Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1983-09-01

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VOL.Cl   NO. 35
SEPTEMBER 1,1983-ELUL 23
Dinitz To Deliver Yenkin Address
At Federation's Annual Meeting
Simcha Dinitz, former
Israel Ambassador to the
United States, will be the
Abe I. Yenkin Memorial
Address guest speaker at the
57th Annual Meeting of the
Columbus Jewish Federation on Sunday, Sept. 18.
Simcha Dinitz, vice prest*,.
dent of Hebrew University,
held the post of Israel's Ambassador to the United
States from 1973-78, and
served for four years as
political advisor and director of the Prime Minister's
Office in Jerusalem during
the tenure of Golda Meir.    --
He previously represented
his country in Washington as
minister of information
(1968) at the Israel Embassy. Other international
diplomatic posts he has held
include: minister' at the
Israel Embassy in Borne
(1966) and a member of the
Israel Delegation to the
United Nations (1964-65).
Long a familiar figure in
tljis nation's capital, he pursued both undergraduate
and graduate studies, at
Georgetown University
there in the 1950s. His B.S.
degree (cum laude) was in
Foreign Service and his M.S.
degree in International Law.
Returninglo Israel in 1958,
he joined the Information
Department of the Ministry
for Foreign ^Affairs. Serving
in that Ministry until his
appointment to Rome, he
was for three years political
secretary to the Foreign
Minister and director of the
Foreign Minister's Bureau.
He has published a number of works, primarily in
the fields of political science
and international law,
among them a highly
regarded treatise on "Legal
Aspects' of the Egyptian
Blockade of the Suez Canal."
"With the establishment of
the special memorial tribute
to their husband and father,
the Abe Yenkin family has
annually brought outstanding speakers to the Annual
Meeting and indeed Simcha
Dinitz is no exception,"
remarked Ernest Stern, 1983
Annual Meeting chairman. ,
"We are pleased to be able
to present to the Columbus
Jewish community a man of
Mr. Dinitz's reputation and
political savvy. It is our hope
that the community will
attend the Annual Meeting,"
said Bernard K. Yenkin,
immediate past president of
the Federation and Abe Yen-
kin's son. -
Dinitzis the fourth Abe I.
Yenkin Memorial guest
speaker. Past speakers have
included: Elie Wiesel,
writer; Marvin Verbit, sociologist; Norman Podhoretz,
editor of Commentary
Magazine.
The Meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at Beth
Jacob Congregation. A dessert reception will follow the
evening's program which
includes election of officers
and board and presentation
of Therese Stern Kahn
Young  Leadership  Award
Begin Announces
Intention To Resign
As Prime Minister
Simcha Dinitz
and Community Award of
Excellence.
The cost for the evening is
$3.50 per adult and $1.50 per
student. Reservations can be
made by calling the Federation, 237-7686.
Compiled From
Wire Service Reports
Menachem Begin shocked
Israel and the world last
Sunday, Aug. 28, by announcing to his Cabinet his
intention to resign as prime
minister, citing the fact that
he "no longer functions as a
prime minister should."
Begin, 70, made the resig-
Israel Finance Minister Urges Support
Of Israel Bond High Holy Day Appeal
In a special message to
rabbis throughout North
America, Israel Finance
Minister Yoram Aridor has
declared that "the need for
development capital for
Israel-is more urgent than
ever" and expressed the
hope that the coming High
Holy Day Appeals will be the
most productive in the 32
year history of the Bond
Organization.
In the message, which was
addressed to Rabbi Leon
Kronish, national chairman
of the Bond Organization's
CJF, Anti-Defamation League Reaffirm
Dream Of Racial Equality, Civil Rights
With Ads Placed In Local Newspapers
The late Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr 's, dream of
racial equality and full civil
rights for all Americans was
reaffirmed by the Columbus
Jewish Federation and the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith in ads placed in
the Call and Post and Columbus Dispatch two days
before the 20th Anniversary
March on Washington.
Dozens of Columbus residents were among the thousands who participated in
the march, which commemorated the mammoth
demonstration in Washington in 1963. It was then that
-King made his memorable
"I Have a Dream" speech.
While the ad placed by the
Federation on behalf of the
Columbus Jewish community and by the Ohio-Indiana-
Kentucky regional office of
the A.D.L. called for rededication to the goals of free-
, dom, equality and justice for
all citizens, it did not mention the 20th anniversary
march.
"Major national Jewish
organizations, including the
American Jewish Committee, the A.D.L. in New York,
the National Council, of Jewish Women and the Jewish.
American War Veterans, did
not. co-sponsor this year's
march," the Community
Relations Committee office
of the Federation pointed
out.
"Concern was expressed
that a few of the many original sponsors' included individuals and organizations
known for their anti-Israel
positions. Some language in
the initial 'Call to the Nation'
was seen as* ambiguous,
potentially divisive and having little or no connection
with Dr King's fundamental
goals."
