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TT2€t| oTMO *enqumxoa , *9AV euitoA Z§bX 3S »STH oTt[0 '^aeaqfT Serving Columbus, "Central and Southwestern Ohio \[MK f») i»' 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 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 41 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 . (CONTINUED ON PAGE J) 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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Full Text | TT2€t| oTMO *enqumxoa , *9AV euitoA Z§bX 3S »STH oTt[0 '^aeaqfT Serving Columbus, "Central and Southwestern Ohio \[MK f») i»' 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 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 41 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 . (CONTINUED ON PAGE J) 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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