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VOL.59   NO.21
MAY 21,198MYAR17
lag ba'Oinei*
Lag ba'Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of Iyar
(this year, May 82nd),''has
been- celebrated as a semi-
holiday since the time of the
geonim. On Lag ba'Omer
the traditional mourning
customs of abstention kept
during the Omer period
(second day of Passover until Shavuot) are lifted. Hair-
cutting and shaving are permitted, marriages are celebrated, and other sorts of
entertainment enjoyed,
e.g., music. The Sephardl
ritual-permits haircuts and
shaving only on the day
following Lag ba'Omer.
Lag ba'Omer in modern
Israel is a.school holiday.
Youngsters, light bonfires
in open spaces in towns
and villages and Student's
Day is celebrated on the
campuses of the different
universities. The scores of
weddings held on. Lag
ba'Omer add to the festive
character of this semi-
holiday	
U.S. Continues To View
ebanon Situation Serious
Turning the first shovels of dirt at the recent Groundbreaking Ceremony for The New Jewish Center were
(left to right): Edwin Ellman, Irving Schottenstein,
Melvin Schottenstein, Michael Talis, William Goldman, Dr. James Tennenbaum, David Roth, Barton
Schachter. Accompanying them in song were the
Center's preschoolers.
GOLDMAN: SUPPORT OF ENTIRE COMMUNITY
NEEDED TO MEET FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
The State Department confirmed last week that U.S.
special envoy Philip Habib
returned to Jerusalem for
further meetings with Premier Menachem Begin and
other Israeli officials. Habib
held a second round of talks
with President Elias Sarkis
of Lebanon in Beirut last
week  and  with  President
Hafez Assad of Syria.
The State Department continued to stress the seriousness with which the U.S.
views the situation in
Lebanon. But it refused
again to make a public
assessment as to whether
Habib has made any progress toward' resolving the
crisis over the deployment of
Syrian anti-aircraft missiles
Women Appointed To
Groundbreaking Ceremony Ki3y UJA Positions
nd Dramatic
CJF Young Leaders
To Meet May 27
The Federation Young
Leadership Program ■
chaired by Marti Netler and
Jeffrey Sherman will be
holding its next session Wednesday, May 27,8 p.m. at the
Esther C. Melton Building.
Rabbi Harvey Goldman will
be the keynote speaker, discussing the topic "The Jewish View of Sexuality."
Rabbi Goldman, in addition to his activities as Rabbi
of'Temple Israel, is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Counselors, is on the
board. of Planned Parenthood and Columbus Jewish
Federation, and is a member>
Over 400 adults and children attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony for The
New Jewish Center on Friday, May 15. At 9:30 a.m.,
co-chairpersons Bea Roth
and Dr. James Tennenbaum
welcomed everyone and
expressed the joy and excitement that were felt at having
reached this milestone in the
history of the Columbus Jewish community,-w-. —-.».— *■, .-
Highlights of the program
included acknowledgments
of local dignitaries. City
Council President M.D.
Portman read a resolution
from the City of Columbus
congratulating The Jewish
Center on groundbreaking
for its new facility. Bill
Schwanekamp and Jack
Wallick spoke on behalf of
the Center's subventing
agencies, the United Way
and the -Columbus Jewish
Federation, respectively.
A dramatic moment was.
the turning of the first shovels of dirt by representatives
of all areas of' Center -life.
Participants were Edwin
Ellman, William Goldman,
David Roth, Barton Schach-
Schiff To Receive Award
At Israel Bond Dinner
Yitzhack I. Rager, President, Development Corporation for Israel, announces
the presentation of the
coveted "Heritage Award"
to Herbert H. Schiff for his
ter, Irving Schottenstein,
Melvin Schottenstein,
Michael Talis and Dr. James
Tennenbaum. The Jewish
Center preschoolers, wearing construction hats, sang
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Two Columbus women,
long active in Jewish community life, have recently
been appointed to key
national leadership positions
within the United Jewish
Appeal.
Mrs. Karen Moss has been
appointed  to  the  Young
Women's Division Executive
Committee of the UJA and
has been selected as Chair-
worn an  of  the  Young
Jewish Center Announces
Honorees At Annual Meeting
...~-T<h e~ -Je w*s-h-~Ce n t e r
announces that Bea Roth,
Steve Shkolnik, Pam Klynn
and Sandy Scheiner will be
honored with special awards
at the Annual Meeting on
ber-ifoEreeveral-yeaEsV'Shkol'—
nik is currently Chairman of
the   Health   and  Physical
Education   Committee.
