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VOL 50 NO-Zl
MAY 25, 1972 - SIVAN 12
B. Goodnan To Lead Spring
Bonds For Israel Campaign
Ben Goodman, Columbus
business leader, has been
•chosen to serve as Chairman
of Columbus' 1972 Spring
Campaign for Israel Bonds
which will be highlighted by
the introduction of the Ohio-
Israel Dinner of State hasted
by Governor and Mrs. John
J. GiUigan at the Governor's -
Mansion. This gala fete, one
of the outstanding events of
the Central Ohio social
calendar, takes on new
meaning this year. The'
dinner will take place on
Thursday, June 22 at 6:30
p.m.
Mr. Goodman is president
of B. Goodman Fashions. He
is currently president of
Tifereth Israel Congregation
and chairman of the 1972
UJFC Advisory Council.
Closely allied with financial
assistance to Israel, he was
1971 UJFC Campaign
Chairman, a past he ad¬
vanced to from his' chair¬
manship of the 1970 Ad¬
vanced Gifts Division of
UJFC.
In accepting the chair¬
manship of the innovative
Ohio-Israel Dinner of State,
Mr. Goodman said he felt it
was vitally important-that
Israel receive the full benefit
of the,Columbus Jewish
community's^ economic
potential to assist Israel
through Israel Bonds as well
as UJA. He explained that
the 1972 campaign in
Columbus was part of a
worldwide  drive  for  $450
million in Israel.Bond sakjs
to enable Israel to meet the .-
economic pressures of the
war crisis in the Middle East
and to transform the in¬
creasing numbers. of new
immigrants from Soviet
Russia and elsewhere into
productive citizens through
the creation of thousands of
new jobs.  .
' "Judging by last year's.
J Israel Bond results of $251.6
! million, an all-time • record
exceeding even the previous
high of $217 million in 1967,
the year of the Six-Day War;
it is evident that more people
are becoming increasingly
aware of the overwhelming
problems facing Israel and
are expressing their concern
in a concrete way by in¬
vesting in Israel 'Bonds to
strengthen Israel's
economy," Mr. Goodman
said. '...-
"Israel must have the
economic strength to move
ahead with the nuts and bolts
of economic development,
the construction of new.
factories, the installation 'of
machinery and tools of
production," he said, "in
order to generate the em¬
ployment opportunities „ for
. the many immigrants who
have come and who continue
to come to Israel seeking not
only freedom and Jewish'
identity but also the chance
to participate to the best of
their ability in the upbuilding
Nixon To Bring Issue of Soviet
Jewry to Soviet Leaders Attention
BEN GOODMAN
of the country."
- "The role of Israel Bonds,
which have aggregated a
total of $1.89 billion from the
inception of the drive in 1951
to the end of 1971, is reflected
in the advancement of every
branch of Israel's economic
life," the Chairman' stated,
"industrial production has
increased ten-fold, total
exports have soared to
twenty times what they were
over two decades ago, and
many vital projects have
been completed affecting the
' supply of water, electricity,
fuel oil, and raw materials,
as well as the extension of
air, sea and land tran¬
sportation and com¬
munications," he said.
Mr. Goodman stressed the
impactof Israel Bonds on the;
prdatlctive capacity of the
economy which has utilized
- theserfinancial resources so
that private investors, in-,
eluding scores of large
American firms,- have been
attracted by Israel's
progress to participate by
establishing plants of their
own or on a mutual-basis
with Israeli partners.
SALZBURG (WNS) —
Pres. Nixon will bring the
issue of Soviet Jewry to the
attention of Soviet leaders at
the appropriate moment: Dr.
Henry Kissinger, the
President's assistant for
national security affairs/
told newsmen during the
President's stopover here.
