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ill I: I It i. HI.'; 1 If i HRONICLE 2[\y/y ServinB Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community (or Over 50 Years yJA\K LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1 982 VELMA AVE » COLS, 0. 43E11 EXCH VOL.53 NO.25 JUNE 19,1975-TAMUZ10 ADL Files Charges Against Four American Corporations For Violating Americans' Rights Reform Judaism's First Women Clergy NEW YORK — Rabbi Sally Priesand (center), who was ordained as the fi^st woman rabbi in America in 1972, congratulates Marcia S. Bernstein (left) and Barbara Herman before commencement exercises of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, held at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Ms. Bernstein became the second woman rabbi in Reform Judaism as she was ordained with 16 other rabbis and Mrs. Herman was invested as the first female cantor to be certified after completing a full course of studies at a recognized Jewish school of Sacred music. . Mrs. Herman completed a five-year study program at the HUC-JIR School of Sacred Music, which serves the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism. As a cantor, she is authorized to serve as co- officiant at religious services, direct and supervise all musical activities in a synagogue, and assist a rabbi in such services as weddings, bar or bas mitzvahs, and funerals'. Although other women have served as - cantors,^ Mrs. Herman is the first to be officiallycer- - tified. RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by John Lei By Yitzhak Rabi NEW YORK, (JTA) -The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith has filed legal charges against Jour American corporations charging them with anti- Jewish discrimination in their, hiring policies and violating the civil rights of American citizens. At a press conference: at ADL headquarters here June 10 it was announced that charges were filed June 4 with the Equal Employment Op¬ portunity Commission (EEOC), against Aramco, Service Co.y Texas; Behdix- Siyahco, Maryland; Hospital Corporation of America, Tenn; and International Schools Services, Princeton, N.J. The four companies are accused of accepting and Scrutiny Of New Arab-Backed Bank Seeking Charter Urged Call For Crash Energy Program NEW YORK, - Criticizing the "reluctance" of government bodies to shape a national energy policy, the American Jewish Congress last week called for a "crash program" to conserve fuel, increase domestic oil production and develop alternative sources of energy. Leona Chanin, president of the -organization's National Women's Division, released a study by the organization asserting: "The public sector must assume responsibility to assure1 that resources are made available to meet our. country's genuine energy needs. ' ->:-l "It is government that must develop a well- considered energy program, explain to the public why it is heeded and how it will work and put it into effect. "At stake in this effort is hot only our country's economic health and that of our allies but also the ef¬ fectiveness of American foreign policy." Mrs. Chanin spoke at a meeting of the .division's national board In Stephen Wise Congress House, 15 East 84th Street Noting that "virtually no¬ thing" had happened under Project Independence — the Federal Energy program set up in the wake of the 1973 Arab oil embargo — Mrs. Chanin declared: "It is now clear that the usual reluctance of govern¬ mental bodies to make unpleasant and unpopular decisions has triumphed once again. The whole, matter has been left to private industry and the play of the market place. "But the promises of private industry have proved equally hollow. Development of domestic oil resources and of alternative sources of energy Jias been (CONTINUEDPN PAGE 13) NEW YORK, (JTA) - The State Banking Department has been urged by the American Jewish Congress to demand assurances of nondiscrimination on ac¬ count of race, religion or political considerations before granting a charter to a new financial institution to be,known as the "United Bank, ^ Arab1 and" French, New York." In a letter to acting superintendent " Er¬ nest Kohn, the AJ Congress declared: "Many Arab commercial interests, especially within the financial community, have publicly announced their intention to carry out the boycott objectives of the Arab League. We believe it appropriate therefore that your Commission, as a . precondition to the issuance of a charter, receive / assurances that the business