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Columbus Rabbis
Meet At White House
President Jimmy Carter
issued personal invitations'
to three Columbus rabbis to
attend a special reception
honoring Prime Minister
Menachem Begin and in
commemoration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the
State of Israel. Rabbis David ,
Stavsky, Beth Jacob Congregation, Sheldon Switkin,
Congregation Tifereth Israel, and Samuel Rubenstein, Agudas Achim, were
in the White House this past
week and heard President
Carter reassure his friendship toward the State of Is-
, rael. The President and Mrs.
Carter invited 500 rabbis to
the White House'for this special occasion.
After meeting with the
President and Prime Minister Begin, the three Columbus Rabbis met with Senators Metzenbaum and
Glenn and Congressman
Samuel Devine at a luncheon
meeting. The rabbis spoke
openly about their dissatisfaction, with the "Arms
Package" which included
advance'fighter bombers for
Saudi Arabia. The rabbis,
speaking unanimously, told
the.legislators that they, represent large constituencies
in Columbus and that the
Jewish community of
Columbus is very concerned
about the threat that the
"Arms Package" might present to the security and
safety of Israel. The Senators and Congressman expressed their interest and
welcomed the rabbis in cordiality and understanding. .
The occasion marked the
first time that three rabbis
were personally invited by
the President of the United
States to the White House to
discuss the vital issues confronting his Middle East
policy.
The Jewish People Will Never
Again Be Destroyed-Begin
Shown unveiling the 1978 United Jewish Fund Cam-
- paign totals at the Apr. 26 Campaign are father and son
workers (left to right) Morris Skilken and B. Lee
Skilken. Lee Skilken was the 1978 general campaign
chairman and his father was co-chairman of the
closing meeting.
Campaign Tops $2,925,000;
Still More Expected To Come
" The United Jewish Fund
Campaign of the Columbus
Jewish Federation has announced an achievement of
over $2,925",000, making'this
year's drive the greatest in
the history of > the annual
fundraising campaign, according to General Campaign Chairman B. Lee Skilken, who made the announcement at the Apr. 26
Campaign Closing affair.
"The Jewish community is
to be complimented. We
have risen to new heights in
meeting the philanthropic
needs of our people at home,
nationally and throughout
the world, particularly in Israel. Columbus residents
have demonstrated their undying commitment to a
strong Jewish State and to
Entertainers And Political Notables
Headline Program At The Ohio Theatre
Israel will be honored
through music, song and
dance, when a troupe of
internationally known entertainers perform on the Ohio
Theatre stage at 8 p.m. on
- May 15 in a celebration of Is-.
rael's 30th birthday.
Special guest of honor during the night of tribute will
be former President Gerald
Ford, who will give the keynote speech. Other political
notables will also participate.
"Partners in Freedom," a
multi-media spectacular,
was conceived, written and
directed by Issachar Miron,
an  Israeli  composer  and
playwright who serves as
director of special projects
for the United Jewish Appeal. Harold M. Eisenstain,
cultural arts director at The
Jewish Center, will participate as associate director. *
Participating stars will include Broadway actor Harry
Goz,. Metropolitan Opera
tenor Misha Raitzin, singer-
dancer Elaine Petricoff,
singer Kenny Karen and Israeli Symphony Orchestra
star Stella Richmond. They
will be accompanied by a
musical ensemble under the
direction of Menachem Wie-
senberg.
The entertainment end of
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the maintenance and development of local Jewish communal services by this great
showing of support," Skilkenv
"said. .
"Our task is not yet completed," Chairman Skilken
continued. "We must cover
every outstanding card. If
this can be accomplished,
there is every opportunity to
reach $3 million and more.
Three million dollars iin
honor of Israel's 30th Anniversary would be a beautiful
touch.
"I am proud of the Jews in
Columbus who have contributed and responded to pur
cause. Our workers have
done a tremendous job this
year. I urge all of you to re-
dedicate yourself to the task
ahead," he noted.
The achievements of each
of the Campaign's divisions
were announced. With, cards
still out and pledges still
coming in, the following
totals will undoubtedly increase within the coming
weeks.
The Advance Gifts Division, chaired -by Erwin-
Cohen, reported a $2,144,261
total; Trades & Professions
Division, chaired by.Alvin
Shames, reported a $215,654
total; and the Young Men's
Division,-chaired by Donald
E. Garlikov, reported - a
$178,085 total.
. Other divisional achievements included: Women's-
Division, chaired by Joyce
Zacks, reporting a $310,788
total; Young Women's Division, . chaired by Linda
Selcer, reporting a $34,072
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By David Friedman
NEW YORK, April 30
(JTA)—Israeli Premier
Menachem Begin declared
today that the "independent,
free State of Israel" which
"rose out of the ashes" of the
Holocaust will prevent anyone from ever again trying
to destroy the Jewish people.
