Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1967-02-24

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Vol. 45, No. 8
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967—14 ADAR 5727
DavofMl fo Amerlean and Jewish  Ideili
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reports
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Arab violence was renewed Inside Israel territory near both the Syrian and Jordanian borders leaving one Syrian soldier dead. The Incidents followed last week's Indefinite postponement of any further meet¬ ings of the extraordinary session of the Israel-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission.
JBRVSAIiBM, (JTA) — The Prime Minister's office and the Foreign Ministry declared here that there was not "the slightest truth" in alleged security revelations printed last December by the sensational, israel weekly magazine, Bul ("Stamp,") whose editors have since been tried iri secret and sentenced to one-year prison terms. The state¬ ment, by the official spokesmen for the Prime Mhilster,'s and Foreign Minister's offices, reiterated a statement on the subject made by Israel's Consul-General in New York, Michael Arnon. Mr. Arnon had declared, after news of the arrest and conviction of the two Bul editors had been re¬ vealed by the' New York Times, that the stories published by BUl were "a completely' groundless fabrication.",
PRINCETON, Njr., Feb. 19. (JTA) — J. Robert Oppen¬ heimer, the American Jewish physicist who was officially credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb," died at his home here at the age of 62. He had been alUng 'since early last year with cancer of the throat. Dr. Oppenheimer received the Presidential citation and a Medal of Merit for his role in the development of the atomic bomb which, _ _ _ , in, the wprds oflhe wajife SMretai^r jf„m^^
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TEL AVIV, (JTA) — An overflow crowd of Israeli Jews packed Mann Auditorium to express their deep con¬ cern over-the situation of the Jews In the Soviet Union. Five thousand persons came to the opening event In Soviet Jewry Week,' sponsored by the Israeli executive of the World^ Jewish Congress. A resolution was approved asking Soviet authorities to grant Russian Jewry elementary rights of freedom of religion, culture; community life and per¬ mission to join members of their famlUes in Israel.
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Police here were investigating two mysterious fires that destroyed the archives of the Herut Party, Including a recently completed index of mem¬ bership. The first fire broke out Friday night at Jabotln- sky House, the party headquarters, where two rooms were ablaze, and was soon brought under control by Tel Aviv firemen. Twelve hours later, a second fire broke out on a floor in a, different wing of the newly-built, 12-3tory build¬ ing. Police experts are investigating the possibility of arson.
, LONDON, (JTA) — Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban piet with Prime Minister Harold WUson here but was not bound by any prearranged agenda, since there were reportedly "no particular acute problems between the two sides" at this time. Mr. Eban, who was In London to address the Jewish Palestine Appeal dinner on Tuesday night, said he would take the opportunity of his meeting with Mr Wilson to discuss the world situation, the Middle East, the Common Market and "whatever else may crop up."
HERITAGE AWARD
Maurice Samuel, distin¬ guished author, translator and essayist, will receive B'nal B'rith's' 1967 Jewish Heritage Award "for excell¬ ence in Jewish literature." Samuel, who in a 43-year career has written to critical and popular acclaim on many facets of Jewish Ufe, will be presented the $1,000 Uterary prize at the aimual meeting of B'nai B'rith's adult Jewish
Congressmen Condemn Support Of Anti-Israel Group By CIA
WASHINGTON, (JTA)'— Congressmen WUli&m Fltts Ryan and Benjamin Rosenthal, both New York Democrats, last weekend condemned the support of an anti-Israel organization by the U.S. Central InteUlgence Agency. The Congressmen cited authoritative reports to the effect that the CIA has financed the American Friends of the Middle East, a pro-Arab, anti-Israel propaganda
front. They called for an Investi Ryan and Mr. Rosenthal said "the CIA underminesi the Admin¬ istration policy of friendship to¬ ward Israel by secretly funding the AFME." They cited AFME's attacks on Israel and propagan¬ da issued by Elmo Hutchison, AFME's former Middle East di¬ rector. They pointed out that AFME help? finance and guides an organization it created, the Organization of Arab Students. The group spreads anti-Israel and sometimes anti-Jewish prop¬ aganda at over 100 American colleges and universities by Arab students. l!he Arab student ac¬ tivity is supported, by the Arab League in Cairo, which sends out the propaganda lines to lie followed. The CIA apparently financed the anti-Israel propa¬ ganda in an effort to woo young Artlbs away from Communism. THB. TWO Congressmen said:
gation by President Johnson.
On a number of occasions, AF¬ ME petitioned Congress ,to take anti-Israel positions. AFME also opposed measures designed to reUeve the plight of Soviet Jew¬ ry. Among the leaders of AFME have boen such former State Department officials as Harold B. Minor, who served in the State Department's Near East¬ em division.
Charges' were made in 1963 in testimony before the Senate For¬ eign Relations Committee that $4,000,000 was paid by the Uni¬
ted States Govemment to fi¬ nance AFME. The testimony was offered by Bushrod'Howard, Jr., a representative ,of the royalist Yemen Government. Ihe ' State Department denied the charges. It emerged later that AFME's expenditures, in excess of $1,000,- 000 a year for a number of years, w^re subsidized through various condiUts by the CIA.
MOST OF the AFME funds were spent to bring Arab stu¬ dents to the,United States, whose main activity turned out to be anti-Israel propaganda. Instead of waging an anti-Communist campaign, such students gener¬ ally threatened that the Near East Woidd go Communist unless the United States repudiated Israel.
