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i, ! QfiAKYy oklo H'iston i.CAi. soc4*/r\ ■•'.■■ T982. VELM/, AVE. • ,-OOLoi 0,., 43?.H : EXCH , VOL.65 NO.49 NOVEMBER 26,1987-KISLEV 5 Devoted to American and Jowlsh Ideals. Should Have Checked On Waldheim Says Austrian Who Nominated Him Carole Genshaft and Nathan Gordon have been appointed chairpersons of the community's Israel 40 Program Planning Committee. Genshaft, Gordon To Chair Celebration For 'Israel 40' "Through the combined efforts of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, in honor of Israel's 40th birthday, we are planning the most dynamic and exciting Israel celebration this community has ever experienced," commented Carole Genshaft, chairwoman of the Israel 40 Program Planning Committee of the Columbus Jewish community. The community's Israel 40 program will begin in April during the week of Israel's 40th birthday. The community will celebrate with a variety of educational and cultural programs for children and adults that will continue during the following weeks. Some of the activities of the Israel 40 program will include: speakers and discussions, education in the schools' (both public and Jewish), special cultural events, children's activities and other programs that will give community members of all ages a "taste of Israel," "Our committees have begun working to plan this exciting program, and it's extremely gratifying to see our community work together to make this special birthday celebration a memorable and stimulating exjierierice—one that we will all be proud to have had a party in!" noted Genshaft. Serving with Genshaft is Nathan Gordon, program vice-chairman. Genshaft and Gordon were appointed by B. Lee Skilken, Columbus Jewish Federation president, and David Milenthal, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center president. Genshaft currently serves on the boards of both the Federation and the Jewish Center. She has served on several committees of the Israel Department of the Columbus Jewish Federation, including the Programs on Israel Committee, and is currently the chairwoman of the Israel Department. She has also served as chairwoman of the Center's Adult Services Committee and the Community College for Adult Jewish Studies. Gordon also serves on both the Federation and the Jewish Center boards. He is currently the president of the OSU B'nai B'rith Hillel Board of Trustees. "Israel 40" is a jointly sponsored project of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. For more information on the project, contact Michael Hopkins at the Center, 231-2731, or Meryl Weissmann at the Federation, 237-7686. VIENNA (JTA)-Former Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria has admitted he erred When he proposed Kurt Waldheim for the office of United Nations secretary general in the early 1970s. The World Jewish Congress reports that Kreisky told a packed lecture audience at a Vienna concert hall that he had failed to gather detailed information about Waldheim.s Nazi past. Kreisky, a leader of the Austrian Socialist Party and a non-practicing Jew, served as chancellor from 1970-83. Waldheim was elected president of Austria in July 1986, having served as U.N. secret tary general from 1972-82. "I proposed and supported the candidacy of an official of the Foreign Ministry (Waldheim) for the job of U.N. secretary general who quite obviously had not told the truth about himself," Kreisky said. He hinted that the United States and the Soviet Union, which both supported Waldheim for secretary general, knew more about his past than he had. •Waldheim concealed for 40 years the fact that he had been an intelligence officer with the German army in the Balkans during World War II. His unit was involved in the deportation of Greek Jews and atrocities against partisans and civilians in Yugoslavia. Its commanding general was hanged as a war criminal in 1947. Waldheim's connection was exposed during his presidential election campaign, largely through the efforts of the World Jewish Congress. He won a landslide victory. It emerged later that Waldheim's name is in the files of the Allied War Crimes Commission, among some 25,000 Class A suspects on whom there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution. The files" of the long defunct commission were turned over to.the United Nations when its investigations were completed and are now kept at the U.N. archives in midtown Manhattan. Until recently they were accessible only to governments of member states. But after persistent appeals by Orthodox Rabbis To Gather In Columbus December 1,2 Rabbi David Stavsky, vice president of the Rabbinic Alumni of The Yeshiva University, said that over 35 rabbis will gather in Columbus for a two-day seminar sponsored