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VOL.55 NO.48
NOVEMBER 24,1977 - KISLEV14
History Making Weekend Brings New Hope
Stage To Feature
'The Oriental Nightingale'
Curtain time is drawing near for the annual chil-
' dren's production of B'nai B'rith Women and Gallery
Players. This year's presentation, Hans Christian An-
. derson's "The Oriental Nightingale," opens Friday,
Nov. 25 at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in The Jewish Cen¬
ter Auditorium. __.
Larry Samuels (center), alias Red Dragon the
comic, is shown above plotting against the Emperior
with the suspicious characters, Clifford Spott (left) and
Andy Helmah. Tickets and more information on this
musical tale can be obtained from The Jewish Center,
231-2731.
Israel's Right
To Exist
Is Recognized
(Compiled from various
wire reports)
The electrifying turn in the
30-year-old Middle East con¬
flict precipitated by Egyp¬
tian -. President Anwar
Sadat's visit to Jerusalem
.and his address to the Knes¬
set has now become history,
but the long range outcome
of that unprecedented action
remains to be seen.
Sadat arrived in IsraeLon
Saturday night (Israeli
time), Nov. 19; addressed
the Kiiesset, prayed at Al
Aksa Mosque in the Old City
of Jerusalem and visited
Yad Vasehm on Sunday,
Nov. 20 and returned, home
to Cairo on Monday, Nov. 21.
.His history making visit also
included private talks with
Prime' Minister Menachem
Begin.
Each leader, in ** Special Analysis
speeches before the Knesset,
expressed their country's
basic positions. In recogniz-
, ing Israel's permanance,
sovereignity   and  right' to
.- exist, Sadat noted, that "we
welcome you to live among
us in permanent peace with
justice."
Although the under¬
standing of what constitutes
justice and what can make
peace permanent was not re-
. solved, there is no doubt that
the two sides have been
drawn closer together as a
(CONTINUEDON PAGE3)
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat's visit to Jerusalem
was seen here in official
circles as a political and
psychological spectacular of
immense global significance
which also carried enormous
risks as well as the highest
promise for finally resolving
at least part of the Arab-
Israeli conflict.
The risks were seen in the
possibility that Sadat might
Proposed Regulations To Implement
New Anti-Boycott Law Are Criticized
NEW YORK, Nov.'16 ...
Three major Jewish organi¬
zations today sharply criti¬
cized .proposed regulations
issued by the U.S. Com¬
merce Department to imple¬
ment the hew federal anti-
boycott law as "contrary to
the legislation,*' adding that
its proposals would "subvert
the thrust and purpose of the
anti-boycottstatute."
The American Jewish
Committee, the American
Jewish Congress and the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith outlined three
new significant sections of
the propositi' regulations,
which?'tj^Ychs^e4,;'%Puld-.
"distort legislativf!- intent
and action and undermine
the objectives embodied in
the* neWi«tatutev-.4: These
areas are: the "unilateral
selection," "local law," and
"rish of loss" sections of the
proposed regulations.
In the legislation, the
agencies declared, Congress
enacted exceptions for
specjfic, limited situations.
However; they • continued,
.the Commerce Department
regulations interpret these
exceptions so broadly as to
vitiate the entire thrust-of
the law.
For example, in the
unilateral selection section,
the agencies declared, "Con¬
gress intended to place the'
burden on the foreign buyer
making a boycott-based
selection to do so without
assistance from any U.S.
person/The proposed regu¬
lations, however, ignore both
statutory language ■and;
legislative history by" per¬
mitting a US-person to pro-
• vide a foreign buyer with in-?
valuable assistance — in the
form of management, pro-
■ curement and other pre-
award services — before the
foreign buyer makes his boy¬
cott-tainted selection."
The three Jewish agen¬
cies, which acted on behalf
of the six national and 101
local constituent agencies of
-the National Jewish Com¬
munity Relations Advisory
Council, called on President
Carter to honor his commit¬
ment to effective anti-boy¬
cott legislation by "signifi¬
cant strengthening" of the
proposed regulations.
CHS Music Fund Established
■ Sunnie Ghitman, well-
known music performer and
teacher in the community,
has established The Sunnie
Ghitman Music Fund at the
Columbus Hebrew School
(CHS), announced Joshua
Chorowsky, school director.
Mrs. Ghitman said, "The
objective of the fund is to
further the instruction of
Hebrew and Jewish music at
the Hebrew music and-,
melodies are expressive
means in family gatherings,
where parents and children
alike enjoy learning and
singing Israeli and holiday
songs together."   -
Chorowsky added that, in
the setting of the Jewish
.school, songs are particular¬
ly effective means for creat-
■ ing atmosphere, interest and
enrichment. .Beyond that,
- Hebrew melodies are excel¬
lent media for teaching the
Hebrew language and skills
and Israeli culture. ?
.     The establishment of The
Sunnie   Ghitman   Music
Sunnie Ghitman
Fund, said Chorowsky, com¬
plements and supports the
successful efforts of the CHS
to enrich its educational pro¬
gram on an ongoing basis.
