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VOL.57 NO. 18
MAY 3,1979-1YAR 6
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House Adopts
Two Amendments
Against The PLO
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
The House of Representatives took two steps against
the Palestine Liberation Organization Apr. 24, one barring any member of the PLO
from entering the country
and the other reducing the
U.S. contribution to the
United Nations by the cost of
the U.S. share of two PLO
propaganda units. Both
steps were amendments to
the bill authorizing money
for the State Department
which was approved by the
House and sent to the Senate
for action. No debate was
held on the amendment by
Rep. Lester Wolff (D. N.Y.)
to cut the U.S. contribution
to thecost of the UN Special
Unit on Palestinian Rights
and the Committee on the
Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian
People which is estimated tb
total $150,000. Wolff stressed
he would not advocate cutting funds for a UN program
just because he disagreed
with it, but having such a
group "which regularly
takes credit for terrorist vio-.
lence against civilians repre-
sented'in a. body whose aim
is the peaceful solution of
conflicts is outrageous."
Reps. -Stephen Solarz (D,
N.Y.) and Edward Derwin-
ski (R. 111.) sponsored the
resolution barring entry to
PLO members following
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance's approval of a visa to
Shafik AI-Hout, chief of the
PLO's Beirut office. Al-Hout,
who was on a three-week lecture tour, cut his visit short
and returned to Beirut.
Russians Refuse To Give
Congressmen Formal
Assurances on Emigration
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Members of a 19-member
Congressional delegation
which visited the Soviet
Union recently said here that
the Russians refused to give
"formal assurances" that
they would relax their emigration policy. Rep John
Brademas (D. Ind.), the
House Majority Whip who
led the delegation, said that
when Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko was asked
for such assurances, the
1 Soviet official .replied that
between 1970 and^Apr. l of
this year 98.4 percent of
those who asked for emigration visas were allowed to
leave, a percentage that is
rejected by Soviet Jewry
sources in the U.S. But
Brademas said Gromyko
seemed to be saying that
"we can't agree on linkage
but we are letting more peo-
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Israel, Egypt Exchange Peace
latification Documents In Sinai
Youth Division Chairmen Steve Friedman and Arlyn
Goodman (1. to r.) are shown above receiving their
awards for a job well done from General Campaign
Chairman Bernard K. Yenkin. The presentations took
place at the United Jewish Fund Campaign dinner held
Apr. 25.
General Chairman B. K. Yenkin
Declares "Rededication"
At a well-attended United
Jewish Fund Campaign
I dinner held Wed., Apr. 25, at
the Winding Hollow Country
Club, General Chairman
Bernard ' K. Yenkin announced that as a result of
the hard work and dedication of hundreds of solicitors,'
the 1979 UJF Campaign wi}l
reach , the unprecedented-
achievement of 3,008,000.
Mr. Yenkin added that this
preliminary figure represents the highest peace-time
campaign achievement in
the history of the Federation.
With intensive continuing
soliciting in the next few
weeks, said Mr. Yenkin, the
final campaign total can be
even higher. On behalf of all
campaign leaders and
workers, Mr. Yenkin"
pledged, "We are going to
push that figure higher and
higher. Not for the sake of
having a higher total, but for
the sake of having a better
community. Not to make our
figure look good, but to enable our agencies to serve
the community better."
The next 30 days, Mr.
Yenkin stated, will be a
month of "Rededication" for
the purpose of completing all
unsolicited cards at the best
possible level and develop
new prospects who may not
yet be on the campaign lists.
Division Chairmen who received special awards that
evening were: Bernard K.
Yenkin, General Chairman;
Jack L. Wallick, Advance
Gifts Chairman; Julius Margulies, Trades and Professions Chairman; Joyce L.,
Zacks, Women's Division
Chairman; Bette Robins,
Young Women's Chairman;
Donald E. Garlikov, Young
Men's Chairman; Debbie
Kalman, College Division
Chairman; and Arlyn Goodman and Steve Friedman,
Youth Division Chairman.
Featured before,the dinner
was a special repeat per
formance of "... I Never
Saw Another Butterfly... ", the story of the
children in the concentration
camp of Terezin. The program was produced and di-
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Release By Soviet
Of Activists Is
Cause For Rejoicing
Editors Note: The following letter was
received by the Community Relations-
Committee of the Columbus Jewish
Federation from Lieutenant Governor
George V. Voinovich on the occasion of
the unexpected release of several
activists by the Soviet Union.
