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VOL. 52 NO. 3
JANUARY 17, 1974 - TEVETH 23
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BRUSSELS (WNS) — Police and security forces
throughout Europe were taking precautions against
possible attacks by Arab terrorists. A Belgian Foreign
Ministry spokesman admitted that some rockets had
disappeared from military depots "somewhere in
Europe." He denied press specualtions about the
presence of Soviet SAM-7 rockets in Belgium. In West
Germany precautions were taken at one of Germany's
biggest oil refineries in Bavaria against a terrorist
attack. Most European airports were under heavy
security.
NEW YORK (WNS) — The American Zionist
Federation has designated Feb. 10-March 10 as Aliya
Month in the United States, it was announced by Rabbi
Israel Miller AZF president. The AZF's 13 national
membership organizations, and its affiliated Zionist
Federations will conduct an active campaign for aliya
by Americans in cooperation with the WZO-American
Section, the 17 offices of the Israel Aliya Center ,
thrbughout the U.S. and the Association of Americans
and Canadians for Aliya.
JERUSALEM (WNS) — A survey taken for -the
Jewish Agency found that 70.6 percent of the Israelis
interviewed believe that American Jews can exert
considerable influence on the U.S. government with
regard to its policies on Israel and 54.3 precent believe
they are exerting this influence sufficiently in Israel's
favor. Only X6.6 percnet — mainly £mong the younger
.generation, intellectuals, university graduates and
sabras—felt that U.S. Jewry was not-doing-enough to-
Influence their government. The survey found that 86:9
, percent qf Israelis believed that Jews throughout, the
.world identify with Israel and a larger proportion of
.,the,.Respondents said, they .were conscious of the
- amount of money,world Jewry raises for Israel. A
majorjty of ,44.5 percent safd money and aliya were
' • equally important while 29.7 percent favored aliya
.against 21 percent for money'.
Supreme Court Urged To Bar Race But Not
Poverty As Admission Factor To Universities
Washington, D.C., The
American Jewish Congress
last week urged the United
States Supreme Court to
declare unconstitutional the
use of race as a criterion in
university admissions even
for the purpose of increasing
the number of minority
students.
' At  the  same  time,  the
Congress asserted in a
friend-of-the-court brief that
poverty and cultural
disadvantage were proper
considerations in admission
procedures and that a.
candidate's family,
economic and extra¬
curricular background
"may constitutionally and
legitimately be considered
Daniel B. Waitzman Elected
President Of Agudas Achim
At installation ceremonies
held at Agudas Achim
Synagogue, Sunday,
January 6, Daniel B.
Waitzman was installed as
President of the
Congregation. Mr. Waitz¬
man for the. last two years
served as Vice President,
"and prior to'Hitafj-on^the
Board of Trustee's. He is a
past - president of the
Synagogue Brotherhood, and
is a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Columbus
Hebrew School.
Mr.    Waitzman    is-   a
practicing pharmacist and is
the immediate past
Prcsidcni of the Academy of
Pharmacy of Central Ohio*'
During the centennial
celebration ol the Ohio Slate
University in 197(1, the
conferring of "Distinguished
Alumni. Av.ard" was.
-inaugurated, Miv.\Vartzman
was .ainoiig the first to
receive the award at that
time, and to date is the only
by the school" in weighing
such traditional factors as
prior academic record and
aptitude test scores.
Such considerations, the
Congress said, "not only
provide a method of in¬
terpreting the numerical
scores but»also reveal the
presence' of additional
qualities ■ which are
predictive of potential for
success in school, in the
professions and as a con¬
tributor to society at large.'-'
The brief said such a
position assumed that only
attorneys — and by ex¬
tension other professionals
— of the same race could
adequately represent
minority groups, an
assumption the Congress
called "factually and
psychologically  unsound,
Expert On "Jews For Jesus" Admonishes
Parents:'Oon't Panic, Don't Put Down'
by Bill Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
Jewish parents who are^
fearful their children are
being converted into
Christians do more harm
than' ' good    when    they
criticise their children or
7 kick them out of the house,
according to -Rabbi David
Berner, CoTDirector of the
Hillel     Foundation      at
;u;c.l.a;;;.;;
, Berner I' tyho made several
'.speaking appearances in
Columbus Residents Appointed
To Board Of New York Center
New   York,   New,   York,
Samuel      M.      Melton,
Columbus,   Ohio, .business
executive,,;  has} V; been
designated chairman of the
Board of Governors of the
Melton Research Center in
Jewish  Education   of   the
Jewish    .TCheol.ogical
Seminary;of America. The
Center, established at the
Seminary in I960, explores
new curricula, methods, andr
materials     for...   Jewish
religious education,, and
conducts programs for the
training and retraining of
teachers' in Jewish schools,
Mr., Mefton, .whose   ap¬
pointment as chairman was
^innpunced by Dr. Gerson D.
