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R1 I I WROMCLE UlU/ Scrying Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 50 Years mWK. LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL .SOC4a£/rY 1.982 VELMa AVE'. . COLS, Or 43211 EXCH VOL.57NO.53 DECEMBER 27, 1979-TEVET 7 Solar Energy Plant Opened In Israel By Gil Sedan ' JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Is- rael opened its first year- round solar energy plant-on the bead Sea Dec. 16. But at the same time, advocates of nuclear power urged that the country move in that direction as well, because* of the soaring price of oil. Moshe Arens, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, warned at a meeting at the Haifa Technion that time was running out for Israel to prepare the infrastructure and assemble the. resources - to build a nuclear power plant. Israel has the scientific know-how to build such a plant, he said. He noted that by next jrear Israel will probably be paying Egypt $40 per barrel for Sinai oil, almost double the present price and still will not be able to fill all of its energy needs. Prof, Shimon Iftah, president- af Uh&JtecaeL. Nuclear.. Science Society,- observed that it was paradoxical that oil-rich countries such as Libya and Iraq have built nuclear power plants while Israel has put a freeze on such projects. But solar energy was the immediate focus-- of attention. The 150 kilowat plant at Ein Bokek on ihe Dead Sea was opened officially at ceremonies attended by Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai. It is a pilot plant with a limited output. But if the new technique on which it is. based proves successful, a five megawatt power station will be built on the same site by late 1981 or early 1982 to be followed by a 20 megawatt plant. Energy Ministry officials expressed confidence that the Dead Sea, where the sun shines almost continuously, can be made into" a giant solar pond producing 2000 megawatts of electricity by the end of the century. This would amount to about 80 percent of Israel's present production. The technology employed was developed in Israel. According to experts, it can be applied anywhere' in the world where water, sun and salt are available and would generate power at a price competitive with fossil fuel or nuclear energy. Modai said he hoped solar energy would-solve Israel's energy problems. But time is of the essence, he said. He predicted that Israel; will have to pay $2 billion for oil iiU980. y- Israelis Hit By Sharp Price Increases nomen s riea ramcipams Over 100 people participated in the ninth annual "Women's Plea ^or Human Rights For Soviet Jewry" held Dec. 10 at the Fawcett Center For Tomorrow. This program, which was a display of solidarity on behalf of Soviet Jews who are being denied their basic human rights, was held under the auspices of the Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the B'nai B'rith Women's Council of Columbus. In the words of Reverend John Burt, who was the evening's keynote speaker, "Tonight is a gathering to reach out to one another and rededicate ourselves to the freedom" we enjoy in the United States. It is hoped that this voice of freedom will echo across the ocean to the U.S.S.R., he said. Rev. Burt is the Bishop of fhe Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Pictured above are major participants in Women's Plea. They include .(seated left to right): Sister Justine Lyons, OSF, who read a poem'dedicated to Ida Nudel, a Soviet Prisoner of Conscience; Mrs. Harold L. (Audrgy) Enarson; Honorary^Chairwomen of Women's PJra;jmdJ^s. Jarfitael (ATfceTTaub'wbme^ B'rith Women's Council. Standing (left to right) are Bishop Burt; Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein, who gave the benediction; Reverend John T. Frazer, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Area Church Board, who gave the invocation; and Professor Jacob Tenzer, a Russian immigrant now living in Columbus, who discussed what it means' "To be a Jew in Russia." Jewish Scholar To Join Columbia U. Faculty By David Landau and Gil Sedan JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Is- raelis were hit last week with sharp hikes in the price of gasoline, home heating oil and industrial fuel and higher rates for electricity and water- are imminent. The fuel prices went up by an average of 30 percent, effective at midnight Dec. 18. The increases were ordered by Finance Minister Yigal Hurr witz's "economic cabinet" which met- last Tuesday evening. Israeli motorists .are now paying IL 113 for a gallon of gasoline, a 26 percent increase. More than a third of the price is tax. Heating oil went up by 30 percent and industrial fuel by 35 percent. At the same time; the Knesset's Finance Committee agreed on a 32 percent increase in the price of electricity for both private and commercial consumers. Water rates are expected to jump, by 16.8 percent to coyer higher pumping costs. These increases will be followed inevitably by an increase in bus and taxi fares, according to economic ex perts. Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai went onJhe radio at midnight Tuesday to announce the bad news pn fuel and to justify the Cabinet's action. He said the higher prices were required to cover the increased prices for crude oil announced by some of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members in advance of the cartel's price- setting meeting in Caracas. He said the increases were also necessitated by the decline of the Pound to the dol- (CONT1NUEDON PAGE 3) NEW YpRK, (JTA)-Dr. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, one of the world's leading historians, whose scholarly pursuits range from medieval through modern times with an emphasis on Spanish and Portuguese Jewry, will join Columbia University faculty effective July 1, 1980 and serve as director of its ' Center for Israel and Jewish Studies. Dr. William McGill, president of Columbia, who made the announcement, said the appointment means that the university "will continue to maintain its reputation as one of the outstanding centers of Jewish historical studies in the world," Yerushalmi, 47, will leave Harvard University where he is Jacob Safra Professor" of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization and chairman of the Department of Near, Eastern Languages and Civilization! At Columbia he will become the first ;SaJo Wittr mayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society. The chair was established last April to honor Baron, a professor emeritus of Jewish history, literature and institutions who taught at Columbia for 33 years before retiring in 1963. life With Dignity'Committee To Make Selection Alan Weiler, 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. Weiler said the criteria for ' the prestigious award is that the nominee has demon-, stfated an outstanding commitment and dedication to providing "Life With Dignity" to the Residents of -Heritage House. - - — The community is invited to suggest nominees for the award and may. do so by writing Alan Weiler at Heritage- House, 1151 College Ave., 43209, The 1980 recipient will be honored at the 18th Annual Meeting of Heritage House, to be" held on Sunday, Feb. 24, The honoree's name will be engraved on the Eleanor and Jack Resler "Life With Dignity" plaque, which is on display in the Main Lounge of the Resler Wing of Heri- ■■ tage House. Nominations must be received at Heritage House by Jan. 15 to receive the careful consideration of the Selection Committee. Don Erkis accepts the 1979 Eleanor and Jack Resler Life With Dignity Award. Enjoying his remarks, from left to right, are Mrs. Jack Resler, David Levison, Louis Robins and 197&recipient,SylviaSchecter '.X,-^-... t . The Columbus Hebrew School ^-t^e^r, , Children tffX^Ca^nboAjo.^ W&.—x aye, O . ha fcr-gw .—C \af% q* .t OP Cot^mhu^. asJsca-i^—s*4~/. (V-a/- C±A±S. ka & Col IfCUSnl fOw zzz^gS Mmtfr-.V±*£& Wr/.(, Is.oTT-Jb-CLp. vVill be Q&jbQ _.--Wba7i.er,wj2id *- inj -4-fa Sfta In m Scon M«fM C Mitzvah Mobile Visits Hospitals The Beth Jacob Mitzvah Mobile is shown leaving the Synagogue parking lot on its way to local hospitals to bring Chanukah candles and good cheer to the patients. Pictured above., are members of the Beth Jacob Youth Group N.C.STY. Chapter. Left to right are David Eisenstein, Marvin Rosenwasser, Steve Friedman, Mike Levy, Mark Eisenstein, Judy Vinar, Osi Zimmer, Tammi Seidemann, Youth Group President, Stella Gelman. and Yair Zinn, Youth Director. Standing on top of the mobile are Kenny Beckman, Randy Kohn and Johnny Young. Class Aids Cambodians The Aleph I class of the Columbus Hebrew School recently decided they wanted to send the tzedaka (charity) money, they had saved up, to the children of Cambodia. The 13 members of Mrs. Helen Schlam's class got together and composed the letter on the blackboard, and elected the class member "with the best handwriting" to write it out. ... The letter and money were then given to the local Red Cross Chapter for forwarding. The members of Aleph I class are: Sarah Bankirer. Michael Barnes, Benjamin Caplin, Michael Cooper, Julie Friedman, Jason Goldberg, Jeff Janis, Debbie I£atz, Jennifer Mendelson, David Schulte, Mikael Sneward, Mitchel Sutin, and Brooke White. X§
