Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1973-08-09

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VOL. 51 NO. 32
AUGUST 9, 1973 - AV 11
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LOS ANGELES (WNS) - Standard Oil of California
has asked its 262,000 stockholders and 40,000 employees
to support "the aspirations of the Arab people" and
"their efforts toward peace in the Middle East.
Standard Oil Chairman Otto N. Miller in a special
letter said that the U.S. should support the Arab
position because Middle East oil reserves are vital to
"the future welfare of the Western world." This is the
first time that a major oil company has taken such a
strong and public stand on the Arab side of the Middle :
East issue. Miller's letter which did not mention Israel
by name, recommneded that the U.S."work more
closely with the Arab governments to build up and
enhance our relations with the Arab people." The
letter did not mention that Saudi Arabia and Iran
together provided 61 percent of Standard's world-wide
production of crude oil in 1972.
TORONTO (WNS) - Toronto Jewish leaders have
disagreed with the almost unanimous condemnation of
the film, "Jesus Christ Superstar/' as anti-Semitiq by
American Jewish Organizations; Ben Kayfetz,
executive director of the central region of the Candian
Jewish Congress said "the film is not overtly anti-
Jewish." Lon Ronson, chairman of the Joint Com¬
munity Relations Committee, said Chirstians might be
more disturbed than Jews because of the way Christ is
portrayed in the film. He said he did not think the film
would affect Christian attitudes towards Jews.
Norway Will Expel Israeli
Opposition To CCAR Resolution On Mixed Marriage
Reform Rabbis Oppose Attempts To Restrict
Spiritual Freedom Of American Liberal Jews
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ATLANTA, (JTA) — An
opposition group has been
organized within the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis, the Reform ral>
binate, . by members
protesting a CCAR 1973
convention resolution, op¬
posing participation by
CCAR members in mixed
marriages, according to
Rabbi David M. Eichhorn,
chairman of the new group,
Concerned Members of the
Conference. Rabbi Eichhorn
said the Concerned Mem¬
bers were determined "to
resist every attempt to
'restrict the spiritual
freedom of American liberal
Jews." He said a letter has
been sent to all CCAR
members asking for support.
Delegates to the 94th CCAR
convention in Atlanta voted,
321-196, on June 16 for op-.
COPENHAGEN (WNS) —
The Norwegian government
is considering whether to
formally approve the ex¬
pulsion of the Israeli em¬
bassy's security officer,
Yigal Eyal, in the wake of
the murder of a 30-year-old
Moroccan Ahmed
Bouchickil. Authorities have
declared Eyal personna-non-
grata and requested that the
Israeli government
recall him. The two Israeli
suspects in the murder were
arrested in Eyal's home,
although he declared that his
diplomatic immunity
covered his residence.
Meanwhile the two Israelis
and four other suspects have
been charged with murder
and espionage and in¬
telligence work damaging to
Norwegian interests. Ob¬
servers in: Oslo say that
the espionage charge means
the Norwegian government
■ believes that the Israeli
government .was aware of
the Bouchictd murder. The
Israeli Foreign Ministry has
denied any knowledge of the
case. Bouchicki was shot
July 20 in the resort town of
Lillehammer.    An    Oslo
, newspaper said that several
days befoce-he was shot hek;
had been contacted by an
Arab the suspects believed
was the "main contact", in
Nonyay of the Black Sep¬
tember terrorist movement
in order to plan an attack
.against the Israeli Embassy.
position upholding the
CCAR's long-standing
position that each CCAR
member had the right to act
in such matters in ac¬
cordance with his in¬
terpretation of Jewish
tradition. : v
The opposition group's
letter sent to all. members
noted that a survey had
shown that at least 40 per¬
cent of CCAR members
officiated at mixed
marriages and that "a
considerable number" who
do not officiate at shch
marriages recently signed a
statement calling on the
CCAR "to refrain from
curtailing the right of every
member of the CCAR to
decide this matter for
himself." Accordingly, the
letter asserted, "it is very
likely that the vote at the
Atlanta convention was not
an accurate reflection of the
real sentiment of the entire
Conference membership."
