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VOL.64   NO.9
FEBRUARY 27,1986-ADAR118
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Morris Skilken Named
'Man Of The Year'By
Beth Jacob Synagogue
The Beth Jacob Brotherhood has named Morris Skilken, community leader and
industrialist, to receive the
"Man of the Year", award
for 1986 on Sunday. Apr fi. at
V::',n p.m.
Morrib bkilkui
Skilken, a native of Columbus,, was graduated from <
South High School and attended Ohio State University. He has been active in
the Jewish community his
entire life. A contributor to
innumerable ^charities. and
organizations, Skilken
served as chairman of the
Large Gifts Committee for
the Columbus Jewish Federation in 1961 and was general chairman in 1962. An active board member of Heritage House since its inception, he supervised the remodeling of the original Jewish home on Woodland Ave.
and helped design and build
the present Heritage House
in 1960. He has served on
every Heritage House Committee and most recently
was the recipient of the
"Jack and Eleanor Resler
Life with Dignity" award.
He is presently co-chairman
of (he Building Committee in
charge of creating the new
addition to the present Heritage House.
For 63 years, Skilken has
been a member of the B'nai
B'rith organization and for
over half a century has been
a member of the Columbus
Chamber of Commerce. A
Boy Scout all his life, he was
one of the founders of, the.
Jewish Boy Scout Troop. He
is also a long time member
of the President's Club at
Ohio State University.
He served for many years
on special committees for
United Way. A life long
member of the Agudas
Achim Congregation, he has
also been a member of Temple Tifereth Israel for over
half a century. He holds
membership also at the
Ahavas Sholom and Beth
Jacob Synagogues. He was
instrumental in creating a
chair for the course in Yiddish language at the Melton
Center at Ohio State. During
the Second World War, Skilken contributed heavily to
the war effort with special
government contracts.
Marc Levison, president of
the Beth Jacob Brotherhood, .
said, "We are honored to bestow this coveted award on
Morris Skilken, who has
been an example of great
Jewish and American leadership in our community.
His philanthropy and good
deeds are a great credit to
him and to Columbus
Jewry."
Rabbi David Stavsky said,
"We pay tribute to a man
who has reached out to the
Beth Jacob Congregation in
an exemplary manner. He
has given us critical leadership in our building campaign and has demonstrated ,
the highest level of support
for Torah Judaism in the
programs which we bring to
the community."
In 1926, Skilken married
Fannie, who passed away in
1984. He has two children,
Lee and Stanley; eight
grandchildren, and one
great-grandson.
The entire community is
invited to the awards ceremony.
Jewish Leader Appointed
Venezuela's Culture Minister
CARACAS (JTA) — The President of Venezuela has appointed Paulina Gamus as the nation's Minister of Culture,
the first time in the country's history a Jew has achieved a
Cabinet-level post, the World Jewish Congress reported last
week. The appointment of Gamus is engendering particular
enthusiasm within the Jewish community, not only because it
represents a further example of the growing participation of
Jews in Latin American public life, but also because of her
widely-known identification with the country's Jewish
communal activities.
Bolivian Jewish Community Honored
LA PAZ (JTA)—In ah impressive ceremony presided over
by President Victor Paz Estenssoro, the Bolivian government has awarded its highest national decoration to the umbrella organization of the nation's Jewish community, the
World Jewish Congress reported here. The award, the
Condor of the Andes, was given in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Circulo Israelite de la Paz, the representative
body of Bolivian Jewry and the WJC affiliate here.
U.S. Senate Ratifies
GenocideConvention
Maimonides Square Dedicated In Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO (JTA) — In the predominantly Jewish neighborhood Bom Retiro,,the Mayor of Sao Paulo, Mario Covas,
inaugurated the Moises Maimonides Square in memory of
the Jewish sage whose 850th birthday is being commemorated, the World Jewish Congress reported last week. The
festive cererfiony included wide public participation.,A commemorative plaque was unveiled by Elias Salem, president
of the Latin American Sephardi Federation. In Latin
America, the Maimonides anniversary has been marked by
Jewish communities, culminating in the massive scholarly
conference in Buenos Aires under the auspices of President
Raul Alfonsin.
Violinist Daniel Heifetz To Appear
April 13 In Tifereth Israel Concert
Violinist Daniel Heifetz
will appear in recital at Congregation Tifereth Israel of
Columbus, 1354 E. Broad St.,
on Sunday, April 13, at
7:30 p.m.
The program, part of
the congregation's ongoing
series "A Celebration of
Jewish Music," will include
some works by Jewish composers and on Jewish
themes. Program details
will be announced during
coming weeks.
