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VOL.50 NO, 53
DECEMBER 28, 1972 - TEVES 23
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WASHINGTON (WNS)-A leader of the militant
Black United Front, invited by WTOP-TVto present
his views a£ a rebuttal to their own editorial comment
on hijacking/tore into Israel and denounced it as an
"illegal Zionist colony." Abssolom Jordan, head of the
BUF-, also praised Libya as the ''last bas'tion of
freedom and hope for oppressed and exploited Black
political prisoners," and accused' WTOP of being
owned by Zionists. The station's editorial office said it
surmised Jordan was referring to Daniel Gold, general
manager of WTOP-TV, Larry Israel, chairman
of the board of the Washington Post-Newsweek
stations. WTOP is the Washington affiliate of CBS.
WASHINGTON (WNS)-The State Department has
denied that Middle East peace negotiations have'been"
delayed and side-tracked because of America's failure,
to  reach  a  Vietnam  settlement.   Department ■
spokesman Charles' Bray said the "international
climate" continues to seem "propitious to undertake "
diplomatic activity which might lead to an interim
^agreement or more."
LONDON (WNS)-The Board of Deputies of British
Jews has agreed to debate at a future meeting the
question of anti-Semitism disguised as anti
Zionism after Victor Miscon, Board vice-president
cautioned "We must not make the mistake of thinking
that everyone who supports the Arab cause in the
Middle East confrontation is necessarily anti-
Semitic." He added that "It is true, however, that a
great deal of what is truly anti-Semitic is concealed
under the umbrella of anti-Zionism."
Compulsory Chapel Ruled
Out At Service Academies
. - The -Supreme   Court's
.ruling last week upholding a
'lower cpurt decision against
^compulsory    chapel    at¬
tendance   at   the   nation's
'.military service academies
was  hailed  today  by  the
American Jewish Congress
as "a significant victory for
our country's vital traditions
of religious  freedom   and
church-state     separation."
The Congress, together
with 12 other organizations
.^comprising the  Joint Ad¬
visory   Committee   of   the
Synagogue    Council    of
America and the National
Jewish      Community
Relations Advisory Council,
-   had  filed  a   friend-of-the-
court brief in "Laird Vs.
■ Anderson" in November 1970
when the case came before
•the .U,S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Washington, D.C.
That court ruled earlier
mis year that West Point,
Annapolis and the Air Force
Academy   could   not   con¬
stitutionally compel cadets
to attend religious services.
_ Today Leo Pfeffer, special
counsel of the Congress who
wrote the amicus brief for
the .13 Jewish organizations,
said the Supreme Court's
ruling was "consistent with*
American tradition against
compulsory, church at¬
tendance, one of the prac¬
tices of establishment which
the First Amendment was
written to forbid."
In its lower _j court
argument supporting
compulsory chapel, the
Department of Defense, had
asserted that chapel at¬
tendance had a secular
function in that it was part of
the cadets' officer training to
observe men at worship*. /~~
In their brief, the 13 Jewish
organizations said such
military surveillance of
religious services had a
."lorigiand ignoble history'*
and was repugnant to the
JewiShtommunity. Q
- 'ThGthbrief -asserted:
"Wfu&ever there has been
an edttfbllshed church, there
is a'history of governmental
surveillance    of   church
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Calls For U.S. Action To Protect Citizens From
Terrorism In View Of U.N. Failure To Act
Nfew YORK. - The U.S.
must take "unilateral action
to protect our own citizens"
in view of the failure of ihe
United Nations to approve
strong international legal
action on . terrorism,
Representative Herman
Badillo (D-Bronx) told the
American Jewish Congress
this week.
Rep. Badillo said he
favored legislation that
would close American air¬
ports to any foreign airline
operating in any country
which refuses to prosecute or
extradite skyjackers.
Rep. Badillo declared: "I
have joined with Rep. Ogden
Reid (D-West.) in co-
sponsoring this practical
solution to the protection of
the rights and lives of U.S.
citizens from terrorist air
piracy.!'
The former Bronx borough
president said he would also
introduce a bill cutting off
U.S. military and economic
aid to countries supporting
terrorist groups.
Mr. Badillo said' the
resolution passed Dec. 11 by
the U.N. Legal Committee,
which focuses on the alleged
root causes of terrorism, was
tantamount to "ignoring the
criminal and his victim
while studying the
sociological causes of crime.
"I know of no civilized
society that dispenses with
pojjcemen, * Mr. Badillo
asserted.
Purchases First Newsie Paper
His call for* strong
unilateral action was echoed
by Phil Baum, associate,
executive director of the
American Jewish Congress,
who said the "hopeless in¬
capacity" of the U.N. to act
against, terrorism was
demonstrated by the U.N.
Legal Committee vote.
"The U.N. can and will do '
nothirig.-^and if we are to
project ourselves against
random political violence,
we had'better accept that
hard fact and look
elsewhere," Mr. Baum
declared, adding:
"One way to deter, if not
eliminate, .political
terrorism would be to cut off
from services any country
that continues to give sup¬
port or sanctuary to
■terrorism or terrorist
organizations."
He urged the U.S.
government to "adopt
legislation authorizing
unilateral withholding of
programs of economic
assistance, as. well as other
privileges and benefits, to
those states that endorse or
harbor terrorist -groups,*'
and called on airline
managements, pilots and
other elements . of the
business community to
isolate, such nations.
