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VOL.59   NO. 16
APRIL 16,1981-NISAN12
Two Sections
Heritage Village Sets
Annual Meeting May 10
Betty Talis, Chairperson
of the Heritage Village Annual Meeting Planning Committee,- announced that the
gala meeting and dedication
of the Landscaped Gardens
will take place on Mother's
.Day, Sunday, May 10 at
1:30 p.m.
The Columbus Symphony
-Orchestra, under the baton
of Conductor Evan Whallon,
will provide an outdoor concert.;
The brief formal meeting,
concert/ dedication program
and reception has been
planned so that the community will have the opportunity
to explore and enjoy the first
season of the Landscaped
Gardens in full bloom.
The community is asked to
reserve the date and to plan
their Mother's Day celebration with the Heritage Village Family. More details
will appear in future issues
of the Chronicle.
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Sidney I. Blatt, Chairman
of the Nominating Committee, announced that his com- ■
mittee, consisting of Irving
Barkan, Thomas Kaplin, Jr.,
Mrs. Lou Goodman, Dr.
Steven Lichtblau, Mrs...
Jerome Burman, Michael
Bloch, Fred Summer, Mrs.
Leonard Kaplan, and Lester
Weinberg, have selected a
slate of officers and trustees
" for both the Temple Board _
and the Temple Foundation
to be presented at the Annual
Meeting, April 26.
President Ernest Stern
urges the Congregation to
attend their 135th annual
. Congregational Meeting.
The -business meeting, in
addition to the election of
trustees and officers, will be
kept to a minimum. Congregants will receive a written
annual report outlining the
activities of their Congregation during the past year.
Marvin Glassman, Chairman of the Annual Meeting,
has announced that Players
Theatre will make a presentation entitled "The Best of
Broadway." His committee
is planning to serve wine,
fruit, cheese and pastries.
Reservations can be made
to attend the meeting by
mailing a check' to the
Temple for $2.50 per person,
which covers the entertainment and refreshments.
The Haggadah Is based on the Seder service
prescribed by the Mishnah (Pes. it)), •flfhkh had
.''apparently been conducted In the form of a
banquet.
The observance of the precepts at the Seder-the
eating of the pesah (the paschal sacrifice), mazzah
(unleavened bread), and maror (bitter herbs); the
drinking of arba kosot (four cups of wine); and the
recital of the story of the exodus from Egypt (the
narrative of the Haggadah) were integrated into this
-   banquet celebration.
.   The Haggadah is essentially an account of the
Egyptian bondage, a thanksgiving to God for the»
redemption and, in Temple times, a thanksgiving
', ,.fprthe acquisition of tiieiand'Of-Israei-Afte^the^'
destruction of the Second Temple, the latter was
replaced by a prayer for die ultimate redemption.
Chanting and singing the texts of the Haggadah is
generally observed in all Jewish communities, each
one according to its peculiar style and custom.
Although the celebration of the Seder night is a
family affair in which nobody is obliged to sing, it is
- customary to do so according to the example set by
one's parents.
Pictured above are members of the Beth Jacob
Congregation who gathered at the special service to
"Bless the Sun" as it appeared on April 8 commem-
morating the position it was in the days of creation.
The next time the services will be held will be April 8,
2009.
$ Fresieh Sitf ©©Ms
PARIS, (JTA)—Two Jews, an anthropologist and a
political philosopher, have been named by France's
intellectuals as the two main "trend setters" in the fields of
science, letters, art and philosophy.
PARIS (JTA)—France is
preparing for a hotly contested Presidential election
campaign, and, as usual, one
of the questions posed is how
the-Jewish electorate will
vote.v The question, in its
broadest terms, is of vital
interest not only to the candi- ,
dates who are wooing Jewish
voters, but also to the Jewish
community. The major issue
this year for the Jewish community is France's current
policy in the Middle East. -
Some 400,000 Jews, close to _
1:5 percent of the electorate,
are expected to cast* their
ballots in the two-round
Presidential election scheduled for April 24 and May 10.
There are four major candidates running in the first
round: President Valery
Giscard d'Estaing, Socialist
Francois Mitterrand, Gaul-
list Jacques Chirac, and
Communist Georges Mar-
chais. Giscard and Mitterrand are running neck to-
neck in public opinion polls.
In 1974, Giscard won by only
,^W$H)_yojfes and this year-,
"the "margin could be even
slimmer, according to most
political analysts. Public
opinion polls show that a
majority of the Jewish voters, 53 percent," will support
Mitterrand, compared to 23
percent who favor Giscard.
In 1974, a majority of the
Jewish electorate voted for
Giscard, who ran on a platform pledging French solidarity with* Israel and a
change in the pro-Arab policies that had been pursued
by former Presidents
Charles de Gaulle and
Georges Pompidou. An over-
whelming majority of
France's 700,000 Jews belong
to the middle class and in
1974 were opposed'to radical
social and economic changes
advocated by the. Socialist- .
Communist coalition.
Regarding the direction of
the Jewish electorate in the
current election, Baron
Alain de Rothschild, president of the Representative
Council of Jewish Organizations in France (CRIF), told
a press conference several
days ago that each Jewish
voter will have to decide for
whom to vote "according to
the dictates of his own conscience." As far as CRIF's
. role is concerned, he said it
will adhere to its traditional
role in the electoral campaign despite French
Jewry's "anxiety" over -
France's current policy in
the Mideast.
Claude Kelman, chairman
of CRIF's executive council,
said the Jewish community
is split like the general population between the various
political tendencies and parties and "each Jew will have
to decide on how to vote on
the basis of his personal
inclinations and the candidate's stand on matters of
concern to the community."
Kelman warned, however,
"We will closely watch both
the campaign and the policies carried out by the win
ner and we shall not tolerate
the continuation of France's
current biased policies." He
refused to say, However,
what the community could
or would do if the next
Administration's - policies
are similarly biased.
The traditional Jewish
leadership is also split
between the various candidates. Jean Pierre Bloch,
president of the International League Against
Anti-Semitism and Racism,
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Yossi Hury and Ori Harpaz of the Parvarim, Israel's
, most celebrated folk-duo.
Pa.rv0.rim Jollc Duo Set
Fdr Israel S3 Celebration
The Parvarim, Israel's
most celebrated folk duo, will
perform at The Jewish
Center, Saturday evening,
May 2, at .8 p.m: The performance will kick-off the
weekend celebration in honor
of Israel's 33rd anniversary
which will continue Sunday,
May 3, withi a Community
Walk-A-Thon, Jewish Food
Festival, Children's Song
■ Festival and more. :•,
"The Parvarim offer a distinctive and varied repertoire
of traditional and contemporary Israeli songs as well'
as selections in Yiddish,
Ladino, Greek, Spanish, and
English. They draw on roots
and influences as disparate
as Simon and Garfunkel and
traditional Hebrew songs.
Yet, all the music of the Parvarim is characterized by
unique harmonies and tinged
with the mystique of, the
Middle East.
The Parvarim's performance will be followed by.,
a Dessert Cafe and music and
entertainment by Raz*. -J
Tickets are on sale now at
The Jewish Center, $6 for
general admission and $4 for
seniors and students. For
reservations or more information, call Nancy Lewis at
the Center, 231-2731, -
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