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VOL.64   NO. 37
SEPTEMBER!!, 1986-ELUL7
Devoted 10 American
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Arab Terrorists Gun Down Worshippers
In Istanbul's Main Synagogue Sept. 6
Above Israel Minister of Religion Joseph Burg wel-
- comes Rabbi David Stavsky to his office in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Stavsky Says Religious Leaders
Must Take Peace Initiative In Israel
Rabbi David Stavsky,
speaking to members of the
religious community in Jerusalem and in a separate
meeting with Religious Minister Joseph Burg, M.K.,
said that the conflicts and
disputes between the secular
and religious, communities
must come to an end by the
"Roshe Hayeshevah"
(heads of the Yeshivotj and
rabbis taking the offensive in
a peace initiative.
"It is high time that we
recognize that Jews are not
brought closer to Torah
observance, or to each other
and to G-d, by throwing
stones," said the Beth Jacob
rabbi. At every blocked
crossroad near the Geualoh
section in Jerusalem, or
other sections, instead of the
young zealots and extremists throwing stones,
Roshe Yeshivah should be
there with their students on
Shabbat morning with a
small table, set up with'wine
and schnapps and cakes for
kiddush, he suggested.
"Let them make a beracha
over the wine and understand the beauty and holiness of the Sabbath," said
Rabbi Stavsky.
Returning from his latest
trip to Israel, where he met
with Israeli army chaplains,
members of the nesset and
the newly arrived Ethiopian
Jews, Rabbi Stavsky said,
"This tension and anger between  Jews  must  stop;
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Compiled From Wire
Service Reports
Two Arab terrorists killed
21 worshippers and seriously
injured four others in a rain
of submachine gunfire in
Istanbul's main synagogue
last Saturday, Sept. 6. The
terrorists then blew themselves up with grenades. <
"This appears to have
been a suicide/commando
mission,'' commented Turkish Premier Turgut Ozal,
who Sunday linked the attack to Lebanon, not Libya.
The attack took place at
9:20 a.rn- as Sabbath services were about to begin.
The terrorists, disguised as
photographers, barred ■ the
main door of the Neve
Shalom synagogue to prevent escape and opened fire
on those inside. Most of the
victims were elderly Turkish
men, except for one Italian
and one Iranian. The
women, in a separate section
of the synagogue, escaped
harm.
Israeli Prime Minister
Shimon Peres issued a statement expressing "disgust
and deep shock." He vowed
that Israel would not rest
"until we cut off the arms of
the killers/'
"This time we have to take
notice," he said, in a later
television appearance.
Several anti-Israel terrorist groups have claimed responsibility for the attack,
but an Israeli terrorism expert said it had "all the earmarks" of Abu Nidal, a
Palestinian who specializes
in massacres such as those
in the Rome and Vienna airports last year.
In a related development,
Israel's Trade Minister Ariel
Sharon last Sunday retracted his statement that
Prime Minister Peres' peace
policies encouraged the attack. Peres had demanded
the retraction saying, "It's
impossible for a cabinet
member to level such accusations in public and remain
in the government."
Sharon had said last Saturday that the attack was the
Palestinian answer to Peres'
conciliatory gestures toward
the Arabs, including his July
meeting with King Hassan II
of Morocco and his "grave
concessions" in the border
IDF Radio Director Says
Terrorism World Problem
By Judith Franklin
News Editor
Terrorism is not just an
Israeli problem, not just a
Jewish problem, but a world
Council Of Jewish Federations President
To Speak At Federation Annual Meeting
Shoshana Cardin, president of the Council of Jewish
Federations, will deliver the
Abe I. Yenkin Memorial Address at the COth Annual
Meeting of the Columbus
Jewish Federation.
"This is our special anni-
Florence Melton To Be Honored
By NCJW At Sept. 24 Meeting
When the Columbus Section, National Council of
Jewish Women, holds its
opening meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 24, Florence Melton will be honored by the
Section for her major contribution to the publication and
distribution of the NCJW
pamphlet, "Kids in Crisis."
The luncheon meeting will
be held at 11:30 a.m. at the
home of Miriam Schwartz,
333 N. Parkview Ave.
Charge for the luncheon is
$10 per person, and only
paid-up members can attend. Members may send in
dues along with their checks
for the luncheon to Sandi
Steimen, at 314 S. Drexel
Ave., to secure reservations
for the affair.
According to Ruth
Longert, president of the
Section, the guest speaker,
Dr.- Christopher Berkley, is
noted as having been involved in terrorist negotiations for the United States,
as well as other countries.
His topic will be "Terrorism: Here and Abroad."
Florence Melton, who will
recive an award at the meeting, has always been interested in the welfare of
children and involved in programs which concerned
them. She was active in the
PTA when her children were
small and was also a den
mother. She taught preschool as a volunteer and
also was active in the Religious School of her Temple.