Capt. John Ferguson,
representing the Air Line
Pilots Association, told the
meeting of the American
Jewish Congress'
Metropolitan Council
Committee on International
Affairs that continued acts of
air terrorism could be traced
to, "the greed and im¬
maturity of pilots, airline
For the past several years,  Norman Gurevitz had
been going after the purchase of the first copy of the
Charity Newsies paper, annually a collector's.item.
Well, it became a reality on Thursday night, Dec, 14 at
the Neil House, where/the Newsies held their Pep
Dinner. Alan Schultz, manager of Norman's on East
Gay St., was on hand at the Neil House and made a
■   successful bid for the first copy of the paper. It went for
an even $2000. In the photo above, a framed copy of the
first issue off the press was presented to the Norman
firm by the Newsies. From left, Schultz, Gurevitz and
Dan Stone. The framed copy is on display at the Auto
-*■  Glass firm, where it will have'a permanent spot.
Following the presentation of the framed copy. Nor¬
man pointed out that his father, the late Max Gurevitz,
was very much interested in the work of the Newsies,
. ' and how proud he would be to see that picture on the
. !ls«*wall.
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Jews Arrested In Mo#w^ °—• *wM
managements and  govern¬
ments." He. asserted:
"Some pilots oppose work
stoppages because they don't
want to lose money, ana the
..U.S. Government and the
airline companies don't want
to spend the necessary
'money for security.".
Capt. Ferguson called on
the government' to assume r""
the cost of electronic gear
and armed guards he said
were needed to prevent air
hijackings.
"We're in a war with the
criminal elements," the
pilots' spokesman said,
calling it "a function of
government and not business
to take over - law en¬
forcement.".
He also blamed the
"immaturity" of the
emerging nations for
allowing the hijackings to
continue. "They won't give
up any of their sovereignty to
sigh a treaty," he declared.
Capt. Ferguson noted that
at a recent meeting'of the
board of the Air Line Pilots
Association, a resolution was
adopted committing the
organization to a program
designed to eliminate
terrorist sanctuaries
throughout the world • by
suspending air services' to
"any nation that blatantly
encourages, provides 'sanc¬
tuaries to, or refuses to
severely punish air pirates."
The resolution also* put
"the nations of the world,
including our own, on notice
that any further crimes of
air piracy may be met with
total cessation of airline
service." ■«
Historian, Leader To Speak
At Ohio State January 8
COLUMBUS, 6. Dee. 21- "
An internationally
prominent Jewish religious
leader and historian will
speak at Ohio State
University at 8 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 8, in the Ohio Union,
Newsies Still Accepting Contributions
Dr. B. B. Caplan, Bernie Sully, Meyer Hoffman, Al
Solove and Lou Berliner of the Newsies are still ac¬
cepting contributions for the 1972 fund raising drive.
Many follcs, who didn't want to brave the elements on
that cold, Saturday, Dec. 16, have been sending in
donations. Any one of these men will gladly accept
your check.    '
Dr. Caplan' and Sully are among the leading
collectors this season.
Dr. Caplan was dressed as a Hippie and was
stationed at Main & Drexel last Saturday. Sully was at
Gold Circle E&st.
NEW YORK (WNSj!):-The
arrest of 60 Jews in Moscow
in a single day this week was
seen by some analysts of the
Soviet scene as an effort by
Soviet authorities to thwart
demonstrations by Jewish
activists during the 50th
anniversary celebrations of
the founding of the Soviet
Republic which begins Dec.
30. Ten activists were
arrested in one round-up and
50 more during a sit-in at the
Supreme Soviet. The sit-in
demonstrators were
protesting the denial of exit
vjsas and appealing for
ahihesties for Jewish
political prisoners.
On the following day, 37
women were releasedyjqt 15
men were sentenced 'to 15-
days in jail. It was also
reported that three of the sit-
in participants left Moscow
to return to their homes in
Kiey but diappeared. There
is no indication as to what
happened to them.
Meanwhile, it was also
reported that Viktor
Perelman,. a Moscow Jewish
journalist; his wife and nine-
year-old daughter, and four
other activists received exit'
visas. The Perelmans did not
haveto pay the education tax
but the other four were told
that the tax would not be
waived in their cases.
Dr. Louis Finkelstein,
chancellor emeritus of the
Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, New
York, will speak on
"Judaism and Education for
Character."
His lecture will open a two-
day conference < entitled
"From Academy to Com¬
munity: Applying Jewish
Scholarship to Con¬
temporary' Programs of
Education." The conference
is limited to 50 scholars and
educational therorists from
the United States and Israel.
The lecture and1 the con¬
ference are cosponsored by
the university's Jewish
Studies Program and. the
Melton Research Center of
Dr. Louis Finkelstein
the ' Jewish    Theological
Seminary of America.
Jewish studies at Ohio
State began in 1966, with the
establishment of the Samuel
and Esther Melton*
Professorship/in Jewish
Studies. Mr/ Melton, a'
Columbus industrialist,
founded and supports the
Melton Research Center at
the seminary.
Prior to Dr, Finkelstein's
lecture, Ohio State President
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