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Jewish Commuriity
ongratutated On
July 5 Blood Drive
The "Columbus Jewish,
community was congratulated by James Marx, donor
resources consultant at the
Central Ohio Red Cross
Blood Center, on its most
successful blood drive ever
in a letter to Milton Pinsky,
publisher and managing
editor of the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle.
Marx noted that 68 people
came to donate blood on July
5 at the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center. Of these, six
were first time donors. ,In
all, 64 pints of blood were
collected.
The Jewish -Community
Blood Drive, co-ordinated by
Sol and Sylvia Derfler, was
sponsored by the Jewish War
Veterans Capitol Post 122 in
cooperation with the Columbus Jewish Federation.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sec text of letter
on page 13.
Ferraro Is Member
Of Pioneer Women
NEW YORK (JTA) - Rep.
Geraldine Ferraro, Walter
Mondale's running mate, is a
member- of Pioneer Worn-'
en/Na'amat, it was reported
by Phyllis Sutker, national
president of the 50,000-mem-
ber organization.
The New York Democratic
Congresswoman joined the
organization on May 25 during a meeting of the group's
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JULY 26,1984-TAMMUZ 26
Devoted to American
•ind Jewish (deals.
TRYING TO FORM COALITION GOVERNMENT
New French P.M. Son Of Jewish Family
PARIS (JTA) — Laurent Fabius, the new Prime Minister
of France, is the son of an old French-Jewish family that converted to Catholicism after World War II. His wife, the
former Francoise Castro, is Jewish and Jewish community
sources said that their children "are Jewish according to any
halachic interpretation."
either Major Party Wins
Israel's July 23 Election
Report Spanish Jews To Reach
'Concordat' With Government
NEW-YORK (WNS)—Final details are being concluded on
a historic agreement, a "concordat" between the government of Spain and the Jewish community of Spain, according
to Samuel Toledano, secretary-general of the Federation of
Jewish Communities of Spain, the representative body of
Spanish Jewry.
A Chronicle Staff Report
Both of Israel's major
political parties, opposition
leader Shimon Peres' Labor
Party and Prime Minister
Yitzchak Shamir's Likud,
claimed   victory  Tuesday
Moroccan Jew Receives Honor
RABAT (WNS) — The head of Morocco's Jewish community, David Amar, was awarded the high decoration of "Officer in the Order of the Throne" by King Hassan at ceremonies held at the Royal Palace here, the World Jewish Congress reported July 17. Amar, a prominent businessman, is
secretary-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of
Morocco, the central representative body of Moroccan Jewry
and the WJC affiliate here.
Saudi Embassy Accused
Of Violating Anti-Boycott Laws
NEW YORK (WNS) —The American Jewish Congress has
accused the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington of
violating American law by providing a service that gives information over the telephone on the Arab boycott of Israel, it
was reported in the AJCongress' month publication, Boycott
Report. The Saudi Arabian practice was described as an
abuse of diplomatic privilege. The AJCongress said it wanted
the State Department to crack down by warning that unless
the practice is stopped, Saudi diplomats involved in the
scheme will be declared "persona non-grata" and asked to
leave the country.
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THE OHIO JEWISH CHRONICLE
NEW YEAR EDITION
SEPTEMBER 24,1984
FEATURING:
The Jewish Epicure—a special feature section about
what and where to eat in Columbus
Short stories by Local Authors
The Annual, updated Guide to the Jewish Community
Organization Annual Reports
Pictorial and chronological Highlights of the Past Year
New Year Greetings to the Community
morning, following Israel's
Monday, July 23, national
elections.
However, neither party
won a cltear cut majority in
the close contest and both
now hope to align support
from smaller parties to form
Broadcast License Renewal Applications
Of Six Pennsylvania NBC-TV Affiliates
Challenged By Americans For A Safe Israel
WBRE-TV of Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre. The NBC
Network in New York has
repeatedly refused to
comment on the AFSI petitions. . '■ ,   '
NEW YORK (JTA)-
Americans For A Safe Israel
(AFSI) has filed petitions
with the Federal Communications Commission chair
lenging the broadcast renewal license applications of
six Pennsylvania affiliates
of the NBC television
network because, according
to the AFSI, the network
violated federal law by
presenting distorted coverage of the war in Lebanon.
