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VOL.60   NO.9
MARCH4,1982-ADAR9
Devoted to American
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Mr. and Mrs. Alviri Solove and Rabbi Harold Berman
with the "Solove Megillah."
S@lwi MegHK '.To. Be f resented
To fifstelh Israel On Icnoti 13;
The Megillah of Esther,
presented to Alvin Solove on
the occasion of his 60th birthday by his children and
grandchildren, (Ron and
Donna, Larry and Beth, Jeff,
Phyllis and Jill) will be presented to Congregation
Tifereth Israel at Shabbat
Services on Mar. 13, Shabbat
Zachor, The Sabbath of
Remembrance, the Sabbath
preceding Purim. The
Megillah, a birthday commemoration to the former
Tifereth Israel Congregation
president, is a traditional
• "HaMelech" Megillah, meticulously  prepared by  a
scribe, handwritten with a
quill and ink, with each column beginning with the word
"Melech" or King.   ,
The Scroll of Esther will be
used at Puriin Services at
Tifereth Israel on Mar; 8 at
7 p.m. and Mar. 9 at 7 a.m.
The Scroll will be on display,
with its Sterling Silver case
at Tifereth Israel, and maintained for use by the Congregation, for years to come.
The official presentation will
be made by Alvin and Caryl
Solove to Harold Mindlin,
current President of the Congregation at services for
Shabbat Zachor, Mar. 13.
BONN (JTA)-Govern-
ment officials were taken
aback by Israeli Premier
Menachem Begin's angry
personal attack last week on
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
Government sources expressed surprise at the incident, coming after months of
efforts to improve relations
between Bonn and Jerusalem, which were seriously
strained when Begin
attacked Schmidt as a Nazi
last June.
According to radio and
television commentators,
the latest blast by the Israeli
Premier only served to
arouse public support for
Schmidt, who has been
under attack by opposition
spokesmen in the Bundestag
recently for his alleged pro-
Nazi activities during World
War II.
Begin assailed Schmidt on
the basis of an Israeli newspaper report which quoted
the German Chancellor as
inter Finafiies Ptefor HeiHh And Fitness Fair
Sunday, Mar. 7, is the
Jewish Center's Third Annual Health and Fitness Fair
from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. This
year's theme is "Dealing
.-with Stress Through Exercise and Diet." The Fair will
feature health screenings,
information booths demonstrations, and lectures.
Health screenings taking
place will be height, weight,
blood pressure, pulsometer,
caliper (fat percentage), vision, glaucoma, hearing,
speech, oral cancer, plaque;
diabetes, blood typing, foot
screenings'and pulmonary
function.
Agencies providing the
screenings include Alpha
Omega Dental Fraternity,
Central Ohio Diabetes,
Columbus Speech and Hearing Center, Franklin County ,
Heart Branch, O.S.U. Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise
Program, O.S.U. College of
Optometry, Ohio Podiatry
Association and St. Anthony
Hospital.
Information booths include Central1 Ohio Lung, Arthritis Foundation, Second
Sole, Multiple Sclerosis
Society, Lupus Foundation,
March of Dimes, Crippled
Children's Center, Epilepsy
Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis,
Columbus Achievement
Center, American Red
Cross, American Cancer
Society, Poison Control
Center, Dial-a-Dietician,
Myasthenia Gravis, Spiru-
Una Plankton and St. Anthony Hospital Lifeline ,
Program.
Demonstrations will run
from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and
3 p.m-4:30 p.m. and include
weight training, Ju Jitsu,
women's self defense, mini
tramp, and baton twirling by
Ginny Tennenbaum, State
Champion.
A panel discussion will
take place from 1-3 pirn, and
will feature: Dr. James
Soldano, General Medicine—speaking on stress;
Dr. John Merola, O.S.U.
Department of Physiological
Chemistry—speaking on
Exercise; and Lynn Essel-
stein, Registered Dietician—speaking on Diet.
Special attractions include
O.S.U. sports figures, a noon
fun run, free bowling, clown
make-up, coloring books,
films, and an all day visit by
Ms. Slim-Goodbody and
friends.
The event is sponsored by
The Franklin County Heart
Branch,  W.N.C.I.   Radio,
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CRC Urges Letter Writing
Of Commendation To Officials
For Their Support Of Israel
The UN General Assembly
on Feb. 5, meeting in an
emergency special session,
passed a resolution seeking
to punish Israel for its Golan
Act. The resolution condemned Israel's extension of
civilian law to the Golan as a
violation of the UN Charter
and called upon UN members to cease "all dealings
with Israel in order to isolate
it in all fields." Although UN
General Assembly resolutions are not binding, this
one is recognized,by many
experts as one of the harshest anti-Israel resolutions.
It could quite possibly lay
the foundation for a General
Assembly resolution sponsored by the Arab, Soviet
and non-aligned nation bloc
to expel Israel from the UN.