by the Max Stern division of Communal Services of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. The seminar will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 1 and 2, and will take place at Beth Jacob Congregation and Agudas Achim Synagogue. Rabbi Stavsky said that this will be the largest convocation of orthodox rabbis held in Columbus in the history of the city. Rabbi Alan Ciner is the co-chairman of the conference. The opening session will be held on Tuesday with Rabbi Edward A. Garseck of Toledo, chairman. Rabbi David Indich of Cincinnati will give D'Var Torah to be followed by a workshop on "The Halachic Implications of Gairus and Intermarriage for Synagogue and School." Speakers will be Rabbi Moishe Kletmk, chairman and presenters Rabbi Chaim Hisegar of Columbus and. Reuvan Drucker of Detroit, Mich. The two session "Am Echod, Diversity vs. Uniformity," will feature Rabbi Sam Fox, chairman, and presentors Rabbi Yakov Feitman, Rabbi Melvin Granatstein and Rabbi Simcha Weinberg. Rabbi Moses Tendler will then present a shiur on the subject of "Gezerot V'Tak- anot Rabbinic Decrees and Inactments." Chairman will be Rabbi Alan Schnall. Following the evening services, a dinner for rabbis and special guests will be held at Beth Jacob Synagogue. Rabbi David Stavsky will be chairing the session. . . . , , (CONTINUED ON PAGE,IV) Israel, the 17 former members of tfye war crimes commission agreed to open the files containing dossiers on more than 40,000 Nazi war criminals, to scholars, re- searchers, historians and journalists. Waldheim has been placed on the "watch list" of the U.S. Department of Justice as an alien to be denied admission to the U.S. Sharansky Visits Columbus To Promote Participation In Mobilization For Soviet Jewry As of presstime on Monday evening, Nov. 23, former Soviet Prisoner of Conscience Natan Sharansky was scheduled to visit Columbus on Tuesday, Nov. 24, as part of a nation-wide campaign to ensure that Jewish emigration and human rights for Jews in the Soviet Union continue to remain on the U.S.^oviet agenda, A rally for the community, including OSU students and faculty, numerous state and local government officials, was to be held at 8 p.m., in the Ohio Union Ballroom at Ohio State University, Tlie rally was co-sonsored by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at OSU, Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Ohio-Drake Unions Activities. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Chronicle had to go to press on Monday evening and was unable to include extended coverage of the rally in this week's paper. It will, however, be covered in depth in next week's issue. Sharansky, a Soviet Jewish dissident and human rights activist, who served seven years in Soviet prisons and labor camps after being convicted of "treason" and "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda," walked into West Berlin and freedom from East Germany on Feb. 11,1986, His release had been negotiated and agreed upon at the November 1985 Summit Meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva. His plight had mobilized Jewish activists and human rights advocates throughout the world; Sharansky's name became synonymous with Soviet human rights violations and the harsh realties pf life, {or Jews in the Soviet Union. Sharansky is promoting participation in the National Mobilization for Soviet Jewry in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 6. A Columbus contingency of over 344 people will take a chartered jumbo jet to join more than 100,000 others in Washington. Jews and non-Jews from all over the United States will march and peacefully demonstrate on the eve of the Reagan/Gorbechev Summit meeting. "Seats are going fast on the jet bound for Washington D.C. on Dec. 6.1 urge everyone to join us and participate in the Summit Rally. Send in your applications and payment beforeall the seats are taken!" said Miriam Yenkin, chairwoman of the Columbus Mobilization for Soviet Jewry. Yenkin will lead the Columbus contingent to march in the nation's capital. Members of every congregation and major Jewish organization and agency will be participating and all are fully behind the mobilization, Yenkin said. To show their support for rights for Jews and others in the Soviet Union, Columbus area leaders will be joining in the mobilization, including Ohio Governor Richard Celeste; Amos Lynch Sr., general manager of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 19) ■» mm In Tn« Chronicle mmmmMmmmmm ww—» At The Center t»,tf Al The Federation. ....<.. 8 Classified , ., »4 Community Calendar. -.<• % EdttQjrialPe»tum„,,..*tt -^ Fifty Yeajr*Ago .,.,.,w. « Here And iWe <.,,*.».... l| t * * +♦ **.* * «'**.*,;*| ■' '( *****
