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VOL.60   NO.3
JANUARY 21,1982-TEVET26
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Controversy Erupts
JERUSALEM (WNS)—Premier Menachem Begin made it
clear Jan. 12 that there will be no reassessment of the government's 4.4 billion Shekel ($250 million) compensation offer to the settlers of northern Sinai who must relocate after
the region is returned to Egypt next April 25. While Begin
indicated that he expects prompt approval of the compensation offer, the Knesset Finance Committee balked at the sum,
which coalition as well as opposition members consider excessive and likely to touch off a new found of inflation.
Holocaust Institute Picks
New Head In Reorganization
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)-The National Institute on the
Holocaust, founded in 1974 as an interfaith agency in Holocaust education, has undergone a complete reorganization at
its fall board meeting. Dr. Rufus Cornelsen, a Lutheran
clergyman and ecumenical leader, has succeeded Dr.
Franklin Littell, Methodist clergyman and Temple University professor, as chairman. Marcia Sachs Littell has been
named executive director.
Major Spending Spree
PARIS (JTA)—Egypt will buy several billion dollars worth
of military aircraft and other military equipment in Western
Europe during the next few years in the course of a major rearmament program in which France reportedly will be the
principal supplier.
'Cooled The1 Situation'
' WASHINGTON (JTA)-Philip Habib, President Reagan's
special envoy to the Middle East, said he found, on his latest
trip to the region, that the cease-fire he helped establish
across the Lebanon-Israel border last July has '[cooled the
situation" in Lebanon. '
Mothers March, Jan. 23-31
A magical moment is shared between March of
Dimes National Poster Child Missy Jablonski and
magician Doug Henning. Both of them have a common
desire to see the threat of birth defects disappear.
Missy, 5& of St. Louis, Missouri, was born with open
spine. She represents more than a quarter-million
American children born each year with birth defects.
This year's Mothers March against birth defects is
scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 through Sunday,
Jan. 31.
ecrefary A. Haig Visits Cairo And
Jerusalem Seeking Autonomy Breakthrough
JERUSALEM (WNS)-
Israeli officials displayed no
real optimism that U.S.
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig's visit here Jan. 14 and
his visit to Egypt for two
days before led to a substantial  breakthrough  in  the
Jim Million and Dee Mason
Adult Children, Aging Parents
To Be Examined January 31
Adult children and their
aging parents will be able to
attend special programs
sponsored by three major
Jewish communal agencies,
Jewish Family Service,
Heritage Towers and the
Jewish Center. The first program will be "Two Sides of
the Coin" and will be held on
Sunday, Jan. 31 at Heritage
- Tower.
The focus of that day's program will be on assisting
adult children and their aging parents to better understand the pleasures, conflicts and dilemmas inherent
in their present and future
relations. The shifting of
family roles will be dramatized through an approach
developed by the Institute
for Human Awareness. Jim
Million and Dee Mason from
the Institute will lead the
first half of the program.
Million has a background
steeped in the arts and
human services. He graduated from Otterbein College
majoring - in music and
theater, toured with U.S.O.
troupes in Europe and
participated in various
professional productions. He
was, in addition, the former
director of The Bridge Counseling Center and Assistant
to the Director of the Family
Counseling arid Crittenton
Services.
Dee Mason has an extensive drama background, was
a member of the Columbus
Metropolitan Ballet, and
graduated from the Columbus College of Art and
Design. She also possesses
extensive human service
experience, having worked
at a maximum security institution for delinquent girls
and St. Ann's Hospital
psychiatric unit. Both Mason
and Million previously combined their efforts at the
Franklin County Mental
Health Board to provide
training and educational
programs to agencies affiliated with the Board.
The fee for the program is
$2 for persons under 62 and
there is no fee for people 62
years old and over. The program will begin at 11:30 a.m.
with a Bagel Bar at l p.m.,
followed by small discussion
groups until 2:30 p.m.
Pre-registration is required by Jan. 25. Questions
about the program and
reservations can be made by
calling any of the three sponsoring agencies, Jewish
Family Service; 231-1890;
Heritage Towers, 237-2521;
the Jewish Center, 231-2731.
