Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1979-05-10

              \
m
t
Pi-
m
HROINICLE
liLM Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 50 Years \jf^j
KiggAftV, ohio Ht8TosrcAU sooiezrril
1983  VELMAAYE. " ■^*TJ
VOL. 57 NO. 19
MAY10.1979-IYAR13
COLS.  0,     43211
EXCH
•    H
Christians Urged
To Understand
Holocaust
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Christians were urged to understand the Holocaust in
order to prevent it from occurring again as the nation
ended' its eight-day long
''Days of Remembrance of
the Victims of the Holocaust" Apr. 29. 'JThe time
has come for something
more than a generalized non-
sectarian good feeling," Sen.
John C. Danforth (R. Mo.),
an Episcopal minister, told
the more than 2000 persons
who, filled the National
Cathedral here. The interfaith congregation included
First Lady Rosalynn Carter
and U.S. Treasury Secretary
W. Michael Blumenthal,
himself a refugee from Nazi
Germany. "The time has
come for an examination of
the Holocaust in the light of
what each of us professes as
believing persons." The
service here marked eight
days of national observances
across the.country, starting
with a,service at New. York's
Temple "Emanu-El Apr. 22T
4^. arid including a "cerenioriy
marking InternationarHoiq-
caust Day Apr.24-at.the Rck -
tunda of the U.S. Capitol at
which" President Carter
spoke, Danforth stressed
that the murder of six mil-'
' .lion Jews, one million /of,
them children, was "thie
genocide." He said .while
Christians were also killed in
the Holocaust it was not
genocide. "Christians were
not put to death because they
were Christians," he said.
"Jews were put to death because they were Jews."
Sadat Pledges
To Cooperate
With Israel
JERUSALEM (WNS)-
President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt pledged May 1 to
dispel "Israel fears and suspicions." In a—May 'Day
speech at the Red Sea town
of Safaga, Sadat declared
that "if Israel makes one
step forward, we shall match
it with two steps to encourage it." Sadat attacked .the
16 Arab states that broke relations with Egypt, declaring that they must "understand that we shall not retreat. God willing, the peace
operation and the normalization of relations will continue." Sadat accused Saudi
Arabia, Egypt's principal financial ' backer since the
Yom Kippur War, of bribing
other Arab'states to sever relations with Egypt. He also
charged that the Saudis were
themselves blackmailed by
. Syria, Iraq, Libya and the
Palestinians. Sadat pledged
(CONTINUEDON PAGE7)
Carter Promises Not To Forget
Soviet Dissidents Still In Jail
Mayor Moody Presented Gifts By
Former Mayor Of Kiryat Shmona
. Mayor Tom Moody was presented on May 1st with a
gift from the citizens of Kiryat-Shmona, Israel—a sister city of Columbus. The gift, an Israeli hard-wood
brass Samovar, together with copies of the city's official flag and seal, were presented to Mayor Moody by
David More, former Mayor of Kiryat-Shmona and Director of Economic Development. Mr. More is currently visiting Columbus with the Kiryat-Shmona Folk
Dahce Troupe as part of a cultural exchange program.
between the two cities, sponsored by the Columbus
Jewish Foundation/
' Mayor Moody also presented Mr. More with an official proclamation welcoming our sister city's delega-'
-tion_to Columbus. Pictured with Mayor Moody and
David More is Edna Hadar, a member of the dance
group (left).       '   - ;  .
WASHINGTON, (WNS)-
President Carter has promised to continue seeking the
release of dissidents, including Jewish activists, still in
Soviet prisons. "We have not
forgotten other human rights
activists in the Soviet Union
who are being punished .or
imprisoned," he told a White'
House press conference Apr.
30. Carter said he had personally approved the agreement whereby five Soviet
dissidents . were   released
from prison in exchange for
two Soviet spies held in the ~
U:S. He said the names were
agreed upon after long negotiations. The five—Eduard
Kuznetsov and Mark Dym-
shits,' both of whom had been
convicted in the 1970 Leningrad hijacking trial; Alek-
sandr Ginzburg, a leading
Soviet human rights activist ; Georg'i Vins, a Soviet
Baptist leader,'and Valentin
Moroz, a Ukrainian nationalist—arrived ■ in New York
Apr. 27, aboard a* Soviet airliner which then took back to
Moscow -the two convicted
M
31st Independence Day
JERUSALEM    (WNS)-
Family gatherings, picnics
and crowded beaches rather
than  rallies  and  parades
marked Israel's 31st Independence Day May 2, the
first at peace with its friost
powerful neighbor,  Egypt.
Premier Menachem Begin,
in a radio address, said that
the   treaty - was   achieved
after the- "very difficult"
events" of   the   past   few
months' when "doubts were
cast on our dedication to
. peace.   Baseless   charges
were laid. We had to hear a
condemnation not only from
-foreigners but also, and even
' more painful, from some of
' our people. But truth will always   prevail."   However,
Begin stressed that Israel's
withdrawal from the Sinai
was not a precedent and
there' would be no further
withdrawal- from occupied
. territory in exchange for an
overall Middle East peace.
He said Israel will not leave
the Golan Heights and it will
maintain its settlements on
the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip. Gush Emunim and its
supporters held an 11-kilometer march xm the West
Bank in which, Gush said,
some 60,000 people participated.  There  were  some
clashes   with   West  Bank
Arabs. A curfew was placed
• onBeirZeit, near Ramallah,
" after hundreds of students
displayed PLO flags and posters, stoned passing cars and
barricaded the entrance of
the nearby Jewish settlement of Neve Tsuf. During
the violence which ensued,
one student was shot in the
chest..
' In his radio talk, Begin appealed to Israelis to improve -
the quality of life in Israel to
attract more immigrants,
especially from the West.
