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VOL. 53 NO. 35
AUGUST 28,1075 - ELUL 21
March Failure Is August Success
Over forty-five teenagers of the Beth; Jacob Youth Group, N.CSY Chapter cetehratedkfju.Uid
day of activities at Blacklick Woods Park for the Fourteenth Annual Torah Day Program.
•From the Talis and Tiphilin Club Services at 8:30 a.m. to the delicious barbeque and
kumzitz session at 8:30 p.m: it was a day of study, fun and sports. Under the leadership of
Rabbi David Stavsky, and Lori Greenberg, Youth Advisor, Rabbi Nathan Berman of
Cleveland and Mike Weisz, NCSY Advisor of Cleveland, the teenagers had an action-packed
day which they will long remember. Preparing all of the meals were: Mrs. Ben Grinblatt,
Beth Jacob Sisterhood President and Mrs. David Stavsky, assisted by Mrs. Bernard Hirsch.
Survey Shows Conservative Congregations
Apathetic About Women In Bllinyan Decision
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
What Henry Kissinger did
not get from Israel and give
to Egypt in March he is
getting and giving in August.
Unlike his March disaster
when Israel refused to
concede the Mitle and Gidi
Passes and the Abu Rodeis
oilfields without a pledge of
non-belligerence from
Egypt, Kissinger this time
has Israel's agreement to
retreat without the Egyptian
pledge. Five months of
pressures and promises
from Washington have
caused the Rabin govern¬
ment to understand that in
the present circumstances of
U.S. oil policy and strategic
interests, Israel must take
second place at least to
American appeasement of
Egypt. Israel had once in¬
sisted on face-to-face
negotiations with the Arabs;
then it offered, at U.S. in¬
sistence, to cede to Egypt "a
piece of land for a piece of
peace," and only a few
months ago was prepared to
give "a piece of land for a
piece of time." But Egyptian
, President Sadat, knpwing
'Washington's desire for his
By Ben Gallob
(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)
The controversial 1973
decision to permit women in
Conservative congregations
to be counted in the minyan'
— which continues to roil
some Conservative rabbis i-
has resulted in "very little
ferment and much apathy"
in those congregations about
the ruling, according to a
survey made by the
Women's League for Con¬
servative Judaism.
Results of the 1974 survey
were described in the
current issue of the Women's
League "Outlook." A
questionnaire, devised' to
investigate the role "of
women in the areas of
congregational , ad¬
ministration, education and
ritual, was sent to the
president of each of. the
sisterhoods of the
movement's synagogues.
Mrs. Jerome Dick, reporting
on the findings, declared
that 437 sisterhoods, more
than half, "a remarkable
return,"- had responded.' ■'
Mrs. Dick reported that
the data showed that some
practices providing a
significant role for women
members ''have been almost
universally accepted within
•the Conservative
movement." Mixed seating
is i|an accepted and ex¬
pected situation." A widow
or a single woman may
become a member of a
congregation "with full
rights, privileges and
responsibilities." The
Conservative synagogue
religious school "provides
not only equal educational
opportunities but the same
curriculum" for boys and
girls, "which leads directly
to the fact that Bat Mitzvah
has become firmly
established, although the
mode of observance is
varied."
While only 21 Conservative
congregations were reported
to have or have had women
presidents, women have
been elected to the other
most important offices and
significant chairmanships in
more than two-thirds' of the
responding synagogues.
Slightly more than a fourth
of the responding
synagogues do not give
husband and wife individual
voice and vote but, Mrs.
Dick noted, in many
synagogues, husband and
wife have equal
congregational status in a
ballot representing a family
vote. ^'
The poll showed that
women are in a position to
"influence action' and to
guide or initiate policy" on
ritual practices in 92 percent
of the • responding
congregations, through
election as officers or ap¬
pointment as chairmen or
members of religious or
ritual committees, but there
nevertheless seemed to be
"very little ferment and
much apathy in the area of
religious ritual," according
to Mrs. Dick.
As one of the examples, a
finding was cited that only
23.8 percent of the respon¬
ding congregations 'count
women in a' quorum for a
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friendship, has refused to
budge, although he has
swayed slightly. While none
of the parts of the second
stage agreement worked out
by Washington with Cairo
and Jerusalem has been
officially made public here
(although part of it has been
disclosed in Jerusalem), it is
understood Egypt will not
press for removal of the
United Nations force in the
Sinai for a year and perhaps
not for three years.
