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Many Issues Face
The Jewish
Community
PHILA. (JTA)-By his
own reckoning, Theodore
Mann has logged some
200,000 miles since assuming
the chairmanship of the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations a year ago.
As he begins his second
year in office, the Philadelphia lawyer and veteran
Jewish leader can look forward to many more miles of
travel between his Ritten-
house Square office and the
power centers of New York,
Washington, Jerusalem and
■ now Cairo.
Mann visited the Jewish
Exponent here to share his
thoughts wjth News Editor
David Gross, on some of the
current issues facing the
Jewish community. He had
recently returned from attending the formalexchange
of treaty documents between
Egypt and Israel at Umm
Kashiba in the Sinai and
from a series^ of "meetings
with senior U.S. officials.
"It is most .important,"
M^nn began, "that when"
".American Jews count up the
mistakes of the Carter Administration—and there 3re
mistakes and they should be
counted—they do not lose
sight of the Administrations
positive   accomplishments,
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Klutznick Defends
;!;;   Aiding 'Drop-Outs'
TEL AVIV (WNS)-Philip
B'J Klutznick, president .of the
World Jewish Congress,
stressed here/ May 21 that
Jewish organizations who
aid Soviet Jewish emigrants
who do not go to Israel do so
because they believe, it is
their duty to help Jew^ find a
home wherever they choose.
"Israel's failure is probably
not in absorbing immigrants
but rather in attracting
them" he told a meeting of
-Israeli editors at Beth
Sokolow. He noted that
Soviet Jewish emigration is
increasing. At the same
time, Iranian Jews, who are
beginning to feel the pressure to move, hesitate since
they are wary of applying for
exit visas, Klutznick said. He
said the primary concern of
the WJC is to maintain Jewish unity and safeguard the
interests of Jews in places
where it is necessary to do
so. Meanwhile, Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, the former WJC
.president, told the WJC's
Israel Executive, that while
the Soviet Union must be
urged to open its gates-to
Jews who wanted to leave,
the Jews who choose to remain in the Soviet Union
must be protected and their
rights as a minority secured.
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Carter Administration, Javits Urge
Restraint In Replying To Iran
"Jerusalem: Past and Present," a spectacular
sound and light show from The Citadel of David, will
have, its Columbus premier at the Eastland Mall Shopping Center on June 7-8. It is part of the Mall's week-
long salute to Israel's 31st anniversary. Other activities are highlighted in the enclosed story.
Jerusalem Day Celebration Coordinated
This June 7th, Jews
throughout the world will
celebrate the twelfth anniversary of the reunification
of Jerusalem. The Community Relations Committee of
the Columbus' Jewish Fed-'
eration is coordinating, on s
local level, the Jerusalem
Day celebration.
As part of the Community
Relations Committee effort,
a spectacular multi-screen,
audio-visual presentation entitled "Jerusalem: Past and
Present"—the "Sound and
Light Show from The Citadel
of David and the Jerusalem
City Museum—will'have its
Columbus premier at Eastland Mall on June 7 and 8.
The Jerusalem Sound and
Light Show, which traces the
history of Israel's capital
from the era of King David'
through the present, will be
part of Eastland Mall's official salute to Israel's 31st
anniversary celebration.
The Sound and Light Show
will be presented every hour
on the hour at the Mall.
In addition to the audiovisual program, the Mall also
will host a traveling exhibition entitled "Israel—A People and Its Land" from June
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Klutznick Says Less Than
2 Million Jews Still In Soviet Union
3-10. The final part of the exhibition explores and illustrates the special relationship between the people of
Israel and Eretz-Israel—the
Land of Israel. The second
part tells the story of twenty
centuries of Jewish life in the
Holy Land, the story of the
forgotten generations. Longing for the return to the Land
of Israel has been a principal
theme in JewisKlife throughout the centuries. It is part of
the daily prayers, it has been
the subject of poems, books
and customs. .-,'-„..
The third part of the exhi-
bition testifies to the faithfulness of the-Jewish people in
the Diaspora to its land.
"Everyone who is caught
in Jerusalem's spell asks
himself at one time or another, what is its secret?
What is itin the city that cap-,
tures the. imagination of people all over the world? I am
sure this program will be a
source of pleasure for the
many viewers, both residents of Jerusalem as well
as visitors to our city, from
all over the world," stated
Teddy Kollek, Mayor of
Jerusalem.
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Both the Carter Administration and Sen. Jacob Javits
(R. NY) have urged Americans to show restraint in the
wake of attacks from
Iranian officials. Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini called
the U.S. a "wounded snake"
and Javits and his wife
Marian, were singled out for
vilification by Ayatollah
Sadegh Khalkhali, head of
the revolutionary tribunal,
who said the Javitses were
wanted in Iran for "corruption and misappropriation of
Iranian public funds." The
personal attack on the U.S.
and the Javitses came after
the Senate passed a resolution!, sponsored by'Javits,
condemning the mass executions in Iran without due pro-
TEL AVIV (WNS)-PhUip
Klutznick, president of the
World Jewish Congress, said
here that there are 1.7 to 1.9
million Jews still in the
Soviet Union, not the 2.5 million that has been estimated.
Speaking at the first anniversary of Beth Hatefutzot,
the Museum of the Diaspora,
May 23, he said his figures
took into'account the 200,000
Jews who have emigrated in
recent years, the almost zero
natural growth of Soviet
Jews and the inroads made
by assimilation. On the
American scene, Klutznick
said fewer Jews are going
into business or self-employed occupations. He said
with more Jews going into
professions and salaried-occupations, this may have an
implication for future fund-
raising.' "I hold the opinion
that Israel's, difficult march
toward full peace will continue to be a focus of diaspora concern and effort," he
said. But, he noted fund-raising is more than getting
money. "It has become for
tens of thousands a way of
identifying themselves with
the Jewish community."
