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Baruch Haba,
Will Begin Be Loved In September
As He Was In July?
BY GIL SEDAN
JERUSALEM [JTA] -
Premier Menahem Begin’s
trip to the U.S. may well be
the high point of the political
Federation directors are mostly all new in Texas, “honeymoon” that Likud has
enjoyed since it emerged
victorious from the elec-
tions two months ago.
With the recent change in Houston, someone said
that Charley Epstein of Austin was an “oldtimer” and
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The newest addition to our Federation Kallah is
congenial and amiable Morris “Moe” Stein, formerly
of Portland who began his active duty status August
first.
Moe is more than a “director.”
He has that Menschlichkeit that is the permeating
strength in the Jewish fabric - and so vital to his
profession.
Moment Magazine recently published an “around
the clock” with Chicago’s Federation director.
Who doesn’t know that Moe, like others in this
needed vocation, will soon become the director of
25,000 “directors.”
Like the famous Chaim Weizmann remark to
president Truman when Truman agonized that he
was president of 200 million Americans. Weizmann
was quoted, “Mr. President, you have no problems. I
am president of a million presidents!”
Well, Moe Stein, in Dallas we want to tell you you
will be a director of a vibrant community of warm
people with open hearts, open minds, and, as history
will prove, an open purse for humanitarian causes.
And our first estimate is that with you vast
experience as an able administrator, teacher and
leader you will effect a marriage with the community
which will be “biz a bundert und zvanzig.”
We at the TJP wish you good fortune and pledge
ourselves to help make our community stronger and
more aware of the tremendous tasks and issues
which constantly confront Jews.
That’s part of the joy and art of being Jewish -
solving difficult problems.
Baruch Haba, Moe.
Welcome to Dallas.
Regin, the opposition
leader for 29 years, was
regarded before the elec-
tions as just another politi-
cian who failed to adjust to
changing times. He re-
turned from Washington
projecting the image of a
national leader of purpose
who knows exactly where
he is going. Israelis who
regarded his elevation to
the Premiership with appre-
hension, now express reljef
that finally someone is
steering the ship of state.
Begin’s new popularity
stems in part from the
contrast he presents to the
opposition Labor Alignment
leadership.
Rebuilding Begins
Labor Alignment leaders
are still busy blaming each
other for the May 17
election disaster. Prof. Yi-
gael Yadin’s Democratic
Movement for Change
(DMC) whose strong elec-
tion showing at the expense
of Labor was largely re-
sponsible for Likud’s vic-
tory, is currently wracked
by internal debates over
whether or not to join
Begin’s coalition.
Likud Moves To
Enlarge Coalition
Likud is the only party
which seems to be in control
of the situation and it is
exploiting every public re-
lations device to enhance
that image. In fact, Likud is
acting as if the election
campaign still was in full
swing. It is making a
determined effort not only
to enlarge its narrow
coalition but to win over a
majority of the electorate —
permanently. One pundit,
Prof. Yirmiyahu Yovel of
the Hebrew University,
warned in Haaretz last
wekend that if Labor does
not close ranks soon it risks
the danger of losing a
substantial section of the
moderates who supported it
to Likud.
Of course there are
plenty of skeptics who view
Begin’s foray into interna-
tional diplomacy in Wash-
ington as a triumph of
cosmetics over substance.
But the general public
seems satisfied. At last,
they say Israel has a leader
who knows the art of public
relations, an area in which
the previous government
was often awkward and
heavy-handed.
There is, nevertheless, an
undercurrent of concern
that Begin’s government
partners are ihe two relig-
ious parties which appar-
ently feel that now is the
time to increase the influ-
ence of Orthodoxy in all
aspects of Israeli life. There
is much uneasiness over
Begin’s commitments to the
religious establishment to
kill Israel’s new, liber
abortion law, to exemp
women from military ser
vice, to tighten rules a-
gainst Sabbath work and to
try to get a majority of the
Knesset to amend the Law
of Return to suit Orthodox
demands.
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But even the secula
elements have pushed thes^
worries aside for the mo-
ment in the wake of Begin’s
■alks with President Carter
which the Likud publicity
marhine is depicting as a
glittering success.
