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Plans Underway
For ADL Dinner
Plans are progressing for
the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai  B'rith's  May   12
Melvin L. Schottenstein
Americanism Award dinner,
according to dinner chairmen Melvin L. Schottenstein
and John W. Kessler. The
event, to take place at the
Hyatt Regency Columbus,
will honor John E. Fisher,
chairman and chief executive of Nationwide Insurance.
New Israel Ambassador To U.S. Named
JERUSALEM (WNS)—The Cabinet confirmed April 10
that veteran diplomat Meir Rosenne will be named Israel's
Ambassador to the U.S., replacing Moshe Arens who left
Washington to become Minister of Defense. A formal announcement of Rosenne's appointment is expected shortly.
He is presently Israel's Ambassador to France, a post he has
held since 1979.
Austrian General Exposed As Nazi
VIENNA (JTA)—Chancellor Bruno Kreisky has refused to
dismiss Gen. Ernest Bernadiner, commander-in-chief of the
Austrian army who was recently exposed as having been a
leader of an out-lawed Nazi military group which helped
pave the way for the Anschluss before World War II. Bernadiner, 63, admitted joining the Nationalsozialistische.Sol-
datenring (National Socialist Soldiers Ring) in 1937, the year
before Hitler annexed Austria, after the conservative news
weekly Wochenpresse found his name on an old membership
list. The name was misspelled, which apparently accounts
for the fact that Bernadiner's affiliation was unknown to the
public until now, although it was known to the Austrian
authorities after the war.
Wiesel Says Nuclear Catastrophe
Can Be Avoided if Lesson Of
Holocaust Is Heard, Understood
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
Elie Wiesel, the writer and
chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, declared last week that if the
world avoids "a nuclear catastrophe" it is because it
has "heard" what the survivors of the Holocaust have
to tell it. ;. ,-
But Wiesel, who noted that
on April 11,1945, he was one
of the survivors liberated at
Dachau by the U;S. Army,
said that, for many years
after 1945, "the survivors
were like outcasts" and "our
story was not being heard."
"The. uniquely  Jewish
Third Annual Community Walk-A-Thon Set
To Celebrate Israel's Independence Day
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Honorary dinner chairmen
are Governor Richard M.
Celeste, who will be present,
Senator John H. Glenn and
Mayor Tom Moody. Dr. Alan
Greenspan, former chairman of the President's Coun-
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The third annual community-wide Walk-A-Thon in
celebration of Israel's Independence Day,'set for Sunday, April 24, is expected to
be the biggest yet.according .
to co-chairpersons Carol
Handler and Ralph Pariser.
"We're looking forward to
<more than 300 participants
covering the 5-kilometer (3.1
miles) route," said Pariser,
an attorney and Bexley resident.
The route for the Walk-A-
Thon will begin and end at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Community Center, 1125 College Ave. and wind through
parts of Berwick and Bexley.
Registration begins at
12:30 p.m. Brief opening
ceremonies follow, and the
march itself is to start at
Torah Academy Students Participate
In State's Holocaust Memorial Service
On Monday, April 11, a group of Torah Academy fifth
graders participated in the Holocaust Memorial service held in the State House Rotunda. Shown in the
photo are Governor and Mrs. Richard Celeste, State
Senator Lee Fisher, and (1. to r.) students Jeremy
Zukerman, Tal Frank, Daryl Binsky, Leda Katz, Jen*
nifer Gilbert and Melanie Radnor.
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All Columbus rabbis have
been asked to participate as
grand marshals. Elected officials participating in the
- opening ceremonies, sq far.
include' Congressman John
Kasich, State Senator
Michael Schwarzwalder,
State Representative Jo Ann
Davidson and Columbus City
Council member Dorothy
Teater, according to Mrs.
Handler, a Bexley housewife
active in Columbus Jewish
Federation programs.
. New- twists have been
added to this year's Walk-A-
Thon. One was an invitation
to several dozen area
churches—which have
worked with the Federation
or its Israel Department in
the past—to send contingents.
Another new feature will
be the awarding of prizes in
six categories, the co-chairpersons said.
