New York (JTA)-The 73rd annual national convention of the Zionist Organization of America will remain imbedded In the minds of the 1000 delegates who attended the fourday conclave. The final sessions took place against the backdrop of Israel's announcement that it would withdraw from the peace talks at the United-Nations and the terrorist hijackings of four airliners, including an El Al airliner, over various parts of Europe with more than 600 passengers and crewmen on the four air.liners. Israel's ambassador to the United States Yitzhak Rabin, condemned the hijackings. "I Te'el "duly~lroiin3~W"say~ thaT what lias happened is the result of the past tolerance and outright refusal of certain -governments and i n t e r n a t i o n a l agencies to treat these people
as the criminals they are. It is the result of surrender to their blackmail when murderers are allowed to go free to be received as heroes in Arab capitals." It-was only last month that the Greek government released . seven Arab terrorists who had been convicted for terrorist activities in Greece against Israeli citizens and property after six other Arab terrorists seized an Olympic Boeing 727 and held its .53 passengers and crew as hostages.
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g that "the time has come for drastic action' to be taken against the t e r r o r i s t s and against the Arab governments which arm them and _which Tioiainnbcent""tfavellerTasTios7" tages." He declared that Israel will not stand idly by but would safeguard its air routes "on the basis of reciprocity." Gen. Rabin warned that the
Yitzhak Rabin alternative to halting "this law• lessness and air piracy" is the continuing "murder.of innocent people and literal chaos in the
skies." He urged all govern- tian-Soviet strategy has been to ments and international agen- build up their military strength cies and bodies concerned with 'in the hope of intimidating Isfreedom of the skies" to "act rael and the West. They have for the immediate release of sought now to exploit the ceaseall the passengers, the air craft atid the crews. They are called fire agreement for this very upon to take forceful and effec- goal in an effort to confront tive measures to guarantee an Israel with an ultimatum: eithend to this criminal piracy er we surrender to their terms whenever it occurs, and to en- and allow ourselves to be dissure that those responsible be membered and truncated, or brought to justice." face the prospect of a military Cease-Fire avalanche backed and abetted Focusing o i n h e cease-hfe~ violations by the Egyptians and Gen. Rabin declared that the Soviets, Gen. Rabin told the peace talks were' conceived by dinner guests that" "by duplici- the U.S. government "as a corty, by double talk and by sheer ridor to peace, not as an inconspiracy, the Egyptians and strument for intimidation and thrSoVietsliaveTfied to iioed- blackmail; The cease^fif¥stan3T wink the authors of the peace still agreement was designed initiative and place Israel in a to nourish mutual confidence position of political and mili- as a background to the talks, tary retreat." Gen. Rabin de- not as a cover for military conclared: "All along, the Egyp- spiracy."
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Trustin, Newman Speak a! Temple
" O m a h a — T h e Board of the Omaha Jewish Federation^meeting Tuesday, September 8, unanimously approved the following resolution which was transmitted" to the President of the United States "as the expression of the views of Its 7,000 constituent members." . • • • • " ..-*.-.
.-.-.Omaha r;-*. Bonnie Trus- ; tin, 20-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yale Trustin, was a stewardess on the Pan American World Airways 747 jet which was hijacked by Arab guerillas Sunday and blown up at the Cairo airport. .•'....• • Miss Trustin, who has been flying with Pah Am 2 months, will be in Omaha Monday, September 13 and will relate some of her experiences at an open meeting to be held at Temple Israel at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Temple Israel Men's . Club, " the Temple meeting will also explore other news developments in the Mid-East crisis. C. M. Newman, who recently attended a special briefing session in Israel at the invitation of Golda Meir, will report on his trip, AH Interested members of the community are invited to attend.
