Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-08-08

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VOL. 52 NO. 32
'AUGUST 8,1974-AB 20
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JERUSALEM (WNS) — Israel ,has refused to |
release convicted terrorists: in exchange for Egyptian jg
permission to Continue Israel's search for missing g
bodies in the Sinai, according to the newspaper g
Maariv. The newspaper quoted Prof. David Meisler,
the father of a missing soldier, who said this was ex¬
plained to him by the army officer in charge ofythe
search activities. However, Maariv added that several
dozen terrorists who were members of terrorist
organizations put did not participate in terrorist acts
and an Egyptian intelligence officer had been turned
over to the Egyptians in return for the continued
search for bodies in a secret deal. However, Israel has
refused to exchange terrorists who actually committed
terrorist acts. . ^
NEW YORK (WNS) i- Dr. Bernard E. Olsen,
national director of Interreligious Affairs for the
National Conference of Christians and Jews, believes
that another holocaust is possible. "The Jews, in the
Middle East are afraid:another holocaust will take
place right there," he said in an interview over New
York's WEVD radio. Dr. Olson said so far Israel has
had to make all the concessions. Dr. Olson, considered
this country's foremost Christian authority on
Christian - Jewish relations, said that anti - Semitism
is a continuing problem in the U.S. although anti -
Semites now camouflage their prejudices by
"criticism of Zionism or what they may call Zionist
policies." He said that "you can tell that it's .anti -
Semitic by examining their statements in detail."
DETROIT (WNS) — Persons who say they won't
vote for Sander Leyin'in his quest,for the pej^flcjf tic
nomination for Governor of Michigan because he is a
Jew have been supporting his opponent Jerry
Cavanagh. Cavanagh has been publicly ignoring the §
anti - Semitic remarks about Levin, a former State jjj
Senator and former chairman of the Michigan |
Democratic Committee. But he has been attacking g
them in private comments to staff members and'?
newsmen. I
Inadequate Nursing Homes
And Jewish Organizations For Lack Of Concern
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
There are an estimated 5,000
Jewish patients in
proprietary nursing homes
in the New York
metropolitan area which
were severely criticized last
week by the American
Jewish Congress as in¬
stitutions "where concern is
absent, care is inadequate
and dignity disregarded."
The agency charged
"negligence" by the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, and
urged a broadly based
citizens' campaign to
demand higher ; standards
and stricter enforcement
procedures to overcome
"the neglect and abuse that
characterize nursing home
care" in the private, profit -
making homes.
In a 40 - page report, the
AJ Congress- said that
despite federal expenditures
of more than $3 billion an¬
nually on institutional and
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"tens of thousands of nur¬
sing home patients suffer
from indifferent treatment
and disregard of their
human needs. The medical
services, they receive are
perfunctory, the nursing
care minimal, the personal
attention    often    non    -
existent." The study also
found that citizens groups
were "indifferent" and
government agencies
"almost lackadaisical in
their supervision, despite
their heavy financial in¬
volvement."
Martin Hochbaum, staff
urbanologist of the agency,
prepared the study, based on
information   from   govern¬
ment • reports, books,
monographs, interviews
with nursing home patients
, and staff, and an analysis of
reports on Medicare - cer¬
tified facilities prepared by
government inspection
teams. The report said the
study was limited to
proprietary homes listed as
"skilled nursing facilities"
for the elderly who need in *'
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Fears Of Hew Mideast War Intensified
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV,; (JTA) -
Fears of a new Middle East
war were intensified in
Israel on July 30, Former
Foreign Minister Abba Eban
added his voice to those here
who have warned that
another war could break out
before the end of the year.
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres told the Knesset that
the rate at which the Soviet
advisors and technicians
* were arriving in Syria had
speeded up, but there was no
proof that they were man¬
ning the sophisticated new
weapons the Soviet Union
has been giving Syria.
Meanwhile, the Israeli
Defense Force began
speeding up work on its
fortifications along the
Syrian, Egyptian and even
Jordanian lines. Eban,
speaking at a memorial for
the late Health Minister
Israel Barzilai, said in the
next six months there will
either be - a further im¬
provement in Israeli-Arab
relations or another war. He
said Israel cannot stand on
the status quo following the
disengagement agreements.
Peres told the Knesset that
the Soviet Union was also
supplying the terrorist
organizations with arms and
equipment. He said other
East European countries as
well as Syria, Libya and Iraq
were also providing the
terrorists with weapons
presumably with the
knowlodge of the Soviet
Union. The fear of an out¬
break of a new war centers
on Israeli intelligence
reports that Syria is plan¬
ning another attack coupled
with the heavy Soviet
military build-up of that
country. At the same time,
the Israelis have been
pointing to Syria's failure to
begin rebuilding and
repopulabng the Kuneitra
area on the Golan Heights
and the slow-down of
Egyptian efforts to return
the Suez Canal area to
normal civilian life. Israelis
have stressed that a return
to normalization of the two
areas as provided in the
disengagement agreements
would be proof of Arab
willingness to reach a
Mideast settlement.
