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SEPTEMBER 29,1977 - TISHREI17
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Dayan: Geneva Conf. Will Be Reconvened
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Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan before their
meeting at the White House on Sept. 19. Dayan, in
search of a Middle East peace solution, reportedly told
members of Congress that Israel would be prepared to
allow the U.S. to establish a naval base at Haifa for use
JbytheSixth Fleet.
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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Jewish Organizations Condemn
Justice Brief In Bakke Case
The Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith said
Sept. 19 that the Justice De¬
partment brief on the use of
racial quotas in college ad¬
missions -, ''deliberately
waffles thejxisic question
and constitutes all' unfor¬
tunate political push in the
wrong direction."
The American Jewish Con¬
gress also expressed con¬
cern over the brief. It was
"dismayed" and charged
that letting colleges consider
the race of candidates for ad¬
mission was "the first step
toward a disastrous,system
of proportional representa¬
tion in education-and- em-
Heritage House
Dedication Set
For Nov. 6
DaveLevison, president of
Heritage House, is pleased to
announce that the dedication
< ceremony for the Terrace
Level of the Eleanor and'
Jack Resler Wing will take -
place on Sunday, Noy. '6 at 2
p.m.       / -    .
The Dedication Planning
Committee will be chaired
by Justice Leonard Stera
Assisting Justice Stern'are
Mrs. 4 Gerald Friedman, Sol
Morton Isaac, Mrs. Joseph
Schecter, Lou Robins, Mrs.
Melton Leeman, Mrs. Harry
Wexner,:; Mrs. Charlotte
Mentser, Mrs. Ted Finkel-
stein, Morris Skilken,' Morris
. Fleishman, Don Erkis,
David Levison,- Gerald N.
Conn and Betty Cohen.   '
Messrs. Levison and Stern
urge the community to mark-
their calendars for this,
major-, 'community event.
Highlights of the dedication
will be announce in future is¬
sues 6f the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle.
ployment based on race and
religion."
The brief, an amicus
curiae in "The Regents of
the University of California
v. Bakke'*. case to be heard
by the Supreme Court next
month, urgeSItbat race beal- -
lowed as a factor in examin¬
ing an applicant's qualifica¬
tions for college entrance.
According to Arnold
Forster, ADL's general
counsel, while the govern-
• ment's "brief appears to op¬
pose quotas, that position is
overwhelmed by its in¬
sistence on race preference.
"But once this is permitted,".
Forster said, "a loophole is
opened in,the constitutional
barrier against racial quotas
large enough to render that
barrier meaningless."
- Forester said that ADL,
which has also.entered a
friend of^ the. court brief in
the case^— on the side of
Bakke — does hot advocate ,
the strict use of grade pojnt
averages'or aptitude tests,
"Obviously," Forster de¬
clared, "an applicant may
be considered on a wide
variety of standards, includ¬
ing overcoming educational
disadvantage, but such
standards cannot" legiti¬
mately include race, reli¬
gion, ethnic origin or sex."
- He went on to say that the
government's brief, confuses
affirmative action with
racial preference, and sup¬
ports racial goals or targets,
which were not involved in
the Bakke case. He called
the .brief "the product of
enormous presure brought
oh the Administration',' and
asserted that the govern¬
ment, has "abandoned the.
position that every Ameri¬
can is entitled to considera¬
tion, for, admission on the .
basis of his or her own
merits,1' v^   .^   >■
(CONTINUEOON P.AGE 7)
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Israeli Foreign Minister -
Moshe Dayan, who. met all
day Sept. 19 with President
Carter and Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance, declared
Sept. 20 that "a formula will
be found" to,reconvene the
Geneva peace conference
before the year end, despite
differences between the
United States and Israel.
"Americans - better under¬
stand now our position" and
"we shall.be more under¬
standing of the American
position," Dayan told a press
conference.
Responding to questions,
the Israeli foreign minister
stressed Israel's refusal to
deal in any manner with the
Palestine Liberation Organi¬
zation, its absolute rejection
of any Palestinian ."entity",
or "homeland," its
determination never to re¬
turn to the pre-1967-borders
and Israel's insistence on the
right to establish Jewish set-,
tlements on the West Bank.
He a'cknowledgedthat the
Carter Administration dif¬
fered with Israel on these
matters, but said that the
President did not hint that he
- would' use^Americari^aid -to-
Israel as a means of pres¬
sure on the Jewish State. "I
haven't felt anything of this
kind," Dayan said. "The
Issue of a Palestinian state is
so important for us, I don't
really think even though the
U.S. and President Carter's
position is different, they
would impose it on us. They
will try to convince us."
Dayan said that the reason
he believes the Geneva con- •-
ference can-'be'reconvened .,
this year is that Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat and
Hordanian King Hussein
"really do want peace,—
their peace — and (to)
achieve it by political
irieans, not fighting^<war to
impose conditions."
Dayan met with Carter
:or 55 minutes in the Presi-,
dent's" Oval Office Sept. 19
with only Vice President
Walter Mondale present.
They then went to the Cabi¬
net Room for a 95 minute
session attended by Vance
and aides on both sides in¬
cluding Israeli Ambassador
Simeha Dinitz. Before and
after the White House meet¬
ings Da van had long sessions
atthe State Department with
Vance.
Referring to his talks with
CIA Says Pro-Arab Group
Withheld Infoln Dayan Charge
WASHINGTON (WNS) - The American Palestine
Committee withheld information it had that was "con¬
siderably at variance" with the accusations it pub¬
lished against Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan
" -in an advertisement in the New York Times Sept. 19,
according' to' a Central Intelligence Agency official.
