Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1986-07-24

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VOL.64   NO. 30
JULY 24,1986-TAMMUZ17
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THE OHIO JEWISH CHRONICLE
NEW YEAR EDITION
SEPTEMBER 29,1986
FEATURING:
■ The Jewish Epicure—a special feature section about how
to plan the perfect party and what and where to eat in
Columbus
■ short stories by Local Authors
■ The Annual, Updated Guide to the Jewish community
■ Organization Ar|nual Reports
■ Pictorial and Chronological Highlights of the Past Year
■ New Year Greetings to the community
■ The New OJC Community Calendar
Vatican-Israel Relations
Take Roller Coaster Ride
By Marc H. Tanenbaum
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Fasten your ecumenical
seat-belts. The latest cycle of
Vatican-Israeli diplomatic
relations has again become a
roller-coaster and for the
months ahead, it now appears the ride will be" bumpy
and probably rough.
For nearly a year, a number of influential Catholic
cardinals in the United
States, Europe, and Latin
America began making public statements indicating
that "there was something
new in the air in the Vatican" about movement
toward establishing diplomatic ties with Israel. A distinguished and knowledgeable Israeli diplomat confirmed those reports of some
positive new attitudes iri
Rome toward Jerusalem.
During three years of off-
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Pat Cooper Headline Entertainer
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Heritage House Grandparents of the Year Esther
Richman and Max Portman rode in the Bexley July 4
Parade.
60 Heritage Village Residents
Attend Bexley July 4 Parade
Sixty members of the Heritage Village family enjoyed
front row seats at the Bexley.
Fourth of July Parade, while
two of their fellow residents,
the recently crowned Heritage House Grandparents of
the Year, represented the
Village in the procession.
Esther Richman, Grandmother of the Year, and Max
Portman, Grandfather, were
seated in a 1970 BUick convertible in the morning's parade. The car, provided by
Tim Shields, was decorated
to reflect the day's
"Liberty" theme, noting
"You've come, a long way,
baby!" next to a three foot
poster of the Stafue of Liberty. The Grandparents' ride
began a year's reign in their
honorary positions as official
resident representatives.
Residents were comfortably shaded under six canopies, recently donated to
Heritage Village by Mrs.
Jeffrey Portman, Heritage
Village Auxiliary co-president. The Agudas Achim
Brotherhood provided seating and refreshments for the
residents' enjoyment. Also
provided by the Brotherhood
were American flags and
sun: hats for each Village
resident.
Village Volunteers Bill Gilbert, Mimi Gordon, Yetta
Rosen and Chuck Weinstein
assisted throughout the
morning. Transportation
was coordinated through the
Bexley City Schools, which
donated' the use of a school
bus, and the Heritage
Village Auxiliary, who sponsored the rental of two
wheelchair vans.
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Pat Cooper, fresh from appearances in Atlantic City
and Las Vegas, will be the
headline entertainment at
the Agudas Achim Brotherhood's "Boys Night Out with
the Stars" on Tuesday, Sept.
16, at 6 p.m.
According to the JVew Yorlc
Times, "Pat Cooper . . is a
pleasant looking man who is
probably doing more in happier fashion, to dispel ethnic
prejudice than do some of
the new counter-defamation
organizations that have,
themselves, been a center of
controversy .... he
sparkles with reminiscence-
humor, a Brooklyn boy
speaking with the impeccable diction of our local precincts ... he makes loving
fun of his family and of
Italians, in a way that can
arouse laughs but no feelings
of superiority ..."
He is the first comedian of
his lineage to poke fun at his
Italian background. He discovered that in making his
own people laugh as they
saw themselves reflected in
the mirror of his wit, he was
also making non-Italians
hold their sides, too, as they
saw and laughed at the
similarities in their own
experience.
Sales on Cooper's four
albums recorded for United
Artists Records ("Our
Hero," "Spaghetti and Other
Sauces," "You Don't Have
To Be Italian to Like Pat
Cooper" and "More Saucy
Stories'') are now past the
one million mark in sales. In
1981,   "The  Best  of  Pat
Cooper" was released and is
still selling strong.
For 12 years, Cooper was a
bricklayer, following his
family trade started in Bari,
Italy six generations ago.
But his weekends were spent
being the funny guy for peanuts or a friendly pat on the
back. That's when he began
telling stories and acting out
family events in the lives of
his people. When the offers
started to add up to 40 or 50
weeks a year, Pasquale
Caputo put his trowel to his
last brick and really became
Pat Cooper.
