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VOL.65   NO.20
MAY14.1987-IYAR15
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Austrian Panel To
Probe Waldheim's
Wartime Activities
VIENNA (JTA) -Foreign
Minister Alois Mock announced last week that
Austria will set up a commission of historians to investigate the wartime activities of President Kurt
Waldheim.
Waldheim himself intends
to take legal action in response to allegations of his
complicity in Nazi persecutions and atrocities. The
allegations were the basis of
the U.S. Department of
Justice's decision, announced two week ago, to
bar Waldheim from entry into the United States.
It is "time to respond to
these slanders through legal
channels," Waldheim said
on a radio interview, but he
did not specify what type of
legal action he was
considering.
Mock, who is vice chancellor and head of the conservative People's Party which
ran Waldheim as its
Presidential candidate last
year, said the commission
would be established after
consultations with the President. He said it would comprise Austrian historians but
could include foreign .scholars approved by Waldheim.
Mock also said that' the
"White Book" Waldheim
commissioned to set straight
details of his war record has
been completed. He said it
and the documents used to
incriminate Waldheim,
which the Austrian government has requested from
Washington, would be made
widely available.
Large N. J. Survivors' Community
Marks Yom HaShoah With Burial
one Fragments from Aus
Columbus Mayor Dana Rinehart addresses the Second Annual City of Columbus Holocaust Remembrance
Program as (1. to r.) Federation President Miriam
Yenkin; Neal Sher, director of the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Special Investigations, and the
Reverend Leon Troy look on.
Mayor's Holocaust Remembrance
Held In Cooperation With CRC
Columbus Mayor Dana
Rinehart convened the 2nd
Annual City of Columbus
Holocaust Remembrance
Program as a way of recognizing the significance of the
Holocaust.
Over 200 people, Jews and
non-Jews, gathered in City
Council (Cambers, at noon
on April 24 to remember the
victims of the Holocaust.
The program emphasized
the loss and horrors of that
period.
The featured speaker was
Neal Sher, director of the Office of Special Investigations,, Criminal Division,
U.S. Department of Justice,
who assured those gathered
that the government will find
all Nazi war criminals to see
that justice is done.
Mayor  Rinehart   remi
nisced on his visit to Yad
Vashem, Israel's National
Memorial Museum to the
Holocaust, reflecting on the
impact it had on him. The
program also included remarks by Murray Ebner, a
Holocaust survivor, who retold his experiences during
that time   Reverend Tim-
', (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
VINELAND, NJ (JTA)-
"We saw our parents, our
children — their only funeral
was the moments we saw
their ashes and smoke rise
over the crematoria. Today,
finally, we bring them to rest
in this holy Jewish ground."
With these words, Rabbi
Murray Kohn, survivor of
Auschwitz, raised a spade to
bury the human bone fragments and ash found beside
the site of the ovens at
Auschwitz. The day of the
burial was Yom HaShoah
last month, the place was the
historic Alliance Cemetery
in Norma, New Jersey.,
The bones had been found
by participants of a Jewish
community mission to Po-
• land and Israel. "Perhaps
because we had with us a
survivor of Auschwitz,
Magda Hafter, we were
particularly attuned to
where we Were," explained
Cy Baltus, mission partici-
: pant and past president of
the Jewish Federation " of
Cumberland County (N.J.).
"We thought, like so many
tourists, to bring home a
piece of that place for our
community's Holocaust Archive. We reached into a pile
of debris beside the crematorium and. were shocked to
find a mound filled with fragments of bone and ash."
Baltus said, "It was evident from the placement of
the mound that this was material that had been shoveled
out of the building. Behind
the building was a recessed
area that the local guide
referred to as a pit for in-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
Congregation Beth Tikvah
To Mark 25th Anniversary
Gordon Zacks Proposed Delegate
To 31st World Zionist Congress
Rabbi J. David Bleich To Deliver
Hillel Rabbi Hairy Kaplan Lecture
of Contemporary Halachic
Problems, Judaism and
Healing, Providence in the
Philosophy of Gersonides
and With Perfect Faith: The
Foundations of Jewish
Belief.
On the occasion of the
Rabbi Kaplan Lecture, the
winner of the annual Frayda
Turkel Award will be announced. The award is given
each year in memory of Tur-
kel, who played a major role
in the development of Hillel
and Jewish Life at Ohio
State. The award is made to
an individual who the committee deems to have played
an important role in the
quality of Jewish life on
campus.
