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VOL.63   NO.24
JUNE13.1985-SIVAN24
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Jewish Groups Laud Supreme Court
Decision On Silent Prayer In
American Jewish Press Association
Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The American Jewish Press Association elected officers for 1985 at its recent annual meeting in Scottsdale,
, Ariz. They are (1. to r., seated) Marc S. Klein, editor
■^z> and publisher of the North California Jewish Bulletin,
second vice president; Robert A. Cohn, editor-in-chief
of the St. Louis Jewish Light, president; (standing 1. to
r.) Florence Eckstein, publisher and executive editor
of the Greater Phoenix Jewish News, first vice president;Richard Waloff, business manager of the Jewish
: Exponent ot Philadelphia, treasurer; Vida Goldgar,
editor and publisher of the Southern Israelite of At-;
lanta, third vice president; Fredda Saeharow, editor of
the Jewish Community Voice of Cherry Hill, N.J.; recording secretary, and Charles Baumhol, editor of the
Jewish News of Metropolitan New Jersey, corresponding secretary.
Eighth Grade Class Graduates
From Torah Academy June 3
Surrounded by parents,
siblings and leaders in the
Jewish community; the
eighth grade class bid farewell to Columbus Torah
Academyat graduation exercises held on the school's
patio at 7 p.m. June 3.
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein,
rabbi emeritus Of Agudas
Achim Congregation, addressed the graduates and
urged them to remember
that the Jewish people are
"lamplighters for humanity ." He pointed out that liberal arts education has existed for centuries but that
"all branches of knowledge
must yield to the light of
Torah."
In his greetings, President
Laurence G. Ruben challenged the graduates to. go
forth with "commitment,
dedication and love." He
also presented a plaque and
gifts from the school to Kehath Winiarz, who is retiring
after 20 years as a Hebrew
teacher at CTA.
Dr. Irving Fried, principal
of Torah Academy presented
the Rabbi Julius L. Baker
Torah Scholarship Award to
Tal Mynda Marocco and the
Citizenship Award to Brian
Curtis Kravitz. In his message to the graduates, Dr.
Fried urged them to remember they had grown up in an '>
age of freedom but that there
was "no freedom without
rootedness inG-d."
Speaking in turn the eighth
graders  recollected  high-
, NEW YORK (WNS)-The
Supreme Court decision
June 4 by a vote of 6-3, striking down an Alabama law
authorizing a daily one-minute of silence for prayer or
meditation to public schools,
was hailed by four American
Jewish organizations.
The four—American
Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith and B'nai B'rith International—said they view the
court's decision as a major
victory in the fight against
efforts to establish state-
sponsored voluntary prayer
in public schools.
Nevertheless, while the
court ruled against the Alabama "moment of silence"
law, it suggested that such
statutes, which exist in varying versions in some 25
states, including New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut, may be constitutional
and not violate the First
Amendment's prohibition of
an official establishment of
religion.
The Alabama law, however, was struck down because it endorsed religion as
a "favored practice;" the
court said, adding that "the
legislative intent (of Alabama lawmakers) to return
prayer to the public schools
is, of course, quite different
from merely protecting every student's right to engage
Community Hebrew School
To Open Next September
lights of their years at the
school with short speeches
and poems. Brian Perler
presented the class gift to
PTO President Mrs. Morris
Romanoff.
The fifth, sixth and seventh grade chorus presented
four selections under the direction of Michael Hammond and Anhabelle Snyder.
Graduates v Gary Schwartz
and Brent Levison read from
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Winiarz awarded the diplomas to graduates Geoffrey
Hugo Berdy, Yaacov Bitton,
Joel Harold Isac, Brian Curtis Kravitz, Brent Alan Levison, Tal Mynda Marocco,
Brian Seth Perler, Yiival
Pinkas, Leora Shoshana
Rothschild, Garrett Mitchell
Schwartz and Laura Erin
Stein.
Kol-Ami,* the Community
Hebrew School of Columbus,
will be open in Sept., 1985, to
all members of the. Columbus Jewish community.
"A revised curriculum, a
hew form of governance, a
staff with a broad range of
teaching experience and increased finances for teaching materials and staff development are the primary
new components of Kol-
Ami," said Bernard Yenkin,
chairman of the Interim Hebrew Education Committee.
"The school is an outgrowth
of a fruitful dialogue which
took place between religious
leaders and synagogue and
Federation leadership,"
continued Yenkin. He explained that its governing
body will be representative
of the constituency of the
. school, that is parents as
well as the community at
large..'
"A Federation beneficiary
agency, Kol-Ami will serve a
wide range of our community's afternoon Jewish education needs," said Jack L.
