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VOL. 53 No. 37
SEPTEMBER 4, 1975 - ELUL 28
Best Wishes
Happy New Year
from the staff of the
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Ohio Jewish Chronicle
This painting by Morris Katz depicts a rabbi blowing
a shofar, or ram's horn, on the Jewish holy days of
Rosh Hashanah, symbolizing God's summons to the
people for self-judgment, self-improvement and
.atonement. Celebrated this year on Sept. 5 and Sept. 6,
the holy days mark the start of the Jewish year and the
beginning of the Ten Days of Penitence. The'days of
Rosh Hashanah are devoted to prayer, solemn
festivities and rest from work. The period ends with
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is the
holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish religion.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Prof. Borowitz To Speak
At CJF Annual Meeting
Eugene Borowitz,
Professor of Religious
Thought at the Hebrew
Union College - Jewish In¬
stitute of Religion, in New
York, will be the featured
speaker . at the Annual
Meeting of the Columbus
.Jewish Federation on
Sunday evening, Oct. 5.
"Bringing a distinguished
former resident of Columbus
back to address our 50th
Anniversary Meeting is
something which gives me
great personal , pleasure,"
said Edward Schlezinger,
Chairman of the Annual
v Meeting Committee.
The Columbus Jewish
Federation Annual Meeting
will be held at Winding
Hollow Country Club, and
louse To Hold Accord Hearing September 10
Prof. Eugene Borowitz
will feature a kosher dinner.
The entire community .is
invited to attend and par¬
ticipate iti the beginning of a
yfear-long celebration of 50
years':! of. Federation ac¬
tivities in Columbus.
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA)  -
The  special   investigations
subcommittee of the House
International     Relations
Committee has scheduled a
hearing for Sept. 10 on the
U.S. aspects of the second
Israeli-Egyptian agreement
in  the' Sinai,   the   Jewish
Telegraphic Agency was
informed. In addition, the
panel, headed by Rep. Lee
Hamilton (D. Ind.), who has
led numerous inquiries on
Israeli-Arab problems, will
hold three days of hearings
on what an aide described as
"the    question    of. the
Palestinians."  The Senate
Foreign  Relations   Com¬
mittee has not yet scheduled
a hearing but its chairman,
Sen.  John  Sparkman   (D.
Ala.) is believed likely to
conduct an inquiry prior to
the  House   hearing.   Both
branches of Congress return
to Washington Sept. 3 after
their  August  recess.  The
Hamilton   subcommittee,
comprised of five Democrats
and two Republicans, has
not identified witnesses on
the surveillance part of the
Egypt-Israel accord except
to   note   that   the  State
Department will be asked to
testify on the issues. On the
Palestine question, however,
the. panel   has   scheduled
Sayez Sayegh of the Kuwait
Mission   at   the   United
Nations, to appear Sept. 16;
Mordechai   Abir   of   the
University of Jerusalem,
and Dr. Itamar Rabinowitz.
of Tel Aviv University to
testify Sept. 23; and George
Assousa and Joseph D. Ben-
Dak,   co-directors   of   a<
Washington   Arab-Israeli
group known as "Fair," to
appear Sept. 24.
Meanwhile, key sources at
the Capitol indicated to JTA
that the feeling among
members of Congress
reached on the interim
agreement is, as one put it,
I "very mixed." Regarding
the assignment of U.S.
civilian personnel in the
Sinai to monitor surveillance
equipment and the Ford
Administration's com¬
mitment to keep Israel
supplied with oil even under,
Arab embargo cir¬
cumstances. Sen George S.
McGovern (D. S.D.), JTA
was told by an aide here, has
no fundamental quarrel with
the commitment but he will
want to look at it in detail.
McGovern, sternest foe of
American involvement in
Vietnam, is head of the
I Senate subcommittee on the
Near East. Sen Hubert
Humphrey (D. Minn.),also a
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee member, said he
has an open mind. While
noting the risks of achieving
a lasting peace must be
weighedj he said he was not
opposed- in principle to a
small number of American
civilians to help keep the
peace. Sparkman is un¬
derstood to be in favor of the
commitment as is Sen:
Richard B. Stone (D. Fla.).
Sen. John C. Stennis (D:
Miss.), chairman of the
Senate Armed Services
Committee, was reported as
approving the-commitment
if "limited to purely civilians
not connected in any way
with the military." Sen
Henry M. Jackson (D.
Wash.), however, was
reported opposed to the
placement in the Sinai of
Americans if it looks like
that would open the way for
a Soviet presence
somewhere else on Israel's
borders. Senate Majority
Leader Mike Mansfield (D.
