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Peres And
Opposed
Shamir Voice Diametrically
Positions On Mubarak's Plan
to bring about talks between
the U.S. and the PLO — talks
which mean American
recognition of the PLO1. And
in that there is great danger
in our political position."
Peres, who spoke of the
Mubarak proposals in an
address to the biennial conference of the British WIZO
(Women's .International
Zionist Organization), said
Israel agreed the talks
should take place in Cairo,
that Mubarak would be the
host and that the U.S. would
play an active role in them.
He warned, however, that.
Israel would not agree to an
Arab delegation which included elements linked to
terrorism. "There is no
room for the PLO in such a
meeting," Peres said. "We
invite people who are ready
to use a microphone but not a
pistol, ready to talk but not
to shoot," Peres said. He
expressed hope that the new
stage in the struggle for
peace would improve . Israel's relations with Egypt.
Of Tifereth Israel Capital Campaign
Brig. Gen. Yehudah Halevy, president and CEO of
the worldwide State of Israel Bond Organization, was ~
in town last month to speak to Israel Bonds New
Leadership (top photo) at the home of Larry Ruben
and a Women's Division Board Meeting at the home of
Mickey Schoenbaum (bottom photo).
Head Of Israel Bond Organization
Stresses Importance Of All Jews
Working Together To Help Israel
rockets will not again begin
to fall on Kiryat Shemona,"
, Jj&said, "and we.will be taking precautions."
All in all, though, Gen.
Halevy remains optimistic
about the future of his country. Where else, he asks,
could a child from the slums
1 become a general? And he is
no exception, he noted. He is
proud that hundreds of thousands of Jewish children
have been saved by Israel
and are now serving their
new country, the only democracy between Asia and
Europe and a staunch friend
of the United States. He is
also proud that Israel, a
country of immigrants, is
home to Jews from 80 different cultures and has made
huge technological and
agricultural advances.
"We quarrel, we make
mistakes,-we make
enemies," he conceded, "but
~we have done much in 37
years and will do even better
in the future." ■
By Judith Franklin
Chronicle News Editor
Yehudah Halevy was born
in the slum's of Shanghai.
Now he is a brigadier general in the Israel Defense
Force and head of the worldwide State of Israel Bond Organization.
In 'town last month to
speak to Israel Bond New
Leadership and a Women's
Division Board Meeting and
to meet with community
leaders, Gen. Halevy
stressed the importance of
all'Jews working together to
Jnelp Israel. "Wl will overcome our problems," he
said. "We have no other
alternative."
Stating that the country is
currently in a crisis situation, he said Israel faces two
major problems: Lebanon
and the economy.
He,feels that the economic
crisis, brought on by an
uneven balance of trade in
which Israel imported more •
than it exported, and a
defense budget 'which
demands Vb of Israel's gross
national product, can be
solved by the Unity Government, which because of its
broald political base can enforce unpopular but necessary decisions.
Currently, Israel, taking a
calculated risk and withdrawing its troops from
' Lebanon, is concerned mainly with the security of its
borders, according to Gen.
Halevy. No agreements can
be reached with Lebanon,
however, he pointed out, because there is no one group
in power with which to negotiate. "We are praying that
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Premier Shimon Peres and
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir have taken diametrically opposed positions on
Egyptian President Hpsni
Mubarak's proposal for talks
between a joint Jordanian-
Palestinian delegation and
Israel, with participation of
the United States.
he^ughrmlbarl'sUua- Two Named To Head Leadership Division
tive was excellent and that
Israel was ready to accept it
without reservations. But
Shamir, on his recent return
from a visit to Europe,
charged that Mubarak's proposal was a transparent
effort to get the U.S. into official talks with the Palestine
Liberation Organization. He
claimed it would endanger
Israel and negate U.S.
undertakings in the region.
According to Shamir,
"There is a connection between Mubarak's proposals
and his forthcoming visit to
the U.S. that is clear to any
observer, and I have pointed
to the dangers otany effort
Neil Moss, co-chairman of
the Tifereth Israel Capital
Campaign, has announced
that Harold Mindlin and
Heinz Hoffman will chair the
Leadership Division of the
Tifereth Israel Capital Campaign.
Mindlin is a past president
of the congregation and has
served on many committees
of the Board of Trustees.
Hoffman has served on the
Board of Trustees for many
years and is currently chairman of the Religious Welfare
Committee, and High-Holy
Day ushering.
"These two men.bring a
wealth of experience and
stature to our campaign,"
reported Moss. "Their
involvement will stimulate
many others to participate in
our efforts. I know that they
will do. an outstanding job in
organizing the leadership of
the Boards of Trustees of the
Congregation, the Sisterhood
and the Men's Club."
