Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-05-30

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JERUSALEM (WNS) — In the wake of demands
from the public and opposition leaders in the Knesset,
the government is considering reinstating the death
penalty for terrorists. But Justice Minister Haim
Zadok, in making the announcement, cautioned that
"we should not be guided by feelings of rage and
disgust but rather by the basic issue which is its
possible influence on the war against terrorist
organizations". Restoration of the death penalty was
one of the principal demands by demonstrators here
from Maalot, Safad and Kiryat Shemona.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Despite the many studies
under Jewish auspices showing the problem of the
Jewish poor in getting access to government aid, the
City of New York does not have enough information to
come up with ways to handle the problem, according to
Rabbi David Haymovitz, the new director of the office
of special projects of the city's Social Service
Department. He said he was aware of the problems of
elderly Jews living in neglect in deteriorated areas and
of those poor Jews living outside the city's 26
designated poverty areas who were neglected in city
poverty aid programs for that reason. But Rabbi
Haymovitz said additional information is needed for
his office to make detailed recommendations to the
Human Resources Administration, the city's super-
agency which handles welfare and anti-poverty
programs. Rabbi Haymovitz met recently for seven
hours with representatives of a wide variety of Jewish*
organizations, in the first of a series of fact-finding
sessions. The meetings was arranged after Sanford
Solender, executive vice-president of the New York
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, charged that the
Jewish poor, particularly Hasidic Jews, were being
igffored by anti-poverty agencies and were-harassed at
welfare centers by other minority groups who resented
their presence.
No Response from UN On Terrorism Issue;
Release Of Post-Munich Report Withheld
by Yitzhak Rabi
UNITED NATIONS,
(JTA)' — Rabbi Israel
Miller, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations, said his
meeting on May 21 with UN
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim left him "with a
feeling of pessimism"
because there was not real
response from the United
Nations toward the problem
of terrorism. Rabbi Miller
led a group of American
Jewish leaders who met for
45 minutes with Waldheim to
press for UN action against
terrorism lest the in¬
ternational organization "by
its failure to act" appear "an
accomplice to murder". But
at a press conference later,
Rabbi   Miller   said   that
although Waldheim is "a
fine gentleman with his
heart in the right place" he
is powerless to act as far as
solving the problem of
terrorism. The Jewish
leaders urged that UNRWA
Commissioner Sir John
Rennie, stationed in Beirut
"root out" terrorist groups
he ad quartered in
Palestinian refugee camps
run by the UN in Lebanon
and refuse to give UN funds
to camps that serve as
terrorist bases. According to
Rabbi Miller, Waldheim said
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Disengagement Accord Stalled
by Tuvia Mendelson
JERUSALEM,   (JTA)   -
Secretary of State Henry A.
Soviet Jewry Program
To Be Held At Center
The Jewish Center, the
Shaliach Committee and the
Soviet Jewry Committee
invite the public to join in
celebrating Israel's In¬
dependence and show
support for the efforts of
Jews inthe Soviet Union to
emigrate.       ....   ......
professor Marshall Yovits
will Speak about his recent
experiences in Russia. He
attended a scientific con¬
ference and was able to visit
and speak with many of the
activists in the Moscow
Jewish community. His
insights and experiences are
unique and it is hoped the
community will take the
.opportunity, .to hear him.
Mrs. Melvin ' Furman,
Chairman  of- the1 Soviet
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Kissinger will attempt to
persuade Israel and Syria to
sign an "interim"
agreement in-an attempt to
salvage disengagement
before he returns to the U.S.
during the weekend, sources
here said on May 23.
Kissinger flew back to
Damascus following a
meeting of the American and
Israeli negotiating teams.
U.S. officials indicated that
he would return to
Washington on May 26 at the
latest. Hopes that an Israeli-.
