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VOL. 52 NO. 43
OCTOBER 17, 1974 - HESHVAN 1
PARIS (WNS) — A French lawyer, Jacques Isorni,
author of a book, "The True Trial of Jesus", in which
he blamed Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, for
Jesus' crucifixion, has asked a French court to clear
the Jews of the responsibility for the cricifixion. Isorni,
a right-wing politician and lawyer, has filed a libel suit
against Father George de Nantes, a Roman Catholic
priest who heads an ultra-right splinter group from the
church. In his suit he says that unless the court finds
the priest guilty it "will be justifying him for preaching
the massacre of Jews."
' GENEVA (WNS) — After several weeks of crisis the ■
International Credit Bank of Geneva, whose chairman
is Jewish financier Tibor Rosenbaum, has closed and
its board of directors have asked a Geneva court to
decree a payments moratorium. The court can impose
the moratorium if the bank's assets are sufficient or it
can find it insolvent and declare it bankrupt and,ap¬
point an official receiver to wind, up its business.
Meanwhile in Israel the Knesset Finance Committee
plans a full debate on the heavy investment of the
■ Israel Corporation, a holding company backed by
- North American and European Jews, which invested
heavily in the bank. There is also some fear in Israel
that the Rosenbaum crisis could endanger some of
Israel's largest industrial enterprises because of the IC
investments.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Tens of thousands of Jews
and non-Jews demonstrated in support of Soviet Jewry.
in rallies in nearly 50 cities across the country.. The
events which focussed on the problems of freedom of
emigration, harassment, the Prisoners of Conscience,
,. and the closing of the synagogue in the Moscow suburb
of Tomillno were under the auspices nationally of the
National Conference on Soviet Jewry,and coordinated
by the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory
Council. In New York City; an estimated 15,000
gathered for four hours in a city-wide Simhat.Torah -
Succoth "Festival of Freedom", which had as its
theme, "One Torah, One People".
Congress Succeeding In Pruning, Slashing,
Eliminating Foreign Aid To Several Countries
by Murray Zuckoff
NEW YORK, (JTA) - A
rebellious and generally
anti-Administration Con¬
gress has succeeded in
pruning, slashing and in
some cases eliminating
foreign aid grants ranging
from fertilizers to military
hardware to several coun¬
tries in the past three weeks.
The action by members in
both the Senate and House
came after their anger was
aroused by the disclosure
that the CIA had played a
nefarious role in helping to
topple the Chilean- govern¬
ment of President Salvador
Addende Gossens in Sept.,
1973. Some of this anger
turned to fury with
disclosures that Turkey's
invadon of Cyprus last July
was made possible with
arms purchased under U.S.
military aid. Despite war¬
nings from President Ford
and Secretary of State Henry
A. Kissinger that foreign aid
slash.es would undermine
America's foreign relations,
and especially endanger
U.S. efforts to help work out
a settlement between
Turkey and Cyprus, many
Congressmen from both
major parties wielded their
legislative grappling hooks
to mutilate foreign aid
credits and grants to
Turkey, Chile and i South
Vietnam. ;
The Congressional ob¬
jections to U.S. aid, par¬
ticularly to Turkey, has
forced Kissinger to cancel
his plans to visit Ankara in
the first stage of an attempt
to mediate the Turkish-
Cypriote dispute. It also has
drawn fire from Ford who
threatened to veto pending'
Community Is Invited To Town Hall Meeting
The quality and concerns
of life in the Jewish com¬
munity will be one of the
many areas of discussion at
the second annual Town Hall
Meeting of the Columbus
Jewish Federation to be held
at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oc-
tover 20th at the Beth Jacob
Synagogue.
The program is designed
to focus attention upon the
problems and issues con¬
fronting the Columbus
Jewish Community. The"
topics will cover the areas of
The Aged, The Jewish
Family, Jewish Education
and Overseas Concerns.
' Everyone is welcome and
urged to attend this unusual
event.
A part of the proceedings
of the Annual Meeting will be
the presentation of
recognition awards to three
of Columbus Jewry's out¬
standing men for their
contribution to the enrich¬
ment of the quality of Jewish
life during the past four
decades. Norman Meizlish,
President of the Federation
stated; ''this
acknowledgement of our
appreciation of the
leadership and service of
Rabbi Nathan > Zelizer, Dr.
Jerome D. Folkman and
Daniel .Harrison who are
now retiring, will emphasize
their role beyond their
commitment to their in¬
dividual positions. We are
most fortunate to have had
the benefit of their com¬
mitment to the improvement
and enhancement of the lives
of all of Columbus Jewry."
Also on the agenda will be
the election of Officers and
Board of Trustees for 1974-75
and the recognition of the
leadership of those involved
in the 1974 United Jewish
Fund Campaign.
Chairman of the Planning
Committee for the Annual
Meeting is Myer W.
Mellman, Co-chairman is
Mrs. Ben Goodman, and
Program Chairman is Mrs,
Gerald Swedlow.
Under The Jewish Family
the discussion could cover
the local services, in¬
termarriage, Jev/ish
identity, drugs, divorce,
family education, the
generation gap, conversion,
strengthening family ties,
and parochialism vs.
universalism. The topic of
Jewish Education could
discuss methods, stands of
quality,   facilities,   local
needs, relationship of
schools, teach education,
day schools, afternoon
schools, long-range plans.
