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VOL. 52 NO. .46
NOVEMBER 7, 1974 - HESHVAN 22
WASHINGTON (WNS) — U.S. Department of
Justice records reveal that former U.S. Attorney
General Richard S. Kleindienst has been working for
the Algerian government in the United States since
October, 1973 and getting $10,000 a month in salary and
an average of $2,000 monthly in expenses. Kleindienst,
who identified himself in his reports filed under the
U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act as an attorney,
said he was engaged in "general professional legal
services on a continuing basis for the government of
Algeria" and that he "also participated, with others, in
making arrangements by which officers of the
government of Algeria met with officers of the
government of the United States." In a report last
may, Kleindienst denied issuing or preparing political
propaganda.
LOS ANGELES (WNS) — The Arab.states are
distributing anti-Semitic propaganda of the most
scurrilous sort and distributing them on a world-wide
basis, according to a report by the American Jewish .
Committee. The study/titled, "Political and Religious
anti-Semitism: Weapons in the Arab-Israeli Conflict",
found that "there are now more editions of the
notorious forgery- 'The Protocols of Zion' published in
Arabic than in any other language.-" The report noted
that anti-Jewish propaganda, including the
"Protocols" is being distributed in Arfica, Asia and
Latin America. It also noted that "Moslem scholars
have recently misrepresented and slandered the
Hebrew Scriptures and attributed all manners of
crimes to the innate depravity of Jews and their
religious religion." The report was presented at the
AJCommittee's National Executive Council meeting
here along with another report that blood libel charges
levelled against Jews in medieval times still are being
presented in ceremony or art in several .Western
European countries.
ORT To Honor B.B. Caplan
Dr. Benjamin B. Caplan, a
distinguished Columbus
community leader, to be
honored by the .Columbus
Men's ORT at its Annual
Testimonial Dinner to be
held on Sunday, December 1,
1974 at the Agudath Achim
Synagogue, it was an¬
nounced by Lou Robins,
Chapter President and
Dinner Chairman.
Dr. Caplan, who is known
and beloved by the entire
community, has been in¬
volved in philanthropic and
humanistic endeavors
throughout his professional
career. He has received over
35 humanitarian awards and
a multitude of recognitions
from local and international
agencies. Practically every
single organization in the
Columbus community has
honored him.
On an international scale,
he was the volunteer
physician in Santa Cruz,
Bolivia, where he im¬
munized over 21,000 children
with an anti-polio vaccine. In
addition to his services as a
physician he was the major
contributor to the purchase
of the vaccine. He.iwas
honored by the governments
of Bolivia and Columbia for
his extraordinary work and
. in 1970 received the Vietnam
Humanitarian Award.
He volunteered as a
physician for the Tel-Gezer
excavations in Israel in 1970
and   for   the   Lutheran,
DR. B.B. Caplan
missionaries in New Guinea
in 1972. He also worked for
Medico in Afghanistan and
amongst the Falashan Jews
in Ethiopia.
On the local community
level he was awarded the
YMCA Distinguished Ser¬
vice Award and was honored
by the Agudath Achim
Brotherhood with the
"Flowers for the Living"
medal.
During the Yom Kippur
War, Dr. Caplan volunteered
his services to the State of
Israel and served at the
fronts in the Golan Heights
and- the Sinai. During that
tense time, he visited the
ORT schools in Israel to
learn first hand of the crisis
that the schools faced with
teacher call-up.
In   1972,   Dr.    Caplan
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ADL Unsuccessful In Attempts To Bar PLO
From Entering U.S. To Debate Palestine Issut
NEW YORK - In an at¬
tempt to keep the Palestine
Liberation Organization
leaders from entering the
United States, the B'nai
B'rith's Anti - Defamation
League has obtained a show
cause order from a federal
district court in Brooklyn in
which the U.S. government
is asked to show why the
PLO leaders should not be
barred from admittance.
The, ADL suit says the PLO
should be barred on the
grounds that their "crimes
of murder, acts of barbarism
and savagery" put them in a
category precluded from
entry by U.S. law. The ADL
lists 234 terrorist acts
committed by the PLO and
says that if the PLO leaders
came to the U.S. it would
endanger the lives an
property of Americans
an alternative, the ADL suit
asks that if the PLO leaders
are admitted their
movements and activities be
closely     watched      and
restricted. Lawrence Peirez,
the ADL's attorney in the
suit, said the U.S. has in the
past barred persons from
attending United Nations
sessions for lesser activities
than the crimes that the PLO
has admitted to committing.
PLO leaders Yasir Arafat
and several others are
scheduled to attend the
United   Nations   General
Assembly   debate   on   the
Palestine Question.
NEWYORK,(JTA)-The
motion by the Ann -
Defamation LeagU'.- 'n
federal district court \» js.
denied by Judge Mark
Constantine Nov. 1. In
denying themotion, Judge
Cbnstanto said he had been
informed   by   the   State
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State Department Implies Switch On PLO
WASHINGTON, (JTA)~-
The U.S. government Oct. 30
implied a switch in its ap¬
proach to a  Middle East
Pictured above are Beth. Jacob Teens planning their
program with' Rabbi Stavsky and Mr. Keve Zians.