affairs of this new banking . institution will be conducted fully in conformity with the letter and spirit of our laws and with the national policy of this country as expressed both in the statements of our government and the enact¬ ments of our legislature." Pour American banks — Bankers Trust of New York, First National of Chicago, Security Pacific of California and Texas Commerce Bancshares — have reportedly applied to the State Banking , Com¬ mission - for permission to establish the new financial (COt.TINUEDONPAGElS) Groups Not Satisfied With CBS Rebroadcast On Syria NEW YORK, (JTA) -The American Jewish Congress declared June 11 that the CBS re-broadcast June 8 of its Feb. 16 television por¬ trayal of the; condition of Syrian Jewry and on. the destruction of- Kuneitra on the Golan Heights, included reference to complaints about the original program but that the network's reply was "inadequate, self- serving and grudging at best." ' The AJ Congress,, which filed a complaint on June 3 with the National News Council, a non-profit agency which investigates complaints about the media, also said, in a letter to the news council, that ; its complaint about the original "60 Minutes" program "stands, and we look for¬ ward to a finding in support of our charges by the National News Council." Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, AJ Congress president, declared that CBS. had "failed to respond to the major thrusts of pur (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) complying with anti-Jewish job practices of Saudi Arabia and Abu-Dubai. According to Arnold Forster, ADL's general counsel, those firms are "screening out Jews from employment in the Arab world on the basis of religion." He cited Aramco, the world's largest oil combine, for demanding baptismal certificates from candidates seeking em¬ ployment overseas,-to prove that they are not Jewish. • Forster said 'that the charges of discrimination made to the EEOC will be "Preliminary steps to Federal Court" if the ADL's application for an im¬ mediate "right tb sue" is granted by the EEOC. . Forster added that ADL filed the charges in order to • compel the four firms "to cease and desist their ' collusive discrimination with the Arab countries," to nullify those clauses in the U.S.-Saudi agreement which encourage them to do so and to obtain a ruling that will "serve as . a binding' precedent upon American • firms doing business with the Arabs." The U.S. trade agreement with Saudi ' Arabia, signed June -1974, stated that the U.S. agrees to be "sensitive to the social, . cultural, political and religious contexts of Saudi' Arabia." Seymour Graubard, national chair¬ man of ADL, said that the League "deliberately! selected" four big and powerful corporations in order to reach "a clear and unequivocal" rule against the illegal discrimination of American Jews. He added that these, companies "are : simply the top of the iceberg" and that the ADL's legal action against them is (CONTINUEDON PAGES) Agudas Achim "Remembrance" Dedication Set For Sunday; Many Dignitaries To Attend "Rembrance" is the* theme for the dedication of a memorial to the 6 million Jews, who died in con¬ centration camps during World War H. The memorial is also designed to portray the deliverance of our people through the rebirth of the State of Israel. Australia and London, England. The Senior Senator from the State of Ohio, the Honorable Robert Taft, Jr. will join a host of political, communal and religious leaders to participate in the dedication ceremonies. The following prominent figures will be present for the consecration service: Congressman Samuel I. DeVine of the 12th Dist., State of Ohio; Congressman Chalmers P. Wylie of the (CONTINUEDONPAGE7) Rabbi Issac L.Swift Sen. Robert Taft, Jr. The Dedication is set for Sunday, June 22, 8 p.m. at the Agudas Achim Synagogue: Rabbi Samuel W, Rubenstein will serve as chairman for the evening. The guest speaker will be Rabbi Isaac L. Swift, Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, N. J. Rabbi Swift is a member of the faculty of Theodore Herzl Institute, N.Y.C. and the92ndSt."Y",N.Y.C.He is the founder of Moriah School of Englewood and the Frisch High School of 1 Northern New Jersey. Rabbi Swift previously held positions in Sydney, J X OUR POST OFFICE BOX HAS BEEN CHANGED! The new number is Ohio Jewish Chronicle P.O. Box 7443 Columbus. Ohio 43209 OUR OFFICE ADDRESS IS STILL THE SAME! 2831 E. Wain St. 001001008,01110 43209
