Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1978-02-02

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VOL.56 NO.5
FEBRUARY 2,1978-SHEVAT 25
Jews From Arab Countries
Will Insist On Reparations
NEW YORK (WNS) -A
Middle East peace settlement must include reparations for Jewish refugees
from Arab countries, it was
stressed here Jan. 18 by
members of the steering
committee of the American
section of the World Organization of Jews from Arab
Countries. Dr. Heskel M.
Haddad, a clinical professor
of opthalmology at New
York Medical College who
was born in Iraq, said the
newly.formed American section will represent the some'
50,000 Jews in the United
States from Arab countries,
would fight for reparations
for them and would seek to
educate the American public
and government about the
just claims of ;these poor
Jews. The formation of the
American section was announced at a press conference at the offices of the
American Jewish Committee. Also present was Morde-
chai Ben Porat, a former
member of the Israeli Knesset who is co-chairman of
WOJAC, who declared: J'No
final peace in the Middle
East can be achieved with-'
out taking into account the
rights of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab
countries who now constitute
41 -percent of the population
of Israel and 12 percent of all
the Jews in the world." Ben
Porat, who was also born in
Iraq, said as a member of
Israel's United Nations delegation, he has appeared
throughout the United States
and found that while every:
one knew about Arab refugees no one knew about the
Jewish refugees from Arab
countries who were forced to
leave their homes after the
founding of the State of
Israel. He said these Jews
had to live in refugee camps
when they first came to
Israel although they were
called transition campsl;Ben
Porat said partof- the^.Wajrfo Vj"77^^
for the lack of knowledge'is'*•&- '-^
due "to the governrnfejif of
Israel and the'Jewish establishment. But he said the
Israeli government and the
Carter Administration have
both pledged to include the
rights of Jewish refugees in
any peace negotiations. Mrs.
Aviva, Mutchnik, a graduate
student of the University of
Michigan, said that when she
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First Dollar Earned
The first dollar earned in the new Heritage House
Activity Workshop is being distributed to Miss Sarah
Kuller by Leonard Quinn and Gerald N. Cohn, Executive Director. Mr. Quinn pioneered the activity workshop program at Heritage House, which has been most
successful. Participants are paid for the hours they
, spend on the various projects. The workshop is tinder
the supervision of Diane Delahunty, Director of Occupational Therapy.
'nai B'rith Organizations In
United Membership Drive
All Columbus B'nai B'rith
organizations are combining
in their firsfunited, city-
wide membership drive.
Between .now and March
12 the effort will be aimed at
The women's chapters,
Candlelight, Genesis,
Masada, Twin Rivers and
Zion, are celebrating the
80th year of B'nai B'rith Women. Dedicated to commun-
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TV Celebrity, Monty Hall Is
Featured Advanced Gifts Guest
Reservations Still
Being Accepted
The Advance Gifts Division affair of the 1978 United
Jewish Fund Campaign, featuring Monty Hall of the
popular television show
"Let's Make A Deal," will be
held on Monday, Feb. 6, 7
p.m. at The Neil House. Sidney Blatt, chairman of the
event has announced that reservations for this gala affair can still be made by
mailing in the respond card
which accompanied the invitation or by calling the Federation off ice, 237-7686.
: The Monty Hall affair will
truely be one of the highlights of the year, said Blatt.
"Monty Hall is one of those
rare individuals who can entertain while still delivering
an important message at the
; same time," he added.
"This is the first time that
retaining present-members—-ity— responsibility,\i the-
and adding new ones. Parti-    chapters also adapt to new
Son Of The Late Rosenbergs To
Address Community Feb. 11
"It is important that every
Jew, concerned with freedom and individual security,
come to hear Robert
Meeorpol speak to the community,'' stated Nancy
Melamed, chairwoman of
the 1978;OSU Student Campaign of the United Jewish
Fund Campaign of The Columbus Jewish Federation.
Robert Meeorpol, son of
the late Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg, will address the
community oh.. Saturday,
Feb. 11, 8 p^m. at the Hillel
Foundation, 46 E. 16th Ave.
All proveeds from the event
will go to the 1978 OSU Student Campaign.
Meeorpol will discuss the'
politics of his parent's case
along with offering a poignant story of his life experiences.
The Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage and executed in 1953. Upon their execution, both Robert and his.
brother were adopted by the
Meeorpol family, which explains the difference in last
names.
Both historical scholars
and those who knew the
Rosenbergs strongly deny,
to this day, their guilt.
