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VOL. 51 NO. 41
OCTOBER 4, 1973 • TISHRI 8
Devotid to AmericanO
and Jewish Ideals   31
PARIS (WNS) The European office of the American
'Jewish Committee has charged that at least 23 Jews
.were murdered by the Iraqi regime during the last
year, the highest such total ever. No more than 400
Jews still live in Iraq, according to the AJCommittee,
out of a community that once totaled 120,000, the
largest in the Middle East.
NEW YORK (WNS) - As a reminder of the un¬
checked religious discrimination in the Soviet Union
against its 3 million Jews, thousands of Greater New
York area synagogues were symbolically closed for a
day by a "decree" posted on the door during the High
Holy Day period. A poster on the synagogue door
reads: "No Services on Yom Kippur. You can ignore
this order, Soviet Jews can't." Rabbi William
Berkowitz, president of the New York Board of Rabbis
noted that most Jews in the USSR are unable to attend
Rosh Hashana or any other religious services.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - A new book being published
by Schocken Publishing Co., reveals that the late
President Lyndon B. Johnson and President Nixon
before he took office told close associates that Israel
would be foolish to give up East Jerusalem after the
1967 Six-Day War. The book, "Jerusalem - A City
without Walls," by Uzi Benjiman, claims that the
Israeli government knew of these views ahd based its
policies in East Jerusalem on that information.
Benzimann, a member of the staff of Haaretz and a
correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
spent two years of research on the book, He,discloses
that Pope Paul VI refused to sign a pact with Israel to
define the status of Christian communities in the Holy
Land because he considered Israel a state without
boundaries. ■ -	
Incidents In Austria Debated
CJF Issues Major Report On Intermarriage
Based On National Jewish Population Study
by Peter Friedlinger,
JTA Vienna Correspondent
VIENNA, (JTA) - Two
young Arab terrorists
acheived their biggest
political success in the
history of the anti-Israel
terrorist .campaign by
forcing the Austrian
government to yield to their
political^demands early
Friday morning.
Before the two terrorists
released their four hostages -
- three Soviet Jews on their
way to Israel and an
Austrian customs official-
Austria's Jewish-born
Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
announced, in a radio
broadcast after midnight
that Austria would restrict
transit facilities for Jewish
emigrants and close down
the transit' center at
Schoenau Castle near
Vienna. The castle has so far
served as a refugee center
fun by the Jewish Agency,
for 70,000 Soviet Jews
emigrating to Israel since
Feb. 1971.
The decision, which took
everyone by surprise - not
only Austrian officials, but
also Arab diplomats and
Israelis and the. two
terrorists - has sparked a
controversial debate in
Austria. Israeli Ambassador
Yitzhak Patish,' who had
followed the dramatic events
at Vienna Airport
throughout .the night from
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The first comprehensive
body, of facts on in¬
termarriage among Jews
was released this week by
the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds. The findings are part
of the Council's recently
concluded three-year,
National Jewish Population
Study.
Prominent among the
findings'Of the report are:
Some' 9.2 per cent of all
persons of Jewish origin now
married are intermarried;
during the 1966-72 period, the
proportion of Jewish persons
intermarrying, in con¬
tinuation of a recent spiral,
was much greater than in
earlier periods - 31.7 per cent
of Jews who married during
that recent span chose a non-
Jewish mate. Intermarriage
rates in the report cover the
periods from 1900 to 1972.
A large majority of in¬
termarried couples are
bringing up their children
and educating them as
Jewish. This is particularly
true of Jewish women who
have non-Jewish husbands.
Major intermarriage
patterns- revealed by the
CJF report are as follows:
About twice as many Jewish
men marry non-Jewish
women compared with
Jewish women who marry
non-Jewish husbands. About
one-fourth of the initially
non-Jewish women reported
conversion to Judaism. Few
noh-Jewish husbands of
Jewish women converted.
But   without   formal   con-
the Austrian Ministry of
Interior, said in a statement
yesterday morning: "This is
the first time in the history of
Arab terrorism _that
terrorists have obtained
political concessions."
Patish, who was sum¬
moned home by the Israeli
government for further
consultations, added: "The
Austrian government's
decision strikes a servere
blow not only at Austrian-
Israeli relations, but at all
humanity. How can you
support Sakharov's struggle
and protest over Allende's
fall and yet stop the
emigration of fleeing
refugees."
Simon Wiesenthal,
director of the Jewish
Documentation Center in
Vienna, criticized the
decision by the Austrian
government saying it could
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Folkmans Honored By Kiwanis
Rabbi and Mrs. Jerome Folkman were honored as
the first husband and wife team to receive the
Distinguished Service Award of the Kiwanis Club, of
Columbus for their joint contributioons to the civic,
cultural and spiritual growth of the Columbus com¬
munity. Rabbi Folkman, a Kiwanian, retired as rabbi
of Temple Israel on Aug. 1 after 26 years of service.
