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VOL. 51 NO. 27
JULY 5, 1973 •>• TAMMUZ 5
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NEW YORK (WNS) - The American Jewish
Congress has called for an unconditional amnesty for
all draft resisters, deserters, expartiates and those
who renounced their citizenship because of the Viet¬
nam war. A resolution adopted by the organization's
policy-making National Governing Council urged
Congress to grant the amnesty if the President refuses.
NEW YORK (WNS) - The overwhelming victory of
City Controller Abraham D. Beame over Rep, Herman
Badillio in the runoff primary reunoff for the
Democratic mayoral nomination may give New York
City its first Jewish mayor. The concensus of political
experts is that the 67-year-old Beame, who carried four
of the city's five boroughs, will be elected in Novem¬
ber. New York, the city with the largest Jewish
population in the world has never had a Jewish mayor
although several Jews, including Beame in 1965, have
tried for the office.
JERUSALEM (WNS) -Prime Minister Golda Meir
told the World Jewish Congress Executive meeting
that all figures on Soviet Jewish emigration cited by
Leonid I. Brezhnev were incorrect. But she said it was
an achievement for Soviet and world Jewry that the
emigration issue had figured in the summit talks since
the issue could now no longer remain a purely internal
matter in the Soviet Union.
FALLSBURG, N.Y. (WNS) - The Rabbinical
Council of America, an organization of Orthodox
Rabbis, went on record at its 37th annial meeting to
"pressure" and Use its veto privileges in Jewish
secular and religious organizations to. exclude from
_. leadership positions persons "who have married non-
Jews. The rabbinical organization said that mixed
■ marriages have reached "epidemic proportions and
threaten the very survival of Jewish religious life."
The 1,000-member organization also condemned birth
control and abortion saying that their use threatened
the continuity of the Jewish people.
Civil Libertarian Deplores Swing
Of Jewish Community To Right
WASHINGTON, (JTA) - A
leading American civil
libertarian! 'deplores "the
slow but • ' perceptible
swinging 1 of> ihe 'Jewish
community to the right," a
move which, he says, places
Jews and Jewish
organizations "largely on
the wrong side of the great
civil rights issues of the
day." Joseph Rauh Jr.,
general counsel of the
Leadership Council on Civil
Rights and aformer riatidrial l
chairman offthe'Americans'
fob - Democratic' 'Action I dd-. >
the ; Jewish  Coni-
Organizations React To
Invalidating State Aid For
received about Two-thirds of
the Jewish vote, con¬
siderably less than previous
Democratic Presidential
candidates. Rauh also score*
"those who, in the misguided
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HEW YORK (WNS) —
Jewish organizations dif¬
fered in their reaction to the
Supreme Court's 6-3 decision
invalidating all forms of
state aid for non-public
schools. The. Court
specifically declared un¬
constitutional New York
State's Mandated Service
Act and all three parts of the
1972 omnibus bill which
granted non-public schools
in the state money for
maintenance and repairs
and provided tuition
reimbursement for low -
income parents and tax
credits for all„ parents of
children attending parochial
schools. The Court also
declared unconstitutional a
1972 Pennsylvania tuition
reimbursement law and
upheld a lower court
decision in Ohio against tax
credits for parochial school ■
parents.
Rabbi Bernard Golden-
berg, associate director of
Torah Umesorah, the
National Society of Hebrew
Day Schools, said the
decision will cost the 185
Hebrew day schools in New
York State $6-7 million in
state aid this year. Rabbi
Moshe Sherer, president of
the Agudat ', Israel of
America, said the potential
loss to Jewish day schools
nationwide v?as-at least $10
million because the Supreme
Court's decision had un¬
dercut a campaign by
various Jewish and other
• groups to obtain a federal
tax credit for non - public
schools. Both rabbis said the
burden for providing
urgently needed financial
assistance now rests on the
Jewish federations, the
community and the secular
organizations that suc¬
cessfully led the court fight
against parochiaid.
But Leo Pfeffer, of the
American Jewish Congress,
Said he was certain that
Jewish Day Schools would
not be hurt by the action and
would be able to maintain
and increase their efforts by
obtaining funds from the
Jewish community. Pfeffer,
who as special counsel for
the Committee for Public
Court Ruling
Schools
Education and Religious
Liberty (PEARL) argued
the case before the Supreme
Court, said the decision
"safeguards the Jewish day
schools from governmental
'interference into their af¬
fairs and protects the
religious freedom of all
Americans."
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Columbus Campaign Chairman Ben Goodman begins the evening's festivities at the
Governor's Dinner with a toast to Israel. Left to right are Master of Ceremonies Jeff
Schottenstein, Mrs. Schottenstein, Mr. Goodman, Mrs. John J. Gilligan, Ambassador
Benjamin Varon, Mrs. Bernard R. Ruben, Dinner Chairman Bernard R. Ruben and.
Women's Division Chairman Mrs. Frank R. Nutis. y
Governor's Dinner Columbus Bond Success
'73 Governor's Dinner
Columbus Bond Success Ben
Goodman; Campaign.
