Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1987-09-10

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VOL.65   NO. 37
SEPTEMBER 10,1987-ELUL10
Devoted to American
find Jewish Ideals
Chavura Service
To Be Introduced
By Agudas Achim
Brett and Wendy Avner
and Robert and Janice
Schottenstein, co-chairpersons, announced that the
Agudas Achim Synagogue is
about to begin a new program of prayer and study for
couples and singles on Shabbat morning. The Chavura,
designed to bring together
individuals of varied backgrounds, will meet the religious and spiritual needs of
those who are interested in
an informal service.
The first Chavura service,
led by Rabbi Alan G. Ciner,
will take place on Sept. 19 at
10:30 a.m. in the Stein Memorial Library.
The Avners noted that the,
service will offer members
of the Columbus Jewish community an opportunity to
evolve spiritually in a dyna-.
mic, participatory manner.
The Schottensteins added
that it is hoped that the joining together of couples and
singles on Shabbat will
create an environment of
friendship and warmth in an
atmosphere of spiritual
growth."
The Chavura is open to the
community. For further'
information, call the synagogue office at 237-2747.
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Asia-Pacific Jewish Association
Sees 'Handwriting On Great Wall9
Campaign Opening Co-Chairpersons Carole Genshaft and Myer Mellman were responsible for planning
the Sept. 1 event which officially kicked off the 1988
Jewish Community Campaign of the Columbus Jewish
Federation.
$6,456,000 Announced
As 1988 Campaign Goal
Oyer 80 cptnmunity
leaders joined together on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 1 to
officially start the 1988 Jewish Community Campaign of
the Columbus Jewish Federation. The; working dinner,
held at the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish: Center, served as a
combined campaign kick-
off/leadership training ses
sion.
Co-chaired by Carole Genshaft and Myer Mellman, the
evening raised the understanding of local and overseas needs for the Campaign
year. , '.'.'.:.
General Campaign Chairman Norman Traeger and
Associate Chairman Alan
Wasserstrom introduced the
Division and Event chairpersons and collectively announced the 1988 Campaign
goal of $6,456,000.
Traeger, in his remarks,
emphasized three major;
aspects of the 1988 Jewish
Community Campaign: "We
must assure the continuity of
our leadership, encourage
the concept of fair-share giving and educate our community members."
"The heart of our cam-
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JERUSALEM (JTA) - A
kosher restraurant in
Beijing and a Jewish studies
conference in 1988 for
Chinese scholars in Shanghai — these are two
prospects that have come
into view following a recent
visit to the People's Republic
of China by leaders of the.
Asia-Pacific Jewish Association (APJA).
Senior Chinese scholars,
however, guided by their
Foreign Ministry, rejected
the suggestion that a meeting of Asian Jewish colloquiums' international steering committee be held in
Beijing, with scholars from
Israel and the West attending. They indicated that this
would be too sensitive and
premature.
Other agreements tentatively reached between the
APJA delegation and leaders of the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences include:.
• Sets of the Encyclopedia
Judaica and other Jewish
source material will be presented to six leading research and academic libraries in China.
• Video and audio tapes on
Jewish topics will be made
available for wide distribution.
• Chinese scholars will be
invited to attend the Third
Asian Jewish Colloquium in
1989, arid to attend other international Jewish conferences,' possibly in Israel.
Jewish-studies scholars, possibly from Israel, will be invited to China.
• More tourist visas will be
Pictured (1. to r.) are David Friedman, ADL regional
director in Cleveland: Andrea Armitage, assistant
Ohio-Kentucky-Iridiana regional director; Alan
Katchen, regional director of Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana;
State Senators Michael White of Cleveland and Lee
Fisher of Shaker Heights at the signing of Ohio's new
Ethnic Intimidation Law.
Anti-Defamation League Selected
To Receive Achievement Award
Temple Israel To Honor Benefactors
At September 18 Foundation Sabbath
The Temple Israel Foundation will present its "Lifetime Achievement Award"
to Elliott Grayson at the annual Foundation Sabbath,
Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Office of the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, based in Columbus, has been selected for a
1987 Achievement Award by
the Foundation For Improvement of Justice, Inc.,
of Atlanta. Ohio State Senator Lee I. Fisher (D-Shaker
Heights) nominated the ADL
office for its "tireless efforts
in securing passage of Ohio's
new Ethnic Intimidation
law" which was sponsored
by Senator Fisher and became effective in March
1987.