Heifetz has received acclaim on four continents for
his virtuosity, artistry and
charisma and has* been
called one of the most exciting violinists now before the
public. His numerous appearances include recitals in
major series throughout
North America and solo performances with leading orchestras, including those of
Philadelphia, Cleveland and
Los Angeles. Television
audiences have seen him on
the CBS program "Art of the
Unaccompanied Violin" and
on Canadian Broadcasting in
performances of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and
Brahms' Third Sonata. He
regularly appears in Europe, the Far East and Central and South America.
Currently on the violin faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Heifetz was a prize
winner in the Sixth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Mer-
riweather Post Competition
Los Angeles Times wrote,
"He provided a reading of
maturity and breadth far be-
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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Sen. William Proxmire (D.
Wis.), who has urged Senate
ratification of the Genocide
Convention every day the
Senate has been in session
since January 11, 1967, said
last week he was "delighted" it had finally occurred. But he added, "It's a .
great shame" that it took 37
years. .
The Senate ratified the
United Nations Convention
on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide by an 83-11 vote
Feb. 19. The vote came almost 37 years after President Truman, who signed the
treaty on Dec. 11, 1948, submitted it to the Senate and
after 97 other countries had '
Ratified it. Proxmire said he
hoped the United States will
use the treaty to stop acts of
genocide wherever they may
occur in the world.
But he said he was disappointed that the effect of the
treaty has been weakened'by
the inclusion of reservations
maintaining the right of the
U.S. not to submit certain
matters covered by the Convention to the World Court
and preventing the treaty
from superseding the U.S.
Constitution.
Proxmire said he hoped a
future Administration would
delete these provisions, because by including the reservations the U.S. has joined
the Soviet Union in saying it
is above international law.
The treaty, which declares
NCJW To Bring'Dr. Ruth'
To Columbus Next Tuesday
game will  be
Daniel Heifetz
in Washington, D.C. He donated his Tchaikovsky prize
money to the family of Alexander Ginzburg, Jewish dissident in the Soviet Union. As^
a result of this humanitarian
gesture, the governor of
Pennsylvania, Richard
Thornburg, gave a state dinner in his honor.
Heifetz has received accolades from critics throughout the United States. The
Next Tuesday, March 4, at
12:15 p.m. at the Aladdin
Shrine Temple on N. Stelzer
Rd., the Columbus Section,
National Council of Jewish
Women, brings to Columbus
Dr. Ruth Westheimer) television and radio performer
and sex therapist.
Tickets will be $20 at the
door that afternoon. A mini-
luncheon will f begin the
meeting. The lecture will be
followed by a one-hour question and answer period. All
questions must be submitted
in writing when registering
or during the luncheon
period. No questions will be
answered from the floor,
Members who wish to
make reservations at $15
prior to the meeting can pick,
up tickets at the Council's
Nearly New Shop at 3667 E.
Broad St., next to Revco and
Martin's.
Door prizes of Dr. Ruth's
"Guide to Good Sex" and her
new  board
awarded;
Ruth Longert, president of
NCJW Columbus Section, encourages all members to
make reservations early and
to bring their husbands to
the meeting. "This is a real
coup for us," Longert stated,
"and I know we will fill the
Shrine Temple. Be there
early for a most provocative,
informative and stimulating
afternoon."
genocide, whether in peacetime or wartime, a crime
under international law, defines it as killing or harming
national, ethnic, racial or religious groups or members
of those groups.
Clary Film To Be
Shown On March 2
On March 2 at 3 p.m., the
Ohio Humanities Council
will feature the film "Robert
Clary: A5714, A Memoir of
Liberation."
Completed in the summer
of 1985, this movie is a visual
autobiography of actor
Clary's imprisonment in
Buchenwald, a Nazi concentration camp. Clary, best
know for his role as Le Beau
in the TV series, "Hogan's '
Heroes," shares his experiences and reflections on the
Holocaust.
The film will be shown at
the Bridge of Learning Auditorium, Ruff Memorial
Building, Capital University,
2199 E. Main St. Suggested
donation is $3.
Passover Haggadah
Available From ADL
The Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith has issued in time for Passover the
fourth edition of The Passover Celebration: A Haggadah for the Seder, designed
for Christian interfaith
observances.
Prepared,by Rabbi Leon
Klenicki, director of ADL's
Interfaith Affairs Department, in cooperation with
the Liturgy Training Program of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Chicago, the
58-page publication highlights the major rituals and
events associated with the
centuries-old celebration of
the liberation of the Jewish
people from Egyptian bondage, the spiritual fulfillment
at Mount Sinai and the return to the Promised Land.
The Haggadah includes a
section commemorating the
Holocaust and contains an
introduction by Gabe Huck,
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