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VOL. 53 NO. 48
NOVEMBER 20, 1075 - KISLEV 16-
Columbus Communi
United Nations
11
t By Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle Special Reporter
As reaction to the United
Nations resolution equating
Zionism with racism rolled
in from the ~ civic and
political community last
week, the Columbus Jewish
Federation responded with
gratitude and appreciation.
ttend Mass Rally; Teenagers
Zionism Resolution;
Vigil At City Hall
J.    Maynard    Kaplan,
chairman of the
Federation's Community
Relations Committee, told'
The Chronicle that the
community response
indicates "we do not stand
alone." - .
"Over the years, many of
us have felt we were alone.
The enemies of the. Jewish
people flourished and made
the ' UN their private
preserve," Kaplan said.- ■
'.'A year- ago, the UN
treated the murderer Yasser
Arafat as a head of state,
and cheered as he addressed
the nations of the world with
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CJF Expresses
Reaction From
By Bob Tenenbaum'
Chronicle Special Reporter
Columbus' Jewish
community, with massive
support from . political
leaders, civic leaders and
Other religious groups joined
last weekend in denouncing
the United- Nations
resolution - that • equated
Zionism with racism.
■ A; Series of meetings
culminated Sunday in a
mass'rally that attracted^
'oro&d-of 1,200 to Agudas
Appreciation For Strong
Civic, Political Leaders
Achim Synagogue to hear a
group of speakers led by
Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes.
Rhodes   recounted   his
support of Israel in the past,
and called the rally part of
"a crusade for what is right.
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Ford Deplores
Kissinger Says
By Joseph Polakoff'
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Secretary .of State Heriry A.
Kissinger indicated pa Nov.
Over 100,000 At N.Y. Rally
NEW YORK — Tens of' thousands jam New York's
' garment district for a raily condemning the U.N.
General Assembly's resolution which defined Zionism
\ as "a form of racism." The demonstration, sponsored
by the Conference of Presidents of Major American
, Jewish Organizations, heard a statement' from
. President Ford read and speeches by religious,
political and diplomatic leaders.
RELIGIOUS NEWSSERVICE PHOTO
Resolution;
No Reprisals
12 that the U.S. has no
intention of taking economic
reprisals against the
countries that voted in favor- >
of the anti-Zionist resolution
iri the General Assembly,
despite statements by-
himself and President Ford
deploring that resolution.
"We have made no ,final
decision. We must keep the
American reaction in some
balance," Kissinger said at a
press conference , in
Pittsburgh where he liad
addressed the' Foreign
Affairs Council. He termed,
the anti-Zionist resolution an
"emotion of the day."
Kissinger told the press
conference, "I believe it is
important in the present
world situation to keep an
eye on fundamental issues
that must be solved and
those issues will not go
away. One of these issues is
the relationship between the
developed and developing
countries.' We cannot have
the world divided between
those who have advanced
industrial know-how and
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the U.N.
"With a collective Jewish
identity in Israel, anti-
Semitism has come to mean
persecution of the Jewish
state. The norm has become
'All people have a right to
thejr national dignity, all
people have a right to live
together in peace — except
the Jews,' " Thejs said.
"Students \yant to build a
world where anti-Semitism
is buried in the same grave
as racism and other forms of
bigotry and prejudice," he
added.
'• State Representative Mike'
Stinziano told the rally he
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OSU Campus Rally Protests Resolution
'^   -By Bill.Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
With^some in the crowd,
proudly wearing cards
reading "I am a Zionist,"
more than 200 Ohio State
University students and
faculty members braved
freezing temperatures last
Friday to attend a campus
rally, condemning , the
United Nations resolution
which equated Zionism with
racism. ,
Slogans on other signs
carried by participants' in
,the protest indicated their
strong belief in the right of
the Jewish state to exist —
"Pride is hot prejudice,"
"Shalom means peace but
chai means life;" and "20
Arab countries but only one
Israel."
Rick Theis, Vice President
of the Undergraduate
Student Government, told
the crowd that U.S.G. had
approved unanimously a
resolution condemning the
"ill-considered  action"  by
CTA Scholarship Dinner
To Feature Renowned Singer
Columbus Torah Academy
is proud to announce that Jo
Amar, the dynamic singing
personality of Moroccan
descent, will be the featured
.entertainer at the annual
Scholarship Dinner to be
held at the Columbus
Sheraton Hotel on November
30.
Mr. Amar successfully
toured all of the Middle
Eastern and European
countries, and now has taken
the   American-Jewish
Herzog; Hitler Would Have Felt At Home
By David Friedman -
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)
— "It is" symbolic that this
debate,' which may well
prove to be a turning point in
the fortunes of' the United
Nations and a decisive factor
as to the possible continued
.existence , of ■ this
organization should take
place on November 10th.
Tonight 37 years ago has
gone down in history as
Kristallnacht or the Night of
the Crystals. This was the
night on Nov. 10, 1938 when
Hitler's Nazi storm troopers
launched a coordinated
attack on the Jewish-
community in Germany ...
It v/as the night which led to
the most terrifying holocaust
in the history .of man."
This link with the
infamous Kristallnacht was
made by Israel's
Ambassador Chaim Herzog
just prior to the vote in the
General Assembly on the
resolution which termed
Zionism "a form of racism
and racial discrimination."
The resolution was adopted'
after a. four-and-a-halfrhour
debate by a vote of 72-35 with
32 abstentions.
, Herzog in a speech that
traced the history of Zionism
concluded by angrily tearing
up the resolution, after
declaring that "for us, the
Jewish people, this
resolution based on hatred,
falsehood, and arrogance, is
devoid of any legal value,
For us, the Jewish people,
this is no more than a piece
of paper and we shall treat it
as such." He was roundly
applauded. Earlier Herzog
told the General Assembly
delegates that "I stand not
here as a supplicant. Vote as
your moral conscience
dictates to you. For the issue
is not"-Israel nor Zionism.
The issue is the continued
existence of this
organization which has been
dragged to its lowest point of
discredit by a coalition of
despotisms and racists."
Herzog added that "For us
the Jewish people, this is but
a passing episode in a rich
and event-filled history. We
put our trust in our
Providence, in our faith and
beliefs, in our time-hallowed
traditions; and in our people'
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Jo Amar
musical scene by storm. In
1965, he made his debut in
America by appearing at
Carnegie Hall for the Israeli
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