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VOL.66   NO.48
NOVEMBER 24,1988-KISLEV15
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals.
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Rabbi David Stavsky
To Deliver Keynote
To Orthodox Union
The 90th National Biennial
Convention of the Orthodox
Union will take place
Thanksgiving Weekend,
Nov, 24-27, at the Wyndham
Franklin Plaza Hotel in
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Convention program
will feature Lord Rabbi Dr.
Immanuel Jakobovits; Chief
Rabbi of Great Britain, and
Dr. Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University.
Sessions on Israel/Soviet
Jewry, Political Action, Jewish Medical Ethics and the
Relationship of the Synagogue and Federation, will
highlight the convention.
One session will highlight
the "Land for Peace" issue.
Presenters are the Honorable Yosef Ben Ah§ron, director general of the of f ice of
Israel's Prime Minister,
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Chief
Rabbi of Efrat, Israel, and
Rabbi Hershel Schachter,
rosh kollel of Yeshiva UruV
verity's Rabbi Isaac El-
chanan Theological Seminary.
At a Saturday night; banquet, the new officer? of the
Orthodox 7Unioni7Jed by:
President "Sidney Kwlstel,
will be installed by Rabbi
David Stavsky of the Beth
Jacob Congregation, Rabbi
Stavsky will speak on
"Orthodox Leadership Facing the 90s."
The convention attracts
hundreds of delegates, who
come to participate in" the
decision-making process of
the Orthodox Jewish community.     1
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Council Of Jewish Federations
Passes Resolution Related To
The'Law Of Return'Issue
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Lotfal attorney Abraham Gertner (left) recently
received the Ritter Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Administration of Justice from the Ohio
State Bar Foundation.
Abraham Gertner Recipient Of
State Bar Foundation Award
Abraham Gertner received The Ritter Award for.
Outstanding Contributions to
the Administration of Justice from the Ohio State Bar
Foundation at its 1988 An-"
nual Dinner Meeting on Fri- .
day, Nov. 11, at the Embassy
Suites Hotel.  >
in presenting the award,
Richard D. Brooks, Jr., pres1-
ident of the Foundation, described Gertner as "mentor,.
: teacher,- «inotivatoff- and'
counselor to three decades of
law students and lawyers."
Gertner was director and
lecturer of the A.B. Gertner
Bar Review School from 1935
to 1961. He has been a practicing lawyer for 55 years.
After graduating" from
South High School at age 15,
he enrolled at The Ohio State.
University where he graduated with honors and high
distinction  in  political
science and Phi Beta Kappa.
He received his M.A. and
Ph.D. in political science
from Yale University in 1934.
He graduated from The Ohio
State University College of
Law Summa Cum Laude and
Order of The Coif at age 26 in
1935.
Gertner helped start and
served on the Board of
Editors, of the original OWo
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past supreme chancellor,
Taii Epsilon Rho, and' past
president and 50-year member, Zion Lodge of B'nai
B'rith.
Gertner is a former special counsel to the attorney
general of Ohio and United
States administrative law
judge. He is presently a partner with his son Michael in
the firm of Gertner and Gertner.
Jewish Community Blood Donor Drive
To Be Held Dec. 22 At Jewish Center
It is called "Life-Sharing,"
and on Dec. 22, Columbus'
Jewish community will be
asked to take part in sharing
life and saying lives once
again.
On that day, from 12:30
until 6:30 p.m. at the Leo
Yassenoff  Jewish  Center,
the  Jewish   Community
Blood  Donor  Council  will
hold its semi-annual blood
drive in conjunction with the
Central Ohio Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
The Council'rt goal for this'
drive is 250 pints of blood.
"By participating in this
important drive, each of us
can help assure that an ade.
quate  supply  of  blood  is
maintained for our own Jewish Community and for the.
