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VOL. 54 NO. 41
SEPTEMBER 30.1970 - T1SHREI0,5737
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Carter Plans Ac/dress
UNITED NATIONS
(WNS) — The need to
consider the rights of both
Palestinians and Israelis in
any Middle 'East- peace
settlement was stressed by
Hamilton Shirley
Amerasinghe, of Sri Lanka
(Ceylon), the newly-elected,
president of the 3lst General
Assembly in his_ inaugural
address.  '
Amerasinghe' said the
most important element for
resolving the conflict is "the
heed for restoring, to the
Arab people their legitimate
rights, which will give them
a separate Palestinian state
as provided for and endorsed
by the United Nations in the
partition agreement of
1948." Hecalled on Israel "to
withdraw its' armed, forces
from territories occupied by
it as a result of war."
But he said a final
settlement must' include
"the acknowledg'ement.'both
in policy and in practice,, of
the sovereignty, territorial
integrity and political
independence of every state
in the Middle East, including
Israel, to''live in peace with1
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 16)
lican Leaders Meet
Praying For Forgiveness, Reconciliation
Jerusalem's Western  (Wailing)' Wall,  the most
sacred place in Judaism, will be the scene of the
offering of numerous prayers for forgiveness of sins
and reconciliation with both God and fellow humans on,
YomKippur/the Day of Atonement. On this, the holiest""
and most solemn day in the Jewish religion, Jews
abstain from work, as well as food and drink, and .
spend the day in the synagogue in prayer.    , ,
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by John Taylor "    -
Center Open House Will Offer
Demopstrations' For All Ages_
Demonstrations especially
for children will add excite¬
ment to' the Open House
planned for the Jewish
Center on Thursday, October
7 from9:30a.m. until!) p.m.
Ron Tyroler will- present
model building from 3 p.m.
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NEW YORK (WNS) - The House of Bishops at the
Episcopal    Church    governing    convention    in
Minneapolis has removed from the church's revised -'
Book of Common Prayer a hymn that has been
considered offensive to Jews. The American Jewish  ■
Committee hailed the decision in a telegram to Bishop
John AHin, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. -
The hymn consisted of- two Medieval poems -tftat
"accused the Jewish people of ingratitude for their
deliverance from Egypt and held them collectively
responsible for the crucifixion. " •
JERUSALEM-tJTA) - Premier Yitzhak Rabin and.
Labor Minister Moshe Baram received this week two
post cards which were mailed from the southern
Lebanese village of Rumeish. The' cards carried
Lebanese stamps iVith the,postmark of the Rumeish
post office — and an Israeli postmark carrying the now ,
famous name,,"The Good Fence—Dovev." The cards
were apparently dropped into the mail box set af the
border point which serves Lebanese Who want to mail
letters in the absence of postal services in Lebanon.
•This is one of the few knownxases in which an Israeli
politician received mail from an Arab country through
the regular postal services..
, * BRUSSELS (WNS) - Swastikas and anti-Jewish
slogans were painted on the wall of *a barrack at
Malines, near Brussels, close to a memorial plaque'of
26,000 Jews who were confined there while awaiting
deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II.
The graffiti was discovered shortly before an annual
pilgrimage to the barracks in<Triemory of the victims.
Speakers recalled how Belgium citizens saved the lives ,
'of over 20,000 Jews during the occupation.
'—JSLIZABETH, N. J. <WNS> - Jewish leaders in
communities   throughout  the  Soviet   Union, have
. confirmed the arrival of.ship'ments of esrogim, lulavim
and hadasim, Rabbi Pinchas M. Teitz, dean of the
Jewish Education Center here, reported. He said the
items were received in Moscow, Leningrad, Kjev,
• Riga, Vilna, Kovna^' Dvinsk, Tashkent, Slavuta,
Kuibishev, Minsk, Kishinev and Odessa. -   ,
until 3:30 p.m. for grades 1
and   2,    Simultaneously,
stamp   collecting, will   be
offerred by David Rosinger
for grades 5 to'0. From 3:30l
p.m. until 4 p.m. grades ^3 _
" and 4 will enjoy" the'M'acL"
Scientist Society with Elliot
Fishman.
Leann Haggard will lead
creative' .movement   for
grades 1 through 8 from 4
p.m. until 5 p.hi. Grades 1
through 6 will be treated to a
Kaleidoscope of Children's
Art from 4 p.m. until 4:30 by
-Sonya   Robbins.    In. the,
'evening, grades 3 and 4 can
select from Magic led by
, Richard Fishman or Batik ■
' led by Jody Rosen at 7. .
Adults can enjoy "moving
with Mim", a slimnastics.
demonstration by Mim'
Chenfield,   Gladys, Ruz's
• belly > dancing ■ demonstra-
• tjon, arid a Karate demon-
'stration by-Choon Mu Yang.
In   addition,   prospective
' members xan sample swim-
,. ming,'  bowling, ' and   the
. Health Club. In keeping with
.the holiday spirit,'apples,
and honey will be served.
