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>JE zJ[\\y/ Scl"vi"9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 40 Years HROM LIBRARY, OHIO 1982 VELMA AVE. COLs>. 0. 43211 HtsToftrcAL soc4^rC EXCH VOL. 62 NO. 9 MARCH 1,1984-ADAR127 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals, Some Improvement Seen In Condition Of Ethiopian Jews NEW YORK (JTA) - The president of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACEJ). said here that there has been some improvement in the situation of Ethiopian Jews living in the Gondar province since her last visit to the region in 1981. However, Barbara Riba- kove cautioned in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that while some conditions have improved, she was not suggesting that the situation of Ethiopian Jewry had reached what she described as an , "acceptable" situation. She explained that in the villages she visited for eight days last January, synagogues were now open after having been closed by the government in 1981. Falasha children are attending government operated schools (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Saudi Arabia Gives Money To PLO LONDON (JTA)—-Saudi Arabia recently gave a check for $28.5 million to the Al Fatah representative in Riyadh as its latest installment of financial support for the PLO, the World Jewish Congress reported. Soviet POC Faces More Problems NEW YORK (WNS)—Former Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Conscience Grigory Goldshtein, a physicist from Tbilisi, may face a new three to five years prison term, according to information obtained by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ). Accused of taking advantage of his position at the ' Central Bureau of Statistics, he was informed that his file was transferred to a local prosecutor. The NCSJ reported that Goldshtein protested the move with a detailed letter to the First Secretary of the Georgia Republic's Communist Party. Hamburg Declares Concentration Camp Monument BONN (JTA)—The authorities of the city-state of Hamburg have decided to declare the former Neuengamme concentration camp a historical monument, ending, a prolonged controversy over whether to continue to lease the site for commercial activities. Considerable pressure had been brought to bear by various groups to create a memorial to the 55,000 inmates who died at Neuengamme, out of a total of 106,000 incarcerated there between 1939-1945. According to the_ authorities the victims were "worked to death." The former factory that used slave labor will be rebuilt as a me- .^.. ■ -.-~. — . morial and exhibition hall. Implications Of Concordat Between Italy And Catholic Church Explored ©claimed Israeli Writer Says West Bank Palestinian State Is Solution To Mideast Conflict ROME (JTA)—The new Concordat just agreed to by the Italian State and the Roman Catholic Church will have wide implications for the Italian Jewish community, including control of its ancient cultural and historical heritage in Rome. The Concordat, signed Feb. 18 by Premier Bettino Craxi, leader of the Socialist Party, and Cardinal Agos- tino Casaroli, the Vatican secretary of state, establishes a~ clear demarcation between the temporal and religious powers of the Church and advances religious pluralism in Italy. It is by and large a revision and up-dating of the 1929 Concordat signed between the Church and Mussolini regime which formalized Roman Catholicism as -the State religion. Under the new Concordat, this is; no. longer this .case. Catholic religious instruction is no longer compulsory in Italian public schools, The revised relationship ( between Church and State will affect the so-called "mini-concordats" between the State and non-Catholic faiths which are also up for revision. Italian Protestants — mostly Waldensian and Methodist—will sign revised agreements with thegovern- ment next week. The Union of Italian Jewish Communities is lagging behind. No date has been set for a definitive revision, mainly because ah existing draft still contains several points of controversy within the Jewish community itself. But the Concordat between the Catholic Church and the State contains several articles which will doubtlessly serve as guidelines for Jewish requests' for revisions. Roman Catholicism is no longer "the sole religion of the Italian State" nor are other religions merely "permitted." In principle, all religions now have equal rights. Primary and secondary public school classes in "the Catholic religion" are no longer "compulsory," witn students of other faiths or ideologies being allowed "exemption" from religious instruction. The teaching of "the Catholic religion" is still guaranteed by the government but as an elective subject. By the same token, a revised agreement with the Jewish community could provide governmental guarantees for the teaching of "the Jewish '■ religion" in public schools, . at the request of students and parents/ Students of theology remain deferred from military service, as are university students generally. The clergy may per-: forjn civil service in place of military service or be exempt; or clergy may serve as chaplains with the armed forces. It follows that the same rights and privileges (some already granted) will be valid for Jewish schools, rabbinical'seminarians and the Jewish "clergy" when the final revision is drafted. Of special interest to the Jewish community is the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) NEW YORK (JTA) —The establishment of a Palestinian state is . a "historical must" and Israelis should reconcile themselves to this because it is the only way to solve the Middle East conflict. • This is the view of one of Israel's most acclaimed