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VOL.60   NO.49
DECEMBER 2,1982-KISLEV16
" Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.   '
Charity Newsies
rnpaign Dee. 11
On Saturday, Dec. 11, the
Charity Newsies will conduct their, 75th fund raising
: drive. Beginning in 1907,
when the first drive netted
$702.42, men from all walks
of life have taken to the
street corners to sell the
Charity Newsie paper on the
second Saturday in December.: j .''■',   .'•■■'
Irt 1981, the Newsies
clothed over 10,000 children
at a cost of over $400,000.
Pope Renounces Spanish Inquisition
P.MIIS (JTA)—Pope John Paul II has become the first
Pope to specifically renounce the Spanish inquisition. Addressing scientists, academicians and cultural leaders at
Madrid University, he conceded that the Catholic Church had
erred in its war on heretics which took the lives of thousands
of Jews and other non-conformists in 16th-17th century Spain
and in other Catholic countries.
r Says Jewish Life
nxiety Worldwide
for Sunday, Dee. S
The Seventh Annual
Kosher Gourmet Dinner,
sponsored by the House of
Tradition, will feature the
Megama Duo on Sunday,
Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Beth Jacob Social Hall.
Reservations can be made
through Gary Robins,
252-9007, Denise Blank,
253-0914, or Chaim Capland,
239-0124.
The annual gourmet dinner is the main fund-raising
event of the House of Tradition, located-in the heart of
the OSU campus.
The House of Tradition
provides both campus students and the community-at-
large with numerous Jewish
activities throughout the
year—discussion1 groups,
holiday celebrations, Mitzvah booths, Shabbos get-
togethers and adult-education.
Periodical Calls For Destruction 0! Israel
GENEVA (JTA)—A monthly periodical called Imam
which is published by the information department of the
Iranian Foreign Office has been sent to the United Nations
correspondents in Geneva. The title on the cover reads,
"Israel Must be Destroyed." The editorial states: "The
deliverance of the Islamic countries from the international
imperialism headed by the United States of America is
dependent upon the destruction of Israel which is the symbol
of that super-power in that region."
Neo-Nqii Admits Mistake
BONN (JTA)—A jailed neo-Nazi leader has admitted that
he erred when he wrote a preface to a book claiming the Holocaust never occurred. "Today I do know that in Auschwitz a
large number of Jews were killed only because they were
Jewish," Manfred Roeder said in a written statement to a
Frankfurt court. Roeder, 53, a former lawyer, was sentenced
last June to 13 years' imprisonment for heading a rightwing
terrorist group and incitement against Jews.
LOS ANGELES (JTA)
—The condition of Jewish
life around the world is
characterized by "malaise,
uneasiness and anxiety,"
Abraham Foxman, associate national director of the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, told several
hundred delegates at a
plenary session at the 51st
General Assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federations.
There is a growing concern that the condition of
Jewish life "is altering, and
not for the better," he said.
"For the first time in a long
time, the Jews anguish over
Israel and the Jewish
people." This concern has intensified in recent years with
outbreaks of anti-Semitic
violence on the part of extremist groups in this country and, abroad and by terrorist attacks, Foxman observed.
The feeling of anxiety and
uneasiness has also increased with the shift in the
attitude of the general population toward the Jewish
people and Israel, he said.'
Foxmau said the shift has
taken the form of viewing
Israel as a nation which is no
longer vulnerable. He said
this changed attitude can be
traced to Israel's swift victory in, the Six-Day War
"which helped to erase the
feeling of guilt" oyer the annihilation of six million Jews
Jewish Commuiistiis DistroYed By Maiis
Memorialiied By New Yad Vashem Project
NEW.YORK (JTA)-Yad
• Vashem, the Holocaust memorial center in Jerusalem,
is launching a new six-million dollar project to commemorate the more than
4,500 Jewish communities
destroyed by the Nazis in
Europe.  The  memorial,
'named "The Valley of the
Destroyed Communities,"
will'be constructed on eight
acres of the Yad Vashem site
on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem.   '
"It is envisaged that the
Valley of the Destroyed
Communities will become a
major political memorial for
many generations to come,
and it is our hope that it will
be built with the support of
the Jewish people in Israel
and other countries around
Organiiation Aids
liopian Jewry
Mitoah Mobile 6ae§ To Lebanon
Dr. Jeff Tiison, who recently led a Young Leadership
Mission to Israel in behalf of Columbus Jewish Federa^
tion, accepts a box containing 50 transistor pocket
radios from Rabbi David Stavsky of the Beth Jacob
Congregation.
The radios are going to Israeli soldiers in Lebanon so
that they can be kept abreast of the news at home. The
radios were purchased by the Beth Jacob Youth Group,
N.C.S.Y. Chapter.
