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VOL.58   NO.45
OCTOBER 30,1980-HESHVAN 20
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Mike Kellin (above right) and SirLawrence Olivier
are shown in a scene from their latest movie, the
remake of "The Jazz Singer," which is slated for
release in December. Kellin will soon be sharing his
talent with Columbus women, when he is featured at an
upcoming United Jewish Fund Campaign Women's Division Advance Gifts function on Nov. 11.       	
This year marks the 22nd
year that Columbus Torah
Academy has been striving
to maintain its constant goal
of providing the best secular
and religious education
pos'sible'for Jewish children.
There.is a balance.between
both* areas oflearning, and
the children seem to be in1
spired to give both of them
/all they have.
The natural setting of
* Torah Academy adds to the
learning atmosphere, by giv-
ing-the children a sense of all .
that was part of the Holy
Creation, as well as a scientific view of how things grow
in nature.
Irving Howe, well known
author oi World of Our
Fathers, will be the speaker
for the Torah Academy Annual Dinner on Nov. 23. He is
a teacher, editor, -author,
and critic and received his
B.S.S. degree from the City
- College of New York. Howe'
has taught at Brandeis and
Stanford universities, and is
now Distinguished Professor
of English at the City University of New York. His
work has appeared in many
magazines, including Partisan Review, Commentary,
The New Review of Books,
Dissent, New Republic and
The New York Times Book
Review.
Freddie Roman, a talented
comedian from the borscht
belt will also be a part of the
program, along with the annual play put on by the
seventh grade class.
Workers for the dinner are
Chairpersons, Deedee Glim-
cher, Ellen Siegel and Jackie
Yenkin; decorations, Carol
Radnor and Hope Katz;
reservations, Zelda Hirsch;
dinner, Beverly Sherman;
publicity, Ellen, Romanoff;
- hostesses, Elainv Goodman;
program, Marfcia Hersh-
field; add book, Pearson and
Thea   Press,   Jerri  Topy,
Irving Howe
Florence Rose, Eva Stein,
and Hannah Bloom; tickets,
Carol Schwartz and Paula
Weinstein. -
The kosher dinner will be
at the Sheraton-Columbus
with a sherry hour starting
the evening at 6:30 p.m. Silver tickets are $70 per couple
and gold tickets, $125.    .
Reservations may be
made by calling Mrs. Zelda
Hirsch at 239-8775 or Mrs.
Carol Schwartz at 861-2450,
NEW   YORK   (JTA)-
There js increasing pressure
on the United States, in an
upcoming  UN  General
Assembly session, to reverse
its rejection of the "Program of Action" adopted at
the world conference of the
United Nations Decade for
Women in Copenhagen this
summer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has learned.
A  campaign  is  being
mounted through, regional
meetings where the Copenhagen vote is being discussed by local chapters of the
United Nations Association
of the USA (UNA) and by
various women's  groups.
The women's groups were
not immediately identified.
, At a recent- West Coast
meeting a resolution was
passed calling for the U.S. to
reverse its vote, with restrictions;  and express  its
solidarity  with  women
around the world, the JTA
was^told. Oh Tuesday, Oct.
28, UNA'S New York City
chapter  has  reportedly
' scheduled a discussion on
Copenhagen, followed by a
meeting at tho United States
Mission . with: Ambassador'
Donald McHenry ahd other
U.S. Mission personnel' to
discuss strategy when the
World Conference for Women's  report  comes  up
before  the UN  General
Assembly.
Over the weekend of Oct.
31, the UNA New Haven
Chapter is sponsoring a
meeting at Yale Law School
to interpret the results of the
Copenhagen Conference. It
is anticipated that pro-Arab
forces wish to convey the
argument that by the U.S.
support "of Israel the United
States  is selling out  the
ressure To Reverse Its Rejection
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women's rights movement
around the world.
The Program of Action
adopted at Copenhagen is
currently in a UN Committee and may not reach a vote
in the UN General Assembly
until after the U.S. Presidential election. The Program of
Action is not valid until it is
adopted by the Assembly.
Despite the many positive
aspects of the Program, and
its concern for developing
valuable assistance programs for women interna:
tionally, the U.S. .along with
Canada, Australia and Israel, felt-compelled to vote
against it in Copenhagen for
its equation of Zionism with
racism and its legitimization
of the PLO. The Program
calls for the eradication of
the "evils" of Zionism,
racism, imperialism, and
neo-colonialism, and for
economic assistance to
Palestinian women inside
and outside occupied territories in cooperation and
consultation with the PLO.