ADL Regional Director
Alan S. Katchen. and Assistant Director Andrea J. Armitage will attend the Foundation's 1987 Awards Banquet on Oct. 24 in Atlanta
where they will be presented
with a gold medal and
$10,000 for their "significant
efforts in improving our system of justice.." The ADL
Regional Office is one of ten
recipients of this year's
awards. Other winners include the Supreme Court of
Kansas, The Neighborhood
Justice Center of Atlanta
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Elliott Grayson
For many years, Grayson
has been a supporter of the
Temple and its Endowment
Fund, both financially and in
the giving of his time. He is
currently serving as chairman of the "We Are Their
Children" building and expansion campaign of Heritage Village and has been a
force in the Columbus Jewish Foundation, where he
presently serves as chair of
the investment committee.
A segment of therevening's
service will be devoted to the
recognition of Reva Shaman
for establishing the "Sol and
Reva Shaman Cultural
Fund" and to Tussy and Neil
Shnider and family for creating the "Eti Shnider Confirmation Class Trip Fund."
In addition, I, David Cohen
will be honored for his three
years of leadership as presi-
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granted to Israeli citizens —
but still within limitations.
The president of the APJA,
Australian tourism tycoon
Isi Leibler, and vice president Sam Lipski say they
found "no evidence ... of
any short-term prospect of a
change in the status quo" between Israel and China.
They say there is much sensitivity in Beijing "to the climate created by exaggerated speculation" in the Israeli media and by "over-
eager Israeli politicians"
and that this is "counter-productive."   :..'.'■'•■'■'
They told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that.they
were especially anxious to
acquaint informed American Jewish leadership and
opinion of their efforts in
China.
Robert Schottenstein
Re-Elected President
Of Torch Academy
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Columbus Torah Academy, Robert
H. Schottenstein was reelected to the office of president. Serving with him will
Robert Schottenstein
be Michael Talis, vice president administration;, Jay
Schottenstein,. vice president
development; Suzanne
Heiny, vice president education; William J. Schottenstein, vice" president finance; Ellen Siegel, secretary; Pearson Press, treasurer; Laurence G. Ruben,
immediate past president.
Newly elected members to
the Board of Trustees are:
Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld 7
Stephen Ellman; Naomi
Kayne; Sheldon R., Simon,
M. D.; Philip Weinerman,
MD., and Michael Weisz.
The board welcomed Rabbi
Dr. Henoch Millen, the headmaster of Columbus Torah
Academy, and Rabbi Chaim
Hisiger, assistant headmaster.
Leibler and Lipski had apparently hoped to be able to
hold a session of their collo-
quim steering committee in
Beijing, following the participation at the second collo-
quim in Hong Kong last
March of Chinese scholar
and establishment figure
Prof. Sidney Shapiro (Sha
Boli).
Shapiro lectured at the
colloquium on the history of
the Jews of Kaifeng, and he
has retained a warm relationship with the APJA since
then. He is to visit Australia
in 1988.
But the APJA leaders
were turned down. They are
understood to believe that
Arab diplomatic pressure on
the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and the general waiting
mood in Beijing in advance
of the 13th Communist Party
Congress in October, have
led to extreme circumspection on the part of Chinese
academics with whom they
are in contact.
The most senior among
these are Prof. Zhao Fusan,
a vice president of the
Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences and director of its
Institute of World Religions,
and Dr. Li Shenzhi, also an
academy vice president and
director of its Institute of
American Studies.
Zhao, who is a member of
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee and considered a ranking
cultural-ideological figure,
told the APJA that there are
some 20 scholars throughout
China involved in one way or
another with Jewish studies.
Their greatest problem
was a dearth of source
materials, he said. The academy had recently translated
Martin Buber's I and Thou
and Abba Eban's My People
into Chinese.
Zhao agreed with the
APJA that collections of
basic Jewish resource
works, especially in philosophy, poetry and archaeology, would be distributed to
the Academy of Social Sciences' own documentation
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