Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1988-02-04

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NO. 5 FEBRUARY 4, 1988-SHEVAT 16
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ADL Reports Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Increased Significantly Across Nation
The Dallas Brass will make its Columbus premiere
on February 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jew-
• ish Center.
The Dallas Brass To Premiere
On Feb. 21 At Jewish Center
The Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center announces the premiere Columbus performance of The Dallas Brass on
Sunday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m.
The Dallas Brass is one of
the most exciting young
brass ensembles to come
along in years, according to
David Derrow, Event chairman. "This group has played
to standing room only audiences acorss the country and
received rave reviews wherever they have performed,"
Derrow says.
The Brass has maintained
a busy and varied schedule
during the past year.
Appearances have ranged
from Jewish community
centers to playing the
National Anthem at a Minnesota Twins Baseball game.
The group has opened for
Cleo Laine and John Dank-
worth, Spy.ro Gyra and
recently performed for
former President and Mrs.
Gerald Ford on a Bob Hope
Show. In 1987, the Brass
appeared in nearly 120
engagements in over 20
states.
According to Allan Finkelstein, the Center's executive
director, "I have had the
opportunity to hear the
Brass on several occasions
including audiences of over
2,000. The experience of
hearing this group is phenomenal. Their enthusiasm
is very strong and their
music has the ability to bring
people to their feet. The Center is very fortunate to be
hosting the Columbus premiere of this group."
Director of the group since
it began in 1982, Michael
Levin spent four years with
The Jerusalem Symphony
Orchestra after graduating
from Juilliard School with a
bachelor of music degree.
He was assistant principal
trombonist of The Jerusalem
Symphony and founder/
director of The Jerusalem
Brass Ensemble.'
Since its founding in 1982,
the Dallas Brass has rapidly
developed a national reputa-
wtioni'.fori Jnnovation^.^We
span the gamut of musical
styles," Levin says. "We
enjoy playing for grade
school students and senior
citizens and all ages in
between." Levin feels the
group is blazing its own trail,
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Anti-Semitic vandalism in
the United States increased
significantly in 1987 after a
six-year downward trend,
according to the annual
audit conducted by the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith. The rise largely reflected a 121 percent increase in California, where
such acts soared from 62 reported in 1986 to 137 last
year.
In contrast, the number of
incidents in Ohio remained
virtually constant from last
year. The Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith's Regional Director Alan S. Kat-
chen said the survey revealed ten incidents of vandalism, the same number as
was reported last year, and
19 .anti-Semitic assaults,
threats and harassmehts as
compared to 20 such episodes in 1986.
The audit, made public
last week, revealed a total of
694 reported, incidents of
vandalism and desecration,
ranging from swastika daub-
ings to arson, against Jewish
institutions and property—a
17 percent increase over the
594 episodes reported in 1986.
ten of the 1987 vandalisms involved arson or bombings.
The highest number of incidents occurred in New
York with 207, up 21 from
1986; followed by California; Florida with 64, down
15; New Jersey with 43,
down 5, and Illinois with 36,
up 22. The survey found episodes in 34 states and the
District of Columbia.
In announcing the results,
Abraham H. Foxman. ADL's
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Standing in the back row (1. to r.) are Karen Sherman, Joanne Friedman, Chana Fox
and Rabbi Hillel Fox.
Agudas Achim Sets Consecration Service
The Agudas Achim Consecration Service for youngsters entering religious
study will be held Saturday
morning, Feb. 6; Shabbat
Yitro, when the Ten Commandments are recited from
the Torah. .
Members of the Consecration Class will be called to
the bimah to chant several
prayers and sing psalms. In
addition, the youngsters will
present a special program
based on the theme of the
Ten Commandments, following which parents and child--
ren will offer a Pledge of
Consecration.
As part of the Consecration Ceremony, the children
will receive a blessing from
Rabbi Alan G, Ciner and a
miniature Torah and a first
Siddur from the" congregation, presented by President Samuel Weiner. Rabbi
Hillel Fox director of Youth
Services is coordinating the
ceremony, Karen Sherman
serves as chairwoman of the
..Agudas.'. Achim., JEducation'
Committee.
Following the service, a
kiddush will be served in the
Silberstein Social Hall in
honor of the consecrants.
