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VOL.61   NO. 50
DECEMBER 8,1983-TEVET 2
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals,
European Jews Said
Struggling Against
ATLANTA (JTA)-The
1.35 million Jews of Western
Europe find themselves in a
paradoxical situation. Living in free, democratic societies, they struggle against a
"spiritual Auschwitz"—loss
of identity through intermarriage, small families and aging population, it was reported here by Nicole Gold-
mann, executive director of
the European Council of
Jewish Communities.
In an address at a session
of the 52nd General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations here, Gbld-
mann said the Jews in
France and their institutions
have come under vicious attack' from anti-Semitic elements, especially since Israel's invasion of Lebanon in
June, 1982. She pointed out
that the attacks require that
up to five percent of the Jewish community budgets be
expended for sophisticated
security devices.
According to Goldmann,
the 750,000 French Jews
participate in all areas of the.
country's economic and
political life, not only in commerce, arts and the professions, but also as factory
workers and in government
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Shamir Concludes U.S. Visit
With Feelings Of 'Promise9
Active Leningrad Refuseniks Elena and Lev
Bronshtein and their 20-year-old son, Alexei, pose in
their apartment. The Bronshtein's ll-year-old daughter, Irina, is not pictured.
Women's Plea For Soviet Jewry
To Be Held This Sunday, Dec. 11
"How much longer can
they wait?" Karen Moss,
who recently returned from
a two-week trip to the Soviet
Union, asked stating that
"the many, many Jews with
whom I visited in the Soviet
Union have been waiting
eight, ten, even twelve years
to emigrate. They have
made formal application to
their government to leave
the Soviet Union, based on
the guaranteed legal right of
individuals to be reunited
with their relatives in their
homeland—Israel.
Israel Bonds Conducts
Operation Maccabee '83
As part of its continuing effort to help strengthen Israel's economy, the Israel
Bond Organization is conducting Operation Maccabee
Stanley Moss
'83 during the Chanukah season from Dec. 1 through 9 in
more than 100 Jewish communities throughout the
United States and Canada.
The Chanukah effort includes visits by 39 Israeli
emissaries, young business
leaders in Israel who have
made aliyah from North
America as well as senior
Israel Defense Forces officers.
Columbus hosted Stanley
D, Moss, president of International Video Links, of Tel
Aviv. Moss has done.film
■production and public rela
tions for the government of
Israel and the Jewish
Agency. He served in a number of different capacities in
communications and public
affairs with various agencies
of the United States government from the early '50s
until he made aliyah in 1982.
He is presently involved in a
study relating to the government of Israel and the
foreign press.   '
Moss, who: participated in
Maccabee Sunday while in
Columbus on Sunday, Dec. 4,
visited with individual Bond
leaders and was the special
guest for a New Leadership
Reception held on Tuesday,
Dec. 6.
In a letter addressed to
Jewish leaders endorsing
Maccabee '83, Vigal Cohen-
Orgad, Israel's new Minister
of Finance, wrote: "With
this mission at this critical
juncture in our history, we
hope that our friends abroad,
who have never failed to
respond to Israel's needs,
will get a truer understanding of our economic problems and will assume an
even larger share of our
Development Budget."
The emissaries  from
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"Lev and Irina Bronshtein
and their children have been
waiting since 1976," Ms.
Moss continued. "What will
become of this family and
others like them? Their
children face an uncertain
and terrifying future. On our
arrival at their apartment,
the Bronshteins' lovely
11-year-old daughter, Irina,
was politely "excused from
the living room—after introductions were made and
after she had presented each
of us with a lovely tatted
doily which she had made.
Her parents, while maintaining a traditional Jewish
household, wish to spare her
the added anxieties which
our conversation and our
questions would most obviously bring to bear.
"We must act now—both
to educate our Congressional
representatives to the urgency of the situation and also to rally public opinion and
keep this case before the
international bar of justice
until justice and their freedom prevails," she stressed.
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NEW YORK (JTA)-At the
conclusion of his first official
visit to the United States as
Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir said last week he returns
to Jerusalem "with feelings
of achievement and promise.",.?
Addressing the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations here, just before he
flew back to Israel, Shamir
said that the talks he had in
Washington with President
Reagan and other, members
of the Administration were
"friendly, open and businesslike. We found a strong
desire to cement the relationship between our two
countries in a concrete and
comprehensive manner."
The Premier said that he
found recognition in Washington for the fact that Israel
is "a major factor for stability" in the Mideast and a
true ally of the United States
in the face of Arab instability
and "of totalitarian aggression," instigated by the
Soviet Union.
