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AUGUST 31, 1972 - EL^L 21
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World Reacts To Russian Policy Designed
To Halt Emigration Of Jewish Academics
(JTA) — Reliable sources
ih Jerusalem said here last
week that there was no
evidence of a Russian
retreat from what appears to
firm against the Soviet
demands for repayment in
exchange for releasing the
Jewish academics. When
asked whether or not Israel
Mrs. Jennie Lazear, representing the Heritage
House Residents Council, presents a check to Israel
Bond Chairman, Frank Nutis in time for the Yom
Kippur Appeal for Bond sales in Columbus. Flanking'
the two are Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein and Chassan
Naftaly Linkovsky of Agudas Achim Congregation.
The purchase expresses the Heritage House Resident's
concern for Russian Jewry and Israel's ability to make
a new life for them, especially during the coming year
of Israel's-25th anniversary of independence. Par-
ticipatinginthe'presentation are, seated left to right, ■
Mrs. Leah Piatt, Mrs. Jessie Cohen and Mrs. Anna
Cohen._     . _ „ . .    .
Heritage House Council
Supports Israel Bonds
y
"Hie residents of Heritage
House, the Columbus, Ohio
■Jewish home for the aged,
have decided to make their
concern for their fellow Jews
in Russia and Israel known.
The council decided the best
expression of their concern
would be through the pur¬
chase of an IsraeFBond. This
way their money would help
the Russian'Jews who have
recently immigrated to
Israel. The residents, many -
of whom were bonrinJLussia.i^-
or ■ other parts of Eastern
Europe now behind the Iron
Curtain, made their decision
in time for the annual drive
for Israel Bonds at the High
Holidays.
The   presentation   was
made \o Columbus  Israel
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be a policy designed to halt, would     advocate     such
payments, one official said,
"We do not think in terms of
giving in."
It is currently estimated
that the payments would
have come to $100 million if
payments had been made for
Russian academics who
immigrated to Israel in the
last 12 months. A spokesmen
for a group of newly arrived
Russian immigrants said,
"We are the last
academicians that have
succeeded in leaving
Russia." Among the' 160
Russians who arrived Aug.
22, 15 were academicians.
They reported that shock
and anxiety had engulfed the
Jewish academic1 ranks in
view of the. new regulations.
Only those who got an.exit.
the emigration of Jewish
academics, despite the
growing world outcry
against the exit fees. "There
is no sign thus far that
Russia, is back-pedaling,"
one source said. Foreign
Minister Abba Eban
disclosed that the govern¬
ment had instructed its
embassies around the world
to approach foreign
governments on the issue.
Israeli.. officials said,
however, that they "take it
as a good sign", that Russia
has still not seen fit to
publish the decree aimed at
making Jewish academics
repay the Soviet Union for
their education. The Israeli
policy regarding the matter
appears to be one of holding
permit prior to Aug. 3 may
still leave without paying the
"ransom money," they said.
Two top Soviet officials
have told five Jewish
families in Moscow that the
new exit fees for educated
Jews seeking to emigrate
represent those - Jews'
"debt" to the USSR for
schooling received. The
officials, a woman surnamed
Ryabova and a man sur¬
named Alyoshin, are Deputy
Finance Minister and
Deputy Chief of Culture,
Health and Welfare in the
Finance Ministry, according
to Dr. David Korn, chairman
of the Soviet Jewry Com-   	
mittee of the Jewish' Com- u
munity Council of Greater hcDrGW
Washington. -He added that
Alyoshin was the designer of
the new tax decree.
Dr. Korn said the five
Jewish families went to. the
officials' < offices aqd told
* them they could not afford
the high exit rates, and that
they were told: "You Jews
should tell us 'thank you'
that we don't so far take
money from you for nur¬
series, public ;schools,^ "
apartments that you live in
and medical aid given to you.
The entire Jewish in¬
telligentsia in the Soviet
Union is in nonredeemable
debt to the Soviet society and
working class for the
education it received? You 'v s-
should pay what we ask you
and when we ask you.".
Dr. Korn also noted that
the Aug. 16 issue of Kom-
"somolskaya Pravda included
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School Term
Begins September 11
Young Leadership Award Recipients Are
Mrs. Chas. Sugarman, Mr. Donald Katz
Flood Restoration Aid Is
Granted Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
More than $2 million in
financial assistance for the
devastated Jewish com¬
munity of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
will   be   provided   by   the
Jewish^   Federations nf_
America, it was announced
by Max M. Fisher, president
of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds..
" As a result of a mee-Jng
held in New York in July
with leaders of the. ravaged
communities ant) 'those
neighboring' helping cities
and national r agencies, a
program of aid-was'WOrked
out and put-into effect. Tfte
speed and';approval with
which this' aid was given,
, said Mr. fisher, vindicative
' of the.ttep'icbncerh of lhe
American Jewish- com¬
munity to the plight of the
people and institutions of
Wilkes-Barre, diehardest hit
of the communities stricken
by the calamitous storm
Agnes, last June. $525,000
was committed by the first
ten Federations.
By action bf the United
Jewish Fund And Council
this past week, the Columbus
Jewish community made
available an emergency
grant of $10,000 as Its share
- of Ihe total being sought
nationally to assist the
storm-ravaged community
of Wilkes-Barre to help meet
its   Jewish   community's
_ needs for the next two year
period. This is projected to
essentially cover the
restoration of Jewish
communal services, Jewish
Institutions and initial in-
-terest payments fcr-bus
loans.
The .full extent of the
damage to the Wilkes-Barre
Jewish community presents
a tragic picture - of
devastation, Mr. Fisher said,
following his visit to the
community with Philip
Bernstein, CJFWF
Executive " Vice-President.