The anniversary celebration also marked the official
naming of the museum for
Dr. Goldmann, the former
WJC president, who conceived the idea 20 years ago.
Goldmann said the museum .
was one of his greatest goals
and he was strongly moved.
He said he was pleased to
learn that <t was1 attracting
thousands of Israeli youths
thereby forging links with
the past.
cess of law. Mrs. Javits was
attacked because she served
as a public relations consultant to the Iranian airline in
1975. She resigned in January, 1976 because of criticism that her work might
have led to a conflict of interest with her husband's
work as the ranking Republican of the Senate Foreign
Relations-Committee. State
Department spokesman
Kenneth Brown said that the
attack on Javits was of "concern" to the U.S. but refused
to go further than that.
Javits as first termed the
Iranian attack "just ridiculous" but when pressed by
reporters for a comment
later he said "the Senate has
spoken to the Iranian people
as friends and to the govern-
Sephardi Head Deplores Bias
Against Sephardi Jews In Israel
NEW YORK (WNS)-An
end to a "syndrome of pride
and prejudice against
Sephardi Jews" in Israel
wasjurged here May 20 by
Nessim. Gaon,7president of
•the World "Sephardi Federation. Gaon, who received
Yeshia University's Distinguished Service Award at
the university's annual
Sephardi Studies_ dinner,
stressed that his prejudice
"can only weaken the future
strength -and - unity of
Israel.". The Geneva-based
Jewish leader noted "that as
Israel embarks on its first
peace, Sephardi Jewry—who
represent the majority in the
Jewish State—are a dis-
' tressed people, both in terms
of opportunity and cultural
identification." Gaon said
that Jews Have" fought for.
centuries for equal rights.
"Now that we have achieved
the impossible—re-establishing the Jewish State—it
is hard to believe that we
should have to fight for the
same principles within the
Jewish State," he declared.
"Whatever our rights, we
are one Jewish people representing two cultures and traditions—not based on group
distinctions, but rather the
richness of our heritage."
Sjkavout
' lly Rabbi Samuel M.'Silver
(A Seven-Arts Feature)
- Shavuot is one of three Pilgrim Festivals mentioned
in the Bible.
The other two are Passover and Sukkot.
-Originally nature festivals, since .three holidays
marked important milestones in the agricultural year.
Passover was at first the plea to God to make the
Spring harvest a good one; later it became the time to
observe the deliverance from Egyptian slavery. Sukkot started as a time to mark the beginning of the
autumn harvest and was later identified with the protection God granted the Israelites as, for forty years in
the desert, they lived in Sukkot (tents or booths).
Shavuot means, in Hebrew, Weeks, and is the festival which takes place seven weeks after Passover, the
time of the Spring planting. Those 49 days are the
length of time needed for the appearance of the first
results of the planting. For this reason Weeks is also
called the Festival of the First Fruits. In ancient times,
stalks of grain were brought to the temple in Jerusalem and there thanks were offered up to<tod for His
part in producing the food we eat. That is the origin of
the idea of pilgrimages, of trips to ajholy place. As
indicated these -visits to the shrine also took place on
Passover and Sukkot.
Because of the fifty-day period between the holidays,
the climax of this span is called not only Shavuot
(Weeks) but Pentecost (related to fifty).
That fifty-day stretch later took on new significance
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ment of Iran with which we
wish to be friendly." The '
Javitses were given police
protection both at their New
York home and in Washington.
Meanwhile, Nazi-hunter '
Serge klarsfeld has gone to
Teheran from Paris to protest the execution of Habib
Elkanian, the former Jewish
community leader, and to
try to assist four Iranian
Jews still held in "revolutionary Islamic" jails. Iranian Justice Minister Assa-
dollah Mobasherin told
Klarsfeld May 24 that Iran's
Jews have nothing to fear
from the new regime. In another report from Teheran,
a major and sergeant in the
Shah's army were executed
and two generals were given v
Jong prison terms. One of'
them, Gen. ' Manoucher
Vajdi, was sentenced to 15
years in prison after being •
accused of" collaborating
with the secret service in
Israel, the United States,
Britain and West Germany.
4 Jews Elected
To New Canadian
Parliament
OTTAWA (WNS)-Four
Jews were elected to Parliaj
ment in the Canadian election in which Joe Clark's
Progressive-Conservative
Party ousted the 11-year-old "
Liberal Party government of
'Pierre-Elliott Trudeau May
22. No jew was elected on
the winning party. The only
jew to run on the Progressive-Conservative list was
Sidney Spiwak-, who was de-
. feated in Winnipeg. Two Liberals were re-elected, Herb'
Grey, a former minister and
the first Jew to be named to
a Liberal Cabinet, in Windsor, and Bob Kaplan, in Toronto. Defense Minister Barnett Danson, was rejected in .
his Toronto area riding as
was another Liberal, Sima
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10 New Women
Rabbis Will
Graduate In June
NEW YORK (WNS)-Ten
women will be among the 46
persons receiving degrees as
rabbis from Reform and Reconstructionist institutions.
They will bring the number
of women rabbis up to 21,16
Reform and five Reconstructionists. Two of the women
will be ordained at the Cincinnati campus of the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish   Institute   of   Religion
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