The letter added that on the
day after the vote, "a large
number of,conferees, per¬
turbed about the possible
adverse effect that this blow
to the tratitional religious
autonomy of the Reform
-rabbi may have on the future
of the Conference," met in
Atlanta and decided to
organize themselves into a
group to be known as Con¬
cerned Members  of   the
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Rabbi Zelizer Will Retire
Above (1 to r) Nick Cuetpnovic, OSU student -
Translator, Mrs. Bettina Clebone, Mr. Ilia Potyomkin,
Mr. Peter M. Glick, Executive Director Jewish Family
Service pictured in front of the agency offices.
JFS Welcomes New American
~ Jewish Family Service has
Welcomed its first New
American of the year. Mr.
Ilia Potyomkin, 42, arrived
in Columbus on July 13th
from Russia. He had been
waiting entry into the
country for about six months
in Rome. A native of Len¬
ingrad, Mr. Potyomkin had
been a manager in a number
of factories. When he sought
Middle East Focus On Waldheim Trip
By Yitzhak Rabi,
JTA UN Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS,
(JTA) - Now that the
Security Councils general-
and fruitless-review'of the
situation in the Middle East,
has ended as another zero in
the ledger of history, as far   impression of the problems
as resolving the crisis is   of the area." The spokesman
Israel and Jordan? Ac¬
cording to a UN spokesman,
the main objective of
Waldheim's Middle East
visit is "to make, direct
contact with the govern¬
ments concerned to discuss
the. current situation with
them and to gain a first-hand
" concerned, new hopes for
some positive action are
emerging. The focus now is
on the upcoming trip of
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim to the Middle
East. Why is he going to the
Middle East? What is lie
going to bring with him?
Does he have a new message
or a new plan to offer the
governments   of   Egypt*:
also Contended that
Waldheim "does not intend
to present specific proposals
regarding the Middle East
problem" during his visit.
Observers here believe,
however, that Waldheim's
visit will lay the groundwork
for a new plan to unfreeze
the Middle East situation.
The Secretary General,, they
sayi will submit recom¬
mendations to the General
Assembly when it meets
Sept. 18. That is one of the
reasons why the trip is
scheduled to take place
before the opening of the
Assembly. "Waldheim is
going to the Middle East to
study the situation, not to
solve it on the spot," one
Middle East expert said
here.
The trip, at Egypt's in¬
vitation , and with .the
acquiescence of Israel and
Jordan, is welcomed by the
three governments. But
Egypt needs the visit by the
Secretary: General most of
all. The result of the Middle
East debate, which was
initiated by Egypt, only
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permission to leave Russia,
he was fired from his job. He
then worked as a taxi driver
to earn enough money to pay
the head tax "ransom" to be
able to leave.
Assisting the Jewish
Family Service staff in
settling and orienting Mr.
Potyomkin are volunteers
from the Council of Jewish
Women under the
organizational leadership of
Mrs. Sheldon Lefkowitz,
Service Vice-President, and
Mrs. Peggy Paine, New
American's Chairman.
Jewish Family Service has
secured living quarters,
furniture, English classes,
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Congregation Tifereth
Israel announces the
retirement of Rabbi Nathan
Zelizer effective June 30,
1974.
Rabbi Zelizer has been the
spiritual leader of Tifereth
Israel for forty two years
and has earned the love and
respect of the entire
Columbus Community.
It is a rarity for any
community to have the
dedication and devotion of a
Rabbi for over two
generations. Such sincerity
will create a void in our
community which will be
difficult to fill.
Rabbi Zelizer came to
Tifereth Israel, his first and
only pulpit, when it was
young and had a handful of
members. With his help and
leadership, it now numbers
among the largest Con¬
servative Congregations in
the nation.
In addition to his rab¬
binical duties, Rabbi Zelizer
has been a leader in the
Columbus  community.   He
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Rabbi Nathan Zelizer
served many years on the
Columbus Recreation Board'
and was the State Chaplain
for the Jewish War Veterans
and the Ohio American
Legion. He serves as the
Jewish Chaplain for the Ohio
Penitentiary, Lockbourne
Air Force Base, State
Mental Hospitals and the
Chillicothe Veterans
Hospital.
Plans are now underway
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