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VOL. 55 NO. 10
March 10,11177- ADAR 20
Cornerstone Laying
To Be Highlight
Of Annual Meeting
The cornerstone ceremony
for the Terrace Leveld the
Resler Wing of Heritage
House will be among the
highlights of the Fifteenth
Annual Meeting of Heritage
House to be held on Sunday,
March 27at 1:30p.m.
The Terrace Level, when
completed, will - provide
accommodations for 50
additional; members of-the
Heritage House family.
Construction will be
underway at the time of the
Annual Meeting and should
be completed this summer.
The cornerstone ceremony
will honor Eleanor and Jack
Resler, benefactors of the
Terrace Level and the
Resler Wing of Heritage
House. .*"
A "sneak preview" of the
Terrace Level will be
described to those attending
the meeting.
Sol Morton Isaac and
Justice Leonard Stern,
chairman and, co-chairman
of the -Annual Meeting
Planning Committee extend
a cordial invitation to the
entire community to join the
Heritage House, family "for
this major community
event;
TEL AVIV, (JTA) - The Israel Voluntary Deiense
Fund has  received a  donation of $3,000 from a
Lebanese Christian woman. She sent in a check saying
that her brother had been treated.at the "good fence"
on the Israel-Lebanon border. The fund has also
announced the receipt of the largest single donation, IL
300,000.    It   came   from   Shmuel   and   Yocheved
Aharonowitz, the parents of Yitzhak Aharonowitz who   ■
was the captain bf-the Exodus, the famed ship that
sought to bring in illegal immigrants, in Palestine in .
1947. The Aharonowitz's said their .four children are"'
well off and they don't need the money which was
deposited in a bank.
GENEVA, (JTA) - The basement .in the new and
luxurious Hechal-Hanes (Palace of Miracle)
Synagogue here has been transformed into a lively ,
discotheque replete with dim lights, comfortable arm
chairs and the latest dance records. There is even a bar.
providing soft drinks and snacks. The Jewish
community decided to utilize the synagogue facilities
which, except for the holidays, was not used. The
feeling was that by opening a discotheque which would '
also function as a social club^young Jewish boys and
girls would have a place, to meet, fall in love and
marry.
- .WASHINGTON.* (JTA) -- A 7-1 decision.by the
Supreme Court March 1 quashed an attempt by 30,000
Hasidic Jews in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn
to reverse a 1974 realignment of voting districts by the
New York State Legislature which they claimed
infringed upon their rights as a religious voting bloc.
The decision, from which only Chief Justice Warren
Burger dissented, ruled that it'was-constitutuwaUQ
create voting "districts aimed at ensuring "the
numerical superiority of a raeialgrc^ppTOVltledth^tiT" ~
could be shown that past election procedures had
resulted in racial discrimination. ■"  ."
Vance Has Promised State Dept.
Will Probe USSR Matzoh Ban
Shlomo liar - Aim
Member of the
Haifa Municipal Theater
group will be appearing on
the Ohio State campus as a
result of the co-ordinated -
etforts of the above
mentioned sponsors. The
Israel Program Committee
ol OSU, the B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation and their
patrons, -the Israel Action
pommittee,' the' Israeli
Student Organization and
. the ' Israel Information
Center.
The performance is free.
For additional information,
call 294-4797.
Haifa Municipal Theater To Perform On Campus
"Voices From Israel," a
composite of several short
plays, will be presented by
the Haifa Municipal Theater
Mar. 15 in the Ohio Union
Conference Theater, 1739 N.
High St.. Ohio State
University campus, at 8 p.m.
The composite "is
considered documentary
theater. Each presentation
is .based on authentic
interviews with individuals
who experienced the
problems or situations
depicted.   .
"The Seventh Day" is
based upon ' recorded
conversations by ' kibbutz
members who fought in the
Six, Day War. "Co¬
existence" is a play dealing
with j the ' situation of the
Israeli-Arabs and is based on
interviews conducted by the ,
Arab writer, - Muhamad
Watad.
The interviews for "What
Do I Think" were collected
by the director of "Voices
From Israel," Nola Chilton,
"The Days to Come" deals
with the problems of aging-
and is based on interviews
conducted by the playwright
YehoshuaSobel.
The Haifa, Municipal
Theater Group is touring the
U.S. from February to April
and is sponsored by The
American Zionist Youth
Movement and The National
Jewish Welfare Board. The,
Synagogue Receives Aid From Non-Jews
HARTFORD, (JTA) --k A
group of non-Jews has
rallied to support a new
synagogue in the township of
Norfolk which the local
Planning and Zoning
Commission tried to, close
down and now limits the
days when religious services
may be held.
The case, involving Beit
'Havurah, is before the
Common , Pleas Court, the
Connecticut Jewish Ledger
reported, The congregation
was established in 1975 by a
group of young Jewish
professionals. It became
embroiled in a controversy
with neighbors who objected
to the use of their 18-room
house as a religious retreat.
The Zoning Commission
denied that congregation
access to the building on
grounds that it was "not a
house, of ' worship." That
ruling was overturned by the> i
Zoning, Board > of Appeals. -
The Zoning Commission
since then .decreed that the
synagogue' could  be used
, only on"the. Sabbath and.
.'major holidays. .