Judith Swedlow
Women's Leadership Cabinet for the East Central
Region of the UJA encompassing Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana. Mrs. Moss
recently served as Chairwoman of the Columbus
Jewish Federation's Young
Women's Division for the
1981   United -Jewish  Fund
Sandy Scheiner
Wednesday, June 17.
According to Awards Chairman Ed Eisenberg, "These
four outstanding volunteers
Yitzhack 1. Rager
devotion to the traditions
and values of Judaism as
manifest in his service t, o the
Jewish people and,to building the economy and promoting the growth of' Israel
through Israel Bonds.
Making the presentation at
the dinner will be Jack
Weiler, recognized throughout the United States and on
the world Jewish scene as
one of the great Jewish leaders of our time.
Edwin M. Ellman is Chairman of Dinner, Melvin L.
Schottenstein, Co-chairman,
and Gordon B. Zacks, Honorary Chairman.
Reservations for the dinner may be made through
the Israel Bond office,
2&-7212'.       .'
Bea Roth
Co-recipients of the Mitzvah Volunteer Award are
Pam Klynn and Sandy
Scheiner. Mrs. Klynn, President of Gallery Players, has
been responsible in large
part for the success of all
aspects of Cultural Arts programming. Mrs. Scheiner, a
member of the Camp and
Health* and Physical Education Committees, chaired the
Health and Fitness Fair,
Women's  Health  Lecture"
Steve Shkolnik
will headline the awards
recognition that evening
because of their outstanding
volunteer service to, the
Center,"
Bea Roth, recipient of the
Continuous Dedication
Award, has been active in
Center life for over 30 years.
Steve Shkolnik is slated to
receive the Koach Leader-
j ship Award1. A Board mem-
Pam Klynn '
Series and other Women's
Physical. Education programs.
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Karen Moss
Campaign.
Mrs. Judith Swedlow has
also recently been appointed
to a leadership position, having been selected to serve on
the.UJA National Women's
Division Executive Cabinet.
Mrs. Swedlow has been an
active leader in the Columbus Jewish community. She
is currently a Vice President
of the Columbus Jewish Federation and is a past Chairwoman of the Women's and
Young Women's Division of
the United Jewish Fund
Campaign. Mrs. Swedlow
has also been the recipient of
the Columbus Jewish Federation's, Therese Stern
Kahn Young Leadership
Award.
The evening is planned to
be both interesting and
enlightening. For additional
information, call the Federation office; 237-7686. ■ ■ *»»»•
in that country.
Department spokesman
Dean Fischer said the downing of an Israeli drone (pilot-
less photo reconnaissance
plane) by Syrian missiles
over Lebanon "underlines'
the extreme seriousness of
the situation which Ambassador Habib is trying to
defuse.^-—-'"..,
Fischer continued to deny
that there was any American
plan on tJte-J&bJe f6r resolving the crisis and preventing
an all-out shootu%, wat~be-
tween Israel andsSynzi.
When President Reagan sent
Habib to the Middle East as'
his personal representative,
his mission was described as
that of "listener" to what the
leaders of the three governments involved had to say.
Fischer refused to say
whether Habib was now a
"talker." He said the Habib
"mission is to try to .bring
about a reduction of tensions."
Fischer also refused to say
whether the U.S. had had
any further contacts with the
.-Spj^y^Uin over the.situa-
tion" in Lebanon. He would
not comment on a Syrian
statement that the Soviet
Union was bound to defend
them if they are attacked.
CRC Expresses Shock
The Community Relations
Committee of the Columbus
"Jewish Federation, through
its Interfaith Task Force,
expresses its shock at the
senseless attempt on the life
of Pope John Paul II. Ira O.
Kane, Chairman of the Community Relations Commit:
tee, said that the Committee
condemned the action of
those responsible and offers
its fervent hopes and prayers that the Pope will have a
speedy and complete recovery from his wounds.' He also
expressed the Committee's
hopes and prayers that the
others wounded in the attack
, will have a speedy and complete recovery.
In a letter to the Most Reverend Bishop Herrmann.
Kane offered the heartfelt
support of the CRC and Jewish community to the Catho-
lie community and
expressed prayers for the
Pope's recovery.   	
Hillel Meeting
Joe Paul will be nominated-
to succeed Benson Wolman
as president of the Hillel
Foundation at the Ohio State
University at -the Annual
Meeting on Tuesday. May 26
at 8 p.m. The announcement
was made by Nelson Gen-
shaft, chairman of the
Nominating Committee.
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