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Study Finds Inadequate
Treatment Of Holocaust
In High School Text Books
NEW YORK, (JTA)-Not
a single textbook in current
use by high schools in the
United States adequately
covers the - subject of the.
- Nazi-Holocaust, according to
a report' released by the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, which sponsored an "analytical
examination" of 43 such
texts."
"The failure is quantitative as well as qualitative,"
said Theodore Freedman, :
ADL's program director, in
presenting the study to the
ADL's 66th National Commission meeting here. The
study was conducted during
the' past year by Glen S.
Pate, an assistant professor
in the Department of Secon-
dary Education at the- University of Arizona.   ""
Pointing out that even the
five books with the most extensive coverage on the subject were found wanting,'
Freedman   declared   that
""this woeful deficiency
spurs us to raise serious
questions about the kind of
education our children aret
"receiving.".      . ~ ~  . -
-Henrent on- tb- say^tWrt*--
"even'among these five—the
best of the lot—none deals
' satisfactorily with the
causes of the Holocaust or
the role of the United States;
none has suggested reading
for students; only one refers
' to resistance; (one uses the
term, 'genocide,' and one the
term, 'Holocaust'); three do
not mention the^Nuremberg
trials, and none refers to the
survivors."
The- study by Pate was,'
, made under the auspices of
'      (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
, Where Do You
Park A Camel?
ByYitzshakSlnjrgil
- EILAT,   > (JTA)-The
Josephthal  Hospital   here,
' one of Israel's most modern
.and best equipped medical
institutions, boasts a large
' parking lot and a helicopter
landing pad but lacks facilities for the mode of transportation used by its many
Bedouin patients—camels
and donkeys. The hospital;
the'southernmost in Israel,
treats Bedouins from the
desert reaches of the deep
Negev who travel on four
; legs instead of four wheels.
An ill, elderly Bedouin ar-
• rived' at the admissions
building the other day on
camel back. But there was
no place to "park" his beast
and no one to water and feed
it. The hospital authorities
are seriously considering
building a "dock" for the
"ship of the desert."
U.S. Moving Toward Including
Palestinians In Peace Talks
1000's Participate In Walkathons
Thousands of people "throughout the'United States
__ participated in Walk-a-thons for the United Jewish
Fund on Sun., May 6. More than sue million dollars Was
raised through the efforts of local Jewish communities.
In Columbus, 82 community members, ranging in
ages from 5 to 65, walked and jogged the ten-mile
route. Pledges offered by the sponsors exceeded $750.
- Taking part in the Columbus Walk-a-thon were the following students (in the above photograph, left to
. right): Randy Kohn;* Marvin Rosenwasser; Paul
Rackoff; Rebecca Eisenstein, Walk-a-thon Chairperson; and Steve Friedman, Co-Chairman of the United -
Jewish Fund Campaign Youth Division.
As a final reminder, Walk-a-thon participants.are
. urged to collect their pledges and turn in the funds to
the Columbus Jewish Federation or The Jewish Center
- by Mon., July 9.
Mosses Named Co-Chairpersons Of Third
Young Leadership Mission To Israel
■^Myer Mellman, -President '"ary; andi;o:expbse'the',par-
of the Columbus Jewish Federation; has announced that
Neil & Karen Moss will serve
as Co-Chairpersons of the
third Young Leadership Mission to Israel, which will be
held in late Oct. of 1979. This
mission is sponsored by the '
1980 United Jewish Fund
Campaign Young Men's &
Young Women's Division.
The purpose of the Young
Leadership Mission is to sen- -.
sitize young Jewish men &
women to the needs of Israel
and to strengthen their Jew-**
ish commitment so that they
will   become, involved   in '
leadership capacities in the
Federation, the local agencies and the general Jewish
community.
Thus far, 65 young men &
women have participated on
the Young Leadership Missions held the past 2 years.
Serving as Chairman pf the
first mission was Jeff Paine,
and Gregg Robins served as
' Chairman of the second mission.
These former participants
collectively pledged over
$100,000; while on their respective missions to Israel,
which represented an increase of nearly 100% over
their giving in the previous
year. As expected, each participant in some way has become meaningfully involved
in the Jewish Community.
, Preceding the actual 11-
day trip, which is coordinated by the United Jewish
Appeal in New York, a special preliminary program
\ !U be held, -The purpose of
the program is to orient the
group to their basic itiner-
ticipants to key issues and
concerns of Israel and the
American Jewish Community.
The first in the series of six
sessionsAvill be held on Sun.,
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Economics Advisor Fired
By Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM, (JTA)-
The Cabinet .today fired
Prof. Assaf Rasinn, director,
of the" government's economic planning authority, because of his strong public
criticism of Jthe govern-
-tnent's economic policy. The
Cabinet acted unanimously
at the request of Finance
Minister Simc'ia Ehrlich
who claimed that Rasinn had
reneged on a promise not to
attack the government at
public forums.
Rasinn, who is presently
visiting the U.S., was not
available for comment. His
relations with the government and especially Ehrlich,
began to deteriorate last
month after the Cabinet was
unable to agree on budget
cuts.'
He told a newspaper interviewer at the time that "the
government and the Premier are not serious" about
solving economic problems
and charged that Premier
Menachem Begin "is completely out of the economic
problems." Asked how he
could attack the government
that employed him, Rasinn
said he was hired to give
economic advice and that,
was exactly what he was
doing.
