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VOL.63   NO.32
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French Report Soviet Union Steering
More Moderate Course Toward Israel
Working to plan the Columbus Jewish Foundation's
Fifth Annual Dinner are Reva Shaman, chairwoman of -
hosts and hostesses; Shirlie Levitin, chairwoman of
registration; Eleanore Yenkin, chairwoman of arrangements ; Elliott Grayson, chairman of physical
arrangements and Selma Mellman, chairwoman of
dinner and decorations.
Volunteers Contribute To Success
Of Jewish Foundation Annual Dinner
More than 50 volunteers
from the community have
contributed their time and
effort to make the Fifth
Annual Meeting of the
Columbus Jewish Founda- >
tion a success.
The meeting is scheduled
for Thursday evening, Aug.
8, at Winding Hollow Country Club. Reception begins at
6 p.m., and the dinner begins
promptly at 6:30.
Ernest Stern is chairman
for the eventrtfudith Swedlow is co-chairwoman of the
evening's program, and
Eleanore Yenkin is co-chairwoman of arrangements.
Heading the committees of
volunteers are Shirlie Levitin, chairwoman of registration: Elliott Grayson,
chairman of physical
arrangements; Reva
Shaman,   chairwoman   of
hosts and hostesses; Selrn^.
Mellman, chairwoman of
dinner and decorations;
Bunny Cowall, chairwoman
of the telephone committee,
and Susan Portman, chairwoman of invitations.
Specially honored during
the meeting will be key
Foundation leaders and past
presidents and chairpersons
of the Foundation.
Gordon Zacks will give the
keynote address, and workshops-will'dgar vftth the
themes of the Jewish Family, Jewish Education and
Leadership.
For  further  information
abbout the Foundation or its
annual meeting, contact Ben
M.  Mandelkorn.  executive
-director, at 237-7686.
The Foundation is a division of the Columbus Jewish
Federation.
PARIS (JTA) -TheSoviet
Union has somewhat
changed its Mideast policy
and seems to be steering a
more moderate course in its
relations with Israel, according to French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas.
French correspondents in
Helsinki where Dumas met
last week for close to three
hours with Soviet Foreign
Minister Eduard Shevardnadze report that the French
delegation sees a definite
change in Moscow's policy in .
the area. '
Dumas himself said in a
radio interview that he felt a
change in Soviet policy has
taken place since the new
leadership took over.
Dumas, specifically mentioned the Middle East as
one of the areas in which this
change was tangible.
The meeting took place to
lay the initial groundwork
for Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev's scheduled visit
to France in October^
French officials said Dumas
and Shevardnad2e**dfff*W
negotiate but prepared the
visit. Nonetheless, these officials have said, they felt a
change in the Soviet line
which appears less rigorous
than in the past.
Israeli sources confirmed
last week that a top-ranking
Israeli diplomat last month
paid a "private" visit to the
Soviet Union. The sources
said Yosef Amihud, minister
in charge of information at
the Israeli Embassy in
Paris, obtained a visa and
visited the Soviet Union as a
member of a group of for-
. eign diplomats. The visit
was organized by the French
"Diplomat Academy," a
private association of foreign diplomats and foreign
correspondents based in
France.
Israel decided to try and
include Amihud in the group
so as to test Soviet willing- '
ness to grant visas to Israeli'
diplomats. Amihud told £he
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
that he obtained a visa and
that his Soviet hosts
"obviously knew who I was
and what my nationality and
my posts are." He said he
was not discriminated
against and managed to visit
the synag6gue and meet
local Jewish activists.
Dumas has assured Israeli
Ambassador Ovadio Soffer
Simon Wiesenthal Center Receives Matching
State Funds To Build 'Museum Of Tolerance'
NEW YORK (JTA)-The
State of California will provide the Simon Wiesenthal
Center with some $5 million
in state matching funds to
aid in construction of a "museum of tolerance" on the
grounds of the Yeshiva University in Los Angeles.
Governor George Deuk-
mejian signed Senate Bill
, 337, which provides the state
funds, last week following
approval July 18 by both the
State Senate and Assembly.
Deukmejian,  according  to
- his chief of staff, Steven
Merksermer, supported the
funding because he felt sympathy for the suffering of the
victims of the Holocaust and
other tragedies.
The proposed funding for
the museum triggered considerable discord within the
Jewish community of California with the state offices
of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, the
American Jewish Congress
and the American Jewish
Committee, among others,
voicing strong opposition to
the legislation.
