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VOL.65   NO. 46
NOVEMBER 5,1987-CHESHVAN 13
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Joffe Begins Work
As Editor Of JTA
NEW YORK (JTAV -
Mark Jonathan Joffe has assumed responsibility as editor, of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, William Frost,
president of the international Jewish news service,
announced this week.
Joffe, 27, directs the
agency's daily and weekly
reportage of news affecting
Jews around the world. He
previously served as news
editor of the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia, an
award-winning Jewish
weekly newspaper and one
of the largest.
JTA, founded in 1917, has
bureaus in Jerusalem, Paris
and Washington, in addition
to New York, with reporters
stationed in Montreal,
Toronto, Tel Aviv and the
major European capitals.
In addition to providing
news and analysis directly to
some 100 weekly Jewish
newspapers six days a week,
JTA publishes a Daily News
Bulletin, the weekly Community News Reporter, feature
stories and the Weekly News
Digest: JTA also distributes
weekly editorial cartoons
and news photos from Israel.
JTA Is organized as a nonprofit corporation whose
board of directors includes
representatives from dozens of Jewish communities
around the world.
The new editor said he is
"hoping to build on JTA's
70-year tradition of excellence in. Jewish journalism.
I'd like JTA to be thought of
as a communications link for
Jewish communities around
the world and as the most
authoritative source of
Jewish news (anywhere."
To do so, in Joffe's view,
means attention to more
than facts. "I feel JTA ought
to provide not only moment-
to-moment coverage of
Jewish news, but also stories
that provide context and
analyze the impact of these
developments on the Jewish
community around the
world," he explained.
On Return To USSR, Goldfarb
Finds Hope For Jewish Life
Pictured above at the consecration and dedication of
Tikvah VeShalom Cemetery by Congregation Beth
Tikvah and Temple Beth Shalom on Get. 18 are (1. to r.)
Connie Freundlich, Don Sylvan, Rabbi Gary Huber,
Steve Grossman, Stanley Gelles, Morris Ojalvo, Rabbi
• Howard Apothaker and Allan Samansky.
Beth Shalom, Beth Tikvah
Consecrate Joint Cemetery
Joined by members of
their congregations, Rabbi
Gary A. Huber of Congregation Beth Tikvah and Rabbi
Howard L. Apothaker of
Temple Beth Shalom formally consecrated a section
of Green Lawn Cemetery as
the "Tikvah VeShalom Cemetery.": The ceremony of
consecration and dedication
took-place 6ri Sunday, Oct;
18, at 3 p.m. and was attended by members of both
Boards of Trustees and
Cemetery Committees.
In remarks to the gathering, Steven Grossman, president of Temple Beth Shalom,
briefly described the decade
of work which preceded the
ceremony and the efforts
made by the late Charles
Sugarman, on behalf of the
congregations. He emphasized the service which both
congregations could how
provide their members.
President Don Sylvan of
Congregation Beth Tikvah
described the cooperative efforts of both congregations,
their commitment to perform Judaism in Columbus
and their desire to maintain
their Jewish identity while
integrating with the larger
community in death, even as
in life.
Rules governing the use of
the consecrated ground, at
Tikvah VeShalom Cemetery
have been established and
will be administered by a
joint cemetery committee
consisting lof Stanley Gelles,
Morris Ojalvo and Allan
Samansky. of Beth Tikvah
and Connie Freundlich,
Steven Grossman and; Irv
Kramer of Beth Shalom.
Rabbi Huber edited the
service and led the worshipers in traditional Psalms
and readings. Rabbi Apothaker chanted the traditional
"El MaleLRachamim."
NEW YORK (JTA) -Alex
Goldfarb says the circumstances of his return to Moscow were indeed remarkable
but not nearly as remarkable as what he found there.
During a virtually unprecedented eight-day visit
in the Soviet Union, the former refusenik and current
Israeli citizen was surprised
to find signs of optimism
among Jews who are, in his
words, "in the system." ■... ■
In a telephone interview
last week, Goldfarb spoke of
the large number of Soviet
Jews who, having no immediate plans to emigrate, believe Mikhail Gorbachev's
policy of glasnost, or openness, may allow them to
identify historically, culturally and politically as Jews,
without the hostility or oppression of the past.
It was glasnost, of course,
that allowed Goldfarb, once
one of the most vocal and officially disliked Jewish dissidents, to travel back to Moscow after 12 years to visit
with his sister Olga. Although a growing number of
former Soviet citizens have
. been allowed back for visits,
Goldfarb believes he is the
first holder of an Israeli
passport to be allowed to do
so.
