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LIBRARY, OHIO Hl8TOR|0AL SOCIETY
1982  VELMA   AVE.
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VOL. 54 NO. 32
AUGUSTS, J976-AV9
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l/foe/ Action Planned
WASHINGTON (WNS) - Rep. Bella Abzug (D.NY)
has introduced legislation in the^House aimed at
drastically increasing the penalties on nations which
aid and abet hijackers. Her proposed legislation would
, tighten the regulations of the 1974 Anti-Hijacking Act
and for the first time mandate suspension of U.S.
foreign aid to nations cooperating with terrorists. One
bill introduced by Abzug would require the President to
suspend U,S. air operations for at least one year to or
from any country which in any way assists a terrorists
organization that illegally'seizes an airplane and to,
suspend air Operations with any country which main¬
tains its own operations with a country that assisted
terrorists.
WASHINGTON (WNSr - Former California Gov.
Ronald Reagan in announcing that if he is elected as
the Republican candidate for the President he will
name Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his
running mate has chosen one of the Senate's strongest
supporters of Israel and Soviet Jewry. Frequently
honored by Jewish organizations for his support of
liberal, causes and issues affecting the Jewish
community during his 16 years in the House and
Senate, Schweiker has been outspoken in support of,
economic and military aid for Israel and in providing
teeth in laws to help Jews emigrate from the Soviet
Union. He has also been a sponsor of legislation aimed
at combatting the Arab boycott of Israel.
LONDON (WNS) — Britain has broken diplomatic
relations with Uganda, the first time it has done so with
a Commonwealth country, over the African country's
refusal to provide details about the disappearance and
probable murder of Mrs. Dorah Bloch, the missing Air
• France, hostage victim. Announcing the break in
Parliament, Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland said
the British High.Commission.in Kampala had made,
repeated inquiries about Mrs. Bloch, who holds both
"_Israeli and British citizenship, and had gotten,
"nowhere without Uganda's cooperation and there is
jno sign that this isiorthcoming,''
Acquiring Foundation
Views
NEW YORK (WNS) -
Former Vice-President
Spiro Agnew has -. been
charged by the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith with having taken.
control of a tax exempt
educational foundation,
Education, for Democracy,
in order to organize a niove-^
ment to..reflect his anti-
.Israel, pro-Arab views."
' "Arnold Forster, ADL's
general counsel, said "the
disgraced Spiro Agnew, a
convicted felon who has been
_ engaging in classical anti-
Semitism" has converted
the foundation into a
membership organization '
and has begun publication of
a newsletter, "Memoranda"
which features  anti-Israel
.. propaganda as well as
attacks on the, American
news media.
Forster said a nationwide
mailing is now being con¬
ducted by Agnew, enclosing
- the newsletter and member-
. .T ship application andjoffering^,.
.a patron membership for a
"minimum of $500.
'Lawrence       Peirez,
. chairman of the ADL's civil
rights committee, said that
in one article on the Mideast,
Agnew sought to use state¬
ments by the Social Action
Commission of Reform'
Judaism.and Rabbi Henry
Siegman, executive director
of the Synagogue Council of
America, to support
Agnew's' argument that
prominent Jews and
respectable Jewish organi¬
zations are critical of alleged
"Israeli imperialism."
The Reform group told the
ADL that statements critical
of Israel which were
attributed to it by Agnew are
distorted and taken out of
context from a resolution
"that is supportive of
Israel." Rabbi Siegman told
the ADL that "the views
Agnew attributes to me are a
total fabrication."
Siegman later announced
he would sue Agnew for libel.
In a related action Breira, -
which describes itself as>a
'pro-Israel organization that
proposes alternative
strategies for achieving
Israeli security, strongly
dissociated itself from the
context of the article in
"Memoranda" in which it
wasquo'ed.
The   article   said   that
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Community Bids Farewell To Rabbi Zisenwine
McGovi
ByU.S/ForC
' WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Sen.   George   McGovern,
'.(D.SD), chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee on Middle
Eastern Affairs, and Sen.
Charles H. Percy of Illinois,
the senior Republican
member- of the sub¬
committee, said July 26 that
the United States should
make major, urgent efforts
to find an overall settlement
to the Arab-Israel conflict
. early-next year no matter
who is elected President in
November.
- The two senators appeared
to be expressing a consenses
reached during six days of
hearings. on Middle East
policy conducted by the sub-
' committee which have just
ended,
Testimony was given by 26
witnesses. Nearly all of therh-
agreed  that  Secretary  of
State Henry A. Kissinger's
step-by-step  diplomacy   in
the Mideast has reached the
end of its usefulness and
many asserted that _the outjl
lines of an eventual settle¬
ment must be made explicit.
if further progress is to be
achieved.
McGovern and^Percy said
ercy Urge Major Efforts
iverall Mideast Peace
that   most   witnesses'   had
agreed that a general settle;
ment would require Israel's
withdrawal from Arab terri¬
tory it occupied in the- Six- -
Day War, the creation of a"
Palestinian  entity  on  the
West Bank and in the Gaza
Strip,' outside,   security''
guarantees for both sides'
and Arab acknowledgement
of Israel's right to exist. -
McGovern likened the
shift from automatic support
for Israel to "a more
thoughtful interpretive
view" to the early political
shifts on the Vietnam war
when opposition to that con¬
flict spread from one'or two '
senators to a larger group of
18-20.
