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policy of the Department of
Health, Education and Wel-
fare in refusing Medicaid
reimbursements for abor-
tion procedures.
The brief was submitted
by Leo Pfeffer, special coun-
sel to the American Jewish
Congress, in the case of-
McRae v. Califano.
On the brief, in addition
to the American Jewish
Congress, are: American
Ethical Union, American
Humanist Association,
Americans United for Sep-
aration of Church and
State, Board of Church and
Society, United Methodist
Church, Catholics for a Free
Choice, Church of the
Brethren, Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), Na-
tional Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods, United
Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America,
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, Unitarian
Universalist Association,
Unitarian Universalist
Federation,
Women's
United Church Board for
Homeland Ministries and
United Synagogue of
America.
"All these organiza-
tions share in the belief
that the decision either to
undergo or forego abor-
tion must be personal
and uncoerced by gov-
ernment," the brief de-
clared, adding:
"They believe further
that the unitary principle of
church-state separation and
religious freedom_ forbid
government compromise on
all the theology of one of
more sects."
The "religious con-
science" of the members of
the 15 organizations, the
brief said, "is offended by a
law which makes the abor-
tion procedure fully avail-
able to women who are for-
tunately able to pay for it
but, realistically, denies it
to the poor and under-
privileged when needed to
protect the health and wel-
fare of themselves and their
families."
In the brief, Pfeffer con-
tended that the denial of
Medicaid funds to poor
women seeking abortion
violated both the Estab-
lishment and Free Exercise
clauses of the First
Amendment, "because it
constitutes a law which pre-
fers those religions that for-
bid abortion over those
which do not. and injures
women who do not profess a
religious belief forbidding
aborition by withholding
from them a government
benefit available to others."
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Blind Learn to Excel in Sports
With Aid of Buffalo, N.Y., Center
By HARLAN ABBEY
(From the JWB Circle)
Catching a basketball,
jogging, or learning to float
aren't great athletic
achievements . . . not for the
average person. But for a
person who is blind and
deaf, or blind and suffering
from cerebral palsy, or blind
and retarded, any of them
can be quite a feat.
Reaching such a mile-
stone might be Corripared to
an athlete winning an
Olympic gold medal. And in
that case, one can say the
physical education staff at
the Jewish Center of
Greater Buffalo and the of-
ficials of the Blind Associa-
tion of Western New York
are witnesses to Olympic-
size triumphs fout days a
week.
"Once a person becomes
blind because of an accident
or disease, he usually just
lets his body fall apart," ex-
plains Guy Hoelen, director
of client services for the
Blind Association. "They
have very little mobility,
minimal endurance or sta-
bility. They don't even know
the difference between 'fast'
and 'slow' when applied to
their own movements.
"We always have had a
rowing machine, a sta-
tionary bicycle and a few
mats, but we didn't have
the space, and we really
didn't have the equip-
ment or the expertise to
develop much of a pro-
gram."
About two years ago,
then, the Blind Association
approached the Jewish Cen-
ter, which did have nearby
equipment, space, and staff
expertise. The two United
Way agencies now are far
along in developing what
will be the only physical
education curriculum in the
nation for blind adults, let
alone blind adults with
additional handicaps.
"To develop this program
I've had to blindfold myself
and try to shoot baskets, or
swing a hockey stick, or
jog," says Lynn Garrett, the
center's associate director of
health and physical educa-
tion. "There simply is no
written material to use for
guidelines."
When the program began
two years ago, the Blind
Association could find no
more than seven adults
willing to participate in
even one day a week of
swimming and one day of
gym activity. This year,
ZOA Appointees
NEW YORK — The
Zionist Organization of
America has made a
number of changes in its
executive staff. Executive
Director Leon Ilutovich has
been named national execu-
tive vice chairman.
Paul Flacks, formerly di-
rector of public affairs, has
been named acting national
executive director. Mel Ga-
lun, director of the youth
department, has been
named acting associate na-
tional executive director.
though, the group has
grown to 15 adults, ranging
in age from 19 to 55, and
they meet four afternoons
each week.
