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VOL.56 NO.33
AUGUST 24,1D78-AV 21
FOCAL Meeting
Well Attended
A capacity crowd of well
over 100 people attended the
FOCAL meeting last week
where opposition to the relocation of the Jewish Center
to a further-East site was
backed by demographic,
practical and moral arguments in favor of retaining
the present location for the
new building.
For Our College Avenue
Location (FOCAL), a public
citizens lobby group, held
the meeting at The Melton
Building last Thursday evening. Those in attendance
represented a wide range of
neighborhoods, - ages ' and
professions. Dr. Seth Greenberg presented demographic
and moral issues which
question the wisdom of
moving the Center. Rabbis
David Stavsky and Roger
Klein lent religious, ethical
and sociological support to
our goals. Bruce Gilbert reviewed the population distributions and showed that
the Bexley-Berwick-East-
moor area has less access to
full athletic facilities other
than the present Center's
than do our suburban Jewish
community.
Petitions have been signed
by over 200. Volunteers will
be calling at the homes of
Jewish Center members and
non-members to ask that
additional—petitions be
signed. FOCAL leadership
. suggests . that every concerned citizen of the Columbus Jewish community take
the following' steps to insure
a maximum effort to keep
the Center on its current site.
1. Make your voice heard
and your presence felt at the
Sept. 18 public meeting sponsored by the Jewish Center
Board of Directors. /
2. Make known your position on the move to a voting
member of the Jewish Center Board of Directors,
3. Write letters to the Ohio
Jewish Chronicle (c/o Letters to the'Editor) and the
Board of Directors, c/6
Columbus Jewish Center,
and please forward a copy of
each to FOCAL, c/o Bruce
Gilbert, 2502 Stafford PI.,
Columbus 43209, so a package of convincing arguments
can be compiled to present to
Board members at the Sept.
11 meeting.
4. Sign and circulate petitions. To volunteer to carry
petitions, call Joyce' Ros-
singer at 237-5171 or Pearl
Fishman at 236-8330,
5. If interested in contributing to the building fund for
a new. facility, at College
Ave., call FOCAL co-chairman Bruce Gilbert at 231-
5888:
* Begin To Propose Ideas About
Partial Peace At Camp David
Israeli Scouts Visit Day Camp
The Jewish Center's Day Campers really enjoyed
singing and cheering with the 12 Israeli Scouts that
recently spent the day with the children in Day Camp.
(SEE STORY PAGE 11)
JERUSALEM (WNS)-
Premier Menachem Begin
said Aug. 20 that he will propose new ideas about partial
peace with the Arabs when
he meets with President
Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp
David Sept. 5. The Cabinet
held~its first discussion on
the Israeli position for the
summit Aug. 20 but Begin
said that further talks will
take place Aug. 27. He said if
the Cabinet supports his
ideas for a "permanent
partial peace settlement" in
which Israel would have
peaceful relations with the
Arabs pending a formal
peace agreement he will pre-,
sent it to Carter and Sadat.
Begin said that the United
. and nothing more.
Dayan, speaking to a
forum at Kfar Hamaccabiah
Aug. 19, said Israel will go to
Camp David with an open
mind and try to bridge the
gaps between its position
and that of Egypt. He said
success   at   Camp   David
States has not submitted any ,' could make it easier to re-
Joyce L Zacks Appointed Chair-
Woman Of The 1979 Women's Div.
Joyce L. Zacks
Joyce L. Zacks has been
appointed chairwoman of
the 1979 Women's Division of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, it was announced
today by Federation President Ernest Stern.
Ms. Zacks, whose Federation commitment began several years ago with the
Young Matron's Division,
was also'Chairwoman of the
1978 Women's Campaign.
"Joyce demonstrated her
creative ability and effective
leadership qualities throughout the 1978 United Jewish
Fund Campaign and during
her involvement with our recent 'Partners in Freedom'
celebration. The 1979
Women's drive is destined
for success with such a dedicated and able leader as
Joyce," noted Bernard K.
Yenkin, 1979 General Campaign Chairman. '
A member of the Federation Board of Trustees since
1977, Ms. Zacks serves on the
National Board of H.I.A.S.
Annual Meeting Of CJF
Set For Winding Hollow
Lawrence D. Schaffer,
chairman of the 52nd Annual
Meeting of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, reported
that,plans for the dinner-
meeting are well underway.
The dinner will be held on
Sunday, Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m.
at the Winding Hollow Country Club.- Philip Bernstein,
executive vice-president of
the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds,
will be the guest speaker for
the occasion.
"Our-Town," a dramatic
presentation written and directed by Harold Eisenstein,
will be presented as part of
the evening's program.
Ernest-Stern, who is completing his second year as
president of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, will present his annual report. Sidney Blatt, nominating committee chairman, will present the slate of officers for
, 1978-79. Special awards will
be conferred upon campaign
and community leadership
as part of the business of the
evening.
