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VOL. SO NO. 43
OCTOBER 19, 1972 - CHESHVAN 11
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Authorities Warn Jewish Groups
To Screen Mail For Explosives
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Scenes from the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Cofumbus Torah Academy.
Columbus Torah Academy Breaks Ground
A crowd of over 600
members of the community
gathered this past Sunday
morning, in a field on
Cherrybottom, Rd. to, par¬
ticipate in ground breaking
ceremonies at the site of the
new Columbus Torah
Academy." ;This ceremony
being another step toward
-the goal of continued growth
and existence and a per¬
manent Home for the
Academy. The first step was
made over 14 years ago by
the establishment' of the
Columbus Torah Academy
through the foresight and
concentrated efforts of a
number of community ac¬
tivists,- including Rabbis
David Stavsky iand Samuel
Rubenstein, Harry Gilberg,
Jerome Schottenstein,"the
Jate Leon l Schoittenstein,
Frank .Nutis and many
others.
^"Oie ceremonies for the
day  were led  by  Melvin
[.Schottenstein.    Activities
began with a processional of
the children of the school
followed by a pledge of
allegiance and singing of the
Star Spangled Banner and
Hatikvah.
The invocation was
delivered by Dr. Jerome
Folkman, Rabbi of Temple
Israel. Dr. Samuel Portman;
President Columbus Torah
Academy welcomed all in*
attendance. Irving Fried;
principal of the Academy
introduced the consecration
speakers, Rabbi Samuel W.
Rubenstein and Rabbi David
"Stavsky, with the
acknowledgement of their
extreme dedication and
untiring efforts over the past
14 years as a driving force in
bringing the community day
school to its present
existence. In their speeches,
Rabbis Rubenstein and
Stavsky "eluded to Harry
Gilbert as the "vissionary of
the school."
Following the consecration
addresses, Rabbi Nathan
Zelizer, Congregation
Tifereth Israel read from the
scriptures. This was
followed by most refreshing
remarks on behalf of the
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NEW YORK, (JTA)-
Federal authorities have
met discreetly with leaders
of Jewish organizations in
recent days to advise them to
take extra precautions in
screening incoming mail;
especially mail postmarked
from Italy and Malaysia, on
the possibility that it may
contain explosives, the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
learned this week. The
authorities have warned
Jewish leaders to scrutinize
all their mail, whether let¬
ters or bulky packages, for
any suspicious content. If
mail seems suspicious in any
way, the authorities have
advised, the recipients
should set it aside unopened
and call either police or
postal authorities. They
warned that this procedure
should be followed even if the
^jn.ame.-of-.-the sender is
familiar to the recipient./
Federal authorities have
not said that any one Jewish-*
organization or leader is
earmarked to receive letter
bombs but as one spokesman
put it, "We're covering the
field in order to safeguard all-
organizations from any
possible danger." The
meetings with- Jewish
leaders were part of an in¬
tensive campaign announced
by the White House; following
the spate of; letter bombs
mailed to Jewish and Israeli
officials in this country and
abroad, one ol which killed
an Israeli diplomat in
London.
Earlier letter bombs were
postmarked Amsterdam but
the most recent ones have
come from Malaysia. Postal
authorities in New York
were checking all Hadassah
mail following receipt of
letter bombs from Malaysia
by Mrs. Rose L. Halprin
honorary vice-president of
Hadassah, and Hannah"
Goldberg, former executive,
director of the women's
Zionist organization. Mrs.
Halprin received the booby-
trapped letter at her home in
Manhattan. The one ad¬
dressed to Miss Goldberg
came to the Hadassah office.
Both letters were opened but
in each case the explosive
device inside failed to
'detonate.
Mrs. Haljirin told the JTA
that there was "absolutely
no alarm" at the Hadassah
office which has about 100
employees, mostly women.
She said the office routine
has not been affected. Ilane
Kaplan, executive secretary,
said stringent security
measures have  been in-
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Zion Installation Is Oct. 22
J. Sillman To Receive Award
Voter Dilemma Is Topic For
Center Public Affairs Forum
Annual Jewish Family Service
Meeting Will Be November 12
.The 64th Annual Meeting
of Jewish Family Service
will  be  held  on  Sunday,
November 12, 7:30 p.m., at
the    Esther    C.    Melton
I Community     Services
| Building,    .1175    College
I Avenue.
Abe  A.  Wolman,.-Chair-."
Iman, Jewish Family Service :■
^Nominating    Committee,*
I announced the  fallowing
! slate of nominees:. Officers,.
I for one year terms ending in •
11973: President, Arthur J.
Ilsaac, Jr.; y Vice-Presidents,
lMrs. Martin Godofsky and
ISamuel  Ray;   Secretary,
I Mrs: Bernard Feitlinger;
Treasurer, Victor Krupman;
Associate Treasurer, Her¬
bert S. Grossman. Board of
Trustees: for three year
terms ending in 1975;
Michael* Bloch, William
Friedman, Mrs. Gerald H.
