Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-03-17

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MARCH 17. 1977-ADAR 27
Follow The Law, But Don't Bus
NEW YORK (WNS) - Jewish organizations are
providing help to victims of the earthquake in
Rumania where the death toll is expected to go over
1500. At least 61 Jews have died in the March 4 quake,
according to Dr. Moses Rosen. Chiel Rabbi of Rumania
and president oi that country's Federation oi Jewish
Communities. .Rosen said three synagogues in',
Bucharest were badly damaged and two in Krayova.
some 130 miles southeast of Bucharest, were com¬
pletely demolished. -
WASHINGTON. (JTAI - Alter three days of
threats, tension and terror. 12 gunmen who had held
KM people hostages in the B'nai B'rith headquarters
and two other buildings in the nation's capitol released
the hostages early on March 11 after intensive
night-long negotiations. The hostages, of whom the
largest number had been held in the B'nai B'rith
building, were released un-injured alter' a meeting
between the black gunmens' leader. Hamaas Abdul
Khaalis. and three ambassadors from Moslem
countries. Simon Bernard, the B'nai B'rith public
relations director, said Jews were not singled out lor
special attention by the gunmen, even (hough the
Hartaii Moslems said repeatedly they .were anti-
Zionist.
Reactions Vary On Desegregation Issue
Hy Lauri Zofan
Chronicle' News Editor
i
"Follow the law and in¬
tegrate the schools, but don't
start forced busing" seems
to be the general consensus
of opinion in the Columbus
Jewish Community on last
week's court/ decision that
the Columbus Public Schools
are illegally segregat ed.
In a random survey done
. by the Ohio' Jewish
Chronicle, most everyone
contacted said they agreed
with   Judge    Robert    M.
> Duncan'sdecision that there
' is evidence of segregation in
the Columbus schools,
, "I hope the solution is no
worse than the disease."
commented Alvin Shames,
president of Torah
Academv.
Annual Scout Sabbath To Be Friday
Scout Sabbath, annually
sponsored by the Jewish
Committee on Scouting.
Central Ohio Council, will be
held this Friday. March IB al'
Congregation ,Ti(ereth_
Israel. 1354 E. Broad St.. rtt 8 '
p.m.
The highlight ol the
program will be1 the
presentation 61 the Ale!. Ner
Tomid and Shotar awards.-
Douglas Mendel; son of
Mr. ahd Mrs. Morris Mendel
will receive the Alet award
and Joel Rubenstein: son'of
Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel, W.
Rubenstein will receive.'' the
Ner -Tomid award. .Honored
with the'Sho'i'ar award, will'
be Mr: Fred Weiner,
scoutmaster ol .Troop, Am
sponsored by Agudas Achim
Brotherhood - and Mr.
Leonard Rood, com¬
mit leeman of ..Troop ' 5:15
sponsored by Temple Israel.
An expected lino 'lo 71)0
scouts, leaders and their
families will worship
together. Rabbi Sheldon.W.
Switkin and Cantor'Phillip
P. Wolf will conduct the
services.
Sharon Nnsenchuck. Unit
:2. daughter ol Mr. and Mrs.
Lionel Nnsenchuck, will light Dan Sulin. Troop 120. son ol
Ihe Sabbath candles. Other Mr. and Mrs Arnold Sulin:
participants in the service Alan Rosinger, Troop 120.
.will be Douglas Mendel. Cub son of Mr. and Mrs. Oe'orge
Scout Pack 334. son ol Mr. Rosinger: and Mile U'vy.
and ,Mrs, .Morris, Mendel': .Troop 120. son ol Mr. and
Richard Weiner. Troop* $15!'" Mrs?.'Jerry fjevyr " * ">
son ot Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. ' For Ihe .past ten years Bill
Weiner: Tod- Friedman. Goldsmith has - served as
Troop 41t:i. son of Mr. and chairman ol the Jewish
Mrs,   Bernard   Friedman: ' [continued on page 9)
77 Campaign Hits $2,000,000
The 1977 United Jewish
Fund Campaign has just
passed the $2,000.1)00 mark.
"With less than hall ol last
year's prospects having
.made gills this year." said
Irving Schottenstein.
' general chairman ol the 1977
United- Jewish Fund Cam¬
paign, "we have already
passed the $2.0|)0.ooo mark.
I^isl year., ou'r campaign
achievement was $2.617.794.'
"Our goal this' year is
SUKHUMI), and with , two-
thirds ol that alread\ raised.
I am conlident that we will
reach the $:5,ooiU)()i> goal il
our workers and con¬
tributors continue al the
pace that has been set." he
said.
The 1977 Campaign goal of
Si.0D0.0IM) represents the
minimum needs lor.(he over
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Dr. Howard Banchclsky.
assistant director ol the
Jewish Center, said he
Iwlieves in quality, in-
tegregated education and
would support whatever is
necessary to achieve it. His
preference would ^.be
•"maximum, education-min¬
imum busing."
In his ruling. Judge
IXincan- ordered the state
and local school boards lo
submit a plan i in less than 90
days) to desegregate schools
lx>ginning with (he I977-7K
school ' year, .Community
residents contacted by the,
Chronicle had some
suggestions tooll'er.
The most' common
suggestion is to redraw
Ixnmdaries so that the ratio
ol white and non-white
students is more equal in the
now segregated school
areas A volunteer, busing
program was another
possibility suggested.
