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VOL. 57   NO. 15 .
APRIL 19; 1979-NISAN 22
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Reward Offered For
Amin's Arrest
TEL AVIV, (JTA)-A reward for information leading
to the arrest, of deposed
President Idi Amin of
Uganda was offered today
by the family of Dora Bloch.
The elderly British-Israeli
woman was killed in Kampala, Uganda after an Israeli
commando team freed more
than 100 hostages July 3,
1976, including^ dozens of
Israelis, who were being
held by Palestinian terrorists at Entebbe' Airport
after they hijacked an Air'
France airliner. In London,
British MP Greville Janner,
a close friend of the Bloch
family, said the reward
would be substantia], but he
declined to give a figure.
Benny Bloch, Mrs. Bloch's
son, said he and his two brothers were establishing a
fund to encourage people to
help in Amin's capture. He
said he planned to go to
Uganda to find his mother's
body and bring it back for
burial. At the time of her reported death, Amin claimed
that Mrs. Blocti was among
the freed hostages,, but it is
widely' believed  she  was"
Israel 31 Celebration At Center
Sat., Apr. 28 and Sun., Apr. 29
Kiryat Shemona Dancers to participate in Israel 31
celebration.
Exclusive Repeat Performance Of
"... I Never Saw Another Butterfly.
To Highlight Campaign Closing Event
A major feature of the 1979
United Jewish fund Campaign Closing Event will be
an exclusive repeat performance of "... I Never Saw
Another Butterfly... ", a
' dramatic presentation
adapted from children's
drawings and poems which
were drawn and written during their imprisonment in
Terezin Concentration Camp
during World War II. .
At the Closing Celebration
to. be held on Wednesday
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evening, Aj>r. 25,.all 1979
taketyfaom, her. hospitaLhed..- United Jewish Fund Cam-
in Kampala,, where she-y/as   paigri Chairmen, "leaders and
being treated for a throat ailment, and killed. Many
people hold Amin personally
responsible for her death.
workers will be honored. A
special salute is planned to
past Campaign leaders as
well.
Concern Expressed Over American Intention
To Employ Foreign Labor In Building Two Bases
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV, April 15
(JTA)—The American intention to employ foreign labor
in the construction of two
military air bases in the
Negev has Histadrut officials -worried. The U.S.
plans to bring some 2500 foreign workers to Israel, probably from South Korea or
other countries, to work on
the airfields that the U.S.
will finance!
Yeruham Meshel, Secret
tary General of Histadrut,
' has no objection to foreign
- labor. But at a meeting with
Defense Minister Ezer Weizman who signed the construction agreement with
Pentagon officials last week,
he insisted the employment
of any workers, Israeli or
foreign, must be coordinated
with. Histadrut. He said the
labor federation has international obligations and agreements to -safeguard the
rights of any workers in
Israel.
Meshel also has met with
two, senior American of-
- ficers, one from the U.S. Air'
Force and the other from the
Defense Department. He explained that Israel's econ-
|(  omy would be harmed if Israeli workers were lured by,
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higher pay away from their
regular jobs', to work in the
Negev. He said, the hiring of
workers from . the, Israeli
labor market should not be
on an individual'basis but
through existing agencies in
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Performers in "
Never Saw Another Butterfly ... " are children from
the Columbus Jewish Community. They include: Andy
Cohodes, son of Mrs. Sharon
Cohodes; Jon Feibel, son of
Mr. &, Mrs. James Feibel;
Carrie Monsonoff,.daughter
of Mrs. Carol Monsonoff;
Ronni Oaklander, daughter
of Mr. & Mrs. Morris Oaklander; and Pamel Swedlow,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Gerald Swedlow., _
- Tfhe production, which was
. initially-- presented;-at -the-
. Women's ■ Division ■ major •
campaign luncli in February, was directed and produced by Ric Wanitik,
Executive-Director of the
Greater Columbus Arts
Council. Linda Kalette,
"cantor" for Congregation
Beth Shalom, served .as
musical director for this special Holocaust presentation.
All campaign chairmen,
leaders and workers have
been invited to the 1979 Campaign Closing Celebration.
For further information and
reservations contact the Columbus Jewish Federation
office at 237-7686.
Linda Selcer, chairman of
the Center's Israel Committee, invites the entire community to join "together in
celebrating Israel's thirty-'
first anniversary. The celebration will begin Saturday
evening, Apr. 28 and continue on Sun., Apr. 29, at the
JewishCenter.
Sunday's celebration will
begin at noon with a Jewish
Food Festival. The Food
Festival Committee, chaired
by Elaine Newman and
Sharon Eisenberg; is continuing to prepare a wide variety of "noshes and nibbles"
to tempt the tasetbuds of all.
The-community is invited to
experience this "taste of
Jewish culture" from noon
Holocaust Program Scheduled
For Monday Night April 23
Columbus will join synagogues and communities
around the world on Monday
night to commemorate the
martyrdom of those Six Million who perished at the
hands of the Nazis during the
Second World War. The program will take place at
Temple Tifereth Israel, 1354
East Broad St., at 8:00 p.m.
The program this year is
sponsored by the Columbus
Board of "Rabbis. According
to Rabbi Sheldon Switkin,
President of the Columbus
Board of Rabbis, the date of
Nisan 27, beginning this year
'on Monday evening, Apr. 23,
has been designated as Yom
Hashoa V'Hagivurah, the
Pay of Destruction and.