The 43 youngsters participating in this year's Consecration Service are:
(Kindergarten — Consecration Teacher: Joanne
Friedman) Miranda
Abrams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeffrey Abrams;
Brooke Berkowitz, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Jackie Berkowitz; Michelle Edelman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Edelman;. Sarah Epstein, daughter of Rabbi and
Mrs, Joel Epstein; Michael
Estreicher, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Sheldon Estreicher;
Jordan Glimcher, son of
David Glimcher; Danna
Gurari, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eitan Gurari; Netta
Gurari, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Eitan. Gurari; Rivi
Harris, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Howard Harris; Drew
Kaplan, son of Robert Kap-
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Benjamin Kayne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Kayne; Jonathan Levy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Levy; Benjamin
'Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Barry Miller; Stanley Mir-
. vis, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Bruce Mirvis; Jonathan
Schottenstein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Schottenstein;
Doron Zofan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ely Zofan; Yonatan
Zofan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ely Zofan; (First Grade —
Consecration Teacher:
Chana . Fox) Avi Micah
Abroms, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hillard Abroms; David M.
Bakitis, son of Dolly Katz;
Molly Bennett, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ben-
net; Joel Borovsky, son of
Dr. and Mrs. Yosi Borovsky;
Chad Dworkin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kalman Dworkin;
Megan Furman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fur-
man; Juliann Garrett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Garrett; Jordan Gill,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan
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national director, called the
1987 report "disturbing" and
cited the following among
the findings.
• Some of the more serious vandalism incidents
were perpetrated by members of a hate group, the neo-
Nazi Skinheads, in several
cities, including Chicago,
San Diego, Los Angeles and
Miami.
• There were 78 arrests
connected with 58 of the anti-
Semitic incidents, a sharp increase in arrests over the
1986 total of 57 in connection
with 33 incidents.
• While the majority of
perpetrators remained teenagers, a fifth (17) of the 78 individuals arrested were 21
years of age or older, the
highest proportion in that
age group ever recorded.
• The increase in anti-Semitic incidents paradoxically came during a period
of vigorous local law enforcement and statutory efforts against bias crimes and
the recent federal crackdown against hate groups.
The report pointed Out that
while vandalism involving
hate groups had accounted
for no more than one or two
incidents over the past
several years, the number
jumped to about 20 in 1987
because of anti-Semitic episodes attributed to Skinhead
extremists.
Foxman said the audit
figures for 1987 reinforce the
need for stricter law enforcement to apprehend perpetrators of bias crimes, strengthened security measures for
Jewish institutions and educational efforts both in the
community and in schools to
sensitize public concern to*
racially or religiously motivated crimes.
In the past several years,
he pointed out, 31 state legislatures have adopted stricter
laws aimed at curbing religious or ethnic vandalism,
12 of which have enacted
statutes based on or similar
to a model bill drafted by
ADL in 1981. in addiution,
ADL monitoring activities
have provided law enforcement authorities with information on hate groups and
their leaders and the agency
has cooperated with local
law enforcement authorities
in combatting bias crimes.
As part of its counteraction and educational
efforts, ADL issued an updated version last year of its
handbook, "Security for
Community Institutions,"
which outlines security measures and appropriate reactions to bias crimes. The
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conferences to discuss security measures which bring
together community
leaders, educators, clergymen and law enforcement
authorities. •
The report pointed out that
the need for confronting prejudice must start in the
classroom. It noted that ADL
has published and distributed throughout the
country a manual entitled,
"Teacher, they called me a
—!," which provides an
educational program for
prejudice-reduction. Still
another ADL program to
combat bigotry as well as to
stress the pluralistic nature
of American society, known
as "A World of Difference,"
is being utilized through
classrooms and the media in
cities across the United
States.
One important aspect of
counteraction, Foxman
said, is prompt reporting of
anti-Semitic incidents — not
only to make the audit as accurate as possible but to enable law enforcement authorities to act against those
responsible for acts of bigotry. He noted that in the
wake of the Kristallnacht attacks in Chicago and the
Howard Beach incident in
New York, there was an upsurge in reports of dramatic
incidents of bigotry.	
Israel Speaking
With Two Voices
On Peace Process
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
The Israeli government appears to be projecting two
conflicting policies on the unrest in the administered territories and the future of the
peace process.
The discrepancy stems
from the totally divergent
views on the peace process
held by Premier Yitzhak
Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, leaders
of the Likud bloc and the
Labor Party respectively.
Both are pressing their
cases  on  Washington,
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