Another Jewish Member Of School Board Is Denounced
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Talk By Rabbi Rubenstein Set Monday
Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein wUI be the featured speaker at the next session of ,the Insti¬ tute for Jewish Communal Work¬ ers on Monday, February 27. Rabbi Rubenstein, who has serv¬ ed-Agudas Achlm Congregation for the past 16 years, will speak on Orthodox Judaism. Saul Wachs, Education Director of Tifereth Israel Congregation, wUl be the Chairman of this session.
Rabbi Rubenstein's. presenta¬ tion is the fifth in the current series. The fhial program wiU feature Dr. Marvin Fox. Daniel Harrison, principal of the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, is chair¬ man of the Communal Workers Institute. Hersh L, Adlerstein, Associate Director of the Com¬ munity Relations Committee of the United Jewish Fund and Council, is chairman of the pub¬ lic relations committee.
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The Board of Trustees of the United Jewish Fund and Council is shown here con- ' slderlng the recommendation of the Alloca¬ tions Committee for the 1967 goal of the
annual Campaign. The Board accepted a mini¬ mum goal of $797,000, and pledged Its support to Marvin L. Glassman, General Chalrmah. See pages 10-11 for details.
democratic govemment. We can¬ not afford to aUow a Govem- nient agency to act against the ;i)l'sm^ipM% ;or 0ie"nation:"
Iliey suggest that the Admin¬ istration ^ immediately terminate CIA meddling on the domestic scene, and urged "a watchdog committee -composed of seven members of the Senate and seven memljers of the House to over¬ see CIA operations."
Al^iviE TOOK (»redit publicly for organizing the Arab students.
Odets Play To Open Saturday
"Awake and Sing!", the Gal¬ lery Players production which opens at the Jewish Center, Sat¬ urday, February 25 at 8:30 p.m., is scheduled for six performances. Subsequent presentations wiU be presented on February 26, March 1, 2, 4 and 5. Tickets are now on sale for aU performances.
"AWAKE AND SING!" con¬ cerns a Jewish family llvhig in ah apartment In the Bronx and stiuggling to suirvive during the depression. The young son, Ralph, played by Burt Louis, is a, warehouse , stock clerk whose future is torii in several direc¬ tions. He wants to get married but his mother, played by Edye Mendelson, violen]tly opposes this Idea because of the economic situation of the family. His mu¬ sic loving revolutionary grand¬ father, portrayed by Harry Schu¬ bert, wants him to .postpone any marital plans in favor of an active struggle against un¬ fair social conditions,
Other members of the Berger famUy are ^Ralph's sister, Hen- ny, a proud attractive girl, play¬ ed by Lynne Roth, who is forced Into an unhappy marriage to a meek Immigrant, enacted by Victor Karp. Ralph's father, a touching faUure, is played by Sanford Weinberg. Hersh Adler¬ stein Is Uncle'Morty, a wealthy shaUow businessman.
OTHERS appearing in "Awake and Sing!" are John Pur^ as a sardonic   gambler,   secretly   in
Frank P. Combs, a Protestant meniber of the' West Orange Boat*-of Ed)icationi7pnbUely-at" tacked thei^ppohttment by May* or Louis Falcone of Abe I, Char- nakl'to' succeed Combs. At a boardi meeting ^ast January' 9, Combs said that,'^unfortunately. Mayor Falcone appointed a per¬ son of the Jewish faith in |ny place, leaving a substantial por¬ tion of the community consist¬ ing of those of the Protestant faith, without representation on the Board."
CHARNAK BECAME the third Jewish member on the five-member board of West Or-
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GOODMAN TO SPEAK AT FINAL FORUM
. The final meeting of the HUlel Foruni for the winter quarter will feature an Ulustrated lec¬ ture by Dr. Richard Goodman, Professor of Medicine at Oliio State University.
The lecture deaUng with "An Adventure in IsraeU Archeo¬ logy," wiU deal with his exper¬ ience last summer • in Israel where he participated in an ar- cheological expedition under the leadership of Dr. Nelson' Glueck The lecture Is open to the pub-
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ange, which is five mUes west of Newark. The two other board members are c:athoUc. West Orange Is 40 percent Jewish, 35 percent CathoUc and 25 percent Protestant.
The, Incident i;ecaUed a .con¬ troversy earlier this month In WaWie' Tti^Tfilp;" 'W&erd "'tBe''"- Board vice-president, ~a Protest¬ ant named Nowton MUler, caUed for the defeat of .two candidates because they were Jewish and, as such, might spend too much for education. Mr. MUler also said Jewish members would en¬ danger "what is "left of Christ, in our Christmas celebrations." In <an election on February 14, the voters defeated the two Jew¬ ish candidates.
Plans Revealed For Golden Gifts BaU
Sidney L. Blatt, A^dvance Gifts, chairman for the 1967 campaign of the United Jewish Fund and CouncU, has announced that Max I. Dhnont, noted author and lec¬ turer, will be the guest speaker at the Golden Gift;^ BaU, to be held at the Winding HqUoiw Coun¬ try Club on Saturday evening, March 11. Festivities wiU begin with a cocktaU party at 6:30 pm. to be foUowed by dinner Dancing will conclude the eve¬ ning.
Mrs Marvin Glassman Is chair¬ man of Committees in charge ot arrangements for the Ball.
DIMONT, who foUows a dis¬ tbiguished list of guests at the Golden Gifts Balls of paat years, was educated in Finland and came to the United States hi 1930. He is a popular lecturer on Biblical, historical and psycho¬ logical subjects. His book, "Jews,
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