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VOL. 53 NO. 24
JUNE 12, 1975 - TAMUZ 3
Israel To Test Right Of Cargo Passage
Through Suez Canal; Thins Troops In Sinai
Troop Reduction East Of Suez
NEAR THE MITLA PASS, Sinai-Tanks withdraw to
new positions as part of. the thinning out of Israeli
forces in .the Sinai east of the Suez Canal, which Egypt
has reopened. The gesture in response to the reopening
of the waterway, which has been closed since the 1967
Mideast war, was described by Israeli officials as an
effort to stress Israel's flexibility and willingness to
compromise.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat welcomed the
Israeli move, terming it "a step toward peace," and it,
along with Syria's extension of the United Nations
peace-keeping mandate on the Golan Heights for six
months, has-served to ease tension along the cease-fire
lines.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE
JERUSALEM (WNS)- As
Egypt reopened the Suez
Canal for the first time since
the Six-Day War, Israel
prepared to test the right of
passage for its cargo
through the waterway.
Transportation Minister Gad
Jaacobi said that a Liberian
vessel carrying 12,000 tons of
sugar; ff-bm South Korea to
Israel' will attempt to pass
through the canal. Israeli
officials have stressed that
passage through the canal
was an understanding of the
January 1974 Israeli-
Egyptian disengagement
agreement. Foreign
Minister Yigal Allon told the
Knesset that the Israeli
government welcomed the
reopening of the canal-,
noting that it had been one of
the understandings of the
Jackson Says Long Range Peace In The
Mideast Depends On Egyptian Concessions
By Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle, Special Reporter
U.S. Sen/ Henry M.
Jackson believes that while
the reopening of the Suez
Canal and last week's with¬
drawal of Israeli troops from
portions of the Sinai will
outwardly lessen Middle
East tensions, any hope for
long-range peace rests on
the willingness of Egypt to
make the concessions
necessary to assure Israel of
its basic-security.
Jackson, an announced
candidate for the
Democratic nomination for
President, visited Columbus
on a brief campaign tour of
the state and told the
Chronicle in. an exclusive
interview that the "overt
signs" of agreement "are
yet to be fully interpreted."
"The real question is
whether the Egyptians will
agree to the creation of the
kind of buffer zone or in¬
terim agreement that will
bring 5-6 years of non*
beligerancy to the area so
that the problems on the
Syrian side of the occupied
territory can be solved,1"
Jackson said.
"And the key to whether or
not the Egyptians will make
that'kind of concession is
whether or not (President
Anwar) Sadat can stave off
the radical political leaders
of the area," Jackson said.
"Sadat has real economic
problems," Jackson said,
"and the radicals such as the
Libyans and the P.L.O.
are seen as a real threat."
Jackson said that if Israel -
and Egypt could reach an
interim solution to the
territorial question-"and I
think they really want to'"--
Israel would then be in a
position to .bargain on its
other fronts.
The Washington Democrat
said two other keys to peace
prospects in the Middle East
were the Saudi Arabian and
Soviet governments.
"If the Russians want to
weaken the U.S. position in
Europe at this time, they
could do it by stirring up
trouble in the Middle East,"
Jackson said. "And how
about the Saudis? Will their
new leaders be willing to
bankroll the Syrians if they
decide to resume fighting?"
he asked.
Jackson hailed as a great
victory for Israel passage by
the Senate last week of a
renewal of the authorization
to extend military credits to
Israel.
The so-called Jackson
Amendment to the Defense
Procurement    act    was
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disengagement accord. But
he stressed that Israel has
"the right to expect that it
would have full freedom of
access for its cargoes as
agreed      to      in      the
disengagement     accords."
Premier Yitzhak Rabin said
in a. television interview that
if Cairo refuses  to allow
Israeli cargoes through the
canal, Israel will bring the
matter up at the next stage
of political negotiations. But
in   Washington   while   the
State Department confirmed
.there   were   secret. un¬
derstandings      in      the
agreement it refused to say
whether passage for Israeli
cargo through the canal was
one of them.Malcolm Toon,
the    U.S.     Ambassador-
designate to Israel told the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, that "certain
private commitments" were
made in_the agreement on
shipping and,  "I, simply
don't     know" .   whether
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat will permit Israeli-
bound     cargo     through.
Meanwhile, Israeli Chief of
Staff Gen. Mordechai Gur
predicted the reopening of
the canal would usher in a
period   of, calm   in   the
Mideast.' He said Egypt was
not likely to go to war while
the canal was open and Syria
and Jordan would not go to
war    without    the    par¬
ticipation of Egypt.
