Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1986-06-26

              VOL.64   NO. 26
JUNE 26,198G-SIVAN 19
Devoted to American
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Mizrahi/Chomsky
Recital June 26
The return engagement
featuring Cantor Albert"
Mizrahi will take place thi-
Thursday, June 26, at 8 p.m
at The Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, 1125 College Aye.
Cantor Mizrahi will pel
form in recital along with
Congregation Tifereth
Israel's Cantor Jack Chomsky in a program bein«
called "Sweet Singers of Israel II" after last year's sellout performance. Tickets
will be available at the door.
Ticket prices are $7 for adult
general admission, $6 for
Tifereth Israel and Jewish
Center members and $4 for
students and senior citizens.
For further information,
contact the Jewish Center,'
231-2731, or Congregation
Tifereth Israel, 253-8523. The
concert is being presented
under joint sponsorship of
Congregation Tifereth Israel
and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center.
Both cantors will sing a variety of works in a number of
different languages and
styles. They will be accompanied by Cathy Callis on
piano. She holds a doctor of
musical arts degree from the
Eastman School of Tvlusic
and appears frequently with
the Columbus Symphony
Orchestra.
Cantor Mizrahi serves
Park Synagogue in Cleve||
land. The Greek-born artist
has toured extensively
throughout the United States
and abroad, with performances in Amsterdam,
Athens, Israel and London.
As tenor soloist of the Zamir
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Premier Peres Calls For End
Of Religious-Secular Strife
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Rabbi David Stavsky Attends
Briefing In Washington, D.C.
On June 18, Rabbi David Stavsky of Beth Jacob Congregation was part of a delegation of 150 rabbis of the
Rabbinical Council of America who attended a special
briefing on Israel at the Israel Embassy and then in the
Chambers of the United States Senate. Assistant
Ambassador to the United States R. Rubethstein
briefed the rabbis at the Israeli Embassy. At the U?S.
Senate, the following members of Congress met with
the rabbis to discuss present Israel/American relationships: Representatives Bashowitz of Minnesota; Hecht.
of Nevada; Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey; Jim
Shroyer of New York; Gary Akerman of Queens, N.Y.
The rabbis were also briefed by Ralph Neurenberg of
AIPAC. Following the meeting, Rabbi Stavsky met
with Congressman John Kasich (right) of Columbus
and discussed his continued support for Israel.
JERUSALEM (WNS) -
Premier Shimon Peres
called on the Jewish people
in Israel and the diaspora
"to mobilize to extinguish
the blaze'' of religious-secular strife and violence that
has engulfed Israel in recent
days... 7;
In a brief but emotion-
charged speech to a packed
Knesset on June 16, Peres
warned that the country
could destroy itself from
within. He appealed to public
figures across the political
spectrum to lead the nation
away from the "conflagration" and pledged that, the
government would deploy
"aH the force of the law" to
put an end to the violence.
Peres! speech, and the full
scale Knesset debate that it
opened, followed a week of
violence by ultra-Orthodox
zealots and counter-violence
by anti-religious extremists
that sent shock waves
through the country. Religious vandals have burned
or defaced more than 100 bus
shelters in recent weeks because of advertising posters
they consider indecent.
Anti-religious vandalism
erupted wlith the arson attack On the Bnai Benjamin
synagogue in Tel Aviv, on
June 11, followed on the
Shavuot holiday with the
ransacking of yeshivas in
Tel Aviv and Yavniel and
swastika daubing on the
Great Synagogue in Tel
Aviv, among other acts
hitherto unheard of in Israel.
Peres told the Knesset that
the problem was not the reli-
Foundation Annual Meeting
To Feature Leslie Wexner
The Sixth Annual Meeting
tof the Columbus Jewish
Foundation, on Tuesday
evening, July 15, will feature
Leslie H. Wexner as guest
speaker and the evening's
special honoree, Robert
Aronson, chairman of the
meeting, announced.
Philip Bornstein Will Receive
'Flowers For The Living' Award
Philip Bornstein will receive the Agudas Achim Brotherhood ' 'Flowers for the
Living" Award in recogni-
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Philip Bornstein
tion of his dedicated service
on behalf of the synagogue,
Judaism and the community
on Sunday, July 13, at 8 p.m.
in the sanctuary of the
Agudas Achim Synagogue.
Bornstein  served  as  a
board member of the Agudas
Achim Synagogue for 30
years and as a trustee of the
Columbus Torah Academy.
He was actively involved in
the planning and formulation of the Torah. .Academy
z from its inception and is its
honorary treasurer.
