Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1970-02-19

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VOL. 48, NO. 8
FEBRUARY 19, 1970 — ADAR 1, 13
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NEW YORK, (JTA)-Soviet Government officials recently .visited the Soviet Republic of Georgia in a futile effort to persuade Jews there to withdraw theii' signatures from a public appeal for help to enable them toemigrat^, according^ to a report by the'American Jewish Cominittee. The Committee 'said- the in¬ formation indicating, that Soviet Jews are resisting official piressures to discoui-age emigration came from the Committee's Paris Office. Tlie report stated the - Soviet officials w^re rebuffed in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and in Kutaissi where signers of the Nov. 10 letter rief used to withdraw their names.
TEL AVIV (WNS) - Gen. Amos Horev, chief of the Israeli Defense Fprces' supply division^ has declared that the Isiraeli Anhy was expending ammunition on an "unprecedented ^ale"'and this has become a major supply problem for the armed forces.
NEW YORK (WNS) - tbe World Jewish Congress has undertaken a special effort to combat Arab propaganda efforts in Latin America against Israel and Zionism but which actually foster anti-Semitism. Officials of the Latin American Jewish Congress noted that the Arab League and Arab embassies were providing considerable financial support for the anti- . Jewish campaign which aims to divide the Jewish community from other groups,ih Latin America.
JOHANNESBU^, (JTA) - The United Party. Caucus in the City Council has nomuiated Councillor Sam Afoss, present Deputy iVIayor, and Councillor Aif Widnian, MPC, respectively as next mayor and deputy mayor of the city. Both Mr. Moss and Mr. Widmanare . ""weUteownmembers of the Jewish'cbmmunity and are active Jewish communal workers. Both have served on the City Council for several years. Since the United Party has a heavy majority in the Council, both men are assured of election when the term of office of the present mayor ends in March.
NEW YORK, (JTA) - Preinier Golda Men- of Israel, said that her country would retum tb the austerity conditions of the early 19S0's if necessary to pay for the . additional Hiantom jets and other weapons-requested from the United States. Mrs. Meir made that remark in an interview in Tel Aviv with James Reston, a vice president of the New York Times, and the paper's Israel correspc^ndent.
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JERUSALEM (WNS) ^ llie Israeli Government has im¬ posed higher taxes on a mde range of luxuries from imported- autos, cameras, office machinery, liquor and delicasies to local beers and wines in a move to gain about half of the additional $35 million in revenue the Government said it must have to stem inflation and shore'upthelsraeli pounds. ¦.'
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HEDVA and DAVID
Hillel Seminar On Israel Starts Saturday
fiie^'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the Ohio Stdte University will, sponsor a'two day seminar on Perspectives on Israeh Life and Culture, to take place Saturday evening, Feb. 21, and all day Sunday, Feb. 22, at Hillel House.
, On Saturday evening, at 8, Hedva & David, Israeli singing duo^'Will appear ih a concert of Israeli music. Regarded as one of.laga^^s.JiSR.aineinft groupsr' Hedva»&^David have
"perrormed at the Olympia in Paris; the Palace Theatre and Carnegie Hall in Ne^ York, and other major cultural centers throughout the world. Their accomplishments also include performing in night clubs and recording albums for RCA \rictor. Tickets for the concert are available at the Hillel Foundation, 46 E. 16th Ave., $2 general admission, $1.50 Hillel members, i '
"Hie Sunday portion of the seminar will consist of the following series of lectures: 10 a.m. .- Subject: Technology and Science in Israel. Speaker: Dr. Keeve M. Siegel, forhierly Professor of i Electrical Eqgineering at the Univerdty of IMichigan and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of KMS Industries, Inc. 11:30 a.m. - Subject:
Israei   as   Melting-  Pot.
Speaker: Leon Shaskolsky,
Speaker: Mr. Menashe Yarkpny, Toronto representative of the Kib¬ butz Jlanfeuchaid, co-founder of Hechalutz Hatzair in Clanada. ...
4:30 p.m. - Subject: The Literatigfi^flnd Artistic Life. orJsfa57 Speaker: Yaacov Mashiah, Asst. Professor of Hebrew at the Ohio State University.
frpjn. Sunday  Evening
Forum.  Subject:   Israel:
Looking 'Krotti "Hie Past To
Asst. Professor of Sociology' The Future. Speaker:  Dr.
at the University of Dayton.   Zvi Ankori, Melton Professor
2:30 p.m. - Subject: TTie of   Jewish   History - and
Kibbutz Today - History of Studies at the Ohio State
Social    Experiment.  University.
not expected to.reduce substantialljr consumer spending for t^ goods which now have doubled ih ^price- are the tax part of a thr^e- part package promoted by the Government that also .' includes. a limited wage increase for workers and a lid on price rises by manufacturers.
The wage aspect has already run into a problem. Salaried professionals are demanding a 20 percent wage increase to keep pace with the gains made by self- employed professionals duruig the pasit. ,fc(ur years *hen wages weriBjOstenslbly frozen. They;,:,wi!l discuss tii'iir deinands with Histadrut, the nation's trade union federation which agreed to the limited salary uicrease for workers.