The Rabbi Harry Kaplan
Scholar-in-Residence program was initiated by
friends and colleagues of the
late rabbi, who served as dl-
' , (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
The Kaplan Scholar Committee of The B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation at The
Ohio State University announces that Rabbi Dr. J.
David Bleich wiD deliver the
annual Rabbi Kaplan Lecture on Wednesday, May 27,
at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, to
be delivered in the Kaplan
Lounge at the Hillel Foundation, will address the contemporary issue "Baby M."
Rabbi Bleich is a rosh
yeshiva at Yeshiva University and Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of
Jewish Law and Ethics at
the Benjamin N. Cor^oza
School of Law. He has been a
post-doctoral fellow of the
Hastings Center for Ethics,
Society and the Life Sciences. A halachic authority,
Rabbi Bleich has written
extensively in the fields of
halachah, ethics and Jewish
philosophy. He is the author
Gordon B. Zacks is a proposed delegate on the Zionist
Organization of. America's
Slate #3 for the World Zionist
Congress. Zacks serves as a
member of the National
Executive Committee.
The World Zionist Congress will meet in Jerusalem
later this year. The ZOA candidates are running on a
broad, all-inclusive slate
which advocates the following main platforms: Religious Pluralism, Strengthening of U.S.-Israel ties, Jewish Rights and Israel's security, Economic Independence for Israel and Education for Jewish Youth.
founder of modern Zionism,
decided it was necessary to
form a Congress which
would unite the Jewish people for the cause of Zionism.,
The Zionist Congress is the
supreme body and the
legislative arm of the World
Zionist Organization. This
congress' determines the allocation of Jewish philanthropic funds worldwide.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 7)
Led by Rabbi Marc L. Raphael, Congregation Beth
Tikvah members will march
together this Saturday, May
16, from their old building at
3199 Indianola Ave. to Antrim Park in Worthington.
The walk, which starts at
2 p.m., is a highlight of the
congregation's 25th Anniversary Year Celebrations.
Currently director of the
Melton Center and a professor at The Ohio State University, Rabbi Raphael, is, a .
former rabbi of the northside
congregation. Gary Huber is
the current rabbi.
Following the 4 p.m.
picnic, there will be a Hav-
dalah Service at Beth Tikvah
at 8 p.m. and a concert, to
which the public is invited,
by Cantor Jeff Klepper of
Beth Emet Congregation,
Chicago. A birthday reception will conclude the program.
Tomorrow night, Friday,
May 15, at 8 p.m. there will
be a special Service of Rededication when Rabbi
Charles Mintz of Temple
Ohev Sholom, Harrisburg,
Pa., speaks on "Chanukah in
May." Families have been
Jewish Center Plans To Open
Northside Preschool, Daycare
The Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center will open a Northside
branch for preschool/day-
care on Bethel Road beginning in the fall of 1987. The
Center has provided children's services for more
than 38 years. The new site,
at 1875 Bethel Rd., is now
under renovation and will be
fully equipped to provide a
warm, secure and enriching
educational environment.
The site includes a large
backyard for outdoor activi-
" (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
Gordon B. Zacks
\\This year marks the 31st
World Zionist Congress. The
first congress was held in
1897 after Theodor Herzl, the
EARLY DEADLINE
NOTICE
Deadline For The May 28 Chronicle
Is Noon Thursday, May 21
The OJC Office Will Be Closed
Memorial Day, May 25/
asked to bring their special
Hanukiahs for the occasion.
Serving on the 25th Anniversary Committee are
Carol Folkerth, chairwoman; Faith Leibowitz, invitations; Laura Zakin, publicity; Maxine Silverman,
Milt Lessler, Tony Selsley,
Arlene Levy and past presidents: Harold Chern, Morris
Ojalvo, Sandy Shapiro,
Manny Luttinger, Bill Gilbert, Marty Seltzer, Bernard
Bayer, Marty Kelter, Don.
Simon, Bob Mayer, Gil
Nestel and Howard Fink.
Allan Samansky is the current president.
Anyone desiring further
information should call
885-6286. "
Meeting To Discuss
Mission To Israel
The Yachad Mission to
Israel will hold its informational meeting on May 20 at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Tobi
Gold, Yachad Mission chairwoman, 251 N. Cassingham
Rd. The mission is sponsored
by the Columbus Jewish
Federation and scheduled
for Sept. 6-16 for individuals,
ages 22-35.
"This meeting will give
those individuals interested
in the mission a chance to
learn more about the trip, in
addition to meeting other
potential participants,"
commented Gold.
Discussion at the meeting
will include the itinerary, the
trip's cost, loan information
and the requirements for
participation in the mission.
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