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VOL.64   NO. 25
JUNE 19,198G-SIVAN 12
Devoted to American
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Kol Ami Community Hebrew School Graduates 35
Kol Ami, the Community Hebrew School of Columbus, graduated 35 'Hay' class
members at its first commencement ceremony on May 27. The students, representing
Agudas Achim; Beth Tikvah, Temple Israel and unaffiliated families, celebrated the
occasion by presenting ah original dramatization of the life of Anatoly Shcharansky.
Camera crews from Channels 6 and 10 filmed the action, and segments were shown by
both on their 11 p.m. newscasts that night. Graduates shown above are: (front row, 1. to
r.) Julie Weiss, Joiwind Wasserman, Jennifer Wolinetz, Betsy Kaufman, Erin Janis,
Noa Walson, Terry Epstein, Keren Steinfeld, (second row) Karen Sabgir, Robert
Levine, Jeffrey Worly, Michael Kass, Jon Milenthal, Eric Wasserman, Neil Glass,
Marc Goldman, (third row) Marni Switkin, Lisa Switkin, Daniel Levenson. Allan Moss,
Matthew Foster, Douglas Schottenstein, Jeffrey Feiertag, Julie Solomon, (fourth row)
Daniel Schottenstein, Benjamin Levy, Andrew Shafran, Adam Mendelman, Eric
Esses, Michael Lisbe. Not pictured are Katie Bowden, Chad Hersh, Ashley Koff,
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
President Reagan indicated
last week that he accepts
Israel's assurance that Jonathan Pollard was ah unauthorized exception to
Israel's policy of not spying
on the United States'.
"The only thing I know is
that the Israeli government
has assured us, as much as
they can, that they never had
any program of trying to get
intelligence information
from our country or doing
any spying on us," Reagan
said in a nationally-televised
press conference from the
White House.
He added that the Justice
Department is continuing its
investigation,  "but so far,
there's been no evidence presented to us from anyone."
Asked what he would do if
some evidence of additional
Israeli spying was found, the
President replied: "Well,
then I think we'll have to
deal with that then and find
out whether it's a surprise to
the Israeli government, whether   someone   was   off
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Simson, Summer And Broidy Honorees
At Temple Israel Brotherhood Sabbath
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Rabbi Gary Huber
Rabbi Gary Huber
Elected President
Board Of Rabbis
Rabbi Gary A. Huber,
spiritual leader of Congrega-
tion Beth Tikvah in
Worthington, has been
elected to serve as president
of the Columbus Board of
Rabbis for the coming year.
The Board of Rabb'is, comprising all the rabbis of area
synagogues and communal
institutions, seeks to represent a broad cross section of
rabbinic concerns in community affairs! II; coordinates a variety of rabbinic
consultative functions and
arranges for the community's annual Yom, HaShoah Holocaust Service.
Rabbi David Stavsky of Beth
Jacob Congregation will
serve as vice president, and
Rabbi Sanford D. Akselrad
of Temple Israel will be trea-
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At the Temple Israel
Brotherhood Sabbath on Friday, June 27, at 8 p;m., three
major awards will be presented, according to Jeffrey
Glassman, Brotherhood
president.
The Temple Israel "Man
Of The Year" Award given
to a Temple member who
best exemplifies service to
the Brotherhood and community will be. awarded to
Theodore Simson. .
Simson, a graduate of Ohio
State University, is the
chairman of the Board of
First Community Bank,
First Investment Company
and the American Bank of
Montserrat He has been
active and received many
Theatre of the Arts, the Ohio
State University Inter-Fraternity Alumni Assoc, the
Columbus Art League and
Columbus  Mortgage
Theodore Simson
honor's in both the Jewish
and  general  communities.
Simson is the'past-president
of  the  Columbus  Junior
■':.' Fred Summer
Bankers Assoc. He has
served on the Board of
Trustees of Temple Israel
and its Foundation and has
been active at the Columbus
Jewish Federation; he is
presently on the Board of the
Temple Israel Brotherhood
and for many years, has
served in the capacity of
Chataqua chairman. Simson
has been named Man-of-the-
year by the Columbus Junior
Theatre of the Arts and
Columbus Art League and is
a past recipient of the Leon
J. Goodman Award.
The Leon J. Goodman
Award, established in 1983,
is given to a Temple member
who shows inspiring leader-
playing their game or not.''
