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VOL.59   NO.30
JULY 23,198I-TAMMUZ 21
HAMMEB SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
ejects Any Compromise
endment
NEW YORK (WNS)—Two major American Jewish organizations have urged Jewish scholars not to accept invitations
from the Unification Church of Rev. Sung Myung Moon to a
conference under its auspices to be held in Israel in August.
The letter noted that "the writings of Rev. Moon are distinctly anti-Semitic," a fact said to be "documented in a
study done by Rabbi James Rudin of the American Jewish
Committee."
Britain Calls For 'New Chapter'
LONDON (JTA)—Britain has called for a "new chapter"
in relations with Israel once the new Israeli government is
formed. Douglas Hurd, Foreign Office Minister of State, said
he hoped relations would improve regardless of who becomes
the new Israeli Premier. However, in an interview with the
Jewish press representatives several days ago he added his
hope that the new Israeli government would be "more
reasonable in tone" than previously.
back Rabbi Raphael as the
July 24 guest speaker and
invites the community to
join them on that Friday
night. Beth Shalom is
located at 3100 E. Broad St.
They share building facilities with Eastminster Presbyterian Church.- -:* '--" •——»
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Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael
' Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael
will conduct the 8 p.m. Sabbath Service at Beth Shalom
on July 24. Rabbi Raphael
will discuss "Current Anti-
Semitism and its Expression
in the Media."
Rabbi Raphael, who
received his B.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from U.C.L.A. and
his rabbinic ordination from
the Hebrew Union College,
has spent the last 10 years at
Ohio State University and is
an associate professor of history.
He has been on leave for ,
the past two years. He spent
1979-80 in Israeli slum neighborhoods studying "Project
Renewal," and he was
Brown University's first
Tisch Visiting Professor of
Modem Judaism in 1980-81.
The author of four books
on American Jewish history,
Rabbi Raphael is now completing a fifth book, A History of the United Jewish
Appeal, 1939-1982, which will
be published by Brown University next year.
Rabbi Raphael served as
Beth Shalom's first rabbi,
beginning in 1977, and was
rabbi of that Reform congregation until March 1980. He
is now back in Columbus and
continuing his association
with Ohio State.
Beth  Shalom  welcomes
JERUSALEM (JTA)-
The National Religious
Party was thrown into a
quandary last week when the
Chief Rabbinate issued a
communique rejecting any
compromise on the controversial "Who Is a Jew"
amendment to the Law of
Return. The communique
said the law must be
amended because "This is
da'at Torah (a Torah
opinion). Halachic conversion is a problem touching
the core of Israel's Torah."
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The Holocaust Survivors
Archive Project of the Community Relations Committee
of the Columbus Jewish Federation is recruiting volunteers to serve as interviewers. The project is being conducted to document Holocaust survivors' experiences
as a living oral history. The
tape-recorded interviews
will serve as an important
Holocaust archive as well as
a significant educational
teaching, instrument. Copies
of the taped interviews will
be made available to
schools, organizations and
other community groups for
Holocaust studies. In addition copies of the interviews
will be sent to Yad Vashem
in Israel, to be added to their
documentation center.,
The Holocaust Survivors
Archive Project of the Community Relations Committee
is interested in recruiting
volunteers who would like to
assist in conducting interviews of Holocaust survivors
now living in Columbus."
Interviewers will be
required to participate in an
intensive educational training program concerning the
Holocaust and oral history
techniques.
Interested persons are
encouraged to contact the
CRC (237-7686) for more
information and to volunteer.
The issue is bound to affect
the coalition negotiations
between the NRP and Likud
inasmuch as Premier Menachem Begin has stated flatly
that he cannot commit himself to force his non-Orthodox colleagues in the Knesset to vote for the amendment which would disqualify
conversions made by other
than Orthodox rabbis
"according to halacha."-- '
Were the NRP to join a
Likud-led government on
those terms it would be dis-
- Recent graduates of The Columbus Hebrew School
1981 class are pictured above. From left: Richard Sillman, Kenneth Garlikov, Steven Brusk, Danny Bayer,
Debby Rose, Sherri Wiener, Juliet Zelkowitz, and Syd-
' ney Schreibman. Back row, from left: Mark Bernardo;
Mrs, Sunnie Ghitman, Music Director; and Dr. David
Salczer, Director of The Columbus Hebrew School.
Beth Jacob Schedules
Annual Torah Day, Aug. 17'
David Krombach,. Chairman of Youth Activities at
Beth Jacob Congregation,
announced that the 20th
Annual Torah Day for Jewish Youth will be held on
Monday, Aug. 17. Krombach
said this year's event will be
in conjunction with the Leadership Training Seminar of
the National Conference of
Synagogue Youth, Central
East Region. The Torah Day,
will see 100 teenagers participate in a program of
workshops, rap sessions,
baseball, volleyball, singing
and dancing to ruach bands,
and cultural and arts activities.
