Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-11-22

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BRUSSELS, Nov. 12 (JTA)—Belgian women today
protested Syria's mistreatment of Israeli prisoners of
war. A group of 505 women dressed in mourning and
coming brom Brussels, Antwerp and other cities
marched in front of the "Memorial for Jewish Mar¬
tyrs" to call the civilized world's attention to Syrian
atrocities in .the Middle East. The protest march,
sponsored by the Coordinating Committee of Jewish
Organizations of Belgium; was the first all-woman
protest organized in Belgium. The women carried
picket signs saying. "We Demand that the Geneva
Conventions be Respected," and "Stop Torture and .
Assassination." Others called for "Immediate Release
of POWs" and said "In Syria They Kill Prisoners of
War."
NEWYORK (WNS)-Ascheduledaddressby Rabbi
Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of "the Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations, which, strongly
attacked President Nixon and those Jews in America
- who, he charged, condoned the crimes of Watergate
because of Administration support of Israel was never
delivered. The 71 year-old Rabbi Eisendrath died in his
hdtel room a few hours before he was to deliver: the
speech at the centennial-biennial convention of UAHC. -
MT. FREEDOMM, N. J. (WNS)-The oil shortage is
not a result of the Mideast war but is due to changes in
technology and science, Dr. Judah J. Shapiro,
president of the Labor Zionist Alliance told more than
150 delegates to the LZA's American Habonim
—- Association Convention here. He said American Jews
wilLhave to tell this to the American people over and
over. Dr. Shapiro said the shortages have been ex¬
ploited by the Arabs but it is due to the fact that the
U.S. no longer has an abundance of minerals and there
has been no planning for shortages. '
"Start Of War" Question
Being Raised In Israel
JERUSALEM (WNS)-
What has already been
dubbed as "the war of the
Jews" is going in Israel over
recriminations on why Israel
was caught by surprise by
the Egyptian and Syrian
attack on Yom Kippur.
Premier Golda Meir intends
to raise the question of an
investigation at Cabinet
level after her return from
London; according to Deputy
Premier Yigal Alton. The
army is embarking on its
own "inquiry." Cheif of Staff
Gen. David Elazar has told
the Cabinet that the inquiry
would cover war
pr operations, the
preparedness of the Army,
the battles and the strategies
employed. The inquiries; it is
hoped, will cool off the in-,
creasingly bitter public
debate over the start of the
war. Meanwhile Attorney
General Meir Shamgar is
investigating an interview
with Gen. Ariel. Sharon
published in the New York
.Times in which Sharon
charged that his superior
officers had failed to exploit
in time his thrust across the
Suez Canal. Sharon, who is
the founder and a leader of
the Likud opposition,
charged that.he could have
completely encircled the*
Third Egyptian Armybefore
' thecease-fire if his superiors/
had realized what was" going
on. Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan, told a meeting of
local Labor party branches
that the Sovief tljjreat of
intervention prevented
Israel from obtaining a
decisive victory; He added
that the war was different
than ttie previous ones
because of more
sophisticated weapons in the
hands of the Arabs.
"Whoever thinks our planes
were downed because of
mistakes by General
Headquarters and not by
missiles is utterly
mistaken," he said.
In New Orleans at the 42nd
General Assembly of the
Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
>Funds both Israeli Foreign
Minister Abba Eban and
Israel Ambassador of the
U.S. Simcha Dinitiz assessed
the start of the war. Eban
said Israel wrongly assumed
the Arabs were not irrational
enough to start a war they
would lose and the lightning
victory of 1967 lulled Israel
into a false sense of security
as it did the rest of the world.
Dinitiz said that Israelis
"mistook quiet for peace"
but added that the American
Jewish community also was
taken in by the apparent
quiet atmosphere.
Israel And Egypt Sign Armistice
TEL ■ AVIV JWNS)-
Meeting in a large tent
provided by the United
Nations Emergency Force
(UNEF), on the Suez-Cairo
road, Israel and. Egypt
signed a six-point armistice
agreement unitiated by U.S.
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger. The agreement
signed by Israeli Gen.
Aharon Yariv, a close,ad¬
visor of Premier Golda Meir,
and Egyptian Lt. Gen
Mouhamed Gemassi, Chief
of Operations at Egyptian
General Headquarters, was I.
the first signed by the two]
countries since the armistietr
agreement in Rhodes in 1949
which ended Israel's War of
Independence. The signing
was witnessed by Maj. Gen.
Ensio Siilasvua of Finland,
acting chief of UNEF ahd
chief of the UN Truce Ob¬
servation Organization
(UNTSO). The six points to
Which they agreed to had
been announced, earlier, by
the U.S. after a copy was
sent to UN Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim.
The points are: Israel and
Egypt agree to observe the
UN Security Council
ceasefire; both sides to
begin discussions to settle
the question of the return tb
the Oct 22 cease-fire lines;
The town of Suez will receive
daily supplies of food, water
and medicine and wounded
civilian's there will be
evacuated; free7 movement
of non-military supplies to
the encircled Egyptian Third
Army; the Israeli' check¬
points on the Suez-Cairo road'
wfll be replaced by UN
checkpoints; and as soon as
the checkpoints are
established there will be an
exchange of POWs, in¬
cluding the wounded.
