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VOL.02   NO.7
FEBRUARY 16,1984-ADAR113
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Religious Groups
At U.N. Decry
Anti-Semitism
In World Body
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)
— In an unprecedented action, a joint statement by
representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations
from the major religious
bodies at the United Nations,
have expressed concern that
attacks against Israel in the
General Assembly have "de- ■
generated into blatant anti-
Semitism," the World Jewish Congress reported last
week.
The statement was approved by the caucus known
as "Religious NGO's" and
was incorporated into the annual assessment of the work
of the General Assembly is-
used by the group. Accord-'
ing to the WJC representatives at that meeting, Elan
Steinberg, the statement,
though of a general nature,
was intended to be an explicit repudiation of the anti-
Semitic remarks of the Libyan representative to the
General Assembly on Dec. 6,
1983.
On that occasion, the Libyan Ambassador, Ali Treiki,
saidr "It is high time for the
United Nations and the United States in particular to
realize that the Jewish
Zionists here in the United
■ States attempt to destroy
Americans. Look around
New York. Who are the
owners of pornographic film ,
operations and houses? Is it
not the Jews who are exploiting the American people and
trying to debase them?"
In response "to the Libyan
outburst, Secretary-General-Javier Perez de Cuellar
the following day issued a
statement "calling on delegates to refrain from such
"unbecoming language."
Intermarriage Major Concern
Of German Jewry
BONN (JTA)—There are only about 33,000 Jews living in
all of West Germany and West Berlin and a large proportion
of them are elderly. But the problem of intermarriage has become a major concern of the Jewish community, according
to the Juedischer Pressedienst, a publication of the Central
Council of Jews in West Germany.
Jewish Athletes In Winter Olympics
NEW YORK (JTA)—Five Jewish athletes are part of the
135-member U.S. Olympic Winter Games contingent now
going on. in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Jewish athletes are
hockey player Tom Hirsch of Minneapolis, star of the University of Minnesota sextet; speedskater Jan Goldman of Glen-
view, 111.; dance skaters Judy Blumberg of Summit, N.J.,
and Elisa Spitz of Wilmington, Del.; and Judy Rabinowitz of
Fairbanks, Alaska, one of America's five women skiers.
Hove you always wanted to share your views with
your contemporaries, to see your writing in print, to
become involved in the community in a meaningful
way?
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle would like to give you
the chance to accomplish' all of these goals and
more. Turn to page 14 for details about the First
Annual OJC Wordworks.
Israeli
Coverage
By Judith Franklin
Chronicle News Editor
An angry man was in
Columbus late last week to
speak at the Feb. 9 Columbus Jewish Federation Wont-
en's Division Leadership
Dinner,
Abbie Ben Ari, a former
member of Israel's delegation to the United Nations
currently recognized as a
leading authority in the field
of mass communications,
was "annoyed as hell" about
what he was, actually
wasn't, seeing on American
TV.
"America didn't go into
Lebanon to save or assist
Israel. . ." ■
Commenting on last
Thursday's media coverage
of the redeployment of the
United States Marines in
Lebanon and consequent
heavy shelling of Moslem
positions in the Shouf Mountains, Ben Ari said that he
hadn't  seen  any  reports
With U.S. Media
Of War In Lebanon
depicting the "havoc and destruction, negativism and
heartache of war" as were
common when Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982.
He pointed out that "innocent men, women and chil-
Status Of Jews In Soviet Union
Likely To Remain Unchanged
Under Chernenko's Leadership
By Judith Franklin
Chronicle News Editor
The death of Soviet President Yuri Andropov last
Thursday at age 69 and the
appointment of Konstantin
Chernenko, 72, as his successor, has raised speculation
once again as to the future of
the Jewish population in the
Soviet Union.
Most experts agree, however, that the change in
leadership will have hardly
any effect on the Jews.
"Things may be a little better or a little worse," according to Dr. Miriam Schwartz
of the Center of Slavic and
Rabbi Hirsch
At Ahavas
The formal installation of
Rabbi Hirsh Chinn as Rabbi
of Ahavas Sholom Congrega-
Chinn To Be Installed
Sunday, Feb. 26
Rabbi Hirsch Chinn
tion, along with the installation of the entire Board of
Trustees, is scheduled for
Sunday evening, Feb. 26, at 8
p.m.
