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VOL.63   NO.20
MAY16.1985-1YAR25
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
N. Victor Goodman To Receive
Agudas Achim Brotherhood's
'Flowers For The Living1 Award
N. Victor Goodman will receive the Agudas Achim
Brotherhood "Flowers for
the Living" Award in recognition of his leadership and
service on behalf of the synagogue, Judaism and the
community on Tuesday,
June 4, at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Agudas Achim
Synagogue.
tion and a member of the
National Civil Rights Committee of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
A past president of Zion
Lodge, B'nai B'rith, 1965-66;
a member of the Board of
Governors, District 2, B'nai
B'rith (six . state region)
1967-69, Goodman has also
held board positions with
Heritage House, the Columbus Jewish Center and the
Columbus Torah Academy.
In 1969, Victor Goodman was
selected for the Therese
Stern Kahn Leadership
Award of the Columbus Jewish Federation.
The community is invited
to the award ceremony and
the reception that follows.
Membership
In German Neo-Nazi Groups Increases
BONN (JTA) — The Bonn government released a report
last week disclosing that as of 1984 there were 89 neo-Nazi
and extreme rightwing organizations active in the Federal.
Republic, with a combination membership of 22,000, a ten
percent increase both in the number of organizations and in
their membership.
Israel's Leaders Assail
Reagan On Bitburg Visit
Israel To Receive $1.5 Billion In U.S. Aid
JERUSALEM (WNS) —Israel has been officially notified
that it will get the $1.5 billion in additional aid from the
United States. Secretary of State George Shultz sent a message to Premier Shimon Peres, saying that President
Reagan would ask Congress to approve the supplementary
aid which Israel has requested. Shultz stated that the Reagan
Administration appreciated the Israeli government's efforts
to undertake economic reforms and praised Peres personally
for the_way he is dealing with the economy. Shultz's message
also praised the government's decision to withdraw from
Lebanon and to advance the cause of peace in the Middle
East. .
N. Victor Goodman
Goodman served as chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the'Agudas Achim Synagogue in 1976-77 and again in
1982-84. Currently, he is a
member of the Board of
Trustees, a member of the
Executive Committee and
chairman of the Ritual Committee of the Agudas Achim.
An active member of the
Columbus Jewish Federation,' Goodman has served as
a member of the Board of
Trustees, a member of the
Executive Committee and
treasurer for several years.
In addition, he is a vice
chairman of the Community
Relations Committee of the
Columbus  Jewish Federa-
Rabbi Harold Berman
To Present Program
On Shavuot Holiday
The holiday of Shavuos is
rapidly approaching. This
year it falls on May 26 and
27. This joyous holiday, associated with springtime and
learning, is unfamiliar to
many.
On Monday May 20, at 7:30
p.m., Rabbi Harold Berman
of Congregation Tifereth Israel will be at the Jewish,
Center,' Rabbi Berman will
discuss the meaning of this
holiday during a program
called "What is Shavuos,
Anyway?" Rabbi Berman
will' talk about the significance of Shavuos, how it is
celebrated and its customs.
The program is free of
charge and open to the entire
community. Reservations
must be made by Friday,
May 17, and can be made by
calling the Israel/Judaic
Department at the Center,
231-2731,
Heritage Village Auxiliary Invites Community
To Premier Of Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Heritage Village Auxiliary
in cooperation with the
Greater Columbus Arts
Festival has issued invitations to members of the Jewish community as well as
members of the general
community of Columbus and
Central Ohio to attend a
premier of a major outdoor
sculpture exhibition on Sunday afternoon, June 2, at 5
p.m.
Over 30 original pieces of
sculpture designed by Ohio
professional and amateur
artists ' will be displayed
throughout the gardens for
the village, announced Martin Greenberg, coordinator
with his wife, Pauli, of the
Sculpture Exhibition. A Best
of Show prize will be
awarded to participating
artists, with selection based
on juried competition. Jurors selected to determine
the $1,000 award include
Barbara Groseclose, associate professor of art history
at Ohio State University;
Edward W. Wolner, assistant professor of Architec
ture at Oho State University,
and John Baldwin, practicing  sculptor  and  retired
professor  of-.'-sculpture  at.
Ohio University in Athens.
"They represent three different disciplines that relate
to the visual arts. They are
experienced and their different backgrounds will act as
complements in their selection," stated Martin Greenberg. "In addition to this
award, residents of Heritage
Village will jury an award of
$500. Before jurying this
award, the residents will be
exposed to a four session
program entitled 'Looking at
Art,'" he added.
