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SEPTEMBER 27, 1979-TISHREI 6
Israel Denounced
By U.N. General
Assembly President
UNITED NATIONS,
(JTA)—Salim Ahmed Salim
of Tanzania, the president of '
the 34th General Assembly,
began this session's proceedings last week by denouncing
Israel's "senseless bombings of civilian targets" in
south Lebanon and declared
that the Palestinians have a
right to self-determination
and an independent state.
The 37-year-old Ambassador also referred to the
Palestine Liberation Organization as "the representative" of the Palestinian
people. "The core of the
Middle East problem is the
continued, denial of the in-
, alienable,rights of the Palestinian people to self-deter-
. mination, including the right
to establish -an independent
state," he said.
The "necessary conditions" for peace in the Mid-
I east are "the realization of
I that right, the refusal to give
legitimacy Jo the fruits of
conquest, the respect of the
right of all states in the area
to an independent existence," Salim said.
His statement following",
his election by acclamation,
focussed attention of the
world body's preoccupation
with the Mideast and was a
foretaste of the attacks
which Israel will find itself
under during the scheduled
113-week session. Salim, who -
' is also the Tanzanian Ambassador to Cuba and who .
attended the recent com
ference of non-aligned
nations in Havana, praised
what he termed the fresh
and dynamic impetus
generated by that gathering.
President Fidel Castro" of
Cuba, the new leader of the
non-aligned nations, is due to
address the General Assembly.
At a press conference,
Salim reiterated that the
PLO, as the representative
of the Palestinian people,
must be brought into the
negotiating process if there
is to be a lasting peace. He
told a reporter that he was
prepared to Task the PLO to
accept Israel's existence. .
"But I must also be equally
prepared to ask the Israelis
, to accept',' the PLO, he
. added.-.
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YomKJppiur
Mon., Oct. 1
Land Purchases Decision Condemned
Mandelkorn Honored
Mr. Ben M. Mandelkorn was highly honored Sunday,
Sept. 16 at the 53rd Annual Columbus Jewish Federation dinner at Temple Israel, for twenty-three years
of outstanding service to the CJF.
Mr. Mandelkorn was honored with a multi-media
presentation; gifts; proclamations from both the city
of Columbus and the State Legislature) and presentations from the United Jewish Appeal and the Association of Jewish Community Organization Personnel.
Mr. Mandelkorn is shown above with Mr. Sidney
Blatt, chairman of the annual meeting; with a pitcher
- from Mr. Irving Bernstein, executive vice-chairman of
the UJA and keynote speaker for the evening; and with
a hand-sculptured marble menorah,-one of the many,
gifts presented to'him at the dinner.   '
v . Mandelkorn was named director of the CJF endowment fund and executive vice-president emeritus of the
. CJF. . ,
Mr. Myer W. Mellman was re-elected President of.
the CJF, awards were presented and UJF campaign
leadership members were also announced at the dinner, which drew a large turnout.
Elie Wiesel To Speak At Wooster College
The Judaic Studies/Cultural Arts Departments at
The Jewish Center will be.
sponsoring a trip to Wooster
College on Tuesday, Oct. 3Q,
to hear the noted author Elie
Wieselspeak.
Elie" Wiesel, author ' and
chairman of the President's
Commission on the Holo-'
caust, will make a rare
public appearance-that day
at 8:15 p.m. Elie Wiesel has
just completed a tour of
Eastern European sites of
the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews with mem:
bers of the President's CQ'm-
mission on the Holocaust.
Mr. Wiesel, who is 50 years
-old,   is   a   survivor   of
Auschwitz. His marty books
. and articles as well as lectures Taround .the "country
depict the agony of the'Jew-
"** **ar**r*ref a." •»'#.*•'»''*■¥<■»*. n. *>*.».*»• »*
ish tragedy of the 30's and
40's. His first book, "Night,"
is much more than a simple
account of the atrocities in
the death camps, though it is
that. More so it touches upon
the question . of faith in
modern times. In "Jews of
Silence," Wiesel explores
the complexities of the
Russian Jews and in "A.
Beggar in Jerusalem,"
Wiesel touches upon his existential views of religion
through his touching story.
If anyone is .interested in
attending Mr. Wiesel's lecture  at  Wooster  College,
which' is   just   north   of
Marion, Ohio, please contact
. either Leslie Mendelsohn or
. Susfe Qe/rald at 'the Jewish
■ CsnteVJ 231-2731, for further
information. There will be a
nominal transportation fee.