'Valor. ,:ilY
,' The' chairman   of . this
year's event is Dr. Marshall
Yovits who points out, "We
are fortunate to have as our
guest speaker one of American Jewry's Jeading scholars
and speakers, Dr. Eugene
Borowitz. Not only is Rabbi
Borowitz widely regarded as
a major figure in the modern
interpretation of Judaism,
but he is also a product of the
Columbus. Jewish community, having grown up here."
Rabbi David Stavsky, representing the Board of
Rabbis, said that all of the
_community's rabbis will participate in the program. Cantor Phillip Wolf will chant an
appropriate - -Sprayer and
other selections.
Children of Holocaust survivors will ligty six roemvf>:
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to 7:30 p.m. in the Center's
Auditorium. Highlighting
the Festival's dessert menue
will be cheesecake flown in
special delivery from
Berney's, one of Miami,
Florida's most famous restaurants. All other specialties including stuffed cabbage, tzimmes, farfel,
chicken soup, chopped liver,
kugel, and a variety of
pareve desserts have been
prepared in the Center's
kosher kitchen.
Israel 31 activities will
continue Sunday with informal performances and'
dance instruction by the
Kiryat Shmona Dance
Troupe. Performances are
slated for 1:30 and 4:30 p.m.
in the Center's gym. The
work of Israeli artist Rina
Rotholz will be on display in -
the Center lobby and the ar- i
tist herself, will demonstrate
her invented art form,
"tuilegraphy" at 3 p.m. In
addition, there will be a preschool art show, an Israeli
philatelist exhibit, and special activities for children including an art booth, singing, dancing, and outdoor Israeli sports. There is no admission charge for Sunday's
activities.
Tickets are on sale now at
the Center for the Saturday
evening, Apr. 28, performance featuring Israeli singer
Gadi Elon and the Kiryat
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Tension Between Egypt, Israel
Seems To Have Been Eased
By David Landau
JERUSALEM, (JTA)-
The bitterness between
-Israel and Egypt over the
"priority of obligations"
issue thtfft poured the post:
treaty, signing atmosphere
last week.seems to have died
down, with both sides plainly
To Chair Publicity
Committee for New
Jewish Center
Dr. James Tennenbaum,
President of the Jewish Center, announces that Robert
Tenenbaum will serve as
Chairman of the Publicity
Committee for " the New
Building and serving with
Tenenbaum will be professional publicists Howard
Byer, David Milenthal,
Burton Schildhouse and
Harold Tanenbaum.
According to Bob Tenenbaum, the committee of professional volunteers will lend
their expertise to the project
in order to keep the com;,
munity informed of the progress of the building from
design to completion.
The initial stages of design
were dealt with at a work
session in the Godwin Bohm
offices on Apr. 3. The Building Committee authorized
borings for soil study and
subsurface' investigation.
William Goldman, Center
Vice President for the New
Building presided at this
nieeting ,where the architects presented six options.
In a brainstorming session,,
the committee and the architects analyzed the gresentii-
tions and refined the site designs for presentation to the
Jewish Center Board. "The
task of arriving at a site de-
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determined to "put a lid" on
it. Egyptian Prime Minister
Mustapha Khalil, whose
, statements ' regarding
Egypt's right to aid Syria in
an.attack on the. occupied
Golan Heights had triggered
the row, was conciliatory in
an interview on-Israeli television last night., He said he
was certain both sides intended to carry out their
obligations under the treaty
to the letter.
1 The exchange of instruments of ratification has now
been set for early this week
at the U.S. electronic monitoring facility at Umm
Hashiba. Eliahu Ben-Elis-,
sar,    Premier   Menachem
Begin's top aide, will represent Israel and the U.S.
Ambassador to Cairo Her-,
mann Eilts will be there for
Washington. Egypt has not
yet named its delegate. - >
By. mutual consent, it has
been decided td -keep this
event "low-key." Original
plans for Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan and Egypt's
Minister of State Boutros
Ghali to be present have
been scrapped. The scheduled transfer of El Arish to
Egypt—the first - tangible
"move under the treaty—is
still set for the end of May
and will be the occasion for
another summit meeting be-
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Sylvia Schecter Nominated JJs
President Of Heritage House
Ed Schlezinger, Chairman
of the Nominating Committee of Heritage House, announced that the 1979 slateoi
officers and Board members
has been finalized, for presentation at the 17th Annual
Meeting of Heritage House
onSun.,Apr.22.
Mr. Schlezinger stated
that, on behalf of the Nominating Committee, it will be
his personal honor to place
the name of Mrs. Joseph
(Sylvia) Schecter in nomination for the Presidency of
Heritage House.
Mrs. Schecter's years of
service, devotion and commitment to Heritage House
have more than qualified her
for this high office. She is
currently a Vice President
and Chairperson of the Finance and Furnishings Committees. She serves as a
member of the Art, Admissions, Building and -Remodeling, House and Master
Mrs. Joseph Schecter
Plan   Committees   of   the
Board.
In grateful recognition of
her dedication to Heritage
House, Mrs. Schecter became the first recepient of
the Eleanor and Jack Resler
"Life With Dignity" Award
which was presented at last
year's Annual Meeting. The , ,
! deep personal regard for the
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