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Free at Iasi, twins Lenny and I (or Koltochnik were first to hit the
ground at the Atlanta airport. Deplaning are their parents and
grandmother, who were finally permitted 1o leave the Soviet Union.
Federation helps out
Atlanta opens door
for 150 Soviet Jews
Some 30,000 Soviet Jews are
expected to receive their long;
awaited exit visas in 1979,
according to recent reports. That
good news has set 'into motion
resettlement plana mi internation
al, national and local levels.
Atlanta is one of the
communities which has been asked
to take a major role in resettling
these immigrants. The Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
has requested Atlanta to
accommodate 150 Soviet Jews,
almost triple the 56 individuals
welcomed in 1978.
The State Department and
Congress have appropriated a
$16,000,000 grant
to Federatidw- to^^^issian
resettlemeST'AtldnthT’Wtttr^WI
be $94,500 which is to be matched
by a Federation allocation of at
least $100,000. However, the
overall costs, as projected by the
agencies involved, indicate that it
will actually cost the community
$116,000 to resettle a total of 150
new Americans.
See Soviet Jews, page 25
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Atlanta, Ga. Friday, March 9, 1979
No. 16
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Israel prepares for
President’s State visit
by Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV (JTA)—President
Carter has been inWted'lo address
the Knesset on Mohday, the final
day of his visit to Isi’hel that will
begin this Saturday night. The
Knesset Steering Committee
announced that it would permit
Premier Menachem Begin and
Shimon Peres, chairman of the
opposition Labor Alignment, to
respond to the President’s speech
in English.
The electrifying news Monday
that the President would visit
Egypt and Israel this week in a
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preparations for the momentous
occasion. Carter's visit is officially
a State visit The President will be
welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport
by a guard of honor, a dress parade
and a 21-gun salute. The last such
ceremonials occurred in
November 1977 when President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt landed at
Ben Gurion Airport, also on a
Saturday night.
As with Sadat's visit, massive
security measures will be taken,
beginning Friday afternoon, 24
hours before the President’s
arrival. Israeli air space will be
closed to all commercial traffic
several hours before the President
is due. Airlines have already been
advised to adjust their schedules
accordingly. All policemen are
expected to take part in the nation
wide security operation during
Carter’s stay, under the personal
charge of Police Chief Chaim
Tabori.
The announcement by the White
only hours
accept Begin’s recommendations
regarding new proposals made to
him by Carter on Sunday. The
nature of the proposals was not
disclosed but a Cabinet majority
apparently regarded them as an
opening to resolve the issues that
have blocked a peace treaty with
Egypt.
Voting for Begin’s recommenda
tions were Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin; Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan; Defense Minister Ezer
Weizman; Minister of Social
Betterment Yisrael Katz;
Agriculture Minister Ariel
Sharon; Religious Affairs Minister
Aharon Abu-Hatzeira; Absorp
tion Minister David Levy;
Minister of Commerce and
Industry Gideon Patt and Finance
Minister Simcha Ehrlich.
Opposed to the recommenda
tions were Transport Minister
Haim Landau, Education Minister
Zevuhm Hammer and Energy
Minkier Yitzhak Modai. Health
Minisfer Eliezer Shostak, who was
repotted erroneously to have voted
against the recommendations, was
on* 8f tflfe four ministers who
abstained. The others were Justice
Minister Shmuel Tamir, Interior
Minister Yosef Burg and Minister-
Without-Portfolio Moshe Nissim.
President Yitzhak Navon was
on a three-day tour of Tel Aviv
slum neighborhoods when he was
informed of Carter’s visit. His
See Good Luck, page 25
Einstein centennial honors
best-known Jew of century
who had love for Eretz Yisrael
by Dr. David Geffen
Educational Director
Zalmau Sha/ar Center Jenitakm
The centennial of the birth of
Albert Einstein falls on March 14
this year Varied celebrations,
symposia and conferences are
being planned throughout the
world to mark this event.
Einstein is, without a doubt, the
best-known Jew of the 20th
century, and his pioneering work
has dramatically changed the life
of a significant amount of the
world’s population. Not only was
he a great scientist and
humanitarian, but also Albert
Einstein had strong ties with his
people and a profound love for
Eretz Yisrael. One of his earliest
visits to the land of Israel occurred
in February 1923, and it was a
major cVent in the life of the Jews
who were living in Palestine at that
time.
Einstein and his wife arrived in
the country on February 5. They
went directly to Jerusalem where
they were warmly received and
royally entertained. Einstein,
although only in his 40s, was
already the recipient of the Nobel
Prize, and his arrival in Jerusalem
caught the imagination of the
residents of the city.
On Tuesday afternoon, the day
after the Einsteins’ arrival, the
Palestine Zionist Executive and
the Jewish National Council held a
reception for the guests at the
Lemel School. Children lined the
road to the school waving banners
of welcome When the Einsteins
arrived at the Lemel school,
tremendous applause broke out
and cheering was heard. The
Tachkemoni school brass band
serenaded the visitors with Hebrew
folksongs, and flowers were
presented to Mrs. Einstein. Then
the entourage entered the
courtyard to go into the school,
but there was no holding back the
enthusiasm of those outside. They
burst into the school courtyard
and tried to get into the school
itself, but as a newspaper reported,
“three or four stalwarts held the
gates shut.”
Inside, Einstein was officially
welcomed in Hebrew by David
Yellin, president of the Jewish
National Council, with an instant
translation into German for the
honored guests. Yellin noted that
“Gaon" was the highest title Jews
can bestow, and that Einstein
merited this title more than any
Sec Einstein, page 25
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