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VOL.57 NO.3
JANUARY 18,1979-TEVET19
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Billy Carter Criticized!
For Anti-Semitic
Insinuations
ATLANTA <WNS)-Presi-
dent Carter is being urged to
"dissociate himself and his
Administration from the recent actions and derogatory
statements" about Jews by
his brother, Billy. The demand came Jan. 11 from the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith whose regional
office has criticized Billy
Carter for sponsoring an official visit from Libya which is
seeking to establish a
Libyan-Georgia Friendship
Society. Stuart Lewengrub,
the ADL's regional director,
also called "untrue and
inane" Billy Carter's'charge'
that Atlanta Mayor Maynard
Jackson refused Jan. 10 to
see the Libyan group because of "Jewish pressure."
Lewengrub called the
charge "the latest example
of his (Billy Carter's) anti-
1 Semitic insinuations."
I Lewengrub denies that the
: ADL told the Mayor who he
J should or should not meet,'
"It seems to us that Billy
Carter is falling more and
• more into the pattern' of
blaming. Jews for -his own,
"display 'of poor judgement,""
Lewengrub declared. "Billy-
would do better to take an
objective look at the policies
! and practices of the Libyan
government whose representatives he and his friends are
hosting, their support of
world-wide terrorism and
their absolute hostility to the
Middle East peace effort
currently underway." During a reception for the
Libyan' delegation Jan. 9,
Ronni Drandoss, national director of the Conference of
Jewish Activists, a newly-
formed group headed by
Rabbi' Meir, Kahane which
describes itself as "non-violent," disrupted the meeting
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Vance: There Is No Hurry To
Get Peace Talks Going Again
Last year's Life With Dignity award recipient, Mrs.
Joseph Schecter, receives award from Mrs. Jack Resler.
Committee To Select Recipient
Of "Life With Dignity Award" In Feb.
Sol Morton Isaac, Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Eleanor and
Jack Resler "Life With Dignity" Award stated the Committee will be meeting in
February to determine this
year's recipient. v ■
Mr. Isaac stated the criteria . for the prestigious
award is that the nominee
has demonstrated an outstanding committment and1
dedication to providing "Life
With Dignity" to the Residents of H&itagte House.
The Community is invited
to suggest nominees for the
award and may do so by
writing Sol Morton' Isaac at
Heritage House.
The 1979 recipient will be
honored at the 17th Annual
Meeting of Heritage House
toj be held, this coming
Spring. The honoree's name
will be engraved on the Eleanore and Jack Resler "Life
With Dignity" plague, which
is on display in the Main
Lounge of the Resler Wing of
Heritage House.
Nominations must be received at Heritage House by
February 1 in time to receive
the careful consideration of
the Selection Committee.
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, .(JTA)-
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance refused today todis-
close the "thoughts" conveyed to the U.S. by Egypt
and Israel on "how the negotiating process might be resumed" between them and
indicated that he is in no
hurry toward the resumption
of the peace treaty talks.
Addressing a press conference at the State pepart-
ment, Vance said both Israel
and Egypt have "made clear
they want to resume negotia- -
tions" and that discussions
are taking place on "the best
way to get negotiations going
again." He said "What we
want to be sure is that in .
doing this we do it by a process to give the negotiations
the best chance to be. suc-
cessfuL-^Fnerefore, we are
taking our time in exploring
the best way to try to deal
with some of the more minor
problems before we proceed
to sitting down together and
to try to thrash out the more
difficult issues.1
Later, Vance said he would
not go into "details of the
positions" of Egypt and Is-
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
A Powerful Force For Good
Beth Tikvah To Celebrate Land
Acquisition For New Synagogue
" In celebration of the purchase of land to build a new
synagogue, Congregation
Beth Tikvah will hbld a
luncheon for its entire membership at 2 p.m. on Sun.,
Jan. 21st" at Temple Israel,
5419 E. Broad St.   .
Sidney Blatt, President of
Temple Israel, and the
Temple Israel'Board"have
Charles Schiffman To Speak
At "Friends" Annual Dinner
Mr.   Charles   Schiffman,
Assistant Executive Director of The Columbus Jewish
Federation, will be the guest
speaker at the "Friends"
Annual Dinner, on Jan. 21, at
Agudas Achim Synagogue,
announced   Arthur   Katz,
Chairman of- the Friends of
the    Columbus    Hebrew
School.  The topic  of Mr.
Schiff man's address will be:
"Priorities for,The Jewish
Community". ;    "   ' -   •
■■Mr,.   Katz  .said    the
"Friends" are pleased that
Mr. Schiffman will draw on
his own intensive' Jewish'
I educational background, as
1 well as on his successful' experience in Jewish Com-
. ,munal work. Mr. Schiffman
! -has earned a B.A. degree in
Charles Schiffman
Anthropology and a J.D.