Cohen,  .Se'mjnary   Chan¬
cellor, was active in the
creation, of the Center, and
.   SAMEUL M. MELTON
has supported its work from
the beginning. He recently
announced a major gift
designed    to    fund   the
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Columbus last week, has had
three years . of experience
counteracting the "Jews for
Jesus" movement, which
t appears to be stronger oh the
' West Coast, than in the
Midwest. yyj- ■'
Berner says that Jewish
parents should not wisk their
children off to the local rabbi
at the first sign of in¬
volvement in a "Messianic
Jewish" or "Hebrew-
Christian" group. Instead,
he suggests parents simply
talk about their own
religious beliefs to their
children, "something that's
rarely done."    "
"At U.C.L.A., 1 frequently
ask groups of perhaps 30
people, for example, how
many have ever had a
serious discussion about God
or their own beliefs with
their parents, and maybe
four or five will raise their
hands," Berner told The
ChronicleV.    : ;;
Berner also warns parents
not to "put down'' their
children for voicing a belief
in Jesus "because that just
reinforces them!"
He also says that's
especially important to
remember     at     public
vJCQr}TJNUEpiON.P>\GE 5)
Daniel li. Waitzman
Jewish pharmacist to be so
honored by Ohio State
University. In addition, he
received recognition as
"Pharmacist of the Year"
by the local Pharmacy
Association. For the last six '
years he has served as a
guest lecturer at the College
of Pharmacy at Ohio State
University; and currently is
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Academy of
Pharmacy, and Chairman of
the State Pharmaceutical
Association Committee on
Health, Economics and
Welfare! '       -
-~ Mr. Waitzman is married
to the former Rita Frank of
Toledo, Ohio, and they are
the parents of three children,
Jay, Steven and Karen.
.In addition to the new
president, the following
officers and board members
were installed: Marvin
Meritser, Vice President;
Herbert P. Wolman,
Treasurer; Marshall Harris,
Assistant Treasurer, Samuel
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legally and constitutionally
erroneous, and profoundly
damaging to the fabric of
American society."
The brief was filed in
DeFunis v. Odegaard, a
landmark case that is ex¬
pected to produce a ruling by
the Supreme Court on the
issue of racially preferential-'
treatment in university
admissions. It was brought
by Marco DeFunis, a \\;hite
applicant to the University
of Washington Law School.
. who charged that his con¬
stitutional rights had been
violated when the university
rejected him but admitted
minority candidates with,
lower college grades and
Law School Aptitude Test
scores.
Applications    from
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Annual Dinner For Raanana
Is Planned For January 26
Mesdames  Gloria  Brody The   highlight   of   the
and   Fanny   Schulte,   co- evening will be provided by
chairladies,  announce  this Leslie     Shuman.     Miss
year's biggest fund raising Shuman, at 20, has appeared
event   for   the   Raanana before    more    than    25
chapter of the American
-Mizrachi Women will be a
dinner preceded by
cocktails. The dinner to be
held on January 26, will be
begin at 8:45 p.m. and
cocktails at 8:15 p.m. This
event will take place at
Congregation Ahavas
Sholom. The tradition of no
speeches that was begun by
Raanana will be continued,
tinued.
organizations. She has
voiced commercials, has
entertained at Weddings.
Bar Mitzvahs, and' an¬
niversaries, has performed
at country clubs, churches,
and for political and social
affairs including the l»72
Metropolitan Opera Ball.
Leslie is a student at the
Cleveland Institute of Music
and  is  an  accomplished
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All-Out Telephone Drive Is
Launched For CJF Campaign
-In. an all-out telephone
drive to reach every
member of the Jewish
Community, who as yet, has
not made his gift to the 1974
Columbus Jewish
Federation - United Jewish
Fund and Israel Emergency
Campaign, Heinz Hoffman,
Chairman of Trades &
Professions, requests that
"When you get that call in
the telethon solicitation now
irt progress, that you be
prepared to give your share
to help meet the human
suffering needs of our
people."
"Our men manned
telephones on Sunday,
January J3 from the Hun¬
tington Bank on South High
Street. Those not reached
HEINZ HOFFMAN
that day will be contactec
during the following week.'
"In our division, gifts have
been running more than MX
percent ahead of last year
In some instances, increases
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