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Seatt'p Public Library UTERATUWE FEB 1 55 1978 Special New Year Edition Section A & Tm^MS(DIEHFlf, A Welcome Visitor to Greater Seattle Jewish Homes for SI Years Volume LI No. 15 Seattle, Washington September 3, 1975 yv -n> urn nr po (vwm rr£j>o mi inn D n KmucDi Page 2A The Jewish Transcript September 3,1975 Around the town . SAMUEL COHEN, Mercer Island realtor, boasts he's one of the original readers of the Transcript since its founding back in 1924, and follows it closely for news of the community . SAMUEL AND ALTHEA STROUM received a warm letter of appreciation from UW Pres. John R Hogness and Dean George M. Beckmann of the College of Arts and Sciences for their fund grant which made possible the upcoming Samuel and Althea Stroum Visiting Lec tureship in Jewish Studies there, starting in the fall. Pres. Hogness stressed the program will provide "a happy blend of scholarly and artistic achievement." MRS ESTHER SOLOMON of Capetown, South Africa, was a recent visitor in Seattle where for the first time, she met members of her family, including her cousins, Mrs. Frank Jones, Mrs. Ceorge Mosler and David Clazer and their families. During her stay, she was entertained and toured the Greater Seattle area . Seattle Sephardic Youth Federation, those between the ages of 18 and 25, visited Israel last month on a three-week tour, and included members Shelly Adatto, Terry and Tommy Damm, Stanley and Jean Ann Lorber and Sherry Rind, the latter former REUNITED AT LAST-former Prisoners of Zion Lassal Kaminsky and Lev Yagman (with dark glasses), office manager for The Jewish Transcript, who returns to both sentenced to five years hard labour in the second Leningrad trial of 1971 arrived in Israel, where they UW this month to continue her studies for her Master's and had a tearful reunion with their wives and children who had been allowed to immigrate earlier. Second fro"1 will also teach. left is Kaminsky's mother who also arrived with her son. Describing the physical and mental indignities they were subjected to in prison, the men said they had been forced to share cells with Nazi war criminals' RABBI WILLIAM H. GREENBERG of Congregation Ezra Kaminsky, 45, and Yagman, 35, who are both engineers, said they wanted to rest awhile and then finCl Bessorath, has accepted the post of part-time chaplain at various installation in Washington, according to Rabbi Eric jobs—"because we want to do creative work in Israel." Friedland of Chicago, III., chairman of the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy of the National Jewish Welfare Board News sidelites SANDRA OKIN, coordinator of the Jewish students SAN FRANCISCO, . Reports campus of the Technion —Israel NEW YORK-The Leadership Association at Western Washington State College, is asking on research in Leukemia and Institute of Technology, Major Conference of National Jewish all Jewish students in the area who are now attending or Vitamin E treatment for Cooley's General (Res.) Amos Horev, Women's Organizations, vvhose will begin attending the college to contact her at home on Anemia, two fatal blood diseases, President of the Technion has 10 constituent groups include Mercer Island at 232-5014, or contact her after Sept. 20 at were made by the director- announced. more than 1,000,000 wornen her dorm, 676-4573 . A welcome party is being planned general of the Hadassah Medical throughout the United States, ha* at the college Monday, Sept. 29 at Room 218, Nash Hall. Organization to the 61st annual sent letters to President Ceraid ARTHUR GROSSMAN AND MELVIN STRAUSS performed National Conventionof NEW YORK-Of the 9,000 Ford, Secretary of State HenrV works for bassoon and piano in a recital last month in the Hadassah, meeting here from Soviet Jews to emigrate to the Kissinger, and Ambassador of tn Alki Room at the Seattle Center. Grossman is a member of August 17-20 at the San Francisco United States with HIAS' help United States to the United the Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet at UW and Hilton Hotel. since 1968, more than a third, Nations, Daniel Moynihap' professor of music there. Stauss is president of the Cornish Both experiments are being 3,490, arrived in 1974, reports expressing approval and aP' School of Allied Arts. carried out in the Hematology United HIAS Service President, preciation for "the unwavering Department of the Hadassah- Carl Click, in the migration stand of the United State* MRS. HILL KRAKOVSKY is visiting New York to attend Hebrew University Medical agency's annual report. The 1974 delegation in voting again5 her first grandson's wedding, and also will spend the Center in Jerusalem under Dr. figure represents a 100 plus unfair statements directed towar holidays with the children and their families. ALVIN M. Gabriel Izak. percent increase over the number Israel" at the recent