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VOL.59   NO.31
JULY 30,1981-TAMMUZ 28
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ottensfein Appointed
This Sunday, Aug. 2, Congregation Ahavas Sholom
will usher in its S.E.E.D.
(Summer Learning) Program °with a stimulating lecture and discussion. Rabbi.
Jacob Rabinowitz of Yeshiva
University in New York City
will be delivering a talk on
"Avoiding an Educational
Holocaust."
Rabbi Rabinowitz is Dean
of Undergraduate Jewish
Studies and Jewish Education at the University. He
was the first dean- of
undergraduate students.
Rabbi Rabinowitz is noted
for his knowledge in
Judaism, as well as in
science and has lectured extensively in both areas. He
received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva
University and masters, of
science from. Polytechnic
Institute.
He is the vice president of
the Educators Council of
America, a member of the
executive hoard of Jewish
Educators, and chairman of
the licensing board/for tto'
National Board of Licenses
(for  teachers in "Jewish
I'.
Rabbi Jacob Rabinowitz
schools). He is listed in
"Who's Who in World
Jewry" and "Who's Who in
the East."
The program will be held
Sunday evening, Aug. 2, at
8 p.m. at Congregation
Ahavas Sholom,' 2560
E. Broad St. The entire community is invited to take advantage of this unique and
stimulating opportunity.
-   Officer Can Wear
Yarmulka   ' -
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Federal District Judge
Aubrey Robinson has ruled
that the U.S. Air Force has
no right to bar an officer
from wearing a yarmulka
while on duty. ,The, commander of the March Air
Force Base in Riverside,
Calif, threatened Capt. Sim-
cha Goldman, an ordained
Orthodox rabbi who serves
as a clinical psychologist at
the base, with disciplinary
action. The commander said
the wearing of the yarmulka
was a breach ol U.S. Air
Force dress code.
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Pictured above is the committee of the Beth Jacob
Youth Group preparing for the 20th Annual Torah Day
Program, which will take place on Monday, Aug. 17, in
conjunction with the N.C.S.Y. Leadership Training
Seminar. Seated 1. to r, are: Susie Kent, Rita Kent,
Sherri Vinar, Susie Hirsch, and Michael Levy. Standing 1. to r. are: Jonathan Young, Mitchell Hirsch and
Albert Levy. 	
NEW YORK (JTA)-The
World Council of Synagogues
has adopted a resolution
affirming reports of serious
anti-Semitism in Argentine^.
The resolution, adopted at
the annual board meeting of
the international organization, of Conservative synagogues, observed that-while
"there may be a valid discussion as to the best method
of combating anti-Semitism,
there cannot, however, be a
minimization of , the existence of anti-Semitism in
Argentina."
The resolution expressed
"great concern that the
fundamental problems relating to the Jews in Argentina
are being obscured by the
debate over a single individual who, in contravention
of any standard of human
rights, was subjected to
great torture." The reference was apparently to
Jacobo Timerman, former
editor and publisher of the
Argentine daily La Opinion,
whose book "Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a
Number" describes the torture and indignities he
experienced during 30
months of incarceration in
Argentina without trial or
any charges being brought
against him.
Timerman has charged in
his book and in public statements since his release last
year that he and other Jews
held by the Argentine
authorities were subjected to
greater, cruelties than.non-
Jewish political prisoners
because they are Jews. But
the organized Jewish community in Argentina and
conservative Jews in the.
U.S. who support the Reagan
Administration's policy of
not publicly condemning
"friendly authoritarian"
regimes for human rights
violations, have disputed
Timerman's contention the
military junta ruling Argentina condones anti-Semitism.
The World Council of Synagogues noted, however, that
a delegation of about 40 of its
representatives who visited
Argentina- last year and
spoke to all segments of-the
Jewish community there
reached "the, inescapable
conclusion... that anti-
Semitism is part of the fabric of life in Argentina."
JERUSALEM (WNS)-
The 11th Maccabiah Games
ended July 16 as the Maccabiah flame was extinguished at the foot of Mount
Zion. Immediately
thereafter, a banner containing the words "If I forget
thee, O Jerusalem" was
hoisted on the hilltop.
' At the end of the 10-day
Maccabiah, the largest since
its inception in 1932, Israel
had the most medals, 177,
while the United States had
162. But the U.S. was ahead
with 73 gold medals to
Israel's 59. Israel was also
ahead with 64 silver medals
to the U.S.' 49, and Israel
topped the U.S. in bronze
medals with 54-40,
Israel and the U.S. were
followed by South Africa,
with a total of 36 medals;
Canada, with 29; Australia,
with 23; Great Britain and
Argentina tied, with 18 each;
France, with 17; Brazil, with
15; and Sweden, with 12.
Mexico and Holland tied,
with nine medals each; West
Germany and Italy tied, with
three medals each; Finland
had-one medal; and New
Zealand and Austria tied,
with one medal each.