Shamir said that Israel's
economic problems, which
he described as inflation and
a growing deficit in the country's balance of payments,
received an open ear in
Washington. He said the
United States agreed to
establish "a free trade area
with Israel," a situation that
might increase meaningfully
Israeli exports to the U.S.
He said that Washington
also agreed to increase the
grant level of the total aid
package Israel receives
from the U.S. "The details
are being now negotiated,"
Shamir said. He also said the
U.Jl agreed to purchase
arms manufactured by
Israel.
Jewish Community Blood Drive
Scheduled For Dec. 22 At Center
Do you weigh more than
two 55 pound turkeys? Are
you older than a 17-year-old
buckeye tree but younger
than a 66 year old tortoise?
If your answer is yes to the
above questions, then you
meet the age and weight requirements for donating
blood. Seventeen-year-olds
can donate blood with parental consent, and individuals
wishing to donate after the
age of 65 need an okay from
their doctor.
Residents of Columbus
who have decided to become
first time blood donors for
the Jewish Community
Blood Drive on Thursday,
Dec. 22, are reassured by Sol
Derfler, coordinator of the
Turning to the situation in
Lebanon, Shamir said: "Our
close consultations have
highlighted the fact that we
share common objectives
(with the U.S.) in the Lebanese situation. We want to
deter and check Syrian
annexationist designs on
Lebanon and Syrian aggression backed by the Soviets.
The U.S. and Israel will
tighten cooperation with the
view to implementing the
Israel-Lebanon agreement
of May 1983, strengthening
the Lebanese government
and securing the withdrawal
of the Syrian army and the
PLO terrorists from Lebanese territory."
Shamir said that his talks
in Washington also dealt
with ways to resume the now
frozen peace process in the
Mideast. "The peace treaty
with Egypt is the cornerstone of the peace process,"
he said, but he warned that if
Egypt continues with its
present policy of stalemate,
"the Israelis will have
doubts regarding the willingness of any Arabs to make
peace with Israel."
The Premier said the issue
of Israeli settlements in
Judaea and Samaria was
also brought up during the
talks in Washington. Administration officials "said they
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Participants in the Charity Newsies Newspaper Sale
on Saturday, Dec. 10, will include (front row, 1. to r.)
Howard Lewinter, Garry Beim, Dr. B.B. Caplan, Lou
Berliner, Meyer Hoffman, Bill Callif; (back row) Dr.
Frank B. Sobolewski, Barney Greenbaum, Marvin
Grossman, Sam B. Weiner, Alan. L. Rosen, Shelly
Schwartz. The organization clothed more than 13,000
needy Franklin County children in 1983.
R. David Thomas To Speak
At Charity Newsies Dinner
event which is sponsored by
the Capital Post No, 122,
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States of America,
"You will feel no more discomfort than you experience
when your physician takes a
blood sample for a test."
He also described the
process followed by all donors on a Red Cross Bloodmobile: "After you register,
you will fill out a health history form with various questions concerning your medical history. Following completion of this form, a nurse
will review the questions
with you and then the nurse
will take your blood pressure
and perform a simple test to
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R. David Thomas, senior
chairman of the board and
founder of Wendy's International, Inc., will be the
speaker for the annual Pep
Dinner and auction of
Charity Newsies at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 8, in the
Hyatt Regency.
Thomas, who came to Columbus in 1962 to correct
problems in the Kentucky
Fried Chicken operations,
started his first Wendy's restaurant here in 1969. Since
then, Wendy's has grown to   B.     gfgi   n ^
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Marco Island condominium,
a free weekend at the Hyatt
Regency and the Hyatt on
Capitol Square, a catcher's
mitt autographed by Johnny
Bench, television sets and
jerseys of Ohio State University players Tony Campbell,
Mike Tomczak, John Frank
and Keith Byars.
Loftus To Speak
At Federation's
in the United States and 10
foreign countries.
Thomas, a well-known
philanthropist, has been a
strong supporter of Charity
Newsies' efforts to clothe
needy Franklin County children.
Tickets to the fundraiser
are $20 each and can be purchased at Charity Newsie
headquarters, 716 S. High St.
or from individual Newsies.
Items to be auctioned
include a week's use of a
John Loftus, author of The
Belarus Secret, a history of
the Nazi smuggling programs in America, will be the
guest speaker at the Columbus Jewish Federation's
Young Men's Division Big
Gifts Brunch. The brunch will
be held on Sunday, Dec. 11,
from 9:30 a.mr-42:30 p.m. at
the home of Stanley and
Miriam Schwartz. Loftus will
address  the  topic  "The
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