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■ V Hoppkir day* *■ The Rabia* with the Carter* during Washing!®* rlait. in the family’s illegal bank ac- Ambassador to Washington, i counts in Washington. He will she donated the money to chi 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- — Turn To Page 26 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. oxa