He said the President was
aware of the more than one
million petitions on behalf of
Soviet Jewry which had been
sent to the White House, but
Kissinger would make no
further comments on the'
issue/ Dr. Kissinger refused
to comment on Middle 'East
problems; saying only the
"heightened tensions" that
arose in the summer of 1970
over the Middle East, Cuba
.and Berlin caused a
suspension' of attempts
between the superpowers for
a summit meeting. In August
and September 1970, the
USSRand Egypt violated the
stand-still ceasefire by
moving missiles up to • the
Suez Canal shortly after the
cease-fire went into effect.
Newsmen   accompanying,
the  Presidential   party   to
Moscow were subjected to
Soviet propaganda implying
there was ho.discrimination
against' Soviet Jews. Those
newsmen traveling aboard
the  Pan   American   plane
(Pan Am has two weekly
flights to  Moscow)   found
copies   of   the   English-
language Soviet publication
"Soviet  Life"   which  con¬
tained two articles signed,
with  Jewish   names.   One,,
titled "Thirty-Eighth An¬
niversary "    of      Jewish
Autonomous  Region,"  im¬
plied that the autonomous
Region of Birobidzhan was
essentially     Jewish     in
population and culture. Only
a . small    part    of    the
population   is  Jewish  and
. Jewish culture is all but non¬
existent. Tlie other article,
titled    "Places    Sholom
Aleichem Loved" described
how in the Ukraine "nun-
Soviet Jewish Scientists
Shipped To Military Camps
BOSTON (WNS) — Six Boston area rabbis, all
members of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, were
among 29 persons arrested at the John F. Kennedy
Federal Building during a demonstration against the
Vietnam War. They were released on $1,000 bail each
and are scheduled for a hearing before Federal
magistrate May 31.
JERUSALEM (WNS) — Israel diplomats throughout
the world have been seeking to mobilize support
against an expected Arab-inspired resolution to
deprive her of voting rights in the World Health •
Organization. The resolution is expected to be in¬
troduced at the WHO World Conference being held in
Geneva. Reportedly, France has joined the U.S.,
Canada and several European and Latin American -
nations to support Israel's voting right
OSAKA (WNS) — An exhibition recalling the Nazi
concentration camps, especially Auschwitz, was held
here in the Matsuzakaya Department Store as an
appeal for world peace. Among the itesm exhibited
were pieces of the wall which surrounded the Ausch¬
witz camp, which will be enshrined at Hiroshima.
NEW YORK (WNS) — The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People has withdrawn
from the Blade Political Convention because it. was
"totally opposed" to the Convention's hostile position
on Israel and school' busing. Dr. John Morsell,
assistant executive director, said the NAACP support
for Israel was always a matter of principle and, in fact,
antedated the establishment of the Jewish State.
CASH IS NEEDED
PAY YOUR UJFC PLEDGE
Activists Arrested
Prior To Nixoft Visit
NEW YORK, (JTA)—At
least six Jewish activist
leaders were arrested May
20 in Moscow and sentenced
to ten-day jail terms for
"antisocial activities," the
National Conference' oh
Soviet Jewry reported today.
The Conference said its
sources in Moscow linked the
arrests to a petition to
President Nixon which was
signed by 300 Soviet Jews
and presented Friday to the
US Embassy in Moscow. All
six were signers of the:
petition and one of them,
Roman Rutmah, claimed
that he. was one of the
organizers of the petition
campaign.     ..
The arrests of Rutrnan,
Victor Polsky ahd Boris
.Orlov were not confirmed,
but:'.two other, activists,
Vladimir Slepak . and
Vladimir Lebov, are known
definitely to' have been
jai|ed, according to Jerry
Goodman, executive
director of the NCSJ. The
name of the sixth Jew
arrested was -not known.
There may have been more
arrests, Goodman said.    '
The 300 signatories of the
petition were from Moscow,
Kiev, Riga, Kovno, and eight
other Russian cities. They
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CLEVELAND — In a
dramatic' phone- call placed
to Moscow from the floor of.
the American Jewish
Congress national biennial
i convention iMayi 12,: Soviet
Jewish activist Vladimir
Slepak reported that two
young Jewish scientists were
taken-, from - his apartment
May 11 and' shipped to
military -camps in the
U.S.S,R,
Mr. Slepak spoke from the
Soviet capital, to Michael
Epelman, a Jewish defector
from the UJS.S.R. who came
to the United States four
days ago to seek help in his
efforts to win permission for
his wife and eight-year-old
daughter to join him in
Israel; where he how lives.
