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Concern Expressed Over Reported U.S. Cutbacks
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Jewish Symposium In USSR
LONDON — Meet an American couple who can tell
what life is like for the Soviet Union's Jewish com-
- munity. Prof. Edward Alexander of the University of
Washington in Seattle, and his wife Leah describe their
problems in the USSR to newsmen in London. Prof.
Alexander was invited to participate in a symposium '
on Jewish culture in Moscow, but on arrival was told to
leave by Soviet police. He stopped in London to confer
with newsmen.     '   '
More than 30 Soviet Jewish leaders were detained in
an attempt to break-up the symposium. Organizers of
the meeting were arrested by USSR police. Despite the '
onslaught on the Jews, 50 pets'ohs invited to the
. symposiuih managed to meetin an apartment-Among
themvfere a leading-Russian dissident, Nobel Prize''
winner Andrei Sakharov, a non-Jew.
X    ~ RELIplOUS NEWSSERVICE PHOTO
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Congressional sources ex¬
pressed deep concern Dec.
.3 over apparently well-
lased reports that the Ford
Administration has chopped
¥800 million from Israel's re-
(Rested $2.3 billion ih finan¬
cial assistance in the 1978
U.S. fiscal year that starts
next Oct. l.
Reports that the reduction
of more than a thira" of the
amount' Israeli Defense
Minister Shimon Peres had
asked for was necessary in
view of' increased costs
caused by inflation is not yet
official. Spokesmen at the"
, White House, the State De¬
partment-and the Office of
Management and Budget
(OMB) told the Jewish Tele¬
graphic Agency, that the
budget is not yet finished and
until it is made public,
changes can be made in it.
However, the JTA learned
that the budgeting decisions
on the Middle East have
been' completed. President
Ford is to present the budget
to congress about Jan. 17,
three days before he leaves
office. The new Congres
convenes Jan. 4. By law tht /
new budget must be preX
. sented 15 days after Con¬
gress meets.
"If the Administration
wants to destroy the chances.
of the moderates in Israel to -
win the election in „ the
spring, this is the way to do
it," one Congressional
source said in expressing the
view that the cut would
strengthen the opposition in
Israel because it would indi¬
cate a lessening of U.S. int¬
erest in Israel's well being.
Another commented that
the cut could be a fatal blow
to Premier Yitzhak Rabin's .
' retention of power since he
.had commented, favorably
during the U.S., election cam¬
paign on Ford's record'
toward Israel.
James Lynn, director of
the OMB, was seen as having ;
persuaded the President to
reduce Israel's requested
$1.5 billion in military
credits and $800 million in
economic supporting assist¬
ance. Lynn was said to have
fought granting assistance to
Israel for the three-month
transition between the 1976
1977 UJF Campaign Shows Successful Beginning
The 1977 United Jewish
Fund Gampaign (UJFO,
under, the chairmanship of
Irving JS, Schottenstein, be¬
gan with one of .the Fund's
most successful efforts.
At an Advance Gifts Par¬
lor meeting, November 23 at
the   home' of   Leslie   N,
Wexner,,a traditional event
for the past two years, 25-.
contributors present pledged
over $1,000,000, representing '
a 15% increase of the gifts of
those   present,   compared >
with their 1976 gifts. Never in
the history of the UJFC was
so much raised, at so early a
time in a non-crisis setting.
Irving Bernstein, execu-.
tive vice-chairman of -the
United Jewish Appeal, was
the   guest   speaker   and <
stressed in his remarks the
dedication and commitment
of leadership in communities
throughout   America   in
assuming the1 responsibility
of meeting the continued ,
overwhelmingneedsjBf our
pfeople.       x     - T" -
•* This .theme was stressed
and repeated by all those
•present who had a chance to
respond to the challenge not
<*ily in regard to their views
as to why more money mus.t'
.be raised this year, but in,
demonstrating this through
their own commitments.
-Present and whose gifts
were announced were the
following: Sidney I. Blatt,
Millard Cummins, William
Glick, Murray Greenberg,
Herbert Grossman, George
M. Levine, Marvin Katz,
Myer, Meliman, Tom Lurie,
Samuel M. Melton, John B.
Resler, Sanford B. Sanford,
Herbert H. Schiff; Melvin
Schottenstein, Marvin.
Silberstein, B. Lee Skilken,
Morris Skilken, Ernest
Stern, Leslie Wexner, Jack
Wallick, Gordon Zacks, Mrs.
Harry Wexner, MrsrSamhel
M. Melton, Irving Schotten¬
stein and Adolph Sommer.
Young Men's Orientation Day
Results In Increase Of 128.9%
The Young Mens Division
of the United Jewish Fund
Campaign held one of the
most' successful campaign
events in its history whenR.
Alan Rudy, a distinguished
lay leader from Houston,
Texas, was the guest at the
Young Men's Workers
Orientation Day which was
conducted on December 19
at the Holiday. Inn Airport.
