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... JBromcle tJl\]f Servln9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community lor Over 60 Years ^JA'R ^BRABYVOHIO HISTORIOAU SOC4^ ■1982VEUMA AVEiV. £XCH ' COLS, Or' -40*:.'.. VOL.60 NO.30 JULY29,198Z-AV9 Dcvolod to American and Jev/ian (deals. FOCUS ON ISSUES ears About Teaching Holocaust Dispelled By Study Pictured above are highhghts of uiaude Pepper Day at Heritage Village. Speaking to residents in the Eleanor and Jack Resler Dining Room (photo top left), Congressman Pepper thanks everyone for a warm welcome. Welcoming Congressman Pepper (photo top right) are Morris Skilken and David Roth. Congressman Pepper shares a few moments of conversation with Heritage House resident, Ethel Greenberger. Heritage Village Celebrates Claude Pepper Day, July 8 Heritage Village celebrated "Claude Pepper Day" on Thursday, July 8, when the 82-year-old Congressman" joined Members of the Heritage Village Family for a luncheon at Heritage House, followed by a Rally open to the Community at Heritage Tower. The nationally recognized leader was brought to Columbus through the efforts of Congressman Bob Shamansky, who introduced his colleague at both the luncheon and the rally. The honored guests were greeted at the entrance of Heritage House by Gerald N. Cohn, Executive Vice President; Frances Goldberg, President Heritage* House Residents Council; Betty Tieman, President Heritage Village Auxiliary; and Eleanor Resler, Heritage Village Board Member. Also representing Heritage Village at both the luncheon and the Tower rally were Morris Skilken, President of Heritage Village; Sylvia Schecter, Past President of Heritage Village; Irwin Bamberger, President of Heritage Tower Residents Association; David Roth, Vice President of Heritage Tower; Bonnie Fass, Administrator of Operations for Heritage Tower; Edward W. Vinocur, Administrator of Operations for Heritage House. . A highlight of the afternoon's visit was Conn's pre sentation of Certificates of Honorary Membership in the Heritage Village Family to both Congressman Pepper and Shamansky, to which Congressman Pepper responded, "I'm very proud to have received this. You can look for this on my office wall whenever you come to Washington." NEW YORK (JTA)- Fears of educators that intensive study of the Holocaust in public school systems might increase negative or even anti-Semitic attitudes among students or be beyond their capacity to absorb and understand haye been decisively dispelled by a pioneering two-year study of such curricula in four American public school systems, according to the National Jewish Resource Center (NJRC). An NJRC spokesperson reported the study..was the first of its kind. The NJRC study also reported that the immensity of the Holocaust and the issues it raises have made it one of the most difficult subjects to teach in public schools. The study, "American Youth and the Holocaust: A Study of Four Major Curricula," was made under NJRC auspices, by Mary Glynn, Dr. Geoffrey Bock and Dr. Karen Cohen, to determine just how valid such concerns were. They reported that their study showed that the Holocaust curricula have had a morally positive effect on the students in junior and senior high schools in Brookline, Mass.; Great Neck, N.Y.; New York City and Philadelphia. Influential Holocaust Curricula The curricula in those communities were described as "probably the four most influential Holocaust curric ula" in use in this country, partly because those school systems were among the first in the United States to develop such curricula and had well-developed study programs in progress when the research for the study was done from June, 1979 through June, 1981. Glynn, a Sister of Mercy nun, Was director of the project and assistant director of Zachor, the Holocaust Research Center of the NJRC, during the study, according to the NJRC spokesperson; Bock and Cohen, of the Massachusetts institute of Technology, were the principal investigators for the study. They reported finding that study of the Holocaust increased student understanding not only of the specifics of the Holocaust but also of such a^merican mores as respect for minority rights and a personal sense of responsibility for decisions. High Level Of Personal Involvement Teachers reported an unusually high level of personal involvement and special efforts on the part of students studying the material. The teachers also reported that, while the students could be overwhelmed by the massive totals in the numbers of victims and the graphic presentations of a powerful historical reality, they were also able to understand that the Holocaust had knowledgeable causes and that, as an event in human history, they could come to understand the Holocaust on their own terms. ! The researchers reported that it is as an event in human history that the Holocaust is used in these curricula as a vehicle for the teaching of such fundamental American values as democracy, pluralism, respect for differences, freedom from prejudice, individual responsibility and anti-racism. These themes are so central to the focus and effects of the Holocaust curricula that Glynn called it "the Americanization of the Holocaust." The