Omaha Seeks Tie yiMtSafad
'Sister-CKy' Idea OK'd OMAHA - The Omalu Jewiib Federation will estiblltta a "iliter city" program with Satad, Israel, ai result of a motion passed at the July 31 board meeting. By establiihing a sister-city relationship with Safad, Omahans will be aided in visiting Safad families in Israel, thus establishing a closer retationship with Safad residents, said Morley Zipursky, Federation president. In a letter to Safad Mayor E. Kodosh, Zipursky said that
if the sisler-clty program can be worked out, "What we probably should do is plan for a msslon of Omaha Jewry to go to Israel sometime in the fall and formally start the program." He said an attempt will be made to bring Omaha Mayor Edward Zorinsky. Zipursky's letter listed as program possibilities the exchange of students, the establishment of "vestpocket" recreational parks for Safad youngsters, exhcanges of ideas to solve the
problems of each community and its businesses and "utillting people from Safad in Omaha during our Philanthropies campaigns." Zipursky pointed out that Mrs. CM, (Raquel) Newman visited Safad (his past June to help start the sister-city program. Her brother is David Heller of Chicago, III., who Is building a nursery school in Safad. "Their (the Israelis') fatd is our fate," Zipursky wrote. Omahans understand this and "are very involved in keeping Israel whole .... The one element lacking Is a personto-person relationship with Israelis. It is difficult to identify with a whole country. It would be much better for both Israel and American Jewry if there could be more person-to-person contact." Alvin Abramson reported to the Federation that $3.2 million lias been pledged to the Phllanthrophies campaign, with the goal being $3.5 million. Leo Meyerson reported $1,371,000, or about SO per cent, of the pledges have been paid, and Bea Sommer reported that the women's division is complelS — $399,096 faa« been received.
I Des Moines Team DE8 MOINES — Marvfai PomcranU, top, president of the Great Plalos Bag Co. and a vice-pretUlcnt of CoaUacaUl Can Co., was aaanlniottsly elected president of the Des Moines Jewish Welfare Federatioa board of governors for 1(74-75. Also elected were Gary RaUn. left, who la with Hockenberg-Rnbin Co., as first vice president, sod Fred Lorber, executive vicepmMeat of Ladia Indsatries, lac., as secsad vica-presideiil.
Some $2,537,000 in pledges to the new Jewish Community Center have been collected, according to Norman Bait, building fund director, and Charles A. Monasee t«ported that the Center is doing "extraoridlnarily well" In memberships thus far. H« said lack of swimming pools have hurt the membership drive. The Jewish Library was transfered to the Federation from the JCC. "It is felt that Ihe library will be a more viable part of the community as part of the Federation," Zipursky told board members. In a letter to Herb Rubinstein, Federation executive director, librarian Edie Wolf noted the library "exists for Ihe perpetuation of our heritage for the entire community."
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Vol.LIII-No.44
New War in Mideast?
Allan: It Isn ^t Inevitable NEW YORK (JTA) Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon told a group of American Jewish leaders that while a new Middle East war is possible, It is not inevitable. He said that while preparing for war, Israel must also seek to avert a war by political means. Allon's remarks were made al an off-the-record.meeting with members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Jewish Agency office here Just before his departure for Israel. The Israeli official, who had been in the United States since July 28, reported on his meetings in Washington with Adminiatralion and congressional officials. According to a soarce, Alton stressed that Ihe United Statfs ha> no Mideast peace plan and will not try to Impose a srtllemen on Israel. He said his meetings with Secretzry of Stale Henry A. Kissinger, Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger, Treasury Secretary William Simon and Vice-President Gerald Ford had been very good, constructive, useful and fruitful with satisfactory results. Allon reportedly said that
"some of these results are already in my pocket" and expressed confidence that the others were being considered favorable. Allon said that, thanks to Ihe special relationship the Unted States enjoys with Israel, the US, is the only power with which all Mideast countries are willing to negotiate. He said Ihe American airlift during the Yom Kippur War convinced the Arabs that the U.S. would not sacrifice Israel and thus opened Ihe way for peace talks. Allon stressed that there was no truth to the rumor that the U.S. had asked Israel to recognzf Ihe Palestine IJberalioa OrganlialiM. The Israeli official said he had discussed the issue of Soviet Jews with Kissinger, Ford and Senators Henry M. Jackson (D., Wash.) and Jacob K. Javits (R.,NY), among others, and declared that the Administration cares about the fate of Soviet and Syrian Jews. Asked about the US. plan to give Egypt nuclear reactors, Allon reportedly said Israel feels Egypt has not yet exhausted its other power resources but that If the U.S.
did no give the reactors, other nations would. He said Israel wants to see that stringent safeguards are enforced to prevent the reactors from being used for military purposes. When asked about the National Religious Party Joing Premier Yltxhak Rabin's coalition government. Allon reportedly saM he would like to have the NRP In the government but asked, why 11 had been willing to joU** former Premier Golds Melr's Cabinet but then had insisted on differecnt conditions fra Joining Rabin's government. With all our arrogance and 'shvitz' we In Israel are net able to decide religloas questions without consnltlng all streams of Judaism," a sonrce quoted Allen as saying. Among those attending the meeting were leaders of liie United Jewish Appeal, Israel Bond Organizatio, National Conference on Soviet Jewry and Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East. Earlier in the day Allon mat in an of-the-record briefing with editors of niajor metropolitan dailies in the office of Israeli Consultate and appeared on Ihe NBC-TV "Today" show.
PFLP Denies Threatening By EDWIN EYTAN PARIS (JTA) - The European Bureau of the Jewish Telgraphic Agency was threatened with "exploalon and execution" by a secret right-wing organization. A man claiming tospeak for Ihe organization "Deliverance " told JTA duty edMor IMiM SUber, "sk>|ans, Mplnloiia and executions. "HM Jews out of the cowtry." , JJJe "DelWeranct" group, **?•*•<> to constat of neo-
Nazis, smeared violent antiSemitic slogans on Paris walls several months ago. The latest threat seemed to indicate a certain progression in Ihe campaign from slogans to explosions and is now preparing "executions." The explosion which damaged the offices of Ihe Fonda Social JuK Unifie (FSJU), tlM central Jewish welfare organization in France, here early Saturday morning might also be connected with Ihe JTA, which used to be housed in its early
days in the FSJU building. Meanwhile, spokesmen for Ihe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Paris and Beirut denied that their organization carried out Ihe attacks against Ihe FSJU building and against Ihe two French papers, The PFLP spokesmen also denied the aulhenllclly of a communique claiming to have been Issued by the extremist Palestinian organization.
WASHINGTON, O.C, - U.S. Secuu:., ^f State Henry Kbsiager greeta Israeli Foreign Minister Ylgal Allon ft the State Depart^nent.