Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-12-08

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VOL. 55 NO. 50
DECEMBER 8,1977-KISLEV 28
Dan To Speak
To Young Men
Uri Dan, the chief cor¬
respondent of Maariv, the
major daily newspaper in
Israel, who covered the
drama of the Entebbe raid,
will be the guest speaker
at the Advance Gifts Parlor
Meeting of the Young Men's
Division and will also speak
at the Worker's Kickoff and
Training ofthe Trades and
Professions Division in addi¬
tion to meeting with leaders
of the Women's Division and
speaking to the Young lead¬
ership Singles Group. Mr.
Dan will be in Columbus at
these various functions on
Dec. 11th and 12th,
Bom in Israel 39 years
ago, Uri Dan has been' in¬
volved with military and
political affairs for many
years, writing thousands bf
articles in many books in
Israel and in Europe.
In the Army, with the
. parachutists of General Erik
Sheron, he went on numer¬
ous operations and jumped
in the Mitla Pass during the
Suez Campaign. He was the
only person to bring the
stories from the battlefield
to the media. Later, he be¬
came the military cor¬
respondent and defense
analyst of Maariv, Israel's
major newspaper. He served
later as the Chief of Maariv.
Bureau in Western Europe
and was the only journalist
from the Middle East ac¬
companying the late Presi¬
dent Charles DeGaulle dur¬
ing his long and famous
voyage to Russia. During the
Yom Kippur War, Uri Dan
joined Erik Sheron's division
from the first day to the vic¬
torious crossing of the Suez
Canel and he published the
well known book, "Sharon's
. Bridgehead," the only writ¬
ten detailed eye-witness
story of this unique military
(CONTINUEDON PAGE4)
Charity Newsies Hawk Papers Saturday
One of the goingest men in town and one of the top
Newsies when it comes to bringing in contributions is .
i Dr. Ben Caplan. Normally neither rain, nor sleet, nor
show can stop the good doctor from hawking his papers
on paper sale day but two years ago, a sojourn in Grant
Hospital did put a crimp in his sales. Even then, he or¬
ganized others to do his selling for him, His young gui¬
tarist friend shown with him in the picture serenaded
the patients on the floor of the hospital and collected
nearly $85 for the doctor's kitty. Back in good shape
and ready to go once again, Dr. Caplan will be out there
selling papers on Saturday, Dec. 10 to all of the people
along Main St. in Bexley, so if. you should stop for
breakfast at one of the restaurants out that way or any
of the other businesses in the area, you might find this
wildly dressed individual asking you for money for
needy kids. He's for real and so are the kids. He's
Newsie Dr. Ben Caplan and when it comes to asking for
donations to the Newsies, he just won't take no for an
answer. His enthusiasm shows up when it comes time
to count the money, Dr. Caplan is always one of the top
ten Newsies in total amount collected.
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Message Of Governor
James A. Rhodes
On The Observance Of The
Jewish Celebration Of Chanukah
Governor Rhodes today extended greetings and a
message of faith and hope to the Jewish people who will
be observing Chanukah Dec. 4-12:
"This is an historic as well as religious observance
which serves to rekindle a great heritage and belief in
the right of all people to live and.worship in freedom.
As the lights of the Menorah mark this historic celebra¬
tion of freedom for the Jewish people, I would add my
own special prayer for the opportunity for the State of
Israel to be ever more firmly established in the secure
borders and peaceful relationships now possible
through direct discussions begun with its neighbors.
These are the hopes for a more lasting peace we share
together at this Season."
FEATURE
^ Dislike
Sadat's Peace Initiatives
U.SV Israel To Participate With
Egypt In Cairo Conference
JERUSALEM (WNS) -
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat's invitation to the par¬
ticipants in the Geneva con¬
ference to attend a prepara¬
tory meeting in Cairo has
been accepted by the United
States and Israel. The meet¬
ing will be held in the middle
of December although the
Soviet Union, Syria, Jordan
and Lebanon have refused to
go. Israel's acceptance
came almost immediately
after Sadat issued his invita¬
tion but the U.S. delayed ac¬
ceptance until it consulted
with other parties toGeneva,
Israel will be represented by
Eliahu Ben-Elissar,director
general of the Prime
Minister's Office and Meir
Rosenne, legal advisor to
the Foreign Ministry. The
U.S. representative will be
Alfred L. Atherton, Assistant
Secretary of State for Near
East and South Asian Af¬
fairs, a longtime expert on
the Mideast. United Nations
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim said he wi|l be re-
.: j?resente^at,tte.owting by
Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo, the
head of the UN's peacekeep¬
ing operations ih the Middle
East. But a call by Wald¬
heim for a meeting for all
parties at the UN following
the Cairo conference was re¬
jected by Israel which said
that the next step would be
the Geneva conference. "This
in effect kills the Waldheim
initiative.
Premier Menachem Begin
announced Israel's ac¬
ceptance of the Sadat invita¬
tion in a Knesset speech Nov.
