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VOL. 51 NO. 28
JUNE 28, 1973 - SIVAN 28
Brezhnev Says Jews Se
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Get Them;
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Legislation is expected to be
introduced into Congress this session which will enable
Jewish inmates in federal prison to have at least one
hot kosher meal daily on request, the National Jewish
Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA)
reported on June 21. Tentative legislation for that
purpose was drafted to provide one special meal daily
to meet the religious dietary requirements of inmates
of all faiths.
WASHINGTON (WNS)-Two Jewish leaders who
attended President Nixon's state dinner for Soviet
Community Party Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev met
briefly with the Russian leader and expressed op¬
timism that the Nixon-Brezhnev talks may ultimately
lead to benefits for Soviet Jewry. But the two leaders,
Jacob Stein, chairman of the Conference of President
of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Max
Fisher, were criticized by the president of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations in the United States
for attending the dinner. jOU President Harold M.
Jacobs in a letter to Stein said "Jewish participation in
welcoming a man who personifies antagonism and
animosity to Jewry today is an incalculable in¬
dignity."
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Thirty-two Congressmen
have asked President Nixon to reconsider the proposed
sale of Phantom jets to Saudi Arabia because they fear
die planes will be, transferred to Egypt. Jhe
Congressmen rioted that Egypt reportedly received
Mirage jets from Libya, despite a stipulation in the
franco-Libyan purchase agreement that they were not
to.be transferred to a third power.
Will Mot Compromise For Trade Agreement
By Joseph Polakoff
JTA Washington
Bureau Chief •
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
Leonid Brezhnev's
presentation of the Soviet
emigration issue to the 21
Senators and two
Representatives who were
his luncheon guests at Blair
House on June 19 is more
important for what it con¬
cealed than for what it ac¬
tually revealed. The
lawmakers said the Com¬
munist Party Secretary
dealt with the subject
seriously and candidly, but
they reserved judgement on
the statistics he offered on
Jewish emigration from the
USSR, the number of exit
visas- requested and the
number granted. As Sen.
Hubert H. Humphrey (D.
Minn.) put it after emerging,
from Blair House,. "Both the
figures and interpretation
are.theirs." Sen. J. William
Fulbright (D. Ark.) who is
chairman of the Senate
Foreign  Relations   Com¬
mittee and an ardent ad¬
vocate of an end to the Cold
War, was skeptical. Asked
by a reporter if be believed
Brezhnev's figures,
Fulbright replied, "How can
I judge? It is difficult for me
to believe even our own
budget." Fulbright said,
however, that the U.S.¬
Soviet trade bill should not
be held up for every in¬
dividual report of harsh
treatment for a Soviet Jew.
The figures Brezhnev gave
the American lawmakers
are open to question—even
such baste figures as the
total Jewish population of
the USSR which the Soviet
leader put at 2,151,000.
American specialists on the
Soviet Union said the figure
was about one-third short of
the total of more than 3
million Jews in Russia.
They based their higher
estimate.   on    previous
Heritage Wing Named For
Reslers At Groundbreaking
CCAR Rabbis Call For Amnesty;
Disapprove Of Mixed Marriage
ATLANTA, (JTA)—
Delegates to the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis, here for the 84th
Annual Convention, over¬
whelmingly adopted on June
20 a resolution callMgiupon
Congress to grant un¬
conditional amnesty to those
men who refused to serve in
the Vietnam War either by
accepting prison sentences,
deserting or going un¬
derground. The reformed
rabbis, who have a long,
record of opposition to the
Vietnam Warr called i upon
the Congress "to grant
dricondirJonai amnesty asan
&t of rfecbhcilMidn and
compassion that cari help to
speedily reunite the
American people for the key
tasks of justice and peace
which- lie ahead." Some
opposition to the resolution
was voiced by a handful of
rabbis who wanted ^con¬
ditional amnesty but their
. position was rejected by the''-.
'more than 500 rabbiB|«at-' -'
• tending the convention'in the
Sheraton-Bfltmore Hotel. '
The Commission on Social
Action of Reform Judaism, a
joint commission Idf: {the ;:
CcAr and the Union' of
American Hebrew
Congregations, drafted!the
resolution which the rabbis
, approved. In anticipation of
: a similar debate at the iooth
annual convention - of1 'the
UAAC, the lay body'of
Reform Judaism, to be held
in New York in tbe fall)'the
■ CbminlsstonttstributedWSa- -
page amnesty study! fkit>;
covering all the pros and
cons of the problems to the
710 reformed congregations -'A
belonging to the UAAC. It is
expected that the UAAC
debate will be more heated
than the one which* took
place on June 20 at the CCAR ;
convention. ■■■;■
Rabbi Cahrles Kroloff of
Westfield N. J., Chairman of
the CCAR's Church-State
Committee, cautioned the;
rabbis that a new generation
of politicians arid school
officials pressing for prayers
in the public schools and
government funds for sec¬
tarian education, poses new
threats to the principle of
church-state separation.
Rabbi Kroloff cited the new
voluntary prayer amend¬
ment recently introdu£&T"%
into Congress by.. Senator,
Howard Baker, RepJl.pf^ ,
Tennessee and Settjuffi'"'.'
{Richard Schweiker, Re^oT^
Pennsylvania, as a "danger
jaignal.'.' The Committee
Ifimnd thatthere has been an
"upswing''' In religious
practices in the public
schools and a continued
attempt in Congress and
State Legislatures to find
legal avenues to provide
some form of tax credits or
other funds, to aid parochial
religious indoctrination and
Key?.'73;as '*real threats to
religious-freedom,''      ,
CJCAR, also   adopted  on
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A record turnout of over
300 people representing all
segments of the Jewish and
general .Community par-
aciriated In''formal ground¬
breaking for the new wing of
Heritage House.
