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VOL.64   NO.
SEPTEMBER 25,1986-ELUL 21
Devoted lo American
and JewKh Ideals.
Jewish Film Fest Cancelled Due To
Recent Wave Of Terrorism In France
Subscribers To Receive
OJC New Year Edition,
Calendar In The Mail
The 5747 edition of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle New
Year issue will be mailed to subscribers within the next
few days. On the cover of that issue (shown above) is a
picture of Story Time at the Jewish Infants Home circa
1926, highlighting the theme of the new Jewish Community Calendar. The calendar, which features original photographs and drawings illustrating the Columbus Jewish Federation's 60 years of community
building will be mailed to subscribers along with the
New Year Edition.
PARIS (JTA) - The
Jewish film festival scheduled to be held here in the
second half of this month
was cancelled last week by
the cinema owners, the Pub-
licis-Matignon Company.
The reason they gave was
the wave of terrorism in
France which posed a major
risk to the festival.
Festival Director Emile
Weiss, whose own cinema
was destroyed by an explosion in March 1985, said that
"cancelling the festival is
tantamount to giving in to
the terrorists Giving in to
terror will turn the terrorists
into the victors." Weiss said
that he is trying to find
another movie house to present the program of 60 films
on Jewish themes.
Chief Rabbi of France
-Rene Samuel Sirat joined the
heads of the five other main
religious groups in France
condemning the terrorist attacks and fully backing the
government's decision not to
give in to the terrorists' ultimatum.
Among the other five signatories are Archbishop of
Paris Cardinal Jean-Marie
Lustiger; the dean of the
Paris Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed Orras, and the
president of the Protestant
Federation, The Rev.
Jacques Maury.
Seven people have been
killed and nearly 200
wounded in a wave of wild
and indiscriminate bombing
attacks. The targets were a
Paris cafeteria, a post office,
police headquarters and a
popular clothing store.
All of the attacks are believed to have been carried
Bunny Cowall Named 'Woman Of Year'
By State Of Israel Bonds Organization
Dr. Dorothy Rubenstein,
Women's Division Chair-
womari, announces that
Bunny Putchat Cowall has
been chosen 1986 State of Israel Bonds Woman of the
Year. Cowall will be honored
at a Champagne Brunch on
Sunday, Nov. 23, 11:30 a.m.
at Winding Hollow Country
'Club.   f?,7?
"Bunny has served the
Women's. Division in every
capacity. Her tireless
energy and total dedication
to Israel combine to make
her the perfect choice for
Woman of the .Year," said
Dr. Rubenstein. -
. "I,n accepting.this honor, I
pledge to work even more
diligently than ever and look
forward to greeting my
friends and family on this
memorable occasion,"
stated Cowall. .
Cowall has been a member
of the Executive Committee
of Israel Bonds for many
years and was past-chairwoman of the Women's Division, Fashion Show Luncheon, Sponsors Program
Bunny Cowall
and served as general chairwoman for community dinners in 1983 and 1984.
out by a Lebanese terrorist
gang which is demanding the
liberation of their leader,
Georges Ibrahim Abdullah,
and'two other terrorists
serving prison sentences in
France for terrorist attacks.
Abdullah, serving a four
year sentence for entering
France with a forged passport, is also suspected of
having masterminded and
directed the murders of
American military Attache
Lt. Col. Charles Ray in Jan.,
1983 and of Israeli diplomat
Yaakov Barsimantov three
months later.
Community Invited To Federation's
60th Annual Meeting On Sept. 28
"The 60th Annual Meeting
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation ,this Sunday,
Sept. 28, will provide the
community with an opportunity to journey through six
decades of Columbus Jewish
life," said Sidney Blatt, Annual Meeting chairman. The
The evening will also include presentations of the
Therese Stern Kahn Young
Leadership Award and the
Community Award of Excellence and the Abe I. Yenkin
Memorial Address by Shoshana Cardin, president of
the Council of Jewish
Federations. A Klezmer
band, "The Froelich
Makers," will cap off the
program  at  the  dessert
reception which will follow
in the social hall. A special
Anniversary History Supplement will be presented to
everyone who attends.
The Annnual Meeting will.
be held at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Reservations can
be made by phoning the
Federation, 237-7686. The
cost is $3 for adults. There is
no charge for seniors and
students.
Bradley Bleefeld As Senior Rabbi
Besides her role with Israel Bonds, Cowall is a past
president and on the executive committee of District'
Federation 9, the Ohio Valley Federation of Temple
Sisterhoods; liaison for the
Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights for the State of
Ohio, and serving her second
term on the National
Federation Temple Sisterhood Board.
A past president and life
member of Temple Israel
Sisterhood, Cowall has
served as officer and board
member of National Council
of Jewish Women; Hadassah; Brandeis Auxiliary;
Heritage House Auxiliary;
Columbus Jewish Historical
Society; Columbus Jewish
Federation and Columbus
Jewish  Foundation.   She
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Sidney Blatt
evening marks the celebration of the Federation's 60th
anniversary—60 years of
Jewish community building.
"The entire community is invited to this special celebration," he added.
Woven throughout the program will be a journey
through 60 years of Jewish
community building via a
slide presentation reflecting
highlights of each decade
from 1926-1986.
Egyptian, Israeli
Relationslmprove
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Premier Shimon Peres returned from his recent summit meeting with President
Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria with the solid
achievement of improved bilateral relations between Israel and Egypt. Egypt will
have an ambassador in Tel
Aviv for the first" time since
1982.
But their agreement to advance broader peace in the
region was couched in general terms. In the joint com-
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Bradley Bleefeld has been
unanimously elected the new
senior rabbi of Temple Israel. His election took place
at a special congregational
meeting chaired by President Robert Aronson. Rabbi
Bleefeld was recommended
for the position by the Temple's Rabbinical Search
Committee chaired by Ray
Wells.
Rabbi Bleefeld is pre-,
sently serving as senior
rabbi at Temple Anshe
Hesed in Erie, Pa., a position
he has held since 1980. Previously, he was associate
rabbi at Baltimore Hebrew
Congregation from 1977-1980
and assistant rabbi at Temple Israel from 1975-1977.
Bradley Bleefeld, 37, a native of New York City, received his B.A. in philosophy
from the University of Cincinnati and M.A. in Hebrew
letters from Hebrew Union
College in 1973. Rabbi Bleefeld has been active in both
the Jewish and general communities throughout his professional career. He has
served on the National
Board of "Trustees of the
World Union of Progressive
Judaism, Association of Reform Zionists of America
and American. Zionist
Federation; he is a member
of the Rabbinic Board of
Alumni Overseers, Hebrew
Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion; he serves as
a member of the President's
Alumni Circle of the Hebrew
Union College — Jewish
Institute of Religion; he is on
the Boards of St. Vincent
Health Center, Gannon University, Erie Jewish Community   Council  and  Erie
V.
Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld
Community Hebrew School;
he is a founder and board
member of the Hospice of
Metropolitan Erie for which
he now serves as president
and he serves on the board of
the United Way of Erie.
Rabbi Bleefeld has extensive teaching experience
having served as adjunct associate professor of religious
studies at Allegheny College,
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