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JANUARY 25,1979-TEVET 26
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. Brock Charges Carter Is
Moving Toward
Confrontation With Israel
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
The Republican National
Committee has disclosed
that its chairman, former
Sen. William Brock, had expressed ,"deep toncprn" td
President Carter over the
Administration's diplomacy
in the Arab-Israeli dispute,
i. "This appears to be a deli-
|; berate move towards con"
frontation with Israel,"
Brock wrote' in' a lengthy
letter dated Dec. 21, following the Administration's sup- -
port of Egypt's demands to
alter the-U.S.. treaty draft
that Israel had accepted.
When the White House was
asked for comment following
the letter's disclosure a
- month after it was issued, a
spokesman said a response
would be made "at some
point.*' The' text of Brock's
letter was made available to
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. The timing of the
disclosure a'ppearedto'coin-
cide with Egypt's continued
public insistence on its demands for changes in the
draft treaty and the United
States attempts to persuade-
Israel to meet them.
| JSrock's letter said that the
Administration's '.' course
"can only undercut" U.S. jn-
- ' terests in-the Middle East.
,  "Israel has been and should
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Cabinet Takes Secret Decisions
On Talks With Atherton
B'at Shalom Holds Installations
B'at Shalom BBG members from left to right: 1st
row—Marcy Lichtenstein, Jeni Harris, Debbie-Roth,
Linda Sillman, Lisa Sillman. 2nd row—Marilyn Frank-
advisor, Brenda Norban, Blair Corshen, Debbie Laub,
Rita Kent, Ricki Rosen-advisor. 3rd row—Linda
Cohen, Lisa Smith, Stacy Glass, Lori Harmon, and
Doreen Silberstein. (see story page 121,
Holocaust Survivor Addresses
Women's Division Workers
Gerda Weissman Klein, a
Holocaust survivor and distinguished spokesman for Israel and the American Jewish Community, addressed
approximately 40 women at
the - Women's Division
Patrons.Workers Appreciation Day, which was held on
Mon., Jan. 15 at 10 a.m..at
Heritage Tower. Mrs. Klein
^related fieVTiblbcausf experiences to present day Israel
and emphasized that each of
us has a responsibility to express our commitment to Is-
Cohn, Vinocur To Address
Youth Leadership Group
Gerald "Cohn, Executive
Vice President of Heritage
House, and Edward Vinocur,
Executive Director of Heritage Tower, will jointly address the 5th sessipn of the
Xoung Leadership Development Program of the Columbus Jewish Federation on
■ Thursday evening, Jan. 25.
Members of this group wil
meet at-7:30 at Heritage
House.
The program will.-include
tours of both geriatric facilities, as well as briefings on
the history and'development.
of " each   institution.   The
• Young Leadership, participants will also be given the
opportunity to mingle with'
the residents of both' facilities. , ■
Dr. Jeff Tilsop, co-chair*
man of the Young Leadership Development Program -
with .Richard Wasserstrom,
'" stated that "the program is
designed to provide a select
group of Jewish young men
and v/.omen with information
. regarding" key issues and
concerns of Israel arid the
American Jewish community, and at the same time
provide information to give a '•
abetter understanding of the
i .    various services which are
Edward Vinocur
provided by the agencies affiliated with the Columbus
Jewish Federation".
Four more sessions have
been planned, including a
weekend retreat which is
being planned for early
spring.
rael and to our own Jewish
community through active
involvement and financial
commitment. Mrs. Klein
commended the many
women for their outstanding
invplvement in . the 197.9
United .Jewish Fund Cam-'
paign Women's Division.
Serving as elf-chairman of
the event were Nancy Brand
and-Julie Zox,- co-cHairm§n •
of the Patrons Section. Serving as section chairmen are
Myrna Yashon,. Bobbie
Kauffman, Carla Paine,
Stephanie Gurwin and Judie
Liepack.
Serving as the overall
chairman of the Women's
Division is Joyce Zacks, and
as co-chairman, Barbara -
Brandt. Mrs. Brandt briefed
the workers on the needs of
the local Jewish Community.
Edward Vinocur, executive
director of Heritage Tower,
discussed the origin of the
Tower facility and explained
the concept behind the
Tower.
Workers kits, were distributed and the workers in attendance demonstrated their
campaign commitment by
pledging over $8,000 to the
1979 campaign. This represents an increase of 17% on a
card-to-card basis compared
, tb the 1978 results. Over the
next several weeks the
patron workers will be meeting with their prospects to
discuss the needs of the 1979
campaign. All prospects.will
be urged to consider increased commitments of
20% in order to help defray
the staggering inflationary
burden of our bretheren in
Israel.
' The next major event of
the Women's Division will be
a luncheon on Feb. 19 at
Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad
St. Serving as overall chairman of, the, day j's Nancy
.Meyer. (More detailed information will be forthcpming
in future Chronicle issues.)
By David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA)~
The Cabinet took a series of
decisions regarding the issues involved in U.S. special
envoy Alfred- Atherton's current mission—but resolved
hot to publish them in advance of Atherton's bringing
them personally to the
knowledge of Egypt's
leaders. The U.S. envoy is to .
fly to Cairo after five days of
talks here in Israel, to discuss American and-Israeli
ideas on Articles IV and VI
of the draft peace treaty with
top Egyptian officials.
The envoy met for a final
working session with Israeli
diplomats .and legal experts
under ■ Premier Menachem
Begin's' political -aide, Dr.'