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
The Carter Administration
condemned the Israel Cabinet's recent decision to allow
Jews to buy land from Arabs
in the administered territories, saying "it runs contrary to the spirit of the
peace process itself." Faced
with questions on the Arabs
prohibiting-Jews from buying property in their 22 countries, the Administration
backtracked to acknowledge
- thatit was not assuming that
a settlement over the West
Bank   would   not   prohibit
Jews from buying property
there.
Reading a prepar2d statement, Department spokesman Hodding Carter said,.
"While there is some question about the legal"implications of this action and its
practical effect, it appears,to
be contrary to the spirit and
the intent of the peace process." He said that "what we
regret in general" about the
purchase decision and
"other steps" are actions
. that made the "negotiations
in the peace process more
difficult."
when
Multi-Media Presentation
Interprets, Explains Center
All community groups and
organizations can now learn
firsthand about the- New
Jewish Center through a
special multi-media
presentation which explains
The Jewish Center, its philosophy and activities ahd the
need for a new structure. -
~'^ Grbup75~cah schedule" the'
production for showings,-:to
begin Nov. 1. The Center will
also provide a qualified
speaker, knowledgeable on
the Center and the New
Building project, to lead a
question/answer session
following the viewing of the -
. multi-media presentation.
All requests for this unique
presentation should be directed to the Center's Communications Director, Lauri
Zofan, at 231-2731.
Many community members have asked "How can I
help make the New Center a
reality?" Along • with
financial support the drive
needs volunteer assistance-
in all segments of the fund-
raising process.
Hundreds of volunteers
will' be needed, beginning,
next Spring (1980) in all
campaign areas and classifications, including telephoning, speaking to groups and
personal visitations. These
individuals will participate
in training sessions, to be
held this winter, which will
familiarize them with the
New Center facility and
building project. ,
Any community member
willing to help interpret, explain and educate the Columbus Community -on the New
Jewish 'Center' Building is
' asked tb call Sylvia Mellman
at the Center.
asked whether he based his
statement on the assumption
that a West Bank settlement
would prohibit Jews from
buying property there. He
was then asked how he
knows now that the Israeli
decision is inimical to the
peace process. Carter responded that "we don't
know" what a settlement
would provide on Arabs and
Jews buying land but that "I
am talking of the spirit" of
the peace process. "I cant
tell what the long-range
practical effect will be." He
said that the decisions
"might best be reserved for
the process in which we are
now engaged.
But while-Carter said thai
1 he was "not trying to make a
legal tie whatever" about
the decision and the peace
process, he said that the U.S.
position on the new Jewish
settlements and on the.land
purchase decision is "not
greatly dissimilar."
Meanwhile, a Jordan
Embassy spokesman here
confirmed that Jordan demands the death penalty for
Arabs who sell West Bank
land to Israelis, adding that
such sales amount to "high
treason."
Debbie Kalman Named UJFC
College Division Chairwoman
Debbie Kalman has- been
named College Division
Chairwoman of the 1980
United Jewish Fund Campaign, it has been announced
by General Campaign Chairman Jack L. Wallick. She
was Co-Chairwoman of the
Student Campaign last year.
A senior at Ohio State University majoring in Social
Work, she has-been involved
in many aspects of the Jewish Community, in addition
to being active in school-
related activities.
Ms. Kalman is a member
of the Board of Trustees of
the Columbus Jewish Federation for \919W>, was a coordinator of the Big Brother
program at Hillel, ahd was a
volunteer in occupational
therapy at Heritage House.
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Yom Kippur begins at sundown Sunday with
Kol Nidre Services. The Day of Atonement is
to atone for those who repent and confess their
iniquity.
May you be inscribed in the book.of life for a
year of health and peace.
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Debbie Kalman
The 1976 Bexley High
School graduate has been a
member of Sigma Delta Tau
Sorority for three years, and
is a member of the League of
Jewish Student Organizations at OSU.
Her college activities have
included being a rush couh-
celor for Women's Pan-
hellenic. serving on. the
homecoming committee,
and serving as president of
her dormitory floor.
Ms. Kalman has been a
Lamaze coach for unwed
mothers for-the Crittenton
Center and a volunteer at
both the Child Study Center
for Juvenile Delinquents and
5 at Dodd Hall for Quadra-
pelegics. She i§ presently
.- employed at the Public Defender's office.