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VOL.65, NO. 17
APRIL 23,1987-NISAN 24
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals,
Rabbi Bleefeld To Be
Rabbi Of Temple Israel
Rabbi Bradley N. Bleefeld
will be installed as the 24th
rabbi of Temple Israel on
Friday, April 24, 8 p.m. at
Temple Israel, 5419 E. Broad
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Rabbi Henoch Millen Named
Headmaster Of Torah Academy
Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld
The entire community is
invited to celebrate the
rabbi's installation at the
Shabbat Service: Ah Oneg,
arranged by the Temple Israel Sisterhood, will follow
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Rhonda Brazina, one of the Jewish National Fund
National Assembly participants, is pictured above at
the dedicatory wall of the "Challenger Forest" planted
in memory of the seven astronauts who died in their
USA spacecraft. Brazina is shown noting the plaque of
"The Morris and Fannie Skilken Forest" which is
planted adjacent to the Challenger Forest in the
American Independence Park outside of Jerusalem.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT IN THIS ISSUE
JNF National Assembly
Recently Held In Israel
The Jewish National Fund
Third  National  Assembly
was held in Israel in Feb-
Jewish Center, JFS To Sponsor
April 28 Program About Suicide
■ On Tuesday, April 28, at
8 p.m. the Leo Yassenoff .
Jewish Center and Jewish
Family Service will sponsor
an educational program,
"Suicide—How Do We Respond?" The program will
be held in the Roth/Resler
Theatre of the Jewish Center. Two expert panelists
will present their perspectives on the issue of suicide.
The panel will be moderated
by Dr. Jonathan York, president of the Franklin County
Mental Health Board.
Rabi Daniel Syme, vice
president of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations in New York City,
will speak on suicide from
the Jewish perspective.
Rabbi Syme will also focus
on  suicide  as   it  affects
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families. He has published
many articles and several
books, including his latest
volume Finding God.
ruary 1987. Local participants were Rhonda and Stephen Brazina, Gary Covel,
Ethel Neustadt and participating in the latter part of
the mission, Rabbi Samuel
and Dr. Dorothy Rubenstein.
Rhonda Brazina, representing the JNF Columbus Council, lead a plenary session on
security in the Galilee.
"Included in this issue of
the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, a
16 page supplement expands
on the Jewish National
Fund, its National Mission
and the vital work of the
JNF," states Nancy Martin,
JNF regional director.' 'JNF
represents the love of the
land and as stated by Dr.
Joseph Sternstein, president, Jewish National Fund
of America '... what G-d
didn't do, the JNF did .. .'"
Rabbi Henoch (Herbert)
Millen has been named
headmaster of . Columbus
Torah Academy, thus becoming the second headmaster in the school's 28 year
history. Rabbi Millen succeeds Dr. Irving Fried, who
has served the school since
its inception and who earlier
announced his decision to retire as of the end of the current school year.
The Torah Academy, with
an enrollment of more than
150 students, is the only Hebrew day school in the community and offers classes in
grades K through 8.
Robert H. Schottenstein,
president of the school, announced, "Oh behalf of the
Officers and Board of Trustees of Columbus Torah Academy, it is an honor and
privilege to announce the
hiring of Rabbi Millen as
new headmaster. Rabbi Millen will commence his full
time duties as headmaster
on July 1,1987."
Schottenstein further
stated, "Rabbi Millen is an
individual who comes to us
with impressive credentials
arid outstanding references.
He is a learned scholar with
a very strong educational
background. His leadership
ability and administrative
skills are of the highest
quality. His prior experience, including his present
position as headmaster of
the Westchester Day School,
eminently qualifies him to
carry out the objectives of
our School."
Rabbi Millen received his
bachelor's degree in English
from Yeshiva University in
1960 where, he also minored
in Hebrew. In 1962, he
earned his master's degree
in Jewish philosophy from
the Revel Graduate School
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Rabbi Henoch Millen
at Yeshiva University; in
that same year he received
his Smicha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva University and in 1974, Rabbi Millen
was awarded his doctorate
in Hebrew literature from
the Revel Graduate School of
Yeshiva University.
In 1963, at the age of 23,
Rabbi Millen became the
founding principal of the
Hamilton Hebrew Academy,
Hamilton, Ontario. In less
than seven years, under his
leadership, the school's
enrollment increased from
14 to more than 220 students.
In 1976, he moved to Jerusalem where he served for
three years as the associate
director of the Sholom Hartman Institute of Judaic Studies.
At the present time, Rabbi
Millen serves as headmaster
of the Westchester Day
School, Mamafoneck, N.Y.,
an eight grade school with an
enrollment of 380 students.
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Rabbi Daniel Syme
Mazene Doty, Ph.D., is a
psychologist with the Freshwater House Clinic in Columbus. She will speak about the
warning signs, what to look
for, where to go for help and
how to help the suicidal person.   ■ '.
The program is open to the
community and is geared to
address the concerns of
adults and teens. There is no
fee.
For more information on
this program or suicide, call
Debbe Hopkins, MSW, at
Jewish Family Services,
231-1890.
Federation Promotes Mitch Orlik
To Associate Executive Director
Mitch Orlik has been promoted to the position of associate executive director of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, announced Alan H.
Gill, executive director.
Orlik has been with the
Federation since 1984, when
he came from Omaha after
having served four, years
with their Federation. In his
new position, Orlik will have
•various supervisory duties,
including directing the 1988
United Jewish Fund Campaign.
Orlik outlined his goals,
which include bringing criti
cal focus to campaign leadership development, broadening the base of volunteer
involvement and enhancing
the quality and availability
of training to campaign
leadership and workers. In
addition, he added that year
round campaign planning
will be a key ingredient in insuring the long range success of the campaign.
How Orlik feels about continuing his career in Columbus was expressed when he
said, "I'm very pleased with
the opportunity to continue
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Rabbi Stavsky Appointed
To RCA Editorial Board
Rabbi David Stavsky of the Beth Jacob Congregation
was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of the
national Holocaust Commission of the Rabbinical
Council of America by Rabbi Bernard Rosenberg,
Commission chairman. The RCA is planning to publish
a volume of sermons, essays, documentaries and
photos in a special Holocaust volume. Rabbi Stavsky is
pictured above leaving the Terezin Concentration
Camp which is located 40 miles outside of Prague. The
Beth Jacob rabbi has travelled tlxtensively visiting
various concentration camps and documenting the
sites on film.
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