Mont.) is opposed to the idea
as a matter of general op¬
position to an American
Presence in any way, and
Sen.' James Abourezk (D.
S.D.) was reported as "very
strongly opposed" to it.
However, Senators Stuart
'Symington (D. Mo.) and
Dick Clark (D. Iowa), both
Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee members, are said to
^be favorably inclined.
Sinai: 1956 And 1975
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV (JTA) - The
ancient wisdom of Ec-
clesiastes that there is
nothing new under the sun
finds dramatic affirmation,
in the duplication of events
marking Israel's scheduled
second pullback in the Sinai
in a new interim accord with
Egypt and the pullback
under United States
pressure in 1956. Then, as
now, Israel faces heavy
pressure from a President of
the United States to yield the
security gains won by force
of arms from a bellicose
Egypt. Then, as now, debate
raged among Israel's
leaders — then led by
Israel's architect David Ben
Gurion — ort the security
hazards of yielding to U.S.
pressure; then, as now,
Israelis took to the streets in
occasionally violent
demonstrations against that
pressure. Israel, in 1956, had
Call On UN Crime Congress To
Rescind Invitation To PLO
NEW YORK (JTA) - Top
officers of the National
District Attorneys
Association, the largest
national organization of
prosecuting officials in the
world, called Aug. 28 on the
United Nations' congress on
crime, scheduled to open
Sept. 1 in Geneva to rescind
its invitation to the Palestine
Liberation Organization to
participate in the meeting.
At a news conference here,
the officials also- urged the
UN congress to develop a
definition of "terrorism"
that would not permit any
political justification for
"the commission of crimes
recognized, under in¬
ternational laws, such as
murder, kidnapping,
assault, robbery, hijacking,
extortion, or any other
criminal activity." They
warned that the PLO has
boasted that it • has the
support of the United
Nations in its terrorist ac¬
tivities, and declared that,
unless the ,, forthcoming
congress outlaws such ac¬
tions, the "blame and
responsibility" for future
occurrences "will fall solely
on the United Nations."
Robert F. Leonard, vice-
president of the NDAA, and
Preston Trimble, chairman
of the board, made their
statements in a letter to
Gerhard O. W. Mueller,
executive secretary .of the
; Fifth United Nations
Congress on the Prevention
of Crime and Treatment of
Offenders. The letter was
also signed by more than 45
other District Attorneys
from across the country, all
of whom are executive of¬
ficers of the 7000-member
NDAA. Leonard, who is
Prosecuting  Attorney  in
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been   under   steady   and
murderous  hit-and-run  at¬
tacks     from     terrorists
operating from bases in the
Sinai, with the open support
of Egypt's President Nasser,
who had closed the Straits of
Tiran by use of the Egyptian
base  at Sharm  el-Sheikh,
thus denying transit of ships
to the new Israeli port of
Eilat. Britain at that time
was anxious to regain the
foothold in the Suez Canal
area it had recently lost.
France, deeply involved in
the Algerian revolution was
eager to punish Egypt for its
aid to  the Algerian  in-,
surgents. Out of such dif¬
fering motivations came a
joint British-French attack
on   Egypt,   which   Israel
joined, sweeping to the east
bank of the canal.
Prompted by the Soviet
Union,   then   as   now   the
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THK WHITE MOUSK
WAMIINGTON
Mrs..Ford and I send warmest greetings to Our fellow
Americans of the Jewish Faith as you observe the High
Holy Days.
This year adds a special dimension to the meaning of
your observance.    These solemn days are marked hjj
a traditional exhortation to prayer and self-examination.
They mirror in a unique way the general mood in our
country as we approach the celebration of our National
Bicentennial.
On the eve of the two hundredth year of our independence
as a nation, we are joined as Americans in a spirit of
reflection, renewal and reaffirmation.'   This same spirit
has united the Jewish people for centuries in the observ¬
ance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Each of you can take deep pride in the profound and   '
positive influence of the Judaic heritage on our national
life.    The principles that guide you in your religious
worship have also inspired countless and enduring con¬
tributions of the Jewish people to humanity and social
justice.    Your values are a great component of our quest
for the brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of Cod.
The inspired leadership and special sensitivity of Juda¬
ism in areas of humanitarian concern fill many brilliant
chapters of'America's history.
Kirs. Ford and I extend our sincere best wishes for the ,
Jewish New Year. May it witness world progress toward
fulfillment of the prophets' vision of peace and prosperity
for all mankind.
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