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VOL. 55 NO. 25
JUNE 23,1977 - TAMMUZ 7
Supreme Ct. Ruling
Paves Way For
Nazi March In III.
CHICAGO (WNS) - A 5-4
ruling by the United State
Supreme Court has paved
the way for a planned July 4
.march by National Socialist
Party, a neo-Nazi group,
through Skokie, a heavily
Jewish-populated suburb of
Chicago.
Raymond Epstein,
chairman of the Public
Affairs Committee of the
Jewish United Fund of
Metropolitan Chicago, said
"We respect the Supreme
Court decision and have
always supported the con¬
stitutional rights of, free
speech and assembly" but
"we regret" the court's
ruling. The ruling reversed a
May 25 order of the Illinois
Supreme Court refusing to
lift, pending appeal, a lower
court injunction forbidding
the Nazi group, which has
headquarters in Skokie,
from- holding 'demon¬
strations.
Epstein noted that "the
fact that these self-
acknowledged Naxis have
chosen a .predominantly
Jewish area in which to
.demonstrate, and promote,
their vicious $nd. .un-
American program of-group
and racial hatred is clear
evidence of their desire to
provoke dissension.' and
confrontation..
"The U.S. Supreme Court
decision sent the issue back
to the Illinois high court for
"further proceedings." The
effect of the U.S. Supreme
Court's ruling was to permit
the Nazi March.
Dry Bones
CIA Never Employed Sharansky
According To President Carter
Reprinted with' permission from The Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Charges by Soviet
authorities that Anatoly
Sharansky, a leading
Moscow Jewish activist,
worked for the Central In-
telligence. Agency were
strongly denied by President
Carter June 13. He told; a
news conference he had
"double checked" with both
the CIA and the State
Department and was
assured that Sharansky had
never worked for the United
States.
Carter   volunteered   his
statement   when   he   was
asked if he had planned to
meet   Sharansky's   wife,
' Natalya,    who    was    in
Washington seeking help for
her husband who has been
charged with treason, a
capital offense in the USSR.
He said he has no plans to
meet her.
Sharansky,' who has been
denied an exit permit since
1973, was arrested March 15
while talking to two
American correspondents.-
The 29-year-old computer
specialist is a member of a
group monitoring the Soviet
compliance with the human
rights provisions of the
Helsinki accord and
frequently briefed Western
correspondents because of
his fluency in English. He
and   his   fellow   activist
It's A'Treat' To Mow The Lawn
Exchange Student Compares U.S. With Brazil
By Lauri Zofan
Chronicle News Editor
Something as common as
mowing the lawn has been a
"'.'treat','- 'for -a Brazilian -
exchange student who has
been living with a Berwick
family. It's a "treat" for him
because the typical
Brazilian, family has maids
and other-paid help to do the
household chores.  ,
The exchange student, 15-
year-old Milton Botler, has
been residing with Dr. and
Mrs. Richard A. Ginsburg
and family (of 2530 Schaaf
Dr.)    since   the   end   of
Lt. Governor Richard Celeste
To Speak At Community Rally
Richard F. Celeste,
lieutenant governor of Ohio,
will be the keynote speaker
at a community rally on
Sunday, July 3, at 2 p.m. on
the front lawn of the
Columbus Jewish Center.
J. ■ Maynard Kaplan,
chairman of the Community
Relations Committee of Ihe
Columbus Jewish,
Federation, in making the
announcement     said,
Richard F. Celeste
"Lieutenant Governor
Celeste has been one of the
outstanding younger public
leaders in the State of Ohio,
and we are proud that he will
be our speaker when the
Jewish community
celebrates Independence
Day, alorig with" the com¬
memoration of the daring
rescue pf the ' Israeli
hostages • a year ago at
Entebbe by the Israeli
defense forces. Mr. Celeste
will be joined by a prominent
Israeli military leader."
The rally will be sponsored
by the Community Relations
Committee of the Columbus
-Jewish Federation, the
Columbus Jewish Center and
the member organizations of.
the Council of Organizations
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation. The Columbus
Jewish Center will be
making all of its facilities -
including the outdoor
swimming pools - open to the
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January. Milt comes from
Recife, a port city of three
million people in northern'
Brazil.
