Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-05-24

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VOL. SI NO. 21
MAY 24. 1S73 • IYAR 22
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WASHINGTON (WNS) - President Nixon has
nominated Kenneth Keating to be the next U.S. Am¬
bassador to Israel. He is a former Republican Senator
from New York and former Ambassador to India.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - The Ave members of the
Kashkosh family were brutally gunned down by Iraqi
security forces April 12 in revenge for the killing of
three terrorist leaders during the Israel commando
raid on Beirut A'pril'io, a tourist who recently visited
Iraq discldsed: He WldlTIM, the Israeli news agency,
the tragedy occurred as the Kashkosh family was
packing its bags to leave Iraq. Mrs. Kashkosh
managed to1 crawl out of her home and told the story '
before she died.   */,
- JERUSALEM (WNS) - State Attorney Meir
Shamgar said Israel has so far paid $180,000 in com¬
pensation to the families of the Feb. 21 Libyan airline
disaster victims, but refused to reveal the recipients'
names or nationalities for their- own protection. He
added that claims submitted by 16 other families are
being processed:
TEL AVTV i(WNS)'- A group of Soviet Jewish im¬
migrants have petitioned President Nixon to discon¬
tinue pressure on American Jewish groups and
Congressional leaders to withdraw (heir support for
the JacksonAmendment. The group told U.S. Charge
d'Affaires Owen Zerhullen, to whom they presented
the petition, that they regarded the Jackson Amend¬
ment as a, useful tool to ensure the continued
emigrationnf Russian Jews. American Jewish leaders
have neyer indicated they were pressured by the White
House, but the Administration has continually stressed
at meetings, wjth thenr the importance of most favored
nation trea(fiient forithje Soviet Union as a means of
Urge Strong International Outcry To
Save Remaining 400 Jews In Iraq
NEW YORK — "Only the
strongest possible in¬
ternational outcry" can save
the remaining 400 Jews in
Iraq, Rabbi Arthur Hertz¬
berg,. president of the
American Jewish Congress,
told demonstrators on behalf
of Iraqi Jews on May 16:
He spoke at a protest in
front of the Iraqi Mission at
79th Street between Fifth
and Madison Avenues.
Mayoral candidates Mario
Biaggi   and   Albert   H.
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Quest For Oil Complicated
By
WASHINGTON! (JTA)?
State Department official
said on May 7<tHat the U;S.
would havei to Curtail its. oil
consumption in the event of a
new Middle! East war to
avoid becoming ''politically
hostage to those who would
turn off the tap." William J.
Casey, Under-secretary of
State for Economic Affairs,
told the annual meeting of
tiie Society of American
Business Writers that the
U.S. would have to consider
either voluntary restraints
or ratlonining- petroleum
products;: f'to' reduce; > our
vulnerability"; should! new
fighting, break Out in the
region. Casey said that at the
same time, emergency ef¬
forts would have to be made
to build up an oil stokpile,
develop additional resources
and mount a much stronger
conservation program. He
disclosed that the Office of
Emergency Preparedness
has made some studies of
Blumenthal joined the
American Jewish Congress
protestors^and attempted to
present a petition on behalf
of Iraqi Jews to Iraqi Am¬
bassador Abdul Karim Al-
Shaikhly, along with Rabbi
Hertzberg and Mrs.
Jacqueline Levine, president
of the Congress' Women's
Division.
Ihe meeting was called to
protest the murder of five
members of the Reuven
Kashkosh family in their
how oil rationing would be
handled in an emergency.
Herevealed that tbe Office
of Economic Cooperation
and Development has also
developed a tentative
rationing plan for all
Western nations dependent
on Middle East oil. But he
did not indicate that a new
outbreak of war there was
regarded as imminent.
Casey agreed, however, that
consuming nations should
work together to develop,
alternative sources of
energy.
America's quest and
need for petroleum
will not alter its
search for a peaceful Middle
East settlement, three
highly placed U.S. govern¬
ment officials, told Jewish
leaders meeting here for the
annual policy conference of
the American-Israel Public
Affairs Committee
(AIPAC). The officials also
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homes in Bagdad by
members of the Iraqi
security forces in what has
been reported as reprisal for
tiie slaying of the three
terrorist leaders in Beirut in
the recent Israeli raid.
Rabbi Hertzberg called
the "cold-blooded and.
deliberate shooting" of the
Kashkosh family a
"sickening descent into
barbarism that demands our
unremitting condemnation."
Noting that the members
of the Kashkosh family were
killed as they were packing
to leave — having earlier
received exit visas allowing
them to depart — Rabbi
Hertzberg declared:        ,
"It is clear that the
remaining 400 Jews in Iraq
are now being held as a kind
of collective: hostage.
"No government with any
pretense of civilization can
permit such acts of wanton
vengeance against its own
innocent and defenceless
population. 'World opinion
cannot become so inured to
violence or allow its sen¬
sibilities to become so
coarsened as to remain
silent and unconcerned! in
the face of such events."'
