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OCTOBER 18,1984-TISHREI22
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an And Peres Agree To Establish
Economic Development Group
The Agudas Achim Synagogue, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center and Congregation Tifereth Israel will sponsor a performance of the Israeli Chassidic Festival on
Monday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Agudas Achim.
Israeli Chassidic Festival
To Perform November 24
The 1984 Israeli Chassidic
Festival, with its- song,
dance and music is coming
to Columbus on Monday,
Novi 12, at the Agudas
Achim Synagogue at
7:30 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Agudas Achim
Synagogue, Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center and Congregation Tifereth Israel.
Each year, under the auspices of the President of the
State of Israel, the Israeli
Chassidic Festival is held in
Jerusalem. It is a musical
competition which draws
composers and performers
from around the world,   -   I
Among this year's guest
artistsl were Cantors Sol
Zim, Martin Davidson and
Linda Rich from the United
States; Simon Spiro from
Great Britain; Colin Scb>
chat from South Africa;
Ralph Levitan from Denmark; and Raaya Mehemna
from Morocco. Israel was
represented by David Ul-
man, Duo Reim, David
Fisher and the Sella Group.
The winning songs of the
1984 Israeli Chassidic Festival were: "Barchi Nafshi,"
sung by David Fisher; "Bote
B'Shalom," sung by the Duo
Reim, and "Ahavti," sung
by David Ulman.
And now, the Israeli Chassidic Festivai is coming to
Columbus with songs that
have been the winners over
, the past 16 years, with performers who have become
Israel's top entertainers as
well as internationally well-
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Reagan, stressing
the United States commitment to help in "revitalizing
the Israeli economy and putting it on the road to sustained recovery," announced last week that he
and Premier Shimon Peres
have agreed to the establishment of a joint economic development group to cooperate toward achieving this
goal.
"We have agreed to explore with Israel ways to enhance its growth and development prospects
through structural adjustment, increased trade and
investment, as well as American aid," Reagan said in a
farewell statement in the
White House Rose Garden
after a two-hour meeting
with Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Reagan said that he and
Peres have also instructed
their negotiators on the Free
Trade Area (FTA) between
the two countries to reach an
agreement within 30 days.
The President said this
agreement, which he noted
was the first FTA between
the United States and another country, by expanding
Israel's export market, will
be important in helping Israel on the way to economic recovery and it will also be a
boost for the United States.
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
Will Host Candidates' Night
Franklin County voters
will have the opportunity to
hear candidates for the U.S.
House, Ohio House and
Senate seats and county
commissioners on Sunday,
Oct. 28, from 7-10 p.m. at the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave.
This event is sponsored by
the League of Women Voters
of Metropolitan Columbus,
the National Council of Jewish Women, and the American Association of University Women as well as the
Center.
A candidates' night allows
voters an issue-oriented look
at the' candidates in an
impartial and non-partisan
forum. A panel of media
representatives, comprised
of Herb Cook, senior editor
for Columbus Monthly;
Michael Curtin, political reporter for the Columbus Dispatch; Lou Forrest, Channel
10 TV news co-anchor, and
Rosemary Kubera, news
reporter for WOSU, will
question candidates for U.S.
House and county commissioner races. This panel will
be moderated by Seymour
Raiz, managing editor of the
Citizen-Journal.
Time for audience participation is included, and then
voters will break into discussion groups with candidates
from their local districts for
the Ohio House followed by
the Ohio Senate.
This event is free and open
to the public.
Bill Passed To Aid
Holocaust Survivors
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The House has approved a
bill that would eliminate reparations received from
West Germany by Holocaust
survivors from the income
counted to determine eligibility for Social Security
payments.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D.
Cal.) introduced the legislation after a resident in his
district, Felicia Grunfeder,
was denied Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) be-
cause_.her reparation payment from West Germany
put her annual income $648
over the eligibility level of
$1,752.
Peres stresses that the
new unity government he
heads is "determined to
tackle our economic difficulties head on." He added
that the "support of the
President, the United States
government and the American people is source of
strength and inspiration to
all of us."
New U.S.-Israel
Harmony Cited
The Israeli Premier, who
met with Reagan previously
as the leader of the Israeli
opposition, said that his
meetings in Washington left
him with the belief that "relations between the United
States and Israel have
reached a new level of harmony and understanding."
He expressed the gratitude
of all Israelis to "the President, the Congress, and foremost, the people of the
United States for the lasting
friendship existing between
our two peoples and countries."
Peres added that "I found
in the White House a true
friend of Israel who understands her problems and
dilemmas, is aware of her
difficulties and follows her
" efforts to face them."
Reagan earlier said he
wanted to pay "special tribute to the leadership qualities" of both Peres and
Shamir for having "shown
courage and determination
to put aside partisan politics
joining together in a government of national unity to
deal with Israel's most
pressing problems."
Peres noted that "the government of national unity
was formed in the united city
of Jerusalem in the spirit of
the words of prophet Ezekial
who said, "I shall give them
an undivided heart and a
new spirit.'"
He said the new government is "united in our confidence in the United States
of America ... in our desire
for peace ... in our desire to
bring our boys back from
Lebanon provided that the
security of the northern part
of Israel will be guaranteed."
Reagan also noted Israel's
desire to leave Lebanon
"The United States stands
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On Tuesday, Oct. 9, President Reagan met with
Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House. Pictured with the President is
Prime Minister Peres.
Orthodox Jewish Organizations
Express 'Deep Dismay, Concern'
About PBS Program On Judaism
Five major Orthodox Jewish organizations issued a
joint statement last week expressing "deep dismay and
concern" on the airing of the
Public Broadcasting System
presentation "Heritage:
Civilization and the Jews,"
which is being shown
throughout the country by
over 270 television stations
a series of nine weekly
programs which began Oct
1.
The presidents of the organizations declared that the
production commits "intolerable offense against authentic Jewish belief" and
called upon the public to be
alert to what the declaration
termed a "fundamental error in orientation" in the
focus of the presentation.
Agudath Israel of America, National Council of
Young. Israel, Rabbinical
Council of America, Religious Zionists of America
and the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of
America declared in the
joint pronouncement: "The
portrayal in the film of our
sacred Torah as a man-
authored work incorporating
myth and legend, of our faith
as a slowly evolved invention, and of G-d-given
halacha as a changeable system of law, constitutes a stab
at the very heart of Judaism."
The Orthodox organizations added that the presentation "meshes opinion with
fact in a way that can confuse even the knowledgeable
viewer" and warned that the
"uninformed and untutored
public will be tragically misled."
"A presentation of Judaism deriving from a secular
historical, cultural, and humanistic viewpoint, no mat-
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