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Full Text | ill I: I It i. HI.'; 1 If i HRONICLE 2[\y/y ServinB Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community (or Over 50 Years yJA\K LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1 982 VELMA AVE » COLS, 0. 43E11 EXCH VOL.53 NO.25 JUNE 19,1975-TAMUZ10 ADL Files Charges Against Four American Corporations For Violating Americans' Rights Reform Judaism's First Women Clergy NEW YORK — Rabbi Sally Priesand (center), who was ordained as the fi^st woman rabbi in America in 1972, congratulates Marcia S. Bernstein (left) and Barbara Herman before commencement exercises of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, held at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Ms. Bernstein became the second woman rabbi in Reform Judaism as she was ordained with 16 other rabbis and Mrs. Herman was invested as the first female cantor to be certified after completing a full course of studies at a recognized Jewish school of Sacred music. . Mrs. Herman completed a five-year study program at the HUC-JIR School of Sacred Music, which serves the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism. As a cantor, she is authorized to serve as co- officiant at religious services, direct and supervise all musical activities in a synagogue, and assist a rabbi in such services as weddings, bar or bas mitzvahs, and funerals'. Although other women have served as - cantors,^ Mrs. Herman is the first to be officiallycer- - tified. RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by John Lei By Yitzhak Rabi NEW YORK, (JTA) -The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith has filed legal charges against Jour American corporations charging them with anti- Jewish discrimination in their, hiring policies and violating the civil rights of American citizens. At a press conference: at ADL headquarters here June 10 it was announced that charges were filed June 4 with the Equal Employment Op¬ portunity Commission (EEOC), against Aramco, Service Co.y Texas; Behdix- Siyahco, Maryland; Hospital Corporation of America, Tenn; and International Schools Services, Princeton, N.J. The four companies are accused of accepting and Scrutiny Of New Arab-Backed Bank Seeking Charter Urged Call For Crash Energy Program NEW YORK, - Criticizing the "reluctance" of government bodies to shape a national energy policy, the American Jewish Congress last week called for a "crash program" to conserve fuel, increase domestic oil production and develop alternative sources of energy. Leona Chanin, president of the -organization's National Women's Division, released a study by the organization asserting: "The public sector must assume responsibility to assure1 that resources are made available to meet our. country's genuine energy needs. ' ->:-l "It is government that must develop a well- considered energy program, explain to the public why it is heeded and how it will work and put it into effect. "At stake in this effort is hot only our country's economic health and that of our allies but also the ef¬ fectiveness of American foreign policy." Mrs. Chanin spoke at a meeting of the .division's national board In Stephen Wise Congress House, 15 East 84th Street Noting that "virtually no¬ thing" had happened under Project Independence — the Federal Energy program set up in the wake of the 1973 Arab oil embargo — Mrs. Chanin declared: "It is now clear that the usual reluctance of govern¬ mental bodies to make unpleasant and unpopular decisions has triumphed once again. The whole, matter has been left to private industry and the play of the market place. "But the promises of private industry have proved equally hollow. Development of domestic oil resources and of alternative sources of energy Jias been (CONTINUEDPN PAGE 13) NEW YORK, (JTA) - The State Banking Department has been urged by the American Jewish Congress to demand assurances of nondiscrimination on ac¬ count of race, religion or political considerations before granting a charter to a new financial institution to be,known as the "United Bank, ^ Arab1 and" French, New York." In a letter to acting superintendent " Er¬ nest Kohn, the AJ Congress declared: "Many Arab commercial interests, especially within the financial community, have publicly announced their intention to carry out the boycott objectives of the Arab League. We believe it appropriate therefore that your Commission, as a . precondition to the issuance of a charter, receive / assurances that the business affairs of this new