Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1981-03-19

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JFS Annou
Annua
The Annual Meeting of the
Jewish-Family Service will
be held on Sunday, April 5. It
will be held at Agudas Achim
Congregation and will salute
the Congregation's 100th
anniversary.
English classes for New
Americans sponsored by
JFS" are held at Agudas
Achim every day of the week
and the Synagogue will
receive a special award for
its service to the New American immigrants. Other
organizations and individuals will be recognized for
their special efforts to help
the agency.  '
' There will be a special
reception which begins at
1:30 p.m. The formal meeting will begin at 2 p.m.
followed by refreshments at
approximately 3:30 p.m.
Nathan Gordon is the
Chairman of the Annual
Meeting Committee. Other
members of the planning
committee include Stanley
Yenkin, Geri, Ellman, Pat
Hassell and Leslee Rogosin.
JNF Suggests ©ills
Of Trees For Purim
As we approach the holiday of Purim, ones localities
to the Jewish homeland—Israel is rededicated.
The Jewish National Fund
is a movement with a goal of
redemption. It's mission is to
secure the land of Israel for
all the Jewish people. This
piece of land provides a feeling of freedom and courage.
The book of Esther commands the Jew to celebrate
Purim as "days of feasting
and gladness, and of sending
gifts to one another...".
The giving of gifts, shalah-
manot, is a very old custom.
The JNF suggests gifts of
trees to be sent to loved ones
in celebration of Purim, This
eternal gift will strengthen
the land of Israel and provide the solidarity of the
Jewish people. •
To order trees, call the
JNF office, 231-1397, or stop
in at the office located at 2700
E. Main St. (three doors
from Roosevelt going east).
Workshep/Diseussion
Set For ©enter Singles
"What Is A Good Jew?" is
the topic for a workshop/discussion sponsored by The
Jewish Center/Temple Israel Singles on Sunday,
March 22. The program is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at
the Center. All singles are invited to attend this program.
A $1 fee will be charged and
refreshments will be served.
The singles have also been
invited to participate in services at Temple Israel on Friday, March 20. Persons interested in sitting with the
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Although Purim may not be one of the most
Important Jewish Holidays, people have nevertheless gone to a great deol of trouble
throughout the ages to prepare for the holiday.
Some of the preparations hove been serious:
the Megillah Is reread; a Purim se'udah, or banquet, breaks the Fast of €sther; and at services, money is donated to the poor.
Crazy Purim celebrations began o tang time
ogo: some of'the pranks ond customs hod
already been observed In Tolmudlc times. Over
the centuries, more and more traditions have
been added. One was the burning of Haman. R
dummy was made to "look" Eke Haman, and
then burned in o bonfire. In the 1800's, it was
the custom for a man to come home1 to find his
wife holding a black piece of wood. When he
was told it was Haman, he would kick it and
throw it In the fire.
-There have been many less violent doings at Purim as well. Uihen
Haitian's name Is heard during the reading of the Megilloh, we still
make noise. This is in fulfillment of the Biblical command to blot out the
memory of fimalek (Hainan's ancestor, according to legend). Today,
most people use a gragger for this purpose.
One thing remains clear about Purim. LUhcther you use graggers,
hold a porode or give o play, Purim is o holiday of merriment and
fun-one which Is enjoyed by Jewish people throughout the world.
Alex Midler, Stacy Abroms, Michael Gutter and
kneeling is Allison Schlonsky (1. to r.) preparing for
Purim at Torah Academy.
Parents and students of
the Columbus Torah Academy have been making preparations for; the celebration
of Purim for the past few
weeks.
The students have been
studying1 the Book of Esther,
the story of Purim, in the ori-
ginal Hebrew. Several
seventh and eighth graders
are preparing to read the
Megilla, the scroll of Esther,
a religious requirement of
the day of Purim.
Services on Purim morning, Friday, March 20, will
be conducted by the students
beginning at 8:30 a.m. The
community is cordially invited. A Purim parade and
Purim skits will help create
The Women's Division and
Young Women's Division of
the Columbus Jewish Federation will be sponsoring a
special joint meeting, free of
charge and open to the public, featuring Ted Comet.
Comet, who is the Director of.
International Relations and
Leadership Development for
the Council of Jewish Feder-.
ations, will be addressing
this special meeting on Monday, March 23 at 10 a.m. in
the Esther C. Melton Build-
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NEW YORK (JTA)-Thir-
teen Jewish organizations
with representatives at the
United Nations have agreed
to coordinate actions to com-
bat anti-Semitism
emanating from that world
body. Responding to a grow-'
ing concern that the UN has
become a vehicle for anti-
Semitism, B'nai B'rith International and the Zionist
Organization of America
jointly called a meeting in
New York yesterday to consider counter-measures. The
meeting was - chaired by
Jack Spitzer, president of
B'nai B'rith. .
Ivan Novick, president of
the ZOA, told the meeting,
"We can.no longer pretend
that because the United
Nations is most ineffectual,
what is said there is of no
consequence. We know that
the Zionism-racism resolution of 1975 helped to sanction a program of sustained
and virulant anti-Semitism
in the Soviet Onion and has
legitimized it elsewhere."
