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VOL.65   NO. 18
APRIL 30,1987-1YAR1
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Rabbi Hirsh Chinn
Helps Jews Fight
Drug Dependency
For the past two years,
Rabbi Hirsh Michel Chinn of
Congregation Ahavas Sholom has been involved in aiding the Jewish chemically
dependent.
He first became sensitized
to this problem by Dr.
Abraham J. Twerski of
Pittsburgh, whose work in
this field is well known.
Rabbi Chinn, who holds a
masters degree in guidance
and counseling from Long
Island University of New
York, was invited to speak to
a group of professionals,
clergy and lay members of
the Cleveland community
last week. He also was asked
to participate in the "Ruth
Fox Course" featured at the
national convention of the
American Medical Society
on Alcoholism and other
Drug Dependencies
(A.M.S.A.O.D.D.).
The officers and board of
Ahavas Sholom have encouraged Rabbi Chinn to deepen
his commitment by opening
their synagogue to an Open
Discussion Non-Smoker's
A.A.. meeting called the
Mitzvah Group. Rabbi Chinn
also serves as a member of
the Rabbinical Faculty of
J.A.C.S. (Jewish Alcoholics,
Chemically Dependents and
Significant Others) an organization responsibile for
much of the awakening in
the Jewish community to the
internal spectre of substance
abuse.
This weekend, May 1-3,
Rabbi Chinn will be in Wood-
bourne, N.Y., with some 160
participants from over 12
states - all who have personally felt the need for
"heimishe" support from
fellow Jews.     ■■"*■.-■■
Locally, work is underway
with Jewish Family Services, Columbus Jewish Federation and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center for major
community projects in this
area.
State Department Official Says
Peace Process Should Not Be
Hostage Of Internal PLO Politics
The Amranim Duo from Israel will entertain at the
"Israel 39 Celebration" at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center on Sunday, May 3.
'Israel 39' Celebration
To Feature Folk Duo
Shalom and Barak Am-
rani, the Amranim Brothers,
will be coming direct from
Israel to the Leo Yassenoff *
Jewish Center this Sunday,
May 3, to delight the "Israel'
39!" audience with hand-
clapping, foot-tapping
Hebrew songs. A complete
schedule of additional festivities on Sunday promises to
bring a taste of Israel to the
entire community.
A musical duo which has
entertained audiences
across the globe, the Am-
rarum Brothers are third-
generation Israelis of
Yemenite descent and have
performed together since
childhood. Their repertoire
is comprised of folk songs
and contemporary music, as
Dr. L. Robert Polster To Be
Installed At Tifereth Israel
Dr. L. Robert Polster will
be installed as president of
Congregation Tifereth Israel
at the Annual Congregation
Meeting to be held on Sunday
evening, May 3, at 5 p.m. at
the synagogue.
Dr. Polster has served
Tifereth Israel for many
years. He is a past chairman
of the Board of Education
and has been chairman of
the Scholarship Committee.
He has served on the Executive ' Committee as second vice president and for
the past two years as, first >
vice president.
"I am honored to have
been nominated: to serve
Tifereth Israel as its president," commented Dr;
Polster. "My family has a
long and rich history of involvement and leadership in
the congregation, and I look
forward to carrying on that
family tradition."
In addition to the installation, the Annual Meeting will
feature the reports of the
president, the treasurer,
Sisterhood, Men's Club and
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well as original works that
reflect the various facets of
Israel's multi-layered
culture.
The duo will perform at
7:30 p.m. at the Jewish
Center as part of the
Center's annual Yom Ha'atzma'ut Celebration, this year
to celebrate Israel's 39th
birthday. Chairpersons Burton Hirsch and Julie
Rosenglick invite the community to join in the day,
which will also commemorate the 20th anniversary _ of the reunification of
Jerusalem. .
Tickets for the Amranim
Brothers concert are now on
sale at the Center for $6
Center members, $7.50 non-
members and $5 seniors 7
students. Admission to almost all other activities at
"Israel 39," however, is free.
In addition to the concert,
celebrants at Israel 39 will
be able to leave messages in
a "Wailing Wall." The
messages will then be taken
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The Middle East peace process should not become
"hostage to the internal
politics of the PLO," a State
Department official said last
week. But Richard Murphy,
assistant secretary of state
for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, admitted that
the Palestine Liberation Organization's repudiation of
its 1985 accord with Jordan
on a joint approach to peace
at its conference this week in
Algiers may be a "diversion" from negotiations.
