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Herzog To Visit
Britain In Maroh
LONDON (JTA) - Chaim
Herzog, Belfast-born President of Israel, is to visit Britain this month with his wife.
Although the visit is not
an official one, the couple
are to lunch with the Queen
at Windsor Castle.
There is speculation that
the couple will also visit the
Irish Republic. Herzog was
born in Belfast but grew up
in Dublin where his father,
the late Isaac Herzog, was
for many years Chief Rabbi
of Ireland, before becoming
Chief Rabbi of Palestine in
the mid-1930s.
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Beth Tikvah Youth
Present Talent Show
At Heritage Village
On Sunday, March 11, the
youth of Congregation Beth
Tikvah will exhibit their
various talents at the annual;
talent show for residents of
Heritage House and Heritage Towers.
This tradition, sponsored
by the Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Tikvah, has long
been appreciated by the residents. A cross-section of music will be performed and a
variety of musical instruments will be played.
Some of the participants
are Johannah and Elliot
Frank, Julia Schlam, Paula
Schulman, Jonathan and
Laura Stroud, Ken Shimberg
and Laura Folkerth.
This show is open to residents of Heritage House and
Heritage Towers only. It will
be followed by a reception
provided by the Beth Tikvah
Sisterhood.
'The Democrat And The Dictator'
To Air On WOSU-TV, March 14
Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) and Adolf Hitler are
''The Democrat and the Dictator" in Bill Movers'- hour-
Jong documentary special which contrasts the backgrounds arid personalities of two leaders who came to
power within weeks of each other, confronted each
other in global warfare and died in the same month.
Part of a continuing series of specials, this program
will air on Wednesday,,March 14, at 9p.m. on WOSU-
TV, channel 34. :    :    :7 v
WASHINGTON (JTA)-,
The Reagan Administration
announced that it intends to
sell a $141 million anti-aircraft missile system to Saudi
Arabia, The Pentagon informed Congress of plans to
provide the Saudis with 400
"Stinger" ground-to-air
shoulder launchers along
with 1,200 missiles and spare
parts.
Saudi Arabia will be the
first Middle East country to
possess the weapons system,
manufactured by the General Dynamics Corp., which
has already been provided to
NATO. Israel manufactures
a similar weapon Of its own.
According to. the Pentagon,
the deal includes' training
and technical support. The
law requires that Congress
be informed of large-scale
audis
System
military sales abroad. Defense Department officials
said they did not expect opposition.
Rabbi Robert Levy Accepts
Pulpit In Ann Arbor, Mich.
Rabbi Alan G. Ciner Guest Speaker
At March 13 Joint Sisterhood Tea
Rabbi Alan G. Ciner, spiritual leader of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue, will be
the guest speaker at the
Joint Sisterhood Tea on
Tuesday, March 13, at 1 p.m.
at the Agudas Achim.
Returning from,the UJA
Rabbinic Cabinet Community Mission to Poland and
Israel, Rabbi Ciner will offer
remarks related to the trip
entitled "The Triangular
Connection: From Auschwitz to Jerusalem to Columbus." Along with 24 other
Rabbis from across the
country, Rabbi Ciner spent
three days in Poland and five
days in Israel from Feb. 19
through Feb. 28.
While abroad, Rabbi Ciner
studied Jewish cultural life
elude Bonnie Perler, Deena
Solomon and Maxine Wasserman. Pamela Wilson is
Sisterhood president.
Reservations are requested by March 9 to -the
Synagogue office, 237:2.747,
Rabbi Robert D. Levy and
his wife Dr. Jo Ellin Gutter-
man will be honored at a dinner and Special Sabbath Ser-
■ vice to mark his five years of
service at Temple Israel.
Rabbi Levy has accepted a
pulpit at Temple Beth
Emeth in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The dinner and service will
be given on March 30. Rabbi
Levy assumes his new position in the congregation of
approximately 200 families
on April 1.
During his tenure at Temple Israel; he has been involved in ail aspects of rabbinic work including religious services,,., teaching,
counseling and public speaking. He introduced the following innovations at Temple Israel, during; .his five
Melton Center To Hold Lecture
Honoring 'Friends' On April 8
'The Price' Director Says Play
Is Truly Theatrical Production
Arthur Miller, in The Price,
and all the good playwrights
of the past, have done this
with the power of telling a
fascinating story.
"However,'.' Eisenstein
continues, "when less able
playwrights lack this essential narrative skill, they nowadays try to rivet the attention of audiences by means of
some frankness of language
or exposure of bare skin.