Topy, Joseph Kass," Mrs.
.Louis J. Krakoff, Morris>
Mendel, Mrs. Leon Schot-'
tenstcin, Adolph Sommer,
and Stanley Yenkin. For a
one .year unexpired term:
Mrs. Donald Katz and Dr.
Daniel Zidel. For a two year
unexpired term: Mrs.
Nathan Koslin.
Jewish Family Service
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"The Dilemma of the
Jewish Voter" will be the
topic of the first Jewish
Center Public Affairs Forum
on Monday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.
Stephen Kurzman,
Assistant Secretary for
Legislation of the Depart¬
ment of Health, Education,
and Welfare, will be the
principal speaker for., the
Republican Party. As
Assistant Secretary for
Legislation, Kurzman is the
principal adviser to the
Secretary on legislative
matters and the chief liaison
between the Department and
the Congress. His office is
responsible for coordination
of the , Department's
legislative program as well
as the daily requirements of
Congressional relations.
Kurzman  has  served   as
Minority Counsel fo the
Senate Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare;
Legislative Assistant and
Counsel to£enator Jacob K.
Javits of New York; and
Assistant U.S. Attorney for.
the Southern District of New
York. " '   ^
Justin Sillman, a past
-president of B'nai B'rith Zion
Lodge and widely known
community leader, has been
selected to receive the
Sanford I. Lakin Memorial
Award.
The award will be
presented to Mr. Sillman at
the annual Lodge In¬
stallation Dinner, Oct. 22,
which will be held at Beth
Jacob Synagogue starting at
7 p.m.
The Sanford I. Lakin
Memorial Award, which is
presented yearly, goes to
ttfttf man who, in the opinion
of the- nominating com¬
mittee, has rendered
distinguished' and out¬
standing service to Zion
Lodge; has performed faith¬
ful, loyal and conscieffftous
service to the lodge for 25
years^pr more, and has given
outstanding service either to
the Jewish community or to
the City qf Columbus. The
award honors the first
Columbus B'nai B'rith
member of the armed forces
to lose his life in World War
II. Ernest Stern won the
award in 1971.
In addition to his service
as past president' of Zion
Dodge, Sillman has served as
president of the Ohio-
Kentucky; Region,  General
Chairman of District II,
president of the District and
Delegate to the former
Supreme Lodge. Sillman,
who is a member of Temple
Israel, is a past president of
the Jewish Family Service.
Sillman received his law
degree from Ohio State
University, College of Law,
is a member of the Colum¬
bus, Ohio' State and
American Bar Associations,
and is engaged in the
practice of law at 88 E.
Broad Street.     -
Commencing its 107th
year, Zion Lodge will hold its
annual installation of of¬
ficers at this time. New
officers to be installed at
Beth Jacob are: Dr. Richard
H. Gurevitz, President; Alan
S. Hackel, 1st Vice-
President; Stephen M.
Weiss, .2nd Vice-President;
Jeffrey A. Grossman,
Warden; Stephen A. Rubin,
Guardian; Marshall B.
Harris, Secretary; Harry S.
Goldstein, Treasurer;
Walter Katz, Honorary
Treasurer; Joel H. Mirman,
Chaplain; Jack S. Resler,
Lawrence A. Rubenstein and
Willard C. Bornstein,
Trustees.
For information and
reservations contact the
B'nai B'rith office by calling
231-6221.  '	
Soviet Jewry Situation
Appears Worse This Week
STEPHEN KURZMAN
DR. HOWARD FINK
Howard Fink, Professor of
Law at Ohio State University
and Floor-Leader for the.
Ohio      Democratic
i Delegation, will speak1 for*
thej^eniocratic Party, E)r; -
Fihk*|raduated from Cornell.
University and received his
LLB from Yale in 1958. He
was a Research'Alsociate at:
Yale University. Fink joined
the Ohio State *, University
Law Faculty in 1965 and is a
full professor. His specialty
is   civil   procedure   and •
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NEW YORK (WNS)-The
situation of the Jews in the
Soviet Union appeared to
worsen this week, as arrests,
house searches and
Harassments were carried
out by police. In one of the
worst7 incidents^'Vladimir
'Slepak was arrested and
placed in solitary con¬
finement in a cell 3.3 feet by
1.6 feet for several days,
Jewish sources reported,
Slepak was arrested Sept.
19 during a hunger strike to
protest the new emigration
fees and was imprisoned for
approximately two weeks,
according to the sources.
Earlier Grenville Janner,
member of the British
Parliament, had charged
that Slepak was placed in a
room with walls "covered
with spikes and nails
protruding from the
cement." Sources here said
however, that the Janner
information was inaccurate
due to mistranslation-, and.
that, no spikes or nails
protruded from the walls.
The Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry reported also
that 35 Jewish'musicians of
the Soviet All Union Radio
and Television Orchestra
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