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Full Text | i, ! QfiAKYy oklo H'iston i.CAi. soc4*/r\ ■•'.■■ T982. VELM/, AVE. • ,-OOLoi 0,., 43?.H : EXCH , VOL.65 NO.49 NOVEMBER 26,1987-KISLEV 5 Devoted to American and Jowlsh Ideals. Should Have Checked On Waldheim Says Austrian Who Nominated Him Carole Genshaft and Nathan Gordon have been appointed chairpersons of the community's Israel 40 Program Planning Committee. Genshaft, Gordon To Chair Celebration For 'Israel 40' "Through the combined efforts of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, in honor of Israel's 40th birthday, we are planning the most dynamic and exciting Israel celebration this community has ever experienced," commented Carole Genshaft, chairwoman of the Israel 40 Program Planning Committee of the Columbus Jewish community. The community's Israel 40 program will begin in April during the week of Israel's 40th birthday. The community will celebrate with a variety of educational and cultural programs for children and adults that will continue during the following weeks. Some of the activities of the Israel 40 program will include: speakers and discussions, education in the schools' (both public and Jewish), special cultural events, children's activities and other programs that will give community members of all ages a "taste of Israel," "Our committees have begun working to plan this exciting program, and it's extremely gratifying to see our community work together to make this special birthday celebration a memorable and stimulating exjierierice—one that we will all be proud to have had a party in!" noted Genshaft. Serving with Genshaft is Nathan Gordon, program vice-chairman. Genshaft and Gordon were appointed by B. Lee Skilken, Columbus Jewish Federation president, and David Milenthal, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center president. Genshaft currently serves on the boards of both the Federation and the Jewish Center. She has served on several committees of the Israel Department of the Columbus Jewish Federation, including the Programs on Israel Committee, and is currently the chairwoman of the Israel Department. She has also served as chairwoman of the Center's Adult Services Committee and the Community College for Adult Jewish Studies. Gordon also serves on both the Federation and the Jewish Center boards. He is currently the president of the OSU B'nai B'rith Hillel Board of Trustees. "Israel 40" is a jointly sponsored project of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. For more information on the project, contact Michael Hopkins at the Center, 231-2731, or Meryl Weissmann at the Federation, 237-7686. VIENNA (JTA)-Former Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria has admitted he erred When he proposed Kurt Waldheim for the office of United Nations secretary general in the early 1970s. The World Jewish Congress reports that Kreisky told a packed lecture audience at a Vienna concert hall that he had failed to gather detailed information about Waldheim.s Nazi past. Kreisky, a leader of the Austrian Socialist Party and a non-practicing Jew, served as chancellor from 1970-83. Waldheim was elected president of Austria in July 1986, having served as U.N. secret tary general from 1972-82. "I proposed and supported the candidacy of an official of the Foreign Ministry (Waldheim) for the job of U.N. secretary general who quite obviously had not told the truth about himself," Kreisky said. He hinted that the United States and the Soviet Union, which both supported Waldheim for secretary general, knew more about his past than he had. •Waldheim concealed for 40 years the fact that he had been an intelligence officer with the German army in the Balkans during World War II. His unit was involved in the deportation of Greek Jews and atrocities against partisans and civilians in Yugoslavia. Its commanding general was hanged as a war criminal in 1947. Waldheim's connection was exposed during his presidential election campaign, largely through the efforts of the World Jewish Congress. He won a landslide victory. It emerged later that Waldheim's name is in the files of the Allied War Crimes Commission, among some 25,000 Class A suspects on whom there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution. The files" of the long defunct commission were turned over to.the United Nations when its investigations were completed and are now kept at the U.N. archives in midtown Manhattan. Until recently they were accessible only to governments of member states. But after persistent appeals by Orthodox Rabbis To Gather In Columbus December 1,2 Rabbi David Stavsky, vice president of the Rabbinic Alumni of The Yeshiva University, said that over 35 rabbis will gather in Columbus for a two-day seminar sponsored by the Max Stern