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New Israeli Gov't. Officially Being Formed,
Begin Still Hopes For Agreement With DMC
TEL AVIV (WNS) -
Likud leader Menachem
Begin, who was officially
asked by President Ephraim
Katzir June 7 to form a new
government, immediately
again asked the Labor
Alignment to join in a
government • of national
unity.
He said that Likud and the
Labor Alignment were in
agreement oh such basic
issues as objecting to a
Palestinian state, refusal to
withdraw to Israel's pre-1967
borders and their opposition
to Palestine Liberation
Organization participation
in    any    Middle    East
Senate Adopts Anti-Boycott Legislation
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By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The Senate June 7 adopted
by a voice vote the senate-
House conference Export
Administration Act with its
provisions countering the
Arab" boycott,. of Israel,
companies doing- .business
with Israel and, Jewish-
managed -concerns. No
dissent was heard as the
legislation was approved
without debate.
The House is expected to
take up the legislation soon
with similar overwhelming-
approval forecast. It will
then go to the White House
for President Carter to sign
the measure into law.
Edgar M. Bronfman,
chairman of the World
Jewish Congress co¬
ordinating Committee on the
Arab Boycott, described the
legislation as "reasonable"
and • that     "sensible
, legislation aimed a.t the Arab
boycott" was- reached in
discussions between
American business, the
American community and
the Carter Administration.
"From the point pf view of
the. American Jewish-
community. * the bill cer¬
tainly- ,is not .perfect,'"
Bronfman said. "But it is a
good bill squarely putting
the United States' and its
business ' community - on
record 9gainst . boycott
practices: From the stand¬
point of American business,
the   legislation   may   still
- cause som£ difficulties. But
. it-is reasonable,
"   "Much is still to be worked
;-out jn the Commerce
Department's im¬
plementation „ of the new
policy. But both sides are -<-
and have good reason to be
— proud of themselves," he
said.
Stanley Marcus, the 35-
year-old Connecticut lawyer
who served as counsel to the
Senate Banking Sub¬
committee that drafted the
bulk of the legislation under
the direction of Sen. Adlai
Stevenson (D. 111.), is 1 the
new deputy. assistant
secretary of commerce with
-responsibilities to im*
plement the measure.
,-'-The bill is a result, of a
compromise approved by
the Carter Administration
and worked out by the
Business Roundtable, a
group of 170 corporate chief
executives, and officials of
the Btoai B'rith Anti-
Defamation League.' the
.American Jewish."Com¬
mittee and the American
Jewish Congress.
Zell Presents Plea For Pledge Payments
"It is, time for' a
rededication to the . life
supporting services our cash
makes possible for the
.people of Israel" Sol Zell,
general, chairman, of the
Columbus Jewish
Federation's Cash
Moyilization, has an¬
nounced.  ,
, The United Jewish Appeal
must have $150 million by
June 30 and it is imperative
that the Columbus Jewish
Community do its share. It is
time for those who have not
paid their pledges to stand
up and be counted, said Zell.
In response to the United
Jewish Appeal need for an
immediate large influx of
cash, the Columbus Jewish
Community, under Zell's.
leadership.- is organizing a
major effort to contact all
.who ha vet .outstanding
balances on their pledges.
Every campaign division is
securing a select number of
volunteers'to help meet the
critical need for cash! In
addition,, every contributor
wilj receive a special letter
on the cash mobilization
effort and the necessity of
cash payments.  -
"I call upon all community
leaders to redouble-their
effort — to meet'the needs-of
the people of Israel and in
Columbus." continued Zell,
-"I do' not want to be
responsible for the Jewish
agency being forced to cur
the education and 'housing
budgets, which are already
desperatedly low. Do you
want to be the one to accept
this responsibility?"
negotiations. Begin said he
believed that Likud and
Labor could' iron out the
. other differences between
them.
But Labor Party leader
Shimon Peres who met with
.,Begin June 9 said thaf Ihe
party's various bodies have
decided to stand by their
.decision   not   to   join   a
• coalition led by Likud-
Begin has enough voles to
form a coalition with the
■ agreement of the ultra-
Orthodox Agudat Israel to
join his government. Aguda
"acted after getting approval
from its council of Sages.
Likud now has 62 votes in the
Knesset including its own 43.
two from Ariel Sharon's
Shlomzion movement, 12
from the National Religious
Party and five from Agudat
and Poelei Agudat. ■
But Begin still hopes that
he can -convince the
Democratic Movement for
Change <DMC) led by Prof.
Yigal , Yadin to join the,
coalition. This would give
the Likud government a
much broader base as well
as a much safer majority in
the Knesset,
Yadin presented Likud
with an eight-point guideline
on the DMC's demands for
participation. But Likud on
June 9 rejected four of the
DMC's points, They included
proposals for readiness on
territorial compromises, the
right to-veto the establish-
-ment of Jewish settlements
WASHINGTON (WNS) - The 900 delegates at¬
tending the 79th annual National Conference of Jewish
Communal Service.adopted a resolution June 8 calling
on the leaders of Jewish organizations to hire more
women for decision-making jobs. The communal
workers acted after a report on a study of 319 com¬
munal agencies charged that'discrimination against
women was. prevalent. The study found that the
agencies employed 2200 people. 54 percent of them
women but only 2:5 percent of the women were
executive directors or assistant, executive directors.
