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VOL. 56 NO. 30
AUGUST 3,1978 - TAMMUZ 29
El Al Discount Rates
Approved By CAB
.NEW YORK (WNS)-
Isfael Zuriel, Israel's commissioner for tourism in the
U.S. and Canada, expects
tourism from the U.S. to
Israel to increase as a result
of the approval by the Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB) of
an application by El Al to
provide discount rates
between New York and Tel
Aviv, 50 percent belov
normal economy fares. The
CAB, in line with the accord
reached between Israel and
the U.S. earier in July, approved reduced rates July
28. The new fare for
economy rates are $655 for
round trip in peak'season
and $545 during the basic
season, as compared with
regular economy fares of
$1330 and $1194. Similar
fares are expected to be approved by Israel for TWA,
the American carrier that
flies between New York and
TelAviv.
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Israel Is Preparing For A New
Round Of Talks With Egypt
Campers & Families At Maccabiah
Habonim campers and their families enjoyed cheering at the recent Maccabiah held by the Jewish Center
Day Camp. Pictured above is the Kiryat Shemonah
team which was one of the four teams that participated
in the games and events. :c   „    „ „
See Story On Page 10
Gallery Players 30th
Season Lineup Announced
The 30th season of Gallery,
Players of the Jewish Center
has been announced by ■Gallery Players' managing
director Harold M. Eisenstein.
Discuss Return Of Regular
Lebanese Army To So. Lebanon
TELAVIV t\VNS)-A discussion regarding the return
of the regular Lebanese
army to south Lebanon,
which Beirut says is imminent, was held July 30 by
Israeli and Lebanese officers at the Israeli-
Lebanese border post of Ras
el-Nakura. Israel's position
reportedly was that it has no.,
objection to the deployment
of the Lebanese army in the
south provided the troops
are not dominated by Syrian
forces.
Israel expects the regular
Lebanese forces to prevent
terrorist activity in south
Lebanon. Israeli sources
said they do not believe the
Lebanese   regulars   will
return^ _b_th"Lebattominti-
an accord is reached with
Israel on the integration of
the Christian militia into the
Lebanese army. The militia
is in control of the Christian
enclaves in the south and
claims to be the vanguard of
the regular Lebanese army.
During the discussion Israel
also reportedly insisted that
the open fence between
Israel and Lebanon continues to function and. that
there be no reprisals against
the Christian militia in south
Lebanon and its commanders. -Syria is reported to have
"demanded that Major Saad
Haddad and other local
Christian commanders be
brought to Beirut and face
court martials.
Blood Bank Drive
SetFor Aug. 14
The   Jewish   community
Blood Donor Council, under
the auspices of the Columbus
Jewish Federation and in
cooperation with the Central
Ohio   Red   Cross   Blood
Programs, will hold its blood
drive on Monday, August 14
from 12 noon to 6 p.mi at The
Jewish Center.
•    According to Irvin Wiener,
chairperson of the Donor
Council, 150 pints of blood is
the goal to be met during this
August drive. The yearly
minimum   goal   for   the
Council is 500 pints.
"This blood program entitles anyone in the Jewish.
.community to draw from the
■< bank; when the need exists,
therefore, it is extremely •
important for the goal to be
reached," explained . Irv
Wiener.
Donors can be any person
in good general health and 17
(with written parental permission) through 65 years
old. The entire procedure
takes an hour, although the
actual blood giving is 10
minutes. Donors will be
given refreshments and can
; resume their normal activities within the hour.
All donors are -urged to
share life by giving blood tin
August 14. Call the Center at
231-2731 for an appointment.
jbysitting will be availa-
Opening Nov. 4 is the Neil
Simoncomedy, "Prisonerof
Second Avenue," which
deals with the problems and
hilarities that spring from
the inconvenience and hazards of life ih modern New
York.; John CrawfordYwill
direct this humorous and yet
cutting comedy.
"Yenti," the; unique and
intriguing play by Isaac
. Bashevis Singer, will open
ori Feb." 10. Concerned with a
youn^girl and her struggles
to learn the teaching Of the
Torah and other Judaic traditions, "Yentl" is an eloquent and controversial tale
which, has been woven into
the fiber of Judaic teaching,
customs and laws.
Opening on Mar. 31 is one
of the modern theatre's
greatest successes, "The
Diary of Anne Frank." This'
remarkably warm play is a
dramatization of the real
diary of a real Anne Frank, a
13-year-old girl who with her
parents went into hiding in
an attic in Amsterdam, Holland in 1942.
The final production of
Gallery Players 1978-79 season is the oriental extravaganza "Kismet." Scheduled
to open on June 9 and to run
the entire month of June,
"Kismet" is a tongue-in-
cheek fairy tale concerning a
resourceful rascal who rises
- from poverty to riches and
>  influence.
Besides these four wonderful productions, Gallery
Players'1978-79 subscription
series offers tickets to four
.International Film: Epics,
free or reduced ticket prices
to, three Jewish Center symphony orchestra concerts, a
Readers Theatre'presentation,, and; reduced ticket
prices to the annual Children's show. The spectacular musical ''The Princess
and tile Pea" will be this
year's children's production.