He pledged that the Jewish
people will remain united,
Israel will keep prepared
and able to defend itself and
that the Jewish State will
continue to seek peace.
Begin made ' his
declaration at a memorial
service comememorating
the 35th anniversary of the
Warsaw Ghetto uprising and
the six million Jews Who
were murdered by the Nazis.
The service was held at
Temple Emanu-El here
where he came directly after
arriving in New York from
Israel. The annual event, attended by thousands inside
and outside the synagogue of
Fifth Avenue, was sponsored
by the Warsaw Ghetto
Resistance Organization
(WAGRO) in- conjunction
with many major Jewish organizations. It was/one of
many similar programs
across the country.
Many in the audience wept
during the ceremony as 216
women dressed in black lit
216 memorial candles to the
Holocaust victims. Later six
Holocaust survivors, each
accompanied by one of their
children, lit a large candle
symbolizing Babi Yar, the
Warsaw Ghetto, Auschwitz,
the Lodz Ghetto, the partisan
fighters and Bergen-Belsen.
This was followed by Micha
Raizen, a Soviet immigrant
who is now with the
Metropolitan Opera Corn-,
pany, singing "El Mole
Rachomim" and then the e-
tire audience reciting the
Kaddisli
Begin told the gathering-
that the Holocaust happened
because of the "cruelty of
the enemy destroyer" and
the "indifference" of the
world both in the East and
the West. "The destruction
of our people, our fathers,
Our mothers, Our children
did hot happen in an outburst
It
of barbarism," he said,
took six long years."
The Israeli Premier, however, cautioned t both Jews
and non-Jews against ever
raising the question about
why Jews who were in the
concentration camps did not
fight. He said those who
were not there cannot understand the conditions and
noted that people tried to
maintain a Jewish life, even,
a cultured life, against unbelievable conditions: But he
said those who fought in. the
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
must be praised because
they did not fight for their
lives, "they did it only for
one purpose, the dignity pf
the Jewish people."
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Israeli Knesset Members To
Address Emergency Conference
Tamar Eshel, a distinguished member of the Israeli Knesset, will be the
keynote ■ speaker at the
"Emergency Conference on
the Middle East to be held at:
the Esther C. Melton Com- •
munity Services Building on
Sunday, May 7.
Mrs. Eshel, one of the outstanding .women in Israel, js
oh a tour of the United
States, and has agreed to
participate in this Emergency Conference on behalf
UJA National Walkathon Set
The United Jewish Agency
National Walk-A-Thon is
scheduled for our community Sunday, May 7 to begin at
1 p.m. fromTheJewishCenter, announced Eric Schottenstein, Walk-A-Thon chairman.
The Columbus Jewish
community wil join with
communities throughout the
United States and Canada on
this date for the first annual
walk that signifies dignity
and solidarity of the Jewish
people as well as celebrating
the thirtieth anniversary
of Israel's' statehood. The
Junior Division of the Co-
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lumbus Jewish Federation in
co-operation with the Teen
Department of The Jewish
Center are sponsoring the
local Walk-A-Thon;
"Walk As One" can include members of every
generation in all families to
create a strong Jewish lifeline of hope. The goal of the
\yalk is to have "every step
no matter how big or little be
counted in the giant leap forward of the Jewish community today and tomorrow."
The Columbus Walk-A-
Thon route (see map
below) is ten miles, in
length, but walkers need not
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of the Government of Israel.
The conference, sponsored
by the Community Relations
Committee of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, the Jewish Community Relation-
Council of Cincinnati, the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith. and the Dayton
Jewish Council, will focus on
the current Middle" East
situation, and demonstrate
the solidarity of the American Jewish community with
Israel.
Kenneth Jacobson, associate director oX the Middle
East Affairs Department
of the • Anti-Defamation ,
League, will speak, as will
Rabbi David Stavsky, president of the Columbus Board
of Rabbis.
Marvin L. Glassman.
chairman of the Community
Relations Committee of the *
Columbus Jewish Federation, announced that thecon-
ference will "attempt to develop ways and means- of
stimulating' a niassive all-
out effort to generate public
concern with the sale of
arms to Saudi Arabia and
Egypt, to step up interpretation, through all channels of
communication, of the justness of Israel's insistence on
security arrangements, and
to inform Jews in Columbus,
Dayton, Cincinnati, and all
of the smaller communities
of-central-southern Ohio of
the fact of what is happening
today in the Middle East.
The Conference will begin
at 10 a.m. with a presentation on Israel's case,- by Mrs.
Eshel. and will conclude at 3
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