.David Seidemann, Regional Director of N.C.S.Y.
will be coordinating the LTS
three-day seminar which
will follow Torah Day. Torah
Day gives the teenagers an
opportunity to be exposed to
mitzvah workshops in a
friendly, informative and
casual experience. Organized by Rabbi David
Stavsky 20 years ago, the
teenagers of the community
have utilized this day as a
last day roundup before the
end of the summer to prepare for the year ahead.
Rabbi Stavsky said that an
excellent staff of advisors
will be working all day with
the teenagers at Blendon
Woods. Staff people will
include Cantor Redfern and
his guitar, The Ashera Band,
Joel Stavsky, Averim Stavsky, Jeff Grinblatt, Philip
Goldmeier, Rabbi and Mrs.
Joseph Abrams, Rabbi
Chaim Capland, Mrs. Chanita Weisz, Mrs. Linda Grinblatt, Jordan.Stavsky and
Mrs.. Rita Redfern. David
Seidemann, Regional Director of N.C.S.Y., said additional advisors and staff
people will be coming from
Cincinnati, Cleveland and
New York City.
- The teenage committee is
headed by Mitchell Hirsch,
president of the Beth Jacob
Youth Group. Hirsch said
that the theme for Torah
Day this year is "One
Nation, One People, One
Heart."        *
Teenagers are urged to
make reservations for Torah
Day by. calling Mitchell
Hirsch at 239-8775.
obeying a ruling of Israel's
supreme rabbinical authority, a position it wants to
avoid. On the other hand,
some NRP circles maintain
that the question is a political one since it requires
amending a law and the
Chief Rabbis should not be
consulted on political
matters.
Zevulun Hammer, an NRP
leader who serves as Education Minister in the outgoing
government, suggested in a
radio interview that a Knesset vote on the "Who Is a
Jew" amendment could be
avoided if the Chief Rabbinate was simply authorized to
approve all conversions per-
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studies at religious school
and to offer a three-week
intensive program of Jewish
learning. At noon, lunch will
be served, followed by activities such as swimming and
bowling. The cost for children is $30 and $15 for additional children ih the family..
Pliskin To Speak
At Istate Seminar
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S.E.E.D. Program To Begin
Aug. 2 At Ahavas Sholom
Congregation Ahavas
Sholom, 2568 E. Broad St.,
invites the entire community
to a thought-provoking program. On Sunday evening,
Aug. 2, 8 p.m. Rabbi Jacob
Rabinowitz will be the guest
lecturer at the opening session of the fourth annual
S.E.E.D. (summer, educational, enrichment, development) program. His topic
will be "Avoiding an Educa-
. tion$l Holocaust."
-" Rabbi Rabinowitz is well
known for his expertise in
Jewish education. Presently
he is the Dean of Undergraduate Jewish Studies and.
Jewish Education at
Yeshiva University. Rabbi
Rabinowitz is also the Vice
President of the Educators
Council df America, a member of the Executive Board
of Jewish Educators, and
Chairman of the licensing
board for the National Board
of Licenses. He received his
rabbinical ordination from
Yeshiva University and
Masters of Science from the
Polytechnic Institute.
The S;E.E.D. program will
run through Aug. 23. Learning session and classes for
adults and children will be
conducted by leaders and
teachers from various
Yeshivas in New York City.
Adults will have the opportunity of individual study
groups from Sunday through
Thursday evenings, 8-9:30
p.m. to study any area of
Jewish knowledge which is
of particular interest. There
will be bible-study on Wednesday evenings,- 8-9:30
p.m., and a women's study
group on Monday morning
from 10:30-12 noon. A study
group for teenagers will take
place on Monday evenings
from 7-8:30 p.m.
A special feature of
S.E.E.D. is a full-day
program for children. Monday .through Friday mornings from 9:30 until 12 noon,
children will study various
texts of Jewish knowledge
appropriate to their level.
The program is designed to
help  children  with   their
Marvin R. Pliskin
Marvin R. Pliskin will be .
the speaker for the first
Estate. Planning Seminar,
sponsored by the Women's
Committee of the Endowment Fund of the Columbus
Jewish Federation. The
seminar will be held Thursday, July 30, at 6:15 p.m. at
Winding ■ Hollow Country.
Club. Pliskin's topic will be
"Why Estate Planning-?"
Marvin Pliskin is a partner in the law firm of Mur-
phey, Young & Smith Co.,
L.P.A., in Columbus,
specializing in estate planning, probate, trust and tax
law. He is Secretary of the
Board of Governors, of the
Probate and Trust Law Section of the Ohio State Bar
Association, and an adjunct
member of the American
Bar Association Section of
Taxation Subcommittee on
Estate and Gift Taxes and
Subcommittee on Income of
Estates and Trusts.
Pliskin is a frequent,lecturer on estate, planning and
administration topics, 'hav-
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