Syrian disengagement ac¬
cord (would have been signed
by the end of last week, or at
least initialed "by both'sides,
faded as serious obstacles
developed over ' non-
territorial issues. In¬
formation Minister Shimon
Peres announced after the
negotiating meeting that the
Knesset has postponed a
special session which the
government had requested
for May 24 to hear a major
announcement on
' disengagement. He said the
meeting was put off "simply
Scenes from the 1974 Regional N.C.S.Y. Convention held recently at Beth Jacob Synagogue.
Jewish Teens To Study In Memory Of Ma'alot
A. historical event took"
place Saturday morning
May 18 in Columbus during
the recently held Regional
Convention of the National
Conference of Synagogue
Youth, when during his
sermon Rabbi -David
Stavsky of the Beth Jacob
Congregation asked for ten
teenagers to volunteer to
study Mishnayos in memory
of the innocent teenagers
who were brutally killed in
Maalot Israel the previous
week. To his,surprise and to
the amazement of every one
in the packed synagogue,
fifty four teenagers stood up
and pledged to study twenty
chapters of Mishnayot this
year. At the closing banquet
an additional sixty teenagers
signed their names for this
special project. The Mishne
is part of the Talmud. It is a
six volume work of Jewish
- law and tradition which is
considered part of the
Talmud. Since the word
"Mishne" in Hebrew has the
same letters as the word
Neshame (soul), for the,
centuries the study of
Mishnayos was considered
an important mystical
elevation for the soul of the
deceased. The Teenagers of
the N.C.S.Y. Regional;
Convention stood up as one
"to study Torah (Mishnayos)
this entire year in memory
because negotiations are
still going on". Foreign
Minister Abba Eban, who
held a surprise midnight
meeting with Kissinger after
he returned from Damascus
on May 22 said, "We still
hope, but I cannot promise,
that the agreement will be
completed in the next few
days". Damascus radio,
announcing that Kissinger
would return to Syria, said
the Secretary represen¬
tatives to carry on
negotiations in order to
reach an agreement.
The mood among officials
and observers here on May
23 wasv,' increasingly
pessimistic in sharp contrast
to the near euphoria that
prevailed May 19 when it
was announced that
Kissinger had achieved
Israeli and Syrian
agreement on a
disengagement line. U.S.
officials had expressed the
view earlier that once the
line was settled, everything
elpe would "fall into place".
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torah Academy Meeting
Unveils Building Plans
of their counterparts who
were slaughtered in Maalot.
The sixth Regional Con¬
vention held at the Beth
Jacob Synagogue saw four
hundred delegates and their
advisors from numerous
cities of the Central East
Region in what was con¬
sidered one of the best of
their conventions. From
early registration on Friday
afternoon to the all night
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The annual meeting of the
Columbus Torah Academy
will depart from the typical
meetings of past years. The
key feature will be a
presentation of the design
and features of the unique
new Columbus Torah
Academy building by Mr.
George Acock, of the firm
Acock, White and
Associates, architects of the
building.' Mr. Acock will
utilize an architectural
model of the building and
following a question and
answer; period, will ac¬
company parents and in¬
terested members of the
community, to the actual
site for additional
discussion. Members of the
community, especially those
interested in Jewish
education, will be impressed
by the manner in which the
physical aspects of the
building have been blended
with the special
requirements   /of     the
Columbus Torah Academy
concepts and ■ needs. The
resulting structure is the
result not only of the fine
efforts of Mr. Acock, but also
of inputs provided from a
one year study by Ohio State
University, commissioned
by Columbus Torah
Academy.
The annual meeting will
include the election of new
officers and board members,
and a brief report ,of the-
educational highlights of the
year. The meeting is
scheduled for Sunday, June 2
at 2:30 p.m. at Temple
Israel.
Because of the widespread
interest shown in the Torah
Academy, its educational
objectives, and its activities,
the entire Jewish com¬
munity is invited to see the
unveiling of the plans of a
truly unique structure to
serve Jewish education in
Columbus.