Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1978-08-17

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VOL.56 NO.32
AUGUST 17,1978-AV14
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i Focal Meets Aug.^5****^^
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17 At 8:00 P.M.
Members of the Columbus
Jewish Community are
rallying in opposition to a
proposed relocation of the
Jewish Center to a site near
the 270 outerbelt. The meeting tonight is in the lower
level of the Melton Building -
(Columbus Jewish Federation-Jewish Family Services) at 1175 College'Ave.
The meeting will begin
promptly at 8 p.m. FOCAL
(For Our College Avenue
Location) will discuss plans
for action. There is only one
month to mobilize a campaign to convince the Jewish
Center Board of Directors
that moving the Center to the
far eastern suburbs is riot in
the best long term interest of
the Jewish community.
The agenda for tonight's
meeting includes the analysis of the.reasons for keeping the Jewish Center here
on College Avenue, handing
out petitions, and lists of residents to contact, and giving
interested citizens a chance
to express their' personal
reasons for wanting the Jewish Center to rebuild at the
1125 College Ave. - location.
These public testimonials
will be tape1 recorded -'and'
transcribed for presentation
to Board members in an attempt to convince them of
the sincerity and urgency of
the requests to drop consideration of an alternate site.
If you need transportation
to tonight's meeting please
call Lori Gilbert at 231-5888.
Freeze On All Settlement Activity
# JERUSALEM (WNS)-
•jjjThe Cabinet decided to
:•:■ freeze all settlement activities in the Jordan Valley
•:•: until after the camp David
•••: summit, Israel Radio
:|5 reported. This means the a'p-
•jjpeal 6f~ Deputy Premier
g-Yigal Yadin against an
ijj earlier decision by the
•:•: ministerial security commit-
g; tee six week ago to establish
ijijfive new settlements was
•:•: also postponed until after the
summit. The Cabinet::::
meeting was held withg
several ministers' either 6n$
vacation or .overseas—:|:
among them Premier Mena-ji-
chem Begin and Defense:-:;
Minister Ezer Weizman,;::
Agriculture Minister Ariel::;:
Sharon, and Education:;!;
Minister Zevulun Hammer.::;:
It is believed, however^ that:;:;
the decision was taken with:-::
the approval of Begin. •:•:
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Mrs. Milton Parker To Chair
"Award Of Excellence" Comm.
Mrs. Milton M. Parker
was recently appointed by
Ernest Stern, president of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, to serve as Chairperson of the newly established "Community Award
of Excellence" Cpmmittee.
According to Mrs. Parker,
the award will be granted to
an adult Jewish organization
"in recognition of an
achievement in strengthening Jewish identification and
the quality of Jewish life-irr-
the Greater Columbus Jewish community."
The Community Award of
Excellence would be presented annually, beginning
at the 1979 Federation Annual Meeting if in the judgment of the committee, there
were deserving and meritor-
Rabbi Benjamin Schiller
To Address Youth Banquet
Rabbi David Stavsky has
announced that Rabbi Benjamin Schiller will address
the Beth Jacob Youth Banquet Aug. 20. He was ordained at the Mesivtah
Chayim Bevlin Rabbinical
College in Brooklyn. He is a
brilliant scholar and a very
warm and outgoing personality. Rabbi Schiller is a former National Advisor on
Education to the National
Conference of Synagogue
Youth of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations.
He is a former instructor in
Jewish Philosophy at the
Beth Jacob School for Girls
High School in Brooklyn,
N.Y., a former ^dean at the
Talmudical Academy High
School .of Baltimore,:;and
presently a Professor of Talmud at Or Samech Yeshiva
JnMons^/N.Y.Y;..':;A:;::';;;V
Beth' Jacob. Banquet' for
1 Youth Activities will be held
this Sunday, August 20, at
7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
The Beth Jacob Youth Pro*
gram began in 1957 under the
leadership of its rabbi and
has become an award win-
I ning chapter, fpr its many, _
Rabbi Benjamin Schiller
faceted programs. The Beth
Jacob Youth has stood in the
forefront of NCSY for many
years. It was through the
planning efforts of Beth-
Jacob that Central! East
Region of NCSY has developed to the Torah force itis
today.
Mr. Bernard Hirsch;\
President of the Congregation said that tribute will be
paid to five men who oyer
the years have served as
chairmen of the Beth Jacob
Youth Activities committee.
Dr, Charles Young will re-
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Mrs. Milton M. Parker
ious   achievements,    Mrs.
Parker said.
The award will bea means
of stimulating interest and
activity by organizations
and groups in the community who can make a unique
and unusual contribution to
Jewish life. In addition, it is
hoped that such an award
would encourage closer relations'between local organizations land the Federation.
The award was approved,:
in principle, at the May Federation Board of Trustees.,
meeting arid the proposed
Award Committee will prepare and present a formal
proposal to the Board of
Trustees for. approval. De-:
tails concerning the criteria
for selection, eligibility and
type of recognition still heed
to be; worked out, Mrs.-
Parker added.    *
President Stern noted -that,'
Mrs. Parker's acceptance to
chair this committee is an
example of, her true dedication to community work. She
has been active in Federation activities for over 25
years arid served as chairwoman of the Federation!s
Women's Division in 1973-74
and 1974-75. For many years,
she has been a member of
the Women's Division Steering Committee, serving as
chairwoman of the Northern
Columbus area.
