Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-02-21

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VOL. 52 NO. 8
FEBRUARY 21, 1974-SHEVAT 29
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NEWYORK (WNS) — Mordechai Ben Ari, president
of El Al, Israel Airlines, told a press conference "here
mat tourism and air traffic to Israel had recovered
almost completely since the Yom Kippur War and he
predicted that Israel is "on the verge of a great
tourism boom", increasing 15-20 percent in 1974. Ben
Ari said the two major sources of increased tourism
are "groups and individuals of Jewish organizations
who come to Israel to demonstrate their solidarity, and
Christian pilgrims.
LONDON (WNS) — The Leningrad ovir office has
withdrawn permission for Valery Panov to leave the
Soviet Union because he has refused to go without his
wife, according to Jewish sources in the USSR. Panov
'was also warned that administrative action would be
taken against him, which could mean a sentence to a
labor camp. Meanwhile the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry reported in New York that applications
for exit visas are now being processed in district office
rather than in the cities making it difficult to check on
the number of applications and refusals. Meanwhile a
leading Jewish activist in Kharkov, Mikhael Kurbel,
38, his son and his dying wife have been given per¬
mission to leave for Israel.
LOS ANGELES (WNS) — The Board of Rabbis of
Southern California has urged its members and the
people in their synagogues to "refrain from pur¬
chasing" products manufactured by the Farah
Manufacturing Co. of El Paso Texas, one of the
country's leading manufacturers of slacks, until the
firm, negotiates with the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America. Almost 25 percent of the firm's
900 workers have been on strike for more than 19
months.
Efforts Increasing To Organize World Public
Opinion On Issue Of Israeli Prisoners Of War
NEW YORK >WNS) —
Efforts are increasing to
organize world public
opinion in order to exert
pressure on Syria to release
the names of Israeli
prisoners of war It holds and
to allow the Red Cross to
visit them. The B'nai
B'rith's Anti-Defamation
League has organized an Ad
Hoc Humanitarian Law
Committee, made up of
judges and lawyers which
has sent a petition to the
United Nations Human.
Rights Commission asking it
to take "appropriate action''
to end Syria's violation of the
Geneva Comventions on
prisoners. The petition noted
that "except for the Syrian
authorities themselves
nothing is known of the
Status of the said POWs."
Representatives of the
Catholic, Protestant and
Greek Orthodox com-"
muni ties, at a meeting called
by the American -.Jewish
Committee, agreed that
concerted pressure must be
put   on    Syria    by    in-
Heliman Will Meet With
Local Officers Arid Boards
Yehuda Heliman
Radio Station Cancels Broadcast Critical
To Black Athletes Boycotting Israel Game
former boxing champions,
"In This Corner," has just
been published by Simon and
Schuster, Inc., told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
that he was told that the
latest broadcast had injected
politics. "But," he told the
JTA, "I didn't introduce the
politics. It had been in¬
troduced when the Black
players decided to boycott
the game. All I did was to
report it." Larry Cox, news
director for WBAI-FM, told
the JTA that the broadcast
was cancelled because
Heller introduced the
segment as "a personal
commentary, and we are not
allowed under Federal
Communications Com¬
mission (FCC) rules to
present personal com¬
mentaries" under the radio
station's current operating
guidelines. Asked by JTA if
the decision to dismiss
Heller, who had been hired
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by Murry Zuckof f,
JTA News Editor
NEW YORK; (JTA) - A
sports broadcast that
criticized Black basketball
players on  the Rochester
University     team   ' who
boycoted   a   game   with
Israel's National Basketball
Team and contended that the
Black players had bowed to
Arab pressure was scrapped
just hours before it was to
have been aired by radio	
station WBAI-FM  a  New   ~~T     ~      I T7~ ~      IT        '.
Y5rk radio station sustained    g.B.   CaDlail   CtlOSeil   TO   ReCOIVe
by listener subscriptions. r
This same station was the
center of a controversy
several years ago when it
broadcast a poem by a 15
year old Black student which
was condemned by Jewish
organizations for being anti-
Semitic.      The      sports,
broadcast was taped Feb. 9
for  WBAI-FM  by  Peter
Helleri   a "volunteer"  —
unpaid1— sportscaster for
the radio station who is the
sports producer for ABC-TV
(Channel 7), for airing that
evening from 7:15 to 7:30.
The criticism of the Black
players was a segment of the
15 minute program that
included   comments   and
views of other sports events
of the week. Several hours
after   taping,   Heller   was
notified  that  the  entire
/  broadcast was cancelled and
that he was fired from his
position on the radio station.
/• Heller, whose • book about
"The       Council       of
Organizations     of     the
Columbus     Jewish
Federation is pleased and
privileged   to  have   Mr.
Yehuda Heliman, Executive
Director of the Conference of
Na tional     Jewish
Organizations speak to the
Officers and Boards of the
local Jewish Organizations
at a meeting to be held at the
Melton Building, February
28 at 8:00 p.m.", said Mrs.
Sylvia Mellman, Chairman
of the Council.
