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VOL.62   NO.25
JUNE21.1984-SIVAN21
Devoted to American
and Jewish ideals. .
Heat On Capitol Steps
port For Soviet Jews
Over 400 reservations have been received for the New Life Awards Dinner recognizing the survivors of the Holocaust and victims of Nazism which will be held this evening, June 21, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 6 p.m. The above photos were taken at the
Parlor Meeting held on May 31 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Paine. Above left
are Frank and Boots Nutis, general co-chairpersons of the event, with speaker, Marc
Berkowitz (right). Photo top right is of Benny Cowall (right), dinner co-chairwoman,
with Gail Schottenstein, decorations chairwoman. Bottom left are Cini and Jeff Paine
with the speaker and bottom right are Heinz Hoffman (left) and Murray Ebner (right),
recipients of the New Life Awards, with the speaker.
Holocaust Survivors, Victims Of Naiism
To Bt Honored ly Israel Bonds Tonight .,
.  Irv Szames hopes tonight
is only the beginning.
Szames, a. Holocaust survivor, will be honored along
with the rest of the first- and
-second-generation Holocaust
siiravors~and victims of Nazism in Central Ohio at the annual State of Israel Bonds
dinner at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel tonight, June 21.
Szames isn't looking for
honors; he has just one mission in mind: "We have to
keep the flame alive."
The flame he talks about
concerns the survivors of the
Holocaust. And Szames, an
active member of the Columbus Jewish community, is
rallying together second-
generation. Holocaust survivors in arr effort to ensure
that the Holocaust is never
forgotten and that another
one never occurs.
Szames is leading the
drive to form a second-
generation group in Central.
Ohio. Preliminary work on
the group has started and already he has -about 150
names of children of survivors in the area.
"We started with only
about 40 to 50 names,"
Szames said. "Word of mouth
has been our strongest form
of gathering names."
Szames is getting a helpful
assist from the State of Israel
Bonds committee, which has
located additional survivors
and children of survivors,
who will all be recognized at
tonight's dinner.
All survivors in the Central Ohio community will be
recognized at the dinner,
The State of Israel Bonds
committee also will unveil a
scroll that all survivors and
second-generation survivors
will sign.
The scroll then will be preserved for posterity and a
permanent record will stand
documenting the names of
all survivors and second-'
generation survivors who
live in Central Ohio. Names
of the deceased survivors
who made their home in Cen
tral Ohio.also will be inscribed on the scroll.
The timing of the salute by
the State of Israel Bonds
couldn't have been better as
far as Szames in concerned.
"We started making our
plans and then the State of
Israel Bonds people stepped
in," Szames said. "We
thought this was a perfect
complement  to  what  we
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
In spite of the searing heat,
dozens of Congressmen
gathered last Week along
with human rights activists
and clerymen on the steps of
the U.S. Capitol to demonstrate their opposition to the
Soviet Union's harassment
and repression of Soviet ■;
Jews and other minorities
there.
In all, some 300 people
participated in the second
annual Congressional Fast
and Prayer Vigil for Soviet
Jewry. Congressional members fasted from sunup to
sundown and participated in
the one hour vigil oh the
Capitol steps.
The demonstration, one of
the largest Congressional
protests in support of Soviet
Jewry ever held, was sponsored by Reps. John Porter
(R. 111.), Robert Mrazek (D.
N.Y), Jack Kemp (R. N.Y.)
and Sens. Carl Levin (D.
Mich.) and John Heinz (R.
Pa.) and Rep. Tom Lantos
(D.S.Cal.)
Rather than being a mass -
demonstration, the vigil was
planned to focus on the Congressional role in support of
Soviet Jewry. It was staged
on the 14th anniversary of
the notorious Leningrad
trials and commemorated
those trials during which 11
Soviet dissidents, including
nine Jewish refuseniks, were
tried and imprisoned in a
case that focused international  attention  on Soviet
Three long Time Members To Receive
Awards Af Beth Jacob Testimonial Dinner
Ronald Golden, president
of the Beth Jacob Congregation, announces that Richard
Kohn, life long member of
Beth Jacob, will be the recipient of--.the congregation's
Parness Award, at the annual
synagogue Testimonial Dinner to be held Mg. 21. Sharing in the honors with Kohn
will be Ruth .Weinstock and
Freida and Jack Weisman,
who" will each receive the
Kesser Torah Award.
