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VOL. 53 NO. 8
FEBRUARY 20, 1075 ■ ADAR 9
NEW YORK (WNS)—The last weekend in February
will be set aside by Reform synagogues in the United
States and Canada for religious and community-wide
campaigns calling attention to the plight, of the 4000
Jews in Syria. The national Save Syrian Jewry Sab¬
bath Will be held Feb. 21-23 under the auspices of the
Commission on Social Action of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, and the Central Conference of
American Rabbis. It will be supported by the
Synagogue Council of America and the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
The activities include a petition campaign to gather
one million signatures urging President Ford to in¬
tervene personally on humanitarian grounds to save
the Jews remaining in Syria. '-..'•
VIENNA (WNS) — Gen. Emil Spannoccni, chief of
the Austrian army, said Austria will not allow
American military aircraft to fly over its territory with
equipment for Israel in case of a new Middle East War.
He said if such a request was made "we would demand
to inspect transports taking off from West Germany
before permitting them to fly over Austrian territory."
He denied reports that Austria secretly tolerated such
transport during the Yom Kippur War.
TORRONTO (WNS) — An arbitrator ruled that a
Jewish employer was within his rights when he fired a
worker who displayed a picture of Hitler at his work¬
place. Henry Zett, owner of the Nu-Mode Dress
Company, who had been interned in a Nazi con¬
centration camp, fired the employee whose placing of
Hitler's picture offended many of his co-workers as
well as Zett.
VIENNA (WNS) -T-Simon!Wiesenthal, director of the :
Jewish Documentation Center here, has charged that
the showing of the film, "The Odessa FUe,'.!. which was ^
to have opened in January, has been delayed because
• of Arab pressure. The film, a version of Frederick
Forsythe's novel, shows the attempt of a post-war Nazi
criminal organization to annihilate Israel with the help
of Arab governments. Wiesenthal is involved in the
film and is played by Shmual Rpdensky.     ' '
Evidence Mounts That Arab Boycott, Blackmail
Affecting American's Rights And Economy
NEW YORK (WNS) -
There is mounting evidence
that when Arabs deal with
American firms this results
in the firing of Jewish em¬
ployes, Rabbi Alexander M..
Schindler, president of the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, ■ told the
UAHC's Executive Com¬
mittee. He warned that "the
weapons of boycott and
blackmail'' which Arab
nations are using against
Jewish banking houses in
Europe "may also be
operating to jeopardize the
civil rights of Jewish in¬
dividuals in the. United
States who are employed by
firms doing business with
Arab countries." 'Rabbi
Schindler called for the
convening of a high level
Jewish conference of experts
in finance, industry and
economics to privately
explore the problems and
develop action guidelines for
the Jewish community. He
asked the UAHC's. 715
member congregat'ibn' to
serve as "^stoning posts"
and provide such. a study
group with information.
Meanwhile it was learned
that a Kuwait investment
firm withdrew from two
international lending syn¬
dicates led by Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith,
Inc., of New York because
one of the participants in the
syndicate was the European
investment banking firm of
Lazard Freres & Co., which
is on the Arab boycott list.
The company was one of two
in France and three in
Britain who were black¬
listed because they are
either Jewish-owned or
controlled..   In    another
development Roger Azaq,
director of the Arab and
International Investment
Bank in,Paris, said "Arab
banks will continue to ask
that the banks on the
blacklist be excluded" but
will "not withdraw if the
lead manager insists on
keeping Jewish banks in the
syndicate." This happened
in London when two of the
blacklisted banks, S.G.
Warburg ' and N.M.
Rothschild were invited to
join the underwriting of a $25
million bond issue co-
managed by the Kuwait
International Investment
Co. A Warburg spokesman
said this reinforced their
feeling that resistance to
discriminatory pressures
would prove effective. But,
Gerald Thompson, chairman
of Kleinwort Benson, said his
firm had not been able to
resist Arab pressure adding
that - London banks had to
bear in mind their respon¬
sibility to . maintain a
position in the Middle East.
Urge Inquiry On Contract By American
Company To Train Saudi Arabian Troops
"Sholem Aleichem Yidn" Touring Company
To Appear At Agudas Achim Feb. 26
Outstanding reviews have
been gathered by the
nationwide touring company
of "Sholem Aleichem Yidn;?
