Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1972-09-28

              3e *BTH otflD ^™*«{I
**■*-.(,
3l\ffi    Serving Columbus. "Central" ahdSouthwestern OHkTVJAK
VOL. 50 NO. 40
SEPTEMBER 28. 1972 - TISHREI 20
pi Ji-nk Ifcili
WASHINGTON (WNS) —The judicial subcommittee
in the House and Senate arc considering' ^"concurrent
resolution which would commend swimmer Mark Spitz
for winning seven gold medals at the Olympic Games
ih Munich and the entire American team for its athletic
performance in the 20th Olympiad.
CINCINNATI (WNS) — Judy Silver Shapiro
reported this week she had been informed her husband,
Gavriel Shapiro, was arrested the day he had been
scheduled to begin a one-year sentence of "corrective
labor," set after he was convicted on charges of draft
evasion. The "corrective labor" sentence permits
convicted defendants to remain at home while doing
work specified by Soviet authorities. Shapiro is living,
with his parents in their Moscow home.
BONN (WNS) — A.west German Bundestag internal
affairs committee this week commended the way
~ German police and authorities conducted themselves
during'the massacre of 11 Israeli Olympians. The
committee announced that further parliamentary
investigation was unnecessary.
NEW YORK (WNS) — The Supreme Soviet this week
ended a two-day session in Moscow without ratifying
the visa tax imposed on Jewish academicians and.
intellectuals seeking to emigrate.
The National Conference for Soviet Jewry said this
indicated that ratification of the decree issued by (he
-Soviet Council of Ministers last Aug. 3 was not
" necessary for .its implementation and that the Soviet
authorities may be considering changing the amounts.
Wave Of Arab Terror Sweeps World
NEW7YORK (WNS) —
Arab terrorists last week
unleashed a new murderous
assault throughout the world
to spread panic and
destruction.
Ihe method used was an
explosive device "about the
size of a teabag. It looks like
an adhesive tape strip.
Opening the letter triggers a
percussion cap • that
detonates the explosives.
More than 40 such letters
turned up in more than a
dozen cities in Europe, North
America, Africa and Israel
itself. They were addressed
to Israeli diplomats and
officials.
So far, one of these letters
found its mark and exploded
in the London Israel Em¬
bassy office this we^k killing
Ami Shechori,' the
Agricultural Attache of the
brad Embassy, in Great
Britain.
The explosion also
seriously injured Kaddar
Theodor, Mr.' Shechori's
successor. .-
The   murder   triggered
worldwide reaction. '  *
In Israel, Foreign Minister
Abba Eban declared that the
fact that the Arab terrorists
can "act freely unhampered
in Germany and Great
Britain indicate that these
countries are not fully
sovereign. I do hope these
countries open their eyes and
change their liberal policy."
Israel,  he  added,   must
prepare itself for a war
against the terrorists and
prepare- itself carefully.
Deputy Prime Minister
Yigal Allon suggested, that
the. current wave of Arab
terrorism will inevitably
discourage the Israelis from
making concessions that
could lead to a Middle East
peace..	
Jews and Christians, alike'
condemned the action.  ;
The .lethal  letters   were
Community Urged To Protest
Passage Of Soviet Trade Bill
Organizations To Be Honored At Annual
United Jewish Fund And Council Meet
The Annual Meeting of the
United  Jewish   Fund  and
Council, Sunday afternoon,
Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., at Temple
Israel will for the first time. •
;.'K(}nor thej Presidents of the
r,-. Jewish   organizations   of
' Cqlhmbus by having them
'.   serve as Hosts and Hostesses
for- the   afternoon.   The
V, Council of Organizations is
.:'' an integral part orthe UJFC
recognized for its role in
" support of many communal
' activities,   especially   with
regard to crucial issues
t which affect the total Jewish
,   life  in Columbus,   in  our
country, in  Israel  ahd in
[   other areas throughout the
i   world.
Mrs.    Carl    Mellman,
Chairman of the Council of
Organizations,  will'-pay
tribute to  the .constituent
; groups for thejr cooperation
Von several .'occasions this
•pastf. year    when    they
mobilized their membership
for  community action,   in
times of crisis when such
•action was imperative and
urgent, All presidents have
been asked to - attend the
Annual Meeting to par¬
ticipate in various capacities
designated by the Chairmen
of Hosts and Hostesses, Mrs.
