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not be brought to trial alongside ty for autistic children. 1
his wife, Leah. It was reported Israeli radio report April 7 s
VOL. LIII
Atlanta, Ga., Friday, April 15, 1977
NO. 15
Peres takes over
as $ $ $ unseat
The seven branched candelabra at the Knesset is a symbol of
Israel’s independence as a parliamentary democracy.
Independence Day
Israel's 29th year
sparks celebration
Yotn Haatzmaut — Israel
Independence Day — will be
observed by the community on
Sunday, April 24, and will be
preceded by a week’s activities
beginning Tuesday, Apr. 19.
Phyllis Freedman, chairper
son of the Atlanta Jewish Wel
fare Federation’s Israel
Independence Day Committee,
said that the week-long obser-
Complete schedule of Yom
Haatzmaut activities appears on
page 9.
vance will culminate Sunday
evening, Apr. 24, with a program
of entertainment, beginning at
8:00 p.m. at the Ahavath Achim
Synagogue. Featured will be
Shula Chen, noted Israeli enter
tainer, singer and musical com
edy star.
In addition to Miss Chen, Con
sul General Nahum Astar will
bring greetings on the occasion
of Israel’s 29th anniversary. A
special cantata, performed by
the joint choruses of the Hebrew
Academy and the Epstein
School, will be presented along
with a dance presentation by the
Miller Family Dancers.
A reception will conclude the
evening, during which time all
guests will be invited to join in a
lively round of informal Israeli
dancing.
A major event, open to the en
tire community and for people of
all ages, will be held from 10:00
a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday, April
24, at the Atlanta Jewish Com
munity Center.
Called “Passport to Iarael,”
this all-day festival sponsored
by the AJOCy features an Israeli
Stipend (super market), selling
canned and packaged Israeli
products; Dizengoff Street, with
an Israeli cafe offering authentic
foods such as felafel, pita, and
the like; and an arts colony
patterned after that at Safad,
with demonstrations of Israeli
art forms.
Children of Jewish schools
will participate in a music and
drama presentation, “What is
the True Jerusalem.” Perfor-
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Premier Yitzhak Rabin an
nounced on April 7 that he was
resigning as a candidate for
reelection following an in
vestigation into illegal bank ac-
For an analysis of election
trends and political parties in
Israel as a result of Rabin's
resignation, see Carl Albert's
column, page IS.
counts he and his wife, Leah,
held in Washington. In a special
radio announcement Rabin said
he accepted full responsibility
for the joint offense.
Rabin heads a caretaker
government which cannot resign
and must serve until the next
general elections May 17.
Shimon Peres won
enthusiastic and near un
animous approval by the Labor
Party to head its list in the May
17 elections and become Premier
if Labor forms the next Israeli
government. Peres, 54, who is
presently Defense Minister, was
acclaimed the new leader by 790
of the 816 members of the Labor
Party’s Central Committee.
Only eight negative votes were
cast and 18 members abstained.
Premier Rabin will be fined
administratively by the
Treasury authorities the
equivalent of $1,500 for his part
that the Kabins held two ac
counts in Washington con
taining $10,000, not $2,000 as
Mrs. Rabin had claimed.
Mrs. Rabin closed the account
some weeks after a newsman
discovered its existence. At the
time she said there was $2,000 in
it, deposited while Rabin was
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter enjoy
Passover seder at Lipshutz home
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President and Mrs. Jimmy
Carter participated in a tradi
tional seder on the first night of
Passover April 2 at the
Washington apartment of his
close friend and counsel, Atlanta
lawyer Robert Lipshutz and
Mrs. Lipshutz.
Lipshutz, who was president
for three yean of the Temple, a
Reform congregation in Atlanta
formed two yean after the Civil
War ended, led the service. The
Union of American Hebrew
Congregation’s Haggadahs
which have been in the Lipshutz
family for yean, were used.
Both the President and Mn.
Carter read from them at the
service. The usual symbols of the
Passover seder were observed.
It is believed to have been the
President’s first seder. Mn.
Carter, however, had attended a
seder previously, at least once.
At the dinner, which lasted
more than two hours, were
Lipshutz’s daughter, Judy, and a
stepson, Bobby Rosenberg; a
cousin Andy Marks, who is a
Washington lawyer; Joyce Starr
of the White House staff; and
Robbie Altschuler, of Boston, a
Georgetown Univenity foreign
service school student who is the
son of Mn. Harriett Altschuler
Zimmerman of Atlanta.
Both Dr. Starr and Mrs.
Zimmerman served in the
President’s election campaign
headquarten in Atlanta.
that as far as it was Known,
there were no deposits into the
acount since the Rabins left
Washington in 1973, only
withdrawals. Under Israeli law,
citizens of Israel must does all
foreign accounts within six
months of their return to Israel.
Reporta said that at one point
between March 1978, when the
Rabins left Washington and
should have closed the account,
and the present time, there was
$20,000 in the account. It was
not clear from the report
whether this referred to both ac
counts together. Mrs. Rabin, ac
cording to the Premier, took out
HOLOCAUSTP
will be observed
with a Memorial
Service for the Six/
Million at TombJ
stone Monu
ment, Greenwood
Cemetery,
April 17,
10:15 a.m.
Seepage
12 for
details.
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