researchers suggested that the "Americanization" concept might be at odds with the concerns of scholars and theologians who, in professional literature, stress the uniqueness of the tragedy—as do many, if not most, Jews, particularly survivors—in contrast to the concept of its universality, or the perception of the Holo- caust as an awesome mystery, beyond human understanding A Profoundly Human Experience But the researchers found in the curricula an assumption that the Holocaust was a profoundly human experience, which can be ap- proached, dealt with and even understood by such young persons as high school students. The study also • found that the content of the Holocaust itself set its own limitations on any possible abuse or overgeneralization, the researchers agreed. In fact, they found, the Jewish uniqueness of the Holocaust becomes more clear as more is learned about the victims. The study found that different approaches taken by each of the curriculums did result in different evaluations, particularly in each student's understanding of the factors he or she felt accounted for the tragedy. In tsrooKlme, where emphasis is on the examination and explanation of human behavior, students continued to emphasize the importance of social forces which led Germans to join the Nazis, while students elsewhere emphasized economic factors. In Philadelphia and Brook- line, students gained a greater awareness of the role of prejudice and anti-Semitism in the Holocaust than students in Great Neck, where many students are Jewish and very much aware of anti-Semitism, a fact which led them to consider other factors as well, the study found. Cantor Jack Chomsky Assumes Post At Congregation Tifereth Israel Federation Launches Special Effort To Help Israel The Columbus Jewish Federation is launching a special effort to help Israel sustain the; level of its humanitarian services now. in danger of being sharply curtailed as a part of the human cost of securing safe borders from PLO terrorists, Melvin L. Schottenstein, 1982 Campaign Chairman, announced. "The crisis in funding facing humanitarian programs is a" result of Operation Peace for the Galilee which is estimated at over $3 billion to date," Schottenstein said. "Israel needs our unqualified, generous support now," stressed Schottenstein. "Thousands of young Israeli soldiers have risked their lives to assure the safety of citizens in the Galilee. The people of Israel have incurred tremendous financial and human costs in their effort to secure their north- "Medical and hospital services, housing and education are particularly impacted," Schottenstein continued, em boraer and to help tree the world of international terrorism. The already overburdened citizens of Israel have levied upon themselves a new tax which will pay $700 million towards the cost of the war," he stated. . Melvin L. Schottenstein "The government and people ot Israel are contributing to the relief of the Lebanese people, who are still suffer ing the effects of war in their country, by providing food, clothing, medical supplies and hospital services, all at a tremendous c6st to themselves," Schottenstein said. "World Jewry has been committed to raise $300 million by a resolution of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, $200 million of which is to be raised by Jews in the United States to pay for the vast array of human needs in Israel that the government of Israel cainnot continue to assume at this time," he declared, "Cash is desperately needed to help alleviate Israel's urgent needs. Columbus Jews have already begun re- , sponding to the crisis with in- ' creased cash payments' in 1982," announced N. Victor Goodman, Columbus Jewish Federation Treasurer, "but much more cash is needed to ensure that vita! human services do not cease." Cantor Jack Chomsky has arrived in Columbus with his bride, Susan, to become . Cantor of Congregation Tifereth Israel, effective Aug.l. Cantor Chomsky brings much experience and a broad academic background with him. In addition to the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Music and a Certificate of Hazzan from the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he is also a graduate of Brown University in Providence with a Bachelor of ■ Arts degree. During his tenure at the Seminary, Cantor Chomsky was awarded the Michael Hannermah Memorial Prize for excellence in voice and Hazzanut as well as the Leonard E. Field prize for musical excellence. He has served as Cantor for Temple Sinai, Marblehead, Mass. and Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs, Colo. His duties included Shabbat and Holiday davening and Torah reading. Cantor Chomsky and his wife, Susan Gcllman, were married on July 4 in Milwaukee, Wis. She holds an M.S. degree in Social Studies from Columbia University Cantor Jack Chomsky and a B.S. in near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis. She was Executive Director of the New England District of Amer- "■ ican ORT for two years. Cantor Chomsky will be officially installed during Shabbat Services on Friday, Sept. 10. He will conduct Shabbat Services for the first time on Fridays and Saturday, Aug. 6 and 7,_ I
