Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-12-26

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VOL. 52 NO. 53
DECEMBER 26, 1974 - TEVETH 12
Shock And Disappointment At Demands That
Israel Halt Immigration, Return to '47 Borders
Columbus Jewish Federation
Presents Check To UJ.A.
At the International Convention of the United Jewish
Appeal held in New York on December 11 to 15th, Ben
M. Mandelkorn, Executive Vice President of the
Columbus Jewish Federation presented a check to
Charles Coburn, National Cash Chairman of the UJA
as Sidney I. Blatt, President of the Federation attests
to the response of Columbus Jewry to the Cash
-   Mobilization effort now in progress.
By David Landau
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Shock and disappointment
was the reaction at both ends
of the political spectrum
here last week to Egyptian
Foreign Minister Ismail
Fahmy's demand that Israel
suspend immigration for 50
years and return to the 1947
partition boundaries. From
the hawkish Likud to the
doveish Mapam, political
figures expressed the view
that Fahmy's remarks, if
taken . at face value,
foreclosed any hope that
Egypt  is  interested  in   a
1000 American Jewish Leaders
Usher In 1975 UJA Campaign
By Yitzhak Rabi
NEW YORK, Dec. 15
(JTA) — ' Former Israeli,
. Premier Golda Meir
.declared here last week that
Israel will fight for its
existence "even if we are
alone;... We will fight with
everything in our possession.
Israel will not commit
suicide like the heroes of
Masada."        ,
Mrs. Meir spoke forcefully
and with emotion to an
audience of more than 3000
American Jewish leaders
attending the closing dinner
of the United Jewish Appeal
National Conference given in
her honor at the New York
Hilton Hotel. The former
Premier was-greeted by a
standing ovation that lasted
several minutes and was
repeatedly interrupted by
applause. The. Conference,
ushered in the 1975 UJA
campaign.
She scornfully rejected
Egyptian Foreign' Minister
Ismail Fahmy's demand
that Israel close its doors to
immigration for the next 50
years and return to the 1947
partition boundaries. "I ask
you, can't we be forthcoming
for a change and accept that
for the sake of peace?" she
said. "In what a peaceful
atmosphere we will' live in
(Yasir). Arafat's, 'secular
state,' the 'democratic
secular state1 with 50 years
of no immigration, with no
new child born. I leave it to
yOur imagination."
Mrs. Meir also denounced'
the United Nations and
UNESCO for attempting to
isolate Israel and deprive it
of its Tights of membership.
It is not Israel that has been
isolated, she said. "The UN
is isolated from everything
that is decent and moral in
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Campaign Trend Indicates Increased Giving
The Story can be told now
~ because the trend is ob¬
vious. The Advance Gifts
Division efforts in behalf of ■
the 1975 UNITED JEWISH
FUND Campaign of the
Columbus - Jewish
Federation is exceeding all
previous commendable
performances in cam¬
paigning.
As of December 17th, the
campaign has recorded
commitments totaling over
$1,150,000, a sizeable in-
-'- crease over the same cards
of last year: By contributing
their resources, the
leadership indicates their
concern and solidarity .with
the people of Israel and all
those throughout the world
who are in need. Not only
have these Columbus Jewish
leaders made meaningful
contributions, some have
given up valuable time from
their professional and
business careers to
guarantee the success of the
1975 Campaign.
"To operate a Campaign
of this magnitude requires
men of talent, ability and
dedication," said Millard
Cummins, General Cam¬
paign Chairman, "we are
extremely fortunate we have
secured men of such stature,
who recognize the critical
nature of today's situation
and are ready and willing to
devote themselves to the
work it requires. They know
full well that what happens
during; a campaign ' in
communities such as
Columbus affects Israel's
survival, opens the doors to
the oppressed Jews from
Russia and throughout the
world who seek freedom,
and brings to the Israeli the
willingness to fight to live.
Our leadership is the
fighting force in Columbus.
We are one I We are proud of
each member of our local
army who are committed to
a successful campaign ef¬
fort. All we ask, is that the
community respond. Listen
to their story and you too, by
a maximum sacrificial gift,
Join in the effort."
"Trie trend has been set by
the leadership and the
workers. If it means some
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political settlement with
Israel and. made
negotiations for a second
stage agreement with Egypt
pointless at this time.
The government has
withheld official comment,
but a government
spokesman told reporters
that Fahmy's statement did
"not merit" a serious
reaction. But some sources
predicted that the govern¬
ment would'make a forceful
response after today's
Cabinet meeting.
In Washington, State
Department officials said
they were not surprised at
Fahmy's remarks because
"99 percent was old" but
expressed concern al their
timing — just when Israeli
Foreign Minister Yigal Allon
was returning to Jerusalem
after a week of talks with
U.S. government officials in
Washington designed to
promote a second stage of
negotiations with Egypt.
