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r lj M.h, L.'nnAitY, OHIO HISTOfilOAL. SOC4*/rY "!9BH VELMA AVE. **■ AVE .u, o„ 43211 EXCH Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community lor Over to Years .«;; VOL. 64 NO. 13 MARCH 27,198G-ADARII16 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals /Bombings By Iraq '" Almost Destroy Tomb Of Mordechai, Esther TEL AVIV (JTA) - The ' traditional tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran j, , (Persia in ancient times) j : has been damaged by Iraqi bombings, and the ancient Persian town of Shushan, scene of the Purim story, has been almost completely destroyed in the Gulf war, according to a report in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem weekly Erev Shabbat. The newspaper's correspondent, reporting from Cairo, quotes an Egyptian source who often travels to Iran and is familiar with the tomb in Hamadan, a site venerated by Jews and Moslems alike. According to the Egyptian informant, an Iraqi bomb which fell near the tomb caused the collapse of some of its internal structure. Despite the damage, the informant, said, pilgrims continue to visit the shrine. Whereas formerly the pilgrims were mainly Jewish, they are now almost entirely elderly Moslems. The report says that the shrine is now endangered by the open antagonism of young Shiites towards anything Jewish. Street Renamed To Honor Theologian BONN (JTA) — The municipal council of the university town of Marburg, overriding objections by local residents, voted unanimously recently to re-name a street in honor of Leopold Lucas, a Jewish theologian who died in the There- sientadt concentration camp in 1943. Racist Party In France Wins Almost Ten Percent Of Vote PARIS (JTA) —The ultra-rightwing National Front Party, whose leader, Jean Marie Le Pen, has been denounced as. a racist and an anti-Semite by Jewish community leaders, elbowed its way into Parliament recently in national elections that left the winning center-right coalition four seats short of the majority they need to form a government. Pope To Visit Rome Synagogue ROME (JTA) — The Jewish community has warmly welcomed the Vatican's announcement that Pope John Paul II will visit Rome's main synagogue next month. But while this is viewed as a "historic gesture" which may well be the first Papal visit ever to a Jewish house of worship, the feeling among Jewish leaders is that it will be up to the Pontiff whether the occasion is merely "symbolic" or contributes substantively to Catholic-Jewish relations. Israeli Killed, Three Wounded By Terrorists In Cairo, Egypt TEL AVIV (WNS) - Egyptian terrorists fatally shot an Israeli woman and wounded three other Israelis in Cairo on March 19. The victims were members of the Israel Embassy staff. The gunmen opened fire on their car as it left the parking lot of the International Trade Fair where the four had been working at the Israel pavilion. Premier Shimon Peres expressed "deep shock" over the incident but vowed that terrorists will not stop Israel's search for peace. The slain woman was identified as Ettie Tal-Or, 24, wife of an Embassy official. The wounded were flown to Israel shortly after the shooting and were reported to be in stable condition at the Sheba Government Hos pital in Tel Hashomer. They were identified as Esther Yefet, David Droya and Uri Siev. According to reports from Cairo, the killers were driving in two cars when they ambushed the Israelis' car. Police cordoned off the area and set up road blocks but as of March 20 no arrests had been made. The Israel pavilion reopened March 20 under tightened security. Attendance was reported brisk. It Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Dead At 71 NEW YORK (JTA) - Bernard Malamud, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Jewish author, died in his Manhattan apartment last week of what police described as natural causes. LAST CHANCE! Hove you always wanted to share your views with your contemporaries, to see your writing in print, to become involved in the community in a meaningful way? The Ohio Jewish Chronicle would like to give you the chance to accomplish all of these goals and more. Turn to page 12 for details about the Third Annual OJC Wordworks. Congressman Tom Kindness Named Co-Chair Of Call To Conscience Vigil The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews announces that Congressman Tom Kindness (R-Ohio) has agreed to serve as co-chair of the Congressional Call to Conscience Vigil for the second session of the 99th Congress. Begun in 1976 by the UCSJ, the Congressional Call to Conscience is one of the best mechanisms for members of Congress to speak out on behalf of Soviet Jews