This community service
program has been made
possible in part through a
grant from the Columbus
Jewish Federation Endowment Fund.
autonomy negotiations with
Egypt which have been
dragging on for the last 32
months. But sources here
indicated that Israel's position has softened slightly on
some outstanding autonomy
issues and that this was
reflected in the proposals offered by Haig.
Israel asserts that substantive concessions must
come from Egypt on such
issues as the powers of self
governing authority and the
right of East Jerusalem
Arabs to participate in the
autonomy elections, There is
also rising concern that the
Egyptians will try to forestall the autonomy talks until after the return of the
Sinai in order to press Israel
'for further concessions and
that Israel's bargaining position will be weaker.
That view seemed to be
borne out by Egyptian Foreign Minister Kammal
Hassan Ali's remarks greet:
ing Haig oh his arrival in
Cairo Jan. 12. "Egypt, on its
part, will spare no effort to
keep the talks going until'
they bring their desired
results, either before or after
the complete Israeli withdrawal from Sinai, taking into account trie current practical considerations,"
Hassan Ali said. He said
Egypt's aim remains "to
achieve a real full autonomy
for the Palestinians."   ;
Haig said in Cairo and in
Jerusalem that the U.S: was
setting no deadline. He told
Israeli Foreign Minister
Yitzhak Shamir that his visit
to Israel and Egypt was
"primarily to focus on the
peace process, especially the
autonomy talks." The Secre:
tary of State told reporters,
on his arrival at Ben Gurion
Airport, that the working
teams of Israel, Egypt and
the U.S. had made "important progress" until now and
that President Reagan has
"concluded the time has
come to see whether or hot it
is possible to bring about" a0
breakthrough.
Observers in and outside
the Israeli government said,
however, that the primaryN
purpose of Haig's trip was to
revive the autonomy talks in
order to prevent any new
"surprises" by Israel, such
as its annexation of the
Golan Heights Dec. 14.
In addition, the observers
said, Haig wants to reengage the parties in the
autonomy negotiations to ensure that the Camp David
process will retain its
momentum after all of Sinai
is returned to Egypt. In that
way, the challenges posed to
=Camp David by the Saudi
Arabian plan and the European Mideast initiative can
be warded off. Those challenges are expected to be
pressed anew after Israel's
withdrawal is completed.
Israeli observers believe
Washington's most serious
concern now is the possibility of Israeli military action either against the Palestine Liberation Organization
in south Lebanon, against
the Syrian anti-aircraft missiles in eastern Lebanon—or
against both. The Golan
annexation, coming unexpectedly and without prior
consultation with the V.S.,
has led the Reagan Administration to a wary watchfulness.'''   '-• , ■
Local Community Raises $2.9 Million
In 1981 For Israel Bond Organization
The Israel Bond Organization produced a total of
$432,958,900 in cash in 1981
for Israel's economic development, marking the seventh consecutive year in
which its cash receipts have
shown an increase over the
previous year, it was announced by Sam Rothberg,
General Chairman.
The $432,958,900 in cash received in the year ending
Dec. 31,1981, was the largest
amount in the 30-year history of the Bond Organization with the exception of the
year of the Yom Kippur War
(1973), he said. Last year's
receipts brought to more
than $5.5 billion the funds
channeled by Israel Bonds
into Israel's Development
Budget since 1951. Of this
total more than $2.7 billion
has been repaid by the State
of Israel. In 1980 the Israel'
Bond Organization's sales
amounted to $421,961,000.
Rothberg pointed out that
the record results of 1981
were achieved "despite the
unusually high interest rates
and the unfavorable economic conditions which prevailed in the United States
and other free world countries where Bonds are sold."
A new responsibility
assumed by the Israel Bond
Organization in 1981 was the
inauguration of a special
effort to provide the seed
money for the construction
of a Canal linking the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea
for the purpose of producing
hydroelectric power, which
would help solve Israel's
energy problems and reduce
its dependence on imported
oil.
Howard Schoenbaum and
Frank Nutis announced that
the Columbus area raised 2.9
million dollars in Israel
Bonds for 1981. This total
represents a substantial
increase in bond sales due in
large part to the dinner
which honored Herbert H.
Schiff, High Holy Day
appeals and a successful
Women's Division campaign.