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VOL. 53 NO. 53
DECEMBER 25, 1975 - TEVET 21
h Groups To Continue Ban On Mexico
owing Latest Anti-Zionist U.N. Vote
NEW YORK — Mrs. Mary Beame, wife of the mayor
of New York City, attempts to phone Ida Nudel, a
Soviet Jewish activist in Moscow, during City Hall
ceremonies in which a group" of promineM New York
women in the arts and public life issued a "Women's
Plea for Soviet Jewry" on the anniversary of the
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Ms.
Nudel (shown in photo at left) was symbolically
"adopted" by Mrs. Beame and other Soviet Jewish,
women also were adopted by the participants in the
ceremonies, whojjledged to work for their freedom.
Although the Moscow call could not be completed, Mrs.
Beame spoke to Ms. Nudel's sister, liana Friedman, in
Tel Aviv. The ceremonies were sponsored by the New
York Women's Coalition on Soviet Jewry, an affiliate
of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry.
Jewish women in other U.S. cities are conducting 2
similar "adoption" campaigns.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
"  UNITED      NATIONS
(WNS) -        Jewish
organizations- have
announced they will continue
their ban on membership
tours to Mexico following the
Vote by Mexico in .the
General Assembly for the
resolution adopted by last
summer's International
Women's Year Conference
in Mexico City as well as two
separate clauses
condemning Zionism. The
Assembly adopted the
blanket resolution
containing two paragraphs
condemning Zionism along
with racism, colonialism and
apartheid as movements to
be eliminated by .a 107-1 vote
with 26 abstentions. Israel
was the only country to cast
a vote against the overall '
resolution. In separate votes
taken on the anti-Zionist
clauses Israel and 23
countries voted against
them, 26 abstained and 83
■ voted in favor. The Mexican
vote in favor of both the
blanket resolution and the
antirZionist . - passages
surprised many in view of
the statement by Mexican
President Luis Echeverria's
remarks to American and
Canadian Jewish leaders in
Mexico City that his
country's Foreign Minister,
Emilio Rabasa, "is now at
the United Nations to ensure'
that future votes by Mexico
cannot be misunderstood as
equating Zionism with
racism or opposing the
national' aspirations of the
Jewish people.'"
Rabbi Israel Miller,
chairman of the Conference
of Presidents of Major ^
American Jewish
Organizations, noted that
"we afe deeply disturbed"
Robert Aronson Re-elected To third Term
At a special meeting of the
Jewish' Center Board of
Directors on Dec. 15, 1975,
Robert Aronson was
reelected to a third one year
term  as  president of the1
Robert Aronson
Jewish Center. Elected Vice
Presidents were -Marvin
Pliskin, Dr. ^ James
Tennenbaum and Mrs.
Robert Tenenbaum. Burton
Schildhouse was elected
secretary and Benjamin Zox
was elected treasurer with
~ Michael Talis as assistant
treasurer.
Aronson in his remarks
reported  that  the  Jewish
Center had operated "irilthe
/ black" for the past two years
1  despite     the     economic
\ recession  and  inflationary
trends.   Thisi had   been
achieved with the help of a
special consultation report
prepared by Arthur Rotman,
Executive Director-of the
Pittsburgh Jewish
Community Center under
the auspices of the Columbus
• Jewish Federation.
The Rotman Report was
viewed by Mr. Aronson as
providing the basis for
improving the fiscal position
and building "a sound
foundation for developing
the Center's "program in the
years to come.
A second phase of the
Rotman Report is now being
studied' and discussed by
various program
committees of the Center
and will result in a number
of recommendations for
rehabilitating the Center
building, updating its
facilities and making sure
that the Center's program
meets the needs of the
Columbus Jewish
community.
The , meeting was
highlighted by a- special
presentation by Gallery
Players, interpreting the
work of the Cultural Arts
Department at the Center.
The program was narrated
by Fred Luper and Mrs. Mel
Schottenstein, Cultural Arts
Committee co-chairpersons.
In' his- interpretation Mr.
Luper stated that  "The
Jewish Center is striving,to"
use the Cultural Arts as a
means, of serving the
individual 'and the
community "in such a way
that enhances and
strengthens his
understanding of himself as
a Jew.- With this, in mind
programming in the
Center's Cultural Arts
Department ■ frequently
turns its attention to the
roots of Jewish heritage in
Eastern Europe." Assisting
in the presentation were Bea
Roth; Ruth Edelstein, Abe
Green, Linda Wasserstrom,
Julian Barnett and
Annabelle Snyder. .Excerpts
were presented from
"Fiddler on the Roof," "The
Cold Wind and The Warm,"
and "Cabaret."