The Aginig and the Aged
could cover the Heritage
House Expansion, apart¬
ment project, costs of care,
admission policies, govern¬
ment funds, physical and
mental therapy, care of the
non-institutionalized aged.
Overseas concerns would
call attention to immigration
costs, Soviet Jewish con¬
ditions and immigration,
Israel's housing and
economy, Jews in other
communist lands, Jews in
Syria and Iraq, Israel's
political situation, and the
role played, by our funds in
Israel's budget.
Audience participation
will be encouraged and
expected, thus giving any
individual the opportunity to
ask questions and receive
answers., The dialogue in
Town Hall fashion will
provide a unique and con¬
structive means of corn-
municating ideas.
Members of the Planning
Committee are as follows:
Decorations, Mrs. Morris
Paine  and  Mrs.   Ronald
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legislation cutting off U.S.
military aid to Turkey. If he
does so, it could escalate a
foreign policy fight that
could tie up the entire
foreign aid program. The
defiant Congressmen have
contended, until now, that
the cuts are aimed at those
nations which have violated
the civil rights of their own
citizens and those countries
which have used military
hardware purchased with
U.S. foreign aid credits and
grants against neighboring
^states. In the case of Turkey,
some Congressmen have
rejected warnings from the
White House and other
Congressmen that cutting
aid would force Turkey to
turn to the Arab states and
give the Soviet Union a
chance to fill the breach. But
the chopping spree is
beginning to concern many
supporters of Israel. Their
concern is focused on a
number of elements. Just
how far will this spree g(p
Can the Congressional/ -
Administration     conflict
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David Schoenbrun To Appear At Center
in 1967. He has covered and
known intimately most of the
leaders of our times:
Roosevelt, . Churchill,
DeGaulle, Stalin, Chou En-
lai, Ho Chi Minh, David Ben
Gurion, Nasser, Golda Meir,
Nehru and all the American
presidents from Roosevelt to
Nixon.
According to Luper,
Schoenbrun, whose most
recent book, The First
Israelis wis published-'by
Atheneum Publishers during
the past year, will speak on
The Middle East Power
Struggle.
"This series," says Luper,
"is presented in memory of
the late Dr. and Mrs. E.J.
Gordon. With characteristic
foresight and.- thought-
fulness, this beloved couple
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Frederick Luper, Cultural
Arts Chairman of The
Jewish Center, announces
that David Schoenbrun,
America's first all-media
world news commentator,
will appear at the Center,
1125 College Ave., on Mon.,
Oct. 21 at 8:30 pm.
"We are privileged,"' says..
•Luper, "to have a- man of  :
LI'a'v i d;-A Sch oe nb run's
reputation  come, to\ the' .
Columbus Jewish Center as
the first lecturer for the 1974-
75 Gordon Cultural Series."
^From the landinas in
North Africa," states Luper,
"through Europe, the Middle
East, the Korean War; Viet
Nam, the birth and growth of
the Common! Market, every
American election cam¬
paign, David Schoenbrun
hastovered, and is covering,'
the , major events of our
times. He is that rarity, a
hardhitting news reporter
and serious scholar, a public
affairs analyst of sound
judgment  and  sparkling
wit.";..-' ■~:,:    ■•■:.'■■;
Schoenbrun has been
covering national and world
affairs since his first
broadcasts for the Voice of
America in 1942. For three
decades he has served as
'.'''Intelligence officer for
General Eisenhower in
Algiers and the European
campaign, Chief
correspondent for CBS.
News, Paris and
Washington; Chief, world
affairs correspondent for
Metromedia; Guest com¬
mentator ABC-TV News and
ABC Radio; Regular con¬
tributor, to the New York
Times, Senior Lecturer;
Graduate School, Columbia'
University; lecturer, New
York School of Social
Research; and Editor - at -
large of the World Review.
Schoenbrun was the first
David Schoenbrun
American^soldier, to reach
the River Rhine in World
War II, the. only American
correspondent inside the
garrison at Dien Bien Phu in
1954, and the first American
television correspondent to
report from North Vietnam
Government Seeks To Block
Effort To Settle West Bank
TEL AVIV (WNS) -
Thousands of Israelis have
been participating in the
most massive effort yet to
plant settlements on - the
West Bank in defiance of
government policy arid'
regulations. The Army has
been attempting to thwart
efforts although after two
days several hundred
; squatters were still at large
east of the "Green Line."
' The mass trek began at the
end of Succoth when between
1000-5000 persons par¬
ticipated in the obviously
well-planned, coordinated
movement. The effort was
sponsored by, the ■/ so-called
Gush Emonim (Bloc of the
Faithful) made up chiefly of
Orthodox zealots who claim
that ail of the Holy^Land
west of the Jordan belongs to
Israel by Divine right. But
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they are being supported by
Likud, the National
Religious Party and the
Greater Israel Movement;
The organizers freely ad¬
mitted that the mass effort
was designed to : coincide
with Secretary of State
Henry Ar Kissinger's visit to
the Middle East since they
believe that Kissinger ■,will
attempt to bring aboijit a
disengagement agreernent
between Israel and Jordan.
The movement startedwiih
hundreds of demonstrators
leaving from scores of
departure sites. Although
the police and army units
were alerted, many were
able to get through and they
sought to establish set¬
tlements in areas on the
West Bank.
Premier   Yitzhak   Rabin
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