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VOL. 57 NO. 8
MARCH 8,1979-ADAR9
CJF Board Appoves
Increase Level Of
New American
Resettlement
At its February meeting,
the Columbus Jewish Federation Board of Trustees
approved a recommendation
from the Social Services
Budget Committee to
increase the level of New
■American resettlement to
.108 persons, a more than 50%
increase beyond its present
Nquota,of 70. The Soviet Jewish refugees will be resettled
locally by Jewish Family
Service.
Due to a marked increase
in Soviet Jewish immigration, now at
approximately 4,000 per
month with more than half
coming to the United States
and Canada, each American
Jewish Community lias been
asked to increase its level of
resettlement to the
maximum possible leveL
To I help meet some of the
resettlement expenses
Federal block grant funds in
p the amoupt of $16 million has
been made available to Jewish communities through the
Council of Jewish Federations in cooperation with
the -Department'of.-Health,-.
Education and Welfare. The .
Columbus Jewish' Federation is expected to receive
approximately $66,000 to
help offset the local cost.
The Council of Jewish
Federations has appointed
Federation Executive Vice-
President Ben M.
Mandelkorn to a special
Soviet Jewish Resettlement
Program Committee. This'
newly formed committee
will help guide local com-
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U Begin Denies Seeking Separate Peace;
Wants A Comprehensive Settlement
Shapiro And Gaynor To Read From
Megillah At Tifereth Israel
It takes many hours of preparation to read from the
scroll of Esther so that a congregation may fulfill the
mitzvah of heairng the megillah on Purim. Shown
above is Moses Gaynor, one of twenty students and lay
people who have prepared portions of the megillah
reading for Tifereth Israel. This year the reading will
be completed by Moses and Merrill Shapiro, Ritual
Director of the Synagogue. Services will be held at
Tifereth Israel at" 7 p.m. Mon., Mar. 12 and 7 a.m.
Tues., Mar. 13. The entire megillah will be read at both
services.
By Joseph Polakoff
Washington, (JTA)—Pre
mier Menacheip Begirt
denied Sunday that Israel is
seeking a separate peace
with Egypt and declared
that, on the contrary, it
wants a comprehensive
settlement with all of its
neighbors. But he opposes an
agreement with Egypt that
depends on the "whim" of
Israel's opponents like
.President- Hafez Assad' of
Syria, Begin said in reply to
questions on the ABC-TV
"Issues and Answers" program. .
He pointed out in that connection that the U.S. has not
been able to persuade Syria
or Jordan to join the peace
process even though
America   provides   Jordan
Church Warns Congress Won't Approve
Major Arms Agreement For Egypt
Bv Joseph Polakoff Sadat's hones to dominate    convinced that th
with weapons. Because of
this factor "we must be very
careful" about a treaty with
Egypt, he said.
Begin was interviewed
less than two hours before
going to the White House to
continue his discussions with
President Carter which
began shortly after his
arrival - in Washington
Thursday. He said that
"some progress"1-has been
made in the current round of -
Israeli-American negotiations on the issues blocking a
peacetreaty.
At the same time, Carter
told reporters after attending church that he and Begin
failed to make progress last
night, when they conferred
formally for the third time
since Begin arrived here last
Thursday, on the impasse of
the Israeli-Egyptian negotiations.
)        Begin Reports •
Some Progress
By Joseph Polakoff
Washington; (JTA)-The
chart-Irian•wiHe'Sfenate-For--
eign .Relations Committee
warned the Carter Administration last Friday that Congress will not approve any
plan, it might submit for
supplying Egypt with major
armaments to establish it as
the military power of the
Middle East as President
Anwar Sadat would like it to
be.
• The warning by Sen.
Frank Church (D. Idaho) to
Administration officials was
the second blow Friday at
the $62 million allocated for Syria is in
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Sadat's hopes to dominate
the Middle East. Premier
Menachem Begin was under-
' Begin,  in his television
interview, specified that the
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Beth Jacob Honors Simon Handler
Mr. Simon Handler
respected and'revered member of the Jewish community
will be honored by the Beth
Jacob Brotherhood as "Man
of the Year" at its Seventeenth Annual Music Concert. Mr. Handler, who was
born in a little shtetel near
the Russian city' of Luba-
vitch came to the U.S. in
1913. His is a true saga of the,
immigrant success story.
The pioneer Jew who began
as a peddler with his horse
and wagon and then
developed into one of the largest scrap and iron dealers
}n Ohio. Yet," he never
waivered from his Torah
ideals, values or practices
and became-a model of the
"ideal Jewish balabos." One.
of the original members of
the Agudas Achim Congregation, Mr. Handler's
interests have taken him to
all synagogues, rabbis and
Torah institutions.
A man of "baal chesed" a
; dispenser of kindness and
charity, Mr. Handler1 has
won
Simon Handler
the admiration of the
community "for his anonymous role in the Free Loan
Society. There are numerous
members in the community
who found financial help and
financial credit through the
good deeds of Beth Jacob's
"Man of the Year."
