Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-07-19

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VOL. 51 NO. 29
JULY 19, 1973 - TAMMUZ 19
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Senators Clash Over Soviet Trade
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Eighteen hundred Jewish
athletes from all over the world are participating in the
9th Maccabiah, the world Jewish Olympic games. The
festival, officially opened by President Ephraim
Katzir, paid tribute to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered
by Arab terrorists at me Olympic games in Munich
last Sept. 5. At latest count the U.S. was leading with 36
metals and Israel second with 24.
TEL AVIV (WNS) —Addressing graduating pilots at
an Air Force Base, Defense Minjshter Moshe. Dayan
said Israel's armed forces, especially the Air Force,
must maintain its superiority in view of the flow of
arms going into Arab States from Russia, France,
England and the United States. Meanwhile in the
Knesset, Foreign Minister Abba Eban said Israel did
not agree with the U.S. and Britain that planes and
submarines being supplied Saudi Arabia would not
eventually be used against Israel.
NEW YORK (WNS) — B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation
League has.welcomed a statement by a"group of
leading Christian scholars which denies that Israel's
policy is one of belligerency while asserting that
Israel's sovereignty is valid "on moral and juridical
grounds." The statement by the 18-membeV Israel
Study Group warns that "anti-Semitism is a Pandora's
box from which spring out not only atrocities against
Jews but also contempt for Christ" and says that the
persecution of Jews by Christians reflected "gross
ignorance of Jewish history and religion." The group,
which was formed two years ago by the Commission on
Faith and Order of the National Council of Churches
and the Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations,
predicts that if inflation and unemployment worsen or
another depression sets in "we can be fairly sure that
the radical right and or the radical left will make Jews
out to be the culprits."
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.
Wash.) replied sharply on
July 11 to a blistering attack
by his Arkansas fellow
Democrat, Sen. J. William
Fulbright who contended in
a speech here oh Jiily 11 that
the Jackson Amendment
aimed at a renewal of the
cold war. Fulbright,
chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee, told a meeting of the
American Bankers
Association that the Jackson
Amendment, which would
withhold most-favored
nation trade status from the
Soviet Union unless the
latter permitted free
emigration for its Jewish
and other citizens, amounted
to interference in Russia's
internal affairs and sought
'.'die redress of only one of
many injustices of the Soviet
system." Jackson appearing
on an ABC television in¬
terview, called Fulbright's
presentation"sheer non¬
sense." He declared that the
purpose of his amendment
which has 77 sponsors in the
U.S. Senate, "is just to bring
about a tiny bit of freedom
for JeW and gentile" in the
USSR.  He charged that
Fulbright, along with Soviet
Communist Party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev, is "an
advocate of one-way deals
with Russia — we give and
they take." Jackson said, "I
want    to    see    genuine
Local Couple Selected For
Jewish Life Institute Seminar
Among the twenty couples
selected to participate in an
Advanced Program Seminar
sponsored by the Institute
far Jewish life are Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin L. Glassman,
past president of the United
Jewish Fund and Council
and past chairman of the
^aniens' Campaign
Division.
The [Seminar is being
sponsored by the Council of
A.D.L. Says "Superstar" Is Anti-Semitic
by BILL COHEN
Chronicle Special Reporter
The recently-released
movie, "Jesus Christ
Superstar" is a "distressing
and disturbing recreation of
the poisonous and
discredited anti-Semitic slur
of the Oberammergau
Passion Play."
This was the viewpoint
presented to a crowd of more
than one hundred Columbus
clergymen and women by
representatives of the Anti-
Defamation League and Dr.
Robert Chazan, Professor of
Jewish Studies at Ohio State
University during a special
showing of the picture July
13.
Dr. Chazan told the group
that the first time he saw the
movie, he felt anger, and tiie
second time, he felt sorrow
because of the portrayal of
Jews in the film.
"Pontius Pilate is
presented as a man in
conflict, Judas is presented
as a man very deeply in
conflict," explained Chazan.
"But the only unconfllcted
group is the Jews, and
they're presented aB a kind
of incarnation of evil and
hatred."
During the film, the
Jewish high priests are
dressed in black as they
walk around on scaffolds,
much like vultures, ac¬
cording to Chazan.
A written critique of the
movie, written^ by the
national office of the A.D.L.
was also passed out to the
crowd. n It scored what it
called ■ "the portrayal of
collective     responsibility."
Tbe movie, according to
the A.D.L. statement,
"invents apocryphal in¬
cidents and dialogue and
twists the bare reports of the
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Elect Aronson Center President
Marvin Glassman
Jewish Federations and the
United Jewish Appeal in
cooperation with the In¬
stitute for Jewish Life. Three
sessions, two in the United
States: and one in Israel are
planned.