The fiscal agreement signed by. the Government, Histadrut and the Israeli Manufacturers   Association
called for an eight percent wage hike, half in cash cost of living allowances aitd half in, si3{;year Government defense bonds bearing five, percent interest. Workers will buy bonds equal to four percent of the wage hike. Histadrut will inake no, further wage demands.
Manufacturers, in tiirn, promised not to raise prices on basic commodities and the Government pledged ifot to impose new high taxes and duties this year except for . previous scheduled tax '.in¬ creases- and the mcreased tariffs on luxury items and' imports.
"The (Cabinet approved the deal pushed by Finance Minister Pmhas Sapir and was due to be sent to the Knesset this week a draft of the 1970 budget of ap¬ proximately $3.5 billion, keyed to thei package agreement. But a number of leading   economists   and
Communist
JLeaders
Worried
¦VIENNA (WNS) "East European Communist leaders are concerned by widespretid an,ti-Arab feeUngs among all levels of their communities which has erupted into clashes bet\yeen citizens and Arab students and visitors, according to a New YorkTimes report from here. .
¦ The problem has developed to the point where David-Horowitz, head of the Bank of Israel, criticized the plan as ineffective in stabilizing the Israeli pound, preventing run-away in'^ flation, and halting the nation balance of payments problem.
U.S. Criticizes Ardbs, Israel
WASHINGTON, (JTA) - The United States denounced an Israeli bombing of an Egyptian scrap metal plant in a Cairo suburb this week in which dozens of civilian workers were killed in an attack which Israeli officials said might have been made in error.
' The American criticism was contained in a statement by Acting Secretary of State Elliot Richardson, who also con¬ demned the Arab terrorist attack earlier in the week against a busload of passengers scheduled to board an El Al plane for a flight to London.
Hie statement said the United States appealed to both sides "to. adhere scrupulously to the cease¬ fire resolutions of the United Nations Security Oiuncil and. that they take every possible step to assure" full com¬ pliance with the cease-fire agreements.
Egypt denounce^ tha agreement last March and opened an announced "war of attrition" against Israel with sustained attacks at the' Suez Canal which led to the current daily blows and counter-blows, including Israel's deep penetration of Egypt.
,The ,Unite4 States also pressed for restoration of the ceasefire agreements aTthe 26th meeting this week of the Big Four/ envoys to the 'United States and for President Nixon's proposal for a Big Four.agreement on curbing of arms shipments to the Mideast. The meeting reportedly produced no change in the Soviet Union's insistence that immediate Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories as the key to a solution of the lUideast deadlock.
The agenda items were prompted by a recent ex-
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Gov. Rhodes Speaks At Agudas Achim
Governor James A. Rhodes will address Agudas Achim Congregation on Friday evening, Feb. 20 at 8:15. The Governor just recently returned from the State of Israel where he had an opportunity to meet the leaders- and people of ,the yovng Jevwsh State."
He headed>a delegation of governors and dignitarito oit this, his most'lrc^nt trip to the Holy Land. He will share with us his impressions of his tour. His^topic will be "Israel. . . The Old, New Land."
Governor Rhodes' presentation will be part' of the Sabbath Evening Ser¬ vices which commence at 8:15 and conclude at 9:15.. During the Oneg Sfaabbat that follows, ' Governor Rhodes has graciously . consented to answer questions concerning his 'report.
UJFC CAMPAIGN
Communist Party officials have begun to make reports to party officials on the situation. Even Party members were' reported to be contemfltuous of the Arabs and their military and political efforts. . The newspaper* report cited diplomats and left-wing . travels to the Soviet block. It noted cases where police have sided with civilians in battles with Arabs and reported that Party leaders in Praguie ordered police to be wary of young Czechs picking fights with Arabs. The interpretation, offered for this, feeling noted' the habiti^-pfr'Ariibs to take up with'local girls rather than spend time pursuing theit studies; the problem of obtaining higher education for most youths while scholarships and aid are handed o.ut generously to Arabs, and frustration over the Mideast crisis mixed wit ^ain racism:
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by Rabbi- Julius L. Baker
The Medrash tells us that Moses asked G-d, "With what will you restore Jewish honor?" G-d replied, "With the precept of ZEDAKAH." (Exodus R.)
For two thousand years, from the time our people were brutally expelled by the Romans from their own > land and were forced to traverse the seven seas and. dwell in foreign lands, Jews, with pride unparalleded among the world's peoples, have maintaned their national and religious individuality and have not fallen ¦ intb oblivion. This was because the Jew always felt the needs of his people, his land, his city and his com¬ munity, and assumed the responsibility.
We are now faced with a plight worse than ever before in our long history of sorrows. Every Jew worthy of the name must feel the untenable and hopeless state of bur brethren in Russia, Poland and the Arabic countries.
We can help them by contributing generously to the > United Jewish Fund and Council whose call is: ,"Who is for the cause pf (J^<1,.join us!" Each of usmi^t know that the future of our people is bound up with our loyalty to the Jewish Cause. Each of us must give as if we ourselves were the ones to,receive.
It is only when we kindle the spark and bear the flame of ZEDAKAH in our hearts, that we may look forward to the knowledge that bur honor, restored in out time by the State of Israel, Wil|.be everlasting.
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