Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-04-23

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VOL. 48, No. 17
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APRIL 23, 1970 - NISAN 17
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NEW YORK, (JTA) - A document submitted by an official of the Syrian Red Crescent to the United Nations' special committee investigating human rights in Israeli-occupied territories, whidi purports to provide evidence by tfae Wmid Oouncil of Churches of maltreatment of Arat; prisonecs, was repudiated this wedS^by the Chtnvh groiqi.
During the committee hearings in Damascus, Shawkat Shatti, the Red Qcsoent tfflciali. said the document was tigned by dtizens of tfae United States and Great Britain wiio "must be r^arded as im¬ partial." He told Ifae com¬ mittee that the church "oouncQ had not sent an in¬ vestigation team into the area but had sent relief woritos wba had njnbiiessed
"Presidint" of tfae WCC had himsdf visited the area, had seen tfae results Vof braeli aggressian"and'lean testify to it." A digest of Oie com¬ mittee's bearings in Damascus, as those of previous hearings during the past two weeks in London and oilier Arab cai^tals, was rdeased by the UN's in¬ formation ofGcer ac- eoBapaaybig 0>e cominittee and diMbributed to tfae mess at'UN headquarters in New York.
Aqiokesman for the World OMmdi of Churches in New Yoric denied Uie authenticity of Uiedocument'fiubinitted in it9 name by Shatti. The spokesman told tfae Jewish l^egraphic Agency tfaat the WCC never Issues documents signed by in- < dividuals in any country and
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FVank R. Nutis behig congratulated by Max Hdvarg, regional supervisor for I^ad Bonds on his chair¬ manship ot the 1970 Governor's Dinner.
Campaign  Chairman  Howard  Schoenbaum  ad¬ dressing Board of Advisors.
Israel B^s Forms Board of Advisors
Howard R. Schoenbaum, Campaign Chairman for the 1970 Cdumbus State of Israd Bond Campaign announced the franiatioa of a Board of Advisors consisting of Cdumbus oommunity leaders concerned about the growth of Israel Bond sales in Odumbus in 1970 and for tbe future.
Mr. Sdioiaibaum said tfae
Board was formed because like many other ttiings the 9ale of Isrsd Bonds has qntgrown the Mafr.. Jflcl
handle problems and take a leading part in each sales event.,   I
leader^pLto handle campaign itj divided hito two main divisions, the Spring and Fall Campai^is, The Spring C^paign centering around the 'Governor's Dinner. Mr. Schoenbaum introduced the Governor's
the nultiy-facetB of a suc¬ cessful drive. The advisors will take the reiqionsibility of various sectors of. tJie entire cairipalgn, hdiring tb sdect chairmen, staff committees,
Chairman Mr. Frank R. Nutis, who explained his plans for the Sunday, June 14 event to ttie advisors.
He stated this year will see the largest gathering of attendees and purchasers ih the history of the annual event. Mr. Nutis s«id that in
icirimt wittiibe^importance
mlidstd* will' be the guest speaker for the evening.
Monbers of the Board of Advisors Ore Mra. ;Michaid Abrams, Dr. B. ' W. Abramson, Irving Baker, Mrs.  Julius   Baker,   Dr.
the <me in Damascus could not possibly bave come from it. nie spokesman suggested tfaat it might have been signed biy members of a particular church affiliated with the Council and that somdime8,ui such instances the WCC's names is "tossed about."
Ilie qiokesman said ttiere was no President of the World Council of Churches but six oo^nresidents, none of whom has visited the Middle East. She suggested tfaat Shatti might have  been
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Soviets Accused of risoning Jews
^P^VRIS (WNS) - The Soviet Union was accused of sending a ndinber of Russian Jews to concentration camps or sen- t«icing them to prison terms for demanding the right to emigrate and for issuing public appeals on the suBject.
Tbe accusation was made by three former Soviet citizens who testified at a dosed session of the European Conference on Soviet Jewry. Tlieir identity was not disclosed to protect families left bdiind ih Moscow and Leningrad, but the two men and a vroman were described as past members of KomsOmols,   the   Soviet   Community   Party- youth
Obscur^ Mideast Mission
JERUSALEM, (JT4)i - Joseph Sisco, the American State Department' official, brought his .slightly mysterious Mideast mission to Israel this week, con¬ ferring with key Israeli officials and remaining diplomatically discreet on o the reasons for and results of his regional swing.
Hie Assistant Secretary of State originally had been announced ^as going to Teheran solely for a briefing . ^ session with heads of y.S. missions in the area. At that time State Department spokesmen said em- idiatically that Sisco would not be making the rounds of Mideast capitals. Then he began to do just that.
'One of his stopovers was a - four-day stay in E^ypt. He met at length with President Nasser and top Egyptian aides, amid indications that the U.S. Ciovemtnent was. . pleasied that, such lengthy,!,,
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hdd with a couhfa^ which broke off diplomatic ties with the Uniteid States after the Six-Day war.