Conducting this series of
lectures for the residents are
Sidney Chafetz, a graphic
artist and a retired professor
of art at Ohio State; Marjorie Bender, a sculptor, and
Barbara Veatch, a painter.
They will also take a docent
tour of the sculpture gardens
at the Columbus Museum of
Art.
A cocktail supper in the
gardens at 1151 College Ave.
will follow the exhibition.
Hank Many a jazz, pianist,
Will provide a musical program. Mrs. Sol Morton
Isaac, Betsy Kent and Mrs.
■ Gordon Schiffman are serving as co-chairwomen of the
Gala Committee. Members
of the invitation committee
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JERUSALEM (WNS) -
There can be no reconciliation with history; lessons
must be learned from it,
President Chaim Herzog declared to representatives
from 18 countries who,
gathered at the Presidential
residence May 6 to mark the
40th anniversary of the
defeat of Nazi Germany.
Premier Shimon Peres,
addressing a special session
of the Knesset convened for
the occasion, said Israel
noted with "deep sorrow and
pain" the "painful mistake"
by the President of the
United States who placed a
wreath at the war cemetary
in Bitburg, West Germany,
where members of the
Waffen SS are buried along
with other German war
dead.
But, Peres added, he
regards President Reagan
as a true friehd of the Jewish
people and of Israel. Hatred,
he said, should not be answered by hatred "but death
cannot obliterate the difference between those buried as
murderers and those buried
as the murder victims .. no
monument can bridge the
abyssmal gap between those
who led to murder and those
Congressman Pepper To Address
Heritage Village Annual Meeting
Mickey Schoenbaum and
Allen Gundersheimer, co-
chairpersons for the Heritage Village Annual Meet-
Pictured li. to r.) are rauu ana Martin ureenoerg,
coordinators of the Heritage Village Sculpture Exhibition/ and Jacky Brown and Donna Abrams, of the
Greater Columbus Arts Council.. . , ',
Claude Pepper
ing, announced that Congressman Claude Pepper
would be the keynote
speaker for this year's
Annual Meeting, scheduled
for Sunday, June 23, at 1:30
p.m. The Meeting will be
held on the Village
Landscaped Gardens at
Heritage House.
"We're extremely honored
and most excited as we begin
preparations to welcome
Congressman Pepper as our
Annual Meeting's keynote
speaker," stated Gundersheimer.
The 84-year old congressman is universally recognized as the national advocate for the rights the elderly. Entering the Florida
Legislature in 1929, he has
served the public continuously as a member of the
State House of Representatives, the United States
Senate and United States
House of Representatives.
In one of his best recognized capacities, Congressman Pepper serves as chairman of the Select Committee
on Aging and chairman of
the Subcommittee on Health
and Long Term Care.
Other highlights of the 24th
Heritage Village Annual
Meeting include the election
and installation of officers
and the presentation of the
Eleanor and Jack Resler
"Life With Dignity" Award.
"We want to assure the
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who died in the murder."
Defense Minister Yitzhak
Rabin spoke in much the
same vein when he unveiled
a monument at the Heroes
and Martyrs Memorial at
the Yad Vashem May 6 before an audience of 3,000.
There can be "no reconciliation, not with Nazism, and
not with the Nazis," Rabin
declared.
The monument, massive
granite blocks in the shape of
a hexagon, represents the
six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and is
also a tribute to the 1.5
million Jewish resistance
fighters and partisans of
World War II.    ,
All of these events were'
fyeld in the shadow of
Reagan's visit to Bitburg,
juxtaposed with an earlier
visit May 5 to the Jewish
memorial at the Bergen-
Belsen concentration camp
site. Reagan's act aroused
anger ^ and anguish among
Jews all over the world and
ah unexpected controversy
among Israelis.
Rabin expressed what was
probably the most forceful
criticism of Reagan at the
Yad Vashem ceremony
when he declared: "There
can be no reconciliation with |
Nazism, with the Nazis and
aU® related to them. The
American President's historic mistake who to equate
- the murderers and their victims. He can never' be forgiven for that equation —
neither by progressive mankind nor by the Jewish
people."
Temple Israel Sets
FoundationSabbath
I. David Cohen, president
of the Temple Israel Foundation, stated that plans are
complete for the Foundation
Sabbath to be held Friday,
May 17, at 8 p.m. at the
Temple.       !
The Foundation Sabbath is
unique this year in the fact
that, in addition to recognizing those who have contributed to the "Rabbi's Round
Table," the Temple will also
honor Jhree families who
have done much to strengthen the Temple through their
significant contributions to
the Foundation.
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