Eliahu .Ben-Elissar. Atherton was also expected to confer with Begin himself, at
least by telephone, before
leaving the country. "
One the Cabinet table was
the text of a proposed draft
letter, hammered-out during
the Atherton talks here and
further refined in contacts
between Atherton and Wash-
r ington, on Article VL para-' -
'gt^'*:rtite^ptttJrtiyof-obii-
gations" clause). .,
^Suggestion Regarding
TheLetter
- The U.S. is suggesting'that
this letter, from America to
Israel, be part of the entire
' treaty   package,   alongside
the earlier U.S. • interpretative letter to Egypt on-Arti-
cle VI, paragraph 5. Israel
rejected, and still rejects,
that' interpretative letter to
Egypt, on the grounds that it'
did not recognize the priority
of the peace treaty over
Egypt's inter-Arab defense
commitments.
The new U.S. draft letter
to Israel apparently seeks to
clarify the- U.S. view that
Egypt's intervention on the
side of another Arab, state
against Israel would be legit-
imate only if Tisrael had
launched a blatantly unpro-'
voked attack on the Arab
state.
The Cabinet heard from
Begin and Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan of the substantive progress made by the
Atherton-Ben-EIissar work-
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Beth Am Considers Reconstructionism
Rabbi Ludwig Nadelmann
will conduct services and
participate in discussion sessions with members of Congregation Beth Am a$part of
Carter Assures U.S.
Jewish Leaders U.S. Will
Not Deal With The PLO
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
President Carter personally
repeated' assurances .to
American Jewish' community leaders that the United
States will not deal -with the
Palestine Liberation Organi-
■■ zation until the PLO accepts
- Israel's sovereignty and
right to exist in peace: This
assurance came at a White.
^flouse meeting last Friday in
.which' apparently the Administration sought to allay
Jewish community appre-
hension~N,following another
upsurged) in anger by the
l&ders/than followed let
marks vby Andrew Young,
U.SL Ambassador to the
United Nations, in which he
safd the^'UX^should deal
with the PLO whose representatives at the UN he
found to be "friendly."
Guest Speaker Announced For Luncheon
Mrs. Joan Mendelson, an
active  participant" in  National United Jewish Appeal,
will be the guest speaker at a
luncheon for members of the
Advance Gifts division of the
Young Women's Division of
United- Jewish   Fund   on
Thurs., Jan. 25 at the home
of Dr. & Mrs. Steven Tucker-
' man, 296 N.Columbia Ave.
Mrs. Mendelson made her
'first trip to Israel in 1974,
and since then, together with
. her husband, has served as a
leader of 10 UJA-Federation
missions to Israel. Joan has
served as chairpersons of
the United Jewish Appeal in
her   community   of' Port
Washington,   Sands   Point
and Manhasset, New York
for the past four years. She is
the leader of the Long Island
Speakers Bureau and has
spoken on behalf pf the Na-
1 tional Speakers Bureau in
numerous cities in United
States   and ' Canada'.   She
serves on -bpth the North
, Shore and Long Island Cam-
Mrs. Joan Mendelson
paign cabinet^'.
- Mrs. Mendelson is a member of the boardif Alyn Hospital in Jerusalem and the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
the only worldwide. Jewish
news gathering service.
' Mrs. Bette Robins, chairman of the Yftung Women's
Division,' said- "this 12:30
luncheon is for members of
the Young Women's division
with-a "minimum pledge of
$100,00."
a three-day weekend aimed
at understanding Recon-
structionist Judaism. Rabbi
Nadelmann heads the Re-
constructionist Foundation,
Inc. of Philadelphia, and is
the movement's " leading
spokesman.
"Sabbath services will be
held at the congregation's
new home, the Jewish Cen-'
ter, 1125 College Ave., on
Fri., Jan. 26 at 8 p.m., and
Sat., Jan. 27 at 10 .a.m. A
study session with Rabbi Nadelmann will follow Satur-
1 day morning services.
An open house is planned
for Sat., Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. at
the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ted
Fisher, 190 S. Dawson, Bexley. Rabbi Nadelmann will
be .available to discuss Re-
constructionism.
Congregation \ Beth Am
will hold an open meetirfgTat
the Jewish Center on Suq.,
Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. to discuSs
the weekend's activities, and
the congregation's possible
affiliation with the Recon-..
structionist Movement.
Beth Am has been studying Orthodox, Conservative,
Reform,' and, Reconstruc--
tionist Judaism to determine
which best fits the congregation's philosophy. Since,
forming last summer. Beth
Am has focused on family involvement, traditional'relf-
gious and cultural practices.
Hebrew education, and a
commitment to Israel. These
concepts are basic to Recon-
structionist Judaism.
Beth Am is one of the city's
newest synagogue. The
weekend's activities were
designed to give members
more information about Re-
constructionism so, the eon-
gregation can decide'
whether or not to' affiliate
with the movement. If Beth
. Am affiliates, it will become
Ohio's first Reconstruction-,
ist congregation, .although*
there are several other Ohio
groups also considering joining the movement.
Reconstructionist Juda-
, ism is a uniquely American,
form of the religion. It is an
innovative movement, responsive to the needs of each
congregation.' Along with
stressing the family,-traditional religious and cultural
practices, ' Hebrew ' educa--
tion, and rebuilding Israel,
members  actively partici-
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