Pictured above are Past President Patrick J. Kir win,
who made the presentation, Rabbi and Mrs. Folkman,
and Richard M. Locke, president-elect of the club.
Kissinger Tells Arabs U.S.
Ready To Assist Peace Quest
UNITED NATIONS
(WNS) — Exchanging toasts
with representatives of 13
Arab states and the Arab
League, Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger declared
the United States is ready to
Gromyko Warns Soviet Critics
UNITED NATIONS
(WNS) — Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko
has warned critics of Soviet
policies toward dissidents
and Jews to keep their hands
off Russia's internal affairs.
Addressing the General
Assembly, Gromyko
declared: "we shall allow
nobody to interfere in our
internal affairs." He
denounced what he termed a
"noisy propaganda cam¬
paign" in the West and
"blackmail," a reference to
efforts in the U.S. Congress
to withhold most favored
nation trade benefits from
the Soviet Union unless it
eases restrictions on
.dissidents and Jews and
others wishing to emigrate.
Meanwhile the House Ways
and Means Committee was
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assist in the quest for peace
on the Middle East. He said
the U.S. will keep an "open
attitude" but cautioned that
none of the parties should
look to the U.S. for miracles.
Robert McCloskey, who
served as Kissinger's press'
liason, explained the
Secretary of State meant the
U.S. was not interested in an
imposed solution. He
stressed, in reply to
questions, that there is no
Kissinger plan for the
Middle East. Kissinger said
the U.S. "wiU show un¬
derstanding" toward the
Arab countries and hoped
they "will do the same."
Responding,' Arab League
secretary general
Mohammed Riad observed
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version, nearly half of
marriage partners who were
non-Jewish prior to
marriage subsequently
identify as Jewish the study
found. Conversions out of
Judaism, on the other hand,
are minor, with the net effect
"suggesting a positive
balance in favor of 'con¬
version   into'   rather   than
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Overall, the findings show
that 96 per cent of the
children, whether in
households that are in¬
termarried or non-
intermarried, are raised as
Jewish. The report states
that in a great majority of
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Col's. Program Sets Example
For Other Jewish Communities
"Columbus has provided a
shining example to other ,
communities in its Adopt-A-
Family program" it was
stated today by Sidney I.
Blatt, Chairman of the
Community Relations
Committee of the United
Jewish Fund and Council in
releasing a report on the
activities of theSoviet Jewry
Committee.
"We have become the
model program to Jewish
communities all over the
country. Our project has
been so successful that it is
being recommended for use
by national agencies", said
Mark Mellman, speaking of
the "Adopt A Family in the
USSR" program initiated by
the Soviet Jewry Committee
of the Community Relations
Committee. In a report given
before the Community
Relations Executive Board,
Mark outlines the four basic
goals of the program that
adopted the Fairmark
family of Moscow. "Victor
and Galina Fairmark and
their daughter Elana have
twice been refused visas.
Our program strives first
and foremost to help this
family obtain exit visas by
spotlighting and publicizing
their plight before the media
and Congress. Until they are
released our telephone calls
to the Fairmarks once a
•week serve a threefold
purpose. Not only does it
inform the Soviet authorities
that a Major American
community is personally
concerned with this family
but the calls provide the
American Jewish com¬
munity with information of
events occuring in Russia.
This Information is ' then
transmitted to the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
where important in¬
formation is released to
the press. Many major news
events have been tran¬
smitted to the West through
these telephone calls. The
track of Issac Slkolnik, the
kidnappings ' of Marina
Temkin     and     Yevseny.
Levich, the beatings of
arrestees in the Moscow
prison are some of the many
items that gained national
press attention through
conversations with the
Fairmarks."
"Conversely we in the U.S.
inform the Fairmarks of our
activities in their behalf. For
example, on the evening
after the National Freedom
Assembly in Washington,
D.C. some 30 activists
gathered in the Fairmarks
apartment at 6a.m. to await
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Leaders Reflect
On New Year
NEW  YORK   (WNS)   -
Jewish  communal  leaders
reflect on their objectives for
the year ahead in their Rosh
Hashana messages.  Jacob
Stein,   chairman   of   the
Conference of Presidents of
Major   American   Jewish
Organizations, observed that
the "universal wish of all
Jews to each other and the
world is the wish for peace."
Noting that the world now
has great scientific  and
technological  knowledge,
Stem said: "It should be our
resolve to apply the great
historical   experience   of
Judaism, the teachings of
our prophets and rabbis so
that the great power which
we have developed can be
used for the benefits of all
mankind." Raymond Ep¬
stein,   president   of   the
Council        of       Jewish
federations  and  Welfare
Funds, stated that "we must
fulfill our potential as Jews
and as builders of each of our
communities and of a more
civilized society..."'Epstein
said that "The unflagging
~ courage of Soviet Jews, the
resourcefulness of Israel's
burdened  people  and  the
proven ability of the North
American !, Jewish   com¬
munity     to     meet     our
historical'   responsibilities,
are the strongest indicators
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