In.a interview with the ■
- Ohio Jewish Chronicle,"Milt'.
noted that "It's a real dif¬
ferent experience living with
an American family." Aside
from having servants,
Brazilians lead a different
way of life than' Americans
in that their political and
school structures differ
greatly.
Miles, the Ginsburg's 18-
year-old son, said that the
experience of having a
Brazilian brother has opened
his eyes up to "a different
way of thinking about our
country." He realized that
most Americans- take for
granted all; the freedom
allowed-'in the United States.
Brazil lives under Mar¬
shall Law where citizens are
not allowed to speak out
against, the ' government.,
Jane Ginsburg, Milt's 16-
year-old American, sister,
said Milt.was at first
shocked that people were
allowed to publicly criticize,
President Carter.
Those'that can afford it
attend private..school in
. Brazil because of the poor
quality of public education,
Milt said. He attends a
Jewish day school with 400
students-(approximately ten
of the students are gentiles).
Teachers . in the public
schools are paid poorly and
do not have to be university
trained, thus accounting for
the poor quality of the public
schools,
Mrs. Ginsburg, who is a
teacher at Scottwood
Elementary School, said
that in Milt's school "they
have no frills, it's strictly a"
college oriented academic
Milton Botler, a Brazilian exchange student, is
shown above with his American family, the Richard
Ginsburgs. They are (left to right) Miles, Dr. Gin¬
sberg, Milt, Mrs. Ginsburg and Jane. Milt said the
experience of living with an American family offered
him the opportunity to learn from and gain ideas from
everyone in the house.
kind of school,"' with no
electives such as art and
music. Therefore Milt, who
attended ' Columbus
Academy, took advantage of
the American system and
participated in an art
course. One of his paintings
is currently on exhibit at the
school.' He also was on
Academy's soccer team this
past spring.
"I can tell that.it is harder
. . . high school in Brazil,"
commented Milt. Students
there take nine academic
courses during a five-day, 1
to 5:30 p.m. school week.
Milt also pointed out that
students can't repeat just
one course. If they fail
something, they must repeat
the entire school year over
again, he said.
After visiting Scottwood
School with his American
mother, Milt noted that it is a
Vladimir Slepak were ac¬
cused in an Izvestia article
earlier this year of working
for the CIA
. Carter's statement came,
two days before the 35
signatories to the. Helsinki
agreement opened meetings
in Belgrade in which the
accord was to be assessed.
' Meanwhile the KGB had
seized June 11, Robert C.
Toth, chief of the Moscow
bureau of the Los Angles
Times who was scheduled to
leave Moscow soon. Toth
was first questioned on
charges of receiving illegal
documents and then later
about Sharansky.
Finally on June 16 he was
told he could leave Moscow.
Both Carter and the State
Department protested the
KGB questioning of Toth.
All this occurred as the
National Conference'" on
Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) ended ■
its Solidarity with Soviet
Jewry Month with a rally in
Washington followed by its
annual two-day - leadership
■conference."     "    "" .' '"
At the rally.attended by
some 3000 persons in Con¬
stitution Hall, Margaret
Costanza, an assistant to
President Carter, said that
while the Administration
wants detente with the
Soviet Union it will not
abandon the struggle for
human rights.
"Let me assure you," she
said, "that we will seek
every productive way to
promote the cause of human
rights here ahd abroad, that
we will strive to make our
efforts consistent, non¬
discriminatory and ef¬
fective, that in our relations
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Alvin Shames To Head
Trades And Professions
Alvin Shames has been
appointed chairman of the
Trades and Professions
Division of the 1978 United
Jewish Fund Campaign, it
was announced today by
Ernest Stern, president of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation. Shames served
as associate chairman of the
Trades and Professions
Division in the 1977 cam¬
paign and has-been involved
in former years as a Section
chairman.
In making the ap¬
pointment, Stern said, "The
Columbus Jewish
Federation is most fortunate
that Al Shames, who has
been so actively involved in
leadership roles in all areas
Alvin Shames
of Jewish communal life,
will be chairing the Trades
and Professions Division in
next year's campaign.''
Shames  .serves   as   a
member of the. Board o£
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