A letter signed by spme 30
community^ members most
of them non-Jews, protested
what   ,' they     termed •
'"thoughtless • violation   of ,
> First Amendment religious
rights." They charged that'
the restrictions on Beit
Havurah were ."discrimina-
, tory'-' and that the town-was
violating    the-   religious
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NEW YORK, (JTA)-The
Synagogue Council of
America (SCA) said March 1
that Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance has promised
to have the St'ate
Department investigate the
Soviet Union's ban on the
importation of matzohs.
Vance gave his assurance to
Rabbi ' Henry Siegman,
executive vice-president of
the SCA, ,at . a private
meeting at the State
Department Feb. 25.
The Soviet action was in
the form- of a note the
Moscow authorities sent to
the Universal Postal Unit in
January asking that it notify
post offices throughout the
world that the, Soviet Union
forbids the import of
"alimentary doughs and
products of flour converted
into bread in any postal item
whatsoever.". .
'< The „SCA' said Siegman
pointed - out to Vance that
since few other products
cpntaining flour are shipped
into the Soviet Union, the
jregulation effectively^ bans
' the shipment' oi, matzohs to
thai countryM'or1 Passover,
which begins April 2.
The National Conference
on ^.Soviet Jewry (NCSJ)
which called attention to the
Soviet ruling last week, said
it was promulgated shortly
after Soviet officials in the
West had given assurances
that matzoh packages would
be permitted entry. The ban
was characterized by the
NCSJ ns a new "assault" on
the cultural and religious
tradition of Jews in the
Soviet Union.
According" to Abraham S.
Kariikow of the American
Jewish Committee's Paris
office, ' "some 25.000
individual packages were in
preparation for shipment to
the USSR for Passover".' by
firms that "specialize in
sending packages to the
Soviet Union.
In Chicago, the National
. Interreligious Task Force on
Soviet,' Jewry, called on
Christians and Jews to join
in a .protest' against the
Soviet decree, A statement
issued by Sister Margaret,
Tra,xler, ' Prof., Andre
Lacocque and Rabbi Marc
Tanenbaum, co-chairper¬
sons of the Task Force,
expressed "dismay" that the
■Soviet .authorities had
reversed their~ earlier
decision. , .'-,._
,. "While • we ■ were
encouraged to hear that the
Soviet government will allow
the baking of matzoh' in
Moscow, ' Leningrad and
Kiev, we are concerned that
Jews in small towns and
outlying areas will not have
sulticient supplies for the
eight days of Passover."
they said.
. The SCA also noted that
Jews in small towns and
villages' in "the Soviet Union
depend on matzoh packages
shipped from the U.S. and
Western Europe.
In London, the office of
British Chief Rabbi
Immanuel Jakobowitz
described the' ban as "a
grave .violation of basic
religious rights." A
spokesman • said, however,
that there should be no
shortage of locally produced
matzohs in Moscow.
Leningrad. Kiev and
. Georgia. Bui he had no
information about the supply
in many. smaller Jewish
population centers.
Anglo-Jewish leaders,
meanwhile, have asked Ihe
government to intercede
with Soviet authorities to lill
the matzoh ban. They noted
that parcels of matzohs were
to have been sent to smaller
Jewish communities pn the
strength of an agreement by
Soviet authorities to permit
the import of matzohs-when
Jakobiwilz visiled Moscow
last year. .
Resolution Says Human Rights
- Are Violated By Soviet Union
WASHINGTON. (JTA) - The .Senate voted 91-11
March 2 to approveja resolution strongly condemning
ihe Soviet Union for violations of human rights. The
measure, introduced by Sen. Frank Church i D.Idaho)
and co-sponsored by 3K other Senators, criticized Ihe
harassment ol Jews .and others seeking lo emigrate
from the USSR which, it said, "profoundly ollends the
conscience pf a tree people."     , ,      "     .-
-The resolution accused the Soviet Union of
sanctioning religidus'and" ethnic/ dismniinaVfoh in
violation of the huhiah rights pnivisions.of Ihe Helsinki
Agreements arid stressed "The "sustained interest of ,
the American people'. , . regarding adherence to'Ihe
Helsinki -declaration, including their pledge' to
facilitate freer movement of people, expedite the
reunification of families and uphold the general
freedom .to leave one's country. "
Meanwhile, a US. Embassy spokesman in Moscow
said that an oflicial protest would be lodged'with Ihe
Soviet authorities over the seizure by police of Jewish
dissidents who attempted to enter the Emliassy lor
appointments with American ofticial.s.
On-Feb. 28. Prof. Benjamin Fein, organizer of the
aborted symposium on Soviet Jewish culture, and a
companion Iosif Begun, were arrested outside the
Embassy despUe the facl lhat they were escorted by
the American Third Secretary. Larryi Napper. Fein
and another activist, Vladimir Preslin. returned lo Ihe
, Embassy and were arrested a second time and driven
ton police station. "
Temple Israel's
Will Culminate
Temple Israel will observe
.Federation Sabbath on
Friday ,evening March 11.
.when J. Maynard Kaplan
will deliver an address to the
congregation.
Mr. Kaplan is a
distinguished leader of
Temple-Israel, and has held
major .positions in virtually
-every.'    agency     and ,
organization, in the Jewish
community. He is currently
"secretary • of the Columbus
Jewish Federation,
president of Heritage House,
and chairman of the
Community Relations
Committee of the Columbus
.Jewish Federation.
Federation Sabbath is an
annual observance wherein
all of the synagogues in the
Observance
Fed. Sabbath
J. Maynard Kaplan
United States honor the
activities and concerns of
their local Federations. In
Columbus, all of the
synagogues have, for'many
-years, participated in this
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