary of State for
European Affairs told the
Subcommittee on Europe of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee that "The
President has received firm
assurances that the present
Soviet emigration policy
which has permitted the
current level of emigration
will be , continued in¬
definitely." But, Jerry
Goodman, National con¬
ference on Soviet Jewry
executive director, also
testifying before the sub¬
committee, claimed Stoessel
was "100 percent
wrong...absolutely in¬
correct." Goodman- said
later     that     no  * such
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have had to accept the
reality of no peace, we
persist in the faith that pece
will one day come because it
is also a fundamental need of
all the peoples in our area."
Noting that conflicts all over
the world are moving
toward solutions "through
negotiation by the nations
involved," Mrs. Meir
declared.:, "We too- shall
continue to work and strive
for the day when
negotiations with out neigh¬
bors will begin and recon¬
ciliation will finally be
reached."
Stating that day would
arrive "once the option of
war is eliminated and the
realization that Israel is
home for good is accepted,"
Mrs. Meir stressed that
Israel, on its 25th an¬
niversary "again stretches
out tbe hand of peace to its
neighbors. We call upon
them to join us as equals at
the negotiating table, the
only place where true
reconciliation is ever
possible.1' She said,  "We
~v,
make no prior conditions to
them just as we expect them
to make none to us." Mrs.
Meir noted that "within
Israel itself, great tasks of
social and economic con¬
struction await us." She
added: "Social and cultural
integration will continue to
be a major effort of Israel. ;:
We hope to create a society
where every social gap V
subjective and objective, has
been closed and where all
individuals enjoy equal
opportunities in education
and in conditions of living."
President Zalman Shazar
declared that Israel will
continue to strive to
"establish "cbmrnunication
with our neighbors in this
region" in order that both
Israel and the Arab states
will take steps to suc¬
cessfully "tiring into being
that just and enduring peace
essential to us all."
The Israeli President
asserted that "items of
celebration must also be
times of spiritual stock-
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