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•'• I.- LIBRARY j OHIO HiSTOnjCAU 50Cfl>iyrXjl 1932 VELMA AVE. 'OOLd.'Or 43211 ■-. EXCH Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over £0 Years IBS- • VOL.65 NO.40 SEPTEMBER 24,1987-TISHREI1 Devoted to American and Jewish (deals. Jabotinsky Award Winners Announced NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (JTA) — Soviet Jewish refusenik Ida Nudel, Israeli diplomat SMomo Argov, Israeli scholar and writer Dr. Israel Eldad and the late American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin are the recipients of the 1987 Jabotinsky Award, it was announced here last week. The $100,000 award, also referred to as Defender of Jerusalem Award, will be conferred at a ceremony Oct. 28 at the Museum of Modern Art, Eryk Spektor, chairman of the Jabotinsky Foundation said in a press conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. Alleged Rabbi Con Man Appears In Washington WASHINGTON (JTA) -A man claiming to be a rabbi allegedly swindled dozens of people last fall and winter and seems to have resurfaced here, busy as ever. The Washington Jewish Week reports that a man calling himself Rabbi Herbert Opalek allegedly rented apartments this summer without paying rent or security deposits and took money from people to buy cultural or football tickets without producing them. The rabbi is described as in his early 40s, short, and pudgy with reddish-brown hair, glasses and sometimes a beard. He reportedly is conversant in Jewish scholarly matters. His alleged crimes have occurred here and in Virginia and Maryland. A man who said he is a cousin to a Rabbi Herbert Opalek, whose description matches that of the alleged con man, said he had not seen his cousin in a year and couldn't contact him. In addition, Rabbi Hillel Klavan of Washington noted that a Rabbi Herbert Opalek taught in the area and led Georgetown's Kesher Israel synagogue for 34 years until he was murdered in 1984. The Washington Board of Rabbis circulated a letter last fall warning of the scams. w>-J5SS ;T6» £&£ Australian Soviet Jewry Activist In Moscow For Rosh Hashanah MELBOURNE (JTA) - Australian Soviet Jewry activist Isi Leibler has accepted an official invitation to spend Rosh Hashanah in Moscow as a guest of the capital's Jewish community center. The invitation has aroused interest in international Soviet Jewry circles because it is understood to be the first of its kind since the proclamation of a glasnost era by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Although the Soviets, even pre-glasnost, had occasionally invited rabbis as their official guests, Leibler is believed to be the first noh- rabbinical leader involved in international Jewish affairs to receive a formal invitation in the Gorbachev era. / Where other Jewish leaders have visited the Soviet Union in recent years it has usually been at then- request or by arrangement — not as a result of an official invitation, i The Moscow community center houses the Moscow Synagogue under the direction of Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich and is a government-sponsored body asso-i ciated with the Ministry of/ Cults and the Council of Religions of. the USSR. The Leibler invitation therefore would have been sanctioned at a senior government level, ^ Leibler's invitation came from Boris Gramm, president of the community center. Together with Shayevich, Gramm was in Budapest last May at the same time as the historic conference of the World Jewish Congress where he met Leibler, president of the WJC's Asia-Pacific Region. Leibler is an executive member of the International Council of the World Confer ence of Soviet Jewry (known as the Presidium). With an involvement which dates back to the early 1960s, he is recognized as one of the founding members of the international Soviet Jewry movement. According to international analysts, the invitation should be seen as a hopeful indicator of a more positive outlook by the pro-glasnost elements in the Soviet leadership; It is also being linked to the visit to the Soviet Union in December by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. 