The Ameirican ^envoy met tAvice.with Wmtli Foreign Minister AbbaEQan for what were called "working sessions." ^Ministry officials said the talks dealt generally with the Middle East '\ situation, a goal for which the Sisco personal visit hardly seemed worth the travd. I
The     Israel    .Foreign Minister reportedly told the American envoy  tfaat  the    .^ area  was  in  danger  of "Sovietization" and that a
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Theodore Beckman, Lou Berliner, Jerome Bloom¬ field, Wllard Bomstein and Harold Chem. Others are Edwin Ellman, Mrs. Martin Godofsky, Mrs. Ben Good¬ man, William Goodman, Mrs. Abe Green, Mrs. Harold Harris and Martbi .Hoffman.
Mrs. Milton Leeman, Mrs. Fred Luper, Norman Meizlish, Frank Nutis, Samuel ()ppienheimer and I%r. JSheldpn Pdey. Leonai-d
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The World's Week
PARIS (WNS) - Israd was reported to be devdoping ils own jet fighter-bomber, an inifHoved version of the French-designed Murage whicb is the mainstay of the Isradi Air Force. The Frendi Jewish monthly L'Arche said tfae ^ane was being devdoped by* Israd Aircraft Industries and the new jet should be'r^dy for test flighls eariy in 1971 witfa full production witfain 18 mootfas.
NEW YORK. (JiTA) - The New York Tdqihone Co.' ~ has.dropped a long-standing policy of refiising to hire f^mjiwit"- programmers wbo are Sabbath observers, fdhnring several mOnths of negotiations witfa the National Jewish Oimmission on Law and Public ^- foirs, Julius Barman, CiOLPA presitot, ri^^iM| ^° The test case involved a Brooklyn Jew who^lqipiied for examination for sucfa a post and was rejected^ Mr. Berman said tfae applicant was told specifically that Ifae firm did not hire Sabbath observers for such jobs because their religious requirements could create complications in the company's computer operations. He said OOLPA dedded to sedc an agr^eement on hiring such apfdicants, rather than by filling a formal com¬ plaint.
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The three' described in detail several cases in which Russian Jews were sent to jail and their families subject to ' severe harassment because they applied for exit permits to go to IsrOd. They also (ialled the arrest of Jews who had sent appeals abroad~'as a dangerous new trend.
Tlie Conference adopted a resolution urging Moscow to grant Jews "their con- stitutipnal rights" and the right "to emigrate tol Israd for those who'wish to." Other points noted by the various eiqperts were thaf. while the worst anti- semitism ended with Statin's death the current campkign had become increasingly shrill in paist months, sur¬ passing the "hysteria" diluted in the past against China, ¦ Czechoslovakian liberals and Marshal Tito of Yugodavia. Moscow's policy was designed to "appease" its Arab alHes, it was noted.
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The United States^ttpafurged to hold Mosco^i'ilifo' the promise of Preniiei*-Alexei N. Kosygin that Russia would let Jews emigrate.
In Russia, the (>ommunist Party newspaper Pravda published a iett€r signed by 70 "veteran Bolsheviks of Jewish nationality" at¬ tacking Israel and its "Zionist-Fascist" policies that have resulted in atrocities against the Arabs. The main portion of the letter, howjever, extolled Russia's treatment of its Jews and asserted that Jews had all the rights other nationalities had. . And in London sources released a fetter sent to the Russian newspaper Izvestia in which the writers an¬ swered an article which questioned the historical status of Isi'ad as a Jewish homdand. The letter writers asked if there were any other historical motherland for the
Jews and. noted the article auUiors were periiaps im¬ plying that "the Jews, unlike other people, have no historicd motherland, or at least should not have one."
6 Drive 1970
(Tednesday May 13 is "Election Day" for Uie Jewish -Community. Unlike ttie dection^day of May 5, where failure of registered voters to appear might affect only the candidates bivdved, failure of qualified blood donors to appear at the Jewish Center on Wed. May 13, 12:30-6:30 might affect ttie entire com'munity.
In some instances, it might mean the difference between life and deaUi. In others, a light vote-a poor response to B-Daymight spell defeat to the protection afforded all members of the community, in their ability to receive as much blood as they need, when Uiey need it; wittiout ttie necessity for prior dqiosit of blood, or payment for it.
CiordanZiedman, President of the Oouncil, bias stressed once again the importance of "B" Day to the entire community. When you are called to give, make an appointinoit. If you can not make an ai^intment- come when you can. Womdi afe urged to come durihg the afternoon hours, (witti babysitter at the center), when the men ai;e at work, and to avoid the lunch period or the late afternoon time as much as possible.
Ja^k Masser, chairman of "B" Dayj reports that cojiunittees from all major organizations are. already at work contacting donors. , (iist Your Vote for a protected Jewish Community! A "no show" is a vote against such protection, make your vote count, by showing up to give blood on Wed¬ nesday MAy 13th at ttie Jewish Center- 12:30-6:30.
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