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Full Text | ... JBromcle tJl\]f Servln9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community lor Over 60 Years ^JA'R ^BRABYVOHIO HISTORIOAU SOC4^ ■1982VEUMA AVEiV. £XCH ' COLS, Or' -40*:.'.. VOL.60 NO.30 JULY29,198Z-AV9 Dcvolod to American and Jev/ian (deals. FOCUS ON ISSUES ears About Teaching Holocaust Dispelled By Study Pictured above are highhghts of uiaude Pepper Day at Heritage Village. Speaking to residents in the Eleanor and Jack Resler Dining Room (photo top left), Congressman Pepper thanks everyone for a warm welcome. Welcoming Congressman Pepper (photo top right) are Morris Skilken and David Roth. Congressman Pepper shares a few moments of conversation with Heritage House resident, Ethel Greenberger. Heritage Village Celebrates Claude Pepper Day, July 8 Heritage Village celebrated "Claude Pepper Day" on Thursday, July 8, when the 82-year-old Congressman" joined Members of the Heritage Village Family for a luncheon at Heritage House, followed by a Rally open to the Community at Heritage Tower. The nationally recognized leader was brought to Columbus through the efforts of Congressman Bob Shamansky, who introduced his colleague at both the luncheon and the rally. The honored guests were greeted at the entrance of Heritage House by Gerald N. Cohn, Executive Vice President; Frances Goldberg, President Heritage* House Residents Council; Betty Tieman, President Heritage Village Auxiliary; and Eleanor Resler, Heritage Village Board Member. Also representing Heritage Village at both the luncheon and the Tower rally were Morris Skilken, President of Heritage Village; Sylvia Schecter, Past President of Heritage Village; Irwin Bamberger, President of Heritage Tower Residents Association; David Roth, Vice President of Heritage Tower; Bonnie Fass, Administrator of Operations for Heritage Tower; Edward W. Vinocur, Administrator of Operations for Heritage House. . A highlight of the afternoon's visit was Conn's pre sentation of Certificates of Honorary Membership in the Heritage Village Family to both Congressman Pepper and Shamansky, to which Congressman Pepper responded, "I'm very proud to have received this. You can look for this on my office wall whenever you come to Washington." NEW YORK (JTA)- Fears of educators that intensive study of the Holocaust in public school systems might increase negative or even anti-Semitic attitudes among students or be beyond their capacity to absorb and understand haye been decisively dispelled by a pioneering two-year study of such curricula in four American public school systems, according to the National Jewish Resource Center (NJRC). An NJRC spokesperson reported the study..was the first of its kind. The NJRC study also reported that the immensity of the Holocaust and the issues it raises have made it one of the most difficult subjects to teach in public schools. The study, "American Youth and the Holocaust: A Study of Four Major Curricula," was made under NJRC auspices, by Mary Glynn, Dr. Geoffrey Bock and Dr. Karen Cohen, to determine just how valid such concerns were. They reported that their study showed that the Holocaust curricula have had a morally positive effect on the students in junior and senior high schools in Brookline, Mass.; Great Neck, N.Y.; New York City and Philadelphia. Influential Holocaust Curricula The curricula in those communities were described as "probably the four most influential Holocaust curric ula" in use in this country, partly because those school systems were among the first in the United States to develop such curricula and had well-developed study programs in progress when the research for the study was done from June, 1979 through June, 1981. Glynn, a Sister of Mercy nun, Was director of the project and assistant director of Zachor, the Holocaust Research Center of the NJRC, during the study, according to the NJRC spokesperson; Bock and Cohen, of the Massachusetts institute of Technology, were the principal investigators for the study. They reported finding that study of the Holocaust increased student understanding not only of the specifics of the Holocaust but also of such a^merican mores as respect for minority rights and a personal sense of responsibility for decisions. High Level Of Personal Involvement Teachers reported an unusually high level of personal involvement and special efforts on the part of students studying the material. The teachers also reported that, while the students could be overwhelmed by the massive totals in the numbers of victims and the graphic presentations of a powerful historical reality, they were also able to understand that the Holocaust had knowledgeable causes and that, as an event in human history, they could come to understand the Holocaust on their own terms. ! The researchers reported that it is as an event in human history that the Holocaust is used in these curricula as a vehicle for the teaching of such fundamental American values as democracy, pluralism, respect for differences, freedom from prejudice, individual responsibility and anti-racism. These themes are so central to the focus and effects of the Holocaust curricula that Glynn called it "the Americanization of the Holocaust." The researchers