Wallick, Federation president, "with potential to
serve as a. model for other
communities." -__
Kayne Elected To Regional Office
At ADL Board Meeting In Columbus
Daniel Kayne was elected
a vice-chairman of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith's Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Advisory
Board at the board's recent
annual meeting, held this
year in Columbus.
Stephen Wiener of Toledo
was elected chairman of the
Board, Alan Rosen was reelected treasurer and Ira O.
Kane was elected Regional
Civil Rights chairman.
The keynote speaker at the
meeting was Congressman
Edward Feighan (D-Ohio),
who reiterated his support
for Israel. Congressman
Feighan sits on the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
and its subcommittee on
Europe and the Middle East.
The meeting also included
a panel discussion on "Religion in the Public Schools:
The Aftermath of 'Equal Access' " with David Sobel-
sohn, assistant professor of
Constitutional Law at the
Case Western Reserve Uni-
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in voluntary prayer."
The court's decision was
viewed as a setback for
President Reagan who cam-
pained last year for a return
to school prayer.
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The framework is as
follows:
• The School will maintain
classes in three locations,
Agudas Achim, Beth Tikvah
and Temple Israel.
• Students will begin in the
third grade (of secular
school) for one session per
week.
• Fourth, fifth and sixth
grade students will attend
classes for two afternoon
sessions per. week.
• For the. seventh grade,
each congregational branch
will develop its own particular format. The overall
theme, however, for all the
congregations will be a curriculum committed to conceptual Judaism, As these
youngsters are about to become Bar and Bat Mitzvah,
it is appropriate that they be
exposed to multi-facetted
discussions with their rabbis
regarding the philosophical,
historical land religious nature of the Jewish faith.
Additionally, each branch
will provide technical preparation for Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
• Upon completion of the
program at the end of the
seventh grade, the students
will join together for their
formal graduation reflecting
the completion of a five year
program.
The cirriculum was designed by Rabbi Alan G.
-Ciner fof. Agudas Achim,
Rabbi Sanford Akselrad of
Temple Israel and Rabbi
Gary Huber of Beth Tikvah.
The curriculum will emphasize reading with comprehension; knowledge of basic
prayers and synagogue
reading skills; home observances; the writing of Hebrew; basic elements of
grammar and sentence construction and an appreciation of Hebrew as the living
language of the State of Is-
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Pictured are some of the committee members planning the annual House of Tradition Dinner. They are (1.
to r.) Ari Deshe, Rabbi Chaim Capland, Steve Goodman, Jay Schottenstein, Geraldine Schottenstein,
Jeanie Schottenstein and Ann Deshe.
Plans Being Made For Upcoming
Annual House Of Tradition Dinner
The officers of the House
of Tradition announce that
plans are being made for the
upcoming annual House of
Tradition Dinner to take
place on Aug: 25 at the Great
Southern Hotel.
This event features the
Israeli  Ambassador,   the
Blank Elected
JFS President
Ronald Blank, executive
vice-president and general
manager of Glick's Furniture, has been elected president of Jewish Family Service. He has served JFS in a
number of capacities including vice-president and treasurer.
\
Ronald Blank
Blank feels that "Jewish
Family Service has strengthened its services to the community and I look forward to
furthering its growth during
the new administration." He
cites the "dedicated JFS
Board, staff and the excellent
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Honorable Benjamin Netanyahu, as the guest speaker.
The general public is invited
to this event.
This years dinner commemorates ten years of
active participation in the
Columbus community by the
House of Tradition. Dinner
chairman is Ari Deshe and
his committee is Denise
Blank, Chani Capland, Ann
Deshe, Sharon Goodman,
Steve Goodman, Lisa Block,
Gary Robins, Connie Robins,
Jeanie Schottenstein, Jay
Schottenstein, Judith Factor, Arlene Levey, Janice
Schottenstein, Robert Schottenstein, Chanita Weisz,
Geraldine Schottenstein,
Kathy Worly and Joyce
Simson.
Soviet Emigration
Declines In May
NEW YORK (JTA)-Only
51 Jews were permitted to
leave the Soviet Union in
May, marking a sharp decline from the some 166 who
were permitted to leave during April, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry
(NCSJ) reported last week.
In April, among the 166
Jews permitted to leave
were some 100 who were residents of Moscow, where no.
movement occurred in May.
At that time, a premature
euphoria developed in some
areas of the Soviet Union, according to NCSJ chairman
Morris Abramf <•'"'/-.
"Recent  speculation,
• based upon rumors of a possible increase, was midlead-
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