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VOL. 54 NO. 50
DECEMBER 2,1976- KISLEV 10,5737
Seek To Soften Am. Sentiment
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Premier Yitzhak Rabin has
urged Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to hold direct
talks with him on a Middle East peace settlement.
Directing his remarks to Sadat, Rabin declared: "I
have heard what you have had to say to others. Now -
what do you have to say to us? You have explained
your willingness to make peace with American sena¬
tors, congressmen and other visitors. You have talked
about peace with NBC, CBS and ABC. If you are
serious about peace let us negotiate. Please let me hear
from you."
UNITED NATIONS. (WNS) - The report by the
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights.of
the Palestinian People which calls for Israel to evacu¬
ate all occupied territory by June 1,1977 was approved
Ijy the General Assembly Nov. 24 by a 90-16 vote with 30
abstentions. The report by the 20-member committee
also recommends allowing Palestinian refugees to re¬
turn to their former homes or to be compensated for
loss of property and urges the creation of a Palestinian
State under the aegis of the Palestine Liberation Or¬
ganization. The General Assembly resolution urged the
Security Council to act as soon as possible to imple¬
ment the recommendations. The Council earlier this
year rejected the report when the United States vetoed
it.
'■ LONDON (WNS) — Members of a congressional'
' watchdog committee that recently visited Yugoslavia_
, and 17 non-Communist European countries, said in,a.
press conference here Nov. 23 that the Helsinki'accord
was beginning to have a productive, though still
limited effect on the improvement of East-West re¬
lations. However,' the congressmen who were refused
permission to visit the Soviet Union and its satellites,
-."saifjj that while practices in some countries have be-
conie^cao^e-Jenient^-proceduresfor- emigration-lp-re- -
-unite divided families have not markedly changed*
2 PLO Officials Meet With Groups Of Jews
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28
(JTA). - The two Palestine
Liberation Organization offi¬
cials who came to the United
States ostensibly to open a
propaganda office in Wash¬
ington met with small
groups'of Jews in New York
and Washington this month
and sought to give an im¬
pression that the terrorist or¬
ganization is moderating its
view toward Israel. -
The officials — Sabri
Jiryis and Issa Satawi, both
Palestinians — first met
with seven or eight-Jews at a
New York hotel at the invi¬
tation of the Arabs. About a
week later, on Nov. 15, the
pair lunched with five other
Jews at the invitation of
Tartt Bell, director of the
American ..Friends Service
Committee's Washington
public affairs program, at
the Committee's quarters.
Those invited to the two
gatherings were mainly offi¬
cials,-some of high rank, of
major J.ewjsh organizations,
but several emphasized to
individuals and not as repre¬
sentatives of their organi¬
zations. PLO officials had
met previously in Paris with
'non-official but politically
active Israelis.
Bell declined to go into de¬
tails about the meeting or to
identify those present. He
said he was "delighted to
hear signals of change in the
position of the PLO," which
he described as being aimed
at a two-state solution and
acceptance of a "secure
Israel."
Prominent Education Advisor
To Visit Columbus Next Week
-Dr. .George Pollak,
national consultant on Jew¬
ish education, will visit
Columbus during December
~7-8, announced Melvin Schot¬
tenstein, chairman of The
Jewish Education Commit¬
tee (JEC)-CJF.
Dr. Pollak, director of the
Department of Community
Services of The American
Association for Jewish Edu¬
cation, will visit The Colunv
bus-Hebrew School and The
Columbus Torah Academy,
and will meet with members
and leadership of the Jewish
' Education Committee  and
Federation Board Members To Review Issues
And Problems Of Local Community At Institute
The Columbus Jewish
Federation will hold an insti¬
tute for the members of its
Board of Trustees on Sun¬
day, Dec. Ej^A planning com-
' mittee consisting of four past
presidents of the Federation
— Sidney I. Blatt, Marvin L.
Glassman, Norman
Meizlish; and Edward
Schlezinger' — has met
several times to plan the pro¬
gram, and has developed a
program which will make it
possible for members of the
board to review all of the
" concerns of the Federation
and its agencies during the
coming year.
Judy Swedlow,—chairwo-
i man of-the 1977 United Jew- ,
ish Fund campai&n Planned Foir Sunday
Women's Division, will de- *
liver   the   opening   pre-   Night, December 0
sentation on "The Profile of       °    '
the    Columbus " Jewis/h
Federation on matters relat:
--^e-^ewJ3lr~^le1j!ra^^
Agency that they attended as    for Jewish education.
— ;        Having   knowledge   of
Columbus from previous
visits, Dr. Pollak will also
participate in a special JEC
dinner-meeting which will be
held on December S, at 6:30
p.m., at the Columbus Torah
Academy. Members of the
boards of The Columbus He¬
brew School and The Colum¬
bus Torah Academy will also
participate in this special
dinner-meeting.
At its dinner-meeting, The
JEC will consider a plan for
conducting a survey- on the
Jewish child population in
Columbus and will hear a re-
Ernes;! Stern
JFS Annual Meeting
the Jewish Community."
Mrs. Swedlow Was chairwo¬
man of the Federation's
Priorities Committee, which
devoted several years to a
study of the Columbus Jew¬
ish community and its needs.
Leslie Wexner, a member
of the Board of Trustees of
the Federation, will speak on
"Building Tomorrow's Jew¬
ish ■ Community" while
Sidney I. Blatt, a Federation
past president, will speak on
"The Needs and Plans for
Physical Facilities."