(law) degree—both from
Memphis SJate University.
Prior ior assuming h^is present position, he setypd as
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made their facilities available to help Beth Tikvah
launch its fund raising drive ,
successfully.
Mrs. - Barbara Creinin,
President of- Beth Tikvah,
emphasizes that there will
be no. solicitations or fund-
raising, at the luncheon. The
program will feature
speakers from.Beth Tikvah
who will discuss the synagogue's history and'goals.
Architect \Vayne Schlegel
from Acock, White and Associates will show architectural drawings of the new
facility which will be built on
Olentangy River Rd. in'
Worthington.
Beth Tikvah, whose Rabbi
is Roger C. Klein, is currently in a building at 3199
Indianola Avenue. It is the
only Jewish congregation in
the north side of Columbus.
When organized in 1961 Beth'
Tikvah was the first, new.
Jewish congregation to>be
founded in. Columbus since
1910.
Dr. Robert Mayer is Chairman of long range-planning
for Beth Tikvah. Mrs.,Nancy
Jacobstein, President of
Beth Tikvah's Sisterhood, is
Luncheon Chairman. Any
members who have not yet
made reservations j fchquld,
call 451-8674 or 237-2000'.'
' Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., was surely one of the
most powerful forces for
good to emerge in this century. His determination, eloquence and leadership made
for the greatest advance in
the emancipation of Black
Americans since Abraham
Lincoln.
In- .remembering Dr.
King's birthday this week
(Jan. 15), our nation needs to
show a renewed determination to achieve Dr. King's
dream of the time when a
person will not be judged by
the color of one's skin, but by
the content of one's character. ..
The diminishing of racism
Members Of Community To Attend
Plenary Session Of NJCRAC
i
More than .a dozen members of the Community Relations Committee and the
Executive Committee of the
Columbus Jewish Federation will attend the 1979
Plenary Session of the National Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
(NJCRAC) which will be
held on January 21-24, at the
Netherland Hilton Hotel, in
Cincinnati. -
The NJCRAC Plenary Session is a unique delegated assembly of ■ representation
from the member-national
agencies and Community
Relations Committees. K is
the highest policy-forming
body ofcthe NJCRAC. At this
forum, the Columbus CRC
delegation will participate
with other delegations from
across thecountry in analyzing the current domestic and
.international .problems, d&-
"bating the issues together,
and formulating the policy,
priority and programming
recommendations which will
guide the Jewish Community
Relations field in the year a-
head.
Yigal Yadin, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, will Be
among the principal
speakers to bring the
Plenum delegates up to date
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politically and socially must
be accompanied by tbe enhancement of economic opportunity for those who have
suffered oppression.        ,.
The millenial history of the
Jewish people has reinforced
our deep conviction that
when these social' and eco- ■
nomic conditions are realized in a society it will afford
Jews and all others the
largest prospects of individual security, freedom and
equality and give optimum
opportunity for the development of dynamic group life.
In words written by the
eminent Jewish theologian,
Abraham Joshua Heschel,
whose friendship with Dr.
King inspired his writings:
"To think of a man in terms
of white, yellovir or black is
more than an error. It is an
eye'disease; a cancer of the
soul." '     *  •
VVe, as a nation, have
much to overcome. In the
spirit, of Dr. Martin Luthei
King, Jr., "We shall overcome."
N.Victor Goodman,      „   .
Acting Chairman,
Community Relations
.Committee of the
Columbus Jewish
Federation ..
' Victor Krupman and'
Ira Kane, Co-Cha jrmen,
CRC Committee on Social
'and Economic Justice,
of the Columbus
Jewish Federation
Community Institute Begins Six Week Session
The Community Institute
for Jewish Studies begins its
six-week winter session on
Wednesday; evening, Feb. T
at The Jewish Center,, 1125
College Avenue. Institute
participants can select two
classes from the four sched-
Rabbi Chaim Capland
uled lectures.
Courses to be offered from
8:55 to 9:55 are Rabbi Mar-
" vin L. Possick, Congregation
Ahavas Sholom, "Introduction to the Talmud and the
Study'of Tractate Shabbos,
Rationale of Sabbath," and
Rabbi Chaim Capland, Director, House'of Tradition,
"Chabad Chassidism."
In his course, Rabbi Possick will analyze the historical development of the Talmud as well as the process
and methodology of Talmud
, study. Emphasis will also be
placed on acquiring basic
skills of learning the text itself.
Rabbi Possick received his
B;A. in psychology and M.S.
in - Jewish education from
Yeshiva University and was
ordained by the Rabbi Isaac
Elchanan Theological Seminary. Before coming to Columbus, Rabbi. Possick
served as the spiritual
leader of Adath Israel Center and the Chaplain of Gold-
water iftemoriai Hospital in ,
New Yqrk City.
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Rabbi Marvin Possick