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VOL.62   NO. 53
DECEMBER 27,1984-TEVET 3
Devoted to American
and Jewish ideals
New ORT Chapter
Now Being Formed
The Columbus Region of
Women's American ORT
(Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) announces the formation of another new chapter serving
the north end, including
Worthington, Westerville,
Dublin, Upper Arlington and
Hilliard. The as yet unnamed chapter has applied
for charter from the national
organization and will be the
ninth ORT chapter in Columbus.
In addition to providing financial support for the
worldwide ORT network of
vocational education facilities, this new chapter of
WAO will initiate a flexible
schedule of meetings interspersed with special interest
programming involving a
wide range of personal and
community based issues.
ORT is a mass membership organization which encourages women with concern for Israel, public education, anti-Semitism and Soviet Jewry to join no matter
what level of participation
their schedules permit.
Expansion-of new-ehapters
enables the organization to
meet the needs of every Jewish woman in Columbus. Inquiries about the new chapter may be directed, to
Rosalie Klein at 889-1713.
Any other questions about
ORT membership should be
directed to Kelly Abrams at
252-3545.
U.S. Led Anti-Terrorist Force
Called For By Israel's Sharon
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Ariel Sharon, Israel's Minister of commerce and industry, called for a western-
sponsored anti-terrorist
force, led by the United
States, to respond to terrorist attacks.        •...-..■
"Britain, France and
other Western democracies,
working closely with the
United States, must add the
threat of military action to
political and economic sanctions against terrorist
.groups and governments
that permit or encourage
them to operate," Sharon
told a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Of ganiza-
tions.
"The free world cannot
ever compromise with terror
Community College For Adult Jewish Studies
Schedules Winter Courses With Area Rabbis
One of the basic tenets of
Judaism is to study and
learn. The Community-
College for Adult Jewish
Studies was created to further these goals. It is a new
concept in adult education
and community cooperation.
By using the resources of the
entire Jewish community,
course offerings reflect the
diversity of the sponsors and
Michael Davis Concert
Scheduled For Jan. 6 At JC
The second concert in the
Michael Davis and Friends
Series will be held on Sun*"
day, Jan. 6, at 3 p.m.
The concert features
Jeanne Norton on harp, as
well as Davis on violin, Ed- .
ward Adelson on viola,
William Conable on cello,
Nelson Harper on piano,
Randall Hester on flute,
John Norton on clarinet and
Jonquil Thorns on violin.
Part of the format of the
concert includes at least one
composition that is of significant Judaic content. In this
concert, there will be a Columbus premiere of a new
composition by Michael
Sahl, a young Jewish composer who writes music
about Jewish experiences
for modern instrumentation
and experimental performances. The composition is
entitled "A Mitzvah for the
Dead" and will be performed by Davis using a violin and a tape recorder.
Norton, the featured guest,
was a student of Alice Chali-
foux at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Currently,-she
is principal harp for Pro-
Musica of Columbus.
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The series continues on
March 17 with Jeremy
Menuhin, son of Yehudi
Menuhin, and then ends on
June 2 with John Norton and
Eileen Davis, clarinet and
voice. Tickets for the series,
as well as individual tickets,
are available at the Cultural
Arts Box Office, by phone,
231-2731, or by mail.
JanPeerceDeadAtM
NEW YORK (JTA)—Funeral services were held here last
week for Jan Peerce, who worked his way from the Lower
East Side of New York to become the principal tenor of the
New York Metropolitan Opera. He died at the Jewish Home
, ajaA Hospital for the Aged here after asking illness. He was. ^
\ 'years old and had suffered a stroke Wo years agol 7-s U.
provide an opportunity to
explore new ideas with many
different-instructors     =-
Winter semester 1985
offers an opportunity to
study for eight weeks with
Rabbis Howard Alpert,
Howard .Apothaker, Hirsh
Chinn, Gary Huber and
Harvey Goldman.
Rabbi Alpert is the rabbi
at the B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation,'which services
Jewish students and faculty
of The Ohio State University.
He will teach the course,
"Between Man and Man,"
which will discuss textual
studies concerning the Jewish approach to issues and
interpersonal relationships.
The class meets on Monday
evenings at 8:15 p.m., beginning Jan. 21.
Rabbi Apothaker, rabbi of
Beth Shalom, will continue
his course on "Introduction
to Jewish Practice," which
began fall semester. In this
second part, he will explore
the meaning and importance
of ceremonies and events in
Jewish life. Study with
Rabbi Apothaker on Monday
evenings is from 7-8 p.m., beginning Jan. 21.