suggested that the "Americanization" concept might be at odds with the concerns of scholars and theologians who, in professional literature, stress the uniqueness of the tragedy—as do many, if not most, Jews, particularly survivors—in contrast to the concept of its universality, or the perception of the Holo- caust as an awesome mystery, beyond human understanding A Profoundly Human Experience But the researchers found in the curricula an assumption that the Holocaust was a profoundly human experience, which can be ap- proached, dealt with and even understood by such young persons as high school students. The study also • found that the content of the Holocaust itself set its own limitations on any possible abuse or overgeneralization, the researchers agreed. In fact, they found, the Jewish uniqueness of the Holocaust becomes more clear as more is learned about the victims. The study found that different approaches taken by each of the curriculums did result in different evaluations, particularly in each student's understanding of the factors he or she felt accounted for the tragedy. In tsrooKlme, where emphasis is on the examination and explanation of human behavior, students continued to emphasize the importance of social forces which led Germans to join the Nazis, while students elsewhere emphasized economic factors. In Philadelphia and Brook- line, students gained a greater awareness of the role of prejudice and anti-Semitism in the Holocaust than students in Great Neck, where many students are Jewish and very much aware of anti-Semitism, a fact which led them to consider other factors as well, the study found. Cantor Jack Chomsky Assumes Post At Congregation Tifereth Israel Federation Launches Special Effort To Help Israel The Columbus Jewish Federation is launching a special effort to help Israel sustain the; level of its humanitarian services now. in danger of being sharply curtailed as a part of the human cost of securing safe borders from PLO terrorists, Melvin L. Schottenstein, 1982 Campaign Chairman, announced. "The crisis in funding facing humanitarian programs is a" result of Operation Peace for the Galilee which is estimated at over $3 billion to date," Schottenstein said. "Israel needs our unqualified, generous support now," stressed Schottenstein. "Thousands of young Israeli soldiers have risked their lives to assure the safety of citizens in the Galilee. The people of Israel have incurred tremendous financial and human costs in their effort to secure their north- "Medical and hospital services, housing and education are particularly impacted," Schottenstein continued, em boraer and to help tree the world of international terrorism. The already overburdened citizens of Israel have levied upon themselves a new tax which will pay $700 million towards the cost of the war," he stated. . Melvin L. Schottenstein "The government and people ot Israel are contributing to the relief of the Lebanese people, who are still suffer ing the effects of war in their country, by providing food, clothing, medical supplies and hospital services, all at a tremendous c6st to themselves," Schottenstein said. "World Jewry has been committed to raise $300 million by a resolution of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, $200 million of which is to be raised by Jews in the United States to pay for the vast array of human needs in Israel that the government of Israel cainnot continue to assume at this time," he declared, "Cash is desperately needed to help alleviate Israel's urgent needs. Columbus Jews have already begun re- , sponding to the crisis with in- ' creased cash payments' in 1982," announced N. Victor Goodman, Columbus Jewish Federation Treasurer, "but much more cash is needed to ensure that vita! human services do not cease." Cantor Jack Chomsky has arrived in Columbus with his bride, Susan, to become . Cantor of Congregation Tifereth Israel, effective Aug.l. Cantor Chomsky brings much experience and a broad academic background with him. In addition to the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Music and a Certificate of Hazzan from the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he is also a graduate of Brown University in Providence with a Bachelor of ■ Arts degree. During his tenure at the Seminary, Cantor Chomsky was awarded the Michael Hannermah Memorial Prize for excellence in voice and Hazzanut as well as the Leonard E. Field prize for musical excellence. He has served as Cantor for Temple Sinai, Marblehead, Mass. and Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs, Colo. His duties included Shabbat and Holiday davening and Torah reading. Cantor Chomsky and his wife, Susan Gcllman, were married on July 4 in Milwaukee, Wis. She holds an M.S. degree in Social Studies from Columbia University Cantor Jack Chomsky and a B.S. in near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis. She was Executive Director of the New England District of Amer- "■ ican ORT for two years. Cantor Chomsky will be officially installed during Shabbat Services on Friday, Sept. 10. He will conduct Shabbat Services for the first time on Fridays and Saturday, Aug. 6 and 7,_ I |
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