seeking freedom of religion and the right to emigrate. Every day, when Congress is in session, statements on specific Soviet Jewry cases are inserted into the Congressional Record by members who have adopted an indiyidual refusenik or family. Congressman Kindness has represented Ohio's Eighth Congressional District since 1975. A resident of Hamilton, Congressman Kindness serves on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) BBW Selling Roses For Mother's Day B'nai B'rith Women once again will be selling long stem red roses for Mother's Day. The price will remain $21, which includes delivery anywhere on the east side. To order, call Jean Robbins, 237-7068, or Christie Kaufman, 486-3057, or any BBW, member by May 3. Delivery will be made Saturday, May 10. He was 71 years old: ' Malamud was the author of eight novels and four collections of short stories, which, critics noted, showed the influence of both the 19th century Russian masters of, fiction and the traditional Jewish story tellers. Permeating many of his works was the concept that human salvation came from adherence to a strict code of personal morality in the face of life's overwhelming despair and oppression. His best-known and most controversial novel, The Fixer (1966), was the story of a handyman, Yakoy Bok, falsely accused by Czarist officials of a ritual murder. The story drew very loosely on the notorious Mendel Beilis case of 1911-1913, which ended in Beilis' acquittal. In Malamud's book, Bok emerges from the Kafka- esque labyrinth of the degrading Czarist penal system with his integrity intact. He declares at the end of the novel that there is "no such thing as an unpolitical man, especially a Jew." Malamud won a Pulitzer Prize as well as his second National Book Award for The Fixer, in 1967. His first NBA was for The Magic Barrel, ■ a collection of short stories, in 1958. Other honors included election to the Na; tional Institute of Arts.and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Malamud was born April 26, 1914 in Brooklyn, the elder of two sons of Max and . Bertha Fidelman Malamud, poor immigrants from Czar- v istv*Rtissiaf ^%ho worked 16-hour days in their small grocery store. The author later described the environment of his childhood as Jewish though non- religious. Yiddish was spoken at home, and some of his mother's family performed on the Yiddish stage. He graduated Erasmus Hall High School, where he was the editor of the school magazine, going on to receive a B.A. from City College in 1936, and — after stints working in the family story, factories, and the census bureau— his M.A. from Columbia University in 1942. Teaching English at night is his old high school and others, Malamud continued in his spare time the short story writing he had begun as a boy in the back room of his family's grocery store. The rise of Nazism and Stalinism, the coming of World War II and the Holocaust helped Malamud de- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) Conference Addresses Topic Of Jewish Unity PRINCETON, N.J. (JTA) — Leaders of four major national groups — Conservative, Reconstrtictioni^t, Re- . form and Orthodox — were among the featured speakers at a two-day conference here last week on the subject "Will There Be One Jewish People by the Year 2000?" Each addressed the issues of Jewish unity and diversity. Some observers termed the conference "historic" not only because of the ' (CONTINUED QN PAGE.13) had been visited the day before by Israel's Minister of Tourism, Avraham Sharir, who was on an official visit here as a guest of the Eygp- tian Tourism Ministry. There ,were no indications that he had been an intended target.! The attack was the third against Israeli diplomatic officials in the Egyptian capital and the second to result in a fatality. Last August, Albert Atrakchi, an admini- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) Rabbi W. Gunther Plauf To Deliver 'Arthur E. Loeb Memorial Address' At Temple Israel Annual Meeting Tanny Feerer, chairman of Temple Israel's Annual Meeting, announces that Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, senior rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Canada, will deliver the first "Arthur E. Loeb Memorial Address." The Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, April 13, at 6 p.m. at Temple Israel. The sister and children of the late Arthur E. Loeb have provided funds for the Annual Meeting speaker, Arthur Loeb followed the tradition set by his parents and grandparents: he saw Temple Israel as central to his life. As secretary to the Temple for more than 30 years, he succeeded his father and grandfather who served in similar capacities for four decades. As