Galaxy of Speakers at Sessions of AIPAC
Top leadership in the Senate and the House will be among those addressing delegates from
throughout the U.S. at the 12th annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Com-
mittee (AIPAC), April 29 and 30, at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. A highlight at this year's
conclave will be two luncheons in honor of the Israel ambassador to the U.S., Itzhak Rabin — one
with senators, one with representatives. Both luncheon sessions will be on Capitol Hill. Among the
leading Senators and Representatives speaking to the AIPAC conference will be (from left) top row:
Senators Hugh Scott, Henry Jackson, George McGovern and Bob Dole; bottom row: Congressman Hale
Boggs and Gerald Ford, Ambassador Rabin and Irving Kane, AIPAC chairman. For the first time,
a large group of college student leaders will play a role in the policy conference. Nearly 100 young
people, from 35 universities and Bnai Brith Hillel foundations and counselorships will participate in
briefing sessions and meetings to formulate policy to strengthen U.S.-Israel relations.
Mordecai Kaplan Is Award Recipient
WASHINGTON — Bnai Brith an-
nounces selection of Dr. Mordecai
M. Kaplan, founder of the Recon-
structionist movement and one of
the 20th Century's most brilliant
and challenging Jewish scholars,
as the first recipient of its Harold
Weisberg Memorial Award in Jew-
ish Thought.
The $1,500 prize, established by
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Col-
lege in Philadelphia.
Dr. Louis L. Kaplan, president
emeritus of Baltimore Hebrew Col-
lege and chairman of the Bnai
Brith commission's advisory coun-
cil, heads the selection committee
for the Weisberg Award.
Bnai Brith's adult Jewish educa-
tion commission, will be given an-
nually to an individual whose
AMERICA'S FINEST
(Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.)
WASHINGTON—An 18th Century
bronze menora—a gift- from David
Ben-Gurion to Harry S Truman
20 years ago—is among the most
prominent of the 31 attractions at
The Art of Diplomacy" exhibit
at the National Archives. Two cen-
turies of the "art" of diplomacy
are being shown until next April
in the foyers of the Great Hall,
where the Declaration of Independ-
ence, the Constitution and the Bill
of Rights are on permanent dis-
play.
"It's lovely," Secretary of State
William P. Rogers told the JTA
as he and Mrs. Rogers lingered
before the menora. "I am a great
admirer of Mr. Ben-Gurion."
Secretary and Mrs. Rogers, Rob-
ert Lowe Kunzig, head of the Gen-
eral Services Administration, and
the archivist of the United States
and Mrs. James B. Rhoads were
patrons of the reception to which
guests came in formal attire and
national dress.
The handsomely illustrated
catalogue for the exhibit—a col-
lector's item in itself with a Li-
brary of Congress identification
—places the menora sixth in its
total list of 31 documents of
American diplomatic history and
gifts to Presidents and tops the
list of the gifts.
The menora's permanent place
is in the Harry S Truman Library
in Independence, Mo.
Alongside the menora in the ex-
hibit case is an exquisite Torah
scroll on delicately carved wooden
rollers of 17th Century Italy. Form-
ing a backdrop is a colorful "paro-
het" (Torah curtain) described in
a plaque as of "late 18th Century
Hungary/Romania." Both the
scroll and the curtain are on loan
for the exhibit from the Joseph B.
and Olyn Horwitz Judaica Collec-
tion in Cleveland.
Sharing the case is the "Con-
vention for the Payment of sums
Due by France to Citizens of
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"contributions to Jewish thought,
through a creative ferment of
ideas, have enhanced the quality
of Jewish life."
The award memorializes the late
Dr. Weisberg of Brandeis Univer-
sity, founding staff director 17
years ago of the Bnai Brith com-
mission and its national chairman
from 1966 until his death last July.
Presentation will be made to Dr.
Kaplan, the 89-year-old theologian,
at a convocation Oct. 24 at the
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By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Among the exhibits the only one
eight candles with `Shamash' (ser-
pants available for rent or sale.
vant) in the center, crowned by from an Arab country is the gift
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man era, the United States having meeting with King ibn Saud, Em-
been the first nation to recognize peror Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
Israeli independence. President and King Farouk of Egypt.
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SINGER'S
Thunder Storms Wreak Havoc
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Unseason- the country were deluged in 24
able rains and thunder storms did hours with more than a quarter
damage in Israel last week, shut-
ting down airports at Jerusalem
and Rosh Pina in the Galilee, col-
lapsing a 60-foot section of the
Jericho-Jerusalem road and dam-
aging other roads, as well as crops
and houses.
In Jerusalem, firemen rescued
people trapped in 20 flooded
houses. Twenty-foot-high waves on
Lake Tiberias smashed into the
promenade of Tiberias and dam-
aged homes, cafes and the water-
front quay. In the Negev, huge
waterstreams coursing down the
mountains flooded the roads.
Ships anchored outside the
breakwaters of Israeli harbors
were ordered to put out to sea
to avoid the constantly changing
high winds.
A helicopter rescued four occu-
pants of an automobile that was
in danger of being swept into the
Dead Sea by flood waters pouring
over the normally parched terrain.
The rainy season is usually over
by this time of year. But parts of
of the total rain that normally
falls during the rainy season.
The wet weather had a benefi-
cial aspect. Lake Tiberias, Israel's
largest fresh water reservoir, rose
nearly seven inches. According to
the experts, this translates into
about 55,000,000,000 gallons, near-
ly a quarter of the country's an-
nual water supply from natural
sources.
Water engineers of the Jordan
Valley regional council said the
increase would "make it a blessed
year for farmers throughout the
country whose irrigation systems
are hooked up to the national
water conduit."
A ministry of agriculture spokes-,
man placed crop damage at
$1,570,000, sustained mainly by
vegetables and fruits. In the hills
of Galilee the temperature .dropped
below the freezing mark. Overcoats
are in evidence on the streets.
Roads all over the country have
been flooded or blocked by up-
rooted trees and downed telephone
poles.
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