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VOL.66   NO. 19
MAY 12,1988-IYAR 25
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
NBC Defends Reports
On Lebanon Incursion
NEW YORK (JTA) - An
NBC news executive last
week defended his networks
decision to interrupt May 2
afternoon programming
with a special bulletin on
Israeli troop movements into
Lebanon7
The urgency of NBC's
treatment of the story, in
which an estimated 500 to
2,000 troops cossed into
Lebanon in search of terrorist strongholds, seemed at
Ddds with the way the story
vas handled, in subsequent
•eports by. other networks
ind newspapers.
Unlike NBC, neither ABC
or CBS broke into regularly
scheduled programming or
ran the Israeli incursion as
the top story on their nightly
newscasts..
Lloyd Siegel, NBC's executive producer for special
broadcasts, stood by the network's decision to interrupt
programming.
"Given the information
that we had then and that we
received this morning, it was
an important enough story to
break for a brief amount of
time," said Siegel.
Executives -at'.the"other
networks viewed and
continue to view the story
differently, however. "Our
information was slightly different. We made an editorial
decision not to interrupt,"
said Elise Adde, director of
news information at ABC.
"We were aware that
something was happening,"
siad Lane Venardos, vice
president in charge of special events at CBS. "The
reading at the time, though,
was that this was expected,
wasn't a big deal and not
unlike several others that
happened previously."
Israel 40 Festival This Sunday
Martin and Pauli Greenberg are recipients of Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio under the category of
Art Patrons for their work on the Heritage Village Arts
program.
Martin and Pauii Greenberg
Receive Governor's Art Award
Martin and Pauli Greenberg are receipients of the
1988 Governor's Award for
the Arts in Ohio for their
work in making the Heritage
Village Arts program a reality. Each year the Governor's Awards honor people
and businesses involved in
the arts in a number of categories. The Greenbergs were
honored under the category
of Arts patrons.
"Though we are honored
by this award, we feel that
this honor should be shared
with all of the. people who
have been involved in the
Heritage Village Arts program since its inception,"
states Pauli Greenberg.
Martin Greenberg adds,
"It has taken the support
and cooperation of the entire
Heritage Village and Ohio
Arts communities and many
individuals to make this program the success that it is."
Nevertheless, the Greenbergs have been the driving
force behind the Heritage
Village Arts program, which
includes an outdoor . sculpture exhibition, a performing arts series and a lecture
series. The program has
grown into one of the outstanding Arts programs in
the country, becoming the
model and inspiration, for
similar endeavors nationwide, according to Fran
Resch, arts administrator at
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In what is billed at "the
Biggest Birthday Party for
Israel" ever held in the city,
Columbus will come alive
with the sights and sounds of
Israel on Sunday, May 15, on
the grounds of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. Shut-
tlebuses will run from
parking lots at BancOhio at
Livingston and College;
Beth Jacob Synagogue and
from the Federation
building.
The program-packed
Israel 40 Festival, open to
the public, will run from
12:30-6 p.m. and will feature
free entertainment, Israeli
food and art, and much
more. "The Israel Experience," a simulated tour of
the country, will showcase
specialized activities for
people of all ages. A 7 foot by
12 foot replica of the Wailing
Wall will be inscribed with
messages of peace.
In addition, a giant birthday card, locally designed,
will be signed by all and
later sent to Israel.
The Israel 40 Celebration
began on Israel Independence Day, April 21, and is a
joint program of the Columbus Jewish Federation and
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center.
"The May 15 Festival is
the highlight of the community's entire three-week program designed to showcase
Israel," says Carole Gen-
shaft, Israel 40 chairwoman.
"We want to share the cultural and historical spirit of
Cantors Assembly Votes
AgainstAdmittingWomen
Professor Sarah Blacher Cohen
To Deliver Harry Kaplan Lecture
The Kaplan Scholar Com-    American Stage and Screen
mittee of the B'nai B'rith    and Jewish Wry: Essays on ,
Hillel   Foundation  at  The    Jewish Humor. She is also
Ohio State University an-    the author of essays on Isaac
nounces   that  Professor
Sarah Blacher Cohen will
deliver  the  annual  Rabbi
Harry  Kaplan  Memorial
Lecture on Wednesday, May
25, at 8 p.m. immediately following the Hillel Foundation's Annual Meeting. The
lecture, to be delivered in the
Kaplan Lounge at the Hillel
Foundation,, is titled, "The
Jewish Mirth Right"  and
will   be  an  overview   of
Jewish humor.
Cohen, professor of English at SUNY-Albany, is the
author of Saul Bellow's Enigmatic Laughter, editor of
Comic Relief: Humor in Contemporary American Literature, From Hester Street to
Hollywood:   The  Jewish-
Sarah Blacher Cohen
Bashevis   Singer,   Mary
Antin, Philip Roth, Henry
James, and Walt Whitman.
