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OfflOJE 2H2 HROMCLE Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years sm VOL.66 NO. 6 FEBRUARY 11,1988-SHEVAT 23 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. {-1 BRAKY, OHIO HlQtOn ICAL BOC^JTt ' 1.9&J VELMA AVE, ^ ^ ' 0 .\ 43211 ^ V cV CoL EXCH r |*f I't.jV IliV to It (ft: If Director Of NCSJ Resigns Position NEW YORK (JTA) - Jerry Goodman, founding executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, has announced that he will leave the agency. Goodman, who helped organize the conference in 1971, said he intends to pursue other areas of professional endeavor. Goodman announced his intention to resign at the group's executive committee meeting on Jan. 10. The news was reported by NCSJ Chairman Morris Abram the following day, -at a meeting of the group's board of governors. But the news was not made public until more than two weeks later. NCSJ press spokesman Jerry Strober said there was no particular reason for the timing of the announcement. Goodman said that he was influenced in his decision by several important milestones in the Soviet Jewry movement, including the release of many long-term refuseniks whom he had personally known and the success of the Dec. 6 Freedom Sunday Mobilization in Washington. Goodman will, remain in his position until a successor is found and will serve as adviser to the search committee appointed by Abram to fill the job. Myrna Shin- baum, NCSJ associate director, remains in her position. B'nai B'rith To Examine Setting Up Shop InUSSR WASHINGTON (JTA) -B'nai B'rith International decided recently to take the first steps towad establishing its presence in the Soviet Union. The B'nai B'rith board of governors, meeting at its headquarters here, made the decision based on the sense that a large majority of the estimated two million Soviet Jews would likely remain there because of Soviet emigration policy. It is believed that no Jewish organization from abroad currently has an office in the Soviet Union. Views Of Presidential Candidates Collected In AJCommittee Booklet Rome's Jews Concerned After Protestors Fight Jewish Youth ROME (JTA) — Leaders of the Jewish community here requested an urgent meeting with Interior Minister Amintore Fanfani following recent fist fights between young Jews and pro-Palestinian leftists outside the main synagogue in the historic ghetto. Six people were injured before police broke up the melee. The Jewish community has charged that the leftists deliberately entered the ghetto after a march and mass rally for the Palestinian cause in downtown Rome. The rally, sponsored by the ultra-left Proletarian Democracy Party, drew more than 8,000 people from all over Italy. Tne party secretary, Giovanni Russo Spena, said his people entered the ghetto by mistake on their way to their buses and were set upon by Jewish youths. NEW YORK (JTA) - Presidential candidates from both major parties all support a continued strong U.S.-Israel alliance but differ on how to advance the Arab-Israel peace process as well as on church-state issues, according to their responses to a questionnaire distributed by the American Jewish Committee. Their short essay answers to 14 questions on their positions on the Middle East, U.S.-Sovtet relations and domestic issues traditionally considered important to the Jewish community are compiled in the booklet "Presidential Elections '88: The Candidates on the Issues." The questionnaire was sent in September to all announced candidates for the presidential nominations of Democratic and Republican parties, and was answered by all of them: : Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, former Gov. Pierre duPont of Delaware, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York and former evangelist Pat Robertson, all Republicans; and former Gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona, Gov. Michael Dukakis of Joint Reform The three Reform synagogues of greater. Columbus, Temple Israel, Congregation Beth Tikvah and Temple Beth Shalom, will join together for the annual Joint Reform Sabbath Feb. 26-27. This year, all events will take place at Congregation Beth Tikvah, 6121 Olentangy River Rd., in- Worthington. The rabbis and members of ii. hi. il • • I To Be At Beth Tikvah all three congregations will lead the worship and join in the program. Mary Ellen Withrow, forty-second treasurer of the State of Ohio, will be presented with the State of Israel's 40th Anniversary Medal at a dinner, March 15 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. State Treasurer To Receive Israel's Anniversary Medal velopment Corporation for Israel, State of Israel Bonds, in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the State of Israel. Presenting the award to Treasurer Withrow will be Pinhas Dror, minister for: Economic Affairs. The only woman holding a statewide elected office in Ohio, Withrow was first elected treasurer in 1982 