The Mitzvah Mobile of Beth Jacob Youth Group, now
inits tenth year of operation, visits the Columbus hospitals every Jewish holiday, distributing, religious
articles, such as Chanukah candles and matzos to the
patients.
Left to right are Rabbi Stavsky; Dr. Tilson; Mbert
Levy; Elizabeth Szames; Rita Kent, N.C.S.Y.
Regional president, and Kenny Beckman, N.C.S.Y.
Beth Jacob president.
"The plight of "Ethiopian
Jewry is becoming more
desperate and we must increase our efforts to meet
the challenge," says Nate
Shapiro, the new president of
the American Association
for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ).
Shapiro, a Chicago businessman and leader in Jewish
communal life, has accepted
the role of national president
of the AAEJ succeeding Dr.
Howard Lenhoff of California. "We must highlight the
life and death issue of the
Ethiopian Jewish Community. We cannot let them continue to perish," he says.
Right.now priorities for
the kiSEi include a major
educational campaign seeking broader support and
involvement from the
a^merican Jewish community; working with the U.S.
Congressional Subcommit-
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in  the Holocaust.   "Israel
appeared so much closer to
safety and security" after
the 1967 war, he said.
A Change In The
Historical Course
In addition, Israel and the
Jewish people also felt closer
to safety: and security after
that war and as a number of
historical developments unfolded in the 1960's. Vatican
II opened a dialogue with
Jews,  Soviet  Jews  were
making their way to freedom
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the world," Dr. Yitzhak
a\rad, chairman of the Yad
Vashem Directorate, said in
an interview with the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency.
Arad observed that with '
the six million Jews who
were killed by the Nazis,
4,500 Jewish communities
were completely, destroyed
in 22 European countries.
"The destruction of these
communities meant the destruction of an entire Jewish
world, Jewish culture and
Jewish way of life that was
formed in a.course.of a thousand years. The Valley of
Destroyed Communities will
memorialize a world that
has been annihilated which
has sunk beneath the earth,
leaving only its. ruins as an
indication that it once
existed in all its greatness,"
Arad said.
Arad said that the names
of the destroyed communities will be engraved in stone -
on rockforms arranged
according to their location in
Europe. The landscape
architects for the project are
Lipa Yahalom and Saniel
Zur, together with Elisha
Haussmann. Their plan won
the first prize in a competition in which 18 Israeli architects participated.
The Valley of the Destroyed Communities project will be carried out over
the next five years, Arad
said. Its completion will
complete the whole com-
meorative site on the Mount
of Remembrance in Jerusalem.
Pictured aoove arexne Aguaas Actum rnmary neju-
gious School students who will be consecrated at services on Dec. 10. They are: (first row, 1. to r.) Bethany
Klynn, Stacy Grossman, Michelle Kaufman, Denise
Fannin, Courtney Feuer, Melissa Laurie, Nicole
Silverstein; Stacy Abroms, Aaron Mendelson, (second
row 1. to r.) Cantor Baruch Shifman, Brett Worly,
Michele Parrish, Geoffrey, Handler, Jason Ermine,
Matthew Meyer, Jason O'Koon and Stephanie Frank.
Not pictured are Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein and
Agudas Achim Consecration Service
Planned!or First Night Of Chanukah-
Elaine Grossman, chairwoman, and her committee
announce that the Consecration Service for the Agudas
Achim Religious School
first, second'and third grade
students will take place at
the Friday evening Family
Service on Dec. 10 (the first
night of Chanukah) at 8:15
p.ni., in the Agudas. Achim
sanctuary. Note that the service is later than usual.
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein
and Cantor Baruch Shifman
will officiate and participate
in the consecration of the
youngsters. Musical direction will be provided by
Sunny Ghitman, who has
taught the youngsters Chanukah songs.
An Oneg Shabbat will follow the service.
The following youngsters
are to be consecrated:
Primary I—Denise Fannin,
daughter of Mrs. Cynde
Fannin and the late John
Fannin; Michelle Kaufman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Kaufman; Brett
Worly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Worly.
Primary II—Courtney
Feuer, daughter of Mrs. Barbara Feuer and Steven
Feuer; Stephanie Frank,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Frank; Stacy Grossman, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Steven Grossman;
Geoffrey Handler,, son of
Mrs, Randy Handler and
Richard Handler; Bethany
Klynn, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Marc Klyhn; Aaron
Mendelson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Mendelson;
Matthew Meyer, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Bruce Meyer;
Jason O'Koon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard O'Koon;
Michele Parrish, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Parrish;
Nichole Silberstein, daughter of Michael Silberstein.
AlephI—Stacy Abroms,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hillard Abroms; Jason
Ermine, son of Mrs. Margar-
et Ermine and Mark
Ermine; Melissa Laurie,
daughter of Mrs. Sheila
Laurie and Malcolm Laurie;
Rebekah Zaveloff, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Zaveloff.