'Celebration Of Life' To Feature Programs For Community Adults "Celebration of Life," a three-day community event at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, will recognize the accomplishments of adults who have experienced and enjoyed what life has to offer- The celebration is set for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 8, ,9 and 10. Planning for the event has been underway for several Temple Israel To Celebrate Rabbi Folkman's Birthday Rabbi Jerome D. Folk- man, rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel, will be delivering the sermon at the Friday, Sept. 25, Sabbath Service on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In honor of his 80th birthday, the Temple will be providing a very special Oneg Shabbat following the 8 p.m. service. Rabbi Folkman served as senior rabbi of Temple Israel from 1947-1973. Prior to his coming to Columbus, Rabbi Folkman served Congregation) Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Mich. His honors and citations are numerous. He has been chosen as one of the ten outstanding citizens of Columbus by the Citizen-Journal, he is the recipient of the B'nai B'rith Sanford Lakin Award for outstanding contributions to the cause of Judaism and {the general community, the State of Ohio Governor's Award, Outstanding Citizenship award from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society and the Distinguished Citizenship Award from the OSU Alumni Association. Rabbi Folkman was a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College, the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Board of Trustees of Union World Jewry, the International Authors and Writers Who's WZzoahd Who's Who in the Mid-West. Rabbi Folkman and his wife, Bessie, are the parents of three children and nine grandchildren. The Temple Board of Trustees invites Temple members and interested community members to celebrate Rabbi Folkman's 80th birthday. Federation Receives National Award For Annual Campaign Achievement Rabbi Jerome Folkman of American Hebrew Congregations, Board of Trustees of Grant Hospital, Board of Trustees of Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio, Board of Trustees of Franklin University and Board of Trustees of Hospice of Columbus. Rabbi Folkman has been the author of several • books including Marriage Has Many Faces, Design for Jewish Living and The Cup of Live and numerous articles in scholarly journals and popular magazines. He is also listed in Who's Who in The Columbus Jewish Federation has been named the large community recipient of the national United Jewish Appeal's Pinchas Sa- pir Award, given annually to the best Jewish Federation campaign in the United States. The award-winning campaign, conducted in 1986, was led by 1986 General Campaign Chairman Dennis Mellman and 1986 General Vice-Chairpersons Norman L. Traeger and Judith Swedlow. The 1986 Campaign surpassed its goal of $5,400,000 by raising $5,600,000. This record achievement followed the previous year's (1985) success of (4,850,000 and $505,000 for Operation Moses, the emergency effort for the rescue and resettlement of Ethiopian Jews within Israel. "Our community has set a high standard of quality, progressive campaigning over the past few yeras. Hundreds of volunteers spent many hours developing and conducting our award-winning campaigns ... national recognition for a job well done gives our total community a well deserved sense of pride," commented Federation President Miriam Yenkin. "Columbus has experienced the largest per capita growth in the past four years among all non-sunbelt American communities," explains Federation Executive Director Alan H. GUI. "We view this prestigious award as representing more than just one year, but as an acknowledgement of the fact that Columbus' Jewish Com- r (CONTINUED OH PAGE 13) months, reports the Center, and community center members from all over Franklin County and as far away as Cleveland will be enjoying the festivities.'./ ; The event will focus on the resources, talents, challenges and progress of the Older adult. Sponsored by the Adult Department of the Jewish Center, "the festival will showcase the range of accomplishments made by community members in many aspects of their lives," stated Lynne Aronson Selcer, co-chairwoman of the event's planning committee. "The purpose is to promote a fuller life for all adults," she continued. Among the many events planned for the three-day celebration are workshops, entertainment, craft displays, bobby demonstrations, a dance featuring music of the '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s and a talent show, in addition to a Sunday brunch, which will feature a style show with models from the Jewish Center community/ Keynote speaker Marni Nixon, guest star in Gallery Players' Taking Ky Turn, will address those at the brunch. Nixon is known as the "Ghostess with the Mostest" for her off-camera dubbing of the voices of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in their award^winning performances of The King And I, West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Taking My Turn, an off- Broadway musical revue based on writings by people in their prime, will be presented by Gallery Players in . the Center's Roth/Resler (CONTINUED ON PAGE i») m % f