The American Jewish Congress and the1 Union of
American Hebrew Congregations decided to participate in the Aug. 27 event
after receiving pledges.from
march co-chairs Rep. Walter
Fauntroy and Mrs. Coretta
Scott King that any anti-
Israel ocanti-Semitic acts or
statements would" be publicly disavowed:*
The ad placed by "the
Federation and A.D.L.
Regional office in Columbus
read: "   -■
"Twenty years ago, the
Reverend Martin Luther
King, Jr., had a dream . ..
to speed up that day when'all
of G-d's children—Black and
White, Jew and Gentile,
Protestant and Catholic, will
join hahds and be free at
last.
"We join all men and
women of goodwill in rededi-
cating ourselves to that
dream of freedom, equality
and justice and its fulfillment."
Rabbinic"Cabinet, Aridor
declared that "the effects of
the Lebanon events on
Israel's economy are still
being felt by the people of
Israel and will continue to
have an impact on the economy in the coming year."
He added: "Bond dollars
are needed so that we can
provide research and development funds for our
advanced high technology
industries. It is these science-based industries that
work towards a more favor-
* able import-export balance
in our economy."
The Finance Minister's
statement continued:
"Israel this year, as in every
year since 1951, continues to
rely on the Israel Bond campaign to help build .every
aspect of our country's economic infrastructure. I
therefore want to express
the appreciation of the Government of Israel to the Rabbis of the United States and
Canada and to their congregations for again undertaking to provide development
funds for Israel's economy
through the Israel Bond High
Holy Day Appeals."
He continued: "I know
that the Bond Organization
will convey the importance
of this year's High Holy Day
Community Sukkot Celebration
To Be Held At Center Sept. 25
Kathy Worly, chairwoman
of the Israel/Judaic Department of the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center, announces
that Myrna Strapp will serve
as chairwoman of the Sukkot
Community Celebration, to
be held on Sunday, Sept. 25,
from 1-5 p.m. at the Center,
1125 College Ave. According
to Mrs. Strapp, this will be
an event for all generations
to enjoy,
Free refreshments will be
served in the Center's new
Sukkah? and  participants
may bring a picnic lunch or
purchase •'food from SeVa
and eat at the outdoor Suk-
kah celebration. (Indoors, if
it rains.) Learn Israeli
dances and have fun at a
Jewish sing-a-long. Bobbing
for apples and arts and
crafts activities will be
available Jor the children.
Music will be performed in
the lobby from' 1-2 p.m. by
the music department at the
Center. Learn about the customs and traditions of Suk-
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Appeals to the more than
1,000 North American Rabbis who have thus.far agreed
to conduct appeals and to the
hundreds of additional Rabbis whom you are seeking to
enroll for this year's holiday
effort.
"This cooperative effort
will prove most vital in
stressing how much Israel
Bond dollars have achieved
thus far and in helping to
assure that this investment
capital will continue to build
Israel's economic strength
in the future."
Sept, 15 Designated
A. Shcharansky Day
NEW YORK (JTA)-
The National Conference on
Soviet Jewry designated"
Sept. 15 as National Shcharansky Day in recognition of
the half completed sentence
served by Soviet Jewish
Prisoner of Conscience
Anatoly Shcharansky since
his arrest in March 1977.
Activities around the country will include special programs in support of Shcharansky held by state and local
officials, Jewish community
groups and supporters.
NCSJ chairman Morris
Abram pointed out that
Soviet law provides for
review and early release of
prisoners. Soviet leader Yuri
Andropov acknowledged this
fact in a letter he wrote last
January to French Communist Party head Georges
Marchais in response to
Marchais' appeal on behalf
of Shcharansky. »>
nation definite on Tuesday,
as the Chronicle went, to
press, after conferring with
his ruling Likud party. He
did agree, however, to postpone leaving office until the
party could reorganize, possibly delaying until after the
High Holy Days.
Plagued by ill health and
depressed since the death of
his wife, Aliza, Begin has
been distressed by the continuing loss of Israeli lives in
Lebanon and by the impasse
in the situation there.
President Reagan was
caught by surprise by the announcement, but Deputy
Press Secretary Larry
Speakes said, "We expect
Israel to continue its cooperation. We have no reason to
believe otherwise."	
Hebrew High School
Students Help Plan
1983-84 Curriculum
Students of the Tifereth
Israel Community Hebrew
High School gathered with
Educational Director
Deborah Cohen, Rabbi
Harold Berman and Board of
Education Chairmen Dr.
Norman Hosansky and Harvey Rosenzweig on Aug. 22
and 23 to discuss curriculum
ideas and program sugges-.
tions for the 1983-84 year.
Under Mrs. Cohen's leadership, the Hebrew High
School is undergoing a series
of changes regarding curriculum, course requirements and program offerings. Ideas from students
are extremely important for
designing a school program
-. which will interest and chal-
lenge~them, she explained.
The opening program of
the Tifereth Israel Community High School will be on
Monday evening, Sept. 12.
Students who are interested
in' further information,
either as new students or as
continuing students, should
contact Mrs. Cohen at Congregation Tifereth Israel.
Students in grades 8 through
. 12 are welcome and entering
students, at any grade, can
be included at an appropriate level in the academic
program.
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