Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-05-18

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NEW YORK (WNS) — Four of 14 Soviet Jews who
went into hiding rather than report for duty with the
Soviet Army Reserves, were arrested at the home of
Vladimir Slepak. Three of the four, Victor Yakhout,
Mikhail Kliatchkin, and Leonid Taypin were taken to
their induction centers, the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry reported. Tbe fourth, Aleksander Slepak,
was released. .' -     "
> „ CLEVELAND (WNS) — The American Jewish
' Congress refused to permit Rabbi Meir Kahane,
ational chairman of the Jewish Defense Leafe, to
adress its National Biennial Convention on the sub¬
jects of Soviet Jewry and American aliya to Israel-In
refusing to permit Rabbi Kahane to speak, Theodore
Bikel  co-chairman  of the  AJCongress' -National
Governing Council, said that Rabbi Kahane, who had
not been invited to attend the convention, "has no right
to bully his way into our meeting, disrupt our
deliberations or otherwise force his views on us/' 7
At another session, Bill Novak, a leader of the Boston
Havura and editor of the magazine "Response," said
that   American   Jews  must  make   "fundamental
-    changes" in the spending of communal funds far
Jewish needs.1' Calling for less Jewish funding of
Jewish hospitals because money can be secured from
•other sources, Novak asked, "It is June and well that we
have places where people can die Jewishly, but isn't it
time We poured mwicy into places where people can
give Jewishly — Jewish schools,Jewish summer
camps, Jewish day schools?''; 7: -Y-Z/zYY ^i-Y".'"''
OTTAWA (WNS) -Mmbers^ toeSttid^ S^nBgle.
-for SovietJew^heltfA24h^hT^^strikeinl^of
"' Canada'sParliWentbundlngtoprot&f^
Soviet Jewish JicUvists for reserve din^m
AEAAhny. Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp promised
to forward the strikers' protests to the Canadian
Ambassador in Moscow for discussion-with Soviet.
authorities. .Z. .;.;■:■..'• A7-
World Famous Cantor Will
Nixon's Blockade: Not Legal Or Moral
NEW YORK (JTA) — said, "our obligation is to let
President Nixon's decision to the "parties settle their dif-
mine all North Vietnamese ferences themselves." The
ports was assailed by the-. President's "desperate
American Jewish Congress gamble" carries with it the
as "a dangerous risk, of "grave peril that our tie
Armageddon." In a facto blockade will be met
statement on the eve of the. with counter-action and that
organization's, national^.escalation will inevitably
biennial convention, Rabbi    follow,"   Rabbi   Lelyveld
Arthur J. Lelyveld of
Cleveland, AJCongress .
national President, said
Nixon's action was "based,
on the fallacy that it is up to
this country to shape the
future of the Vietnam
people." "In what is
essentially a war between
brothers," Rabbi Lelyveld
stated, adding, "At the same
time, however, every
American must welcome the
President's willingness to
withdraw all US troops from
Indo-China within four
months of .the return ,of
American prisoners and the
establishment of an in¬
ternationally   supervised
Says Busing Moratorium
Would Depart From Ideals
Of Freedom And Equality
cease-fire." ;.. What '..-'.is.
dismaying in this situation,
he added, is the "fact that7
the President lias ac¬
companied this hew offer.'
with an act of'; military
confrontation."
Fourteen Rabbis; from all
branches of Judaism Sharply
assailed President Nixon's
Vietnam "escalation" - as
having neither "legal nor:
moral" justification and
called on Congress to
"Withhold the legal and
financial resources with
which to wago this war."
Among those who tigried the
statement wore Abraham
Joshua Heschol, Balfour
Brickrier, Maurice N.
Eisendrath, Arthur J.
Lelyveld, Wolfe Kelman,
Henry Siegman and, Roland
saving. We; must: strongly
object to .your1, reversal' of
moral values.which sees war
as honor, peace.'as.:defeat
and face-saying: as- more
importaijuv than saving
military"?and 'civilian lives.
