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Farrakhan Believes Jewish Community
Might Use 'Awesome Power9 Against Him
Pictured are Rita and Sigmund Munster, sponsors
for the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's 'Third Annual
Sports Spectacular to be held Monday, Aug. 6, at
.   Winding Hollow Country Club. For ticket information,
contact the Center at 231-2731.
Munsters Sponsoring Annual
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
Sports Spectacular On Aug. 6
, Ron Feerer, chairman of
the Third Annual Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's
Sports Spectacular, announces that Mr. and Mrs.
Sigmund Munster are sponsoring this year's'event. The-
"Spectacular" will, be held
at Winding Hollow Country
Club on Monday, Aug. 6.
"Having grown up at the
Jewish Center, it gives us
great pleasure "to support
this dynamic program,"
says Munster. "The 'Spectacular' offers outstanding
keynote speakers, top tennis
and golf stars and is just a
great, fun day," he adds.
Proceeds from the event
will be used to develop the
Health and Physical Education Capital-Reserve Fund at
the Center.
The Munsters' bonus has
spurred the Sports Spectacular committees into full
swing. A recent parlour
meeting was held at the
home of committee member
Connie Robins to discuss the
tennis format for the day,
David Madison, third year
chairman of this sub-committee, announces that this
year's tennis stars, .Roy
Emerson and Fred Stolle,
will play against Ohio State
University's number one and
number two seated tennis
players. The committee, including Myrna Brandewein,
Bill Glick, Dee Dee Glim-
cher, P.J. Maybruck and
Jackie Yenkin, also- discussed plans for the dinner
that evening.
Dr. Bruce Meyer, third
year chairman of the golf
sub-committee, and committee member Sue Harmon
have met and are busy setting up foursomes for these-1
participating in that portion
of the event.
At the last full committee
meeting, members were
treated to a slide show featuring last year's "Spectacular" which created intense
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By Lawrence Harmon
Editor's Note: Lawrence Harmon,
city editor of The Jewish Advocate of
Boston, conducted this Interview before Louis Farrakhan made his attack
, on Judaism calling It a "gutter religion." Presidential candidate Jesse
Jackson has since repudiated Farrakhan.
BOSTON (JTA) - Black
Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan believes that the
"awesome power" of the
Jewish community might
one day be used against him
and that it was a similar concern for the physical safety
of Presidential candidate
Rev. Jesse Jackson which
led him to issue his now
famous threats against the
American Jewish community. — .
During a 45-minute interview here, Farrakhan, 50,
described in careful, mea-
- sured phrases his visions of
the Black and Jewish communities.
"I have no misconceptions
about the awesome power of
rthe-Jewish community, of-
their willingness to use that
power against any object of
their disapproval," the
Nation of Islam leader
stated. "I think I'm very
high on the Jewish list of
ones with whom they have
great, strong disapproval so
Handler Calls On B'nai B'rith Members
To Sponsor Children For Day At Fair
I imagine the power that is
at their disposal will be used
negatively against me."
The Muslim leader, who
remained seated calmly
throughout the interview,
seemed almost morbid in his
assessment of the tensions
which had escalated between Black and Jewish elements throughout the Demo-
cratic presidential- primaries. "I don't know how
far that will go. If that will
ultimately mean the loss of
my life," he said.
Farrakhan rejected the
charges of anti-Semitism
which has been leveled
against him by newspaper
columnists and leaders of
Jewish organizations.
Denies Being Anti-Semite
"I will never agree that I
am anti-Semitic because I
am not," Farrakhan asserted. He decried what he
j>erceiy§§_as increasing ^re-
sure on Blacjcs to denounce
him and his leadership. "I
understand now that Louis
Farrakhan is almost the litmus test for any Black person who wants to have the
support of the Jewish community. That they must
forthrightly, strongly condemn Louis Farrakhan."
Although mainstream
Black and Jewish organizations are now renewing old
ties, Farrakhan has appar-
Richard Handler, chairman of this year's B'nai
B'rith Children's Home Day
at the Ohio State Fair, has
issued a call to all B'nai
B'rith members, both men
and women, to join once
again in sponsoring the over
1,500 youngsters who reside
in children's homes in Ohio
for a day at the Ohio State
Fair.
Monday Aug. 6, will mark
the 20th year that Columbus
B'nai B'rith Lodges have
made this day possible for
over 22,000 . children and
their chaperones.
According to Handler, last
year's event was highly successful because "so many
B'nai B'rith members
opened their hearts and
sponsored three to 600 chil
dren, an average of six children each, for a happy day at
the Fair, away from the confinement of the children's
home." $6 provides admission to the Fair and all rides
as well as lunch and favors.
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. BLOOD DAY is
Today, July 5,
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ently forfeited the opportunity, for dialogue. Last April,
Nathan Perlmutter national
director of the Anti-Defama-
tin Leauge of B'nai B'rith,
rejected a meeting with Farrakhan on the principle that
the Black Muslim leader's
public statements "have
created an atmosphere far
more conducive to fear and
divisiveness than to rational
discourse."
Farrakhan was propelled
into national prominence following a March 11 broadcast
in which he called Hitler a
"great man," although
"wickedly great," and also
allegedly threatened the life
of Washington Post reporter
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Beth Tikvah Holds Confirmation
At Friday Night Service On June 1
The students pictured above were confirmed at Congregation Beth Tikvah in a special service on Friday,
June 1. Left to right, they are: (front row) Maria Hollander, Andrew Pearlman, Naomi Nestel, Erik
Osbeck, Shael Brachman, Daniel v Bayer, Alyssa
Frank, (back row) Eric Simon, Rabbi Gary A. Huber,
Jeff Zipes, Michael Raphael.
Richard Handler
Handler pointed out that
there is a children's home in
each of Ohio's 88 counties
and some of the children
come to Columbus from over
150 miles away.
"Children's home superintendents say that the chil-.
dren always have a wonderful time," Handler pointed
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