In the nearly 100-page petition, the New YOrk-based
AFSI filed with the FCC, the
six NBC affiliates, including
KYW-TV in Philadelphia,
will be charged with biased
and inaccurate reporting,
according to Laurie Wag-
man, a co-plaintiff in the
license renewal challenge
and a native of Philadelphia.
"Being actively involved
in publishing, I know the
importance of fair and
accurate reporting, "Wag-
man, who_ is founder of
American Theater for Youth
and publisher of magazines
for educators, told a news
conference. "NBC News
violated this Journalistic
tenet repeatedly during its
report of the Lebanon conflict and apparently continues to do so. We, as
citizens, must take the
necessary steps to assure a
more objective and unbiased
media."
Wagman was joined atthe
news conference by Peter
Goldman, the executive
director of the AFSI, who is
producer and writer of a
AFSI documentary, "NBC in
Lebanon: A Study of Media
Misrepresentation." The
58-minute film demonstrates
how NBC allegedly distorted
coverage of the war in Lebanon after the Israeli invasion in June, 1982,
The documentary serves
as the basis of the AFSI
petitions'" against the six
stations. Besides KYW-TV,
petitions have also been filed
against WPXI-TV.of Pittsburgh; WICU-TV of Erie;
W J AC-TV of Johnstown;
WGAL-TV of Lancaster; and
a coalition government.
Shamir, renewing his call
for unity, said after the election that "preliminary discussions with a number of
parties on either a national
unity government or a
Likud-led government have
been favorable."
Peres, told supporters that
even though "labor has
emerged as the biggest
party in the campaign, it is
our duty to try to form the
next government."
Experts predicted that it
could take several days of
interparty maneuvering to
establish which of the two
major parties is able to form
the new'government.
Ahavas Sholom Appoints
David Weisfogei Chazan
Ahavas Sholom Congregation announces the.appoint-
ment of David Weisfogei as
their official Chazan.
David Weisfogei
Chazan Weisfogei, from
New York, has a wide range
of chanting experience. He
has served as High Holiday
Chazan at Ahavas Sholom
for the past two years, as
well has having servedas a
Chazan for other synagogues
in the United States.
Chazan Weisfogei has been
interested in cantorial music
since the age of seven. As a
boy he sang with the Pirchei
Agudath. Israel Choir who
featured him as a soloist on
one of their many albums.
He is a graduate of the
Hertzliah School of Music
and trained for five years
with the renowned Dr. Av-
shalom Zfira of Brooklyn.
Ahavas Sholom Congregation invites the community
to join them in experiencing
the beauty and spirituality of
their new Chazan's chanting
for Rosh Hodesh benchings
and throughout the year.
Jewish Remains Buried In England
LONDON (JTA)-The remains of 500 people who
lived in England eight centuries ago were reburied at
York last week in a Jewish
funeral service conducted by
Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jako-
bovits.
The bodies, believed to be
mostly of Jews, were re-
interred in a part of the city
call Jewbury, the reputed
site of pne of the most important Jewish cemeteries of
medieval England. The remains had been discovered
during development of the
land to make way for a
supermarket. Until then, the
site had not been recognized
as a Jewish cemetery.
At the ceremony, Jakobo-
vits noted that the Anglo-
Jewish community had
ceased to exist with the expulsion of Jews from this
country in 1290 and was not
revived until 1656, when
Oliver Cromwell authorized
the readmission of Jews to
England.   '.,.
A century before the ex-1
pulsion, York had also been
the site of a notorious pias-
sacre of the city's Jewish
community, many of whom
preferred to take their own
lives rather than die at the
hands of their.Christian attackers.
In consecrating Jewbury
as. a Jewish burial ground,
the Chief Rabbi was disregarding the tradition that
the City of York should be
boycotted by Orthodox Jews
because of the medieval
massacre which occurred
there. Eight years ago, the
chief rabbi, together with
leading Christian clergy, un-
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