an re-elected in 1986. As treasurer she is responsible for having developed and instituted a variety of plans to improve Ohio's economy and strengthen the state's business environment: "Mrs. Withrow recently returned from Israel. She was impressed with what she saw and would like to encourage joint business ven- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18) Mary Ellen Withrow The dinner will be held under the auspices of De1- Rabbi Richard Address The scholar-in-residence for the Sabbath is Rabbi Richard F. Address. Rabbi Address is the regional director of the Pennsylvania Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He serves as the national staff coordinator of both the UAHC Committee on the Synagogue as a Caring Community and the Committee on Bio-Ethics. He is the recipient of the UAHC National Social Action Award and the Human Relations Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. On Friday evening, Feb. 26, for the 8 p.m. service, Rabbi Address will speak on the theme "Bioethical Chal lenges and the Jewish Response." On Saturday morning, following a breakfast at 9 a.m., he will discuss the concept of "The Synagogue as a Caring Community." Rabbi Address has been instrumental in helping synagogues develop programs to become a "caring community" for the less fortunate and will share his insights. The community is invited and encouraged to participate in both the Friday and Saturday programs. Call the Beth Tikvah office; 885-6286, by Feb. 19 as reservations are required for the Saturday breakfast program. Soviet Jewish Emigration Dips NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (JTA) — Soviet Jewish emigration in January dropped almost 20 percent from the December figures, and Soviet Jewry officials are worried that the deline and other indicators augur more difficult times for refuseniks. According to the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, 722 Jews left the Soviet Union in January, compared to 899 Jews who emigrated in December. The January figures indicate the third consecutive monthly drop in (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) Massachusetts, Rep. Richard Gephart of Missouri, Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. Former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) was not then a candidate. Two broad trends emerged from the candidates' responses: (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17) AJC Names Fred Yenkin Columbus Representative sents my ideals." Yenkin, who received his masters degree in chemical engineering from Ohio State University in 1934, was president of the Zionist Organiza- tin of America from 1948-51, president of the Columbus Hebrew School from 1948-52 and an officer of the Columbus Jewish Center from 1960-66. He is a member of the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and the Masons and Shriners, He was a board member of the Planned Parenthood Association and the Columbus Tuberculosis Society. He is a member of.the Columbus Athletic Club and the Winding Hollow Country Club. Fred Yenkin, a past president and campaign chairman of the Columbus Jewish Federation, has been named the American Jewish Congress representative to the Jewish community of Columbus, it was announced by Henry Siegman, executive director of the organization, and Rabbi Haskell Bernat, associate executive director. ''A jCongress takes courageous, forthright stands on issues critical to American and Jewish life," Yenkin said. "I'm honored to be able to volunteer my time to furthering the work of the American Jewish Congress, an organization that repre- Jewish Community Campaign Closing Luncheon Scheduled For February 23 At Center The 1988 Columbus Jewish Community Campaign's culminating event, a Campaign Closing Luncheon, will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 23, noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. "The next couple of weeks are crucial to the Campaign as we try to reach every community member who has not yet had the opportunity to make a commitment to the 1988 Campaign," said Norman L. Traeger, general campaign chairman. "During the course of the luncheon we will pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and hear from those whose lives have been touched by the Campaign," said William Glick, Campaign Closing chairman. "The Campaign is the lifeline of our Jewish community and is not complete until we. have the opportunity to express our recognition and gratitude to those who made it happen. It is because of the dedicated individuals who volunteer their (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17) In The Chronicle Mmmmmmmmmmi'mmmmum'mm *mm Classified „>^...^ .'^%,,-ti itei^af&sr*»;>«.«>"* 'is iBociaJ r^*#, A * ?.. V *v*'t ^ Ohio Jewish Chronicle Fourth Annual i'i 1 >s -B* ^maA^l.Tf^ii^B^r^p ttiVj'.KSrSWVSV u uJ^^*^**. j)y Aji,,iwiK*« M--™*>*u*>,i; J. U*-^JXj_^a Of AttW *r
