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VOL.54 NO. 17
APRIL 22,1976-NISAN 22
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o PLO Nationalists, Communists Sweep
tion On The West Bank
Women Vote in Election
-, NABLUSj-, Israeli-Occupied West Bank — Women
vote for thejfirst time at a polling place in Nablus, in
the Israell^occupied West Bank, as thousands of Arabs
votetTfor mayors and municipal councils in 22 West
i and villages. Allowing women to vote was
an Israeli innovation and they turned out in large
numbers but, in accordance with Muslim custom, cast
their ballots at separate polling places. Women's
suffrage was generally accepted by the Arab men and
_ih one village a woman was among the candidates for
mayor. -
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Gallery Players Presents
"The Rothschilds" May 1
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."The Rothschilds," the
Broadway musical hit about
. the greatest rise from rags
to riches in history, will be
presented by Gallery Play¬
ers at The Jewish Center
opening May 15. ,
Based on an acclaimed
. family chronicle by Frederic
Morton. "The Rothschilds"
won a run of fifteen months
on Broadway. The songs
accompanying this almost
mythical tale of a family
that emerged- from the
Frankfurt ghetto to become
the greatest banking house .
in Europe, are by, Jerry Bock
and Sheldon Harnick who
.wrote the music and lyrics
for that greatest of all
musical blockbusters,
"Fiddler on the Roof."
The story opens "in the
ghetto of Frankfurt in 1772.
where a young, irresistibly
-ambitious and resourceful
Mayer Rothschild is begins
ning his career of finance
; that is to bring him to the
position of being courted for
loans by most of the crowned
heads of Europe.
Angelo Dragonette will be
seen as Mayer d Rothschild
and Mark Shoemaker will
appear as the son chosen to
found a branch in London
and who from there mar¬
shalled the family's funds to
. become a vital,factor in the
: defeat of Napoleon. George
Cappell,    Mike   Feinstein,
. Jerry Honigberg and Joe
Tonti will portray his
brothers who are sent under
- war's pressure to Berlin, to
Vienna, to Hamburg, to
Prague, but who later set up
branches of the' banking
house   in   Paris,   Naples,
Vienna and Frankfurt.
The musical "The Roths¬
childs" does not accompany
the family to all their regal
splendor but tells their tale
from the beginning only to
the point in 1818 when,- never
forgetting their Jewishness
despite their rise in the
world, they were able lo
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JERUSALEM (WNS) -
The municipal elections on
the West Bank were won
overwhelmingly by pro-
Palestinian Liberation
Organization nationalists
and Communists. About
63,000 persons voted — 72.3
percent of the registered
voters — including 22,000
women who were allowed to
vote for the first time. The
voters. rejected the older
traditional leaders, most of
them from weajthy families,
who have close ties with the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jor¬
dan and who have generally
cooperated with Israeli
authorities. They elected a
younger generation of pro¬
fessionals, "" academicians
- and intellectuals, some of
them radicals and some
relatively moderate, but all
with strong Palestinian na¬
tionalist sentiments. The
nationalistic bloc won all 10
1 seats in Hebron's town coun-
' cil, swamping the slate sup¬
ported by former Mayor Mo¬
hammed Aliel-Jabaari, who
- declined to stand for reelec¬
tion. First place in Hebron
went to Phaled Kuassma, a
moderate, but he is expected
to be-challenged for the
mayoralty by the runner-up,
Dr. Awani Zayer, a leftist
radical. Nationalists, won
eight out of 10' seats in
Nablus, the largest town on
the West Bank. Communists
won a majority of the council'
_seats in Jericho and Com¬
munist or PLO-supporters
won substantial majorities
in Tulkarem, Ramallah. El
Birah and Beit Jallah. The
nationalists failed, however.
Completion Of 76 Campaign
Celebration Is Set For Wed.
The 1976 United Jewish
Fund Campaign will cele¬
brate its completion on
Wednesday evening. Apr. 28.
1976 with a community meet¬
ing at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish
Center. Myer Mellman. Gen¬
eral Campaign Chairman,
extended an invitation (o the
entire Jewish community to
attend and participate in the
celebration: "The Gallery
Players of (he Jewish Center
are preparing a unique
entertainment program,
which will effectively set the
tone for our Campaign Clos¬
ing program. The program
will be of. interest to every-
Sitlnc.vl.ltlatt
sentalion to the students'of
Columbus Torah Academy,
and the Hebrew school
-students will respond in both
English and Hebrew. Myer
Mellman. General Cam¬
paign Chairman, will
preseiil awards lo the divi¬
sion chairmen, and they in
(urn will make presentations
to .the leadership til  each
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in Bethlehem where they
took only two seats on the
town council and where the
'incumbent mayor, a tradi¬
tionalist, is assured of re--
election. In Jenin, the mayor
' was reelected.
