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FEBRUARY 18, 1988-SHEVAT 30
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
Panel Member Soys
Could Be Brought
Criminal Charges
Against Waldheim
Over 400 At'Center To Center'
Opening Program At King Center
Barbara Brandt (top photo), "Center to Center"
chairwoman, welcomed guests at the Sunday afternoon program and introduced Dr. Manning Marable,
chairman of the OSU Black Studies Department, who
served as moderator. Marlene Robbins (left) and Mim
Chenfeld performed a dance to conclude the day's program (top right photo). The January event brought
more than 400 people together at the King Center for an
afternoon of dialogue (bottom photo).
"I believe there are
enough details to warrant,
even to require, the launching of a juridical process"
against Waldheim, Wallach
said.
"Our report provides a full
and truthful picture," he told
an army radio interviewer.
"True, we say that Waldheim was a lieutenant, a
staff officer, and thus could
not give direct orders. But
we determined categorically
that he was close to the
(illegal) activities, that he
wajs a participant in the activities, and he contributed
to illegal acts ... He was
close to war crimes."   .
Waldheim was charged
with knowledge of and complicity in the deportation of
Greek Jews and Yugoslavian civilians and atrocities against civilians and
partisan fighters in Yugoslavia. But the commission's
report found "no proof" that
he committed war crimes.
Wallach said the commis-
JERUSALEM, Feb. 9
(JTA) —The report of an international commission of
historians that investigated
the wartime activities of
Kurt Waldheim contains sufficient information to bring
criminal proceedings
against the Austrian president, according to Professor
Yehuda Wallach, a Tel Aviv
University military historian who served on the
panel."       •><
Wallach, who returned
from Vienna, where the report was submitted to Chancellor Franz Vranitzky last
week, defended it against
charges of whitewash.
He said the commission's
findings had been "falsified"
in some media headlines
that claimed that Waldheim
received what was tantamount to exoneration from
charges of his involvement
in war crimes while serving
as an officer in the German
army occupying the Balkans
during World War II.
sion's findings were that "he
was part of a system, passing on orders and never trying to prevent the execution
of illegal orders — as did
other officers in similar
circumstances.
"Waldheim knew of such
instances, and he knew nothing happened to these
officers" who protected and
tried to prevent the execution of illegal orders, he said.
Wallach acknowledged
that the panel attributed a
somewhat vague "degree of"
responsibility" to Waldheim.
But the Israeli historian
noted that it was for the Austrian people, not scholars, to
Sandy Scheiner and Lorrie
Valinsky, chairwomen of the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's ninth annual Health
and Fitness Fair, invite the
community to the Fair, to be
held this Sunday, Feb: 2i.
"Check Up From Head To
Toe" is the theme, and
variety of health screenings
and fun activities will be
offered for all ages. These include cholesterol screening
(don't eat after breakfast),
driver's vision screening,
preschool vision screening
and a computerized stress
assessment.
In addition, there will be
information and demonstrations by more than 50 community agencies, diabetic
cooking, fitness demonstrations and a presentation,
"Humor for the Health of It"
by Steve Wilson from Ohio
Professional Counseling.
Nurses from Saint Anthony
Medical Center will be available for summary and
referral.
The Fair will run from
noon to 5 p.m. and is free and
open to the public, It will be
followed the next day by the
Senior Health Day, Monday,
Feb. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to
lp.m. Among the health
screenings offered for
seniors are cholestrol
screening, glaucoma screen-
ing, anemia/diabetes
screening, vascular screening and more. Free gifts will
be distributed to seniors,
compliments of Saint
Anthony Medical Center.
Senior Health Day is also
free and open to the public.
The Health and Fitness
Fair and Senior Health Day
are  sponsored  by  Saint
Anthony Medical Center, the
American Heart Association
(Franklin County Branch)
and Alpha Omega Dental
Community Invited To Center For Health And Fitness Fair
Fraternity.    "
For more information,
contact Mary Beth Gaietto,
health educator, at the Leo
Yassenoff Jewish Center,
231-2731.