Rabbi Chinn received his
rabbinical ordination from
Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and
attained a masters of
science degree in education
from Long Island University. Under Rabbi Chinh's
leadership, the synagogue
has experienced many
physical improvements
along with the introduction
of a variety of educational
programs.
Keynote speaker at the
installation will be Rabbi
Chinn's teacher and mentor,
Rabbi Avrohom Pam. Rav
Pam is presently Dean
(Rosh Yeshiva) of Yeshiva
Torah Vodaath in New York,
the first Yeshiva high school
in the U.S., presently with
over 500 students. Rabbi
Chinn  studied  under  Rav
Rabbi Avrohom Pam
Pam for four years prior to
accepting his position in
Columbus.
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East European Studies at
The.Ohio State University,
"but there will be no substantive change."
Eric Rozenman, director
of the Community Relations
Committee of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, agrees.
"Anyone who looks for a
drastic change since Andropov has left the scene, is
overly optimistic," he said.
"Ending emigration, and increasing-harassment and the
use of anti-Semitism as official policy didn't start with
Andropov. It most likely will
extend beyond Andropov, especially in the near future."
In addition, Dr. Schwartz
points out that the Soviet
Union has not been under
"the arbitrary rule of one;
person" but under the "arbitrary ruleof the coalition" —
the Politburo — for quite
some time. Therefore, the
presence or absence of one
man has little impact on
decision making.
Moreover, the fact that the
man now in power is Chernenko, Leonid Brezhnev's
handpicked successor,
makes it even more likely
that the harsh policy toward
the Jews begun during his
tenure will continue, she
notes.
Abbie Beii Ari
dren are being killed" and
asked why Israel has been
made "the conscience of,the
world." The double standard, one for America and
another for Israel is, he
feels, unfair.
Concerning American involvement in Lebanon, Ben
Ari said that no one should
■ interpret it as support for Israel. "America didn't go into
Lebanon to save or assist Israel," he explained, but to
uphold the most basic tenet
of U.S. government, the containment of the Soviet Union.
This could have been
achieved, he noted, through
a strong; democratic Gemayel government, which is
currently disintegrating because it lacks the broad
based support it needs to
succeed.
"'Peace' is the most
misused word in the Mid-
dleEast."	
Now, Ben Ari sees several
possible scenarios in the
Middle East. He predicts
that Lebanon may become a
partitioned country, like
Switzerland, with each segment of the population in
controlof its own "canton,"
or that Gemayel may be succeeded by someone who
might be able to form the
centralist government he
couldn't.
In any case, Ben Ari
doesn't see any peaceful
solution in the near future.
" 'Peace' is the most misused word in the Middle
East," he noted. "To us it
means an end unto itself, the
sublime. We will fight a war
to make peace. We will
sacrifice for peace." But to
the Arabs, whose religion
teaches that one cannot
make peace with an infidel,
a non-believer, peace is only
a means to an end. They will
make peace only to regain
their strength so that they
can fight again to annihilate
the infidel, he explained.
Mary Lazarus Selected To Receive
Temple Israel Humanitarian Award
Mary K. Lazarus has been
selected by the Board of
Trustees of Temple Israel,
on the nomination of the
Honors Committee, to receive Temple Israel's "Humanitarian Award" during
Services at the Temple on
Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Lazarus received her
bachelot-of arts from Welles-
ley College, Wellesley, Mass.
She currently serves in the
following positions: Child
Watch coordinator, Children's Defense Fund (Ohio);
Board of Trustees and Executive Committee member
of the Columbus Symphony
Orchestra and member of
the Board of Trustees, Ohio
Citizens Council.
She previously served as
co-director, WBNS-TV Call
for Action; president and a
founder, Columbus Metro*
politan Cluib: trustee of Deni-
son University; president
and board member, League
of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus; Commission member, Ohio Ethics
Commission; trustee, United
Community Council; Board
of Directors and president,
Options; member of the
Board of Trustees, Players
Theatre of Columbus.
' Mary K. Lazarus
Mrs. Lazarus is married to
Robert Lazarus, Jr. She is
the mother of four children,
Robert III, Molly (Mrs.
Craig Burke), Jerry and
Susan.
The Temple Israel Humanitarian Award has been
presented annually since
1949. The presentation is
made to a citizen of Franklin
County whose concern for
the community and love of
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