The first session met the
Mr. Robert Aronson was
elected President of the
Jewish Center at the annual;
meeting held Sunday, July
IS. In addition to the
President the following
officers were elected: Mr.
Ernest Stern, Mrs. Jerome
Nakrin and Mr. Marvin
Pliskin vice presidents, Mr.
Marvin Glassman,
Treasurer; Benjamin Zox,
Assistant Treaurer ahd Mrs.
Gerald Swedlow,,Secretary.
Mr. David Derrow the
outgoing' president   was
'elected to life membership
on the Board of Directors.
President Derrow was.
presented a plaque in ap¬
preciation for his out¬
standing . service as
president. Two additional
plaques were presented to
Mr. Harold Edelstein and
Mr. Irwin Barkan for their
many years of outstanding
service to the center.
Derrow in his closing
remarks to the membership
made      the      following
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cooperation, not fine
sounding words. Genuine
cooperation must be based
on easing the tensions of the
cold war by permitting! free
movement  of  people | and
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Waldheim May Visit Mideast
United Nations, (JTA) -
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim said on July 10
that he would be willing to
travel to the Middle East in
the interests of furthering a
negotiated settlement of the
Arab-Israeli dispute. An¬
swering questions at a
luncheon with UN
correspondents, Waldheim
said that a visit by him to the
Mideast might be useful but
whether he makes it depends
on consultations' he is
holding, with the Egyptian
and Isareli UN Am¬
bassadors. Waldheim met on
July 9 with the Egyptian
envoy, Abdel Meguld. He
had a one-hour meeting on
July 10 with the Israeli
Ambassador, Yosef Takoah.
He also met on July 10 with
the British Ambassador,
Kenneth Jamieson, who is
this month's president of the
-JS«S
Mrs. Marvin Glassman
weekend of May 11 to the
13th at Brandeis University;
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Security Council. Waldheim
repeated what he said
recently in Geneva, that the
only way to solve the
Mideast dispute is through
negotiations but that the
negotiations must be under
UN auspices. He said the
Security Council's debate on
the Middle East can be
fruitful. But he added.public
discussions by itself cannot
solve the problem and that is
why negotiations are
needed. Waldheim, who
returned to New York on
July 9 said he met in Geneva
with President Habib
Bourguiba of Tunisia who
told him that there had been
no follow-up to his recent
proposal for a meeting with
an Israeli leader.
Diplomatic observers here
believe it is virtually assured
that Secretary General Kurt
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TJFU7
"Tomorrow Won!tWait*
The Ihiited Jewish Appeal has requested Columbus
contributors to convert their pledges into cash im¬
mediately—"tomorrow won't wait!"    ,
Although the United Jewish Fund and Council's 1973
campaign has reached an all-time record high, unless
there is a cash redemption of pledges, the immediate
needs of people cannot be met.
At a recent national meeting where Pinhas Sapir,
Israel's Minister of Finance met with United Jewish
Appeal officers and National Campaign Cabinet
members held on June 28th at the Plaza Hotel in New
York, Minister Sapir said "without question the most
dramatic, historical Jewish event in the past twenty-
five years is the immigration of Soviet Jewry. There is
no solution of Soviet Jews but immigration to Israel.
We can do it properly only with the help of the tree
world. It is support to the vital Jewish Agency
programs that makes it possible for Israel's people to
•_, absorb Soviet immigrants.'The needs of the people of
Israel have dramatically .increased because of the
ongoing exodus from the Soviet Union and the need for
basic_ absorption services. This takes,cash! A need
more);$nperatiVe than in past years, if we are to
achieve] pur objective of offering refuge for all who
seek Freedom.''   ,•        -	
Gerald S. Coburn of Milwaukee, UJA National Cash
Chairman, introduced Mr. Sapir, praising the
American community leadership for their outstanding
pledge' campaign'' in 1973 and .promised that extra
' collection efforts would be forthcoming to turn those
pledges into cash. He said "the problem of absorption
is con^imdejd by the fact that each dollar is less due
to thp/ecent currency devaluation and-unless monies
are, iaun?diately forthcoming it can cause a cutback of
essential "services to deserving people — curtailing
'operations in many areas even with the increased
temptf of immigration."
Morris Mattlin, Treasurer, and Edwin Ellman,
Assistant Treasurer of the UJFC are calling upon the
Columbus Jewish Community to join with the other
communities of the United States to make very effort
to redeem their pledges immediately. ''Tomorrow
won't wait!"