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VOL.63   NO.2
JANUARY 10,1985-Tevet 17
Devoted to A^merlcan
and Jewish Ideals.
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Shcharansky Reported
Hospitalized in USSR
JERUSALEM, (JTA) -
The family of Soviet Jewish
Prisoner of Conscience Ana-
toly Shcharansky has been
informed by Soviet officials
thai he has been. hospitalized, but his wife, Avital,
said the officials declined to
give details of his illness.
Avital said she had spoken
by telephone to her mother-
in-law in Moscow and was
told that she had recently
met with a high Communist
Party official "who said that
Anatoly had been hospitalized, but the official refused
to reveal his whereabouts or
say what he\wfas suffering
from." Avital said that in
Shcharansky's "last letter
he complained of poor
health. We know he has had
heart problems." The last
letter was Sept. 5.
Avital added that "the fear
is growing that perhaps
something terrible has hap-
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Demonstration
Is Successful
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The demonstration Dec. 25
near.ihe.-South African Embassy protesting that
government's policy of racial separation, was de-
, scribed as "eminently sue--
"cessful" by Hyman Bookbinder, Washington representative of the American
Jewish Committee.
An estimated 250 to 300
Jewish protesters turned out
on Christmas Day to relieve
their Christian colleagues so
they could spend the holiday
with their families and
friends. There were no incidents or arrests.
Brazilian Presidential Candidate Pledges
To Revise Brazil's Zionism-Racism Vote
SAO PAULO (JTA)—Tancredp Neves, the projected front-
runner in the elections of Brazil's first civilian President in 20
years, promised a delegation of national Jewish leaders that
his Administration would change the vote Brazil cast in favor
of the "Zionism is racism" resolution in the United Nations
General Assembly in 1975, the World Jewish Congress
reported.        ■ • ■■ ■"     ■   '.    ■'   ' ,     . ■ ■ ".'..--;.
Italian Christians, Jews Hold Annual Colloquium
ROME (JTA) — Over 200 Italiam Christians and Jews,
both scholars and non-academics, participated in the fifth annual Jewish-Christian Colloquium held the weekend before
Chanukah and Christmas at the Benedictine Monastery of
Camaldoli. "The Gift of the Torah" as an integral part of the
religious heritage of both Christians and Jews was the theme
of this year's gathering.
Article Says Roosevelt's Secretary of War
Worked Against Jewish Interests In WWII
LONDON (JTA) — Henry
Stimson, the American
Secretary of War in the administration of President
Roosevelt, tried to prevent
Jewish refugees from
Europe from reaching
Palestine or the United
States and opposed the creation of the State of Israel,
according to a new study
published here by the Institute of Jewish Affairs, the research arm of the World
Jewish Congress.
Writing in the Institute's
journal, Patterns of Prejudice, American Jewish his-
JNF Blue Box Scheduled For Jan. 20
The Jewish National Fund
Annual Blue Box Brunch will
be held on Sunday, Jan. 20,
at the Beth Jacob Synagogue
at 11:30 a.m. This year's
brunch will honor Martin
Hoffman, president of the
Council of the past five
years.
-Hoffman, one of the founders of the Jewish National
Fund Columbus Council, has
worked for the Jewish National Fund'and has-dedicated his time to ensure the
continued development of
the land of Israel and
enhance the quality of life
for her inhabitants.
In selecting Hoffman as
this year's honoree, the Columbus Jewish National
Fund Council stated, "His
untiring and dynamic
leadership have raised substantial amounts of funds for
the afforestation and reclamation of the land of Israel.
In doing so, he has stimulated our community to re
cognize the importance of
working toward the continued development of the
Jewish homeland, Israel."
A native of Columbus,
Hoffman has been involved
in community work for more
co-chairman of the Budget
and Allocation Committee.
His dedication to Israel was
also evident during his three
year term as chairman of
the Israel Bond campaign.
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Martin Hoffman
than 25 years. He has been
an active leader in the Columbus Jewish Federation
from 1961, where he- served
as chairman of the Trades
and Professions Division and
Eastside Business Community
To Host Public Service Award
Dr. Benjamin B. Caplan
and North American Rockwell will receive the Public
Service Award for commun-
Dr. Benjamin Caplan
ity service at a luncheon
Feb. 27, noon at the Athletic
Club^of Columbus, 136 E.
Broad St.
The luncheon is sponsored
by the eastside business
community to recognize in-
tion programs, and has
dividuals and businesses
who have provided outstanding public service to youth,*
according to John Loehnert,
Chairman of the event. Proceeds from the luncheon will
benefit jhe Tri-Creek District of" the Central Ohio
Council, -Boy Scouts of
America, which serves.the
eastside community.
Dr. Caplan has devoted
much of his life to helping
youth on both a local and international basis. His service to youth has ranged
from providing free physicals to boys attending Scout
' camp, and participating in
athletics, to immunizing
children against polio in Bolivia.
He has. been a medical
missionary in many countries including Ethiopia,
. New Guinea, and has participated in youth drug preven-
torian Harvey Strum said
that Stimson repeatedly
urged Roosevelt not to let
Jewish war refugees into the
US,, opposed efforts to persuade the British to lift their
restrictions oh immigration
to Palestine and viewed a
Jewish state as a threat to
Anglo-American interests in
the Middle East.
