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VOL.61   NO. 44
OCTOBER 27,1983-CHESHVAN 20
Devoted to American
... and Jewish Ideals.'
Appointment Of McFarlane Provides
Clues About U.S. Middle East Policy
Pictured (1. to r.) are Annette Paine, donor chairwoman; Pat Grayson, who is being honored at the ORT
Donor Luncheon on Nov. 16, and Nancy Grossman, also
donor chairwoman.
ORT To Honor Pat Grayson
At Nov. 16 Donor Luncheon
Wednesday, Nov. 16, is the
date of the forthcoming
Donor Luncheon sponsored
by the Columbus Region of
Women's ORT. The
luncheon, at 11:30 a.m., will
be held at the home of Ann
Coopersmith, 261 S. Columbia Ave. Highlight of the
afternoon will be "Honoring '
Pat Grayson—Friend of
ORT,". featuring Maxine
Wasserman, past Region
president.
'84 Fur Fashion Finale by
Leakes Furs, modeled by
ORT members Paula
Browne, Eleanor Resler and
Shelley Callif will round out
the afternoon.
Mrs. Grayson, founder o,f
ORT, Columbus Chapter-at-
Jennie Roland
To Be Honored
At Luncheon
Jennie Roland, mother,
grandmother and also great-
grandmother, volunteer in
many organizations and a
graduating senior' at Ohio
State University, will be honored by B'nai B'rith Women
at the Menorah Luncheon on
Sunday, Oct. 30, at Winding
Hollow Country Club.
Mrs. Roland is listed in. the
Volunteer Division for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped in the Library of Congress. Her assignments for
braille transcriptions come
from all over the country.
Books she transcribes go to a
library in Louisville, Ky.,
where all books in braille are
filed.
Sherri Foxman, author of
Classified Love: A Guide to
the Personals, and Heavy into Mope: The Moper's Handbook, will provide the entertainment following the
luncheon.
The luncheon is open, to
B'nai B'rith members as
well as friends and associates of the honoree. Reserva-
, tions may be made by contacting Sue' Luloff, luncheon
chairwoman (866-5998), or
Becky Palmer, reservations
chairwoman (864-2948).
Large in 1961, was the first
president and chairwoman
of tiie Co-ordinating Committee during the transition
from   Chapter-at-Large   to
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WASHINGTON (JTA)-
Robert McFarlane's appointment last week to replace William Clark as assistant to President Reagan for
National Security Affairs
came as the Administration
was beginning a high level
review of the United States'
policy in the Middle East.
After Reagan announced
the appointment at the White
House, McFarlane, who has
been special Middle East
envoy since July 22, told reporters,he believes in continuity in U.S. Mideast
policy. But he noted that he
saw his job as "not to be an
advocate but to be a coordinator."
At the same time, he gave
some clues as to .where that
policy is going when he was
asked whether the Administration was concerned about
the Palestinian people. He
replied that that concern reflected in Reagan's Sept. 1, '
1982 Mideast peace initiative? "The history of the
Palestinian community like
that of the Lebanese is a
very sad history," McFarlane said.
He said there were a
"number of ideas in progress" for improving the
conditions of the Palestinians in Lebanon and on the
West Bank. While not going
into details, he said the Palestinians are in a state of
"flux" and the U.S. "has
opportunities it has not had'
until now." Repeating that
Palestinian history was
"sad,"  he declared:   "It's
time to stop reading about it
and try to make a little of it."
At the same time, McFarlane, who has been deputy
assistant for National Security Affairs under Clark,
stressed that he believes in a
"strong U.S.-Israeli relationship. "I have always felt that.
way and I shall remain to
think* that way." He also
noted the the U.S. was "concerned" about Israel's economic difficulties and would
welcome exchanges with
Israel about means of helping to alleviate it.
McFarlane also stressed
that a "strong relationship is
vital to the security of
American interests in the
Middle East." But he maintained that reports during
his negotiations in Lebanon
Dr. Marvin Fox To Highlight Torah Academy Dinner
To highlight the 25th anniversary of Torah Academy,
Dr. Marvin Fox will return
to Columbus for the Annual
Scholarship Dinner, Sunday,
Nov. 13, at the Hyatt-
Regency, Hotel.
Dr. Fox, one of the founders of Torah Academy, was
the first Yassenoff Professor
of. Philosophy and Jewish *
Studies at the Ohio State University and was actively involved with the Columbus
Jewish community for many
years. Presently, he is director of the Lown School of
Near Eastern and Judaic
Studies, chairman of the
department of Near Eastern
and Judaic Studies and
Philip W. Lown Professor of
Jewish Philosophy at Brandeis University. Educated in
Chicago, Dr. Fox has also
taught at Hebrew University
in Jerusalem and at Bar-Ilan
University in Ramat-Gan.
Dr. Fox is the author of
over 100 articles, reviews
and monographs which have
Mizrachi Women
Plan Annual Dinner
- The Columbus Chapter of
American Mizrachi Women
will hold its annual dinner
"this year at Beth Jacob
Synagogue on Sunday, Nov.
6, at 6 p.m.