"I was drawn to directing
The Price for the same reason that critics and audiences
have liked the play since it
first opened in New York —
its strong story, its absolute
theatricality. Where could
you find a more gripping narrative than the tale of two
brothers who have nursed
grudges against each other
all their adult lives, when
they are forced to meet again
for what may be the last time
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Harold M. Eisenstein, who
is staging the Gallery Players' production of Arthur
Miller's ThePrice^currently
running at the Roth/Resler .
Theatre in. the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center, 1125 College
Ave., says that the play,
which stars TV and film
comic Larry Storch, is a perfect example of the difference between true theatricality and the trashy kind that
nowadays depends -upon a
. profundity of indecent language, over-explicit embraces or various degrees of
nudity to shock audiences.
"To shock audiences," he
says, "is one of the chief
businesses of the theater.
That is, a play must startle
its viewers with new insights
into human character or
hold its audiences in goggle-
eyed absorption by some
other means—like suspense,
curiosity, satire or paradox.
Rabbi Alan Ciner
and social services in contrasting communities. The
itinerary included visits to
sites of Jewish historic and
contemporary interest, consultations with community
leaders and inspections of
UJA overseas projects.
Janet Abroms, administrative vice president of the
Agudas Achim Sisterhood, is
in charge of arrangements
for the day. Hostesses in-
On Sunday, April 8, the
Melton Center, for Jewish
Studies at The Ohio State
University will hold its annual lecture honoring the
Friends of the Melton Center.
At this event, Center Director Dr. Yehiel Hayon will
present the Melton Center's
Distinguished Humanist
Award for 1984. This award
for outstanding achievement
will be presented to Dr.
Robert Alter.'Dr. Alter is
professor of Hebrew and
comparative literature at
the University of California,
Berkeley.   He  is  an  ac-
CJF Women's Division Offers
Program Featuring Ellen Witman
"Hidden Threats Facing
the American Jewish Community Today" will be addressed by Ellen Witman,
legislative director at the
Washington Action Office of
the Council of Jewish Federations. The program is being offered by the Women's
Division of Columbus Jewish
Federation on March 12 at
11:30 a.m.
Witman's work in the
Washington Action Office involves assisting local Federations with federal grant
programs and working with
members of Congress and
Federations on legislation
and regulations affecting social services and the voluntary, nonprofit sector. She is
the editor of the "Washington Action Office Memo," a
monthly newsletter covering
current legislative developments.
Prior to joining the staff of
the Council of Jewish Federations, Witman was the
first Washington representative for the Federation of
Jewish Philanthropies of
New York, a position tha(
also required a knowledge of
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temporary literature, Jew- *
ish and Hebrew literature
and Bible studies.
Professor Alter received
his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was awarded the
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship,
Danworth Fellowship and
twice the Guggenheim Fellowship. An earlier work, A
Lion for Love, was nominated for the National Book
Critics Circle Award for Criticism, and more recently he
received the National Jewish
Book Award for Jewish
Thought for his book, The
Art of Biblical Narrative.
Author of eight books and numerous articles, Alter's
workjias also appeared in
popular publications such as
the New York Times' Book
Review. He is a contributing
editor to Commentary
Magazine.
Professor Alter will speak
on "The Truth of History and
The Truth of Fiction in the
Bible." The lecture wil begin
at 8 p.m. at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, 2400 Olen-
tangy River Rd. A reception
; will follow the ceremonies.
Past recipients of the Melton Center award include Dr.
Jacob Neusner, Arthur
Kurzweil and Rabbi Marc
Tennenbaum. R.S.V.P. by
calling the Melton Center,
422-0967. The lecture is free
and open to the public.
years of service: initiated
links between the rabbis and
the Temple's pre-school, the
bulletin, the Temple sponsored Boy Scout Troop and
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Rabbi Robert Levy
the community sponsored.
afternoon Hebrew School;
organized monthly adult education study groups, adult
Hebrew class and adult retreats; developed Religious
School retreat and exchange
programs; created and implemented large scale family programming; organized
and developed seventh and
eighth grade youth groups;
introduced innovative life
cycle ceremonies and worship experiences; restructured confirmation program
in conjunction with Rabbi
Goldman; developed Weekly
Service Brochure and Temple Brbchure and developed
an expanded high school
evening program.
Rabbi Levy's activities
reach out far beyond Temple
activities due to his active :
participation in various community organizations. He is.
past-president of the Columbus Board of Rabbis; conducts weekly lectures at
Heritage House; advises the
Columbus Jewish Singles
Group; Co-founded Columbus Jewish Communal
Professional Association; is
a member of the Women's
Task Force, Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Educa-
tion; is a board member of
the Jewish Community Cen-(
ter; is a board member of'
the Jewish Federation; is a
corresponding member of
the Peace and Justice Committee of the Centra] Conference of American Rabbis; is
a board member of Jewish
Family Services; is chairman of the Columbus Coalition for Alternatives in Jew-
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