Construction of the museum is expected to begin in
early 1986. The total campaign for the museum is $35-
million, according to Center
officials. The Center has
raised some $12 million from
the private sector and along
with the $5 million from the
state leaves the Center some
$3 million short of the $20
million .needed for the
"bricks and mortar" aspects
of the museum's construction. A campaign to raise a
$15 million endowment for
the museum operations will
soon begin, Center officials
said.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean
of the Wiesenthal Center,
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency in a telephone interview that the museunj "will
seek to explore the origins of
hate and prejudice by utilizing the Holocaust as the
watershed event of the 20th
century.!' Construction, he
said, is expected to take one
year. It will be designed by
Karl Katz,. chief designer
and planner for the Museum
of the Diaspora at TeJAviy
University.
Hier said the museum will
be what he described as "an
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To ADL Regional Board
At their recent Annual
Meeting, the Ohio-Kentucky-
Indiana Regional Advisory
Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
appointed Rabbi Sanford D.
Akselrad of Temple Israel to
the board.
This board sets policy for
the Regional Office and
helps to establish the ADL's
national policy. This
Regional Office is one of 30 in
the United States and conducts educational programs
to combat anti-Semitism,
bigotry and discrimination.
It also promotes interreli-
gious and intergroup
understanding.
Roberta Kohn Will Address
Israel Bonds Omaha Meeting
Roberta , (Bobbie) Kohn
will be the guest speaker at
an Israel Bonds Women's Di-
that France will do all it can
to enable a Soviet-Israel
rapprochement. Dumas said
the Israeli envoy will be a
guest at President Francois
Mitterrand's formal reception for Gorbachov at the
Elysee Palace. Dumas is
quoted as having said that
"then it will be up to the Russians to decide whether to
further follow up this formal
meeting."
Roberta Kohn
vision Meeting in" Omaha,
Neb., on Aug. 12.
Kohn has long been active
in Women's Division of Israel
Bonds, serving as Women's
Division chairwoman for
three years and currently
holding the position of Women's Division regional
chairwoman. In 1984, she was
appointed to the National Women's Division of Israel
Bonds Board of Governors.
The Israel Bond Organization is a major source of development capital for Israel,
having provided nearly $7
billion since its inception to
help build evefy aspect of
the nation's economy. Israel
bond proceeds, channeled
through Israel's Development Budget, help to finance
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Soffer met oh July 16 for
over two hours with the
Soviet Ambassador in Paris
who, it is reported, hinted at
improved Soviet relations
with Israel. French diplomats believe the USSR
wants to reestablish diplomatic relations with. Israel
so as to be able to play a
more active role in Mideast
affairs and in the forthcoming peace negotiations.
Comedian Mauro Headlines
Agudas Achim Boys Night Out
Comedian Joe Mauro will
be the feature attraction for
the Las Vegas style entertainment at the Agudas
Achim Brotherhood "Boys
Night Out with the Stars" set
for Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 6:30
p.m.
Joe Mauro
' Mauro|s approach to comedy is to tell the truth. Critics
say this philosophy has
made him one of the most
sought after comedians in
the variety field today. His
warm approach and style of
delivery has helped make
the transition of just a comic
to a comedian with a natural
flavor, and therefore, the demand for his appearances
have multiplied.
Mauro's credits include
the Shoreham Hotel in Washington; Beverly Hills Country Club in Covington, Ky.;
the Latin Casino in Philadelphia; the Holiday House in
Pittsburgh; Blinstrubs and
the Monticello in Boston; the
Shamrock in Houston.
He has appeared oh Saturday Nite Live, the Tonight
Show, Merv Griffin, David
Suskind and David Frost.
A $40 ticket for "Boys
Night Out with the Stars" includes not only the Las
Vegas Revue but also an
open bar, hors d'oeuvres,
catered prime rib dinner and
an opportunity to support the
Brotherhood's projects for
the congregation and the
community.
For further information,
call ther synagogue office
237-2747.
Former Soviet P0C Gets Visa To Israel
NEW YORK (JTA)■ — Former Soviet Jewish Prisoner of
Conscience Isaak Shkolnik, who served seven years in the
Soviet Gulag on alleged charges of "treason" and "anti-
Soviet agitation," was granted permission to emigrate to
Israel, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported last
week. Shkolnik, who first applied for an exit visa in 1972,'is
the first former prisoner to be permitted to emigrate from
the Soviet Union in nearly 10 years. His arrival in Israel,
slated for mid-August, will reunite him with his wife, Feiga,
and his daughter, Aliza, whom he has not seen since their
departure from the USSR in 1973.
New U.S. Envoy Arrives In Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Thomas Pickering, the veteran Ameri-
' can diplomat, arrived here last week to take over as the new
U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Pickering, 53, succeeds Samuel
' Lewis who retired from diplomatic service last month to pursue an academic career. Upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, he told reporters that his main task "will be to continue
to work for cooperation between Israel and the United States,
particularly in the peace process." He also said his new posk«
tion "is one of the most important diplomatic-posts for a U.S>
Ambassador because of the excellent diplomatic relations
between Israel and the United States..