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VOL.58   NO.42
OCTOBER 9,1980-TISHREI29
Bella Wexner To
-Host UJF Women
[lies! October 21
i-Upper level Women's Division contributors to the 1981
United Jewish Fund Campaign wjll have an opportunity to become "Women of the
Torch" at a special campaign gathering planned for
Tuesday evening, Oct. 21.
Function Coordinator Bella
Wexner will welcome these
women to her home for the
event, which will begin with
a 6:30 p.m. buffet supper.
The evening's guest
speaker, Sidney Z. Vincent,
has often been described by
his colleagues as the "dean"
of the Federation movement. The Cleveland
native's impressive 45-year
career in the field of Jewish
communal Awork began at
If
Sidney Z. Vincent
Cleveland's Park Synagogue, where today he is a
Trustee. From 1935 to 1945 he
was Principal of the
synagogue's High School and
College Department.
In 1945 he joined the staff
of the Jewish Community
Federation of Cleveland in
the position of 'Associate
Director and later was appointed Executive Director.
Upon his retirement in 1975,
he became Executive Direc-.
tor Emeritus.
■ Throughout his career,
.Vincent has been actively involved in many Jewish and
civic organizations and activities, including: National
Conference of Jewish Communal Service of which he is
a past president, International. Conference of Jewish
Communal Service and National Association of Jewish
Community Relations Workers. He has also served as
the American Coordinator in
1968-69 for the Conference on
Human Needs, as Study
Director for the National
Cultural Study as a Consultant to the Board of Jewish
Deputies of South Africa.
The Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Western Reserve /University has been
the recipient of such
prestigious honors as the
Milender Fellow, Brandeis
University, 197$; Man of the
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S-YV, Miller Deny Air Time To
brmer Auschwitz Inmates
10,003 People toch
PARIS, (JTA)—Some 10,000 people marched through the
center of Paris last week to protest the emergence of neo-
Nazi organizations, the spread of racist theories and the lack
of adequate police protection for Jewish institution, schools
and synagogues. The marchers, led by Alain de Rothschild,
president of the Representative Council of Jewish Organizations in France (CRIF), gathered in front of the Memorial
to the Unknown Jewish Martyr.
Exceptionally strict police measures were taken to protect
the marchers. Policemen, many carrying machine guns,
were deployed at most intersections and army snipers were
posted on adjacent rooftops. No incidents or violence marked
the march. Representatives of all political parties were
present. The French Presidential elections are only six
months away.
The demonstration was called in the wake of attacks
against five1 Jewish institutions in Paris, including two
synagogues and two schools. Neo-Nazis claimed
responsibility for the attacks.
Begin To Address CJF Assembly
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Premier Menachem Begin of Israel
will address over 2500 leaders of North American Jewish
Federations on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Council of Jewish
Federations' General Assembly in Detroit, it was announced
here. Speaking ata major plenary session, Begin will provide
delegates with his views on "Israel-Diaspora Relations"—
the bond between American Jewry, the State of Israel and its
people.
By Rochellc Saidel Wolk
N E W Y O R K ,
(JTA)-CBS-TV network officials and playwright Arthur Miller said last week
that they would turn down a
request from two Auschwitz-
Birkenau survivors for time
to air a dialogue between
them and Miller, author-of
the television drama "Playing for Time."
The survivors are Marc
Berkowitz of New City, N.Y.
and Alex Dekel of New York
City, both in their late
forties. As children they
were subjects of the
notorious Dr. Josef Men-
gele's medical experiments
at the extermination camp in
southern Poland. They told
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency .that they wanted the
dialogue with Miller to clear
up "deceptions" and
"dangerous fictionalizing"
in .Miller's version of the
story of Fania Fenelon, a
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By Trude B. Feldman
Chronicle's White House
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C—one
who has not yet visited the
State of Israel or any Arab
country, Ronald Reagan has
.views about the Middle East
that reflect a close study of
the hottest foreign policy
matter before the world.
He was candid and forthcoming with replies on that
area's key issues during a
recent, exclusive interview
at Washington's Hyatt
Regency Hotel. Relaxed,
and in an outgoing mood, he
was also optimistic about his
chances of being elected
President of the United
States in November.
Governor Reagan spoke
with confidence that many
Democrats will this year
vote Republican. He further
said he expects to win over a
"sizeable portion" of the
Jewish voters. The former
California Governor sees the
Middle East as a "powder
keg which offers the greatest
possibility of disaster."
While he supports the
Camp David peace process,
Reagan is critical of the Carter Administration's "wide
swings in foreign policy," including its approach to the
Arab-Israeli conflict. A case
in point is the recent flap
over the F-15 McDonnell
Douglas jet fighter. Recently, the Carter Administration disclosed Saudi Arabia's
request to increase the range
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which Congress voted to sell
in 1978 to the Saudis. President Carter, in urging passage of that arms agreement
" two years ago, promised that
the F-15 would not be provided the offensive equipment
the Saudis are now requesting.