Another cause of concern
'in Israel was the arrival of
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
in Cairo for a nine-day visit
to Egypt. The main purpose
of his visit was reportedly to
discuss .with Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat how
Saudi oil wealth and
diplomatic leverage can be
combined with Egyptian
military strength in support
of the Arab cause against
Israel. Sadat is expected to
seek Faisal's support in his
attempt to reconcile King
Hussein of Jordan with the
Palestinian terrorists.
Meanwhile in Lebanon,
terrorists and members of
the right-wing and Christian
Phalangist Party have been
fighting with machine guns
and rockets in a suburb of,.
Beirut. Two terrorists and a
civilian were reported killed
and 10 people were injured
July 29. Lebanese Premier
Takiedditrftl-Solh postponed
an official visit to Libya in an
effort to calm the situation.
The Phalarigists see
Lebanon's future as being
linked with Western Europe, >
while the terrorists, who
include Christians as well as
Moslems, support Pan -
Arabism and socialism.
The warnings of a new war
began picking up in intensity
here on July 29 when Gen.
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Members Of Scout Troop 126
On Canoe Trek In Wilderness
After careful planning and preparation, the mem¬
bers of Boy Scout Troop 126 set out on a 10 day holiday
and survival experience. Matt Grober, their voyageur,
preceded the group to Northern Wisconsin to assist in
preparation. The trip included a visit to the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago, HI., sightseeing in
Mackinaw City, Mich., a stop at Hartwick Pines State
Park, Mich., in addition to the six - day survival trek in
the wilderness. The trop left on August 1 and will
return on August ll.
Members of the Troop shown above left to right are
, Gary Lichtenstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford
Lichtenstein, Murry Marshal, scoutmaster, Scott
Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gordon, Ronald
Grober, Committee Chairman and Barry Starr, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Starr; Not pictured is Matt
Grober, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grober.
patient medical care on a
daily basis. Such homes
receive government funds
through Medicare and
Medicaid and are regulated
by HEW and state agencies.
Nursing homes with a
heavy concentration of
Jewish patients were the
primary focus of the study,
the AJ Congress reported.
The number of Jewish
patients in such homes was
based on a report in the
Bulletin of the New York
Academy of Medicine, in¬
dicating that there were
14,183 beds in the
proprietary homes and that
33 percent of the patients
were Jewish. Data on the
total number of New York
Jewish patients in all types
of nursing homes were not
available.
The report said that while
one of nine American Jews is
now over 65 and that in 20
years the ratio will be one
out of 6, "the Jewish com¬
munity seems to share in the
general lack of concern with
the nursing home situation.
Jewish organizations, except
those directly involved in
nursing home programs or
In other services for the ill
and aged, have paid little or
no attention to the problem."
Naomi Levine, AJ Congress
executive director, urged
civic and religious groups to
join forces for reform by
putting pressure on
government agencies, "on
the medical fraternity and
on the operators of
proprietary homes them¬
selves." She said conditions
. in nursing homes both in
New York "and throughout
the country" needed reform.
Adopt Amendment Opposing Foreign Aid To
Any Country Denying Emigration Rights
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
Rep. Jonathan Bingham
(D.NY) announced Aug. 1
that the House Foreign
Affairs Committee adopted
his amendment to the Ad¬
ministration's proposed
Foreign Assistance Act for
the fiscal year of 1975 to put
the Congress on record as
opposing American aid to
any country which denies its
citizens the right to
emigrate. In the first day of
considering amendments to
the act, the committee
adopted the Bingham
amendment, which, he said,
was stimulated primarily by
the tragic plight of 4800
Syrian Jews who have not
been allowed to leave that
country. "These Syrian Jews'
have been subjected to ar¬
bitrary arrest and
harassment and have' been
denied the most basic human
rights and liberties including
the right to emigrate and
escape oppression,"
Bingham said. /"My
amendment expressed the
sense of Congress that
United States aid should not
be provided to such nations
which deny their citizens the
right or opportunity to
emigrate," Bingham, who
has long supported the
Jackson - Mills - Vanik
legislation denying most
favored nation status and
trade credits to the Soviet
Union until it permits free
emigration, noted that his
amendment was  the first
significant extension of this
principle to other nations.
The amendment was in¬
cluded in the section of the
bill which authorizes $2.8
billion in foreign aid, in¬
cluding almost $1 billion for
nations of the Middle East.
Rabbi Joseph Harari,
director of the Committee
for Rescue of Syrian Jews,
told the JTA in New York
that two weeks ago, in
preparation for the
presentation of Bingham's
amendment, his committee
members sent telegrams to
every Senator and
Congressman urging the
adoption of the policy ad¬
vanced by the Bingham
amendment. "We urge vou
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