This pervasion'of Jogic-and
morall£va>uss:friskS: the
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f5°$&*?isM^A:-Uie
President, ;;yo# may. have
political insight, but in our
judgment you have lost your
vision of..;the;: greater
American ^purpoae;: The
hftnor and wprld respect: you
seek for this nation cainnpt be
won by further;; military
confrontation. In the name of
• all that is tifujy ^'awed,.we
pleaded with you now to stop
military escalajtiori^ and
resume negotiations :As we
WASJWNGTO^^TA)7-v;-ah4fiH-at.-^---vi:-   ,
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m oiner   vigorously, , or"
- i Cantor   Sholom    Katz,
world-famous chazan,  will
, grace the 'omed' at Agudas
' {Actum   Congregation   both
-days of Shavuoth, Friday
and Saturday, May 19 and 20.
Cantor Katz was born in
Oradea, Rumania, where he
was acclaimed a child
prodigy at the age of 5: He
studied music for many
years in Vienna at the
Musical Academy with' the
most' outstanding music
teachers in Europe. Sholom
Katz soon became Chief
Cantor "of Kishineff,
Bessarabia, one of the
largest Jewish communities
in Europe. Here his
musically creative gifts
were fully utilized until
Rumania became a- vassal
state of the Nazis. Not ex¬
cluded from the Nazi per¬
secutions, Cantor Katz found
' himself dragged with his
fellow   Jews   to   a   con-
- centration camp where
escape was only considered
possible through death. After
four horrible years in the
camp it was Ids voice mat
finally savedi'1rim. When,
along with others he was
given a shovel and pick-axe
and told to dig his grave, he
made a plea that he be
allowed to sing,; and began
raising his tragedy-shaken
voice with the Hebrew
prayer for the dead- the "El
Molei Rachamin". He sang
•all   night Ho   the   'ac-
. compariiment'     of     the
CANTOR SHOLOM KATZ
machine gunning of his
fellow Jews and finally told
by the commandant, 'Vanish
Jew; a voice such as yours
should not be stilled".
Cantor Sholom Katz has.
attained world-wide fame
through concerts that he has
given throughout Europe,
United States and Canada. In
1950, he was invited by the
Israel Government.for a
series of twenty-five eon-
certs, from Dan to Elath. He
had a private audience with
the late President of Israel,
Dr. Chaim Weizmann. He
also appeared in a movie
which was filmed on Mt Zion,
at the site of the Holy
Temple, by Paramount
Pictures. It is interesting to
note that at the request of the
Voice of America, they
recorded his concerts for re-
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Ration -measures''
would be a signal to the
world that the American
people had departed from
the principles of freedom
and, equality," a
representative of nine
national Jewish religious
and civic organizations told
a House Judiciary sub¬
committee considering
various anti-busing amend¬
ments, this week. "The-an¬
swer, is to end segregation
and improve the schools:
Plainly, this has nothing to
do with busing," testified
Albert. E. Arent, a
Washington tax lawyer who
is chairman of the National
Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
(NCRAC).
Arent. asserted/ that
President Nixon's proposed
"moratorium" on school
busing, coupled with federal
upgrading of. poor schools,
"would be tragic, and
probably illegal," since
"Our. whole system of law
would be undermined if
courts were compelled to tell
persons applying for
redress: 'Yes, your con*
stitutional rights have been
' invaded.. But we are barred
from giving you effective
relief.'"
NCRAC is convinced "that
every, group in our multi¬
cultural society — religious,
racial and ethnic — is
threatened when one is
oppressed," Arent said,
adding: "They are 'con¬
vinced that enactment of any
amendment to our Con¬
stitution curbing the power
of the courts to deal with
racial segregation would be
a betrayal of the principles
which this country stands for
in the eyes of oppressed
peoples throughout the
world." Busing, he con¬
tinued,  "is a particularly
Gittelsohri.
