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VOL. 55 NO. 14
APRIL 7.1»77-NISAN 19.5737
House Committee
Attempts To Soften
Anti-Boycott Bill
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
A "compromise" measure
softening the anti-boycott
legislation was adopted by a
voice vote in the House In¬
ternational Relations
Committee March 31, The
measure, dealing', with
"unilateral selection" was
sought by business interests
and endorsed by the White
House.
It allows boycotting
countries to select goods and
components as vvell as sub¬
contractors as long as they,
do not say the selection has a'
boycott purpose The .Senate
Banking Committee has
postponed action on the
"unilateral selection ','    [ ,
The House version places
the burden on the company
to determine whether the
request constitutes' a boy¬
cotting purpose. The Senate
version provides for the boy¬
cotting company to, select
specific .products such as
tires on a tractor but not
components ' such as pthe
tractor's valves,.
' In presenting', the . sub¬
stitute language for the
informat^"gi5oup^,df'*l five
Congressmen who worked it
out. Rep. Lee. Hamilton j D.
Ihd,).,')chairman , of the
commjttee's Middle East
subcommittee, said it was
"a workable compromise"
that resulted from intensive
discussions with the White
House and the Department
of State and Commerce.
I U.N. Security Council Adjourns
Debate: Egyptian Defeat Claimed
One of the documentaries to be used for Holocaust
Program at Beth Jacob Synagogue on April If is shown
above. It depicts a favorite German occupation, to cut
or pluck the beard and sidelocks of Orthodox Jews in
public before a jeering crowd.
H\ Yitzhak Itabi
UNITED NATIONS.
(JTA) — Chaim Herzog.
Israel's Ambassador to the
United Nations, said March
.10 that the adjournment of
the Security Council's
Middle .East debate was "a
defeat" for the • Egyptians
who   initiated   the   debate
Holocaust Program On Tap This Monday Night
"We join synagogues and
communities across the
country during this week to
commemorate the mar¬
tyrdom of our brethren who
died in the Nazi Holocaust
that took place during the
Second World War," .ac¬
cording to Mr. 'Ben' Grin¬
blatt. chairman ,of the 14th*
Annual Holocaust' Program
at the Beth Jacob Synagogue
on Monday, April 11.
"We are priviliged to have
this year as our guest
speaker, the famed* .Nazi
hunter."Mr, Tuyia.li Fried-
man'.who helped track down
Adolph ' .Eictfmann,'''-' 'he
added. .
Mr." ,Bernard "Hirsch,
president of the Congrega¬
tion said that a special
documentary display of the
Nazi Holocaust will be
featured for the first time.
The photos are reproduc¬
tions of the ' brutal' events
that took place between 1943
Center Appoints New Director
~ The Columbus Jewish
Center has announced the
appointment . of Barton
Scha'chter. 'currently ,
assistant director of the
Denver Jewish Community
Center, as director of the
Center. s
He will' succeed Mayer
Rosenfeld. who is retiring
after 28 years of service to
the Center and the'Colu'mbus
community. '   .
Dr.' James Tennehbaum,
president of the Center, said
that Schachter's appoint¬
ment followed an intensive
nationwide search for a new
director,
"We are delighted to have
been able to bring to Colum¬
bus a director with a broad
and varied background in all
aspects of Center activities,
a director uniquely qualified
to continue our outstanding
ongoing prdgrarns while
dealing with the challenges
we face in upgrading our
physical plant," said Dr.
Tennenbaum,
A  native of , Pittsburgh,'
Pa,,    the    35-yea'f-old
Schachter holds bachelor's
Barton Schachter
and an appropriate Psalm
will conclude the program
which will be read by Mr.
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to 1945 and has been made
available to the, Synagogue
In addition, the special art
work of Mrs. Anna Weinrib,
a survivor ol the Holocaust
will be featured. Mrs.
Weinrib, a very talented
artist, has made numerous
paintings during' the, past
years for this memorable
occasion.
According, to Mr. Grin-
,blatt,, the program will in¬
clude the lighting of six
memorial .candles, by
children of the survivors of
the   Nazi \, concentration
wmps.^reetin^^ it was announced
by   Mr.   Sanford
which opened hereon March
M. The Council adjourned
indefinitely without adopting
any resolutions or making
any other decisions
Diplomatic sources here
said that the Egyptians, who
wanted Jhe Council (o
declare its support for Ihe
participation of the
Palestine Liberation
Organization in the Geneva
talks, agreed to a post¬
ponement ol the debate
'Without a da}e. lor- recon-*
■ veiling when they realized
that they faced an American
veto  and  were  unable  to
Attorney General Bill Brown
To Keynote 'Solidarity' Event
\Villiam J. Brown, at¬
torney general of the State of
Ohio., will be the featured
speaker at the "Solidarity
Program," which will close
the 197? United Jewish Fund
* tended
Timen, president, of -.the
Brotherhood, Mr. Bernard
Hirsch, president of the Con¬
gregation and Mr. Maynard
Kaplan, president of the
Community Relations
Council of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
A special reading of "Babi
Yaar" will be presented by
Mr. Harold Eisenstein,
director of, the Cultural
Activities of the Jewish Cen¬
ter.