The 68th annual meeting of
Jewish Family Service "will
take place on Sunday even¬
ing, Dec. 5 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cheses,
272 N.-Drexel Ave. The guest
speaker will be Carl-Glick,
president of HIAS (Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society).
Mr. Glick will speak on the
current state of Soviet Jew¬
ish resettlement in the U.S.
and the general world pic¬
ture of Soviet • Jewish
emigres.
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The members of the board
will be divided into four
'groups, which will meet con¬
currently, during the morn- •
ing to discuss the present
concerns and priorities of
the Federation and its '
agencies. Myer Meliman,
vice-president of the CJF,
will serve as chairman of the
session on "Services for the
Jewish Family". Partici¬
pating, with Mr. - Meliman,.
will be Leah Godofsky, presi¬
dent-elect of the Jewish
Family Service; Dr. James
Tennenbaum, president of
the Columbus Jewish
Center; and J. Maynard
Kaplan, president of Herit¬
age House. Serving as con¬
sultants for this session will
be Peter Glick, director of
the Jewish Family Service,
Mayer Rosenfeld, director of
the Columbus Jewish
Center, Gerald.Cohn, direc¬
tor of Heritage House,, and
Dan Flax. Federation
administrative assistant.
' Irving Baker, a member of
the Federation Board > of
Trustees, will serve as chair¬
man of the session on Jewish
education.' Dr. William ,
Gilbert,' president of the
Columbus Hebrew School,
and Alvin Shames, president
of the .Columbus Torah
Academy, will participate in
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,   Dr. George Pollak ■
port ojj.th.e„p£QROsed-comr.
" muhity high school. The-re¬
port contains data on na¬
tional trends and infor¬
mation on existing Jewish
high school, programs and
' enrollment in Columbus.
Highlights of the report in-
clude( 1) Nationally, Jewish
.high school enrollment has
increased in the last 15. years
by 76% and accounts for 20%
of the total enrollment. 2)
There is an increasing trend
toward inter-congregational
or community high school
programs ( a dozen such co-:
operative programs have
been, established - in recent
years). 3) A total of 192 stu-
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Annual Shabbaton To Be This Weekend
Mr. Norman Brody, chair¬
man of the youth group at
Beth Jacob announced that
this weekend the congre¬
gation will host numerous
teenagers from the tri-state
region'of the N.C-.S.Y. youth
chapters.. Beginning with
lighting of the candles on
Friday night and concluding
with Sunday morning break¬
fast, the large contingent of
teenagers will spend 24
hours in a "living experience
of the Sabbath".
The Beth Jacob Youth
Group has been a pioneer
award winning chapter from
Yeshiva University Youth
Department and N.C.S.Y.'
and has attracted national
attention for its many pro¬
grams. This coming week¬
end under the leadership of
- Rabbi David Stavsky, who
< initiated ' the program 19
. years,, ago, a staff of- very
qualified youth leaders' and
advisors will participate in
the event.
r The Saturday night
Kumzits session will be high¬
lighted by a tribute and fare¬
well to Miss Lori Greenberg,
who this past year has acted
- as youth advisor and will be
taking up residence shortly
in the Washington D.C. area. .
Miss Greenberg* has
literally risen through the
ranks of the Beth Jacob
'Youth Group - as chapter
president; as teenager of the
year, a coveted award pre-'
• sented to her" both on the
regional and national level;
regional vice-president and
then national officer of
N.C.S.Y.   Miss   Greenberg
. studied at Stern College for
women of Yeshiva Univer¬
sity ahd is now completing
her studies at OSU. She has
,,   - '     (CONTINUEDON PAGE U>
The signals, he said, came
from "newspapers and else- .
where." He also said the sig¬
nals represented the position
the two PLO officials "are
taking." .
Since U.S. policy is not to
have official contacts with
the PLO, whose charter calls
for Israel's destruction, and
the Israeli government has
vowed never to have deal¬
ings with it regardless of any
change it might make in its
public position, Jews avail¬
able for interviews with JTA
were aked why they decided
to meet with the PLO of¬
ficials.
"It was useful for us to
hear what they had to say
and to tell them what we
think," one replied. Another
commented that -since the
Friends Committee issued
the invitation, it was
courteous to accept and not
reject out of hand an attempt
at a conciliatory approach.
The Committee is strongly in
favor of. a Palestinian state
and has often criticized
.Israel. ~
 At the_ Washington meet¬
ing. JTA was told, the PLO ,
officials  not only  did  not -
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Robert K. Levy Sr.,
Union Co. Exec. Dies
Robert K. Levy Sr., of 584
S. Keilner Rd., died Satur¬
day, Nov. 27 at Grant Hospi¬
tal, following a stroke.
Levy, age 82, was formerly
chairman of the board of the -
Union Co. and was known for
his   Columbus   civic   en-„
deavors. He put his talents
and energy into his love for -
Columbus, serving on dozens
of community organizations.
His special interest in the
Downtown area was-shown
by his' action as the first
chairman of. the Downtown
Area Committeeand his idea
of flags being placed along
the Downtown riverfront as
well as the riverfront amphi-
- theater dedicated in his
" name/
Levy had served the Union
Co., for 61 years. His father,
Sol, started the original store
at Long and High Sts. He be¬
came president of the com¬
pany in 1938 and was elected
chairman of the board in
1961. -t
Working his way up from
the store's basement receiv¬
ing and marketing room,
Levy also had served as a
buyer for every department
' in the store.
In 1966, Levy turned the
-position of chairman of the
board over-, to his brother,
Herbert. In turn, Levy be¬
came vice-president for pub-
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