president of the Temple Israel Foundation, as chairman of the Temple's 125th Anniversary Observance and as a Board member, Arthur's counsel was sought and respected. In establishing the new fund, Charles Loeb, Arthur's son, stated ".. , my father believed that the Temple should not only provide its members a spiritual, experience, but an environment where all viewpoints, whether they be controversial or not, could be aired and discussed. We hope that our Annual Meeting speakers will continually broaden our perspectives." Rabbi Plaut is considered one of the major, spokesmen in the Reform Movement today. He has recently concluded his two-year term as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. HeK has also served as national president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, co-chairman of the Canada- Israel Committee, vice- chairman of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and serves on the Governing Board of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Rabbi Plaut's topic will be "Reform and Orthodoxy: Will Either Go It Alone?" Cost for the Annual Meeting and dinner is $9 for adults ($1 less for people over age 60) and $4.50 for children 12 years and under. Checks can be mailed to Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad St., Columbus 43213. For additional information, call the Temple office, 866-0010. Jewish Scientists In USSR Celebrate Maimonides' Birth JERUSALEM (JTA) - A large group of Jewish scientists recently gathered in a private home in Moscow to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the birth of Maimonides, Soviet immigrants in Israel were informed recently. The gathering, attended by 82 Jewish scientists, was the largest of the sort in the past six years. Among those present were well-known refuseniks as well as guests from abroad. The participants extended greetings to Anatoly Shcharansky, who was freed last month from the Soviet Gulag in an East-West prisoner exchange and was reunited with his wife Avital in Israel. Forty-two of the scientists- signed a petition appealing to Soviet authorities to release all Prisoners of Zion and to allow all Jews who wish to emigrate to Israel to do so. A copy of the petition was sent to the Public Coun- , cil for Soviet Jewry in Tel ;Aviv. 'A .'..3 '~ A* ::~~r:
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Full Text | r lj M.h, L.'nnAitY, OHIO HISTOfilOAL. SOC4*/rY "!9BH VELMA AVE. **■ AVE .u, o„ 43211 EXCH Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community lor Over to Years .«;; VOL. 64 NO. 13 MARCH 27,198G-ADARII16 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals /Bombings By Iraq '" Almost Destroy Tomb Of Mordechai, Esther TEL AVIV (JTA) - The ' traditional tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran j, , (Persia in ancient times) j : has been damaged by Iraqi bombings, and the ancient Persian town of Shushan, scene of the Purim story, has been almost completely destroyed in the Gulf war, according to a report in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem weekly Erev Shabbat. The newspaper's correspondent, reporting from Cairo, quotes an Egyptian source who often travels to Iran and is familiar with the tomb in Hamadan, a site venerated by Jews and Moslems alike. According to the Egyptian informant, an Iraqi bomb which fell near the tomb caused the collapse of some of its internal structure. Despite the damage, the informant, said, pilgrims continue to visit the shrine. Whereas formerly the pilgrims were mainly Jewish, they are now almost entirely elderly Moslems. The report says that the shrine is now endangered by the open antagonism of young Shiites towards anything Jewish. Street Renamed To Honor Theologian BONN (JTA) — The municipal council of the university town of Marburg, overriding objections by local residents, voted unanimously recently to re-name a street in honor of Leopold Lucas, a Jewish theologian who died in the There- sientadt concentration camp in 1943. Racist Party In France Wins Almost Ten Percent Of Vote PARIS (JTA) —The ultra-rightwing National Front Party, whose leader, Jean Marie Le Pen, has been denounced as. a racist and an anti-Semite by Jewish community leaders, elbowed its way into Parliament recently in national elections that left the winning center-right coalition four seats short of the majority they need to form a government. Pope To Visit Rome Synagogue ROME (JTA) — The Jewish community has warmly welcomed the Vatican's announcement that Pope John Paul II will visit Rome's main synagogue next month. But while this is viewed as a "historic gesture" which may well be the first Papal visit ever to a Jewish house of