Israel Rapped for Action in Hijack Geneva (JTA)—The International Red Cross Committee, in what its own spokesman labeled "a highly exceptional move," decided to lodge a formal protest With the Israeli government against the use of armed force to liberate 100 hostages aboard the hijacked Sabcna jet. The IRC spokesman said that the m o v e was prompted by what he termed "Israel's flagrant abuse of confidence" and "break of an oral agreement." The spokesman sharply rejected the suggestion that there might have been a misunderstanding. "We had 100 per cent reason to believe that force would not be used while negotiations were still in progress and were on the point of succeeding," the spokesman said. He claimed that Israeli authorities had assured the Red Cross representatives at Lydda Airport that force was not contemplated. They claimed that the IRC d e l e g a t e s and Dayan had reached an oral agreement providing for the release of 300 Arab terrorists jailed in Israel in exchange for the hostages and the plane. Less thart three hours after the agreement was reached, they said, Israeli sol-' diers disguised as maintenance men, boarded the plane, and opened fire on the terrorists. Charges Denied Foreign Minister,Abba Eban and Defense Minister Moshe Da?3ir«taoVit dcaiTThat Israel categorically rejects the charges. The Israel minister noted that the IRC representatives had been invited to tho airport by the terrorists who were holding the passengers and crew members of the Belgian jet at gunpoint threatening to blow up the aircraft unless their demands were met. The IRC mission, they said, was solely to convey
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messages from the terrorists to Israeli authorities and tho terrorists. At no point did Israel promise IRC representatives that it would not use force to liberate the plane. In fact, the ministers reported, the IRC men were told that force would be used if no other way could be found to save tbe lives of the hostages.
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Director Named for. Omaha JCC Omaha—The appointment of Omaha's f i r s t full-time Jewish Community Center Director was announced this week by Charles Monasee, chairman of the Jewish Community Center Committee. Ity Tabachnkk, 38, Director of the Mattapan-Dorchester Combined Jewish Philanthropies Center in Boston, has accepted the Omaha position effective June 1,1972. • Mr. Monasee explained that the new position of Center Director was an important, logical step in preparing for the new Jewish Community Center building and the new concept of service it will provide. Reviewing the work of the 250 members of the New Center Study Committee, Mr. Monasee said that the broad scope of needs and program recommendations indicated by the study, required a full-time experienced person to administer the programs and services to be provided by the Center. Mortimer Greenberg, Executive Director of the Omaha Jewish Federation, described the criteria used in .the selection of the Center Director. 1. Experience as a high-level administrator in a complex organization. 2. A proven record of effective leadership and an ability to inspire in his staff similar qualities of leadership and effectiveness..
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Hy Tabachnlck 3. Demonstrated willingness to generate and implement innovations in his organization. 4. Commitment to the varied agenda of the Jewish Community Center and the community whose interests and needs it reflects. 5. A r e c o r d of success in working in cooperation"with his agency leadership, Jewish com'inunity leadership, community groups, membership and staff. Mr. Greenberg said that the' selection of Mr. Tabachnick followed a careful screening of qualified candidates throughout tho country. "It was the feeling of the special Center Personnel Selection Committee that Mr. Tabachnick's work history has d e m o n s t r a t e d progressive growth of skill and responsibility. A supervisor who stimulates staff creativity and responsibility, he is well equipped to successfully integrate the abilities and experiences of the Center staff to create and carry out the program in keeping with the policies .of the Center - Committee. All the functions of the Center will be integrated through the director in order to achieve maximum Center effectiveness," Greenberg said. Background ' A graduate of Gannon College, Erie, Pa., Mr. Tabachnick : attended Fenn State University and received Us Master's De'grce in Social Work from the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve. University in Cleveland. He served as director of the Jewish Community Center of Revere in the Boston area following two years as director of
the Atlanta Jewish Community Center resident camp. He served the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland for 7 years in a variety of roles, including teen worker, extension worker and program director of their country camp. During a two-year period of service in tho army, Mr. Tabachnick became affiliated with the Jewish Community Center in Frankfurt, Germany with responsibilities for Young Adult programming. During that period he also did special work for the Joint Distribution Committee establishing summer camps for Jewish children in five German cities. Mr. Monasee noted that Tabechnlck's wide range of experience has included work with all age groups, from pre-schoolers through senior citizens. "We are fortunate to have aman with Hy's excellent back-
ground heading our JCC staff,'" said Mr. Fonasee. "His warmth and sensitivity, together with his professional expertise, assures us that we have chosen the right man for this first step in implementing our new JCC design." Future Plans Mr. Monasee added that within the next few months other professionals wilt be added to the JCC staff, and.that new programming is planned to begin this fall. "It is our hope," said Mr. Monasee, "that under Hy's direction exciting new programs and qualified staff will be developed and operating prior to tbe completion of the new Center building." Mr. Tabaphnick, his wife, Sandy and their three children, ages 7, 4 and 2, will arrive in Omaha within the next few weeks.
JCahone Unwelcome,_ A t AJCongress Meet CLEVELAND (JTA)—Rabbi Meir Kahane, national chairman of the Jewish Defense League, was refused admittance to the National Biennial Convention of the American Jewish Congress after he demanded the right to address it on the subjects of Soviet Jews and American aliya to Israel. Theodore Bikel, co-chairman of the AJCongress' National Governing Council, who was chairing a plenary session when Rabbi Kahane arrived uninvited, declared that the JDL leader "has no right to bully Tiis way into our meeting, disrupt our deliberations or otherwise force his views on us. We particularly regret Mr. Kahane's slanderous accusations identifying us as persons who 'stand by and do nothing' in the face of mounting Soviet oppression against tfie courageous Jews of the Soviet Union. We regard as despicable Mr. Kahane's self-seeking attempt to use the USSR's intensified attack against Jewish activ-' ists in the Soviet Union for his own personal publicity."
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The A m e r i c a n Jewish Press will be represented among the members of the press accompanying President Nixon to Moscow this months First hand reports from Jimmy ,Wisch, president of the American Jewish Press
Norman Jfa'hn was elected chairman of the Mid-western region of tho American Jewish Committee during the AJC annual meeting held recently in New York. Pictured above congratulating Mr. Hahn arc: (from left) Morton W. Ryweck, West CenllSlfial Area Dflrectorof lie* American Jewish Committee; Richard"'