The "United States delega-
saying he would not make
his long postponed trip to
Israel until he received an
apology for Begin's remarks
last year. Government
spokesman Kurt Becker of f i-
cially denied that. Schmidt
had set such a condition for
his visit.
Begin: Will Not Apologize
To Schmidt
Begin seized on the report
to exhort Schmidt to "go
down on his knees and ask
forgiveness of the Jewish
people.. .for what his countrymen perpetrated under
the National Socialist
regime against my people."
He said he would never
apologize to Schmidt "privately or publicly."
Last June, during Begin's
reelection campaign, he accused Schmidt of remaining
loyal to Hitler and of serving
in the German army that
helped wipe out European
Jewry. That attack was
prompted by remark's
Schmidt made in support of
the creation of a Palestinian
state, while visiting Saudi
Arabia last spring.
Schmidt was attacked in
the Bundestag last Jan. 14
by Helmut Kohl, leader of
ihe Bavarian-based Christian Socialist Union, for having attended the show trial of
a group of senior German army officers involved in an
unsuccessful attempt to kill
Hitler in 1944. According to
Kohl, his presence at the
trial was a clue to his politi
cal attitude at the time.
But Begin's remarks went
far beyond the accusations
which have become commonplace in West German
politics. Most observers
believe Begin has succeeded
in promoting solidarity with
the Chancellor among West
Germans. '
Schmidt was first invited
to visit Israel in 1975 by the
then premier, Yitzhak
Rabin. The invitation was
renewed hy Begin in 1977. At
that time, Bonn sources told
reporters that the Chancellor was holding back
because he was critical of
Israel's policies and was trying to promote better German relations with the Arab
states.
tion went all out in an effort
to block the resolution. US
Ambassador to the UN,
Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick,
vetoed the Security Council
resolution which led to the
General Assembly vote. Ambassador Kirkpatrick called
the resolution "miserable"
and said that it demonstrates that "the United Nations itself can be used to
polarize, spread hostility,
exacerbate conflict."
The United States government "acted with vigor and
resolve in an attempt to
block the resolution by voting on behalf of America's
ally, Israel, and in America's own best interests. The
Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation urges all
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Purim seems to be a light—almost frothy—holiday. The Megillah Esther (The Purim Scroll) is a
charming novella and the day itself Is a joyous
one. From its opening chapter, featuring a
drunken, pompous King and a Queen who just'
won't appear, and on down, the Megillah's
characters tickle our fancy lite refugees from
an old silent melodrama: hard hearted
Haman. simple Ahashverosh, sweet Esther,
mild mannered Mordecai and finally the men-
aclngHaman. The atmosphere of the synagogue and the community is all fun and
games, masquerade and partying.
The Chronicle Staff wishes
youoHappy Purim.
A Woman Called Ootda
ToBe Aired April 2B,»
WTVN-TV, Columbus 6,
has announced the four-hour
mini-series, "A Woman
Called Golda," will air
April28 and 29 from
8-10p.m.
Ingrid Bergman, in a rare
television appearance, is "A
Woman Called Golda," a
Paramount production
which spans the life of one of
the 20th century's greatest
women: Golda Meir. From
her early days in Milwaukee
through her career as Prime
Minister, to her triumphant
meeting with Anwar Sadat,
"A Woman Called Golda"
examines the woman behind
the legend, as well as Mrs.
Meir's public triumphs and
crises.
Filmed on location in
Israel, the presentation also
stars Judy Davis of "My
Brilliant Career," as the
young Golda; Jack Thompson of "Breaker Morant,v as
Ben Ariel; Leonard Nimoy
as Morris Meyerson; and
Anne Jackson as Mrs. Lou
Kaddar.
Jewish Woman Facing Deportation
TORONTO (JTA)-Public
sympathy and support has
been aroused by the plight of
a 57-year-old Jewish woman
from Yugoslavia who faces
deportation from Canada for
having resided in the country illegally for six years.
The woman, Gisella Con-
fino-Levi, has been supporting herself by selling flowers
outside a downtown subway
station, always in the company of her dog. She left
Yugoslavia in 1957 for Israel.
There she met a man whom
she married and the couple
moved to Uruguay later that
year. In 1973, her husband
was arrested after he
expressed outspoken criticism of government policies.
He has not been heard from
since. In 1975 she came to
Canada with her »on as a
visitor and stayed on, contrary to the regulations that
visitors who want to remain
in the country permanently
must return home and apply
officially.
Had Sought To
Obtain Amnesty
Ironically, Confino-Levi's
trouble stems from the fact
- that three years ago she voluntarily applied to the Canadian authorities for permission to remain in the country
under the impression that
the government would grant
"amnesty" to illegal aliens
with no criminal record who
came forward voluntarily.
The granting of amnesty
under these conditions was
in effect about a decade ago,
but not since then.
Since Confino-Levi's story
appeared in the press, pco-
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