Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-06-22

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VOL. 50 NO. 25
JUNE 22. 1972 - TAMMUZ 10
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NEW YORK (WNS) — The Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai JB'rith in a full page ad which appeared in the
New York Times June 17, called Norman F. "Dacey,
author of the best selling book "how to Avoid Probate,"
an "active pro-Arabist" who uses the kind of anti-
Semitism not heard in many years. ADL was referring
to Dacey's full page ad which appeared in the Times
June 6 as an "Open Letter to President Nixon" which
condemned the President for his "blind support" of
Israel and, among other items, charged Israel with
"Torturing Arab prisoners" and with "repression of
Americans." In its detailed rebuttal to Dacey's
charges, ADL charged that Dacey's June 6
"defamatory advertisement libels American Jewish
citizens, goes beyond the bounds of good taste in
smearing American government officials — including
the President — with innuendo, and presents half-
truths, outright inaccuracies and undocumented'
hearsay as/acts." >.
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The White House has
received a plea for help in getting Gavriel Shapiro,
Moscow Jewish' activist, "out of the Soviet Union."
Shapiro who went into hiding rather than report for
Red Army reserve duty before Pres. Nixon arrived in
Moscow, married the former Judy Silver of Cincinnati
in an Orthodox ceremony in Moscow last week. Mrs.
Shapiro had to leave the USSR when her visa expired
and Shapiro was arrested at the airport where he had
gone to see her off. There was no indication what actio'n
if any the White House would take. Sen. Robert Taft Jr.
. (R. Ohio) was also requested to help in sepijring
Shapiro's "release.
" .TEL AVIV UJHNS) — Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese
terrorist who was captured in the aftermath of the
Lydda Airport massacre on May 30, will go on trial
before a three-man. military court in Rehovoth on June
19. The Lawyers Council has selected prominent Tel
Aviv lawyer Jacob'Hagler to represent Okamoto.
Meanwhile, as plans for similar "Lydda style"
. massacres at air terminals in New York and Europe
were disclosed by Okamoto to his interrogators, air¬
ports in Western Europe went on the alert and
stringent security measures were reported at ,
Copenhagen, Rome, Geneva, Zurich and Paris Orly
Airport. At the same time, West German authorities
warned Danish officials that Palestinian terrorists
may be planning to kidnap Israeli Foreign Minister
Abba Eban who is touring Scandinavia, and hold him
as a hostage for the release of Okamoto.
RABAR (WNS) — United Nations Secretary General
Dr. Kurt Waidheim, here to attend the Presidents
Conference pf lhe Organization for African Unity, said
the mission of Gunnar V. Jarring, U.N. Middle East
peace mediator, has reached "a dead end." Waidheim
said the mission would be reactivated "only after the
two sides willhave announced their readiness to renew,
their contacts with him."
Urges Jews Regain Perspective
In Black-Jewish Relationships
Conference Of Rabbis To Withhold Payment
Of Phone Tax To Protest Vietnam War
GROSSINGER, N.Y.
(JTA)—The Central
Conference of American
Rabbis announced this week
that it would withhold •
payment of the federal ex¬
cise tax on its telephone bills
in protest against the con¬
tinuing Vietnam war. The
measure was adopted by
voice vote at the CCAR's.,
83rd annual convention. The
Reform rabbinical body thus
became the first major
Jewish organization to ap¬
prove an act of civil
disobedience against the
Vietnam war. The delegates
directed the CCAR's
executive vice president to
communicate the decision to
the Internal Revenue Ser¬
vice after consulting with
legal counsel. The telephone
excise tax was adopted by
the Nixon administration
specifically to raise ad¬
ditional revenue to support
the Vietnam war, according
KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y.