Under Stimson's leadership, too, the U.S. War Department repeatedly refused
during World War II to disrupt the mass extermination
of the Jews by bombing the
deportation railways leading
to .Auschwitz or the gas
chambers and crematoria in
Auschwitz.
Strum, who teaches history at Onondaga State College in Syracuse, N.Y., and
has published other articles
on American anti-Semitism,
. bases his findings on a study
of Stimson's diaries and
other papers housed in Yale'
University.
This article reveals the attitudes which, in 1944,
prompted Stimson to play a
decisive part in dissuading
Congress from voting for a
Jewish Palestine,, even
though he had been a long
time friend of Zionist leader,
Supreme Court Justice Felix
Frankfurter.
War Secretary Was Not A ,
Rabid Anti-Semite
, ■ Strum admits that Stimson
"was not a rabid anti-Semite,' ' that he did not belong to
any of the anti-Semitic
groups active in the U.S. and
that he was "appalled" by
the Nazi persecutions. "
Nevertheless, he finds that
for over 20 years Stimson
had privately opposed Jewish immigration to the U.S.,
a prospect which he found
"just as appalling" as the
Nazi persecution.
With   the   succession   of
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Amos Oz To Be Featured Speaker
At January 29 Israeli Symposium
A presentation by one of
Israel's well known writers,
Amos Oz, author of the book,
In the Land of Israel, will be
the highlight of the Israeli
Symposium.
* The Israeli Symposium,
which is an ideological and
cultural view of modern Israel, sponsored by the Israel
Department of the Columbus
Jewish Federation, will take
place Tuesday, Jan. 29, at
7:30 p.m. at the Agudas
Achim Synagogue.
Oz, the keynote speaker,
will give an address, "Israel
Perspective."
Oz has been one of the
leading Israeli authors for
the leading figures in the
moderate, "dovish" Zionist
sector of Israeli public opinion.
Since 1977, he has been active in the Israeli "Peace
Now" movement and is currently one of its leaders.
After the recent election in
Israel, Oz, together with
three top scholars in Israel,
produced a manifesto asking
the political leaders of Israel
to unite and create a National Unity Government.
In the Land of Israel (1982)
is Oz's latest work. It is the
story of a journey through a
troubled country during the
Lebanon War. It is a combination of serious documentary interviews, very personal observations and a
storyteller's setting which
attempts to be fair and faithful to a variety of political
and ideological groups within Israel. In May of 1983, it
appeared as a collection in
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served as an official at four
Olympic Games including
the 1984 games held in Los
Angeles.
Rockwell is a long time
supporter of many- youth
serving organizations including the Boy Scouts and
the United Way of Franklin
County. Its employees provide many hours of volunteer service to community
organizations. The company
has sponsored an aviation
Scouting Explorer Post for
many years, and in addition
has been a key sponsor of the
annual Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner and other'Scouting events.
Tickets to the luncheon are
$50, and reserved tables for
eight are $400. Tickets can be
obtained by contacting Bill
Goldsmith, 235-3661 or Sandy
Lichtenstein, 231-2126.- The
cost of the ticket is tax deductible.
1985 UJF Campaign
Surpasses $4.2 Million
The 1985 United Jewish    date and percent of .increase
two decades. He has published a number of articles
and essays describing the Israeli and Arab conflict. He
campaigned for an Israeli-
Palestinian compromise to
be based on mutual recognition and co-existence between Israel and a Palestinian homeland in the West,
Bank and Gaza. His articles,
essays and political activities have made him one of
Fund Campaign of the Columbus Jewish Federation
opens the new year at a
record setting pace of
$4,200,000 enroute to the 1985
goal of $5 million. Gary
Robins, 1985 General Campaign Chairman said, "We
pledged to the people of Co-,
lumbus that we would have a
strong team effort and work
together for an early and
record setting closing (Feb.
20); and we are doing it.
Leadership and workers
have participated in the
spirit of pur 1985 Campaign
theme — Partners for Life —
to help bring about this incredible early result. It's
just fantastic!"
Dennis Mellman, Co-
Chairperson added, "At this
time, right now, it is up to the
rest of the Columbus Jewish
community to join in the
partnership." The divisional
chairpersons, their totals to
are as follows: Advance
Gifts—Norman Traeger and
Judith Swedlow, $3,352,313-
12%; Women — Jacki Yen-
kin, Connie Robins and Ina
Sue Rosenthal,, $517,781-
36.8%; Young Women —
Jody Altschule and Amy
Schottenstein, $50,516-76.7%;
Trades and Professions —
Barney Zell and Billy Ruben,
$50,560-14.5%; Young Men —
Gary L. Schottenstein and
Robert H. Scottenstein,
$191,430^5.4%.
The other divisions College, Andrea Benjamin and
Steven Friedman, .Chairpersons, and High School, Pam
Swedlow, Jaime Traeger
Chairpersons, are beginning
their campaign efforts in
January.
The general and outlying
communities which have
achieved $10,000 to date will
have a chance to participate
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