April 30,1979-
Community Relations
Committee
ATTN: Merom Brachman
Columbus Jewish Federation
To The Columbus Community:
The release by the Soviets
of long-imprisoned activists
including Hillel Butman, and
his joyous arrival in Israel
with the other Soviet Jewish
Citizens, is truly cause for
rejoicing among all Americans who have continuously
joined in speaking out publicly against the denial of
human rights in Russia and
Eastern Europe.    ,
It was my privilege to
chair the Columbus meeting,
at the Governor's Mansion,
at which the wife of Hillel
Butman gave her eloquent
statement highlighting the
Women's Plea for Human
Rights for Soviet Jewry in
which we were joined by
clergy of all major denominations and by leaders from
different walks of life.
After many years of participating in Lawyers' Committees to help free oppressed Jewry in the Soviet
Union, and having come to
your meeting as my first
public| occasion after being
elected Lieutenant Goy-
ernor, I can only' add,my
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JERUSALEM (WNS)-Is-
rael and Egypt became officially at peace Apr. 25 when
the two countries exchanged
the documents ratifying the
-peace treaty at a ceremony
at the U.S.-monitoring facility at Umm Hashiba in the
Sinai. The exchange of the
documents was delayed for
almost three hours after the
ceremony had started over a
last minute hitch. Both
Eliahu Ben-EJissar, director
general of Premier Menachem Begin's Office, and the
senior Egyptian delegate,
Saad Afra, had to check with
- their respective capitals to
iron out the dispute. Israeli
officials said the delay was
caused by changes in the
Egyptian wording on a letter
dealing with autonomy for
the West Bank and Gaza
Strip which accompanied the
peace treaty. The Egyptian
letter dropped the word "inhabitants" when speaking of
autonomy for the two areas.
Israel's , position ' is that
autonomy will be granted to
the residents of the area, not
.,to the areas as such. The two
sides agreed that an additional letter will be issued
which states that neither
side will stray from the precise language of the treaty
signed in Washington.
The ceremony was brief
and impressive as Israeli
and Egyptian honor guards
stood side by side for the
first time as the Egyptian
-and Israeli flap, along with
' those of the United States
and United Nations, were
raised. Speaking for Egypt,
Afra said the treaty would be
"an important step in the
search for a comprehensive
peace in the area and for the
attainment of the settlement
of tbe Arab-Israeli conflict in
all its aspects." He said
Egypt was certain the process begun -by the peace
treaty "will create a
momentum essential for the
achievement of the global
peace we all aspire for."
Ben-Elissar said Israel saw
the peace treaty as a first
step "toward the compre-;
hensive peace we are deter^
mined to pursue and, in
God's good time, • to. conclude . .. With this, the
treaty of peace comes into
force. Let us thank God for
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Don Erkis Receives The
"Life With Dignity" Award
Don Eriks became the second recipient of the Eleanor
and Jack Resler Life With
Dignity Award.
The presentation was
made by Mrs. Jack Resler at
the 17th Annual Meeting of
Heritage House on Sun., Apr.
22nd.
Mrs. Resler stated that for
over 27 years Don Erkis has
been commited to insuring
that every Resident lives a
"Life With Dignity" at Heritage House. His years of
service WtheJewish elderly
of Columbus began with the
founding of the Columbus
Jewish Home for the Aged on
Woodland Ave.
Mr. Erkis has served on
the Board of Trustees as Associate Treasurer, Treasurer, Secretary and Vice
President and has been a
member of every important
Committee of the Board.
His Chairmanship of the
House Committee, which
overseas the Home's depart-'
Don Erkis -
ments. of Housekeeping,
Laundry, Dietary, Building
Maintenance and Grounds
has insured that the Residents live in a Home that is
environmentally safe, physically supportive and emotionally secure.
Mrs. Resler told the community that Don Erkis believes that difficult tasks can
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Youth And Adults Join Millions In
Walking The "Road to Renewal"
Columbus youth and
adults will join an anticipated two million people nationally as they walk as one
along the "Road To Renewal" this Sun., May 6.
According to Walk-a-thon
Chairperson Rebecca Eisenstein, this third annual event
will be an expression of solidarity with Israel's people,
as well as a means of raising
funds for local and overseas
aid programs. Sponsored by
the Columbus Jewish Federation's High School Division, the Walk-a-thon will
benefit the 1979 United Jewish Fund Campaign.
Although the. Walk-a-thon
route (see map) is ten miles
in length, walkers need not
walk the full route. Members
of every generation in all
families are urged to participate, as walkers or sponsors,
Registration begins at 1
p.m. at The Jewish Center,
with a Walk-a-thon sched-
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4:45 p.m.,. at the Center. A
community picnic will follow
on the Center grounds.
Registration forms for
walkers, sponsor forms and
instruction sheets are .all
available from The Jewish
Center. The Teen Depart
ment of the Center, in conjunction with the Colymbus
Jewish Federatipn, is coordinating and sponsoring the
walk.
Further details can be obtained by contacting either
the Federation office,' 237-
7686 or the Center, 231^2731.
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