In a letter sent to President Carter, Secretary of
State Edmund Muskie and
Other officials, the president
of the National Council of
Jewish Women, Shirley
Leviton, urged that the United States remain firm in its
opposition to the Program of
Action as,it was adopted in
Copenhagen.
She further urged that the
U.S. take the offensive in
demonstrating its continued
commitment to the achieve-.
„ment of universal women's
rights as long as this is not
done at the expense of the
security of Israel or the interests of the U.S. Mrs.
Leviton stated, "It is those'
governments which are
either indifferent to or oppress women in their own
countries-that are responsi-.
ble for distorting the Program of Action adopted at
Copenhagen."
Will is installed M Belli Shalom Gong.
Rabbi Howard L. Apothaker will be formally installed as Rabbi of Beth Shalom in a special service Nov.
2 at 7:30 p.m. at Beth Shalom.
Rabbi Apothaker has served Beth Shalom since July 1.
He was elected to his post at
the May annual meeting of
the Congregation, The
installation service will be
conducted by his close friend
and mentor, Rabbi Allan
Fuchs of Temple Sinai in
Pittsburgh.
A native of Philadelphia,
Rabbi Apothaker is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. He is
an honors graduate of Brown
, University. He studied in Is-,
rael at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem and at'the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
Rabbi Howard L. Apothaker1
Rabbi Apothaker also
serves as director of the
Beth Shalom Religious
School. Beth Shalom, a reform congregation now in its
third full year of operation,
is located at 3100 E. Broad
St.
lurfc Tosses Lawsuit Against ADL
NEW YORK, (JTA)-A
New York State Supreme
Court judge has thrown out a
$26 million' lawsuit against
the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith by an extremist- political organization and upheld ADL's right
to label the group "anti-
Semiticj,"--'' .' , •   A A--
Judge Michael. Dontzin,,
granted . ADL- summary -
judgement and dismissed
the lawsuit filed by the U.S.
Labor Party in April, 1979.
The suit, following ADL's
denunciation of the anti-Jewish philosophies and associations of the USLP and its
leader, Lyndon LaRouche,
charged the ADL with
defamation, invasion of
privacy and assault.
The dismissal was
reported by Seymour Reich,
chairman of ADL's National
Civil Rights Committee. He
observed that Judge Dontzin
agreed with ADL's position
that USLP spokesmen were
public figures whose posi-
tions were openly
disseminated. The court said
that "by calling attention to
themselves," LaRouche and
his associates had "exposed
themselves to challenge, and
even to ridicule or denunciation." iv,
Dontzin, in a 22-page opinion, said that ADL's
characterization of the
USLP as anti-Semitic constitutes "fair comment" in
view of the group's "highly
critical views about prominent Jewish figures, families
and organizations such as
ADL and B'nai B'rith."
Taking note also of the
USLP's Unking of Jews,and
Jewish organizations. with
Nazism, fascism, the international drugs trade "and a
myriad of purported con-
spiraciest" Dontzin concluded "the facts of this case
reasonably give rise to an inference upon which the ADL
can form an honest opinion
that Uie plaintiffs (USLP)
are anti-Semitic,"
In upholding continued
ADL vigilance against anti-
Semitism and other forms of ■
.bigotry, .the judge observed
that 'iADL did no more than
act in accordance-with its
historic and organizational
.purpose; that is,-to express
its 'opinion and concerns
when anti-Semitism appeared and to identify and
confront it as such."
In light of the Holocaust,
as well as the history of anti-
Semitism, according to the
judge, "it was reasonable to
point out what it (ADL)
perceived to be anti-Semitic
overtones" in USLP pro-
mbuncements.
■ - In commenting on the
decision, Reich said that
ADL "will pursue what the
court referred to as the League's 'historic and organizational purpose* of identifying *
and confronting anti-Semitism, and it will continue to
monitor the activities of the
LaRouche groups and all
other organizations which indulge in such activity."
Fediiata Staff Participate
The Columbus Jewish Federation's professional and
support staff has established
an important precedent for
all Jewish communal
workers, by participating on
a 100 percent basis on behalf
of The Jewish Center Capital
Building Campaign. From
among the 22 staff members
of the Federation, nearly
$10,000 has been pledged.
Spearheading this effort
was Avrom B. Fox, assistant
director of the Federation.
Fox conducted a special
parlor meeting for the staff
on Wednesday morning Oct.
18-
Bob Schachter, director of
The Jewish Center, briefed
the CJF Staff on the campaign and on new building'
plans. Sylvia Mellman,
membership director, urged'
all staff to take advantage of
the services and programs of
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Is Nov. 4
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