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VOL.60   NO. 48
NOVEMBER 25,1982-KISLEV 9
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
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Jay Worly (far left), co-chairman of the Federation's
Young Leadership Mission to Israel,, enjoys the toy
bazaar at Jessie Cohen, Columbus' Project Renewal
Community.
eung Men, Women Return
rem OJF Study Mission
Seventeen young men and
women have recently returned from a Columbus
Jewish Federation Young
Leadership Mission to
Israel. The ten-day Study
Mission was led by Jeff and
Bethanne Tilson, assisted by
Jay and Kathy Worly.
From the top of Masada, to
the depths of the Dead Sea,
the group participated in a
mission meant to better edu-.
cate the participants to the
strengths and weaknesses of
Israel's society.
Some of the highlights of
the Mission included a visit
to Jessie Cohen, Columbus'
Project Renewal neighborhood; in-depth discussion of
the Med-Dead project; the
climb of Masada; visits to a
settlement and new city in
Judea and Samaria; a spine-
tingling experience in the
Golan Heights; visits with
Israelis; the trip to Yad
Vashem and Mt. Hefzl; a
viewing of the Dead Sea
Scrolls; a visit of the Museum of the Diaspora, the
Knesset, and Ammunition
Hill and the time spent in
Jerusalem discussing and
experiencing the historical,
religious and political significance of the cityj
In addition, the Columbus
group, escorted by a military caravan, traveled to the
Einstein Collection
Transferred
JERUSALEM (JND-
Twenty-seven years after .Albert Einstein's death, the
American scientist's instructions to donate all his books
and manuscripts to the Hebrew University's National
Library will be fulfilled in
January.
The conclusion of litigation
over Prof, Einstein's will
last month provided for
transfer of the Einstein Col-
- lection from Princeton University, where Einstein
taught after fleeing Nazi
Germany, to the Israeli Library, which he helped to
found.
Beka'a Valley of Lebanon to
become more familiar with
the true story of "Operation
Peace for Galilee,"
The following individuals
participated in the Mission
and are available for discussion of their trip: Ellen and
Howard Burnett, Claudia
and; Mark Rinkov, Harlan
Ruben, Gary L. Schotten-
stein, Debbie and Norm
Shub, Jenny and -Howard
Simons, Bethanne and.. Jeff
Tilson, Kathy and Jay
Worly, Cathy Zacks, and
Deborah and Michael
Broidy.
PARIS (JTA)-West
European experts believe
the new Soviet leadership
will continue the late Leonid
Brezhnev's, cautious policy
in the Middle East but will
crack down harder on dissidents at home, especially
Jews seeking the right to
emigrate.
Yuri Andropov, the former
head of the KGB who succeeded Brezhnev as First
Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and Konstan-
tin Chernenko, the Politburo
member who nominated him
for, that office, are both
known to lack confidence in
the ability of the .Arab countries to unite and act together. It is their conviction that
the main external danger to
the Soviet Union lies in the
West.
Consequently, the experts
say, the new leadership will
continue Brezhnev's policy
in the Middle East of carefully avoiding any major
confrontation" either 'with
Israel or the U.S. The Soviet
Union will continue to supply
Syria and other Soviet client
states in the area with arms.
But the flow will not be in
creased nor it will be upgraded qualitatively.
According to one French
intelligence source, "It now
seems even more unlikely
than before that Syria will
obtain the top grade combat
planes and missiles which it
had been demanding in
Moscow." i
*\rabs Complained About
"tepid Support"
Even before. Brezhnev's
death, at the age of 75,
Syrian and Egyptian diplomats and army officers complained of "tepid support" of
the Arab cause in the Kremlin. Andropov and Chernenko were often named in that
connection. In general, the -
successors to Brezhnev are
elderly men and loathe to
undertake "an adventurous
course." They are expected
to try to calm the bellicose
instincts of their Syrian and
Libyan clients.
The experts believe that,
for the time being, Moscow
'SkUV try>'• W achleve'S status'
quo in the Middle East to
preserve its interests and
influence in the region without expanding them. Some
Western diplomats believe
that Brezhnev's death has
given the U.S. and Israel a
chance to attempt to find a
global solution to the Middle
East conflict without Russian interference. But given
the unpredictability of Soviet
politics, the "period of
grace" may not last longer
than a year.
