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Jewish Braille Institute
Offers Free Haggadahs
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
Jewish Braille Institute will
send a free haggadah in
either large print or braille
or on audiocassette, to any
blind or visually-impaired
adult or child who requests
one, according to an announcement from the organization.
Two editions of the haggadah are available from the
Institute in large print: the
1 traditional seder, edited by
Dr. Philip Birnbaum, and
' the Reform New Union Haggadah. Four seders are
available in braille — one
edited by the late Dr. Cecil
Roth; a Conservative and a
Reform edition, and a one-
volume edition for children.
There is also a haggadah
on three audiocassettes, the
Koren Haggadah,, recorded .
by the late Cantor Paul
Kwartin and the choir of the
Union Temple in Brooklyn.
At the same time, the Institute announced the forthcoming publication of the
Five'Books of Moses in large
type for the' severely' visually-impaired. These sets,
too, will be sent, to individ-
' uals who request them free
of charge. The Institute estimated that about 50,000
American Jews are severely
visually impaired, which
means they can read very'
large print with the help of
special prescription glasses.
The English edition of the
Five Books is scheduled to
appear early this year, the
Hebrew edition in 1987. The
first printing of the books
will be 2,000 sets in each language, with additional press
runs to be added on demand.
The publication of the Five
Books of Moses is the first
step in making the entire
Bible available in large
' print, the Institute said.
Former Cleveland Resident
Faces Murder Trial In Israel
Scouts Earn Religious Awards
The Jewish Committee on Scouting, Central Ohio
Council, presented Religious Scout Awards at the
annual Scout Sabbath held recently at Congregation
Beth Shalom. Pictured (top photo, 1. to r.) are the
Aleph Religious Award recipients: Jack Schreibman,
Micah Berman, Lance Shnider, Dan Cohen and Brian
Hack.- In the bottom left photo is the recipient of the
Menorah Award, Johanna Frank (center), and JoAnn
- Fogg, executive director of Seal of Ohio, Girl Scouts,
and William Goldsmith, co-chairman, of the Jewish
Committee1 on Scouting.'The Ner Tamid Award was
presented to Scout Jonathon Weiner (second from left,
photo bottom right) by Goldsmith (left), Sanford Lichtenstein, co-chairman, JCS, and Ren Metzger, chief
scout executive, Central Ohio Council.
Compiled From
Wire Service Reports
John Demjanjuk, the
Cleveland autoworker accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" of Treblinka, denied
in Israeli court March 2 that
he had ever been at the Treblinka Death Camp or collaborated with the Nazis.
Demjanjuk, 65, was accused in the Magistrate's
Court of having taken part in
"the murder of hundreds of
thousands of civilians" in the '
gas chambers at the camp in
Poland in 1942 and 1943.
Israeli officials said they
hoped the extradition of
Demjanjuk, who was
stripped of his U.S. citizenship for lying about his past,
would pave the way for more
Nazis to stand trial in Israel.
Demjanjuk is the first person charged with war crimes
to be extradited from the
United States to Israel.
Demjanjuk, who arrived
. at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Feb. 28, was transported to Ayalon, a maximum-security prison 14
miles southeast of Tel Aviv,
in a heavily guarded police
convoy. While there he will
be under strict surveillance
in an isolated cell.
While survivors of Treblinka and others have identified him as the sadistic
guard, he maintains that the
Friends Of Hillel To Host Reception
For Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Friends of Hillel will host
its fifth annual Leon Schottenstein Memorial Reception on Wednesday, April 2,
on the stage at Mershon Auditorium. The reception will
immediately follow the performance of the Saint Paul
Chamber   Orchestra   with
Israeli Theater Director To Speak
At Israel Open University March 13
Israeli theater director, Adult Jewish Studies. This
Orna Porat, will be the fea- program, offered free of
tured speaker at the Israel charge, will be held at the
Open University, a program Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
of the Israel Department of    on Thursday, March 13, at 8
p.m.
"Pora,t is well known in
Israel for her achievements
in the Israeli theatre. She
was born in Cologne, Germany as a Christian and
chose Judaism and Israel .as
her way of life.
She was the founder of the
Cameri Children's Theatre
and the Israel National
Theatre for Children and
Youth and is currently its
general director. From
1948-1984 she was a member
of the Tel-Aviv Cameri
Theatre. For her performances as an actress and as
the general director of the
Children's Theatre, she has
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Pinchas Zukerman conducting and performing as guest
soloist.
All Friends of Hillel will
have the opportunity to meet
members of the orchestra
and enjoy a gourmet menu.
Membership in Friends of
Hillel benefits the Ohio State
Hillel Foundation.
The tradition of the annual
Friends of Hillel reception
was begun in 1982 with a reception honoring Zubin
Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. The tradition continued with receptions following the1 performances of
Vladimir Ashkenazy in 1983,
Eugenia Zukerman in 1984
Orna Porat
the Coluiribus -Jewish
Federation co-sponsored by
the Community -College for,
The Friends of Hillel fifth annual Leon Schottenstein
Memorial Reception will follow the performance of the
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman conducting and performing as guest soloist on
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German army captured him
while he was a Soviet soldier
during World War II. However, when asked to make a
statement in court, he said
he understood the death sentence "has already been determined."
'Doors And Passages1 To Open
This Sunday, March 9, At Center
and the Israel Chamber Orchestra in 1985. This year's
reception is once again dedicated as the Leon Schottenstein Memorial reception.
Friends of Hillel membership fees comprise an important part of the fundraising
effort which allows Hillel to
/continue its programs and
services to Jewish students
at The Ohio State University.
Nathan Gordon is the
chairman of this year's
Friends of Hillel. Serving
with him are: Cookie Krupman, chairwoman of the reception; Nelson Genshaft;
Janet Kushkin; Ina Rosen-
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"Doors and Passages," a
series of painted paper-collages by New York artist
Beth Haber, will open this
Sunday, March 9, in the
Goldberg Gallery of the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center. A
reception will be held from
5 to 7 p.m.
"Doors and Passages," a
series of painted paper collages by New York artist
Beth Haber opens Sunday,
March 9, at the Jewish Center.
"Memory is the connective fiber that links the present to the past," said
Haber. "What interests me
is the process by which
actual history is transformed into cultural memory. For example, photos of
the Lower East Side of three
generations ago are more
than buildings, streets and
places; we see our ancestors
voyage to a new land, one
which represents freedom of
religion and an opportunity
to prosper."
Haber  uses  doors  as a
metaphor for the process in
which memories are saved
or selectively weeded out.
Doors also pose the question: What is left and what is
carried across to the other
side? Haber uses the door
image and layered assemblages to echo the process of
memory itself. "As snatches
of events are reshaped and
colored, they make a new
image and a new reality,"
continued Haber.
The pieces also share a
common tradition with
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in their use of shimmering, illuminating colors
and in their integration of
works and images. But
Haber's integration is different in that, the text is not
illuminated but an aspect of
quasi-Jewish history—a
whitefish, a ram's horn—becomes the connective fiber
between the generations.
Haber's work frequently
deals with memory, both
individual and collective.
She has excised nostalgia
from her images, and instead of only looking to the
past, her works are a vehicle
for ideas about the future.
Each piece is a delicately
balanced fusion of color, texture, shape and idea.
Haber lives in a renovated
colonial tavern house outside
Pbughkeepsie, N.Y., with
her husband and three children. She studied at Goucher
College and the College of
the City of New York and
undertook independent research in Jewish art and
ceremonial art at Hebrew
Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion in New York.
The exhibition and sale of
Haber's paintings will continue through April 9.
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