Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-06-06

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VOL. 52 NO. 23
JUNE 6, 1974 - SWAN 1G
NEW YORK (WNS) — The disengagement accord'
reached between Israel and Syria was hailed by
national Jewish leaders as another important step on
the road to peace in the Middle East and a notable
achievement of American diplomatic efforts,
especially those of Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger. The Jewish leaders added that there are
still hurdles to overcome in reaching final, and total
peace for Israel and her Arab neighbors. Two of the
Jewish leaders, Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organization, and Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, president
of the American Jewish Congress, said the next step on
the agenda must be the rescue of Syrian Jewry. In
Damascus,.Syrian Jews are reported hopeful that the
disengagement accord may lead to the lifting of
restrictions imposed on the Jewish community.
WASHINGTON (WNS) - The United States has
-requested the Soviet Union to grant an exit visa to
"Prof. Vitali Rubin, a Moscow Jewish activist, who has
a standing invitation to teach classical Chinese culture
at Columbia University in New York, according to
Rep. Marvin Esch (R. Mich.). He said he has been
assured the request was made by Walter Stoessel, U.S.
Ambassador to Moscow.
LONDON (WNS) — Thirteen Minsk Jews, many of
them wounded or decorated veterans of the Red Army
in World War II, have written to the Soviet Prosecutor -
General Roman Rudenko asking him to start legal
proceedings against the anti-Semitic Byelorussian
poet, Maxim Luzhantin, whose new collection contains
more anti-Semitic poems echoing the tone and content
of Nazi propaganda, hi their letters, the Jews note that
the poet does not actually use the word Jew'but.sub- S
stitutes similarly sounding names. In one poem he asks |
how they survived the war. "I thought they would all g
burn in the fires of the war and their ashes would be |
scattered by the wind," Luzhantin wrote. g
Syria And Israel Agree On Disengagement;
Peace Conference Scheduled To Resume
JERUSALEM (WNS) —
After 32 days of shuttling
between Damascus and
Jerusalem, Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
was able to get Israel and
Syria to agree to a
disengagement of forces.
The agreement was' an¬
nounced simultaneously in
Jerusalem, Damascus and
Washington. It was reached
after Kissinger was
preparing to return to
Washington after four weeks
in the Middle East. But at
the last moment he returned
to Damascus for his 13th trip
there and received approval
of   the   agreement   from
Syrian President Hafez
Assad. While in Syria,
Kissinger also met with
Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko who "was
visiting Damascus.
Kissinger then returned to
Jerusalem and received
Israeli agreement. He
reportedly persuaded Israel
Reject Soviet Claim That International
Scientific Seminar Is "Provacative Action"
NEW YORK (JTA) - A
Soviet claim that an in¬
ternational scientific
seminar is a "provocative
action of certain circles"
was rejected on May 28 by a
spokesman for the In¬
ternational Secretaries of
the International Seminar
which is sponsoring the
event. Prof. Edward Stern of
the University of Michigan
affirmed that the seminary
is "a purely scientific
gathering, being conducted,
in accordance with usual'
international scientific
standards, and is in no way a
'provocative action,'" and
that this characterization
represents "a distortion of
the character and purposes
of the seminar," The un¬
precedented seminar,
sponsored by an advisory
board of eminent scientists,
including eight j Nobel
Laureates and the Tel Aviv
University, was scheduled
for July 1-5 in the Moscow
home of the prominent
Jewish scientist Alexander
Voronel. The State Com¬
mittee for Science and
Technology, the scientific
arm of the Soviet Council of
Ministers, has disowned the
seminar and Soviet
authorities have indicated
that 'the seminar will be
opposed. Dr. Stern, in
pointing to the world famous
scientists who constitute the
International Board of
Sponsors and Advisor, stated
that this is "evidence of the
international scientific
community's support for the
right of all scientists not only
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RABBI NATHAN ZELIZER
Columbus Parks and
Recreation Commission and
his dedication  to  the im-
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Some of the people at the rally on May 19th.
Rally Exemplifies Community Organization
The rally in protest of the
tragedy at Ma'alot which
was held on Sunday, May 19
is an excellent example of
what community*
organization can ac¬
complish. The event was
planned, organized, and
implemented in less than 36
hours notice. Major
responsibilities for the rally
was placed in the hands of
the Anti-Defamation League
- Community Relations
Committee, the Columbus
/Jewish Federation and The
Jewish Center. Respon¬
sibilities no less important
, were carried out by the
,   Council of Organizations,
whose collective respon¬
sibility it was to "bring^out
their membership" andlhe
Teenage Board which
provided the signs and
distributed material during
the program.