Israel • moved armor,
artillery, infantry and
aircraft missiles back
beyond the firing range of
Federation Reports On Meeting
The Board of Trustees of the
Columbus Jewish Federation mot on
'Monday, May lfth. Twenty-eight
people were present, and the meeting
concerned Itself with a number of
Items of community concern. In
response to the many requests which
were received by the Federation alter
the Chronicle printed a report of last
months meeting of the CJF Board of
Trustees, a report of this past meeting
Is repeated.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Hersh L. Adlerstein,
Director of the Community
Relations Committee of the
Columbus. Jewish
Federation, reported on the
activities of the Community
Relations Committee during
the past months. He em¬
phasized that the primary
concern of the CRC, at this
time and for the forseeable
future, has been in¬
terpretation of Israel and the
Middle East. (A report on
the activities of the CRC in
this area appeared in the
Ohio Jewish • Chronicle
several weeks ago).
Dr. Louis Nemzer,
Chairman  of  the  CRC's
Committee on Christian-
Jewish Concerns, reported
on   the   activities   of   the
committee since its for¬
mation in the fall of 1974. Dr.
Nemzer's report appears
elsewhere in todays issue of
the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
CASH MOBILIZATION
The  Treasurer's   Report
was read indicating the
tremendous needs for cash
at this time. Ben M. Man-
. delk'orn,  Executive Vice
President of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, reported
that as of April 30th, 1975,
22.6% had been collected on
the   1975   campaign,   as
compared to 35.7% for the
same period last year, and
15,6% on the 1973 campaign
for  the same  comparable
period. To date, 72.3% has
been collected on the 1974,
and   93.6%   on   the   1973
campaigns. Mr. Mandelkorn
explains that under normal
circumstances this' would be
acceptable, but in view of the
urgency for cash, more
funds must be obtained. He
pointed out that as of April
30, 1975 there are pledges
receivable for the current
and prior years amounting
to $3,066,618.00. (See the
story, elsewhere in today's
Chronicle, about the cash
mobilization programs.)
1975 CAMPAIGN
Millard Cummins,
General Campaign Chair¬
man for the 1975 Campaign,
reported that the campaign
achievement as of May 15th,
1975 was 3,718 pledges for a
total of $2,465,851.00, which
represents a 16.2% drop as
compared with 1974 pledge
value. The overwhelming
number of gifts, however,
represent levels equal to the
. same or more than last year,
with the reduction largely
taking place among some of
the very large gifts. Since
there are approximately
1600 prospects to be con-
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after Premier Yitzhak Rabin
announced the unilateral
Sinai action in what was seen
as a gesture toward Egypt's
reopening of the canal.
Rabin announced the sur¬
prise move as President
Ford was meeting with
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat in Salzburg, Austria.
Rabin insisted that, the move
was not taken as a result of
any information coming out
of Salzburg. He said it was
an independent and
unilateral move "based on
our assessment that Israel
should do something-
involving a. measure of risk-
to demonstrate our con¬
tribution in light of the
canal's reopening, towards
pacification of the region."
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Hillel Rabbi Leaving For "More
Intense Jewish Life"; Criticizes
Jewish Leadership In Columbus
By Bill Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
Rabbi Chaim Feller, Co-
director of the Ohio State
University 1 Hillel Foun¬
dation, plans to leave
Columbus for Los Angeles,
where he will become Co-
director at the U.C.L.A.
Hillel Foundation.
After* a planned July 27
marriage to Ms. Doreen
Seidler, a doctoral candidate
in clinical psychology at
Ohio State, Feller plans to
depart in early August.
Feller, who came to OSU
in September, 1973, was
active as a teacher at the
Hillel Foundation's Free
University.
He drew fire from some
Orthodox rabbis because of
his support of the Jewish'
women's movement, which
included his calling women
to. read the Torah during
Sabbath services and his
counting of women as
members of the minyon.
Rabbi Feller was also
criticized by some officials
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation for his publicly-
stated views that Israel
should be more com¬
promising in seeking a
Mideast peace settlement.
In an interview with The
Chronicle, Feller said he
hopes that in addition to the
Federation, the Columbus
Board of Rabbis .and com¬
munity professionals will
have " a greater role in
representing the Jewish
community to-non-Jews.
Feller said the Federation
should not be allowed "To
dictate, community
priorities," and he called for
a change within the present
Jewish community, where
"people like me are branded
as heretics because the
community has not allowed"
a diversity of opinion."
Feller said current Jewish
communal leadership has
promoted "a secular form of
Judaism, whose main ritual
is contributing money to
Israel."
"I'm not opposed to this,"
said Feller, "but, what
troubles me is that this is
allowed  to   be   the  whole
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