division of Communal Services of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. The seminar will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 1 and 2, and will take place at Beth Jacob Congregation and Agudas Achim Synagogue. Rabbi Stavsky said that this will be the largest convocation of orthodox rabbis held in Columbus in the history of the city. Rabbi Alan Ciner is the co-chairman of the conference. The opening session will be held on Tuesday with Rabbi Edward A. Garseck of Toledo, chairman. Rabbi David Indich of Cincinnati will give D'Var Torah to be followed by a workshop on "The Halachic Implications of Gairus and Intermarriage for Synagogue and School." Speakers will be Rabbi Moishe Kletmk, chairman and presenters Rabbi Chaim Hisegar of Columbus and. Reuvan Drucker of Detroit, Mich. The two session "Am Echod, Diversity vs. Uniformity," will feature Rabbi Sam Fox, chairman, and presentors Rabbi Yakov Feitman, Rabbi Melvin Granatstein and Rabbi Simcha Weinberg. Rabbi Moses Tendler will then present a shiur on the subject of "Gezerot V'Tak- anot Rabbinic Decrees and Inactments." Chairman will be Rabbi Alan Schnall. Following the evening services, a dinner for rabbis and special guests will be held at Beth Jacob Synagogue. Rabbi David Stavsky will be chairing the session. . . . , , (CONTINUED ON PAGE,IV) Israel, the 17 former members of tfye war crimes commission agreed to open the files containing dossiers on more than 40,000 Nazi war criminals, to scholars, re- searchers, historians and journalists. Waldheim has been placed on the "watch list" of the U.S. Department of Justice as an alien to be denied admission to the U.S. Sharansky Visits Columbus To Promote Participation In Mobilization For Soviet Jewry As of presstime on Monday evening, Nov. 23, former Soviet Prisoner of Conscience Natan Sharansky was scheduled to visit Columbus on Tuesday, Nov. 24, as part of a nation-wide campaign to ensure that Jewish emigration and human rights for Jews in the Soviet Union continue to remain on the U.S.^oviet agenda, A rally for the community, including OSU students and faculty, numerous state and local government officials, was to be held at 8 p.m., in the Ohio Union Ballroom at Ohio State University, Tlie rally was co-sonsored by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at OSU, Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Ohio-Drake Unions Activities. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Chronicle had to go to press on Monday evening and was unable to include extended coverage of the rally in this week's paper. It will, however, be covered in depth in next week's issue. Sharansky, a Soviet Jewish dissident and human rights activist, who served seven years in Soviet prisons and labor camps after being convicted of "treason" and "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda," walked into West Berlin and freedom from East Germany on Feb. 11,1986, His release had been negotiated and agreed upon at the November 1985 Summit Meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva. His plight had mobilized Jewish activists and human rights advocates throughout the world; Sharansky's name became synonymous with Soviet human rights violations and the harsh realties pf life, {or Jews in the Soviet Union. Sharansky is promoting participation in the National Mobilization for Soviet Jewry in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 6. A Columbus contingency of over 344 people will take a chartered jumbo jet to join more than 100,000 others in Washington. Jews and non-Jews from all over the United States will march and peacefully demonstrate on the eve of the Reagan/Gorbechev Summit meeting. "Seats are going fast on the jet bound for Washington D.C. on Dec. 6.1 urge everyone to join us and participate in the Summit Rally. Send in your applications and payment beforeall the seats are taken!" said Miriam Yenkin, chairwoman of the Columbus Mobilization for Soviet Jewry. Yenkin will lead the Columbus contingent to march in the nation's capital. Members of every congregation and major Jewish organization and agency will be participating and all are fully behind the mobilization, Yenkin said. To show their support for rights for Jews and others in the Soviet Union, Columbus area leaders will be joining in the mobilization, including Ohio Governor Richard Celeste; Amos Lynch Sr., general manager of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 19) ■» mm In Tn« Chronicle mmmmMmmmmm ww—» At The Center t»,tf Al The Federation. ....<.. 8 Classified , ., »4 Community Calendar. -.<• % EdttQjrialPe»tum„,,..*tt -^ Fifty Yeajr*Ago .,.,.,w. « Here And iWe <.,,*.».... l| t * * +♦ **.* * «'**.*,;*| ■' '( ***** |
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