"It (the repudiation) does
nothing to get, the; negotiations started," Murphy said
in testimony before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee. "It may prove to be a
diversion in getting the
Palestinians to the table in a
join Jordanian-Palestinian
conference."
• He added, ^e;dpjr^ttrurik
the peace process should become hostage to internal
politics of the PLO and we
will continue our efforts to
give a hand to people in the
region who are suffering
from a lack of progress in
the peace process. "Murphy
said a recent Jordanian
statement indicated that the
Palestine National Council
(PNC) meeting in Algeria
would not "change the principle that they're interested
in getting to negotiations."
Special Activities To Culminate
Beth Tikvah's 25th Anniversary
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Columbus' only north-
side synagogue, will hold
culminating celebrations for
its 25th anniversary the
weekend of May 15-17.
On Friday, May 15, Rabbi
Charles Mintz will speak at
Sabbath Services on the
theme of dedication and rededication: "Chanukah in
May." Rabbi Mintz was
UAHC regional rabbi when
the congregation was organ-
izedinl962.
On Saturday, May 16, the
members will re-enact the
:;Nov£ ie>, 1980 walk from the;
synagogue's old building on
Indianola Avenue to the
Worthington site.
Families will picnic at Antrim Park; there will be a
Havdalah service, and Jeff
Klepper, a cantor and folk
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Shalom House, a group home for mentally retarded
and developmentally disabled adults, opened in mid-
February.
Jewish Family Service Opens
Victor Weinstein Shalom House
The Victor Weinstein Shalom House, a group home for
mentally retarded and
developmentally disabled
adults, opened in mid-
February.
The home is a project of
Aguda Rabbis Issue Warning
rrient of the mezuzahs are
improperly formed, accord-
NEW YORK (JTA) -
Concerned that thousands of
non-kosher mezuzahs have
been brought into the United
States from Israel, the National Conference of Agudath Israel Branch Rab-
bonim urges recent purchasers to have them checked
with reputable Hebrew
scribes.      , '
The letters in. the parch,,
ing to Aguda, and their use
technically does not fulfill
the mezuzah mitzvah. The
rabbis, meeting here recently, also urged Aguda to
initiate state legislation
making the sale of non-
kosher mezuzahs consumer
. fraud,.itsitis,in(New,York..
the Jewish Family Service.
It was established to meet
the need in the Columbus
community for a Jewish
residential setting for these
disadvantaged adults. The
home provides a Jewish
environment in addition to a
comprehensive training and
rehabilitation program
stressing independent living
skills along with education
and socialization.
David Small, director of
Shalom House, with his staff
of skilled and experienced
personnel in the field of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, has developed a program to meet
the individualized needs of
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singer from Evanston, 111.,
will sing for, and with, congregants at a party Saturday
night.
Carol Folkerth is chairwoman of the planning committee and will announce
further details soon.
Dr.B.B. Caplan
To Be Inducted
Into Hall Of Fame
Dr. Benjamin B. Caplan
will be inducted into the Columbus Hall of Fame on
Wednesday/ May 6,- at 11
a.m. at the Columbus City
Hall. Mayor Dana Rinehart
will make the presentation to
Dr. Caplan for his contributions to the,community.
Dr. Caplan has received 90
city, state, national, and
eight international awards,,
including: The Ohio Governor's Award for Humanitar-
ianism; the: Columbus
Mayor's Award for Community Services; American
Medical Association Humanitarian Service Award; the
Public Relations of America
Award; inducted into the
Ohio Senior Citizen Hall of
Fame; Columbus Jewish
Center Sports Hall of Fame;
Agudas Achim "Flowers for
the Living" Award; the International Sertorha, "Service to Mankind" Award;
nominated twice for the
Martin Luther King Award;
Bexley, Citizen of the Year
Award; the Jefferson
Award; the J.C. Penney
Community Award; Boy
Scouts of America Award.
Dr. Caplan has also received awards from the
countries of Cambodia, Columbia, Viet Nam, Bolivia,
Israel and Afghanistan.
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