Mr. Epelman was a guest at
the convention.        ;
In the telephone call; Mr.
Slepak told the' 500
AJCongress delegates that
Victor Yachot of Moscow,
■', whp had applied to emigrate
to Israel, was in a military
camp in Volsk.   ": J  .
Soviet authorities had told
Mr. Yachot he would be in
the military camp for two
months but that he would
"not be in touch with any
military secrets," Mr.
Slepak reported.
The charge of b^ing privy
to such secrets is a common
Soviet excuse for denying
Jews permission to emigrate
.for a period of five years,
Mr. Epelman noted. ,
Mr. Slepak ■ further
reported1 that Michael
Kliatchkin was taken from
Moscow at 1:30 p.m. last
Friday to a military camp in
Dubna.
Also, Leonid Tsipin was
freed after a medical
examination and Slepak's
older son, Alexander, was
returned to his home. All of,
these-had been taken from
Mr. Slepak's apartment last
Thursday by Soviet
authorities. .;
Further, Mr. Slepak told
the American 'Jewish
Congress, Sergei GurvJtz —
one of the 14 Soviet Jewish
activists' notified recently
that they would be inducted
into active service in', the
Soviet Army — was taken
from work to a militia
station and thai to a camp
near/Leningrad for military
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dreds of thousands" of Jews
live happily and hold
prestigious jobs.
In New York, the National
Conference on Soyiet Jewry
reported that five Jewish
activists in Moscow were
arrested and sentenced to to¬
day jail terms for "anti¬
social activity." They were
among the 300 Jews in 12
Soviet cities' who signed
petitions urging President
Nixon to intervene with
Soviet leaders on behalf of
Soviet Jewry. The National
Conference said the arrests ■
of Roman Rutman, Vladimir
Lebov, Victor Polsky, Boris
Orlov, and Vladimire Slepak
were intended to."clear the
streets" of Jewish activists
during President Nixon's
visit to Moscow.
Before the President left '
Washington, a B'nai B'rith
delegation met with
Assistant Secretary of State
Martin J. Hillenbrand, and
presented him with
legislative resolutions and
governors' proclamations
"from 30 states urging tbe -
President to intercede for
Soviet Jews during his talks
with Soviet leaders. They
were assured the actions of
the 30 states "will be brought
to the attention" of Hillen-^
brand's superiors...
JWV Will Hold
Memorial Services
Capitol Post No. 122 of the
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States will hold
memorial services, Sunday,
May 28, at 11 a.m. at the new
Agudas Achim Cemetery,
Refugee Road and > Alum
Creek Drive. Rabbi Nathan
Zelizer will conduct services.
Names of our departed
veterans will be read. All
members of the Jewish
community are invited to
attend
Ahavas Sholom To Host
Farewell To Rabbi Bakers
Rabbi   and   Mrs.   Julius    r""% '** ""*"
Baker, who are mpving to
Israel, will be honored on
Sunday evening, June 4, at 8
p.m. in the Social Hall of the
Congregation \ Ahavas
Sholom.   The   reception,
which is open to all members
of the congregation and the
community at large, will be
hosted by the Ahavas Sholom
Congregation,     and    its
Sisterhood.       Rabbi Baker
. has a long and ■ illustrious
history with the Columbus
community.    Before   his
departure for Israel, "Rabbi
Baker. served as spiritual
leader  of Ahavas  Sholom
from 1960 until 1971, at which
time he was given the title of
- Rabbi Emeritus.
Prior   to   his   official
RABBI JULIUS BAKER
position as Rabbi and all
during his association with
Ahavas Sholom, Rabbi
Baker served as Bal Tefillah
for the High Holidays and all
through the year.
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