Alyin Schottenstein and Mrs.
Edward Schlezinger., Mrs. .
Herbert Weiner and Mrs.
Carl Mellman are assisting
With the distribution of the
.'honors.
Organizations represented
in the Council include the
following: Agudas Achim
Congregation, Saul Levy,
President; Agudas Achim
Brotherhood, ' William
Goldsmith, President;.
Agudas Achim Sisterhood,
President, Mrs. Stan Vogel;
•?       MRS. CARL
a        MELLMAN
Ahavas     Sholo.m
Congregation,      Melvin
Freedberg,    President;
Ahavas Sholom Sisterhood,
President,       Mrs.       Cy
Tanenbaum; J'B^th, Jacob
Congregation',],! Leonard
Quinn', .'President.!" tjeth,
Jacob Brotherhood, Sanford,'
A. Timen, President;, Bftth*
Jacob   Sisterhood,   Mrs.»
Charles Young, President;
Beth Tikvah Congregation,
Gerald Cohn, President;
Beth Tikvah Sisterhood,
Mrs. Sanford I. Shapiro,
President; B'nai B'rith Zion
Lodge, Dr. Richard
Gurevitz, President; B'nai
B'rith Women's Council,
Mrs. Herschel Sigall,
President; B'nai B'rith
Candlelight Chapter No. 888,
Mrs. Benton Bloch,
President; B'nai B'rith
Massada Chapter, Mrs.
Bruce L. Bigley, President;
B'nai B'rith Nitza Chapter,
Mrs. Alan Ginsburg,
President; B'nai B'rith Twin
Rivers Chapter, Mrs. Marcia
Bobier, President; B'nai
B'rith' Zion Chapter, Mrs.
Stanley Wasserstrom,
President; Columbus
Chapter National Women's
Committee of Brandeis
.University, Mrs. Jerome
Epstein, President;
Columbus Hebrew School,
Irving Baker, President;
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 41
Members of the Jewish
community were urged
today to contact government
officials to protest passage of
a U.S.\ U.S.S.R.Trade Bill
until 'the Soviet Union
removes the ransom on Jews
seeking to emigrate. Sidney
I. Blatt, chairman of the
Community Relations
Committee of the United
Jewish-Fund and Council,'
and Mrs. 'John Resler,
chairman of, the Committee
on Soviet Jewry,'issued the
appeal to Columbus Jewry.
In explaining the
background, Mr. Blatt
described the ransom
procedure. "The Soviet
government has recently
instituted a new system of
heavy exit fees ranging from
$5,000 to $25,000 for educated
tide. Through this method
the masses of Jews in
Columbus and America can
lend support to protests
already made by the
national Jewish community
relations organizations
(American Jewish Com¬
mittee, Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith,
American-Jewish Congress)
and other national Jewish
organizations -including
Hadassah" and American
Zionist Federation." i
.Hersh L. Adlerstein,
Executive Director of the
Community Relations
'Committee of the UJFC,
noted'that protests should
stress both the viciousness of
die ransom demands and the
fact that the United States
now has a meaningful way tc
Jews, who want Ur emigrate ".."protest this barbaric black-"'
Simchat Torah Celebration
Will Be Held At Hillel Fdn.
the community is invited.
The program, beginning at 8
p.m., will feature Israeli
dancing led by Mim Chen-
field, and cantorial selec¬
tions by Cantor Naftaly
Linkovsky bf Agudas Achim
Synagogue. Rabbi Samuel
W. Rubenstein of Agudas
Achim will be featured in the
program as well.
The entire Jewish com¬
munity .is invited to attend
and participate in the
program, which will also
include dancing with Torah
Scrolls on 16th Avenue.
The annual community
Simchat Torah celebration
will take place at the Hjllel
Foundation on Sunday
evening, Oct. 1. The program
is sponsored by Hillel with
the cooperation of the Soviet
Jewry Committeey of the
Council of Organizations and
the Community Relations
Committee of the United
Jewish Fund and Council.
At ? p.m. Rabbi Jeff Siegel
will conduct a religious
service, adapted for both
adults and children, to which
to Israel. The new measure
which was instituted August
3, 1972, as an| 'educational*
refund,' .replaces the old
general exit fee of, $1,000 per
person. This new policy sets
exit fees at such high levels
as to virtually make it im¬
possible for Jewish scientists
and intellectuals-to seek to
emigrate from Russia."
