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VOL. 55 NO. 35
SEPTEMBER 1,1977- ELUL 18
Washington: Is ATrade Off In The Making
The Nesher Puppets, which have been delighting
Israeli audiences for more than 10 years, will be apr
pearing in Columbus at The Jewish Center on Oct. 9.
Nesher Puppets Scheduled for
October 9 Performance At Ctr.
Mrs. Mel Schottenstein,
chairperson of the Jewish
Center Cultural Arts Com¬
mittee, announces that the
Nesher Puppets from Israel
will be appearing in Colum¬
bus at The Jewish Center,
1125 College Ave., on Sun¬
day, Oct. 9, at7:30p.m.
According to Mrs. Schot¬
tenstein, the Nesher ^Pyp:
pets* as they are known In
Israel, were originally
scheduled for a Columbus
appearance last January, \
However they were snow¬
bound by a winter blizzard
which prevented their ap¬
pearance.
"A grant from the Gordon
Cultural Fund," says Mrs.
Schottenstein, "has made it
■ possible for The Jewish Cen¬
ter to.bring this Bialik pup¬
pet theatre from Haifa. The
presentation will feature a
production of 'The Daughter
of the King' which is based
on H. N. Bialik's well known
story, 'The Legend of Three
and Four.' It is performed in
the unique medium of rod
puppetry."
For more than 10 years,
the Nesher Puppets have
beeri performing throughout
Israel to audiences of adults
and children. The puppet¬
eers, Sylvle and Yaie Nesher
and Steward Olesher have
developed a program in Eng¬
lish with 'musical back¬
ground. .':..■':':
Reservations are now
being accepted and further
information on this attrac¬
tion for adults as well as chil¬
dren may be secured by call¬
ing the Cultural. Arts Depart¬
ment of The Jewish Center,
231-1731.
(Copyright, 1977 JTA, Inc.)
By Murray Zuckoff
and
Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
The Carter Administration's
apparent effort to create a
climate of "world opinion"
in favor of its Middle East
policy continues to center on
legitimizing the Palestine
Liberation Organization and
paving the way to have it
participate in reconvened
Geneva talks. At the same
time, there seems to be an
easing off of any harsh criti¬
cism of Israel regarding its
announced policy of estab¬
lishing more settlements on
the West Bank and aiding
militarily the Christians in
southern Lebanon.
There are some analysts
here who feel that "toned
down" statements on Isra¬
el's West Bank policy indi¬
cate a policy of trade-off.
The thinking among these
analysts is that President
Carter realizes there is noth¬
ing he can do under current
circumstances, short of
strong statements of con¬
cern, rebukes and admonish¬
ments, .about Israel's West
Bank policy^
He is in the same position
in that regard as he was
' when he was admonishing
and. rebuking the. Soviet
Union on the issue of human
rights.; After a series of
strongly-worded statements
he had to concede, during a
press conference, that he
cannot, after all, use physi¬
cal force to persuade the
Russians to change their pol¬
icy- ':   :
But, if Carter cannot use
PLO Can Operate Information Office
Without First Getting U.S. Permission
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Two U.S. government de¬
partments said Aug. 25 that
the Palestine Liberation Or¬
ganization can open and
operate "an information of¬
fice" in Washirigtbn"without
first obtaining U.S. permis¬
sion. Their statements came
amid reports that the PLO,
which has observer status at
the United Nations and has
been operating a propa¬
ganda office in New York
and which was unsuccessful
in attempting tb operate in
Washington last year, is
again prepared to function
here within a short time.
"U.S, government permis¬
sion to opeu an. information
office is not required, pro¬
vided the organization is
duly registered with the De¬
partment of Justice under
the Foreign Agents Regis¬
tration Act and the office is
staffed by persons legally
admitted to or resident in the
United States and is engaged
in lawful activities,", the
State Department said in a
written- response to repor¬
ters' questions. /'The PLO
last year registered with the
Justice Department its in¬
tention to open an informa¬
tion office in Washington." -
At the Department of
Justice, officials confirmed
to the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency that U.S. govern¬
ment permission is not
necessary but noted that
, Justice has no control over
whether the PLO could func¬
tion in Washington. "That's
up to the State Department,''
an official said. "That deci¬
sion is | based on foreign
policy considerations."
., After, the PLO had re¬
gistered last November to
maintain contacts with
members of Congress arid
U.S. officials, the State
Department found that Sabri
E. Jiryis, who has registered
as the PLO agent, had pro¬
vided false information on
his visa application and the;
State Department then or¬
dered him to leave the coun¬
try when his visa period has
expired. It is understood that
while, the State Department
under present U.S. policy
would probably, riot grant
visas for PLO members to
operate the office here, it
would not bar Americans or
citizens of another country to
operate it in the PLO's
name.
With the office registered
and reports on its functions
required by the Justice De¬
partment every six months,
,   (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)
physical force to persuade
the Israeli government to
change its West Bank settle¬
ment policy — and ri strong
statements of concern and
rebukes do not seem jto have
any affect — he can find a
way of dealing with the PLO
and thereby place Israel on
the diplomatic griddle.
In fact, Carter said earlier .
this month while Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance was in
Saudi Arabia during his Mid¬
east trip, that the U.S. has in¬
direct contact with the PLO.
