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** -} ~ 4 "':'.. .A:>,1 LjBflAHY, OHIO HtSTOftlCAL. $004^rC,s 1982 VELM/. AVE. OOUJ. 0. 432U '6XCH V0L.6G NO. 50 DECEMBERS, 1988-KISLEV 29 Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals I I Rabbi Bleefeld Named Professor Of Religion Ai Capital University Temple Israel announces the appointment of its senior rabbi, Bradley N. Bleefeld, to the faculty of Capital University as professor of religion (adjunct). He will be conducting courses on Jewish history and theology. Orthodox Split On 'Who Is A Jew,' Say Matter Of Politics, Not Halacha Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld Rabbi Bleefeld receivedk his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in 1975. His teaching background is diverse. It includes professorships at the University of Baltimore, Gannon University and Allegheny.,., College. His writings and publications include the Jewish Heritage calendars. His love for Jewish history and archaeology is expressed through his photographic works and the regular trips he leads to Israel. His involvement with Temple Israel's Confirmation Class includes his personal supervision of a study mission to New York City. Rabbi Bleefeld is a mem- ' ber on the Board of the Columbus Area Leadership Program and is involved with several projects through the Community Shelter Board. He also holds the office of president of the Columbus Board of Rabbis. Rabbi Bleefeld's course at Capital University begins in January. fty/Ttwg Ctirontcle:: MTtifytwtr.....■,......,<>. 18 At.Tfte Federation .,;..,..,,,)» fttorttag.r....,.%,,...',, ,,i» Cfowgifled,,...,..,/,.,.-.,,. .,14 Ctinnmmily Calendar - ^ -,.,," 2 Editorial Featores.. ..V.;„,,. -'2 WteY<um*t».,....:....:,,« UweAiwl.ThCTew..*,.,, >,-■;. 1* S$Mket»li««',7s.,..,i'M'.... JO NrnxeThtttPwilm *;*-,.„'-;»i. i QMtaWrtw;;.;.,,,-.,',,-♦......I* g<^ $*»*,;,,',,:,,»»,;v.V<.'xt :BapimftS«r¥lc«s, ,,.,, „t„ ,m Charity Newsies Annual Sale This Saturday, December 10 Many members of the Jewish community are active participants in Charity Newsies. The annual Charity Newsies newspaper sale will take place this Saturday, Dec. 10. Proceeds are used to buy clothing and shoes for needy children. Pictured above are (back row, 1. to r.) Howard Lewinter; Marvin Grossman; Alan Rosen; Mike Hurwitz; (front row) Harlan Ruben; Gil Feiertag ; Mike Callif and Meyer Hoffman. Not present when the picture was taken were Garry Beim, co-chairman of this year's drive; Harry Silberstein; Bert Charles; Geoffrey Stern; Ron Friedman; Jeff Leiberman; Garry Mentser; Marc Schwartz; David Goldstein; Dr. Frank Sobolewski; Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein; David Madison; Stuart Grossman; Sheldon Schwartz; Bernard Hirsch; Ron Gurvis; Marvin Glassinan; Rabbi Nathan Zelizer; Sam Weiner; Barney Greenbaum. NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (JTA) — Leaders of North American Orthodox Jewry are split into two distinct camps over whether to support the drive by Israel's religious parties to amend the Law of Return. It is a debate over whether, a halachic issue should be decided by Israel's largely secular Knesset and pressed at the expense of incurring the wrath of the great majority of Diaspora Jews who are "non-Orthodox. The proposed change in ^the law would make immigrants converted by non- . Orthodox rabbis ineligible for Israeli citizenship. Premier Yitzhak Shamir promised the religious parties, in exchange for their political support, that he would get the amendment adopted. Although the change would have a direct impact on only a handful of immigrants, non-Orthodox Jews protest it would symbolically delegiti- Federation Leaders Meeting In Israel As political activity in Israel .intensifies with the formation of the next government, concerns have heightened over efforts to amend Israel's Law of Return through the Knesset. Acting in concert with the North American Jewish community organizations' efforts to, appeal to the political leaders in Israel, to resolve this issue in other than a political context, the Columbus Jewish Federation has sent two representatives on a special national mission to Israel this week. executive director, have joined with representatives of other major North American Jewish Federations in the effort to directly communicate to the Israeli political leaders the grave concern over this issue. Myer Mellman Myer Mellman; former Federation president, and Alan H. Gill, Federation Alan.Gill The representatives are meeting with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, head of the Likud Party; Foreign Minister Shimon Peres head of the Labor Party, in addition to leaders of the major religious parties and members of the Knesset. The group is also meeting with citizens' groups in Israel in order to both impact the body politic as, well as express solidarity with the people of Israel. "We view our participation in this effort to be a very positive message to the people of Israel," noted B. Lee Skilken, president of the Federation. "Our message is one of unity—we are deeply concerned that the efforts to amend the Law of Return in a'political context will result in divisiveness among our people. At the same time, we remain united in our support for the people of Israel — who, in these challenging times, need our expressions of solidarity and support." Eruv Society Plans Dec. 11 