Likud, leader Menachem
Beigin declared'that Fahmy
was ,giving Israel "the
choice between destruction
and annihilation." He 'said
the' Egyptian Foreign
Minister's words should end
the dispute between Likud
and the government over
whether Egypt was the
"moderate" among Israel's
Arab foes Meir Talmi,
secretary general of
Mapam, said that if Fah¬
my's statement indeed
represented Egyptian
policy, it clearly "closed the
options." But Talmi com¬
mended the government for
delaying its reaction until it
could ascertain whether
Fahjhy was speaking for the
Sadat government.
Some political observers
specked today that Fah¬
my may have made_his
remarks for the benefit of
the Arab hard *-•• liners —
Syria, the PLO, Libya and
Iraq — to placate them with
extremist rhetoric while
Egypt   itself  prepared   to
begin a new round of
separate negotiations with
Israel. Others noted Fah¬
my's personal flamboyance,'
his desire for constant
publicity and his hard-line
policies that do not always
reflect, the thinking of
President Anwar Sadat.
They said there was some
hope that the Egyptian
government would find a
way' to retreat from Fah¬
my's extremist postion.
Nevertheless, it was
generally noted that the
Egyptian diplomat had
exposed mpre nakedly than
ever the wide gap between
the Israeli and Egyptian
views of a peace settlement.
Israel's basic premise in
preparing to negotiate a
second stage agreement
with Egypt has been that a
settlement must constitute
substantial progress toward
a final peace.
Israel has stated that a
second stage accord must
contain significant political
concessions from Egypt in
exchange for any further
Israeli territorial Vwith¬
drawals. Egypt's view, seen
in, the context of Fahmy's
demands, makes. ,any
thought of. progress through
pa r i i a 1A -. a c cor d s
meaningless, it was said
here.  ,
The Jerusalem Post said
in an editorial today thai '"If
he (Sadat) chooses this point
of time to remind us thai he
does not accept our
existence, then there is very
little purpose in withdrawing
from the Mitie Pass in
Sinai." Maariv suggested
that Fahmy may have aimed
his statement at Soviei .
Communist Parly Secretar>
I.eonid I. Brezhnev who is
due in Cairo next monih.with
the intention of persuading
the'Russians to keep a lid on
the emigration of Soviet
Jews to Israel.
Friends'Annual Affair
To Honor Daniel Harrison
The annual affair of The
Friends of The Columbus
Hebrew School will be held
on Sunday, January 12,1975;
at the Agudas Achim Social
Hall, 2767 East Broad Street,
it was announced by Mr.
Fred Yenkin and Mr. Arthur
Katz, co-chairmen of the
"Friends".'
A special feature of the
year's affair will be a tribute
to Mr. Daniel Harrison, who
has recently retired after
completing fifty years of
service in Jewish Education
and thirty years of
educational leadership to
The Columbus Hebrew
School and to The Jewish
community.
Mr. Issac Toubin,
Executive Vice-president of
the American Association
for Jewish Education, will be
Mr. Daniel Harrison
the guest speaker. He will
present a tribute to Daniel
Harrison, and will speak on
the topic: . "Jewish
Education in America -
Retrospect and Prospect".
Mr. Harrison was a
student of Yeshivot in
Poland and  a pioneer in
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Urge Investigation Into Nursing Home Corruption
NEW YORK - Governor-
elect Hugh Carey last week
was urged to empanel a
"blue-ribbon" state com¬
mission with broad in¬
vestigative powers to probe
"corruption and
mismanagement of nursing
homes and the resulting
degradation of aged and
infirm patients."
In a letter to Mr. Carey
made public at a news
conference, the* American
Jewish Congress called for a
Moreland Act commission to>
"undertake a major in¬
vestigation of the nursing
. home Industry in this state."
Under the Moreland Act-
Section 6 of the Executive
Law of TCew York State —
Such a panel would have the
power to subpoena' wit¬
nesses r take testimony under
oath and require the •
production of books and
papers!
In its letter, the Congress
— which last July issued a
report on conditions in
proprietary nursing homes
and recommendations for
their reform —- told Mr.
Carey:
"We need strong laws to
protect the patients in
nursing homes.
"We need effective en¬
forcement of the laws that
already exist.
"And we need to bring to
justice those who have
misused government funds
and victimized the aged and
infirm."
Naomi Levine, executive
director of the Congress —
who wrote the letter to Mr.
Carey and presided at the
news conference — urged
that the commission include
"not only investigative
personnel but also geriatric
experts, psychologists,
psychiatrists, and other
personnel involved in nur¬
sing home administration,
and representatives of
public and private groups."
Mrs. Levine declared in the
letter:
"We are gratified that the
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