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Full Text | OfflOJE 2H2 HROMCLE Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 60 Years sm VOL.66 NO. 6 FEBRUARY 11,1988-SHEVAT 23 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals. {-1 BRAKY, OHIO HlQtOn ICAL BOC^JTt ' 1.9&J VELMA AVE, ^ ^ ' 0 .\ 43211 ^ V cV CoL EXCH r |*f I't.jV IliV to It (ft: If Director Of NCSJ Resigns Position NEW YORK (JTA) - Jerry Goodman, founding executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, has announced that he will leave the agency. Goodman, who helped organize the conference in 1971, said he intends to pursue other areas of professional endeavor. Goodman announced his intention to resign at the group's executive committee meeting on Jan. 10. The news was reported by NCSJ Chairman Morris Abram the following day, -at a meeting of the group's board of governors. But the news was not made public until more than two weeks later. NCSJ press spokesman Jerry Strober said there was no particular reason for the timing of the announcement. Goodman said that he was influenced in his decision by several important milestones in the Soviet Jewry movement, including the release of many long-term refuseniks whom he had personally known and the success of the Dec. 6 Freedom Sunday Mobilization in Washington. Goodman will, remain in his position until a successor is found and will serve as adviser to the search committee appointed by Abram to fill the job. Myrna Shin- baum, NCSJ associate director, remains in her position. B'nai B'rith To Examine Setting Up Shop InUSSR WASHINGTON (JTA) -B'nai B'rith International decided recently to take the first steps towad establishing its presence in the Soviet Union. The B'nai B'rith board of governors, meeting at its headquarters here, made the decision based on the sense that a large majority of the estimated two million Soviet Jews would likely remain there because of Soviet emigration policy. It is believed that no Jewish organization from abroad currently has an office in the Soviet Union. Views Of Presidential Candidates Collected In AJCommittee Booklet Rome's Jews Concerned After Protestors Fight Jewish Youth ROME (JTA) — Leaders of the Jewish community here requested an urgent meeting with Interior Minister Amintore Fanfani following recent fist fights between young Jews and pro-Palestinian leftists outside the main synagogue in the historic ghetto. Six people were injured before police broke up the melee. The Jewish community has charged that the leftists deliberately entered the ghetto after a march and mass rally for the Palestinian cause in downtown Rome. The rally, sponsored by the ultra-left Proletarian Democracy Party, drew more than 8,000 people from all over Italy. Tne party secretary, Giovanni Russo Spena, said his people entered the ghetto by mistake on their way to their buses and were set upon by Jewish youths. NEW YORK (JTA) - Presidential candidates from both major parties all support a continued strong U.S.-Israel alliance but differ on how to advance the Arab-Israel peace process as well as on church-state issues, according to their responses to a questionnaire distributed by the American Jewish Committee. Their short essay answers to 14 questions on their positions on the Middle East, U.S.-Sovtet relations and domestic issues traditionally considered important to the Jewish community are compiled in the booklet "Presidential Elections '88: The Candidates on the Issues." The questionnaire was sent in September to all announced candidates for the presidential nominations of Democratic and Republican parties, and was answered by all of them: : Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, former Gov. Pierre duPont of Delaware, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York and former evangelist Pat Robertson, all Republicans; and former Gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona, Gov. Michael Dukakis of Joint Reform The three Reform synagogues of greater. Columbus, Temple Israel, Congregation Beth Tikvah and Temple Beth Shalom, will join together for the annual Joint Reform Sabbath Feb. 26-27. This year, all events will take place at Congregation Beth Tikvah, 6121 Olentangy River Rd., in- Worthington. The rabbis and members of ii. hi. il • • I To Be At Beth Tikvah all three congregations will lead the worship and join in the program. Mary Ellen Withrow, forty-second treasurer of the State of Ohio, will be presented with the State of Israel's 40th Anniversary Medal at a dinner, March 15 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. State Treasurer To Receive Israel's Anniversary Medal velopment Corporation for Israel, State of Israel Bonds, in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the State of Israel. Presenting the award to Treasurer Withrow will be Pinhas Dror, minister for: Economic Affairs. The only woman holding a statewide elected office in Ohio, Withrow was first elected treasurer in 1982 an re-elected in 