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Mrs. Carole Genshaft
UJF Young Women's Division
•1982 Ohairwo men
Melvin Schottenstein,
general chairman for the
1982 United Jewish Fund
Campaign, announces the
appointment of Mrs. Carole
Genshaft as chairwoman of
the 1982 Young Women's
Division. Schottenstein also
announced that Mrs. Claudia
Rinkov will be the co-chairwoman of this year's Young
Women's Division'. Both
Mrs. Genshaft and Mrs. Rinkov have been active volun-,-
teers for the Federation and
the Young Women's
Division.
Mrs. Genshaft served as
co-chairwoman of last year's
Young Women's Division.
She has served on various
Federation committees including the Business and
Professional Women's Committee, National and Overseas Budget and Planning
Committee and the New
Gifts Task Force. She has
been an active member of
Hadassah, ORT and the
Brandeis Women's Group;
and is a member of Congregation Tifereth Israel. In addition to her volunteer ac-
A
Iward Koff
Frank Nutis and Howard
Schoenbaum have announced that Edward M.
Koffsky has been named Executive Director of the Columbus office of State of
Israel Bonds.
■ Koffsky has recently
moved' to Columbus from
Youngstown with his wife,
Lynn, and two sons, Mark
and Jay. He has served as a
Field Representative with
the'lsrael Bond organization
for the past three years. In
addition he was Vice President of the Youngstown district, Zionist organization of
America, Recording Secretary for Mahoning Lodge
#339 of B'nai B'rith. Mrs.
Koffsky was president of the
Aviva-Liloh group- of
Hadassah, and was active
with B'nai B'rith Women,
synagogue  sisterhood  and
tivities in the Columbus Jew-
ish community, Mrs. Genshaft is active in Pro Met
and Cancer Ray. Mrs. Genshaft is married to Nelson
Genshaft and is the mother ,
of three children.
Mrs. Rinkov has been an
outstanding volunteer leader
for the Young Women's Division. She was chairwoman
for Worker's Training during the 1981 Young Women's
campaign and served on the:
Israel 33 Walk?A-Thon committee. She is a member of
the Federation's New Gift
Task Force and has participated in many regionallyJA
training programs. Mrs.
Rinkov has been actively involved in the Bexley ORT,
Brandeis Women's Group
and the National Council of
Jewish Women. She also
serves onjvarious program
committees at the Jewish
Center and is involved with
Pro Met and Cancer Ray.
She and her family are members of Temple Israel. Mrs.
Rinkov is married to Mark
Rinkov and is the mother of
two sons.
JERUSALEM (JTA)-^
Mystery surrounds an
ancient tunnel .uncovered
near the Western Wall in the
Old City, leading in the
direction to* the presumed
site of the Second Temple. It
has sharpened further the
dispute between the two
•Chief Rabbis on the one hand
and the National Religious
Party Ministers, archaeologists and the academic community on the other.
The news was first made
known last week when Israel
Radio reported that Rabbi
Yehuda Meir Getz, the rabbi
of the Western Wall, had discovered the tunnel a month
ago while he was investigat-
'  Edward Koffsky
the  Youngstown  Jewish
Center.
Koffsky stated, "We are
pleased to be in Columbus.
We have heard many
compliments about the Jewish community, and we
would like to get involved as
soonaspossible."'
ing a seepage of water near
the ancient wall. He cleared
away debris and found the
tunnel, which is more than 5
yards wide and 10 yards
high.
He claimed that it was one
of, the entrances to the
Temple, possibly one used,
by the Cohanim (priests). He'
- informed Ashkenazic Chief
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, who
gave him permission to use
Ministry of Religious Affairs
workers to clear away the
mud and silt. Goren imposed
complete secrecy on the
operation but later reportedly informed then Religious
Affairs Minister Aharon Abu
Hatzeira of the finding and
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Pictured above Louis M. Levin, former President of
Beth Jacob Congregation and active leader of the Jewish Community receiving the Synagogue's Shofar
Award at a dinner given in his honor on Aug. 23. The
Shofar Award was presented for' 'his dedicated service .
to the congregation." (L. to r.) Dr. Charles Young, Dinner Chairman, Bernard Gerson, President of Beth
Jacob, Rabbi David Stavsky who made the presenta-
tion, and Louis M. Levin. .	
New Children's Theatre
Offered At The Center
The Drama Committee of
The Jewish Center announces a new subscription
series for children's theatre.
"Popcorn Playhouse" will
present five theater productions including a multimedia musical presentation,
"A Kinder Koncert," featuring The Jewish Center
Community Orchestra performing Peter and the Wolf.