How good Sadat's word is
can be questioned. He also
pledged through Washington
on the first stage agreement
that Israeli cargoes could
transit the Suez Canal. Three
months ago the Suez was
opened and as far as is
known no Israeli cargoes
have passed. On its part, the
Ford Administration, in a
separate agreement with
Israel, has pledged to back
Israel in international
forums where it is being
attacked or cast out by the
Arab-led bloc in which Egypt
has been playing a major
role. It has also promised to
present to Congress "after
the political round has been
completed," a program of
military    and - economic
ADL Says Arab Announcement
On Volkswagen Is Just A Ploy
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Arab Boycott Office an¬
nouncement Aug. 18 that
Volkswagen may be
removed from the Arab
blacklist because it has
given "satisfactory"
evidence of boycotting Israel
was termed by the Anti-
Defamation League of .B'nai
B'rith "a typical Arab ploy."
According to Seymour
Graubard, ADL chairman,
Volkswagen, one of the
largest car-selling agencies
in Israel, never violated
Arab boycott regulations
which prohibit such things
as partnerships, plants
and patents in Israel, but
not sales in that country
of finished products
manufactured outside., An
ADL investigation of - the
announcement in Cairo by
Arab Boycott commissioner
Mohammed Mahgoub
revealed that-VW is con¬
tinuing to sell its cars in
Israel, Graubard said. This
is what the VW public
relations director at the
company's headquarters in
Wolfburg, West' Germany;
said in a telephone con¬
versation with Arnold
Forster, ADL associate
director and general
counsel.' The VW official told
Forster that the company is
negotiating with the- Arab
Boycott Office with the
obvious purpose of getting
itself removed .from the
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credits and grants, hi ad¬
dition, cosmetic treatment to.
make the second stage with¬
drawal more palatable to
Israelis is a move to put
American    civilians    in
warning stations  in  the
Sinai; support moves for a
mixed".   Egyptian-Israeli
commission to discuss. Sinai
differences; and also back
action for a buffer force of
some kind should the UN
presence be removed. These
latter measures were leaked
to media friendly  to -the
Administration virtually on
the   eve   of   Kissinger's
departure for Tel Aviv. To
observers here, they looked
like palliatives to heal the
rising   clamor   in   Israel
against the agreement that
provides no pledge of peace
from Cairo. Significantly, a
dozen   American   Jewish
community leaders met with
Kissinger for 90 minutes the
. day before his departure:
Afterwards   they   reported
they would support what the
Israeli   government   ac¬
cepted. Kissinger reportedly
told the Jewish leaders that
the new accord "would be
beneficiartb'Israel.
Considering Israel's in-
'. ternatiopaL and* financial'
circumstances, it was hard
for- observers "here to see
what alternative the Rabii^
government has but to.ac¬
cept       the       Kissinger
arrangements.' Although it
was shocked by Sadat's July
23 remarks that Israel is "a
dagger in Egypt's side and to
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NEW YORK (WNS) — A consumer protection law
which benefits kashrut observers has been signed by
Gov. Hugh Carey. The law states that only the
manufacturer or packer of a product may affix labels
certifying kosher or kosher for Passover. The law also
requires the label to be securely placed outside the
container, or on the product itselfjf it is not packaged.
DETROIT (WNS) — Police are investigating two
incidents within three weeks of a rash of anti-Semitic
graffiti, abusive references to Jews and swastikas
.which were painted on the fountain in Grand Circus
Park andon several public buildings in the downtown
area. The incidents have created anxieties among
Jews and embarassment among some non-Jews,
according to The Jewish News here. One drugstore
owned by two brothers had signs spray-painted on the
wall which said "oil yes, Jews no," "jobs yes, Jews
no," and "ovens for immoral Jews." There were also a
large number of swastikas.
LONDON (WNS) — The International Federation of
Cotton and Allied Textile Industries (IFCATI) has
cancelled its conference due to be held in Bombay in •
• November because the .Indian government has refused
to admit Israelis,. "We had no choice but to cancel the
conference," Tom Normanton, a Conservative MP and
IFCATI vice-president, told a news conference. "We-
cannot allow this kind of blackmail threat to be put on
us," Normanton said the host association, the Indian
Cotton Mills Federation, tried unsuccessfully to per¬
suade its government to change its decision.