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VOL.61   NO. 17
APRIL 28,1983-1YAR15
Israel's West Bank Options
Range From Bad To Worse
Mark Zetterberg is busy creating the set for Alice in Wonder. Performances are May
latl:30and3:30p.m.,May4at7:30p.m.,May7at7:30p.m.andMay8atl:30and3:30
/ p.m. Tickets are $3.50 for non-members and $2.50 for Center members.
Final Preparations Underway
For Center's 'Alice In Wonder1
Backstage at the Roth/
Resler Theatre of the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center is a
flurry of activity as final
preparations take place for
the Popcorn Players Children's Repertory Theatre's
production of Alice in
Wonder, a play by Virginia
Glascow Koste, based on the
stories by Lewis Carroll.
Alice's adventures take
place in a world of fantasy, a
world that is the conception
of Mark Zetterberg, technical.'director and set designer at the Jewish Center.
Zetterberg, who has been at
the Center since January,
was the creator of the set for
Gallery Players' production
oiFiddleron the Roof earlier
this season. Unlike the realism of Fiddler's set, his
plans   for Alice   revolve
around playing cards, a
checkerboard, fantasy and
imagination.
Why this particular design? Zetterberg has done a
couple dozen set of Alice and
says he tries to keep each
one different so he doesn't
get bored. And, as he explained, the variety of
scenes within this play produces a challenge to design a
-versatile set. "There are so
many scenes in this
show—with a realistic set it
could get in a bind real fast,"
he said. So to avoid such a
"bind," Zetterberg has
Alice's wanderings taking
place in a house of playing
cards which he is in the process of constructing.
The "house" will be built
out of 36 cards which.are almost completed; but Zetter
berg says he's relying on the
help of the Parents' Support
Group to help with the cards
and the rest of the set.
Under Zetterberg's guidance, backstage efforts
should produce a fantasy-
filled world for Alice and
those who share her adventures throughout the production's run.
NEW YORK (JTA)-One
of the world's leading
experts on the Arab-Israeli
conflict claims that Israel
has two options regarding
the future of the West Bank:
one bad, the other worse.
Prof. Yehoshafat Harkabi,
a former chief of Israel's intelligence'service and
presently a professor of international relations and
Middle East studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "The
choices Israel is facing are
not between good and bad,
but between bad and worse.
The worse for Israel is to annex the West Bank. By annexation, Israel will solve
some of its security problems but, at the same time,
will significantly increase
the number of the Arabs in
the country, creating a new
Jewish-Arab state with
many, many tensions."
According to Harkabi, who
is also a General (res.) in the
Israeli army, "Israel will become a new Belfast in the
Mideast. Such a state will be
an easy target for the Arab
countries. It will be a weak
and unstable state."
Furthermore, he said,
"Jews from other countries
will not come to* settle in
such a state and Israel will
be further isolated in the international community and
in the United Nations since
(Security Council) Resolution 242, the only resolution
accepted so far by the Arabs
and Israel as a basis for a
Mideast settlement, does not
recognize annexation."
Harkabi warned that the
annexation of the West Bank
by Israeli "would perpetuate
the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The Arabs are presently
weak and Israel is strong,
but this situation might
change in the future...."
The Lesser Of Two Eviis
The other choice for Israel, which he termed the
THE FIRST SIGHT OF AMERICA FOR MILLIONS
Melton Center Sponsors Conference
Dealing With History Of Ellis Island
Hamming it up in iront oi juux in vyuaaer s piayiug
card set are cast members (1. to r.) Mara Lieberman,
Noa Walson, Johanna Miller, Allison Zidel and Keri
Cohen. <• •
The first sight of America
for 12 million immigrants between the years of 1892 and
1954 was Ellis Island in New
York harbor. The hopes,
fears and excitement of
those immigrants vividly
come to life in "Ellis Island:
The Golden Door," a slide
presentation to be shown at
2 p.m., May 22, at the Jewish
Center. Produced and presented by Tom Bernardin, a
former National Park Service Ranger at Ellis Island,
the show is part of the community conference, "Jewish
Immigration to America,"
sponsored by the Melton
Center for Jewish Studies at
the Ohio State University.
Nearly half of all Americans have ancestors who
came through Ellis Island,
experts estimate. Since their
arrival, they -have both
shaped and been absorbed
by American society. Yet
their first step in America
lives on in the photographs of
Agustus Sherman, a clerk
and staff photographer at
Ellis Island. Sherman's collection is the basis for Ber-
nardin's show. Combining
humorous anecdotes with
historical background, the
presentation entertains, informs and touches the
viewer.
During his three years at
Ellis Island, Tom Bernardin
gave tours of the immigra
tion facilities to diverse
groups including the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society and
lumbus premiere. This film
is on loan from the National
Archives of Jewish Film.
For more information, call
Carol Folkerth at the Melton
Center^ 422-0967.
lesser of two evils, is to relinquish the West Bank, although it would be to Israel's
disadvantage from the view- _
point of security, Harkabi
pointed out. Nevertheless, he
continued, "I believe it is the
better choice for Israel. I am
not a leftist. All I am interested in is the welfare of Israel and I reached the conclusion that a moderate
policy would benefit Israel
better than a hawkish approach."
Harkabi, who was an ad-
. visor on Arab affairs to both
Premier Yitzhak Rabin and
to Premier Menachem Begin
("I resigned,as Begin's advisor after a few months")
said he is in favor of a "conditional negotiation" between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
"I believe that a survey
among Palestinians would
prove that most of them consider the PLO as their representative," he said. "This is
an ugly organization, no
doubt, by its actions and ideology—but brie does, not negotiate only with those he
loves."
Harkabi conceded that
"the public in Israel is not
willing to negotiate with the
PLO. But I do not differentiate between the PLO and
the Palestinians. If we will
not negotiate with them, we
will perpetuate the conflict.
Perpetuation of the conflict
is not in Israel's interest."
State of Israel Bonds
To Honor Bella Wexner
Tom Bernardin
the New York Council of
Pioneer Women. He has addressed groups from the
United Jewish Appeal and
the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies. Bernardin
has also appeared on television and radio shows and
taken his slides around the
country.
Other conference speakers
will be Dr. Pamela Nadell,
on the ordeal of the voyage,
and Professor Kenneth Libo,
on the immigrants' new
daily life (Professor Libo
appears in connection with
the JWB Lecture Bureau).
The classic Yiddish film,
"American Schadchen" (the
"Matchmaker," starring
Leo Fuchs, 1940, English
subtitles) will make its Co-
The Columbus Israel Bond
Committee announces that a
major community dinner
honoring Bella Wexner will
be held on Thursday, June
16, at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel.
Mrs. Wexner has been involved in the Columbus Jewish Community for many
years. She has been a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Women's Division of
Israel Bonds. She is a member of the Golda Meir Club,
chaired Sponsor Programs
from 1977-1981, and has been
responsible for many increased Israel Bond sales.
Besides her role with Israel Bonds, she serves as a
board member of the
Women's Division for the
United Jewish Fund, Heritage House, Heritage
Towers, Columbus Torah
Academy, Jewish Family
Service, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, House of Tradition, Marburn School and
founder of the National Jew
ish Resource Center. Mrs.
Wexner is a life member of
the Heritage House Auxiliary, B'nai B'rith Women,
Brandeis, Women's American ORT, City of Hope and
Bella Wexner
National Council of Jewish
Women.
Mrs. Wexner is director
and corporate secretary of
the Limited Stores, Inc.; her
son, Leslie, is chairman and
president of the Limited
Stores. Mrs. Wexner's
daughter, Susan, resides in
New York City..
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