Chairman for - the 1973
Columbus State of Israel
Bond Drive said the recently
held Ohio Governor's-Israel
Bourguiba—Meir Meeting Possible
imunity       Council'     of
^Milwaukee, Wise, an um¬
brella group encompassing
\ major local and -national
■Jewish organizations. Rauh,
' who   is  Jewish,   told  the
) Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
; on June 26 that his address
{would mark "The first time
I I've spelled out my concern
in such detail." He said he
was  "speaking as an  in-
'dividual   Jew   who   has
devoted  his  life  to  civil
rights."
/ In! the   texti'i'bf'hlii
Milwaukee address1 Rauh'
attacks   "The ' brigade   of
wealthy Jews yiho chose to
. foresake theft- ,Ionrf-ttnw»i
'allegiance W.'!#vliberal
Democratic-Party' last fall
' and gave vast sums to defeat
a candidate  (Sen.  George
McGovern)whosecriroe was
to propose some modicum of
fedistrubtion of wealth."
Rauh was a strong sv iporter
of  Sen.   McGover    who
PARIS (JTA) .—
Diplomatic sources said on
June;    28    that    secret
* negotiations are being held
' in; Switzerland; that could
lead to a meeting between
President Habib Bourguiba
of Tunisia" and Premier
Golda Meir-of Israel during
thf next few months. Ihe
sources said the negotiations
so far havetun into very few
obstacles and were sup¬
ported by several factions in
the Arab world.
(Political circles in
Jerusalem on June 28 denied
press reports quoting
Tunisian Foreign Minister
Mohammed Masmudi to the
effect that Switzerland is
servWg ai a mediator in
; arranging meetings between
Israeli and Tunisian of¬
ficials. The circles also
denied reports thatr Israel.j
• has      received.1ii^'direc^!
messages from1Tunisia on
this matter.) v!
; The sources here said the
major obstacle in the way of
a Bourguiba - Meir meeting
. have come from  Israel
' where many political fac¬
tions hold firmly to a "no
compromise" stand in
relation to the Arab coun¬
tries. But there is a feeling in
Arab circles | that an in¬
creasing number of Israeli
political groups are inclining
toward the view that the
future security ofthe Jewish
State will require an accord
with the Arab bloc nations to
end the Middle East crisis,
tiie sources said.
In an interview on West
German television recently,
Bourguiba said he was op¬
timistic for the talks and he
believed the Israeli people
were now willing to enter
1 n t fi     compro mis e:
negotiations.
Tunisian Foreign Minister
Mohamed Masmoudi said in
a recent interview, that
Tunisia had the support of
the Palestinian Liberation
Front, Egypt and other Arab
states through their silence
in connection with attempts
. to set up the summit meeting
with Israel. He said their
lack of comment should not
be interpreted as a rejection
of    the.   plan    but    as
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Dinner of State was a great
success both in terms of the -
dinner itself and,, more
importantly, in terms- of
dollars sent to Israel through
the State of Israel Bond
Campaign. "Hie elements
were on our side this year,"
Mr. Goodman said, referring
to last year's dinner -which
had to be moved at the last
minute to Tifereth Israel
Synagogue due to Hurracane
Edna, "and the setting.Vai
always) was- beautiful.''
Master of Ceremonies, Jeff
Schottenstein kept the
evening moving along at a
good   pace' and   Dinner
Chairman Bernard R. Ruben
conducted the Israel Bond
sale with dignity and speed.
Highlight of the; evening
was the lighting of the
twenty-five branch
manorah, each candle
symbolizing a year of
Israel's life as a free nation.
The candle lighting program
was led by Womens Division
Chairman, Mrs. Frank R.
Nutis and Mr. Goodman. The
lighting was proceeded by a
very witty and informative
address by Ambassador
Benjamin Varon, who,
relying on his background as
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Brezhnev,
Nixon For Soviet Jewry
Silver Anniversary Season
Begins For Gallery Players
The biggest year in
Gallery Player's history—
Galleryjfi Silver Anniversary,
Seasonnfgets off to a
roustitig^tart July 14 and 15
with'the exciting production •
of Gallery Capers at The
Jewish Center, 1125 College
Ave.
GaUery Capers will
feature memorable scenes
from  musical  productions
that have highlighted
Gallery's 25 years of out¬
standing community theatre
work. '■.""''''
The giant anniversary
celebration will bring
together Gallery per¬
formers of recent years and
some old friends who are
returning to take part in the
festivities.
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Mayor Tom Moody of
Columbus joined a large
number of government of¬
ficials in petitioning Leonid
Brezhnev, General
Secretary of the Communist
Party, on behalf of the
members of the Jewish
community. In a letter to
Secretary Brezhnev, Mayor
Moody indicated that "one of
the richest parts of our
American heritage is that
individual citizens may go to
places of their choice, or
leave places when they wish
to do so. The restrictions on
the right of Jewish citizens of
your country to emigrate are
of sore concern both to our
Jewish citizens and to our
non-Jewish population."
Mayor Moody went on to
say that he hoped that the
Soviet government would
"eliminate the artificial
obstacles of the right of Jews
to emigrate."
In addition to his letter to
Secretary Brezhnev, Mayor
Moody also wrote a letter to
Richard M. Nixon noting his
concern of the continuing
problems "faced by Jews in
the Soviet Union who wish to
leave thatcountfjK",3"'. '
The coi^muiiications by
Mayor Moody were part of a'
nation-wide program of
B'nai B'rith in bringing to
light the feeling of govern-
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