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VOL. 50 NO.' 41
OCTOBER 5, 1972 - TISHREI 27
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Nixon Gets Criticism And
Support On Soviet Jewry
NEW YORK (WNS) —
President Richard M. Nixon
met this week with 32
American Jewish leaders to
tell them that he was
working through diplomatic
channels over the plight of
Soviet Jews who have been
denied exit visas.
According to Presidential
press secretary Ronald L.
Ziegler, Nixon informed the
Jewish leaders, all of whom
have publicly identified
themselves as his supporters
for re-election, tfiat he does
not want to "politicize" or
"demagogue about" the
matter or "inject it into
public debate" or*"engage in
harsh confrontation" with
either the Soviet leaders or
Presidential campaign
rivals.
The Presidential press
secretary said that the
Jewish leaders "expressed
.concern" about the ihv
position of heavy exit fees on
/Educated Soviet Jews
seeking emigration, but
voiced "nothing- but con¬
fidence" in Nixon's handling
of the matter.
Jewish leaders,, it ap¬
peared, seemed impressed
with Nixon.
But a' day later, two
spokesmen fbr American
Jewry made public a letter
to . President Nixon
demanding that the U.S. use
its economic power to bring
about changes in the Soviet
Union's treatment of' its
Jewish citizens who wish to
emigratCv
J The letter was signed- by
Richard Maass, chairman of
the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry and Jacob
Stein, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American" Jewish
Organizations.
The   letter   asked   the
President "to make known to
Soviet leaders our country's
inability to enter into new
and close trade relation¬
ships" unless the Soviet
measures against would-be
emigrants  "are   stopped."
Meanwhile strong
bipartisan support for
legislative action to cause a
change in the Soviet Union's
- fees picked up steam.
Senator Henry M. Jackson
(D-Wash.) author of a tough
nine-point proposal gover¬
ning American trade
relations with the Soviet
Union, and 10 co-sponsoring
senators were circulating a
letter to their Senatorial
colleagues urging them to
•support it.
As the debate on Nixon
administration policy picked
up, two Jewish leaders this
,week. criticized the Ad¬
ministration. Rabbi Arthur
J. Hertzberg, president of
the American Jewish
Congress, and Harold
Ostroff,. President   of  the
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JERUSALEM (WNS) — Police carried out a
widespread search of the homes of Jewish Defense
League members this week in their continuing in¬
vestigation of the JDL's attempts to smuggle arms out
of the country for a private war against Arab terrorists
abroad. •>
But apparently because of a tip-off, police found
many of the JDL flats locked and their occupants gone.
The JDL accused the police of planting an informer in
its ranks. The informer allegedly provided the names
and addresses of members.
Terrorism Is Topic In UN
General Assembly Ibis Week
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Western intelligence sources
indicate that the new Soviet airlift to Syria includes the
sophisticated ground-to-air missiles of the SAM-3 type
which were installed earlier in the Suez Canal 'zone and
to guard other vulnerable targets in Egypt. Israeli
sources said that the airlift was one way Moscow has of
indicating to Egypt that Russia has other friends in the
Arab world. ' '
TEL AVIV (WNSi( —Israeli travellers returning
from abroad reported they had been advised by
several airlines and at various European airports to.
refrain from conversing in Hebrew and to otherwise
conceal their identity, as a security measure against
terrorists.
WASHINGTON (WNS) - Both houses of Congress
have unanimously adopted identical resolutions
commending the 1972 American Olympic team and
swimmer Mark Andrew Spitz in particular for their
performances at the 20th Olympiad in Munich.
UJFC Annual Meeting Will Be Sunday
Israel Philharmonic Will, Be Honored
On Sunday afternoon, at 2
p.m., at Temple Israel, the
United Jewish Fund .and
Council will hold its Annual
Meeting, at which time the
" 25th Anniversary of the State
of Israel will be celebrated at
a   reception ' honoring   the
members of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra and
Zubin Mehta, Conductor.
This is the first time that this
famous orchestra has ap¬
peared in Ohio and
Columbus has been chosen
as one of the sixteen cities in
which they will perform. The
public is invited lo meet and
Jews "Fast For Life" To
Protest Vietnam, Munich
Zubin Mehta conducts thq Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra at the annual summer festival at Caesarea
on Israel's Mediterranean Coast. In the background
are Roman ruins.
UNITED      NATIONS
(WNS)   —  The   U.S.,   the
USSR and Israel this Week
strongly    .condemned
terrorism in the - UN  and
called for ways to combat it.
The surprise of the week of
course   was   the   strong
condemnation of the Munich
murders by Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei  Gromyko.
In   the   course   of   ex¬
pounding his country's views
on the Middle East conflict,
Gromyko   reiterated   the
Soviet Union's support for
the    "Arab   peoples    of
Palestine," but added, "at
the same time it is certainly
impossible to condone the
acts of terrorism committed
by certain  elements  from
among the "participants in
the Palestinian  movement
which have led, notably, to
the recent tragic events in
Munich.   Their,   criminal
actions deal a blow also at
the national interests  and
aspirations        of        the
Palestinians."