Pictured (L-R) are Rabbi Stavsky, Mr. Keve Zians,
Dina Seidemann, Karen Berger, Michelle Solomon,
Gene Berger, Mark Tanenbaum, Michael Grinblatt,
and Jerry Sigal.
Beth Jacob Youth In Midst Of
Final Plans For Annual Event
Members of the. Beth.
Jacob Youth Group; N.C.-
S.Y. Chapter of Columbus,
are in the midst of making
final plans for the 14th An¬
nual "Shabbath with the
Rabbi" Program to be held
November 22-24 at the Beth
Jacob Congregation, 1223
College Avenue.
The weekend, which will
begin at sundown on Friday,
November 22, : will see
delegates from N.C.S.Y.
chapters from Cincinnati,
Louisville, Cleveland, and
Pittsburg joining their
friends from Columbus for
sessions  in study, song,
discussion, and debate.
The teenagers will be
housed for the entire
weekend in homes near the
Synagogue and all meals will
be served by the parents at
the Synagogue.
Mr. Keve Zians and Mr.
Ron Grober join with Rabbi
Stavsky and his staff of'
advisors in planning and
executing the entire Shab-
baton. Teens who are in¬
terested in an excellent
experience of ."living
Judaism" may call Dina
Seidemann - 252-9423 or
Eugene Berger - 236-5250 for
reservations.
peace settlement and hinted
it would accept the Palestine
Liberation Organization as a
participant in, future
negotiations. Following up
President Ford's remark
Oct. 29 that equated Jordan
and the PLO on the same
level in the American effort
for a settlement, the State
Department took the
unusual step of issuing a
written statement to explain
the President's remark. An
official transcript of the
President's news conference
showed that he said "We, of
course, feel that there must
be movement toward set¬
tlement of the problems
between Israel and Egypt,
on the one hand, between
Israel and Jordan or the
PLO, and the problems
between Israel and Syria, in
the other category." Ford
made that comment in
saying his Administration'
had not yet had the op¬
portunity to make any firm
decision on the impact of the
Rabat conference action on
the PLO's status.
Presidential press secretary
Ron Nessen said that Ford's
Hadassah Telethon Set For Sun.
; Mrs* Stanley Novak, fund
raising vice-president for the
Columbus Chapter of
Hadassah announces that
Sunday morning, November
10th has been set aside for
the telethon for Hadassah
donor which will culminate
in a luncheon at the
Columbus Sheraton Hotel on
January 21, 1975.
. "Efforts this year are
twofold.; to maintain and
enlarge our Hadassah
hospital at Ein Karem and to
. rebuild our .Hadassah
hospital on Mount Scopus."
statement on the PLO "does
not represent any change in
American policy." After a
reporter pointed out that this
marked the first time the
President had referred to the '
PLO in that context, Nessen
responded that the reports
Ford had received were
"preliminary and in¬
complete" and that the
President, therefore, could
notmake "any conslusions."
.When Nessen was asked
whether he was withdrawing
the President's "or PLO"
remark, Nessen said he was
not withdrawing anything
the President said. Nessen
pointed out that Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
had said the, U.S. policy
remains the same. The
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
asked whether the
President, in equating
Jordan with the PLO, had
not inadvertently revealed a
change in U.S. tactics if not
policy.' It was at that point
that Nessen suggested that
newsmen talk to the State
Department and match their
comments      with       the
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Jewish Family Service Annual
Meeting Set For November 17
War and its agonies have
been all too familiar com¬
ponents, always, of the work
of the Hadassah Medical
Organization. This has been
a year so fraught with
sorrow and courage, with
fantastic medical
emergency aid by HMO to
the people of Israel, followed
by such a melodramatic
return to the ways of peace,
that it will be years before
we can truly evaluate the
war's impact on our work.
At Kiryat Hadassah, the
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Jewish Family Service
will hold its 66th Annual
Meeting on : Sunday,
November 17,1974, at 8 p.m.
in the lower lounge of the
Melton Building. The major
presentation of the meeting
will be a talk entitled "Em-
migration and Immigration:
A Russian Perspective" by
Mrs. Julius Goldberg. She* is
a Russian immigrant who
came to Columbus with her
husband and two sons from
Moscow in August of 1973.
The program will also in¬
clude resolutions in
memoriam to Abe A.
Wolman and Joseph Kass,
both JFS Officers and Board
Trustees. There will also be
the annual election of Of¬
ficers and Trustees. A
reception will be held at 7:30
p.m. before the business
meeting at 8 o'clock.
Following the meeting there
will be a social hour. The
public is cordially invited.
Mrs. Goldberg's talk will
relate to the problems and
practical matters her family
encountered in leaving the
Soviet Union, and of the
impressions and ad¬
justments she and her
family have had in resettling
into the Columbus com¬
munity. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Goldberg received graduate
education and taught at the
Moscow Pedological In¬
stitute; they are both in¬
structors at Ohio State
University. Mrs. Goldberg
taught English in the Soviet
Union, and is now a Ph.D.
. candidate in Slavic
Languages at Ohio State.
Jewish Family Service, a
counseling and community
service agency, is charged
with the responsibility of
helping New American
families resettle into
Columbus. This involves
extensive work by the social
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