writers, A. B. Yehoshua, .who is highly respected in political and intellectual Israeli circles. A member of Jthe Labor Party, Yehpshua is the recipient of many awards for his short stories, novels, and plays. He i§ cur1 rently in the United States on a short visit for the publication of the English translation of his latest novel, A; Late Divorce (Doubleday, $16.95). In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Yehoshua, a sixth-generation sabra, said: "The only solution' to the Palestinian problem is the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank. The solution of a Palestinian state is an historical must." According to Yehoshua, it is preferable for Israel to deal directly with the Pales tinians rather than with King Hussein of Jordan about the future of the West Bank. He pointed out that a Jordanian- Israeli pact on the West Bank which does not take into consideration the wishes of the Palestinians who live in the area will not solve the Palestinian problem. . Direct Negotiations Are ■ Preferable " - The Palestinians, he claimed, will not feel bound by any agreement reached between Israel and Jordan and a situation might deyel- '■: op in which PLO leader Yasir Arafat would return to the West Bank after the area is returned to Hussein, without being committed toa settlement with Israel. "I therefore believe that direct negotiations with the Palestinians on the future of the .West Bank is better, as far as Israel is concerned^ than dealing with Hussein," he said. Yehoshua, who is a profes- : (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Philip Bornstein Named Beth Jacob'Man Of Year' Philip Cohen, president of the Beth Jacob Brotherhood, announced that Philip Bornstein will be the recipient of Israeli Scholar To Visit Columbus In March, April held oh Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. Irv Flox, chairman of the concert, said that Cantor Benzion Miller "super star cantor" who replaced Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky, will be the star entertainer for the evening. Appearing with Cantor Miller will be Cantor Elwin Redfern of Beth Jacob. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) World's First Torah During the months of March and April, 20 top Israeli scholars are going to Amnon Shamosh visit different Jewish communities in the United States through the Scholar-in-Residence program sponsored by the Jewish Agency. ! Columbus will serve as host for a week to Amnon ' Shamosh who is a novelist, short story writer and one of the cultural elite in Israel. Shamosh will be in Columbus from March 26' through ■ April 3, ahd he will speak at different synagogues, Jewish organizations, University groups and so on. 1 Shamosh was born in Syria. His family came to Israel when he was almost nine. He was a member of a pioneer youth movement, and he joined the Palmach brigade. Upon completion of his studies, he became one of the founders of the Kibbutz Maayan Baruch on the Syrian-Lebanese border where he worked as shepherd, Kibbutz secretary arid school principal. Shamosh is a graduate of the Hebrew University and. has represented the Kibbutz Movement and UNESCO in Europe, Africa and the United States. Shamosh began writing at the age of 40, after being relieved of his duties as district high school master and from key kibbutz positions. He has , become one of Israel's most prolific writers, averaging a book each year, and is a prominent figure in the new wave of writers, from Oriental countries who have added a fresh color to Hebrew literature. His most important ' books are: Michel Esra ■ SafraandSons (a novel), My Sister, My Bride and Cane (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) Philip Bornstein > the "Man of the Year" award presented annually by the Beth Jacob Brotherhood, The presentation will take place at the 22nd Annual -Music Concert to be Wiesenthal Announces Campaign To Pressure Chile To Expel Nazi WASHINGTON (JTA) - Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal announced here that an international campaign has , been launched by the Simon Wiesenthal Center at Yeshiva University in Los Angeles to exert pressure on the government of Chile to expel a former Nazi official, Walter Rauff, who has been living in Santiago since 1958. Wiesenthal said the campaign is taking the form of distributing some 1.5 million cards showing a wanted poster of Rauff and a photo of a camouflaged mobile gas van bearing the symbol of the Red Cross. The card is captioned, "Chile Protects Nazi Mass Murderer." The vans, invented by (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13) NEW YORK (JTA)—For the first time in history, a system to mark and identify Torah scrolls has been devel- olped, it was announced here last week at a press conference by Rabbi Israel Miller, honorary chairman of the Universal Torah Registry (UTR). The registry system, using micro-perforations, marking- paste and a Certificate of Registry, is the culmination of nearly three years of research by .chemists, crypt- ologists, computer scientists and security experts. Their search was guided by principles laid down by leading rabbinic authorities, Miller said. "It represents a unified response by all facets of the Jewish community to a most serious problem," he said. Miller pointed out that "Our aim is to ensure that each Torah in the United States, Canada, Israel and around the world has a unique code and a corresponding Certificate of Registry." ' .. The UTR was created in consultation with synagogue, rabbinic, communal and law enforcement groups coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Coun- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