By Joseph Polakoff
'WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
The Carter Administration
has officially opened the
dooV for "Palestinian^" in
Jerusalem, - Lebanon and
wherever else they may be
living to enter the Israeli-.
Egyptian-U.S. peace process
related to the West Bank and
Gaza. The Administration
did not specifically name.
Jerusalem in making known
its decision Friday but said
that talks are to begin by the
U.S. officials with "a number of Palestinians both inside and outside of the West
Bank and Gaza." .,-. ■
Since all of Jerusalem-Including East Jerusalem-
has been part of Israel since
1967, the U.S. decision not to
exclude the holy city explicitly is certain to create
serious U.S.-Israeli . difficulties.
The Carter Administration
decision came in response to
an "urgent" "Saudi Arabian.
call in Riyadh for.the U.S. to
istart&fan immediate dia-"
" logue" withr "the Palestine
Liberation Organization.,
The Administration reiterated, however, it will continue its long-standing conditions against talk with the
PLO itself. The U.S. decision
on the widened scope of its
"talks" became known when
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency inquired at the State
Department about the Saudi,
suggestion in a newspaper
report. <■       . V.
Saudi Arabian Crown
. Prince Fahd suggested in
Riyadh that U.S.-PLO talks
could lead'to the PLO accepting- Security Council
Resolution 242 and acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
These are requirements set
down by President Carter
before U.S. talks begin with
the PLO. The PLO receive?
major financial support
from Saudi Arabia where
tens of thousands of Palestinians occupy important
positions in the oil rich country's petroleum industry and
thus have a grip on the country's economy and security.
• In an interview wjtii I^w
York Times columnist
Anthony Lewis, Fahd stated
"it is incumbent on the U.S.
to talk to the PLO because it
is a, if not the, political fact
in the conflict. It is the sole
legitimate representative*of
the Palestinian people."
U.S. Understands
Fahd's Concern
"We understand Crown
Prince .Fahd's concern that
the legitimate rights 7°f the
..Palestinians must be dealt
with as part of ain/ comprehensive peace," the State
Department said in a prepared statement in response
to questions from ihe JTA.
"The question is the central focus in the negotiations
now underway," the Department added. "As you know,
both the Camp David frameworks and the letters by
President (Anwar) Sadat
and Prime Minister Begin
sent to President Carter
March 26 call for Palestinian
participation in these negotiations."
"We desire that participation and will continue to
work for it in the days
ahead," the State Depart
ment added. "In this con-,
junction, obviously we will
be talking to a number of
Palestinians both inside and
outside the West Bank and
-Gaza."
Asked whether going "outside" the areas under Israel's administration would
include the PLO,' the State
Department said, "we
understand the role of the
PLO in the Arab world. Our
position has been spelled out
a number of times by the
President and Secretary of
State. It remains as we have
stated it."
Morris "Pic" Fleishman
Elected Pres. of CHS
Morris "Pic" Fleishman,
a leader active in synagogue
and community life, has
been elected president of
The Columbus Hebrew
School.
"Pic" Fleishman has devoted many years of loyal
75niidedicated service to the
' Jewish people and the Jewish community in Columbus.
Currently serving as Board-
chairman of Agudas Achim,
he is a former Vice-president
of the Congregation and former President of its Brotherhood. Fleishman has also
been an active member on
the boards of The Heritage
House, The Jewish Family
Service, and the Columbus
Jewish Federation, where he
serves on its Education and
Culture Budget Committee.
, In recent years, Fleishman
has devoted a great portion
.of his energies to the United
Jewish Fund Campaign,
where he is a past Chairman
of the Trades and Professions Division and past
Associate^Chairman of The
Morris Fleishman
Advanced Gifts Division. In
1977,   Fleishman  was- the
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Rabbi Skiddel To Lead
Services At Beth Am This Weekend
This weekend, Congregation Beth Am is sponsoring a
reconstructionist Sabbath.
About to celebrate its first
year anniversary, the con-
gregation has invited Rabbi
Elliot Skiddel from the Reconstructionist Seminary in
Philadelphia to lead both
Friday night and Saturday
morning services. Friday
night services will be held at
8:00 p.m. in the Jewish Ceh-.
ter as well as Saturday
morning services which will
beginat 10:00 a.m.
Rabbi Skiddel has been
chosen to be pulpit rabbi (or
Beth Am during the -High
Holidays. The rabbi will also
be conducting a study,
session on the Reconstructionist Prayer Book on
Saturday morning following
the service.
Congregation Beth Am is a
new congregation which is
providing service to the
Columbus Jewish'Commun-,
ity. Besides being the only
. Reconstructionist congregation, Beth Am is a participatory synagogue. Services are
congregationally led and are
a part of our congregational
family life.
Beth Am's religious school
which opens its doors in the
fall, will also be unique. The
religious school will be
family oriented providing
educational services for
children, adults and the
family unit.
This weekend brings the
congregation close to its one- -
year anniversary. The entire
. Jewish community is invited
to attend services and participate in the Spirit that has
become Beth Am.
Friday night June 29,8:00
p.m., at the Jewish Center;
Saturday morning, June 30
10:00 a.m. at the JewishCenter, followed by study
session.