In later years, she funded a
program which brought
together children from an
inner-city school with children from the Arlington
schools to work on a joint
project.
Melton has served on the
National Board of the American Association for Jewish
Education and is a member
of the Federation Committee
on Jewish Education, as well
as being on the Advisory
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versary year," said Sidney
Blatt, chairman of the Annual Meeting, "and it is fitting that the distinguished
president of our national un-
brella organization address
our community on this milestone occasion.'.'
Cardin has received international acclaim within the
Jewish community for her
service. Her current Jewish
community service activities include being a member
of the Executive Committee
and Boards of the American
Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, the Jewish
Agency for Israel and the
United Jewish Appeal. As an
indication of the breadth of
her service, she is currently
vice chairwoman of the Governor's Volunteer Council;
trustee of the National
Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation; associate coordinator of Maryland Volunteer
Network Coordinating Committee, and a member of the
Junior League of Baltimore
Resource Board.
Cardin received the following awards in recognition of
her public service: "Governor's Citation," State of
Maryland, 1982; "Inductee,
Maryland Jewish Hall of
Fame," Jewish Historical
Society of Maryland, 1979;
"Congressional Certificate
of Merit," 1979. She has also
been presented the "Certificate of Distinguished Citi-
zenship," State of Maryland,
1969 and "Honored and Outstanding Citizen," City of
Baltimore, 1969.
In May, 1985, she received
an honorary doctor of humane letters from Western
Maryland College. She holds
a B.A. from the University of
California at Los Angeles
and an MA. in Planning and
Administration from An-
tioch University, Baltimore,
Md.
problem, according to Nach-
man Shai, director-general
of Israel Defense Forces
Radio.
In Columbus early this
week under the auspices of
the Eugene Warner Middle
East Lecture Series sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to
promote American-Israeli
understanding, Shai was-re-
acting to the Arab terrorist
commando-suicide mission
last Saturday which left 21
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dispute with Egypt. He said
the Arabs saw these actions
as signs of "Israeli weakness," which invited the response of Palestinian terrorism.
Community Invited
To Fashion Show
At Jewish Center
On Sunday, Sept. 14, in the
Schottenstein Auditorium of
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center, the fashion lines of
Mary McFadden, Suzelle,
After 5, the Dynasty Collection, St. Martin, Lilli Ann,
Adrienne Vittadin and Cas-
saedi will be shown to the entire community.
The Columbus Jewish
Singles, in conjunction with
the Bello Stefano Shop, will
host a brunch from 12-1 p.m.
The show, choreographed by
Gloria Goodman, owner of
Bello Stefano, and Kim
Hayes, the coordinator of
models, will begin at l p.m.
The program will include a
disk jockey, a video recording and a ten percent discount on merchandise offered to all who attend.
The fee for this event is $3
for Center members and
$4.50 for non-members.
Limited seating is available.
Call by today, Thursday,
Sept. n, for reservations at
231-2731, ext. 251.
Sidney Brooks To Be Guest Rabbi
For High Holidays At Temple Israel
Shoshana Cardin
The Abe I. Yenkin Memorial Address is presented
each year at the Annual
Meeting, funded through a
grant presented to the
Federation by the family of
Abe Yenkin. The family, his
wife Eleanore and three children, felt that this would be
an appropriate tribute to his
memory.
Yenkin, past president of
Columbus Jewish Federa-
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Robert S. Aronson, president of Temple Israel, announces that Rabbi Sidney
H. Brooks will once again
serve as guest rabbi during
the High Holidays. He will
join Rabbis Sanford Akselrad and Jerome Folkman on
the bema during Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Services. Serving as cantor
this year will be Jerry
Krasnow.
"Both young and old alike
will remember the special
feeling Rabbi Brooks added
to our services last year with
his strong spiritual presence
and wry sense of humor. The
people of Omaha, Neb., felt
the same way as he served
as senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Omaha, from 1952 to
1985," Aronson noted.
Originally from Buffalo,
N.Y,, Rabbi Brooks earned
his B.A. in English literature
from the University of Cincinnati and later was ordained as rabbi from Hebrew Union College. His first
pulpit was as an assistant
rabbi at Temple Shalom in
Springfield, Ohio where he
served for six years before
moving to Omaha.
While in Omaha, Rabbi
Brooks received numerous
awards and recognition for
his leadership and spiritual
guidance. He was presented
the Plaque of Integrity and
Excellence by the Omaha
Metropolitan Association of
Churches; received the
Humanitarian Award from
the National Council of
Christians and Jews, and the
George Washington Award
of Honor from the Freiden
Foundation.
He has served on the National Pulpit Placement
Commission of the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis; the Executive
Board of the CCAR; the
Board of Trustees of the
Jewish Federation of Omaha
and the Regional Anti-
Defamation League; he has
served on the Board of Overseers of the HUC and has lectured at the University of
Kansas and University of
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