worship, the feeling among Jewish leaders is that it will be up to the Pontiff whether the occasion is merely "symbolic" or contributes substantively to Catholic-Jewish relations. Israeli Killed, Three Wounded By Terrorists In Cairo, Egypt TEL AVIV (WNS) - Egyptian terrorists fatally shot an Israeli woman and wounded three other Israelis in Cairo on March 19. The victims were members of the Israel Embassy staff. The gunmen opened fire on their car as it left the parking lot of the International Trade Fair where the four had been working at the Israel pavilion. Premier Shimon Peres expressed "deep shock" over the incident but vowed that terrorists will not stop Israel's search for peace. The slain woman was identified as Ettie Tal-Or, 24, wife of an Embassy official. The wounded were flown to Israel shortly after the shooting and were reported to be in stable condition at the Sheba Government Hos pital in Tel Hashomer. They were identified as Esther Yefet, David Droya and Uri Siev. According to reports from Cairo, the killers were driving in two cars when they ambushed the Israelis' car. Police cordoned off the area and set up road blocks but as of March 20 no arrests had been made. The Israel pavilion reopened March 20 under tightened security. Attendance was reported brisk. It Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Dead At 71 NEW YORK (JTA) - Bernard Malamud, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Jewish author, died in his Manhattan apartment last week of what police described as natural causes. LAST CHANCE! Hove you always wanted to share your views with your contemporaries, to see your writing in print, to become involved in the community in a meaningful way? The Ohio Jewish Chronicle would like to give you the chance to accomplish all of these goals and more. Turn to page 12 for details about the Third Annual OJC Wordworks. Congressman Tom Kindness Named Co-Chair Of Call To Conscience Vigil The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews announces that Congressman Tom Kindness (R-Ohio) has agreed to serve as co-chair of the Congressional Call to Conscience Vigil for the second session of the 99th Congress. Begun in 1976 by the UCSJ, the Congressional Call to Conscience is one of the best mechanisms for members of Congress to speak out on behalf of Soviet Jews seeking freedom of religion and the right to emigrate. Every day, when Congress is in session, statements on specific Soviet Jewry cases are inserted into the Congressional Record by members who have adopted an indiyidual refusenik or family. Congressman Kindness has represented Ohio's Eighth Congressional District since 1975. A resident of Hamilton, Congressman Kindness serves on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) BBW Selling Roses For Mother's Day B'nai B'rith Women once again will be selling long stem red roses for Mother's Day. The price will remain $21, which includes delivery anywhere on the east side. To order, call Jean Robbins, 237-7068, or Christie Kaufman, 486-3057, or any BBW, member by May 3. Delivery will be made Saturday, May 10. He was 71 years old: ' Malamud was the author of eight novels and four collections of short stories, which, critics noted, showed the influence of both the 19th century Russian masters of, fiction and the traditional Jewish story tellers. Permeating many of his works was the concept that human salvation came from adherence to a strict code of personal morality in the face of life's overwhelming despair and oppression. His best-known and most controversial novel, The Fixer (1966), was the story of a handyman, Yakoy Bok, falsely accused by Czarist officials of a ritual murder. The story drew very loosely on the notorious Mendel Beilis case of 1911-1913, which ended in Beilis' acquittal. In Malamud's book, Bok emerges from the Kafka- esque labyrinth of the degrading Czarist penal system with his integrity intact. He declares at the end of the novel that there is "no such thing as an unpolitical man, especially a Jew." Malamud won a Pulitzer Prize as well as his second National Book Award for The Fixer, in 1967. His first NBA was for The Magic Barrel, ■ a collection of short stories, in 1958. Other honors included election to the Na; tional Institute of Arts.and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Malamud was born April 26, 1914 in Brooklyn, the elder of two sons of Max and . Bertha Fidelman Malamud, poor immigrants from Czar- v istv*Rtissiaf ^%ho worked 16-hour days in their small grocery store. The author later described the environment of his childhood as Jewish though non- religious. Yiddish was spoken at home, and some of his mother's family performed on the Yiddish