Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-07-13

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VOL. 50 NO. 28
JULY 13, 1972 - AV 2
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The illegal carrying of a gun
will be punishable by up to ten years' imprisonment
and possession of a gun by up to seven years, under
new legislation submitted to the Cabinet this week and
scheduled for adoption by the Knesset later this month.
The present law provides for a maximum term of up to
four years for such violations^Attornay-General Meir-
Israeli Government Crises Partially Solved
By Cabinet Agreement For NRP Abstention
Shamgar told the Cabinet that there has been an in¬
crease in violent crime in Israeli urban life. He said
bank raids by robbers carrying and often firing' sub¬
machine guns have been an almost daily occurrence in
recent months: When-the new law becomes effective,
he said, people illegally in possession of such weapons
will have a two-Week amnesty period to hand the
1 weapons over to authorities. ..■/..
NEW YORK (WNS) —North American Rockwell, an
aerospace manufacturer, has promised to raise the
subject of Soviet Jews "should the opportunity present
itself for discussion in any of our international
dealings," Arnold Schlissel, spokesman for the ;
American Federation for Soviet Jewry reported. AFSJ.
approached 61 American firms and urged them to raise
the question of Soviet Jewry at Future trade talks with
the USSR. Of the 25 percent of the companies who have
responded so far, Schlissel said, three firms, IBM,...
ARMCO Steel and Hercules Chemicals flatly refused,
saying such matters are in the sphere of government,
not private corporations. ■■.Y.'Yri   •*''■;.':■
NEWIfQRK (WNS)- DavidiBarJlan; *orld-famed
Israeli pianist; has offered to pay the Soviet Union to
release Valery- PandV, former. soloist with the
Leningrad Kirov Ballet; who was dismissed from the
Company in April after having applied for a visa for
Israel. In a telegram to Soviet Communist Party
Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Bar-Dan wrote "If th^
Soviet government feels that its investment in Panov's
training istoo great to forfeit, my colleagues in the arts
and I shall be only too willing to raise the necessary
funds to reimburse you, although we are convinced
that Panov's artistic contribution to the USSR has
mor(e than .compensated for whatever the Soviet
/government has invested in him."             ■ ■
Hail Supreme Court Decision
Barring Capital Punishment
NEW YORK (JTA) - The,
•American, Jewish Congress
-anu-the-SynagcgusTGouneU—
of America — which filed a
joint friend-of-theA:ourt brief.:
in the case —have hailed the
US Supreme Court's decision :
barring capital punishment
as "consistent with Jewish
tradition'*;;arid "a 'cleat;!
triumph for the standards of >
c i v i 1 i za t i on     an d
humaneness': inherent in the
US Constitution. In a joint:
statemenfcsUie Congress and
the Synagogue Council —
which represents the major
Orthodox, Conservative and
Tour Brandeis University
Shownabdveleft'tpright are: Ben M. Mandelkorh;:j
^executive- director 'of-the" United Jewish Fund and|7
Council.'Edwih'ElIman, Norman Meizlish, Herbert H.7
Schiff, and Fred Yenkin, who were invited recently to ;
tour Brandeis University and to meet with the officials
of the University. In Columbus there is a group of
Friends of Brandeis who serve to disseminate and
promote  the  interests  and. contributions   of   the
University to the life of the Jewish community arid to
the American scene in the area of academic study and
research. v   ■-'■■"
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
The Cabinet disposed of one
aspect ol a looming govern-
ment crisis today when it
formally agreed to allow the
National Religious Party to
abstain when: the Knesset
' votes on an amendment to
the Law of Return specifying
halachic conversions for
prospective immigrants. But
the major test facing
Premier'   Golda    Meir's
. coalition government is the
Independent Liberal Party's
limited ciyil marriages bill;
The Labor Party and the
NRP indicated today that
they would rely on their
majority in the Knesset
presidium to postpone a vote
on'7 the .controversial
measure. But the IIP said it
would press for a vote before
parliament recesses at the
..'. end^pfjthis month, even'if it
means appealing to the
Supreme Court
The difficulties with the
NRP were solved following a
five: lioiir session las.t
Thursday night  when  the'
Labor Party agreed to
authorize Premier Meir to
allow the NRP to abstain.
"The Religious Party insisted
that it could not possibly
oppose the measure in¬
troduced by Agudat Israel
MK Shlomo Lorincz, which
contains the phrase ' 'ac¬
cording to halacha"
(religious law). The
measure is popularly known
asthe''WhoIsA Jew?" bill.
The NRP leadership an¬
nounced however that the
party's 12-man Knesset
/action would abstain, when it
came to a vote. Tlie Cabinet
today, voted down a proposal
by; Tourism Minister M6sh§
Kol of the ILP. that all
coalition party MKs. be
permitted to vote their,
conscience Zoh :Zth& il^iticz?
':mYZ^ZY^Zr^Y<Y'YY
Kol was backed by Mapam
ministers: Victor" Shemtov
and: Nathan Peled. His bid
which a majority of.: his
colleagues turned 7down,
would have created a
precedent for the civil
marriages bill. One of the
main problems facing the
Labor Alignment is to
convince  its  Mapam  con¬
stituents to support the
Government in opposing the
latter.
Mapam is still committed
by a majority decision of its -
political bureau: to vote for
the measure introduced by
former Attorney General
Gideon Hausher. "The
veteran Mapam leadership
is trying to persuade the
party . members to observe
coalition discipline. But
younger, more radical
elements have apparently
taken the helm; Lab,or Party
circles said today that while
Mrs. Meir is prepared to
tolerate abstention , by .
Mapam she: could not agree..
::tolfife}r. total defiance of the
gpveiffifent'implicit in a
'..Vote fbr-the measure. Mrs;'
Meir has said she would
dissolve her government in
that event, precipitating
early elections.