The pro-Arab group charged that Dayan as Israel's de¬
fense minister ordered the Israeli air attack on the U.S.
Navy intelligence gathering ship Liberty off the .Sinai
coast on June 6,1967 although he knew it was an Ameri¬
can ship. The committee said the charge was based oh
three CIA documents obtained under a Freedom of In¬
formation Act.
Denis Berend, the CIA's deputy press chief, said the
three documents, were "unfinished, unevaluated raw
■■*^Uttmgea3&i<1tii^^ a  .
' fourth document that "actually was an accounting of
what transpired in the attack" and was "considerably
at variance" with the other three.
The American .Palestinian Committee's charges
were in an advertisement .timed to coincide with
(CONTINUEDON PAGE II)
Book of Sermons 'Proclaims Liberty'
By LauriZofan
.  Chronicle News Editor
While writing books has
become ' rather . common¬
place for the clergy of today, .
their themes vary greatly. ~"
One  Columbus rabbi  has .
chosen to publish his ser¬
mons — not quite what the
average reader readily picks
upt
But if one takes the time to
examine Rabbi David Stav-
sky's publication, "Proclaim
Liberty Throughout The
Land ... A, Rabbi Speaks,"
the reader will discover an
oasis of contemporary is-'
sues, answers. and meSn-
The book, a compilation of
sermons preached by Rabbi
Stavsky during, the last 10
years at the Beth Jacob
Congregation "reflects the
issues " confronting the
American. Jewish
community during the last
decade."
To the rabbi, a sermon is a
"creative form of teaching"
in which he monitors current
, events and. ties them in with
the Torah portion of the
week. His^alnvis to make.:
- Tofah   relevant,   thus
. demonstrating "there is an
eternity to the message of -
theTorah."
i v
The impetus for this
publication came from many
Jay people who felt a wider
audience • should have the
opportunity- to hear Rabbis
Stavksy's messages.
Published this past July, it
took the rabbi one and a half
years to choose the sermons
for inclusion.
Rabbi Stavsky feels his
audience is basically the
under 35 year old. One of his
major goals is "to make the
Torah come alive" -and be
relevant ' to. "an alienated
youth culture."
Discussing the problem of
ecology through the story of
Adam and creation is an
example of how Rabbi.
Stavsky relates a theme of
the Bible to a modern
situation.
Published and distributed
by The Judaica Press, Inc. of
New York, the book is
available in Jewish , book,
stores and synagogue shops
throughout the U.S. and in
England. It is Rabbi
Stavsky's first book,
although he has published
several pamphlets on
various topics.    .
Rabbi Stavsky admits his
sermons don't always appeal
to his,older congregants, but
that he feels a "moral
responsibility" ' to call the
shots as he sees them. It is
n'ot unusual for him to
simply translate a text from
'the Torah if he can't1 find a
way to make the week's
sermon "relevant."
From the school of thought
that young congregants want
to be inspired and to learn
rather man be. preached at,
Rabbi Stavsky 'predicts a
change -is developing in
sermons.   The   trend   is
(CONTINUEOON PAGE 8)
Carter and Vance, Dayan
said at his Sept. 20 press con¬
ference that he told them "I   -
am absolutely opposed to a
.Palestinian state — any in¬
dependent Palestinian state
or    entity" . because
. "eventually that would be a
state that would be a
disaster for the Middle East
and for us." .    ,
" Hesaid that a "pull out" of
Israeli military units and Je- .
with settlements from occu¬
pied lands "is a terrible line— -
to adopt and we will not
cooperate-with that." Dayan
said the U.S.- position re¬
mains that the settlements
.areillegal and an obstacle to
peace.
However, Dayan noted
that while Israel will-not re¬
turn to its pre-1967 borders
that "does not mean the ulti¬
mate borders will be the set¬
tlements, certainly not." He
said if "some settlements
were on the other side of the
ultimate border" means will-
be found to "remove them"
or adjust to circumstances
some other way.
Dayan said Jewish settle¬
ments on the West Bank
were'not based .on Israel's
- "rights''.but on "feelings"""
that Jews can live in their
"old   homeland"   that   in- '
eludes Smaria and Judaea.
Dayan    insisted    that
"everything is negotiable,
but what is not negotiable is
a   separate   (Palestinian^
state and no Israelis on the
West Bank.. This is not a,
proper basis for living to¬
gether." He said the Israelis
military positions  are in-   ■
tended not "to impose our- -
selves on the Arabs who live '
there but to protect Israel."
Dayan declined to discuss
in detail the "draft" peace
settlement he submitted to
Carter and Vance. However,
he said, it defines the prob¬
lems,   including,   borders;
.gives Israel's position on
how to solve these problems  '
(CONTINUEDON PAGE?'
Simchat Torah (the rejoicing of the Torah) will be
celebrated this year on October 5/Tishrei 23. The
yearly Torah reading cycle is completed and begins
again at this time.    .
JERUSALEM (WNS) — Israel's population is now
3,628,000 an increase of 75,000 or 2.1»percent since last ,
Rosh Hashonah, according to the Central Bureau of
Statistics. All but 569,000 are Jewish. But the non-Je¬
wish population increased by 3.6 percent last year.
NEW YORK (WNS) - A new book published in the
Soviet Union this summer, "Wild Wormwood,"
equates Zibnisrn,and Nazism, according to the Greater-
New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. The book, writ¬
ten by T.S. Solodar, was widely hailed for exposing the
"true cornerstone of Zionist ideology and propa¬
ganda." The Conference noted that Western observers
fear the wide publicity given the book may signal the
beginning of an intensified campaign against all Jews
in the Soviet Union whether they seek to emigrate or
not.