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JANUARY 28,1988-SHEVAT 9
Devoted lo American
and Jewish Ideals.
Tu B'Shevat Art/Poetry Contest
To Culminate On January 31
The Jewish National Fund
Fifth Annual Tu B'Shevat
Art/Poetry contest for the
students in all religious and
day schools will culminate
with an art/poetry display at
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center on Sunday, Jan. 31,
beginning at 12:30 p.m. This
display will be part of the
community Tu B'Shevat
celebration co-sponsored by
the Jewish National Fund
and the Israel/Judaic Department of the Jewish
Center.
"The theme of this year's
celebration is The Land and
Its Blessings" and is very
special due to the 40th Anniversary of Israel," states'.'■
Hal Zeidman, president of
the Jewish National Fund
Columbus Council.
Over 1500 schools, resource centers, Jewish community centers and boards
of Jewish education throughout the country are participating in this JNF Education
Department comprehensive
educational program.
"The 40th Anniversary of
the State of Israel requires -
1 us to intensify the study of
Zionism, the history of the
settlement of the land, as
well as the modern period of
Jewish history," states
Steve Brazina, education
chairman of the JNF Columbus Council. "Nationally,
this program will reach over
250,000 children and close to
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17,000 teachers, as the impact of the JNF educational
program has grown steadily
from year to year, thus evolving into a major factor in
Zionist education in this
country.
"Our goal this year,"
Brazina concluded, "is that
every Jewish child and
teacher present a gift to the
State of Israel by planting a
tree in honor of its 40th Anniversary. JNF is synonymous with Tu B'Shevat.
Planting trees is a tangible
link to the land of Israel and
JNF has planted over 180,000
million trees since 1901."
This year's celebration
will include traditional Tu
B'Shevat refreshments,
songs and sing-a-long ior all
participating in the cele-
bratiohj JNF Tree Shirts,
Trees for Israel to be planted
honoring or memorializing
loved ones "On Safari," a
special progam from the Columbus Zoo,
The day will be free of
charge and is open to the
entire community. For
further information, call
JNF, 231-1397^   ^-.i
Scout Sabbath Set
For February 12
The Central Ohio Council,
Jewish Committee on
Scouting invites all Scouters,
their families and friends to
the-19th annual Scout Sabbath on Friday, Feb. 12, at
Congregation Tifereth Israel
at 8 p.m. After a brief
service, a presentation of
Jewish Religious Awards for
Cub Scouts, Brownies, Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts will
be made.
During the program,
Bruce Freimark will be
recognized for his service to
Jewish Scouts and will be
presented with the Shofar
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No End In Sight To War
in Territories
JERUSALEM (JTA) —As
violence continues in the administered territories, Israel
and the Palestinians are
caught in a war of attrition,
with no end in sight.
The battleground is the
same, but the weapons are
different. Israel uses force,
arrests, deportations and
curfews. The most prominent Palestinian weapon is
not, as it might seem, the
stones thrown by the youths,
but rather the general
strikes.
Last week, the strike was
felt throughout the administered territories. Most
conspicuous was the general
strike in East Jerusalem,
which was observed despite
warnings by police they
would take action against
the striking shopkeepers.
The affect of the strike on
Rita Cohen To Be Honored On Feb. 11
By National Council Of Jewish Women
When the Columbus
Section, National Council of
; Jewish Women holds its New
Members'; Luncheon on
Thursday,; Feb. 11, Rita
Cohen will be honored for
her long-time involvement in
Council's program of service.
The luncheon meeting will
be held at the new Radisson
East, with a couvert of $7.50
if paid before Feb. 4, $9.50
after that date.
Linda Pressman and Lisa
Carroll are chairwomen of
the committee arranging the
luncheon. Hostesses include
Kelly Abrams, Kathy Keller-
man and Shirley Levitin.
Opening prayer will be given
by Barbara Ornstein.
The meeting is open to the
public, but only new members who joined Council
since September, 1987, will
be eligible for the drawing
for a "Dream Week-end,"
which will include a suite
Rita Cohen
with Jacuzzi, champagne,
breakfast and many extras.
Any member who brings a
new member to the luncheon
will ajso be allowed to participate in the drawing.
Evelyn Rossman, mem
bership vice president will
accept calls from prospective new members and
for babysitting arrangements at 253-0091. For reservations, call 235-4133.
A representative from
Noni Agency Finishing and
Modelling School will speak
on sprucing up wardrobes
with accessories and will
answer questions afterwards.
Cohen, a past president of
the Columbus Section, presently serves as treasurer.
She served as chairwoman
of the pre-kindergarten Program for NCJW and helped
to organize the Volunteer
Service Advisory Council for
the Columbus Schools and
became its second president.