The Capital Campaign of
Tifereth Israel is being
chaired by Alvin Solove. His
co-chairs are Moss-, B. Lee
Skilken and Jack Wallick.
Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael To Speak
At Annual Founder's Day Service i
Yehuda Amichai To Be
Guest Speaker At Israel
Open University March 11
"A Fresh Look at Reform
Judaism: An Historian's
Perspective" will be Professor Marc Lee Raphael's
topic at the Joint Founder's
Day Service, Friday, March
15, at 8 p.m. at Congregation
Beth Tikvah. •
temple Israel and Beth
Shalom congregants will join
those at Beth Tikvah for this
fourth annual joint service
designed to bring together
members of Columbus's
three Reform congregations
for worship and discussion.
A social hour will follow the
kiddush.
Dr. Raphael, a professor
of history and the director of
the Melton Center for Jewish
Studies at The Ohio State
University, received rabbinic ordination from the
Hebrew Union College. He is
the author of three books and
the editor of five books including the recently published Approaches to Modern Judaism II. He is currently completing a' biography of the late Cleveland
rabbi, Abba Hillel Silver, a
dominant figure in American Reform Judaism.
Congregation Beth Tikvah
is located at 8121 Olentangy
River Rd. in Worthington.
All interested members of
the community are invited to
attend.
Yehuda Amichai, leading
Israeli poet-author, will be
the guest speaker at the fifth
program of the Israel Open
University on Monday,
March 11, at 8 p.m. at the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center. His topic for the
evening will be ".Israel
Through the Poet's Eye."
The Israel Open University is a program of the Israel Department of the Columbus Jewish Federation in
cooperation with the Columbus Community College for
Jewish Studies.
, "Amichai was born in Wurz-
burg, Germany and emigrated with his parents to
Palestine in 1936. He served
in the British army in World
War II and, afterwards, in
the Palmach (commando
units) of the Haganah underground,
Amichai taught literature
and creative writing at the
Hebrew University and
Greenberg Teachers College
Yehuda Amichai
in Jerusalem. He has been
invited to read poetry at the
Library of Congress Festival, aj; the Kennedy Center,
numerous universities in the
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Bar-Illan To Appear In Recital March 12 At Congregation Tifereth Israel
World-renowned pianist
David Bar-Illan will appear
in recital this Tuesday,
March 12, at 8 p.m. at Congregation- Tifereth. Israel.
The concert is billed as a,
"Celebration of Jewish
Music."
Bar-Illan, whose playing
has been admired by critics
and audiences the world
over, will perform works by
Mendelssohn, Robert Starer,
Bernstein and Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim during
I the first half of the program.
After the intermission, he
will play works of Chopin
and Schubert.
Bar-IHan's previous performances of several of the
works on the March 12 program, have elicited enthusiastic praise from critics
such as the JVlew York Times
and Audiophile. He is well
known for his strong virtu-
osic playing.
Of his world premiere performance of Robert Starer's
Piano Concerto No. 3, the
Baltimore Sun's critic wrote,
"Performance of the concerto requires an interpreter
of unflagging verve and flexible musicianship and it
could not have had a more
convincing protagonist than
Mr. Bar-Illan."
Edward Rothstein of the
New York Times, complimented Bar-IHan's "virtu-
osic performances" of
Starer's Elegy and Toccata
and Ben-Haim's Four Pieces
for Piano, works which will
be heard, oh the Columbus
program, commenting, "the
celebration was mixed with
mourning, the extravagant
flashiness with meditative
sighs."
Bar-Ulan was born in
Haifa, Israel, where he received his initial musical
training before coming to the
United States as a scholar-.
ship student. He graduated
from both The Juilliard
School and,the Marines College of Music.
Bar-Man's appearance at
Congregation Tifereth Israel
is part of an on-going series
"A Celebration) of Jewish
Music;" The concert series
was originally conceived by
Cantor Jack Chomsky and
has been carried out through
the efforts of a committee
co-chaired by Renee Levine
and Geri Ellman. Also serving on the committee are
Judy Blair, Jerry Fineberg,
Judy Hoffman, Ruth Portugal, Marilyn Skilken, Joan
Wallick, Janet Yaillen, Jennie Zeidman and Arthur
Flicker and Rabbi Harold
Berman.
Tickets will be available at
the door for $7.50, with student and senior tickets
priced at $5. The synagogue
is located at 1354 E. Broad
St. These programs are
made possible through the
support of sponsors. Sponsorships cost $100 and entitle
sponsors to two choice seats
for the concert, as well as an
invitation to the post-concert
reception for the artist. For
further information, [Call the
synagogue at 2534523.
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