banking . institution will be conducted fully in conformity with the letter and spirit of our laws and with the national policy of this country as expressed both in the statements of our government and the enact¬ ments of our legislature." Pour American banks — Bankers Trust of New York, First National of Chicago, Security Pacific of California and Texas Commerce Bancshares — have reportedly applied to the State Banking , Com¬ mission - for permission to establish the new financial (COt.TINUEDONPAGElS) Groups Not Satisfied With CBS Rebroadcast On Syria NEW YORK, (JTA) -The American Jewish Congress declared June 11 that the CBS re-broadcast June 8 of its Feb. 16 television por¬ trayal of the; condition of Syrian Jewry and on. the destruction of- Kuneitra on the Golan Heights, included reference to complaints about the original program but that the network's reply was "inadequate, self- serving and grudging at best." ' The AJ Congress,, which filed a complaint on June 3 with the National News Council, a non-profit agency which investigates complaints about the media, also said, in a letter to the news council, that ; its complaint about the original "60 Minutes" program "stands, and we look for¬ ward to a finding in support of our charges by the National News Council." Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, AJ Congress president, declared that CBS. had "failed to respond to the major thrusts of pur (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) complying with anti-Jewish job practices of Saudi Arabia and Abu-Dubai. According to Arnold Forster, ADL's general counsel, those firms are "screening out Jews from employment in the Arab world on the basis of religion." He cited Aramco, the world's largest oil combine, for demanding baptismal certificates from candidates seeking em¬ ployment overseas,-to prove that they are not Jewish. • Forster said 'that the charges of discrimination made to the EEOC will be "Preliminary steps to Federal Court" if the ADL's application for an im¬ mediate "right tb sue" is granted by the EEOC. . Forster added that ADL filed the charges in order to • compel the four firms "to cease and desist their ' collusive discrimination with the Arab countries," to nullify those clauses in the U.S.-Saudi agreement which encourage them to do so and to obtain a ruling that will "serve as . a binding' precedent upon American • firms doing business with the Arabs." The U.S. trade agreement with Saudi ' Arabia, signed June -1974, stated that the U.S. agrees to be "sensitive to the social, . cultural, political and religious contexts of Saudi' Arabia." Seymour Graubard, national chair¬ man of ADL, said that the League "deliberately! selected" four big and powerful corporations in order to reach "a clear and unequivocal" rule against the illegal discrimination of American Jews. He added that these, companies "are : simply the top of the iceberg" and that the ADL's legal action against them is (CONTINUEDON PAGES) Agudas Achim "Remembrance" Dedication Set For Sunday; Many Dignitaries To Attend "Rembrance" is the* theme for the dedication of a memorial to the 6 million Jews, who died in con¬ centration camps during World War H. The memorial is also designed to portray the deliverance of our people through the rebirth of the State of Israel. Australia and London, England. The Senior Senator from the State of Ohio, the Honorable Robert Taft, Jr. will join a host of political, communal and religious leaders to participate in the dedication ceremonies. The following prominent figures will be present for the consecration service: Congressman Samuel I. DeVine of the 12th Dist., State of Ohio; Congressman Chalmers P. Wylie of the (CONTINUEDONPAGE7) Rabbi Issac L.Swift Sen. Robert Taft, Jr. The Dedication is set for Sunday, June 22, 8 p.m. at the Agudas Achim Synagogue: Rabbi Samuel W, Rubenstein will serve as chairman for the evening. The guest speaker will be Rabbi Isaac L. Swift, Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, N. J. Rabbi Swift is a member of the faculty of Theodore Herzl Institute, N.Y.C. and the92ndSt."Y",N.Y.C.He is the founder of Moriah School of Englewood and the Frisch High School of 1 Northern New Jersey. Rabbi Swift previously held positions in Sydney, J X OUR POST OFFICE BOX HAS BEEN CHANGED! The new number is Ohio Jewish Chronicle P.O. Box 7443 Columbus. Ohio 43209 OUR OFFICE ADDRESS IS STILL THE SAME! 2831 E. Wain St. 001001008,01110 43209 |
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