She has lectured extensively
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The Cantors Assembly of
America, the world's largest
organization of professional
hazzanim, voted against
admitting its first four
women members at its recent 41st Annual Convention,
held May 1 to 5 at the Concord Hotel and Resort,
Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.
Ninety-five members voted
in favor of admission, 97
against. A two-thirds majority would have been required
for the motion to be carried.
In a statement released to
the press, two of the women
Cantor Riki Lippitz of Congregation Oheb Shalom,
South Orange, N.J., and Cantor Maria Barugel of Congregation B'nai Israel, Rumson,
N.J., declared "Of course,
we are disappointed by
today's vote. The outcome
does not surprise us; we
understand that change is
often difficult. But we are
dedicated to our calling. We
have chosen this profession
because we believe in the
power of the hazzan to inspire and to instill in others a
love of Judaism and the Jewish way of life. We are devoted to the cantorate, proud
to serve the Jewish community and optimistic about the
future."
The four women presented
for membership are graduates of the Cantors Institute
of the Jewish Theological
Seminary, the academy of
the Conservative movement.
Male graduates of the Cantor Institute are accorded
automatic membership
status in the Cantor Assembly.
"The failure of the Cantors
Assembly to accept these
women stemmed from
strong feelings in two
areas," commented Cantor
Jack Chomsky of Congregation Tifereth Israel, who
spoke strongly in favor of
their admission at the discussion preceding the vote.
"Many members, including
a large number who voted in
favor of admitting the
women, felt that issues of
Halachah (Jewish law) per^
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Israel with others."
Members of several community organizations will
volunteer their energies to
run Festival booths. Participating groups are: Agudas
AChim, Agudas Achim's
National Conference of
Synagogue Youth, Ahavas
Sholom, Amit Women, B'nai
B'rith Hillel, B'nai B'rith
Men-Maccabee Lodge, B'nai
B'rith Wonten, Beth Shalom,
Beth Tikvah, Columbus
Jewish Singles, Columbus
Torah Academy, Hadassah,
Jewish Committee on
Scouting, Jewish National
Fund, Kol-Ami Community
Hebrew School, National
Council of Jewish Women,
State of Israel Bonds,
Temple Israel,, Tifereth
Israel, Women's American
ORT and Young Jewish
Professionals.
Featured at 3:30 p.m. will
be a Columbus Symphony
Orchestra Pops Concert
which will present pops
favorites, including Israeli
selections under the baton of
guest conductor Gary
Sheldon.
Prior to the CSO performance, Festivalgoers can
enjoy the sounds of the Congregation Tifereth Israel
Adult Choir under the
direction of Cantor Jack
Chomsky (1 p.m.), followed
by the Jesse Cohen Jazz
Dance Troupe from Israel
(1:30 p.m.) and a singing-
and-dancing performance of
Hebrew music by the 130-
member "Israel 40" Community Youth Choir (2:30
p.m.). The choir, composed
of local third through fifth
graders, is under the
direction of Suzi Avitan.
Each Festivalgoer will get
a "Passport" (and can have
their Hebrew name added to
it), to tour The Israel Experience, and can have fun,
Israeli-style, with games,
camel rides, Polaroid
photos, a petting zoo (featuring baby llamas and
lambs), a planting area, silk
screening, tye-dyeing (participants must provide a t-
shirt), sand sculptures,
baking pita bread and more.
The "sites" to be experienced, open all afternoon,
include a Kibbutz, Eilat,
Masada, Jerusalem, Tel
Aviv and Safed. Passports
will be stamped at each site^
and at the end of the "tour,"
each person will receive a
prize.
"We are pleased to be able
to present such a spirited
Festival to the community,"
say Lynne Aronson Selcer
and Dr. Jeff Tilson, Israel 40
Festival chairpersons. "Columbus Mayor Dana Rinehart recently issued a Proclamation extending his congratulations to the people of
Israel on their- anniversary
of Statehood," they report.
"Join in this landmark Columbus celebration!"
The Israel 40 Celebration
is made possible by the support of the following corporate sponsors; BancOhio
National Bank, Bank One
Columbus, Cardinal Industries, Huntington National
Bank and Nationwide Insurance Company.
For more information contact Carol Folkerth at the
Center, 231-2731, or Meryl
Weissmann at the Federation, 237-7686.
Round-trip transportation
to the Festival is available
for senior citizens. (Call the
Jewish Center's Senior Adult
Department, 231-2731, by
May 13.)
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Jerusalem will be one of the six sites to explore at
this Sunday's Israel 40 Festival.
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