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Full Text | R1 I I WROMCLE UlU/ Scrying Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 50 Years mWK. LIBRARY, OHIO HISTORICAL .SOC4a£/rY 1.982 VELMa AVE'. . COLS, Or 43211 EXCH VOL.57NO.53 DECEMBER 27, 1979-TEVET 7 Solar Energy Plant Opened In Israel By Gil Sedan ' JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Is- rael opened its first year- round solar energy plant-on the bead Sea Dec. 16. But at the same time, advocates of nuclear power urged that the country move in that direction as well, because* of the soaring price of oil. Moshe Arens, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, warned at a meeting at the Haifa Technion that time was running out for Israel to prepare the infrastructure and assemble the. resources - to build a nuclear power plant. Israel has the scientific know-how to build such a plant, he said. He noted that by next jrear Israel will probably be paying Egypt $40 per barrel for Sinai oil, almost double the present price and still will not be able to fill all of its energy needs. Prof, Shimon Iftah, president- af Uh&JtecaeL. Nuclear.. Science Society,- observed that it was paradoxical that oil-rich countries such as Libya and Iraq have built nuclear power plants while Israel has put a freeze on such projects. But solar energy was the immediate focus-- of attention. The 150 kilowat plant at Ein Bokek on ihe Dead Sea was opened officially at ceremonies attended by Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai. It is a pilot plant with a limited output. But if the new technique on which it is. based proves successful, a five megawatt power station will be built on the same site by late 1981 or early 1982 to be followed by a 20 megawatt plant. Energy Ministry officials expressed confidence that the Dead Sea, where the sun shines almost continuously, can be made into" a giant solar pond producing 2000 megawatts of electricity by the end of the century. This would amount to about 80 percent of Israel's present production. The technology employed was developed in Israel. According to experts, it can be applied anywhere' in the world where water, sun and salt are available and would generate power at a price competitive with fossil fuel or nuclear energy. Modai said he hoped solar energy would-solve Israel's energy problems. But time is of the essence, he said. He predicted that Israel; will have to pay $2 billion for oil iiU980. y- Israelis Hit By Sharp Price Increases nomen s riea ramcipams Over 100 people participated in the ninth annual "Women's Plea ^or Human Rights For Soviet Jewry" held Dec. 10 at the Fawcett Center For Tomorrow. This program, which was a display of solidarity on behalf of Soviet Jews who are being denied their basic human rights, was held under the auspices of the Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the B'nai B'rith Women's Council of Columbus. In the words of Reverend John Burt, who was the evening's keynote speaker, "Tonight is a gathering to reach out to one another and rededicate ourselves to the freedom" we enjoy in the United States. It is hoped that this voice of freedom will echo across the ocean to the U.S.S.R., he said. Rev. Burt is the Bishop of fhe Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Pictured above are major participants in Women's Plea. They include .(seated left to right): Sister Justine Lyons, OSF, who read a poem'dedicated to Ida Nudel, a Soviet Prisoner of Conscience; Mrs. Harold L. (Audrgy) Enarson; Honorary^Chairwomen of Women's PJra;jmdJ^s. Jarfitael (ATfceTTaub'wbme^ B'rith Women's Council. Standing (left to right) are Bishop Burt; Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein, who gave the benediction; Reverend John T. Frazer, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Area Church Board, who gave the invocation; and Professor Jacob Tenzer, a Russian immigrant now living in Columbus, who discussed what it means' "To be a Jew in Russia." Jewish Scholar To Join Columbia U. Faculty By David Landau and Gil Sedan JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Is- raelis were hit last week with sharp hikes in the price of gasoline, home heating oil and industrial fuel and higher rates for electricity and water- are imminent. The fuel prices went up by an average of 30 percent, effective at midnight Dec. 18. The increases were ordered by Finance Minister Yigal Hurr witz's "economic cabinet" which met- last Tuesday evening. Israeli motorists .are now paying IL 113 for a gallon of gasoline, a 26 percent increase. More than a third of the price is tax. Heating oil went up by 30 percent and industrial fuel by 35 percent. At the same time; the Knesset's Finance Committee agreed on a 32 percent increase in the price of electricity for both private and commercial consumers. Water rates are expected to jump, by 16.8 percent to coyer higher pumping costs. These increases will be followed inevitably by an increase in bus and taxi fares, according to economic ex perts. Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai went onJhe radio at midnight Tuesday to announce the bad news pn fuel and to justify the Cabinet's action. He said the higher prices were required to cover the increased prices for crude oil announced by some of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members in advance of the cartel's price- setting meeting in Caracas. He said the increases were also necessitated by the decline of the Pound to the dol- (CONT1NUEDON PAGE 3) NEW YpRK, (JTA)-Dr. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, one of the world's leading historians, whose scholarly pursuits range from medieval through modern times with an emphasis on Spanish and Portuguese Jewry, will join Columbia University faculty effective July 1, 1980 and serve as director of its ' Center for Israel and Jewish Studies. Dr. William McGill, president of Columbia, who made the announcement, said the appointment means that the university "will continue to maintain its reputation as one of the outstanding centers of Jewish historical studies in the world," Yerushalmi, 47, will leave Harvard University where he is Jacob Safra Professor" of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization and chairman of the Department of Near, Eastern Languages and Civilization! At Columbia he will become the first ;SaJo Wittr mayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society. The chair was established last April to honor Baron, a professor emeritus of Jewish history, literature and institutions who taught at Columbia for 33 years before retiring in 1963. life With Dignity'Committee To Make Selection Alan Weiler, 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. Weiler said the criteria for ' the prestigious award is that the nominee has demon-, stfated an outstanding commitment and dedication to providing "Life With Dignity" to the Residents of -Heritage House. - - — The community is invited to suggest nominees for the award and may. do so by writing Alan Weiler at Heritage- House, 1151 College Ave., 43209, The 1980 recipient will be honored at the 18th Annual Meeting of Heritage House, to be" held on Sunday, Feb. 24, The honoree's name will be engraved on the Eleanor and Jack Resler "Life With Dignity" plaque, which is on display in the Main Lounge of the Resler Wing of Heri- ■■ tage House. Nominations must be received at Heritage House by Jan. 15 to receive the careful consideration of the Selection Committee. Don Erkis accepts the 1979 Eleanor and Jack Resler Life With Dignity Award. Enjoying his remarks, from left to right, are Mrs. Jack Resler, David Levison, Louis Robins and 197&recipient,SylviaSchecter '.X,-^-... t . The Columbus Hebrew School ^-t^e^r, , Children tffX^Ca^nboAjo.^ W&.—x aye, O . ha fcr-gw .—C \af% q* .t OP Cot^mhu^. asJsca-i^—s*4~/. (V-a/- C±A±S. ka & Col IfCUSnl fOw zzz^gS Mmtfr-.V±*£& Wr/.(, Is.oTT-Jb-CLp. vVill be Q&jbQ _.--Wba7i.er,wj2id *- inj -4-fa Sfta In m Scon M«fM C Mitzvah Mobile Visits Hospitals The Beth Jacob Mitzvah Mobile is shown leaving the Synagogue parking lot on its way to local hospitals to bring Chanukah candles and good cheer to the patients. Pictured above., are members of the Beth Jacob Youth Group N.C.STY. Chapter. Left to right are David Eisenstein, Marvin Rosenwasser, Steve Friedman, Mike Levy, Mark Eisenstein, Judy Vinar, Osi Zimmer, Tammi Seidemann, Youth Group President, Stella Gelman. and Yair Zinn, Youth Director. Standing on top of the mobile are Kenny Beckman, Randy Kohn and Johnny Young. Class Aids Cambodians The Aleph I class of the Columbus Hebrew School recently decided they wanted to send the tzedaka (charity) money, they had saved up, to the children of Cambodia. The 13 members of Mrs. Helen Schlam's class got together and composed the letter on the blackboard, and elected the class member "with the best handwriting" to write it out. ... The letter and money were then given to the local Red Cross Chapter for forwarding. The members of Aleph I class are: Sarah Bankirer. Michael Barnes, Benjamin Caplin, Michael Cooper, Julie Friedman, Jason Goldberg, Jeff Janis, Debbie I£atz, Jennifer Mendelson, David Schulte, Mikael Sneward, Mitchel Sutin, and Brooke White. X§ |
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