Bernard K. Yenkin announced that Melvin L.
Schottenstein will serve as
Campign Chairman for the
1982 Columbus United
Jewish Fund Campaign.
Yenkin cited Schotten-
stein's broad leadership experience and volunteer
dedication to both General
community and Jewish activities in Columbus as
strong credentials to meet
the challenges of the 1982
Campaign.
Melvin Schottenstein has
served on the boards of the
Columbus Area Chamber of
Commerce; Board of
Trustees and President of
the Columbus School for
Girls; Board of Trustees and
Vice President of United
Jewish Fund and Council;
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Yassenoff
.Foundation;   Children's-
Hospital, Citizens Research,
Columbus Academy
Fathers' Association, The
Columbus Gallery of Fine
Melvin L. Schottenstein
Arts, Columbus Symphony
Orchestra, Heritage House,
Jewish Education Committee, National Council of the
College of Law (OSU), Ohio
Dominican College and served as Past Campaign Chairman of United Way.
He is a graduate of Ohio
State University, B.A.
Business Administration and
the OSU College of Law. He
is senior partner in the Columbus law firm of Schottenstein, Zox and Dunn. He
is married to Lenore and the
father of three daughters
and a son.
Schottenstein hopes to in-'
ject excitement and enthusiasm into the 1982 Campaign which he feels will
then encourage increased
volunteer participation and
increased contributions. He
looks forward to the
challenge of the 1982 United
Jewish Fund Campaign in
Columbus with a confidence
that it will be an exciting
year with a strong campaign
achievement.
-JERUSALEM (WNS)-
The tenth Knesset was sworn
into office July 2& against the
background of escalating
warfare across the Israel-
Lebanon border which
brought urgent appeals for
national unity from President Yitzhak- Navon and
others who addressed the
inaugural session. But with
only a single mandate separating Likud from the opposition Labor Alignment—the
result of the June 30 elections, which were the closest'
in Israel's history—most
observers believe the new
Knesset will be an arena of
bitter debate and high tension.
Navon told the packed
chamber: "This is an emergency and calls for a serious
effort by the government
and the opposition to
arrive—if possible—at
agreement on the principles
of our policy on a matter so
vital for our security and
with implications for our
political, standing in the
region and in the world at
large." He was referring to
the situation in Lebanon
marked by heavy Israeli air,
land and sea bombardment
of Palestinian positions
recently and the terrorist
rocket and artillery attacks
on towns in northern Israel
which have killed five persons so far and wounded
more than a score of others.
Yosef Burg Of the National
Religious Party and Interior
Minister in the, outgoing government presided over the
chamber as its senior member. He too called for a "national consensus on the great
issues that confront us." The
NRP has been pressing
Likud and Labor to form a
national "unity government" in view of the close
outcome of the June 30 elections. The newly elected
Speaker of the Knesset,
Menachem Savidor of
Likud's Liberal Party, also
called for "maximum
national unity between the
two main blocs in the
house." He urged "restraint
and dignity" in the conduct
of political debate in the
chamber and in the various -
Knesset committees.
But the prediction by pundits that this Knesset will be
an especially fractious one
seemed to be confirmed in'
its first official action, the
election of a Speaker. Labor,
whose candidate for the job
was former Police Minister
Shlomo Hillel, demanded a
secret ballot instead of a
hand count.  Likud's  Dov
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. KANSAS CITY (JTA)-
Tiie Jewish community of
Greater Kansas City was
severely hurt in the tragedy
whichr'encompassed the entire community when two
skywalks in the year-old
Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed and resulted in the
death of 111 persons and injury-to almost 200 others.
There are three known
dead in the Jewish community and many injured, including the executive director of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Kansas City, Sol
Koenigsberg. Koenigsberg,
56,, and his wife, Rosette
Koenigsberg, 52, were
hospitalized with back and
other injuries. They were
listed in "satisfactory condition." Funeral services were
held for Robert Jonas, 56, a
religious school teacher at
Temple B'nai Jehudah and
father of two; Stephen
Hershman, 59, a father of
two  children;   and  Paul
Winett, 30, a, father of three.
Mayor, Richard Berkley.-
an active- member of the
Jewish community, has been
a public leader, directing.,
early rescue efforts, comforting the injured and the
bereaved, and calling for a~
thorough investigation of the
cause of the sudden tragedy.
Another member of the
Jewish community receiving
widespread if undesired
publicity has been Steve
Miller, who was conducting
the orchestra which made
the Friday afternoon and
evening tea dances a big success at the new hotel. Miller
himself was not injured, but
narrowly missed being
struck by the falling sky-
walks, which injured one
member of his orchestra.
Memorial services were
held here for the victims and
others, and the entire Kansas City is in a state of shock
and mourning, ...
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