Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-07-29

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VOL. 49 NO. 28
JULY 29, 1971-AV 7
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Palestinijan Terrorists Choose Refi^ge In Israel Over Jordanian Alroeities
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TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Jordanian forces were tr^g /this week to seal off the bordier are^ with Israd in an effort to prevent fleeing .Palestinian temnists from surrendering to Israd. More than\90 had sought haven in Isradlsince Saturday July 18. I^di observers have
claimed that 1S39 guerrillas were captured and disarmed i^ Jordanfaiufbrces during fwr days of lighting, llie paper said the prisoners were brought to Amman and then fireed yi^th 831 sent to thdr honnKeS;jlii various parts of Jordaii;' 311 joining relatives in  neighboring
Showii above is David Roth, receiving a specially engraved silver plaque from Myer Mellman, a past, President oMhe Center.
Je^i^ish Center Elects New Officers At Annual Meeting
watched  Jordan!  mobile fi|rab countries and 397 going units combing the  border   £6 Syria at thdr own request.
David Derrow was elected President of the Jewish (Center at . its Annual Mating, held in the Center's auditoriuni on July 7, Several huiidred persons attended this meeting whicft featured slide presentatibn reviewing 'the significant developments of the Jewish (Center during the past 20 years, by Mayer Rosenfdd, Executive Director.
a" special pri^ram was also presented by Pua Sh- chori, Rivka Kplnick, Sherri Fox   and   Mrs.   Howard
/Chenfeld, and was warmly applEiuded. Elected to serve with Mr.
; Derrow for the coming year, 1971-72, were Vice Presidents: Robert Aronson, Irving Barkan, Harold Edelstein; Secretary: Mrs.
, Jerome Nakrin; Treasurer: Eraest Stem.
Dr. B. W. Abrainson, Dr. Si D. Edelman, Harry Gilbert and Lei^ Yassenoff were elected Honorary Members of the Board of Directors, in recognition of distinguished service to/.tbe Center  and  to  the  com¬
munity. David. Roth, was dected a life m^ber of the Board and was .presented with a special award honoring his service as President of the Center.
In his comments to the persons attending this meeting, Mr. Roth stressed the role of the Center as a
. cohesive force in the com-^ munity and the importance
Sif the Center as an in¬ stitution which works towards this end. Serving on
~ the Board of Directors ior the term ending in 1972, are Mrs. Martin Adler, Irving Bakdr, Sidney Blatt, William Brandewdn, Marvin Brown, Howard Byer, David Cheses, Millard Cummins, heO) Eichenbaun), Edward Ellman, Dr. Wm. Erigdman, Troy A. Fdbd,,' Bemard FeiUinger, Rabbi Jerome Folkman, Bernard Frank, Mrs. Mdville Frank, Gierald Friedman;, Rabbi P^athan Gaynor, Irwin Gilbert, Dr. Ivan Gilbert, Marvin Glassman, William Glick, Dr. Phjlip Golding, Victor Goodman,    Fred    Grail,
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area. One patrol attacked a group of terrorists making for the Isradi lines July 21 Iv way of the Yarmouk River and killed their leader. Four of thb group managed to cross int;0 Israeli territory and surrendier^. One ct them had two bullets in his leg and was treated on the spot by Isradi medics.
The Jordanian Govern¬ ment ' newspaper    Alraj
AcoMrdirig to the paper, 39 other guerrillas, not among those captured, vdun^red fptake up arms to continue "real resistance against the IsracJU enemy. Hie Alraj rqiorit was obviously in¬ tended to counteract the rqiorts that the guerrillas were defecting to Israel becaiie« tbey feared for theu- safely in Jordan and were un,wanted in other Arab
countries.
"Terrorists, fleeing the Jordanian Army and coming' into Israel told stories of" atrodties by King Hussein's troops. Jordanian Army jeeps equipped, with -loud¬ speakers were driving almig the East bank of the Jordan River July 20 urging the fedayeen^not to siurrender. tp the Isradis, promising that "We shall not harm you." Baghdad radio rqmrted tbat Iraq has officially demanded theexpulsionof Jordan from the Arab League and urged the League Council in Cairo to hold an iirgoit sessi6ri to donsido- collective measures against Jordmi to "stop its atrodoiis liquidation of the Palestinian guerrilla moy<|li^ent." (In New York, Israel's; UN Ambassador
Foreign minister Abba Eban Commenls On Relations With China, USSR, World
JERUSALEM (JTA)~ Fordgn Minister Abba Eban discussed Israel's relationships with the P^Ies Republic of China' and the Soviet Union arid indicated that Israd dn- cerely hopes for an im¬ provement "at this tiine of World soul-searching." Eban made his remarks in a foreign policy statement to the Knesset which ranged. from the latest events iialong the Jordanian border to- Israd's position in the world, llie statement on China was obyipiisly prompted by the
diange in American policy, climaxed ^by President Nixon's anncHincement last week that he has accepted an invitation to visit Pdong. ¦i Eban said,'-'Israd was one of the first states to recognize the Chinese Peoples Republic and has shown good will toward her achievements. But since the 1955 Bandtok Cbnferaice, the'CSiinese Gpydmnent has cho.sen to igiiore Israel. NeV6rtUefIess, China has never been .erased from Israd's political thmking for who  can  ignore China's
world position and influence on international develop¬ ments?" Eteui continued, "We are not responsible for the diange that took place in ' rdations between China and Israd. At this time bf world
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Yosef Tekoah complained to Secretary General U Thant that the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli practices Affecting , the Human Rights of thc Population of the Occupied Territories "continues to serve as a tool of Arab propaganda." While the members of the committee — Sonialia, Ceylon and Yugoslavia, all i of which "refuse" to have diplomatic relations with Israel — resume their investigations, Tdcoahjsaid, Arab terrorists are sediing haven in Israel to escape "certain death" 4 tiie tiai^ of their brethren iri Jordanii^Rekoah noted that Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban asserted in the Knesset that the charges of : Isradi bmtality in the oc¬ cupied areas ' were "basdess.")