Reports reaching here in¬
dicate that it is a sparkling,
entertaining and lively
production. Columbus and
Central Ohio will .have an
opportunity to enjoy this hew
musical review on Wed¬
nesday February 26, at 8
p.m. in the Agudas Achim
Synagogue.
A cast of five actors and
singers is directed and led by
Ben Bonus. Young and old
alike will be able to relateto
Sholem Aleichem Yidn.
Tickets are still available
from the Agudas Achim
Brotherhood members, and
at the shule office, or call
Bill Goldsmith at 237-1983 or
235-3661. Tickets will also be
available at the box office on
the night of the per¬
formance.
Margarita Polunukaja
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
The Senate Armed Services
Committee has been asked
by Sen. Henry M. Jackson
(D. Wash.) to. scrutinize the
$77 million contract let by
the Defense Department to a
private California company
. to train Saudi Arabian
troops. At the same time the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
was informed at the Capitol
that "a real problem" would
arise if the contract did not
contain the standard clauses
in all. . government
agreements regarding equal
rights and opportunity or
employment ; .for all
Americans.
This element is considered
of paramount importance
now that American
universities and business
concerns are seeking con¬
tracts with Arab govern¬
ments and may be
restrained from employing
American Jews, because of
discrimination being en¬
forced by Arabs. The
Defense Department has
given the Vinnell Corp. of
Los Angeles the contract to
train the Saudi National
Guard. It is believed to be
the first such agreement
ever made with a private
American company to train
a foreign army.
In a letter delivered, last
week to Sen. John C. Stennis
(D. Miss.), the committee
chairman, Jackson asked for
a "thorough, inquiry into the
arrangements concluded by
the Department of Defense,
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Kissinger Opens Talks
JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
is flanked by Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin (left) and
Defense Minister Shimon Peres before a working
dinner in Jerusalem. Mr. Kissinger is in the Middle
East to attempt to reconcile Egyptian and Israeli'
views on achieving a new interim agreement in the
Sinai Peninsula.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Goldman: "We Should Talk About It
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By David Landau
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
"We should have the
courage to talk about it —
despite the danger, that our
public statements 'might be
seized upon by anti-,
Semites ... , They seize
upon and pervert our public
statements anyway." Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, firm and
forceful as ever, was
referring to his demand,
voiced in his. opening ad¬
dress at the World Jewish
Congress Sixth Plenary
Assembly that Jewry face up
to the problem of "dual
loyalties" which, he
believes, will affect and
harass diaspora com¬
munities with increasing
intensity in the coming
years.
He is unperturbed, he said
in a special interview with
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, by the headlines
mat this statement made in
the' world press. It has
always been his principle to
take the risk of short-term
harmful effect that might
arise from the public
grappling with delicate
issues. In the'long-term, he
believes, such grappling is
healthy' and necessary in
order to find a solution. His
own experience, he con¬
tinued, is that rational and
well-disposed Gentiles ap¬
preciate the unique
peculiarity of  the  Jewish
'•.dual loyalty" predicament,,
and do not suspect or resent
it if it is explained to them
frankly and openly.
Dr. Goldmann linked his
proposal that the "dual
loyalties" issue be aired by
Jewish forums to his broader
assessment of the. world
outlook — and the Jewish
situation within it ■— over the
coming years. His .warning
—in his opening address last
Monday — that the post-war
1 "honeymoon" between the
Western world and world
Jewry was drawing to an end
has already become an
aphorism, and has triggered
debate and controversy in
the press here.
„ Theend of the honeymoon,
Dr. Goldmann explained,
will be a function of the
general-weakening of the
Western democracies, which
indeed has already become
perceptible. As they grow
weaker, the democracies
will   inevitably,  become
"more egoistic,"' Dr.
Goldmann reasoned. Their
"bad conscience" toward
the Jews, which was an
aftermath of the holocaust,
is "fizzling out" — even in
Germany itself. ,
This is the backdrop,
against which the fact that
Israel's current policies are
not supported by many of the
Western states wiil be an
added contributory cause of
"the end of the honeymoon."
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