Commenting on the Administration's apparent willingness to backtrack on its
pledge not to equip the F-15
with extra gas tanks and advanced weaponry, Reagan
said, "Now,' the Carter
Administration may be on
the verge of one of its famous
zig-zags in foreign policy."
Ronald Reagan said he
favors an American
presence in the Middle East
to counter Soviet and radical
threats in that area. Recently, Richard V. Allen, Rea
gan's senior National Security, adviser, visited one of the -
bases in the Sinai desert, and
reported to him that the
facility aught to be considered in the strategic planning of the United States
Government. "I believe
there has to be a Western
world presence, an actual
physical presence there,
because of the danger to the
United States, and even
more so to Europe and
Japan, who are more dependent on .Mideast oil," Reagan told me. "We should
give serious consideration to
Israel's offer of naval bases
since it is important that we
show the flag there. This, in
itself, could be an indication
to the Soviet Union that further aggression may risk a
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Ronald Reagan, Republican presidential nominee,
gives his views on tlw Middle East and other subjects
during an exclusive interview with our White House
correspondent, Trude B. Feldman, at Washington's
, iwifratt Regency Hotel. Photo by Cassoni. /     ■
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French, half-Jewish
member of the women's
orchestra at Auschwitz.
In addition to other "cruel
insensitivities," they described the characterization of
Mengele in the television
play as "a farce" and an
"outrage." "After 33 years
of pain and sorrow, we want
to come out and express
what happened to us. Seeing
these opened wounds that
never will be healed," they
said.
Along with the denial of air
time, CBS officials
reiterated that the network
had never intended to offend
the Jewish community in
either the casting of the
controversial Palestine Liberation Organization
sympathizer Vanessa Redgrave in the role of Fenelon
or in the presentation of
"Playing for Time."
On the contrary, it is our
belief that this production
will make a lasting
contribution that the terrible
events of the Nazi era will
not 1>e forgotten," the CBS.
official said.
A spokesperson for Miller
told the JTA that the
playwright "prefers not to
get involved or discuss the
idea" of a dialogue. "He is
starting a new project and
important as the idea is, he
cannot get involved. He
doesn't have time," the
spokesperson stated. Miller,
in the midst of rehearsals of
his new Broadway play, said
he had "no comment" on the
"allegations that Mengele's
•character was distorted in
"Playing for Time."
Berkowitz said he watched
the television film from a
hospital bed where he is
under treatment for a
neurological condition
inflicted upon him by
Mengele's medical
experiments. Claiming a
lack of authenticity in the
film, he told the JTA in a
telephone interview,
"Maybe this can be done*
when it pertains to ancient
times. But when something
is still before your eyes like
pictures in a camera, you
'don't need second best." ,
Berkowitz, whose arm
bears the Auschwitz tattoo
number A7738, carries a
copy of a certificate signed
by Mengele, stating that he
was experimented on by the
infamous death camp
doctor. He said he obtained
the document from the
Polish government. He said
that he and his twin sister
were among some 400
children, mostly twins, who
were selected for inhuman
"medical" experiments.
Berkowitz and his sister
were liberated from Ausch-
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witz by Soviet forces in
December, 1944 along' with
five other pairs of twins who
survived. Berkowitz
described Mengele's
medical experiments section
of the camp, not referred to
in the television film, as a
"human zoo."
Dekel described himself to .
the JTA as "a human guinea
pig for Mengele" when he
was a child in Auschwitz. He .
was liberated while on a
death march from the camp.
The tattoo number B14844 is
still on his arm.
According to Dekel,
"Miller's message was
we're all human beings,
even Nazis and he made .
heroes out of butchers to
prove it." Dekel said, "The "
film gives the impression
Auschwitz was a jail with
inmates who were
sentenced. The SS were
depicted as wardens, human
beings who did their jobs.
Giving people like Maria
Mandel (the SS commander
of the women's camp at Bir-
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This Sunday
October 12
MarhsENCORE!
This Sunday evening, Oct.
12, members of the Jewish
community will participate
in ENCORE!, a fundraising
event in behalf of The Capital Campaign For Building"
. The New Jewish Center. The
reception and candlelight
supper will be held at The
Columbus Sheraton beginning at 6:30 p.m. Attendees
will enjoy the music of The
Capital City Jazz Band and
an encore presentation of the
Center's fabulous multimedia production.
William A. Goldman,
President of The Jewish Center, is quite enthusiastic
about the evening. "Now
that campaign gifts have
reached $5 million, we are
getting quite close to our
goal of a late fall groundbreaking*. However, we still
need the support of each
Jewish family in the community to reach $6 million in
October. Your attendance at
ENCORE! will help ensure
our success."
A $1,000 minimum contribution to JThe Capital
Campaign For Building The
New Jewish Center is required. Payable over a
three-year period, this commitment amounts to less
than $1 per day. There is still'
time to make reservations
for ENCORE! CaD Sylvia
.Mellman at the Center,
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