1986. As treasurer she is responsible for having developed and instituted a variety of plans to improve Ohio's economy and strengthen the state's business environment: "Mrs. Withrow recently returned from Israel. She was impressed with what she saw and would like to encourage joint business ven- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18) Mary Ellen Withrow The dinner will be held under the auspices of De1- Rabbi Richard Address The scholar-in-residence for the Sabbath is Rabbi Richard F. Address. Rabbi Address is the regional director of the Pennsylvania Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He serves as the national staff coordinator of both the UAHC Committee on the Synagogue as a Caring Community and the Committee on Bio-Ethics. He is the recipient of the UAHC National Social Action Award and the Human Relations Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. On Friday evening, Feb. 26, for the 8 p.m. service, Rabbi Address will speak on the theme "Bioethical Chal lenges and the Jewish Response." On Saturday morning, following a breakfast at 9 a.m., he will discuss the concept of "The Synagogue as a Caring Community." Rabbi Address has been instrumental in helping synagogues develop programs to become a "caring community" for the less fortunate and will share his insights. The community is invited and encouraged to participate in both the Friday and Saturday programs. Call the Beth Tikvah office; 885-6286, by Feb. 19 as reservations are required for the Saturday breakfast program. Soviet Jewish Emigration Dips NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (JTA) — Soviet Jewish emigration in January dropped almost 20 percent from the December figures, and Soviet Jewry officials are worried that the deline and other indicators augur more difficult times for refuseniks. According to the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, 722 Jews left the Soviet Union in January, compared to 899 Jews who emigrated in December. The January figures indicate the third consecutive monthly drop in (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) Massachusetts, Rep. Richard Gephart of Missouri, Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. Former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) was not then a candidate. Two broad trends emerged from the candidates' responses: (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17) AJC Names Fred Yenkin Columbus Representative sents my ideals." Yenkin, who received his masters degree in chemical engineering from Ohio State University in 1934, was president of the Zionist Organiza- tin of America from 1948-51, president of the Columbus Hebrew School from 1948-52 and an officer of the Columbus Jewish Center from 1960-66. He is a member of the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and the Masons and Shriners, He was a board member of the Planned Parenthood Association and the Columbus Tuberculosis Society. He is a member of.the Columbus Athletic Club and the Winding Hollow Country Club. Fred Yenkin, a past president and campaign chairman of the Columbus Jewish Federation, has been named the American Jewish Congress representative to the Jewish community of Columbus, it was announced by Henry Siegman, executive director of the organization, and Rabbi Haskell Bernat, associate executive director. ''A jCongress takes courageous, forthright stands on issues critical to American and Jewish life," Yenkin said. "I'm honored to be able to volunteer my time to furthering the work of the American Jewish Congress, an organization that repre- Jewish Community Campaign Closing Luncheon Scheduled For February 23 At Center The 1988 Columbus Jewish Community Campaign's culminating event, a Campaign Closing Luncheon, will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 23, noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. "The next couple of weeks are crucial to the Campaign as we try to reach every community member who has not yet had the opportunity to make a commitment to the 1988 Campaign," said Norman L. Traeger, general campaign chairman. "During the course of the luncheon we will pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and hear from those whose lives have been touched by the Campaign," said William Glick, Campaign Closing chairman. "The Campaign is the lifeline of our Jewish community and is not complete until we. have the opportunity to express our recognition and gratitude to those who made it happen. It is because of the dedicated individuals who volunteer their (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17) In The Chronicle Mmmmmmmmmmi'mmmmum'mm *mm Classified „>^...^ .'^%,,-ti itei^af&sr*»;>«.«>"* 'is iBociaJ r^*#, A * ?.. V *v*'t ^ Ohio Jewish Chronicle Fourth Annual i'i 1 >s -B* ^maA^l.Tf^ii^B^r^p ttiVj'.KSrSWVSV u uJ^^*^**. j)y Aji,,iwiK*« M--™*>*u*>,i; J. U*-^JXj_^a Of AttW *r |
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