Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1969-10-16

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VOL. 47 NO. 43
OCTOBER 16,1969 CHESHVAN 4
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Austrailiaii ^ow Pleads Guity
,  JERUSALEM, (JTA)~The El Altsa mostiue fire trial took a predictable turn wton tto accused arsonist, Mi¬ chael Denis William Rohan, ^ ' 28, reversed his plea of ta- nocence and admitted to all ,-0f tto charges agatast him -except premediation.YitzhaIc Tunik, the Tel Aviv criminal lawyer-defending tto Aus¬ tralian 'sheep-stoarer, en¬ tered a plea of temporary insanity on tohalf of Ms ^^client. Mr. Tunis asserted ^tiiat Rohan could not te held ^>punistoble because at tto time of tto oifense to was mentally ilL
' 'The reversal was antl- -."eilinatic and taterest tathe ; trial bas already noticeably ';;idirotaished. Tto 400-seat \hall ta tto convention center, ^ipacked to capacity when the "•'trial opened, was only partly TfiUed for tto guilty plea. U <Ftoyioosly'Rohanpleadedta- "*'" *no6eht to fwo ciiarges of^ar-J r^'son^and two^cbawiAi*.^*-"'
i' 'l|i^«^idlnf('='Judga> Henry'^'^ ' -BaKer carry an aggregate
-peaiaUy of 44yearstaiirison. -Prosecuting attorney Meir Shamgar, one of the lawyers wto helped prosecute Nazi deportation chief Adolf Eich- mann, said tto prosecution was not prepared to accept tte guilty plea. He asked the court for permission to "prove the facts fully." Judge Baker then ruled that the court would hear all 43 witnesses. But he said to Itoped Mr.Tunik'scross.>ex-.
-amination would to shorten¬ ed considerably to cut down the length of tto triaL
UN itelM Workers
Arrested
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) -A United Nations Relief and Works Agency report detailtag tto agency's se¬ rious financial situatioaalso disclosed that Israel has ar¬ rested 75 UNRWA stafEers for "illegal activities outside ttoir offlcial duties."
Tto 96-page report to tte UN's General Assembly not¬ ed tbat tte staffers —Arabs hired locally ~ arrested by Israeli security forces for aidlqg Arab terrorists ta¬ dudes 21 ta tto West Bank area and 54 ta tto Gaza Stripi, This reflects the fact that most Arab refugees and camps ta territory now ad¬ ministered by Israel are to to found ta tto Gaza Strip.
In tte report, UNRWA Commissioner General Lau¬ rence Mictelmore ncted a $3.3 million deficit for 1969 and-forecast a $3.5 miilion deficit for 1670 and warned the UNthatunlessnewsourc- es of ftmds are found im- (Contlnued on Page 4)
Local Leaders Go On UJASuiidy Mission
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Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Melton and Sol D.' Zell were among the 320 memtors of the ISthi^GMinual United Jewish Appeal Stuj^ Mission which arrived ta Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 7, on two. special planes. One group traveled on tte same EI AI airliter with Prime Minister Golda Meir, and enjoyed tlie rare privilege-of sharing tlie official welcome accorded ter by Government leaders and tte army on ter return from tor triumphant
tour of tiie United States. Mrs. Meir. wiU. make two appearances at the UJA Mis¬ sion, erne at tto 20th Anni¬ versary celebradon of JDC- Malton ta, Israel and tto other attto closing banqiiet. Tto importance oftiie lUA Mission to Israel is evidenc¬ ed by t&~roster of speakers who will address tte groups Ttey tadude President Zal¬ man Shazar. Premier Gdda Meir, Deputy Prime Minister Yigal;AIIoD^ Defense Mta¬ ister Mosto Dayan, Forei^ Minister Abba Eban, Finance Minister Z.eev, Share;^ Min-
iMrs. Samuel Melton
tte Jewish Agency.
