Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-07-02

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VOL. 48   NO. 27
JULY 2, 1970 - SIVAN 28
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To Soviet Arrests
LONDON, (JTA) - The reported arrests" of eight Jews in Leningradand the search-raids of Jewish homes there and in other Russian cities, produced a warning this week from the Board of Deputies of British Jews that the Soviet Union has begun a campaign of harrassment and in- timidaiion against Jews who have applied for permission to emigrate to Israel.
The     statement     said
thousands of applications for
' exit permits have been filed
by Russian Jews "initially
. encouraged to do so by a
promise given by Premier
Kosygin    in     Paris    in
December, 1966" that Jews
would be allowed to re-unite
^with their families abroad.
"It is .feared that the arrests that have alreaay taken place are intended threaten the safety and freedom of those who have petitioned the toinstill fear into these applicants and particulary ^the statement United States for assistance," said and added: "In thepresent climate of hostility such developements must cause concern for the welfare .of the three million Soviet Jews. All those' concerned for human rights must surely see the danger of once again trealmg this vulnerable Jewish minority ' as a scapegoat."
Reports reaching here quoting "dissident" sources (Continued on Page 4)
Appeal
Rejected By Gourt
-:; JERtJsllEWpWN^ ,. -.: Th^i'%irK*iJSbbinical CbiJii'Has rejected ah appeal agaiiit the Orthodox con¬ version of American-board JUrs/Helen Zeidmann and thereby seemed to give of- ; jBclai ^approval to her con- yev^ion., She had earlier reeeived her formal Jewish registration identity card -from the Ministry ot In¬ terior.
Stiilpending court action is a similar appeal filed by a, group df rabbis associated/ with Agudath Israel ¦ , movement who claimed that Mrs. . Zeidemann had received insufficient in- strucUon'^ for proper Or-i thodox conversion. Heri conversion was officiated byj Army Chief Chaplain Rabbi Shlomo Goroi and two other military chaplains. Two Td Aviv rabbis later ; (Continued on. Page 4)
Bond Chairmen Honored
Pictured are the men and women honored for leading the first '20 years of Israel Bonds sales in Columbus. The occassion was the Sixth Annual Ohio Governor's Dinner, held at the Columbus Sheraton Motor Hotel on June 14. Under, the leadership of Frank R.Nutis, and Mrs. Walter Robinson. Dinner Chairmen and Howard R. Schoenbaum, Campaign Chairmen, more dollars .were raised for Israel then at any previous dinner, excluding the emergency year of 1967.
First row, L. to R. Mrs. Benjamin B. Caplan, Mrs. Josenh L. Schwairtz, jMrs.'^Martin R. (Sodofsky, Mrs. Samuel L. Uravsky, and Harold Schottenstein,
SecondroW, L. to R. Dr. Benjamin B. (Kaplan, Dr. Benjamin W. Abramson, Alvin E. Schottenstein and Abe Wolman.
Third Row L. to R. Jacob Gilbert, Melvin Rackoff, Dr. Ivan Gilbert,and Howard R. Schoenbaum.
Not pictured are Mrs. Esther Bain, William Good¬ man, Joseph F. Kass, Mrs. Norbert F. Kruger, Mrs. • .Milton   J.   Leeman,   Samuel   Oppenheimer,   Dr. Charles- Voung and Joseph Zox.
JERUSALEM(WNS)-The Ministry of Education has designed June 19 as a memorial day for the eight children killed in a terrorist ambush of a schoolbus near the Lebanese Border last month. The day, which marked the end of the "shloshim " 30 days of mourning, will be commemorated with special memorial services at schools all over Israel.
TEL AVIV-( JTA) - Red Cross representatives haye "visited four captured Israelis in Egypt and report thein to be in good condition, it was learned from Red Cross spiirces this week.TTie captives ace a pilot, Avinoam kalbs, Lt. Dan Avidan and two civilian canteen ' workers.
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Poreign Minister Abba Eban has returned herefrom .a four-day official visit to Italy where he conferred with Premier Mariano Rumor and Foreign Minister Aldo Moro and was visited by a Papal representative at his hotel in Rome.'
Mr: Eban told newsmen on his arrival at the airport that the dialogue between the Vatican and Israel has been enhanced by his meeting with Monsignor ' Agostino Caskroli, Vatican Secretary for Public Af¬ fairs, who informed him of Pope Paul VI's keen desire for peace ahd the preservation of religious values in the Middle East. «
NEW YORK (JTA) - The Anti-Defaination League of B'nai B'rith today con^mended U.S. Secretary of Transportation John Vojjpe for stopping the ex¬ penditure of federal funds on a roadproject leading to a shrine operated by  "the .notorious anti-Semite,
¦ Gerald Smith" in Eurekaj SplringSi Arkansas;
Mr. Volpe announced, today that after revie\y|ng the proposal he had withhelq approval because the ex¬ penditure of die required, federal funds "was not
;   supported by the road service that would be provided."
