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VOL 57   NO. 6
FEBRUARY 8,1979-SHEVAT11
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Schindler Warns
About Khoumeini
NEWPORT BEACH,
Calif., (JTA(-The threat of
a Moslem "holy war"
against the United States
and Israel by the Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khoumeini in his
drive to seize power in Iran
underscores the identity of
interest between Washington
and Jerusalem in the Middle
East, Rabbi Alexander M.
Schindler, president of the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations (UAHC), said
here last night. Addressing
600 delegates to UAHC's
Pacific Southwest regional
convention, Schindler said:
"The essential role which
Israel plays in the defense of
American strategic interests
in this inflammable part of
the world is underscored by
Khoumeini. latest statement. It is time for the White
House to recognize publicly
that stability in the Middle
East lies not in one-man
dictatorships, but-in democratic governments. It is
time for the White House-to
act on the' premise that
Israel's strength and
security must be the highest
goal of American policy in
the Middle East, not only
because our ally Israel needs
it but because our country's
Begin's Former Advisor Warns
Against Autonomy Plan
~ Standing with Ms. Linda Kalette, musical director of
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" are from left to
right: Andy Cohodes, Jon Feibel, Pan Swedlow, Carie
Monsonoff, and Ronni Oaklander.
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly"
Feature Of Women's Division Luncheon
security Teqiiire-it
Schindler said Jie was
"deeply-disturbed" by the
danger that a Khoumeini
government might turn into
a supplier of weapons to the
Palestine Liberation Organization. He noted that Iran
possesses 78 top-secret F-14s
along with Phoenix missiles,,
advance electronic systems
and other weapons, part of
the $8 billion worth of arms
'sold.to the Shah by the U.S.
in recent years.
"If "Khoumeini establishes
his   'Islamic   republic,'   "
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A dramatic presentation
entitled "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" will be featured at the Women's Divi-
sioniuncheon which wiU be
held on Mon., Feb. 19,11:30
at Temple Israel, 5419 E.
Broad St.
The; dramatic presentation, produced and directed
Ohio State University, and
then assisted in the research
with Doctor Marc Raphael in
his soon, to be published
book, "Jews and Judaism in
a Midwest Community."
The cast of characters in
the production "I Never Saw
Another Butterfly" are five
youngsters in the Columbus
--^4,y«Ric^a_etifcr_irector«Df "Jew
the Greater Columbus Arts
Council, depict, poetry and'
stories written bychildren in
the Terezin Concentration
Camp in 1945. Working as the
musical director with Wanetik is Linda Kalette.
Ms. Kalette is employed at
the Ohio Historical Society,
and serves as co-advisor of
Congregation Beth Tikvah's
Youth group. She is also the
"Cantor" at Congregation
Beth Shalom. A native of
Syracuse, New York, Ms.
Kalette graduated with a degree in Judaic Studies from
Simon Handler Chosen "Man
Of The Year" By Beth Jacob
Mr. Jack Weisman, President of the Beth Jacob Brotherhood announced that Mr.
Simon Handler well known
member of the Jewish community, and founder of the
Simon Handler Compressed
Steel Corporation, a great
supporter of Torah, Yeshi-
vot,i and Jewish organizations   was   unanimously
tury'V
Rabbi David Stavsky said,
"We are honored indeed in
having Mr. Simon Handler.
as this year's recipient of the
coveted award. He is a true
Torah Jew, who, without
seeking honor, glory, or
thanks has extended himself
to his fellow Jews in our
.community. His devotion to
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chosen as the recipient of tttexJCorah institutions is exem-
Beth   Jacob   Brotherhood   plary indeed. As the patri-
"Man of the Year" award.
Mr. Bernard Hirsch, President of the Congregation
said, "Mr. Handler life long
resident of Columbus, Ohio,
has been in the forefront of
all Torah related institutions. He is a "baal Tzeda-
kah" of the first rank, and
has been a dear and devoted
friend of the Beth Jacob Congregation for over half acen-
arch of one of the most prestigious familes in our community, he is the model of
authentic Jewish life not
only to his children and
grandchildren, but to rabbis
and students of Torah as
well."   ■
This is the seventeenth Annual Concert sponsored by
the Beth Jacob Brotherhood.
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elude Pamela Swedlow,
daughter.of Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Swedlow, a student
at the Columbus School for
Girls. Pam has studied acting for several years. She
has participated in productions for the Players Theatre
and Gallery Players of the <
JewishCenter.
Jon Feibel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jaihes Feibel, is a
fourth grade student at Columbus Academy -and a
member of Beth Sholom Religious School. Ronni Oaklander, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Oaklander, is an
8(h grade student at Yorlr-
town Jr. High. She has participated in Gallery Players'
production of "The Dybuk"
at the JewishCenter.
Carrie Monsonoff, daughter of Mrs. Carol Monsonoff,
is a 10th grade student at
Walnut Ridge High and
has performed in a number
of school productions. Andy
Cohodes, son of Mrs. Sharon
Cohodes, is an 8th grade student at Bexley Jr. High
School and a student at Temple Israel Religious School.
Guest speaker at the
luncheon will be Marilyn
Brown, a national co-chairwoman of the United Jewish
Appeal, Women's Division.
Mrs. Brown will discuss the
needs of Israel and of the
1979 United Jewish Fund
' Campaign.