"The eyes of the world are focused upon the Near-East, with special attention to the Suez area and. the cease-fire conditions that were called for within a zone extending fifty kilometers on either side of the Suez Canal, Both Israel and Egypt agreed to the United States Peace Initiative, based on the Rogers Plan, which, among other things, states that both sides are to refrain from changing the military status quo in the a r e a of the cease-fire. To-date, Israel has registered eleven (11) breaches of the cease-fire provisions by the Egyptians. The breaches of the ceasefire have been verified by the United States surveillance. The Jewish Federation of Omaha, therefore calls upon the President of the United States to honor his commitment to the State of ISRAEL, namely that any breach of the cease-fire, which gravely endangers the security of the State of ISRAEL, be firmly dealt with, and that the government of the United States fulfill its obligations to restore the pre-cease-fire military situation. The Jewish Federation of Omaha further urges that anything less than total peace between Arabs and Israelis will continue to endanger world peace. The United States government, therefore, should make known to the" Egyptians and the Soviet Union that it will not accept any attempt to force Israel's withdrawal from the cease-fire line prior to an agreed and binding peace agreement, freely negotiated between the parties." This resolution was adopted with the knowledge that the, hopes —foT-i>eactf-tjnd-securlty-in-the-region-depend-upon-a-firm-UnitedStates position, a s is hereirfdefined, . • . ' •• - • Sincerely yours, S. Elmer Gross, President Jewish Federation of Omaha gBflSBBaBBaBflBBBBBBaflBBBBaaBBaBBflBBBBBBBBflBBBBBBA
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Omaha—"Is the American Jewish Community Worth Hav, ing?" will be .discussed by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Monday, September 21, at 8 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue. The noted rabbi, author, scholar and lecturer will open the fall, series sponsored by the Omaha Jewish Cultural Committee. The lecture will be open to.the community at no charge. A Phi Beta Kappa, Rabbi Hertzberg received his A.B. degree, at John Hopkins University; did graduate work at Harvard and Columbia, and Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg received his doctorate in' Jewish History at Columbia. He The committee is composed of the following organizations: received his Rabbinic Degree The Omaha Jewish Federafrom the Jewish Theological tion, Beth El Synagogue, Beth Seminary. . , Israel Synagogue, Temple Is„ Rabbi Hertzberg has been -rael,-Omaha.Chapter~QtHadas^serving the Congregation of sah, Omaha Section National Temple Emanu-El in Engle- Council of Jewish Women. wood, New Jersey since 1956. Cornhusker and Henry Monsky Ho has ajso served congrega- Lodges of B'nai B'ritli. Jerusalem (JTA)—In view of tions in Philadelphia and NashThe 8 p.m. lecture in the the "immense" amount of mon- ville, and was Hillel Director Beth Israel Sanctuary will be ey to be. raised In the coming at Smith College. He has been followed by a social hour year by tile United Jewish Ap- a member of the Graduate Fa- h o s t e d by the Sisterhood^ of culty of Columbia University Beth'Israel Synagogue." peal in the United States and since 1961; served as a visiting by the Keren Hayesod in 54 Associate Professor at Rutgers No reservations are necescountries, Israeli institutions of University; and has been in- sary. All interested membershigher learning will be asked' vited to be a visiting professor of the community are urged to not to. conduct their own fund. of Jewish History at the He- attend. raising campaigns abroad, f i - brew University in" Jerusalem nance Minister Pinhas Sapir for the latter part of the 197071 academic year. — said this week. A distinguished author, Rab—Mr, -Sapir said -that smalldrives would harm: the Gener-; bi Hertzberg's current book, al • Emergency' Campaign, and "The F r e n c h Enlightenment added' the institutions affected and the Jews," was awarded Omaha . . . All girls beby. the ban should be compen- the Amram Award in 1967 as tween the ages of 5 and 14 the best work of nonfiction in sated by the campaign. ... : are invited to attend - an Mr. Sapir said the UJA and the Jewish field, and also re-Open—House—StindayrrSep^ ceived. the Medallion . Karen Hayesod would attempt tember 13, from 2 to 3:30 to raise a record $600 million in Jewish Publication Society. p.m. at the Jewish ComJewish Cultural Committee, the next year while the Israel munity Center West, 12604 Bond Organization would ' atTha Jewish Cultural ComPacific Street. Further detempt to raise $400 million in mit was organized last spring tails will be given of the , addition to the $100 million they to promote adult Jewish edunew, "Fun' for Fall'.'.-recreare.seekingMralseiin'th*last' cation land. cultur'afc .'activities' ation program 'for '• girls;-'"" g J ^ VonthVp^ ^ Jhia i XWs^u '^, /on, a ; cominuni.ty-.w|d8 , ba
Israeli Institution Fund Drives Halted
Girls Wanted For 'Fun for Fall' JGG Program