Kohn, an attorney, isbeing
recognized for his "devoted
and loyal labours in behalf of
the congregation in establishing and implementing
the Kerem Foundation of the
Beth Jacob Congregation."
"Kohn has volunteered selfless and countless hours in
helping the synagogue reach
a sound financial structure
during a most critical time
after our new edifice was
built," explained Rabbi
David Stavsky. The Shofar
Award Committee selected
Kohn for his sense of "sincerity, integrity and financial support to the synagogue."
Mrs. Weinstock will be the
recipient of the Kesser Torah
award for "legendary service
and labours in behalf of the
Beth Jacob .Congregation." A
member for over 53 years,
she is the daughter of the late
Lena and Shaul Pass. For
over three decades, she has,
without interruption,- served
as a member of the Chevra
Kaddisha. For the past 12
years, she has volunteered
her services as "kugel
maker" for the Shabbos Min-
yon Club. The Shofar Award
Committee has cited her for
"unpretentious, selfless and
exemplary senior member of
our congregation who has
given full measure to our,
shule."
Mr. and Mrs. Weisman
will be awarded with the
Keser Torah Award for their
(''unmatched and immeasur-
human rights violations.
"For the past several
years, Soviet Jews have become undeserving pawns in
the international battle of
wills," Mrazek declared.
"As relations have chilled,
the souls of innocent men,
women and children are
frozen. The ability of this
body to help change this
tragic reality is beyond question and it is our responsibility to exact this change."
able labours in behalf of
their synagogue." Both life
long and second generation
Beth Jacob members, they
have served the congregation for over a quarter of a
century. As presidents of the
Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
both have accumulated
more hours of work than any
other couple in the synagogue. From Sunday morning breakfasts, to teenage
N.CiS.Y. conventions;; to
"Shabbos with the Rabbi;?.'
to "Torah Day," Cantorial
Concerts and nearly every
program at Beth Jacob, they
have consistently displayed
unique a*id incomparable
service to the congregation,
Rabbi Stavsky pointed out:
Golden said that Irvin Flox
has been named general
chairman of the Testimonial
Dinner; Jack Rubin is Journal chairman and Rabbi;
Stavsky will, serve as honorary chairman.
Each congressional member adopted a refusenik for
the day and will write to this
person during the year,
write to Soviet officials
about the refusenik's case
and help him otherwise to
obtain his release from the
Soviet Union. Since last
year's Congressional Prayer
and Vigil, about six refuseniks adopted by; the Congressional   members  have
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Herbert H. Schiff, president of Columbus Jewish
Foundation, announced the
appointment of Judith Swedlow as chairwoman of the
Judith Swedlow Appointed
To Chair Annual Columbus
Jewish Foundation Dinner
campaign chairman and
president of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
The Annual Dinner Institute wil} be held at 6 p.m. at
Winding Hollow Country
Club. Following the dinner, a
participatory workshop will
explore the topic "Impacting
on the Quality of Jewish Life,
1984:2001."
The Columbus Jewish
Foundation helps assure continuity of vital services by
providing resources for unexpected situations and emergencies and meeting the
ever-changing, growing and
long range needs of the community. "Seed" money for
studies, research and new
projects is provided through
the Foundation.
The Foundation offers individuals an opportunity .to
make gifts for special needs,
while receiving major tax
benefits. Through bequests
Judith Swedlow
Foundation's  fifth  Annual
Dinner on Tuesday, July 17.
Mrs. Swedlow is a trustee
of the Columbus Jewish
Foundation and past co-
chairwoman of the Columbus Jewish Foundation's
Women's Committee. She is
a member of the executive
committee and board member of the Columbus Jewish
Federation and a co-chairwoman of Advance Gifts
Division for the 1985 United
Jewish Fund Campaign.
Assisting Mrs. Swedlow as
co-chairperson of the Institute will be Norman Meiz-
lish; Meizlish is past chairman of the Endowment Fund
. Committee, which has become the Columbus Jewish
Foundation and is currently
a trustee of its board. He has
served as chairman of the
Foundation's Acceptance
and Distribution Committee,
which has been responsible
for the distribution of more
than 500 grants to charitable
organizations, locally, nationally and overseas. He is past
Norman Meizlish
and endowments, charitable
interests are perpetuated.
Annually approximately
$1 million is disbursed. The
Foundation has assets of
over $7,400,000.
Ben M. Mandelkorn serves
'as director of the Columbus
Jewish Foundation.
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