Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1967-05-11

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VoL 45, No. If
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1967 -1 lYAR, 5727
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Canada Changes Immigration Law
MONTREAL (JTA) ^- Cbanges in thc Canadian Government's immigration policies, including the out¬ right elimination of any re¬ ference to a prospective im¬ migrant's religion, were an¬ nounced here by the Min¬ istry of Manpower and Im¬ migration. Tom Kent, Deputy - Minister of Immigration, notified the Canadian Jewish Congress that''allciuestions relating to race and rel¬ igion have been eliminated &:om documentation of ap¬ plication for immigration to Canada as not pertinent to the immigrant's selection. "The reason," Mr. Kent told the CJC, "is that the department is engaged in a program to remove from Its administrative proced¬ ures every appeamace or implication of racial or oth¬ er discrimination. Hereto¬
fore the department had re¬ quired applicants- to state their ethnic origin and rel¬ igious affiliation. As long as this is done, it is im¬ possible altogether to avoid the suspicion that race or religion has a bearing on whether the immigrant is to be admitted." Mr. Kent added that the government wanted "to make- it com¬ pletely , clear race or rel¬ igion pi^ no part in im¬ migrant selection."
JEAN Marchand, Minister of Immigration and Man- p6wer, announced that other changes were being put into effect. He declared: "A more flexible approach to educat¬ ional qualifications, will be taken. Other factors will be given almost equal status in determlng if an immi¬ grant  should be admitted.
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Ruslander Speaker For Hillel Awards Banquet
The  42nd Annual Hillel ' Awards Banquet will be held
at HUlel, IPqundatign. 46 E. 'j-ieth/Av^Ccgi Wetqp.sjaay,-
eve'iilng;' May. •' 17i'i at; 6;15'
p.m. Kabbi Selwyn D. Rvs-
1 an der of Temple Israel,'
Dayton,  bhio will be the
guest speal<er. Rabbi Ruslander was bom
In' ^owe Township, Fa., and
was -educated in tiie Pitts-
buish public, schools.'He
received Iiis  B.A.   degree
(with honors) trom the Un¬ iversity of Cincinnati, and
was ordained at tbe Hebrew Union College in 1935.
HE VVAS the -fSxali direct¬ or of the National Feder¬ ation of Temple Youth. Dur¬ ing the war he served as a Chaplain in the U.S. Navy, where he still holds the ranlc ot Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. At present he is chairman of the Commiss¬ ion on the Jewish Chap¬ laincy ofthe National Jew¬ ish Welfare Board, md is on the libcecutlve Committee of the National Jewish Wel¬ fare Board. In addition to serving on
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Rabbi Selwyit Ruslander
many coiifmittees of the na¬ tional Jei^sh community, he has recently been elected a Board member ofthe Na¬ tional Foundation for Jew¬ isli Culture, and is a Trus- tee^of the Alumni Associat¬ ion of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is also a mem¬ ber of the Alumni Overseers of the Hebrew UnionCollege- Jewish Institute of Religion.
MONTREAL (JTA) ,- Visitors toJ&po67,theCana- dlan world's fair were impressed by Habitat, the dramatic housing experiment built Iqr 28 year old Israeli architect Moshe Saf dl and sponsored and paid for by the Canadian Crovernment. tt was described as the "permanent symbol and landmark of the fair, by N.Y. Times architecture writer Ada Louise Hux- table.
NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Jewish Con¬ gress charged the Austrian Government with seeking to increase the retirement income of former Nazis while ' claiming it lacked'fUnds to improve pension benefits for Jetyish victims of Nazi persecution. Dr. Joachim Prlnz, chainnan of the commission on in¬ ternational affairs of the Congress, made public a letter to Austrian Ambassador Lemberger, ac¬ cusing Vienna of having "chosen to aid those who collaborated In the crime ofthe Nazis atthe expense of those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis." ¦ ttr, Prlnz said-the Austrian proposal for enlaised aid to ex-Nazis was contained in a bill which is to be submitted to the Austrian Parliament by Chan¬ cellor Joseph Klaus.
