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NEW YORK CWNS)'- American Jewish Congress
president Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg has warned that
"ethnic politics could lead to confrontation politics -
and danger to the American Jewish Community".
; Addressing AJCongress Annual Award Dinner; he said
that "a society.within which every component unit
concentrates on defending its own rights without
regard to its neighbors in playing with fire," ad-
dingthat Jewish self-interest must be an enlightened
self-interest that recognizes other goups have equally
legitimate rights and needs that demand satisfaction,
Leonard Woodcock, United Automobile Workers
Union president, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kolleck,
New York State Controller Arthur Levitt, and Will
Maslow, retired AJCongress executive Director, were
recipients of the Dr. Stephen  W. Wise Awards.
WASHINGTON, (WNS) - The State Department has
bitterly denounced as "unwarranted" a Washington
Post editorial charging the Department of deliberately
deceiving Jew§_tojnfluence the Jewish'•vote in the
pre|iaeBHar^ctions7
The post charged the department of concocting "a
deliberate deception" by announcing last September it"
would withhold a $3 million development loan to
, Uganda after Uganda President Idi Amiq wrote a
letter to United Nations General Secretary Kurt
' Waidheim and others praising Hitler for massacring
six million Jews. The Department denied the deception
charge, saying it intended to continue technical
assistance to Uganda amounting to.$l million, but "did
not intend then or. now to undertake new assistance
..programs." '
Debate On Mideast Begins
Warn That Jewish Federations Must Reorder
Priorities And Concentrate On Education
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
(JTA)-Wamings of "an
impending explosion on the
- Jewish scene unless the
priorities of Jewish
federations are reordered"
were    contained    in    a
^resolution adopted at the
50th national convention of
Agudath Israel of America
here this week. The 1000
delegates ■ expressed
disappointment- that the
recent General Assembly of
the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds in Toronto "paid
comparatively, minor
attention to the major
problem on the Jewish
agenda:'how to maintain and
expand the only sure means
of guaranteeing Jewish
survival, the Jewish day
school movement.
"Thesesolution singled out
the Jewish Federation of\
New York as "one of the
most flagrant culprits in a
lopsided system of priorities,
which   places   maximum
Jewish education at the Rabbi   Moshe   Feinstein,
bottom of the-totem pole, chairman of the Council of
while   concentrating   on Torah   Sages/ of   Agudath
physical services which* are Israel, calledrupon Qrthodox
Mrs. Moody, Gilligan Are
"Freethem flow" Rally Chmn.
body if necessary. He said
the UN had the authority and
the "special responsibility"
to do this. Zayyat said
Israel's attempt to create
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UNITED NATIONS
(WNS)-- the'Israeli and
Egyptian representatives
to the United Nations opened
this year's annual Mideast
debate 25 years to the day
after the world body adopted   ... .    .    .     . ,,„    „_   . „     „     ,    ,      	
its   historic   partition Hadassah Announces Z^ethrTJ!0^ a^i°; u™n-
. "It's up to you. All of you.
All over America. Now is the
time to join the fight for
freedom being waged by 3
million Soviet Jews who need
all the help they can get.
Some have been impris¬
oned. Others have,been'
beaten. And notf, still others""
are literally being ransomed
off in exchange for their
freedom. Soviet officials can
be made to listen only if you
.really want to stop talking
about the suffering of Soviet
Jewry and do something
about it."
This message is from a
poster,     advertising
honorary, co-chairmen   for
the event.
Mayor Moody will sign a
proclamation in connection
with Human Rights Week.
A campaign is being held to
collect 'signatures on a
declaration which asks that
the Soviet Union afford basic
human rights to its Jewish
citizenry and that the human
rights commission - of the
United Nations inyestigate
violation of international
standards by the Soviet
Union and that the United
States Congress deny
preferential economic
concessions to  the  Soviet
increasingly a government
responsibility."
