Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1983-12-01

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VOL.61   NO. 49
DECEMBER 1,1983-KISLEV 25
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
CJF Young Men
To Host Brunch
On Sunday, Dec. 11, the
Young Men's Division of the
Columbus Jewish Federation will be hosting a brunch
in support of the 1984 United
Jewish Fund Campaign. The
brunch will be held at the
home of Stanley and Miriam
Schwartz at 9:30 a.m.
John Loftus, former special
prosecutor, United States Department of Justice, will be
the guest speaker. Loftus,
who served in the Nazi War
Crimes Unit, will discuss the
search for Nazis in America.
William Schottenstein is
chairman and James Ferber
and Jeffrey Coopersmith are
co-chairmen of the Advance
Gifts Affair. Nelson Genshaft and Gary L. Schottenstein are co-chairmen of ihe
1984 Young Men's Division of
the United Jewish Fund
Campaign.
Reservations can be made
by phoning Columbus Jewish
Federation, 237-7686.
Six Israeli POWs
Part Of Exchange
TEL AVIV (JTA)-The six
. Israeli soldiers held as
POWs by the Al Fatah arm ,
of the PLO for 14 months—
and recently incarcerated in
strife-torn Tripoli—returned
home to their families in Israel last Thursday, under a
prisoner exchange in return
for some 4,600 Palestinian
and Lebanese prisoners held
in Israel and the Ansar POW
camp in south Lebanon.
The exchange was negotiated in complete secrecy,
through the offices of the
International Red Cross
(IRC), with the actual transfer carried out with the aid of
the French government.
The exchange was carried
out in a complicated series of
parallel? moves, with each
, step at either end of the exchange—in Tripoli, Ansar
and Israeli prisons—coordinated by IRC representatives receiving and passing
on code words signifying
that a certain stage had been
reached and completed, allowing corresponding steps
to be undertaken elsewhere.
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Herzog Says PLO Infighting Is
'Typical Gangster Shoot-Out1
Israeli Robot Lends Hand
Lighting Chanukah Menorah
Israeli-made robots are being developed to polish
diamonds, weld steel, plate jewelry, handle cargo and
pick fruit. They can also be used to lend a hand in light- .
ing Chanukah candles as shown in this demonstration
by the Robotic Laboratory of the Technibn-Israel Institute of Technology. Technibn's mechanical arm is able
to handle objects half the diameter of a human hair and
will assist the manufacture of electronic components,
medical instruments and the production of plastics and
metals. So far, no mention has been made about robots
being programmed to spin dreidels.
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
President Chaim Herzog of
Israel charged last week
that the fighting between the
Palestinian terrorist factions in Tripoli, Lebanon, is
due to a "cynical use of
power by the Syrians" who
want to be the "exclusive
custodians" of the Palestinian issue and to prevent
the Palestinians from entering into negotiations with Israel..
"The Syrians fear that
sooner or later the Palestinian leadership, influenced to
an increasing degree by
King Hussein, might consider moving toward negotiations," he said in an address to the National Press
Club. "Hence, these actions
in order to prevent such a development."
But in response to a question, Herzog rejected any Israeli sympathy for Yasir
Arafat whose Palestine Lib-
- eration Organization forces
are under siege in Tripoli by
Syrian-backed dissident
Palestinians. - "We have no
Historical Fact, Religious Influences
Affect The Status Of Women In Israel
sympathy whatsoever for a
man who introduced the
idiom of international terror
with all of its horrible implications into the realm of
international affairs," Herzog said. He noted that "We
have no sympathy for either
side" and labeled the fighting between Palestinian
groups a "typical gangster
shoot-out." ....-.',.
Tragedy Of the Palestinian
People
He said the "tragedy of the
Palestinian people" is that it
"never had a leadership
which is prepared to compromise." He noted that during the 19 years when the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
were under Jordanian and
Egyptian rule, respectively,
the Palestinians were never
offered a state of their own
nor did the PLO ask for one.
"The first government to
offer the Palestinian Arabs
any form of self-government
was Israel which offered
them autonomy as a transitory phase toward the resolution of the entire problem
of negotiations," Herzog
said.  "Had they accepted
By Judith Franklin
Chronicle News Editor
Young Jewish women
came to pre-state Israel in
the first, second and third
waves of aliyah, for the
same freedoms and with the
same dreams as young Jewish men. They came to be
partners in the adventure of
rebuilding a nation on the
principles of social Zionism
in which they wholeheartedly believed. They considered themselves cultural,
moral, economic and political equals and their rights
were assured in the Declaration of Independence.