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Ambassador Gideon 'Rafael, Israel's New permanent representative and head of Mission here, presented his credentials to Secretary-General U Thant after which the two diplo¬ mats discussed current United Nations problems in- ' eluding Arab-Israeli issues. Ambassador Rafael was then a guest of the United Nations Correspcndents As- E^ociation, a reception where the representatives of all news media at the U.N. greeted the new envc^. TORONTO (JTA) — John Seattle, Canadian neo- Nazi was sentenced to six montlis Imprisonment on chaises of conspiracy after a trial in which he and two followers were accused of placing swastikas on the'homes aC'promlnent Jeiys.inToroifito. l'.V:^'i '-r. .'^¦-^•. ' ¦ _ WHITE" PLAINS, - N.Y. (JTA) --' An siS year old Yonkers youth agcused of having set the fire at the Yonkers Jewish Community Center In December of 1965, resulting in the deaths of 12 persons, admitted that he was "responsible for the fire," Assistant District Attorney Thomas FaceUa changed in Couniy Court here, where the youth t is on trlaL The defen¬ ds, Thomas A. Ruppert, is being tried on 24 counts of murder and one count of arson.
NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel American Diversified Fund, mc. New York, the only American open-end mutual fimd holding a percentage of its portfolio in Israel securities, announced the abgorption of The Israel Fund, Inc., Baltimore, a closed-end invest¬ ment company wltii net assets of approximately $350, 000; it was announced by Isaac Imber, president of Israel American Diversified Fund. lADF, which was originally incorporated in 1963, remabied inactive until the beginning of this year when a new board was elected and Mr. Imber became president. As a result of the absorption, lADF will have outstanding more than 100,000 shares with a net asset value of $800,000. KANSAS CITY, MO. (JTA) ~ Greater Kansas Cily joined other communities throughout the nation in a 24 hour Vigil for Soviet Jewry. Twenty-five programs at, half-hour and hourly intervals included religious services, choral groups from churches and syna¬ gogues, youth groups, singing freedom songs, poetiy readings in Russian and Yiddish and English, drama¬ tic readings, films, and panel discussions.
Israel's Autopsy Crisis Is Eased  -
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The conflict within Premier Levi Eshkol's coalition Government over Orthodox opposition to autopsies in Israeli hospitals was eased by a promise f^om the Premier that his Government would submitsoonto Par¬ liament proposals to meet Orthodox objc ctions.
The Premier announced those plans after a second round of talks with representatives of theNationalReligious Party, who included Interior Mhiis¬
ter Moshe Shapiro andSoclal Welfare MinlsterJoseph Burg. Previously the Pre¬ mier had met with leaders of the ultra-orthodox Augu- dat Israel and Poalei Agudat Israel.
THE PROPOSALS, wIU be in the form of amendments to Israel's Anatomy and Pa- tholoey Law which, in the Premier's words to the re¬ ligious representatives, will combine "maximum consi.< deration for the sensIbilltiOs of Orthodox families and the need for scientific progress. HP^y^,,^!^ Autopsies without consulting    M. CUlyH.G
families are permittedunder	
that law when necessary to establish cause of death or for transplants to cure an¬ other perscHi if three com¬ petent doctors have confirm¬ ed either need. Jewish Re¬ ligious Lae bars autopsies except to save the lives of others.
net and the Knesset in about a month, were not disclosed. The Premier was aided, in his talks with the Orthodox party leaders by Justice Mhiister Yaacov Shapiro and Health Minister Israel Bar- zUai.
AT LEAST two groups In Israel were not satisfied by the proposals. One was the-ti, Agudat Israel. Despite as¬ surances given by Minister Yaacov Shapiro and Barzll- (Contlnued csi Page 4)
Withdraws From Union
NEW YORK (JTA) — A divided board of trustees of Temple Emanuel, the largest Reform ,ccngiegatlon ih the
  ^       world, .voted last.week to
.'pe ta,lljs,-ot<.fite .,wenda>,f}ri«»d^ftii-;pcqm i^.\lM^fi.fif..iJ.; .-f - JiJ,!).- ments, which Were scheduled   American. Hebrew Coijgre-  ''"—-'
to be presented to the Cabl-
Catholics Would Vote For A Jewish President
NEW YORK (JTA>~ Eigh¬ ty-three percent j3f the Cath¬ olics in America'and 51 per¬ cent of the Protestants in¬ dicated in aGallup Poll taken in 1966 that they would vote for a Jew as President of the United States. The re¬ sults of the poU.were made public in the current issue of CathoUc Digest, a month¬ ly publication.