The heavy turn-out of
voters was all the more im¬
pressive because of the
heavy rains that swept the
West Bank'on the election
day. The high proportion of
women voters was seen as a
strong break with tradition
and a revolt against male
conservatism. In the
Samarian town of Kabatyam
the local men. supported by.
Mayor Muhammed Khali!,
prevented women from vot¬
ing by refusing to register
them-on the grounds that
elections were not "women's
business." Order throughout
the West Bank was main¬
tained by Arab-policemen.
Israeli security forces were
evacuated from the West
Bank on election eve. But
Defense Minister' Shimon
Peres paid a surprise visit to'
polling stations in Ramallah
and Bethlehem and was ap¬
plauded by young voters,
mostly women. They had
gained the right to vote by Is¬
rael's amendment of the Jor¬
danian law that limited the,
electorate to male property,
owners.
WASHINGTON (WNS) - A study by a California
firm excludes Israel from a list of 32 countries that
< have sizeable nuclear power plants. The Pasadena-
1 based Tetra Tech, in its just-published "Energy Fact
Book for 1976," lists the 32 countries that have nuclear
plants operable, under construction, or on order in the
capacity of 30-megawatts of electricity. Eliazor Ekrit,
the Israel Embassy's scientific counselor, confirmed
that Israel's nuclear power plant at Dimona,does not
have the.capacity.of plants in the listed countries that
include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, -
Sorea, Taiwan, Hungary and Luxembourg. The book
entities the Dimona plant as being used for the
extensive and successful production of solar energy
. equipment to help advance living conditions.
BOSTON (WNS) — Jews have'made a mistake by.
focusing on the six million Jews who were
exterminated by the Nazis while ignoring five million
other people who were also slaughtered by the Nazis,
Simon Wiesenthal told lido persons at Temple Israel
here. The famed Nazi hunter said this has cost Jews
the friendship of the families and friends of the non-
Jews who were killed. However, he stressed that all
Jews should regard themselves as survivors of the
Holocaust since the Nazis planned to exterminate Jews
everywhere, including the United States. Wiesenthal
called Jews who support the American Civil. Liberties
Union short-sighted because the ACLU defends the
right of free speech and press for the American Nazi
Party. He predicted that the Nazis can be expected to
re-group and make another bid for power -in some
country, adding that the American Nazi Party is the
richest and most powerful Nazi organization.
— /Myer Mellman
one in the community,
whether or not they have
been involved in the cam¬
paign in any way. and I urge
that every effort be made to
attend this unique meeting."
Rabbi1 David Stavsky,
Chairman of the Rabbinical
Itabbi David Stavsky
AaVisory Committee for the
1976 Campaign,, will speak
briefly on the religious sig¬
nificance of Israel and on the
importance of American
support. The students of the
Columbus Hebrew School
will be presented with a flag
qf Israel, a custom which
began,last year with a pre-
Community Israel Independence
Day May 2 At Jewish Center
Israel's 28lh Independence
Day will  be observed on
Sunday.-May 2 al the Jewish
Center.   This  year's  cele¬
bration will be a fun-filled in-
( formal family day.
Irene-Daroe. Chairperson
or this year's Israel-Indepen-
dence Day Family Program.
announces   that   activities
will begin at 2:20 p.m. with
the community gathering at
the O'ra Shelter House on the
backgrounds of the Center
where the teens under the
leadership of Lort-Stan. will
have a  "Street   in  Jeru¬
salem" set up. Of special
interest-   to   the   younger.
. members of the family, the
"Street in Jerusalem" will
feature game booths with
prizes. All the members of
the family will be interested
in eating Jaffa oranges, fala-
fel,  Israeli candy, drinks.
bagels, etc, "We are One" T-
shirts. Israeli toothbrushes.
Israeli hals and books and
pamphlets on Israel will also
be available. 'Booths  are
being manned by the various
. Jewish youth groups.
Teen groups, still inter-;
ested in manning a booth
should contact \ Caryn
Palmer, Youth Services Di¬
rector, or Rachel Matalon at
the Jewish Center, 2:11-2731.
- At 3:00 p.m. Ihe Torch of
Modin will" be flown in by
helicopter and children will
have an opportunity to inves¬
tigate the helicopter. *
At 3:30 p.m. there will be a
Family Maccabiah program
with special games and
events being'planned by the
Physical Education-Depart-*
ment of the Jewish Center.
Rounding off this joyous
occasion, at 4:30 p.m. there
will be u visit to a Tel to dig
for archaeological artifacts
as well as visits to special
locations in Israel. Ariel
Karrie. Community Shaliach
vand the Ohio State Univer¬
sity Israeli students have
planned this special event.
In case of rain, activities will
beheld indoors.
The entire community is
invited-to participate in the
special festivities planned
for Israel Independence
Day.       ,      • „•
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