In addition to swim-
ming and jogging, the re-
habilitation program
also includes climbing,
weight training, team
sports and work on gym
apparatus like the tram-
poline.
The program is monitored
by the University of Buf-
falo's School of Social and
Preventive Medicine. Par-
ticipants are tested for flex-
ibility, agility, speed and
endurance, and their pulse
rates are measured.
The funding is now as-
sured through September
1979, via a $26,000 grant to
the Blind Association from
the Margaret Wendt Foun-
dation, a private local
organization. The grant
pays for the time of the
Jewish Center's physical
education staff when they
conduct the program, for
any special equipment
needed, and for such special
events as cross-country ski-
ing.
So dramatic an improve-
ment has the athletic pro-
gram fostered in the lives-of
its participants that the
United Way of Buffalo and
Erie County is planning to
videotape some of its activi-
ties. The tapes will be for-
warded to the National
Football League for possible
inclusion among the new set
of United Way commercials,
narrated by various
players, to be shown during
1978 NFL games.
Gen. Believes Israel Should
Do More to Fight Terrorism
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Reserve Gen. Rehavam
Ze'evi, who was the Prime
Minister's advisor on ter-
rorism during the former
Labor government, has
criticized the present gov-
ernment for not paying
enough attention to com-
batting terrorism within Is-
rael.
Speaking at a symposium
on terrorism at Tel Aviv
University's Institute for
Strategic Studies, Ze'evi
said terrorism is treated
only as a secondary problem
by Israel's various security
services. He noted that not
enough has been done to
penetrate terrorist head-
quarters as a means of pre-
venting terrorist acts.
He also charged that
West Bank personalities,
who are not searched, have
been using this special
treatment to smuggle arms
and explosives across the
border. He noted that while
Archbishop Hillarion
Capucci and the son of
former Hebron Mayor Hadj
Jaabari had been arrested
for smuggling arms, there
were many others, such as
United Nations employes
and diplomets, who cross
the borders without being
searched and may be carry-
ing arms, sometimes un-
knowingly.
Ze'ev also said it was
wrong to place the major
responsibility for inter-
nal security on the police,
who lack the knowledge,
experts, resources and
the money to adequately
cope with the problem.
Reserve Gen. Aharon
Yariv, head of the Institute
and a former chief of intelli-
gence, agreed that too little
attention was being paid to
internal security. He urged
that the problem be dealt
with by a higher echelon of
officials who would coordi-
nate all activities between
the various security
branches.
He recommended creat-
ing a ministry just for this
problem. Yariv noted that
there were 11,000 acts of
terrorism in Israel during
the last 13 years during
which 670 people died and
3,000 were injured.
Origin of 'Jew' Traced
By RABBI SAMUEL
FOX
tribe of Judah. This in-
cludes also the Kingly Mes-
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
siah in time to come.
It is assumed that the
Thus Jew, coming from
name Jew comes from the the name Judah, involves
name Judah. The ancient reference to the leader-
Holy Land was composed of ship of the ancient Heb-
two territories, i.e. Israel, rews and the promise of
the , northern part, and redemption through a
Judah, the southern part.
descendant of the tribe of
Even before the destruc- Judah.
tion of the. Temple, the
It is also claimed that the
northern territory, Israel, name of the Almighty is re-
was captured and its in- flected in the letters of the
habitants dispersed (they name Judah (Jew) and thus
are usually referred to as the name "Jews" indicates
the 10 lost tribes). This the relationship between
meant that the remaining -the people and the Al-
people were mostly inhabit- mighty.
ants of the southern terri-
tory, Judah. Hence they
Arthur F. Burns was the
were called "Y-hudim" and first Jew to be appointed
later Jews.
chairman of the Federal Re-
Some claim that the name serve Board, which super-
Jew persisted because it vises our nations finances.
was ordained by the Al- He was appointed by Presi-
mighty that the kingship dent Nixon on Jan. 31, 1970.
would always come from the
—World Over