Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1971-11-18

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NOVEMBER 18, 1971 - CHESHVaN 30
TEL AVIV (JTA)--Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president ¦ Of the World Jewisli Congress, told a closed meeting ot Mapam tliat the influence of American Jewish leaders on the Nixoi^ administration. was limited, "rather Wealc," and tiiat they have little access to Nixoa Ac¬ cording to Dr. Goldnianh, the decline in the political clout of these leaders is that the so-called Jewish vote, is of less importance in the coming 1972 electibns so far as the Repiiblican party leaders are concerned. Nixon's political advisors are seeking to win southern 'Democrats to Republican tickets in 1972 and less in¬ terested in areas where the Jewish vote is con¬ centrated.
NEW YORK, Nov. B (JTA)-Four Jewish organizations have joined in proclaiming Saturday,' Nov. 27 as "Shabbat Shalom"—Sabbath .6f peace--a day Of prayer, study and discussion to express hopes for peace in Vietnam and in the' Middle East. The . participants aire the American Jewish Congress, the Central Conference of Ainerican Rabbiis, the,Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Americans for Progressive Israel, a Socialist-Zionist group.
"We take this ,action to symbolize our continuing participation in the niational concern to end the un¬ wanted war in Indo<9iina, to stop the killing without further .delay and to proceed with the early,and total withdrawal of all American forces," a statement by - the four groups said. "We shall also affirm the right of. our Jcinsmen in the land of Israel .to live in in- dependence^freedom and digmty intheir lahd/^r,|^ , is how our sages interpreted Moving peacdlind 'pur¬ suing peaoe'r-we are" to love it where we are and to pursue it everywhere in the world." An advertisement containing the statement was published last Saturday in the New, York Times.
NEW YORK (JTA)-i;Howard Samuels, president pf the city's Off Track Betting Corp., stated Sunday that American Jews face dangers bedause of this country's failure to solve its urban problems. Speaking at a luncheon meeting of the New York chapter of the American Jewish Committee, SamUels said "this danger is a danger to all Americans . . . but it is a - particular danger to us as Jews." Samuels noted that exaimples of fear and hatred are growing throughput the nation ^nd warned that "you arid I know it can also flourish in our Jewish communities."
Haa Defeat Of Prayer AmendmenlAs
Bai Of Rights
NEW YORK-The American Jewish Congress this week hailed the defeat of the proposed pcayei; amendment as "an iaf- firmation of the belief of the American people that the Bill of Rights may hot be tampered with."
In i statement, Paul S. Berger of Washington, D.C, chafrman of the Congress'
Commission on Law and Social Action, said passage of the prayer amendment "would have seta dangerous jprecedent, paving the way to |ither limitations of basic liberties, such as freedom of SJieech, press and assem¬ bly."
¦The   American   Jewish Congress leader added: dl:   amendment     is
Mr§. Kaplan Named To Head Womens Campaign For UJFC
Mrs. J.  MaviinrH  If anion
Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan has been selected as  thc Chairifian   of    the    ld72 Campaign of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Fiind and Council,  it was announced today by, Gordon B,   Zacks,  General  Chair¬ man. ,      i . The ^miiiifti;-'plvisioi('^ ''CamRaigfi' tSShihet   is   an important part of the over¬ all Campaign for funds, conducted   by   the   United Jewish  Fund and  Council annually in behalf of more than 40 local, national and overseas   agencies,   and especially for Israel, through the Regular Campaign and the Israel Emergency Fund drive. In the 1971 Campaign, the  total   raised  by   the Women's Division, together with the Young Matrons, was almost $200,000 or about 12
necessary to preserve religious freedom. The Constitution does not prevent any individual from praying as he chooses. The 1963 ruling of the Supreme Court banning Bible-readiiig and prayers in public schools did restrict government dic¬ tation of — or participation in — prayer.
"While the amendment purported to permit only 'nondenominational' prayer, no prayer can be made nondenominational without robbing it of all religious meaning.
"Conversely, any effort to
give public prayers real religiotis significance would split the entire population of the United States along religious lines.
"Therefore, the defeat of the proposal was, in the truest sense, a victory for religion.
"The broadly-phrased guarantees of the. Con¬ stitution have protected the freedom of the American people for nearly 200 years. There was no justification for making a change now, as the House has wisely recognized."
State Department Jlttempts To Diminisb Severity (if Soviet lety Situation Shocks AlC
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MRS. J. MAYNARD KAPLAN
live in Music, Theatre Dance and Art circles,;Mrs. Kaplan has been President of the Gallery PlaySiFs of the Jewish Center. She is a past Chairman of Twig -21 of Children's Hospital, on the Boards  of   Temple   Israel
Columbus Jewisb Community Mourns Passing Of Leon Schottenstein
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Thousands in the Columbus Jewish and non- Jewish community are mourning t^ loss of one of its most able and out- . standing communal and business leaders, Leoh Schottenstein, who passied away last Thursday at the age of 54. I
Mr. Schottenstein, of 50 f^. Drexel Ave., Bexley,«was the son of Ephraim and Anna , Schottenstein, founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp., graduated from South High School and attended Ohio State University. He was treasurer pf Schottenstein Stores Corp. arid president of Schottenstein Investment ' Co., Inc.
total of $1,800,000.