28. Egypt's invitation was of
ficially presented by its UN
Ambassador Abdel Esmat
Meguid to Israeli Ambassa-
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Cash Mobilization
Drive Kickoff Dec. 12
The official opening of the
December "end of year"
cash mobilization of the Co¬
lumbus Jewish Federation
will take place oh Dec. 12
when Stanley L. Sloan of
Westfield, New Jersey will
visit Columbus. Sol Zell,
Chairman of the Cash Mobil¬
ization Committee of the
Federation, stressed today
the importance of this effort,
"ihe needs of Israel and of
our local agencies are ur¬
gent," said Mr. Zell, "and
we cannot fund them with
. pledges. Columbus is indeed
proud of our campaign
achievement in 1977 and in
previous years, but we must
have' cash to meet the obliga¬
tions we have accepted. We
UAHC Launches Campaign To
Counter Missionary Tactics
By Joseph Pokaloff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Sen. James Abourezk, (D.
SD) and leaders of Arab-
American organizations dis¬
like and are concerned by
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat's visit to Jerusalem
and his Middle East peace
initiatives, a survey try the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
showed Dec. 1. Abourezk
said "There seems to be a
. tendency tor Sadat to move
without' the Palestine Liber¬
ation Organization and
Syria. Any agreement with¬
out Palestinian support will
endanger peape rather than
enhance it." Abourezk did
not participate in the Senate
discussion when a resolution
commending Sadat and
Prime Minister Menachem
Begin was adopted without
dissent.
JJr. M. T. Mehdi, President
of the American Arab Rela¬
tions Council that supports
the PLO, said Sadat is "a
well meaning fool" and his
speech to the Egyptian
Parliament was "a great
disappointment" because "it
did not contain any Israeli
concessions." Joseph
Baroody of Washington,
President of the National As¬
sociation, of Arab Ameri¬
cans, said "what Sadat did
dramatically changed the
situation. He took serious
risks. He has put two govern¬
ments on the spot — namely
the United States and Israel.
Both now have to do things—
the U.S. in a passive role of
encouraging the Israelis to
reaction in kind to Sadat's
gestures. The Israelis now
have a choice of reciprocat¬
ing or not. The only responsi¬
ble Israeli act is to recipro¬
cate or cut Sadat adrift."
Richard Shadyac, a
Washington lawyer who is a
former NAAA president and
a founder of the organization
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SAN FRANCISCO (WNS)
— The 54th biennial conven¬
tion of the General Assembly
of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations
(UAHC) adopted a resolu¬
tion endorsing an educa¬
tional campaign to counter
by legal measures the tac¬
tics used by certain mission¬
ary cults. The 3500 delegates
said in the resolution that
"the right to proselytize in
our society is protected by
constitutional guarantees of
religious liberty, but that
these guarantees neither
legitimize or justify tactics
that some missionary groups
use when directing their ef¬
forts toward Jews." At the
same time, the organization
of 'Reform congregations
said it opposed illegal depro¬
gramming or other illegal
coercive measures against
these, groups. Rabbi Balfour
Brickner, who was an author
of the resolution, said that
there was concern "with the
false assertion that it is pos¬
sible for Jews, without leav¬
ing Judaism, to accept a
basic principle of Christian¬
ity that Jesus is the
Messiah," The resolution
called on congregations to
'.'sponsor   education ■ pro¬
grams for youths and adults
on comparative religion, to
develop techniques and
materials which would ena¬
ble Jews to respond to mis¬
sionary approaches." The
resolution also urged the
government "to investigate
violations of civil liberties
and rights of victims of reli¬
gious cults."
STANLEY L. SLOAN
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are honored that Stanley
Sloan, a national- Jewish
leader who has been a major
factor in the success of the
United Jewish Appeal, will
be with us to kick-off our
Cash Mobilization Pro¬
gram."
Mr. Sloan, a national
Chairman of the United Jew¬
ish Appeal, has served ac¬
tively as a leader in the Jew¬
ish agency, as a active cam¬
paigner in the Jewish Feder¬
ation of Central New Jersey,
and in many other capaci¬
ties. A prominent business
leader, Mr. Sloan is Presi¬
dent of the 21st Century Cor¬
poration and serves on the
Board of Directors of Pierre
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 4)
Resumption Of Ties Between
Israel, Black Africa Predicted
NEW YORK (WNS) - A
prediction that Black Afri¬
can states will resume diplo¬
matic ties with Israel in the
wake of Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat's visit to Jeru¬
salem was made here Nov.
29 by Bayard Rustin, the
Civil rights leader and Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg, president
of the American Jewish Con¬
gress. They told a press con¬
ference that their prediction
was based on the "positive
reaction" to the Sadat visit
by members of the Organiza¬
tion of African Unity and on
the "eagerness" of many
Black African states to re¬
new Israeli assistance pro¬
grams.    Hertzberg    an¬
nounced publication of a new
study "To Serve, To Teach,
To Leave," written by
Moshe Decter which de¬
scribes Israel's extensive de¬
velopment aid program in 31
Blade African states begin¬
ning in 1957. In 1973, all but
three Black African coun¬
tries'— Lesotho, Malawai
and Swaziland — ended
diplomatic relations vHth
Israel under strong Arab
presure before and after the
Yom Kippur War. Rustin
noted that Kenya, Zambia,.
Sudan and that Ivory Coast
had praised Sadat's visit to
Israel and that no Black
African state had criticized
theEgyptianmove.
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