Noting that some 50,000
Soviet Jews will be leaving
the USSR this year, he said
that if a similar number
from the West came "we
•could reach 100,000 a year—
which would be the annual
minimum." He promised to
continue efforts to secure the
release of all Prisoners of
Zion still in Soviet jails and
so achieve free exit rights
for all Soviet Jews as well as
those in Syria and the
Falashas in Ethiopia.' Leon
Dulzin, chairman of the
-World Zionist Organization
and Jewish Agency Executives, called on Israelis to
"maintain" the peace now
achieved and to "unite in
building it. Let us hope that
we will now be able to attend
' with less pressure to some of
the most urgent Zionist tasks
which have, until now been
postponed or only partially
attended to." He said these
were aliya aimed to doubling
.Israel's Jewish population
"with in the coming generation," bridging the "social
gap and'advancing Jewish
'■•' education abroad.
Independence Day opened
officially late May 1 with the
kindling of 13 beacons in the
presence of the seven Jewish
Prisoners of Conscience who
had just arrived from the Soviet Union. Usually thereare
12 beacons. The 13th was for
Israel's sacrifice for peace.
Independence Day is always
preceded by Memorial Day
for the war dead. At ceremonies on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem May 1, Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, declared
that Israel's soldiers had not
'died "for the sake of victory
alone, but rather for the end
~ to all wars and for the advent
of peace." At military cemeteries and military bases
throughout the country be-
. reaved families gathered
along with representatives
of the government and national institutions for solemn
memorial services. -
In Washington, Israeli
Ambassador and Mrs.
Ephraim Evron hosted a reception in honor of Israel's
Independence. Representatives of more than two dozen
countries attended. Representing ' the White House
were President' Carter's
counselor, Robert Lipshutz;
Special Ambassador to the
Middle. East Robert Strauss
and special Presidential assistants Edward Sanders
and-Gerald Rafshoon. The
State Department was represented by Ambassador
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
spies. The State Department
stressed Apr. 30, that it did
not consider the exchange of
five dissidents for the two
convicted spies as equating
the political dissidents with
spies. "This was a specific
case and a specific objective
was reached," Department,
spokesman Hodding Carter
declared.
President Carter at his
press conference also said he
would like to see both the'
Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China receive most-favored-nation
trade benefits "if it can be
done in compliance with existing law." This was obviously a reference to the
Jackson-Vanik- Amendment
which requires improved
emigration procedures
. before the trade benefits can
be granted to a Communist
country. Hodding Carter told
reporters'that the question of
most-favored-nation treatment for the,USSR is being
"treated at the highest
levels" and being examined
"by a number of Congressional leaders''' but no con-
LcJ^Qns^a^l^jjj^ache^.
"But Sen. ftenry* Jackson (D.
Wash.), co-author of .the
amendment, told a Soviet
Jewry Rally in New York
Apr. 29 which was attended
by,Dymshits and Kuznetsov,
that the amendment must
stay in effect until all who
wish to leave the Soviet
Union are allowed to do so.
"I want you to know that
many of those who are now
urging repeal because the
'numbers (of emigrants)
have been going up, were
urging repeal last year because they said the numbers
' were going down," he said.
However, Rep. Al Ullman
(D. Ore.), chairman of the
powerful House Ways * and
Means Committee, predicted that President Carter
would find a way of giving
the Soviets most-favored-
nation treatment.
Meanwhile, Israeli Premier Menachem' Begin has''
praised President'Carter for
' helping secure the release of
Dymshits and Kuznetsov, as
well as five othier persoiis
jailed in the Leningrad hijacking trial who were released earlier. Begin was on
hand Apr. 29 to welcome in a
joyous emotional ceremony
. the five—Vulf Zalmanson,
Kuznetsov's brother-in-iaw
Boris Penson, Anatoly Alt-
man, Hillel Butman and Leib
Knokh. The ceremony was
repeated the next day wben
Kuznetsov and Dymshits arrived. In both ceremonies,a
high light was when Absorption Minister David Levy'
presented the former Soviet
Prisoners of Conscience with
their identity cards, making
them Israeli citizens.
William Goldman To Be Nominated
As Center President, June 13
William Goldman will be
nominated to serve as president of the Jewish Center at
the Annual Meeting on Wed.,
June 13, at 7:45 p.m., announced David Roth, Chair-.
man of the Nominating Committee.
, Nominated to serve with
Goldman will be Michael
Talis as Vice President of
New Building and Operations, Burton Schildhouse as
Vice President of program,
Judy Tenenbaum as Vice
President of Personnel and
Administration. Other - officers on the proposed slate
will be Dennis Mellman,
Treasurer; Ruth Ann Blank,
Assistant Treasurer; and
Dr. Al Tyroler, Secretary.
Goldman will succeed Dr.
James Tennenbaum who is
completing his third year as
Center President. Currently.
Goldman is completing a
term as Vice President for
the New Building. Previously he has served as Vice
President of Administration; an Executive Committee member; Chairman of
the New Building Committee. In addition to Goldman's
Jewish Center responsibilities," he also serves as Presi-
William Goldman
dent of B'nai B'rith Zion
Lodge.
Fifteen Center leaders will
be slated to serve on the Jewish Center Board. Nominated to serve for a three
year term beginning June
1979' and concluding June
1982 will be Howard Byer;
Ruth Edelstein, Jack Gaiser,
Suzanne Heiny, Alan Lee,
Arthur Loeb, Stephanie Mendelson, Milton Pinsky, Dr,
Larry Shell, B. Lee Skilken,.
Steve Shkolnik, Ed Eisen-
berg1
Harold Tanenbaum will be
nominated for a two1 year
term beginning June,' 1979
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 10)