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VOL.60   NO.5
FEBRUARY 4,1982-SHEVAT11
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
TO
B'SHVAT
The Mew Year for the Trees, takes place every year on the 15th
of Shevat, this year being Feb. 8. Since the Hebrew month of
Shevat Is the beginning of Spring in Israel, when everything
starts to bloom, we celebrate that the trees are all a year older.
Tree planting has become a symbol
of the reclamation of the land of Israel.
ressiadiln Narrowing
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Ntelvin SeKotteristein To Host
Dinner For |29S00 Contributors
Melvin L.  Schottenstein,
1982 United Jewish  Fund
Campaign  Chairman,   is
hosting cocktails and a buffet  dinner  on  Tuesday,
Melvin L. Schottenstein
Feb. 9,6:30 p.m. at his home
291 N. Drexel Ave. fpr contributors nf $2,500 and more
to the United Jewish Fund
Campaign.
"The urgent and growing
human needs of our people
worldwide make, the 1982
Campaign the largest ever in
peacetime," Schottenstein
said. uThis year," he added,
"world events give our annual Campaign even greater
significance. The re-emergence of anti-Semitism and
anti-Zionism and the isolation of Israel in the international community make it
essential that our performance in this Campaign
demonstrate clearly our
commitment to the ties of
history and heritage that
bind us to the Jews of Israel.
"Attendance at this new
$2,500 event is one way of
demonstrating concern and
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Earl R. Flora, President Columbus Convention and
Visitors' Bureau, is shown above presenting the City
Beautiful Award to Mrs. Sylvia C. Schecter, President,
Heritage Village. (Pictured 1. to r.: Earl R. Flora, Mrs.
Schecter, Don Erkis, Heritage Village Trustee, and
Mrs. Caryl Kemper, Associate Village Administrator.)
Heritage Village Receives
1981 City Beautiful Award
The Greater Columbus
\) Convention and Visitor's
Bureau announces that it has
named Heritage Village as a
recipient of the prestigious
1981 City Beautiful Award.
The City Beautiful Award
is designed to recognize
organizations in the Greater
Columbus area which have
promoted the exterior beauty of their facilities and have
therefore inspired a more
beautiful Columbus,
More than 50 nominations
were considered by the panel
of judges, with only ten winners selected. Other winners
include the Ohio Center,
Hyatt Regency Columbus
and SensenbrennerPark,
The Therapeutic Land-,
scaping at Heritage Village
was designed by Ohio State
University Professor
Stephen Drown and 62
graduate students in OSU's
Department of Landscape
Architecture. The beauty of;
the ' landscaped gardens,
with its shaded gazebos,
fountains, and cement walkways, encourages residents
and their guests to stroll the
grounds for both their plea-
I ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
Secretary of State Alexander Haig ehed his two-day
visit to Israel last week with
a frank admission that very
little progress was made
toward narrowing the differences between Israel and
Egypt over autonomy on the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Haig told reporters at Ben
Gurion Airport before his
departure for Cairo tha^ "I
would like to emphasize that
there are still far more differences than there are
agreements and there is still
a great deal of work to be
done."
Although he continued to
define his visit—his second
in two weeks to Israel and
Egypt—as a "fact-finding"
mission, Haig said, "We did
bring some ideas and will
bring some ideas to Cairo."
He did not disclose the
nature of those ideas. "I will
pass on from here to Cairo
and continue the fact-finding «
process," he said.
Haig made a point of intro-
.djicing pne_ of _liis^aWes^
Richard Fairbanks^"former•'
Assistant Secretary of State
for Congressional Relations,
hinting'that he would represent the U.S. at the
autonomy negotiations. He
said it was too early to formally announce Fairbanks'
appointment as his special
envoy for the talks but observed that the important
part of his name was its first
syllable-"fair". .;
Begin Rejects U.S. Proposal
Haig met with Premier
Menachem Begin for four
hours,, twice as long as
originally scheduled, indicating that they had discussed the problems of autonomy agreement in considerable depth. He emerged
from the meeting saying
there was "a great deal
more progress to be made."
He had a second session with
Begin the morning he left.
It is believed that at the
first meeting Begin cate-
- gorically rejected an American proposal to include East
Jerusalem Arabs in the administrative Council which
would be the self-governing
body in the occupied territories under the autonomy
scheme. Haig's talks with
Begin reportedly concentrated on the size and authority of the administrative
council.
The Secretary of State
reportedly proposed a
40-member body. Israel objects to any body of over 20
members on rounds that it
could become the nucleus of
a Palestinian parliament.
