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VOL. 53 NO. 44
OCTOBER 23, 1975 - CHESHVAN 18
cracy In Jewish Life" Campaign Calls
irect Erection Of Jewish Leadership
JERUSALEM - Maj. Gen. Herzl Shafir (righO,
chief of the Israeli General Staff, operations branch,
and Avraham Kidron (second right), director general
of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, sign the final document
of the new Sinai accord with Egypt at the United
Nations Jerusalem headquarters. At left is Lt. Gen
Ensio Siilasvuo, U.N. Mideast commander. The
signing set in motion the process that will lead to
Israel's withdrawal from some 1,900 square miles of
occupied Egyptian territory over the next five months.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
By Yitzhak Rabi    ~"
NEW YORK, (JTA> -
Under the slogan, "one Jew,
one vote" Rabbi Meir
Kahane opened a new'
campaign Oct. 14 for
"democracy in Jewish life."
Addressing a press con¬
ference at the Summit Hotel,
here Kahane, the founder of
the Jewish Defense League,
called for a "direct and open
election" of an American
Jewish representative body
that would "truly speak for
American Jews." He said
the campaign will be
Coordinated by a group now
in formation, Democracy for
Jewish Life, which is not
connected with the JDL.
Calling the present umbrella
Jewish organizations
"tyrannical and feudal
baronies that bar any
minority views and any
opportunity for the
American Jewish masses to
decide any vital issues that
affect their own future and
survival," Kahane declared:
"We believe that the time
has come  for  the  direct,
popular and open election of
a national body that will be
representative of the total
thinking of American Jewry,
We believe that this should
be" followed • by the
democratic, direct election
of local Jewish federations."
Announcing that a national
preparatory conference of
rabbis, synagogue leaders,
Jewish intellectuals and
youth    representing    all
segments of the Jewish
community in America will
be held Nov. 24 at.the New
York Hiltons, Kahane said it
will be the first step for a
democratic election for
Jewish leadership based on
the-principle of "one Jew,
one vote." Presently, on the
national scene, "there does
not exist one group that is
directly elected by members
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Showing Nazi Films Creates Controversy
Visiting Scholar Believes That American
Jews Should Strengthen Jewish Life Here
•'genuine sympathetic
feeling toward the people of
the United States.'.'.
"By. and large,' the
average Israeli identifies
with what America stands
for," Dr. Pinchuk said. "He
sees the U.S. as the defender
of freedom- in the world —
not as a world policeman but
with the thought that while
there is a mighty America,
there is a chance for
Democracy in the world."
Other comments by Dr.
Pinchuk:
— On Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger: "There
are very mixed feelings.
Many admire him for his
energy and intelligence. But
views ' are  polarized.   A
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By Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle Special Reporter
A visiting Israeli scholar^
believes that American Jews-'
can best help Jews in Israel
and elsewhere in the world
"by strengthening Jewish
life and the Jewish com¬
munity."
Dr. Ben-Cion Pinchuk,
acting director of the
Russian and Eastern
, European Center of the
University of' Tel Aviv, is
completing a two-week visit
to Columbus under spon¬
sorship of the United Jewish
Federation. The visiting
scholar program is designed ,
to give the Columbus Jewish
community insight into the
situation in Israel.
By meeting with diverse
elements of the local Jewish
community, Dr. Pinchuk"
said, he hoped "to get a feel
of Jewish life here" and to
"give an immediate im¬
pression of the situation in
Israel today."
In an exclusive Chronicle
interview, Dr. Pinchuk said
Israel was undergoing "one
of its most critical times,
with much soul-searching.'.'
"The Israeli people are
burdened with many -
obligations — military
service, high taxes, a
. strenuous life," he said.
"There certainly are no dull
times, although we could use
some."
"An outsider visiting
Israel would be surprised at
how normal we look," he
said. "You can hardly feel
any tension on the street."
But Dr. Pinchuk said the
aftermath of the 1973 Yom
Kippur War is still felt by
every Israeli citizen. He said
military reserve units meet
Dr. Ben -Cion Pinchuk
more often, and terrorist
activities have forced
creation of a volunteer civil
guard. "All of these .things
add to the feeling that we
must be on guard all the
time,"' Dr. Pinchuk said,
, "Security is our greatest
problem, and it affects every
phase of Israeli life.
Maintaining security now
requires about 40 per cent of
the gross national product.
We pay much higher taxes.
Many services were cut,
such as educational
programs, health programs,
housing, and the cuts have
not been restored."
Dr. -Pinchuk said a
majority of Israelis supports
the recent Mideast
disengagement, • "but even
those like me who support it
bear it is not the way Jo
achieve eventual peace."
"We have the feeling
Israel is being pressured —
not necessarily for our own
good but to advance
American interests in the
Middle East."
But while Israelis are
' somewhaf suspicious of the
motives of current U.S.