- 'Not-only-is Mrr Heliman
the Executive Director of the
'Presidents' Conference, but
he.is considered a foremost
authority  on  the Middle
East. Born in Riga, Russia,
he has served as chief of the
Paris Bureau of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency. As a
foreign  correspondent,   he
was" stationed - in London,'
Paris,       Beirut      and
Damascus. Mr. Heliman is a
graduate of the  famous
American  University  of
Beirut and has lived in Arab
countries for several;years
as an on-the-spot reporter
for;the Jerusalem Post. As a
reporter accompanying the
Anglo-American    Com¬
mission   on   Inquiry   to
Palestine, he was arrested
and imprisqned by the Arabs
on the'charge'that he was
sending press dispatches
which were unfavorable to
the Arab cause. Upon the
intervention of 'American
diplomats, he was released.
Mr. Hillman's detention by
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B.B. Lodges Jointly Sponsor
Movie "Ben Gurion Remembers"
Governor's Brotherhood Award
Dr. Benjamin B. Caplan
was chosen to receive the
1973 Ohio Governor's Award
in the Field of Brotherhood
which will be presented to
him on Friday, Feb. 22, at
the Annual Banquet of the
Ohio Newspaper Association
to be held at the Columbus-x
Sheraton Motor Hotel.
The letter from Governor
Gilligan to Dr. Caplan states
in part "During the past
twenty-fiveAyears the out¬
standing achievements of
Ohioans A have been
recognized ?by the presen¬
tation of thelOhlo Governor's
Award In cooperation with
the Ohio Newspaper
Association. During this
period, the Award has
become Ohio's most
prestigious • recognition of
those individuals who have
made a major contribution
Dr. B.B. Caplan
to society. The nominating
committee has recom¬
mended that you join the
select group of Ohioans who
have demonstrated ex¬
cellence of achievement
benefiting all mankind and
improving the quality of life
for all Ohioans. With con-
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B'nai B'rith Lodges Zion 62
and Maccabee 2848 today
announced their joint
sponsorship of the movie
"Ben Gurion Remembers."
President's Alan Hackel and
Garold Beim announced the
movie would be shown at 7
and 9 p.m. March 6, at the
Columbus;Jewish   Center.
The proceeds from the sale
of tickets, they continued,
would be donated to the
Israeli Emergency Fund.
B'nai B'rith members
throughout the recent crises
created by The Yom Kippur
War have continuously given
their support to the cam¬
paign for Israel and this is a
continuance of the pledge to
support Israel.
The movie "Ben, Gurion
. Remembers" tellsi of the
beginning of the state of
Israel through the eyes of the
person many believe was the
founder of the state. The.
movie in color journeys
through the land relating
significant steps to its
founding and growth.
Tickets can be purchased
or reservations made
through the Columbus
Jewish Center office, B'nai
B'rith office, or through the
officers of either Lodge. A
donation of $5.00 is requested
for each ticket.
Any questions can be
directed, to; the overall
chairman, Hillard Abroms,
861-4221.
terreligious groups. Both the
ADL and A J Committee
meetings were addressed by
parents of Israeli soldiers
missing on the Syrian front
who stressed that they did
not know whether their sons
were alive or dead. One
parent said they feared the
worst because of Syria's past
record in which ■ Israeli
•POWs returned/ from cap¬
tivity "broken in bcidy and
spirit"   after ;tortur'el;  At»
6fficial    organisation    q{
relatives of Israelis 'missing
on the Syrian front is sending
parents to various countries
to explain their plight. Rep.
Edward Koch (D. NY), a
member   of   the   ADL's .
special committee said the
efforts behind the scenes of
the United States to get Syria
to comply had apparently
failed.  He  said  he  will
recommend that the U.S. or
some  other country   take
Syria before the World Court
on the issue. Meanwhile in
Jerusalem it was announced
that the Pope had interceded
with Syria on behalf of the
POWs and with Egypt on the
unhurried Israeli dead in the
Sinai. In Brussels plans were
announced   for   a   "World
Conference       for       the
Liberation     of      Israeli
Prisoners in Syria" to be
presided  over  by   French
writer Simone de Beauvoir.
Som e   30   prominent   int.;
temational intellectuals are
expected to attend. In Tel
Aviv, Israel's Ambassador
to the United Nations Yosef
Tekoah said he would make
a- major, effort  when   he
returns to the UN to rally
world opinion to force the
Syrian regime to observe
international   law   on   the
POW issue.
Cavallaro To Perform
For Hadassah Medical Org.
For many years Hadassah
traditionally has staged its
Hadassah Medical Cam¬
paign in the months) of
November and Deceihber
with a culminating "Donor
Affair" to show appreciation
tojthe; women of Hadassah
who give so generously of
their time and money" to this
cause^Before the onset of
the ^Yoni Kippur War", the
Women of Hadassah had
decided that this year's
theme for the Donor Cam¬
paign would ' be "To
Hadassah with Love",; The
campaign was ready to
begin.. .the affair was set..
buf on ' Yom Kippur Day
Israel was attacked by her
Arab Neighbors, and the life
and death struggle began.
Jews around the world
rallied to her support. The
women in Hadassah were no
different, and they im¬
mediately revamped their
Donor Campaign. The
Hadassah Hospital was
playing a major role in the
"Yom Kippur War",. It was
voted unanimously by ^ie
Chapter Board that there
should be no Donor Affair
because the Nation of Israel
-was traumatized by her life
and death struggle.
Although a ceasefire has
been initiated, 30 young men
have died since the onset.
Syria has refused to release
the names or let the Red
Cross visit her prisoners
which is against the'Geneva
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