- The program .commenced
with introductory remarks
by Dennis' Meliman, 1977
chairman of the Young
Men's Division. Irving
Schottenstein, 1977 General
Campaign chairman -re¬
ported on the progress of the
campaign and noted that it is
showing- an overall, sub¬
stantial  increase.  |        I
Mr. Rudy, the 1975-76. na¬
tional   chairman'   of the-
United   Jewish   Appeal's
Young Leadership Cabinet,
reviewed the current econo¬
mic situation in Israel and
sensitized the 25 workers to
the severe economic crisis.
Mr. Rudy, along with Jeff
Paine and Dennis Meliman,
conducted a mock solicita¬
tion. This was done in order
to teach the workers -the
"do's and don'ts" of ef--
fective solicitation. Follow¬
ing the discussion of solici¬
tation ' techniques, the
workers divided into four
groups. After intense discus¬
sions within each group, the
workers made their 1977
committments.' .
'. Mr. Meliman stated, "The
results of this orientation
were phenomenal. We
registered an increase of
128.9% on 15 cards. With this
kind of committment from
- • our workers, the 1977 cam¬
paign will most assuredly be
a great success."
Following this meeting,
individual solicitations have
been taking place in all divi¬
sions, in addition to several
fund-raising affairs. At a
worker's training session of
the Advance Gifts Division,
13 workers pledged $132,155
as compared to their 1976,
gifts of $110,000, for a 20%
increase.
The total results to date
represent $1,157,615 com¬
pared to $1,028,471 for 133
gifts. The leadership of all
the divisions are heartened-
by this initial response and
are confident that this year's
campaign can achieve a sub¬
stantially greater amount
against last year's achieve¬
ment of $2,630,000; It is also
noteworthy that at this time
more than 50% of the gifts of
the members of the Federa¬
tion Board of Trustees have
been committed, represent¬
ing overwhelmingly in¬
creased giving.
Ernest Stern, president of
ihe Federation expressed for
the board as well as the cam¬
paign leadership the con¬
viction that there is clear-
recognition for the need of
"raisingmore-money to.build
a strong Jewish community
in Columbus, while at the
same   time   meeting   the
.-needs of overseas.
'and 1977 budgets in which
Israel received about $2
billion for each year. Con¬
gress, and the Administra¬
tion compromised after Con¬
gress had suggested $550
million.
Meanwhile, White House'
sources indicated to the JTA
that Ford would present to
Congress before his de¬
parture his promised
delivery of sophisticated
weapons to Israel, including
weapons not yet on the mass
production    lines.     The
sources said the Depart¬
ments of State and Defense
have completed their study
of the equipment Ford said
Israel is to receive but ag¬
reements on delivery dates
and costs have not been
reached by the two
countries.
When Jimmy Carter be¬
comes President Jan. 20 he
can alter the Ford presenta¬
tions to Congress. Congress
itself would have much to
say on both the budgeting
and the arms.
Judge Hill, Other Experts To Be
Panelists On Juvenile Justice
National Council of Jewish
Women (NCJW) groups all
over the country are working
to improve the juvenile
justice system. Through
th.e|r systematic study of the
juVenile, courts, police and
probation departments, de¬
tention centers, institutions,
and laws, NCJW women
have become, cognizant of
the failings of this system.
Beginning as-outside ob¬
servers of the juvenile jus¬
tice system, Council women,
"through tftfehrinvolvement,
have becortie insiders who
are actively working to pro¬
mote justice for children.
< In Ohio, NCJW, in coali¬
tion with other interested
groups, is organizing
regional networks to review
and "evaluate services to
youth, especially- unruly
youth. Plans are in the mak¬
ing for Columbus to be a
base for its metropolitan
area network.
In order to increase com¬
munity understanding of the
.juvenile justice system, the
Columbus Evening .Branch
of National Council of Jewish
Women, in conjunction with
the " Jewish Center, will
present a panel of experts
from the • field. These
panelists include: The Hon.
Justice John W. Hill ,
John W. . Hill, Franklin
County Juvenile Court
judge; John Baumeister,
director, Franklin ^County
Children's Services-Unruly
Unit; Wendell Metz, assist¬
ant deputy director for Com¬
munity Services of the Ohio
Youth Commission; Jane
Burdekin, executive direc¬
tor, Friends In Action; and
Peter Glick, director, Jewish
Family Service.
This timely community af¬
fairs program will be held in
the Adult Lounge of the Jew¬
ish Center, 1125 College
Ave., at 8 p.m. on Wednes¬
day, Jan. 5. A question and
answer period will follow the
panel presentations.
Moon Condemns Anti-Semitism
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the
South Korean founder of the
Unification Church, has de¬
clared that his movement
"categorically condemns
anti-Semitism, the most
hideous, abject and cruel
form of hatred." Rev, Moor
took, a full-page ad in the
New York Times Dec. 19 to
clarify his ' position or.
Judaism and the Holocaust.
In response to the Korean
preacher's declaration,
Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, na¬
tional interreligious affairs
director of the American
Jewish Committee, ex¬
pressed the hope that Rev.
Moon's statement "will now
result in concrete actions
that will demonstrate that he
-means what he now pro-
Early in December,- the
American Jewish Commit¬
tee released a report which
charges that Rev. Moon's
book, "Divine Principle,"
"is a feculent breeding-
ground for fostering! anti-
Semitism."
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