In 1952, a similar study showed that 57 percent of the Catholics and 31 per¬ cent of the Protestants de¬ clared that they would vote for a Jewish candidate for President. In the 1966 poll nine percent ot Jews and an equal ratio of Catholics (Continued on Page 4)
gations aS 'a prbtesi aliout^^^ statements on the American participation in the Vietnam war and other public issues by Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath UAHC president. - Alfred Bachrach, congre¬ gation president, cited a ser¬ ies of public statements by Dr. Eisendrath, whohas been one of the sharpest critics of American Vietnam policy among la .group ot Reform rabbis lopposlng that policy. Mr. Bachrachi ^ald; D;-. Ei¬ sendrath had assumed the role of spokesman for the entire Reform congregation¬ al' movement and said such a position was "unauthorized^ and Impossible."
RABBI Eisendrath declin¬ ed to comment on the with¬ drawal decision. He said it would be a matter for the UAHC board of trustees to discuss at its meeting on May 28. However, Irving (Continued on Page 4)
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From ThePirime Minister On Independence Day
BY LEVI ESHKOL
• On the approach of the festive day when we cele¬ brate the State of Israel's 19th Independence Day, Is¬ rael aiid its citizens send their cordial greetings to the entire "Jewish people, wfaere^rer they'dwell, In East and West,' North and South. The cmisciousness of Is¬ rael's existence' is taking deeper roots the world over; moi^ and more' It is'becony- Ing tbe focus for the peren¬ nial life of our people. It is our duty to make the bonds between Israeli and tbe Diaspora stronger aipd closer, and'toeQsure thatthe mutual Influences tbat op¬ erate - between-'this various pai: li'of our people take thQlr proper place in the heart
af\the Jew wherever he may dwell.
THE NATURE of our peo¬ ple has I .always been, and still is, complex andtnys-' teriousi This peotde, whose historiq .laws are so differ¬ ent f^om ithose of any other, lives under conditions and circumstances towh^ch' there is no parallel, ft has' wandere,d through .many lands,-enduring days of tri¬ bulation and days 9f terrible glory, but'always Jt haa pre¬ served I its unique and dis¬ tinctive -character; always it has ^aced the challenges of oppr^i^^ion, persecution and destpctlon.
Today ourpeoplethe world over faces new perils - of extinctlim under pressure and ejdlnction through com¬ fort. Tlie way to avert this
danger is through dedicated ' endeavour for Jewish educa¬ tion,  which helps the Jew to realize that he belongs to the people that has given the world the Book of Books, the people that' has created a rich, culture even duVlqg, mlllenia of exile and record¬ ed glorious chapters in the 'worlcPs' annals, the people that bears a heavy burden and ahlstoric mission, which dictate its destiny and that of every individual who be-' longs to it.
'all SECTJONS of our people are responsible for each other, and it is Incum- xbent on "all of ua to worit to strengthen the ties and the mutual'consclousness of all .our parts, so that't^I who wish to' be Jews shall be  able to express their
Jewlshness with head held high and without fear. ^ In Israel, we are engaged today In a great effort to strengthen the State. We are still confronted with external perils; with aggression and threats trom some of the neighbouring countries. We are sparing' no effort or labour, therefore, to fortift^ and consolidate the State.
At home we face the chal¬ lenges InvolYed in creating an integral Jewish society, with its culture and spirit, with its n^onal economy.
THE ONE depends onthe other, (My by consolidating the economy, by ensuring employment for every new immigrant and eveiy boyj wbo finishes school, shall we be able to create the con¬ ditions under' which We can
establish In this countiy an integral society progressive in culture and morality, giv¬ ing every citizen fidl op¬ portunity to develop as man and Jew..,
Today, we cmCront the test of reality, the test of efficiency. We are learning by experience, by trial and effort, how to continue to develop our economy and society. This is a difficult period, but we are all con¬ fident that the country will emerge from it stranger and more firmly based.
ONE OF the reasons for our difficulties today is the shrinkage of lihmlgratlcHi. We have completed one stage in the ingathering of the exiles. We have brought to. Israel the great m^ori^ of the immigrants firom lancb
of distress. Today, to our regret, there is ,a certain lull in immigration. We hope it will not last long.
Many immigrants will still come f^om lands of afflu~« ence, lands of distress and lands of silence - and with them we shall < see a resur¬ gence of the great mom¬ entum of development.
OUR EFFORTS are con¬ tinually devoted everywhere' to the- complete absoiption of the immigrants who are already with us and their Integration in our society in the spirit of Jewishbrctiier'<-' hood. We are doing qur ut¬ most to enaUe every Jew who so desires to settle in Israel, and to increase the love for Israel of our brethren Uving in the afQu- (Contlnued on Page 4)
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