The statement called upon, -.- wimhold ofr-sugj^t^tidp
Jews, synagogues anther   we now urge.all with;whom
Jewish?*  communal   Tin*   we have contact or influence
■; stitutiohs ; to ; join - the-^to# all'm
protesters throughoUty^
nation "and not to grant the  ,.t«p^'\'::ttf..'\ttie.'v'name7' of
President me;.support7for^;;A^
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me term ^forced Allon Says Cease Fire Length
to race,
busing" is "no more than a k ,..,   ,;r.:««" <v>*^i» ^*?
rhetoric,; .trick,"    Arent PrOVCS IStfe! POllCV
it  that        ..-„.   --•■^-l    .-- "      --™P(
charged, pointing out that
"No one describes the laws
i^uiring'children fo go to
school as forced school at¬
tendance laws."
The NCRAC members
are: me-'American Jewish
Committee, the American
Jewish Congress, the Anti-
' Defamation" League of B'nai
B'rith, the Jewish Labor
Committee, the Jewish War
Veterans of the USA the
National Council of Jewish
Women, the (Reform) Union
of American Hebrew
Congregations, the Union of
Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America
and the (Conservative)
United Synagogue of
America.
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Israel
Temple
NEW YORK (WNS) — - fo)
Israeli "Deputy Premier-#&<
Yigal Allon," prior to «TfJ
departing for Israel at the annua
end of his three-week visit to
the U.S., told newsmen the
21-month duration of the
Suez Canal cease-fire was
"impressive proof" that
Israel's policy was the
correct one. He also said that
"a prolonged cease-fire may
lead to some diplomatic
.movement more than a state
of active belligerency"
because "first, people get
used to the pleasure' of a
cease-fire. Second, a
prolonged cease-fire has its
own dynamics for de-
escalation-"    "
Earlier in the week, Allon
luncheon
;«,' American
|tlee's..66th
&_that there
lilitary solution
graeli conflict,
^negotiations
peace.'At-an
Bona"' dinner' at
Har, i Ziop     in
Philadelphia, Allon;said that
war'in the Middle East,was
possible but not inevitable.
He added that Israel has
combined two initiatives^—
to seek out every avenue to
peace while remaining
adequately prepared should
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat carry out his threat to-
renew warfare against
Israel.
Record Breaking Gallery Ticket Sale
Causes Additional "Fiddler" Performances
Because ;of 'an- un-:;
precedented record-"
breaking advance ticket
sale,: the Gallery Players
presentation of "Fiddler on
the Roof" will play an ad¬
ditional weekend-at The
Jewish Center, 1125 College
Avenue, with performances
on Saturday and Sunday,
May 27 and 28, at 8:30 p.m.
This announcement comes
from Harold M. Eisenstein,
Gallery Players managing
director, who is also staging
the. production. Says
Eisenstein, "There are a few
seats available for the
Saturday and Sunday, May
20 and 21,'performances but
the heavy demand for tickets
.has forced us into extra,
performances."
"The group of humble
dwellers," continues
Eisenstein, "in Anatevka,
Sholem Aleichem's fictional
little village in Russia in the
days of the Cars have
become modern figures of
world renown — comparable
to many other immortal
literary creations."
According to Eisenstein,
Sholem Aleichem wrote over
500 short stories, filling 24
volumes, which have been
translated into numerous
languages. TWenty-three^f-
the stories were, centered ^in
a , bPie-poor, - dairyman
named Tevye,, who "carried,
on chummy conversations
with God,--gently com¬
plaining about the afflictions
the Almighty had put upon
him — namely his poverty,
the .constant lameness of his
horse, the sharp.tongue of his
wife, and ihe existence of
seven daughters, three.of
whom are of marriageable
age and for whom he can
provide' no dowries. It is
these stories by the man
acknowledged to  be the
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