Vol. XLVII—21
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500 Omaha Jews Recife kaddish for Iraqi Victims A crowd of more than 500 attended special services at Beth Israel Synagogue Wednesday evening, in an expression of concern and solidarity with Jews in the Middle-East. The special service was called by the Omaha Syna.gogue Council in protest of the recent executions in Iraq. All synagogues and Jewish organizations were represenied at the service which was lead by the rabbis and cantors of the local congregations. Following the brief prayer service, which included the traditional Kaddish for the nine Jewish victims of the Iraqi executions, a special message was delivered by Ehud Lador, Israeli Consul from Chicago. Mr. Lador described the plight of Jews in Arab lands, and discussed in detail the current status of the Middle East crisis.
Nixon Agrees to Big Four Meeting President Richard M. Nixon, after consulting over the weekend with his top advisors in .the National Security Council, .decided to accept the French proposal for Four Power talks at the UN, Mr. Nixon was said to have instructed the State De'. partment to reply affirmatively to the French proposal. He was also understood to be preparing a cordial letter to . President Gamal Abdel Nasser, "-.of Egypt, which was seen,^s • opening the way for the re. sumption of diplomatic rcla• tions between Washington and .Cairo. Relations were severed .by Cairo during the June, 1967 -Six-Day War when Col. Nasser accused the United States and • Britain of sending aircraft to '.help Israel. The Nixon letter, I which will be in reply to ono "from Col. Nasser congratulat- ing the President on his inaug• uration, would; it was said here,
allow the Egyptian President to take the initiative in resuming diplomatic ties without retracting his June, 1967 charges. Mr. Nixon's acceptance of the principle of Four P o w e r talks was viewed as a departure from the stand of the Johnson Administration which held that a durable settlement of the M i d d l e East conflict had tp come from within the region. But the Nixon Administration was clearly opposed to the concept of a Middle East settlement Imposed by the Big Powers. ' The President was said to have found merit in the French plan to hold discussions within the UN between the Permanent Representatives of the Big Four which are, along with Nationalist China, p e r m a n e n t members of the Security Counj,. cil.
Mmes. Heeger^ ^ % e r Business Women s Campaign Division
Mmes Abe Mozer and Alice Heeger have been named cochairmen of the Business Women's Division of the 1969 Jewish Philanthropies-United J e w i s h Appeal-Israel Emergency Fund campaigns. , In announcing (he appointments, Mrs. A. C. Fellman, general chairman of the Women's Division, noted the many years of service given to past campaigns by the appointees. "Business women are busy women, and busy women know how to get things done," said Mrs. Fellman. Not only have Mrs. Mozer and Mrs. Heeger shown themselves to be efficient leaders in getting a job done; but also, they are well aware of the tremendous need for the job they have agreed to do. We areI'very"fortunate to have them head this special division in this. very s p e c i a l year," Mrs. Fellman said. Mrs. Heeger served as cochairman of the Business Women's Division in 1960, the same year she served as president of the Hadassah Business and Professional Women's group. Mrs. Mozer currently serves as vice president of the Hadassah B and P Group, and has been involved as worker and captain in many past Philanthropies Campaigns.