• Rabbi Chinn is rabbi' of
Ahavas Shalom synagogue
and teaches at Columbus
Torah Academy. His course
on Chumash, which will discuss the book of Genesis —
Sedra Lech Lecha — is designed to teach Bible and
commentaries (Rashi). The
ability to read Hebrew is desirable but not required. The
class meets on Monday evenings, 7-8 p.m., beginning.
Jan. 21.
_earn about "The World of.,
Moses  Maimonides"  with
■ Rabbi Gary, Huber of \Gqn-i
> gregation Beth Tikvah.'Who >
was this most famous Jewish
legalist, philosopher, com-
.munity. .leader .and guide?,;
This course will be an introduction to the basic writings
of this Jewish personality.
Meet Maimonides on Mon-
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but must take direct action
to punish it and thus deter
it," he said.
Issue Of The Occupied
Areas
Sharon, former Defense
Minister of Israel, also dealt
with a number of other issues during a 90-minute
briefing and question-and-
answer session. In response
to a question dealing with
current efforts by American
businessmen who are planning to raise money for investments in the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip in order
to improve the "quality of
life" for Palestinian Arabs,
Sharon said:
"Those Americans...
may not be aware of the unbelievable progress in these
areas since Israel liberated
them in 1967.1 wish that Israel of the pre-1967 borders
had enjoyed the development and prosperity that has
come to Judaea, Samaria
and the Gaza District."
Continuing, Sharon said:
^^fU_iJestiman.';Arabs are
a capable pebpie7 It is-of
course important to improve
their quality of life—what is
wrong with that? — but not if
such efforts lead to a second
Palestinian state, the first
beingj Jordan.. . There must
and shall be no boundaries
between Judaea,. Samaria
and the Gaza District, on one
hand, and pre-1967 Israel, on
the other.
"There can be no independent economic system in
Judaea, Samaria and Gaza,
for any such system would
ruin our economy and pave
the way for a second Palestinian state that wouldpose a
mortal, danger to Israel.
Judaea, Samaria and Gaza
will always be part of Israel,
lam not talking about nor do
I envisage annexation of
these areas. Let the Palestinian Arabs remain citizens
of Jordan. But Israel must
be responsible for internal
and external security."
Danielle Simons Wins
Hebrew School Contest
Dr. David Salczer, director of the Columbus Hebrew
School, announced that
Danielle Simons, daughter of
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CJF, Other Charity-Funded
Groups Blast Tax Proposal
NEW YORK (JTA) -The
Council of Jewish Federations has sent a memorandum to each of its constituent Federations pointing
out that some suggestions
for revising the federal income tax system, as unveiled at a press conference
by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, could have a
severe impact on charitable
contributions to public service agencies, a CJF spokesman told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The CJF has thus joined a
wide- range Of religious
groups, universities, foundations, cultural institutions
and. associations providing
services to the needy which
are bombarding the Regan
proposals, which could cut
sharply charitable giving.
Mark Talisman, director
of the CJF Washington
office, said recently that the
Treasury plan, which would
sharply reduce mcome tax
deductions for such contributions, underscored the need
for a public policy debate on
income tax revision.
Talisman said, "We under
values also are important.
We cannot be exhorted to
take up the slack in providing for people and at the
same time have our fund-
raising tools removed.
That's the bottom line."
The CJF spokesman told
the JTA that the CJF is
maintaining consultation
with other umbrella agencies for ^organizations which
depend largely on charitable
contributiops to implement
their programs, such as the
United Way.
The spokesman said the
CJF was studying the situation, planning to make
clear to the Reagan Administration and Congress
"our concern with ideas
which might imperil charitable giving.".
The CJF spokesman said
that if such treasury proposals as limiting deductions
for charitable contributions
to amounts exceeding two
percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income and repealing the 1981 legislation
which permits charitable deductions for taxpayers who
do not itemize deductions
moved beyond the current
D.uiiclli  ^IDIOMS
Mr. and Mrs. Howard A.
Simons, has been chosen as
the winner of the student
newspaper Chanukah Cover
Contest.
Danielle's winning design
of a Menorah constructed
from the recurring word
"Chanukah" is featured on
the cover of the Chanukah issue of Kol Hatalmidim, the
Columbus Hebrew School
student newspaper,-
The drawing was selected
by art specialist Diane
Lubow.
Danielle is a student in
William   Goldberg's  Bet
class at the Temple Israel ~
Branch. __
Mitterrand Says Peres
More Open On PLO
PARIS, (JTA) -President
Francois Mitterrand said
last week that Israeli Premier Shimon Peres "was far
more open" than his predecessors on the Palestinian
question but "there has been
stand what a budget squeeze
means and the need to in-t stage, the" CJF would take    no similar stepiforward by
Jcj^aseir^iet^e^ fort hWn*»W [fur|*ie> steps: »7 4 I.' 7,'! x7, -. ^sir-Arafat and "the PLO." ■
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