He and his first wife Rosa
had a beautiful home of hospitality, warmth and friendship to numerous rabbis,
cantors, and distinguished
visitors to our community.
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against Sadat's conditions
for-a treaty despite President Carter's endorsement
of Sadat's terms.
"I think you. should be
forewarned that Congress, in
my opinion, would never approve that kind of program,"
Church' told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Morris Draper, in a hearing on
arms support for. Middle
Eastern countries. Church
was referring to reports that
Egypt wants the United
States to replace much of its
aging Soyiet-supplied equipment.
- Egypt, .Secretary of
Defense Harold Brown was
reportedly informed by
Sadat on Brown's recent
visit to Cairo, wants 300
advanced F-16 warplanes,
500 tanks, 2,000 armored personnel carriers, helicopters,'
howitzers and"C-130 military
transport planes. This equipment, Sadat reportedly
informed Brown, would
enable Egypf to replace Iran
as a stabilizing force in the
Middle East.
But Church described'
Egypt's request as
"bizarre" and said "creating a military colossus in
Egypt just won't- pass
muster here on the hill, "
meaning.Congress. He also
opposed aid programs
proposed by the Administration lor Jordan and Syria.
He observed both countries
were opposing the Camp
David peace accords that set
the current Israeli-Egyptian
treaty negotiations.'
Church said he was not
- sein for recalcitrance.'
Draper said no substantial
arms sale to Egypt was
being considered until an
Egyptian-Israel treaty was
concluded. In defense of the
Carter Administration's pro-
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approved last November but
was not accepted by Egypt.
This is Article IV which provides for a review of the
treaty by both countries five
years after it is signed.
Begin made it clear, however, that he was adamantly
opposed to Egypt's position
N.C.S.Y. On The Go
Pictured above are members of the Beth Jacob
Youth Group leaving for the N.C.S.Y. Indianapolis
Shabbaton. Rabbi Stavsky bids farewell and a safe
journey to forty-two delegates of Beth Jacob Youth,
and to Yair Zinn, Youth Director. Left to right, front
row, are: Greg Blank, Seth Stavsky, Harmon
Waitzman, Ariel Zinn, Jackie Chorowsky, Jonathon
Young, Kenny Beckman, Lisa Kriss, Cheri Hoffman,
Hillary Beslove, Debbie Hoffman, Todd Blank, Randy
Kohn.
Second row: Jeff .Cohen, Howard Brody, Mark
Eisenstein, Ricky Vogel, Cindy Ebner, Marcie
Bornstein, Tammy Seidemann, Sidney Schwartz,
Sflforft Tvlflrks '     '
Back row: Mike Katz, Debbie Gilbert, Heidi
Maybruck, Ttobyn Kohn, Helene Goldmeier,. Ian
Heyman, Dennis Grinberg, Brad Davidorf, Josh
Portman, Naomi Seidemann, Agnes Neubauer, David
Eisenstein, Marvin -Rosenwaser, Bahlbi Maybruck,
Cindy Baker, Sharon Bloom-, Nathan Mellman and
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on Article VI which would
give the treaty with Israel
priority over previous
treaties Egypt has concluded with other Arab
states affecting Israel.   - ■
No specific mention was
made during the interview of
the "linkage".issue tying an
Israeli-Egyptian treaty to
implementation of autonomy
for the Palestinians on the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
But Begin indicated that
Israel would keep Jewish
settlements in those,
territories and that auto-
homy for the Palestinians
would be such that a "so-
called Palestinian " state"
would "never" arise.
According to" Begin, such a
state' would be a "mortal
danger to us" and "also
would be a Soviet base in the
center of the Middle East
and a danger to the whole
freeworld."
Begin   said,   "We   have
already   proved   we   are
sincere  in  our  wish  for
peace,   a   comprehensive
treaty. WJiy do we.Jiave to   .
_,prpve„ love "for peaceVLet,
'them get rid bi.their"sijer'"'
"picions:" ' This    was
apparently a reference to
those    who   say    Israel
menaces its Arab neighbors.
i     Disagrees That It Is
Now Or Never
Reminded that he said
after the Camp David
summit conference last
September   that  a   peace
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Carter Reaffirms
U.S. Committment
To The Security
Of Israel
Los Angeles, (JTA)—
President Carter said in a
videotaped message last
Friday night to .a
Democratic Party fund-
raising dinner here that "we
have now come within inches
of reaching a final
agreement between Egypt
and Israel" and that "I am
determined to carry on this
effort." The remarks by the
President, who could not
attend the $l,000-a-plate
dinner here because he was
meeting in Washington with
Premier Menachem Begin,
were videotaped in Washington last Wednesday, the '
day before Begin arrived for
talks with Carter.
The President said, in the
speech, that he and Begin
"are meeting now tp discuss -
our goal of a lasting peace
agreement. .1   need  your
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