. Concern about the manner
in which the Jewish
community was "dragged
into'' political election
battles was expressed in
another resolution that
called on Agudath Israel to
attempt to influence Jewish
groups to  eliminate the
-predominant emphasis on
Jewish interests in the
political battles of American
election campaigns.  The
"convention adopted ' a
resolution calling the
Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare to
effectively halt themisusle of
"affirmative action"
programs lo undermine the
merit system in employment
opportunities.      The,
Jews, to %et aside their
internfli-differences" and
join ranks with the Agudath
IsraeKmftvement. Rabbi
Moshe Shelter, -executive
president (cq) of Agudath
Israel of America declared
that the organization will
fund an ambitious program
for its yoyp movement',
Zeirei Agudath Israel, to
"reach out into the spiritual'
wastelands of America to.
attract. Jewish youth into
yeshivos and day schools."
In a message to theN
convention, President Nixon
lauded the organization for
its "immeasurable
contributions in a half-
century of devoted service to
the highest tenets of religion
and the most cherished ideas
of , pur    nation."    The
organization charged that in    President     stated     that
spite of recent  guidelines    Agudath Israel's programs
published by HEW'S Office
for Civil Rights, which
prohibits preferential
treatment based on racial ■
quotas, there are colleges
and universities which
continue such practice.
have "sustained and carried
forward an inspiring
religious heritage, and in
doing so they have
strengthened the spiritual
and mora) fiber of our
society."
resolution on Palestine.
Israeli Ambassador Yosef
Tekoah reaffirmed Israel's
position that it "does not
seek to freeze the existing
situation or to perpetuate the
cease-fire .lines but to
replace them in peace with
secure and agreed
boundaries to be established
through negotiations with
each of the Arab neighbors."
Tekoah asserted that the
Arab governments appear to
have always regarded U.N.
debates "as -a substitute
for and an escape from the
need for negotiations." He
said the "primary issue" is
that "the Arab'governments
are still after'our blood, our
life," and the main obstacle
to peace--is ^ still their
fundamentalattitu'de toward
Israel, "their apparent
longing for Israel's downfall,
their resort ' 'to and
identification with means
even such 'as savage
terrorism." Tekoah, urged
that the only way to break
the Mideast deadlock was for
consultation and dialogue,
but as long as Egypt rejects
dialogue Israel can have no
faith in Egyptian claims that
' its goal is peace with Israel.
, Egypt's Foreign Minister
Dr. Mohamed H. el-Zayyat,
who opened the debate,
asserted the Israeli
"aggression" and
"psychological terrorism"
must be stopped by the
United Nations '-- by-
expulsion from  the world
Donor Affair Plans
Plans are under way for
the annual Donor affair
which Columbus Chapter of
Hadassah' will hold on
Tuesday, Jan. 16,11:30 a.m.
at the Imperial House North.
. Donor   chairmen   Mrs.
. Jerry Liepack and Mrs. Lee
Ross are pleased to an¬
nounce they will be assisted
by Mrs. John Mormol, donor
co-chairman, Mrs. David
Mellman, patron chairman,
Mrs. Milton Peterman, her
co:chairman and Mrs.
Nathan Gaynor, solicitations
chairman, co-chairman,
Mrs. Marvin Moscow.
Seven groups comprise the
Columbus    Chapter     of
_ Hadassah* which supports
the Hadassah Hebrew
University Medical Center
and Mt. Scopus Hospital, in
Jerusalem.' Intensive
research is done on Cancer
and other allied diseases
which has. produced a new
blood test for early detection
of cancer by Dr. Chloe Tal,
senior lecturer at the
Medical Center.
"Time to be Proud" is a
fitting theme this year since
Hadassah is celebrating its
61st anniversary in addition
to the25th anniversary of the
State of Israel. ,;
A'minimum contribution
of $30.00 entitles attendance
to the donor affair; a con¬
tribution of $50.00 or more
enables-you to become a
patron. .'
Soviet Jewry, to be held
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8 p.m. at
the Jewish Center. It is a
city-wide family centered
rally.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein,
who has recently returned
frorh the USSR, will be the
keynote speaker, while the
U.S.Y. Tifereth Israel Dance
Group and Agudas Achim
Youth Choir are also
featured in the program.