Trial Soon for El Al Attackers
Athens (JTA)—Two Palestinian A r a b terrorists who attacked an El Al airliner - at Athens Airport last Dec. 26 will go on trial shortly as common criminals, a u thoritativo Greek sources said. Their attack, with grenades and machine g u n s , resulted in the death of one Israeli passenger aboard the plane and severe injuries to a stewardess. —Greok officials said that pol-_ilics would not enter into the trial. "A man has been killed and his killers must face the c o n s e q u e n c e s , " they said. the three branches of American Greece has diplomatic relations Jewry in its concern for the with Israel. welfare and security of our brothers and sisters in Israel." The rabbis will make an intensive survey of conditions and needs in Israel during the week-long mission, and will, on Paris (JTA)—A poll taken by their return, report their find- France's largest public opinion ings to the members of their research o r g a n i z a t i o n has congregations. shown that the average FrenchThey will' meet with Prime man does not share the oppoMinister Eshkol and other rep- sition to President Charles de resentatives of the Israel Gov- Gaulle's pro-Arab Middle East ernment to consider social wel- policies and his military emfare needs in view of tfie cur- bargo against Israel that has rent situation, They will also Jjeen strongly expressed by meet with representatives of - leading French political figures the Jewish Agency and JDC and most sections of the press. Malben to study the problems The poll was conducted at the end of January by the I.F.O.P. of mmigrant absorption. at the request of the mass circulation newspaper, F r a n c e Soir. It disclosed that 37 per cent of 'those' questioned .approved the de Gaulle embargo on military e q u i p m e n t and spare parts to Israel and 37 per cent disapproved. Thirty-three per cent expressed disapproval of Gen. de Gaulle's overall Mid-' die East policy but 31 per cent approved, an increase of one per cent since the last poll was taken on the issue in December. A majority of Frenchmen —52 per cent—approved of de Gaulle's efforts to establish closer ties with Soviet Russia, a policy linked, to France's stand on the Middle East. Rabbi Myer S. Krlpkt
Local Rabbis to Tour Israel With UJA Rabbinical Group Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks of Temple Israel, and Rabbi Myer S. Kripke of Belli El Synagogue, will be among a group of 150 American Rabbis, participating in the first UJA Rabbinical Study Mission to Israel, The-rabbis from 50 major American cities, representing the three branches of Judaism, will leave New York City for Tel Aviv Sunday, February 9. They will return to the United States, Sunday, February 16. Babbi D. Weinberg, Milwaukee, chairman of the National Rab_. bliucaLAdvisory Committee for_ UJA, will serve as coordinator. Rabbi Weinberg noted -that the rabbinical delegation "will , demonstrate tho solidarity of
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Mrs. A. Heeger In accepting the appointment, Mrs. Mozer recalled her visit to Israel in 1964. "I was impressed then with the tremendous growth and progress being made. The events of the past few years have brought many changes to Israel in terms of growth and problems, and I am eager to do whatever I can to aid the beople of Israel in both areas." Mrs. Heeger noted that her two sons each spent some time
Mrs. A. Mozer in Israel during the past year, and their eye-witness reports of the current critical situation was enough to convince her that no campaign responsibility could be considered as "doing too much. I'm pleased that I will have this opportunity to help in a year when our help if so greatly needed. I-hope th« results of this campaign in our division will prove that the Jew* ish business women in our community do care," she said
Petition Drive Continues A petition drive to generate public support for Israel in the ..current "Middle East crisis has been well received, and many signatures have been secured during the initial week of circulation, according to Steve Riekes, president of Cornhusker Lodge B'nai B'rith, which spearheaded the drive. < The_ driye is being co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation Emergericy Committee on Israel; Cornhusker and Monsky Lodgesof B'nai B'rith and the Omaha Synagogue Council. Copies of the signed ptitions will be sent to President Nixon, members of th? State Department and our local representatives in Washington. Mr. Riekes urged those who have not yet signed a petition to do so promptly. Additional copies of the petition are available from Mr. Riekes or from the Jewish Community Center. '
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PETITION To tb» President, »h« Congnti, and th« Departing of Start We, citizen* of the United States of America, recognizing our Judean-Chrlstlan heritage, ,_ > -~- ourtics and friendship with the people of Israel, and our desire forpeace, ' 'hereby urge the government of the United States to exercise its energies and resources, Us power and prestige, to seek, as a matter of the highest priority, a just peace for all peoples and all-nafIons of the Middle-East; and further, until such peace is reasonably established1 and tensions cased, to support "by~ air appropriate means the existenceof the State of Israel and the safety and security of its Inhabitants. Nomo
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