According to Mrs. Sylvia
Mellmah, Chairman of the
Council Of Organizations,
"It should be clearly stated
that no event can be
guaranteed a success
without the effort and
committment of the entire
community. From i the
women who i>;i manned
telephones which informed
their membership of the
rally, to the leadership
which contacted those public
officials who spoke, one
without the other insures-
failure. It is the combination
of professional staff,
volunteer and community
concern that insures a
successful event.!'
Mrs. Mellman went on to
say that initially "There was
some question as to the
purpose and form of our
protest. Some asked, why a
rally?, The purpose of a
public forum was at least
two-fold. First, the barbaric
act that murdered innocents
was so awful it was felt that
nothing  short  of  a  com-
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Nathan Zelizer Testimonial
Dinner At T.I. June 9th
A   special   dinner   com¬
mittee announces completed
plans  for   the   testimonial
dinner being tendered Rabbi
Nathan  Zelizer  on  June
ninth. The dinner to be held
in the Tifereth Israel Social
Hall  at  the  congregation!.
1354 E. Broad St., serves as
just one token of community
respect  and  affection  for ,
Rabbi Zelizer who came to/
Columbus       to       serve/
Congregation Tifereth Israel
in 1931.
s Keynote speaker for ihe
Zelizer testimonial dinner
will be Rabbi Stanley J.
Schachter, Assistant
Chancellor of the Jewish
Theological • Seminary of
America. Rabbi Schachter's
special responsibilities place
him in charge of community
relations and education at
the Seminarji.in New York
where Rabbi Zelizer entered
the rabbinate in 1930 — at
that tirjie the fourth
'generation rabbi in the
Zelizer Family.V
Rabbi Zelizer *s
distinguished career has
covered service to his
congregation, his com¬
munity, state and national
institutions —' both Jewish
and non-Jewish — veterans'
organizations and the U.S.
armed forces. Among his'
abiding interests recognized.,
by the Central Ohio com¬
munity are Rabbi Zelizer's
service as president of the
Columbus Park .Com¬
mission, his advisory
membership      on      the
to forego its original demand
for a Syrian commitment to
curb terrorist activities from
its territory by promising
that the U.S. would give
Israel a written guarantee
that in the event the
terrorists, either singly or in
groups, infiltrated Israeli
territory from Syria, Israeli
forces will be allowed to
fight them and cross into
Syria in pursuit.
The accord was signed in
Geneva with the U.S. and
Soviet Union witnessing the
signing as co-chairmen of
the   Geneva   peace   con¬
ference. The peace con¬
ference itself is expected to
resume jn the autumn. With
signing of the agreement,
the Red Cross will start the     \
exchange of Israeli and     '
Syrian   POWs   with   other
POWs   being   exchanged     ;
later.
President Nixon, in an-      j
nouncing the agreement in      i
Washington, said it "paves
the way for a permanent    /
peace  settlement in  the
'■entire Middle East-^a."    '
He said that as a result of the
accord, "the prospects of
reaching an agreement on a
permanent - basis are now
better than they "have ever
been over the past 25 years."
Nixon praised both Assad
and Israeli Premier Golda
Meir as well as Kissinger.
Mrs. Meir said that Israel
hopes  "that  this  is  the
beginning of a real peace."
Mrs. Meir' in presenting
the    agreement    to.   the
Knesset, which approved,it ,
by a 76 to 36 vote after 'aJ
stormy session, stressed
repeatedly that it did not
prejudice Israel's  security
and provided fully for the.
defense   of   Israeli   set^
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Abe A. Wolman, Noted
Community Leader, Dies
Abe A. Wolman, 73, of 315
Eastmoor Blvd., founder of
the Wolman Insurance
Agency and a member of a
host of Columbus service
organizations, died Sunday,
June 2 at Grant Hospital.
Listed in Who's Who of
World Jewry, Wolman was
past president of Agudas
Achim Synagogue, B'nai
B'rith Lodge and the
Columbus Jewish Home for
the Aged. /'."'.
He served as a volunteer
chaplain at the Ohio
Penitentiary, formerly
chaired Israel Bonds of
Columbus, was a trustee of
Zionist Organization, Cols.
ABE A. WOLMAN
Jewish Federation, Cols.
Jewish Center and a past
president of Jewish Family
Service. He was also active
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