"We are urging all those
who plan to attend to order
tickets now," said Melamed.
"Tickets will cost $1 less if
ordered in adyinc^\itina we
expect a large crb'^ajar-jthlsj1
highly stimulating evening,"*'
Tickets can be ordered by
calling the Hillel Foundation, 294-4797.
cipating will be all five women's chapters, the two
men's lodges, the young
adult singles' unit and B'nai
B'rith youth.
With   500,000   members
around   the   world,   B'nai
B'rith is the largest Jewish
service,,    educational ;:":ai^.''.^^ni;atidnai. work
'social organization: l^fn Cf.  iodge.^iibw ™«™
"lumbus,   activities   range"
from service in the community at large through cultural
to social.
Women's Highlight—The
Patron Luncheon Set
The Women's Division of
the Columbus Jewish Federation held its annual Work-
. er's Kickoff on Monday, Jan.
23 at the Heritage House
multi-purpose room. Gerald
Cohn, executive director of
Heritage House, explained
the. imperative of meeting
local humanitarian needs
and improving the quality of
Jewish life in Columbus.
Mrs; Avis Shulman, former assistant director of the
National Women's Division
, of the United Jewish Appeal,
briefed the workers on the
Middle East situation and
explained the responsibilities of workers as leaders in
the Columbus Jewish community.
Shirlie Levitin, chairwoman of the Worker's Kickoff,
reported an increase of 30% ■
in-        '■ '"< [ h'
Monty Hall
Monty Hall has agreed to
speak at an event of this
nature outside the Los.
Angeles area'and Columbus
is fortunate to have him.
Everyone will have an enjoyable, delightful and meaningful evening," Blatt concluded.
goals in each era.
The men's Zion lodge,
founded in 1865, was the
leading Jewish organization
in the city before development of the Jewish Center,
and many community leaders received; theff first or-
in   the
--_„_,,.   more than 700
members"strong! Macabee,
a young men's lodge, is more
than a century newer,
sports-oriented- but shares
community service activities with Zion.
Yerushalayim unit, for
single men and women from
21 to 39 years of age, focuses
on Jewish awareness, social
and sports activities and
educational and cultural
events.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization has social athletic and
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Series Of Events Set For
Trades & Professions Div.
The Trades and Professions Division of the 1978
United Jewish Fund Campaign has currently completed nearly Vb of its 1200
cards and is running at a
20% increase on a card-to-
card basis compared to 1977.
Alvin Shames is serving as
general chairman of the division, along with Julius Margulies, telethon chairman;
Herbert Abrams and Martin
Hoffman, chairmen of Professions; and Marvin Brown,
chairman of Trades.
A number of I functions
have been planned for the
various Trades and Professions section.
Daniel Urman, a distinguished archaeologist and a
doctoral candidate in Jewish
studies at New York University will speak to the Trades
Shirlie Levitin
on a card-to-card-basis for
the event.
She urged all workers to
see their friends in the community personally and to encourage their prospects to
Make reservations for the
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Hadassah Slate Tops Election
For Zionist Congress Delegates
NEW YORK (WNS) -The
top vote-getter in the election for the 152 American
delegates to the upcoming
World Zionist Congress was
the Hadassah-B'nai Zion-
American Jewish League
slate. It received 93,284 of
the 198,112 valid ballots cast.
There are some 900,000 registered Zionists nationally,
who were eligible to vote. Second place among the field of
eight competitors was the
Zionist Organization of
America which received
29,116 votes. The Labor Zionist Alliance-Pioneer Women'
Friends of Labor .Israel
slate, which in previous elections finished second,, came
in fifth with only 17,534 votes.
Also ahead of it were the Religious Zionist Movement,
24,939 and Herut-United
Zionist Revisionists of
America, 17,872. Running be-
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sections at a special meeting
to be held on Sunday, Feb. 5
at 10 a.m. at the Melton
Building. Serving as chairman of this meeting will be
Marvin Brown. The chairmen of the various Trades ~
sections are assisting him.
A special meeting of supporters of the 1978 United
Jewish Fund Campaign was
held on Monday, Jan. 30 for
employees of Battelle and
Chemical Abstracts.
A luncheon meeting has
. been planned- for Jewish
faculty at The Ohio State
University on Monday, Feb.
19. Dr. Samuel Rosen of the
OSU Department of Biology
serves as chairman of the
Ohio State, University Sec-'
tion,        I1
Similar affairs are being
planned for other sections of
the Trades and Professions
Division.
The Telethon section held
- its first andsecond telethons
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