Palestinian guen-illas crossing. the Jordan with thdr hands in the air alleged that Jordanian tropps'^were /gunning down unarmed men, women and-children. A group of the voluntary captives, answering :qiiestions by local and foreign newsmen, said they, surrendered to Israel tiecause they found outs-that
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Rabbi Defends AlC Position On Support For Religious pools
sorved^tlMe; •Iewish peopI%; here and^ivacliafld sought' tp impleinent in the g,^md community the demci^tic ideals of justice and freedom which spring from Scripture.
"It is this that has motivated the Congress as wdl as other national Jewish bodies to oppose public aid to sectarian schods.      i
"While cognizant pif tbe important role of pat^pdiial and day si^opls in A|n^can educatibri:^ we* inaj*Kthati such sqhbols ihiiit'derive their r support from the sectai^i/an bodies which conduct them. Otherwise we breach the wall of separation between church and state which has enabled Anierican (lemocracy to flourish free of restraints and religion in America to develop free of controls.
"llie public schools are a
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; JfNEW YOBK~A leading Reform rabbi this week
.'defended the American Jewish Congress against charges by two Orthodox rabbis that§the (Congress, in itsopp^itii|n to government
: siqtport of Tjeligious schools, was bent on subverting Jewish education.
Iri a statement released to the New York Times, Rabbi Ediward Klein, spiritual leader pf tliie Stephen Wise Free " Synagogue in Manhattan and a niember of the Social Acti6>i'Com¬ mission   of   the   Central
" (Conference bf^sAmerican Rabbis and t)w;;!XJnion of A mer i c a n # Hebrew Congregatibns, dedared: "i strorigly deplore the Orthodox rabbis' attack on the-- American Jewish Congress. The Congress, Since its, ijiception, has zealously and  sacrificially
TheWbria'sJW^ek
TEL AVIV (WNS)—The Intemational Surgeons Assodation'has warned Moscow that unless visas are issued tp dght Israeli surgeons enabling them to attend the'Assodation's convention, the convention will be removed from Moscow. A deadline of August 1 was set for the visas.
PARIS (WNS)—Anti-Semitic literature, bearing a swastika and signed by the "Friends of Adolf Hitler" were distributed on the Champs Elysees. The leaflets called on "all Frenchmen to be carefiil of the kikes and to wait for the day when thpy will be eradicated."
NEW YORK (JTA)—"Fiddler on the Roof," the American musical based on the tales of Sbolppi Aleichem, will have its 2,845th .performance 0eik- nesday mght making it the longest-lived musidil Sin Broadway history. Tbe runner-up, "H^o Dolly," logged 2,844 perfwmances. "Fiddler," which.was capitalized at $375,000, has returii^ a 927 percent profit to its investors and to prpdiicer Harold Prince. To dat^.. the show has netted $6,952,500 and has been seen by ari estimated 3S;S|n(illion persons all over the worid.        , ¦   "V
SAO PAULO (WNS>—Brazil bias banned the publication, circulatipn, distribution and sale of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and oi^^ried all cofHCS of the book seized. The order was issjied by Minister of Justice Alfredo Buzaid because Uie bmik "provokes hatred against the Jewisb people," and contains "propaganda fomenting facial discrimination." Buzaid said "Mein Kampf'/ was responsible for World War II and opened the way to genocide.
Mrs. Fred Luper Receives The Yoiiiig Leadership Award
Mrs. JTrederick (Carol) Luper has been selected as the 1971 Winner of the Theresa Stern Kahn Memorial Young Leadership Award 1^ the United Jewish Fund and Council. She was the unanimous choice of the Award Committee, which met recently. In the absence of Justice Leonard J. Stem, Chairman of the Award Committee, Mr. Lawrence D. Schaffer acted, as Chairman.
' Mrs. Luper attended Cornell University and ,||^raduated from Ohio State University in 1964. She is a member of the Agudas Achim Congregation, and has been active in many local organizations, in¬ duding Women's American
MRS. FRED LUPER
6.R.T., Brandeis Women's Chapter, Bonds fbr Israel, and others.
Carol has been a member of. the Young Matrons Steering (Committee since 1967,    Chairman   of    its
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Kaliaie Draws Suspendiid Seitence New Slopn, "Eveiy lew 1^22"
Federal Judge; Jack B. Wdnstdn imposed a five, year suspended sentence and $5000 fine on JDL national chairman Rabbi' Meir Kahane in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn Thursday, July 22. Kahane'was con¬ victed of making bombs at the JDL's Camp Jedel in Woodburae, N.Y. Two co- defendants, (Chaim Bieber and Stewart  Cohen,  were
given three year suspended sentences and three years' probation. Bieber was fined $2500 and Coheri $500. More than 200 JDL followers cheered • the verdict and carried Kahane out of the courthouse on their shoulders. In rendering his verdict, Judge Weinstein said, "In this country at this time it is not permissible to
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