During the program
preceding the actual "tur¬
ning of the shovel," Ed
Schlezinger, President of the -
Heritage. House Board of.
Trustees read the resolution
of the Board which formally
named the proposed addition
"The Eleanor and Jack
.Resler Wing" of Heritage
House.
Greetings and
congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Resler were offered by
Morrey Portman, President
of the Columbus City
Council, Mayor Kenneth
McClure of Bexley, Norman
Meizlish, President of the
United Jewish Fund and
Council and also
representing the Columbus
Jewish Welfare Foundation,
Mrs. Abe (Eleanore)
Yenkin, President of the
Heritage House Auxiliary
and Miss Georgiana Asheim,
representing the residents of
Heritage House.
Mr. Schlezinger in his
remarks paid tribute to the
outstanding leadership that
Eleanor Resler has provided
Heritage House not only,
during-her unprecedented
tenure of three terms as
President of the Heritage
House Board of Directors
and as President of the
Heritage House Auxiliary,
but in her endless devotion to
the residents from die days
that Heritage House first
opened its doors.
"Our cup of blessings truly
runneth over", stated Mr.
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statistics and on the ap-
parant rate of assimilation
of Jews into the Russian and
Ukrainian nationalities. Hie
analysts noted that a similar
discrepancy was evident in
the 1970 census which gave
the number of Jews who
declared Yiddish their first
language as about 393,000.
Itiey said this figure was too
low and opined that Soviet y
bureaucrats had lopped off
several hundred thousand
from the overall Yiddish
statistics to suit their in¬
ternal policies. Brezhnev
told the Senators on June 19
that 61,000 Jews had applied
for exit visas, apparently
since 1970 and that of these
60,200 had been granted.
The latter figure tallies
with' - the number of
emigrants who have arrived
in Israel. But the Soviet
figure for'applications is less
than two-fifths of the number
of affidavits Soviet Jews
have requested from the
Israeli government for
immigration purposes. Since -
the 1967 Six-Day War more
than 160,000 Jews have
requested affidavits. '
t According to Soviet Jewry
activists here, the Israel
government certifies the
mailing of documents to
every applicant. Thus both
the Israeli and Soviet
governments know who
receives them. But only thev
Soviet bureaucracy knows
how many have actually
applied for visas. The
bureaucrats; can easily say
there were 61,000 applicants
even if more than double
that number had actually
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Israel Has Lost Many Friends
Says Former Ambassador Varon
Dr. A.; J.- Weiner, President, left and Marvin Horkin,
immediate past President of the Tifereth Israel Men's
Club^hoid ford] the "torch" trophy received for the
"best single program of the year "rara national award
Sesehted by the National Federatiwf of; Jewish Men's
ubs National Convention.      ■^|3|7
T.I. Men's Club Rlceives
Award For Retreat Program
Officers of the
Congregation Tifereth Israel
Men's Club have, received
the 1973 "Silver Torch"
silver trophy awarded by the;
.members of Congregation
Tifereth Israel- were led in
the Retreat by Associate
Rabbi1, David Zisenwine.
The | Tifereth Israel Men's
Club Retreat presentation
was selected for the special
honor from among 160 en¬
tries nationwide. Dr. A. J,
Weiner, is President of
I Tifereth Israel Men's Club,
dents cited sprayer, ilHbler^ ta:
TMding,     intentional   in Novembar. 1972. Sixty   memUi pM r"*""3"-
ssAtxa^rliS} survey^ch^Ngabhkf Federation of
had -,,msieCAflk v&Wtt4 JvMiMen'a Clubs National
iwrx«d(njfi^ for the "best
Rabbi Herpert- Ruttnian■■ of < single program of the year!"
Baltimore  who  concluded      The program cited in the
that in addition to Christmas   national award was the'
observances, the respon-* Men's Club'retreat held:at:
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Chronicle SpeciaJ Reporter r.
Israel has^ip^^-great^
deal of support," compared
with its earlier years, of
existence, according to >
Benjamin Varon, former
Israeli Ambassador who
spoke in Columbus, June 21.
Varon. who played a key
role in the establishment of
the' (State of Israel, has
served as Ambassador to
Paraguay, Jamaica, and the
Dominican Republic.
Before speaking at the
Ohio Governor's-Israel
Dinner of State on behalf of
the {State! of Israel -Bond
Drive, Varon told The
Chronicle support for Israel
iii 'the United Nations has
changed greatly compared
to the 1947 Palestine Par¬
tition vote, when Israel won
32-1$.
Varon said that recently,
the United Nations General
Assembly has sometimes
voted; against Israel by
margins of 87 to 6. Another
vote, he added, was 105 to 1.
'"The security- council/
which has given us a. lot of
counsel but not the slightest
bit of security, condemned
Israel for our foray) into
Egypt by a margin of 11-0,"
Varqn'said.        " '■'■
"#«. we have become a
rathet.-lonely country,"
Varoii'fdded.
y^(in'tt who helped to
a^t&'lttpng ties between
laiakm' Latin American
countries during his 27 years
of service, said he feels one
reason for the decline in
support has been a change in
Israel's image.
"Before, we had! been the
underdog all. ttie time. In
1947, We were a landless
people Which fought for a
place of our own. We have
been the underdog for years,
but riow, we have proved
that; we can win alone —
withnit the help of anybody
—a war against practically
the 'whole Arab world,"
Varon said.
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