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Full Text | •'• I.- LIBRARY j OHIO HiSTOnjCAU 50Cfl>iyrXjl 1932 VELMA AVE. 'OOLd.'Or 43211 ■-. EXCH Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over £0 Years IBS- • VOL.65 NO.40 SEPTEMBER 24,1987-TISHREI1 Devoted to American and Jewish (deals. Jabotinsky Award Winners Announced NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (JTA) — Soviet Jewish refusenik Ida Nudel, Israeli diplomat SMomo Argov, Israeli scholar and writer Dr. Israel Eldad and the late American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin are the recipients of the 1987 Jabotinsky Award, it was announced here last week. The $100,000 award, also referred to as Defender of Jerusalem Award, will be conferred at a ceremony Oct. 28 at the Museum of Modern Art, Eryk Spektor, chairman of the Jabotinsky Foundation said in a press conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. Alleged Rabbi Con Man Appears In Washington WASHINGTON (JTA) -A man claiming to be a rabbi allegedly swindled dozens of people last fall and winter and seems to have resurfaced here, busy as ever. The Washington Jewish Week reports that a man calling himself Rabbi Herbert Opalek allegedly rented apartments this summer without paying rent or security deposits and took money from people to buy cultural or football tickets without producing them. The rabbi is described as in his early 40s, short, and pudgy with reddish-brown hair, glasses and sometimes a beard. He reportedly is conversant in Jewish scholarly matters. His alleged crimes have occurred here and in Virginia and Maryland. A man who said he is a cousin to a Rabbi Herbert Opalek, whose description matches that of the alleged con man, said he had not seen his cousin in a year and couldn't contact him. In addition, Rabbi Hillel Klavan of Washington noted that a Rabbi Herbert Opalek taught in the area and led Georgetown's Kesher Israel synagogue for 34 years until he was murdered in 1984. The Washington Board of Rabbis circulated a letter last fall warning of the scams. w>-J5SS ;T6» £&£ Australian Soviet Jewry Activist In Moscow For Rosh Hashanah MELBOURNE (JTA) - Australian Soviet Jewry activist Isi Leibler has accepted an official invitation to spend Rosh Hashanah in Moscow as a guest of the capital's Jewish community center. The invitation has aroused interest in international Soviet Jewry circles because it is understood to be the first of its kind since the proclamation of a glasnost era by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Although the Soviets, even pre-glasnost, had occasionally invited rabbis as their official guests, Leibler is believed to be the first noh- rabbinical leader involved in international Jewish affairs to receive a formal invitation in the Gorbachev era. / Where other Jewish leaders have visited the Soviet Union in recent years it has usually been at then- request or by arrangement — not as a result of an official invitation, i The Moscow community center houses the Moscow Synagogue under the direction of Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich and is a government-sponsored body asso-i ciated with the Ministry of/ Cults and the Council of Religions of. the USSR. The Leibler invitation therefore would have been sanctioned at a senior government level, ^ Leibler's invitation came from Boris Gramm, president of the community center. Together with Shayevich, Gramm was in Budapest last May at the same time as the historic conference of the World Jewish Congress where he met Leibler, president of the WJC's Asia-Pacific Region. Leibler is an executive member of the International Council of the World Confer ence of Soviet Jewry (known as the Presidium). With an involvement which dates back to the early 1960s, he is recognized as one of the founding members of the international Soviet Jewry movement. According to international analysts, the invitation should be seen as a hopeful indicator of a more positive outlook by the pro-glasnost elements in the Soviet leadership; It is also being linked to the visit to the Soviet Union in December by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. 