(JTA)—An  official   of  the^
B'nai        B'rith .      Antin
Defamation League said
here this week that "BlackT
Jewish relations have > What anti-Semitism is its
reached the lowest ebb in the , < main concern. Blacks have
United States" but urged -too many other problems
Jews, to regain their per-j;, >«riicb occupy a far more
-spective in order to see the I whpbrlant place on their
conflict in- its proper context agenda of priorities." Miller
as part of the persistent conceded that "to deny that
economic,     social     and    anti-JeWish feeling has been
political problems, \$, (the
nation that still < cry? i for
solution. Addressing 2000 ^
delegates at the 120th annual
convention of B'nai B'rith
District 1 here, Alexander F;
Miller, director of the ADL's!
i Community Service
Division,  chided Jews for,
being "preoccupied by the»ijrhinority, nor are the Blacks
violence, the anti-Semitism * stile brokers or levers or the
and the quest for special; [instruments of power." The
treatment stemming from i ''(real power," Miller
the Black community almost7 declared, "resides in the
to the exclusion of all other; t i» (continued on page ioi
to the CCAR.
In another development
here, a grass roots
movement was launched by
Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut of
Toronto aimed at returning
die Reform movement to
accepting a disciplined set of
halacha (Jewish religious
law) rules for daily living
and religious practices.
Rabbi Plaut, chairman of the
CCAR's Sabbath Committee,
described the development
of a series of standards in
such areas as codes for the
Sabbath, conversion,
marriage ceremonies,
religious/, divorces and
marriage couseling. He also
envisaged the establishment
of religious courts, which"
have not existed in the
Reform movement for a
generation. He said he felt
this new thrust "will give
Reform Judaism a new
sense of purpose." He ad¬
ded: "The purpose of this
group go^s far beyond the
issue of mixed marriage, but
needs to deal with the
lawlessness of Reform.
Judaism. Hopefully, we will
turn back to a sense, of-law,
albeit progressive law."
The Reform rabbinical
body, has apparently put off
for another year the question
of issuing a ban on mixed
marriages. Rabbi Herman
Schaalman of -Chicago,
chairman of the CCAR's
Mixed Marriage Committee,
recommended this week that
the present position of the
organization..— that mixed
marriages should be
discouraged —  to main¬
tained for the time being to
enable additional research
and' analysis: Rabbi
Schaalman told delegates
attending the 83rd annual
convention here that further
study was required into the
Jewishness of both the un¬
converted partner and the
children of . mixed
marriages, their synagogue
participation and the'Jewish
manner in which they raise a
family before a decision is
made on a ban, a move that
has been advocated by many
CCAR -members over the
years.
• The results of a statistical
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Governor's Dinner Tonight
St Louis Light Editor Elected
Press Association President
domestic Jewish issues."
''As for the Black com¬
munity," Miller said, I am
not nearly as sure as are so
unany  of our  constituents
Newly-installed officers of the American Jewish
Press Association attending the recent 30th annual
convention at Grossjnger's are ..(from left): Mort
Shlossman, editor of the Wilmington, Delaware Jewish
Voice, recording secretary; Albert Bloom, editor of the
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, vice president; Arieh
Zamuki (guest speaker), coordinator of the World
Union of Jewish Journalists; Robert A. Cohn, editor of
die St. Louis Jewish Light, new president; Jimmy
Wisch, editor-publisher;of the Texas Jewish Post,
retiring president; Anne Hammerman, editor of the
Dayton 'Jewish Chronicle, treasurer;" and Milton
Firestone, editor of the Kansas City Chronicle,
corresponding secretary, j;Noti shown 7 are vice-
presidents, Adolph Rosenberg, editor of the Atlanta
Southern > Israelite and Conrad Isenberg, editor-
publisher1 of the Worcester, Massachusetts Jewish
Civic Leadfer.