Pat Cooper
His big break came in 1963
via TV's "Jackie Gleason
Show," when the routines
that had rolled them in the
aisles in Brooklyn had the
same effect in Sioux City,
Iowa. From there, it was the
big time, playing the top
nightclubs and hotels in Las
Vegas, Miami, New York,
Los Angeles, San Juan and
so on. It meant appearing on
the same bill with stars like
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the-record meetings
between representatives of
the International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious
Consultations (IJCIC) and
key authorities of the Vatican Secretariat of State, several concrete proposals were
discussed as possible
interim steps that could culminate in full-scale diplomatic ties between the Holy
See and the Jewish State.
The two most likely
models examined were the
American model of an Apostolic Delegate becoming a
Papal Nuncio and the Polish
Working Group of the Holy
See that relates politically to
the Polish Communist
government.
Then, suddenly within the
past two months, the
: momentum seemed to reverse/John Cardinal O'Connor, the popular Archbishop
of New York and demonstrated friend of the Jewish
people, went to Lebanon and
made a number of statements that seemed both to
signal and confirm this shift.
Both publicly as well as in
private conversations with
this writer, Cardinal O'Connor said that he favored
Vatican diplomatic ties with
Israel but there were preconditions:
• Israel should "assist substantially" in finding "a
Palestinian homeland."
•Israel should help
achieve peace in Lebanon.
• And, most strangely,
Israel should help bring
about the security of some
eight million Christians in
Arab countries.
Not a word was addressed
by O'Connor directly nor
explicitly to Syria, the Shiite
and Sunni Moslems in
Lebanon, Iran, nor Libya —
all of whom have been active
in destabilizing Lebanon and
in massacring Christians for
their own fanatic purposes of
converting the Middle East
to an Arab-Muslim hegemony.
(Ironically, a Roman
Catholic priest, Monsignor
John Esseff, the former
American director of the
Pontifical Mission in Beirut,
in a telling interview published in the Australian, May
6, gave, eloquent personal
testimony to that brutal
fact: "He said Iran, Syria
and Libya's support for extreme, radical groups such
as the Hezbollah — widely
believed to be responsible
for the blowing up of the
American Embassy and
compound in 1983—the fanatical anti-Western organization, the. Muslim Brotherhood and the various PLO
factions were the major reasons for Lebanon's momentous tragedy .. . These outside-controlled, radical,
anti-Western Muslim groups
(were) leading to the genocide of the Lebanese people.")
Then on July 7, the National Catholic News Service
reported that Bishop James
Malone of Youngstown,
Ohio, president of the National Conference of Catholic
BishopSj wrote a letter to
President Reagan urging
him "to convince the Senate
to drop legislation that could
force the U.S. Embassy iri
Israel to be moved from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem." He
referred to an amendment
proposed by Sen. Jesse
Helms (R.N.C.) on the Embassy transfer.
Bishop Malone, who has
also been a forthright friend
of American Jews, termed
the Helms amendment
"very dangerous" and said
that "our position, then as
now, has been guided by the
overall position of the Holy
See on Jerusa lem."
How does one explain that
sudden toughening of the
Vatican line towards Israel
aftei air the soft music that
began to build up publicly
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Beth Jacob Plans
New Kosher Korner
Beth Jacob Congregation
announces the opening of the
Kosher Korner on Tuesday,
July 29. Dinner will be
served from 6 until 8 p.m. in
the newly-redecorated Beth
Jacob Social Hall.
The Kosher Korner offers
families ia the Columbus
Jewish community the opportunity to leave meal preparations and dishwashing to
Beth Jacob members and to
dine out. .
The Kosher Korner menu
will be family-pleasing, with
delicacies to intrigue every
palate and portions to fill
every plate, organizers say.
Hot dogs and chicken,
healthful salads, unusual
side dishes and tempting
desserts will satisfy each
diner, from the youngest
nosher to the most sophisticated gourmet, they promise.
Beth Jacob looks forward
to offering this home cooked
alternative to home cooking
on a regular basis in the
months ahead.
To reserve a spot at the
Kosher Korner, call Chanita
Weisz, 235-3825; Marilyn
Cole, 235-0359, or Candi
Schwarz, 231-8991, by Sunday, July 27.
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