Mrs. Shirley Abrams,
president, announces that
Golden Book Certificates,
Life Membership and
Mother and Father in Israel
will be the thrust of fund
raising in addition to the long
established feature of lighting a candle in honor or in
memory of loved ones.
*■' For reservations and
information, call Shirley
Abrams, 235-7354; Barbara
Vinar, 231-7408, or Annette
Tanenbaum, 237-4604:
appeared in scholarly as
well as in general publications. His book Kant's Fun-
philosophy, ethics and the
philosophy of religion. His
interests in Jewish thought
cover a wide range of topics
in rabbinic teachings .and
medieval and modern Jewish philosophy. He has also
been dedicated to the
Hebrew Day School movement both in Columbus and
in other communities
As a former vice-president
of Torah Umesorah, the National Society for Hebrew
Day Schools, Dr. Fox will
bring depth of experience
and knowledge to his Torah
Academy address. Call
Paula? Weinstein, 231-8786,
for reservations.
saying he tilted to one side or
the other were completely
untrue. There has been "no
tilt to anybody," he said.
Both Reagan and McFarlane made clear, the Administration's determination to keep the U.S. marines
in Lebanon despite the
casualties they have suffered. Reagan said' the
marines are there because it
is "vitally important for the
. security of the United States
and the Western world that
we do everything we can to
further the peace process in
the Middle East."
A ma joFquestion raised by
the McFarlane appointment
is whether it will lead to a renewal of the public squabbles over the Midtlle East, as
, well as other issues, between
Secretary of State George
Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger or
whether McFarlane will be
able to control this in his job
as "coordinator" of policy.
Shultz reportedly had supported McFarlane's appointment, as did Clark, while it
had been opposed by Weinberger and Central Intelligence Director William
Casey.
Gallery Players Subscription Campaign
Well Underway For 1983-84 Season
Marvin Fox
damental Principles of the
Metaphysic of Morals, is a
widely used text. His most
recent book, Modern Jewish
Ethics: Theory and Practice, was published by the
Ohio State University Press
in 1975. Recently, he received a Senior Faculty Fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
In lectures in public forums and universities
throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe and
Israel, Dr. Fox has specialized in Greek and medieval
Jewish Marine
Killed In Lebanon
NEW YORK (JTA)
—Marine Sgt. Allan Soifert,
killed recently by sniper fire
as he drove his jeep through
a Shiite Moslem dominated
sector of south Beirut, was
described as a "very proud
Jew."
The 25-year-old marine is
believed to be the first Jewish American soldier killed
in Lebanon as part of the
U.S. (contingent in the multinational  force.
With the Gallery Players
production of Fools scheduled to open this weekend at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, comes the word that
the drama group's 1983/1984
subscription campaign
promises to be the most successful one in many years.
According to the announcement by Arlene Roth, Gallery Players subscription
chairwoman, subscription
returns have already surpassed last year's figures.
"Our decision this season," states Mrs. Roth, "to
bring in two professional
Broadway veterans to star in
our Gallery Players pro:
gram has certainly elicited a
tremendous response from
our community.
"I publicly want to thank
our telephone committee
consisting of Shirley LeviMn,
Rita Rubin, Ann Roth, Mr.
and Mrs. Spitzer and Joan
Aronson for their help in
making this such a successful campaign."
Mrs. Roth wishes to remind the community that the
Columbus premiere of the
Neil Simon comedy, Fools,
opens Sat., Oct. 29, in the
Roth/Resler Theatre for a
run of seven performances
including a 2 p.m. matinee
on Sun., Nov. 6.
"We-are also thrilled,"
adds Mrs. Roth, "that Ted
Pritchard will be returning -
to Columbus to star in the
Gallery Players musical,
No, No, Naneiie, Opening.
Jan. 14. If you recall, Ted
recently appeared in Columbus at the Palace Theater as
the star of Whoopie opposite
Imogene Coca.
"We will also announce
within the next ten days
what Broadway personality,
we will be bringing in to star
in Arthur Miller's The Price,
scheduled to open on
March 3.
"Two more musicals,"
continues Mrs. Roth, "round
out our '83/'84 season, The
King and I opening May 19
and A Midsummer Night's
Scream, an informal musical revue scheduled for a July 25 opening."
Mrs. Roth concludes that
subscriptions are still available and that further information can be obtained by
calling the Gallery Players
office at 231-2731.
Annual Event To Honor 'Friends'
Being Planned By Melton Center
Cohen holds this position.
The program developed
rapidly adding Hebrew language and literature, and
then the Leo Yassenoff Chair
in Philosophy was created in
1974 (presently held by Professor Tamar Rudavsky).
In the fall of 1978, Yiddish
language and literature
were introduced intcTthe program. At present, offerings
in English, sociology and
social work are also available to students.
In the fall of 1976, Samuel
Melton  established  the
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The Melton Center for
Jewish Studies at The Ohio
State University has begun
planning its annual tribute to
the Friends of the Melton
Center, this event, during
which an outstanding scholar in the field of Jewish
Studies is invited to address
the community, will be held
on Sunday, April 9.
Jewish Studies were introduced at The Ohio State University in the fall of 1966 with
the establishment of. the
Samuel and Esther Melton
Chair in Jewish History. Tor
d£y,   Professor  Jeremy
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