There is no  armistice
agreement   of  POW  ex¬
change with Syria and
several groups demon¬
strated in Tel Aviv
protesting the signing of an
agreement with Egypt
before Israeli prisoners in
Syrian hands are returned.
Other demonstrators
demanded the continued
encirclement of the Egyp¬
tian Third Army until the
blockade of Bab el Mandeb is
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lifted. The agreement doesZ^
,not mention lifting of the
blockade. Mrs. Meir had
delayed approving the
agreement until she had
received clarifications from
Kissinger on the
discrepancies between
Israel's and Egypt's in¬
terpretations. Israel con¬
siders lifting of the blockade
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Israel, Egypt Begin Exchange Of POWs
TEL AVIV (WNS)-After
several days of discussions,
Israel and Egypt began an
exchange of prisoners. A
Red Cross plane landed at
Lod with 26 wounded Israeli
POWs and then took 44
wounded Egyptian POWs to
Cairo. Simultaneously with
the exchange United Nations
Emergency Force soldiers
took over two checkpoints on -
the Cairo-Suez road from
Israelis and .-the first UN
supervised convoy entered
the town of Suez with sup¬
plies of food, water and
medicine. These steps had
been agreed to earlier by
Maj. Gen.; Aharon Yariv
Israel's assistant chief of
staff and Deputy Egyptian
Chief_ of Staff Maj, Gen.
Mouhammed Gemassi. The
agreement was made in a
tent on the 101 kilometer
'. mark on ..the Cairo-Suez road
under the chairmanship of
Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo, of
Finland, UNEF com-'
mander. The Egyptians
gave Israel a.list of 238
Israeli POWs which is far
short of the number Israel
claims to be in Egyptian
hands. Relatives and friends
of ■* POWs jammed Lod
Airport as the Israelis
returned although they
received only a glimpse of
the men, some of whom were
Fashions From Israel Featured
At Bonds For Israel Luncheon
The Fifth Annual Fashion
Show and Luncheon of the
Columb.us'" -Women's
Division, State of Israel
Bonds will be held on
Thursday, December 6, 12
Noon, at Beth Jacob
Congregation Social Hall. A
reception at 11:30 will
precede.
The All-Israel gala
presentation will feature the
finest in ready-to-wear haute
couture and furs.
"Despite the war Israel's
ready-to-wear industry has
been fulfilling world-wide
export orders. Besides thier
normal chores Israeli
women are doing heavy
porter work and some girls
are leaving their homes two
hours early to perform
'duties normally done by
. men," Mrs. Howard R.
SchoenjB'um, Fashion Show
Chairman stated.
' Highlight of the afternoon,
will be the "Women of
Valor" Award presentation
to Mrs. Milton J. Leeman.
The   entire   presentation
Israeli fashion to be
featured at Fashion Show,
and Luncheon sponsored by
Women's Div. State of Israel
Bonds. ' ?:.'
will be staged, coordinated
and accessorized by Mrs.
Joan Wernz, Fashion
Coordinator of The Union
Company.
Models will be furnished
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carried off the plane on
stretchers. Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan, chief of Staff
David Elazar and Mrs. Nina
Katzir, wife :of, President
Ephraim Katzir, were there
to, greet the first returnees.
Dayan fold reporters that
"finally we are getting
somewhere, now that we are
negotiating instead of
fighting'."   In  Washington,
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Temple Israel To Observe
Centennial Next Weekend
Temple Israel has set
aside the weekend of
November 30 - December 1-2
for 'special programs ob¬
serving the Centennial of the
UAHC of which it is- a
founding member.
Dr. Samuel Sandmel of the
faculty of Hebrew Union
College- Jewish Institute of
Religion, will be the scholar -
in - residence for that
weekend/ He will give the
sermon at the Sabbath eve
service on November 30 and
will address the Young Folks
League on Saturday.
; DR. SAMUEL SANDMEL
Saturday afternoon will be service by the YFTL and at
devoted  to  a   family  ob- Hght repast served by the
servance   of   the   Sabbath Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
concluding with a Havdallah (continued on page *)
Jewish leader Meets Peron
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 12
(JTA)—The leader of the
Argentine Jewish com¬
munity has asked President
Juan p. Peron to stop anti-
Semitic attacks in Argentina
and to use his prestige to
bring about a just peace in
the Middle East. Dr. Sion
Cohen Imach, head of the
DAIA, made his plea last
Ttiursda^during a 40-minute
audience with - Peron,
Joining Dr. Imach in the
delegation were Jaime
Rajchemberg, president of
the Buenos Aires Kehilla,
Dr. Nehemias Resnltzky,
DAIA secretary, and
Salomon Lobov, treasurer.
Dr. Imach said the Jewish
community was concerned
about the extreme number of
publications and pamphlets
from the extreme right and*
left distorting the ideology.off
the Peronist movement to
attack the Jewish com¬
munity. He also suggested
that in view of the
acknowledged prestige of
Peroni the President should
make his voice heard ia
international arenas in favor
of a stable, just peace in thet
Mideast based on secure and
recognized borders fon
Israel.
Peron replied that no one
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