Andropov's Background
The prompt succession of
Andropov, in fact, surprised
many Kremlin-watchers
who had expected a prolonged war of succession between Brezhnev's heirs for
the top, leadership post.
Some predicted that a nominal successor would be appointed until the power
struggle was resolved. But
Andropov appears to be a
strong man. At 68, he is
known to be backed by the
military establishment, the
secret service and the police.
From 1967-82, he headed
the Soviet Security Committee which is responsible for
the KGB and the police. Re-
State Department Issues Report
On Anti-Jewish Terrorist Acts
Israeli citizens or facilities,
but Jews from 17 countries
have been attacked by Palestinian terrorists primarily
because they are Jews:
Attacks against Jews and
Israelis have been more
lethal than other terrorism.
Almost 60 percent involved
attacks on people rather
than property and about 65
percent of the incidents intended to cause casualties.
Approximately 400 people
have been wounded and 25
killed in these attacks. Almost half of all attacks
against Jews and Israelis
have occurred in Western
Europe.
Ancient Domestic
Accident Uncovered
By Archaeologists
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Ar-
chaeologists from the Haifa
Pre-historic Museum believe
they have reconstructed in
detail a domestic accident
that occurred about 9,000
years ago in what is now
Lower Galilee. The sequence
of events has been extrapolated from the remains of a
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NEW YORK (WNS)-Ter-
rorist attacks against Jews
and Israelis "have been
more lethal than other terrorism" and "over three
quarters of the attacks were
carried out by Palestinians," according to an intelligence evaluation by the
State Department Office
of Combatting Terrorism
(OCT).
The report was provided to
the World Jewish Congress
by Frank Perez, the director
of the OCT and was released
here by Rabbi Arthur
Schneier, chairman of the
WJC-American Section. The
. report had originally been
presented at a closed session
of the WJC European
Branch meeting in early November. That meeting was
attended by the leadership of
16 European Jewish communities. •
The report covers  inci
dents during the past two
years. In his report, Perez
disclosed the following:
OCT records from January 1981 until September
1982 contain 104 international terrorist attacks
against Israeli and Jewish
interests. This does not include domestic attacks in
Israel or on the West Bank.
Attacks against Israeli and
Jewish interests have
occurred in 26 countries during the last two years; with
over . 20 percent of the
attacks in France and Italy.
Over three quarters of the
attacks were carried out by
Palestinians, but terrorists
from Guatemala, Colombia,
France, West Germany,
Italy, Greece and Japan carried out attacks against
Israelis and Jews worldwide.
About half of the attacks
were  targeted  against
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cently, he bested Chernenko,
71, for the number two spot
in the Soviet establishment,
the post of Central Committee Secretary left vacant by
the death of Mikhail Suslov
earlier this year.
Andropov is known to have
been among those Politburo
members who frequently
complained of the relatively
"moderate" course Brezhnev tried to steer on human
rights. He believed those
"lenient" policies allowed
the dissident movement to
flourish. Experts believe
that given a free hand, he
will ruthlessly suppress any
internal challenge to the
Soviet system.
His top priority is said to
be a quiet, stable social and
political climate within the
USSR. Accordingly, dissidents are expected to suffer
even'more than in the past,
particularly if they are
perceived to be connected to
any foreign interests, such
as Zionism.
Pictured are delighted runners at the first Annual
Children's Run, Nov. 7.
First Children's Run Held
In Near Perfect Weather
With near perfect weather,
the First Annual Children's
Run was held Nov. 7 at the
Jewish Center. This first
time event drew over 250
children and 40 volunteers.
The course was laid out behind the Center, and the
young runners had to contend with a hilly and winding
race. But contend with it
they did, as over 95 percent
of the young runners did
complete the course. Course
records of 3:21 in the eight
and under % mile run and
6:07 in the 9/12 mile run were
recorded.
"Ml runners received a T-
shirt, race number, race certificate, race ribbon and
were treated to apple cider
and cookies after the race,"
stated Race Chairman Hani
Hara. "We are extremely
pleased with this first rim;
and it looks as though it will
become a key annual event
for Central Ohio's children."
Hani went on to say, "To
see the. faces of the children
as they finished the race was
worth all the effort that it
took."
The Children's Run committee must be credited with
hard work and meticulous
planning in putting together
this event, he continued.
Sponsors for the run were
Levi-Strauss, the Leon Schottenstein Family Foundation,
Plaza Properties and Callif
Produce. "' ' ;'
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