An active member of the
Jewish and general community, Bornstein has .served
many organizations over the
years including B'nai B'rith.
He is af member of many
trade associations within his
industry. Bornstein has been
a supporter of Yeshivas and
Jewish organizations
throughout the world as well
as numerous civic organizations in Columbus. In 1984,
he was honored by Beth
Jacob Congregation as
"Man of the Year."
Bornstein, the youngest of
six children, came to the
United States in 1921 with his
parents Dinna Rivka and
Wolf Bornstein from Sobit-
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In addition to Wexner's
participation, the evening's
agenda will include the premiere showing of "Building
A Community Legacy," a
three-projector, professionally developed, audio-visual
slide show on the Columbus
Jewish Foundation story;
election of new officers and
board, as well as award and
recognition presentations.
A wine/buffet reception
begins at 6:45 p.m., followed
by the meeting arid program. A dessert buffet will
conclude the festivities;
Wexner is founder/ president and chairman of the
board of: The Limited, Inc;,
? the nation's leading women's
Leslie H. Wexner
apparel specialty store and
mail order retailer. Today
the company operates approximately 2500 women's
specialty, stores and mail
order divisions.
The  local  and  national
Jewish  communities  have
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Wexner Grant Establishes JFS
Shalom House Endowment Fund
Leslie H. Wexner, philanthropist and chairman of the
Board of The Limited, announced in a letter to Miriam
Yenkin, president of the
Columbus Jewish Federation, that the Wexner Foundation has approved a grant
of $100,000 for the creation of
an endowment fund for Jewish Family Service's Victor
Weinstein Shalom House.
Shalom House, currently
under construction on the
Jewish Community Campus
on College Ave., will provide
residential and program ser-
vices  to  mentally   re-
gious-secular argument itself "which could be a fruitful and healthy part of national life" but "the way in
which we conduct that argument." He said the great
majority of the nation was
"united in the campaign
against extremism, against
incitement, against breaking
the law and against violence
..... There is no place for
compromise in this strug-
, gle," the Premier declared.
Emphasizing the gravity
of recent events, Peres
Warned that the word "hur-
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Federation Adopts Resolution
On Religious/Secular Polarization
Currently Occurring In Israel
tarded/developmentally disabled adults.
In his letter, Wexner
stated that "this new facility
for the developmentally disabled will help answer a too
long unmet need in our community. Most important it
will make an immeasurable
contribution to the lives of its
residents and their families.
It is our hope that other foundations and individuals will
contribute to the endowment
fund."
The newly created Victor
Weinstein  Shalom  House
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The Columbus Jewish
Federation's Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a
resolution on religious —
secular polarization in Israel
at its June 16 meeting.
Following the meeting,
Miriam Yenkin, Federation
president, said, "It is important for Jewish communities
world-wide to voice their
concerns to the appropriate
authorities in Israel about
the polarization and divisive-
ness between the ultra-religious factions and secular
extremists." 7
The text of the resolution is
as follows:
WHEREAS, the ideal, of
k'lal Yisrael, the unity ol the
Jewish people, inspires the
work of the Columbus Jewish Federation to serve Jews
the world over, including
Columbus and Israel in particular, motivates Us to
strengthen the bonds which
unite Jew to Jew regardless
of political philosophy or
orientation towards religious
observance, and impels us to
oppose polarization among
Jews; and
WHEREAS, growing
polarization between certain
secular and certain observant factions of Jews have,
led extremist elements in Israel to engage in violence
and property destruction as
a means of demonstrating
their • rejection of each
other's beliefs and practices; and
WHEREAS, according to
the philosophy of Zionism,
the State of Israel is the
national homeland to and a
special possession of ALL
Jews, as addressed in Israel's Declaration of Independence and the Law of
Return; and
WHEREAS, the mission of
the Jewish Agency to in-
requires  the
of ALL Jews;
the State
cooperation
and
WHEREAS, the Jewish
Agency was reconstituted
for the purpose of accommodating increased participation by all partners in the
Zionist endeavor, among
which is included the Columbus Jewish Federation:
NOW, THEREFORE, WE,
the Board of Trustees of the
Columbus Jewish Federation, call on the Board of
Governors of the Jewish
Agency to review the practices and criteria for allocation of its funds and ensure
tha t none of its resources are
going to support groups and
individuals who promote
polarization among Jews
and within Israel, promulgate philosophies of intolerance, engage in extremist
violence, or in any way
undermihethe principles, of
civil political interaction
which constitute the foundation of Israeli democracy.
Immediately following the
Board meeting, Yenkin sent
the.text of the resolution to
Israel. Myer Mellman, a
member of the United Israel
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