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Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 40 Years
VOL.64   NO.42
OCTOBER 9,1986-TISHREI6
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Schultz Says Daniloff, Orlov Release
Is Sign Of Hope For Soviet Jewry
NEW YORK (JTA) — Secretary of State George
Schultz said the release last
week of American journalist
Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow
and the scheduled release of
Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov
are signs of hope for Soviet
Jewry.
"An American journalist
and a Soviet dissident —
these are living symbols of
our commitment," Schultz
said in reference to thousands of remaining dissidents in the Soviet Union.
Schultz, speaking at a
tenth anniversary gala of the
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
(JCRC), called the release of
Daniloff and Orlov a "testament to the universality of
our concern with human
rights." He failed any mention of the simultaneous release in New York of accused Soviet spy Gennadi
Zakharov.
Both the Daniloff ordeal
and the continued detention
of dissidents have increased
tensions between the East
and the West, according to
Schultz, and threaten global
security. "Security and justice are indivisible," Schultz
said. "You can't abrogate
Judith Brachman Nominated
Assistant Secretary Of HUD
President Reagan has
nominated community member Judith Y. Brachman to
serve as assistant secretary
of the U.S. Department, of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
After being named to the
national post on Sept. 25,
Brachman commented, "I
am honored by the confidence of the President in
selecting me. It is also recognition of Ohio and of the commitment identified with
equal opportunity in our own
community." Her new duties
will cover HUD's national
responsibility for all fair
housing and equal opportu
nity programs. The nomination requires Senate confirmation.
Brachman has served as
HUD's Ohio manager since
Jan. 1983 and was appointed
in Oct. 1984 by Secretary
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. as the
first woman to serve as regional administrator, with
responsibility for HUD's largest region including Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Indiana in addition to Ohio.
Active in community services and professional organizations, Brachman has
served as a trustee of Heritage House and Village, as a
of strong leadership that has
known when to compromise,
and when, as in the words of
Thoreau 'to become a majority of one,' " she said.
She  spoke  about  the
strength of the community:
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Beth Tikvah Students Launch
Good Wishes For New Year
Rosh Hashanah may have been late this year, but
these messages were timely I Students at Beth Tikvah
Religious School enjoyed launching their wishes (and
balloons) for the coming New Year.
Judith Brachman
trustee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and as a
trustee of the Columbus
School for Girls. She and her
husband Merom have three
daughters: Lavea, Sarai and
Shael. Her father is Fred
Yenkin, and her mother was
the late Lillian Levin Yenkin,
Brachman received the
1983 Distinguished Alumni
Award from Ohio State University's College of Engineering for outstanding
achievement. In addition to
her HUD responsibilities,
she was an ad junct prof essbr
and taught graduate classes
in the Department of City
and Regional Planning at
Ohio State University.
Lubavitcher Rebbe
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe,
Rabbi Menachem M.
Schneersoh, will appear via
satellite tonight, Oct. 9, at
9:30. The live cablecast, featuring a special message for
the New Year, will emanate
from the world headquarters
of the Chabad-Lubavitch
movement in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The scope of the Rebbe's
public addresses extend
from Talmudic and Chassidic teachings to events of
national and international
Local resident Abe Weinrib, 72, recently attended a
convention of the American
Gathering and Federation of
Jewish Holocaust Survivors,
the national organization of
Jewish Holocaust survivors,
their children and grandchildren. He was accompanied
concern.
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Miriam Yenkin Reelected
President Of Federation
Miriam Yenkin was reelected president of the Columbus Jewish Federation
before  an  assemblage  of
close to 500 members of the
community ait the 60th Annual  Meeting  on Sunday,
Sept. 28. The meeting was
held at Temple Israel.
. In addition, Shoshana.Car-
din, president of the Council
of Jewish Federations and
keynote  speaker  for  the
Annual Meeting, remarked
about the Council's recognition of Yenkin's leadership
on behalf of the people in Co-
-lulhbus and K'lal.Yisrael,
the world-wide Jewish community.   Cardin   likewise
praised and congratulated
the Columbus Jewish Fed:
eration on the simcha of its
60th  anniversary  and   its
leadership among the communities of North America.
In accepting, Yenkin expressed her feeling of being
privileged to be reelected
Federation president as the
Columbus  Jewish  Federation celebrates its 60th anniversary. "We have a legacy
Community Invited
To Celebrate Sukkot
At Jewish Center
On Thursday, Oct. 16, the
entire community is invited
to the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center to participate in this
year's Sukkot Celebration.
Sukkot is the harvest festival celebrated the 15th to the
: 22nd of the Jewish month of
Tishrei. It is named for huts
(sukkot) hung with fruits
and vegetables set up to recall the temporary field
dwellings Hebrew farmers,
traditionally used during
harvest time.
For those who wish, at 6:30
p;m. a light dinner will be
provided for a fee of $3 for
Center members, $4.50 for
non-members and $2 for children 12 and under. Paid
reservations must be in by
Oct. 10. Dinner participants
will have the opportunity to
begin making decorations at
7 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., everyone
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one without diminishing the
other'."
Continuing with his concern about security, Schultz
called for a coordinated response against terrorism
and added that a strong Israel contributes to worldwide security.
Attorney General Edwin
Meese, who also addressed
the JCRC celebration, urged
people to "remain vigilant to
combat terrorists." Meese,
who was recently in Israel,
described witnessing at first
hand a mock demonstration
by the Israeli military on
how to fight terrorism. He
said he was extremely impressed by the methods the
Israelis employed to respond
to a terrorist attack.
Local Resident Attends Gathering
Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
to the gathering by his son,
Bruce,  who lives in New
York City. ..„,,,    ......
Weinrib also attended tha
group's first convention,
held in Israel in 1981, in addition to a get-together in
Washington, D.C, in April
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Abe Weinrib stands beside the Statue of Liberty (top
photo) during a gathering of Holocaust survivors and
their families, held in early September. Weinrib first
saw the statue upon his arrival in America in 1954. In
the bottom photo, Weinrib is shown being interviewed
by one of three television network reporters who spoke
with him during the gathering. "I want to be a witness," Weinrib said, when asked why he traveled from
Ohio to attend the event.   •   . -.
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