■ Her activities within the
Jewish community have
been varied. Airs, Parker
has seryed on the Boards of
,|,V/iWW°i,i,WPri:
Jewish Center Sets Schedule For
Final Phase Of Site Selection
The Columbus Jewish Center announced plans this
week to enter the final phase
of site selection for the loca-
tion of the new Center. In a
letter to Board 61 Trustee
members; Dr.' James Tennenbaum; President of the
Center, told board members
that after 12 months the
Joint Committee of the Jewish Center/Federation had
concluded its search for alternate sites. At least 10 different locations were reviewed and a recommendation has been reached for an
alternate site to be considered by the Board in making
a final selection of site for
the new Center. No mention
was made of where the alterr
natesite was located.
Tennenbaum stressed in
the letter that "it was not the-
Reports Carter Feared
New War In Mid-East
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Reports have been circulating here that President
Carter invited Israeli
Premier Menachem. Begin
and Egyptian Premier President Anwar Sadat to meet
with him at his Camp David,
Md. retret Sept. 5 because he
feared the dangers of a new
Middle East war. The Jerusalem Post said Carter expressed his fears of a new
war in October to Hedrick
Smith of the New York
Times and Barbara Walter
ABC-TV at an off-the-record
dinner. But Presidential
News Secretary Jody Powell
said: Aug. 11 the President's
invitation was "not based on
any -particular event." He
would not comment on ah
Egyptian military buildup'
that reportedly led to the.
summit. ■*
Meanwhile, the State Department warmly welcoihed
Saudi Arabia's endorsement-,
of theCamp David Meeting.
"We greatly appreciate the
support of the^ Kingdom of
Saudi: Arabia for the Camp
David Meeting," Department Spokesman Hodding
Carter1 said in a prepared
statement, "and remain
hopeful that the talks
between the two leaders with
President Carter as a participant will further the movement toward the just and
last peace we all seek."
In Israel, Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan has recently
initiated meetings - with
former Presidient Yitzhak
Rabin and former Foreign
Minister Abba Eban in preparations for the summit.
The sessions, the first 61 its
Mi fc>" .(CorJ-riNUBt* on r^oe'W >
job of the Joint Committee to
evaluate the College Avenue
site, but to see jf any other
sites existed that were corn-
parable or had potential for
development of a Jewish
Center and/or other Jewish
communal facilities." Tennenbaum further stated that
the new alternative and the
present College Avenue site
would now be thoroughly reviewed by the Center Board
for final determination of a
preferred location, for the
new building.
The letter also announced
a timetable of meetings in
which the process of site
selection would be concluded. The Center Board
will visit the alternate location on Sunday, Sept. 10. A
Board meeting will be held
Monday, Sept; 11, to discuss
information being prepared
by architects and the Center
professional staff. An open
meeting to present the information to the Center membership and Jewish community is set for Monday, Sept.
18, and \vill' include a slide
presentation of the-site.-The
concluding Board meeting is
planned for Wednesday,
Sept. 20, at which/ the'final
vote of the Board is planned.
Board members are urged in
the letter to attend the open
forum on Sept. 18 to hear the
points of view expressed by
community people.
Tennenbaum also sought
to clarify a quote that appeared in a recent Chronicle
interview on the.subject of
the new Center. Tennenbaum stated, "The quote
/indicated that it would take
five (5) more years before a
Jewish Center would be
built. The intent of the quote
was that the entire process
for building a Jewish Center
takes five years. We are
somewhere in our second
year with about'ii_ years to
go for fundraising, developing our schematic and working drawings and 1 year to
IV2 years for the actual
, building of the new Jewish
'Center."
Tennenbaum concluded,
"We look forward with great
enthusiasm to the building of
anew Jewish Center wherever it may be built. Our
main objective is to provide
the-best arid mbst;,functiorial
building with the finest service for the Jewish commu-
nity of Columbus."
Jack L Wallick
Advanced Gifts
Jack L. Wallick has been
appointed chairman of the
1979 Advance Gifts Division
of the Columbus Jewish Federation, it was announced
today by Federation President Ernest Stern. ■'.
"The overall success of
our Annual Campaign is
viery dependent upon the results of the Advance Gifts
Division. We are fortunte to
have a dedicated worker
such as Jack Wallick leading
that group," commented
1979 General Campaign
Chairman Bernard K.
Yenkin. Y
YMr. Wallick's association
With the annual fundraising
drive began in the Trades
and Professions Division as
a Worker and then Associate
Chairman. He has been a
Worker and Captain in the
Advance Gift. Division since
1975, and, in 1978 served that
division as Associate Chairman.
In addition, Mr. Wallick
has been a member of the
Federation's Board of trustees since 1976 and was a
member of the Community
Relations Committee from
1974 to 1976. Since 19TOrMr.
Wallick has teen a member
of the Board of Trustees of
Heritage House and is a
member of the board and a
; vice-president of Heritage
(Towers,    y'yy' H.i.!v:i !■.»
To Lead
Division
Jack L. Wallick
Mr. Wallick has also
served as a member of the
Board of Trustees of Congregation Tifereth Israel since
1970, and is a member of
B'nai B'rith.
A New Orleans native, Mr.
Wallick is a graduate of
Tulane University with a
bachelor of engineering degree. in mechanical engineering. As a local developer
and contractor, Mr. Wallick
holds memberships in various professional groups, including: the Building Industry Association, the National
Association of Home Builders «nd the Columbus Board
of Realtors.
He and his wife Muriel are
the parents of two children:
Howard, age 21. and Julie,
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