stage. He graduated Erasmus Hall High School, where he was the editor of the school magazine, going on to receive a B.A. from City College in 1936, and — after stints working in the family story, factories, and the census bureau— his M.A. from Columbia University in 1942. Teaching English at night is his old high school and others, Malamud continued in his spare time the short story writing he had begun as a boy in the back room of his family's grocery store. The rise of Nazism and Stalinism, the coming of World War II and the Holocaust helped Malamud de- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) Conference Addresses Topic Of Jewish Unity PRINCETON, N.J. (JTA) — Leaders of four major national groups — Conservative, Reconstrtictioni^t, Re- . form and Orthodox — were among the featured speakers at a two-day conference here last week on the subject "Will There Be One Jewish People by the Year 2000?" Each addressed the issues of Jewish unity and diversity. Some observers termed the conference "historic" not only because of the ' (CONTINUED QN PAGE.13) had been visited the day before by Israel's Minister of Tourism, Avraham Sharir, who was on an official visit here as a guest of the Eygp- tian Tourism Ministry. There ,were no indications that he had been an intended target.! The attack was the third against Israeli diplomatic officials in the Egyptian capital and the second to result in a fatality. Last August, Albert Atrakchi, an admini- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) Rabbi W. Gunther Plauf To Deliver 'Arthur E. Loeb Memorial Address' At Temple Israel Annual Meeting Tanny Feerer, chairman of Temple Israel's Annual Meeting, announces that Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, senior rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Canada, will deliver the first "Arthur E. Loeb Memorial Address." The Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, April 13, at 6 p.m. at Temple Israel. The sister and children of the late Arthur E. Loeb have provided funds for the Annual Meeting speaker, Arthur Loeb followed the tradition set by his parents and grandparents: he saw Temple Israel as central to his life. As secretary to the Temple for more than 30 years, he succeeded his father and grandfather who served in similar capacities for four decades. As president of the Temple Israel Foundation, as chairman of the Temple's 125th Anniversary Observance and as a Board member, Arthur's counsel was sought and respected. In establishing the new fund, Charles Loeb, Arthur's son, stated ".. , my father believed that the Temple should not only provide its members a spiritual, experience, but an environment where all viewpoints, whether they be controversial or not, could be aired and discussed. We hope that our Annual Meeting speakers will continually broaden our perspectives." Rabbi Plaut is considered one of the major, spokesmen in the Reform Movement today. He has recently concluded his two-year term as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. HeK has also served as national president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, co-chairman of the Canada- Israel Committee, vice- chairman of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and serves on the Governing Board of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Rabbi Plaut's topic will be "Reform and Orthodoxy: Will Either Go It Alone?" Cost for the Annual Meeting and dinner is $9 for adults ($1 less for people over age 60) and $4.50 for children 12 years and under. Checks can be mailed to Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad St., Columbus 43213. For additional information, call the Temple office, 866-0010. Jewish Scientists In USSR Celebrate Maimonides' Birth JERUSALEM (JTA) - A large group of Jewish scientists recently gathered in a private home in Moscow to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the birth of Maimonides, Soviet immigrants in Israel were informed recently. The gathering, attended by 82 Jewish scientists, was the largest of the sort in the past six years. Among those present were well-known refuseniks as well as guests from abroad. The participants extended greetings to Anatoly Shcharansky, who was freed last month from the Soviet Gulag in an East-West prisoner exchange and was reunited with his wife Avital in Israel. Forty-two of the scientists- signed a petition appealing to Soviet authorities to release all Prisoners of Zion and to allow all Jews who wish to emigrate to Israel to do so. A copy of the petition was sent to the Public Coun- , cil for Soviet Jewry in Tel ;Aviv. 'A .'..3 '~ A* ::~~r: |
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