The new exit fees are as
follows: "For a graduate of a
'humanistic institution,' the
exit charge will be 4500
.rubles. ($4,995); for a
r graduate of a polytechnium,
7700 mbles ($8,547); for a
graduate of a hjgh school of
arts and music] 9600 rubles
($10,656); for.a 'university
graduate, 12*200 ^rubles
($13,542) plus another 5400
rubles ($5,994) if the in¬
dividual is a graduate of an
institute of science, for a
total of 17,600 rubles
($19,532); 7 and for a
professor, 19,400 rubles
($21,523). The Moscow
sources stressed that such
sums are beyond the
resources or even dreams of
Soviet academicians or
'technicians, whose .salaries
range from 200 to 300 rubles
($222 to $333),a iponth:". ■'
. Mrs. ftesterc^iied* Mr.
Blatt in urging a' mass letter
writing'' cam p a i g n.
"Columbus Jews who seek to
prevent this modern day
blackmail and extortion
should write or wire their
sentiments to President
Nixon or any of the officials
listed at. the end of this, ar-
mail'.depiand. '"Hie Trade
Bill is essential to Soviet
economy, and every .effort to
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 41" * "1  ,
mailed from Holland. Police
in farad-warned the public to
bewarexof suspect mail,
.esp,ec,iajp*§r parcels that
appear:0.'contain gifts of • * ■
books or^caiidyi
The Israeli Foreign
Ministry, cautioned all
Israeli representatives
abroad to take precautions
against the danger of such
letters.
Postal officials said the
mailings were acts of in-
tended cold-blooded murder
because they can kill anyone "" '
who handles them.
Belgian police began a
systematic inspection of
luggage and control of
passengers' identity in seven
Belgian railroad stations
after receiving information
of possible attacks against
the Trans-European Express
going and coming from West
Germany.   "
There was speculation in
Jerusalem over the apparent
lapse in security measures *
at the London Embassy,
especially" in light of the
terrorist alerts in the af¬
termath of the murder .qf 11
' 'Israeli Olympic athletes in *--
Munich and.the wounding of
an Israeli Embassy official
by an Arab terrorist in
Brussels.
In New York, postal _,
authorities seized three
envelopes that reportedly
contained potential ex¬
plosive devices earmarked
for three Israeli diplomats:
Yosef Tekoah, Ambassador
to the UN, Jacob Barmore,
Ambassador, and Uri*
Gordon, Minister,
Plenipotentiary.
Center Announces Opening
Of Fall "Shabbat Program"
THe Jewish Center is proud
to announce the opening of
its Fall-Winter Shabbot
Program, on Saturday, Oct.
7 at 2 p.m.
Guidelines, for the
program aref* according to
Center President, David
Derrow, '.'based on the belief
that Shabbat activities will
hive appeal for all Jews,
whether they be orthodox,
conservative, reform, or
secular, from the very young
to the very old.. We-propose
our program on the premise
that some exposure to-the
Sabbath experience is better
than no exposure whatsoever,
and that our members will
enjoy their Center with
many different motives
some for the uniqueness of
the Sabbath experiences;
others for the leisure and
enjoyment'of the swimming-
pool or gymnasium, and
some just by virture of
coming together in a Jewish
institution. All will ex¬
perience our Sabbath en¬
vironment when entering our
building,' thereby
strengthening their ap¬
preciation of and the pride in
our Jewish heritage, We feel
confident that our  Center -
will contribute towards an
enriched and viable, Jewish
life."
The Shabbat Programs
will involve all age groups in
the Center and will focus on,
th^fheme, "Jewish Identity
thjrUt Jewish Experiences." A
new,,environment will t be
created during each Sabbath
to* add to the uniqueness of
the day. Singing, dancing,
holiday celebrations, family
supplers, discussions, story
telling, dramatics, Shabbas
strolls ; and recreational
activities! will be integrated
into the program.
Adults will discover in-
i teresting special programs
including a Free University, ,
tourist 'Hebrew,* Yiddish
classes and conversation.
Directed by Harvey
Ma rkowitz, Jewish
Education Director and
Sheldon Sklar, Youth ~ Ser¬
vices Supervisor, both new
Staff professionals, and
supervised by Eli
Estreicher, Group Services
Director, the. Shabbat
Program will offer a broad
' scope of Jewish experiences
"for the Columbus Jewish
Community.