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VOL. 55 NO. 21
MAY2G.1977-SIVAN9
Likud Sweeps To Victory, Wins 41 Seats
exercise   its   option   in
preserving its integrity. .
The new prime minister
projected an extremely
pleasant but firm attitude to
the Columbus group that met
.with him, according to Rabbi
Rubenstein, .   .
Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein (above left),
of Agudas Achim Congregation are pictured with
Israel's new prime minister, Menachem Begin and his
wife (above right). The picture was taken in the prime
minister's home in February of this year, when the
rabbi and his wife led a group of Columbusites on a tour
of Israel.   -
Rabbi Rubenstein Remembers
Visit With Menachem Beigin
On Saturday evening,
February 26, the Israel tour
led by Rabbi and Mrs.
Samuel W. Rubenstein of
Agudas Achim Congregation
.were guests for Havdolah
1 services at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Menachem Begin,
Little did they knOw that
Begin would soon become
prime minister of Israel!
This visit with the Begins
gave the rabbi and his group
an opportunity to discuss the
then forthcoming Israeli
election. As part of his
Shavous sermon on May 24,
Rabbi Rubenstein' reported
on that visit.,
Concerning the return of
territories to the Arab
nations, Begin told the group,
he would not cede an inch
prior to. any meaningful.
negotiations.
'. Rabbi" Rubenstein
reported that Begin said
Israel will try to maintain
..friendly relations with the
United States, but that Israel,
would reserve the right, as
an independent nation, to
(Copyright, 1977, JTA Inc.)
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV, (JTA) -
Likud hailed its apparent
election - victory as . "an
historic turning point-in the
annals of the Jewish nation
and the Zionist movement."
Those were the' words of its
leader, Menachem Beigin as
. he addressed' thousands of
supporters, red-eyed and.
nearly hysterical with joy,
who -besieged the party
headquarters here at 3:30
a.m. May 18.
The early projections of a
Likud upset victory with 41
seats in the next Knesset
over the Labor Alignment
which was pared down to 33
seats, were confirmed by
that hour. Throngs poured
into the normally empty pre¬
dawn streets, shouting,
dancing, embracing and
chanting "Am Israel Chai."
Beigin, 64, said, for him it
was the dream of a lifetime
come true. Beigin leads the
Herat wing of Likud, an
opposition alignment formed
with the Liberal Party and
other smaller factions in 1973
after the Yom Kippur War.
Herat is the political heir of
the Revisionist of New
Zionist Movement, founded
by Vladimir, Jabotinsky' at
the 17th World Zionist
Congress 46 years ago.'
Beigin referred several
times to Jabotinsky, a fiery
militant in his day. He freely
acknowledged that the
victory of Jabotinsky's
disciples in the voting was
achieved through an alliance
Analysis Of Sweeping Change
By David Landau.
i JERUSALEM, (JTA) - If
the elections were held again
May 18 it is fair to assume
that the results would be
substantially different.
Labor though doubtless it
would still emerge
weakened, would very
probably not come out losing
a massive 18 seats out of 51,
and the Democratic
Movement For Change
(DMC), which'took most of
these votes from' Labor,
would very likely be
significantly reduced.
For what happened in the
elections was, basically, that
Labor supporters, anxious to
punish Labor for what they
felt were its failures par¬
ticularly in internal affairs,
swung over to the •newly-
created and moderately
based DMC — and thereby
enabled Menachem Beigin to
fulfill his lifelong ambition:
lead his rightist Likue Party
to relative victory as the new
Knesset's largest faction.
For Likue, despite Beigin's
historic victory address at 3
a.m., only gained two seats
more than it had in the
previous Knesset.
Labor's huge defeat was
almost entirely at the hands
of the DMC which thereby,
as some analysts noted, "let
in Beigin through the back
door." This was particularly
apparent when the voting
was broken down by expert
analysts into areas and types
of population.
In the kibbutzim, for in-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 161
New Director Takes Charge
'Change' Becomes Key Word At Jewish Center
By Lauri Zofan
Chronicle News Editor
"Change: To be or cause
to become different;,alter."
(The, American Heritage
pictionary) The above
definition aptly fits what is
, planned to happen during the
coming months at The
Jewish Center.
At the helm of the project
is the first change that has
come to the Center — its new
■ director. - Although Barton
Robert Schachter, a 35-year-
old Pittsburgh, Pa. native,'
with the disciples of such,
Zionist giants as the late
Chaim Weizmann, who was
a political, Menachem
Ussishkin, a Labor Zionist,
and the late American
Zionist leader Abba Hillel
Silver, whose political
following   in    Israel    is
1 represented by the Liberal
Party.