Optimism And Despair
Arriving in Moscow on
Oct. 12, Goldfarb, a professor of microbiology at
Columbia University, found
a familiar mix of optimism
and despair among refuseniks. News that Ida Nudel
and Vladimir and Maria Sle-
pak were to be granted exit
visas was overshadowed by
awareness of harsh restrictions, established in January, that seem to make
Jewish emigration even
more difficult.
What he had not expected
were signs of "a certain promise of health within unofficial Jewish life." Among
the Jews he visited were
those, like scientist Mikhail
Tchlenov and his daughter
Irene Shapiro, a law student
and Hebrew teacher, who
are testing the limits of glasnost by openly protesting
anti-Semitism   and  by  or-
Rabbi David Stavsky Elected
National Vice President Of
Rabbinic Seminary Alumni
Rabbi David Stavsky,
spiritual leader of the Beth
Jacob Congregation, was
elected national vice-president of the Rabbinic Alumni
of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary at the
43rd Annual RIETS Convention held in Glen Springs,
NY, Oct. 6-8.
The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary
(RIETS) was established in
March 1896; with an enrollment of "several lads who
wanted to improve them-
1 'Celebration' Grand Finale To Feature Dance
The upcoming "Celebration Of Life" at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center Nov.
8-10 will feature as its grand
finale a "Dance of the
Decades" and "Talent Sh^pw
'87." Both events, as wellas
all activities during the Celebration, are open to the entire community, according
to co-chairpersons Lynne
Aronson Selcer and David
Selcer.
"We want to .encourage
adults of all ages to join with
us in celebrating the best of
what.life has to offer," say
theSelcers.
The Celebration is a threes
signed to showcase the resources, talents, challenges
and progress of the older
adult. It will also feature a
brunch, keynote address,
style show, exhibits, demonstrations, box lunches, special performances of Gallery
Players' Taking My Turn
and other activities. Partial
funding for the Celebration
was made possible by The
George Foundation.
A Hospitality Room will be
available all three days to
accommodate family members of seniors who are coming to the Celebration from
other cities in Ohio, includ-
day, .qoronwitty. ■'. eveot *<fcv. iflg* toe . CJeVeJand.,,Jewish,
Center community, the Dayton Jewish Center community and others. A large
crowd is expected at all
events, the Selcers report.
The dance will begin at
7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.
10. Chaired by Sophie and
Howard Amchin, it will feature disc jockey Sam Klein
of Roadshow Sound. Dancers
can swing to tunes from the
'30s, '40s, '50s and '60s, and
enjoy a dessert table with
cherry, apple and pumpkin
pies, ice cream, fresh fruit
and soft drinks.
The Talent Show, chaired
by Bob and' Joan Aronson,
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ganizing to promote authentic Jewish culture.
Although no one can provide exact numbers, said
Goldfarb, movements like
theirs represent the feelings
of a clear majority of the
Soviet Union's Jews. Of the
country's 1.9 million Jews,
Goldfarb estimates . that
fewer than ten percent have
a desire to emigrate.
"Although they recognize
Israel as the spiritual and
cultural center of Judaism,
these people are trying to
test the limits of glasnost
outside the emigration
movement," said Goldfarb.
"They see their role as getting some form of Jewish life
acceptable by the rules of '■
glasnost."
Cultural Movements
Goldfarb said he spoke
with a wide spectrum of both
Jewish and non-Jewish So-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 22)
Columbus To Participate
In March For Soviet Jewry
On Sunday, Dec. 6, in Washington, D.C, the Columbus
community will join with 100,000 Jews from all over theU.S;
in a National Rally on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Timed to coincide with the Reagan/Gorbachev summit, the raUy is aimed
to support the President's position that peace is indivisible
from human rights and human rights includes emigration of
Soviet Jews. .
According to Miriam Yenkin who will lead the Columbus
delegation, "This is an historic opportunity for Americans to
reaffirm that the freedom of Soviet Jews is a vital part of
U.S./Soviet relations."
Special travel arrangements are being made through the.
Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish
Federation, with space limited to 100 participants. Further
information will appear in next week's Ohio Jewish
Chronicle, or can be obtained by calling community Relations Director Gene Burger at the Federation, 237-7686.
Former H.M.0. Director-General
To Speak At Sponsors'Dinner
A former director-general
of the Hadassah Medical
Organization will be the keynote speaker at this year's
Sponsors' Dinner.
Rabbi David Stavsky
selves in the study of
Torah," RIETS then became
the first Orthodox rabbinical
seminary in the United
States. The Seminary was
named for Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spektor (1817-1896),
noted rabbi of Kovno, Lithuania  who  was  spiritual
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at lease $250 to the H-M-0
campaign. The dinner will
be at Winding Hollow Country Club, Wednesday, Nov.
11, at 6:30 p.m. The money
raised during the H-M-0
campaign goes toward healing, teaching, and research.
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