For further information
callthe Jewish Center, Cul
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JERUSALEM (WNS)-Is
rael is preparing for a new
round of talks with Egypt
and will hold its next Cabinet
session August 7 immediately, following the visit
here by U.S. Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance.:. "If
needed, new decisions niay
be ]taken" at that time to go
forward with the talks, it
was announced here July 30
by Cabinet Secretary Arye
Naor following a meeting pf
the Cabinet. While he did not
elaborate on what new decision may be taken, Naor told
reporters that it was hoped
the "much talked about"
new round of Israel-
Egyptian negotiations would
indeed take place, probably
-at a location in Sinai. Alfred
Atherton, the U;S. special
Mideast envoy, who met for
two days with Premier
Begin and Dayan before
leaving for Cairo July 28, indicated that the U.S. expects
the talks to be resumed in
mid-August with. Vance
presiding. •
Other U.S.' officials said
Anwar Sadat of Egypt
reiterated July 30 in Alexan-.
dria that there was no point
to further talks as long as
Israel retained its current inflexible position on the
return of territories.
Egyptian Foreign Minister
Mohammed Kamaal told
reporters in Cairo after
meeting with Atherton that
there were no changes in the
Egyptian and Israeli positions and that any common
elements between them
were coincidental and irrelevant. He gave no hint to
reporters that any progress.
was made in his talks with
Atherton toward bringing
the two sides together for
further talks.
Support For Israel Reaffirmed
In Senate Foreign Aid Bill
introduced by Sen. Howard
Baker (R. Tenn.) and
adopted without dissent,
specifies among its provisions that the U.S. "should
continue to promote direct
negotiations between Israel
and Egypt and to encourage
other Arab states to enter
into negotiations leading to
peace treaties with Israel;
and that the U.S. should be(
responsive to Israel's
.economic needs and defense
requirements, including the
provision, of additional advanced aircraft to maintain
Israel's defense capability,
which is essential to peace."
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Provislons reaffirming
America's traditional
support for Israel is
contained in a foreign aid
authorization will be adopted
by the Senate. The bill,
which deals with the fiscal
year beginning October 1,
provides, Israel with $875
million in economic security,
assistance and $1 billion in
military aid. Egypt is provided with $375 million in
"" economic aid; Jordan, with
Syria,"with $90 million .in
economic aid. A "sense of
the   Congress"    resolution
      $275 million in military and
thea^rauidbtt^ ^PP^A'r ^
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U.S; to present its own ideas
aimed, at bridging the gap
between Israel's and
Egypt's positions that were
defined at the Foreign
Ministers meeting at Leeds
Castle, England. They noted
the U.S. proposals would
focus on the five-year transi- ;
tional period for the Gaza
Strip and West Bank and the
future of those areas after
the five-year period.
According to the officials,
there were some points of
agreement between Israel
and Egypt on the transitional period but the. two
countries remained deadlocked over the post-transi-
tion period.
Meanwhile, ? Egyptian
leaders continued their hard
line toward Israel and
toward the possibility of
further talks between the
two   countries;   President
Orthodox Rabbi Responds
Allah Eitan Joins the Federation
Staff As Administrative Associate
- Ernest Stern, president of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, announced today
that Allan Eitan has joined
the Federation staff as an
Administrative Associate; In
this' position, Mr. Eitan will
be responsible for directing
the activities of the Community Relations Committee,
its various sub-committees,
and other varied Federation
responsibilities.
Mr, Eitan comes from
Hartford, Conn., where he
served as Community Relations Director of the Greater
Hartford Jewish Federation.
In welcoming Mr. Eitan
President Stern said, "We
are pleased that Allan and
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NEW YORK (WNS)-
Rabbi Moshe Sherer, executive president of Agudath
Israel of America, clashed
with Rabbi Alexander
Schindler for the Reform -
leader's attach onthe "Who
is a Jew" amendment which
passed in the Knesset on first
reading July 26. Schindler
noted that the amendment
was a move, to "disqualify
two-thirds of world Jewry
from membership in the
Jewish people." Sharer
denied that the amendment
would lead to that. "The
.single Key is^ue," he said, i§,
"hbwrcan one hie' converted
from a non-Jew into a Jew."
He said the amendment "addressed itself only a non-
Jews who sought to become
Jews. It does not have the
slightest affect on the status
of anyone born as a Jew of a
Jewish mother" regardless
if that person "affiliates with
any of the Reform or Conservative groupings,"
Sherer added that the key
issue is "whether a non-Jew
cam simply join our ancient
faith community through a
non-halachic procedure, or
whether, indeed, halachic
requirements must J>e met;",
Allan Eitan
his family have come to
Columbus and we wish them
well as they: join our community. We are certain that
Allan will be an asset to the
Federation's professional
staff."
A graduate of the University of Maryland, Mr. Eitan
completed two years of post,
graduate work in Middle
East-North African Studies
at the American University,
School of International Service in Washington, D.C, and
began his professional
career as the Assistant
Washington Representative
of the American Jewish
Committee.
Fnmi 187*1905Mr. Eitan
was Assistant Director of the
. Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, Ky., where
he was responsible for; fjip^
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