Central Ohio community as
a   whole,"   said  Richard
Grundstein, co-chair of this
J   year's drive and one of the
',   founders of the Jewish Com-
:   munity blood donor effort:,,
"Over the past two years,
The Council of Jewish Fed-
erations at its annual
General Assembly held, in'
New Orleans Nov. 16-20
unanimously adopted a resolution related to political activity in Israel in regard to
the Law of Return. The
Council of Jewish Federations is the North American
representative body of the
over 200 Federations. Over
3,000 official delegates and
Assembly participants were
in attendance.,
The text of the resolution is
as follows:
"The centrality of Israel to
all Jews is fundamental to
our very Peoplehood. There-
' fore, maintaining the broadest possible unity among
Jews in their . support of
Israel is a matter of the highest priority. With this in
mind, the Council of Jewish
Federations, coordinating
the work of the United JewishAppeal;^ yjyted J§rael Appeal and United Israel Appeal of Canada, has been ahd
will continue to be active in
pursuing the position it
adopted in 1987 urging
Israeli leaders not to act
through the Knesset or political process to legislate any,
direct or indirect changes in
the Law of Return to define
* 'Who is a Jew.'We call on all
political leaders of both
major party groupings in
Israel to agree to take this
issue off the political
agenda. An emergency
leadership task force is
meeting on an action plan to
accomplish this goal. From
this General Assembly,, a
leadership mission will
carry our message directly
to Israel. The issue, with its
ideological, moral ahd communal implications, should
riot be decided in the context
of political accommodation
or to ensure the maintenance
or downfall of a particular
government. World Jewry
should not be divided by a
political approach to the
issue of 'Who is a Jew.'
"We, the 57th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations, meeting at.
a critical moment concerning this issue, urge the
leaders of Israel not to
underestimate the strength
of feeling on this matter. We
direct the leadership of the
Council of Jewish Federa
tions to convey to the political leadership in Israel, in
the most vigorous, immediate and continuing way pos- ,
sible, that they must not risk
dividing the world Jewish
community as they seek now
to form a government ahd
thereafter.
"Simultaneously, we reaffirm our continued total
support for Israel,. for the
United Jewish Appeal arid
Rederation overseas and
community campaign, and
call on every Jewish organization and institution in
North America to endorse
this principle. Such support
and contributions are for
needs of the people of Israel,
not any government of the
moment, and those needs
have riot lessened, they have
increased."
Two Local Artists On Display
In Center's Goldberg Gallery
The Leo Yassenoff Center
currently has on display a
new visual art exhibit featuring two Columbus artists.
Margie Bender and Paul
Palnik have works appearing together in the Goldberg
Gallery at the Center
through Jan. 4.
Thoughout the cases,
Bender has chosen some exciting pieces, many of which
are satiric and deal with
social commentary. Her
work is in clay and mixed
media   sculpture.   Palnik's
we have seen the number of
donor's participating in the
Jewish Community blood
drive increase dramatically.
Last July, we obtained 183
donors, up from 90 the year
before.We are confident we
can reach our ambitious goal
on Dec, 22," Grundstein
said.
The Jewish Community
has been participating with
the American Red Cross in
its blood donor efforts since
1949. At various times, the
drive has been spearheaded
by the Jewish War-Veterans
and by Zion Lodge of B'nai
B'rith. Now, a community-
based council comprised of
representatives of all of the
major Jewish organizations
in Columbus sponsors the
drive.
The Council is asking all
Jewish organizations and the
city's synagogifes, as well as
employers in the community, to communicate with
their members to stress the
importance  of  the  drive,
Grundstein said.
The blood drive is conducted under the strict
supervision of trained Red
Cross workers. Donating
blood is virtually painless
and takes only about an
hour, including the required
physical screening of
donors, the actual donating
process and a post-donation
rest period. Red Cross officials emphasize that donating blood is totally safe for
the donor.
Every pint of blood
v donated to the Red Cross can
be broken down into four
component parts, so that
four persons may benefit
from each pint. In other
words, Grundstein'noted, a
successful Jewish Community blood drive on Dec. 22
has the potential of helping
to save 1,000 lives.
Members of the community interested in participat-
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Have A
Happy
Thanksgiving
Holiday
Chronicle office closed
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,,
Nov. 24 and
Friday, Nov. 25
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familiar works involve a
wide variety of topics. They
are fine art cartoons depicting humanity's struggles
with the absurd and the profound in life.
"We are very excited to
have itwo artists of the
caliber of Bender and Palnik
appearing together in the
Jewish Center," according
to Crystal Mendelson, Visual
Arts chairwoman at the Center. All the works are for sale
with prices ranging from $25
to $400. "With Chanukah
upon us, they could be truly
meaningful and lasting
gifts,'-' says Mendelson,
The exhibit will be on display during the Center's
Bookfair running from Nov.
27 through Dec. 11
Works may be viewed or
purchased during all regular
Jewish Center\hours. For additional information, call
Bob Yaffe at 231-2731.
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