Reception According to Dr. Aaron Saffer, president of the Columbus Eruv Society, a reception will take place this Sunday evening, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m. at Congregation Ahavas Sholom. Rabbi David Stavsky, Rabbi Howard Alpert, Doctors Jeremy and Deborah Cohen and Doctors Philip and Julie Weinerman, will be honored as founders ' of the Columbus Eruv. A light supper and dessert (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) mize their rabbis and movements. Statements by two Orthodox leaders, both connected to Yeshiva University, exemplify the debate raging within Orthodoxy. Rabbi Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, said he took exception to the Orthodox parties who are pursuing the amendment. He said the Knesset is "not the right forum to determine halachic issues." Speaking in Philadelphia at the annual convention of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Lamm said the Orthodox community is united on such fundamentals as "the Jewish identity and the exclusive definition of conversion as 'according to halacha.'" But ta'king note of the "bitterly divided Jewish world and growing enmity and hatred" the issue has precipitated, Lamm declared that "no symbols are worth hurting the cause of Torah or the cause of Israel so grievously." Lamm's statement echoes one made by leaders of the Rabbinical Council of Ameri ca, a major Orthodox rabbinical body, which also called for the removal of the "Who Is a Jew" issue from the political arena. . The RCA statement heartened Israel's Degel HaTorah party and moderates within Israel's National Religious Party, who have distanced themselves from those pressing for the amendment. But a second prominent Orthodox rabbi said he was "shocked" by the RCA's position. Rabbi Aron Sbloveichik, dean of the Brjsk Rabbinical College in Chicago and professor of Talmud at Yeshiva, called on the RCA's members to repudiate the statement. Other Orthodox forces sharing Soloveichik's view include Agudath Israel of America and the Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Rabbi Binyamin Walfish, executive director of the RCA, said that 90 percent of those in his organization support its position on removing "Who" Is a Jew" from the political process. One thing all Orthodox groups do agree (CONTINUED ON PAGE 19) Compromise Allows 'Temporary' Display Of Chanukah Lights ■ Compromise was the name of the game last Monday as principals in a lawsuit filed by the Chabad House of Tradition against the State of Ohio reached an out-of- court settlement concerning the placement of - a menorah on the Statehouse lawn. The agreement allowed the menorah to be displayed and lit in two ceremonies on Wednesday, Dec. 7, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and on Thursday, Dec. 8, between 5 and 8 p.m. It was erected on the north lawn of the Statehouse facing East Broad Street. Because the menorah was not on permanent display but part of a temporary "event," it did not violate the constitutional prohibition against establishing a religion as a permanent display would, according to authorities. The House of Tradition had erected a menorah on the Statehouse grounds last year but was almost imme- . diately ordered to dismantle and remove it after the state received numerous complaints. Among those opposed to such displays on public property are the Anti- Defafaiation League of B'nai B'rith and the American Civil Liberties Union. Rabbi Chaim Capland, director of the Chabad House, explained that .Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday that rabbinic scholars say should be proclaimed to the world. One way in which to do this is to place menorahs in windows, but he feels that it is important to move the menorah out of the home and into public areas where more people can be reached. I I WttXmsm './
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LjBflAHY, OHIO HtSTOftlCAL. $004^rC,s
1982 VELM/. AVE.
OOUJ. 0. 432U '6XCH
V0L.6G NO. 50
DECEMBERS, 1988-KISLEV 29
Devoted to American
and Jewish Ideals
I
I
Rabbi Bleefeld Named
Professor Of Religion
Ai Capital University
Temple Israel announces
the appointment of its senior
rabbi, Bradley N. Bleefeld,
to the faculty of Capital
University as professor of
religion (adjunct). He will be
conducting courses on
Jewish history and theology.
Orthodox Split On 'Who Is A Jew,'
Say Matter Of Politics, Not Halacha
Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld
Rabbi Bleefeld receivedk
his rabbinic ordination from
Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion
in 1975. His teaching background is diverse. It includes
professorships at the University of Baltimore, Gannon
University and Allegheny.,.,
College.
His writings and publications include the Jewish
Heritage calendars. His love
for Jewish history and
archaeology is expressed
through his photographic
works and the regular trips
he leads to Israel. His
involvement with Temple Israel's Confirmation Class includes his personal supervision of a study mission to
New York City.
Rabbi Bleefeld is a mem- '
ber on the Board of the
Columbus Area Leadership
Program and is involved
with several projects
through the Community
Shelter Board. He also holds
the office of president of the
Columbus Board of Rabbis.
Rabbi Bleefeld's course at
Capital University begins in
January.
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