Of the community's 1,600
families, 1,300 were
evacuated. Less than 100
have since returned to their
homes. Most of the 800
Jewish businesses were
either damaged or
destroyed, including the
offices of Jewish
professional men and
women. The majority of the
Jewish families are without
income and.need financial
help for from ,qne to six
months. "Nothing can
describe the damage that we
■sa^Vthere. It's the worst
disaster in American
history. And the worst
destruction w$g^ in the
Jewish business ;and
residential areas^saidMr
Fisher. "Wft'.s'aw: houses
swept off tlleir" foundations
and crushed. People have
mortgages on homes that
don't exist. The furnishings
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At a recent meeting of the
Young Leadership Award
Committee, Mrs. Charles
Sugarman and Mr. Donald
Katz were selected as the
1972 Winners of the Therese
Stern Kahn Memorial Young
Leadership Award of the
United Jewish Fund and
Council.
Justice Leonard J. Stern,
chairman of the committee
stated: "There were many
worthy applicants for our
coveted award this year and
that is why we found it
—necessary to choose two
. winners for 1972. We feel that
Mrs. Charles Sugarman and
Mr. Donald Katz by thjeir
interest in and devotion to
the United Jewish Fund and
Council plus their varied
activities in the Columbus
PC
MRS. CHAS. SUGARMAN
Jewish community have
illustrated their com¬
mitment and dedication to
the criteria upon which the
Young Leadership Award of
thejI&FC is based. We are
fqrtUnate - in Columbus to
have so many worthy can¬
didates of young people
interested in the quality of
Jewish life and its survival."
Mrs. Charles Sugarman
received her B.A. degree
from   the   University   of
Louisville in 1954 and her
graduate degree in 1956 from
the School of Applied Social
Sciences-at Western Reserve
University.  A  member  of
Temple Israel she has been
active with all the major
Jewish      Women's
' organizations and has served'
, in many capacities with the
i United  Jewish   Fund < and
Council as a member of the'
. Board  of Trustees,   Local
Services Budget Committee,
Volunteer: Recruiting
Committee,    Campaign
Chairman  of  the  Young
Matrons" Division in 1970 and "
■as a member of the Young
Matrons'   and   Women's
, Division Campaign Steering
; Committees   in    various
capacities.
Betty is also a member of
the Board of Trustees of the
Jewish Family Service, its
Casework Policy Committee
and for 1972 is the Associates
Chairman.
She has also been ap¬
pointed for a two' year
period; 1970-72 to be a
member of the Jewish
Community' Relations Ad¬
visory Board.
She has been most active
with the Brandeis Women's
Committee, serving on their
board from 1968 to 1972 and
as their 'Vice-President for
1971-72.
Outside of the Jewish
community, Mrs. Sugarman
has been for six years a
TVoop Committee Chairman
,for the Gjrl Scout Council
i and is presently a member of
the Ohio Girl Scout Council.
I She has been elected to serve
on the Board of Trustees of
the YWCA for 1972-1975 and,
is a member of the Red Cross"
Gallon Club. Betty and her
husband Charles are the
parents of two daughters,
Toby Ann, age 13 and Lisa
Beth, age 10.
Mr. > Donald Katz
graduated with a BA degree
from Cornell University in
1959 and continued his
graduate work at the Har¬
vard Business School from
MR. DONALD KATZ
where he matriculated in
1962.'. He is a member of
Temple Tifereth Israel
serving- on the Board of
Directors, participating on
their t"Study Committee on
Goals."
His"-services in behalf of
the United Jewish Fund and
Council include being a
member of the Board of
Trustees; Chairman of the
1971 Young Men's Division
Campaign; 1972 Chairman of
the Young Men's Executive
Board and the 1972 Non-
Local | Services Allocations
Committee. Don. is a
' member of the National UJA
Young- Men's Leadership
Cabinet and recently
.returned from attending
their annual Retreat and
Seminar in New York. He is
a member of the Board of
Directors of the Jewish
Center where he serves on
their Personnel Committee.
He is a Past President of the
Harvard Business School
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The Fall Term of the
Columbus Hebrew School at
the Central School - Jewish
penter, begins Monday,
Sept. 11, for those attending
Monday ahd Wednesday ;-
students attending Tuesday
and Thursday, the first
session'Will begin Tuesday,'
Sept: 12. Class sessions are
from 4 to 6 p.m.
Eastside Branch - Temple
Israel class session are held
on Tuesday and Thursday,
and will begin on Tuesday,
Sept. 12, 4 to 6 p.m.
Northside Branch - Beth
Tikvah Congregation classes
are held Monday and
Wednesday, and will begin
on Monday, Sept. 11, 4 - 5:45
p.m.
The . Hebrew School
sessions on Sunday at
Agudas Achim, Beth Jacob
and Temple Israel, will
begin Sunday, Oct. 8.
Letters will be mailed to-
all parents indicating days
students will attend. Pupils
who attended Hebrew School
last year are automatically
re-enrolled.
Registration in the
beginners classes are now
being accepted at the
Hebrew School office.
Students eight years old,
entering the third grade in
public school, are eligible to
enroll. Students nine years
old, who did not begin
Hebrew studies last year,
will also be accepted in the'
beginners classes.
For    registration    and
particulars, call 231-7764,
Monday and Wednesday, 9 - *
12:30; Tuesday and Thur¬
sday, 9-5.
Transportation will be
available for students at¬
tending classes at the
Central School, and the
Eastside Branch. The
Hebrew School bus will pick
up students after public
school dismissal and take
them home at 6 p.m. Parents
desiring transportation for
their children should contact
The Hebrew School office.
- To accommodate 7th
grade students attending
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