Harry Schwartz and Myer
Hausman were elected as
honorary members of; the
Jewish Center Board." Other
Board members of the
Jewish Center elected for the
coming year are: Mrs.
Barbara Adler, Irving
Barkan, Mrs. Ronald Blank,
Sidney Blatt, Dr. Benton
Bloch, Marvin Brown,,
Howard Byer, Howard
Chenfeld, Millard Cummins,
Mrs. Robert Daroe, Harold
Edelstein, Troy A. Feibel,
Melvin Finke, Mrs. Melville
Frank, Jack Gaiser, Marvin
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by the Mexican vote and find
it difficult to understand that
Echeverria's remarks were
not reflected in the Mexican
action. Miller's remarks
were.echoed by other Jewish
leaders as well as visiting
Israeli Tourism Minister
Moshe Kol. But in Jerusalem
it was reported that
government 'officials had
been saying privately that it
had been agreed that Mexico
would vote for the women's
year resolution since it had
been the host country for the
conference.   But   questions
the,.
not
the
were raised why
government had
informed the "Knesset,
press and American Jewish
leaders of this. The Mexican
vote was explained atthe UN
by the head of that country's
delegation, Ms. Aida
Gonzales Martinez, who said
her government supported
the Mexico City declaration
as being of considerable
value. She said if Zionism
means the.realization of the
national aspirations "of the
Jewish       people,       her
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U.S., Israel, 10 Other Nations
Walk Out Of UNESCO Conference
By Edwin Ey tan
PARIS (JTA) - The
United States, Israel and 10
other nations, walked out of
the UNESCO conference"
hers on Dec. 18 in an angry
demonstration pf protest
against the adoption Dec. 17
of a Yugoslav-sponsored
draft resolution which
included a clause calling
attention to the UN General
Assembly vote —for the
measure equating Zionism
with racism. Several other
countries, among them
Norway, Ecuador, Austria
and Venezuela, remained in
the hall but are refusing to
participate in the
proceedings or have Served
notice that they will vote1
' against the final document.
The walk-out countries
included eight member
states of the European
"Economic Community — the
ninth, Luxembourg, was
absent — Australia and
Canada. Mexico also was
absent and boycotted the
vote. Letters bitterly
condemning the Yugoslav
amendment were sent to the
conference chairman by the
U.S. delegate, Donald F.
Stowe, - and the ' Italian
delegate, Ludovoco
Carducci Artenisio on behalf
of  the  Common  Market
states. A letter stressing that
the amendment was "in
flagrant contradiction of the
declared aihis of the
meeting," was submitted by
the Israeli delegate,
Avraham Prim or. The
conference chairman Joseph
Grohman of Czechoslovakia,
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Zacks Re-elected National
United Jewish Appeal Chmn.
Gordon Zacks of
Columbus, was re-elected a
National Chairrtian of the
United Jewish Appeal at the
closing' dinner of the UJA
Gordon Zacks
1976 National Conference at
the New York Hilton Hotel,
Saturday night, Dec. 13.
UJA   General   Chairman
Frank     R.     Lautenberg
announced Mr. Zacks'
election to 2,000 Conference
delegates in the presence of
the guest of honor, Israel
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres. The. dinner meeting
concluded two intensive
days of briefings on overseas
Jewish needs, campaign
workshops and lectures and
seminars on contemporary
and historic Jewish issues,
during which American
Jewish community leaders
from every part of the
country developed • the
program and strategy of the
1976 UJA fund raising
campaign.
Mr. Zacks is one of 14
National Chairmen who
constitute the UJA General
Chairman's inner council on
the policy and conduct of the
campaign.
"When anti-Semitism is
given credence in the forum
of the family of nations,"
MnLautenbergstated, "the
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$900,000 In UJF Pledges Already Received
Nearly $900,000 in pledges for the 1976 United Jewish Fund Campaign has already been
received, according to General Campaign Chairman, Myer Mellman, despite the fact that
the official opening of the campaign is scheduled for early February. "Three preliminary
leadership meetings have brought in almost 30% of the 1976 goal of $3,500,000," said Mr.
Mellman, "and I am pleased that we have made a good start in achieving our goal. The
three meetings — of Advance Gifts leadership, Young Men's leadership, and Women's
Division leadership — were preliminary meetings, and the full campaign will involve every
member of the Columbus Jewish community." Nearly $700,000 was pledged at the Advance
Gifts meeting; nearly $55,000 at the Young Men's meeting, and over $7,000 at the Women's
meeting. The balance comes from pledges previously obtained.
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