It is this historical fact
which must be considered
along with religious influences when discussing the
status of women in Israel today, according to Dr. Kitty
Cohen, a member of the Information Department at the
Israel Embassy in Washing-
tbn,D.C.
In Columbus recently to
speak at a Bonds for Israel,
Women's Division Sponsor's
Luncheon, Dr. Cohen
stressed that compared to
the treatment of other women in the Arab world, "we
are in the avante garde."
She also feels that the status
of women in Israel compares
favorably with that of women in the United States, England and France as well.
In Israel, where the state
and religion are not separated as they are here,
women fall under the jurisdiction  of  the  Rabbinic
Athens Adopts Soviet Jewish Family
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ATHENS, Ohio-Barely
100 Soviet Jews are currently permitted to leave the
.Soviet Union each month, although tens of thousands
have applied for visas to
emigrate.
Concern for the plight of
Soviet Jews touched the
hearts and minds of residents in the small rural community of Athens, Ohio,,
thousands of, miles from the
Soviet Union.
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the
city of Athens showed its
support for Soviet Jews by
symbolically adopting the
Raiz family, Lithuanian
Jews who have been refused
permission to leave the Soviet. Union for more than a
decade.
By a unanimous June decision of the Athens City
Council, Vladimir and
Carmela Raiz and their two
sons were made honorary
citizens of the city of Athens,
and Nov. 15 was established
as an annual day of solidarity with Soviet Jews.
The B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation at Ohio University in Athens was resonsible
for initiating the proposal,
with guidance from an Ohio
University professor, Dr.
Norm Garber, who traveled
to the Soviet. Union in 1980
and met with the Raizes.
The concept of a city
adopting a refusenik family
is an original one, said Rabbi
Irvin Wise, director of the
Hillel Foundation at Ohio
University. "To our know-
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our offer, they would now be
in a state of full autonomy
and we would be in the final
stages today of negotiations
of the final arrangements for
the West Bank and Gaza."
Herzog Reassured
After 30 Minute
Visit With Reagan
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
President Chaim Herzog of
Israel emerged from a 30
minute meeting with President Reagan at the White
House last week to declare
that it left him "once again
reassured about the close
relationships that exist between Israel and the United
States and the commonality
of interests that we have."
Herzog said he raised the
issue of how to strengthen
this relationship but refused
to give any details. He said
he brought Reagan a "message" from Israel which
"describes the situation as
we see it" in the Middle
East, a situation which he
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Courts, Dr. Cohen pointed
out, noting that this can be
either "positive or negative
depending upon one's religious beliefs."
"Many laws which are
seen as backward today had
a specific reason in the days
of our forefathers. They
were actually socially and
morally advanced and protected women," she explained, adding that Israeli
civil courts do what they can
to solve inequities.
Israeli women are currently fighting some of the .
same battles for equality
that American women have.
For ■ instance, women because of their sex are not
permitted to perform certain
types of work which are considered to be detrimental to
their health. This is a double
edged sword, Dr. Cohen
pointed out, for while the law
seemingly protects them it
also restricts them and hinders equality.
Women's organizations
have always flourished in
Israel, according to Dr.
. Cohen, but not as an organized feminist movement.
Instead, they focus on the
contributions women can
make to the country, fighting
for better education and social facilities, encouraging
women to be politically active on the local and state
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erick Frye, bass, who are performing in Opera Columbus' production of The Marriage Contract in the
Roth/Resler Theatre on Dec. 6.
Opera Columbus To Initiate
Touring Program At Center's
Showoase Columbus Series
Opera Columbus will initiate its touring program as
part of the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center's Showcase
Columbus series on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in the
Roth/Resler Theatre, 1125
College Ave.
The one act opera, The
Marriage Contract, by Gio-
acchino Rossini, will be performed. This funny operatic
experience centers on the escapades of an American
woodsman who journeys to
London to buy a wife. The
performance, sung in English, will be presented with
full production, including
sets, costumes and lighting
Albert-George  Schram
will conduct a 28 piece orchestra composed of members of the Columbus Youth
Symphony Orchestra.
The theme of The Marriage
Contract, "The Canadian
Abroad," is designed to appeal to an audience of adults
and children, promoting
understanding and appreciation of opera.
Tickets, now on sale at the
Center, are $7 per person.
For more information about
the performance, or subscription information for the
Showcase Columbus series,
call the Cultural Arts Department at the Center,
231-2731. .
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