Women in the community
desiring to attend this luncheon may-telephone their re>
' servations to the federation
5 Office; 237-7686,   , <    ,
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
The" first serious .public
attack from within -Likud'
ranks on Premier Man-
achem Begin's self-rule plan
for the West Bank and Gaza
Strip was launched by the
Premier's former advisor on
Arab affairs, Dr. -Moshe
Sharon, who resigned from
his post last week: In an
interview - published in
Maariv; Sharon contended
that autonomy would establish the basis for a future
Palestinian state and would
promote ' defection '■ among
Israel's half million Arab
citizens.      m v
At the same time, he
flayed the government for
failure to alleviate the "feelings of frustration, discrimination and alienation ."
among Israeli Arabs, especially the educated youth.
Sharon, who comes from an
old established Sephardic
family in Haifa and was a
history scholar at the
Hebrew University, was
appointed Arab affairs
advisor by Begin, shortly
after the Likud government
"took- office in" 1977. His
political outlook is hawkish
although he has eschewed
extremist views.
According to Sharon,
"Autonomy is a very danger-
our thing for Israel. It is
likely to bring down diaster
upon us. I have no doubt that
this is the kernel of a Palestinian state which Israel is in
effect helping to create," he
told Maariv. He complained
that "the Premier never
asked my opinion on the subject. Even more serious, he
never asked my opinion
regarding what effect the
autonomy scheme would
have oh Israel's Arabs."
Sharon said he is convinced with "the most
certainty, beyond any
shadow of doubt (that) if the
autonomy should -arise,
„ extremist tendencies will develop among Israel's Arabs.
. . They are concentrated in
the areas bordering the
autonomy (zones) ... I see
as a likelihood the formation
of an Arab political party
that will demand that the
Israeli Arabs and their areas'
of residence be attached to
the autonomy" zone.
According to Sharon's
scenario, Israeli Jews of
extreme dbveish views^
would join such an Arab
party and its natural focal
point would be the Egyptian
Ambassador to Israel—
under the terms of a peace
-treaty. The separatist
demands, in effect a return
to the "partition plan" lines -
of 1947, would become an
international issue-'and the
pressure on Israel would
steadily grow.
Gap Between Jewish,
Arab Citizens
Sharon   accused    the
government of promoting a
"vast gap" between Israel's
Jewish and Arab citizens. He
singled out the inadequacy of
educational facilities in Afab
population centers which, he
said, were short more than"
2000 clasrooms and burdened by an antiquated
curriculum which did not
give a fair chance to those'
Arab youths capable of advancing to the universities.
Sharon said there was no
use in avoiding the fact that
even young Arab intellectuals who are law-abiding
citizens are hostile to Israel
and will remain so. It is
pointless to "run away from
the reality" and unrealistic
to expect that the sympathies of the Arab minority
will change, he said.
"But we must, have control, or at least influence,
over its readiness to live as
law   abiding   citizens.   A
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In this day and age, there
are few miracles, but for the
Young Women's Division of
the United Jewish Fund,
"The Miracle Is You".
We hope you will let us
show you exactly why you
are a miracle to us on
Thurs,, Feb. 15th at the Governor's Mansion. It is on that
at 12:30 and then serve you
an   educational   afternoon
featuring Elaine Dubow.
- Dubow. .a founding member of an international actf-
Crackdown On Neo-Nazis In Germany
BONN,    (JTA)—Twelve, ^republic" and said German
persons have been arrested\ Jews should be deprived of
-itf-the- past -week- and Ytheircitizenship-and placed•
weapons •. and   literature--- under "guest law" requiring
seized in a police crackdown    them to behave as guests.
Former Lt. Michael
Kuehnan, 23, told the court
last week that his aim was to
have the constitutional ban
on the Nazi Party lifted or to
reestablish it under a new
name. He and a 21-year-old
student, Friedhelm Puetz-
mann, are charged with
spreading Nazi propaganda,
inciting racial hatred and
glorifying v violence.
Kuehnen, who was discharged from the army in
1977 for his extremist views,
said the Nazi propaganda
found on him had come
mainly from the United
States.  -
Meanwhile, West German
Justice Minister Hans-
Joachim Vogel said today he
thought it probable that the'
law would be changed to
allow continued prosecution
of Nazi war criminals after
the present time limit expires in December. He said
in a radio interview that
there had been a shift in
public opinion - towards
abolishing - the statute of
limitations. This was promp-
" ted, he observed, by the
screening last month of the
American NBC-TV series.
"Holocaust." .
According to press
reports, a record 15 million
viewed the last part of the
four-part series, with 41-
percent of the viewing public
tuned in. This was up from 32
percent, or 11'' million
viewers, who watched the"
first installment.      \"
on a neo-Nazi gang in central
West Germany. The
suspects were arrested in
raids on their homes in five
towns. Prosecutor Hermann
Weichert said the 26-year-old
gang leader, whose identity
was not disclosed, is in jail.
The others were released.
All the "Suspects face
charges of criminal conspiracy and advocating
illegal neo-Nazi activities,
Weichert said. He said that
five submachine guns, an
automatic rifle, pistols, ammunition and more than 15
pounds of plastic explosives
were confiscated in the
raids.
In a development related
to neo-Nazism, a former
army officer being tried on
neo-Nazi charges described
West Germany as a "Jewish
"The Miracle Is You"
vist organization for the
struggle of Soviet Jews, is
expected to speak to a full
house for this main event of
the year. The entire Young
' Women's community is cordially invited and welcome.
The pleasure of your reply
is requested by Feb. 5th to
day that the Young Women's. Rochelle   Topolosky   (252
Division will serve you lunch   2828) or Randy Handler (237
2080). There is no minimum
contribution required for
this special event, only a
$2.50 cover charge for the
luncheon.'
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