The American Jewish
Congress leader warned that
"the silence thus far
maintained has encouraged
a cycle of terror in Iraq,
which will undoubtedly
escalate unless world
opinion establishes that it
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Agudas Achim Building
Expansion lahing Progress
This picture graphically presents the Agudas Achim
Synagogue's expansion program. When the building is
completed it will provide a newly expanded and
modern kitchen, an enlarged social hall, a more
spacious 'Bemah'. and adequate office and classroom
space....,'
Mr. Alvin E. Schottenstein, Chairman of the Finance
Committee stated: "We appreciate the community's
interest and feel it important that we pictorially show
.    our members and friends the work being done."
Ruben Chosen To Head
Israel Bonds Celebration
Bernard R. Ruben,
Columbus businessman, has
been chosen to serve as
Chairman for the 1973 Ohio
Governor's - Israel Dinner of
State to be held at the Ohio
Executive Mansion,
Thursday, June 21,1973. Hie
annual event will be
dramatically changed this
year in keeping with the:
long celebration to Isri
25th anniversary as a /free
and democratic nation;
Mr. Ruben said that this
year die dinner will be a
festive, gala, and light
evening as the mat/king of
such an important milestone
in Jewish history should be
remembered as one of joy
and happiness. Helsaid that
although the serious aspect
of economic aid to Israel is
foremost in the minds of the
community, the Israel Bond
BERNARD R.RUBEN
JWB: Nixon Cuts To Hurt Jewish Centers
BY BILL COHEN
Chronicle Special Reporter
Domestic budget cuts by
the Nixon Administration
will have a bad effect on the
400 Jewish community
centers across the country,
according to Moe Hoffman,
Washington   representative
More Trials, Charges for Soviet Jews
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Col.    who applied, for a visa last
Eflm Davidovichii a retiredi i: fall;.' is   charged   with
Jewish; Red > Army i officer,
and Gedalya Kipnis,; an
artist allegedly involved
with Davidovich,! will shortly
face a "show.triaT'in Minsk,
Jewish sources in Moscow
reported., The sources said
three other Jewish Army
officers face charges and
that the KGB (secret police)
is conducting:a wide-range
investigation: of prominent
- Minsk Jews.1 Davidovich,
disseminating, pro-Israel
propaganda and Zionist
literature, and "other anti-
Soviet activities." Kipnis,
accused of smuggling a
letter out of the country, had,
an exlt.visa and was leaving:
Russia when he. was hauled
off the train and arrested at
the last border check point.
Meanwhile, several hundred
former Minsk Jews now in
Israel have appealed in a
petition to Sen. Vance
Hartke (D. Ind.) to intervene
on behalf of Davidovich and
Kipnis. Hartke was one of
seven U.S. Senators who
recently met with Soviet
Communist Party Chief
Leonid I. Brezhnev in
Moscow.
m a related development,
Valery Panov, who was fired
from Leningrad's Kirov
Ballet after applying for an
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of  the   National   Jewish
Welfare Board.
Hoffman spoke to Jewish
leaders in Columbus May 14.
"We've long maintained
the belief that any ef¬
fectiveness of center work is
related directly to the
a va ilabil i t y of
professionally - educated
social workers," Hoffman
told Ihe Chronicle, adding
that plans by the President
put 25 million dollars now
used for social work
education in jeopardy.
"Presently, there are
about 15,596 full-time
graduate students in schools
of social work. About 2,300 of
these students are presently
federally-supported. ' Now
half of these students will
receive no federal support in
1974. The rest will be phased
put over the next several
years," said Hoffman.
The Welfare Board
representative added that
many faculty members
working in graduate schools
of social work will also lose
federal support.
"We're distressed, and we
want the Center (Columbus
Jewish Center) to be equally
distressed, and I'm sure they
are because they can't get
along without professional
staff," said Hoffman.
Hoffman added that cuts
in Medicare will hurt the
Jewish elderly along with all
other senior citizens.
"President Nixon's fiscal
1974 budget would require a
medicare patient to pay the
full charges for the first day
of hospital care instead of
the current national average
payment of 72 dollars. In
addition, they'd have to pay
10 per cent of all hospital
charges thereafter. Now,
those charges are without
cost to the beneficiary for
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Executive     Committee  u>
decreed  that  this  annual
event should be held as an  -,
anniversary party replete -
with music and laughter.
In accpeting the chair¬
manship, Mr. Ruben ex- -
plained that the 1973 cam¬
paign in Columbus waB part
of a worldwide drive for S360
million in Israel Bond sales
to help Israel meet the
economic pressures of the
crisis in the Middle East and .
to facilitate the absorption of
a large number of im¬
migrants.
In 1971 there were 15,000 '
Russian Jews who came to
Israel, ttie Chairman pointed
out. In 1972 the number "•-
jumped to 32,000,
representing 60 per cent of
the total immigration figure
of 56,000. And the number is
expected to exceed 35,000, he
stated.
"Ttie immigrants from the
Soviet Union come to Israel
imbued with a, dream of ,
freedom among their own u»,
people and » thirst to fulfill ;
themselves as Jews in their
ancient   homeland,"   he
declared.
"It is necessary to settle
them into new homes,
provide them with job op-
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