Mideast policy, he said, the
Israeli   people   have   a
ATLANTA, (JTA) - The
booking    of    two    Nazi
propaganda films by Leni
Riefenstahl for screening at
a film festival sponsored in
part by the city and private
funds, has  embroiled this
community   in   a   bitter
controversy and brought
charges    of    censorship
against the southern office of-
the, B'nai   B'rith   Anti-
Defamation League, which
hasdemandectthat the films'
be withdrawn. The films are
"Triumph   of   Will,"   a
documentary on a Nazi mass
rally     in      Nuremberg,
produced   in   1934,   and
"Olympiad," a film on the
1936 Olympic games held in
Berlin during which Hitler
deliberately snubbed Jesse
Owens the Black American
track star. The films  by
Riefenstahl, who was a close
friend of Hitler, have been
acclaimed by film experts
for their camera technique.
Stuart Lewengrub, director
of the ADL here, said, "We
would  have absolutely no
objection to the films if they
were being shown at, say, a
seminar on film technique."
He observed, however, that
"what's involved here is the
praising of a woman who
helped the Nazis at a festival
meant to honor 'humanistic'
achievement.'' . Louise
Wiener, director of the
festival, agreed with
Lewengrub that "the con¬
text" was the issue. "It was
an oversight, ■ a lack of
communication, and when
'ITiepeoplefrom the"c'ify and
the museum v started
choosing Alms they reached
out In every direction," she
said.
But   Gudmund   Vigtel,
director of the High Museum
of Art, one of the sponsors of
the film festival, charged
that the ADL "put the
pressure on us very hard,
but we will not be subjected
to any form of censorship."
Mayor Maynard Jackson
said he personally found the
films "disgusting and
repugnant, in complete
opposition to the principles
upon Which a humane
society is based and un¬
worthy of celebration."
However, Jackson said that
after consulting with Jewish
community   leaders   and
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Community Leaders To Meet
- The Columbus Jewish
Federation will hold a
Community Leadership
Meeting on Wednesday
evening, October.29,1975 at 8
p.m. at the Esther C. Melton
Community Services
Building, 11.5 College
Avenue.
Invited to the meeting are
the leadership of the local
affiliated agencies of the
Colum,bus Jewish
Federation, organizations of
the Council of Organizations,
congregations, campaigners examine
and contributors.
Sidney I. Blatt, President
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation, announced the
meeting, stating that its
purpose is: "to provide an
opportunity for key elements
of the community to be made
aware of the financial needs
of the beneficiaries sup¬
ported by the annual drive of
the Federation in
preparation for the 1976
campaign. It is intended to
permit, those present to
participate in a discussion of
these needs so that
Federation can prepare as
soon as possible its' Pre--
Campaign Budget Formula
which relates to the
distribution of the 1976
campaign achievement."
It has been the Columbus
Jewish Federation practice
each year to review and
carefully, and
thoughtfully the Pre-
Campaign Budget Formula
so as to be assured that it
sets up guidelines which are
as equitable as possible in
determining the distribution
of funds in the Regular
Campaign (exclusive of the
Israel Emergency Fund of
the United Jewish Appeal)
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Mizrachi Dinner Is Sunday
Mrs. Samuel Rubenstein,
past president of the
Columbus Chapter of
Mizrachi Women and past,
president of Raanana will be
mistress of ceremony for the
dinner Sunday, October 26,6
p.m. at the Ahavas Sholom
Social Hall.
Mrs. Rubenstein, wife of
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein,
spiritual leader of Agudas
Achim Congregation, served
on the National Board of
.Mizrachi Women and was an
active  participant' on   its
speaker's bureau. She has
been     the'    educational.
-director of Agudas Achim
, Religious School, conducted
numerous  adult  education
groups for her sisterhood,
Hadassah, Heritage House
. and~other organizations. She
holds   a   master's   degree
. from Ohio State University.
She is the mother of two
-sons, Martin Dev and Joel
Alan and a daughter, Sharon
Freed.    •
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Gold¬
meier will cater the dinner.
Young women of Raanana
will serve as hostesses.
Music will be provided
during the dinner hour.
The program, will begin
promptly. The participating
rabbis.will .bring greetings
from their respective
' congregations. Rabbi Joseph
Vilenski of Ahavas Sholom
Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenstein
Congregation will give the
opening prayer; David
Abrams, the Motze and
Birkat Hamozon by Cantor
Herman Blonder. Rabbi
David Stavsky, long af¬
filiated with Mizrachi,.will
give a capsule history of the
Columbus Chapter for the
last fifty years and will
present citations to the- past
presidents and outstanding
workers. Rabbi Samuel
Rubenstein, who, on his
frequeht visits to Israel, took
tourists to observe first hand
the work of Mizrachi, will
present the Mother-in-Israel
awards to those women who
. signed up again for 1975-76
Mother-in-Israel con¬
tribution of $54.00. Mrs.
Rubenstein will handle the
- sale of candles, which is a
tradition of the organization.