Mexico City KELLER, Northwest area manager for Bonds for Israel of Soviet Jews arriving on U.S. World Conference of the ln' which is based in Seattle, among more than 600 Jewish shores in 1973. ternational Women's Year hel leaders lr<jrn thja United Slate* and Canada participating in LAS VEGAS — Judge Paul "For HIAS," Mr. Click said, under auspices of the Unit*0 the International Fall Leadership Planning Conference in Ribner of Philadelphia was re "1974 will be remembered as the Nations. Chicago this past month to initiate a campaign to provide elected national commander of year of the Russian migrant." greater economic aid to Israel. the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., at the concluding session of the Seattle boasts its own ISRAELI INTERNATIONAL IN 80th Annual Convention here. VESTMENT CLUB, a five-year-old, 15-family member Judge Ribner was unopposed. Rare Hebrew Bible group, with approximately $12,000 in Israeli stocks and securities. PRESIDENT RAY DANZ reports that the stocks are "holding their own" relatively well, despite the ups and HAIFA —The Joseph and folio on page one downs of the Israeli economy. Arlene Taub Institute of Biological Research has been This rare vellum folio from an ancient mmmm .mmmmmmmmmmm. established at the Mount Carmel Hebrew Bible is being offered by UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, as a special greeting card to celebrate Rosh L'Shana Tova Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The elegant card, with a New Year's message in Hebrew and English, is being sold to benefit to all our UNICEF's long-range and emergency programs for needy children in 115 When you friends & customers developing countries. Created in Per- think of pignan, France, in 1299, the manuscript insurance, page shows ritual objects and sanctuary think of SHAY AND SYLVIA SUCKERMAN furniture from the Temple of Jerusalem. It is mc .... reproduced by UNICEF through the courtesy of the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris. Shay's Deli 601 STEWART • 622-6264 Larry Druxman 682-4574 New Year Greetings a ray of sunshine on Capitol Hi Jay Greetings rfpt Stall and with thanks for their Best Wishes SB operation from to !h REPRESENTATIVE GENE LUX \TTLt IMUNITY 35th District Best wishes for a © Healthy, Happy New Ye SEATTLE Mercer Next Door LADIES AUXILIARY SHELL to Island Trave Lodge 232-8190 American Holiday Shell 7655 Mercer Island Greetings Medical Station Highway I-90 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • Tune Up • Brake Work Center 605 15th Ave. E. 325-8282 at DENVER &sih *jmjm (DmEFT A Welcome Visitor to Greater Seattle Jewish Homes for SI Years Volume LI No. 15 Seattle, Washington September 3, 1975 Invisible Jews ? Historic Mideast top city events peace agreement! on Rosh Hashana BY PHILIP R SCHEIER but will it work? Are Greater Seattle's Jews an invisible people to some? Continuing programming of major events which conflict JERUSALEM-lsrael today Secretary of State Henry with such major Jewish observance as the upcoming Rosh looked forward with mingled Kissinger. Hashana, and Yom Kippur and Passover, despite longtime hopes plus a large dose of anxiety But thousands of Israelis and widespread distribution of Anti-Defamation League as the interim peace agreement on protested last week in the streets memo-date books which list such major Jewish holydays, Sinai with Egypt firmed up as the against what they consider the has raised the question here. climax of lengthy negotiations by high price Israel is paying for the David Stahl, Northwest regional director of ADL of B'nai agreement with Egypt which B'rith, has contacted a number of officials of the School Set Yom Kippur includes an Israeli pullback from Department and the King County Democrats to point out two critical Sinai passes and that major events have been scheduled which fall on the TV program on surrender of oil wells seized same days as the Rosh Hashana observance. following earlier Egyptian attacks He cited the School Department Football Jamboree Ch. 5 Sept. 13 on the Jewish state. scheduled for Sept. 5 and 6, as an example, which conflict Details of the agreement ready with Rosh Hashana; the Democratic Party outing Sept. 7, The meaning and to be initialed include the the second day of Rosh Hashana; the American Civil significance of Yom Kippur reported use of American civilians Liberties Union social Sept. 6; the fund-raising musical will be aired in special to man listening posts on the Sept. 5 of the Seattle Opera Guild. segment by KING-TV in its eastern end of the Gidi Pass at Acknowledging that in many cases such scheduling Evergreen Express program Umm Hasheiba to detect any conflicts on major Jewish holydays are unavoidable, and Saturday, Sept. 13, between Egyptian aggressive moves, similar that the Jewish community wouldn't expect every event to 2:30-3:30 p.m.