Plaques and merchandise,
including ice cream from
Owen's and Swensen's, a
fruit basket from Roth's, a
massage from the Center
and jewelry courtesy of
Lynn's and Gordon's will go
to the youngest registered
finisher, the oldest, the immediate family with the
most participants, non-family group with the most participants, individual with the
most pledges and individual
raising the most money.
"Although the national
Walk-A-Thon is a United
• Jewish Appeal campaign activity, its main purpose is to
demonstrate solidarity with
modern Israel on its 35th
birthday," Mrs, Handler
said." "Everyone is invited to
participate, whether or not
he or she solicits pledges."
Free  caps  and. helium-
filled balloons with an Israel
35 logo will be given to the
first 300 participants.
The Walk-A-Thon, co-sponsored by the Federation and
the„ Columbus Jewish
Center, Ts part of the weekend's Israel 35 celebrations.
Highlights at the Center will
include entertainment, food
booths, exhibits and other
special programs.
The Walk-A-Thon will be
held, rain or shine. In case of
inclement weather, participants should bring umbrellas and rainwear.
The public is invited.
event (in which six million
Jews were murdered) has
universal application,"
Wiesel said in a luncheon address at the National Press
Club. "It is because the
world didn't carethat Jews
were killed that now other
people are being massacred
and the world doesn't care."
He said he went to Cambodia
after he learned about the
massacres there to see the
victims at first hand because
"when I needed people nobody came."
Wiesel's remarks were
made as-some 15,000 survivors and their children arrived in Washington for the
first American Gathering of
Jewish Holocaust Survivors.
The four-day gathering,
which also commemorates
the 40th anniversary of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
opened with a ceremony at
the Capitol Centre in Land-
over, Md.
The Greatest Shock
For .The Survivors
In his press club address,
Wiesel noted that the greatest shock for the survivors
after their liberation, was
when they learned that the
world had known what was
happening. He told the reporters present that their
predecessors had done their
job in reporting the various
atrocities committed during
World War H but the leaders
of the free world had failed
to act.
"I think of this country
with pride," Wiesel said. But
he said that during the Holocaust period the actions of
the U.S. and particularly of
its President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were not moments worthy of praise. He
especially pointed to the episode of the St. Louis, the ship
filled with Jews fleeing Germany which was turned
away from the U.S.
Wiesel criticized the U.S.
and British for not bombing
the death camps. He said
that when he was in Auschwitz, he and others could see
the nearby munitions factories being bombed and
prayed the planes would also
hit the camps, but they
didn't. He added that the
Soviet Union also has to be
criticized because its troops
were even closer to the
camps and they too did
nothing.
A Living Memorial
To The Holocaust
Wiesel said the museum
which the Holocaust Council
will build near the Washington Monument, will be a
living memorial to the Holocaust. He said it is needed to
educate future generations.
Wiesel stressed that the
museum will be built partially with U.S. funds.
'Celebrate 35!' Theme For Israel Independence
Day Festivities At Yassenoff Jewish Center
Celebrate 35! is the theme
for this year's Israel Independence Day celebration at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center which will be held
Saturday evening, April 23,
and Sunday, April 24.
The celebration will begin
as Mike Burstyn, Israeli
singer and actor, will perform in the Roth/Resler
Theatre at 9 p m Saturday,
April 23. Burstyn appeared
in New York as the star of
the Broadway show Bar-
num. A Dessert Cafe, Israeli
dancing and a special Israeli
bazaar will follow the performance.
Tickets are $8 for seniors
and $10 general admission. A
special sponsor ticket is
available for $17.50. Sponsor
tickets include a ticket to the
Participants from last year's Israel celebration
enjoyed a day of fun with family and friends.
performance and Dessert
Cafe and a donation to the
Jewish National Fund to
plant a tree in Israel.
For every 20 trees purchased, JNF will buy a book
for the Center's Israel/
Judaic Department. This arrangement is known as the
Mitzvah Packet and is part
of a larger collective project
to establish a grove in Israel
in the name of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. Sponsors will also be recognized
in Saturday evening's
program booklet. - Tickets
are on sale at the Jewish
Center.
On Sunday, April 24, activities will be held at the Jewish Center from U:30 a.m.-5
p.m. At 11:30, the food and
bazaar areas open. Dizen-
goff Cafe will feature Israeli
foods such as felafel, humus,
bagels and toppings, salads,
fruit, blintzes, juices, beverages and desserts.
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