Members of the planning
committee include Cynthia
Paine, Barbara Herstig, and
Hillary Talis, decorations;
Edythe Furman, Mickey
Schoenbaum and- Sylvia
Schecter, table arrangements; Eydie Garlikov and
Marilyn Skilken, menu;N
Fran Rothman and Julie
Zox, reception;.. Julius Margulies, physical arrangements; and Linda Selcer and
Judie Mellman, registration.
' Invitations for the annual
meeting of the Columbus
Jewish Federation will be
tpailed during' the week of
Aug. 28. Members of the
community are encouraged
to make their reservations
for the dinner-meeting as
soon as possible (as usual,
dietary laws will be - observed)., ' j   Y. •
She has also served as chairwoman of Add-A-Diamond,
Gold Circle and Keynoter
units. In 1977 she was a
member of a National
Women's Division Mission to
Israel, Rumania and Russia.
She holds membership in
Women's American ORT,
Hadassah, and National
Council of Jewish Women (of
which" she was President in
1974)! Ms. Zacks is professionally employed as Director of Community Relations
for the Columbus Symphony
Orchestra.
Active in community affairs, she has been involved
with the Women's Service
Board of Buckeye Boys
Ranch, C.O.S.I. projects,
Heart Fund activities and
several other major fund-
raising events. In 1976 Ms.
Zacks was the Franklin
County Coordinator for a
major political candidate.
A Columbus native, Ms.
Zacks graduated from
Bexley High School and attended both Harcum Junior
College and The Ohio State
University. She is the
mother of four children:
Daniel, 19; . Andrew, 18;
Tamara, 16; and Deborah,
15. I.
guidelines'for the summit.
He said the Cabinet will have
to decide who will be jkh
eluded in the Israeli delegation but that he will propose
Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin. The Cabinet is reportedly split with some behind Begin and Foreign
Ministe Moshe Dayan in
their support for Israel's original peace plan providing
self-rule for the Arabs on the
West Bank and the Gaza
Strip along with Begin's new
ideas for a partial settlement. Defense Minister Ezer
Weizman .believes Israel
should try to reach a
complete peace settlement,
especially if Sadat repeats
the views expressed to Weizman in Salzburg, Austria in
July. A third group on the
Cabinet want Begin to stick
to the original peace plan
turn to negotiation that
would lead to a peace agreement. But Dayan stressed
that a peace agreement
must include the right for the
Israeli army to guard the
security of the West Bank
and for Israelis to buy land
there and settle and travel in
the area. He said a solution
must be found for the West
Bank but it should not be annexed either by Israel or
Jordan. Former Premier
Yitzhak Rabin, who also appeared at the forum, urged
territorial compromise. But
he said he would not support
a return to the 1967 borders.
"Whoever supports such a
withdrawal encourages the
illusion in the' Arab world
that the day,will some when
it will be possible to
eliminate the Jewish State,"
Rabin said.
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1978 Hadassah United Giving
Campaign (HUG) Is Underway
The 1978 Hadassah United
Giving Campaign (HUG) is
underway.
To be eligible to attend our
affair in March the Donor
pledge remains at $52 and
the Patron at $100. Buckeye
and Top Value Premium
stamps can be used for fund-
raising in addition to selling
ads for the Ad Book. Stump's
will continue their policy of
giving 1% of cash receipts
for Hadassah Donor: Purchase of cards and certificates   also   goes   towards
donor and patron.
One major part of Hadas- .
sah is the Hadassah-Hebrew
University Medical Center in
Ein Karem, Jerusalem. It of-
fers.a network of services in
every field of health. Some of
the newest additions are:
The Hematology Department in the Ullman Building; The Oncology Department with its latest modern
equipment, the first EMI
Scanner in the Radiology Department; and new Laboratories and Pharmacy.
Hadassah is also using a
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Rabbi Marvin Possick Is Ahavas ss£-__£<*
Shalom New Spiritual Leader   BSASISS
■ in use is a new portable pain-
relieving machine called
Neurogar.
Hadassah is the largest
medical complex in the Middle East for Healing, Teaching, and Research.
For additional information
contact: Solicitations, Ethel
Novak 235-9403; Ad Book,
Esther Bleiweiss 861-6283
and £unny Masser 252-4620;
Cards and Certificates,
Debbie Eisenstein 237-3091;
HMO & HUG Campaign Co-
Chairpersons Nancy Paul
239-7070 and Joyce Rosinger
237-5171. • : .     ' "
Rabbi Marvin Possick
' Mr. Pearson Press, President of Ahavas Sholom Congregation, announces the appointment of Rabbi Marvin
I. Possick as spiritual leader
of the synagogue. Rabbi Possick comes to Columbus
from New York, where he attended Yeshiva University,
receiving his B.A. -^Psychology, and M.S. in Jewish
Education, and his Semicba.
Rabbi. Possick has also
done research in Israel, and
graduate work in psychology. In addition to serving as'
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