Neither the Hausner nor
the Lorincz bills are con¬
sidered likely to pass. But
according to Aharon Yadlin,
the Labor Party's Secretary
General, Mapam support ot
the Hausher bill would
destroy the coalition. The bill
provides for civil marriages
in cases where religious
marriage is denied by the
rabbinate on halachic
grounds.
Yitzhak Golan, .an ILP
Knesset member, said today
that Premier Meir had tried
to justify her appeal to the
ILP to agree to a post¬
ponement on grounds that by
the . time the Knesset
reconvenes next fall, Rabbi
Shlomo Goren will have been
elected Ashkenazic Chief
Rabbi' and would solve
pressing halachic problems
such as those of v un-
marriageables."
But Golan said his party
Was not convinced. "Nobody
can be sure that Goren will
be elected nor that he will be
able to withstand pressure
from other rabbis even if he
is," the MK said.'
Reform rabbinical and
congregational bodies in the
-US^^eclaredj_!!We have
long and consistently
believed, as Americans and
as Jews, that:capital punish¬
ment represented a violation
of the Eighth Amendment's
prohibition against 'cruel
•and unusual punishment'..-.
The Supreme Court has
expressed its agreement
with that view." Moreover,
in so doing, it has supported
the Talmudic xpncern with
human fallibility and the
irreversible nature of capital
inishment."
College Educated Jews Face
Tightening '7.0V Job: Market
Left to right, Mark D. Feinknopf, Sr., President of
"   Heritage House, Gerald N. Cohn; Executive Director of
Heritage House; Mrs. Abe B. Weinfeld and Troy
Feibel, Trustee of the Electric Power Equipment Co.
Foundation. -
Generous Gift To Construct
Heritage Weinfield Memorial
A generous gift to Heritage
House earmarked for the
Construction of a beautiful
Greenhouse has been given
by' The Electric Power
Equipment Company
Foundation in .'."■ loving
Memory of the late Abe
Weinfeld whowas Chairman
of the Board of the Electric
Power Equipment Company.
. The Weinfeld Memorial
Greenhouse which will ^be
constructed adjjap£nt7Mb\
Heritage House, will permit
Residents: to grow flowers :i
year round.: An ^enclosed,:
entrance with . a ramp,
suitable for residents using
wheelchairs and walkers will
be a special feature of the
facility., 7     /
,;" The many residents who
enjoy the pleasure' of raising
flowers during the Spring
and Summer will now be
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able to continue and expand
their pleasure: throughout
the Calendar. ,"../•■/
In accepting tiiis unique
contribution andjjgddition to
the expanding [Heritage
House program^ Mark D.
. Feinknopf, Sr. President of
the Board of Directors
stated: "What a magnificent
way for- all gof us to,
remember olift| beloved
friend, Abe Weiiueld. As we
contemplate thejgreenhouse
and think of the delight and
, pleasuWit,,will provide our
' residiejjts,7 we will fondly:
recajl .the many years of
Abe's outstanding service
and devotion to Heritage
House."
o   Mr. Weinfeld in addition to
serving   as  a   long   term
member   pf  the   Heritage
House Board of Trustees was.
also Treasurer of the Home.
; FALLSBURG, N.Y. (JTA)
— College-educated Jewish
young men and women face
"tighter" job prospects in
the 1970s because the growth
of job opportunities
generally filled, by college
graduates does not keep
pace with the number of
graduates entering the job
market,    a ' US    Labor
-Bepar+ment-^fficiaLJiaid.
here this week. Herbert
Bienstock, regional director
of the: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, suggested that
Jewish youths may find
more ; attractive career ■
opportunities in non¬
professional fields that have
traditionally' not- attracted
significant Jewish par¬
ticipation. Bienstock
analyzed the job situation for
Jewish;, youth at the 36th
annual convention of the
Rabbinical Council , of
America, the Orthodox
rabbinical organization. In
his paper titled, "Changing
Social and Economic Pat¬
terns and Their Implications
for the American Jewish
Community," he cited
studies made in 1957 that
showed about one-fifth of the
Jewish male'labor force was
employed in professional,
jobs, compared: with about
one-tenth, iniihe general
population. -.While
professional and technical
jobs are expected to grow
more- rapidly in the 1970s-
than any other major oc¬
cupational categories, the
anticipated 50 percent in¬
crease in the number of,
college graduates during the"
present  decade creates a,
paradox whereby college
graduates will find more
difficulty in job placement
than in previous decades; he
said.
The job-hunting problem
will probably be relatively
greater for a group — the
Jews — whi£h has close to 80
percent'of its young people
gpingto college, Bienstock _i
said. It might be well to
explore occupational paths
lHanrave"been-ignored in the
past, he said, though this will,
require attitiidinal recon¬
ditioning in terms of value
structures relating to non¬
professional jobs. Bienstock
said young Jews planning
their careers may find better
pay and job security in such .
"crafts      as   .carpentry,
plumbing,    -tool-and-die-'
making and' the electrical
field  than  in  professional
occupations   requiring   a
college    education.     He
suggested that the Jewish
community   migjit'   well
consider more emphasis on  >•-
vocational guidance and
placement activities through
communal     organizations.
Nevertheless, 'he said; the
level's of educational at¬
tainment of Jewish young
men and women indicated    '
that  a  majority  of them
would still be moving in,the
. dii;ec)j;onsiofsH|whiteircol}ar
, pr^FpgsjpnaJiifa.ctiyjtyir That*
mpyiOniehWiiheji saldj;; might
' lead to a "significant return to
self-employment in fields
such as accounting, business
advisory services, legal and
i other activities which are
part of the enormous growth
, in the services sector of the
American   economy.- ■*"