Mr; Friedman will be in¬
troduced by Rabbi David
Stavsky and the memorial
prayer will be chanted by
Cantor Herman Blonder,
The Kaddish in unison will
be led by Mr, Abe Weinrib
today by Millard Cummins,
chairman- of the campaign *
closing program
"Attorney General Brown
has recently, returned Irom
his first trip to Israel." said
Mr. Cummins, "where he
was a guest of the Israeli
government. His en¬
thusiastic and positive con¬
cern for the future of Israel,
and his conviction that Israel
is a viable and solvent
country, will help provide
the effective note desired at
our campaign closing.''
The program, which .is
scheduled for Sunday. April
17 at 4 p.m. a( Beth Jacob
Congregation — following
the Community Walk-A-
Thon — will feature reports
Attorney General
- William J. Brown
of the achievement of the
1977 United Jewish Fund
Campaign, and will include
participants in the activities
of the agencies financed by
the United Jewish " Fund
Campaign.
"It is our hope." said Mr,
Cummins, "that the Jewish
community will rally to,the
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guarantee I ho necessary
nine votes to pass a
resolution in the Council In
addition lo American op¬
position. Syria and Libya
relused to support the
Egyptian resolution because
it was "loo moderate*' in
their view
Some observers said it was
unlikely that Ihe debate
would be resumed at a later
dale. ".The United States
look a very tough position
during the debate and it
seems unlikely that Egypt
will want to face strong
American opposition again
on this issue," one observer
noted.
Herzog said'that Egypt's
plan al the Council "com¬
pletely misfired and on the
-eve of Passover.. Israel
administered another Pass¬
over plague against the
Egyptians."
Sources here also said that
the Kgyptians'backed ofl in
order to avoid a conflict w\th
the United Stales on Ihe «}ve
of Rres,idcjil Anwar,Sadat's
visit to Washington lor talks
wilh President-Carter.
The Uniled Stales made if
clear that the Egyptian re¬
solution was not acceptable
to her. Egypt. Ihercfore. had
to agree for a postponement
of the debate, avoiding, an
American veto that would
have created a "negative
effect on the Carter-Sadat
- discussions.
Addressing' the Council
prior to its adjournment.
Herzog challenged the
Jordanian delegate, who
said earlier that Jews were
not driven out of Arab
countries. to> meet with the
representatives of the
Jewish-Arab refugees "who
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Columbus Tzedakah Collective
An Alternative Exists To Organized Fund Raising
and master's degrees in
social work from the
University of Pittsburgh.
From 1961 to 1969 he was on
the staff of'the .Pittsburgh
Jewish Community Center,
from 1969 to 1972 he was
assistant director and
director,of camping for the
Atlanta Jewish, Community
Center, and in 1972 he.
assumed his present position"
in Denver. ,   .'
Schachter is married .to'
the former Linda Snow of
Pittsburgh and they have
one son, Jamie, two.
By Lauri Zofan
Chronicle News Editor
(Editor's Note:' Material lor this
article was obtained through an Inter¬
view with a member ol the Columbus
Tzedakah Collective. I
The Columbus Tzedakah
Collective is .not a religious
type commune or a new
youth movement: it is a
small, but active fund
raising group. "    ,
Established three years
ago. the Collective ' was
organized by a group of five
or six residents of the Jewish
community who were
dissatisfied. with large,
bureaucratic organizations,
The group, which has
increased (through word of
mouth) to approximately 25
members, pools their
charitable contributions and
collectively decides where to
donate the money. "It is an
attempt to have everybody
involved," according to a
representative of the group.
The Collective was given
its impetus'during the after*
math of the 1973 Yom Kippur
War in Israel. Several of the
founders sensed that an im¬
balance existed at that time,
they were upset by the fact
-that all other Jewish needs
played a back seat to the
needs of Israel.
A wide variety of causes
are supported, usually
smaller, less well known pro¬
jects which would not other¬
wise get funding. In deciding
where the money should go,
members of the Collective do
research on the project they
are considering. One major
question always raised is
"What are the Jewish values
of the group which needs
money?" j
Members of the Collective
fall into two. categories;
those who never give to the
Columbus Jewish
Federation and those who
donate both to, the
Federation .and the
Collective. The group feels it
is not a threat to- the
established Federation
because the Collective ap¬
peals to only a certain sector
of the cpmmunity and thus
will remain small in num¬
bers.
This loosely structured,
egalitarian group has no
paid employees and no for¬
mal leaders. Members are
not pressured to increase
their donation from year to
year, nor are funded groups
asked to account for how
they spend their allotment.
In addition to. organiza¬
tional differences, members
of the Collective also see a
socio-economic difference
between themselves and
members of the Federation.
"Federation   leadership  js
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