Mrs. Thomas Moody and
Mrs.  John   Gilligan   are
Nazi Hunter Dismisses Claim
That Bormann Is In Argentina
Mrs. Ab'e Green, is
chairman of the event,
coordinated by B'nai B'rith
Women. Working with her is
Mrs. John Resler, chairman
of the Committee on Spyiet
Jewry of the Council of
Organizations of the United
Jewish .Fund and Council,
Hersch Adlerstein, of ..the
Anti-Defamation League
office, and Mrs. Jerry Sch¬
wartz, GBW council
publicity chairman.
Conference To Consider UJFC
73 Campaign Financial Needs
The United Jewish Fund
and Council-will provide a
forum to a broad base of key
members of the community
on Dec. 14 to consider the
financial needs to be in¬
cluded in. this year's Cam¬
paign. At the conference,
presentations will be made
by leaders of the UJFC on
local needs for 1973 as well as
national and overseas
requirements. Chairmen of
respective budget com¬
mittees will assist in' the
presentations'. Represen¬
tatives ofy .beneficiary
agencies will be present to
add to the discussion.
Reactions will be en¬
couraged in order to ensure
that the legitimate needs are
fully presented and
discussed.
The views and comments
of the participants will be
conveyed to. the-Board- of -
Trustees of the UJFC when it
adopts a goal for the 1973
Campaign.
Those invited to par¬
ticipate in this open forum
are, board members of all
local agencies receiving
funds from the UJFC,
presidents of all local
organizations, members of
UJFC Budget Committees,
Campaign leadership of all
divisions, and donors to the
Campaign.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m.
at the Esther. C. Melton
Community Services
Building. A buffet dinner will
be served.
Chairing the meeting wiil J>y Ladislas Farago, a
be Ben Yenkin, Chairman of Hungarian-born author, and
the Allocations Committee of Stewart Steven, a Daily
the United Jewish Fund and Express reporter, claims
Council. that ' bormann  entered
■LONDON, (JTA)--Simon
Wiesenthal, director of the
Nazi crimes documentation
center in Vienna, dismissed
as "complete nonsense" this
week the latest claim that
Hitler's deputy, Martin
Bormann had been
discovered living in '
Argentina. Wiesenthal,
whose career is devoted to
tracking down Nazi
criminals, said iii Vienna
that the authors of a current
newspaper series: on the
alleged whereabouts and
activities of Bormann were
probably given 7 false
information by Nazi circles
in Latin America to throw,
the authoritiesoff thetfail of~
other criminals.
A spokesman for the West
German Ministry of Interior
expressed "extrJerrie
reservations" in Bonn over
the "* published reports
appearing in 'the London
Daily Express and the hew
York Daily News. The
spokesman said, however,
that if Bormann is ever
positively identified abroad,
the West German
government would
investigate the possibility of
bringing him to justice.
/Bormann is under death
sentence by, the Nuremberg
war crimes tribunal. The
series on Bormann, written
Argentina, on May 17, 1948,
as Eliezer Goldstein, with a
passport by the Vatican
Office ot Stateless Persons.
According to the author^, the
VaticaiPbureau was duped
into issuing the document by
the Peron regime in '
Argentina. The authors
claim that former President
Juan. Domingo Peron
contrived to have Bormanh's
fortune smuggled into
Argentina and' "protected"
the Nazi criminal until
Peron's downfalLjn 1955.
According to theExpress-
Daily News series, Bormann
paid $200 million for his
safety^ _dn_Buenos„ Aires,
Argentine secret service
sources said Bormann was
sheltered in that country
after \Vorld War II but*they
coujd.not confirm-that he
was still .there as the
newspaper series claims.
-The sources confirmed that
the ranch where Bormann
purportedly lives is' owned
by German industrialists.
According to the newspaper
series, the owner is Arndt
von Bohlen-Hahlbach, the
last scion of the. Krupp
family.) (Israelis are*
generally radlsraelis are
generally skeptical over the
report that Bormann is alive
in Argentina. State radio
commentators ignored the
story. The newspaper Yediot
Achronot front-pages the
Express article but Maariv
relegated the story to an
inside page.)
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