"Israel," McGovern said, -
"is one country I'd have no .
trouble fightThV"to" defend.
But   in   my   perception,
Israel's    own    interest,
depends on moving toward
an overall settlement," he
added. j, ■-   , ■
One of the u witnesses," ■
Marver Bernstein, president .
of Brandeis , University,
agreed that a general settle¬
ment should involve Israeli .
' "withdrawals . in return for ,
Arab recognition of Israel's
right to exist. But he warned
against ','peace by proxy,"
meaning that direct Israeli- _
Arab negotiations will be
required to make the settle¬
ment process work.
The type of settlement out¬
lined at the hearings is
similar to proposals made
last year by a group of
prominent Americans
brought together by the
Brookings Institution.
Edward R..F. Sheehan, of'
Harvard .University, a
writer on Middle East
policy, told the sub¬
committee that something
akin to the Brookings plan
was privately favored by
most American officials in¬
volved in the Mideast. He
said, "I don't think there is
any question that (the
Arabs) are prepared for
normal relations provided
Israel withdraws from the
territories."
McGovern and Percy dis¬
agreed over U.S. inter¬
vention in the Lebanese civil
war. McGovern said that the
U.S. should Consider sending
troops to Lebanon as part of
an international forceTf such
a means could be effective in
, (CONTINUEDON PAOE U)
By Lauri Zofan
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Columbus Jewish
Community has bid farewell
to its "hometown rabbi."
On Monday Rabbi David.
W., Zisenwine, his wife Anne
and their sons Daniel and '
Joel left Columbus to make
their home in Israel.
In the fall Rabbi Zisenwine
will be on the faculty of the
cSchpoJ-oLEducation at Tel..
Aviv University.
Rabbi Zisenwine, spiritual
leader ,-of- Congregation
Tifereth Israel for the past
four years,.- was born "and -
raised in'Columbus. During
a ten-year span from 1962 to
1972 he was away from the
city, but returned in July
1972'to Tifereth Israel.
In an interview with the -
Chronicle, Rabbi Zisenwine
said "I enjoyed my four
years as rabbi in Columbus
... it is most difficult to
leave the many new and old
■friends here."
Rabbi Zisenwine sees two
important  aspects" of  his
career in the rabbinate ...
being a  pulpit rabbi and
- teaching in Israel.
He noted that the pulpit
was' "fulfilling, and re¬
warding" but ,that teaching
in, Israel will give him a
. chance to "affect the main¬
stream of Jewish life today."
"Israel is a challenging,
creative -place to live. It
provides a real opportunity
to participate in life in the
Jewish state," he
commented.
Although jtabbi Zisenwine
feels there will never ,be
mass aliyah to Israel, he
believes that "some of us
have to contribute our skills
to strengthen and build the
Jewish state.
"Aliyah will always be for
the few who!eel the need and
have the ability to see Israel
as fulfilling Jewish
existence," Rabbi Zisenwine
said.    ', • .   •■
1 Although there is a small;
Conservative movement in'
Rabbi David W.
Zisenwine
Israel, Rabbi Zisenwine has
no plans to be a practicing
rabbi. If there is a Con-
servativecongregation in his
area,' he said he hopes to be
an active member. *
r Upon their arrival in
Israel, the Zisenwine's will
go to an "absorption center"
where they will be provided
with an efficiency type
apartment until they find a
' residence of their own.
The   academic  year   in
Israel -starts after the high -
holidays   and   continues
through July, Rabbi Zisen¬
wine noted.
The universities are run
similar to European, uni¬
versities in that" students
begin their area of
specialization immediately
upon entering. "Liberal arts "
(as^ known in American,
universities*    is ~ virtually
. unknown ' -in- .Israel,"
according to Rabbi
Zisenwine.        " ■
Because of this  intense
concentration in one's major
- area of study, a bachelor of
arts degree is usually a
three-year program he said.
This summer, Rabbi
Zisenwine taught a .course
with Robert Chazan in
curriculum- development'
and Jewish history at The
Ohio' State ■ University, The
course was made possible
through' a grant from the
National Endowment for the
Humanities.
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Senate Votes 864 To Penalize
Firms Complying With Boycott
~ WASHINGTON (WNS) -
A bill penalizing-American
corporations that resort to
.bribery or comply with the'
Arab boycott against Israel
was approved in the Senate
by an 86-1 vote. The bill,
which is part of the Tax
Reform Act, must now go to
the House for approval.
The  lone  negative  vote
cast by Sen. Floyd Haskell
'. (D. Colo.) who said he voted
against the • provision
because he was against the
entire Tax Reform Act.
'   The Senate action would
subject corporate executives*
to penalties including up to a
year-in^jail for failure to r-
report any corporate income
drived as a result of bribes
-or earned in any country that
requires" participation in a
boycott.
Meanwhile, the House sub¬
committee on government
information and individual
rights headed by Rep. Bella
Abzug (D. NY), is con¬
sidering legislation making
nondiscrimination manda-.
tory in the overseas assign¬
ment policies of federal
agencies. Representatives of
Jewish organizations
testifying before the sub¬
committee said that legisla¬
tion is required to combat
the discriminatory'
character of the Arab
boycott. ■■»
In another development,
the' Department of
Commerce has announced it
has withdrawn its partici¬
pation from the scheduled-
"Joint Mideast-American
Business Conierence" at the
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