A Rogue Operation
Pollard pleaded guilty
June 4 to spying for Israel
while a civilian intelligence
analyst for the Navy. His
wife, Anne, pleaded guilty to
the lesser charges of receiving and possessing stolen national defense documents.
Both are awaiting sentencing.
The Israeli government
has maintained that the Pollard episode was a "rogue"
operation of which it has no
knowledge. The Israeli Embassy  has   declared   that
ship and unselfish devotion
to the cause of Judaism
through Temple services.
This year, Fred Summer has
been selected to receive the
award.
Summer, a native of
Columbus, received his B.A.
from Harvard University
and his J.D, from the University of Michigan. He is
presently an attorney in the
firm of Murphy, Young and?
Smith. Long active at the
Temple, Summer has served
on the Religious, Membership, Hebrew Education and
Nominating Committees, is
past-president of the
Brotherhood, serves on the
Board. of Trustees and is
assistant secretary of the
Temple. Summer has also
charges that the espionage
went beyond Pollard are
"baseless."
The State Department said
last week that it accepts the
Israeli assurance that the
espionage does not go
beyond Pollard and that
Israel is cooperating in the
continuing investigation.
However, Justice Department sources have been
asserting that the espionage
goes further,than Pollard.
Pollard is cooperating with
the probe as part of his plea
bargaining agreement in
which he will pot receive a
life sentence.
Community Mission To Israel
To Be Held During September
"What better, more enriching and fulfilling way to
reinforce our strong link and
solidarity with the people of
Israel than to visit there as a
community,'' said Margey
and Gary Cheses, co-chairpersons of Columbus Jewish
Federation Community Mission to Israel, Sept. 16-25.
"This unique nine day Community Mission to Israel will
make a major statement of
support to the people of
Israel as well as to our own
community," added Margey
Cheses.
The itinerary is custom-
tailored for Columbus. It includes:
« Visiting the historic and
monumental sites: tour of
the Old City of Jaffa; Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv;
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served  on   the   Columbus
Jewish Federation Educa-
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Caesarea; Golan Heights;
Tiberias; Old City of Jerusalem; Israeli Museum and
Shrine of.the Book; Masada;
Dead Sea and Yad Vashen.
• Meeting Israeli dignitaries; including Prime
Minister Shimon Peres.
• Experiencing first-hand
; the  spirit  of  the   country
through personal meetings
with soldiers, Kibbutzniks
and new immigrants: Spending a social evening at Kibbutz Kfar Giladi to discuss
"What Happened to Kibbutz
Ideology?"; visiting Judea
and Samaria and meeting
with Jewish settlement
Palestinian leaders.
• Opportunities for examining issues affecting life
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Agudas Achim Annual Meeting
To Be Held Sunday, June 22
Stanley Sacks, president of
the Agudas Achim Synagogue, announced that the
Annual Meeting will be held
Sunday, June 22, at 10 a.m.
in the Silberstein Social Hall.
' Following a continental
breakfast, the congregation
will elect officers and trustees for 1986-87, recognize
retiring officers and trustees
and hear committee reports;
The slate recommended
by the Nominating Committee for election presents Jay
Perler as president, Sam
Weiner as vice-president,
Alfred Friedman as treasurer, Ed Stan as Assistant
Treasurer, Lauri Zofan as
secretary and William Goldsmith as chairman of the
Chevra Kadisha.
For the Board of Trustees,
the Nominating Committee
recommends for a three-
year  term   the  following:
Michael Goldberg, Holly S.
Kastan, Marilyn Knable,
Sanford Lichtenstein, Dr.
Joseph Schlonsky, William
Schottenstein, Ellen Siegel,
David Spialter and Bernard
K. Yenkin.
The members of the Nominating Committee i serving
with Chairman N. Victor
Goodman were Irv Chasin,
Nancy Levin, Myer Mellman, Melvin Schottenstein,
Naomi Schottenstein, Phil
Waldman, Herbert Wolman
and Lauri Zofan.
Sacks will retire as president after serving a two-year
term, and Bernard K. Yenkin will conclude a two-year
term as chairman of the
board. Board of Trustees
members who have completed the constitutional
limit of two three-year terms
and  are  rotating  off  the
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