• Judy • Tenenbaum,
membership vice' president,
would, like to welcome all.
"For over 26 years," she
'.' said, "the Jewish Center has
provided a place for fun and-
learning,'  friendship   and
- family. People of all ages, all
backgrounds, and all
interests have truly found it
■to be the center of" their
lives.'.''
. According to Ruth Ann
Blank,      membership'
-.chairman, "various
categories, of membership
are available to meet the
needs of the members who
'make up the Center family."
Anyone interested is urged
to call the membership
office at the Center 231-2731.
WASHINGTON <WNS) -
President Ford told close to ,
150 Jewish leaders, including
Gordon Zacks from
Columbus, that he was
committed to the "security
and safety of rsrael."
While the meeting was
closed to the*" press,
participants later' .told .
reporters that the President
noted that U.S. and-military
economic assistance to-
Israel is "for a good cause."
Ford said it. was "indicative
of the action this Admin¬
istration has taken where
' Israel's need is great." .
■ Before- the White House
meeting 125 Jewish leaders
from 21 states and the
District of Columbia met for
two    hours    with   .Ford
' campaign chairman James
Baker and other strategists
at theStatler Hilton Hotel. •
They were joined later by a
score   of   other   Jewish,
leaders, who are not in a •
position   to> endorse,,,any ,
candidate, for the meeting-
with   Ford   at   the   White
House.
On the Soviet emigration
issue. Ford was reported as
telling the group "1 pledge to
you I will make every eiiort
with Congress and the
Soviets to get broader
opportunity tor Jews to leave
for Israel and the United
Slates. We will not capitulate
— and we will be strong in
"supporting Israel's position
in the United Nations.'.'
Meanwhile. Democratic
Presidential      candidate
iCONTmUEpON PAGE 101
Ernest Stern Elected Federation President
Ernest Stern was elected i
for a one-year term as
President of the Columbus
Jewish Federation at the
• 50th Anniversary Annual
Meeting of the Federation.
September 19.
President or Continental L
Olliee Supply, Mr. Stern is a
graduate of Ohio State
University and of the
Franklin University * Law
School. His record of com¬
munity leadership is, out-,
standing, and includes ser¬
vice as general chairman of
the 1973 United Jewish Fund
Campaign; vice-president of
the ■ Columbus ' Jewish
Federation: chairman ol the
GIF Allocations Committee:
Enu'sl Stern
past president of- the Zion
Lodge. B'nai B'rith:' vice-
prcsident and treasurer ot
'        , (CONTINUEDON PAGE l»f
00 Shofars Sound Gall For Freedom
-NEW YORK (JTA)--In a
dramatic      "call      to
"^conscience," '100 shofars
were sounded in unison Sept.'
■ 22, heralding the Jewish New
Year and highlighting the,
plight of scores, of Soviet
Jewish    "prisoners    oi
conscience."
The "Shofar for Freedom"
ceremony, which launched a
series oi events to mark the
High, Holy Days, was;
sponsored by the Greater.
New York Conference on
Soviet Jewry and locused on
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Supporters of Soviet Jews, young and old. take part
in a "Shofar for Freedom" ceremony at the Isaiah
Wall opposite the United Nations headquarters.
Nash Aussenberg, (bottom photo >. one of the world's
greatest shofar artists, demonstrates the ram's horn to
a young observer. Although Assenberg is a rcknowned
shofar player, he is not a rabbi or a canter. Born in
Leipzig, the Orthodox Jew took along his shoiar. which
he has been blowing since before his Bar Mitzvah.
when his family escaped Europe in 1939,
the need lor renewed efforts
in the vear.ahead togain
Ireedom'for vast numbers ol
Soviet Jews. Bronx Borough
'President 'Robert Abrams."
Conference trhairman,
presided at the ceremony,
held at 'the Isaiah , Wall
opposite the United Xations.
Manhattan ' Borough
President Percy Sutton, one
of the particjpants in the
ceremony.- issued a.
proclamation naming the
day .as" ''Greater New York
Conference on Soviet'Jewry
Day." Rabbi, Haskel
Lcokstein.' a Conference
vice-chairman, led in the
blowing of the shofars. i,,
Mrs! Lynn Singer, another
Conference vice-chairman,
read a "roll call ot honor."
the names of Soviet Jewish
prisoners' in Soviet, labor
camps, and Cantor Joseph
Malovany sang the words to
"Sound the Great Sh'olar ot
Freedom."
' The ceremony took on
special, meaning in, that-it
also marked the b(rthda\\ot
Dr. Mikhail .Stern, a
prominent.' Soviet Jewish
, physician who is serving an
eight-year term in a Soviet
labor camp. *
Abrams declared that "as
we prepare to celebrate the
New Year. 5737. \ye urge.
New Yorker's of all faiths to,
rededicate themselves to the
■ cause of Soviet Jewry and to
all those living in the grim'
. .shadowofoppression."  '
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