Kir; Meiton, t^ has,toen intisraei on. seyerd Stu^y Missions in prior years; is
Sol D. ZeU
decisive impact on Jewish communities as tteir rep¬ resentatives see atfirst hand tiie needs ta Israel and return . home tointerpretthose needs to tteir own communittes. Tto world-widegodfortte coming compaign, which was set attto Confernice <nHu- man Needs ta Jerusdem last May, was 350mi]llon dollars as tto minimum to meet tte humanitarian needs oflsrael. Accordtag to Edward Gins- torg* Generd Chi^rmah ot the UdtedJewishAppeiBl,tto tost doctrtaation for Amerl-
accepted ta behalf of tto UIFC by Edvi^ Schlezing¬ er, President, and Ben M. Mandelkom; Executive Di¬ rector, both of whom wUl tove a place of honor on tto dds at^ bang.uet.
Notification oftto winning of tto Shroder Award was received by Mr. Schlezinger ta a recent letter from WU¬ Uam Rosenwdd, Chahrman of tte WilUam J. Shroder Award Committee. Tte let¬ ter foUows: Dear Mr. ScMezinger:
Personally, and ta the name oftte \\11Uam J. Shrod¬ er Awaj^d Committee, I am delighted to CQDgratdateyaii fw tte awturdr-winning siib- inisiiian> on behalf iof tto
Samuel Meltdh ister I^nhas Sapir, Chief of Staff General Haim Bar Lev, General Aharon Yariv, Louis A. Ptacus, chairman, and Leon Dulzin, Treasurer of
.'^chairman of the WomenTs^
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'tiond Board of the lyoinetf ^ Division of the United Jewiish AppeaL Sol.^Di, ZeU is tte General Chairman of tto ld70 Campaign of tite United Jewish Fund and Council, and served as Advance Gifts Chahrman of tto 1969 Cam¬ paign, which was tto most successfd ta tte: histoiy of tte UJFC.
Tto Study Mission now In Israel is expected to tove a
to see'how cidldren^ men and'
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tribiited to tte exceUence of this venture. As you may know, tte
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To UJFC Piesidehcy
. Edwaro Schlezinger was reelected as president of tte Udted Jewish Fund and CouncU, at tte recent.annud meettag of the UJFC, Sunday eventag, Sept. 28, atthe Wtadtag HoUow Country Club. <
A capadty crowd attended the annud meeting, aid heard Dr. Leonard J. Feta, outstanding young educator and com¬ mudty leader of Boston, Massachusetts, discii£s thefailure of'Amer lean Jewish leader¬ ship to come to grips ade¬ quately with current prob¬ lems facing ttoir commud- ties, with specid emiAasis on the generation gap, Jew¬ ish education and theproli- lems of relating to tto black cominud^.
Elected to serve with Mr. Scidezinger for the year 1969/70, are tto following officers: vice presidents:. Sidney I. Blatt, Marvta L. Glassman. WUliam UGlick, - secretary. Jack S. Resler; treasurer, Samuel M. Md- ton; associate treasurer, Morris L. Mattlin.
Serving on tlie Board of .Trustees for the termend- iiig ta 1970 are tto follow¬ ing: Robert Aronson, Mar¬ vta Frank, Mrs. Maiprta Glassman, ^ Goodman, N. Victor Goodimui, Mrs. lU^- mond Kahn, David Levison, Melvta Rackoff, Jack S. Res¬ ler, Sfiidey Schwartz, Jr.,
Edward Sdileiingar
Mrs. Charles Sugarman and Sol D. ZeU, representingthe Cantpaign Organization; Leon Friednuuii William L.. GUck, Robert Kaynes, Gus Bowman, Jr., Dadd Levta- sOn, David Roth, Mrs. Jack S. ResIer,SamuelSchlonsky, Mrs. Domdd Shionsky, Rob¬ ert Weiler, Sr. Sol D. Zd- (Continued on Page 4)
BERN (WNS)-- Switzerland has expelled Col. Zvi Alon, IsraeU.miUtary attacto, for aUegedly toing ta- vdved ta the tteft of plans for tte Mirage m-S jet engines. An employee of a Swiss company manu¬ facturing tte engines under Ucense fi:om tte French firm ot Marcel Dassadt has confessed to selling 20 crates of plans to Israel for $200,000. The plans were smuggled by barge across tte Rhtae River to IsraeU agents ta West Germany.
LONDON (WNS)--A Hungarian actor daimedthatte defected to tte West tecause tte secret pdice had forced him to spy ta a top secret project intended to impUcate Mgh-ranldng Hungarian Government and Commudst Party memtors as "Zimists." Tte pro¬ ject was aUegedly carried on witlraUt tte sanctim of the party presidium  and President Janos Kadar.