Tlie Spring Campaign of
the Centr-il Ohio State of
Israel Bond Campaign will
reach its high point tonight in
the Rose Garden of the Ohio
Executive Mansion with the
1972 Ohio Governor's-Israel
Dinner of State.. The dinner
will see Ben and Charlotte
Kahn honored for their years
of leadership and service to
Israel. Chairman of the
Dinner is Ben Goodman..In
charge of reservations is
Mrs. Irving Chasin and
Women's Division Chairman
is Mrs. Milton J. Leeman
who will make a presen¬
tation to the Governor and
the first lady of the state of
Ohio. Campaign Chairman,
Frank Nutis who has been
the driving force behind the
State of Israel Band Cam¬
paign not only in 1972 but last
year as well will present the
honorees with - the
JerusalemTTower of David
' Award. The Honorable
i Jacob Barmore, Minister
Plenipotentiary in ' the
Permanent Mission of Israel'
to the United Nations has
singled out this, evening's
gathering for a major ad-
.^QHsified     in     certain
Rnients   of   the   Balck
'immunity is to close one's
0s. to    a    potentially
pgerous thrust" But he
;$d Jews not to overlook
ijfpfget "that the power
in the United States
idpes not reside in the Black
GROSSINGER'S, N.Y:
(AJPY r-^Rfebert A. Cohn,
editor-iri^hief of the St.,
Louis Jewish Light was
elected president of the
American Jewish Press
Association here at its 30th
Annual Convention held June
The American Jewish
Press Association is the
national., 'organization
comprising 40 weekly and bi¬
weekly ' English-language
Jewish newspapers in the
United States and Canada.
At'a&l Cohh;is the youngest
president in the history of the
AJP.^He succeeds Jimmy
Wisch; j editor-publisher  pf
, the Texas Jewish Post who
Reservations Chairman is
Mrs. Irving Chasin, she was:
assisted in her responsibility
by ' various Columbus
Community Organizations
which include Columbus
Chapter, Women's American
O.R.T., Hadassah, Women's
B'nai B'rith, Ahavas Sholom
Sisterhood,   Beth   Jacob
Sisterhood, Agudas Achim ^
Sisterhood,  Agudas  Achim
Brotherhood. The Reception
Table will  be graced * By:
ladies of Women's American
O.R.T., Hadassah, B'nai
B'rith, Beth Jacob, Agudas
Achim under the sponsorship
of the two past Women's
Division Chairmen for Israel
Bonds,      Mrs.      Walter
Robinson and Mrs. Martin
Gddofsky.      Beautiful
decorations in keeping with
the     manorah     lighting
ceremony have been devised,
by  the  Decorations  Com¬
mittee under the/leadership
of Mrs. Kenneth^Feingold.
Working with her was the
Women's  Division   Vice- *""■
Chairman,   Mrs.    Frank
Nutis,      Messers, .Joe
Greenberg,  Sanford  Paris
ahd Harold Harris.
.The    1972    Governor's
Dinner will see- the firstr .
lighting in Columbus of the
Israel Manorah of Life,
consisting of twelve bran-
chefiSone for each of the
Twelve "Tribes of israeJ7This
ceremony was JpitiatepLon^—
—Mount~Herzl~iri Jerusalem
and by universal accord is
being adopted in  major
-communities throughout the
world.
completed three years as
president of the .organization
by attending the recent
summit meeting in Moscow
as the Association
representative. 7
The ii<^wi president is a
native St. ]Lduisan' with
degrees in ''English' and
Political Science ' froip
Washington University1 £nd a
Doctor of Law degree1 from
the same university. He is a
licensed attorney and a
member of the St Louis,
Missouri and American' Bar
Associations, as well as the
Metropolitan Press Club of
St. Louis. He is also' chair¬
man of the St Louis County
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Israel Emphasizes Neutrality
In U.S. Presidential Campaign
JERUSALEM   (JTA)   —
The Israel Government, at
its highest levels, is taking
great pains to maintain1 a
posture of neutrality iii the
American  election   cam5
paign.     Highly     placed
Government     sources
. dismissed as "absurd", an
American press report that
.Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin] t,
has been reprimanded1 for /I
taking a less than neutral '-
position in public.
Premier Golda Meir stated
Friday that "Israel's policy
—past, present'and future —
is never to involve itself in
the domestic policies of any .
country" and that "it is self
evident that this applies with
respect to the United
States." She expressed
confidence "that this policy
is being carefully observed
by Israeli representatives
abroad." '
The latest reassurances of
Israel's neutrality stemmed
from reports last week -that
aides    to'   Sen.    George
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