Mrs. Kaplan is a native of Columbus, and a graduate pf the Columbus School for Girls, She received! her B.A. degree from Wellesley College, and has been at¬ tending classes in the School Of Continuing Education at Ohio State University.  Ac-
Jewish Wdmen, a former Vice President of Haijlassah and Brandeis Women's Committee.
Her    service    in     the Women's Division goes back
NEW YORK-The American Jewish Congress said today it was "shocked and outraged by the attempt. of the U.S. State Department to diminish the'severity of the situation facing Soviet Jews" in Department testimony before a House Foreign Affairs sub¬ committee last week.
In a joint statement, Theodore Bikel, ' co- chairman of the Congress' national Governing Council, and Eleazar Lipsky, chairman' of . the organization's Commission on International Affairs, declared:
"At this late date, when we have had testimony to the conttary   by   hundreds   of
recent Soviet Jewish emigre, it ill behooves the U.S. State Department to paper over the cruelty of the\ Soviet .regime,- or to tell us from these shores who is terrorized and who is riot.
"Many thousands of Soviet Jews ~ those who openly assert their Jewishness — do face the danger of im¬ prisonment and all must live with the pain , and humiliation of being denied the vital links to their people."
The American Jewish Congress spokesmen con¬ tinued:
"Attempts by the State Department to characterize the condition of Soviet Jewry
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rclt&'she^sTSmS  Leaders Splif On ''Superstar" Question
of the Executive Committee  -
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Symington Says 23 Nations Receive IMoiUi Support to Israel
AfMNTiC CITY (W1*JS) ^^l^^'^"^""*  Symington
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I.EON SCHOTTENSTEIN
He was a member of the boards of directors of the Jaeger Machine Co., Corva.ir     Furniture
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UJFC Wins Two Awards At Meeting
Announcement of the 1971 PR Awards was made last Thursday at the opening breakfast session of the General AssemBly. of the Council of Jewish, Federations and .Welfare Funds in , Pittsburgh. Columbus United, Jewish Fund and Council was one of' 11 communities which won two awards. A record total df 40 Public Relations Awards were won by 25 Federations
and agencies in thP annual competition. Presentation of theawards was made by Nat, Kameny of Bergen County,' New Jersey, member of the judging committee. •   ¦"TBljS year's awards," Mr. • Kameny   noted,   "embrace the full spectrum of public relatioiis media, and is in¬ dicative of  the  growing number of Federations and Welfare Funds alert to the
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'khiinistration's contention that Israel^as received ",at least as niuch support" as any othei* nation arid that the military balance of power in the Middle East .was un¬ disturbed despite continued Soviet arming of Egypt. In an address to the 46th annual convention of Mizrachi Women, Symington said ''in ranking the largest recipiftnts of U.S. overseas
military Assistance from the U.S.," Syibington said. "All transactions with respect to military equipment have been either through the Foreign Military Sales program* or by direct commercial sales. Compare that with the fact that the Arab nations who constantly thi'eaten the existence of Israel have received $1.5 billion m military assistance from American taxpayers." Symington added, "The true figure of what we have
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ahd economic-Israel is not^,«"y J'ven  this nation
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me iirsi  zo.   gj^uggle for survival is less
eyen among ..._ ...»» >.«. IsraeliS^ually 24th on the list'.' which includes South Vietnam, South Koresa, In¬ dia, Pakistan and Taiwan. "Despite the heaVy military contributions to these other.countries, the State of- Israel has never received one cent of grant
than ohe half of one percent of the total cost to lis of foreign- aid since thie program was started." Symington was presented with the Mizrachi Women's 1971 "America-Israel Friendship Award."
NEW YORK (JTA)-Pive religious figures representing four branches of the three major faiths split 3 to 2 last week on whether "Jesus Christ ; Superstar," the hit "rock bpera;" is anti- Settiitic or^ endoiiteges anti- Sfejiiitisiri" ot-. is' actually disrespectful'of' the Christian savior. The five speakers debated the subject among themselves and with telephone callers for,, two hours on WMCA Radio's "Religion on the Line" program.
Dr. Gerald S. Strober, a
Presbyterian  pastor and
consultant to the American
Jewiish     Committee,
reiterated the  charges  he
made in an AJCommittee
study   last   month    that
"Superstar"    , has      the
"potential" to harm Judaep-
Christian ecumenism. He
said the show, which is now
on  Broadway,  was  "reiri-
foi-cing a historical error" —
Jewish    guilt    for    the
crucifixion.   It  was  "most
disturbing," he said, that in the show "the Jewish community is defamed."
Dr. Strober was joined in his ^opinion   by   Rabbi   A. James   Rudiri,   assistant- Interreligious     Affairs director  of  the  AJCom¬ mittee, who doJtiifi'erited: "It seemed to me'rify Ijwri people were made  the  butt,  the villain . . . Here we had the •Jews as the heavies ... I resent it very much .... particularly in a production that was to bp directed to young people." The Jewish priests  are   depicted   as "sinister, conniving, vicious, cruel" and as "gargoyles",, and "screaming banshees," , Rabbi   Riidin   prptested, while   Pontius   pilate   is   . "elegant." The show "was done at the expense-pf the Jews," he continued.
Joining  in, opposition  to' "Superstar" was John  E.' Fitzgerald,   the  Catholic critic,   who   specializes   in. theology and the media. He
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