Dr. Banchclsky thinks that
an accelerated Columbus,
Plan might work. He leels
the 'current plan, which
allows transfers providing
the racial, balance at the
schools involved is. im¬
proved/could be made more
- attractive.
A Columbus high school
teacher, who prefers lo
remain anonymous, leels the
Columbus Plan was only a
"hall-hearted ellorl" by Ihe
school board. "There wa.s no
all out elfort (by Ihe school
hoard) to meet the letter ol
Ihe law" concerning making
the schools racially
balanced, the teacher said.
Elliot Fishman. chairman
ol the Teenage Board (TABi
and an Eastmoor High
School senior.' noted that (he
Columbus Plan helped "to
integrate Eastmoor but that
"other schools are not well
integrated." He-puts the
blame on the school system.
"Most of the kids are very
opposed to busing." Fish¬
man said, .lie personally
would not like to be bused,
and he said the feeling
among   East moor's   Black
'Continuing Jewish Education
Ohio State To Offer Univ. Courses At Jewish Ctr.
The newly-created Melton
Center for Jewish Studies at
The Ohio State University, in
co-operation with the
Division '• of Continuing
Education, has announced
the establishment oi an
Institute" for Continuing
Jewish Education,. The
purposed!' the In.stitute.is to
allord the Columbus,
community at large an
opportunity to enhance its
knowledge of Jewish
language, literature, history
and philosophy,, •
The courses, which will be
based on regular University
oilerings. will take place at
sites accessible lo (he
community and will be
taught by faculty, members
of The Ohio State University.
The Melton Center lor
Jewjsh Studies, which was
established    through    a
generous gift by Mr. Samuel
Melton in the tall of 197(>. was
designed to promote the
study oi Jewish' history,
language and culture both at
The Ohio State University
and in the larger community
around it.
One of the goals specified
in the charter of the Center
was development of
educational programs for
the general public. It is as
students    is    also   agains*
busing.
Some members ol (he
community believe the real
estate business is at latill lor
Columbus' racially un-
Ixilanccd school system. "II
is foolish to biame the school
for what the real estate
system has done." said
another anonymous
Columbus school teacher.
H.ibbj David Slavsk\ ol
Belli Jacob thinks the blame*
should  tie  put  on  sociely.
(CON1INUFOON PAGE  !•
part' of this outreach
program that the Melton
Center now announces its
Institute for Continuing
Jewish Education.
Dean Arthur Adams oi the.
College of Humanities at The
Ohio State University hails
the new Institute as a
general reflection * of the
University's commitment to
enriching the intellectual lite
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 61
Making plans lor Hadassah's animal Israel
Education Services lashion show are 'scaled I lo r >
Ehuor Feidman. Su/i lloim. Lori'items, i standing I In
r, i Susanne Robins and Ethel No\ak Mrs \ovak is in
charge ol.publicilv lortheeienl and the oilier women
will be modeling in the show.
Hadassah Fashion Show Set
At Stoney Creek Country Club
Columbus Chapter of
Hadassah will sponsor its
annual Hadassah Israel
'Education Services lashion
show luncheon on Tuesday.
March 29, in, 11 :m a.m al
Stoney Creek Countrt Club
An Israeli leader recent l\
pointed out that "A country
that .must bridge an enor¬
mous fap o| close to $4-
nfillion in its . balance ot
payments' 'cannot allord
unemployment." Nor can
Israel ailord •'I'nem-
ployahlos'." and'to this end
Ihe Ha'dassah , Israel
Education Services.! con¬
tinues to make a major
contribution.
Advanced-level lashion
students devoted a lull year
lo creating and making the
22 sensational-looking suits,
coals, dresses and -gowns
that convey the message
that Hadassah is still the
label lor the very best career
education. The show rellects
Ihe high quality ol lashion.
as well as technical' and
scientific programs, that
motivate' some l.Olio young
men and women toward
Hadassah for career
preparation in industries
Israel must develop lo
bridge her present trade gap
and balance of payments
Proceeds Irom the
■Hadassah' fashion'show go,
toward meeting Hadassah's
one million-dollar-a-year
commitment to a pace-
setting network consisting ol
the high school as well as the
Hadassah     Community'
College and Hadassah
Vocational Ctiid.-incc In-
slitute .,
In addition lo Ihe Israeli
lashions. Holula\ Boutique
will present lashions on the
American scone
Modeling (he man\
dashing career girl and
luxurious lashions will- be
Wciidj, Derrow. Lori Benis.
Susanne Rolens. Theresa
' Kaplan. Pegg\ M.nbruck
Brenda Daudorl. llarrielte
.CON'lNUFD ON l>Af,F »•
Campaign To Stifle
Dissent Rapped By
4 Zionist Groups
NEW YORK. 'JTA' -
Four Zionist organizations
have scored the recent
"campaign launched within
the Jewish communiU to
stifle il not destroy open
discussion."
They expressed concern
that the campaign, whose
immediate target is Breira.
"is only a prologue to a more
concerted move to slide all
dissent, all disputation and
all legitimate dillerences in
the Jewish and Zionist
community which seek to
lormulate liable ways to
achieve peace in Ihe Middle
East."''
The lour organizations
which signed a statement on
"The Right to Dissent" are
the Socialist 'Zionist I'nion.
•Hashomer       Hat/.air,
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