Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1982-07-22

              Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community (or Over 60 Years
VOL.60   NO. 29
JULY22.1982-AV2
Dcvoiotl to American
and Jewish Ideals.
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B'nai B'rith To Sponsor
Children's Home Day
At 1982 Ohio State Fair
B'nai B'rith is asking
members of the community
to sponsor a child for a day
at the Ohio State Fair, Aug.
9. Attendance at this year's
B'nai B'rith Children's
Home Day is expected to exceed 1,000.
Co-chairmen of the annual
community service project
are Eleanor Resler, Melvin
Schottenstein; Leo Weinberg, Leslie Wexner and
Gordon Zacks.
Children's Home Day, officially designated by Ohio
Gov. James A. Rhodes, is the
largest event - at the fair
sponsored by a service organization. B'nai B'rith sends
letters to children's homes
.throughout the state inviting
them to the fair. The children and their chaperones
come by bus, vans and cars
to be B'nai B'rith's guests
French Scions
PraiseBehavior
Army
for the day, which includes
entrance to the fairgrounds,
rides, ;lunch, entertainment
and all exhibits and a gift for
each child.
In the past, Wendy's International provided lunch for
the children and their chaperones^ They will also receive
special treats from Mrs.
Resler, continuing her support of Children's Home Day
in memory of the late Jack
Resler, who was instrumental in the day's success
since, its inception in 1966.
Bellefaire—Jewish Children's Bureau in Cleveland,
which was established as a
Jewish Orphan Home 40
years ago under B'nai B'rith
sponsorship and became a
residential treatment center
for emotionally disturbed
children in 1968, will be sending over 100 children to the
Fair.
Anyone wishing to help
during the day or beforehand
or to make a donation to
. sponsor a child should contact Maxine Dworkin at
23i-6221 "or Richard Grundstein at 231-3696. '
Arafat Thanks France
PARIS (.JTA)—The leader of the Palestine Liberation Orf
ganization, Yasir' Arafat, thanked France for its role in the
Lebanon crisis in a Bastille Day Message addressed to President Francois Mitterrand. Arafat said in his personal! note
that "Lebanon and the Palestinians have the right to resist
Israeli aggression" and expressed the hope that a solution to
the crisis will be found.; The message, released by the, PLO
delegation here, indicated the importance, attached to
France's announcement that it would be willing to participate in a multinational force to ensure the evacuation of PLO
forces from west Beirut and oversee the withdrawal of all
foreign troops from Lebanon. Mitterrand, in a Bastille Day
television interview said that France's suggestion' for a
multinational force "if accepted would serve Israel's honor
just as (it) would serve that of the Palestinians. Neither side
must be humiliated."
Humaitarian Groups
Disavow Newspaper Ad
Argov Regains Consciousness
LONDON (JTA)—Ambassador Shlomo Argov of Israel
regained consciousness six weeks after being shot in the head
by an Arab terrorist. He is also breathingwithout a ventilating machine, is eating and drinking normally and "engaging
in short periods of conversation," said the National Hospital
for Nervous Diseases, which also emphasized that the
52-year-old diplomat is still seriously ill.
Vandals Deface Exhibition
BONN (JTA)-rVandals defaced segments of an exhibition
on peace and disarmament showing victims of Nazi concentration camps by daubing them with swastikas and Nazi
slogans. The-exhibition-'is-teking:place in Luebeck-at the
headquarters of the West German Central Trade Unions.
PARIS (JTA)-Four opposition members of the
French Parliament who recently returned from a study
mission to Israel and Lebanon, paid tribute to the Israeli army for its "correct
and even generous" attitude
towards the Lebanese civilian population. They said the
press had "grossly distorted" the truth when presenting a near-apocalyptic picture of alleged destruction
and killings in major Lebanese cities and refugee
camps.
The group, led by former
Centrist Deputy Jean-Pierre
Bloch, visited the area at the
invitation of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said they
were free to meet with
whomever they wanted to
see and mingle at will with
the civilian population.
ADL Claims Cult Promotes Anti-Semitism
An Ohio-based religious
cult, which uses rock and roll
to attract followers and then
gives them paramilitary
training, is promoting anti-
Semitism; according to a research paper issued by the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith.
The cult, called "The Way
International," operates out
of a 147-acre headquarters
complex in New Knoxville,
Ohio
. In making the League report public, Seymour D.
Reich, chairman of jVDL's
national Civil Rights Committee, noted that although
The Way purports to be a
"nondenominational Biblical research and teaching
ministry," it has been inves
tigated by federal and state
law enforcement and regulatory agencies for "questionable activities."