The study also showed that only 5 percent of the women
employed'received salaries of $20,000 or more per year
in contrast to 57 percent of the male employees. The
study also found that in 91 Federations there were only
three women executive directors' in small com¬
munities. Federation staffs were85 percent male.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Likud and the Labor
Alignment are now engaged in a dispute over who sits
where in the new Knesset. Now that Likud will be the
' ruling party it has demanded that its MKs sit on the left
side of the chamber, the area'occupied by the Labor
Alignment since the founding of Israel. Labor declared
that the left side of the chamber is traditionally oc¬
cupied by Socialist factions, an arrangement that has
prevailed in European parliaments'. But Likud, con¬
tends that seating has nothing to do with political
orientation and that the left side has been "the
traditional place for Israel's jjoverning coalition. Some
observers note that the real issue is that the television
cameras are closer to Ihe left side of the Knesset.
in the administered
territories and the question
of applying Israeli law to the
territories. Likud'' also
disagreed wilh some of the
terminology used, by the
DMC-
However. Likud and (he
DMC have agreed lo sol up a
joint committee to work out
differences. Still undecided
is whether Likud will' agree
to the DMC's demand that
Yadin' become foreign
Minister rather than the post
of deputy premier, the post
offered him liy'Begin.
Meanwhile, the Israel
Medical Association has
written Begin urging no
change in the present laws
governing autopsies. Begin
promised the ullra-Oilhodox
Agudat Israel thai autopsies
will be performed only with
the approval ol the lamily.
But the Medical Yssociation
noted I ha I while physicians
do their best lo comply-with
the wishes of the (amilies-in
regard to autopsies, in
certain cases autopsies must
be performed in the interest
oi national health.
Courses, Dates Announced For
Institute For Jewish Studies'
Melvin Schottenstein,
chairman of the Jewish
Education Commiltee-
(JEC) of the Columbus
Jewish Federation. (CJF)
has announced (he launching
of The Community Institute
for Jewish Studies in the fall
of 1977.
"Thev.- formation of. the
Institute," said Schot¬
tenstein, represents a
successful culmination of "co¬
operative efforts of rabbis,
educators and JEC- staff,
pooling all their creative
resources for the enrichment
of the total community. In
this sense," he added, "the
institute is. truly a unified
undertaking: serving the
broad segments of the
Jewish community, with the
moral and material support
of the Federation."
Dr. Edward Kiner, senior
rabbi of Temple Israel and
chairman of the Professional
Advisory Committee, said
that the Institute responds lo
a growing need to enhance
the quality of Jewish life by
providing opportunities for
ongoing, cumulative Jewish
learning. He added that if,
the Jewish home and Jewish
parents are to continue to be
the sources of strength they
have always been, Jewish
adults need to, become
familiar with the sources
.and meaning of Judaism in
our times:
Dr. Kiner had appointed
Rabbi Roger Klein, chair¬
man of the Columbus-Board
of Rabbis, to head a sub¬
committee that was charged
with developing a proposed
program for the Institute.
Working with Rabbi Klein
were Rabbis Kiner. David,
1 Stavsky and Sheldon
Switkin: Dr. Howard
Banchefsky. and , Joshua
Chorowsky. Rabbi Klein's
committee has developed a
plan for the Institute to"in-
. elude; "Jewish -Thought —
Mysticism." taught by Dr.
Kiner: "History and
Development of.Halacha —
Jewish-Law." taught hy
Rabbis Samuel Rubenstein
and David Stavsky: "A
-Biblical Tour of Modern
Israel." taught, hy Rabbi
Switkin: and "The Jewish
^EamiljC .insttuci.gr Jto_. be
named.
- In addition, two courses in
Hebrew are planned: one
ulpan course — stressing
modern communication
skills', and a course in basic'
Hebrew — emphasing
reading skills * and
familiarity wilh the contents
of the prayer book.'
A Lay Advisory Com¬
mittee with Harry Schwartz
as chairman, reviewed Ihe
proposed plan and approved
it. Other members of the
committee included Mr.
- Jerome Nakrin and Mrs. Ira
Kane'.   -
Daniel Harrison, retired
principal of the Columbus
Hebrew School, was the staff
person assigned by the JEC
to co-ordinate the planning
and the work of Ihe Advisory
Committees. According to
Harrison. Ihe Institute will
be conducted on Wednesday
evenings, featuring.a two-
hour session, with two lec¬
tures offered each hour.
In addition,--those enrolled
in the Hebrew classes will be
able to participate in the
lectures as well. The basic
Hebrew class will meet- oil
Mondays, and the ulpan will
meet on Mondays, and
Wednesdays.
The lectures will run for
one term of eight weeks, and
the ulpan class will run for
two terms of ten weeks each.
Registration   fee   for   the
Wednesday lecture sessions
. will be $20,. The Hebrew
classes will cost $30, which
, will cover theL Wednesday
. lectures  as  well, further
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