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Center Recelxs OT Csnvsntoi Awards
At the recent Jewish Welfare Board 1980 Convention in Lob
Angeles, The Columbus Jewish Center was the recipient of
numerous honors.
William Goldman, Center President, is shown accepting,
on the Center's behalf, the awards for Best Multi-Media, Best
Special Events and Best Photos Categories. Making the
presentation is Harry Isaacs, Chairman, JWB's Committee
on Public Interpretation and Communication.
Also at the Biennial were Dr. Alven Herstig, left, Center
Board Member, and Mike Talis, center, Center Vice-
President, who received their awards for New Leadership
Recognition from Joel Berkowitz, Chairman, JWB's
Leadership Development Committee.
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By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The State Department's
"bureaucracy" dealing with
the United States' position
towards Israeli' settlement
policy is "riven with strife
and conflict," a State
Department spokesman said
recently after having
asserted opposition to "any
unilateral steps" by Israel
on the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.
The spokesman, Tom
Reston, was asked to provide
an answer to whether the
United States opposes the
number of settlers in
existing settlements:
Declining to take the
question for a response later.
Reston said "I don't know if
they are in a mood to answer
at this point," referring to
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Bernard Gerson, Special
Projects Vice President for
the Jewish National Fund of
Columbus, announces there
will be a JNF booth at the
Ohio State Fair, Aug. 12-24.
The fair project will be an
ecumenical effort to demon-,
strate brotherhood and the
desire for continued peace in
the Galilee Project.
JNF would like to promote
the theme of brotherhood as
a basis for peoples of all religions to plant trees in the
land that is sacred to all.
The Galilee is a region in
north central Israel. _ It is
bordered on the north by
Lebanon, on the south by the
Jezreel ahd Beit Shean valleys, on the east by the central and northern Jordan
valley, and on the west by
the Mediterranean coastal
plains
The mountainous nature of
the Galilee makes large-
scale agriculture impossible. It is a region of rocky
hills, mountain crags and
fertile valleys, and has a tendency to form marshlands
and swamps in the low lands.
Since the 1970's the JNF
has done much to improve
life in the Galilee. An industrial park, Tefen, was
created with surrounding
-villages. A nevy cluster of
settlements came into being,
and land reclamation was
increased.
. Two elements are special
to the Galilee Project. The
afforestation combines new
planting with the restoration
of natural and remnants of
ancient forests. "Active Recreation Centers" are
situated in its forests. These
centers bring the public to
the forests by providing a
place for physical activity
and recreation with picnic
facilities in a forest environment.
Many of the Galilee's
forests bear names of international fame and interest.
The Children's Forest and
the International Women's
Forest exist as part of the.
Galilee Project.
The Galilee is becoming
one of the lushest, greenest
areas of Israel.
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'      Hew Center Campaign 8n Progress
For over 30 years The Jewish Center has served Columbus' Jewishand general
communities. One important ingredient . .. people ... has helped mold the
organization and its activities.
The Capital Campaign For Building The New Jewish Center also focuses on people,
both in terms of volunteers conducting the drive and dedicated community members
making monetary commitments.
The above illustation depicts people of all ages participating ih the building process.
Center and Campaign leaders join Campaign General Chairman Pavid Roth in urging
all members of the Jewish community to join them in this endeavor.
Campaign activities on various giving levels are now in progress. "When contacted,
please respond generously jbo that our children and future generations can share and.
experience Jewish Center activities," Roth said,
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ephraim Dovrat, a senior aide to
Finance Minister Yigal Hurwitz, told a group of visiting
American trade union .representatives here that Israel.
covers 10 "percent of its foreign currency deficit,with the
' proceeds from the sales of Israel Bonds.
"Without Israel Bonds we'd-have to borrow substantial
sums at high interest," he said. The Bond drive enabled
Israel "to cover the foreign exchange component in her
industrial development budget, including major Negev
projects," he said. He said that despite economic difficulties,
Israel was able to reduce its imports, excluding oil, by 2S
percent in the first four months of this year.
War Not Likely
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Gen. Yehoshua Saguy, chief of
military intelligence, said recently that Israel does not
consider a new Middle East war likely to break out this year,
largely because of the instable political conditions in the
region as a whole and in Israel's immediate vicinity.
However, Saguy, who spoke to military correspondents
here, said a coup or any other sudden change in'the countries
neighboring Israel could trigger a war.
He disclosed that military intelligence has had to
drastically revise its methods and training as a result of
Israel's stage-by-stage withdrawal from Sinai. While Israeli
forces wer,e deployed there, stationary intelligence-
gathering equipment was utilized, he said. Now, air-borne
devices and other types of electronic gear must be used.      *"
RUcHenry Says Carter Disavowed i
Onlj? Pari 0! March 1 Resolution'
NEW YORK (JTA) - Donald F. McHenry, the United
States Ambassador to the United Nations, maintains that
President Carter did not "disavow" the United Nations
Security Council resolution March 1 criticizing Israel's
settlement policy, only the references to Jerusalem,
according to an interview in the biweekly journal "The New
Leader."
In the interview with Gertrude Samuels, a UN
correspondent, McHenry said Carter did not disavow the
vote. "He (Carter) explicitly said it was with regard to
references to Jerusalem," the Ambassador said. "He went
on to reiterate the policy with regard to settlements."
McHenry asserted that the March l resolution "did not
condemn Israel" and "was not an anti-Israel vote. It was an
anti-settlement vote. I think it's important to get that clear."
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the .Department's Mideast
policymakers that provide
information to spokesmen.
When he was pressed "you
are opposed to it." Reston
replied, "not only the
bureaucracy is riven with
strife and * conflict,
apparently the press corps is
too."
The colloquy arose over
Premier Menachem Begin's
announcement that Israel
would set up 10 more
settlements on the West
Bank and then stop building
after that. "We oppose any
unilateral steps on
settlements which undercut
the negotiations now
underway to achieve
agreement on these
territories (West Bank and
Gaza) that all parties can
support," Reston
said. Asked if an increase
in population is a unilateral
action, Reston said. "Yes. if
not in consultation with other
. parties:" But when asked if
that would undercut
negotiations, he replied he -
was trying to obtain
additional information "if
they are (the bureaucracy)
in a mood to do so at this
point."
In defense of his
settlement program. Begin _
was reported as having
quoted President Carter's
statement of Sept. 27.1978 of
agreeing to additional
Israelis settling on the West
Bank. Reston invited
reporters to read the Carter
remarks that followed the
Camp David agreements.
The President said then, in
.response to a reporter's
question, "on no limits on
expansion" that Israelis
"were not talking about an
enormous expansion of tens
of' thousands of .people, but
just tiny settlements being
expanded." Carter also said'
"if we put in an absolute
freeze on all expansion the
families couldn't be
reunited."   -
The President said the
Israelis "emphasize how
tiny the total population was.
I thought it ws a good tradeoff that in dropping the
expansion language (in the
Camp David accords) we
-added on the language that
the status of future
settlements would be
decided during the
negotiations."
The difference in news
between the Carter
statement and .the Israeli
version of Begin's
understanding with Carter of:
expansion of settlements has, <
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