LONDON (WNS) - Siimoh Peres,/Minister of irii- migriint Absorplion and a former Deputy Dtefeiise Minister said here that Israel would be virtually self- sufficient in military supplies, by the end ofthe decade. He said that the arms produced domestically by 1980; will'include combat aircraft.
fliigm Offers Proposal Peace-Not lets
WASHINGTON (JTA) - "Die anticipated announcement of thc U.S. decision on more jet sales to Israel and details of the new American peace initiative in the Middle East failed to materialize at Secretary of State William P. Rogers' press conference here this week. ,
Mr. Rogers said that the United States has submi[tted a new peace proposal on the
Mideast to encourage Arabs and Israelis "to stop shooting and start talking" under - United Nations auspices, but he gave no details of the plan. He declined to "discuss publicly military assistance for Israel" on grounds that to do so might jeopardize ac¬ ceptance of the new U.S. peace plan.
Saying that he does not plan to announce any further jet sales to Israel at present time, Mr. Rogers asserted, "I think fpr the moment the emphasis should ¦be on diplomatic initiatives and announcement now would be counter¬ productive."
He said, "Our objective in , launching this initiative has been to encourage the parties toward a just and lasting peace which takes fully 'into account the legitimate aspirations and concerns of all governments and peoples in the area. In light of that objective, we believe it would not be useful to disclose at this time details of the political initiatives or to discuss publicly military assistance for Israel."
Mr. Rogers said that the U.S. has not abandoned its position of support for Israel's sovereignty, in¬ dependence and territorial integrity which "remain in our interest."
The Israeli Cabinet met in speciai session in Jerusalem after calling Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin hoine for urgent consultations.. The Rogers peace proposals are believed to have been the subject of the cabinet session.    . _
Tlie Secretary of State emphasized that the new Ainerican initiative, was based oh the United Nations Security (Council's Mideast resolution of Nov. 22, 19iB7. He said it had been discussed widi President Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt and. yiith Israeli, Arab, Soviet, FVench, and British leaders. Mr. Rogers said the Soviet Union had made no comment but "listened. politely and thoughtfqllj}.";
11: Secretary Rogers said the
! u;s.' based its proposals in
! part on jpiiiilic statements
riiade ,by   both  sides.   He
, referred    .to   , Pr|esident
Nasser's May. 1 "appeal" to
President     Nixon     and
U.S. IN which he said he would be receptive to a cease-fire.
He    also    referred    to Premier Golda'Meir's recent Knesset        speech        in wliich she said that Israel was willing to accept the Nov. 22,1967 resolution and Foreign    Minister   Abba . Eban's recent statement that Israel would be ready to make    "startling"    con¬ cessions     once     peace the   negotiations with the Arabs flexability,"Mr.    Rogers said. '     ;
Under, the U.S. initiative,' the United Nations ^special envoy. Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring would return to the Mideast to initiate Arab- Israeli talk. The Secretary of State supported the Arab position that negotiations do
not have to be face-to face. He said a "negotiating stance" can be "in the same. city, in adjacent buildings, on different floors of the same building or in different ¦ rooms on the same floor." He emphasized . that negotiations shoiild be carried on in secret because public negotiations mean the parties simply repeat their cases and do not exchange ideas. "We never believed outside governments could do the negotiating,"Rogers said. "I think the exchange has to be between the par¬ ties." The Israel Embassy here said that Ambassador Rabin has already returned to Israel .for "consultations" on the U.S. peace moves.
An Embassy -spokesman said' "any other comment will have to come from Jerusalem." He added, ''It would be wrong to comment on the American initiatives after the Secretary of State made it clear that this is not to be done in public."
Bloo(J Bath Urged By "Rights "Party
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LOUISVILLE, Ky (WNS)~ Members of the National States Rights Party cheered a call for the mass killing of Negroes and Jews made by a speaker during closed session of.the group's con- ve;ntion meeting in Newport, Ky.
The  speaker,   Newman Britton of Decatur, Ark., was quoted by a reporter of the Louisville Times as, urging ablood baUi. Hie blood will. flow   from   every   Jew   in Anglo-Saxondom,"    Britton, shouted. Stat^.eBts,',made
Stonw,;flOMo|i»l ?toi „„ „ Uie party, •jvhicti'hi^ifbeen identified as the' political arm of the Ku Klux Man, included racial slurs against Jews and Negroes but didn't approach the virulence of the speeches delivered., by. Britton and officers of.the organization in the private session, the times reporter said; Stpner is the party's candidate for governor of Georgia.
.While JeWsy . were denounced in Newport, the Six Million who died in Europe during World War II were honored ¦ with a; memorial light at the Fort : Krtpx, Ky., .military reservation. This was believed to be the first time such a tribute has been, dedicated hi an army base;
branches    in    mounting flames.
The dedication service was attended by members and friends of the Fort Knox Jewish Congregation which had held Holocaust .Day_. services earlier last month. Britton, during his speech, said he regretted his service during World War II and deplored the Nuremburg trials of Nazi war criminals. He said Jews started World War II to set white people killing each other. ¦~ Dr.     Edward     Fields, j^-Jf.^ife'ji^tional  secretary  of  the lOP^'fNSHP  SAID  Jews   were NSRP   said   Jews  '«he'J-% Jerry Pope,  tne pa«ijr o organizer    in   .Kentucky "proved.".d,uring .his lecture on Bible history tbaX the Jews  weren't  "the chosen people" and ^lat cairist/':5Jras , not a Jew" -'>
Nasser's- Vfecehl)' Wleyi^ipn   the light, similar tp others interview broadcast in the    throughout the world, has si"
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