Grbntyko's remarks were
easily the .sharpest slap at
Arab terrorism delivered by
a Soviet spokesman at this or
previous session^ of the UN.
Ahd just one day before
Gromyko, U.S. Secretary 6f
State Willfam P. Rogers
urged the General Assembly
to act without delay against
terrorism on a global scale
by undertaking strong
collective action — em¬
bodied in special treaties —
that would "deter and punish
international crimes of
violence'' * through ex¬
tradition.
He als6 called for the
prosecution of the per¬
petrators, and sanctions
against' countries that aid
them. Rogers offered three
specific proposals which he
said were included in a draft
treaty and a draft resolution
which the U,S. submitted to
the Sixth Legal Committee.
The three: measures called
for: a "treaty to prosecute of
extradite those who attack or
kidnap diplomats or officials
of foreign governments"; "a
treaty providing for
suspension of all air services
to countries which fail to
punish or extradite hijackers* •
or saboteurs of civil'air-'
craft," and "a new treaty on
the'export of international
terrorism"". which "should
include universal con¬
demnation of, and require
the prosecution or ex¬
tradition of persons who kill,
seriously injure or kidnap
innocent civilians in a
foreign state for the purpose
of harming of forcing con¬
cessions from a state or from
an international
organization." , '
Rogers urged all govern-
Tjient to give these measures
their   "earnest   attention."   ■"
Following  Gromyko  and
Rogers  in  the  UN   came*-^
Israeli   Foreign  Minister
Abba Eban. \
"The problem of curbing- -
the terrorists  is  now  our
most urgent preoccu^Sttao,"
he told the UN. /
Eban   told   the   General
Assembly that Israel would
support  the  U.S.'s  anti-   '
terrorism proposals.
^'We believe that national,,
regional and international
action against Arab
terrorism is an in¬
dispensable prelude to the
fruitful "exploration of
peaceful prospects for the
Middle East," declared
Eban. ... ■*?
Eban charged that Arab
governments' support for
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NEW YORK (WNS) —
About 500 American Jews
took part in a five-day "fast
for life" between Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur to
protest the war in Vietnam
and the murder of 11 Israeli
athletes in Munich, the
major American Reform
agencies reported this week.
Led by 100 Orthodox,
Conservative and Reform
rabbis, the fasters were
joined by thousands of other
congregants who did not
abstain from eating for
either'personal or medical
„ reasons but wanted to show
. their fsupport according to
Hhe Union of American
Hebrew     Congregations,
which is the association of
Reform synagogues; and the
Central Conference of
American Rabbis, which is
the Reform rabbinical
association.
The initial call for a fast
was issued several weeks
ago by the Committee on
Justice and Peace of the
CCAR, The UAHC provided
active support through its
710 member congregations
and national, office. The
. Munich massacre led to an
expansion of the scope of the
demonstration and elicited
the support of a number of
■ Conservative and Orthodox
rabbis.
greet these distinguished
musicians from. Israel.
Mrs. Bernard Feitlinger,
chairman of the Planning
Committee, has asked Rabbi
David Zisenwine, Rabbi of
Temple Tifereth Israel, to
give, the Invocation and the
Benediction for the Annual
Meeting. '
Award winners will in¬
clude Mrs. Charles Sugar-
man and .Mr. Donald Katz,
recipients of .the The'rese-
Stern Kahn Memorial Young
Leadership Award; Gordon
Zacks, Chairman of the 1972
Campaign, and all Division
leaders.
A large and representative
segment of the Jewish
community is expected at
the meeting to hear Dr. Leon
A. Jick of Boston,
Massachusetts,   National
Director of the Institute for
Jewish Life, as he discusses
a "Past for the Present — A
Present for the Future." Dr.
Jick was formerly with
Brandeis University where
he served as Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
Associate Dean of the
Faculty, Associate Professor
of Near Easterti and Judaic
Studies, and Director'<jf the
Lown Graduate Center for
Contemporary- ■' Jewish
Studies. His appearance in
Columbus will" be" one" bf a
limited • number ' of
engagements he will be
accepting.
Nominations and election
of officers and Board
memberfi.Df thel(yJE£,..and
the Co'jumtjus ,.} .Jewish
Welfare t'flupdation will also
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Gilligan, Saxbe. Will Speak
At Torah Academy Ceremonies
Governor John Gilligan
and Senator William Saxbe
will be the featured speakers
at groundbreaking
ceremonies for the hew
Columbus Torah Academy
building on Sunday, Oct. 15
in Gahanna.
- Frank Nutis, Chairman of
tlie Board, announced that 1n
addition to Gilligan and
Saxbe, many local officials
and guests have been invited
to attend, as well as the
entire Jewish community.
Participating i'n'7 the
groundbreaking ceremonies
will* be' all synagogue
presidents, rabbis, .hebrew
..school officials, Jewish
^educators, and some elders
of the Jewish community.
" Ceremonies .will begin at
PRANK NUTIS
11 a.m. on Cherry. Bottom"
Road in Gahanna', one half-
mile north of route'62 and
will feature-a'presentation
by the children.
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