'Celebration Of Life' To Feature Programs For Community Adults "Celebration of Life," a three-day community event at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, will recognize the accomplishments of adults who have experienced and enjoyed what life has to offer- The celebration is set for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 8, ,9 and 10. Planning for the event has been underway for several Temple Israel To Celebrate Rabbi Folkman's Birthday Rabbi Jerome D. Folk- man, rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel, will be delivering the sermon at the Friday, Sept. 25, Sabbath Service on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In honor of his 80th birthday, the Temple will be providing a very special Oneg Shabbat following the 8 p.m. service. Rabbi Folkman served as senior rabbi of Temple Israel from 1947-1973. Prior to his coming to Columbus, Rabbi Folkman served Congregation) Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Mich. His honors and citations are numerous. He has been chosen as one of the ten outstanding citizens of Columbus by the Citizen-Journal, he is the recipient of the B'nai B'rith Sanford Lakin Award for outstanding contributions to the cause of Judaism and {the general community, the State of Ohio Governor's Award, Outstanding Citizenship award from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society and the Distinguished Citizenship Award from the OSU Alumni Association. Rabbi Folkman was a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College, the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Board of Trustees of Union World Jewry, the International Authors and Writers Who's WZzoahd Who's Who in the Mid-West. Rabbi Folkman and his wife, Bessie, are the parents of three children and nine grandchildren. The Temple Board of Trustees invites Temple members and interested community members to celebrate Rabbi Folkman's 80th birthday. Federation Receives National Award For Annual Campaign Achievement Rabbi Jerome Folkman of American Hebrew Congregations, Board of Trustees of Grant Hospital, Board of Trustees of Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio, Board of Trustees of Franklin University and Board of Trustees of Hospice of Columbus. Rabbi Folkman has been the author of several • books including Marriage Has Many Faces, Design for Jewish Living and The Cup of Live and numerous articles in scholarly journals and popular magazines. He is also listed in Who's Who in The Columbus Jewish Federation has been named the large community recipient of the national United Jewish Appeal's Pinchas Sa- pir Award, given annually to the best Jewish Federation campaign in the United States. The award-winning campaign, conducted in 1986, was led by 1986 General Campaign Chairman Dennis Mellman and 1986 General Vice-Chairpersons Norman L. Traeger and Judith Swedlow. The 1986 Campaign surpassed its goal of $5,400,000 by raising $5,600,000. This record achievement followed the previous year's (1985) success of (4,850,000 and $505,000 for Operation Moses, the emergency effort for the rescue and resettlement of Ethiopian Jews within Israel. "Our community has set a high standard of quality, progressive campaigning over the past few yeras. Hundreds of volunteers spent many hours developing and conducting our award-winning campaigns ... national recognition for a job well done gives our total community a well deserved sense of pride," commented Federation President Miriam Yenkin. "Columbus has experienced the largest per capita growth in the past four years among all non-sunbelt American communities," explains Federation Executive Director Alan H. GUI. "We view this prestigious award as representing more than just one year, but as an acknowledgement of the fact that Columbus' Jewish Com- r (CONTINUED OH PAGE 13) months, reports the Center, and community center members from all over Franklin County and as far away as Cleveland will be enjoying the festivities.'./ ; The event will focus on the resources, talents, challenges and progress of the Older adult. Sponsored by the Adult Department of the Jewish Center, "the festival will showcase the range of accomplishments made by community members in many aspects of their lives," stated Lynne Aronson Selcer, co-chairwoman of the event's planning committee. "The purpose is to promote a fuller life for all adults," she continued. Among the many events planned for the three-day celebration are workshops, entertainment, craft displays, bobby demonstrations, a dance featuring music of the '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s and a talent show, in addition to a Sunday brunch, which will feature a style show with models from the Jewish Center community/ Keynote speaker Marni Nixon, guest star in Gallery Players' Taking Ky Turn, will address those at the brunch. Nixon is known as the "Ghostess with the Mostest" for her off-camera dubbing of the voices of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in their award^winning performances of The King And I, West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Taking My Turn, an off- Broadway musical revue based on writings by people in their prime, will be presented by Gallery Players in . the Center's Roth/Resler (CONTINUED ON PAGE i») m % f |
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