The first offering will be
Cincinnati's Art Reach Professional Touring Theater
production of Jack and the
Beanstalk to be performed
on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 1:30
and 3 p.m. The 3 p.m. performance will be a benefit
for the new Center's Early
Childhool Department wing.
The second presentation
will be the annual Gallery
Players/B'nai B'rith
Women's production of
Hansel and Gretelwhich will
open on Friday, Nov. 27 with
shows at 1:45and3:30. There
will be additional performances on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 1
and 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 at
1 and 3 p.m., 'and Wednesday .Dec",* 2 at 7:30 p.m*
stern Wall Tunnel
Site
the clearing work:
When the report was
broadcast, Interior and Religious Affairs Minister Yosef
Burg expressed surprise and
annoyance that workers
from his Ministry were employed by Getz without his
knowledge that the tunnel
even existed. Education and
Cultural Affairs Minister
Zevulun Hammer also
expressed amazement and
anger that the Department
of Archaeology and Antiqui
ties, which is under his jurisdiction, had.not been
informed and had not issued
the license required before
such work can be carried
out. Goren is feuding with
both NRP Ministers about
his injunction banning -work
at the City of David dig.
Neither Burg nor Hammer
has accepted the injunction
as the final word on the *
matter.
Archaeologists, who have-
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ial Address
To Be Delivered At Federation
kmM Heeling, September 20'
The first production for
"Popcorn Playhouse" in
1982 will be "A Kinder Koncert" presentation of Pro-
kofief's Peter and the Wolf.
This multi-media show will
feature The Jewish Center
Community Orchestra, with
narration by John Crawford.
A "Trick, or Treat" program will be the series'
fourth offering. The presentation will be written and
produced by members of the
Center's Drama Committee
and Gallery Players drama
group.
' Sunday, ,ApriI 25 will see
the return of the Cincinnati
ArtReach Professional Touring Theater. The final presentation will be Legend of
the Troubled Dolls.
Subscription prices for
Centei* members is $7.50;
non-members $10. All productions will be staged at
The Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave. To purchase a subscription series or for further information, call the
Center's Cultural 4Ar^ £e-s
parthierit at' 231-2731.- -'% '"'' '
The Second Annual Abe I.
Yenkin Memorial Address
will be delivered by Mervin
F. Verbit, Associate Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn
College. The address will be
delivered at the Annual
Meeting of -the Columbus
Jewish Federation on Sept.
20 at Congregation Beth
Tikvah, 7:30 p.m.
Mervin Verbit is a member of a small group of social
scientists who have been active in almost every aspect
of Jewish community life for
the last decade. As a
specialist in the sociology of
religion, he has focused his
professional, activities on
many, aspects of American
Jewish life. He has studied
the future of the American
Jewish community as well-
as the character of the Jewish family in our contemporary culture. He is a
frequent lecturer throughout
the U.S. and his dynamic, insightful presentations make
htm a memorable speaker.
Dr. Verbit received his
P.H.D. from Columbia University. His distinguished
list of professional activities
include Chairman of the
Editorial Board of Contemporary Jewry: A Journal of
Sociological Inquiry and
Contributing Editor to
Review  of Religious  Re
search, and he is currently
doing research on the Jew-
ishness of Jewish college students.
Mervin Verbit will address
the topic "Challenges of the
American Jewish   Com-
Mervin F. Verbit
munity in the 80's: Directions for the Future" with
particular reference, to the"
Jewish family.
The family of the late Abe
I. Yenkin has established
this fund to make high quality speakers available to the
Columbus Jewish Community at the Annual
Meeting of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
The 55th Annual Meeting is
a celebration in the "Spirit of
Family." Joyce L. Zacks is
Chairman of the event,   .
Tifereth Israel Men's Club
Schedules Family Picnic
The Men's Club of Congregation Tifereth Israel will
hold'its annual Family Sum-
• mer Picnic on Sunday, Sept.
13, at the Big Walnut Park
Shelter, 5000 E. Livingston
Ave. from 4 to 7 p.m. in a fully enclosed shelter. The park
is west of Noe-Bixby Rd., opposite Walnut Ridge High
School.
This year's picnic will wel-
4 Sijapiro aWf his* family from
r t
their year in Israel. Family
games and entertainment
will be provided, as will a
complete picnic dinner.
The charge for this year's
picnic is $3.50 per adult and
$2 per child. Pre-paid reservations should be sent to the
temple's office at 1354 E.
Broad St. 43205. in care of the
Men's Club by Sept. 8. Reservations will be taken rain or
shine. -
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