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Ehrlich Emerires As
Uei*nomic Hero
Begin is not the sole
beneficiary of this “era of
good feeling.” Likud’s No. 2
man, Finance Minister Si-
mcha Ehrlich, until recently
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A Third of Johnstown's Jews Hit By Flood
Memo — from the desk of
Bill Woldman &
BY BRIAN LIPSITZ
NEW YORK [JTA] -
Approximately one-third of
the Jewish residents in
flood ravaged Johnstown,
Pa. have either been
displaced from their homes
or had their businesses
damaged, according to Jim
Young, assistant director of
the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds [CJF], who has just
returned from Johnstown
where he spent two days
assessing the flood’s effect
on the Jewish community.
Fortunately, Young said, no
Jewish lives were lost.
The death toll has risen to
59, with up to 60 people still
missing as a result of last
week’s savage flooding
from the overflowing Cone-
maugh River valley. As it
continued to rain, civil
defense officials warned of
the possibility of more
Hooding. Gov. Milton J.
Shapp has estimated total
damage in the area at $200
million.
Young was scheduled to
return to Johnstown to
meet with local Jewish
community leaders to de-
termine specific needs and
to finalize plans for assist-
ing the busi e men and
displaced persons affected
by the flood. Over 25
Jewish businesses have
sustained severe structural
damage and loss of stock
due to the mud and water,
Young told the JTA.
Synagogue Buildings
Not Damaged
Since most of the Jewish
community lives in the
suburbs on higher ground
than the city proper, their
homes were not damaged,
Young said. But he added
that about 35 elderly Jews
who live in the city itself,
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mainly in apartments, hav<
been forced to find tempo
ary shelter with other Jews
in the suburbs or in
emergency shelters. The
Continued on page 14
Bomb Injures 28; *
Security Tightens
Howard Cohen
Letter To The Editor
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BILL
This corner wel-
comes new Federation
Director Moe Stein, his
lovely wife, Lil and
their children, Jerome
and Deborah. We’re
hope you’re as happy
here as we are to have
you. We’re here to
help!
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The Sunday Times, as you
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Sincerely,
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TEL AVIV [JTA] - A
bomb blast in the Beershe-
ba marketplace last Thurs-
day injured 28 persons, four
seriously and touched off a
nationwide mobilization of
security forces against
what is shaping up as a new
wave of terrorism aimed at
causing civilian casualties.
Police rounded up 11
suspects after the bombing
and patrols were beefed up
in urban areas all over
Israel, especially the Arab
quarters in large cities.
The Beersheba outrage
occurred less than 24 hours
after a bomb injured 11
persons in the Carmel
marketplace in Tel Aviv.
Two persons were slightly
injured when a bomb
detonated outside a Jerusa-
lem movie house. Bombings
occurred recently in the
Petach Tikva market and in
a Nahariya supermarket.
According to police, the
Beersheba bomb was con-
cealed in a large trash can
with an electric activating
device. The can was placed
under a vendor’s cart. The
bomb injured the vendor’s
legs and the lower part of
his body. Other shoppers
and vendors nearby also
sustained leg injuries.
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Ambulances ''ere on the*
scene within minutes. All ofl
the injured were hospital-®
ized. Some were released
after treatment.
Security circles attribute
the new upsurge of terror-
ist acts to several factors.
These include the fading of*
the Lebanese eiv;l war and £
a desire by the PLO to
restore its tarnished image
in the Arab world, the
influx of summer visitors
from neighboring countries
who may include terrorists
despite careful checks at j
the Jordan River bridges,!
and the policy of the new!
government which opposes
any withdrawals from the
West Bank, participation of
the PLO in peace talks or
the establishment of a
Palestinian state.
Meanwhile, police havejj
urged the populace to be
alert to any suspect objects
or persons and to report
them immediately to the
proper authorities.
A small explosive charge «
went off in the center of®
Jerusalem slightly injuring®
two passersbv. The bomb
had apparently been placed
under a car outside a
cinema.
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