SDE BOKER (ZINS)—A hde and tearty Ben Gurion celebrated his ^rd birthday ta a spunky mood. He had no stream of weU-wisters as ta prior years. Few, if any, feUcitations came from tte army of erstwiiile comrades ta tte Labor Party. A smaU private birthday party was attended by his son and two daughters aid ttehr' families and a few persond friends teving no connection with tte Later Party. Meanvddlette resdte of a piddic pdl were puldisted stowing that less than 1% favdr Ben Gurion for tte premiership intte forth¬ coming new ^regime. Almost 40% preferred Gdda Meir and 25% voted for Moste Dayan.
JOHANNESBURG (WNS)—Tte Sodh African Jewish commudty lias appeded to tte Government to change tte sctedded date pf tte 1970 generd elections te¬ cause April 22 confUcts with'Passover. Tte Govem- .mentis answer so far has teen to express regret tbat tte voting date was fixed entirely ta ignorance oftte .Jewish cdendar. Government offlcids notedthat rabbis have declared that Jews wodd te able to vote after sunset on election day without vidating Jewish reU- giouslaw.
PHILADELPHIA (WNS)—Rev. Leonard Smalls, tte reglond dbrector of tteScuttemChristianLeadership Conference has issued a^statemf)i^^|W,behdf ot tte Black orgadzatidn.J^oi;nd$^.^|^,[|b^;ii^^ Martta Latter King deplai^ pe^seeMbn'of^ Jews tatte Arab states and condemning it as i'morally des¬ picable." Specifically cited byRev.SmaUs were Ira^s massive executions of Jews and non-Jews, Syrian . detention of twpIsraeiissiezedfromahijackedAmeri- caiji airltae and tte plight ot Jews taa nundwr of Arab states. '•
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UJFC V|iiis The
Shroder Awd^
Tte United Jewish Fund and CouncQ wiU to signally honored at tte Generd Aissembly ottte CouncU ot Jewish Federations and FUnds as tte recipient ottte prestigious WiUiam J. Shroder Award. ,
Tte Generd Assembly wiUtdie place ta Boston, Mass., from Nov. 12 to l6, mid tte AWard to tho locd federation wiU te preseded at the concluding banwet on Saturday evening, Nov. 15. It will lie
Award: CcOnmittee received an unusiidly large numter of outstanding entries — aad winning tte 1969 Award can, tterefoi^^iiiB considered as a specialtribute to Cdumbus' achievement, ta maldng tte Award,'!iUie Committee cited tte Untted Jewish Fund and CouncU for its creative and sustaimd achievemeiAs - as tte centrd Jewish orgad¬ zation - ta responding to tte varied and changing needs tt - tte Jewish comniudty.-
i/Sr. Rosenwdd tton gives tto names of tlie cUier award winners, as follows: Tte
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Rabbi Carlebach
Cariebach To Appear At Beth Tikvah
On Tuesday and Wednes¬ day, Oct. 21 and 22, the Sis¬ terhood of Congregation Beth Tilcvah wUi present a con¬ cert by Rabbi Shiomo Car- letoch. RabbiCarletochisan internationally known folk singer. His music reflects the love and joy tradltiond ta tte services of Ctossidic Jews  aU  over  tte world.
SMomo Carietechhas sung at many coUege campuses. His young audiences find poe¬ try and relevance ta his an- cied yet timeless songs. Tte National Jewish Post and Optaion notes his ".. .abiUty to provoke the. passionate participation of his audien¬ ces." The New York Times says, "Edhusiastic and af¬ fectionate, response. . .te tos tte people with him. Ho can ask for no morel" There ' is a picture in the Sept. 26 ; issue of Life showing Rabbi ' Carletoch, with love beads . and guitar, performing a : weddtag ta ^ Franciscans v -Golden Gate Park. ' Tte t<|V9 concerts wiU to at Bd!i,Til(vdii 3199 India¬ nola Ut .7:30 p.m. Tickets wUl to $2.00 and may tod>- tained by cdlli« Mrs. WU¬ Uam  Gilbert, 888-4650 or Mrs. RobertFass, 888-3509.
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