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Full Text | >JE zJ[\\y/ Scl"vi"9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 40 Years HROM LIBRARY, OHIO 1982 VELMA AVE. COLs>. 0. 43211 HtsToftrcAL soc4^rC EXCH VOL. 62 NO. 9 MARCH 1,1984-ADAR127 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals, Some Improvement Seen In Condition Of Ethiopian Jews NEW YORK (JTA) - The president of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACEJ). said here that there has been some improvement in the situation of Ethiopian Jews living in the Gondar province since her last visit to the region in 1981. However, Barbara Riba- kove cautioned in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that while some conditions have improved, she was not suggesting that the situation of Ethiopian Jewry had reached what she described as an , "acceptable" situation. She explained that in the villages she visited for eight days last January, synagogues were now open after having been closed by the government in 1981. Falasha children are attending government operated schools (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Saudi Arabia Gives Money To PLO LONDON (JTA)—-Saudi Arabia recently gave a check for $28.5 million to the Al Fatah representative in Riyadh as its latest installment of financial support for the PLO, the World Jewish Congress reported. Soviet POC Faces More Problems NEW YORK (WNS)—Former Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Conscience Grigory Goldshtein, a physicist from Tbilisi, may face a new three to five years prison term, according to information obtained by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ). Accused of taking advantage of his position at the ' Central Bureau of Statistics, he was informed that his file was transferred to a local prosecutor. The NCSJ reported that Goldshtein protested the move with a detailed letter to the First Secretary of the Georgia Republic's Communist Party. Hamburg Declares Concentration Camp Monument BONN (JTA)—The authorities of the city-state of Hamburg have decided to declare the former Neuengamme concentration camp a historical monument, ending, a prolonged controversy over whether to continue to lease the site for commercial activities. Considerable pressure had been brought to bear by various groups to create a memorial to the 55,000 inmates who died at Neuengamme, out of a total of 106,000 incarcerated there between 1939-1945. According to the_ authorities the victims were "worked to death." The former factory that used slave labor will be rebuilt as a me- .^.. ■ -.-~. — . morial and exhibition hall. Implications Of Concordat Between Italy And Catholic Church Explored ©claimed Israeli Writer Says West Bank Palestinian State Is Solution To Mideast Conflict ROME (JTA)—The new Concordat just agreed to by the Italian State and the Roman Catholic Church will have wide implications for the Italian Jewish community, including control of its ancient cultural and historical heritage in Rome. The Concordat, signed Feb. 18 by Premier Bettino Craxi, leader of the Socialist Party, and Cardinal Agos- tino Casaroli, the Vatican secretary of state, establishes a~ clear demarcation between the temporal and religious powers of the Church and advances religious pluralism in Italy. It is by and large a revision and up-dating of the 1929 Concordat signed between the Church and Mussolini regime which formalized Roman Catholicism as -the State religion. Under the new Concordat, this is; no. longer this .case. Catholic religious instruction is no longer compulsory in Italian public schools, The revised relationship ( between Church and State will affect the so-called "mini-concordats" between the State and non-Catholic faiths which are also up for revision. Italian Protestants — mostly Waldensian and Methodist—will sign revised agreements with thegovern- ment next week. The Union of Italian Jewish Communities is lagging behind. No date has been set for a definitive revision, mainly because ah existing draft still contains several points of controversy within the Jewish community itself. But the Concordat between the Catholic Church and the State contains several articles which will doubtlessly serve as guidelines for Jewish requests' for revisions. Roman Catholicism is no longer "the sole religion of the Italian State" nor are other religions merely "permitted." In principle, all religions now have equal rights. Primary and secondary public school classes in "the Catholic religion" are no longer "compulsory," witn students of other faiths or ideologies being allowed "exemption" from religious instruction. The teaching of "the Catholic religion" is still guaranteed by the government but as an elective subject. By the same token, a revised agreement with the Jewish community could provide governmental guarantees for the teaching of "the Jewish '■ religion" in public schools, . at the request of students and parents/ Students of theology remain deferred from military service, as are university students generally. The clergy may per-: forjn civil service in place of military service or be exempt; or clergy may serve as chaplains with the armed forces. It follows that the same rights and privileges (some already granted) will be valid for Jewish schools, rabbinical'seminarians and the Jewish "clergy" when the final revision is drafted. Of special interest to the Jewish community is the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) NEW YORK (JTA) —The establishment of a Palestinian state is . a "historical must" and Israelis should reconcile themselves to this because it is the only way to solve the Middle East conflict. • This is the view of one of Israel's most acclaimed writers, A. B. Yehoshua, .who