The President added: "We
have a means to contact
them and to exchange ideas
with them." This is a step
away from direct U.S.-PLO
contacts. Events of the past
few days tend to bear out the
trade-off theory. .7
The centrality of the PLO
in the Administration's Mid¬
east policy was indicated by
U.S. Ambassador Richard
.Parker's comments in
Beirut last week and the
State Department's studied
Community
Institute
Announced
The Jewish Education
Committee of the Columbus
Jewish . Federation an¬
nounces their first cooper¬
ative venture jn education.
The Board of Rabbis, The
Jewish Center, and . the
Jewish schools of the com¬
munity invite all people, to
make preparations for
courses which will be offered
during October, November
and December. A lecture
series and courses in He¬
brew will be integral parts of
the evening curriculum.
Participants will have a
choice in the lectures pre¬
sented. Included in the cur¬
riculum are the following
courses: "What Does Con-;
temporary. Jewish Thought
Have to Offer?" presented
by Rabbi Edward Kiner,
Temple Israel; "Halacha:
The Development of Jewish
Law," taught jointly by
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein,
Agudas Achim Congrega¬
tion, and Rabbi David Stav-
sky, Beth Jacob Congrega¬
tion; "The Contemporary
Jewish Family: Can It Bejf'
Saved?" by Dr. Jerome
Folkman, Rabbi emeritus,
Temple Israel; and "A Bib¬
lical Tour of Modern Israeli"
by Rabbi Sheldon Switkin,
Congregation Tifereth
Israel.
Courses in basic, Hebrew
and Ulpan will also be of¬
fered.
The fees and registration
procedure will be, shared
with the community during
the next several weeks.  '.'■■
refusals to name the PLO as,
the perpetrators of the re-
cenfrash of bombing in Isra¬
el even though the terrorist
organization has itself
boasted publicly of the deeds
and promised more of them.
Most Beirut newspapers
and some unidentified "leg¬
islators" quoted Parker as
saying that Carter had sent a
letter to Premier Menachem
Begin of Israel to stop Israeli
support of Christians resist¬
ing the PLO's onslaught in
southern Lebanon and
strongly opposing Israel's
West Bank settlement pol¬
icy. Parker was also re¬
ported as saying that Carter,
in a letter to President Hafez
Assad of Syria, asked him,
for "self-restraint" in view
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 9)
ADL Files Discrimination Suits
Against 'Christian' Publications
Angeles, San Mateo County
and San Diego Superior
Courts is on behalf of ADL
and for individuals who. are"":
seeking redress from reli¬
gious discrimination, in Los
Angeles, ADL is., plaintiff
along with George Aronek
and David Pines; Jewish
proprietors of Grecian Art
Tile who' were prohibited
from advertising in Chris¬
tian Yellow Pages, Inc. since
a condition of being accepted
as an advertiser was a ver¬
bal and written acceptance
of Jesus Christ,
In the San MateO action,
plaintiff is Sam Lanero, pro¬
prietor of Lanero Realty.
Lanero, a Catholic, could not
advertise in the Sacramento
Christian Yellow Pages Un¬
less he signed an oath af¬
firming that he was a "born
again Christian."
The third action is being
/brought against. "Christian
Business Directory" pub¬
lished by Production House
in San Diego. The directory
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Columbus, Ohio ..■'. .Mar¬
tin Wiener, Chairman of the
Ohio-Kentucky Regional
Board of the Anti-Defama^
tion League (ADD of B'riai
B'rith, announced on Aug. 25
that the ADL and Bet Tzedek'
legal services have filed
three anti-discrimination
suits on behalf of Jews and
Catholics against two Cali¬
fornia-based national busi¬
nesses .:. "Christian Yel¬
low Pages," which has re¬
gional headquarters in Can¬
ton, Ohio and "Christian
Business Directory." Both
accept only "born again"
advertisers and urge patron¬
age of Christian owned
stores.
Region Four of Christian
Yellow Pages, based in Can¬
ton, covers the, states of
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illii
nois and Wisconsin and has
plans to publish Christian
Yellow Pages directories in
Columbus, Cleveland and
Toledo.
The simultaneous filing of
the three civil suits in Los
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter reiterated
Aug-. 23 that he considered the establishment by Israel
of settlements on the West Bank as "illegal" and an'
"obstacle to peace" but declared he will not "pres¬
sure" the Jewish State to reverse its settlement policy.
Carter's comments were hiade at his press conference
in response to a question as to whether the U.S. plans to
do more than1 express "concern" about the recent
moves by the government of Premier Menachem
Begin in the West Bank. '
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Netherlands govern¬
ment will not support a change in the wording Of UN
Security Council Resolution 242 to modify the clause
dealing with the "just settlement of the refugee prob¬
lem," as has been demanded by the Arabs. This was
stated by Foreign Minister Max Van der Stoel to the
Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. He added,
however, that Holland,will support Security Council
members stating orally that the Palestinian problem is
more than a refugee issue.     /
.JERUSALEM (WNS) -^ A joint beit din, religious
court, made up of Othodox, Conservative and Reform
rabbis has been proposed as a means of solving the
conversion controversy in the United States and other
diaspora countries. Rabbi Richard G, Hirsch, head of
the World Union for Progressive Judaism, who lives in
Jerusalem, told a press conference here Aug. 22 that
Premier Menachem Begin was among those who sug¬
gested the beii din during a meeting with four Ameri¬
can Reform and Conservative rabbis.