Egypt is said to want an
80-member administrative
council.
There is also wide disagreement oyer its powers.
Israel would veto any proposal to allow the council to
enact laws. Haig suggested
that it at least have authority
to pass municipal regula
tions. Defense Minister Ariel
Sharon reportedly tried to
convince Haig why Israel
cannot be flexible on issues
of internal and external
security related to
autonomy.
Pictured above Boy Scouts (top I. to r.) are Gary
Lichtenstein, Scott Gordon and Barry Starr, Shbfar
Award winners and (below 1. to r.) Brent' Levison,
Aleph Award winner and Thomas and Steven
Schwartz," Ner Tomid Award"wiririers.
72nd Anniversary Boy Seeds
To Be Celebrated February 12
At Agudas Achim Synagogue
The week of Feb. 7-13, wffl
mark the 72nd anniversary
of the Boy Scouts of America. For the past 72 years, "A
Better Life Through Scouting" has been a promise that
keeps growing in our youth.
Scouting has always grown
to become an important part
of the American way of life.
The local Jewish Committee on .Scouting was
formed in 1969. William
"Bill" Goldsmith has served
as Chairman of the Committee for the past 14 years.
On the 72nd Anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America
Chairman Goldsmith commented, "I am grateful for
the opportunity given me to
make a small contribution
whose main purpose is to
provide a foundation of
\ wholesomeness and good
citizenship with which boys
and girls may grow into
moral and ethical young
men and women. Thanks to
the help of the Co-Chairman,
Sanford Lichtenstein, and
members of the Committee
we have been able to aid and
assist our boys and girls with
their religious needs, and to
identify and inspire our
youth with the eternal values
of Torah and Jewish tradition."
Scout Sabbath, annually
sponsored' by  the  Jewish
' Committee on Scouting, Cen-'
tral Ohio Council, will be
held on. Friday, Feb. 12,
8 p.m., at the Agudas Achim
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Ooldblalt To Receive
Boy Scouting Award
At Beth Shalom Feb. 5
The Aleph Award awarded
by the National Jewish Committee on Scouting will be
presented to Eric Lee Gold-
blatt by Rabbi Howard L.
Apothaker at Beth Shalom
on Feb. 5, during Sabbath
Services.
Eric Lee Goldblatt
To win the award Eric, son
of Jeffrey and Carolyn Goldblatt, took a series of quizzes
and met other requirements
over the course of a year.
Eric is in the fourth grade
at Royal Manor Elementary
School in Gahanna. He commented that, "it was fun
learning about my religion"
as he worked to win the
1 Aleph Award.
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Problem Of Settlements
Dfe cussed
Haig met with the ministerial autonomy committee
headed by Interior Minister
Yosef Burg, Israel's chief
negotiating body. Their dis- -
cussion reportedly was de-
voted to the problem of
Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Haig was
told that they were of vital
security importance to
Israel and that settlement
activity would continue, on
the West Bank even after'
autonomy went into effect.
According to informed
sources, Haig demonstrated ,
deep knowledge of the
various aspects of the autonomy negotiations and seemed determined to achieve a
modicum of progress during
the delicate period between
now and April 26 when Israel
is required to complete its
withdrawal from Sinai. Haig
seemed determined to avoid
any pitfalls that might delay
the withdrawal. :  J
He and Foreign Minister
r Yitzhak Shamir held a joint "
press conference at Ben
Gurion Airport before the
American party left for
Cairo! The Israeli Foreign
Minister sounded more upbeat than his guest.
"I want to emphasize that
progress was achieved in all
the spheres and can safely •
describe the talks as having
been excellentj and' invaluable,". Shamir said. "New
light has been thrown on
many points under discussion. We have once more
demonstrated the serious-,
ness of our commitment to
the peace process and highlighted the spirit of cooperation existing between the
U.Si and the Israeli delegations," Shamir said.
Haig replied, "I do feel
that we made progress in
clarifying some of these
issues and in developing a .
possibility of solutions "for
some. There remain very
important differences in
other areas." He added:
"What we are seeking to
do is, in light of all the previous efforts, to see if it is
. possible to close a number of
existing differences which
exist—and in the light of a
previous question, I would
like to emphasize that there
are still far more differences
that there are agreements
and there is still a great deal
of work to be done."
Haig also said: "What we
are after is the achievement
of a successful autonomy
agreement in principle. I
believe that that is achievable but it is going to take a
great deal of effort and
time." • :   -
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