is highly respected in political and intellectual Israeli circles. A member of Jthe Labor Party, Yehpshua is the recipient of many awards for his short stories, novels, and plays. He i§ cur1 rently in the United States on a short visit for the publication of the English translation of his latest novel, A; Late Divorce (Doubleday, $16.95). In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Yehoshua, a sixth-generation sabra, said: "The only solution' to the Palestinian problem is the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank. The solution of a Palestinian state is an historical must." According to Yehoshua, it is preferable for Israel to deal directly with the Pales tinians rather than with King Hussein of Jordan about the future of the West Bank. He pointed out that a Jordanian- Israeli pact on the West Bank which does not take into consideration the wishes of the Palestinians who live in the area will not solve the Palestinian problem. . Direct Negotiations Are ■ Preferable " - The Palestinians, he claimed, will not feel bound by any agreement reached between Israel and Jordan and a situation might deyel- '■: op in which PLO leader Yasir Arafat would return to the West Bank after the area is returned to Hussein, without being committed toa settlement with Israel. "I therefore believe that direct negotiations with the Palestinians on the future of the .West Bank is better, as far as Israel is concerned^ than dealing with Hussein," he said. Yehoshua, who is a profes- : (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Philip Bornstein Named Beth Jacob'Man Of Year' Philip Cohen, president of the Beth Jacob Brotherhood, announced that Philip Bornstein will be the recipient of Israeli Scholar To Visit Columbus In March, April held oh Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. Irv Flox, chairman of the concert, said that Cantor Benzion Miller "super star cantor" who replaced Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky, will be the star entertainer for the evening. Appearing with Cantor Miller will be Cantor Elwin Redfern of Beth Jacob. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) World's First Torah During the months of March and April, 20 top Israeli scholars are going to Amnon Shamosh visit different Jewish communities in the United States through the Scholar-in-Residence program sponsored by the Jewish Agency. ! Columbus will serve as host for a week to Amnon ' Shamosh who is a novelist, short story writer and one of the cultural elite in Israel. Shamosh will be in Columbus from March 26' through ■ April 3, ahd he will speak at different synagogues, Jewish organizations, University groups and so on. 1 Shamosh was born in Syria. His family came to Israel when he was almost nine. He was a member of a pioneer youth movement, and he joined the Palmach brigade. Upon completion of his studies, he became one of the founders of the Kibbutz Maayan Baruch on the Syrian-Lebanese border where he worked as shepherd, Kibbutz secretary arid school principal. Shamosh is a graduate of the Hebrew University and. has represented the Kibbutz Movement and UNESCO in Europe, Africa and the United States. Shamosh began writing at the age of 40, after being relieved of his duties as district high school master and from key kibbutz positions. He has , become one of Israel's most prolific writers, averaging a book each year, and is a prominent figure in the new wave of writers, from Oriental countries who have added a fresh color to Hebrew literature. His most important ' books are: Michel Esra ■ SafraandSons (a novel), My Sister, My Bride and Cane (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) Philip Bornstein > the "Man of the Year" award presented annually by the Beth Jacob Brotherhood, The presentation will take place at the 22nd Annual -Music Concert to be Wiesenthal Announces Campaign To Pressure Chile To Expel Nazi WASHINGTON (JTA) - Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal announced here that an international campaign has , been launched by the Simon Wiesenthal Center at Yeshiva University in Los Angeles to exert pressure on the government of Chile to expel a former Nazi official, Walter Rauff, who has been living in Santiago since 1958. Wiesenthal said the campaign is taking the form of distributing some 1.5 million cards showing a wanted poster of Rauff and a photo of a camouflaged mobile gas van bearing the symbol of the Red Cross. The card is captioned, "Chile Protects Nazi Mass Murderer." The vans, invented by (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13) NEW YORK (JTA)—For the first time in history, a system to mark and identify Torah scrolls has been devel- olped, it was announced here last week at a press conference by Rabbi Israel Miller, honorary chairman of the Universal Torah Registry (UTR). The registry system, using micro-perforations, marking- paste and a Certificate of Registry, is the culmination of nearly three years of research by .chemists, crypt- ologists, computer scientists and security experts. Their search was guided by principles laid down by leading rabbinic authorities, Miller said. "It represents a unified response by all facets of the Jewish community to a most serious problem," he said. Miller pointed out that "Our aim is to ensure that each Torah in the United States, Canada, Israel and around the world has a unique code and a corresponding Certificate of Registry." ' .. The UTR was created in consultation with synagogue, rabbinic, communal and law enforcement groups coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Coun- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) |
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