"The school and students are
grateful to Mrs. Ghitman for
her vision and generosity,"
he concluded.        'i: .■.■':'■■'■■
overstate the Arab position
before the Knesset and
create greater complica¬
tions, which he did not. The
unprecedented visit, no mat¬
ter what Sadatpublicly said,
establishes Egypt's de facto
recognition of Israel, its par¬
liament and Jerusalem as its
capital.
Along with the assessment
are quick doubtsthat Cairo-
Jerusalem exchanges so
swiftly executed into reality
can not involve Washington
or possibly Rumania Before
Sadat dramatically told
American Congressmen
visiting him that he would go
to Jerusalem if necessary
for peace.
Officially and publicly,
President Carter and his
spokesmen at the White
House andState Department
indicated U.S. surprise at
the Sadat visit and insisted
his trip was just a step to¬
wards a Geneva conference
of all the parties and that the
conference may still be held
in December.
The U.S. believes, State
Department spokesman
Hodding Carter said again
on Nov,.18 that the Sadat trip
"is a positive contribution to
the continuing efforts for a
Geneva conference for a
comprehensive settlement of
the Middle East conflict." In
addition, he repeated that
the U.S. is just a "go-
between, a conduit" between
Cairo and Jerusalem.
President Carter himself
said on Nov. 16 that he had
(CONTINUEDON PAGE7)
N.Y. Senators Warn U.S. May Cancel
Sale Of Grain If Shcharansky Tried
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
New York's two senators,
Daniel P. MoyniHan, Demo¬
crat and Jacob K. Javits, Re¬
publican, said on Nov. 17
that the U.S. would cancel its
grain sale to the Soviet
Union if Jewish activist
Anatoly . Shcharansky is
brought to trial on charges of
treason and allegations that
he was a CIA agent which
President Carter has flatly
denied. The senators issued
"their warning at a press con¬
ference here marking the
formation of a New York
Committee to Free Anatoly
■ Shcharansky by the Greater
New York Conference on
Soviet Jewry (GNYCSJ).
Shcharansky has ■ been
held incommunicado in Mos¬
cow's Lefortovo prison since
his arrest last March 15.
Moynihan .charged that his
arrest and possible trial for
treason was "an act of ag¬
gression" against the U.S.
.."They (the Soviets) can feed
themselves next winter if
they lay a hand on Anatoly
Shcharansky," Moynihan
warned. Asked if he meant
that the Carter Administra¬
tion would rescind its grain
sales deal, the Senator re-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Hanukah Service To Be First
For New Reform Congregation
A new temple of reform'
Judajsm, Beth Shalom, has
been1 founded in Columbus
and will hold its first reli¬
gious service Dec. 4 at 8
p.m., the eve of Hanukah.
A nucleus of 20 families
has formed Beth Shalom and
will sign the articles of incor¬
poration as a non-profit Ohio
corporation at a meeting
Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. in the con¬
ference room of State Sav¬
ings, Chesterfield Rd. and E.
Broad St. Persons interested
in learning more about Beth
Shalom are invited to attend.
According to James
Feibel, who is serying as act¬
ing chairman, plans are un¬
der way* to establish~-Beth
Shalom as a permanent con-'
gregation. Committees are
presently at work drawing
up a constitution, creating a
religious school ready to wel¬
come its first students in the
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 7)
JERUSALEM (WNS) —Jerusalem which has long
been without any chief rabbis now has two again.
Rabbi Shalom Mashash, the former chief rabbi of
Morocco who immigrated to Israel only two weeks
earlier, has been elected chief Sephardic rabbi and
Rabbi Bezalel Zolti, a member of the Supreme Rab¬
binical Court of Appeals, is Ashkenazic chief rabbi.,
- There haa been nd Ashkenazic chief rabbi in the
capital for 17 years ahdnone for the Sephardic com¬
munity for seven years.
HARTFORD, CONN. (WNS) — Nearly-400 people
from the Greater Hartford area will spend eight days
in Tel Aviv next January while an equal number of Tel
Avivans will come to Hartford as part of the Friend¬
ship Force program. The program, .in which Mrs.
Rosalynn Carter, •President Carter's wife, is honorary
chairperson, is designed to exchange visits between
cities in the U.S. and abroad and the Hartford people
did not know which country they were going to until
after they signed up.
ALBANY (SNW) — Witnesses from Israel have testi¬
fied that an accused Nazi war criminal 73-year-old
Vilas A. Hazners "led the whole operation" at the Riga
Police station in Latvia during the Nazi occupation.
They also said Hazners, who lives in Dresden, N.Y., 70
miles north of here pushed and beat Jews and forced
Jews inside the burning Choral Synagogue in Riga
where as many as 1000 Latvian Jews may have died.
The witnesses testified at an Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) deportation hearing for
Hazners who the government said feiled to disclose his
Nazi past when he immigrated to the UjS-uj 1956.