Novick contended that the
"three-fold increase last
year of anti-Semitic  inci
dents in the United States
surely was encouraged in
great part by the public
sanction given at the UN to
anti-Israel and anti-Jewish
expression."
Participants at the meeting of the UN non-Governmental Organizations
agreed that nations at'the
UN were using the word
"Zionist" as a code for Jew
and "anti-Zionism" as a
code for anti-Semitism. They
agreed also that "anti-
Zionism" is being used as a
means of attacking the
United States and other
Western nations.
The group expressed their
commitment that, while
fighting anti-Semitism at the
UN, they would continue
their support of programs
"consistent with the UN
charter," such as those for
young people, the disabled,
the aged, the ill and the
homeless. But they were
quick to point out that no one
should remain impassive or
silent in the face of any
efforts to taint these programs with anti-Semitic
slurs or the defamation of
irohAesdemy
the traditional Purim gaiety.
A festive Purim Seudah, the
traditional meal, will be
served to all students.
Dismissal will, be at 12
. noon to allow students to participate in other religious
practices of the day: Mish-
Ioach Manot, the sending of
gifts to friends, and the offering of charity.
A workshop on the
customs and ceremonies of
Purim will be offered to
parents at 11 a.m. on March
20 at the school.
The seventh grade class is
sponsoring a Purim carnival
on Wednesday, March 18.
The event will feature booths
of all kinds, a raffle, and refreshments.
Members of this year's Yom Hashoa planning committee met recently at Ahavas Sholom. They are
bottom (1. to r.): Sylvia Gaynor, Rabbi Jerome Folk-
man, Rabbi Marvin Possick, Irving Szames, Carol
Rich. Top (I. to r.): William Goldsmith, Alfred Tibor,
Ruth Seidemann, Jane Bhaerman, Farrell Shar and
Heinz Hoffman.
Yom Mmfam Committee Meets
ing, li75 College Ave.
Comet's topic will be "A
Global View of the Jewish
Condition Today: A Behind
the Scenes Report on Jewish
Life Behind The Iron Curtain, Arab Lands, South
America and Europe."
Comet is a noted observer of
international and Jewish
affairs.
Reservations for the program can be made by calling
Elliot Karp at the Federation (237-7686}.
A committee composed of
representatives from area
synagogues met recently to
plan this year's Yom Hoshoa
(Day of the Holocaust)
program.
The Community Holocaust
Memorial Program is being
sponsored by the Columbus
Board of Rabbis and will
take place on April 30 at 8
p.m.' at Congregation
Ahavas Sholom, 2568 E.
Broad St.
Dr. Yaffa Eliach, Director
of the Brooklyn Center for
Holocaust Studies and Associate Professor of Judaic
Studies at Brooklyn College
will be the keynote speaker.
Dr. Eliach, a moving
speaker and expert on the
holocaust, is a survivor of
the holocaust.
The congregations spon
soring the Holocaust
Memorial Program
(through the Columbus
Board of Rabbis) are:
Agudas Achim, Ahavas Sholom, Beth Am, Beth Jacob,
Beth Shalom, Beth Tikvah,
Temple Israel, and Tifereth
Israel.
Members of the Yom
Hashoa Committee are:
Ruth Seidemann and Farrell
Shar from Ahavas Sholom;
William Goldsmith and Alfred Tibor from Agudas
Achim; Irving Szames and
Rita Hoffman from Beth
Jacob; Heinz Hoffman,
Sylvia Ganor, Tifereth Israel; Dr. Robert Bhaerman
from Temple Israel; Irene
Weintraub, Laury Kurs,
Beth Am; Sharman Michael-
son, and Carol Rich from
Beth Shalom.
Israel.
In addition to B'nai B'rith
and ZOA, representatives
from the American Jewish
Committee, Consultative
Council of Jewish Organizations, International Council
of Jewish Women, Jewish
War Veterans, Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, United
Synagogue of America,
Women's International
Zionist Organization;
Women's League for Conser-
vative Judaism, World
Jewish Congress and the
World Union for progressive
Judaism attended the meeting at the B'nai B'rith Anti-
Defamation League headquarters.
Center Teen Show
Set For Production
"TAIT" a spoof of the
Broadway musical "Good
News" is the second annual
teen musical at The Jewish
Center, and will be playing
to standing-room audiences.
Showtimes are May 9 and 10
and tickets are still available:
Come to the Center and
meet the "stars," Sabre
Marks, Curtis Goldstein,
Elizabeth Tuck, Drew
Schwartz, Marc Rossio, Lisa
Sillman, Mercedes Ganon,
Amy Walcoff, Dolea Briton,
Murriel Fretas, Dena
Samuels, Maria Goldstein,
Shari Gutter and Chris All-
wein.
If you are interested in
backstage work, or wish to
participate in the orchestra,'
contact Gerry Buncher at
S31-2731.
Federation Leaders
To Meet March 22
Marti Netier and Jeffrey
Sherman, Co-Chairmen of
the Federation's Young
Leadership Program announced that Ted Comet,
Director of Young Leadership for the National Council
I
of Jewish Federations will-
be the keynote speaker at the
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