Beigin, ,a spell-binding
orator and shrewd politician,
read a. passage from Lin¬
coln's second inaugural
address — "With malice
toward none" — intimiating '
that Likud bore no grudges
arid  sought  only  national
'unity. In fact, Beigin's first
political statement after his
victory was a call for a
national imity government
embracing all factions.
"I shall ask the Likud
Executive meeting to ask all
Zionist parties loyal to the
State of Israel to form a
. national unity government,"
he said.        '     i
On peace negotiations,
Beigin stated: "I hope that
after we get the Knesset's
confirmation of' the new
government we shall present
to it, we shall be able to call
on President (Anwar) Sadat
(of Egypt), President
(Hafez) Assad (of Syria) and
King Hussein (of Jordan) to
(CONTINUEDON PAGE7)
Bob Schachter
B. Lee Skilken To Head 78 Campaign
"For the first time in the
history of the Columbus'
Jewish Federation," said
President Ernest Stern, "a
son will follow in the foot-'
steps of his father as general
chairman of the United
Jewish Fund Camp
x
B.Lee Skilken
Mr. Stern today an¬
nounced the appointment of
BvLee Skilken to serve.as
general chairman of the 1978
United Jewish Fund Cam-'
paign, saying "Lee Skilken
will not only make us an'
outstanding genera]
camapign chairman, but in
addition will mark a historic
first for Columbus since his
father, Morris Skilken, was
campaign chairman in
1962."
A native of Columbus as
are both of his, parents,'
Skilken is a graduate of The
Ohio State University with a
bachelor of science degree in
civil engineering. He is in the
construction and real estate
business.
Long active in Jewish
community    activities,
Skilken is past chairman of
the Hillel Advisory Board
and currently serves as a
member of the Board of
Trustees of the Columbus
Jewish Federation and of
Tifereth Israel Congregation
and has long been active in
many other community
endeavors. He is now
completing, a term as
chairman of the Advanced
Gifts Division of the 1977
,UnitexLJewish Fund Cam¬
paign.
In accepting this im¬
portant community position,
Skilken said, "I feel this is a
major responsibility and a
great challenge for me. I am
conscious' of the respon¬
sibility it carries for our
Jewish people, both here in
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)
has been the Center's chief
executive for barely a
month, he has already put
into- action various new
projects. ,'
Schachter's concern for
strengthening one's Jewish
Identity has-prompted the
selling of challah and
flowers by the Centers senior
citizen group. The project,
which started a few weeks
ago, has a dual purpose — to
help make the Sabbath a
"different day" as well as to
make money for the seniors'
group.
In. an interview with the
Ohio Jewish Chronicle,
Schachter, who prefers to be
called '-'Bob", or "Bubba,"
(his longtime nickname)
said this project will
hopefully help to "bring
home this rich tradition (of
the Sabbath as a special
day) to each home."
By mid-summer Center
goers should be enjoying a
remodeled lobby area.
Although exact alterations
are not yet. finalized,
Schachter said the redone
entrance area will instill a
warmer feeling with "more
awareness of Jewish sym¬
bols."
One thing definitely
'planned for the lobby is a
Jewish book store. It too will
serve as a fundraiser as well
as a' community service.
While in Denver, where
Schachter was assistant
center   director   prior   to
coming here, he developed
such a store, the only one'in
Denver.
Some of "Bubba's" other
plans for the Columbus
Center include a full-time
consultant on the Sabbath,
who would be available for
in-home sessions;' more
extensive programming
.relating to Israel; and a
health service program,
rather than simply physical
education activities, that
would include programs for
body and mind as well as
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 14)
According -to reports at
press time, Menachem
Beigin, leader of the vic¬
torious Likud party and the
apparent next prime
minister of Israel, was
rushed early Monday to a
Tel Aviv hospital with heart
trouble. Beigin had only
recently recovered from a
heart attack he suffered in
March.
'Here Is Israel 77' Production
Set For Center's Stage Tonight
Ron Orgad will be the
featured drummer in the
new" version of the widely-
received multi-media
musical production "Here Is
Israel 77" when it appears at
The Jewish Center, • 1125
College Ave., tonight (May
26) sit 8 p.m.
Orgad is a sabra, born in
Tel Aviv. He recently
finished his service in the
Israeli army. Aside from
being a regular dummer for
Israeli television and radio
programs, he is a regular
participant of the musical
productions of the Haifa
Municipal Theater.
"Peace" is the theme of
this year's "Here Is Israel
Ron Orgad
77"  production.  Children's i
poetry set to music against a
background  of  their  own
.   (CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)