The ADL report states that
two books which claim the
Holocaust never happened,
The Hoax of the Twentieth
Century, by Arthur Butz,
and The Myth of the Six Million, were recommended by
The Way for a course called
"Advanced Class '79" held in
classrooms rented on the
Athens campus of Ohio University. Both books are published by Noontide Press, the
publishing arm of Liberty
Lobby, an anti-Semitic, far
right group headed by Willis
Carto,
Rock music presentations
performed by groups with
such names as Joyful Noise,
Good Seed, Glad Tidings and
Takit are used for recruitment at shopping malls and
school and civic auditoriums.        ,
The report of The Way was
prepared by Alan M.
Schwartz, assistant director
of the Research Department
, of ADL's Civil Rights Division.
NEW YORK (JTA)-Offi-
cials representing six relief
j agencies providing aid to
'-. victims of the fighting in
| Lebanon have denied that
• their  organizations  con-
,' sented to have their names
'  listed in a full-page adver-
!  tisement which appeared in
>  several leading newspapers
!' and which was critical of
Israel for its actions in Lebanon.
The officials, representing
CARE, the U.S. Committee
for UNICEF, the Church
World Service, the American
Red Cross, the American
Friends Service Committee
and Save the Children Federation, said in a letter to the
editor in The New York
Times that they were also
"dismayed" by the advertisements associating the
names of their agencies with
criticism Of Israel in the ongoing Lebanon conflict.
"Preserving the neutrality
of a non-governmental
humanitarian agency is a
^diffieiilt job in ■-the best of
tiiiies,''" the officials wrote.
"Without our. impartial
status, agencies such as burs
would not be able to perform
the public mission entrusted
to us: delivering emergency
disaster aid and reconstruction assistance wherever it is
needed, to whoever needs
The full-page advertisement was placed by an organization calling itself "Concerned Americans for
Peace," and listed as its
address a post office box in
Los Angeles. According to
reports, the post office box
was not rented to any group
by this name.
The advertisement declared in bold letters, "The
People of Lebanon Innocent—Victims of a Senseless
War" and appeared in The
New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles ■
Times, Boston Globe,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Chicago Tribune
and other newspapers.
The advertisement listed
the total number of wounded
and killed in Lebanon at over
40,000 and the number of
homeless at over 700,000.
Calling the Israeli incursion
an "insensitive" attack on
the Palestine Liberation
Organization, the advertisement said "No cause could
be so righteous as to dictate
the destruction and devastation of an innocent people
and their country."
While the officials said
that the organization which
claimed to place the, advertisement had the right to
express its 'opinion about the
situation in Lebanon, the
officials wrote: "They probably did not realize that they
could actually harm our ability to help innocent victims
of this conflict by calling into
question our independent
stance.
"Yet this is exactly the
case, which is why we must
respectively decline any
association with their
views," the letter said. "We
deplore violence but we are
not taking sides in the political dispute."
Jewish Center Sports Spectacular
Set For Aug. 16 At Winding Hollow
Your Last Chance To
Say 'L' Shona Tovah'
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"The Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center Sports Spectacular will be the greatest sport-
ing event in the history of the
Columbus Jewish Community," announced Ron Feerer, chairman of the event to
be held starting at noon on
Aug. 16 at Winding Hollow
Country Club. "We will be
honored that day to have as
our guests four legends from
the golf arid tennis world who
will participate in clinics and
exhibitions as well as enjoy
with us an afternoon and
evening of fun and relaxation "    ■■■..■
Byron Nelson, PG. A. Hall
of Famer, will conduct a golf
clinic »nA play' the second
hole with program participants. Championship player
Ed Sneed will join golfers on
the tenth hole; Former
Wimbledon champions (Roy.
jEmerson and Fred Stolle
will conduct a tennis clinic ,
!and play an exhibition match
against Columbus' best players. The evening program,
which includes a cocktail
party and dinner beginning
at 6:30, will feature Al
McGuire, NBC basketball
analyst and master sports
storyteller.
';'-. Feerer and bis committee
have been working hard to
make this event, to benefit
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, a success. The Executive Committee includes
William Glick, Tom Kaplin,
Dr. Bruce Meyer, David
Miienthal and Irving Schottenstein. Members of the
Program Committee are
Jody Altschule, Irv Flox,
Jeff Fromson, Harvey, Handler, Dr. Jeff Kurtz, Dennis
Mendelson, t Randy ^opojo-,
sky and Sig Wasserman.
According to Feerer,
"There will be lots of prizes,
action and friendly competi-
Ron Feerer
tion in an atmosphere which
will be relaxing and enjoy*
able," For more information
and reservations, contact
David Valipslfy at.?31-273J