Currently, she is a volunteer
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the Israeli economy is marginal. Many Arabs, mostly
residents of the West Bank,
have been showing up for
work inside Israel. The
closed stores, therefore,
cause inconvenience and
loss of income mostly to the
Arabs themselves;
But while they pay this
price, the Arabs are also
sending Israelis a message
of unprecedented solidarity,
which embraces the left and
right, the young and the old
generations, the religious
and the secular camps.
Israel is not free to use all
the means possible in this
war. Premier Yitzhak Sha-
. mir reiterated that Israel's
undertaking not to use excessive force limits its ability to
put an end to the riots. World
pressure, the watchful eyes
of the news media and internal criticism have forced the
security forces to use as
much restraint as possible.
Defense Minister Yitzhak
Rabin favors "beating"
rather than shooting; But
even as he spoke, a villager
c of Mazraa A^Sharkiya, near' -
Ramallah, was wounded, apparently from a rifle shot
during a violent demonstration.
One can safely assume
that technically, Israel could
have suppressed the "national uprising," as Arab
nationalists like to describe
it, much sooner, but with
much more bloodshed.
Instead, Israel seems, to
have opted for more moderate measures to deal with
the unrest, assuming that in
this war of attrition it has
longer staying power than
the Palestinians.
The Palestinians are well
aware of the importance of
time. The longer they can
keep the issue of the ter-
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Columbus Jewish Federation Super Sunday Phone And Funday Filled With Community Spirit
"Super Sunday PhOne and
Funday combined an element of seriousness with fun
and community spirit. The
community really pulled togetherin an effort to bring a
climax to the 1988 Columbus
Jewish Community Campaign through phone calls
that rasied $70,000 which will
benefit the entire community," said Dr. Ron Erkis,
1988 Super Sunday chairman.
More than 200 Columbus
Jewish Federation volunteers, representing all ages
and from all parts of the
community, phoned over
2,00^ Jewish households last
Sunday, Jan. 24.
The afternoon, coordinated by the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center, featured an
Israeli Beach Party theme.
Activities included sidewalk
vendors and games sponsored by local synagogues
and community organizations. Entertainment and
special programs were held
including a workshop for
teens.
"Super Sunday Phone and
Funday was a terrific combination of community participation in a fun fundraising
effort," said Norman Traeger, 1988 Jewish Community
Campaign chairman.
He added, "Not only were
community members able to
perform the mitzvah of
tzedakah but were they were
also given the opportunity to
learn more about the organized Jewish community and
enjoy the Funday actit
vities."
Erkis noted, "A great
many people deserve a word
of thanks for making this
day such a success: the
volunteers — those in the
community who joined us at
the Center for the day's activities and those in the community who joined us at
home by 'answering the call'
and pledging to the 1988
Campaign."
The following businesses
have contributed to Super
Sunday by sponsoring a telephone: Chorpenning, Good,
and Mancuso, Co. LP A and
Integrated Financial Systems.
Doorprizes given out during the course of the day
were supplied by: Anthony-
Thomas Candy Shoppes,
Cornell's Flowers, Current
Style Barber Salon,
Domino's Pizza, Great
Southern Hotel, Hyatt on
Capitol Square, Johnson's
Real Ice Cream, Lynn's
Jewelers, Marriot North,
Marriot Inn — South Hamilton, McDonalds, Owens
Homemade Ice Cream, Pickett Hotel, Quality Inn—Airport, Rax Restaurant, G.D.
Ritzy  Luxury  Grill,   Salt
Brothers  Hardware  Co.,
Swensen's Ice Cream Factory  and  Wendy's  Old
Fashioned Hamburgers.
Other businesses which
helped the community's efforts by contributing their
services were: Costume
Specialists, Minuteman
Press and Graphic Design
and Rosenfeld and Co. Liquidators.
Members of the Super Sunday planning committee
were: Ken Cohen, Peggy
Fein, Roger Friedman,
Wayne Gold, Elliot Good, Suzanne Greenbaum, Josh
Greenberg, Steve Heiser,
Dean Katz, Robert Keidan,
David Korn, Karen Kurtz,
Sonny Masser, Jack Meiz-
lish, Sandy Meizlish, Beryl
Oser, Dee Dee Pavlofsky,
David Risen, Billy Ruben,
Stan Sacks, Shirley Sacks,
Lauri Scoblionko and David
Stein.
The 1988 Jewish Community Campaign of the Columbus Jewish Federation is
led by General Campaign
Chairman Norman L. Traeger and Associate Chairman
Alan L. Wasserstrom. The
Campaign is the primary instrument for raising funds
which support humanitarian
programs and social services in Columbus, Israel
and throughout the world.