Softening Of Report
on Waldheim Angers
Jewish Leadership
NEW YORK (JTA) -
American Jewish leaders
registered strong expressions of dismay upon learning that an international
panel's report on the World
War II activities of Kurt
Waldheim had been revised
at the last moment to exclude references to the Austrian president's "moral
guilt" for war crimes he
knew about but did nothing
to prevent.
The 200-page report,
issued in Vienna last week
by an international commission of historians, found "no
proof" that Waldheim was
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Beth Tikvah Branch Of Kol Ami
Conducts Tu B'Shevat Project
"Cama mem v'mems yash?", or "How many M &
Ms are there in the jar?," was the question members of
Tami Kamin's gimel class at the Beth Tikvah branch
of Kol Ami posed recently to other students in conjunction with their Tu B'Shevat project. Pupils paid to
guess the number of M & Ms in the jar with the closest
guesser receiving the chocolates. With monies collected from the participants, the Gimel class purchased a tree in Israel for Tu B'Shevat in honor of the
winner and his classmates. Due to the success of the
program, the class was able to buy a second tree in
honor of the Beth Tikvah branch. Members of the
Gimel class are: (front row, 1. to r.) A.J, Schneier, Bill
Blitman, (second row) Sharon Esses, Anatoly Pinsky,
Rebecca Levin, (back row) Heather Jacobson, Heather Morris, teacher Tami Kamin and Julia Schlam.
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decide whether he should remain in office.
He noted that the Austrian
president "for years hid his
past and recognized it only
when he was forced to confront the facts."
In Vienna, Waldheim appeared on Austrian television and reiterated his intention not to resign. Insisting
that the panel had found him
innocent of direct involvement in war crimes, The
Austrian president, who
served two terms as United
Nations secretary general,
stressed that he wants to
continue to serve his
country.
Pictured above are some Agudas Achim NCSYers
gathered for a pre-Shabbat discussion. Seated are:
(from 1. to r.) Elisha Hisiger, Allan Moss, Ari Schottenstein, Andrew Bornstein, Barry Uhrman, Sara Mirvis,
Max Ruben, Daniel Levenson, Ariela Turkel, Ellen
Magaziner, Joiwind Wasserman, Lisa Switkin, Marni
Switkin. Standing are: (1. tor.) Mark Cherney, Rabbi
Alan G. Ciner, Stephanie Frank, Rabbi Hillel Fox and
Melissa Laurie. Not pictured are: Joshua Kirschenbaum, Steven "Romanoff, Andy Ruben and adult
advisors Chana Fox and Lainie and Billy Ruben.
Agudas Achim Ohr Chadash NCSY
Holds Mini-Shabbaton Sleep-in
The Agudas Achim Ohr
Chadash NCSY held a Mini-
Shabbaton/Sleep-In on Feb.
5-6 at the home of Rabbi Alan
G. Ciner, spiritual leader of
the Agudas Achim Synagogue.
Rabbi Ciner rioted, "This
Mini-Shabbaton/Sleep-In experience created an environment of Shabbat observance
that was joyful and fun."
The NCSYers checked in
at Rabbi Ciner's home,
gathered together for a pre-
Shabbat discussion, lit the
Shabbat candles and walked
together to the synagogue
for services. Following services, the teen group re^
turned to Rabbi Ciner's
home for Kiddish, dinner,
zimirot, teen rap, Mishpache
Maddness (Jewish Family
Feud and Oneg Shabbat.
Joiwind Wasserman, chapter president, offered the
D'Var Torah.
On Shabbat morning, the
participants were joined by
other teenagers for a special
NCSY Teen Minyan conducted by Rabbi Chaim
Hisiger, assistant headmaster of the Columbus Torah
Academy. Following Kiddish, the group walked back
to Rabbi Ciner's home for
lunch, singing, Judaic Password, discussion and a Shabbat afternoon program, after
which they returned to the
synagogue for Mincha,
Shalosh Seudot, Maariv and
Havdalah, at which Marni
Switkin delivered the D'Var
Torah.
Daniel Levenson, one of
the NCSYers commented,
"Though walking to the
synagogue on the coldest
Shabbat of the year was difficult, the experience of a
Shabbat appropriately
observed gave me a good
feeling." '
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